Bianjing. Imperial.

It's already night, Gyeongbokgun Hall is still brightly lit, and Zhao Zhen doesn't want to sleep yet.

Wherever the emperor is, there need to be accompanied by many people carrying lamps, in addition to being lively, it is also a righteous and bright interpretation. It's the rule.

Zhao Zhen is a frugal man, but he still needs the honor guard that the emperor should have.

The various little eunuchs standing below were quietly passing their eyes, guessing what the emperor was excited about, not sleeping so late, but holding a certain minister's newspaper in his hand and pondering.

The obviously sinister old eunuch stood beside Zhao Zhen, and turned his eyes sideways in a sinister manner, which frightened the little eunuchs so much that they quickly lowered their heads and didn't dare to make eye contact.

At this time, Zhao Zhen's health was not good, so the old eunuch said worriedly: "It's night, it's time for the official family to rest, don't be tired." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, I'm happy today." Zhao Zhen smiled and raised the newspaper in his hand again: "This is Zhang Fangping's report to me." Can you believe it, that prodigy of mine, the strategy submitted last time was not empty talk, and it has already begun to bear fruit. Zhang Fangping said that the child has already begun the artificial incubation work. The efficiency of the chick birth process has been accelerated by dozens of times. Chicks are increasing in the Shuzhou market, and Zhang Fangping's outlook is that more and more people in Shuzhou will eat eggs in the coming year, and the price of eggs will drop sharply. ”

The old eunuch said: "The old servant thinks that it is too difficult to circulate in this era, and eggs are fragile materials and difficult to transport, so it may not be a blessing in the world, at least it is difficult for Bianjing not to enjoy it." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly: "You are wrong again this time. Zhang Fangping said that the child handed over the hatching method to the imperial court. Zhang Fangping is now in Shuzhou, personally familiar with the process of artificial incubation of chicks, he wants to understand these processes thoroughly, then of course it will be promoted in many places in the future, including Bianjing. Thanks to the prodigy, the price of eggs purchased in our imperial city should soon be cheaper. ”

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The old eunuch felt a little bad. That little kid seems to be too fearless, I hope not a saint. There are already too many saints in our Great Song Dynasty, and we can't have any more.

The old eunuch's inner thoughts were actually the reason why Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly, so the emperor said again: "Do you think it is the child's selflessness, or Zhang Fangping threatened to blackmail the Wang family?" ”

The old eunuch thought about it rigorously, bowed down and said: "Zhang Xianggong's reputation has never been very good, and he is more unrestrained. So...... The old servant thought that he was more likely to threaten and blackmail the child. ”

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." My country, my people, Zhang Fangping's doing this is tantamount to blackmailing the Wang family for me. So what do you think I should do to make up for the Wang family? ”

The old eunuch said: "Of course, Your Majesty is in charge. However, some people were already unhappy about giving him a prodigy last time, he was too young, and the old servant felt that it was not appropriate to be in a hurry. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and muttered: "The people of the world think that I can do whatever I want, but who knows the troubles of the emperor's family. That Sima Guang didn't know why, he actually wrote to me and asked me to revoke the title of prodigy, he said that the child's three views were not right, and said that sooner or later he would ruin my reputation. Except for Sima Guang who has a grudge against the child, the others are not unable to get along with the child, but with Wang Anshi. In particular, officials in Huaixi have the greatest opinion of Wang Anshi this time. ”

The old eunuch didn't care about these things, so he stopped talking.

But Zhao Zhen was very lonely, he was really alone, so he needed to talk, so he continued to sigh: "Everyone has a difficult scripture, the pressure of the Great Song Dynasty is the pressure of me, the pressure of me has become the pressure of Zhang Fangping, and the pressure of Zhang Fangping has become the pressure of Wang Anshi, so in order to solve the hole in Lingnan now, Wang Anshi has offended more and more people." It's a cycle, and it's an endless cycle. In this world, why are there so many contradictions that cannot be resolved? ”

Then he said again: "This Wang Anshi is also ...... He has been a controversial figure since he came out, and he is really a rock. ”

The old eunuch said with a smile: "These old servants remember that when he entered Beijing to take the exam, in view of the fact that he was very good when he was a child, many people were optimistic about him before the palace examination, and the nobles in the capital summoned him one after another to ask for help. But Wang Anshi didn't go, and he didn't give anyone face. Then after the Imperial City Division monitored this, the old servant reported to you personally. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "That's why I've been paying attention to him since then. I don't think he's good, I just think he's special. In fact, since then, he has begun to offend people, causing me to want to appoint him as the champion and make a higher appointment. But the ministers who summoned him unsuccessfully stopped doing it, pestering me all day long saying that this is not appropriate, that is not appropriate, that is annoying, and there is no way to do it, so I have to order him to rank fourth and first, and use it outside. ”

"As a result, he is accompanied by controversy everywhere, and sometimes even works against me, which is really hateful." Zhao Zhen finally said.

The old eunuch laughed secretly, this is Wang Anshi's career. Otherwise, in fact, he Wang Anshi can fight for six years less when he reaches this position.

It's all because of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, if there is no particularly prominent situation, they are generally assessed for three years in accordance with the rules, and then moved. For Wang Anshi's guy, if he had been more clever when he entered Beijing to catch the exam, the champion and the starting point would have been one level higher, which would have saved him three years of struggle.

After that, he was more clever, don't offend the emperor and other bigwigs, and he will fight for three years less. It's a pity that it was a thatched stone, so it took ten years to get to the position of Shuzhou general judge.

Of course, the thorn also has the benefit of the thorn, because of his specialness, the emperor always pays attention to that guy, and when he does not do a bad job, others can't suppress him, and the rise is indeed slower, but it is rising.

After being silent for a while, Zhao Zhen said: "I was thinking at the time, the child is too young to be rewarded, and educating his son is also the credit of Wang Anshi, so is it possible to add the reward to Wang Anshi to a certain extent." But he, Wang Anshi, is good, because I can't find a reason to take care of him. He sent grain, and he sent grain, and he went over there to beat Chen Shu, which was a frying pot, and he was not beating people but literati. ”

The old eunuch secretly thought it was funny, after Chen was beaten, the emperor thought it was good at first, but then the situation took a turn for the worse, Chen was really miserable in the capital, really pitiful. As a result, the more merciful emperor began to sympathize with Chen and blame Wang Anshi for beating people.

Immediately afterwards, it was now the incident in which Zhang Fangping blackmailed the Wang family and brought benefits to the country, and as a result, the emperor was a little wronged by Wang Anshi and wanted to give some compensation. It's a pity that Lao Wang's very bad deeds of beating people have been recorded, and at the same time, the entire Huaixi officials who have now been taken away from their income are beating Wang Anshi's small report.

Seeking more and making less decisions means being entangled, which is why Zhao Zhen doesn't sleep and sits here.

The emperor thought that these guys didn't have a fuel-efficient lamp, and what was even more annoying was that he didn't know if Zhang Fangping was crazy, and he actually took the Lingnan Xuanfu envoy and the privy deputy envoy on the grounds of "privately dividing the war wealth".

Lao Zhang only wanted to hang Di Qing up and smoke Zhao Zhen to accept it, but unfortunately Zhang Fangping was a little unparticular, to be precise, Di Qing was put under house arrest. Then the news leaked, and Bao Zheng received the news.

So Zhao Zhen is really big now. How the Great Song Dynasty army brought everyone to know, but Bao Zheng didn't know. So yes, Di Qing, the privy deputy envoy recommended by Prime Minister Pang Ji and appointed by Zhao Zhen, turned out to be that Bao Zheng brought his own lunch box to chase Di Qing and bite.

None of the good things are there, and it looks like none of them are wrong. As a result, Zhao Zhen was wronged.

That's how they treated a general who had repeatedly performed miraculous feats for the Great Song Dynasty, recommended by the prime minister, and appointed by the emperor.

Just Zhang Fangping and Bao Zheng, if the two guys jump, Zhao Zhen still has a way to balance. However, Ouyang Xiu, who was worried about his dead father, was not in his position, but he also jumped out to make trouble. Ouyang Xiu seized the opportunity to write to the emperor and said: "Look, the old man said that it was a villain, and he couldn't be trusted, and when the country was worried about internal and external troubles, it was a villain to privately divide the war wealth, and he was caught by Zhang Fangping."

Zhao Zhen only smiled bitterly at this document, Ouyang Xiu's words "caught by Zhang Fangping" are so ecstasy that he is worthy of the literary world. So Ouyang Xiu meant "Although I jumped out, don't blame me, the official family, Zhang Fangping and them did it, it's none of my business, I just said it in passing by."

In the capital, Pang Ji was very angry for Ouyang Xiu's trouble, and Pang Taishi used the following words when he wrote an article satirically: Ouyang Xiu is a handsome minister, but now that the Great Song Dynasty is stable, he doesn't need to strategize in the thatched house, settle down, don't think about doing things, otherwise it will be unfilial. He will not be loyal to those who are not filial.

Sweat. So there was no stop here, and Pang Ji and Ouyang Xiu also pinched up over there.

So now no one pays attention to the defeated second-rate son of Chen Wei. Fortunately, Chen is no longer in danger of being angry to death, and Lao Chen's saviors are Zhang Fangping and Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi later publicly wrote a letter of apology, and his words were sincere. Later, Zhang Fangping unreasonably put Di Qing under house arrest, so Chen Wei, who was most disgusted with Di Qing, also found a trace of psychological comfort.

At the very least, although Chen Zhi was defeated, now that Di Qing is about to be denied, Chen Zhi's "resistance to Di Qing's order" has become a political incident with movement, rather than a simple and crude military trial.

Now, Zhao Zhen, who is scheming and decisive, holds a grudge against Zhang Fangping for masturbating Di Qing, and the advantage is that Zhao Zhen doesn't want to force Chen Zhi to death, so now that Zhang Fangping gave Di Qing a critical blow, he has found a reason to open up for Chen Cheng to a certain extent.

Speaking of which, Pang Ji is not a good thing. Theoretically, Di Qing was promoted by him, and in Di Qing's matter, his position should be the same as mine. However, the person who is chasing the Di Qing incident now is Bao Zheng, but he Pang Ji doesn't want to provoke Bao Zheng, so he chases Ouyang Xiu and Zhang Fangping.

It's normal for Ouyang Xiu to be in a bad mood when his father dies, right?

Also, Zhao Zhen knew that Pang Ji was unhappy with Zhang Fangping now, not because of the Di Qing incident, but because Pang Ji was protecting his good student Sima Guang, and Sima Guang was chasing the Wang family again, and Zhang Fangping was protecting the Wang family. So I pinched it.

"It's a mess, this group of people, they're not as good as a child. It is said that the older a person gets, the more like a child, and these guys are more childlike than Wang Yan. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and became sleepy, so he got up and planned to go back to sleep.

After taking two steps, Zhao Zhen said again: "Warning Sima Guang to 'let go of that prodigy' and don't chase the child all day long to find trouble." ”

"Is it to directly issue a warning, or to let Pang Ji pass the word?" The old eunuch said.

Pang Ji passed the word. It's not that I'm slippery, but everyone is sacrificing, the prime minister just wants to share my worries, he Pang Yuan won't even be willing to sacrifice this point, right? After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he washed and slept, and he could only do this for the time being......