Zhang Kai rode his horse through the streets of Bianjing gloomily.
In fact, when he returned to Beijing, he also asked himself: He is now a Privy Council member, which means he has half-stepped into the ranks of the ruling class.
Apart from Zhang Yue, no one in the officialdom rose faster than Zeng Xiaokuan.
But he was still worried about it. He felt that in the future, he could pacify Liangzhou and Lanzhou. Although he was not as good as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, he could still be compared with Cao Bin and Di Qing.
At the moment he is nothing more than Guo Kui and Cao Wei.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qi drove his horse straight to Zhang Dun's mansion.
Zhang Dun is now a Hanlin scholar, but he still lives in his old house. Zhang Kai knows that Zhang Dun is very filial to the Yang family, and he also takes good care of Zhang Yu and his younger brother Zhang Kai.
After Zhang Kai sat down, Zhang Yu immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.
Zhang Kai's father, Zhang Fang, was a Jinshi in the second year of Qingli, the same year as Han Jiang and Wang Anshi.
Zhang Kai's grandfather Zhang Pin was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingde and had a good relationship with Ding Wei, which later affected his official career.
Zhang Kai's great-grandfather Zhang Wengu was the number one scholar in the second year of Kaibao. Zhang Wengu, also known as Zhang Gu, was the teacher of Zhang Yue's teacher Zhang Youzhi. At that time, Zhang Youzhi told Zhang Yue that Zhang Wengu would not serve in the Song Dynasty for the rest of his life because he was a minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It was actually wrong.
It is true that Zhang Wengu did not come out at first, but Song Taizu repeatedly called him and finally had to serve. In the end, he returned home because of illness within a year of taking the official position. Emperor Taizu also appointed him as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Zhang Kai's great-great-grandfather Zhang Wenche is also Zhang Yu's great-grandfather, Zhang Dun, and Zhang Yue's great-great-grandfather.
Only Zhang Yu and Zhang Kai moved to Suzhou.
Zhang Kai's former residence in Suzhou was called Taohuawu. Historically, it was bought by Tang Bohu and renamed Taohua An. Zhang Dun also bought a house in Suzhou. The house was Canglang Pavilion built by Su Shunqin. In another time and space history, this place
The house was taken over by Han Shizhong and renamed Han Garden.
Now Zhang Dun is a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Zhang Qi is a Privy Councilor, and both of them are repairing gardens in Suzhou.
Zhang Kai's Taohuawu is in the north of the city and is called Beizhang by the locals. Zhang Dun's Canglang Pavilion is in the south of the city and is called Nanzhang.
There is a poem written by people in the Qing Dynasty. The southern chapter expands Canglang, and the northern chapter opens Taowu. To this day, the peach blossoms in Canglang are not as good as in ancient times.
I have to mention Su Shi here.
Su Shi had a good relationship with Zhang Kai and Zhang Dun. When Zhang Kai's family was building Taohuawu, he asked Su Shi to write an article for his family's Si Tang, called Si Tang Ji.
In the eighth year of Xining's reign, Zhang Dun wrote a poem to Su Shi.
Jun Fangyang admires Bu's new residence, and I also renovate the old house of Wu family.
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The next day, we arranged to go back and forth in a boat, and together we would write poems, drink wine, and go fishing with woodcutters.
Su Shi's dream in this life was to settle in Yangxian, so he bought a house here, and Zhang Dun also bought Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou, so Zhang Dun said in his poem that you bought a new house, and I just bought an old house. Old
The house is Canglang Pavilion.
After the two agreed to become officials, they lived in the south of the Yangtze River together, reciting poems, eating wine, fishing, and living a fairy life.
At that time, both of them were frustrated in politics. Zhang Dun moved to Huzhou because of Lu Huiqing's involvement, so he was determined to leave.
Su Shi has always been unpopular.
In fact, it was Zhang Yu who paid for the Canglang Pavilion. Su Shunqin only spent 40,000 guan to buy the Canglang Pavilion. However, after Zhang Yu bought it, he started a lot of construction work. Just to build the rockery pavilion and buy loess, he spent 30,000 guan.
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Su Shunqin built water and Zhang Yu built mountain.
Of course, Zhang Yu spends money like water, and Zhang Kai already knew this about his uncle.
Officials in this era only did two things, one was to build big houses, and the other was to buy fields.
Zhang Yu was extremely stingy with other things, but he was very generous with these two things. In addition to spending 30,000 yuan to build the Canglang Pavilion, he also bought fields in various fields.
This is Zhang Yu's tone. Now that you have become a senior official and have a generous salary, you should be asking for land and saving a lot for your children and grandchildren.
Zhang Kai smiled when he heard this, and Zhang Yu said in a tone of imparting his experience: "Now there are bandits in the Jianghuai River. When outsiders raise their swords to scare them, the people are at a loss. They are all eager to sell their fields. The land is very cheap."
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Zhang Kai said: "The reason why the land is cheap is because there is a shortage of money."
Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Of course, the money shortage is just that the people have no money, and we are not short of money. Plus the money for exemption, the young people have to sell their land for money. The money is getting more and more scarce, and the land
It becomes more and more mean."
"Zhang San is self-righteous and wants to employ labor and labor at the same time, but he doesn't know that it can't be implemented. I also advise you to take advantage of this time to buy more land from the private sector."
Of course Zhang Kai knew that his uncle disliked Zhang Yue.
However, Zhang Yu also knew from Zhang Yu that Zhang Yue had good intentions. There was a money shortage among the people, and it was too late for you to implement a work-for-relief program at this time, so you spread the money into the hands of the people at the bottom of the society, and also asked the people at the bottom to pay for the exemption from service.
Received from the imperial court.
At this moment Zhang Dun came back.
Zhang Yu and Zhang Dun had a deep relationship, and they immediately went to the back hall to talk together. Zhang Yu looked at the two of them and laughed nonstop, and said to himself: "Okay, okay! It seems that the hostage is still the closest to brother Dun."
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In the back hall, Zhang Yue was about to tell Zhang Dun what was in his heart, how he had worked so hard, but in the end, when he saw that he was about to get all the success, he gave Zhang Yue a piece of paper and transferred him back to the capital to marry Zhang Zhi.
Clothes.
Zhang Dun laughed after hearing this.
Zhang Kai said: "I will tell you what's in my heart. Brother Qi, why are you making fun of me?"
Zhang Dun said directly: "I laugh at you because you are so greedy for profit that you are blinded by the achievements in front of you and have no ordinary judgment at all."
Zhang Kai couldn't help but said angrily: "You said it was my fault? Wasn't it Zhang San who used me to pave the way for his nephew?"
Zhang Dun smiled and said: "If you really capture Liangzhou and Lanzhou, then there is only one thing. The dogs in your hometown in Suzhou will grow horns and shine."
Zhang Kai changed his expression when he heard this and said: "Di Wuxiang is a military general, how can I have such thoughts?"
What Zhang Dun was talking about was the slanderous words against Di Qing made by the imperial censor, saying that Di Qing's dog would glow at night and grow horns, implying that Di Qing had evil intentions.
Zhang Dun said: "What's the difference? Back then, Emperor Renzong had no heirs, and his dragon body was not good. Di Qing was in Bianjing, and he worshiped the Privy Council as a military general. This is just like the story of Zhou Shizong and Emperor Taizu back then!"
"If you say that the official will not impeach Di Qing, will there be another incident of wearing a yellow robe?"
Zhang Kai's face turned pale when he heard this. Yes, Di Qing's situation back then was exactly the same as the situation before Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Zhou Shizong Chai Rong died of illness.
One is a seriously ill emperor, and the other is a general with great military exploits.
Therefore, at that time, civil servants such as Ouyang Xiu had a strong sense of crisis and must drive Di Qing out of the capital.
The officials said to Wen Yanbo, don't do this to Di Qing, this man is a loyal minister!
Wen Yanbo directly said that when Zhou Shizong was here, Emperor Taizu was also a loyal minister.
The implication is that if you die, who knows whether Di Qing is a loyal minister? Once the generals below support him, even if you really have no intention of rebelling, you will not be able to make the decision.
If you refuse the yellow robe, you will still die after returning to the court, or you will be chopped off on the spot and replaced by someone else as emperor.
Song Renzong was choked by Wen Yanbo's words and had nothing to say.
Zhang Dun lowered his voice and said: "The health of today's officials is not very good, and the prince is only three years old. In view of Chen Qiao's death, there will never be a figure like Di Wuxiang left in the court."
"Otherwise, it is Zhang Yue who is left in Xihe now. How could you get this world-famous achievement?"
Zhang Kai's face turned blue and white at times after Zhang Dun said a few words.
Yes, if Zhang Yue had continued to fight on Xihe Road, it would have been his turn to take over.
Zhang Yue conquered six and a half states on the Xihe Road, but he was only granted official status as a Hanlin scholar and a Duanming Palace scholar. He conquered Kuozhou himself, and Huangzhou became a Privy Councilor and a Privy Councilor. What else could he be dissatisfied with?
You, Zhang Kai, didn't thank Zhang Yue for giving you this great achievement, but instead you said this to him, do you have a guilty conscience?
Seeing the other party's expression, Zhang Dun added: "You also know that since Zhang San and I got tired of each other, I would never say a word of good things for him, but since you came to ask me, I will tell you what I really mean.
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Zhang Kai stood up and said: "Seventh brother, you are right. The prince is young, so the court cannot produce another Di Wuxiang. Mr. Zhang saved me by sending me back to the capital."
Zhang Dun slandered him. He was Zhang San just now, and now he is Zhang Xianggong.
Zhang Kai said: "I will come to him to apologize!"
After saying this, Zhang Kai turned around and left, but it was too late for Zhang Dun to stop him.
Zhang Dun shook his head and said: "He still has such a temper. I really don't know how to lead troops. It seems that the third brother has left him with too much foundation. Anyone else can make achievements."
Zhang Kai drove his horse directly to Zhang Yue's house that night.
At this time, there was still an hour before dawn, but Zhang Kai and only one of his followers were stationed in front of the Zhang Mansion.
It was almost dawn when a gatekeeper from Zhang's mansion came out to sweep the floor. Seeing Zhang Kai alone waiting in front of the gate before dawn, he immediately invited him into the mansion.
Zhang Qi did not let the other party call, but waited in the guest room.
After Zhang Yue woke up, his servants came to report.
Knowing that Zhang Yue had been waiting all night, Zhang Yue smiled slightly.
The biggest shortcoming of a capable but also very conceited person is that he often attributes his success entirely to his own efforts and ignores the help of others.
Why do later generations of companies ask their employees to sing "Grateful Heart" all day long to brainwash them? It's to prevent them from forgetting the power of the platform.
Well, it means that I only use capable people. Those who are grateful every day are loyal, but they are useless if they don't know how to do things.
When employing people, you can't ask for perfection, you have to scold and teach, and don't expect to have a 100% loyal little brother from the beginning.
This is a game, not reality.
People's hearts cannot be quantified by loyalty. The smarter a person is, the more ideas they have. They are not willing to accept others easily, so they must be persuaded and educated, and they must not be beaten to death with a stick if they make mistakes.
Relationships and trust between people are accumulated over a long period of time together. Don't think about solving problems once and for all.
Zhang Yue immediately went to the guest room and met Zhang Kai.
When Zhang Yue saw Zhang Yue, he couldn't help but bow to him.
Zhang Yue helped Zhang Kai up and said, "You know what happened to Zilu when he was cheating on his husband!"
Zhang Kai said: "Report to your husband, I know."
Zhang Yue said: "Yes, Zigong helped people without asking for gold or silver in return, but Confucius rejected this move. Zilu helped people accept a cow, and Confucius praised it. This is the reason."
"I don't necessarily want people to repay my kindness, but if I want to benefit others from the bottom of my heart, how can I really benefit others in the long term if I don't use self-benefit methods?"
"If you want to understand my way through my skills, you don't just look at my fingers and fail to see the bright moon in the sky!"
Hearing this, Zhang Kai couldn't help but feel ashamed and said: "My lord, I am wrong."