Prime Minister

Chapter 345: Han Jiang
The attic where Han Jiang lives is located deep in the manor.

A half-acre pond was dug next to it, and the bamboo forest is beside the pond, which properly covers the Zhulou Daiwa and the heavy buildings with cornices in the distance. When you reach the attic, you climb up the steps step by step. Living in the world in general.

There were two prominent families of the Han family in the Song Dynasty, one was Han Qi's Xiangzhou Han family, and the other was Han Yi's Tongmu Han family.

There is a saying that "Tangdi is the prime minister during his trip, and Wutong knows the Han family by his name".

Han Yi was born in a poor family, but he became a prime minister. His wife is the daughter of Wang Zeng, a famous prime minister.

The Wang family taught their children well, and all eight of their sons were awarded Jinshi, which is really enviable to others.

And the old man Han Jiang that Zhang Yue saw was Han Yi's third son.

Han Jiang seemed to hear the sound of footsteps and turned around. Zhang Yue sized him up a little, but he saw that the other party was thin, his eyes were small and bright, but he had the air of an official.

People like Han Jiang who were born in government offices were born with political resources. When they were young, they studied hard to get a Jinshi.

It's like a classmate in a class whose family is richer than you, smarter than you, and more diligent in studying than you. Facing this kind of person, there should be no chance to surpass him in this life.

We know from history that Zhang Yue also knew that the old man had great political ambitions, otherwise he would not have supported Wang Anshi to carry out reforms.

He is not only Wang Anshi's Bole, but also Cai Que's Bole.

Han Jiang greeted: "Duzhi, come and sit."

Zhang Yue said cautiously: "Mr. Han is above, but I dare not."

"You're welcome, take a look at the antique calligraphy and paintings in the old man's collection room."

Only then did Zhang Yue focus on Han Jiang, and only now did he see various antique calligraphy and paintings in the attic, the most eye-catching one being the huge Fang Ding in the attic.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that Han Jiang didn't come to find him to look at antiques.

But seeing Han Jiang caressing Fang Ding, he said: "The tripod is the master of martial arts. In ancient times, the great generals made great achievements in battle, and the kings would engrave them on the tripod to record their achievements."

Zhang Yue said: "I heard that when Han Gong was guarding Qingzhou, he did not commit any crimes in autumn, and the Han returned to his heart. It is indeed the style of a famous general in ancient times."

When Zhang Yue met, it was a high hat.

Han Jiang said lightly: "Oh, that old man can't afford it."

Well, why is this flattery being flattering again?

Zhang Yue thought to himself, don't we Song Dynasty officials follow this routine?

The atmosphere in the cabinet was slightly dignified.

Han Jiang said: "When the old man knew Qingzhou, there was a foreign general who was acquainted with the Tibetans for many military exploits but was never rewarded by the court. Once he robbed the grass market after a battle. As the governor of Qingzhou, the old man is absolutely responsible for holding him accountable."

"But this general did not take the initiative to bind him after the incident, but returned to his tribe. This man has thousands of elite soldiers. I am worried that he will be captured and cause a mutiny. But if he is not punished, it will not be enough to convince the people. What do you think the old man should do? "

Zhang Yue said heartily, it turned out that it was the examination school's own ability.

Zhang Yue said: "This matter is really tricky. If you don't reward when you should, you can't reward if you are guilty now. You can't punish him. After all, he is a person who has made meritorious deeds. Let alone act rashly to cause drastic changes."

Zhang Yue thought about it and asked, "Does this person have a son?"

"One son served in the army."

"Is your father alive?"

"Therefore."

Zhang Yue said: "This man has repeatedly made military exploits and did not reward him, so resentment is born of hatred. This is also easy. The imperial court can reward the deceased father of the general for his military exploits, that is, the dead man may give as much title as he can, so as to eliminate his uselessness." Reward the heart of resentment."

"Promote his son as a general again, dispel his suspicions, and finally send an envoy, who will come when he is called. It is up to Duke Han to deal with it at that time."

Han Jiang thought for a while when he heard the words, and then laughed.

This time he came to Beijing, that's why he came here, and he made this big mess before.

He consulted others, and the opinions given by others were either rewarded or punished.As the day of face-to-face comes, Han Jiang suffers from being unable to confess to the king.

Looking at Zhang Yue right now, he thought that although the other party's articles were good, but he had no experience in serving as an official, he could use this method to try his talent by the way.

Unexpectedly, listening to Zhang Yue's words now, the problem can be solved easily.

Han Jiang laughed and said, "When I met Wang Jiefu in the same year when I came to Beijing, he once said that although the number one scholar is brilliant in writing and good at governing the way, it is a pity that he has no skills. Now it seems that Wang Jiefu's words are not credible."

Zhang Yue cursed from the bottom of his heart, Wang Anshi, you're blackmailing me again.I also thought that Wang Anshi and Han Jiang were the same age, no wonder the two had such a good friendship.

Seeing Zhang Yue's expression, Han Jiang said, "Hey, Jiefu has always been very self-responsible. It is a very high praise to save him. But I think he has the way and the skills. It's true." Talent is rare.”

Zhang Yue said modestly: "Han Gong wrongly praised it."

Han Jiang said lightly: "The old man has always said something, and never boasted."

Zhang Yue is a little embarrassed, he is too modest, does it make you feel fake?
Han Jiang chatted with Zhang Yue: "When Fu Xianggong was in office, everything followed the rules. It's not that he didn't have the ambition to change the long-standing evils, but he always looked forward and backward, and did things sticky. This is really disappointing. This is why the old man I would rather impeach him than be a censor."

Zhang Yue said: "The rich man is prudent, but he asks too much for perfection. You need to know that correcting mistakes must be too much, and too much is better than not enough."

Han Jiang clapped her legs and praised, "Du Zhi's words are exactly what I want."

Zhang Yue seemed to understand Han Jiang's way, and immediately nod modestly, but nodded reservedly.

Han Jiang sighed: "Nowadays, there are too few people in the world who understand this point. They only want to repair it, but they have no ambition to rebuild it."

Zhang Yue suddenly realized that after traveling, he only remembered Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing, Cai Que, Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu and others were supporting the reform.

But Han Jiang was left out.

Without Han Jiang, there would be no Wang Anshi. Han Jiang, a staunch reformist, did not realize it.

"The old man has been in the west of Beijing, Jiangnan, Hebei, Shaanxi, and Shaanxi. Everywhere he talks about the harm to farmers, the most serious is the law of servants. Most of the former government officials go bankrupt, followed by state labor..."

Han Jiang and Zhang Yue talked about the disadvantages of the servants...

Zhang Yue subconsciously thought that the most important thing in Wang Anshi's reform was to change the labor service law to the exemption law.

Unexpectedly, the person who promoted this method in history was not Wang Anshi but Han Jiang.In history, Wang Anshi also said that it is Jiang's original opinion to speak and serve today.

Han Jiang said: "Although the old man knows the harm, he can't think of a way to change it. What can I teach me?"

In history, Han Jiang put forward opinions, but it was the courageous Wang Anshi who really promoted the implementation.

However, the opinion on the immunity method came from Li Jie, a Jinshi when Han Jiang knew Chengdu.But now Han Jiang hasn't come out to know Chengdu, no wonder he doesn't know how to do it.

Zhang Yue immediately said: "Han Gongguo has the intention of dedicating to the king and the people. The problem in today's world is that the corvee is not evenly distributed. There are those who don't even know the fields and fields, and those who are not exempted from the rough land. Here is a plan..."

But seeing Zhang Yue's introduction of the exemption methods one by one, it really fits Han Jiang's wishes.

Han Jiang laughed and said: "The number one scholar really has a lot of things in his belly. I am so stupid that I can't think about it, but I listened to you and said it."

"Knowing it but not being able to change it is really empty talk, old man, who can know and change it can be called a minister, and he can save him."

Zhang Yue couldn't stand it for a while because he praised himself too highly.

(End of this chapter)