The first thing Zhang Yue did when he paid his respects to the Prime Minister was to reinstate Su Zhe, who had shared the blame with him.
After Su Che came to Beijing to meet the emperor, the official said to Su Che: "I know a lot about your talents. The figures in the three accounting departments are all detailed. In just twenty or thirty days, you were able to list these things, which shows your talents."
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"No wonder Zhang Yue has protected you in front of me several times. How about I ask you to inspect the middle school room?"
The fifth branch of the Jianzheng Zhongshu is a fast track for promotion. It is also an important position occupied by New Party officials and is rarely given to non-New Party officials.
Faced with the official's appreciation, Su Zhe said: "Your Majesty, I am not as talented as my brother. I hope that the official can reuse my brother."
The official said: "I also summoned Su Shi, but he refused to accept the order."
There was not much sincerity in what the official said. He really didn't like Su Shi in his heart. The problem with Su Shi was that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. After he became the judge of Hangzhou and then became the magistrate of Mizhou, there have been repeated criticisms of the new law.
Su Shi was well-known, talented, and well-connected. Many people took the initiative to spread the word for him after hearing his words, so many words reached the ears of officials.
Although he would not be punished for his words, the officials disliked Su Shi more and more.
But Su Che is different. Su Che keeps a low profile and works hard.
Su Zhe heard the official's implication and immediately did not dare to accept the gift.
Although the officials wanted to separate Su Shi and Su Che into two parts, the love between brothers was still the love between brothers.
So the officials renamed Su Che the title of Sansi Duzhi Judge, and continued to hope that he would serve the court. However, the current Sansi is not as good as the Sansi during Renzong's time, and many of his powers were taken away by Sinong Temple.
After Su Che resigned as emperor, he went to see Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue was very happy after seeing Su Che and said: "Ziyou is back!"
Su Che bowed to Zhang Yue and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Prime Minister, on your appointment as ruler!"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It's just a fill-in, it will be fine if you come back."
Following Su Che's second sentence, he asked: "I wonder when my husband will depose Lu Huiqing?"
Zhang Yue said: "Lu Huiqing resigned as prime minister yesterday, but the officials persuaded her to stay."
Su Zhe said: "Now that he is resigning, he wants to escape completely. My husband must not be so merciful and let the tiger return to the mountain."
Zhang Yue glanced at Su Che and thought, "You want to kill Lu Huiqing more than I do. You are a born politician. You are so decisive."
If it were Su Shi who saw that everyone in the world was a good person, he would probably have just laughed it off and let it go.
Su Shi has always been critical of those in power. He will never say whatever the people in power want to hear. Su Shi will not add insult to injury to those who fail. Instead, he will comfort them with gentle words, and even laugh away their grudges when they meet.
This is a true gentleman with natural charisma. Zhang Yue feels lucky to be born in the same generation as him, so the world is Su Shi's destination, not the temple.
Zhang Yue said without revealing too much: "Lu Huiqing has already lost power. If we don't wait for me to take action, someone will take action."
"Have you heard the news? Your Majesty, now we are not trying to add insult to injury, but we are trying to make it impossible for Lu Huiqing to recover forever."
Su Zhe said: "The evidence we had to obtain when the Third Division was involved in the fire was not able to bring down Lu Huiqing when he was powerful, but now we can produce it. In addition..."
While Su Che and Zhang Yue were talking, a servant reported that Shen Kuo was coming to the door.
It turned out that Shen Kuo came to Zhang Yue's house with ten craftsmen who had just been awarded official positions as weapons inspectors to congratulate him.
As the saying goes, when drinking water, don’t forget the man who dug the well. It was Zhang Yue’s suggestion that allowed these craftsmen to become officials.
As for Shen Kuo bringing them to the door, his attitude was also very obvious.
One is to express gratitude to Zhang Yue, and the other is to express to everyone that yes, although I, Shen Kuo, have fallen out with Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing, so what?
Now I have a new supporter, and that is Deputy Zhang Shu!
You can imagine how ugly Lu Huiqing's face would be when Shen Kuo came to visit.
Before his ship sank, someone actually jumped off the ship and swam to another ship. Didn't this clearly tell others that Lu Huiqing's ship was riddled with holes?
Zhang Yue also met with these craftsmen.
They were all old craftsmen in the weapons prison, and they had countless apprentices and disciples. Years of hard work had made these people's backs hunched and their waists bent.
On weekdays, I have been subjected to discrimination and insults from officials, and even a petty official dares to ride on their heads and dominate them.
Now that Shen Kuo took them to the residence of the Deputy Privy Envoy, they were really at a loss.
The Deputy Privy Envoy is your husband!
They were actually able to be guests at Xianggong's house.
Zhang Yue received Shen Kuo and ten newly appointed craftsmen, hosted a banquet in honor of them, and served them personally.
Zhang Yue said: "Now that the war between Song and Liao is imminent, Hebei is short of weapons. It is time to rely more on you. Your Majesty has granted you official positions in the hope that you can work together."
"Serving the country is not only a matter for warriors, but also for us scholars and craftsmen. If you make a hundred more arrows, you can kill one more Khitan; if you make one more divine arm bow, you can shoot more
Kill a Khitan cavalryman."
"If the ordnance is delivered in time, I will return to Your Majesty at that time.
After hearing Zhang Yue's words, all the craftsmen and officials burst into tears of gratitude.
A craftsman stood up tremblingly and said: "We are all humble people. We have never expected to have an official position in our lives. Now we are granted an official position and are appreciated by our husband. We can even have dinner with him.
Such a great kindness can only be repaid by dogs and horses!"
Zhang Yue nodded with a smile and said, "You are all officials of the imperial court now. There is no need to belittle yourselves, and no longer think of yourself as a lowly person."
After the banquet, Zhang Yue said to Shen Kuo: "There is a science called investigating things. If you save it, you can study it carefully!"
Shen Kuo said: "The study of studying things is... my specialty."
Zhang Yue added: "Speaking of which, today's arms supervision system is all created by Lu Huiqing. No matter what, Lu Huiqing is indeed a great talent. I have seen the system he created, and it cannot be changed even a word.
Even the officials admire him. But for Lu Huiqing to have the status he has today and to be appreciated by the officials and Mr. Wang, his talent is ranked first. If you want to beat Lu Huiqing, you must be more talented.
Yes, can you do it?"
Shen Kuo hesitated after hearing this. He was conceited and talented, but within the New Party he only dared to be ranked third, not second. The first was Wang Anshi, and the second was Lu Huiqing.
"If you want to defeat other people's methods of concealing the truth, even if you win, you won't be able to get on the stage. Only by surpassing in talent can you be upright. I can show you a way. You must win in the post of Inspector of Arms. To surpass him, we can only surpass him in the investigation of things. The investigation of things is to study the principles of things. Only by understanding the principles of things can we develop the power of production. And in this matter, the most important thing is not the objects or the principles, but He is a person who can study the truth of things!"
Shen Kuo knew that Zhang Yue was teaching him the principles of life, and said with shame on his face: "Shen...Shen, don't worry!"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Remember, these craftsmen are national scholars. If you treat them as national scholars, they will definitely repay you as national scholars in the future. Don't let your talents be humiliated.