The Zhang family has come to congratulate guests.
Zhang Yue sat in the inner hall and answered each one one by one. The greeters were brought into the hall one by one to talk.
Some of these visitors were just congratulations, and some were showing their closeness. After all, where Zhang Yue was now, he didn't necessarily have to help with many things, but it was still easy to do bad things.
The rest are asked to do things and look after their children.
On weekdays, you might only have a 50% chance of coming to ask for an opportunity, but today you have a 70% chance.
To be honest, Zhang Yue was sometimes tired of dealing with it, but he had to get things done properly, and collecting and releasing favor debts was not a simple matter.
Today, my two uncles, Wu Anshi and Wu Anchi, also came to visit. You must know that Wu Anshi is a rare visitor and rarely visits.
"Congratulations to my brother-in-law, Yingzhou, for becoming an immortal!"
Now Wu Anshi was also smiling, congratulating Zhang Yue on his arrival at Xianyu Hall, and also presented him with a picture of the Eighteen Scholars ascending to Yingzhou. The first of the Eighteen Scholars were Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and there is no need to mention the metaphorical meaning.
As that saying goes, you encounter the most bad people when you are at the bottom of the mountain, but when you go up the mountain and reach the top, you will see good people wherever you look.
Zhang Yue looked at the painting sent by Wu Anshi and said, "It's only today that you have put down your high and mighty attitude in the past, but to be honest, I still like your unruly and unruly look."
Zhang Yue didn't care too much, but said: "Zhang was not famous at first, but thanks to the appreciation of Mr. Da Lang, he allowed me to borrow books in the Wu family library and took me to Beijing with him."
It was in the Wu Family Library that Zhang Yue met the Seventeenth Mother, and they went to Beijing together. They secretly fell in love with each other on the way. This also made Zhang Yue, a man of two generations, understand for the first time that a girl likes me too.
Wu Anshi was very happy when he heard this, while Wu Anchi tugged on his sleeve.
Zhang Yue looked at Wu Anchi's movements and asked, "Brother, do you have anything to say?"
Wu Anzhi said: "Wangzhi asked me to come to congratulate Duzhidao."
Hearing that it was Lu Jiawen who brought him up, Zhang Yue immediately understood. Lu Jiawen betrayed the Lu family, and Zhang Yue, who was facing the Lu family's in-laws, could not come to congratulate him, otherwise Zhang Zhi would kick him out.
But the meaning of Lu Jia's question was also very clear. He wanted to show his kindness to him and hoped that he would be merciful to him in the affairs of Yisi after he entered the court.
Zhang Yue said: "Brother, thank you for me. I will discuss the matter with my father-in-law, Xianggong Lu, in the future."
Wu Anshi and Wu Anchi received a positive answer and left immediately satisfied.
As soon as Wu Anchi and Wu Anchi left, Zhang Zhi led Cai Que to the inner hall.
Cai Que joked as soon as they met: "In the past, when I met Mr. Cai, I would just walk into the room directly. I'm afraid I'll have to queue up to see him in the future."
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Senior brother, aren't you going to kill me if you say this?"
Cai Que said with a smile: "I'm so moved by this. Today I really understand what it means to be a farmer in the morning and ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening."
"This is how you and I are scholars today, and tomorrow when we meet the opportunity, we will soar into the sky. One never knows where the next step will be. When we first met in Taixue, I never expected that you would be as successful as you are today."
yes.
Listening to the noise of the guests outside, Zhang Yue sighed deeply in his heart, remembering the days when he and Cai Que were studying at Taixue.
Back then, I had to live a careful life even if I had a few pennies in my pocket, and then I frugally study. How could I have imagined that I would live in a house with eight seats today.
As soon as he thought about this, he thought far away. Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Brother, if you have anything to say, you can just say it directly. There is no need to talk in circles between you and me."
Cai Que nodded and lowered his smile and asked, "I heard that you went to see Mr. Wang?"
Zhang Yue thought that Cai Que was really well-informed: "Exactly."
Cai Que asked seriously: "When you come back to the court this time, do you really intend to assist Han Xianggong in fighting against Lu Jifu?"
Zhang Yue said: "I didn't say a word, but my senior brother asked me this, so can Lu Jifu trust me?"
Cai Que said sternly: "Du Zhi, I can tell you something that is absolutely certain. Although Han Xianggong is now Zhao Wen, he is no match for Lu Jifu."
Zhang Yue didn't know in his heart that Lu Huiqing was not only powerful, but more importantly, he had the base of the new party behind him. Before Wang Anshi left office, he was the manipulator of the reform, and after he left office, he took over all aspects.
Then Cai Que chatted with himself about the names of several people, all of whom were his confidants.
Zhang Yue knew what Cai Que meant, and he suggested that the two of them should not be attached to Lu or Han, and go their own way. Cai Que wanted to protect the master, the imperial party who knew the cards, but this way would be attacked by the scholar-bureaucrats.
Attack it.
When the history of the Song Dynasty was compiled in the future, Cai indeed ranked first on the list of treacherous officials. Although he had the extreme side, more importantly, he was an imperialist, so he even impeached Wang Anshi and Han Zhen. You must know that Wang Anshi recommended him and Han Zhen
His elder brothers Han Wei and Han Jiang also recommended him.
Except for the emperor, Cai indeed could not recognize any of his relatives.
But Zhang Yue believes that you can be loyal to the emperor, but you must not have a bottom line when dealing with him. This is why he is different from Cai Que.
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While he was talking, he suddenly heard Zhang Zhi go inside and said: "Third uncle, Xianggong Lu is here."
Cai Que looked in disbelief. Just now, he had advised Zhang Yue that Lu Huiqing must be careful, but in the next moment, someone came to congratulate Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue's expression changed when he heard this. In the past, official promotions were only for low-level officials to visit senior officials to congratulate them. There were no high-level officials to come to congratulate low-level officials.
Not to mention that Lu Huiqing was at the level of Prime Minister, even Han Wei, Zeng Bu, Yuan Jiang, and Deng Wan, who were at the same level as Zhang Yue, had no reason to come to congratulate him in person.
Zhang Zhi said: "Xiangong Lu sent someone to say that he just happened to be passing by here and stopped by to congratulate him."
Drop in? If I look up to you, the whole city of Bianjing will drop in on you. If I look down on you, even those who live in the opposite door will not drop in on you.
Zhang Yue said without hesitation: "Hurry up and open the middle gate to greet us!"
Because Lu Huiqing came in person, Zhang Yue, Zhang Shi, and Zhang Zhi all went to the gate to greet him personally.
Zhang Yue looked outside the door and watched Lu Huiqing, who was dressed in purple robes, calmly get out of the carriage and raise his hands to congratulate him. He immediately stepped down to greet him.
The guests who came to Zhang Mansion to congratulate him were also surprised to see Lu Huiqing's move.
There were rumors in Beijing that Zhang and Lu were at odds, but today Zhang Yue was promoted to a bachelor of Duan Ming Palace and a bachelor of Hanlin, and Lu Huiqing personally came to congratulate him. This shows that this statement is completely false.
Zhang Yue also knew that Lu Huiqing had ulterior motives for this move, but which official was promoted to a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy and had the prime minister come to congratulate him?
Lu Huiqing's move can be said to have given him enough face. To be precise, it has given him enough face to be a bachelor of Hanlin and a bachelor of Duanming Palace.
For those who want to achieve great things, face is the least important thing. However, the more shameless people are, the more face they have.
Success is really shameless perseverance... At this moment, Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing seemed to have been chatting and laughing with each other for many years.
Having said that, the two have been friends for more than ten years.
"Lv is really happy for you after spending this time with Yutang Lingxiao!"
Zhang Yue smiled, you must not have thought so in your heart.
Lu Huiqing raised his head and looked at Zhang Yue's mansion, and said to Zhang Yue with emotion: "These days, I often think of the first time I met Du Zhi in Ouyang Gong. Thinking of what happened a few years ago, I feel very regretful."
Zhang Yue remembered that when Ouyang Xiu opposed the reform, you, Lu Huiqing, followed Wang Anshi, which was a disgrace to his father and son.
Zhang Yue said: "The Great Council implemented reforms for the sake of the country. In the final analysis, it is just a dispute over national affairs."
Lu Huiqing held Zhang Yue's hand and said, "Among the entire dynasty, only Du Zhi knows me."
This scene seemed extremely harmonious, and then Lu Huiqing said a few words to Zhang Shi and Zhang Zhi.
The three people immediately invited Lu Huiqing inside to drink tea.
Lu Huiqing nodded and entered the house first. Zhang Yue was half a step behind him. The guests on the left and right stood to greet each other and greeted each other. Lu Huiqing entered and drank tea, then said he had something to do and left.
Not long after Lu Huiqing left, outsiders reported to the Hanlin bachelor, and Zeng Bu, the envoy of the Third Secretary Quan, came to congratulate him.
Zhang Yue was promoted to a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and as a result, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy and the third envoy and a prime minister came to visit him. This was the treatment that only the ministers of the third imperial court and the prime minister had to pay homage to the prime minister.
Isn't this so wonderful that it can be described in words?
The guests present were all quite shocked. Zhang Yue has now been promoted to Hanlin bachelor's degree. This is already the case. What if he can take it one step further in the future?
Zhang Yue personally greeted Zeng Bu.
Zeng Bu and himself were both Hanlin bachelors, but Zhang Yue had no real power other than writing edicts to the emperor and participating in the affairs of the Privy Council. However, Zeng Bu was the third envoy, ranking third after Zhongshu and the Second Privy Council in terms of actual power. .
Therefore, the weight of Zeng Bu's visit was no less than that of Lu Huiqing.
Zeng Bu looked solemn, Zhang Yue saw the opportunity and knew that the other party had something to say to him, so he invited him to the inner hall.
Zhang Yue asked: "Brother Zigu, are you well?"
When Zeng Bu heard Zhang Yue mention Zeng Gong, he smiled and said, "Everything goes well for my brother as an official in Qizhou. If my brother is here today, he will be very happy to see that Duan Ming was the leader in the past and that he has reached the top of Aofeng again today!"
Zhang Yue sighed: "After Ouyang Gong passed away, the only person in the world who can learn from me is your brother. Zixuan, you and I are not outsiders. If you have anything to say, you can speak out."
Zeng preached: "I heard from brother Pingfu that he came to the door the day before yesterday to ask for a blessing to protect Zheng Jiefu?"
Zhang Yue said: "Indeed."
Zeng preached: "It is clear and true that the City Change Law is indeed not a good law. However, Lu Jifu encouraged the governors of the world to praise the new law and requested that the City Change Law be implemented throughout the country. This matter now makes me very embarrassed."
"Zeng hopes that Duan Ming can support Zeng in the matter of market changes. Now in this matter, Zeng and Lu Jifu will either die or I will die, and Duan Ming's attitude is very important in the official family, so Zeng sincerely requests
Duan Ming helps.”
Zhang Yue said: "Zixuan, don't worry, I will discuss this matter with several husbands and come up with a deal."
Zeng Bu smiled and said, "If you have Duan Ming's words, I feel relieved."
Having said this, Zeng Sermon said: "Yes, I heard rumors from the Bachelor's College that some bachelors are dissatisfied with the matter of Duanming's visit to the palace."
Zhang Yue smiled. He had expected this. He returned to the court and was appointed as a bachelor of Duanming Palace, which would automatically lower the ranking of other Hanlin bachelors by one.
Zhang Yue said: "Everything in the court is in ruins. Zhang has no time to care about these things, but I still thank Zixuan for his kindness."
Zeng Bu immediately stood up and left.
A moment after Zeng Bu left, others reported that Han Wei, a Hanlin scholar, came to congratulate him.
As soon as the news came out, there was another sensation.
A prime minister and two Hanlin scholars came to congratulate him. It was a worthwhile trip to witness this scene.