Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 882 Zhang Tang
It was not yet dawn, but the streets were full of people coming and going.

Most of them are vendors closing stalls, and some are going to open stalls. The two sides hand over in a hurry. After the abolition of the curfew, the twelve hours in Chang'an are extremely lively. Even in the middle of the night, you can find them when you go out. A place that never closes.

Occasionally, soldiers passed by in a hurry, and they looked around vigilantly.

Afterwards, there were a few children's laughter. They were children who were going to school. Some county schools are really far away from home, and they need to go out very early.

The big dog in the courtyard was lying quietly in the nest, and the sound from outside made its ears move from time to time, but it kept lying on its stomach without moving.

The door of the inner room was slowly opened, and a strong elder walked out, and walked to the courtyard on tiptoe. He raised his head, looked at the sky, sighed, and walked helplessly to the side room, knocking lightly. Door.

"Soup, the time has come."

"soup?"

Candles were lit in the house, and there was the sound of hurriedly getting dressed, the elder was taken aback, turned and left.

Zhang Tang came out of the house, looked at the sky, and then went to the backyard.

Soon, a servant brought the meal, and the father and son sat in the front yard, waiting for the meal.

This season, the courtyard in the early morning is still very refreshing, with the cold wind blowing, it is very comfortable. Many people choose to eat in the courtyard, but it is not so early.

Zhang An looked at the son in front of him, hesitant to speak.

Zhang An has already held a post in the temple, and has been transferred many times. Now he is in the Ministry of Rites, and his official position is not low, but his reputation in Chang'an is far less than that of his son. His son, Zhang Tang, is now A well-known big shot in Chang'an, I don't know how many people fear and hate him.Zhang An even occasionally heard colleagues discussing his son, all with hideous faces, Zhang An didn't dare to strike up a conversation with them.

Zhang An is a very honest person, he is a man of duty, he has been in the position of Chang'an Cheng for many years, he has almost never sinned against others, and he gets along well with everyone, so he has been promoted to a high position now, but his son, His personality is completely opposite to that of his old father. He is cold, ruthless, and cruel. He has many labels on him, which are not good words. Zhang An feels that if he commits a crime one day, this guy can break in and kill him. It was taken.

This made Zhang An very worried, because their family is very simple, without any deep background or influence. His official position in Chang'an is nothing.

The son is so strong and has offended so many people, if someone wants to harm him in the future, what should he do?

Who can decide for him?
Thinking of this, Zhang An couldn't help but sigh again.

Zhang Tang was burying his head in his meal, when he heard Father's sigh, he didn't look up, and asked directly, "What's on Father's mind?"

"Huh? Nope."

Zhang An hurriedly said that when Zhang Tang was still young, Zhang An was able to discipline him and lead him in the right direction. I don’t know when Zhang An didn’t dare to talk to his son about those big truths, but It's not that Zhang Tang is unfilial and would beat his old father, it's just that Zhang Tang has changed a bit.

Maybe it's because too many lives are in his hands, or because he has been fighting against the powerful all the year round, he has become more and more ruthless, even Zhang An can feel a strong sense of oppression from him, This made him very unnatural when facing his son.

Zhang An was not a strong personality at first, and he didn't have much achievement after working in the county magistrate for six or seven years, while Zhang Tang only worked for one year, and he was promoted to the county magistrate because of his merits, if it wasn't because he was too old Small, I'm afraid I have to upgrade
Looking at Zhang Tang who was eating big mouthfuls, Zhang An hesitated for a moment before asking, "Have you handled another case recently?"

Zhang Tang said seriously: "This is a county government secret."

Zhang An was speechless immediately, Zhang Tang's character is like this, even facing his father, he would not reveal his work, Zhang An sometimes thought, let this guy instruct the embroidered clothes , anyway, it will not leak the secret.

Zhang An was silent for a moment, then asked again: "I heard that there is a new county lieutenant?"

Zhang Tang frowned and did not answer.

Zhang An said: "This matter is not a secret, the Ministry of Rites is aware of the situation."

Only then did Zhang Tang reply: "The former county lieutenant has been promoted, and a new county lieutenant has come in. He is still a good person and quite motivated."

Zhang An said with a smile: "I heard that he is still Xiang Luan's son."

"If there is something that this person doesn't know, you still have to take care of it a little bit, not to please you, but to be a friend."

"There is no selfishness in the county government. This person is irritable and should be disciplined more."

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This kid knew that he shouldn't have been allowed to study with Chao Cuo at the beginning. Chao Cuo's skills were not learned, but the offending person's character and strong means were learned exactly the same. Someone is carrying it, how about you? ?

But Zhang An couldn't say these words directly. He just reminded: "Anyway, you should pay more attention to your manner. After all, this is Chang'an, under the feet of the emperor. Don't be too arbitrary in doing things. Otherwise, you will easily cause trouble."

"I see."

Zhang Tang quickly finished the food in front of him, stood up in a hurry, changed his clothes, Zhang An followed him helplessly, hesitating to speak, Zhang Tang's face softened, and he said seriously: "Father, don't worry, don't worry, I will not do dangerous things, and I will earnestly do what His Majesty ordered."

"When I did things, I was really radical, but now it has changed. Everyone in the county government is very kind to me."

Hearing these words, Zhang An was finally relieved, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "This is the best, son, don't blame me for being timid, it's just that Chang'an is different from other places. The relatives of the Sangong, the relatives of the princes and kings, if they retaliate, what should we do? I don’t care, I am just worried about you, and you never show respect in your actions, so you will inevitably be hated by others.”

Zhang Tang said with a smile: "I still have Master and His Majesty backing me up, so you don't have to worry."

"Look at my clothes, they were rewarded to me by His Majesty himself."

Zhang An nodded, no longer worried, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Go!"

Zhang Tang got into the car and left in a hurry. Zhang An smiled all over his face, sang an unknown song in a low voice, and began to get ready to go to the Ministry of Rites.

When Zhang Tang came to the county government office, there was already someone waiting for him here, and the person waiting for him was the new county captain Luan Ping.

In the past, Zhang Tang was always the first person to come to the county government. Seeing that Luan Ping came earlier than himself, Zhang Tang's eyes were full of surprise.

"Mr. Zhang, you are finally here. There is a big event, a big event!"

Luan Ping couldn't help but rushed towards the inner room, pulling Zhang Tang. There were quite a few officials in the inner room. They all came very early. When they saw Zhang Tang, they all saluted, and when Zhang Tang sat down, Luan Ping hurriedly said: "A person will come later, this person is not ordinary."

"Who is coming?"

"north"

Before Luan Ping finished speaking, a small official came in immediately, his eyes were full of fear, and he said in a low voice: "County magistrate, there are guests visiting."

Luan Ping hastily pulled himself together and put on a capable look.

Zhang Tang, as usual, waved his hand to let people in.

Soon, a man with a white face and a few beards came in, followed by a handsome young man. The two walked into the inner room one after the other, and did not meet Zhang Tang.

Seeing this person, Luan Ping hurriedly greeted him with a smile, and the rest of the officials hurriedly followed.

It was Lu Lu who came.

Lu Lu looked at Luan Ping, nodded in return, and asked, "Is your father okay?"

"Fortunately."

Lu Lu immediately looked at Zhang Tang, pointed to the young man behind him, and said in an orderly tone: "This person needs to work with you for a year, and he will be a small yamen servant."

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the boy.

At this moment, everyone was shocked.

Because of this face they are very familiar with. In the past, eight out of ten times they were dispatched because of this face.

Although they are similar, they can still be sure that this person is definitely not the person they know, because he does not have that kind of arrogant and domineering temperament, and he is much more tender. He smiled shyly and saluted everyone. I can guess a rough idea of ​​his identity in my heart.

I heard that King Xia has a twin brother.
Everyone hurriedly returned the gift.

Lu Lu introduced again: "This is Lu Liang, everyone will call him."

Zhang Tang suddenly interrupted him, "No."

Lu Lu was taken aback, his train of thought was disrupted by Zhang Tang, he was silent for a moment, and asked, "What did you say?"

"I said he can't be a government servant in the county government."

Lu Lu's eyes widened, and he looked at the Chang'an order in front of him. He almost laughed, "Whose order is this, you probably know it? Do you want to die?"

The officials around were a little scared, and Luan Ping winked at him desperately.

Zhang Tang looked serious, "I don't care who orders it. Not everyone can serve as a servant in my county government. We have our own set of recruitment qualifications."

Lu Lu laughed loudly, and everyone could see that Lu Lu was extremely angry at the moment.

He shook his head, called another person, and whispered a few words in his ear.

The man left immediately, and Lu Lu continued: "Okay, just wait for a while, there will be a formal order soon."

Zhang Tang didn't look at him anymore, but just looked at the officials around him, and reprimanded loudly: "What are you still doing here? Don't you have any errands to do?!"

Hearing his words, the officials didn't dare to gather anymore, and hurriedly started to get busy. Zhang Tang pretended that he couldn't see Lu Lu below, and was busy on his own. Luan usually looked at Lu Lu and then at Zhang Tang from time to time. Soup, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Liu Liang was very wronged and couldn't help looking at Lu Lu who was on the side.

Lu Lu almost gritted his teeth, these days, does even a small county magistrate dare to treat him like this? ?You are really not afraid of death, are you? !
After waiting for a while, the man came back just now, but he already had an edict in his hand.

"Your Majesty has ordered this person to be a government servant here!"

Lu Lu held the edict in his hand, his face was full of anger.

Zhang Tang's face was still very calm, "I have objections, I want to write a letter to His Majesty, Your Majesty's order is wrong!"

Lu Lu immediately broke the defense.

"Come here!!! Arrest this guy!! You dog, you really want to die, don't you?!"

Zhang Tang pushed the soldier away, and said loudly: "The law of the Han Dynasty stipulates that officials have the right to raise objections and submit letters to express their opinions. Why did you arrest me?! Do you understand the laws of the Han Dynasty?!"

"The servants in my county government have all passed the assessment. The things these people have to deal with are very important, can they be taken lightly?"

For some reason, when Zhang Tang roared and said these words, those officials who had complained to him for a long time were actually a little moved, although it was only a flash.

Lu Lu was furious, "This is what His Majesty meant! You are not allowed to question it!! If you don't obey, I will kill you now as a crime of disobedience!! You are a disloyal thief!!"

Zhang Tang had no fear at all.

"I am governing Chang'an for His Majesty, and truly doing my own thing well is the greatest loyalty to Your Majesty!"

"Today, His Majesty ordered me to accept a man as a yamen servant. If I do, then another three princes will come to me tomorrow and ask to arrange for his relatives to come in. Do I have to agree? The princes and kings will come tomorrow? Our county yamen Wouldn’t it just become a place for dignitaries to hang out? What’s the difference from the original Southern Army? The Chang’an County Government has to govern hundreds of thousands of local people. Could these people be able to do this? Isn’t the country’s affairs more important than Are these relatives important?!"

"As long as I haven't been dismissed! I will absolutely not allow these people to enter this county office because of their family background!! The big man has a corresponding assessment! If you want to come in, then go and participate in the assessment!"

Zhang Tangyue said that the louder his voice was, he almost stood in front of Lu Lu and squirted at Lu Lu.

Lu Lu was furious, "Your Majesty has the right to arrange any official position, and your position is arranged by him!!"

"I was promoted because of my merits! All these people who are working are like this, including Luan Ping, who also passed the assessment, and it was not his father's arrangement!! Your Majesty has the right to arrange officials at will, so I also have the right to object!"

Lu Lu couldn't listen anymore, and said to Luan Ping beside him: "Arrest this guy!! Take me back to the palace!!"

Luan Ping glanced at Lu Lu, then at Zhang Tang.

After hesitating for a long time, he saluted Lu Lu and said, "Mr. Lu, County Magistrate Zhang has not violated the law. I will not arrest him."

"you."

Just when Lu Lu decided to arrest them all, Liu Liang suddenly grabbed his hand, and Liu Liang said seriously: "Actually, what the county magistrate said makes sense. I am willing to participate in the assessment and become a Yamen servant, Mr. Lao will accompany me here, and I will handle the next matter by myself, please go back."

When Liu Liang said these words, the eyes of those around him softened a lot. Lu Lu suppressed his anger, gave Zhang Tang a hard look, and then left here angrily.

After he left, Luan Ping suddenly relaxed, almost slumped on the ground, his face was full of bitterness.

"Magistrate Zhang, we have offended the person who shouldn't be offended this time. It's over, it's over. Maybe the Northern Army will come and take us all away later."

Zhang Tang said expressionlessly: "Everything should be done according to the laws and regulations. How can you appoint them at will? This yamen servant is in direct contact with the people, and he should not be underestimated."

After he finished speaking, he ignored other things, turned around and continued to do his own business. Luan Ping walked to Liu Liang's side helplessly, showing a smile.

"Lu Luliang, right?"

"Ah."

"Since you want to be a yamen servant, why don't you take part in the assessment first?"

"it is good."

In fact, the examination of the yamen servants of the big man is not complicated. As long as you can prove your family background is innocent, you can pass the examination of the law, and you have to pass some physical tests, you can basically take the job. For Liu Liang, these are not a problem. It may not be innocent, he has a record of treason, anyway, Lu Liang passed the assessment and successfully became a member of the county government.

His colleagues looked at him with complicated eyes.

Including the smile on the official's face when registering his family's situation.

"Ah, no need to explain, I know, your family is all good, um, they are all surnamed Lu, right? Well, you are from a commoner, of course you can tell that you are from a commoner, you can tell."

And when Lu Liang, who was born as a commoner, successfully sneaked into the county government and came into contact with these people, Zhang Tang was also invited to the palace.

When Zhang Tang just walked into Houde Hall, he felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, he found himself being lifted up.

Liu Chang lifted him up with one hand, and looked at him quite violently.

"You dare to defy my edict openly??"

Zhang Tang basically couldn't reach the ground with both legs, but he still said very stubbornly: "It's not that I resisted the order. I just think that your majesty's order is wrong. There should be no such bad habits in the county government. It was you who ordered it back then." , forbidding honorable children to enter the temple to be gilded, strictly forbidding honorable children to enter temples and places through their own family relationships. But now you are going to take the lead in breaking this rule!"

"Fart, then I canonize my son as a prince, why don't you object??"

"That's a title. A title can be divided and inherited, but an official position is not allowed!"

"If you confer an official position indiscriminately, the big man will perish!"

Liu Chang narrowed his eyes, stared at the guy in front of him again, and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill your clan?"

Zhang Tang said without fear: "When I was studying with the teacher, the teacher told me that if you are afraid of death, you should not learn anything from him!"

"Hahaha~~~"

Liu Chang laughed, put Zhang Tang down, and then scolded: "Just like your teacher! They are all so disgusting!!"

"However, it makes sense."

"Lu! What do you think?"

Lu Lu in the distance sneered, "It is true that he has the same virtue as his master. However, he is a person who can be reused."

Liu Chang said with a smile: "Don't scare him. This guy is like his master, he is not afraid of threats, Lu, send him out, give him something, don't let people harm him."

"only."

(End of this chapter)