Empress Cao frowned and said, "You know?" She wasn't quite satisfied with Lin Lanlan's answer.

Lin Lanlan bowed again: "It's difficult for the slave to know him, my father was the county magistrate of Dousha County at that time, and he once said a sentence when he talked about Yun Zheng, he said that Dousha County is extremely poor, so after a strong seedling appears, it can't allow other seedlings to grow, and the so-called one seedling in a thousand acres of land is Yun Zheng."

This person has great ambitions since he was a child, and he has to be taught by other people, not to mention anything else, just arithmetic is unmatched in Shu, he himself often says, only about arithmetic, the world can be compared with him, I am afraid that there is no, if someone can surpass him, I am afraid that only his brother has this hope, and the rest is not enough! ”

When Empress Cao heard this, her furrowed eyebrows loosened and she smiled and said, "What a madman!" ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I can't show you the folds, otherwise you can't say this, I think this person is arrogant just right, not even arrogant, and it is still modest to say this." ”

Empress Cao was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "Could it be that this son has made great achievements, and the concubine does not dare to ask the court, and it is not taboo to ask Lin Cairen about his past."

Lin Lanlan, you can pick a few examples of this person's extraordinary and talk about them. ”

Lin Lanlan smiled: "Queen Mother, this person is actually a fool. After saying that, he covered his mouth and chuckled.

The emperor, who was originally lying on the soft couch, suddenly sat up, pointed at Lin Lanlan and said unhappily: "Speak clearly." ”

Lin Lanlan Shili said: "Yun Zheng said to others when he was very young that he would sooner or later be called by Donghuamen, but he followed the hermit Yiren to do learning in the mountains and forests, and he didn't know anything about the outside world, thinking that he could become a child in the county Yatong guò exam, and then he was called Xiucai in the government Yatong guò exam, and finally he was called Jinshi in front of His Majesty. When he was the only student in Dousha County School, you didn't see how big his mouth was. ”

Zhao Zhen laughed, Empress Cao also covered her mouth and laughed, Zhang Guifei wiped the tears that came out of laughter and said to the emperor: "It is indeed a fool." As a scholar, he doesn't know his own way forward, he is not stupid, who is stupid. ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head with a smile and said: "Concubine Ai's words are bad, they all say that Lu Duan is not confused about big things, and when it comes to small things, he is a fool, a jinshi named Wang Anshi in the second year of Qingli, this person is unkempt, and there are often lice on the collar, but when put on the place, it is a rare cadre, so it is said." Confusion over trivial matters is characteristic of these people.

Yun Zheng said that sooner or later he would be in Donghuamen, this sentence is not wrong, maybe in his eyes, except for the difficulty of the imperial court examination, nothing else is a problem, yes or no? ”

Lin Lanlan hurriedly replied, "That's true." What others see as a difficult path does not seem to be difficult for him.

In the west of Dousha County, there is a high mountain called Yuanshan, and this mountain is entrenched in the most terrifying bandits in the southwest. In the fifth year of Qingli, the bandits broke through the Dousha Pass, the Dousha Pass was almost ten rooms and nine empty, and the slave's father was also killed in that accident, and the robbers thought that they would be at ease after breaking through the city pass and robbing, but who knew that it completely angered a person. He vowed to get rid of the Wonshan thieves once and for all. ”

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes and pondered for a while and said: "In the fifth year of Qingli, such a tragic thing did happen in Dousha County, you continue." ”

Yun Zheng saw that there were only twenty foot archers in the county office, and they couldn't deal with the bandit group of thousands of people at all, so he asked the county lieutenant. Take people to do business with the Tibetan people on the other side of the mountain.

Everyone thought that he was just asking for money, because his business was very profitable, and he could even exchange salt and tea with the Tubo people for war horses.

No one expected that he would use this trade route as a threat to ask the Tibetan Eagle Department to send troops to extinguish the Yuanshan bandits, but for some reason, the Eagle Department actually agreed, and the robbers of Yuanshan were defeated.

At that time, we all thought that his method was wrong, because no matter how terrifying the Yuanshan thieves were, they were not as terrifying as the Tubo savages, who knew that after the Tubo people completely killed the Yuanshan thieves, they found that their nest was occupied by other Tubo people, so they hurriedly returned to the army to rob their lair, and as a result, on the way, they were killed by other Tubo tribes on the way to the people of the Eagle Tribe, and since then, there are no robbers in Dousha County, and there is no Tubo tribe on the other side of the mountain.

Yun Zheng took the caravan to the grassland again, and continued to exchange salt and tea for horses to the Tubo people, as if there had never been any Yuanshan thieves in this world, and there had never been any eagle department on the other side of the mountain, that year, he was only fifteen years old. ”

After Lin Lanlan said these words, the entire hall was silent. At this time, a loud voice came out from the side hall: "Your Majesty, this is the so-called long horns on the head, the head horns with long scales on the back, what they do is different from ordinary people, they are used to walking rough roads, Weichen also received an urgent report from Qingjian City tonight, this son wielded a giant axe to cut off the heads of the Xixia envoys on the Qingtang Jiaoluo feast, and stirred the Xixia court to Zhou Tian's cold, Yuan Hao's name was broken, the prince Ning Lingge died, and the ministers of the court were killed and injured Tai half, and now he returned safely, and stole back three thousand uncastrated war horses to the Great Song Dynasty, It is indeed a young hero, and it is indeed worthy of His Majesty's banquet in the middle of the night, and it is worth His Majesty's labor to hold a dance.

The old minister would like to congratulate His Majesty! ”

This is Bao Zheng, he is the only minister who attends the banquet tonight, so Zou Tong specially prepared a small room for Lao Bao in the side hall, which is also a necessary etiquette.

Empress Cao, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and all the concubines in the palace left their seats together and congratulated the emperor in unison.

Zhao Zhen smiled very happily, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Aiqing doesn't say it, I can't say it, the ancestral family motto is there, I can only be happy alone, haha, for the sake of Da Song He, drink this cup!" ”

The emperor spoke, and the voice of the warbler and swallow in the hall was endless, and the emperor summoned Lan Lan, who was still holding a big wine glass, and asked with a smile: "Since you know him, tell me, what kind of reward is it appropriate to exchange for the war horse he brought back?" This is not the government, it is I who is asking Yun Zheng's old man about his temperament, you can speak up. ”

Lan Lan looked at the queen timidly, and Queen Cao nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is not a court government, you can just say it." ”

Lan Lan was embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, you want the war horse he stole back." I'm afraid it will have to be bought with money, and he should be waiting for your majesty to make an offer now. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned, and couldn't help asking, "Why is this?" Isn't my reward as good as a pile of money? ”

Lan Lan smiled bitterly and said, "As far as Yun Zheng who the slave knows, I'm afraid that there is really only one way to buy it with money." This person never does things that go beyond the rules, and he is also a person who admits death, he thinks that what should be his is his, and others must exchange it at the same price, and His Majesty's reward is nothing more than an official position, he has always believed that the official position is an important weapon of the country, and it can only be awarded according to the law, besides, he wants an official position, and he will go to the exam. There is no need for a reward. ”

Zhao Zhen was thoughtful, Empress Cao looked back at the emperor, then at Lan Lan, and finally said, "Are you sure he is such a person?" Can he really be arrogant enough to ignore the royal reward? ”

Lan Lan lowered her head and didn't dare to say more, but Lao Bao interjected: "If this young man is like this." The old minister thinks it is a good thing, the royal reward has been too much over the years, excessive, and it is right for people with lofty ideals to look down on the official position of grace, if it is given to the old minister, the old minister will not be willing to accept His Majesty's kindness. Because of this kindness, but ruined his reputation, he was very unwise, he wanted an official position, saw the superiority in the field, and then showed what he had learned in his chest for the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven. Why can't you enter the house, why do you have to take the lucky way. ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Could it be that the official position of my grace is not an official position?" ”

Lao Bao replied: "Naturally, but the distinction between superior and inferior is known to the world, and Your Majesty only needs to see how the people of Donghuamen treat the official position of grace at a glance."

The old minister thought that 3,000 uncastrated war horses could almost be regarded as national fortune. Almost all of the war horses we bought back from Liao and Xixia are geldings, and it is useless to ride them for fifteen years at most, but these 3,000 war horses can form a horse farm, as long as they are well cared for, within five years, Your Majesty will have more than 10,000 fine cavalry, this 10,000 cavalry, unlike the previous cavalry, the number of cavalry will slowly shrink, this 10,000 cavalry can slowly develop into 20,000, 50,000, when Your Majesty holds 100,000 fine cavalry, try to ask who in the world still dares to speak loudly!

At the same time, the old minister dared to say that even if His Majesty only took out a copper coin to buy it, Yun Zheng would sell the war horse to His Majesty, not to other people who offered a high price. The child has a heart, and the emperor is righteous because of this, how much money is enough! ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "I am wrong, it is my fault to measure my subjects with the heart of a philistine, in this case, I can't let my subjects down, allocate money from within, queen, how much money can you use?" ”

Empress Cao said with a smile: "There are only 6,000 or 300 silver dollars left in the inner house, and the concubine thinks that taking out 5,000 and adding the concubine's phoenix hairpin is enough to buy this batch of war horses!" Do you say that it is Your Excellency Longtu? ”

Bao Zheng laughed and said: "Enough, if His Majesty can't find a suitable candidate, Lao Chen is willing to go to Jingzhao Mansion to complete the deal for His Majesty, and at the same time go to see what kind of magnificent way such a kid is." ”

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, since Lao Bao was willing to do this unfortunate deal, what else did he have to worry about, even if Yun Zheng complained in the future, he would only blame Lao Bao, and it had nothing to do with him.

"In this case, Aiqing will set off as soon as possible to settle these good horses, and I hope to have 100,000 iron horsemen to dominate the world as soon as possible."

Lao Bao smiled and took the order, Zou Tong saw that His Majesty had finished narrating, he waved his hand, and the dressed dancer slowly walked out of the hall twice, and the musicians also stood on both sides, with a light drum, the dancer with gold plates on her satin clothes knelt on one knee with Changge, and after the horn sounded. He opened his mouth and sang: "Beat the drum and use the soldiers." The city of the earth is Cao, and I travel south alone. From Sun Tzu Zhong, Ping Chen and Song. I don't want to go, I'm worried. Where do you live? Lost his horse? What do you want? Under the forest. Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. Yu is broad, not I live. Yu Xun Xi, I don't believe it......"

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