Wu Chong was also a handsome man at first, but later due to a knot in his neck, his image deteriorated a bit, and some officials even secretly laughed at him.
But now that Xuan Ma has become prime minister, no one will dare to laugh at him anymore.
Wu Chong admonished the officials from the right, and was promoted to deputy privy envoy to the chief inspector, minister of the Ministry of Works, and participated in political affairs.
The Grand Master of the School Inspector is the third level of the school inspector. The highest is the Grand Master of the School Inspector, but generally he will not be given lightly.
As for the prime minister, he is generally given the post of school inspector.
However, this position is usually awarded to the Secretary of the Central Committee for Pingzhangshi, and is rarely given to the Counselor for Political Affairs. At present, neither Feng Jing nor Wang Gui has been granted the position of School Inspector.
Therefore, once this position was awarded, the official's intention became somewhat clear.
Wu Chong was the latecomer and managed to squeeze in front of Wang Gui and Feng Jing.
As for the Minister of Industry, his official rank was also increased by two levels, from the two provinces to the six ministers, and he was now qualified to serve as Zhongshu Pingzhangshi.
As for the assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering, it is when the casual official (the master of the school inspection) is higher than the official (the assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry and Engineering), so there is a line in front of it.
On the contrary, if the casual official is lower than the main official, add the word "Shou" in front.
Thanks to his son-in-law, after the great victory in Baicheng, Wu Chong was only one step away from becoming the prime minister.
At this moment, in the Zizheng Hall, Wu Chong stood in front of Wang Gui and Feng Jing, just behind Wang Anshi, and on the other side were Wen Yanbo and Cai Ting.
Wang Anshi's official position was also increased from Minister of Rites to Minister of Personnel.
In addition to the prime minister, there is also the planning prime minister, Xue Xiang, the third minister.
This time Zhang Yuehe Tao used troops, the state and county officials in the northwest were full of curses and collective protests. Documents expressing crying, pleading, anger, and threats to strike were thrown at the court like snow flakes.
The officials of the Third Division were also in a state of constipation - unable to communicate up and down.
At the top are the officials. Wu Chong has issued repeated orders to ensure that the food and pay for Zhang Yue's Western Expedition Army cannot be delayed. Anyone who violates the rules will be punished. Below are the state and county officials who are helpless, protesting, and scolding. In short, they want food but not their lives.
Muddy.
The three parts that connect the previous and the next are like constipation. My face is red and I can't go down no matter how hard I try.
In the end, thanks to Xue Xiang's various twists and turns, he thought about demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall, and finally the food and pay for the Western Expedition army was not delayed for a day.
After the victory in Baicheng, Xue Xiang was also promoted as a direct bachelor of Longtuge due to his merit.
In addition to the three ministers of the Second Prefecture and the Third Bureau, there were also Zhang Hu, who was revising notes on daily life and concurrently serving as a judge of the Imperial College, and Zhang Zhi, who had just been promoted from Baowen Pavilion to Longtuge.
In addition to his post in the library, during this great victory in Baicheng, the officials also gave Zhang Zhi the post of lecturer, and at the same time, he also served as a daily assistant for fellow practitioners.
As for Zhang Zhi's official position, he was even more amazingly promoted to the rank of living room official.
You must know that Hanlin scholar Zeng Bu's current official is only You Zhengyan, which is two levels lower than Zhang Zhi, and Lu Huiqing in another time and space history is also only You Zhengyan.
But now Lu Huiqing is just a daily servant, and he is on an equal footing with Zhang Zhi.
Zhang Zhi, who was sitting aside, was also puzzled. He actually had some credit for the great victory in Baicheng, and he was promoted to the rank of living room official.
Zhang Zhi's own contribution was only to persuade the emperor to issue the second gold medal edict to take back his former life. Zhang Zhixin himself only said two or three sentences, and calmed the anxious mood of the officials.
He has been promoted twice, and there is no one like him.
So when Zhang Zhi saw Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu, they looked very ashamed. It was really shameful for him to be in a high position without any effort at all.
Zeng and Lu must have a strong background, but who would have expected that they wouldn't be promoted as fast as themselves.
As for Jianzheng Zhongshu's official affairs in the fifth house, and Zhizhi Gao Lu Huiqing, he also stood calmly in the hall.
Today in the Zizheng Palace, everyone was discussing the list of awards for more than 5,000 people handed over by Zhang Yue.
To be honest, when faced with this list, all the officials present were a little crushed.
The names, official positions, and resumes of these more than 5,000 people were written on more than 300 pages of paper, totaling more than 100,000 words, which is almost equivalent to a masterpiece. Not to mention the officials, several husband-in-laws had a headache reading it.
, it can only be handed over to Zhongshu Wufang for viewing.
Li Chengzhi, who was inspecting the ceremonial room, saw that the groom, cook, and medical officer actually appeared on the list. He said to Lu Huiqing: "What does this mean? Can traffickers and lackeys be here?"
Li Chengzhi meant that the names of these people should not be shown to them. Even if their names appeared in the temple, it would be considered a first-class blasphemy in the eyes of the prime minister and the emperor.
Why do these people?
Officials may not even remember the names of ministers who have served as officials for decades, and who have served as officials at court, let alone these traffickers and pawns?
Lu Huiqing looked at the list, but she felt differently.
He saw that on Zhang Yue's list, many of them were officials from the Qinfeng Road Transportation Department, and even officials from the Yongxing Military Road Transportation Department appeared among them.
These people all cooperated and supported Guo Xihe Road in matters of food and salary dispatch.
They were not originally recommended by Zhang Yue, but Zhang Yue actually included these people. The official positions of these people include not only state officials and county officials, but also state judges, county managers, sihu, county chief registrars, and county magistrates.
Lieutenant...
It even goes as far as the subordinate staff in the county, such as the custodian, the provincial level, etc...
In addition to officials, there were also people whom Li Chengzhi looked down upon, including the government officials and civil servants.
Lu Huiqing looked at it and thought to herself, Zhang Duzhi really knows how to win people's hearts. After all, the officials who scolded Zhang Yue for forcing them to work early in the morning and work late at night to raise military rations were still unable to be grateful to him.
Next, Wang Anshi, Wen Yanbo and other prime ministers took turns speaking, expressing their opinions on Zhang Yue's commendation.
They all have the same meaning, which is that the recommendation is too excessive.
Wang Anshi said: "It is good to record all minor achievements, but some rewards can be dealt with by Yue Yue as a manager, and there is no need to report them to Zhongshu."
"I think we should send the list back and let Zhang Yue draw up another one."
Xue Xiang also said: "To sponsor so many people, including officials other than Xihelu, if it were done by anyone else, I would have thought it was an act to win people's hearts."
"But Zhang Yue is a minister of great merit and has won the trust of His Majesty. Since I have been in contact with him for many years, I can guarantee that he will never be like this. However, the officials will discuss it, and no one can stop it."
Feng Jingdao: "I saw the recommended expenses listed by Zhang Yue and the rewards after conquering Xihe. I thought that these rewards must be implemented one by one, but I don't know how much more money will be spent and how many more officials will be added."
"The imperial court is now trying to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and redundant officials are being laid off all over the country. Once so many rewards are used, the hard work of the past few years will be in vain, and the money accumulated for many years will be exhausted. Not to mention that in the future, the soldiers and horses on Xihe Road will be taken care of.
If the Fourth Army comes to provide support, I'm afraid the country will be burdened with heavy burdens if things continue like this."
Lu Huiqing was listening, and Feng Jing's words made sense. Although he wanted to speak, when the official frowned, he swallowed his words back.
The official said to the ministers: "I understand. We all think that this memorial is an indiscriminate punishment and retribution. Although you don't say it clearly, you also acquiesce in this meaning."
"How many five thousand people? It depends on how you look at it. I happened to have nothing to do, so I read this commendation overnight, and I was deeply touched."
"For example, one of the common people named Xu Aliu was attacked by the Tibetan people on the way from Qinzhou to Xizhou. Most of the officials, soldiers and civilians fled without fighting.
"But he stayed. It was not until the Song army came from the nearby fortress that they repelled the Tibetan people and found that he had been hacked to death by the Tibetan people on the grain truck he was escorting."
"There is also a commoner named Xue Qilang from Shanggui County. In just a few months, he traveled between Shanggui and Didao City three times, using his own mule cart to transport more than 600 shi of military rations for the Song army. He was an ordinary citizen.
Three times the amount of labor.”
"There was also a civil servant named Chen Wulang who walked nearly three hundred miles in five days and finally died of exhaustion on the road..."
The official paused at this point and said: "I have never been to Xihe, so I don't know what the so-called suffering of people's livelihood really is."
"Now that I see these people named Xu Aliu, Xue Qilang, and Chen Wulang, I always think in my heart, what kind of people they are, and what are these people who are diligent in state affairs for? It's just me.
An imperial decree, or the pressure of subordinate officials, no matter what it is, when I saw the names of these people, I felt that they suddenly came alive in my heart..."
After hearing the official's words, the whole hall suddenly fell silent.
"Now that Xihe has won, everyone in the world says it is my contribution. The Prime Minister led hundreds of officials to the palace to congratulate me, saying that I am comparable to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. You and other officials don't have to worry about someone speaking up. Even if you don't say anything, you still have something to say.
The Lord says for you (Zhang Zhi lowered his head after hearing this), some people are even quarreling over some credit, just for fear that the court will not know."
"But what about these Yamen? Where are these common people? Who can speak for them? This makes me have to think deeply. You should also think about it... In the past, there were many difficulties and we were afraid that we would not be able to defeat it. Now we have really brought peace to Qingtang.
Even if Mu Zheng and Dong Zhan were captured, don't each take credit for it."
Zhang Zhi was deeply moved after hearing this, and then he thought, although the emperor's words were spoken from the bottom of his heart, were they not actually a first-class slap on the meritorious officials?
Wu Chong said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. Once Xihe wins, in addition to the officials who have already been rewarded, there are also many officials below who have not been rewarded and they say strange things. Such remarks happen every day."
"As for whether there are too many recommendations and too much money, I remember Zhang Yue's words, when the private interests of all people become the public of the world. For such a big event as Xihe's opening, the imperial court spent a huge amount of money on it, and now
After finally seeing the merit, the imperial court is going to take back its previous promises. How can we make everyone want to serve the imperial court wholeheartedly in the future with such an act that harms the public and private interests?"
Lu Huiqing came out and said: "Your Majesty asked Zhang Yueshang whether there was excessive reward in the letter of commendation. I think it is true. But people like fame and fame, just like birds like food. How can a handsome man be able to make a difference in the world?
Go against the rules and make sense.”
After hearing what Lu Huiqing said, the officials were extremely impressed and said, "It's exactly what Lu Qing said."
In the end, everyone discussed it, and they just screened out more than ten people from the more than 5,000 people recommended by Zhang Yue, and the court implemented all the remaining praises.