Prime Minister

Chapter 401 New Dispatch

On this day, Han Qi summoned Zhang Yue to the political affairs hall to discuss matters, saying that he would be dismissed from appointment.

As soon as Zhang Yue heard this, he immediately cheered up and rushed to the Zhengshitang.

Zhang Yue walked into the political affairs hall wearing a scarlet robe and silver fish bag, but outside the hall, many officials waiting to be interviewed stood sideways and talked.When everyone saw an official in a scarlet robe and fish bag entering, they all saluted instinctively.

You must know that even in the capital there are not many officials wearing scarlet robes and silver bags, and they couldn't help but be surprised when they saw each other so young.When a familiar person said that he was the number one scholar, everyone showed relief, and faintly showed envy and jealousy.

Zhang Yue glanced at everyone's expressions. He understood that most of the officials present couldn't afford a scarlet robe and a silver bag after being an official for more than ten years. People are not jealous.

But Zhang Yue was not complacent, but smiled and politely made a group bow to everyone.

At this time, the hall official came forward and said: "Scholar Zhang, Mr. Han ordered you to enter the hall to discuss matters as soon as you arrive."

Already started?

Zhang Yue said that he stepped inside with a bang.

When Zhang Yue arrived in the political affairs hall, he saw Han Qigao in purple robe and gold bag sitting on the desk, talking to an official in the hall.

Zhang Yue took a look at the official, but saw that although he was sitting on the top chair, he could still be seen to be a tall man with fine eyebrows and hair, and a dignified appearance.When the other party faced Han Qi's performance, he looked like he was sitting upright, and he knew at first sight that he was a dignified and stable person.

Zhang Yue stopped by the door, the prime minister and officials were discussing matters, he should not rush forward, lest he might be suspected of snooping.

Zhang Yue stepped forward when Han Qi saw that he was beckoning.

When the next official faced Han Qi's answer, his voice was like a bell, and he could only hear the other party's words: "When the lower official was working in Qingcheng County, the local sacrificial field corn was harvested with a big bucket, and then released with a public bucket. Even though the common people are full of complaints, they dare not appeal to the government."

"After the lower officials became officials, they all decided to accept them to make things easier, and the people called it convenient!"

After hearing this, Han Qi praised slightly: "The emperor knew this beforehand, and he wanted to promulgate the four directions with a decree, but unfortunately he died without success. Now I am going to report to the official family, and I will issue an edict to push this matter again and establish a law to prohibit it."

The other party heard the words and said: "It's really a blessing for the people in the world to do this."

Zhang Yue heard that this person is still a capable official, and his accent seems to be from the other side's Guanzhong.

Zhang Yue walked up to Han Qi to pay his respects.

Han Qi signaled Zhang Yue to sit on the chair on the right.After Zhang Yue sat down, Han Qi said while the hall officials were serving tea, "This is Lu Weizhong, a man from Lantian, Jingzhao Prefecture. Because of his outstanding achievements in Qingcheng County, he was recommended to Beijing by Han Zihua, who knows Chengdu Prefecture. , I plan to dismiss you two as judges of salt and iron."

After hearing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help saying, Han Qi's words were too informative.

It turns out that this (Lv Weizhong) in front of me is Lu Dafang, and he's another genius.Because of his outstanding achievements in Qingcheng County, Lu Dafang was recommended by Han Jiang, who knew the Chengdu government. Zhang Yue knew about this, and Han Jiang not only recommended Lu Dafang to Han Qi, but also said that he had the talent of Wang Zuo.

Han Jiang is Han Qi's confidant and also a pawn.He personally recommended people to Han Qi, Han Qi would definitely use them.Therefore, Han Qi directly arranged to join the Yantie Division.

And when I asked Ouyang Xiu for the third division, it was just a lion asking for a lot of money.Unexpectedly, Han Qi actually arranged for him to enter the third division, which is simply too awesome.

Zhang Yue glanced at Lu Dafang next to him, and the two would work together in the future.

Han Qi said: "Dr. Yi Taichang and Yuan Wailang are the judges of Yantie. Both of you are the author Zuo Lang, and your prefaces are inferior. Therefore, you two have the right to judge Yantie first."

Officials have judgment and knowledge when they serve as officials.

If the ranking is inferior, it is called Quan Judgment or Quan Zhi.

If there is a difference in seniority between two ranks, it is called 'Quan Fa Send'.

The minimum qualifications of Yantie Judge is Dr. Taichang, and both Zhang Yue and Lu Dafang are inferior to their own officials, so they both added the word Quan Jue.During the Zhiping period, Han Qi used Pi Gongbi who knew Dongming County as the authority to dispatch judges, so his official position should be lower than that of Zhang Yue and Lu Dafang.

Whether it is the right to judge or the right to dispatch, it means high-ranking and low-allocation.

When Wang Anshi reformed, he promoted a large number of young officials to important positions in the court because he had no available people at hand. Therefore, the word "Quanfa sent" was everywhere in the Xining period.

We must know that the characteristic of the Great Song Dynasty was that there were many redundant officials, and high-ranking and low-ranking officials crowded out the positions of a large number of officials who were ranked according to their ranks.

For example, when two Song Dynasty officials met on the road, one of them asked, "You are Quan Fasai, and I am Quan Fasai."

Another person replied: "You are Quan Fashang, and your whole family is Quan Fashang."

Of course, Han Qi is not like Wang Anshi who has no one at hand.He suddenly appointed Zhang Yue and Lu Dafang as judges of salt and iron, and he also wanted to sell face to Ouyang Xiu and Han Jiang's two confidants.

Seeing that Zhang Yue was silent, Han Qi motioned for Lu Dafang to step back first.

The chapter in the political affairs hall said: "The lower officials are light and quick to advance. Although they are afraid of disappointing everyone's expectations, but they are promoted by the minister, they can only do their best and serve him. Please also give orders..."

Zhang Yue knows that in the officialdom, whether it is low-ranking and high-ranking, or high-ranking and low-ranking, there are special meanings.As the prime minister, Han Qi chose himself for such an important position in the selection of officials, so there are both things he cares about and some things he doesn't care about.

So instead of going to the post stupidly, you must first figure out the intention of the above.

Han Qi smiled slightly, stretched out his sleeves and stretched out his fingers, counting in turn: "Now there is one deputy envoy of the Yantie Division, one person in charge, and three judges."

"Seven cases are set up under the Yantie Division, namely the military case, the helmet case, the commercial tax case, the capital salt case, the tea case, the iron case, and the design case, etc., which are under the jurisdiction of three judges."

Han Qi stretched out seven fingers and said, "What I mean is, let you inspect the Duyan case alone!"

When Zhang Yue heard it, he was immediately refreshed.

He can take care of the Duyan case, that is, matters related to salt in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty implemented the official salt system, and the income of official salt was the bulk of the finances. This power was so amazing that it was arranged for itself.

But then again, although I have no experience.But it's actually not that hard to actually do it.

Because Kong Mu was responsible for the specific affairs of the Duyan case, and there were old officials under Kong Mu who were quite skilled in the case.

As the saying goes, "officials with flowing water, subordinate staff who don't move".

The turnover of officials is too high, and they are often transferred away after working for one or two years. They are not very professional in affairs, and the specific affairs are all in charge of the subordinate staff. Wang Anshi criticized this when he was talking about things.

Therefore, even if he has little experience, Zhang Yue can still take up such an important position as the judge of the third division.

So does Zhang Yue have much power to call the shots?
In fact, there is not much room for maneuvering. Zhang Yue is still in charge of Guan Gou, Guan Gou is also a deputy envoy of Yantie, and the deputy envoy of Yantie is also in charge of the third envoy.

Not to mention other supervisory officials.

The third envoy reports directly to the officials in name, but in fact he still has to listen to the prime minister for most matters.

But even so, Judge Yantie, who is also in charge of patrolling the salt case, is a very powerful official.

Han Qi said: "When Mr. Ou sponsored you as the judge of the third division, I hesitated. After all, you have no experience in local affairs, so you suddenly find it difficult for such an important position as the third division."

"However, since you took the initiative to invite me, I will use it for the time being. To be honest, there are really tricky things about the salt affairs. After thinking about it, you are the only one who can do it. Yes, I heard that your wife's family has a deal with salt? "

Zhang Yue's heart trembled, that's right, it seemed that Wu Anshi and Wu An had meddled in the matter, but the Wu family never mentioned these things to him, and Shi Qiniang didn't talk about it carefully with him.

Han Qi said: "If you are in trouble, I can let you find other assignments, it doesn't have to be."

Zhang Yue said without hesitation: "Since my husband has a life, I am obliged to do so."

Han Qi said: "Don't agree too soon, have you ever been to Jieshen?"

Zhang Yue said: "Never."

Han Qi said: "The gold, silver, color and silk exchanges in Jieshen, every transaction in it is worth tens of millions. Among them, there are hundreds of cross-reference shops. You should go for a walk first, and then talk back after you have seen it."

"If you still insist, I will arrange for you and Lu Weizhong to meet the Queen Mother in three days."

After listening to Han Qi's words, Zhang Yue agreed and withdrew from the Political Affairs Hall.

At this moment, his mood can be described as very excited, and he finally calmed down. After walking a few steps, he saw a familiar figure in front of him. Isn't this Lu Dafang whom he had just seen in the Political Affairs Hall?

But when he saw the other party bowing to himself, he said, "I've seen Bachelor Zhang."

Zhang Yue hurriedly said: "I don't dare to do it. Brother Lu is a Jinshi in the first year of Huangyou, so he should be the first to see the ceremony."

Lu Dafang said: "Don't dare, Zhang Xueshi is the top two in the world, and he has to give Feiyin, which is beyond the reach of me."

In the past, Zhang Yue was very willing to get acquainted with Lu Dafang, but today he got Han Qi's words and was anxious to go to the world, so he didn't have much time to chat with Lu Dafang, so he simply said, Asking the other party to come to the house for a word is to leave.

After Zhang Yue left, Lu Dafang looked at Zhang Yue's back and couldn't help but said: "Uncle Zheng has praised Zhang Duzhi many times, and this time we are working together in the Yantie Division, so we have the opportunity to get to know each other."

After Zhang Yue bid farewell to Lu Dafang, he hurried to Jieshen.

The so-called boundary body is near Panjialou Street.

Panjialou Street is comparable to Wall Street in Song Dynasty.

The most famous of these is Jieshen, where Jieshen is also known as Nantong Alley.Walking here, Zhang Yue can roughly be compared to walking on the financial street of later generations, and all you can see are high-rise buildings with hundreds of floors.

Of course, there were no such high-rise buildings in the Song Dynasty, and the experience was similar anyway.

Every building here is built on a grand scale. Just a facade is as wide as a street. It looks deep and deep from the door. If you don't have some money as a background, you don't even have the courage to walk in the door.

And this is the place where the gold, silver, color and silk were traded in the Song Dynasty, and each transaction was worth tens of millions of dollars.

This kind of shop is called Jiaoyin shop, and there are hundreds of such shops in Jieshen alone.

Since Zhang Yue came here, he chose the largest shop and walked in.

PS: Lu Dafang served as the judge of Quanyantie before Renzong's death, and the novel still mainly serves the plot.

(End of this chapter)