Prime Minister

Chapter 178 Han Xianggong

The emperor's car arrived at the Guozijian.

There was a ceremony in it, and the idlers were all cleared away, which disappointed the Tai students who thought they could see the royal appearance.

In addition to Taixue, Guozijian also has laws, four schools, martial arts, and Zongxue.

The official family is now in the Shijing Pavilion, and Taixue Xuezheng, Zhangyue, as well as Law School, Simen School, Wu School, and Zong Xue each have a student waiting to be summoned in the side corridor.

This time the emperor’s visit to Guozijian was to inspect the Jiayou Stone Classics. Yang Nanzhong, Xie Yang, Zhang Cili, Zhao Keji, Zhang Youzhi, Hu Hui, etc. who wrote books for the Stone Classics were all accepted in the pavilion, except those who were not in Bianjing or died of illness. Official summons.

Shi Jing was healed as early as the first year of Jiayou, but after that, the emperor had no time to visit the Imperial College, and now he is suddenly interested in going there for some reason.

Outside the Stone Scripture Pavilion, Zhang Yue lined up with the crowd in two rows, standing on the veranda, holding his breath, surrounded by countless eunuchs from the forbidden army.

The rest of the people were a little nervous, but Zhang Yue gradually relaxed. Looking at the row of locust trees outside the courtyard, one of the ancient locust trees was particularly tall and towering, blocking the scorching sun in midsummer, but he could hear the cicadas incessantly.

The summer wind blows, and the leaves of the pagoda trees sound.

Zhang Yue was fascinated, and learned the right way: "Duzhi, what are you still looking at leisurely? Worried about being rude."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Xuezheng, the officials have been in the house for so long, and they probably won't see us for nothing."

Xuezheng thought for a while and said, "That's right. The Son of Heaven has no entourage. As for the fact that only one Han Xiangguo came to the two mansions, I think we have waited in vain. But etiquette is still indispensable."

A few others said: "Yes, if we had known that the officials would not see us, there would be no need to waste a lot of effort from Mao to now."

"Even if we meet, so what, at most ask a few words, and then reward a little."

"Could it be possible to inquire about it yourself?"

There was laughter from the crowd.

Everyone was discussing in low voices, but they still stood well, but their backs ached after standing for a whole day.

Not long after, an imperial envoy stepped out from Shijing Pavilion and said: "The officials have already driven back to the palace, and you will each give one thousand money and one winter coat."

Everyone had already guessed the ending, and accepted the order without any surprise.

It's really useless to wait for a day.

Although it was expected, there was some disappointment, but at least there was a reward, and everyone expressed their gratitude.

After a while, another messenger came and said, "Which one is Zhang Yue?"

Everyone looked at Zhang Yue in unison.

Zhang Yue came out and said, "I'm right."

"Is your teacher Zhang Boyi?"

Zhang Yue was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Exactly."

The messenger said with a blank expression, "Follow me!"

Everyone looked at Zhang Yue with envy.

"Could it be that the officials summoned him alone, that's amazing."

Zhang Yue followed the envoy to the side hall, but saw that it was full of officials, Wu Zhongfu and Li Gou were talking to an official wearing a purple robe and a goldfish bag.

No need to guess, this purple-robed official is the 'better-looking' Han Qi.

Han Qi turned his face halfway, put his hands behind his back, squinted his eyes and even listened to Wu Zhongfu's report calmly.

Standing beside him was a row of red-robed and green-robed chauffeurs. They respected Hou Li in front of Han Qi.

This is the honor of the prime minister, Zhang Yue glanced at it, and quickly lowered his head to avoid being rude.

When Han Qi saw the person coming, he looked at Zhang Yue, Wu Zhongfu said: "I want to teach you to know that this person is Zhang Boyi's student, and I will wait for you to see me for a long time."

"Zhang Duzhi hasn't met Mr. Xianggong yet."

Zhang Yue greeted him immediately and said, "Student Zhang Yue has met your husband."

Han Qi said: "Although Zhang Boyi has the merits of writing and writing stone scriptures, he has given His Majesty's edict three times. You are his student, so you know why?"

Zhang Yue's heart trembled when he heard this, it turned out that he was here to ask for trouble.

Zhang Yuedao said: "I don't know when I report back to my lord, but according to my teacher's speech, my teacher is unwell and hard to work. Instead of eating a vegetarian meal in the court's corpse, it is better to go back to my hometown to take care of him, so as not to waste the court's salary in vain."

Han Qi said: "Then why did you resign from the imperial court to bestow the governor's history? Is it because you are unwell? Or do you think the official position is low?"

Zhang Yuedao: "I don't dare to report back to my lord, but I don't dare to accept rewards for my small skills..."

Han Qi's face sank, and Zhang Yue could no longer speak.

"Forget it, back down!" Han Qi waved his hand.

Zhang Yue was relieved, and when he was about to leave, he heard Han Qi and Wu Zhong reply: "How much meritorious service you receive, how much reward you receive, this is a rule set by the imperial court. Official rewards are not just declined at will. The teacher is like this. The same is true for the students? They are all trying to gain fame."

Zhang Yue was furious when he heard the words, saying that it was nothing more than himself, and that his teacher was also involved.

You, Han Qi, resigned as a prime minister, and you didn't make three resignations and three concessions.

Zhang Yuezhi wanted to reprimand him face to face, but he held back his anger when he thought of Han Qi's status as prime minister.

Don't let it happen, or your future will be ruined.

Li Gou stepped forward and said, "My lord, I also think that Zhang Boyi is really arrogant, and he can't justify his refusal to accept the summons in any dynasty, but Zhang Yue is still a student of the imperial court. If there is any fault, please punish him."

Han Qi said: "That's all."

Han Qi saw Zhang Yue turning around in front of him, but his eyes were fixed on him.

Han Qi frowned, but Zhang Yue turned his head away.

Han Qi thought to himself, he lost his status as a dignified prime minister and a high school student.

After Zhang Yue left Shijing Pavilion, he thought he was summoned by the emperor, but he was reprimanded by Han Qi for no apparent reason.

Zhang Yue walked in the corridor, and his classmates asked Zhang Yue if he saw the official family.

Zhang Yue calmed down and said: "No, it's just that Han Xianggong asked to ask a few questions, but he didn't answer well and was reprimanded."

Everyone was relieved and said: "Sanlang is too nervous, although he has not seen the official family, but seeing Mr. Han is also a blessing."

Zhang Yue heard the words and thought, what kind of good fortune is this.

Immediately Zhang Yue saw the forbidden army leaving, but saw Han Qi in purple robes, accompanied by his attendants, getting on his horse and following behind the imperial chariot.

Yu Jia finally left Taixue.

"Sanlang, come here!" Li Gou said.

Zhang Yue stepped forward to salute according to his words.

Li Gou looked at Zhang Yue's face and said, "You are calm, it's not your temper."

Zhang Yue said: "The students understand that Han Xianggong is not here for the students, but for Mr. Boyi."

Li Gou nodded and said, "Not bad."

Just now, the son of heaven saw Zhang Boyi's name in Shijing Pavilion, and remembering that he refused the imperial edict three times, and refused to accept the canonization by the imperial court, he said to Han Qi, whether my benevolence is not enough, and I don't deserve such a wise man to help.

Han Qi was relieved for a while.

Then Han Qi learned from nowhere that Zhang Yue was also waiting to be interviewed, so he called him in and gave him a reprimand.

On the surface, it was because of Zhang Yue's resignation as Governor Shi, but in fact it was to accuse Zhang Youzhi of refusing the imperial edict three times.Han Qi's move was to appease the officials, and Li Gou also thought that Zhang Youzhi was trying to gain fame, but in the end he wronged Zhang Yue.

After all, the person who asked Zhang Yue to resign as Governor Shi, unexpectedly self-defeating.

Among them, Li Gou, who had the inside story, couldn't tell Zhang Yue, seeing the other party's annoyance, he had no reason to say: "Let's go with the old man!"

Li Gou and Zhang Yue walked out of Taixue one after the other.

The two of them didn't speak all the way, and went upstairs after arriving at a restaurant beside the Bian River.

"Sanlang, drink a few glasses of wine with the old man."

"Yes."

Zhang Yue personally gave Li Gou a cup, and after a few glasses of wine, Zhang Yue also ate the food.

Li Gou said: "Sanlang, I have read your theories in recent days. Although you have unique insights, your words are too sharp. There is a faint intention to denounce the current disadvantages, but when you come to the examination room, your theories are written in a smooth and stable manner, full of praises."

"Thus, although your essays are good, they are not top-notch, and your poems and prose have been hovering in the middle and lower ranks in the Imperial Academy. Therefore, if you want to be admitted to Jinshi, you may have to work hard for at least ten years to have any hope."

Zhang Yue was taken aback when he heard the words, it would take ten years for him to be so talented.

"Why can't you wait ten years?" Li Gou said, "Ten years, you are not yet 30 years old."

Zhang Yue said in his heart that he still underestimated the difficulty of being a Jinshi.

"Students understand."

"Sanlang, it seems that you have other ambitions in your heart? Can you tell the old man?"

After Zhang Yue heard the words, he looked out the window at the ships passing by on the Bian River and said suddenly: "Speaking bluntly, why do you think Tokyo is so prosperous?"

Li Gou looked at the bustling night scene on the Bian River and said, "This is because the Taizu made a policy of keeping strong stems and weak branches, and guarding the inside and the outside, so this is the case."

Zhang Yue said: "This is one of them. Over the past few decades, local floods, droughts and locust disasters have continued. After natural disasters, there are many human disasters. There are more than one or two major military disasters and civil disturbances every year. As for the small ones, there are countless. Not calm."

"Every time there is a turmoil, the rich local households will be forced to move their families to Bianjing. The more prosperous Bianjing is, the more miserable the place will be."

"This court uses the method of strong stems and weak branches to eliminate the chaos of the warlords in the Five Dynasties, but to say something rebellious and immoral, you start with this and you must end with it."

Li Gou didn't speak when he heard the words.

Zhang Yue looked at the other party's face and said: "The student is taking the liberty to speak wildly, please forgive me for speaking directly."

Li Gou drank a glass of wine, and then said: "Happy, I haven't heard such words from other people for a long time. It's a pity that you don't go to be an official, San Lang."

Zhang Yue said: "This is also the ambition of the students."

Li Gou said: "Zhang San, although I still don't like Zhang Boyi, I still admire him for at least teaching students like you."

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Thank you for speaking directly."

Li Gou drank another glass of wine, and suddenly said with pride: "I am an unruly person. If I hadn't been summoned by Mr. Fan, I would have lived my life in a hut to plow the fields and die with the grass and trees."

Li Gou thought of Fan Zhongyan's relationship with him, and sadness appeared in his cloudy eyes.

How can we find someone like Fan Xianggong in this world?

He looked at Zhang Yue again and nodded. There was a little bit of Fan Xianggong in him.

Afterwards, due to Li Gou's discord with Wuzhong, the Shangshu court returned to his hometown and was buried, which was approved by the court.

Although Li Gou returned to his hometown, he did not hesitate to praise Zhang Yue's talent with his friend Wang Anshi and his disciple Zeng Gong, saying that his articles are upright and awe-inspiring, and he has the embrace of helping the world.

After Li Gou finished writing the letter, he left his errand in Taixue and set off to return to his hometown in Jiangxi.

After returning home, Li Gou fell ill and died at home.

Hu Yuan, Sun Fu, Shi Jie, and Li Gou, who supported Fan Zhongyan's reform so far, all died of illness.

However, they have taught Taixue, but they have become the fire for the next reform.

(End of this chapter)