At this time, Su Song, Zhang Dan, and Cai Bian came together, and when they saw Zhao Xu's smile, they looked at Bingbu Langzhong expectantly and eagerly.

Lang Zhong of the military department immediately raised his hand and said, "The three ministers, Xihe Road came to report, they repelled the attack of the Xia people and beheaded more than 2,000 people. ”

The corners of Su Song's tense face suddenly eased, and he nodded slightly.

Zhang Dian didn't seem to have any surprise on his face, his eyes flickered, and he said: "Xihe Road can repel the Xia people, Huanqing Road over there must be some preparations, Zhang Qi may be waiting for the opportunity." ”

Cai Bian listened and nodded thoughtfully.

The Xia people brought 300,000 troops, the queen mother and the emperor personally marched, and they were full of vigor, and they really had to face the battle head-on, even if they could win, Huanqing Road would have to pay a huge price.

One drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, Huanqing Road to avoid its edge, to wait for work is the best policy.

Zhao Xu nodded, looked at Su Song and the others, and said, "Give credit to Xihe Road, and in addition, order other places to pay close attention to the movements of Huanqing Road." ”

"Yes." Su Song and the others in the confidential room hurriedly responded.

Zhao Xu had a bottom in his heart, and the whole person relaxed a lot, patted his thigh, and said with a smile: "If there is any news, notify me immediately." The weather is not early, and the family should rest early to recuperate. ”

Su Song and the others looked at Zhao Xu and raised their hands.

Zhao Xu was a little excited, waved his hand, got up and walked out.

Zhao Xu entered the Vertical Arch Palace, explained it, and went straight back to the Funing Palace.

Outside the Funing Palace, some palace maids blushed and left quickly, and the sound coming from Zhao Xu's bedroom really made them red-faced.

Renmyeongjeon.

Meng Meiren was quietly embroidering something, and a cronie palace maid quietly walked over and whispered in front of her: "Niangniang, the official family recruited Liu Meiren again today." ”

Meng Meiren hummed casually and said, "I arranged it." ”

The palace maid frowned and said, "Niangniang, the atmosphere in the palace has been a little delicate recently, and many people have gone to Liu Meiren's to be courteous, can you continue to do this." ”

Meng Meiren kept dropping needles and said: "On the occasion of this important event, don't talk nonsense, pass on the words, chew the root of the tongue, and beat the palace with a stick." ”

The palace maid pursed her lips, hesitated again and again, and said: "Niangniang, I think the official family is not as close to Niangniang as before. ”

Meng Meiren remained silent and glanced up at her.

The palace maid's face changed suddenly, and she hurriedly bowed down and said, "The little maid is mouthy!" ”

Meng Meiren's face was expressionless, and she continued to bow her head and embroider.

……

In the next few days, there was no news from Huanqing Road, but a tense atmosphere permeated Kaifeng City.

Some rumors of the defeat have been rampant, and some officials of the Six Ministries and Seven Temples who are not aware of it have been shaken, and they have written books one after another, vaguely wanting to find out.

As the leader of the 'New Party', once Huanqing Road is defeated, then the responsibility will not be Zhao Xu's, it will definitely fall on Zhang Dan!

Not only did the 'old party' attack frantically, but there was also a slight crack within the 'new party', and some people openly jumped out to cut off with Zhang Tun, turned the muzzle of the gun, and called on Zhao Xu to recall Cai Qu and Zeng Bu some ministers during the Yuanfeng period.

Zhao Xu was as immobile as a mountain, and handled government affairs in the vertical arch hall as usual.

With the continuous infiltration of the 'new party' and the expansion of the imperial court to the localities, all kinds of strange things happened one after another, and some things were simply ridiculous.

For example, someone accused Cai Bian that he had accepted 'hospitality' from the local gentry in Lingnan and had accepted a bribe of 123 yuan, and the time, place, and witnesses were clearly listed.

For example, someone accused Zhang Dun that he had hidden the 'dragon robe' that he had prepared a long time ago at home, and he also took the year name 'Great Sage', and was preparing to usurp the throne and become emperor, and the time was a month later.

Even, some people impeached Li Qingchen, accusing him of stealing the neighbor's chicken when he was a child, which affirmed that he had a corrupt character since he was a child and was not worthy of standing in the court.

Zhao Xu knew that the struggle within the civil official group was fierce, all kinds of strange things could happen, and he also knew the various versions of the word 'picking up ashes', but he was still speechless about the bottom line of these courtiers, and he simply regarded the court as an idiot!

Zhao Xu threw all these playbooks into the trash, looked at Shen Qi standing in front of him, and said lightly: "Next time this kind of playbook, don't give it to me, copy dozens of copies, and send it to the six and seven temples of the Imperial History Tower, etc., especially the Imperial History Terrace, the Ministry of Officials, and the yamen of the master of the notebook, and order their chief officials to write a 'feeling after reading' to me, if the writing is not good, I will read it to him personally at the court meeting of the Zichen Palace!" ”

Shen Qi looked panicked, hurriedly raised his hand, and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

No matter how it is written in the notebook, the face is always wanted, and it really has to be read out by the official in the Zichen Palace, no matter how thick the skin is, it can't be stopped!

Zhao Xu didn't want these messy performances to bother him, glanced at Chen Pi, shook his head in his heart, looked at Shen Qi and said, "The various patrols of the Imperial History Observatory press the Imperial History, do you have any news to reply?" ”

Shen Qi said: "Back to the official's house, no." ”

Zhao Xu asked and said, "None of them?" ”

Shen Qi bowed his head slightly, raised his hand, and said, "Yes." ”

Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows and sat up straight.

Although the 'old party' in Beijing has been cleaned up, outside Beijing, except for the remote places where they were exiled, most of the officials are still the 'old party', and the 'old party' in Beijing inspects the 'old party' outside Beijing, and it is obvious that there is no longer the slightest bit of it.

Zhao Xu snorted coldly and said, "I really can't expect anything from them. According to the plan, let them take turns to patrol and keep a record. Then he sent a message to the Imperial Historical Tower, ordering them to re-select the competent people and inspect the roads again next year...... Let's keep it a secret. ”

Shen Qi's scalp was faintly numb, he lowered his head, and said, "The minister's order." ”

As soon as Zhao Xu was about to open his mouth, he saw Cai Bian coming in quickly, and said directly: "Official, Yan Yan Road is urgent, they repelled the attacking Xia soldiers three days ago, beheaded more than 1,000 people, and Yan Yan Road is intact. ”

Zhao Xu immediately took a piece of paper handed over by him, read it carefully, his expression was greatly inspired, and he laughed loudly: "Give Yan Yanlu credit!" By the way, is there any news on Huanqing Road? ”

Cai Bian's excited face was solemn, and he said: "Not for the time being, the Xia people should use Huanqing Road as the main battlefield, and Zhang Qi and others may fight the Xia people in the Huanzhou area." ”

After such a long time, Zhao Xu and the Great Song Dynasty basically saw clearly that the main attack of the Xia people was Huanqing Road, and Zhang Qiming also hoarded heavy troops on Huanqing Road, and the two sides alternated attack and defense, testing each other, and it was almost the same.

Zhao Xu also felt in his heart that it had been almost a month, and the Xia people had besieged Huanzhou and attacked Mubo Town for more than ten days.

Zhao Xu had a calm face and said: "Order the intelligence stations in the north to operate at full strength, and any news will be transmitted back as soon as possible!" ”

Cai Bian was just about to raise his hand, when a yellow door came in from the side door and whispered a few words in Chen Pi's ear.

Chen Pi waved him away without moving, glanced at Cai Bian and Shen Qi, came to Zhao Xu's ear, and said in a low voice: "Official, news from the Imperial City Division, Han Zhongyan has just entered Beijing and gone to Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Zhao Xu looked at the sky outside the palace, and there was a hint of discoloration on his face.

Han Zhongyan was Su Song's boss in the Privy Council, the last privy envoy, one of the three ministers of the Empress Dowager Gao, and the eldest son of Han Qi during the reign of Yingzong.

The reason why Zhao Xu had a different face was because he personally drove this person away, and Han Zhongyan should have no face to come back.

However, how can the current Zhao Xu care so much about Han Zhongyan?

He snorted faintly and said, "Keep an eye on it." ”

Chen Pi responded and continued to stand silently aside.

Zhao Xu and Cai Bian, Shen Qi continued to talk about things, at this time in Kaifeng Mansion, Han Zhongyan, who had not been in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, was sent out by Han Zongdao from the back door.

Kaifeng Mansion Houya.

Han Zongdao's brows tightened, and his face sank like water.

Han Zhongyan's sudden entry into Beijing and finding him made him even more uncomfortable.

The official family forcibly promoted him to the 'Governor of Political Affairs' and became one of the 'Xianggong' of the current dynasty, and ordered him to lead the Kaifeng Mansion to reform the law pilot, and forcibly pulled him into the camp of the 'New Party'. As a person who opposes the change of law in his heart, he naturally doesn't want to accept it, and he has been thinking about a proper solution and a way to get out.

If it was in the past, he could have squirted a lot, and calmly left Beijing with many 'envious' eyes and the reputation of 'uprightness', and it would not be too far away when he came again!

But now, he just wants to get out, how dare he openly argue with Zhao Xu.

In front of him stood the general judge of Kaifeng Mansion, who looked at Han Zongdao's changing expression and said softly: "Xianggong, the matter has come to this...... Don't make any more troubles, right? ”

Han Zongdao looked up at him, his heart moved, and said, "You all think so?" ”

Tongju's expression was calm, and he said: "Xianggong, what the lower officials and others are asking for is just a future, if they annoy the officials, Zhang Xianggong and the others will definitely not let it go...... We, we don't want to go to Lingnan. ”

In addition to going to Lingnan, it means leaving the prosperous Kaifeng City, the road is far away, barren and desolate, but also means a huge setback in the career, when you can come back, no one knows, but the future is inevitable.

When he arrived at the post of Kaifeng Prefecture, how could he be willing to be exiled to Lingnan?

Good birds choose trees to perch.

Han Zongdao didn't have much surprise, this sentence flashed in his heart, he was silent for a long time, and said: "You are looking at the future of the career, and I am looking at the Jiangshan Sheji." You may not know the 'Law of Xining', but I still remember the tragic scene at that time, and if it is possible, I hope I will never see it again. Zhangdun's character is Gengjie, eager as fire. How long has he been back in Beijing? dared to test the liquidation of Sima Guang and the Empress Dowager. The official family didn't react for a while, and when someone read some old things in his ear, he couldn't say that Sima Guang and the empress dowager would be settled by the queen of the autumn, and Zhang Dian took advantage of the east wind, I was afraid that it would stir up the chaos in the world, which was far better than in the Xining period......"

Listening to the judge, Ning Se didn't know what to say.

After all, Han Zongdao is the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and he is the 'prime minister', standing tall and seeing far, and his pursuit is already different.

Han Zongdao paused, and then sighed lightly: "Han Xianggong was incontinent in the Zichen Hall and lost face, he should have been ashamed to see people, but now he is desperate and comes to Beijing alone, in comparison, I am really ashamed." ”

The judge opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Han Zongdao's expression was lonely, and when he saw his expression, he said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Tong Juan bowed down and said, "Xianggong, is it too much to push everything to the 'Xining Law'?" Some maladministrations are well known and seen by the people of the world, and they are passed down from Taizu Taizong......"