When Lu Bu flew to Zhending Mansion, Zhending Mansion was boiling.
Originally it was Lubu from Xihe Road to Bianjing, but Li Xian specially ordered the two horses to ride separately. One route went directly from Xizhou to Bianjing, while the other detoured to the east of Hedong and passed through Zhending, and finally went to Bianjing.
Li Xian's deliberate move was to boost the morale of the Song Army in Hebei and Hedong Road.
Now in Hedong and Hebei states, all the prefectures know about the Song army's great victory at Taohe River.
As the Xuanfu envoy, Zhang Yue also accepted the congratulations from Lu Gongbi and other officials, but compared to the happiness of the officials, Zhang Yue was not so optimistic.
In addition to conferring the title of Zhang Kai, the officials in Bianjing also sent the imperial eunuch Ye Zuqi to Zhending Mansion to confer Zhang Yue with his title because of Zhang Yue's strategizing and the merit of recommending Zhang Kai.
He was promoted from Minister of Rites to Minister of Officials.
However, Zhang Yue declined.
Ye Zuqia didn't understand why he asked: "Your Majesty has good intentions, why does Mr. Zhang refuse?"
Zhang Yue said: "The demarcation of the Liao Kingdom has been undecided for a long time. How can we dare to receive rewards for Western affairs?"
Ye Zuqia tried to persuade him again and again, but Zhang Yue refused.
Ye Zuqia said with an annoyed look on his face: "Xianggong Zhang, you are not telling me how to communicate with the officials, so please praise me more!"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Hengfu, you are a fellow countryman of mine, so you can take care of some things for me."
Having said this, Zhang Yue said: "Have you been in frequent contact with Wang Yuanze and Lian Baoguang recently?"
Ye Zu negotiated: "In reply to Xianggong Zhang, Xianggong Wang previously appreciated Xiaguan's talent and learning, and made Xiaguan the Prime Minister of the Imperial College. Over the years, Xiaguan has also found many talented and learned people for the imperial court in Guozijian."
Ye Zuqia won the first prize because he supported the new party in the palace examination.
Public opinion comes from the school, and the Imperial College is now the public opinion base of the New Party. Ye Zuqia found talents who support the New Party in the Imperial College and provided public opinion.
Hearing that the other party only talked about Wang Anshi but not Wang Yu, Zhang Yue asked: "How does Wang Longtu treat you?"
Ye Zuqia said in a low voice: "To be honest, Mr. Zhang, Wang Longtu is impatient and arrogant. Recently, I have been reprimanded by him for my poor performance. Sometimes in front of many people, it really makes me unable to step down."
Zhang Yue said: "Although I am outside the court now, if you need anything, you can always look for Cai Chizheng."
Ye Zuqia was overjoyed to know that Zhang Yue had pointed out another way for him.
He said: "The threshold for Cai Zhizheng is very high. In the past, subordinate officials did not dare to visit him. But with the words of Mr. Xianggong, I know what to do."
After Ye Zuqia left, Lu Gongru came to congratulate him, but Zhang Yue said: "No need to congratulate, I have already resigned."
"Why?" Lu Gongru of Zhizhending Mansion couldn't help but wonder.
Zhang Yue said to Lu Gongru: "Although Zhang Zhifu won a great victory in this battle, he paid a lot of price. One was the cession of Huangzhou, and the other was the loss of land along the Tao River in the heart of Xihe Road."
"For me, the most heartbreaking thing is the latter."
He had previously asked the officials to cede Huangzhou early in order to gain strategic initiative, but I don't know if the officials or Li Xian hesitated, so Ali Gu sent troops to discuss the matter.
Of course, there is always a gap between the formulation of strategies and the final implementation, but several years of work in the field were ruined by this battle, which made Zhang Yue very regretful.
Zhang Yue said to Lu Gongru: "I don't want to win a big victory but seek a small victory, because a big victory will definitely come with a price."
"Everything in the world has two sides. Therefore, I dare not enjoy the undivided blessings, and I dare not obtain the gains for no reason."
After hearing this, Lu Gongru was in awe of Zhang Yue, but he didn't show it on his face and said: "What Mr. Zhang said is to let the subordinates understand what Sun Tzu often said: Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I only dare to say this to Lu Gong, otherwise I will be jealous of my cousin."
Lu Gongru said: "Zhang Xianggong's heart can represent the sun and the moon, and no one in the world knows it."
Ye Zuqia stayed in Zhending Mansion for three days. Zhang Yue hosted a banquet every day and privately gave Ye Zuqia a bag of jewelry.
When bidding farewell the next day, Zhang Yue personally saw Ye Zuqia outside the city.
Zhang Yue treated Ye Zuqia so favorably that the officials were puzzled.
Zhang Yue smiled and said nothing. Historically, the Han Emperor sent Lu Zhi to attack the Yellow Turbans.
Lu Zhi defeated Zhangjiao, then led his army to surround the Yellow Turban Army, intending to cut off their food and grass, and finally accomplished his victory in one battle.
At that time, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty sent a Xiaohuangmen to inspect and asked for a bribe from Lu Zhi, but Lu Zhi refused to give it. Finally, the Xiaohuangmen went back to see the emperor and said that Lu Zhi could clearly wipe out the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop, but he delayed the attack, so he relied on his troops to support himself.
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Finally, the Han Emperor escorted Lu Zhi back to the capital in a prison car and replaced him with Dong Zhuo.
Because of the allusion of Lu Zhi, Zhang Yue was very generous with people sent by officials like Tong Guan and Ye Zuqia, in order to avoid trouble for himself.
You are not the only gentleman in the world. You always treat others like a gentleman, and there are many villains living together. When dealing with villains, you must use villain methods.
Historically, Dong Zhuo was severely defeated by the Yellow Turbans after succeeding Lu Zhi, which caused the court to spend more efforts to quell the Yellow Turbans.
Lu Zhi took care of his own integrity, but in order to preserve his reputation, he made the country pay a greater price.
Zhang Yue's goal is to negotiate with Liao. As long as he can achieve this goal, it will be a great contribution to the country. There is no harm in changing his daily behavior and giving up some principles.
Seeing this, Ye Zuqia knew how to speak. After returning to Bianjing, he reported to the officials that Zhang Yue had declined the appointment of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. At the same time, he said that Zhang Yue was working hard at the front line, sleeping and eating, and was diligent in the king's affairs.
The officials were moved and sighed after hearing this, and they also understood why Zhang Yue had been unable to reach an agreement with the Liao Kingdom.
This is something else.
After Zhang Xiaojie, Yelu Yixin also sent people to Zhang Yue's army.
Coming to Zhangyue on behalf of Yelu Yixin was Yeluhong, the concubine of Yelu Yixin.
In addition to being responsible for connecting with Zhang Yue on behalf of his father Yelu Yixin, Yeluhong also had another purpose of staying in the Song Dynasty.
Yeluhong was born to Yelu Yixin and a Han woman. According to the customs of the Liao Kingdom, a bastard son could not inherit his father's family property, nor could he participate in the world election.
Yelu Yixin has a son, Yelu Sui, who can participate in the world election in the future and inherit his father's official position as Privy Envoy of the South Court or Privy Envoy of the North Court.
But Yeluhong was a concubine. At the same time, he had a Han name and a Han mother.
He didn't know that Yelu Yixin loved him deeply. He just thought that his father no longer wanted him and asked him to work for the prime minister of the Song Dynasty.
In fact, Yelu Yixin asked Yeluhong to come to the Song Dynasty in order to find a way out for himself in the long run.
Zhang Yue read the letter Yelu Yixin gave him and thought, what is the purpose of the other party sending his son to him as an errand?
He looked at Yeluhong and spoke fluent Chinese. Most people would not be able to tell that he was from the Liao Kingdom.
At the same time, Yelu Yixin also brought a meeting gift worth 20,000 yuan to Zhang Yue.
He said in his letter that as long as Zhang Yue accepted his son, he would make certain concessions to the Song Dynasty in the negotiations between Song and Liao.
After seeing Yelu Yixin's letter, Zhang Yue couldn't help but hesitate.
Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie gave away people and money, and promised to negotiate concessions. Is there any fraud in this?
