Zhang Yue talked with Peng Jingyi for a while and then said: "Your sea fishing documents are just a letter from me. If you have any plans or a good job, I will arrange it for you."
Peng Jingyi said: "Sanlang's current official work is not small, right?"
Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said, "It's not bad."
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty does not count officials who have become official and are idle at home. Among the officials in office, there are only forty or fifty people with higher official positions than themselves.
Peng Jingyi said: "Can I stay and work with Sanlang?"
Zhang Yue said: "Really? There are a lot of rules around me."
Peng Jingyi said: "I know how to measure. I have no background and want to find a job outside, and I have no hope in the future. But by being with Sanlang, I can try to get rich!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yue thought to himself, "Okay, you may seem a bit generous, but deep down, you are really good at planning."
Zhang Yue said: "Well, since you have this intention, then I'll ask you to be a coward by my side."
In the Song Dynasty, from the prime minister to the recorder, minor officials such as Ling Shi had subordinates, and the number of official subordinates ranged from a maximum of a hundred to a minimum of one.
To put it bluntly, these concubines are just hangers-on.
For example, the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period all had many retainers, among whom Mengchang had three thousand retainers.
The first-class diners have fish to eat and cars to go out, and their treatment is quite good. The lowest threshold for becoming a diner is a "shi".
Those who have force are called warriors, those who have strategy are called counselors, and those who can write articles are called scribes. Of course, there are also those who imitate the crow of chickens and pretend to be dogs to steal.
After knowing the imperial edict, Zhang Yue received a monthly salary of one hundred and twenty guan, thirty bolts of silk, and an additional salary of 50 guan per month. With this salary, it was not enough to support his followers.
But the imperial court actually covered the cost of keeping the retainers.
This is called the food and clothing.
The number of courtiers ranges from seven to five, while the number of officials in the capital ranges from five to three.
Officials at different levels receive different treatment. For example, officials with three official posts, three secretaries, two systems, two provinces, and above are all given first-class treatment.
Each concubine can be given 5,000 monthly meals.
In addition to meal money, there are also subsidies for tea, wine, cooking materials, firewood, mugwort, charcoal, and salt.
People in the Song Dynasty could live a very prosperous life with only a hundred dollars a day. In addition to the high consumption in the capital, in places like Huaishui, a hundred dollars a day could afford to marry a wife, raise a child, occasionally eat meat and wine, and even have a surplus.
Being a servant of Zhang Yue is enough to support a family of eight or nine people, and they can also live a very decent life!
With such a servant, Zhang Yue could support seven people, and all the expenses were paid by the court.
Moreover, official retainers are also from first-class backgrounds. As official retainers, they can take special examinations to avoid the dilemma of competing with scholars from poor families.
It seems that Zhang Anguo, who passed the Jinshi examination this year and was recommended by Wang Anshi as a scholar of Chongwen Academy, was born as Wang Anshi's disciple.
If you follow an official and perform meritorious service, you can also serve as an official.
In short, becoming a follower of a dual-system official like Zhang Yue not only leads a decent life, but also has the opportunity to make contributions. It is a pity that Tang Jiu, who is already a follower, and Zhang Gong have no awareness at all.
The next day Zhang Yue officially entered the hospital.
Zeng Bu, who was the house inspector, immediately came to see Zhang Yue and Zhang Heng.
After Zeng Bu came to see Zhang Yue, he humbly congratulated Zhang Yue again, and Zhang Heng and Zhang Heng were promoted to the imperial court!
Zeng Bu had a humble face, as if he was a very honest and loyal person, but Zhang Yue understood that this was not what he appeared to be.
When Han Qi opposed the Qingmiao Law, which official dared to refute Han Qi's memorials one by one and publish them to the world? Who gave you the courage?
Zeng Gong was a literary man who liked to talk about poems and essays with others. He was also a bit aloof, and he felt like a kind-hearted elder brother to Zhang Yue.
Zeng Bu seems to be inconspicuous. Judging from his more than ten years of official career, there is nothing surprising. He just follows the rules and does things step by step.
But if he is not careful, Zeng Bu can do great things. He is definitely a ruthless person.
That day, Zhang Yue, Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu were chatting and talking about the chariots, horses and cannons in chess. Zeng Bu seemed to be a very 'horse' and would kick you when you didn't expect it.
Now after Lu Huiqing sentenced Sinong Temple, Zeng Bu worked in the palace every day as Wang Anshi's subordinate, and also served as a storyteller in Chongzheng Palace. He was obviously the third most powerful figure in the reformist group after Lu Huiqing, after Wang Anshi.
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Zeng preached: "Two of you, I hope you can be accommodating to Li Ding's appointment as censor!"
Zhang Yue glanced at Zhang Heng and asked him to speak.
Zhang Heng asked: "Did Wang Shenzheng ask you to deliver a message?"
Zeng sermon: "No, that's what Zeng meant."
To be a good subordinate, one must think ahead of the leader in everything. Zeng Bu is indeed Wang Anshi's most capable person.
Zeng Bu began to explain.
Zeng Bu talks very interestingly. He likes to talk at length, presenting facts and reasoning. He always repeats himself tirelessly and even talks to you in detail.
After listening to Zeng Bu's lecture, Zhang Yue and Zhang Heng both yawned secretly. Zhang Yue extracted the central idea from his words. The reason why Song Min asked the three Zhizhi Gao to oppose Li Ding's appointment as censor,
It was because Li Ding was not qualified enough, but Wang Anshi had already taken this into consideration when he gave him the title of Quan.
In addition, the imperial court has been employing people frequently recently, so it would be against the rules to make a fuss about people with insufficient qualifications.
Although Zeng Bu is verbose, there is nothing wrong with his speaking skills. Does it fully comply with the rules for Zhang Yue and Zhang Heng to serve as Zhizhigao? Not necessarily.
Zhang Yue actually had no objection to Li Ding's appointment as censor.
Don’t use people?
Did he just follow the order when he was promoted? He didn’t have any foreign experience, so he became Xiaofeng now.
As those with vested interests, we cannot pick up the bowl to eat meat, or throw down the fast food and smash the rice bowl. If we use people in the imperial court out of order, we fully support it with both hands and feet.
However, by recommending Li Ding as Zhizhi Gao, Zhang Yue and Zhang Heng become weaklings.
The three predecessors of the two of us did not hesitate to lose their official positions, but also wanted to return the titles. When we took office, we agreed, and Zhizhi Gao was completely embarrassed by you two.
Zhang Yue and Zhang Heng looked at each other, and they both understood each other.
Zhang Heng said: "Li Ding did not grant the imperial censorship, not only because of his lack of qualifications, but also because he has a reputation for being unfilial. The most important thing is that he was promoted to an official because he agreed with the Qingmiao Law!"
Zhang Heng pointed out that the reason why Li Ding's prefix was returned was not because of other issues, but because you agreed with the Qingmiao method of conferring officials.
This sets a very bad example for officials all over the world. Anyone who supports the Qingmiao Law will be promoted, and those who oppose the Qingmiao Law will lose their official position. This undermines the system of appointing officials in the imperial court.
Zeng Bu babbled again: "Xiao Zhang Sheren, Bu remembers that when you first arrived in Beijing, you were also appreciated by the officials because Shangshu supported the school reform. Now... how come..."
Zeng Bu said a lot of things. Anyway, you Zhang Heng also speculated on the new law and got promoted. Why can't Li Ding do it?
Zhang Yue said: "There are qualifications for promotion and demotion of officials. Previously, Li Chengzhi was promoted to a capital official because he had merit in the exemption law and chose people without promotion. Can you see that the title of imperial edict is still used?"
To select someone to change the capital official, you need to get five promotions from five capital officials before you can change the capital official.
However, Li Chengzhi did not have this process to directly award the award to the capital official. This matter was very inconsistent with the rules. The official also said personally that I rarely do such things, but I will make an exception for you.
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This incident occurred before Li Ding was awarded the admonishment officer. At that time, Song Minqiu and the three ministers had no objection to it.
But I didn’t expect that if I don’t do it next time, it will often become “please continue next time!”
Li Ding also selected people, and he was not promoted by officials, but he was directly appointed as censor. No one can resist this change, and the word "power" cannot explain everything.
Zeng Bu was stunned. Zhang Yue was indeed right and was about to speak...
Zhang Yue said: "I don't mean to laugh at fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps. We scholars talk about the word "jing" and "quan". Jing is the system and "quan" is the power. Li Ding can change it without any promotion because he agrees with the Qingmiao Law.
This is your authority as a capital official, but it is not in line with the law to be directly appointed as a censor. Please ask Zixuan to report this matter to the king to participate in politics!"
After listening to Zhang Yue's explanation, Zeng Bu wanted to talk a few more words, but Zhang Yue said: "Zixuan! You are Zi Gu's younger brother. We have old friendship, so I have always left room for you. If I continue, I will
Let’s talk it through.”
What Zhang Yue means is that when you are promoted to an official in Li Ding, you must mention a few words. You can be promoted to an official in the capital, but you don't have to talk about censorship.
I mean, if you make Li Ding the censor again, I will still give you the prefix!
Zhang Heng nodded after listening to Zhang Yue's words and said: "Yes, that's what I mean too."
After hearing Zhang Yue's words, Zeng Bu had no choice but to obey, and then stood up to leave.
After Zeng Bu went back to report to Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi was not surprised and said: "Zixuan just tried his best."
After a pause, Wang Anshi said: "This Qingmiao Dharma is my own plan for Prime Minister Li Qingchen (Li Shen). Although I was at odds with him for a long time when I was in the Third Division, now the Qingmiao Dharma is undoubtedly working!"
Zeng preached: "No one in the world knows your husband's painstaking efforts. The Green Miao Law has been implemented all over the world. According to Bu's knowledge, the Green Miao Law is very popular among the people. Before Wang Guangyuan implemented the Qingmiao Law in Shaanxi for one year, more than 5,000 Qingmiao money was scattered in one state.
Guan, limited to two times a year, coming from house to house, only counting more than 2,000 Guan in interest."
The green crop money is said to be two-cent interest, but the term is half a year, so the annual interest rate is actually 40%.
Zeng Bu gave an example of a state in Shaanxi that used money to release young crops. It used a capital of 5,000 guan to lend money to the people twice a year, earning more than 2,000 yuan in interest.
Zeng preached: "If the imperial court really promotes it to all states and counties, it can get millions of dollars every year. And if you get the green seedling method, half of it will be retained and half will be dispersed, and it can be increased every year."
Zeng Bu talked about the prospects of Qingmiao Law, and Wang Anshi asked: "Is there any restraint in the local area?"
Zeng Bu was silent for a while and said, "It's really hard to stop the match."
Wang Anshi glanced at Zeng Bu and said, "It seems that it is just like Su Shi's advice at the beginning. The court is not allowed to restrain the wife. It is just a piece of paper."
Under the huge profits of the Young Crops Law, it is conceivable that in order to increase the fiscal revenue of local states and counties, if the court does not allow them to suppress the allocation, it will be a piece of paper.
Zeng preached: "My lord, the imperial court has changed the Qingmiao Law, so that the first-class households are not allowed to exceed fifteen guans, so it is only three guans, and the fifth-class households are no more than 300 guans. Even if there is a restraint, what is the hindrance?"
Wang Anshi said: "What you said is true, but this is Zhang Duzhi's idea. Although he opposed the Qingmiao Law, he did make contributions to the Qingmiao Law!"
Having said this, Wang Anshi said to Zeng Peng: "As Zhang Yue wanted, Li Ding was changed to his other post."
