Prime Minister

Chapter 241

Although Zhang Yue didn't win a Jinshi, but the Wu Mansion's regulations are all in accordance with the prospective son-in-law.This time, Wu Chong invited Zhang Shi's family to visit the house, which seemed like a meeting between the parents.

On that day, Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue arrived at the Wu Mansion.

Compared with the Wu Mansion, Zhang Yu's mansion was nothing compared to the big one.

Zhang Shi was already speechless at this moment, if he had to sigh a few words before changing, now he keeps shaking his head or nodding.

Zhang Shi looked at a tall building, which was the place where Zhang Yue wrote poems that day, but Zhang Shi almost lost his waist when he saw it.

Zhang Yue quickly supported Zhang Shi and said, "Brother, don't be surprised, it's a joke."

Zhang Shi saw that the servants of the Wu family were standing at a distance in a very orderly manner, and then whispered to Zhang Yue: "How many transfer envoys have the Wu family sent out?"

Zhang Yue said: "It's just one, but there was once a gentleman."

Zhang Shi suddenly said: "Yes, I almost forgot."

Seeing that Zhang really lacked confidence, Zhang Yue felt understandable after reading it, and it was the same when he came here for the first time.

Zhang Yue said: "This is originally two mansions. Last year, the wall was demolished and one was built, so it can be seen quite widely. For example, this courtyard is also newly built, and it was not there last year."

Brother Zhang Shizhi said: "So that's how it is. I thought it would be so spacious in one go."

Zhang Yue said: "Brother, please remember that if there is any gift from the Wu family, you must never accept it."

Zhang Shi looked at Zhang Yue with displeasure and said, "As a brother, have I never seen money? I don't care about gold and silver."

Zhang Yue said in his heart, that's right, his family's gold and silver mountains are indeed never taken seriously.

When they got to the ground, Zhang Yue waited outside, and Zhang Shi went inside to talk.

Zhang Yue was waiting outside alone, feeling rather uneasy, drinking tea three or four times in a row, wondering how his brother and Wu Chong were talking?

They talked for half an hour, but Jian Zhang stepped out of the hall with a smile on his face.

Zhang Yue saw this big rock fell to the ground, and hurried up to meet it, but saw Wu Chong personally send Zhang Shi out of the door.

Zhang Shi said with a smile all over his face: "Thanks to Shuai Cao's kindness, please stay still, we brothers will go on our own."

Wu Chong said with a smile: "Then I won't give any more."

Zhang Yue also stepped forward to greet Wu Chong.

Wu Chong looked at Zhang Yue and said: "Sanlang is proud of his solution to the test, but you must not take it lightly in the provincial test. I hope you will spread good news again."

What Wu Chong said is a pun.

Zhang Yue saluted and said: "Thank you for your words, Cao Shuai, this is San Lang's lifelong wish."

Zhang Yue also responded to Wu Chong's words.

Seeing that Zhang Yue understood, Wu Chong nodded slightly, and the two looked at each other without saying anything.

The two brothers bid farewell to Wu Chong, and Zhang Shizhang jumped into the carriage.

Zhang Shi said to Zhang Yue: "Three lives are really lucky, to have such a good marriage, to have such a sensible Yue family, third brother, you should cherish this fate."

Zhang Yue asked with a blank face: "What did Wu Caoshuai say to his brother?"

Zhang Shi coughed lightly and said: "I won't go into details with you, but you have to remember how much Wu Caoshuai values ​​you. He has such a family and doesn't dislike us from a humble background and is willing to betroth his daughter to you. You have to be firm." Keep it in your heart, and don’t forget the kindness of others.”

Zhang Yue said: "It's right to show filial piety to father-in-law and mother-in-law, but my elder brother's sister-in-law's family was better than ours, so you should also..."

When Zhang Shi heard this, he said, "I'm different from you. Besides, I'm not filial. Don't talk about it."

Zhang Yue simply looked out of the car window.

He didn't know how Wu Chong could subdue his elder brother, but he was an official all the way, and to be such a big official, it was necessary to win over someone's wrist quickly.

The officials who were born in Yinguan and those who were born in Jinshi are not the same.Otherwise, officials who can stand out in the daunting imperial examinations are all top-notch.

As for the officials selected by Wu Chong through layers of selection, they are even the best among the best.

This made Zhang Yue, who was waving the keyboard and pointing to historical figures in front of the screen, feel that they could be easily replaced.

But Zhang Yue didn't care about it anymore, the most important thing now was the provincial exam early next year.

Compared with the solution test, Guozijian has a quarter of the [-] solution quota that can be won.

But the competition here is different from the examination. This examination has brought together the most outstanding scholars in the world.

After the exam, Zhang Yue was a little distracted by his elder brother coming to Beijing for a series of social activities, but fortunately, he had the ability to read in a dream, which could make up for the lack of time.

Besides reading, Zhang Yue continued to run in the morning.

After Zhang Yue changed into his old clothes in the morning, he sweated a little every time he ran.The students in the dormitory seldom sit and study all day long, because everyone believes that sitting for a long time after eating enough will hurt the blood, so they will turn around every day.

As for Zhang Yue, he ran in the morning. He didn't know the benefits of running in the morning before, but now he gradually understands.As people get older, they also have more worries. Sometimes a run can temporarily eliminate worries.

It doesn't necessarily have to be in the morning, Zhang Yue would run for a while in the remote place of Taixue whenever he felt entangled with mundane affairs and couldn't concentrate on studying, so that he would be refreshed when he returned to the Zhai to study.

Especially when the bright moon shines in the forest, there is no one around, and there are faint lights in the distant house. At this time, running has a special artistic conception, and it will be a different kind of memory when I want to recall it in the future.

Because it is inconvenient to run in a robe, Zhang Yue has to wear a short jacket and trousers, and run when there is no one else, otherwise he will be regarded as rude and has no dignity of a scholar.

In addition to running, there is also archery.

Archery and pot throwing is an essential skill for Tai students.

There are archery rituals in the six arts of a gentleman, and among the archery rituals are big archery, guest archery, swallow archery, and rural archery.

Both Da She and Xiang She are used by the country to select talents through archery.

Therefore, all formal private schools and colleges must have shooting gardens.Zhang Heng is very good at archery, and Zhang Yue once visited him for advice.

Zhang Heng saw that Zhang Yue was very diligent in learning, so he gave Zhang Yue several of his own good bows to let him practice archery on weekdays.

Zhang Yue learned archery, but he didn't want to, but it came in handy in Tai Xue's drinking.

Swallow shot means shooting arrows while swallows are drinking.

In Taixue, they often drink swallows in pitch pots, and invite famous prostitutes to accompany them.Prostitutes from Beijing and China are also often present.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue has made great progress in swallow shooting. Although his arm strength is not good now, he is extremely accurate in shooting.

Just when Zhang Yue felt that his shooting skills were good, Tang Jiu shook his head when he saw him one day.

Zhang Yue asked why?
Tang Jiudao: "San Langjun's shooting skills are good enough for drinking and gambling, but they can't be used in battle."

Zhang Yue went to battle as soon as he heard it?
I am interested in this!
Playing games by myself is like playing a shooter, and it belongs to the kind of person who hides behind a strong man and is far away.

If there is such an opportunity, I am willing to try it myself.

Zhang Yue then asked Tang Jiu where he could learn the shooting skills for battle.

Tang Jiu said that he knew a person who was the instructor of the Forbidden Army, and he could ask him for help in this matter.

Zhang Yue listened to it and it was ok, it is not wrong to keep fit and read books.

Just the instructor of the forbidden army?

Zhang Yue couldn't help but ask Tang Jiu if he had the title of instructor of the 80 forbidden army?
Tang Jiu was stunned for a long time and said, "It's fine if you really want to say that."

So Zhang Yue gave Tang Jiu a sum of money to pave the way for him, but there is no definite news yet.

After morning jogging and fitness, and at a growing age, Zhang Yue is now a tall man of five feet six (1.7 meters five).

Although he is not tall in Bianjing, he is already tall and straight among Fujian people.

When Ouyang Xiu met Zhang Yue, he also said that he looked like Duke Xi.

This sentence is reminiscent of Ouyang Xiu's evaluation of Zhang Dexiang.

People in Fujian are not tall in stature, but a tall man must be expensive.Zhang Dexiang has grown up in body, and his speech is like a bell. How can he be out of his kind? He is a different person.

However, Ouyang Xiu said this after he was an official of Zhang Dexiang and worshiped the prime minister, so he was suspected of being an afterthought.

However, Ouyang Xiu also praised Zhang Yue in this way, and his expectations needless to say.

This word also spread to the children and grandchildren of Zhang's family. Zhang Dexiang was buried in Xuzhou after his death, and his descendants have all moved there now. Only one of Zhang Yan is an official in Beijing.Although the others said that they were officials, they no longer interfered with the affairs of the government, and there was still a house in Beijing that they bought at the beginning.

Zhang Yanzhi didn't say anything special when he came to visit Zhang Yue, he just visited a potential nephew.

Zhang Yanzhi is now serving as the prime minister of Dali Temple. Judging from his spirit, he is far from an official like Wu Chong. He is just an ordinary person.

Zhang Yue felt in him what it was like a person leaving tea, and the descendants of Zhang's family lived an ordinary life since Zhang became a elephant, unlike the Han (Han Yi) and Lu families who were not prime ministers, but still held power.

In fact, this was normal. After Yan Shu passed away, his descendants did not have a good time.

Especially Yan Jidao's state of mind can represent their psychology.Su Shi, who returned to the court as an official in Yuanyou, once wanted to see Yan Jidao.

But Yan Jidao refused to meet and said, there are half of my old guests in the Zhengshi hall, and I don't have time to see them.

It means that today's prime ministers are all my father's old servants, you want me to bow my head to beg them, it's just a dream.

It is understandable to put it on the descendants of Zhang's family. Today's prime ministers, Fu Bi and Han Qi, have had conflicts with Zhang Dexiang.

One is against the reform and the other is in support of the reform. Although there is no face-off, the relationship is just that.

Wouldn't it be good to eat and drink at home?Why go to the officialdom to see your faces.

Zhang Yue reads and prepares for the exam every day, and it will be November in a blink of an eye.

The winter solstice is in this month, and Zhang Yue's birthday is also in this month.

People in Song Dynasty paid as much attention to the winter solstice as the Spring Festival.

When it was approaching, Ouyang Fa came to Taixue in the snow and gave Zhang Yue a gift.

Zhang Yue saw that it was wrapped in a sandalwood box and was a little bit uncertain.

Ouyang laughed and said, "It's just a pen."

Seeing Ouyang Fa's mysterious look, Zhang Yue immediately opened the box.

If it is a pen, but there are some special features.

Zhang Yue looked at the pen and couldn't help but said: "What kind of hair is this? It's not like a wolf's hair or a purple hair, nor is it a sheep's hair."

Ouyang laughed and said: "You can't guess, this is Niu Erhao."

"Niu Erhao?"

Zhang Yue said with emotion: "It is very precious!"

Ouyang laughed and said, "That's natural. Although it's not as good as the mouse whisker pen my father gave Mr. Mei, it's almost the same."

Zhang Yue said: "That can't be accepted."

Ouyang laughed and said: "If you can't accept it, you should accept it, not to mention it's not from me.

Zhang Yue slightly realized: "Could it be..."

Ouyang laughed and said: "Don't guess, I tell you that apart from being precious, this pen has another purpose, do you know?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Of course you want to be the leader!"

Ouyang Fa laughed loudly and said, "It's good to know, don't disappoint your heart."

(End of this chapter)