County Magistrate Yang, wearing a dark green official robe with a smile on his face, squeezed a road from the crowd and walked into the circle of open space surrounded by the audience.

"Yang Mingfu is invited to the seat."

Ma Zhou, the deputy chief of the famous Bailu Academy, stood there wearing a white robe and greeted the guests with a smile.

County Magistrate Yang nodded with satisfaction. Today's scene was a bit big and showed his face. Zhang Sanlang is worthy of being a fifth-rank official in just a short time and he will do something. This scene, especially the VIP seat is set up very well. Thousands of people are watching from all sides, but he is sitting in this VIP seat, which is so majestic.

County Magistrate Yang was wondering if he would say a few words first when he came to the stage.

As a result, everyone around him turned to look back, then saw a stream of smoke and dust, and then people shouted.

"This is the command of the Eastern Palace Guard!" shouted someone from Chang'an in the crowd.

"For the two leading men in blush robes, oh, the two high-ranking officials are here."

Someone who happened to know immediately said, "That was the Prince Nakayun and Prince Xima."

"The prince's horse is not the chief of our Bailu Academy, why is there another prince's horse?" Someone who was watching the fun next to him asked in confusion.

Someone immediately answered him, "There are two princes in the Eastern Palace who were the chief officials of the Zuo Chunfang's lower court. They are both from the fifth rank. Among them, the prince Yun is one level higher than the prince's Xima, and he is also from Zuo Chunfang."

"Yes, the chief of Zuo Chunfang is the Zuo Cangzi, who is now the Zuo Cangzi, the Zuo Cangzi, the East Palace. It is our wife's uncle, Zhang Sanlang. He has two princes, Zhongyun and two princes. In addition to our newly-deserved prince, Xima, there is also a prince named Xima, named Xuancheng."

"Then who is this prince Zhongyun?"

"This one looks quite old, it seems to be Wang Shujie, the Wang family in Qi County, Taiyuan, and one of the five surnames."

"oh!"

A group of people who didn't know the truth nodded in a long voice, but in fact, few people really understood it. Most common people didn't know what official positions there were in the court, let alone the official positions in the East Palace.

Many people only know that there is a prince in the East Palace who washes the horse because Zhang Sanlang became this official. Many people thought at first that the position of washing the horse was really just for washing the horse. Many people even held a grudge against Zhang Sanlang. How could Zhang Sanlang be demoted to the East Palace to wash the horse?

Later I heard that the horse washing was from the fifth rank and was a very big official.

These people were secretly wondering, how could a prince be a fifth-rank official? Then wouldn’t the emperor be a fourth-rank official?

County Magistrate Yang and his several subordinates stood there a little confused.

At this time, Curry was jogging over, "Ming Mansion, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, sent Prince Zhongyun, and Prince Xima Wei to come, please wait and see him."

The county magistrate was a little stunned.

A small private school opened, but the prince also paid attention to it and sent two fifth-rank Shangguans to come.

Zhao County Wei nudged his boss, "Mingfu, go and greet him."

County Magistrate Yang tidied up his clothes and nodded quickly, "All of them will be with me to welcome the two Eastern Palace Shangguans."

Wei Zheng and Wang Gui were quite stylish. The prince specially sent a team of Eastern Palace Guards to lead them to escort them, and even raised the banner of Eastern Palace.

When County Magistrate Yang arrived, Zhang Chao had already arrived.

"Zhang Chao has met two of you!"

Zhang Chao looked at the two men who had just got off the horse, one in his early fifties and the other in his early forties, and he quickly guessed the identities of the two men. Prince Zhongyun Wang Gui and Prince Xi Ma Weizheng.

These two will be their colleagues in the East Palace in the future. Well, these two are also the prince’s confidant counselors. Their status in the East Palace is probably equivalent to that of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Although the most important positions in the Eastern Palace were the crown prince Zhan Shi and the left and right concubine son, those positions were actually held by important ministers in the court. For example, the left concubine son Zheng Shanguo was the Minister of Civil Affairs in the court and also served as the Minister of the Dali Court.

The people who really need to be built and trusted in the Eastern Palace are Wang Gui and Wei Zheng.

"Zhang Xima is really young and promising." Wang Gui looked at Zhang Chao with a smile. Zhang Chao looked pretty good, tall and white, and now his hair is growing, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and he is indeed very elegant and elegant.

Wei Zheng smiled and didn't say anything, but kept observing and looking at Zhang Chao. After looking at him for a while, he felt that Zhang Chao was really free and easy. When he saw them, he was not at all stage frightened, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Wei Zheng and Wei Xuancheng have long wanted to see Wenyuan, but unfortunately you have never come to the East Palace. I thought you were reluctant to part with your newlywed wife at home, but I didn't expect that you wrote the Three Character Classic at home and wrote such a good article on the rules of the Zhang family. Well, establishing Bailu Academy is a good thing that can be famous throughout the ages. Today, I was specially entrusted by the prince to come to celebrate Bailu Academy."

Zhang Chao bowed, "Thank you two, thank you for the prince."

After a while, Zhang Chao invited them to the VIP seat.

Fortunately, there were no famous brands on the tables placed inside, otherwise they would have to be made temporarily. However, in this way, the position of Yang County Magistrate Yang's guest would have to be given to Wang Gui and Wei Zheng, and he had to retreat to third place.

But they all have red robes, and they have green robes. There is no way to sit on the third table.

Other county magistrates and county magistrates, as well as the clan leaders, could only line up in the back.

The two little landlords found that they had no place and stood there in the wind. Butler Zhang said to him very sorry that the location was not enough, so they asked them to stand.

The two little landlords looked at the two senior officials of the East Palace sitting in front, and then looked at the Zhang Sanlang in the stands, who was also wearing a scorching robe. He didn't dare to bare his teeth and stood there honestly.

The butler is just about to go on stage to continue to preside over the meeting.

As a result, when he heard another sound outside, Zhang Chao stood on the stage, passed the crowd, and saw some cars and horses coming from the roadside.

"The prince Zhan served as the Duke of Anyi County, Duke Pei, who has arrived."

"The prince's left silence and minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Tailiqing, Duke Zheng of Xingyang County, arrived!"

Pei Shiju and Zheng Shanguo actually arrived, one of them was the crown prince Zhan Shi, and the other was the left son, both important officials of the Eastern Palace. Especially Pei Shiju, Zhang Chao still knew this person a little. He was almost eighty years old, but he still held the important position of the Eastern Palace Zhan Shiju, which was equivalent to the position of the imperial court.

Especially since he actually returned to Tang after Dou Jiande's defeat this year, he was deeply trusted by Li Yuan as soon as he entered Tang. The reason is that this person is not just Dou Jiande surrendered.

Pei Shiju served in Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties, and was a true minister of the four dynasties.

What made Zhang Chao admire most was that Pei Shiju, who was born in the famous Pei family in Hedong, participated in the battle to destroy the Sui Dynasty. He once pacified Lingnan with three thousand old men and weak. He was also a diplomatic and geographical expert of the Sui Dynasty. He was already highly valued during the reign of Yang Jian. By the time of Yang Guang, he was known as the Five Prides and together with Yuwen Shu, he was in charge of the government affairs.

He managed the Western Regions for Yang Guang, attacked Tuyuhun, and even used speculation to split the Turks. In terms of diplomacy, he was truly the first person in the world.

Even after the Jiangdu Incident and after Yang Guang was killed, Yu Wen and Dou Jiande always respected him very much and always valued him. After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan also respected this former colleague of the Sui Dynasty very much. Pei Shiju was in his seventies and even made him the prince Zhanshi and became the first subordinate of the Eastern Palace.

On the contrary, Su Wei, an important official of the Sui Dynasty, once took the initiative to come to Chang'an and wanted to become an official in Tang, but the Li family and his son directly refused.

Of course, the most famous evaluation of Pei Shiju in later generations was that he was slandered in the Sui Dynasty and argued in the Tang Dynasty. During the Yang Guang period, he was always thrown into the treacherous slander, but in the Tang Dynasty, he became a loyal minister and was praised by Li Yuan and Li Shimin and his son.

I have to say that he is a very magical person. Anyway, he has the spirit of a tumbler in the regime, and he can serve and adapt to any kind of emperor. An enlightened monarch is a loyal minister, a wise emperor is a capable minister, and when he meets an emperor like Yang Guang, he becomes a slander.

Today Pei Shiju actually came to support him.

Zheng Shanguo used to be a Dali noble in the Sui Dynasty and was very familiar with Pei Shiju. When he was in Jiangdu, he became a minister of Yu Wenji, and later they all fell into the hands of Dou Jiande. However, Dou Jiande respected Pei Shiju very much, but was not very polite to Zheng Shanguo. Therefore, Zheng Shanguo arrived in Chang'an two years earlier and returned to Tang first.

"Sanlang, this is Pei Hongda from Hedong, the current Crown Prince Secretary." Zheng Shanguo introduced to Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao looked at Pei Shiju who was almost eighty years old, but he was still energetic. He said in his heart, "I have heard of the name of Mr. Pei for a long time. He once used three thousand weak soldiers to determine Lingnan, and also used the scores to score the Turks. He ruled the Western Regions, led the Northern Fan, and went to Liaodong to expedition. Mr. Pei was so majestic!"

What Zhang Chao said was indeed what Pei Shiju was most proud of. He opened the Western Regions for the Great Sui Dynasty, and also intimidated the grasslands for the Great Sui Dynasty, and even urged Yang Guangdong to fight in the east.

The strategies of governing the Western Regions and deterring the grasslands were both very successful, but the conquest of Liao was a great defeat, and even became the cause of the fall of the Sui country. This incident has troubled him for many years.

Today, when he heard Zhang Chao talk about the battle against Liao, he couldn't help but sigh infinitely.

"Everyone said that the Sui Dynasty was destroyed because of the conquest of Liao, but Sanlang seemed to have different opinions?"

"Duke Pei, during the Sui Dynasty, there was Tuyuhun in the west, Turkic in the north, and Goguryeo in the east. If we really want to compare, the Turkic are like wolves and Tuyuhun in the east. Although the wolves are fierce, as long as they attack their wolf king, the wolves will be in chaos. As for jackals, they are just picking up food with wolves. If the wolves are in chaos, the jackals will naturally not be able to borrow their might and be in blessing. Only this Goguryeo in the northeast is a fierce tiger, entrenched in Liaodong, constantly invading and devouring our Central Plains territory. After hundreds of years of establishment, they have already raised tigers. If they do not break their backbone, they will be the real trouble."

Zhang Chao had his own views on the fact that several emperors conquered Goguryeo before and after the Sui and Tang dynasties, and even the two emperors Yang Guang and Li Shimin successively led the expeditions. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Central Plains had been in chaos for hundreds of years, and the north-south division and governance were constantly fleeing internally. Goguryeo in the northeast took advantage of this time to invade the west, develop and grow, and even brought many tribes in the northeast under his command.

If several emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties had not been used to fight in Liaodong, the Sui Dynasty eventually broke the backbone of Goguryeo, and during the Tang Dynasty, they even killed Goguryeo, the northeastern tribes such as the Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolia in history would have definitely entered the pass during the Sui and Tang dynasties and competed with the Han people for Youyun.

Many people only said that the conquest of Goguryeo was exhausted and the people were damaged, and the generals were lost. They also said that the Tang Dynasty eventually destroyed Goguryeo and did not defend it, making it cheaper for Silla. But they did not see that a Siberian tiger, which had been powerful for hundreds of years, was eventually beaten up in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and was finally beaten into a scumbag, and a huge threat was directly eradicated.

Although after the destruction of Goguryeo, Silla, Bohai, Khitan and others emerged one after another in the northeast, until the late Tang Dynasty, no force had truly reached the heyday of Goguryeo. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan talents truly emerged in the northeast and went south to Youyun.

Zhang Chao admires Pei Shiju's diplomatic strategy very much and his foresight.

Pei Shiju was a little excited, but he didn't expect that Zhang Sanlang really agreed with his own style.

"Sanlang, I am here uninvited today. Are you not tired of it?"

"Mr. Pei, I'm so happy that Mr. Zheng can come here without any time, please!"
Chapter completed!