House prices in Beijing are indeed not cheap, but with the power of Pucheng Zhang, it is still easy to purchase several houses.
Zhang Pin is one of the core figures in the rise of the Zhang family in Pucheng. Of course he has his own house in Beijing.
In fact, not only Zhang Pin purchased a large house, but Zhang Dexiang also purchased a large house.
Ever since Zhang made the decision to make bets separately, the contact between Zhang Pin and Zhang Dexiang has become much less frequent, and they rarely see each other except during holidays.
In fact, even including festivals, the number of times the two met was only handful.
After all, Zhang Pin was dismissed from his post by Zhenzong because he had offended Liu Mei, and had to leave the country.
In recent years, Zhang Pin has been working as an official away from home, so naturally he and Zhang Dexiang have no chance to meet.
It was not until recently that Zhang Pin returned to Beijing after completing his term.
The local magistrate is also a local official after all. Logically speaking, Zhang Pin basically does not need to wait for Que.
In addition, Zhang Pin and Ding Wei have a good relationship. Based on this calculation, he should go directly to the next assignment.
But he chose to wait for Que.
And this is exactly Ding Wei's arrangement.
Previously, Zhang Pin was demoted from the capital because he offended Liu Mei, or the Queen Mother.
However, now it is the officials who are in charge, and the Queen Mother has almost completely retired.
Therefore, it is time for Zhang Pin to return to Beijing.
But what Ding Wei didn't expect was that the officials would directly promote Zhang Pin to Longtuge to be made.
Although this official has no title, Longtuge is the most important official, and with this title, he also has the right to be promoted beyond his salary.
Generally speaking, if a certain official carries the title of Longtuge to be made, it often means that he will be vigorously promoted by the official family.
certainly.
The news in the palace has not yet spread. At this time, Zhang Pin did not know that he was about to be promoted to Longtuge.
At this moment, Zhang Pin was thinking about Ding Wei's intention of letting him return to the capital.
In fact, Ding Wei is still firmly in the phase, completely beyond Zhang Pin's expectations.
One emperor and one courtier.
The official family now has the tendency to be pro-government. It seems that Ding said that important officials of the former dynasty should have taken up official positions long ago.
Look at Qian Weiyan, look at Feng Zheng, and then look at Wang Zeng.
This is true for civil servants, and the treatment for military ministers left behind by the previous dynasty is similar.
Privy Envoy Cao used his power to lose his previous power. Today's Deputy Privy Envoy Cao Wei is the next Privy Envoy according to the wishes of the officials.
It won't be long before Cao Lili abdicates.
Changing places, if he were Cao Lili, Zhang Pin would definitely choose to take the initiative to become an official. In this case, he could still retain some dignity for himself.
If Cao Lili had been occupying the position of Privy Councilor, he would probably end his official career in a very dishonorable way.
After all, his disciple Cao Rui was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Among the common people in Beijing, who doesn’t know Cao Rui’s ‘famous name’?
When ordinary people see Cao Rui, they basically choose to take a detour.
You can't afford to offend, but you can afford to hide.
Unknowingly, the sky was getting dark, and the servant's action of holding the lamp made Zhang Pin come back from his deep thoughts.
On the other side, seeing Zhang Pin looking directly at her, the maid holding the lamp was startled. She hurriedly blew out the fire seal and bowed to apologize.
"Nu Nu was reckless and disturbed the master."
"None of your business."
Zhang Pin waved his hand gently: "It's my own fault."
In fact, what Zhang Pin was looking at was not the maid, but the candlelight.
Seeing the newly lit candle, he couldn't help but think of Zhang Dexiang who was still in the temple of King Wucheng.
Although Zhang Pin is Zhang Dexiang's uncle, there is not much age difference between the two. Zhang Pin is only less than ten years older than Zhang Dexiang.
(PS: I couldn’t find Zhang Pin’s specific date of birth, but Zhang Pin died in 1034.
Zhang Pin participated in the tribute examination for the first time in the third year of Xianping (1000). At that time, his age should be between 20 and 30, so he should be in his fifties now)
In this way, he and Zhang Dexiang are almost the same age.
Although Zhang Dexiang was a little more successful in being promoted to Jinshi than he was, in a patriarchal society, seniority within the clan is greater than seniority in the officialdom.
Therefore, Zhang Pin's attitude towards Zhang Dexiang is probably that of an elder looking down on a junior.
Now, Zhang Dexiang can become a tribute official. Although he is only a tribute official, it is still an extremely remarkable thing.
Zhang Pin was sincerely happy about this.
From now on, Jinshi who came from this subject would nominally have a teacher-student relationship with him.
In addition, being a tribute official is also a very good qualification. Being able to serve as this official means that the official family has great trust in this person.
'Perhaps, Xiyan's career in the future will be smoother than mine.'
‘This move is correct.’
Let Zhang Dexiang use Yang Yi's connections to transfer to the Northern Group. Initially, it was just a risky move.
At that time, Zhang Dexiang did not receive much support from his family. Half of his achievements today were due to Yang Yi's recommendation.
Most of the other half was Zhang Dexiang's own efforts, and his family only contributed a small part.
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The next day.
Wuchengwang Temple.
Afternoon.
Zhang Dexiang took a nap for a while. When he woke up, he was about to get some water and clean up his personal hygiene.
When he was getting water, he happened to see Chen Yaozuo walking towards him.
"Xiyan, congratulations."
Chen Yaozuo cupped his hands with a smile on his face.
Seeing this, Zhang Dexiang couldn't help but have a flash of astonishment in his eyes.
Where does this joy come from?
Chen Yaozuo laughed and said frankly: "You probably don't know yet, but today there was a decree from the palace, and the examiners for the palace examination have been selected."
"Zhang Jianzhi, is he your uncle?"
"He is also on the list."
At this time, the provincial examination has ended and the grading work has basically been completed, so even Zhang Dexiang and others are still in the lock-up period.
But it is not a problem for the outside world to transmit some news to the inside. However, it is a little more difficult to transmit news from the inside to the outside.
Of course, it's just a little bit bigger.
Therefore, Zhang Dexiang was not surprised at all when Chen Yaozuo learned the news from the outside world. What really surprised him was that his uncle was selected by the officials to be an examiner for the imperial examination?
Why is Zhang Dexiang so sure that he was appointed by officials?
Because the examiners of the palace examination are officials, although ministers have the right to recommend fellow examiners, the final arbiter is still the officials.
'this……'
At the same time, Chen Yaozuo was carefully observing Zhang Dexiang's reaction.
Unfortunately, the observation results left him a little disappointed.
Zhang Dexiang's behavior was normal.
First he was shocked, then surprised, and then slightly happy.
All this is normal!
'Did I guess wrong?'
'Are the rumors from the outside world true?'
Is there really a bad relationship between Zhang Shilian (Zhang Dexiang’s grandfather)’s branch and Zhang Wengu’s branch?
After thinking about it, Chen Yaozuo felt that further observation was needed.