Han Zhen was very happy to see that he had all the generals and officials collectively pass the motion to send troops without authorization without any effort. A man must hold the power of the world, otherwise his life will be in vain if he is just a submissive person in the world.
Han Zhen returned to the inner room, and soon a general was led to him.
This person was none other than Yao Gu, who had just spoken to Zhang Gen.
Yao Gu performed a great salute and knelt down and said: "I have finally seen the Prime Minister!"
Han Zhen just nodded.
Yao Gu said: "Prime Minister Zhang Yanei seems to be very eager to do meritorious service, so he doesn't care about his family."
Han Zhen frowned and said, "This son has a strong ambition for fame, but don't let him deceive you. Has he sent a letter home?"
Yao Gu said: "I haven't written a letter for nearly half a month. Before, I only sent greetings about the safety of my family. There seems to be some discord between father and son. I think Yameni is eager to do his best and he is a very independent person."
Han Zhen said: "That's what I say, but you still have to watch carefully. After all, this man is Zhang Jiangong's son."
"I'm afraid Lun Chengfu is a very good person. Can you let him see the clues if you open the letter?"
Yao Gu smiled and said: "The yamen has great trust in the general, and leaves all matters to the general. At the same time, the general is also very careful. He can't personally deliver the letter to Bianjing. There was a confidant who served him before.
Zhang Gong has been transferred back to the capital this morning. All the people around him are being watched carefully by the rank and file."
"Now the general has been following the prime minister's orders and is just keeping an eye on him. The last time he was defeated in front of the battle, he did it very well. The yamen thought it was the work of a few soldiers."
Han Zhen said: "You are really talented in literature, martial arts, and thoughtful. I don't know how to reward you."
Yao Gu said: "The prime minister does not need to reward the junior generals. Among the generals in Guanxi, the rift between my Yao family and the Zhong family has been deep. Now that Prime Minister Zhang has placed great emphasis on the Zhong family, he wants to be above my Yao family."
"Now our Yao family can only rely on the Prime Minister for everything."
Han Zhen only believes in interests and does not believe in human nature. If Yao Gu said that he admires your character, then Han Zhen would definitely sneer at him.
From ancient times to the present, only profit is the eternal thing. Before, Zhang Yue had a balance between the Zhong family and the Yao family, but after Zhong'e died in the battle, he devoted all his efforts to cultivating the Zhong family, and served as the envoy of Yanyan Road in Zhongshidao.
.The Yao family was shocked and dissatisfied from top to bottom, feeling that they had been overpowered by the Zhong family.
The same was true for Han Zhen. After Zhang Yue fully supported Xihe Road, he also decided to find another way out.
Han Zhen nodded and said: "You still have to be more careful. Although you are only a twenty-year-old boy, you don't want to be pecked by a goose."
"You will finally understand!" Yao Gu said.
"In this expedition, you will win a battle, and let this son taste the benefits. In this way, you must also give an explanation to his father." Han Zhen stroked his chin and said.
Han Zhen showed that everything is under control. When I, Han Zhen, work under me, I will laugh when I want to, and cry when I want to cry.
Born into a wealthy family, Han Zhen had a lot of experience in how to manage and manage people since he was a child.
Of course, a Yanei from a background like Han Zhen understands the Yanei’s thoughts best.
The yamen does not lack good clothing and food, nor does it lack the respect of others. What it lacks is the ambition to surpass its father and make achievements on its own.
There is a saying: Don't be afraid of losing one's ambition by playing with things, but be afraid of being ambitious.
Since you are determined to prove yourself, I will pinch you and control you on this.
Of course, Zhang Gen sent troops to win this time. If Zhang Yue dared to accuse himself in court, he would have to be careful.
Everything is under Han Zhen's control.
Of course, this is just one thing to Han Zhen. How to dispatch the army to Weizhou to dispatch food and grass, and various other things are discussed one by one.
…
Right now in Tokyo city.
Zhang Yue said to the Emperor while staying behind.
"Your Majesty, take this opportunity to make a truce with Dangxiang. The post roads I want to build on Shaanxi Sixth Road should be fully rolled out. The imperial court should not get involved in the post road matters and let the commercial enterprises decide. All profits and losses belong to the commercial companies, except for dividends.
It has nothing to do with the imperial court."
The official nodded slowly.
From Tokyo to Xijing, and then from Xijing to Shaanxi Yilu, an enterprise similar to the postal service has been established.
The imperial court gave all the foot shops in this area to private merchants, but there was one thing that had to be ensured: the delivery of gold medals and official letters from the imperial court.
Every time the imperial court would pay with money and buy something called first-class stamps. Even gold medal delivery was no exception. After the postal service of Shaanxi Sixth Road was fully rolled out, the imperial court could save money and food every year, and get dividends from it, so that it could make a lot of money throughout the year.
Two million dollars.
Enterprises jointly run by government and businessmen were advanced at the time, and at any time they only needed to be half a step ahead of the times.
The officials nodded slowly. Every year, the maintenance of the six post stations along the strategic envoy road in Hedong, Shaanxi Province required a large amount of money and food. Between one less and one more, the court saved a lot of money.
At present, the postal route is only profitable from Xijing to Tokyo, but from Xijing to Shaanxi Sixth Road, there is no commercial income.
"In addition, this year's tribute to Dangxiang's Qingyan can also get an additional 500,000 seats. This will make up for Dangxiang's loss to Liangzhou and the danger of cutting off the tribute roads to the Western Regions."
"This will prevent party members from jumping over the wall and alleviate the worries of the Jiechi being flooded last year and the rise in domestic salt prices."
Zhang Yue said so.
After hearing this, the official said: "Everything is as you said!"
The current officials obey Zhang Yue's words.
Zhang Yue was about to resign when the official suddenly said: "Sir, please go slowly!"
Zhang Yue stopped for a moment and turned around and asked, "I wonder if your Majesty has any other instructions?"
The official asked: "Do you think Dangxiang really has the strength to fight after Liangzhou is lost?"
Zhang Yue pondered that in history, Mongolia besieged Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Dangxiang State. The leader of Dangxiang State ordered the prince to guard the capital while he fled to Liangzhou.
However, he wanted to prevent Dangxiang from moving his capital and fleeing north, just like Mongolia destroyed the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty moved its capital three times in a row. Of course, except for Liangzhou, there were too few places where Dangxiang could move his capital, so the possibility was quite slim.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, I can't say whether Dangxiang will be able to fight again after Liangzhou. But I am also worried that Dangxiang will move the capital, which will take several more years."
The official said: "If the capital is moved, where can the party move to?"
Zhang Yue said: "I am afraid that I will spend a lot of money, food and people's strength, which will delay your majesty's full success."
The official nodded and said: "I understand. Sima Guang told me that the reason why Dang Xiang is being respectful at the moment is because he hopes that the court can forgive his sins and return to the territory he has conquered over the years. The two of them are respectful, so that
China was idle and took the opportunity to invade again. The three were worried about being exterminated by their superior country, so they used troops for a long time to deplete the country in order to seek exchanges with the imperial court."
"I have thought about it for a long time, and it is indeed true. The immortality of the party is indeed a personal concern, and I really can't sleep peacefully."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, it will not take more than a few years at the latest."
The official said: "I understand."
Zhang Yue said: "I will retire."
The official watched Zhang Yue's back and thought to himself, Zhang Yue once said that he would look for a successor for him in three years. I wonder who the other party will choose?
…
Zhang Yue stepped out of the main hall and returned to the West Hall of Zhongshu.
Seeing the sunlight outside the house filling the roof of the government veranda, it makes people's hearts bright and bright.
Zhang Yue smiled slightly when he saw this. After autumn, some flowers came to the market.
I am not in a hurry to go back home, but go to the flower market first.
In the past, when peonies were on the market, Zhang Yue knew that his wife liked peonies, so he bought peonies as a gift.
This is also the habit of Beijing dignitaries to enjoy the peonies in Luoyang. In the past, they would have them delivered on fast horses, and such a pot would cost more than ten guan. At that time, Ouyang Xiu even wrote a special article on Luoyang Peonies.
Seventeen Niang had been accustomed to admiring peonies since she was a child, so she was dumbfounded by Zhang Yue, a child from a poor family.
Looking at the dozen or so peonies in the Wu Mansion, Zhang Yue always felt that it was too extravagant.
Now he is accustomed to it. If he can make his wife smile, he still has to spend the money. After all, besides buying books and admiring flowers, the Seventeenth Mother does not have too much luxury in her daily life.
The more Zhang thought about this, he suddenly received an urgent letter from Chen Guan reporting to Lu Huiqing.
Zhang Yue read a letter from Lu Huiqing informing him, and Han Zhen wanted to send troops to attack Weizhou!
Zhang Yue almost took action when he saw the letter. Han Zhen dared to send troops without authorization.
This is exactly the same as in history, after Sima Guangyuanyou came to power and ordered border officials not to provoke border provocations, Lu Huiqing sent 20,000 troops to gather in Xingbo to attack the party items without authorization.
Han Zhen also had the same idea, and Bian Shuai wanted to take credit!
He did not want the central government to negotiate peace with the party, but he wanted to challenge the imperial government's policies on his own.
Yes, he had been partial to Xihe Road in recent years, but in the future he would still have to send troops to attack Dangxiang from Jingyuan Road. Han Zhen couldn't bear it even for the past two years.
Now Lu Huiqing secretly impeached Han Zhen to herself.
One good thing about Lu Huiqing is that he uses money to do things. As long as Zhang Yue promotes him, he will definitely repay him, at least doing well in appearance.
Zhang Yue thought of this and said, "It's impossible to keep Han Zhen as the privy envoy."
Chen Guan asked: "Who can replace him? If he is replaced, how will he be placed?"
Zhang Yue said: "This is no longer two years ago. At that time, I had no one available, so I had to use Han Yuru. Now, Xue Shizheng (Xue Xiang), Wang Hefu (Wang Anli) and even Shen Cunzhong can replace him."
"Now it is not difficult for me to remove a privy envoy, but it is difficult to arrange it as you said."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Han Zhen had also guessed that, yes, he did not want him to return to Beijing after making great achievements.
He would rather have Feng Jing serve than Han Zhen as Privy Councilor. From the perspective of conflicting opinions, Feng Jing was verbally opposed, but Han Zhen was a headstrong person who would definitely use both words and actions.
However, he had arranged a way out for Han Zhen, but Han Zhen repeatedly complained in front of his confidants that he was worried that he would return to Beijing after making great achievements and threaten his position.
Could it be that Han Zhen still thought that he didn’t know?
When you are in an officialdom, you must not complain about your superiors in front of anyone, because the words will eventually reach his ears. You don't even need to place people around Han Zhen, someone will take the initiative to secretly report his every move to you.
In terms of information, it is definitely the higher the status, the more comprehensive and in-depth the information obtained.
Otherwise, after all, I have received a lot of care from the Han family, and I would not be tempted to let Lu Huiqing check and balance Han Zhen.
Zhang Yue thought that Zhang Gen was still training with Han Zhen, and he knew it clearly. There was probably another inside story about the previous defeat, and he could have guessed it, but he did not reveal it.
Arranging Zhang Gen's work at Han Zhen's place is also a medium-difficulty dungeon.
Now that he has reached his current position, there are not many things that can threaten him. The only thing he fears is that his descendants will work too hard and want to go...further!
If you don't have this ability, you should understand earlier that you should guard your family business and don't mess around with it.
Zhang Yue actually didn't want Zhang Gen to continue to be an official and wade through this muddy water.
The officialdom is like a besieged city. Some people miss the night to rush to the examination room, and some resign and return to their hometowns. People outside are looking at the flowers in the fog and feel envious of the status of officials, but those in the officialdom do not feel good about it.
Zhang Yue can choose one or two nephews from his family to cultivate and let them take care of the family.
The Zhang family is such a big family, because after Zhang Dexiang became the Prime Minister, it was enough that he had transformed from a second-rate family to a first-rate family.
To cultivate oneself is to fulfill one's responsibility, to manage one's family is to fulfill one's responsibility to the family, to govern the country and bring peace to the world is to fulfill one's responsibility to the people of the country. How to find people who can be entrusted with family and career is Zhang Yue's priority.
Zhang Cheng has no career ambitions and he is very satisfied. However, Seventeenth Lady is a little unhappy, but at this point, he does not have to consider her emotions.
Now that Zhang Gen has this intention, it is his own choice and he will not stop him, but tests and thresholds must be set. He will not even provide any help. It is best to let him quit early.
Zhang Yue really couldn't bear the thought of this.
Han Zhen's arrangement for Zhang Gen must have been both bitter and bitter on the outside, and he would never be able to make a choice. However, if jade cannot be polished, it cannot be made into a weapon. If it cannot pass such tests, how can it be made into a weapon?
Rather than doing this, it would be better to break Zhang Gen's mind and then come back to marry Huang Lu's daughter, which has been delayed for two years. If you don't spend a few years in society and don't know your own abilities, you will just keep to yourself when you hit the wall.
…
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue said to Chen Guan: "Han Zhen must not return to the court and can only serve abroad. However, he made great achievements in the great victory of Lanzhou. It is necessary to find a good reason to remove him from the post of Privy Councilor."
How to make Han Zhen naturally take up the post of foreign minister?
If he doesn't do it well, he will be suspected of squeezing out talented people and trying to monopolize power in Zhongshu.
Although this is true, it is better not to tell others on the surface.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue wrote a letter to Lu Huiqing.
There are not many people in the world who can understand their own thoughts, but Lu Huiqing is one of them.
Zhang Yue paused in the middle of writing and thought to himself, it seems that Han Jiang's kindness will only fall on Han Wei in the future.
