It has been the third day since Zhang Xuan returned to Yidu, and in the past three days, he has dealt with a large backlog of official business, and all kinds of cumbersome things have really caused him a headache, in fact, Zhang Xuan doesn't know that the trivial matters that are easy to deal with Su Wei and others have been dealt with first, and of course they are some tricky things left to him.

In the morning, Du Ruhui brought in more than a dozen copies of the recital from the side tent and said to Zhang Xuan: "These texts have been approved according to His Highness's wishes, Your Highness, please take a look!" ”

Du Ruhui joined the army in Zhang Xuan's office, he not only sorted out the documents for Zhang Xuan, but also directly participated in the decision-making of many major affairs, and Zhang Xuan would also listen to his opinions on many things.

At this time, Zhang Xuan rubbed his temples that were suddenly jumping, and said with a wry smile: "I don't need to watch it, just forward it!" ”

"Obedience!"

Du Ruhui turned around and was about to leave, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped him, "Show me the text of Beiping County again." ”

Du Ruhui took out one of the inscriptions and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "Please take a look at it, Your Highness!" ”

Zhang Xuan rolled out the scroll and read it carefully, this is a proposal about the reactivation of the Youzhou shipyard, it is a scroll written by Zhao Geng, the Taishou of Beiping County, Zhang Xuan has agreed to the proposal to restart the shipyard, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to implement it, but Zhang Xuan is concerned about another thing, that is, Zhao Geng mentioned in the report that Beiping County is rich in red thick wood and ash wood suitable for shipbuilding, which makes Zhang Xuan very interested.

Now whether the cavalry with the spear or the infantry spear, are soaked in oil with a fine pole to dry, with fish foam glue bonding, although not like the production of a horse lance for a few years to make a lance, but the process is also very cumbersome, need to consume a lot of labor and materials, and now good at making weapons rod craftsmen are scarce, their existing craftsmen make up to 2,000 weapons rods per month, simply not enough for the army to consume.

They can now only use up the weapons of the former imperial court. But once the inventory is used up, they will have the dilemma of breaking the file on the long weapon.

So Zhang Xuan has been thinking about how to replace the existing weapon rod, the best natural weapon rod is undoubtedly the thick wood pole, but the red thick wood is very rare, followed by the ash rod, the ash rod is hard but not hard, soft but not broken. It began to be used in large quantities after the Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that Qingzhou, Hebei both red thick wood and ash wood are very few, especially red thick wood is extremely rare, occasionally there is no forest, now Beiping County is rich in red thick wood, which made Zhang Xuan very surprised, he returned the scroll to Du Ruhui, and said to him: Please join the army to find Luo Shaoqing, who is the ordnance supervisor, and ask him to send someone to Beihai County to investigate the distribution of red thick wood and ash wood, to see if it can replace our current oil-soaked lance. ”

Du Ruhui nodded. turned around and walked quickly, at this time, a personal soldier said on the side: "Dashuai, Wang Shan asks to see!" ”

Zhang Xuan remembered, he wanted to meet this important person of the Taiyuan Wang family, Pei Ju and Lu Ju successively recommended him to be the prince of the country, Zhang Xuan was a little interested in this person,

"Let him in!"

Moment. The soldiers brought a thin old man into the big tent, and the old man knelt down and saluted. "Weichen Wang Shan pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Qi!"

"Mr. Wang, please get up!"

Zhang Xuan asked him to get up, and looked at him carefully, only to see that Wang Shannian was about sixty years old, with a flat nose, thick lips, and a very ugly appearance. Zhang Xuan never likes to judge people by their appearance, which will miss a lot of talents, he saw that although this Wang Shan is thin and small, he is very energetic, and his eyes are extraordinarily bright. He seems to be a shrewd and capable person.

"I came to Mr. Wang, but I actually wanted to ask Mr. Wang."

Wang Shan was very nervous in his heart, he thought that the king of Qi was looking for him to supervise the sacrificial wine for the son of the country, it is said that Lu Zuo strongly recommended himself, and the ministry had nominated him, and Su Xiangguo also agreed, the key is that Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, is here, he is the one who will make the decision.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Are the Wang family and Yu Shiji very familiar?" ”

Wang Shan was stunned in his heart, but he suddenly understood, it must be for Yu Shiji's wealth in the Wang family, could it be that Yu Shiji wants to give this wealth to Zhang Xuan?

He hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "My brother and Yu Xiangguo had a very good personal relationship in the past, and they were classmates and best friends when they were young. ”

"I see, no wonder."

Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded, he took out a piece of jade pendant and handed it to Wang Shan, "Does Mr. know this jade pendant?"

Wang Shan took the jade pendant, this was obviously only half a jade pendant, of course he knew it, because the other half of the jade pendant was in his brother's hand, and he had seen it with his own eyes.

"It turns out that Yu Shiji left his wealth to His Royal Highness, and we thought he was going to leave it"

Wang Shan couldn't go on, and Zhang Xuan added for him with a smile: "Did Mr. want to say that he thought it would be left to Li Yuan?" ”

Wang Shan nodded a little embarrassedly, "But we didn't give it to Li Yuan, he didn't take out the jade pei in His Highness's hand." ”

"It's not necessarily for Li Yuan to be placed in Taiyuan, but he believes in you, is it in Taiyuan now?"

"In a grange in Yuci County, His Highness can send someone to fetch it at any time."

"Thank you, I'll send someone to contact Brother Ling."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan took out the recommendation letter of the Ministry of Officials, recommending Wang Shan as the Guozi Priest Wine, which has the signatures of Wei Yunqi, Pei Ju and Su Wei, that is to say, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Internal History and the Ministry of Menxia have all passed, as long as they sign, the appointment will take effect.

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew that this was actually Pei Ju's strong recommendation, this Wang and Pei families have been married for generations and have always been allies in the officialdom, this is Pei Ju's desire to win the position of the country's prince to supervise the wine for the Bingzhou system, which is very beneficial to the Bingzhou scholars, and the Bingzhou scholars are either protégés of the Wang family or protégés of the Pei family, in the final analysis, Pei Ju is still considering his own interests.

Zhang Xuan knows Pei Ju very well, he tried his best to win himself over at the beginning, but also for his own interests, when did he consider the interests of Da Sui?

Although this made Zhang Xuan very unhappy, he really needed to win over and win over the Taiyuan Wang clan to lay the foundation for himself to compete for the state in the future.

Zhang Xuan groaned and said, "What is Brother Ling doing at home?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, my brother is not in good health, and he has been recuperating at home for the past few years."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and then turned the topic back, "Although the two ministers of the Ministry of Officials and Su Pei both suggested that Mr. be appointed as the Guozi Priest Wine, but I want Mr. to decide for himself, there are now two positions, one is the Guozi Priest Wine, and the other is Shangshu Zuocheng, and Mr. can choose any one." ”

Wang Shan's heart was pounding suddenly, the Guozi priest wine is from the third grade, although the official position is high, but it is an idle position, and although Shangshu Zuocheng is a fourth-grade official, but the power is very great, the internal documents of the six departments of Shangshu Province must be summarized to him for review and filing first, and then reported to the Ministry of Internal History.

Wang Shan was really a little embarrassed, he knew that Pei Ju wanted to make himself the priest of the Guozi Eunuch to cultivate Taixue disciples and establish contacts, but Wang Shan had been working in the Guozi Eunuch for more than ten years, and he was tired of doing it for a long time.

Now that there was finally a chance for him to take power, how could he let this opportunity slip out of his hands.

Knowing that he would offend Pei Ju, Wang Shan still gritted his teeth and said: "Weichen is willing to be Shangshu Zuocheng!" ”

"A wise choice!"

Zhang Xuan nodded slightly in approval: "Does the king know the deep meaning of this choice?" ”

Wang Shan was stunned, he thought about it, but still shook his head and said: "Weichen is stupid, I still haven't thought of it, please make it clear to His Highness." ”

"Let's put it this way! Shangshu Zuocheng is my respect for the Taiyuan Wang family, understand? ”

Wang Shan suddenly realized that the wine of the Guozi Priest was for Pei Ju's sake, but Shangshu Zuocheng was not, but Zhang Xuan's respect for their family.

Guozi's sacrificial wine is actually Pei Ju's official position, but he Wang Shan holds it carefully for Pei Ju, and he has to listen to Pei Ju's arrangement in every word and deed, but Shangshu Zuocheng belongs to him Wang Shan, belongs to the Taiyuan Wang family, and has nothing to do with Pei Ju, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi pulled out of the shadow of the Pei family with this casual move.

Wang Shan's heart was suddenly full of emotion and gratitude, and he bowed again, "Your Highness's kindness, the Wang family remembers it." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "Are Wang Yuanjun and Wen Da familiar with each other?" ”

"Of course it's very familiar, the eldest brother of the three Wen brothers, he was originally an official under Li Yuan's account, but he resigned due to poor health, and now he should be in Taiyuan."

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "He is now in Anyang, and Li Gang, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, recommended him to me as the priest of the country, if Mr. gives up the position of the priest of the country, then I will decide to appoint him." ”

Wang Shan nodded silently, it turned out that the person King Qi really liked was Wen Dayou, and he was even more glad that he did not choose this official position, although Wen Dayou was also from Bingzhou, but Wen Dayou's father Wen Junyou had a very bad relationship with the Pei family, especially with Pei Ju is a sworn enemy, King Qi chose Wen Dayou, isn't he giving Pei Ju eye medicine?

Wang Shan suddenly realized in his heart that Zhang Xuan was already dissatisfied with Pei Ju to some extent.

However, Wang Shan didn't say much, he said to Zhang Xuan sincerely: "Your Highness, I am not as good as Wen Dayou in terms of knowledge, and His Royal Highness chose him to be the prince of the country, which is justified." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, this Wang Shan is a smart person, he knows what to say and what not to say, and he is a person who knows how to advance and retreat.

．．．．．．． (To be continued.) )