The reason why this person called himself a "little minister" in front of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was because he was of a very low rank among the civil and military officials who participated in the early dynasty.

As the right speaker, he is just an official from the seventh grade, wearing a green official robe, which is particularly eye-catching among the courtiers wearing purple or vermilion official robes.

And what he said was that the four courtiers who spoke after Yan Shu were also harsh to hear.

Especially in the imperial history where he spoke before, Wang Gongchen was even more red-faced, mostly because Wang Gongchen and him were brothers-in-law, Wang Gongchen and him, as the same list of jinshi, respectively married the daughter of Xue Kui, the then governor of the political council.

At that time, Xu Kui first married his third daughter to Wang Gongchen as his wife, but who only Xue Kui's third daughter was a short-lived woman, and she died not long after marrying Wang Gongchen, so Xue Kui married his fifth daughter to Wang Gongchen.

Speaking of this person in a green official robe, his talent and ability were before Wang Gongchen, and after he won the Jinshi, he was also Xue Kui's preferred candidate, but at that time, Ouyang Xiu married someone else's daughter as his wife, and Xue Kui, who was eager to ask for a son-in-law, had no choice but to do it.

But who knew that his hair extension wife was a man with a thin life, and he died at a young age, so Xue Kui married his dead daughter to him to continue the string.

And after he married Xue Kui's fourth daughter, it didn't take long for Xue Kui's third daughter who married Wang Gongchen to die, and Wang Gongchen married Xue Kui's fifth daughter as his wife.

So, in the streets of Tokyo, Wang Gongchen's joke began to circulate, saying that he married his sister and married his sister in order to tie up with Xue Kui, who was in an important position of governor at that time, and became a laughing stock for the people in Tokyo after dinner.

And he, who first became a brother-in-law and then a brother-in-law, even during Wang Gongchen's few banquets, when he was drunk, he laughed at Wang Gongchen for marrying his sister and sister, and since then Wang Gongchen has been obsessed with him, although the two have a brother-in-law relationship, they are not close.

In addition, their father-in-law Xue Kui has passed away for more than ten years, and there is very little movement between the two families, not to mention, he is a little arrogant, his official rank is not as high as Wang Gongchen, and he doesn't want outsiders to spread gossip.

Seeing this, many book friends must have guessed that this person is Ouyang Xiu, a great politician and great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was listed as "one of the eight great families of the Tang and Song dynasties" by later generations.

Previously, Wang Gongchen secretly made a decision in his heart, that is, wait, if someone spoke behind him to express his opposition, he would leave the class again and mercilessly refute the people who spoke behind him.

However, to Wang Gongchen's surprise, the person who spoke behind him was not only his brother-in-law but also his brother-in-law, and his "life", if he dared to refute, he would probably be humiliated in the end, because he was afraid of Ouyang Xiu's eloquence.

Just now, Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong, who was sitting in the hall, listened to the speeches of Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Yuanyu and Wang Gongchen, and almost completely shook his determination to adopt the advice of these four people.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu refuted the above four people, and what he said was reasonable, which immediately made Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who had already wavered in his determination, gradually settle down again.

"What you just said is, in my opinion, more reasonable. The content of the previous speeches of several people is inevitably a bit alarmist, I wonder if Zhu Qing still has high opinions? You might as well say it to my face.

"The old rule, whether it is good or bad, I will forgive all innocence." Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was still a little undecided, and after scanning the ministers standing in the hall, he pretended to be calm and continued to ask.

Bao Zheng, who was dressed in a vermilion official robe, endured for a long time, and finally came out of the queue at this time, stood up straight, puffed up his chest, and faced Song Renzong, who was sitting in the hall, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Uncle Ou Yong said is the real situation in Tokyo.

"In the presence of all the ministers, the minister issued a military order to His Majesty, and if the anger of the people in Tokyo is aroused because of the investigation and prosecution of the street division and the demolition of illegal buildings, the minister is willing to resign from the post of governor of Kaifeng.

"In addition, from now on, the minister will work together with the street division to demolish all the illegal buildings in Tokyo within 10 days at the earliest, or within 7 days at the earliest, and if it is not completed on time, the minister is willing to apologize with death."

Saying this, Bao Zheng raised his head and looked at Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Yuanyu, and Wang Gongchen, who had just spoken before Ouyang Xiu, and asked with some indignation: "I don't know if the four ministers, Jia Shenzhi, who is alarmist, Chen Zhizhong, the right counselor, Liu Yuanyu, and Wang Gongchen, the imperial history, dare to put their official positions and lives on the line?" ”

In the face of Bao Zheng's questioning, Fang Cai, Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Yuanyu, and Wang Gongchen, who were still boastful, were silent at this time, and they didn't dare to accept Bao Zheng's words at all.

These four guys, they can talk big in the court on weekdays, but if it comes to a critical moment, let them use their official position or even their net worth to guarantee their lives, they will obediently shut their mouths.

And Bao Zheng hit the nail on the head, seeing that the four of them were afraid of losing their officials and sacrificing their lives, as the saying goes: to fight a snake is to hit seven inches.

After nearly a cup of tea, Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Yuanyu, and Wang Gongchen did not say a word, and they did not quit the train to gamble with Bao Zheng, which made many other courtiers who did not think it was a big deal to see the excitement look down on the four of them.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong, who was sitting in the hall, saw that Bao Zheng had just put a military order with his life and Kaifeng Mansion Yin, but Jia Changchao and the other four did not dare to fight, so he felt a lot more at ease in his heart.

In this case, I accepted Bao Qing's military order, and within ten days, all illegal buildings in Tokyo were completely demolished. If this arouses public indignation, I will ask Bao Qing is question. If you have no objections, you should retire as soon as possible! Zhao Zhen, who was sitting solemnly and steadily, immediately made a ruling.

After Bao Zheng left the palace, he was not in a hurry to return to Kaifeng Mansion, he rode in a carriage, out of the right door of the palace, and went straight to the street near the Liangmen Gate.

Bao Zheng got out of the carriage and came to the front of the street department's yamen, but saw that the door was closed, so he sent an accompanying official to knock on the door, but the official just knocked on the door with a strong "bang", and the originally closed door was opened.

After opening the door, Bao Zheng rushed in with several attendants, and found that there was not even a shadow of a person in the front yard, just as he secretly wondered how the street division yamen, which had a staff of 500 people, how could there be no one at this moment, but he heard the sound of coming from the backyard one after another, and suddenly, he was very angry.