Chapter 744: The road to the future, going to court at the right time
It was not until midnight that Shen Tang came out of the palace smelling of alcohol! However, at this moment, he was extremely sober!
Meeting Zhao Shen this time, Shen Tang has undoubtedly achieved his goal! While expressing his loyalty to Zhao Shen, he also used the name of opening up territories to confirm the correctness of what he did.
With such a large-scale use of troops, Shen Tang never thought of hiding it from everyone.
Therefore, in the future, it is very likely that someone will accuse him of sending troops to Tibet without authorization. However, Zhao Shen could not let go of an opportunity to become a sage who opened up territories. Therefore, with Zhao Shen here, Shen could be punished. Don't resist all rumors! Another thing is to increase your weight in front of Zhao Shen.
Nowadays, with the strength of the Song Dynasty's troops and generals, no one else except himself has the strength or courage to send troops to Tibet openly.
Therefore, if Zhao Shen wants to achieve his own reputation, he must rely on Shen Tang! In this way, as long as he does not make too many mistakes, he can ensure that his position is unshakable.
Shen Tang has also thought about his next path! Now, he has been promoted to the third-grade official rank. If he wants to go further, it is not difficult in terms of his great success in pacifying the Chengdu Prefecture this time! However, if he wants to be a official The third-grade position is a bit difficult.
The higher one goes, the smaller the room for choice. If Shen Tang wants to stay in the imperial court, he will only have positions equivalent to those of the six ministers.
However, each of the six ministers holds an important position in the court. Not only is the struggle extremely serious, but it also requires deep foundation and energy.
To put it bluntly, although Shen Tang has made great contributions and has the support of Zhang Jun and others, he has no foundation himself and lacks a lot in terms of resume.
Therefore, even if Zhao Shen supports him to become a minister, he will be opposed by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty! Moreover, although the position of minister is high and powerful, within the court, he is surrounded by colleagues who are eyeing him, and there is an emperor above him, who is restrained by his father-in-law. It is not a position suitable for Shen Tang.
And if you don’t choose to be in the court, you can only choose to release it outside!
During the Song Dynasty, there were four divisions, namely, the General Division, the Cao Division, the Xian Division, and the Cang Division. They were responsible for supervising local military affairs, finance, justice, and salt and iron monopoly matters! These four division chiefs were respectively the economic and strategic pacification envoys, the transshipment envoys, and the reminder envoys. The prison envoy is promoted to the Changping envoy! The chief officials of these four divisions are also of the third rank!
If Shen Tang is to be sent to the outside world, only the economic and strategic appeasement envoy is more suitable! Supervising the military and political affairs along the way has great authority, and it is suitable for cultivating one's own foundation!
Therefore, what Shen Tang wants is such a position! As for which road to take, Shen Tang has naturally thought about it, and the most suitable place is the newly settled Chengdu Fu Road.
This road has just gone through the war, and the original state, county and county officials are almost going to undergo a major change. In this way, there will be no fixed constraints.
In addition, Shen Tang has established prestige among the local tribes, so if he goes there, it will naturally be easy to control him.
Moreover, he also had some confidence to convince Zhao Shen that now was the Song Dynasty's military plan to use troops against Tubo. By sitting in Chengdu Prefecture, he could not only stabilize the situation in Chengdu Prefecture, but also control the war in Tubo!
"master!"
A sweet voice woke Shen Tang out of his deep thoughts. He looked up and saw Lian'er walking in with hot water and a maid carrying tea to sober up.
"You're not feeling well, why are you doing it yourself? Go and rest, I'll be back later!"
Shen Tang said quickly.
Lian'er didn't respond. She put down the hot water, took the tea soup, put it next to Shen Tang, and then waited on Shen Tang to do a simple scrubbing.
Lian'er was new to human affairs, and her delicate body naturally could not withstand the attack. Therefore, although Shen Tang was ready to make a move that night, he could only endure it.
The next morning, when Yin Shi arrived, Shen Tang woke up to Lian'er's soft call.
"Master, it's time to go to court."
Shen Tang is now a third-rank scholar, and he is also a direct bachelor of Longtuge, so he naturally needs to go to court in Lin'an.
However, the early dynasty of the Song Dynasty was really a bit inhumane! When Mao Shi went to court, Yin Shi had to get up to prepare and go to the palace!
While Shen Tang was getting dressed under Lian'er's care, Shen Tang secretly sighed in his heart. No wonder there are emperors who don't tell the court early and prepare to go to court at three o'clock in the morning. If the warm and fragrant soft jade is in their arms, how many emperors can bear it? ?
It was relatively good during the Northern Song Dynasty. After Wang Anshi's political reform, it was decided to have a five-day dynasty. However, even this was abolished during the reign of Emperor Daozong.
After all, Daozong was intoxicated in his own artistic creation all day long, so how could he have so much time to go to court?
When Emperor Gaozong and Zhaogou arrived, the country was initially settled and there were many things to do, so the system of five days and one court was restored again.
Generally speaking, Zhao Gou is more diligent than his ancestors and brothers, and he has persisted for decades.
After Zhao Shen came to the throne, the system of the previous dynasty changed again.
Zhao Shen was in his mid-thirties when he came to the throne. He was in the prime of life. In addition, he wanted to restore the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, he had to do everything personally and even went to court every day! Some young officials were okay, but... How can those older people withstand such torture?
Therefore, even loyal ministers like Zhang Jun and Shi Hao did not ask for leave.
Shen Tang is of the third rank, and his official uniform is purple, with landscapes printed on it.
The long-winged hat is worn neatly on top, and the square-shaped round collar hangs down on the chest!
"I'll go to court first, and you can go on to sleep for a while!"
Shen Tang said to Lian'er softly.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, in order to sympathize with the officials, those with grades above three could ride in a sedan chair. However, Shen Tang was too lazy to ride in a sedan chair, so he just took a few servants and walked away.
Walking through the streets to Zhuque Street, you can see many lanterns with faint light. These are people going to court! After walking for about half an hour, Shen Tang arrived outside the palace.
Shen Tang arrived not too early, so there were already many civil and military officials standing vaguely outside the palace.
Seeing Shen Tang coming, a few people came forward to greet him, but most of them looked at Shen Tang with a somewhat intriguing look and had no intention of coming up to talk.
"Meet the Prime Minister!"
"Hello Shi Xiangan!"
With a burst of noise, Shi Hao's sedan fell down.
"I've met Lord Shi Hao!"
Shen Tang and Shi Hao are old acquaintances, so they naturally want to come forward to greet them.
"Shen Tang!"
Seeing Shen Tang, Shi Hao was also very happy, looked at Shen Tang's side with his arms, and then said happily, "Yes, you contributed a lot to the battle of Chengdu Mansion! Later, I will ask your Majesty for your credit!"
"Thank you, sir!"
When Shi Hao was chatting with Shen Tang, others would naturally come forward without understanding.
The two chatted for a while, but Shi Hao suddenly whispered, "Hey, Shen Tang, what you talked about with the Tubo people yesterday was somewhat inappropriate."