Chapter six hundred and twenty first from a poor family
The temptation of Zhizhigao cannot be resisted by ordinary official positions.
You may not feel it when you are on the outside, but you feel differently as an official. For example, Sima Guang resigned as deputy privy envoy. Why did everyone feel so awesome? Even Han Qi and Wen Yanbo, who were above him, expressed their respect for Sima Guang.
Guang was so impressed that he fell to the ground.
Because no one has ever declined the appointment of the two governments, but Sima Guang was the first.
He truly lived up to the principle that Confucian scholars admire: if the Tao is not good enough, float on the sea on a boat, and follow me, and so on.
Confucius said that one day he would no longer be able to practice his own way, and the only one who would follow me would be Zilu.
Zhang Yue thought of this and said to Chen Shengzhi: "I am deeply impressed by Mr. Chen's great love, but it is a pity that Zhang has no intention of knowing the position of imperial edict."
"As the saying goes, a poor family has three treasures: an ugly wife, a thin field, and a worn-out cotton-padded jacket. Why? Because it is difficult for a poor family to keep a spoiled wife, a rich field, and a shabby cotton-padded jacket. This means that Zhang Moude is not qualified to hold the imperial edict.
Dare to ask for it."
The higher the official position, the more important it is to take sides. Zhang Yue clearly told Chen Shengzhi that he did not want to get involved in the court dispute.
Chen Shengzhi asked calmly: "You don't have to answer so quickly, you might as well think about it again."
Zhang Yue said: "It would be better to talk about this matter as early as possible. I hope Chen Gong Haihan doesn't mind my reckless behavior."
"Ah!"
Chen Shengzhi smiled and stroked his beard and said: "Du Zhi answered so succinctly, how could I blame him? It's up to you."
Zhang Yue stood up and said goodbye.
When Zhang Yue left, he met Wu Anshi downstairs. Wu Anshi was pacing. When he saw Zhang Yue, he asked, "How is it?"
Zhang Yue asked: "Brother-in-law, does he know why Mr. Chen is looking for me?"
Wu Anshi said: "It's not that Mr. Chen is more important than you, otherwise what would be the matter?"
Zhang Yue nodded thoughtfully and said, "That's true."
Wu Anshi was in a fog and couldn't understand what Zhang Yue was saying, but Zhang Yue had already left and rode to his father-in-law Wu Chong's house.
Zhang Yue arrived at his father-in-law's house and saw Wu Chong talking to Wu Andu.
Wu Andu is the eldest son of Wu Yu, and he is married to Fan Yong's daughter. He is also the most talented of Wu Yu's ten sons. Although Yinbu is now a doctor of Youzanshan, he is about to take the provincial examination this year and be a Jinshi.
Come.
There is not a single Jinshi in the Wu family, including Wu Andu and Wu Anshi. How can an official without a Jinshi background maintain such a large family fortune?
Just like a poor man can keep an ugly wife with a ragged cotton-padded jacket, but if he wants to have a good match, it would be like Wu Dalang marrying Pan Jinlian, even his own life would be at risk.
The family of officials for generations has also had this sense of crisis for a long time. If you want to be able to afford a high-end match, you must have the power to protect it.
Seeing Zhang Yue arriving, Wu Andu spoke to him enthusiastically.
After Wu Chong, everyone in the Wu family would probably have to rely on Zhang Yue, his surnamed uncle. Wu Andu was smarter than Wu Anshi and had seen through this early on.
From the moment Zhang Yue arrived at the Wu family, Wu Andu was respectful and polite to Zhang Yue. Even when he was the prospective son-in-law, Wu Andu helped Zhang Yue in every possible way.
Wu Anshi, on the other hand, is worried that as Zhang Yue becomes more and more prominent, he will escape the control of the Wu family. In his words, he is not well-raised.
Wu Anshi's relationship with Zhang Yue was actually much deeper than that of Wu Andu. It's not that Wu Anshi was not smart, but he didn't know how to understand others or himself.
After Wu Andu left, Wu Chong couldn't help but feel a little worried as he sat there, worried about the lack of successors to the Wu family.
Wu Chong said to Zhang Yue: "I don't know how much money I have spent on cultivating my children over the years, and how many famous teachers I have hired for guidance. However, the younger generations in my family spend all their time fighting for wealth and playing around, but they don't think about studying and making progress."
Silk
"Everything in the world can be done by others, except reading."
Zhang Yue said: "Lao Taishan cultivates him carefully. At the worst, he can ask for the grace of the Holy Spirit and grant him a Jinshi background or go to Sherenyuan to take the exam."
Wu Chong said: "There is no other way. It is better to teach your son a lesson than to leave a son with a thousand gold. It is indeed the words of a sage."
After a pause, Wu Chong asked: "Why did you come to me for something important?"
Zhang Yue immediately reported Chen Shengzhi's matter to Wu Chong, and also told Wu Anshi's intentions.
Wu Chong smiled slightly and said: "It seems that this time I won't come forward and let An Shi come forward. You already know my intention. This Chen Shengzhi is now very versatile and good at dancing. In order to fight for power with Wang Jiefu, he will not hesitate to fight with Sima Junshi and the others.
Stir it together."
"No wonder he is called Shengxiang. Although I had some friendship with him in the past, I still keep a distance from him now. Unfortunately, An Shi doesn't understand this and thinks that I am dedicated to helping him. He can't see through it, and I won't tell him.
, so as not to raise any doubts.”
Zhang Yue said: "My son-in-law understands."
Wu Chong said: "You don't have to worry too much about the imperial edict. Wang Jiefu did say that you don't have the qualifications to serve as a local official, but this is a minor deficiency, not a major deficiency."
"There is no precedent, which does not mean that it cannot be done. In the system of the country and the dynasty, one must try and then order the imperial edict, but..." Wu Chong paused, raised his finger and said, "But Chen Xiyuan (Chen Yao Zuo) knew
The imperial edict was made, but it was ordered without trying. Then my fellow county official Yang Danian (Yang Yi) also was ordered without trying. Later, Uncle Ouyang Yong knew that the imperial edict was made, but he still ordered the imperial edict without trying, adding three in total!"
Having said this, Wu Chong raised three fingers and said to Zhang Yue: "Therefore, there is no precedent for not being responsible for the local situation, and trying first and then ordering are all excuses. This dynasty's official statement is that you can make decisions according to the situation."
, as long as you can get along with this, the other important thing is whether Jane can be in the heart of the emperor!"
Zhang Yue was stunned after hearing this. Don't make too many differences in terms of outline and detail.
For example, in principle it is possible, but it is not possible; in principle, it is not possible, but it is possible.
There are always people who use scriptures and powers to perfection.
All in all, as long as you are not what the court wants to use, there are a hundred reasons to stop you, but as long as you are what the court wants to use, only one reason is enough.
Zhizhigao is above Zhengyan, and is assigned to Shizhong below. As long as you are from the eighth to fifth grade, you can serve as Zhizhigao, but there are exceptions. For example, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty appointed Shengdu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, as Zhizhigao.
At the same time, it was known that the number of imperial edicts was limited to six, but the Shenzong dynasty in history often exceeded the number.
All in all, systems and national policies are made by people, and if your backer has the ability to formulate rules, it won't be a problem. As for Zhizhigao, it just has some power to influence the system.
The government has always been 'ruling the world with documents', so it is easy to imagine why imperial edicts had such a high status in the Song Dynasty.
Zhang Yue said: "Old Taishan, my son-in-law has learned a lesson!"
Wu Chong smiled and said: "You don't have to think too much about the matter of knowing the imperial edict. As long as the officials are interested, it will be easy to handle. If there is a suitable opportunity, Prime Minister Han and I will help you speak in front of the officials."
After listening to Wu Chong's words, Zhang Yue suddenly felt reassured.
It is an ancient and modern principle that no one in the court should serve as an official. We have people to back us up, that’s how confident we are.
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Before the provincial examination, countless students went to the Minister's Office of the Two Systems to write papers.
Although Zhang Yue is not included in the two systems, there are still many scholars from the government who come to write papers and submit papers. They are eager to get Zhang Yue's guidance on articles. If they can get one or two comments, it will be enough for them to write papers in this period.
If the scholar is outstanding, if it reaches the ears of the examiner, the chance of standing out will be much greater.
This time, two soldiers from Shao Wujun arrived at Zhang Yue's mansion.
These two Shao Wujun soldiers, one of whom was named Ye Zuqia, whose nickname was Dunli, were only in their early twenties.
The other man's name is Shangguan Jun, whose pseudonym is Yanheng. He is thirty years old.
Ye Zuqia and Shangguan were both classmates of each other. When Huang Lu returned to his hometown, he saw that the two of them were outstanding in knowledge and were actually the best among the children of the same village, so he accepted them as his disciples.
This time, both of them passed the examination in Fujian, so they were admitted to Beijing.
After Huang Lu knew that the two had been rescued, he asked them to take his name cards and go directly to the capital to join Zhang Yue.
So Ye Zuqia and Shangguanjun came to the gate of Zhang Mansion.
After the two people explained their intention to the disciples of Zhang Mansion, a young man in his early twenties greeted them.
The other party's name is Li Kui, one of Zhang Yue's two disciples. He is currently studying at Taixue University, but unfortunately he failed the exam this time.
Li Kui contacted Ye Zu, and Shangguan Jun received the news and learned that the two were recommended by Huang Lu and that they were both from the same hometown of Shaowu. He immediately felt friendly and invited them in immediately.
When the two of them walked to the courtyard of Zhang's mansion, Shangguan Jun suddenly said in surprise: "Zhang Gong is waiting to be crowned, but the courtyard is so small."
Li Kui stopped after hearing this. Ye Zuqia, who was standing by, knew that Shangguan Jun had made a mistake, and immediately made up for it: "I heard that when Dong Zi (Dong Zhongshu) was in Jiangdu, the courtyard was small, so there was a saying that there was no horse land for officials. From this we can see that there is no way to control the situation."
honest."
Ye Zuqia said that Dong Zhongshu was the Prime Minister of Jiangdu and his house was so small that even a horse could not turn around inside. To dismount, one had to lead the horse into a circle before going out.
"Jiangdu spins horses." Li Kui admired Ye Zuqia's reaction.
After the three of them took their seats, Li Kui chatted with Shangguan Jun and Ye Zu and learned that Shangguan Jun was the son of Shangguan Ning, the general magistrate of Chuzhou. One of his brothers had won the Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou.
Ye Zuqian was truly from a poor family, but judging from his fluent responses and eloquence, he was truly a talent.
Soon Zhang Yue returned to the mansion, and Li Kui immediately went to report. Zhang Yue heard that he was Huang Lu's disciple, and immediately met him in the side hall.
When Ye Zuqia and Li Kui met the famous fellow countryman Zhang Yuehou, they were both excited beyond words.
After a few people took their seats, Zhang Yue tested the knowledge of the two men to see if they had any useful talents.
Ye Zuqia knew that this was an opportunity. When meeting a noble person, many people want to show off but don't know how to show off. They appear at a loss, or they look confused for fear of making a fool of themselves. This is wrong.
Ye Zuqia responded just right, forming a sharp contrast with Shangguan who was not good at speaking.
Zhang Yue looked at Ye Zuqia, then at Shangguan Jun, and made a preliminary judgment about the two of them.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but be even more concerned about Ye Zuqia.
The other party and I generally come from poor families. The other party is not only eloquent, but also has aggressive and energetic eyes. People with such eyes are both very shrewd and energetic.
Ye Zuqia also has a perseverance and perseverance, as well as an emphasis on hometown friendship in his speech.
People who can fight their way out from the bottom are really not ordinary people.