"Young Eunuch Zhang is polite, the old man is alone, where can he drink so much chrysanthemum white?" Gao Yanfu, the general of the prison gate, walked out of the main gate of Zhang Qian's house with square steps, and waved his hand with a smile.

"It's almost the New Year, and this is also a little bit of the younger generation's heart. They are all packed separately, five catties per jar. You can always put it in the cellar and drink it slowly, this wine, aged for about three years, the taste is better! Zhang Qian also smiled all over his face, and while explaining, he limped and sent Gao Yanfu out.

The wound on the leg is actually almost healed a long time ago. However, the "lame" still has to be installed for a few more days. One is that I don't want to get better too quickly, making people mistakenly think that the previous injuries were not so serious. Second, it can be used as a reason for leg injuries to greatly simplify the etiquette when the imperial court system confers the arrival of the holy decree of the knighthood.

That's right, two holy decrees. Not yet at the same time. forced Zhang Qian to go through the motions almost twice. Although Ren Cong and Guo Nu helped, and used "the leg injury has not healed" as an excuse to steal some laziness, he was still exhausted.

The first decree is to confer additional officials.

Although Zhang Qian is still called a young eunuch at the moment, he has changed from a junior supervisor of the fifth rank of the military supervision to a secretary of the fourth grade and a young supervisor of the weapons supervisor, and a doctor. Like Zhang Shuo, it has become a two-time job.

And Zhang Qian's new official position is still very considerate to "take care" of his lazy temperament, which is definitely a high position, with a lot of money and few things. It is only responsible for the secretary and supervises the subordinate book bureau. As for the Writings Bureau itself, as well as his seniors who have forgotten his old age, He Zhizhang is in charge, and he himself basically does not have to worry about anything except for signing official documents and appropriating funds on a regular basis.

The second decree is to bestow knights and houses.

The founder of Jingyang County, 300 households, 800 acres of Yongye field, and a mansion in Jinchengfang in Chang'an City. Garn succeeded the knight for one generation, and then replaced him according to the routine.

In other words, Zhang Qian's own understanding is that he is now holding the position of secretary and supervisor from the fourth rank to the junior eunuch, and he is receiving the salary subsidy and bonus of the fourth rank and the chief doctor, but he still only needs to do the work of the ordnance supervisor and the junior eunuch.

In addition, he also officially entered the ranks of the Tang Dynasty nobles and was the founding son of the country. You can enjoy the taxes paid by 500 households, and 800 acres of land can be passed on to your children and grandchildren forever without paying taxes. He didn't have to buy a house in Chang'an City, the state sent it to him, and the location was properly under the roots of the imperial city. After his death, his eldest son was still the founder of the county, and his grandson's generation began to descend to the founding county man!

Generous, this reward is definitely a generous one!

You must know that after He Zhizhang won the champion, Huan Hai has been up and down for so many years, and he is a man who writes from the five grades. And Bi Gou was born in the family of an official eunuch, from the prime of life, to the Tang Dynasty to the gray-haired, so far he has not survived a founding man. In contrast, the Tang Emperor's affection for Zhang's holy family is so enviable that he wants to shoot the case.

Therefore, Zhang Qian was grateful, and naturally did not forget to stuff red envelopes for the officials and eunuchs who came to deliver the decree. The former is less than fifty years old, and he was given a full range of different flavors of Liushen Flower Dew, plus a high-end bearer VIP card, which is worthy of his graceful demeanor. As for the latter, that is, Gao Yanfu, the general of the prison gate who came to convey the holy decree of the knight today, Zhang Qian spent some more thoughts.

Twenty jars of five catties of chrysanthemum white, together with the carriage containing chrysanthemum white, sent people to the tall general to send home. At the same time, there are 2,000 acres of fields in Xinfeng County, plus a huge mansion. And solemnly stated to General Gao that this mansion was originally a Buddhist temple, and together with Tianpi, the monks compensated for it. Zhang couldn't understand what the monks were thinking, so he asked General Gao to deal with it on his behalf.

"I have a heart!" Seeing that the carriage pulling the wine was all put on the horse, Gao Yanfu, the general of the prison gate who was free and easy, naturally couldn't let Zhang Qian move the wine down. With a smile, he pinched the title deed and house deed in his sleeve, and nodded kindly, "Actually, you don't have to worry, the monks did things to suppress you, and as a result, their altar exploded." Explain that all their accusations against you are slander, and they should make compensation. Otherwise, Sensei said that Youji would not agree, and the saint's side probably wouldn't let them get out easily. ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the heavens and the blessing of the saints, the intrigues and tricks of the monks have turned back on themselves!" Zhang Qian immediately comprehended and bowed his hand in the direction of the palace, "Therefore, the junior still has two thank-you gifts, and I want to entrust you to help me present them to the saint." ”

"Gifts, you actually give gifts to the saint! Zhang Yongzhao, our family has been on an errand in the palace for so many years, but it is the first time I have seen someone take the initiative to give a gift to the saint! Gao Yanfu froze, his eyes instantly widened, but his face did not show the slightest expression of rejection.

"The Holy One is rich all over the world, of course he won't care about me and give it away!" Zhang Qian's mind felt sorry for his fifty sets of silver hot pots and the water stove with a large amount of copper decorations, but he said extremely humblely, "But thanks to the blessing of the saints, Zhang Moucai was not cursed to death by the monks, and he can't be grateful." Therefore, there are a house in Huayin and Jingyang, and 4,000 acres of fields, and they dare not collect it, and they also ask the general to help transfer it to the saint, and the saint will dispose of it on his behalf. ”

"And two monasteries and four thousand acres of fields? How much did the monk lose you? Although he had been prepared in his heart, Gao Yanfu was stunned by Zhang Qian's big strokes. It took several breaths before he asked in surprise.

"There are four places in total, and each place is a temple, two thousand acres of fields!" Zhang Qian wanted this effect, smiled, and reported truthfully, "Zhang himself kept Weinan's in his hands and sent someone to change the temple to a private school." I am going to change the field to a school field. In the future, the private teacher's restraint and food expenses will come out of the school field. All children from all over Jingzhao who have no money to go to school but like to read can come to listen to the class. However, at present, the gentleman who has just sent someone to hire a teacher is not sure when he will be able to start school. ”

"Yongzhao is really a person with a heart." In Gao Yanfu's eyes, a soft light suddenly appeared, and the words of praise also took on a completely different tone from before. "The old man can't take your gift for nothing, the old man is in Weinan, and there is also a Zhuangzi, and he can't take care of it at all. simply sent you to make a school field, and the old man did a good deed for the children in Weinan. ”

"How can the younger generation use your Zhuangzi!" Zhang Qian listened, and hurriedly waved his hand vigorously, "After the younger generation's workshop is rebuilt, there will definitely be no shortage of money to spend." Take out some of them every year, which is enough to subsidize private education. If you want to help, you might as well ask the emperor to give a name to your private school. In this way, the younger generation will have more strength to run the school well, and it will be easier to hire a teacher in the future! ”

"Holy name, please?" When Gao Yanfu heard this, he immediately began to hesitate. However, seeing Zhang Qian's eager gaze, he turned his heart sideways again, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, the old man will ask the saint for a name for you." However, there is no guarantee that the saint will reward the old man's face. ”

"The saint will definitely reward you for your old face, and the younger generation will thank you so much, the general!" Zhang Qian smiled and bowed his hand gently. "These days, the younger generations have been thinking, if all the temples in the world become schools, how many pillars should my Datang add every year? The younger generation is powerless to promote this matter, but they are willing to start from their side, and ask the general to help! ”

This time, Gao Yanfu did not politely turn sideways, but faced him face to face and received a slap from him. Immediately, they looked around and reminded each other in a voice that only they could hear, "Yongzhao, just think about this, there's no need to say it." In addition, the monks have done too much evil this time, and they have been punished by God, and you can't be blamed anyway. But as far as the old man knows, there have been rumors in the streets and alleys recently that when the monks were trying to do something bad for you, you made five bronze bells......"

"It's not a bronze bell, it's a few utensils used to rebuild the workshop after it was burned. It's just that it looks like a bell, and the younger generations have paid for their own materials and wages! Zhang Qian understood again and quickly shook his head to interrupt. In fact, three mouthfuls are enough, and the extra two mouthfuls were originally spare. If the general is curious, the junior will load it on the car for you. When you go back, you can hang it on a tree and ring it as a bell, but it doesn't look very pleasing! ”

"Then the old man is not welcome. Everything that goes out of Yongzhao is sure to be good, even if it's just for decoration! Gao Yanfu stroked his beard and smiled.

"You don't have to be polite to the juniors!" Zhang Qian nodded knowingly, and was grateful for the old eunuch's reminder.

At that time, he was forced too hard by the monks, and he had to build the bronze cannon as quickly as possible, and he didn't bother to consider the issue of secrecy at all. And now, no matter how much he tried to hide it, it was difficult for some people to believe that the bronze bell had nothing to do with the destruction of the altar.

However, as one of some people, Li Xian, the Yingtian Shenlong Emperor, is seriously insecure. Right now, unless Zhang Qian put gunpowder into the copper cannon and showed it to him by hand, otherwise, even if he said it, he would only believe his own calculations.

It was impossible to hand over the gunpowder, and it would be Zhang Qian's last reliance for a long time before the flintlock pistol was crumbled. He had just experienced a bloody assassination and was almost burned to death by the monks as an evil demon, but he couldn't believe that because he was loyal to Li Xian or useful to the Tang Dynasty, his life would be guaranteed.

In fact, when he was blocked by monks to "cast spells", the court did not provide him with any protection. The black-clothed man who was left to guard the bridge in Jingzhao Mansion had only been guarding for two days, and he slipped away for more than half because he couldn't stand the cold. And the catchers and helpers in Weinan County are obviously on the monk's side. didn't take the initiative to take the "good man and woman" to attack his family, but he was just afraid of the five-grade official hat on his head.

Therefore, in the case of not wanting to expose the hole cards so early, if he wanted to dispel Li Xian's suspicions, Zhang Qian's only way was to give the "bronze bell" directly to this person, so that this person could personally test whether the copper bell could summon a fire meteor.

And it just so happened that only three of the five bronze bells cast at the beginning were used, and the other two were not only not even a little bit of gunpowder residue in the inner chamber, but the bell did not even have time to drill the ignition hole!

Facts have proved that Zhang Qian's judgment is very accurate. Watching Ren Cong's commander Ding untie the two golden bronze bells from the tree and carry them into the carriage he was usually riding, Gao Yanfu, the general of the prison gate, was finally relieved, smiled, and patiently told in a slightly louder voice, "The New Year is coming soon, and there is nothing major in the court." Yongzhao has an injury on his leg, so there is no need to rush to the court. (Note: Bronze is yellow when cast, and it will turn turquoise after a long time.) ）

"Thank you seniors for your advice, juniors are worried about whether they should take a leave of absence recently!" When Zhang Qian heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and thanked him with a smile on his face. I didn't expect that some people had almost racked out their brains in order to prevent him from going to the court to participate in politics.

"Well, also, although the secretary is a quiet place, you shouldn't be too lazy." Just like Zhang Qian, a smart and open-minded junior who is eager to learn, Gao Yanfu smiled again and quickly added, "The Hun Tian Prison, who made a big mistake some time ago, is under the jurisdiction of the Secret Art Prison. The Hun Tianjian has been cleared again and again this time, and the vacant vacancies must definitely be filled by officials from the Bureau of Works. In this way, there will be a lot of vacant positions in the authorship, and you will have to recommend talented people to fill them right away, lest you need to do things in the future and you can't find the right people! (Note: During the Tang Dynasty, the Hun Tian Prison was a subordinate department of the Secret Art Supervisor.) ）

After saying that, he winked at Zhang Qian again, turned around, and jumped into the carriage cleanly.

"Senior ......" Zhang Qian didn't seem to understand, and was about to ask the other party to give him more guidance, but found that the car door had been closed tightly. I had to bow down and give it away.

"Congratulations, senior brother, you have been given a lord, and you will be glorified by your ancestors!" Before the sound of the wheels went far, Ren Cong couldn't wait to rush over and shout, looking even happier than being given a knighthood.

"Congratulations, senior brother, you have been given a lord, and you will be glorified by your ancestors!" Guo Nu, who had been helping out before, also hurriedly rushed forward and said hello to Zhang Qian with a smile, lest he fall behind Ren Cong.

"Congratulations to the owner!"

"Congratulations to Shaolang-kun!"

"Congratulations, sir!"

……

Inside and outside the door, the sound of congratulatory greetings suddenly rang out. Led by the chief housekeeper Ren Quan, all the family members and servants rushed to salute Zhang Qian, smiling one by one.

The owner of his own village was promoted to the county, and the number of servants allocated by the imperial court was immediately doubled. All the family members and slaves in the Zhuangzi have filled in the gaps, and there is still a lot of leisure. And the owner of his own village has always been nostalgic, and the extra free places will definitely be recommended by the people in the family, and at that time, everyone can get a lot of benefits, not to mention, in front of relatives and friends, there is also a light on the face.

Good moods have always been able to infect each other, and feeling the heartfelt joy around him, Zhang Qian's mood was also greatly relaxed. Decisively put aside all the things in his mind first, smiled and waved to everyone, "Tongxi, Tongxi!" Ren Quan, give everyone happy money, one hang per person, regardless of gender. This month, everyone's salaries have been doubled, and there is no distinction between men and women. ”

"Thank you, owner!"

"Zhuang [www.biqugexx.biz] Lord is wise!"

"Shaolangjun is rising step by step!"

……

The cheers were like thunder, and soon the entire Zhuangzi was drowned in a sea of happiness.

Zhang Qian listened, his mood was better, and his steps towards the study were more relaxed.

No matter what the future holds, at least he won the battle with the monk. And benefit a lot from it. He was added to the rank of knight, and the two juniors and disciples were also promoted to one level each, from the eighth-rank master book to the seventh-grade supervisor. And according to the hint of the old eunuch Gao Yanfu before he got into the carriage, there is still a big vacancy on the side of the Writings Department, which also belongs to his own booty, waiting for him to install a private person!

'This Datang rule also takes too much care of the winner of the struggle! However, Zhang likes it! Muttering a few words in his heart, he jumped over the threshold, shut himself in his study, isolated from the noise and festive atmosphere outside, and threw his fist into the air.

From the secretary of the fourth grade, although he is still an idle official, he is one step closer to the core of Datang's power. is also one step closer to his life goal.

Princess Jincheng was allowed to wear open crotch pants in April this year. At that time, the agreement between the two countries was to send their relatives to Tibet after three years. After careful calculation, he still has two years and four months to overturn this marriage.

"Absolutely!" After a few more fist swings into the air, Zhang Qian was full of confidence.

If he can succeed, what he changes may not be Yang Qingxing's fate alone. Even, it can change the fate of everyone in that team.

In Zhang Qian's limited historical knowledge, no matter how the historians of another time and space elevated, the peace was a failure. In the second year of the princess's entry into Tibet, the Tibetan soldiers and horses went down to the plateau. Since then, the two sides have been at war, and every time Tubo loses a battle, he will write a letter to the Tang Emperor in the name of Princess Jincheng, asking for forgiveness. After a little respite, it will be "intrusion as before"!

"Senior brother, senior brother!" Ren Cong's call soon came from outside the door, interrupting Zhang Qian's thoughts again.

"The door is open, come in by yourself!" Zhang Qian walked quickly to the desk and pulled out the periodic table that he had improvised last night from a large pile of scrolls.

It's time to add some homework to the little fat man and Guo Nu, so that they don't have to bother themselves when they have nothing to do. Let them memorize the periodic table, and then instruct them to distinguish between oxygen and other gases in nature, and they will be able to be quiet for a while.

"Senior brother, Cui Xiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came to congratulate, and the car has arrived at the gate of the courtyard." The little fat man Ren Cong, how did he know that his senior brother was secretly planning to give him extra lessons, he pushed the door in with excitement on his face, and reported with a smile: "He was born in the Qinghe Cui family, and his current position is slightly higher than that of his senior brother." The second senior brother was afraid that he would not be able to report it, so he treated him slowly. So someone has been ordered to open the main gate to welcome guests. Senior brother's legs and feet are inconvenient, just wait before going to the main hall. ”

"The Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Cui Xiang?" Zhang Qian was stunned, and a beautiful man in his forties quickly flashed in front of him, and a little confusion surged on his face at the same time.

Cui Xiang is the descendant of the Cui family of Qinghe, his grandfather was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, his father was the head of the Tang Dynasty, and he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. It can be said that the roots are red and the future is bright. With Zhang Qian, the affairs officer of the nine temples and five prisons, they are completely two people, I don't know what this time is to congratulate, what is the picture?

However, soon, Zhang Qian was not confused.

The secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Cui Xiangren, is handsome and does things neatly. After being welcomed into the main hall, he first exchanged a few words, and then casually asked Zhang Qian's wound recovery status, and took the initiative to explain his intention.

"Young eunuch, don't blame the old man for being abrupt, I Qinghe Cui's family, on the surface, it seems to be beautiful, but in fact, due to the huge burden of the family, I often can't make ends meet. Therefore, this time, when I heard that the six gods workshop of the young eunuch's family was rebuilt, a few unsuccessful juniors in the family wanted to ask the old man to ask the young eunuch, can they participate in a share? Don't ask for more, just want to make the family have a new entry in the future. ”