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钱可通神这个词现在经常被提起，追根朔源它和唐代的张延赏有关。
晚唐的李肇在他的《国史补》一书中评选出唐朝最为尊贵的妇女。这个评选有一个先决条件，那就是皇室的妇女不得参加，不然的话武则天理所当然的会夺得第一。武则天俱备以下条件：公公是皇帝，丈夫是皇帝，儿子是皇帝，孙子是皇帝，更重要的是她本人也是皇帝，仅凭这一点其他人就不能相提并论了。
李肇认为苗晋卿的女儿苗夫人应该是唐朝最为尊贵的妇女，当选的理由是：苗夫人的父亲是宰相，公公是宰相，丈夫是宰相，儿子是宰相，女婿享受宰相待遇。
这位苗夫人就是张延赏的妻子，张延赏的父亲是唐玄宗开元年间的名相张嘉贞，张延赏本人是唐德宗时期得到宰相，他的儿子张弘靖是唐宪宗时期的宰相，他的女婿韦皋带着检校司徒兼中书令的头衔坐镇西川二十一年。
张家在唐朝号称“三相张家”，唐朝父子担任宰相的不少，祖孙三代都担任宰相的则只有张家一例。河东张，不寻常。
有一次张延赏下决心平反一个错案，他对下属说，这个错案的存在时间已经很长了，现在限令你们在十天之内解决问题。第二天早上一上班，张延赏发现自己的办公桌上放着一份帖子，打开一看是病毒，完全是针对自己要平反的那个错案来的。帖子上写着出价三万贯钱，请不要过问这件事。看过帖子之后张延赏拍案而起，立马找来属下要求他们加大力度尽快结案。
第三天早上张延赏走进办公室后看到又一份帖子摆在办公桌上，这一次开出的价钱是五万贯。这种连续出现的帖子和一次比一次高的价钱无疑是一种挑战，张延赏越发的愤怒，严令下属必须在两天之内结案。
张延赏在明处，对方在暗处，张延赏的一举一动对方都了如指掌，张延赏对于对手却一无所知，这正是防不胜防。第四天早上，还是办公桌上，帖子再一次出现，开出的价钱攀升到十万贯。张延赏看过之后选择了沉默，在沉默之中没有爆发也没有灭亡，只是那个案子再也没人过问了。
这件事过去之后，有人找机会问起这事，张延赏是这样解释的：“钱至十万，可通神矣，无不可回之事。吾惧及祸，不得不止。”钱一旦到了十万贯这个份上就能买通神鬼了，没有办不成的事，张延赏害怕引祸上身，不得不接受这个现实。
张延赏原名张宝符，父亲张嘉贞开元十七年去世时张宝符才四岁，可以说是大臣遗孤了。开元末年，唐玄宗亲切召见了张宝符，并赐给他“延赏”这个名字，延赏的意思是“赏延于世”，赏延于世这个词出自《尚书》，唐玄宗鼓励张延赏继承父亲的遗志继续前进，希望他能够将父亲的名声和称扬发扬广大。
张延赏在地方工作时是颇有政绩的，安史之乱后，中原一带惨遭涂炭正可谓“聚万落，千村狐兔。”张延赏在这种背景下出任河南尹，他“勤身率下，政尚简约”，疏通河渠，安稳人心，招抚流离失所的民众定居，数年之后，河南恢复了元气。在河南期间，下级地方的官员如果犯了错误，张延赏会好言相劝。当然有人听劝，也有人不听劝，如果某个官员屡劝不改时，就会接到上级领导为他举办宴会的帖子，宴会不是鸿门宴而是饯行宴，意味着这位官员将会被辞退。
当然了，在颇有政绩的情况下，“钱可通神”的版权也是属于张延赏的。
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