Guixiang County is becoming more and more prosperous, however, Guixiang is just an inconspicuous small city, in the vast territory of Datang, more prosperous than Guixiang abounds, no one dares to deny that the most prosperous city in Datang is Chang'an.

Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the largest city in the history of the world, the largest capital city in ancient China, and the first city in human history with a population of one million.

In this unprecedented city, it is matched with the most glorious and magnificent palace complex in the world at that time: Daming Palace, which covers an area of 3.2 square kilometers, which is 4.5 times that of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is known as the palace of a thousand palaces and the oriental temple of the Silk Road.

Chang'an City, majestic and magnificent, prosperous like smoke, Daming Palace is splendid, thousands of appearances.

The long-term peace and stability of a country requires a wise emperor and a group of efficient officials, located in the palace room on the two sides of the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace, which is used for the office of the three provinces and six ministries of the yamen, so the advantage is that there are any major events to discuss or what decrees are promulgated, which can be completed in the shortest possible time, in that row of houses, there is a position that belongs to Zhang Jiuling, the left of the left.

Picking up the leftovers, as the name suggests, is to pick up the leftovers, Zhang Jiuling's thing to do is to pick up the things (the emperor) missed (policy decision-making mistakes), due to the particularity of the work, although the official rank is small, but there is also a place here.

"Yo, isn't this Zhang Shiyi, is he back from the vacation?"

Zhang Jiuling was still a small shrimp feather at this time, and immediately bowed down when he heard the words: "There is a note from Dr. Lao Cui that a certain holiday has been completed, and he just went to the ministry to cancel the vacation." ”

Saying goodbye to Dr. Cui, a fat man with a red face walked up, saw Zhang Jiuling, and greeted him with a smile: "Zishou (Zhang Jiuling's words), I haven't seen you for some days, and I want to invite you to see the lanterns on the Shangyuan Festival, but I didn't expect your family to say that you went to Weizhou." ”

"I went to Weizhou to visit an old man, I have a heart, and I will invite you to drink another day."

Greeting is a person who served in the household department in the same year, named Wang Chang, the word is empty, and he has a good relationship with Zhang Jiuling.

Along the way, acquaintances kept greeting each other, and Zhang Jiuling also returned the salute one by one.

Working here, the palace can not move around without authorization, the activity area is not large, everyone looks up and does not look down, greet each other with a smile, a group of harmony, of course, it is difficult to say whether it is really harmonious in private.

Most people greet Zhang Jiuling with a smile, but there are exceptions, Zhang Jiuling salutes with a tall, obese body, especially a pair of beautiful beards similar to Danfeng eyes: "Yao Xiang." ”

This person is none other than Yao Chong, the prime minister of the Holy Family.

After Tang Xuanzong took power, Yao Chong was appointed as the secretary of the military department and the Tongping Zhangshi, and entered the Zhongshu order to enshrine the Duke of Liang. He put forward ten things to say, implemented a new policy, assisted Tang Xuanzong to create a prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and was known as the prime minister of saving time.

Zhang Jiuling's respect, in exchange for Yao Chong's cold snort, I saw him sweep a Jiuling with cold eyes, and then walked away with a cold face.

Zhang Jiuling's face was a little helpless, but he still returned to his seat like no one else, ready to work.

After Yao Chong came out of a famous family, his father Yao Yi was the governor of Wangzhou, Yao Yi had the intention to cultivate his son since he was a child, and he spared no effort in education, Yao Chong was free and easy when he was young, paid attention to integrity, practiced martial arts diligently, entertained himself by hunting, studied hard after the age of twenty, and entered the career as a filial piety and honoring Lang, and worshiped as the prime minister after Xuanzong was in power.

What made Yao Chong famous all over the world was the ten strategies of Yao Chong that he proposed to Xuanzong, including:

Implement benevolent government and abolish harsh punishments.

Rest the army and truce, do not seek side credit.

The law is approached and the law is enforced fairly.

Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics.

Refuse to contribute outside the lease.

Relatives of the emperor are not allowed to serve as officials of Taiwan Province.

Treat courtiers with courtesy.

Be open-minded.

No more Taoist temples and Buddhist temples will be built.

Take the dictatorship of the two Han Dynasty relatives as a warning.

After Xuanzong agreed one by one, Yao Chongcai agreed to serve as prime minister.

Objectively speaking, Yao Chong's ability is very prominent, otherwise people would not call him and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Song Jing the four great sages of the Tang Dynasty, but after becoming famous, Yao Chong is a bit bookish, and excludes dissidents for people who are not pleasing to the eye, Zhang Jiuling is not used to his actions, not only wrote poems and satirical poems, but also refuted Yao Chong in person, so Yao Chong has always looked at Zhang Jiuling wrongly.

If it weren't for Zhang Jiuling's official position being too small, Yao Chong would be too lazy to pay attention to it, plus Zhang Jiuling was honest and down-to-earth, and there was no handle for people to grasp, and he would be safe for the time being.

The prime minister suppressed a seven-grade sesame seed, and it made people laugh when it was passed out, but in fact, Yao Chong didn't put Zhang Jiuling in his eyes.

After dealing with official business for a while, a little free, Zhang Jiuling suddenly remembered the poem written in the new style of penmanship that he got in Lanting that day, and he couldn't help but take it out and appreciate it.

What a good poem, what an interesting word, the rhyme of the poem and the meaning of the word complement each other, the more you look at it, the more you taste it.

Just as Zhang Jiuling was looking at it, he suddenly heard a eunuch screaming: "The emperor has arrived." ”

The Emperor in person? Zhang Jiuling was startled, raised his eyes, and saw at a glance that a man in a dragon robe had already entered the room, and hurriedly followed the officials present to stand up, and shouted in unison: "See Your Majesty." ”

The person who came was Xuanzong Li Longji, who came in and waved his hand and said, "All the Qing family is exempt from courtesy, I see that the weather is still a little cold today, so I asked the imperial chef to make some mutton soup for your Qing family." ”

Li Longji, who was born in August of the first year of the Tang Dynasty (685), is now the most energetic golden stage of his life, ascending to the throne in the golden stage of his life, it can be said that Li Longji has reached the peak of his life, and Li Longji has not lived up to the opportunity given to him by God.

A bowl of ambiguous mutton soup is not worth a few dollars, but it can satisfy the hearts of courtiers.

The emperor personally sent the soup, and the courtiers were naturally grateful, and they thanked him again and again, and he couldn't wait to dig out his heart on the spot to show his loyalty.

Just as the palace maid was about to distribute the soup, suddenly a gust of wind blew, the wind rolled in the room, blowing up a piece of paper, and finally slowly fell at the feet of Xuanzong Li Longji, when he saw the paper clearly, Zhang Jiuling's face turned pale: Not good, that paper is the one he just admired, the emperor came suddenly, naturally he was not prepared, he didn't have time to put it away, and he didn't have time to press it with a paperweight, and the wind blew up.

"Well, whose family is this?" Li Longji was an approachable king and picked it up casually.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." Zhang Jiuling was startled and hurriedly bowed.

"It turned out to be Zhang Shiyi, don't worry, I'm here... Hey, the willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk? Good poems, good poems, etc., this word is quite special. When Li Longji was about to return it to Zhang Jiuling, he accidentally saw the poem and words, shook it for a moment, and immediately looked at it carefully.

As soon as Li Longji spoke, several ministers who were standing close to him hurriedly stretched their necks and stared at the words in Xuanzong Li Longji's hand, and in a moment, there was now a sound of discussion:

"This poem is absolutely amazing, and it can definitely be famous for eternity."

"Quatrain, eternal quatrain, I didn't expect to see an eternal quatrain here."

"Oh my God, you see, the penmanship of this is strong and elegant, which school of words is this, I have never seen it."

"I haven't seen it yet, yo, what about the name, Zheng Feiteng? Who is it? ”

Everyone talked about it, many people shook their heads and read the poems on the paper, and for a time almost all the ministers gathered around, and no one even cared about the fresh and luscious mutton soup.

Seeing that the order of the scene was chaotic, Li Longji folded the calligraphy and stuffed it into his sleeve, then coughed dryly twice, signaled everyone to calm down, and then said to Zhang Jiuling with a smile: "I didn't expect Zhang Qing's family to be eight buckets high, even the words are eclectic, not bad, not bad." ”

When Zhang Jiuling heard this, he knew that Xuanzong had misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the poems and characters are all from a small Xiucai named Zheng Peng in Weizhou, and a certain person also collects a calligraphy of him, not made by Weichen. ”

Zheng Peng? It's an interesting name.

Xuanzong knew the rhythm and good calligraphy, nodded when he heard the words, and said quietly: "Okay, now is the time on duty, after the Zhongqing family has used mutton soup, continue to handle official business, come to someone, and return to the palace." ”

Come quickly, go quickly, Zhang Jiuling was a little entangled to see Xuanzong gradually drifting away in the sound of congratulations, and what he took away, as well as his own notebook, wanted to return, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Dare to ask the emperor for something, don't live?