Hearing that the edict was about to be announced, Magistrate Lan on the side hurriedly stepped forward to take off Zhang Yue's chains.
"Zhang Taichang, I hope you will not remember the faults of villains."
Zhang Yue glanced at the other party, and finally asked Magistrate Lan to untie the chains.
Magistrate Lan couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that Zhang Yue was really generous.
Everyone on the spot prostrated, including the refugees.
Li Xian read out the imperial edict.
The imperial edict was very simple. He ordered Taichang Cheng Zhangyue to go to Beijing immediately to meet the emperor.
There was no mention of reinstatement of the official position, because Zhang Yue had not been removed from his official position in the first place. However, Li Xian handed Zhang Yue a scarlet robe and silver fish bag and said: "This was left in front of the palace gate too often, and now it has returned to Zhao intact."
Now, please ask Mrs. Zhang to wear this outfit to meet the officials!"
Zhang Yue looked at the scarlet robe and silver fish bag and remembered the beating of Han Zhi, which was now in the past.
Zhang Yue took the robe bag and said: "I obey the imperial edict."
Li Xiandao: "Zhang Taichang, please come with us to the palace to meet the saint!"
Zhang Yue said: "Please wait a moment, father-in-law."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Yue stood up and said to County Magistrate Lan: "Magistrate Lan..."
"I'm here..." County Magistrate Lan trembled all over.
Zhang Yue said: "This chain is easy to untie, but the rest is difficult. Come with me to the palace and report to His Majesty the affairs of this place!"
Magistrate Lan broke into cold sweat.
Li Xian said with a straight face: "Get it immediately!"
County Magistrate Lan knelt down and said: "Tai Chang Zhang only works as an official and has a blind eye. Please tell me how to rectify this porridge restaurant."
Zhang Yue thought for a moment and walked between the two porridge pots and said, "Then I have a suggestion. Put rice in both pots together to make the porridge thicker."
"What's the best way to thicken the porridge?" asked the official who had just been in charge of serving porridge.
"It can float tachyons. In other words, if tachyons sink to the bottom, heads will fall to the ground!"
After saying this, Zhang Yue grabbed a handful of tachyons and threw them into the porridge, but saw that the tachyons did not even float and sank directly to the bottom of the pot.
The officials all shouted: "Put the rice in! Put the rice in!"
Lu Tixing also stepped forward and said to Magistrate Lan: "Magistrate Lan, have you listened to Zhang Taichang's instructions? If I hear another person starving to death in the porridge, you will be exiled to Lingnan!"
"Yes! Your Majesty will do as you are told immediately," County Magistrate Lan shouted to everyone around him, "Put the rice in the pot and cook the porridge!"
When the refugees on the side heard this, they all kowtowed to Zhang Yue and said, "Thank you Zhang Taichang for your kindness in surviving!"
Seeing an old man and a family of young people kowtow to him, Zhang Yue helped him up and said, "Old man, there are very few things I can do."
"Besides, this porridge donation is the grace of the officials. If you want to thank the officials, thank them."
Zhang Yue sighed deeply in his heart, there were countless records in history books about how many people died of starvation, but this family made Zhang Yue see that the number of people who died was not just numbers.
The old man shed tears and said, "Yes, yes, I would like to thank the officials and Zhang Taichang."
Zhang Yue turned to look at the hungry family members beside the old man. Among them was a two or three-year-old child, who was also skin and bones from hunger.
Zhang Yue stroked the child's head distressedly. At this moment, he understood what it meant to be old and old, to be young and to be young, and to be young.
"How can I bear the suffering of the people? If one day comes, I will make sure that all the people in the world can have enough to eat and no longer suffer from hunger and cold!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue cheered up and said to Li Xian: "You and I, let's set off!"
Li Xian said, "Yes."
After the two mounted their horses and entered the capital, Li Xian couldn't help but ask Zhang Yue: "Why doesn't Zhang Taichang escort this traitor to the capital and ask your majesty to punish him?"
Zhang Yue said: "Many officials in the world are like this. Dealing with one of them can't help. Besides, the disease of the world is not here, but in the temple."
Li Xiandao said: "The officials hold Zhang Taichang in such high regard, so they also ask Zhang Taichang to give advice and do their part for the common people in the world."
Zhang Yue glanced at Li Xian and thought that he was somewhat interesting.
"Of course." Zhang Yue nodded and immediately started riding his horse and whipping his whip.
At this moment, the officials were pacing in the Zizheng Palace, and several eunuchs were sent to visit them. When they learned that Zhang Yue had finally arrived at the palace, they were overjoyed and said to Han Wei who was standing aside: "I knew Zhang Qing would not shirk."
After the emperor took office, he also summoned ministers. For example, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, etc. all pushed back and blocked, asking the emperor to invite him three times and five times, which made people feel that it was a good thing but not easy. However, when the official summoned Echigo, the other party entered the palace to meet the emperor without saying a word.
Zhang Yue, wearing a scarlet robe and a silver fish bag, entered the palace again. It had only been two years, but now he felt that things were different from the past, and many places in the palace had been renovated.
When passing by a hall, Zhang Yue stopped and asked Li Xian, "Is this the Funing Hall?"
Li Xian nodded.
Funing Hall is the place where Emperor Renzong and his late emperor died of illness.
Zhang Yue arrived here and solemnly bowed to the palace from afar.
Emperor Renzong was kind to him, but as for the late emperor...
Seeing this scene, Li Xian was filled with emotion again and spoke more highly of Zhang Yue.
After completing this set of rules, Zhang Yue followed Li Xian into the palace to meet the saint.
After seeing the ceremony, the official stood up, lowered his rank and said in person: "Zhang Taichang, you are finally here."
Zhang Yue said: "I have been summoned by His Majesty, and I dare not neglect it."
The official personally bent down and helped Zhang Yue up. In the past, the emperor would occasionally help Zhang Yue if he valued his ministers, but he really helped Zhang Yue.
"I don't dare!"
Zhang Yue estimated that the new king had just ascended the throne, and the previous etiquette of the royal palace might not be changed.
The official said to Zhang Yue: "If it weren't for the accounts reported to me by the Third Division, I would not have thought that the country would be in this state. I would even have difficulty raising the money for the burial of the late emperor this time. As a son of man, I would be so unfilial."
, I feel guilty in my heart."
"I know that Zhang Qing was wronged at the beginning, but the late emperor told me that it is the law of the court to punish Zhang Taichang, and he should be punished as a last resort. He asked me to use Zhang Qing immediately after I ascend the throne. Today, I obey the late emperor's order and finally punish Zhang Qing.
Please come back, sir."
Zhang Yue was surprised when he heard this. He did not expect that it was the late emperor's order that the officials should resurrect him.
Thinking about his dissatisfaction with the late emperor over the years, it seems that he may have wrongly blamed him.
No matter what the truth is, it doesn't matter anymore. Zhang Yue was about to answer, but Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, just now Zhang Taichang asked the emperor when he saw me before he issued the edict. At the end of the day, he bowed to the north together with the people.
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"That's right!"
When the officials thought of the late emperor, they also cried: "I also miss the late emperor."
Zhang Yue and Han Wei both advised: "Your Majesty, please give me your condolences."
The official put away his tears and said to Zhang Yue: "Qing Zhang is very good. The late emperor did not misjudge you."
Li Xian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Taichang is a kind person. This time our family met Zhang Taichang. He even argued with the local official about giving porridge at the porridge, and was chained up by the ignorant official. Fortunately, our family arrived early.
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"Is this happening?"
Zhang Yue said: "I have nothing to do. I have ordered Jingdong Road to punish the matter."
The official nodded and said: "Although the national treasury is not rich now, I will not allow people to starve to death under the emperor's feet."
The officials once again had a high opinion of Zhang Yue. He was a common man who dared to argue with corrupt officials and ask for orders for the people. If he was an official, he would do his best for the country.
Where can I find such an upright minister?
Thinking of this, the official said: "I urgently announce that Zhang Qing is here to ask you for advice on how to govern the country today."
