armyinform Chapter 1224 Cultivation
Chapter 1224 Cultivation
Chapter 1224 Cultivation
Han Zhen was very pleased to see that it was effortless and that all the generals and officials collectively approved the motion to send troops without authorization. A real man should hold the power of the world, otherwise, living in obedience in the world would be a waste of life.
Han Zhen returned to the inner room, and soon a general was brought to him.
This person was none other than Yao Gu, who had just spoken to Zhang Gen.
Yao Guxing kneels down with great respect and says, "I greet the Prime Minister!"
Han Zhen just nodded.
Yao Gu said: "Prime Minister, it seems that Zhang Yanei is eager to make achievements, so he doesn't care about his family."
Han Zhen frowned and said, "This boy is extremely ambitious, but don't be deceived by him. Has he sent any letters home?"
Yao Gu said, "I haven't written to you for nearly half a month. Before that, I just asked about the safety of my family. It seems that there is some discord between father and son. I think Yanei is eager to make achievements and is a very opinionated person."
Han Zhen said: "That's true, but you still have to be careful. After all, this man is the son of Zhang Jiangong."
"I'm afraid you are quite cunning. Did he see any clues when you opened the letter?"
Yao Gu smiled and said, "Yanei trusts me very much and leaves everything to me. At the same time, I am also very careful. He can't deliver the letter to Bianjing in person. He used to have a confidant named Zhang Gong, but he has been transferred back to the capital. My soldiers are keeping an eye on his close friends."
"Now I have been following the Prime Minister's orders and staying put. I am just keeping an eye on him. The last time we were defeated on the battlefield, we handled it very tactfully. Young Master thought it was a few veteran soldiers who did it."
Han Zhen said: "You are really good at both literature and martial arts, and you are thoughtful. I don't know how to reward you."
Yao Gu said: "Prime Minister, you don't have to reward me. Among the generals in Guanxi, the rift between my Yao family and the Zhong family is deep. Now that Prime Minister Zhang has placed great importance on the Zhong family, he wants to put it above my Yao family."
"Now our Yao family has no choice but to rely on the Prime Minister for everything."
Han Zhen only believes in interests and not in human nature. If Yao Gu said that he admired your character, Han Zhen would definitely sneer at him.
From ancient times to the present, only interests are eternal. Before, Zhang Yue had a balance between the Zhong family and the Yao family, but after Zhong Yan died in battle, he devoted himself to cultivating the Zhong family and appointed Zhong Shidao as the governor of Fuyan Road. The Yao family was shocked and dissatisfied from top to bottom, thinking that they were suppressed by the Zhong family.
Han Zhen was the same. Since Zhang Yue fully supported Xihe Road, he also decided to find another way out.
Han Zhen nodded and said, "You still have to be careful. Even though you are only a 20-year-old boy, don't let the wild geese peck your eyes."
"I understand!" Yao Gu said.
"This time, even if you win a battle, you must let this boy have a taste of success. This way, you will have to give an explanation to his father." Han Zhen said, stroking his chin.
Han Zhen showed that everything was under control. Working under me, Han Zhen, you can laugh when I want you to laugh, and cry when I want you to cry.
Born into a noble family, Han Zhen has a lot of experience in how to manage and deal with people since childhood.
A yanei with a background like Han Zhen certainly understands the yanei's thoughts best.
Yanei has no shortage of fine clothes and delicious food, nor does he lack respect from others. What he lacks is the ambition to surpass his father and make achievements on his own.
There is a saying that goes, "We are not afraid of the yan jin losing his ambition due to playing around, but we are afraid of the yan jin having great ambitions."
Since you are determined to prove yourself, I will use this to control you.
Of course, Zhang Gen won the battle this time, so if Zhang Yue dared to criticize him in the court, he would have to be cautious.
Everything is under Han Zhen's control.
Of course, this was just one of the issues for Han Zhen. There were many other issues, including how to dispatch food and grass for the army to march to Weizhou.
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In Tokyo at this moment.
Zhang Yue reported this to the emperor while he was still alive.
"Your Majesty, take this opportunity to make a truce with the Tanguts. The post roads I want to build in the six routes of Shaanxi should be fully rolled out. The court should not interfere in the affairs of the post roads, and let the business enterprises decide everything. The profits and losses will all belong to the business enterprises, and will have nothing to do with the court except for the dividends."
The official nodded slowly.
The post road from Tokyo to Xijing and then from Xijing to Shaanxi has become a postal-like enterprise and has been established.
The imperial court contracted all the footpaths in this area to private businesses, but one condition was that they had to guarantee the delivery of the imperial gold medals and official documents.
Every time, the imperial court would pay for something called stamps. Even the delivery of gold medals was no exception. After all the six postal routes in Shaanxi were fully established, the imperial court could save money and grain every year, and get dividends from it, making a total of 2 million strings of cash a year.
Enterprises jointly run by government and business were advanced at the time. It was always good to be half a step ahead of the times.
The emperor nodded slowly. Every year, the maintenance of the six post stations on the Hedong road in Shaanxi required a large amount of money and grain. The difference between the two saved the court a lot of money.
At present, only the postal route from Xijing to Tokyo is profitable, and there is no commercial income from the six routes from Xijing to Shaanxi.
"In addition, we can also take an additional 500,000 salt tribute from the Tanguts this year to make up for the loss of Liangzhou from the Tanguts and the danger of the severance of tribute routes from the Western Regions."
"It can prevent the Tanguts from jumping off the wall in desperation and alleviate the worry of rising domestic salt prices caused by the flooding of the Jiechi last year."
Zhang Yue said so.
After hearing this, the emperor said, "Everything is as you said!"
The current government obeys Zhang Yue's orders.
Zhang Yue was about to leave when the emperor suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"
Zhang Yue was stunned and stopped, turned around and asked, "I wonder if your majesty has any other instructions?"
The emperor asked, "Do you think that after the loss of Liang Province, the Tanguts still have the energy to fight again?"
Zhang Yue pondered. In history, the Mongols surrounded the capital of the Dangxiang State, Xingqing Prefecture. The Dangxiang leader ordered the crown prince to guard the capital while he himself fled to Liangzhou.
However, he had to prevent the Tanguts from moving their capital northward, as the Mongols did when they conquered the Jin Dynasty, which moved its capital three times in a row. Of course, apart from Liangzhou, there were too few places for the Tanguts to move their capital, so this possibility was quite small.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, I cannot say whether the Tanguts will be able to fight again after Liangzhou is taken. But I am also worried that the Tanguts will move their capital, which will take several more years."
The official said: "If the capital is moved, where can the Tanguts move to?"
Zhang Yue said: "I am afraid that this has cost a lot of money and manpower, and will delay your majesty's completion."
The emperor nodded and said, "I understand. Sima Guang told me that the Tanguts are now submissive. First, they hope that the court will pardon their crimes and return the territories they have conquered in recent years. Second, they pretend to be submissive so that China will be idle and take the opportunity to invade again. Third, they are worried that they will be cut off from the country and the country will be impoverished if they continue to fight for a long time, so they are seeking to exchange with the court."
"I have thought about this for a long time, and it is true. If the Tanguts are not destroyed, they are indeed a threat to my heart. I cannot sleep peacefully."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, it will be no more than a few years at the latest."
The official said, "I understand."
Zhang Yue said: "I will take my leave."
The emperor watched Zhang Yue's back and thought to himself, Zhang Yue once said that he would find a successor to him in three years, I wonder who he will choose?
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Zhang Yue walked out of the main hall and returned to the west hall of the Secretariat.
I saw the sunlight outside shining on the roof of the government office, making my heart feel bright and open.
Zhang Yue smiled slightly when he saw this. After the autumn, some flowers came into the market.
I'm not in a hurry to go back home, but will go to the flower market first.
When peonies were on the market in the past, Zhang Yue knew that his wife liked peonies, so he bought some peonies as a gift to her.
This was also the custom of the dignitaries in Beijing to enjoy the peonies in Luoyang. In the past, they would order people to deliver them by fast horses, and a pot would cost more than ten strings of cash. At that time, Ouyang Xiu even wrote an article specifically about the peonies in Luoyang.
Shiqi Niang had been used to appreciating peonies since she was a child, so she was dumbfounded by a poor boy like Zhang Yue.
Looking at the pot of peonies worth more than ten strings of coins in the Wu Mansion, Zhang Yue always felt it was too extravagant.
Now he was used to it. If he could make his wife smile, he would spend the money. After all, Shiqi Niang didn't have much luxury in her life except buying books and appreciating flowers.
When Zhang Yue was thinking about this, he suddenly received a message from Chen Guan saying that Lu Huiqing had sent an urgent letter.
Zhang Yue read the letter from Lu Huiqing informing him that Han Zhen was planning to send troops to attack Weizhou!
When Zhang Yue saw the letter, he almost slammed the table in anger. How dare Han Zhen send troops on his own.
This is exactly the same as the historical incident where Sima Guang, after taking power in Yuanyou period, ordered border officials not to provoke border conflicts, but Lu Huiqing arbitrarily sent 20,000 troops to attack the Dangxiang at Juxingpo.
Han Zhen also had the same idea, and Shuai Bian wanted to achieve success!
He did not want the central government to negotiate peace with the Tanguts, and instead wanted to challenge the imperial court's major policies on his own.
That's right, he has been biased towards Xihe Road in recent years, but he will still have to send troops from Jingyuan Road to attack Dangxiang in the future. Han Zhen can't even tolerate this for one or two years.
Now Lu Huiqing secretly impeached Han Zhen to him.
Lu Huiqing had one good point, that was that he would do things for money. As long as Zhang Yue promoted him, he would definitely repay him, at least in a nice way.
Zhang Yue thought of this and said, "In this case, Han Zhen cannot be kept as the acting Privy Councilor."
Chen Guan asked: "Who can replace him? If he is replaced, how will he be placed?"
Zhang Yue said, "This is not two years ago. At that time, I had no one to use, so I had to use Han Yuru. Now, Xue Shizheng (Xue Xiang), Wang Hefu (Wang Anli) or even Shen Cunzhong can replace him."
"It is not difficult for me to remove a Privy Councilor now, but it is difficult to replace him as you said."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Han Zhen had actually guessed it. He was right. He really didn't want him to return to Beijing after making great achievements.
Compared to Han Zhen, he would rather Feng Jing be in office. From the perspective of the conflict of opinions, Feng Jing was only verbally opposed after all, but Han Zhen was stubborn and self-willed, so he would definitely use both words and actions to oppose.
However, he had already arranged a way out for Han Zhen, but Han Zhen often complained to his confidants that he was worried that Han Zhen would make great achievements and return to Beijing, threatening his position.
Does Han Zhen still think he doesn't know?
When you are in the officialdom, you must not complain about your superiors in front of anyone, because it will eventually reach his ears. You don't even need to place someone around Han Zhen, someone will take the initiative to report his every move to you in secret.
In terms of information, the higher the status, the more comprehensive and in-depth the information obtained.
Otherwise, after all, he had been taken care of a lot by the Han family, and he would not have thought of letting Lu Huiqing check and balance Han Zhen.
Zhang Yue thought that Zhang Gen was still training with Han Zhen and knew everything clearly. There was probably another inside story behind the previous defeat, which he could guess, but he didn't point it out.
Arranging Zhang Gen to work for Han Zhen is also a copy of medium difficulty.
Having reached his current position, there are not many things that can threaten him. The only thing he fears is that his descendants will work too hard and want to go further...further!
If you don't have this ability, you should realize sooner that it's better to take care of the family business and stop messing around.
Zhang Yue actually didn't want Zhang Gen to continue to be an official and get involved in this muddy water.
The officialdom is like a besieged city. Some people stay up all night to take the exam, while others resign and return to their hometowns. People outside are confused and envy the status of officials, but those in the officialdom do not think it is good.
Zhang Yue can choose one or two nephews or nieces from the family to cultivate and let them take care of the family.
The Zhang family is such a big family. After Zhang Dexiang became the prime minister, it has already been transformed from a second-rate family to a first-rate family.
Cultivating oneself is fulfilling one's responsibility to oneself, managing the family is fulfilling one's responsibility to the clan, governing the country and pacifying the world is fulfilling one's responsibility to the country and the people. How to find the right person to entrust the family and career to is Zhang Yue's priority.
Zhang Cheng has no ambition for a career in politics, and he is very satisfied with himself. It's just that Shiqi Niang is a little unhappy, but he doesn't need to consider his wife's feelings on this point.
Now that Zhang Gen has this intention, he chooses his own path and I will not stop him. However, tests and thresholds must be set, and I will not even provide any help. It would be best to let him give up as soon as possible.
When Zhang Yue thought of this, he felt a little reluctant.
Han Zhen's arrangement for Zhang Gen must be sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside, and he would definitely not be able to find any reason for it. However, if jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool. If he can't even pass this kind of test, how can he become a useful tool?
It would be better to give up Zhang Gen's thoughts and then come back to marry Huang Lu's daughter. It has been delayed for two years. If a person does not struggle in society for a few years, he will not know his own abilities. When he hits a wall, he will settle down.
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Thinking of this, Zhang Yue said to Chen Guan: "Han Zhen must not return to the court, he can only be assigned to an external post. However, he played an unprecedented role in the Lanzhou victory, so we need to find a good reason to dismiss him from his post as Privy Councilor."
How can we make it possible for Han Zhen to be assigned to an external post in a natural way?
If he fails to do it well, he will be suspected of excluding talented people and trying to monopolize power in the Secretariat.
Although this is true, you should not give others any chance to criticize you.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue wrote a letter to Lu Huiqing.
There are not many people in the world who can understand my thoughts, but Lu Huiqing is one of them.
Zhang Yue put down his pen halfway through writing and thought to himself, it seems that Han Jiang's kindness will only fall on Han Wei in the future.