After all, Emperor Shenzong failed to survive the eight years of Yuanfeng, and Zhezong, who succeeded to the throne, was still a child at the age of nine and had no ability to govern the country.

Empress Dowager Gao opposed the new law, and the first thing she did after taking power was to return the old party banner Sima Guang to the court. The following year was the first year of Yuanyou, the first year of the era of Emperor Zhezong. Sima Guang was promoted to the left servant of Shangshu and the servant of the door, and the official to Zaifu presided over the state affairs. According to historical records, after Sima Guang came to power, he was over sixty years old and burst out with great enthusiasm for work, and in just a few months, he abolished all the new laws that presided over the reform during the reign of Emperor Shenzong, and degraded the new party that supported the reform one by one.

Until the death of Empress Dowager Gao, Emperor Zhezong was in power, and Emperor Zhezong supported the reform of the law and recalled the new party, so it was the turn of the old party to be demoted. The new party learned the lessons of the last time they were demoted, and in order to make the old party no longer able to turn over, it demoted them all the way to the barren land. Among them, Su Shi, the unlucky guy in officialdom, was relegated to Lingnan to eat lychees at this time. Until Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, Cai Jing was the prime minister, and set up the "Yuan You Party Membership Monument" to show the world, and the officials who were engraved on the Party Monument were imprisoned and exiled at the least, and were not allowed to be inmates unless they were licensed. The unlucky Su Shi had already died when the monument was erected, but his name was still left on the party monument, which caused disaster to his descendants.

Alas!

It can be said that the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty were spent in this endless party and political struggle, and in this court with struggle as the main theme, the so-called "changing the law to make it strong", "restoring the old system", and "benefiting the country and the people" have long been forgotten by the ministers of the court.

Of course, there are still 18 years before the establishment of the "Party Monument" and the white-hot party struggle. As far as the current situation is concerned, Sima Guang's return to the dynasty is still of some benefit to Murong Fu. Just because Sima Guang and Su Shi are good friends, after Sima Guang came to power, he quickly reinstated Su Shi as the court, Lang Zhi Dengzhou. From the deputy envoy of the Ruzhou regiment to the court Fenglang Zhi Dengzhou, that is, from an unstaffed deputy captain of the militia to an official of the sixth grade of the imperial court, Su Shi was restored to his official body, which is naturally gratifying.

After receiving the news, Zhuge Zheng, the judge of Kaifeng Mansion, I immediately ran to inform his new drinking friend, except for the qualification of the Great Dynasty to be the background board, Murong Fu, who even owes the right to listen to politics outside the door at other times. Murong Fu, who received the news, was naturally very happy, he was familiar with history, and knew that with the help of Empress Dowager Gao and Sima Guang, Su Shi would soon come to work, and he would be promoted to twelve official ranks in just seventeen months like a rocket. And when Su Shi returns to the dynasty, Murong Fu is expected to be liberated from the hard job of porter of the National Academy of History.

Zhuge Zheng is a smart person, so he naturally understands that Murong Fu is about to get rid of it, so he raised his glass with a smile and said, "I'll congratulate Lord Murong first!" ”

Murong Fu was also in a good mood, so he dried up the wine on the spot, and said to Zhuge Zheng: "If Brother Zhuge is free, the younger brother will introduce you to a friend in three days." ”

Although Zhuge Zheng and I are in the officialdom, I have always had an inextricable relationship with the rivers and lakes. Hearing Murong Fu's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows and asked, "But Qiao Feng, the new leader of the Beggar Gang?" ”

"Exactly!" At the mention of Qiao Feng, Murong Fu's gaze unconsciously softened. I have to admit that with Qiao Feng here, Murong Fu has a lot of worries about many things. "The younger brother's cousin will come to Bianjing to join the younger brother, and asked Brother Qiao to send him off." It turned out that Murong Fu had sent someone to Ruzhou to pick up Su Shi's family and Wang Yuyan into Beijing after Empress Dowager Gao summoned Sima Guang to the court, so as to avoid the pain of running around with Su Shi. Anyway, in a few months, Su Shi will also go to Beijing. In the original history, Su Shi's youngest son Su Dun died in this trek. And now there is a always reliable Qiao Feng escorting all the way, ensuring that there are many of them.

Zhuge Zheng saw that Murong Fu's expression was relaxed, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, and immediately replied: "I have heard the name of Qiao Feng of the beggar gang for a long time, and I should see it." "The people of Bianjing don't know the truth about the destruction of the Sanssouci Cave, and they only think that the first emperor Shengming forbidden army is powerful. Zhuge Zheng and I know the inside story very well, and I never dare to underestimate the ruthless Tanhualang in front of him. And the person who can be taken to heart by Murong Fu will not be a small role. Although Zhuge Zheng and I also have the best martial arts, my thoughts are pure Confucian orthodoxy, and I deeply believe that "chivalry is forbidden by martial arts". The purpose of his dedication to officialdom is to use the power of the imperial court to restrain those people who are conceited and lawless in martial arts, hoping to use their skills for the country and the people. He has been with Murong Fu for more than half a year, and he knows Murong Fu's general philosophy with him, so he regards him as a close friend. The best friend of this dear friend, of course, there is even more reason to see him.

The next day, Murong Fu and Qin Guan went to greet Su Shi's family. The upcoming first year of Yuanyou is the first New Year after Emperor Zhezong ascended the throne, and the feudal officials, army generals and even envoys of various subject countries will come to Bianjing to congratulate the nine-year-old emperor for the New Year. In addition, Sima Guang showed his strength in the DPRK and China, and the old party officials returned to Beijing one after another, while the new party officials left in disgrace. All of a sudden, the officials crowded the official road.

After Mo You, Qiao Feng and others finally appeared on the bustling official road. Su Shi is now only a six-rank official, and although he has a lot of family members, there are not many retinues and servants who can come to Bianjing this time. Who knew that when I saw people this time, in addition to Qiao Feng, there were many army sergeants in armor who were walking with them.

Qin Guan was surprised, and couldn't help but say to himself: "When did the teacher have a relationship with the army?" ”

"Check it out." Murong Fu faintly felt that those soldiers were a little familiar, so he casually responded and stepped forward immediately.

When I got closer, I found out that it was really an acquaintance. Murong Fu hurriedly turned his horse and wanted to run, but it was too late.

I saw the burly and dark-faced seed man grabbed the reins in his hand, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth gloomily: "Tanhualang, why are you in a hurry to leave as soon as you see you?" "Chong Ge and Murong Fu have known each other for a long time, and they appreciate his talent very much, and when they first sought the official position of assistant teacher in Fengzhou, they have cultivated him as their own. I didn't know that the dishes in my bowl didn't give me face and went to the imperial examination, but I only got an eight-rank official rank. is so humiliating, it is really angry and hateful to teach the seeds, angry that Murong Fu does not know how to lift, and hates the court ministers who do not know talents.

The corners of Murong Fu's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly rolled off the horse. "Murong Fu has seen a kind of scripture. I haven't seen you for many years, but the style is still there, and it's really gratifying and gratifying! ”

Before he finished speaking, Deng Baichuan came out from behind him, and saluted honestly: "My subordinates have seen my son." ”

Murong Fu only glared at him and didn't speak, obviously dissatisfied that Deng Baichuan had not informed him of the news that the Seed Master Dao and Su Shi's family were walking together.

Seeing Murong Fu's face on Deng Baichuan, he immediately stretched out his hand to pull Deng Baichuan back, and said in a long voice: "You don't have to give him a face, I don't allow him to send you a letter." What's more, now Deng Baichuan has been awarded the rank of lieutenant of Yilu, from the seventh grade! Tanhualang, how many officials are you as the editor of the National Academy of History? ”

This sentence was so slap in the face that Murong Fu was stunned on the spot, unable to answer half a word.

Fortunately, most of the generals of the Western Army, except for the arrogant and unreasonable old bastard who loves to expose people's shortcomings, are honest and good people. Without waiting for Murong Fu to reply, a general who was about a year old was squeezed out by Chong Fu's side and bowed deeply to Murong Fu. "Zhe Keshi has met Murong Gongzi, Murong Gongzi personally taught the method of nursing, and saved countless soldiers of my Western Army, please accept a certain worship."

Zhi Keshi is a descendant of the Zhi family, a famous general of the Western Army, he has guarded the border for 40 years, loves nurses, is resourceful and decisive, and has great achievements, how can Murong Fu accept his courtesy, hurriedly stepped forward to help people up, and said sincerely: "General Zhe, this nursing method was originally the credit of my teacher Su Bachelor, and the lower official was just ordered to run errands, so he didn't deserve such a big gift from the general." ”

Seeing that Murong Fu was handsome and gentle, he already had a good impression of him, and at this time, he was even more appreciative of him when he saw that he had no credit, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Su has a disciple like you, it's really a blessing!" ”

Murong Fu was busy and said a few words of modesty, which eased the atmosphere. After all, he knew the importance of being a military general, and it was not good to be close to civil officials as a general, so after Murong Fu greeted Qu Zhen, Chongshi Dao and other old acquaintances for a while, he gave an order and roared away with a group of soldiers.

After sending away Chong Ge and the others, Murong Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately dressed up and went to see Chaoyun. It turned out that Wang Yanzhi was unwilling to leave her husband, so she ordered Chaoyun to take a few children into Beijing first. Chaoyun was Su Shi's concubine, and she didn't dare to accept Murong Fu's full courtesy, so she hugged Su Dun sideways and gave way, and said in her mouth: "Akashi, we met a kind of Jinglu on the way to Beijing. He was also very happy to hear that you were visiting flowers in high school, and you ......"

Murong Fu saw Chaoyun looking at him worriedly, and said with a smile: "Little Master, Jingluo has always been a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and the reinstatement understands. ”

Chaoyun breathed a sigh of relief, and before she could say anything, Su Yu and Su Guo couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage and surrounded Senior Brother Murong Fu.

Qin was very surprised when he saw it, and couldn't help but say angrily: "I don't see you being so close to Senior Brother Qin?" ”

Su Yu and Su Guo glanced at each other, and hurriedly surrounded Qin Guan and called Senior Brother. However, before the corners of Qin Guan's mouth curled, they reached out again to ask for the New Year's red envelope.

Qin Guan's mood sank immediately, he was a pure literati, he had no economic ideas, and he still ate Murong Fu's and lived in Murong Fu's, even when he went to restaurants and brothels, he signed Murong Fu's name, where could he have the money to give red envelopes? Seeing the two children looking at him eagerly, Qin Guan had no choice but to be cheeky and say, "Go and find your Senior Brother Murong!" ”

Murong Fu doesn't care about being the God of Wealth for the time being, giving out red envelopes. At this moment, he was holding Wang Yuyan and Qiao Feng with their eyes facing each other and were speechless.

After not seeing each other for half a year, Murong Fu only felt that Qiao Feng looked a lot calmer again, and the little youthful frivolity of the past had all converged into the current brilliance and restraint. Qiao Feng can have such a change, there is no other reason, Wang Jiantong passed away due to illness a few months ago, and Qiao Feng is now a legitimate beggar gang leader. As soon as he took office, the first thing he had to face was the messy financial problems of the beggar gang, and the elders of the gang also complained about his withdrawal of the Dazhong rudder from Bianjing. Qiao Feng never mentioned these things in his correspondence with Murong Fu, but Murong Fu had his own information channels and knew very well. Dazhong's withdrawal from Bianjing was somewhat due to his own reasons, Qiao Feng treated him like this, and Murong Fu naturally missed it very much. Although he also understands that responsibility makes people grow, he just thinks that Qiao Feng's growth is because of "a penny that forces a hero to death", and he can't help but feel a little emotional. Thinking of Qiao Feng's first appearance in the original book, Murong Fu couldn't tell whether Wang Jiantong wanted Qiao Feng to be the leader of the beggar gang to help him or trap him.

Murong Fu was looking at Qiao Feng, and Qiao Feng was naturally looking at him. However, Qiao Feng was rough by nature, and he didn't have Murong Fu's many feelings, but he felt that Murong Fu had lost some weight when he looked at it. I heard that his days in the National History Academy were like coolies, and he must have lost weight because of this. The dignified Tanhualang actually fell to this, Qiao Feng was really funny and angry in his heart.

Wang Yuyan, who was being held by Murong Fu, waited impatiently, reached out and tugged at the corner of Murong Fu's clothes and asked, "Cousin, why don't you speak?" ”

Murong Fu suddenly came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated Brother Qiao on being the leader of the beggar gang yet." ”

Qiao Feng waved his hand and said generously: "Ming people don't say dark words, the virtuous brother personally agreed to help me help the development of the beggar gang." I'm here this time, but I'm going to ask my brother to fulfill his promise. ”

Murong Fu laughed and replied, "What I promised you, I will naturally do it." After a pause, he added with great firmness. What I promised you, I will do it! ”