Prime Minister

Chapter 399 Bole Ouyang Xiu

When the news of the death of the official came out, the citizens of Kaifeng mourned together, and the shops went out of business.

Every household burned paper to worship, and even beggars and children bought paper money to pay homage to the late emperor.

The benevolence of the first emperor is well known to the common people, and even when the news spread to Xijing, the common people cried and sacrificed.

The smoke and dust from burning paper money in Tokyo and Xijing covered the sky and stayed there for a long time.The news spread to at least the Liao Kingdom, and even the Lord of Liao cried over it.

The country was in mourning, and a few days after the big conquest, the imperial court was busy conferring officials and ennobling them, spending a lot of money to buy people's hearts.

First, Qi Zaizhi, who is dressed in yellow robes, is staged.

The Prime Minister Han Qi joined his servant and Minister of the Ministry of War, Wei Guogong and Shanling envoy.

Zeng Gongliang was added as Minister of Zhongshu and Minister of Rites.

Zhang Sheng, the privy envoy, Ouyang Xiu, who was in charge of political affairs, and Zhao Gai, were added as servants of the household department.

Hu Su and Wu Kui, deputy envoys of the Privy Council, were also added to Shizhong.

The rest of the officials are all promoted to one rank.

The Ministry of Officials has not officially conferred, but the 400 million guan rewards for civil servants in Beijing have been impatiently issued first. According to the rank of the official position, Zhang Yue also received [-]-[-] guan coins, in addition to gifts.

To be honest, this reward was too much, and officials such as Sima Guang opposed it.At this time, there are officials in the shuffle, and the children of Yin officials have been appointed as infancy, and they have not been here. How to reward them, please come to Japan before you can add officials.

In defiance of the world, the one who said this was Wang Duan of Nan Cao from the Ministry of Officials, the younger brother of Wang Zhi and the nephew of former Prime Minister Wang Dan.Therefore, the imperial court refrained from discussing the matter of rewards a little bit.

And Sima Guang used the gift of more than a thousand coins as the minister's money of the admonishment court, and as for the gift of money, he gave it to his uncle, and he didn't take a penny into his home.

Some civil officials said that they gave too much, but most of them put it in their pockets happily, but the forbidden army directly said that they gave too little. Give food.

The imperial army was in an uproar, saying that the former emperor had given money and gold when he came to the throne, why now he gave food and money instead.This incident caused the Imperial Army to threaten the court with mutiny, and I don't know how Han Qi talked with Li Zhang and Hao Zhi, but the incident was finally contained.

On this day, Zhang Yue and Shi Qi Niang went to sit at Ouyang Xiu's house and saw that Ouyang Xiu was a little depressed.

Did Ouyang Xiu just become a servant of the household department? This is the No. 19 official in the Beijing Dynasty, with a monthly salary of 55 guan.If Zhang Yue had his salary, he would have eaten two bowls of porridge and drank one bowl every day.

But Ouyang Xiuxiu was looking at a picture, and Zhang Yue and Shi Qiniang smiled and said: "Du Zhi, how do you couple choose this old man's place to die?"

Zhang Yue and Shi Qi Niang walked to Ouyang Xiu to look at the picture.

Seventeen Niang said: "Uncle, this is the West Lake in Yingzhou!"

Ouyang Xiu stroked his beard and said, "Of course, the West Lake in Yingzhou is not only similar to the West Lake in Hangzhou, but also abounds in crabs. You know that I love crabs the most in my life."

Shi Qi Niang said with a smile: "Well, my husband will bring a basket of lake crabs to the door today, steam them in a while, and serve uncle with wine."

Ouyang Xiu laughed and said, "Having wine and crabs is enough for this life!"

Seventeen Niang said with a smile: "Auntie is at the mansion today, and I brought the jasmine tea that she likes so much today."

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "Very good. Madame likes this tea, but I prefer herbal tea."

Seventeen Niang knew that the two of them had something to say, so she left to look for Mrs. Xue.

Ouyang Xiu said to Zhang Yue: "Duzhi, you have married such a good wife, yes, do you often visit the Wu family?"

Zhang Yue said: "There are many walks on weekdays."

"Did you ask them to do something?"

"Never."

Ouyang Xiu said: "That's good. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me. I don't mean it. You have a good father-in-law and a good mother-in-law. It's not like when I owed a lot to the Yue family when I was young. Now I know that I am the deputy prime minister. Someone came to ask for some work."

"But it's good that you know what I say. You must not tell your wife, otherwise the old man will not be a human inside and out."

The two laughed at the same time.

Not long after the servants came to report that the crabs had been steamed, Ouyang Xiu sighed: "Speaking of crabs, I suddenly remembered that there was a banquet when the late emperor was there, and there were rarely 28 crabs in a plate."

"The official asked how much is a crab? The answer was one thousand dollars."

"The official said angrily, the chopsticks I put down are 28 guan, how do you want me to eat them. The official didn't touch a crab from the beginning to the end that day."

Zhang Yue said: "The official family is really a benevolent king."

Ouyang Xiu also said sadly when he heard the words: "Forget it, it's useless to talk more."

Zhang Yue said: "Uncle, I have something to ask today, and I hope uncle will agree!"

Ouyang Xiu glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "You and I sit down and discuss."

Zhang Yue and Ouyang Xiu sat on the top chairs together, Ouyang Xiu said: "Why is it so urgent?"

Zhang Yue said: "I want my uncle to resign from the banquet official for me!"

Ouyang Xiu asked in surprise: "Why do you resign from the Jingyan official at this time? Although the official family is ill now, sooner or later the Jingyan will be reopened. You are a minister who makes decisions. With this kindness, you will become a minister in the future. It's not difficult either."

Zhang Yue said: "Uncle himself is about to retire, so why put me on the fire?"

After hearing Zhang Yue's words, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help being silent for a while.

Zhang Yue understood Ouyang Xiu's temperament, that is, Ouyang Xiu was like that, so he could talk about it directly.Someone else must be unhappy.

Ouyang Xiu said: "Are you really here for the resignation feast?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Exactly."

Ouyang Xiu heard the words and sighed: "Yesterday in the evening, the ministers of the two governments stood in the two halls, and the officials' houses hung down the curtains inside. Suddenly they fell ill and shouted loudly inside that they would kill the Privy Envoy. I was at a loss when I was listening outside. Gongze was sweating profusely, and finally Hangong rolled up the curtain and entered, and it stopped."

Zhang Yue couldn't help being taken aback.

After Zhang Yue heard it, he also thought, absolutely, are the officials crazy?On the spot, the ministers of the two governments said that they wanted to kill the privy envoy, the number two civil servant.

Zhang Yue said: "Although the official family is sick, they will never be so frantic..."

Ouyang Xiudao: "It doesn't matter whether the official's family is ill or not. You said that you want to resign from the Jingyan. Now I think of you saying in the palace that 'the official's family takes one step back and we want us to push him two steps forward'. This is very prescient. "

Zhang Yue felt ashamed secretly, could he say that he didn't start from Funing Hall?

Because this official is really unreliable, think about the "Pu Yi" in history.This move was similar to Jiajing's "Great Ritual Discussion" in the Ming Dynasty. It created a confrontation between the two factions of officials in the court. Ouyang Xiuxiu became an official because of this, and Han Qi also made a mess.

Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu is going to be in trouble at the moment to protect the official family. Unless they resign immediately, as long as they are in this position, they can't avoid this matter, but what about me?

If I am in the Taichang Liyuan, I can't avoid this "Pu Yi" in this kind of retreat, so the best way to avoid this "Pu Yi" is to go to other places to serve as an official, or to serve as an official in a practical position Otherwise, the problem of ideological alignment cannot be avoided.

Therefore, he proposed to Ouyang Xiu today to resign as Jingyan official.

Ouyang Xiu said: "Although I don't want you to leave the ritual courtyard at this time, I can see that you have made up your mind. Let me discuss this matter with Mr. Han. It is no wonder that the hearts of the people in the court are so cold. "

"Forget it," Ouyang Xiu changed hands and picked up the picture and showed it to Zhang Yue: "Look, besides my Ouyang family's house beside the West Lake, I asked Erlang to buy a house in Yingzhou and lease it to ordinary people. , and the whole family has no worries about food and clothing.”

"You're right. I have the intention of quitting myself, so I won't push you up."

Zhang Yue said: "My nephew is ashamed."

Ouyang Xiudao: "Don't be ashamed, the officials said before that it would be three years, but now you have such a serious illness, Princess Han Zhang Rufu Ningdian suggested that the Queen Mother follow the story of the Queen Mother Zhang Xian and listen to the government behind the curtain."

"Since the Empress Dowager draws the curtain, the Court of Ceremony will present an invitation. Mr. Han wanted you to present an invitation, but I was worried that this matter would be detrimental to your future official career, so I turned it down. I didn't expect you to propose to resign as Jingyan official. You can withdraw at any time." and retreat, but the old man can't!"

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Yue thought, is Han Qi afraid that he is not tied tightly enough to him?It seemed that my decision to get off the car was really right.

Zhang Yue stood up and said, "Even so, my nephew thanked uncle."

Ouyang Xiu said frankly: "Thank you, I've been making good friends all my life. Others say I'm Bole, but since I'm Bole, I should think about it for you in the future. Have you considered where to work?"

Zhang Yue said: "If it is possible, my nephew wants to go to the key point, such as Sansi."

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "The third secretary is in charge of the state's wealth, and it is a good idea to take it out."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "However, my nephew's official position does not seem to be enough. It would be great if I could add more officials."

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Why do you still think that the official promotion is not fast? Your father-in-law's elder brother Wu Chunqing, 25 years old Jinshi and the first, 31 years old after entering the third class, Fang moved from Dali Temple Chancellor to Zuo Lang."

"Zhang Andao (Zhang Fangping), who did not read the second time, was granted the title Zuo Lang in the second time. This post was established in the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, and it has been passed down to this day. Because it is an upright official with idle work, it is mostly for The nobles compete for power, and seldom select people based on talent and learning."

"At the beginning of the country, Zhuo Lang was the choice of the number one scholar. It was extremely important. Now you feel that the promotion is not fast."

Zhang Yue said: "But it's still a little short of being a judge of the third division."

When Wang Anshi was the judge of Duzhi, his official was Wai Lang, a member of the temple department.Zhang Yue is now two turns away from Wailang, a member of the ancestral hall, and the official, unless there is a special purpose or the emperor hangs up again, the time can be shortened.

Zhang Yue didn't think too much about it, he belonged to the category of asking for a price with his mouth, and he probably set a direction.The most important thing is the affairs officer. Retreat officials are promoted quickly and demoted quickly.

Ouyang Xiu also knew that it was too difficult for the third division to judge, so he said: "Although you have a low official position, you have made good decisions before. Han Gong once told me that he would definitely return your favor."

Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he heard that, you didn't say it earlier.

Since you are an official, you should be bold and thick-skinned!

So Zhang Yue continued to ask for the price: "Uncle, although the qualifications of the third division judge are poor, it doesn't matter. For the time being, you can add the word "quantity". everything..."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he saw that Ouyang Xiu's face had turned pale, but he said anxiously: "You are not ashamed, but you are really shameless! I am just being polite for Mr. Han, but you will take it seriously! If Mr. Han can Arranging you as the judge of the third division, why don't you see what kind of official position is arranged for the old man?"

"The official position is low, the appetite is not low, the idea is quite beautiful!"

Hearing what Ouyang Xiu said, Zhang Yue laughed brazenly: "We are a family with uncle, so we don't talk about each other!"

(End of this chapter)