Prime Minister

Chapter 718
March in Xizhou is the season when all things rejuvenate.

Although the spring here is earlier than that in the south of the Yangtze River, the scenery is quite similar to that in the south of the Yangtze River, but the climate is colder than that in the south of the Yangtze River.

As the days went by, Zhang got used to living here gradually.It's just that Zhang Muzhi just came here not long ago, and he finally got used to the climate of Xihe Road, but he had to leave.

When the spring breeze blows, there is a saying that the spring breeze is proud, but Zhang Muzhi is not at all proud at the moment.The spring breeze was blowing the white hair on his temples like this, which made him feel that the scene was very bleak.

Zhang Muzhi was holding the edict issued by the government to reprimand and demote officials for a long time. At this moment, his heart was icy cold, and he was about to talk to a few of his confidants to calm down his emotions.

But Zhang Muzhi was hesitant to speak when he saw the crowd, and after a while, one person took the initiative to say: "My lord received a letter from my family yesterday saying that my grandfather is unwell, and I want to go back to my hometown to visit, so I came here to say goodbye to my lord!"

After this person finished speaking, several other aides said goodbye to Zhang Muzhi because of a sudden incident at home.

Zhang Muzhi's face twitched, and then he forcibly said calmly: "It's okay, after all, it's a master-slave match. I may not have a comeback in the future, and I will ask you to help me when the time comes. You go and take care of everyone over there." Withdrawing ten strings of money has fulfilled our kindness."

Zhang Muzhi thought that his words would win the gratitude of several staff members, but they all bowed their hands, thanked them lightly, took the money and left... Then Zhang Muzhi exploded in anger.

Not long after, Du Guan, who had followed him for many years, reported to him that several of his staff had patted their buttocks and left. Zhang Muzhi said: "It takes a long time to see people's hearts, but Lu Yao knows horsepower. People like this follow the trend and leave as soon as they leave."

From the punishment to the prison all the way to the liquor tax in Hebei, this situation can be said to have plummeted.But Zhang Muzhi is also a character, so he can afford it and let it go.

But as soon as Zhang Muzhi got up the next day, he knew that most of his servants had dispersed, and most of them left without saying goodbye.So that there was no one to carry the luggage.

"Humanity is so cold and warm!" Zhang Muzhi sighed for a moment, and at this moment he said: "Master, the Economic and Strategy Department is here."

Zhang Muzhi said, "What are you doing? Are you here to humiliate me?"

A man named Lu Guang entered the room, saluted Zhang Muzhi and said, "I know that I am going to leave today, but Mr. Jinglue said that I was going to see you off, but if I can't get away due to official duties, please forgive me."

"Mr. Jinglue didn't know whether the road to punishment was thorough, so the Jinglue Division sent a team of soldiers here to listen to the dispatch of punishment. In addition, he ordered the villain to donate a hundred salt notes to the master for expenses on the road."

"Oh?" Zhang Muzhi was a little stunned.

Zhang Yue of Xizhou is patrolling Lintao City with Wang Shao.

Wang Shao was very excited and said to Zhang Yue: "I heard that Gao Zunyu was walking around a few days ago, wanting to contact the old generals in the army, and talking to them will squeeze away Jinglue and my intentions."

"However, after hearing the news of Zhang Muzhi's departure, Gao Zunyu complained of illness for more than ten days in a row, never going out of the house, and locked himself in the house drinking alcohol."

Zhang Yue said: "I knew about this a long time ago. Didn't Gao Zunyu use wine to relieve his worries? I was worried that he didn't have enough wine, so I specially ordered someone to buy some jars of high-quality spring song wine from Qinzhou for him."

Wang Shao laughed and said, "Isn't Jinglue entertaining people?"

Zhang Yue smiled.

"Then why did Jinglue give Zhang Mu a hundred coins?"

Zhang Yue said: "That's not true. It's really hateful for this person to follow Gao Zunyu in doing evil, but I don't remember how much I hate him. Now that he's even demoted to the third level, it's a cause and a result."

"There is a gambling stall in my hometown in Jianzhou. After the gamblers set up a trick to defraud the gamblers of their money, they always give them hundreds of thousands of dollars, so that they don't even have to go back."

"This is also to keep things on the line, so that we can meet each other in the future. Drive people to death, and even humiliate them at the end. Why bother? This is also to kill your own way."

Wang Shao thought to himself, obviously he offended someone and was afraid of revenge, so he did it like this, and he had to arrange this rhetoric.

Wang Shao thought so from the bottom of his heart, but he said with a thoughtful expression on his face: "In terms of economics, the lower officials have been taught."

Zhang Yue said again: "Cai Tianshen has been summoned back to Beijing by the officials. I heard that he wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to the capital, but he didn't give it to anyone else, but passed it on to his father, Cai Shuxiang."

Wang Shao said: "I guess it's not a good word."

Zhang Yue said: "What's the hindrance? I heard that Cai Shuxiang has always opposed us to enter Hezhou, but now the situation in the court has favored you and me, and he doesn't speak now. Look at the several prime ministers, Wang Xianggong At the beginning, he supported the opening of the Xihe River. Now that we implement the Art of War, he supports it even more. There is also Wen Shuxiang, who has always opposed the opening of the Xihe River, but now that his son is on our side, he is gradually holding on to it. bingo."

Wang Shao listened silently.

Zhang Yue continued: "Of course, we may not be able to change our words for a while, but at least it will not cause any hindrance. In addition, Li Xian has returned to Beijing to play a role. He told the imperial court's intention that he will try his best to remove the restriction on you and me, and let you and me Concentrate on attacking Hezhou with your life."

Wang Shaoxi said: "That's great. I'm not afraid of Mu Zheng and Dong Zhan, but I'm afraid of Gao Zunyu, Zhang Mu and others. If there are more people like this, I think we don't want to do anything."

Zhang Yue wrote a memorandum, which made the matter worse, not only driving away Zhang Muzhi and Cai Tianshen, but also made the officials see the disadvantages of duplication of powers, and punished Zhang Muzhi. It is to reduce the restraint on Zhang Yue.

At the same time, in order to expand support for Zhang Yue, the officials decided to officially issue the Jiedu military quota of the Tao Army in Xizhou Town, which means that Xizhou has officially become Jiedu Prefecture, and Zhang Yue can also add curtains according to the configuration of Jiedu Prefecture official.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a one-to-one correspondence between the administration and the military quota. For example, Xizhou originally corresponded to the Wusheng Army, but now it is changed to the Zhentao Army, while the military quota in Qinzhou is the Tianshui Army.

And Zhang Yue knew Xizhou as a guard, but all the officials below served in the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhentao Army.

However, there are exceptions, such as the Jingzhao Mansion, the military quota is the Yongxing Army, but the guards are not called Zhijing Zhaofu, but Zhiyongxing Army Mansion Affairs.

As soon as the military quota was issued, the establishment of the imperial court also came. Zhang Yue's side is not only doing the establishment of state schools, but also expanding the team.

There are very few Han people in Xizhou, and the purpose of opening state schools is to allow the children of generals to study here, and secondly, to allow the Tibetan tribes that belonged to the Song Dynasty in Xizhou to send their children to study in the state school.

That's right, it is both reading and being a hostage.

Speaking of hostages, the Song Dynasty established Nazhiyuan in Qinzhou, Weizhou, Qingzhou and other border areas.

The original purpose of the Nazhiyuan was to target the capricious Fan tribes near the Song Dynasty, take their children as hostages, imprison them for life, and make them submit to the Song Dynasty forever.

Zhang Yue changed the Nazhi Institute into a state school, and humanized the Xizhou tribe, allowing Nazhi's children to return to the tribe to visit the tribe once every two years.

At the same time, like Zhou Xue, he taught the children of the Tibetan tribe to study, and if they inherited the position of chief in the clan in the future, they would also be granted official positions with them.

The most important thing is to read Han books, Ming Han rites, and at the same time practice martial arts in battle.

For example, the imperial army of Xixia "Yuyuan Liubanzhi" is the army of the powerful children of the tribes of the party, so it is also called the Proton Army.

Zhang Yue asked the nearby Fan tribe to send out one person for every five or six hundred clans, so there are seven or eight hundred people. They study and teach on weekdays, and practice formation. When necessary, they are still a new force.

Zhang Yue has already selected the candidate for the professor of state studies, that is, Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao brothers.

Cheng Hao had already returned to Luoyang because of a disagreement with Wang Anshi.According to the historical track, he should give lectures in Luoyang together with his younger brother Cheng Yi, and founded Neo-Confucianism, which has left a deep impression on later generations, but Zhang Yue invited him out again.

As the saying goes, it is not a skill to educate one's own people, but the real skill is to educate the foreigners.

But Cheng Hao thought about it again and again but did not accept Zhang Yue's conquest and continued to teach in Luoyang, but Cheng Yi accepted Zhang Yue's conquest.

But although Cheng Yi had no official status, he had no choice but to be a teaching assistant in the state school.

In addition to Ercheng, Zhang Yue of course also thought of Zhang Zai, a famous Kansai legend.

Zhang Zai was hired by Zhang Yue as a direct lecturer on martial arts, but after Zhang Yue was dismissed by Wang Anshi.Zhang Zai repeatedly asked Wang Anshi to ask Zhang Yue to return to the Imperial Academy to preside over it. At the same time, he and his younger brother Zhang Jian criticized Wang Anshi's reforms many times.

Wang Anshi couldn't stand the brothers Zhang Zai, so he demoted both of them.Zhang Zai was demoted to be a county magistrate, but he did not take up the post. Instead, he returned to his hometown in Hengqu to write books and study.

After Zhang Zai accepted Zhang Yue's invitation, he, like Cheng Hao, did not go to Xihe. He said that he was old and afraid that he would not be able to withstand such a long journey, so he recommended his two proud students to Zhang Yue.

For Cheng Hao, Zhang Zai declined successively, Zhang Yue was also a little disappointed, but Zhang Yue also knew a professor of state studies, of course it was far inferior to Guozijian's direct lecture.

However, Zhang Zai is famous all over the world in Guanzhong, and there are countless students under his sect. For example, the three famous brothers Lu Dajun are all from Zhang Zai's sect.

Although Lu Dajun and other brothers have already become officials, the two students recommended by Zhang Zai this time are not ordinary people. They are You Shixiong and Zhong Shiji respectively.

You Shixiong was a Jinshi in the first year of Zhiping, and later served as Yizhou Sihu to join the army, and Zhang Yue enlisted him as a professor of Xizhou Zhouxue.

Another race, Jianzhong, is the grandson of the famous general Zhong Shiheng. In later generations, he has another name, that is, Zhong Shidao.

Because of his ancestral military merits, he worshiped three shifts and served in three shifts. After passing the examination, he was transferred from military capital to literary capital.

After Zhang Yue heard this, he enlisted a teacher to serve as the Jiedu Tui Guan of the Tao Army in Xizhou Town. .

In addition to promoting officials, Zhongshidao also takes care of the teaching of state studies, specializing in teaching martial arts to the protons of the Tibetan tribe.

At the same time, Zhang Yue also named Su Zhe as the Secretary of Jiedu Zhang of the Tao Army in Xizhou Town.

After Zhang Yue was demoted by Wang Anshi, Su Zhe was implicated as well. Later, Zhang Fangping stepped forward and took Su Zhe to work as a professor of state studies in Chenzhou, where he worked.

But how could Zhang Yue forget Su Zhe and Zhang Zai who had endured hardships with him and were implicated?

If you don't promote them, you must promote their children.

For a while, Zhang Yue's behind-the-scenes can be said to be full of talents.

(End of this chapter)