Chapter 299: Qin Gui: The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!

"Heave, ho! Heave, ho!"

While Zhang Jie was pondering, a group of Great Gan soldiers, led by Brother Chao Gai Gai,

were struggling to move dozens or hundreds of heavy objects covered and wrapped in oilcloth.

"Minister Chao, these are our big killers, you must serve them well."

Seeing that some soldiers were careless, Zhang Jie couldn't help but remind them.

For these things, he had spent a lot of energy,

don't let them be damaged by the carelessness of his own people before they could shine on the battlefield.

If they happened to malfunction on the scorching battlefield, that would be pit-father.

"Your Majesty, this subject will definitely take good care of them.

This subject is willing to set up a military order; if there is any damage, please cut off this subject's head!"

Being told this by Zhang Jie, Brother Chao Gai Gai, who had cold sweat seeping from his forehead, hurriedly guaranteed in a muffled voice.

At the same time, he secretly decided to train these little cubs under him well,

these guys who usually patted their chests loudly in front of him were actually so unreliable,

actually making him lose face in front of the Majesty.

What if this affected their future prospects?

The Majesty's likes and dislikes were a big matter; after all, he didn't know about other things in the Great Gan,

but in the army, the Majesty was the absolute authority, and everything was decided by a single word.

"No need for that, but still, don't let any accidents happen."

Zhang Jie first waved his hand, then warned seriously.

"This subject obeys the decree."

Brother Chao Gai Gai, who still didn't dare to be careless, responded solemnly.

'This Qin Gui wouldn't really have been cut into mince by Emperor Tianzuo, would he?'

Time passed, and seeing that Qin Gui hadn't returned to report for a long time, Zhang Jie muttered in his heart.

'Looks like I still have to take action.'

Seeing that Plan A was about to fail, Zhang Jie intended to start Plan B.

As for what this Plan B was?

Naturally, it was him reenacting the old events of Zhang Jie in "Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," breaking the army alone,

breaking into the enemy camp alone, and capturing Emperor Tianzuo among the ten thousand armies.

This matter was not very difficult for him with the shared space as a backing,

the only pity was that the Great Gan army wouldn't get to be tempered.

Since ancient times, no strong army had been trained alone,

and no tenacious, great dynasty had not been tempered by blood and fire.

Although he had the strength, he didn't want to be a nanny for the Great Gan.

He had already given the army strong strength and weapons that transcended the era,

so the victory still needed them to pick it themselves.

After all, only the fruits that come from struggle are exceptionally sweet and nourishing to the human heart.

"Your Majesty, Compiler Qin has returned."

Just as Zhang Jie was deep in thought, Li Dequan came to his side and reported in a low voice.

"Oh, proclaim him quickly."

"This subject Qin Gui pays respects to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live the Emperor!"

Facing Zhang Jie, Qin Gui no longer had half the arrogance he had in the Liao camp,

directly kneeling on both knees, performing the grand ceremony of paying respects, and shouting "long live."

"Minister Qin, please rise quickly."

Zhang Jie, who was well-versed in "An Actor's Self-Cultivation," didn't show any of the disgust he felt for Qin Gui in his heart,

first kindly helping Qin Gui up, and then asking:

"How was the result of your trip, Minister?"

Qin Gui, who had never been treated so kindly by the ruler in the Great Song, was moved exceptionally,

and a feeling of "a scholar dies for one who understands him" rose in his heart, excitedly saying:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, relying on the Majesty's heavenly might, this subject has fortunately not disgraced the mission!

That Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty has agreed to hunt with Your Majesty under the city of Datong three days later."

"Good, good, good!"

Zhang Jie said "good" three times in a row.

In this way, he wouldn't need to use Plan B, which he didn't really want to use.

In a great mood, he even looked at Qin Gui's old face,

well, now it should be a young old face, and it looked a few points more pleasing to the eye, so he said casually:

"The position of Compiler on Minister Qin is too light, I still want to add some burden to you."

"This subject obeys the Majesty's instructions."

The excitement on Qin Gui's face increased by three points.

The Han Lin Academy can be divided from low to high into Shujishi, with no fixed number, as reserve officials for the Han Lin;

Jiantao, Rank 7 (Junior); Bianxiu, Rank 7 (Senior); Rank 6 (Junior) Xiuzhuan; Rank 6 (Senior) Tian Shi Du/Shijiang, etc.

Although this Han Lin Academy was already a top-tier government office in the imperial court,

every Han Lin was a leader among the successful candidates, and the future could be said to be boundless,

the Great Song even had an unwritten rule that one could not enter the Privy Council without being a Han Lin,

but the early days of these Hanlins were not very easy.

Not to mention the salary that was as clear as water and difficult to support oneself,

the most important thing was to bitterly grind out qualifications inside.

Ordinary Hanlins usually had to grind for more than ten years from entering the Han Lin Academy to being sent out or entering the Six Ministries!

How many ten years are there in a life?

Fifty years is too short, only fight for the morning and evening!

When Zhang Jie entered Bianliang, while other colleagues in the Han Lin Academy were still watching, he had the heart to defect.

Although he was just an inconspicuous Han Lin official, the Benevolent King should at least buy a horse bone with a thousand gold, right?

It was just unexpected that,

that colleague in the Han Lin Academy who was usually plain, Li Gang, was actually the Benevolent King's old friend,

as soon as he entered Bianliang, the Benevolent King gave him the heavy responsibility of pacifying the hearts of the people of Bianliang.

This first horse bone was worth a thousand gold, the second one wouldn't be worth much!

After the Benevolent King ascended the throne and became the Great Gan Emperor,

he was bitterly thinking about how to show his value in front of the Majesty.

After he disregarded his face and visited his cousin-in-law, one of the current imperial fathers-in-law,

Li Gefei, many times, and then learned from his cousin who had already entered the palace,

and was sealed by the Majesty as Consort Shu, Li Qingzhao, Lady Li,

that the Majesty had been considering the envoy to be sent to the Great Liao during this period.

A piece of trivia: the treacherous official of the ages, Qin Gui, was the cousin-in-law of the talented woman of the ages, Li Qingzhao.

There was a family marriage relationship between the two.

Specifically, Li Qingzhao's mother, Lady Wang, and Qin Gui's wife, Lady Wang, were cousins,

and both of their maternal grandfathers were the Northern Song Prime Minister Wang Gui.

According to the family genealogy, Wang Gui's eldest daughter married Li Gefei (Li Qingzhao's father),

while Wang Gui's granddaughter (daughter of Wang Zhongshan) married Qin Gui,

so Qin Gui and Li Qingzhao were cousins.

However, although there was a marriage relationship, in reality, their relationship was not close.

Li Qingzhao was diametrically opposed to Qin Gui in political stance; she opposed Qin Gui's surrender policy,

and even when encountering personal difficulties (such as the lawsuit triggered by remarrying Zhang Ruzhou),

she would rather seek help from a distant relative, Qi Chongli, than seek help from Qin Gui.

After Qin Gui came to power, he did not provide shelter for Li Qingzhao,

and Li Qingzhao's poems never mentioned Qin Gui or the Wang family,

further confirming the alienation of the relationship between the two sides.

After walking through the back door with a thick face this time, and carefully checking the information and pondering,

he found that this trip was exceptionally dangerous, with the possibility of angering the Liao Emperor,

and a slight mistake would lead to the outcome of being cut into two!

After thinking about it again and again, he gritted his teeth and decided to volunteer.

After all, the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!

Sure enough, the Majesty was very happy about this, and after interviewing him,

he sealed him as the Great Gan envoy, specially promoted him by two ranks, from Rank 7 (Junior),

the Jiantao who was in charge of compiling national history books, promoted to Rank 6 (Junior), the Xiuzhuan who was specially responsible for compiling the Veritable Records!

This promotion of two ranks, if he had to bitterly grind in the Han Lin Academy, would have taken at least five years!

And looking at the Majesty's remarks this time, could it be that he still wanted to promote him? ===== CHAPTER 300 =====