The first thousand three hundred and ninety-sixth sad businessman
Gantang!
The full name of the university is Han Gantang University. In the fourth year of Yuande, after the imperial court passed the resolution, ground was broken in the south of the arsenal of Chang'an City. It was completed in the summer and May of the following year, and students were admitted in the autumn of the fifth year of Yuande.?
To date, thousands of officials have received short-term training here.
Go straight south along Shangguanli Avenue, turn left from Royal Road, and enter the scope of Gantang University.
Security is tight here.
Twelve hours a day, patrolling soldiers come and go.
Anyone who wants to enter or leave here needs to have a certificate.
In principle, trained officials within Gantang are not allowed to come or go during the training period.
Zhang Tang was standing at the gate of Gantang University at this moment, looking up at the statue of Duke Zhao which was said to have taken half a year to be carved by the craftsmen of Shaofu - the figure sitting cross-legged under the Gantang tree, holding a bamboo slip, staring at
A famous minister from afar.
In front of the statue, incense is slowly burning, which is the incense offered by countless Gantang students.
"I heard that His Majesty is coming to Gantang tomorrow..." A man walked up to Zhang Tang and asked insinuatingly: "Does Mr. Zhang know why His Majesty is here?"
Zhang Tang didn't look back, just looked at the statue of Duke Zhao.
"One day, I don't know if I am qualified to be like Duke Zhao and become the master of all ages..." Zhang Tang sighed deeply in his heart and replied: "Your Majesty, you have your own intention..."
After saying that, he raised his legs and moved forward, leaving the people behind him looking stunned.
"Zhang Tang...what's so impressive..." The man looked at Zhang Tang's back, stamped his feet fiercely, and muttered in his mouth.
But his body followed him involuntarily.
Because, this is Zhang Tang!
The emperor's absolute confidant and eagle dog, the future court lieutenant and even the imperial censor, the prime minister!
It took a lot of effort to rely on the Tian family's relationship to win over this person. You must not alienate the relationship!
Even though, in fact, he is much older than the Nanyang County Sheriff and has more seniority in the officialdom - when Zhang Tang was just an inconspicuous official in Chang'an City, he was already a Julu County official.
Duyou, Qianshi is now a member!
pity……
In just seven years, this small official who could be crushed to death with one hand has now become the most prominent local official in the empire, a representative figure of Legalism, and one of the three princes of the future empire.
Zhang Tang didn't pay attention to the tail behind him. He strolled into Gantang University.
As the highest-level training school for central officials in the Han Dynasty, Gantang is grand in scale and consists of five building groups of varying sizes.
It is divided into: political affairs hall, governor's meeting, library, dining hall and sanatorium.
Among them, Zhengshitang is the largest, consisting of a total of 28 large and small houses, with hundreds of houses, and can accommodate thousands of people for training at the same time.
This is also where Gantang's trained officials come most often.
Because here, you can meet colleagues from all over the world, from all over the world.
The official positions range from a county lieutenant with 600 dan to a county governor with 2,000 dan.
This is a paradise for speculators to expand their network, and a holy place for those who are interested to learn.
Here, you can exchange experiences with senior officials who have been in the place for a long time, and you can also communicate with capable officials who have been dealing with the economy all year round.
The essence of the entire bureaucracy of the Han Empire is almost gathered here.
Whether you want to speculate or want to achieve something, this place is a must-visit.
Zhang Tang walked into the lobby of the Political Affairs Hall.
This is the most important venue in Gantang University.
The entire hall is completely built according to the specifications of Xuanshi Hall.
The spacious venue can accommodate hundreds of people attending the meeting at the same time.
In the hall, the emperor's throne, although hanging empty, tells everyone that all the officials in training here are students of the emperor!
Moreover, the most important training content for the officials who come here to receive training is also the main content of the imperial edicts since the emperor and Taizong.
"Mr. Zhang..." Zhang Tang's arrival immediately attracted people's attention, and countless people bowed their hands in worship.
Zhang Tang returned the greeting with a smile to these people. Then, he strode up to an official, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Zhu, we meet again..."
When the civil servant saw Zhang Tang, he seemed to be a little flattered, and quickly said: "I have seen County Sheriff Zhang..."
"Yesterday, I listened to what the gentleman said. After returning home, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep peacefully. Today I would like to discuss something with the gentleman..."
When the civil servant surnamed Zhu heard this, he quickly said: "I don't dare, I would like to listen to the governor's advice..."
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The conversation between these two people made everyone around them feel envious and jealous.
"Zhu Maichen is lucky..." Someone whispered: "If you can be valued by Zhang Diaozhi, you will be able to rise to great heights, just around the corner..."
When the others heard this, they all nodded and said yes.
In officialdom, Zhang Tang had a nickname - Zhang Diao.
The eagle is a bird of prey that is so ferocious that it is almost impossible for its prey to escape.
What Zhang Tang did in Nanyang County was almost the same as Diao's personality.
Over the years, Zhang Tang killed dozens of officials worth more than 600 shi in Nanyang County!
Among them, the county magistrate Wancheng even had three county magistrates killed by him within one year, so much so that the fourth magistrate did not dare to take office!
Under his butcher's knife, corruption was eliminated in Nanyang officialdom, and the efficiency of the bureaucracy was unprecedented.
Therefore, the bureaucrats privately hated and feared him, calling him Zhang Diao.
Over time, Zhang Diao and Goshawk were regarded as the two most terrifying executioners in the Han officialdom.
However, like Zhi Du, Zhang Tang is also famous for his keen eye for recognizing talents, and he loves to recommend talents in an eclectic way.
Three years ago, Renqu, the current Zuobu governor of Nanyang County, was just a small official guarding the city gate in Wancheng.
Before Zhang Tang discovered him, he was unknown and lived in poverty. Even his wife ran away with him.
However, after Zhang Tang took office, he killed too many Wancheng bureaucrats, so he selected the general from the shortest and promoted this literate city gate clerk to the county guard's office as a civil servant.
Then, Zhang Tang discovered his talent.
He was praised for his "decisive approach, good understanding of local people's sentiments, and ability to manage channels and resolve unjust cases", so Huoxian was promoted to the magistrate of Wancheng City, and six months later he was appointed the captain of Wancheng. Two years later, he was transferred to the post of the left department of Wancheng and became a county.
Mr. Qianshi!
And it is very likely that he will succeed Ning Cheng and become the number two figure in Nanyang County in the future.
In Nanyang, like Ren Qu, hundreds of officials have been promoted from the cold in the past three years.
Basically, as many people as he killed, he promoted as many capable officials.
As of today, the entire Nanyang officialdom has been cleaned almost three times from top to bottom.
Not to mention that there are no more corrupt officials, at least there are no more stupid and mediocre officials.
Of course, if Zhang Tang's influence was only within Nanyang County, it would not be worthy of people's flattery.
The real reason is that Zhang Tang has the ability to recommend talents to Lantai and Jiuqing yamen.
In the past three years, Nanyang County has sent more than ten censors to Lantai and recommended dozens of capable officials to various yamen in Jiuqing. None of the people he recommended failed to be selected.
Therefore, since Zhang Tang came to Gantang for training, all the students became excited.
In particular, half a month ago, a low-ranking official named Gao Shi, who had six hundred stones, was recommended to Lantai by Zhang Tang, and was immediately appointed as the minister of Lantai. This made people even more difficult to restrain themselves.
You can't flatter the emperor for the time being.
But with this soup right in front of us, everyone is naturally like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.
At this moment, the conversation between Zhang Tang and Zhu Maichen naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Zhang Tang naturally knew that this would be the result.
This is what he did deliberately.
The purpose is to attract the attention of Gantang students and serve as a frontline for the emperor.
"I heard what Mr. Wang said yesterday: There are officials in the country, but their sons secretly use their slaves to bully and dominate the market. The law cannot control it. What can be done? I think it is a great good thing, and I would like to discuss this with Mr...."
Following Zhang Tang's words, the attention of most of Gantang's students was immediately attracted.
Everyone began to wonder about Zhang Tang's intention.
Then use your brains one by one to think about how to deal with this problem.
Many people found many solutions at once.
Anyway, this is not a court, so you can speak freely and open up your imagination.
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At this moment, in Chang'an outside Gantang, an unprecedented storm has swept through the entire upper level of Chang'an.
Three days ago, the noble disciples who had blocked the Shaofu Yamen had now returned to their respective homes.
This made the princes and nobles of Chang'an feel at ease even though they were on tenterhooks.
Because since the emperor has released the person, it means that the emperor has no intention of continuing to pursue the case.
This matter has passed.
only……
Vaguely, rumors that the emperor was going to do a "big undertaking" spread wildly among the princes and relatives.
Countless people with noses and eyes claimed that they saw with their own eyes the master of the pottery transporting dozens of carts of gold into the palace.
No one knows exactly what the master of the palace wanted to do with so much gold.
But there is one thing that everyone is sure of: the master of the pottery definitely did not give gold to the emperor for free!
Who is Princess Guantao? Doesn’t everyone know?
The geese are notorious for plucking their feathers and being misers.
If there is no benefit, she will not let a five baht slip through her fingers even if she dies.
Obviously, the emperor promised a good thing to Guantao.
This wonderful thing allowed Guantao to send the gold he had accumulated over the years to the palace in one go!
Obviously, this is definitely a profitable thing, and the profit is ten times or a hundred times!
This is really unbearable!
You must know that the current emperor, although he has proved his destiny, is second to none in the civil and military arts of the Han family, and is almost comparable to the emperor Gao.
However, after all, he was not like Emperor Gao, who personally led the people around him and laid down the country bit by bit.
Therefore, the emperor's actual ability to lead troops and govern is actually a question mark.
But there is one thing that is universally recognized.
This is the emperor who must have descended from the God of Wealth!
Look at what he has done over the years...
He pointed the way to the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family in Linqiong. Now, these two families are extremely rich and are well-deserved imperial riches. Their families are countless!
Then, he asked the Shi family to repair the track.
Then, the Shi family is now lying on the track counting money every day.
Also, when brothers Chen Xu and Chen Jiao were in Chang'an, they were prodigal sons and demon kings.
But after being ordered by the emperor to go to Anton, he immediately became rich.
And the Jinsha River in Andong...
Schools of fish in the Blackwater River...
Whales in the ocean...
These are all masterpieces of the emperor, or at least the masterpieces of his guidance.
At the national level, the emperor's policy of protecting grain prices, salt and iron government operations, fake farming tools, and livestock were all magic tricks that turned stone into gold.
Therefore, today, in other aspects, everyone may still have doubts about today's future.
But everyone is convinced by his ability to make money.
Follow the emperor and you will have meat to eat. This is not propaganda, but fact!
Especially those who followed up in the first wave, who didn’t make a lot of money?
Therefore, when the news that "the master of the pottery sent dozens of carts of gold to the palace" spread.
The entire Liehou circle exploded.
Everyone said one after another: Emperor Liu is so unkind, he has benefits, and he doesn’t take us with him! Hateful!
As a result, countless people ran to the palace, wanting to get news.
However, Weiyang Palace became a black hole this time.
Almost no one got any useful information from the Weiyang Palace.
As for Guantao, she kept her mouth shut so tightly that no one outside could get the news from her.
This situation is as if someone wrote in front of these guys' door: 'There is no three hundred taels of silver here, and the king next door has never stolen it.'
It made the princes and nobles even more itchy and intolerable.
As a result, everyone contacted and connected privately, planning to go to the emperor together to ask for clarification.
At this time, Weiyang Palace released the news that "the emperor will come to Gantang to give instructions."
This made the princes immediately make up their minds!
Unlike other princes and nobles, the merchants in Chang'an City have been as cautious as a roller coaster these days, going up and down.
First, the nephews of nobles, princes and ministers seemed to want to interfere in the nine cities of Chang'an.
This really scared them to death!
Fortunately, the emperor then arrested these guys and invited Tingwei and Zhijinwu to have tea, which made everyone feel at ease a little bit.
However, no explanation was given in the court, which ultimately made people feel uneasy.
What's more, these days, the Confucian and Legalist factions in Taixue are fighting fiercely.
Confucian and legal scholars and disciples had heated and in-depth discussions around the Zhigong case and the Sanbei case.
And among merchants, there are naturally smart people.
And what these people sadly discovered is that in fact, no matter which one wins this debate, Confucianism or Legalism, the result will not be so good for businessmen.
If Confucianism wins, then Confucianism, which has proved that filial piety is more important than loyalty, will definitely take something to sacrifice the flag to declare its justice.
And in this world, there is no group that is easier to bully and more convenient for flag worship than merchants!
What's more, businessmen's money is so full of temptation.
