"Renjie, be a man, be broad-minded!"

Back to the Vertical Arch Palace, on the way in the imperial city, Zhang Dian said earnestly to Li Kui.

But what made him depressed was that Li Kui's eyes projected on him seemed to be slapping him in the face. The Manchu Dynasty civil and military, one is counted as one, and there are many people who can say this, but it definitely does not include Zhang Dian.

Realizing that he was despised by Li Kui, Zhang Dian also looked sad and embarrassed.

Of course, he will never admit that he has a small belly, he is the prime minister, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly and not say it, at least he has tolerance, and he still has the bearing to accommodate people. Zhang Dian sighed: "You look at Zi Yu, just because he follows Sima Guang, a thief, the old man will definitely belittle him to go to Lingnan." But you see, isn't he doing well in the capital now? ”

Ahem cough cough –

Zhang Dian immediately set his eyes on his son, because Zhang Zhu couldn't listen to it anymore on the side.

The reason why Su Zhe was not suppressed was because the emperor was protecting him. Instead of Zhang Dan being tolerant of a lot, he didn't care about the painful experience of being belittled by conservatives back then. In fact, Zhang Dan's small belly and chicken intestines are not to mention outside, and even his deceased wife Zhang knows it. Before Zhang died, he also instructed Zhang Dian: "You have a resolute personality, you have suffered a lot of debasement, and you must not retaliate when he returns to the court one day." ”

If it weren't for the difference between life and death, Zhang's wife would definitely not dare to say it.

It is precisely because I know that my life is short, and the words spoken are the words from the heart.

Outsiders don't know this, but the children of the Zhang family know it. At that time, they were all kneeling in front of their mother's couch.

Zhang Zhu couldn't listen to it, definitely because his father was shameless.

Li Kui said stubbornly: "Cai Jing has the means, but he is not ashamed, such a talent is used well, and he gets twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Yuan Rang, he's not easy to do!"

Zhang Dian had a bitter face, Cai Jing fell down, but his younger brother was Wang Anshi's son-in-law, especially Cai Bian's wrist, which was actually much higher than Zhang Den. Don't look at him as inconspicuous, but Zhang Duan had to rely on this ally in order to maintain the apparent unity of the reformers.

The corners of Li Kui's mouth were raised, and he said lightly: "Cai Jing's reputation stinks. ”

"He's unlucky enough, you still have to keep him under the door, is there a secret that the old man didn't know?" Zhang Kui's curiosity rose, and he felt that Li Kui's eyes were too small.

Of course Li Kui will not admit that he has a small belly and chicken intestines, Cai You actually wanted to be the son-in-law of the Taishi at the beginning, if he didn't have a chance, forget it, this is a great opportunity, can Li Kui let it go? There is a way that the father's debt is repaid by the son, and Li Kui makes sense to repay the debt of the father to the son.

"His current reputation, in addition to me being able to use him kindly, does this Da Song still have his chance? Zhang Xiang, don't think about it, if he still wants to turn over, let his reputation stink a little more, and make sure he doesn't dare to have anything on his mind. Li Kui said.

Seeing that Li Kui insisted on not letting go, Zhang Dian could only think about going and talking to Cai Bian and trying to trick Cai Jing into coming to the capital.

Why do you want to lie?

Cai Jing can bend and stretch, but after all, he has been famous for a long time, and he is also a person who has been a second-class master, can he be willing to give Li Kui a hand?

Of course, Li Kui's yamen is now just a bare pole, how can he recruit some people. In the future, he will definitely have to communicate with the Dushitang, and he will inevitably need a candidate who can be trusted by both parties and will not be pried by others at will, Li Kui stared at Zhang Zhi for a while, and suddenly had an idea: "Zhang Xiang, in the future, the new government will keep things secret, and you and I will not use candidates that you and I trust." I don't know if there is a candidate for Zhang Xiang? ”

Zhangdun is simple here, he is now the prime minister, and there are countless people who want to vassal him. As for the candidates who can be trusted, there are many candidates, but if Li Kui can also be trusted, it will be difficult.

Most of the people who mixed up before Li Kui were eunuchs.

Zhang Dian pondered, do you still have to go to the palace to find one?

"Old man Rong thinks about it. I'll get back to you in a few days. ”

Zhang Dian didn't dare to make a decision immediately, after all, the stakes were very important at this time, and he had to think about it in the long run. But Li Kui pointed to Zhang Zhu and said: "Zhang Xiang, the third uncle is meticulous, and he is Zhang Xiang's bone relatives, why do you want to go far and near?" ”

Zhang Dian didn't react yet, but Zhang Zhu said in surprise: "Renjie, the third uncle will listen to you in the future, you have to go east, and I will never go west to the third uncle." ”

"Bastard thing, in order to be an official, you don't even want to be a human being?"

Zhang Dian angrily pointed at Zhang Zhu to scold, not to mention anything else, Zhang Tun's clean and self-righteous style is unique in the Great Song Dynasty. The four sons were admitted to the Jinshi, and only the youngest son was allowed to enter the officialdom, and after entering the officialdom, he has been pressing the promotion of the younger son, and now it has been almost ten years, and he is still wandering around in the small official position like the county order. This is the fifth Jinshi, and if he changed to a eunuch family, he would have already achieved the fifth rank official. I have to say that none of the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have done a better job than Zhang Dian in this regard.

Of course, someone has to say that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, and Zhang Dan's deliberate suppression of several sons is too obvious and criticized.

Don't forget, Zhang Dian is the prime minister, and his four sons are all from Jinshi. The best result in the imperial examination was the same as his, ranking fifth. If you enter the officialdom, within a few years, you can be promoted to an official above the fifth rank, and even within ten years, it is not impossible to become a direct bachelor from the third rank.

But Zhang Duan just suppressed several sons, the purpose is unknown, and he never said it.

But Li Kui saw a little bit of the doorway, and the old guy Zhang Dian wanted to be a martyr. He doesn't even care about being the enemy of the world.

What he did was not to leave himself a way out.

Son, once he enters the officialdom, Zhang Dian has more scruples.

Ke Zhang taught the cold window ten years of hard study, and his intelligence was not worse than that of the most elite scholars in the Great Song Dynasty, but quite excellent. Don't they have the idea of being officials at all?

I want to think about it, I dream about it.

But Daddy won't let me!

Li Kui opened his mouth and asked Zhang Dian to give Zhang Tuo, and Zhang Tun's first reaction was definitely to refuse. But when it comes to the communication between the two yamen in the future, at least in terms of transmitting news, there is no one more suitable than Zhang Zhu.

Zhang Dian hesitated for a moment, but had to nod: "Just give him a book to do, right?" ”

"Bookstore?" Not to mention that Li Kui couldn't look at it, Zhang Zhu was also anxious, and reminded in a low voice: "Father, this is an official, not an official." Although the son is not as good as the second brother and the fourth brother in the imperial examination, he is also a jinshi, wouldn't being an official disgrace to his father? ”

Zhang Dian said angrily: "If you can't become an official, it is the people who will be harmed, and you will be disgraced to your father." As for whether you are farming or doing business, your father doesn't care, do you think your father cares if you are an official or an official? ”

"Third uncle, come to our place, be a Cheng first, although the eight-rank official is completely inconsistent with the temperament of the third uncle, but he is an official anyway."

Of course, Li Kui couldn't listen to Zhang Dan's words, and the dignified Jinshi gave the identity of a clerk, which was not to recruit talents, but to slap the Prime Minister in the face. Besides, to give a Cheng, Li Kui felt wronged. Not to mention anything else, Zhang's ability is indeed very good. has been following Zhang Kui, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, his ability to deal with people and things is not comparable to Li Kui.

Zhang Zhu can completely replace Li Kui to communicate with other yamen, and don't look at Zhang Zhu's small officialdom, he is still a pink newcomer to officialdom, but he has his back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and ordinary officials below the fourth grade really dare not give him face.

Zhang Dian also knows the truth and can only accept it.

However, Zhang Dian also asked to go to Li Kui's place, and whispered to Li Kui: "There is someone who wants to see you." ”

"Who?"

"Cavalry commander Wang Sunchen."

Li Kui's heart suddenly looked like a mirror, the cavalry commanded, and it seemed that Zhang Dian also wanted to intervene in the cavalry. But for Li Kui, this is not a matter at all, and he still hopes that there will be more such people. Anyway, in the middle of the construction of the cultivation of cavalry training in Qingtang, the most lacking is the general who can recruit good soldiers. And Wang Sunchen's bravery, Li Kui has also heard of it.

He immediately nodded and said: "The Qingtang prefectures are not suitable for civilian officials, so it is better to let him go to Lanzhou to train cavalry." Quan knows Lanzhou, what does Zhang Xiang think? ”

"This, it's not in line with the official system, right?" Zhang Dian was a little worried, Wang Sunchen had the ability, but he didn't have the credit. In other words, it is slightly insufficient for the merit of promotion. In the Great Song Dynasty, military generals can also know military states. But a lot of credit is needed. To presumptuously promote people to such a high position, I am afraid that there is still a suspicion of killing.

Li Kui didn't care and said: "Qingtang is just a pond, if the cavalry of Qingtang wants to really train it, it is impossible to practice without Tubo, Tubo is the ocean, as long as his ability is not bad, it is easy to obtain military merits." ”

Zhang Dian was overjoyed, after Li Kui defeated Qingtang, he had the idea of using troops against Tibet.

On the one hand, he was worried that Li Kui had too much influence on Qingtang and didn't want others to interfere in Qingtang. Once Li Kui opposes him, his strategy of westward expedition is afraid to sink into the sand. However, Li Kui decided that the training object of the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty was Tubo before it became an army, so all the doubts of Zhang Dian would be dissipated.

Regardless of Li Kui's faction, Zhang Dian didn't care at all. As long as he knew that Li Kui was hanging with him, he would be satisfied.

Taking the figure-eight steps, Zhang Dian went to the capital hall to sit down with satisfaction.

Leaving Zhang Zhu, he looked at Li Kui with blank eyes, opened his mouth several times, wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, for fear that the official position he had just obtained would be lost again.

"Your Excellency!"

"Don't! Third uncle, what we talked about in the past, how will we talk about it in the future. Relax a little, in the future, the new yamen will be our territory, and behind closed doors, we will have the final say. ”

Li Kui likes to let go of things in his work. Of course, he didn't say that he was afraid of annoyance, but openly said that he would give his subordinates a chance to exercise. Now, again, he smiled and said to Zhang: "Third uncle, you are also an official of the new Yamen, I will not be in the Yamen in the future, you are in charge." ”

"Ahh Zhang Zhu's happiness is about to bubble in snot, he has just entered the officialdom, and he can be the master of the Sipin Yamen? This seems to be more majestic than the Shaoqing of Dali Temple!

Of course, not long after he was happy, Li Kui's task came down: "Third uncle, are you familiar with the capital?" ”

Zhang Zhu patted his chest and said that he was not familiar with anything in the capital: "Renjie, the third uncle is the eldest one, so call you." ”

"Out of the way!"

Li Kui waved his hand, not caring about the road.

Zhang Zhu said: "If you want to talk about the capital, your third uncle has been in the capital for more than ten years since the imperial examination, can he not be familiar?" As long as Renjie asks, there is absolutely nothing that the third uncle can't answer. ”

"That's good, the third uncle has two things that you need to supervise."

"Renjie, please speak!"

"Our artillery bureau ......" Li Kui pursed his lips, feeling more and more that this yamen was unlucky, and his eyes rolled and said: "Third uncle, our yamen is a secret of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is best to keep a low profile." The artillery bureau doesn't seem to be appropriate, you go back and figure out a name, it doesn't matter if it's longer, the key is that people can't hear what we're doing. ”

This task was very abrupt, but Zhang Zhu agreed with Li Kui's statement, and immediately said: "It's on the third uncle." I'll go back and ponder one. Handed over to Renjie for approval. ”

"Don't give it to me, just give it to Zhang Xiang." Li Kui urged the narrow way.

Zhang Zhu didn't feel that something was wrong, but agreed: "That's okay." But Renjie, Third Uncle, I don't know what our yamen does, and if I really want to think of the name, I can't think of it. ”

Li Kui touched his chin and pondered: "Actually, it's not much, it's mainly the weapons that changed the army of my Great Song Dynasty, such as the artillery in firearms." Supervise the workshops of the Iron Superintendent, the workshops of the Ministry of Works, and the design of new warships. Besides...... There is also a part that monitors the situation of the forbidden army in various places and evaluates its combat effectiveness. In addition, my Great Song is going to recruit cavalry, and I need to prepare and other miscellaneous things, there are a lot of things, and they are also very complicated. This is a brand-new yamen, and the name should be as low-key and connotative as possible. ”

Zhang Zhi said: "Isn't this a small privy council? ”

Who said that the Zhang family wouldn't be a sycophant? Zhang Zhu's talent is very high, and a 'small privy council' makes Li Kui's heart bloom, as if he is one step away from the first-class official position of the privy councilor.

"Hahaha...... Third uncle, you are very talented! Another thing is to find a suitable place, preferably outside the city, as a place to train people. ”

Zhang Zhu touched his slightly old face, and laughed: "This matter is simple, and it is wrapped up in the third uncle." ”

After going back, Zhang Zhu immediately flipped through the book and pondered what to call it. When it was time to hold the lamp, he finally chose the name of the yamen from among the proposed names, accompanied him very carefully, and gave the proposed name to Zhang Dun after Zhang Dun had dinner.

Zhang Dian looked at it and said puzzledly: "Renjie asked you to come?" ”

"Yes, Renjie thinks that although the artillery bureau is majestic, it does not conform to the low-key particularity of the yamen, so he asked his son to ask his father if he could change his name."

Zhang Zhu cautiously raised his eyelids and peeked at his father, and then fell quickly.

My heart is pounding, I didn't have this problem before! Zhang Zhu was also strange, could it be that his father was the first rank of the dynasty, but he became an eighth-rank official, this is the all-round suppression of power?

Zhang Dian didn't care, stuffed the fold into his clothes, and promised: "The old man went to tell the official about this." ”

He was also tired for a day, and it was not easy to convince Cai Bian to trick his brother into coming to the capital. However, Zhang Dian was extremely concerned about the preparation of the new yamen, and asked Zhang Zhu: "Has Renjie chosen the yamen station?" ”

Zhang Zhu was shocked, he had just become an official, and he didn't even have a yamen, is this a serious official?

Zhang Dian instructed: "You try your best to urge the outstanding people, and set the site of the yamen, whether it is repaired or built, as soon as possible." In addition, personnel preparations should also be thought out. With that, he went to the study. When he was about to get to the study, Zhang Dian muttered: "Military Investigation and Statistics Bureau, what is this?" ”

Cai Fu.

The ruling Cai Bian looked at his humble nephew in front of him, unspeakably upset. He didn't like his nephew, who was too utilitarian and had the same virtue as his brother.

But Zhang Dian talked to him in the afternoon and had to let him see his nephew once: "Cai You, this imperial examination, is there a chance for the selection within Taixue?" ”

Cai You had a headache for no reason, and reminded his uncle in a low voice: "Uncle, Taixue selects a son, and you need to give up your life." Nephew, nephew ......"

"Aren't you a sacrificial student?"

Cai Bian was shocked, how famous his old Cai family brother was, and he actually raised a stupid guy who couldn't even pass the entrance exam. Suddenly snorted angrily: "Stupid, the Cai family's face has been lost to you." ”

"Nephew is stupid!" What can Cai You do, Taixue is full of demons, where can he win others?

Just like Li Bangyan, who has only been studying in Taixue for more than a year, he has long eyebrows and clear eyes, plays football well, speaks well, and is very good at poetry and songs. On weekdays, the students of Taixue like to play with him. But this is so uninhibited, but when it is his turn to take the exam, he is always among the best, and now he has become a student of Taixue. This kind of person is born to hit people, and there is no shortage of people like Li Bangyan in the academy.

Cai You pondered that he had to compare himself with others, and he was not qualified to be a follower.

There are no more than 300 students in Taixue, and every time there is an imperial examination, there are always more than 100 or so people. Of course, this place also needs to be obtained by examination. But the amazing thing is that in each imperial examination, students can get at least more than 50 jinshi places. This is terrifying, as long as you enter the Taixue Upper House, it is equivalent to one foot has crossed the identity of the Gongshi.

Cai You's talent is really far from Jinshi.

Cai Bian took out a letter from home and said to Cai You: "You take this letter to your father in Zhejiang, and tell him that the matter of returning to Beijing is clear, but don't be arrogant, come secretly, do you understand?" ”

"The nephew must deliver it himself and bring the words of the uncle." Cai You bowed down to take the letter and put it away closely.

Cai Bian waved his hand, and said without waiting to see him: "Go!" ”