Chapter five hundred and fourteen Zhang Tang's wild vision
Even though he had been to the Greenhouse Palace many times, Zhang Tang still followed Wang Dao step by step to the palace as if it was the first time he came to this heart of the empire.
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Tang bowed slightly.
As a minister and close confidant of the emperor's latent residence, Zhang Tang had already been allowed to pay homage except for court meetings.
"Zhang Qing is here..." Liu Che looked up from the document, smiled slightly, and ordered: "Give County Magistrate Zhang a seat!"
When Zhang Tang sat down, Liu Che said: "I summoned you this time to inform Aiqing that in Xinfeng County, Aiqing is ready to hand over the work. I have another appointment for you!"
Even if there is nothing to be entrusted to Zhang Tang, Zhang Tang must be promoted.
Ji An became the minister, Yan Yi became the prime minister, and if Zhang Tang's official position was not promoted, the world would see it. Wouldn't it mean that those who do things are not as good as those who talk?
The heroes in this world may have to sharpen their heads to delve into those noble positions.
The elites are just talking nonsense and leaving things to the middle and lower class people. Isn’t this nonsense?
Therefore, this soup must be promoted!
"I plan to ask Aiqing to go to Nanyang County and serve as the governor of Nanyang County. Ning Cheng is from Nanyang and is familiar with the local situation. You will take him with you to clean up Nanyang County. The censor, the Shaofu and the Tingwei will
I will help you!" Liu Che said to Zhang Tang.
Liu Che no longer needs to explain anything to Zhang Tang.
Zhang Tang's intelligence and alertness were rare even in the entire imperial court.
Liu Che also saw what he did in Xinfeng County during the year and knew that he could now take charge of his own affairs.
But, this is not enough!
Liu Che has high expectations for Zhang Tang!
Even Ji An and Yan Yi, in Liu Che's opinion, will not be as good as Zhang Tang in the future.
Although it is a bit risky to be appointed as the governor of Nanyang County.
But real gold is not afraid of fire. The greater the pressure on a figure like Zhang Tang, the greater his ability will be.
Liu Che remembered clearly that in history, before Zhang Tang died, he removed all his enemies and paved the way for his son.
I can't find many such methods and decisiveness in Chinese history.
"No!" Zhang Tang was slightly surprised when he heard this.
"What happened in Nanyang County?" Zhang Tang thought in his mind: "His Majesty had to send me, and he also brought Ning Cheng, the imperial censor, the Shaofu, and the Tingwei Yamen to be my backup..."
Historically, when the emperor of the Han Dynasty sent his confidants to Guandong, it could only mean one thing: the emperor had become exhausted with the local officialdom and local tyrants.
I don't feel safe sending anyone else there. Only by sending close relatives can we ensure that we can control the situation.
Things like this only happened a few times in the history of the Han Dynasty.
Most of them occurred during the period of Empress Lu, in order to deal with the unruly local forces in Qilu.
After Taizong came to power, he relaxed the supervision of Guandong until now.
After Zhang Tang thought for a moment, he understood Liu Che's difficulties.
Although Zhang Tang had never been to Nanyang, Ning Cheng had told him many stories about Nanyang.
Nanyang County is located south of Funiu Mountain and north of Han River. It has been a sacred land in China since ancient times.
During the Warring States Period, Nanyang's commerce was already very developed.
After Qin unified the world, he "immigrated the unruly people of the six countries" to Nanyang, which intensified the local business atmosphere.
What are unruly people?
In the Qin Dynasty dominated by Legalism, businessmen were unruly people!
Until now, Nanyang is almost dominated by merchants.
There are a large number of handicraft workshops, iron smelting and forging workshops in each of the thirty-five counties in the county.
The ironware, cloth, and coins produced in Nanyang are sold all over the world.
Developed industry and commerce have brought wealth, but also death and disaster.
Judging from what Ning Cheng said, in Nanyang, the powerful merchants may have used money to corrupt the entire bureaucracy from top to bottom.
Going to Nanyang, Zhang Tang felt that he might have to prepare for the worst.
So, he bowed respectfully and said: "Your Majesty. I ask your Majesty to grant me the right to act expediently, and then order the Yulin Guards to dispatch a team of troops to accompany me!"
If what Ning Cheng said is true, the entire bureaucracy of the thirty-five counties of Nanyang County has been corrupted by local powerful and merchants.
So, Zhang Tang felt that if he wanted to complete his mission, he must have an elite armed force that he could absolutely trust.
In this way, even if the worst happens, Zhang Tang can forcefully reverse it.
Hearing this, Liu Che nodded with satisfaction.
This is what doing real work should look like!
As a county guard in the Han Dynasty, if you don't know how to kill and don't dare to kill, you won't be able to manage the place well and make those businessmen and officials who are only thinking about money honest.
Moreover, when the county governor takes office, he will bring a central army to take office.
It is not only the background for announcing the new county governor to everyone in the county, but also a guarantee to prevent some people from jumping over the wall in a hurry.
"I will give you two teams!" Liu Che stood up and said.
One team only has more than 100 people, which is far from enough!
Moreover, Liu Che himself knew how serious the problem in Nanyang was.
If you look at the counties below Nanyang County, you will know that if Zhang Tang goes there this time and cannot suppress the situation, there will be big problems.
You must know that the number of households and population density in Nanyang are second only to Guanzhong!
Otherwise, Xiaozhu would not have sealed both Huo Qubing and Zhang Qian in Nanyang!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Tang bowed quickly.
The team of the two Habayashi guards is nearly 300 elite.
This gave Zhang Tang a reassurance.
More importantly, the emperor's statement allowed Zhang Tang to see his bright future.
The Yulin Guards are the emperor's armed forces. Taking such troops to places is tantamount to telling the world that Zhang Tang's backer is the emperor!
Moreover, the elite of the Yulin Guards are recognized throughout Guanzhong.
Under the Han system, it is extremely difficult for a commoner to be ranked among the three nobles.
Unless you can achieve military merit and be named a prince, there is only a slight possibility.
Zhang Tang was born in civilian life. If he wanted to become one of the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers in the future, he would have to find ways to practice his military command skills from now on.
With Yu Linwei going to Nanyang together, Zhang Tang can take the opportunity to train an elite force, and then in the future, he can command this force, establish meritorious deeds, and be granted the title of marquis and prime minister.
As far as Zhang Tang knew, he was not the only one.
Now, Ji An and Yan Yi are also seeking to be decentralized and hold official positions such as county captains and county guards. They are looking for opportunities to become military commanders. The boundaries between the civil and military affairs of the Han Dynasty are very blurred. In the event of a war, county guards and county guards can be mobilized at any time as long as there is an edict from the emperor.
They can wear the seal of general and go out to war, and then perform meritorious deeds in the war and be granted the title of lord.
This path is also the path that most important officials of the Han Dynasty have traveled in the past sixty years.
For example, the current Prime Minister Zhou Yafu was transformed from the governor of Hedong County into a military commander. (To be continued.)
ps: I didn’t buy a berth yesterday and I didn’t sleep all night in the car. Now my mind is groggy. I can only write this much. I’ll make up for it tomorrow~
