Prime Minister

Chapter 909 Latecomers

The boat left Hangzhou all the way south.

Arriving at Xianxia Ridge, Fang Shezhou traveled by land.

Zhang Yue looked at the towering Xianxia Ridge, and remembered that when he was young, he made an ambition to climb over this mountain, and now he has climbed over this mountain and returned to his hometown.

But this time over the mountain, you can't take a boat or a horse, you have to dismount and walk, and the journey is also difficult.

However, the officials along the Fujian Road had been prepared for a long time, and arranged for porters and servants to help Zhang Yue and his party climb the mountain.

Zhang Yue heard that these were all done by Jiang Zhiqi, a Fujian transshipment judge, and arranged for an official to turn over Xianxia Ridge to lead Zhang Yue.

Because of Ouyang Xiu, Zhang Yue had no contact with Jiang Zhiqi, but Jiang Zhiqi and Zhang Yue's two friends, Shen Kuo and Su Shi, had very good friendships.

Jiang Zhiqi's wife Shen is Shen Kuo, Shen Liao's younger sister. It is said that Jiang Zhiqi's son is also betrothed to Shen Liao's daughter.

Shen Kuo was promoted by Zhang Yue to work in the Northwest, and now it is said that he has returned to the imperial court and entered the Imperial Academy as a direct bachelor.

This is a recommendation from Zhang Dun.

As for Shen Liao, he was not very lucky. He once wrote a poem on a woman's skirt, and then the skirt was bought by a concubine in the harem.One day when the officials favored this concubine, they saw Shen Liao's poem written on her skirt, and suddenly felt a little green on her head.

So Shen Liao was dismissed from office and never hired.

However, Shen Kuo and Jiang Zhiqi had a prosperous official career, especially in the promotion of the Fujian Road Exemption Law, and the other party made great contributions.

Zhang Yue despised Jiang Zhiqi from the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't avoid official contacts, so he expressed his gratitude to the official faintly.

Zhang Yue stayed at the official post at the foot of Xianxia Ridge that day, because he was going to climb the mountain the next day, so he planned to stay early and rest, but someone sent a greeting card to ask to see him.

Zhang Yue wondered who is so ignorant.

But after seeing the name on the greeting card, Zhang Yue thought it was him.

Soon a young scholar bowed to Zhang Yue and said, "Student Chen Guan pays homage to the magistrate!"

Zhifu is the title of Zhizhou, and it is also a first-class honorary title.

But when he heard that the other party was called Chen Guan, Zhang Yue called Brother Guan Xi from the bottom of his heart.

All joking aside, Zhang Yue still thinks highly of this little fellow countryman. This is the benefit of being a traveler. Famous people in history can have a general impression.

Zhang Yue's impression of Chen Guan came from Zhang Dun's reunification in history, and the other party went to persuade Zhang Dun not to liquidate Sima Guang.

Chen Guan said angrily to the other party: "The two parties in the court should not attack each other. It's like riding a boat, shifting to the left or right. If you focus on either side, the ship will capsize."

Zhang Dun said no, I must settle the score with Sima Guang.

Chen Guan said, Sima Guang was wrong, but your hasty handling is the biggest harm to the country.The most urgent task for you when you return to the court is to eliminate crony attacks. This is the real way to save the country.

After hearing Chen Guan's words, Zhang Dun thought it made sense, and told Chen Guan that he would do so in the future.

However, when Zhang Dun returned to the court, he overturned the opinions with Chen Guan and liquidated the old party.

Afterwards, the old party accused Zhang Dun of being despicable, shameless and treacherous.However, based on Zhang Yue's understanding of Zhang Dun and his proud character, this matter must be disdainful.

According to Zhang Yue's speculation, Zhang Dun was serious in agreeing to Chen Guan, but he couldn't bear it at all when he returned to the court to liquidate.

When you are in that position, you must do the things for that position, and it does not depend on the will of the person.

Before Zhang Dun's wife died of illness, she kept persuading him not to wipe out those old parties in the future, which was also to leave a way out for himself.Zhang Dun agreed, but couldn't hold back afterwards.

Chen Guan chatted with Zhang Yue for a while, and then asked: "Students, dare to ask the magistrate what plans he has for entering Fujian this time?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "It has been arranged for a long time. I can learn from Ding Jingong (Ding Wei) and Cai Zhonghui (Cai Xiang) to supervise this matter."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, Chen Guan's face was very ugly.

As for the tribute tea, Cai Xiang was exiled to Fujian, and the making of Xiaolongtuan tea won the favor of the emperor, and it was revived.

Ding Wei wrote a record of Jianyang tea in Fujian, which made the world aware of Jianyang tea and improved the method of making Jianyang tea.

Many years later, Su Shi wrote a poem satirizing Ding Wei and Cai Xiang, who were vying for a new favorite, called the former Ding and the latter Cai.

Hearing Zhang Yuezhi's words, Chen Guan also thought that he was going to make tea to invite pets, and immediately felt unnatural, so he left after sitting down for a while.

Seeing Chen Guan shaking his head like this, Zhang Yue said, "Young people nowadays really can't take jokes."

The next day Zhang Yue climbed to Xianxia Ridge. Although he had been pampered for many years, he was in good health and did not have much effort to climb the mountain.

Zhang Yue asked his left and right to take care of his family, and he and Tang Jiu led several entourages over the mountain with a bamboo stick.

When he got to the middle of the mountain, he took a rest, and happened to see Chen Guan who was also out of breath and turned over. The other party only hired a porter, and he had to carry a lot of luggage, so it was very difficult to walk.

Zhang Yue ordered his entourage to immediately give Chen Guan a water bottle, and at the same time asked one of his entourage to carry the luggage for him.

It was only in this way that Chen Guan slowed down.

"The prefect's feet are really good, and the students admire him!"

Chen Guan said to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "What is this? When I was young, I had to go back and forth with my senior brother on the mountain road for more than ten miles every day to copy books in the school."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yue picked up the bamboo stick and pointed down the mountain: "You can see that it is probably here."

Chen Guan has heard the story of Zhang Yue's progress in reading while copying books when he was young and his family was poor. This is the same as Fan Wenzheng's arbitrariness in painting porridge.

Chen Guan was also very impressed, and couldn't help but asked Zhang Yue: "Dare to ask the magistrate if he was suffering at that time?"

Zhang Yue was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said: "It's bitter, but I don't feel bitter either."

In fact, many people have asked him what he said, and of course Zhang Yue is willing to say it, because after he succeeds, he likes to mention how hard it is to fail, and how to be tenacious, as a first-class talk.

But when I really asked Zhang Yue whether it was difficult to study at that time, Zhang Yue could only answer the feeling at that time truthfully. The simplicity, kindness and sincere communication between people at that time were not comparable to those after entering the world.

Now that he has achieved success and fame, he is facing countless swords, guns, swords and halberds.

"I don't feel bitter, because the book has its own Yan Ruyu, its own golden house, and its own pen like a knife. What's more, I was still young at the time. If I still have nothing to do now and have to concentrate on my career, I will really feel bitter. .”

Chen Guan couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhang Yuezhi's words, but felt that he had lost his composure, so he quickly apologized to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue waved his hand indifferently, looked at the Xiaguang in the sky from a distance and said: "It's like I walked this road to Xianxialing. I tell you that I don't feel bitter because I have been in the past for more than ten years. Walk like this. But the first time you walk, you will feel bitter."

Chen Guan asked: "Actually, the prefect is the only one who has exhausted his strength and wants to get ahead. Does the prefect want to open a way for them?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "That depends on whether the road is wide enough and whether there are many people walking, but as long as there are many people, no road will become a road."

Chen Guan was a little thoughtful when he heard the words, carefully tasted Zhang Yue's words, and felt that they were very meaningful.

Thinking of this, Chen Guan suddenly felt that he was far away from Zhang Yue, and immediately quickened his pace to catch up and followed closely behind.

ps: There are a lot of typos.Sorry, fixed.

(End of this chapter)