Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Master Kou, in fact, Master Zhang is right. The Han Shu "Huo Guang Biography" once wrote: Light does not learn the art of death, but it is darker than Dali. Confucius also said: Saying but not writing, believing and loving the ancients. Master Zhang wants You read a lot of books to make your knowledge more profound, so that you will understand more things and know how to deal with advances and retreats in the officialdom, so you won't always offend people in the court." Defang looked at Kou Zhun with a dissatisfied expression He smiled and said, "Hehehe, but Mr. Zhang is so straightforward, his temperament is really a headache."

"Prince, in comparison, the lower official is still good, he is the weirdo."

"Hahaha, Mr. Kou, you still say that others, it is not common for them to blame the lonely king, but you blame the lonely king but you see it every day."

Concubine Di on the side said, "My lord, Mr. Kou has learned about it now, so don't always talk about him like that."

"Shenzhi? Even if he is the prime minister and lonely king, he will say the same about him."

"Yes, yes." Kou Zhun nodded, "Actually, Mr. Zhang is very similar to the prince in this respect."

"Master Kou, you really don't suffer at all, you just go around and talk about the lonely king, right?"

"I dare not," Kou Zhun smiled, "My lord, then...does Master Zhang have a letter for you?"

"Yes, it was delivered the day before yesterday."

"Then what did he say? How is the battle in Yizhou?"

"Why did the lonely king tell you, you can go to the Ministry of War to ask yourself, the lonely king and Mr. Zhang are private letters."

"My lord..."

Weiling turned to look at Defang, "Father, please tell him, he is in a hurry."

"Huh?" Defang looked at Weiling

"Yes, yes" Kou Zhun hurriedly climbed up the pole, "What the princess said is that the next official is really in a hurry, it's a national matter."

"Kou Zhun" Defang looked at Kou Zhun, "You're pretty good at detours."

At this time, Concubine Di smiled and said, "My lord, it's really not easy every time Mr. Kou talks to you."

"Your Majesty is talking about how to talk to the lord in my head, but I'm tired."

Concubine Di nodded, "Your Majesty, Master Zhang has brought good news? Tell Master Kou quickly."

"Good news?" Kou Zhun was very happy to hear this. "The officer only heard from the Ministry of War and the Privy Council that the current battle is going well. Is there really any other good news?"

"Yeah, it's about things related to Wang Ji'en other than the war, hehehe" Defang said with a smile, "The lonely king knew it was right to send Zhang Yong."

"Prince" Kou Zhun cupped his hands, "Please open your mouth."

Defang smiled and said, "Master Zhang summoned him before he left Beijing, and gave him an oral order: After the chaos in Xichuan, the people are in dire straits. If you go, you should do it at a low price. After Master Zhang took office in Yizhou, he immediately rectified the government affairs. He wrote to the lonely king. The supplies of grain and grass in Shu were all transported by civilians recruited by the prefecture of Shaanxi, and they had never been interrupted. However, Mr. Zhang asked about the number of imperial troops and found out that the supplies were difficult to support. A total of 3 imperial troops were in Shu, even though Shaanxi continued to It is difficult to store the imported grain and grass for half a month, so Mr. Zhang has thought of a very good way."

"What way?" Kou Zhun asked

"The price of salt in Yizhou has always been high, and the common people are distressed by it. However, there is a lot of salt in the salt warehouse in Yizhou at this time, so Mr. Zhang ordered people to keep the amount of salt for the troops to consume, and ordered to reduce the amount of salt. The price was lowered, and a notice was posted, allowing the common people to exchange rice grains for salt. The local people exchanged rice grains one after another. In less than a month, they could exchange hundreds of thousands of good rice grains. Everyone said happily: The rice given before was all chaff and soil that could not be eaten, but now it is refined one by one, Mr. Zhang is really good at doing state affairs. Mr. Zhang was very happy when he heard this, and said: "My order can be done."