Prime Minister

Chapter 599
Zhang Zhi arrived in Beijing in November.

After arriving in Beijing, Zhang Zhi lived in the Chaoji courtyard and waited for the face saint.

This time, he served as an observer in Yunzhou and then returned to Beijing to report his duties.

Zhang Zhi's temperament was originally calm, but after two years as an official, he became more and more stable.

In order to avoid gossip, as soon as he arrived in the capital, he gave up his plan to visit his parents and Zhang Yue at home first, and reported to the closed door according to the procedure, and then he was sent to live in Chaoji courtyard by the people of Kaifeng Prefecture.

When he arrived at Chaojiyuan, he knew that even though he was a provincial official, his qualifications were still low. In Chaojiyuan, there are so many officials who returned to Beijing from other places on behalf of others, all waiting to be interviewed by the officials. face saint.

Zhang Zhi is also safe when he comes.

The buildings of Chaojiyuan are also the treatment of each level of officials for each level of officials.

Moreover, Emperor Taizong issued an order prohibiting officials in the Chaojiyuan from jumping in line and seizing rooms for personal gain.Therefore, Chaojiyuan arranges rooms in the order in which officials who come to Beijing are interviewed, and gives priority to officials who come to Beijing from remote places.

If there is a violation, the three divisions and Yushitai can be impeached.

Because Zhang Zhi had just arrived, all the rooms of the same level as him had been arranged, and he had no entourage, so the Chaoji Court arranged a dorm for him.

Zhang Zhi knew about it and had no objection, so he took two relatives to live in the lower house, and two accompanying soldiers from Kaifeng Mansion.

They are responsible for keeping Zhang straight in and out, and he is not allowed to visit and meet guests in private.

But Zhang Zhi found that not only could he not enter and leave the Chaoji courtyard, but the officials in the courtyard could not move around either.

In the past, officials lived in Chaoji Yuan and traveled day and night with the officials of the same Yuan, feeling like brothers, so they made friends and recommended each other.It's like when two people live in the same hotel together, everyone gets to know each other naturally.

But now the atmosphere is very different.

Officials in the Chaoji courtyard visited each other, and they were often followed by court officials.

Zhang Zhi felt strange. He found out from an official's inquiry that the imperial court had recently reformed. Many officials who came to Beijing from all over the country opposed the new law. .

Zhang Zhi was taken aback when he heard the words, Wang Anshi has only been prime minister for a year, and officials are not even allowed to speak and discuss affairs normally?

Zhang Zhi was also bored in every possible way, although Zhang Shi, his wife and Zhang Yue both asked someone to bring them food.

In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Zhi didn't even dare to eat, so he retreated.

Although these are not hindrances, Zhang Zhi is as cautious as possible.

This night Zhang was lighting the lamp in the room to study, when he heard a commotion in the other house, it turned out that another official had moved into the lower house.

Zhang Zhi's follower couldn't help being annoyed: "These court officials look down on them..."

Zhang Zhi waved his hand to signal his followers to keep quiet and said: "The end of the year is coming soon, and the officials are rushing back to Beijing at this time, so let's squeeze with them."

But when the lights came on outside, the court official opened the door, Zhang Zhi went to the curtain to see who was living in the side house.

At this point, I actually met an old friend.

Zhang Zhi opened the curtain and walked out. The official was very dissatisfied because he lived in the same house with others, but seeing Zhang Zhi greet him, his expression changed.

It was Zhang Zhi who spoke first: "Uncle Chu!"

The other party was Zhang Yi, he felt a little embarrassed when he saw Zhang Zhi, but he still said: "It's Zizheng!"

The court official smiled and said: "Since you are acquainted, it's a good time to talk together in bed."

After finishing speaking, the court official bowed to the two and then left the lower house.

Zhang Zhi and Zhang Wei sat opposite each other in the room.

Zhang Wei ordered his servants to take the wine bag and said, "I just came back from Shaanxi, this old wine from Kansai is very strong, do you want to eat it?"

Zhang Zhi nodded.

Zhang Li poured the wine into the wine bowl, and the two drank the same bowl. Zhang Zhi's throat was burned and he coughed several times.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi laughed, and immediately said: "I went to Shaanxi to raise Changpingcang, but I saw that the people in Shaanxi are really suffering..."

Zhang Zhi nodded and poured wine for Zhang Wei.

Zhang Yu talked a lot about the customs and customs of Shaanxi, and Zhang Zhi couldn't help being fascinated leisurely.

But in the middle of the speech, Zhang Yi suddenly smashed the wine bowl and said: "I hate the western thief for bullying people too much. One day I will destroy this bandit."

Zhang Zhi couldn't help asking after hearing what Zhang Wei said, and couldn't help being indignant when he talked about the Xixia Kou Bian. I was actually bullied by a small fan for this reason.

In Zhang Yi's words, he highly praised Wang Shao, who had repeatedly made military exploits in the Northwest.

That night Zhang Zhi and Zhang Yu ate wine and ate all night.

Zhang Zhi was overwhelmed with alcohol and drunk, and when he slept until the sun was three poles, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside.

"Mr. Zhang!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Zhi fell into a drowsy sleep, wondering who called me.

But someone said: "This is suffering! The more times your Majesty summons you, Zhang Gong is actually drunk!"

"If you think so, wouldn't it be disrespectful?"

When Zhang Zhi heard the words 'Yueci summoned the right', his whole body was shocked, and he immediately got up and asked: "Who is Yueci summoned?"

After Zhang Zhi was hungover, his eyes were still a little blurred.

But the people on the left and right were all overjoyed and said: "Mr. Zhang is awake, wake up, quickly bring a bowl of hangover soup!"

Before Zhang Zhi could speak, a bowl of hangover soup was poured into his mouth, and then cold water was applied to his face.

Only then did Zhang Zhi open his eyes, but he saw that the court official who had been perfunctory and negligent the day before had become polite and respectful, and standing beside him was a gatekeeper.

But seeing the door-joining officer with a friendly face, he said to Zhang Zhi: "This is the official Zhang Tui. Your Majesty heard that after you arrived in Beijing, you made an exception and summoned the right one more time. You also know how many handsome ministers are in front of you." , is still scheduled."

Zhang Zhi was taken aback.

What a courtesy to be summoned next time.

And I was just pushing officials, even though he was provincial, he hadn't passed the imperial examination and the emperor's hand-picked appointment, but he was unexpectedly summoned by the officials above the handsome ministers.

This is a completely unreasonable thing.

Zhang Zhi's face was confused, he thought that he would not be able to see the emperor until at least ten days later, but he didn't expect it to be ahead of schedule, and he knew that he would not drink last night.

Zhang Yizi on the side was also emotional, he was also a provincial governor, although he was the provincial governor of the lock hall examination, but at least he had served two terms.

This time when I return to Beijing, I can take a trial position.

Zhang Dun was ready to recommend himself to Wang Anshi.

But compared to Zhang Zhi's Yueci summoning, he still lost a bit.Zhang Yu expected to be Zhang Zhi recommended by Zhang Yue to the officials.

Zhang Li said to Zhang Zhizhi: "Zizheng, this is the favor of the official family, let's enter the palace quickly!"

Seeing Zhang Wei, the gatekeeper at the side couldn't help asking. Zhang Wei reported his name, and the other party said happily: "I am also a child of the Zhang family in Pucheng. I am also very close to Zhang Daizhi on weekdays."

Zhang Yu smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, but he didn't know what to say.

Because of Zhang Zhi's abandonment of the exam, Zhang Yue was very angry with him, and he had no shame in visiting Zhang Yue.

The closing officer mentioned a few words to Zhang Yue, and saw that Zhang Yue didn't answer, so he stopped talking.In fact, he and Zhang Yue only met each other on a few occasions, but now Zhang Yue has a lot of weight in the hearts of the officials, and everyone in the palace knows it, so they use it to put money on their faces.

So Zhang Zhi hurried into the palace.

For Zhang Zhi, it was very uneasy for him to face the Holy Spirit for the first time.

He followed Hemen Road all the way along the palace road, and couldn't help but peek around to see if he could see Zhang Yue.

But it's a pity that Zhang Zhi didn't meet him all the way.

When he arrived at the Zizheng Hall, Zhang Zhi didn't dare to look at the emperor on the throne, he just bowed down and saluted like this.

"Zhang Qing, get back down!"

Zhang Zhi heard a voice that seemed somewhat familiar to his ears.Zhang Zhi thought, why does this official's voice sound like an old friend of his?

After I became a Jinshi, I have been communicating with this old friend by letter, but when I wanted to meet at home, for some reason, the other party refused to see me.

"The minister leads the order."

Zhang Zhi stood up.

"You stand down, Zhang Qing and I have a few words to ask!"

After the left and right servants left, Zhang Zhi continued to stare at the floor tiles.

At this time, the official walked up to him and suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

Zhang Zhi was taken aback immediately, this is a very intimate gesture between friends...

When Zhang Zhi raised his head, he saw the official looking at him with a half-smile.

"Zhou... Zhou..." Zhang Zhi was so surprised that he could barely close his mouth from ear to ear.

After waiting for many years, the official wanted to see Zhang Zhi's expression, as if it was a joke agreed with a childhood friend, and it was only fulfilled after he became an adult.

This is a refreshing feeling, and the officials are simply enjoying it.

"Your Majesty, you...you have been hiding it from me so hard!" Zhang Zhi blushed anxiously, and was angry at being fooled again.

The official laughed and said, "Hey, Zhang Qing, don't blame me. I was just joking with you. Don't blame your third uncle. It was I who let him keep it from you."

"You, that's all, I knew that His Majesty was my childhood friend, and I was still worried for a long time before killing me."

Zhang Zhi quickly calmed down and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, how have you been doing these years?"

The official shook his head and said: "It's not very good. When you go to take the Jinshi examination, the first emperor will go. I feel sad for a while. The burden of the world is on my shoulders, and few people around me can trust it. Of course, Uncle Ling is a , it is great that you come back to court now. I am short of people around me!"

"Tell me, you can choose whatever official you want to be. This is what I promised you back then!"

Zhang Zhi couldn't help but smile, when they were in Zhang Yue's study, they couldn't help exaggerating.

What happens to me in the future, I will let you do what.

Anyway, it's rich and noble dogs, bragging about barking at each other and so on.

In this case, it is the most normal thing to say among every teenager's playmates.It's just that after growing up, no one will take such words seriously, but the memories are always so beautiful.

Zhang Zhi also didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he thought for a while and said seriously: "Your Majesty should discuss with the prime minister about the appointment of officials in the imperial court. There is an order in it, and I dare not overstep it."

Zhang Zhi's remarks are based on the role of the monarch and his ministers, not a dialogue between friends.

The official nodded. He knew that the appointment of officials must comply with the procedures, and even if he was the emperor, he could not arbitrarily demote officials.

But the official still wanted to show off in front of his friends: "You tell me first, I will definitely do it for you."

Zhang Zhi said: "Then I will say it."

The official nodded and said, "You are not joking."

Zhang Zhi said: "I want to go to the Northwest, Pingxi thieves, make meritorious deeds!"

The official was taken aback when he heard the words and asked back: "Go to the northwest, don't you stay in Beijing?"

"I am currently employing people, why are you leaving me again!"

(End of this chapter)