Prime Minister

Chapter 709 Zhenxi Prefecture
The first month of the fifth year of Xining.

Zhang Yue is in camp in Lintao City.One month after he laid down Lintao City, Zhang Yue moved Zhizhou's administrative office from Weiyuan Fort to Lintao City.

In the future, the place where Xihe Jinglu appeases Sijie Town will also be located here.

Of course, Zhang Yue also heard about Gao Zunyu's assignment of his position as the general manager of the military and horse capital, so Zhang Yue was not too surprised by this.After all, I am not Wang Anshi's confidant, this result is acceptable.

It's just that the current Lintao City is still just a broken city, which does not meet the requirements of the Song Army's fortress. Zhang Yue has already dispatched civilian labor from Qinzhou to build the city.

Zhang Yue Shang Shuguan's family established Lintao City as a county, and later used this as a basis to manage Hehuang.

Afterwards, Wang Shao decided to lead his army across Taocheng to pursue Muzheng, but Gao Zunyu strongly opposed it, so the matter was finally dropped.

The three people below led the army to tidy up in Lintao City, while planning a place to settle down, while waiting for the imperial court's grant and reinforcements, before they knew it, it was the New Year's Eve.

At this time, the approval for the establishment of a county in Lintao also came down.

Now Zhang Yue is writing hard in the yamen. In addition to family letters, private letters, and official documents, he keeps a diary every day, recording his experience of going west for more than a year.

In addition to the diary, he also sent Lu Guang to conduct a comprehensive survey of Xizhou.

The maps of this era are very rough, and even Ouchi's maps can hardly be called fine. Zhang Yue thinks that if he leaves office, these can be given to those who will run Xizhou in the future.

Not only Xizhou, Zhang Yue also sent secret spies to Hezhou and Taozhou to spy.Drawing all the mountains and rivers and terrains in the map can be regarded as a pavement for the future attack on the two states.

In addition to diaries and drawings, Zhang Yue's biggest headache is to ask for letters from Tosai people every day.

Zhang Yue knew that the appeasement envoy of the Xihe Economic Strategy had been dispatched this time, so the officials under the curtain, as well as the subordinates of the prefectures and counties, were still vacant.official means,
Many people look at the credit for Xihe's development in the future, and want the Cypriots to be gilded here.

For example, an old acquaintance, Lu Huiqing, who is still keeping a filial piety at home, recommended his younger brother, Lu Shengqing, who is currently the training officer of the Changzhou regiment.

Zhang Yue seldom dealt with Lu Shengqing, and the faint evaluation of him as a brother of a treacherous minister in the history books was not a good word.

Of course, if he didn't win the number one prize, the title might have to be placed on himself.

In addition to Lu Shengqing, Zhang Zhi's father-in-law, Lu Gong, also recommended a person to Zhang Yue. This person was named Xing Shu.

Xing Shu was the former head book of Yong'an County, and was later recommended by Lu Gong as the school book of Chongwen Museum. As a result, he said a lot of bad things about Wang Anshi when he was in the court, so he was demoted.

Xing Shu had nowhere to go, so he was recommended by Lu Gong.

However, only Lü Gong wrote a letter of recommendation, and Xing Shu also attached a letter of recommendation from Sima Guang. In addition to the letters of recommendation from these two people, he also included a letter from Cheng Hao.

That's right, Zhang Yue has friendship with these three people, but he has his own rules for employing people behind the scenes. If he really decides not to use you, what if he is recommended by the government?

It feels like being threatened by favors, but on the other hand, maybe it is also using the names of the three to endorse themselves.

However, Zhang Yue did not shirk due to favors, so he appointed Xing Shu as the county magistrate of Lintao County, and Lu Shengqing served as the writing script of the Xihe Economic and Strategic Appeasement Department.

Wen Jifu became the magistrate of Xizhou.

The three of them happened to go out of Beijing and arrived in Xizhou hand in hand, the three of them talked and chatted along the way, because they knew that they would work together in the future, so they had a good friendship with each other all the way, and they were like brothers.

The three of them also hurried all the way, and after the first month, they arrived at Tongyuan Army, then went north via Weiyuan Fort, passed Nanguan Fort, crossed Taoshui, and finally arrived at Lintao City.

Even Cai Yanqing arrived at the Tongyuan Army almost a month later than they did.

Because the military situation is urgent, the Ministry of Officials is still going through the process, and even the appointment of Zhang Yue's Xihe Economic Strategic Appeasement Envoy is still being drafted.Zhang Yue can only use the method of expropriation to bring these three people into the curtain after the official position is officially down.

But the three of them were afraid that they would be one step too late, and the opportunity would be taken first, so they rushed to Lintao with a light car.

When they arrived at Lintao, there were three people and three riders, and there were no more than a dozen entourages who followed. At this time, the Song army had first settled in Xizhou, and there were still loyal Muzheng tribes around Lintao City. Got robbed once.

Wen Hefu and the others didn't need soldiers and horses to escort them to Lintao City. I have to say that the three of them also showed a certain amount of courage for this trip.

Knowing the news of the arrival of the three of them was also slightly beyond Zhang Yue's expectation.He expected the three of them to arrive in more than ten days, but they arrived so soon now.

Out of affirmation of such bravery, Zhang Yue decided to meet him in person.

After leaving Lintao City, you can feel the frigid weather in Longxi at any time.

This Lintao City is now considered the most northwest place in the Great Song Dynasty, and for Zhang Yue, who was born in the hometown of Chu and Yue, this is also the coldest place he has ever been to.

Looking up is a gloomy dome, in the distance is a bare mountain, the peak is covered with snow, and near is the frozen Tao River.

On the suspension bridge outside the city, a troop of cavalry galloped far away, it was Wen and Fu.

As soon as the three of them arrived, Zhang Yue glanced at Xing Shu and Lu Shengqing behind Wen Jifu.Xing Shu looked a bit gloomy, and immediately saluted after seeing Zhang Yue, and Lu Shengqing was a little thin, which reminded Zhang Yue of him and Lu Huiqing's elder brother, Lu Xiaqing, but the other party could see that he was as shrewd and capable as Lu Shengqing. How much are his two elder brothers?

The three of them got off their horses and paid a visit to Zhang Yue, saying that Zhang Yue was the master of the business.

Zhang Yue smiled and saw Wen Jifu was rubbing his hands from the cold, and said, "It's cold, let's go to the yamen to warm up and drink."

When they arrived at the White Tiger Festival Hall, Zhang Yue ordered someone to prepare hot wine and blankets for the three of them, and the three of them were baking in the stove together, and their faces were a little bloody.

A large pot was set up beside the three of them, and the mutton cut into large pieces was rolled up and down in the boiling water in the pot. Two soldiers were cooking the mutton in front of several people.

In the Baihu Festival Hall, which is now the important place, there is a pungent smell of wine and a strong smell of mutton.

Zhang Yue was talking with the three of them, also to see how they were.

He knows Wen Jifu well, but Lu Shengqing and Xing Shu seldom deal with each other. From now on, these three people will be his team, how to let them help him succeed, he needs to draw a path.

Wen Jifu picked up a bowl of mutton soup, then broke the pancakes and threw them into the mutton soup to soak, eating very elegantly.

Xing Shu picked a few pieces of fatty mutton from the pot to eat, while Lu Shengqing had a mediocre appetite and stopped eating after a while.

Zhang Yue talked with the three of them for a while, and he had a preliminary understanding, so he arranged for the three of them to serve as ministers.

Zhang Yue said: "Now that the wooden levy has not been removed, I have a few things on hand. A Lintao City, Nanguan Fort, Beiguan Fort and the Taohe Bridge have not been repaired."

"There is another matter that is the Exchange, this time it is easy to enter..."

"In addition, there are salt wells, wine affairs, and the appeasement of the new attached fan department...these are all top priorities."

(End of this chapter)