Prime Minister

Chapter 923 Chapter 915 Sand Embankment

The sound of night leakage outside the palace wall was exceptionally clear.

In the academy, with the night wind blowing up the fallen leaves on the courtyard, there was a rustling sound.The bright palace lanterns outline the shadows of several large locust trees on the gray bricks.

The palace walls on all sides of the Academy of Sciences were extraordinarily high to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on the secret place, but only the old locust tree broke through the fate of other locust trees, pierced through the heavy walls, and pressed directly against the eaves of the palace.

As the night wind picked up, Zhang Yue breathed in the fresh air, watching the stars in the sky getting brighter tonight, as if the lights in the deep palace were reflected on the sky tonight.

Zhang Yue thought that the ancients used stars to describe people. According to his current status, which star in the sky is it?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue smiled self-deprecatingly. This is certainly a superstition, but he has already time-traveled, so what could be a greater superstition than this.

Zhang Yue looked at the extremely bright stars in the night sky and the endless lights in the deep palace, and unconsciously indulged in it. At this time, it seemed that a star next to Ziwei star suddenly brightened up, even overshadowing Ziwei star in an instant. of light.

Zhang Yue was startled, half an hour later the light of the star gradually dimmed.

Zhang Yue thought to himself, if he hadn't been dazzled just now, he didn't know what Qin Tianjian thought.Zhang Yue shook his head. The ancients compared Ziwei Xing to the emperor star, but isn't it β Ursa Minor?Don't talk so mysteriously, okay?

As for the change of starlight, it is probably a variable star or a Dyson sphere?

Zhang Yue didn't know why, and felt that it was a first-class omen in the dark.

At this time, someone outside the Academy suddenly knocked on the door and asked, "Who is locked up here?"

Zhang Yue's expression changed slightly, Suo Su is not a secret, what else is there?But no one repelled the guards stationed outside the door.

But hearing this person repeatedly calling the door, Yang Hui got up from his chair and walked to the door, and the servant of the Imperial Medicine Supervisor also came out of the door in surprise: "Who is so bold, dare to ask who is locked up?"

The other party said: "Asshole, I am Zhou Neijian, can't I ask?"

Hearing the other party's name, the servant of the Imperial Medicine Supervisor was startled and said: "So it's Zhou Neijian, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but tonight is Zhang Yue, a scholar of Duanming Palace, and Yang Hui, a scholar of Imperial Academy!"

The people outside the wall responded with a grin and then left carelessly. Zhang Yue and Yang Hui watched each other reveal the news.

Yang Hui said calmly to Zhang Yue: "This week, the prison guard is serving the empress dowager. In the past, when she was locked up, she often asked questions."

Zhang Yue thought, so this is the so-called 'rules are made to be broken'.

Yang Hui said to Zhang Yue without any sleepiness: "Duzhi, don't you want to drink a cup of imperial wine to warm your body during the long night?"

The emperor rewarded every Hanlin scholar in Suosu. This time, he paid homage to the second minister. In addition to the imperial wine, Yang Hui also gave him the gift of cinnamon and pepper, and three hundred pens for embellishment.

Afterwards, Zhang Yue also wanted to pay Yang Hui a sum of money for his pen.

However, after the reform of the pen fee, the money will be evenly distributed.

Zhang Yue and Yang Hui had a drink each.Zhang Yue didn't dare to drink too much for fear of misunderstanding, but Yang Hui couldn't stop drinking.

Yang Hui said to Zhang Yue: "Du Zhi, while there is still an hour before dawn, I will tell you what is in my heart."

"Bai Juyi wrote a sentence in the prime minister's letter: "He who helps the time has the way; he who practices the way has power; Power, there are skills; seeking favor, there are methods.'”

"I have the way and the right, but I don't have favor, so reaching this position in this life is the ultimate, but if you don't do it tomorrow, you will have a lot to do!"

……

Wuchong Mansion is located at Jinliang Bridge in the outer city, but early this morning, Kaifeng Mansion mobilized many officers, soldiers and civilians to fill the road with sand.At the moment when the road was being paved, everyone in the Wu family seemed to know something.

Whenever an official pays homage to the prime minister, he must do it with utmost courtesy, from filling sand and paving roads from private residences to the palace.

The officers, soldiers and people of Kaifeng Mansion spread bags of sand on the ground, poured water on it, and finally tamped the road with something like a dustpan.

Seeing the scene of filling sand and paving the road, Li Taijun, Wu Anshi, Wu Anchi and the whole family of the Wu family all congratulated Wu Chong with great joy.

Seeing this scene, Wu Chong was also in a daze for a long time. After a moment of silence, he raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes.

On the side, Li Taijun said to Wu Chong with a smile on his face: "I heard that Sanlang was also locked in the palace last night!"

A smile appeared on Wu Chong's face and he said, "Good son-in-law".

"Prepare the car and enter the palace!"

Hundreds of attendants from the Wu residence left the residence to see them off respectfully, and Wu Chong boarded the car slowly with the support of Wu Anshi and Wu Anchi.

After Wu Chong got in the car, he glanced back at the Wu Mansion, waved to Li Taijun, and then lowered the curtain of the car, and then the carriage moved slowly on the sandy street, the wheels ran over the sand embankment, and the horseshoes raised and fell with their own car. Served with thick mud.

People along the way all stopped to watch the moving vehicles.

Sitting in the carriage, Wu Chong pressed his hands to his knees, slowly closed his eyes, and his long beard trembled slightly with the ups and downs of the carriage.

……

Zhang Yue, who was dozing off at his desk in the palace, suddenly noticed something, and immediately sat up.

It turned out that when I took a nap, it was already dawn.

Zhang Yue took a deep breath, listening to the crisp and sweet birdsong.He opened the window, and saw several birds standing on the branches in the courtyard and singing towards him, as if they were announcing good news.

The mist gradually dissipated, and the red sun broke through from the east and sprinkled on the palm-shaped round pond under the tree. This scene of light and cloud shadow reminded Zhang Yue of the half-acre square pond in front of the school in his hometown county.

"Bachelor Zhang, the courtyard gate has opened!"

The servant of the Royal Medicine Academy reported to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue dressed neatly again, and then walked to the gate of the courtyard, and Yang Hui also sent Zhang Yue to the gate of the courtyard.

According to the rules, Yang Hui had to wait until the court meeting was over before he could leave the academy.

When they arrived at the gate of the academy, Zhang Yue and Yang Hui bowed to each other, and Yang Hui said, "Duzhi, don't forget what I said to you last night."

Zhang Yue said: "Yes, I remember."

After speaking, Yue walked out of the courtyard gate, but saw that a sand embankment had been paved from the courtyard gate to the main hall. Only the prime minister could do the sand embankment, and no one else dared to take a step.

People in the left and right palaces all avoid the road and salute.In order to be courteous and outnumbered by hundreds of bureaucrats, although the ruling is still a little bit short, it does not prevent Zhang Yue from doing it calmly.

There are Zhu officials on the left and right in front of him, and Zhang Yue is walking, the soles of his boots rubbing on the sand embankment.

Zhang Yue remembered the allusion of "Shahe Keshe" when Zhang was like a public worship minister. Could it be that it is today.

Zhang Yue looked around and saw that the sun was shining brightly, and he was still young, and it was time for him to make a lot of achievements.

In front of the palace gate, the officials from Yushitai said to the officials who entered the court: "Yesterday, the courtyard was locked, and all officials went to Wende Hall to listen to the numbness. The prime minister, the privy secretaries don't have to go!"

When all the officials heard this, they all went to the Wende Palace. When Wang Lian and Yuan Jiang entered the palace, they looked around to find Zhang Yue in the crowd, but after looking for a long time, there was no sign of Zhang Yue.

And from the sand embankment outside the city to the front of the palace gate, Wang Lian, Yuan Jiang and the others guessed that the person who worshiped the prime minister might not be Zhang Yue or someone else.

Just as everyone guessed, the officials all went to the Wende Hall.

Looking at the box covered with embroidered crowns on the Ma'an next to the throne of the Golden Palace, there is the Ma'an edict announced today.

I don't know who is the person who proclaimed in the Mazhao?

ps: Paving roads with sand was a great gift only in the Tang Dynasty, but it seems that the Song Dynasty did not have it, because it was suspected of leaking the secrets of the court.But it is necessary for the plot again.