Chapter 16: The Father-Daughter Dispute
Out of the Kaifeng Mansion, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen originally wanted to return to the palace from the right door not far away, but when he thought that he would let the people in the palace know, especially Queen Cao knew that he had gone out of the palace during the day, he dispelled this idea.
So, they first passed the Liangmen of the inner city, walked a short distance west along Liangmen Street, and went to the north corner street when they arrived at the urn tile.
After walking for almost three or four miles, I passed by Xia Zhu's mansion on the right side of the street, and this time, I saw that the two big stone lions in front of Xia Zhu's mansion had disappeared.
It was only at this time that Song Renzong Zhao Zhen completely wanted to believe what Bao Zheng had said in the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion before, that the two big stone lions were carried away by the people of the Street Division in a carriage.
Then walk north along the main street, and after two moments of effort, you will arrive at the White Tiger Bridge, and then get off the shore and get on the boat, and walk along the Jinshui River in the direction of the Imperial Palace's Ouchi Jinshui Gate.
After getting on the boat, Zhao Huiruo, who had been holding back all the way, opened the chatterbox, and asked her father Zhao Zhen in a puzzled tone: "Daddy, you just told Bao Governor in the Kaifeng Mansion that the young men who led the team among the dozen or so street division soldiers who performed official duties in front of Xia Zhizai's Mansion will be of great use in the future. My daughter is not talented, why can't she see it? ”
After listening to Zhao Huiruo's inquiry, Zhao Zhen first pondered for a moment, and then replied seriously: "Ruo'er, in my opinion, this person can lead the soldiers of the Street Division to compete with the deacons in the Xia Deacon's Mansion, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
"Even many ministers in the court, when they see the deacons in Xia Zhu's mansion, they will be polite. I have to say that this person's courage is commendable, and he has the courage of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. ”
After answering, Zhao Zhen saw his daughter Zhao Huiruo standing beside him, with a disdainful look on her cheeks, so she asked in a curious tone: "Ruo'er, you seem to have a prejudice against this person, can you tell me about it?" ”
As soon as Zhao Zhen's words of inquiry fell, looking for Hui Ruo, who was standing on the side, didn't even think about it, and replied bluntly: "Daddy, in Ruo'er's opinion, this person is as timid as a mouse, where is there a father who can speak so well."
"Daddy knew that when he saw that more than a dozen soldiers from the Street Division were about to fight with more than 20 families in Xia Zhizai's Mansion, Ruo'er really couldn't stand it, so he took it upon himself to stand up and prepared to help the soldiers of the Street Division deal with the families of the Zhizaifu together.
"But who knows, as soon as Ruo'er made a move, that person not only fought side by side with Ruo'er to deal with the family in Xia Zhizai's mansion, but also hid behind Ruo'er, letting Ruo'er protect him. Previously, Ruo'er heard that the people who worked as errands in the Street Division turned out to be the Xiang Army under Kaifeng Mansion, and their combat effectiveness was only a little weaker than the forbidden army directly commanded by Daddy.
"This person is a dignified man, and he is from the Xiangjun army, he will not dare to make a move with the family in Xia Zhizai's mansion when he fights, and hides behind a weak woman in Ruo'er, he is clearly a cowardly and fearful of life, greedy for life and afraid of death, where is there such a good thing you say, daddy?!"
After listening to what Hui Ruo said, Zhao Zhen was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to defend himself, but in the dark, he felt that there should be something outstanding about this street division soldier.
To say that Zhang Maoze, who served as the deputy governor of the inner chamberlain, was not in vain in the palace, and in addition, he was very good at observing words and feelings, at this time, he saw that Zhao Zhen and Zhao Huiruo's father and daughter had different opinions on a soldier in the street division, and in the face of Zhao Huiruo's rebuttal, Zhao Zhen was powerless to refute the confession, and fell into an extremely embarrassing situation.
So, Zhang Mao hurriedly stepped forward, started a round, and said with a smile: "What the princess just said sounds a little reasonable. However, the official family is really the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and there has been no mistake in distinguishing people.
"For example, many famous ministers and good generals in the current dynasty were discovered and promoted by the officials. For example, the princess usually likes to read articles by those authors, such as Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang and Su Shi, and so on.
"The people who can be seen by the official family will definitely have great achievements in the future. The princess, who is just twenty-eight years old, is not as old as the weak crown, and it is a little shallow to know people and things, and it is understandable. The little one thinks that whether this person will be reused by the court in the future depends on his own creation.
"If this person's performance in the street division is outstanding, the official family will definitely demote talents and entrust him with important responsibilities. Of course, if this person does not perform well, it means that he is not angry. ”
Seeing that Zhang Mao played the role of a peacemaker at this time, from what he said, three points affirmed Zhao Huiruo and seven points praised Zhao Zhen, which naturally alleviated Zhao Zhen's embarrassment and made Zhao Zhen very satisfied.
Although Zhao Huiruo did not continue to refute Zhang Maoze, she secretly retorted in her heart: Deputy Zhang knows that he is a sycophant, and his father naturally promoted many famous ministers and good generals, isn't there also a Xia Zhu? Moreover, Xia Zhu is still the ruling of the dynasty, and at present, he is fighting with the Western Xia with troops on the northwest border, no wonder he has been defeated repeatedly, but hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops cannot defeat the Western Xia army with tens of thousands of troops.
What's even more odious is that once he was defeated in the battle against the Western Xia Army, Xia Zhu, the commander, had nothing to do, and the person who was condemned by the imperial court turned out to be Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Xia Zhu's official position as a deputy general was completely unaffected.
Now, even a little deacon in Xia Zhu's mansion doesn't take his father as an official in his eyes, how rampant is this? The officials have repeatedly promoted and reused Xia Zhu, isn't it a good negative teaching material.
It's just that Zhao Huiruo only dared to complain in her heart secretly, but she didn't dare to say it, because she knew that as a daughter's family, she should not care too much about interfering in the government and politics, so that she could wait to become a man, so that she could solve problems for her father as an official.
While speaking, Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong and Zhao Huiruo, the princess of Fukang, took a small boat and followed the Jinshui River to the Jinshui Gate and entered the palace.
At the same time, Yin Baozheng of Kaifeng Mansion was not idle, since sending away Song Renzong Zhao Zhen and his party, he hurriedly wrote an official document in his office, took a dozen officials, took a carriage, and went straight to the Yamen of the Street Division.
After arriving at the yamen of the street division, Bao Zheng didn't say a word, and immediately summoned everyone in the street division to the front yard to read out the content of the official document.
Before Bao Zheng read out the contents of the official document, many people standing in the assembly team could be said to have ghosts in their hearts.
In Wang Hao's opinion at this time, when he led people to demolish the two big stone lions in front of Xia Zhizai's mansion, it was past noon today, so he naturally violated the edict of Zhao Guanjia, and he was worried that the content of the official document that Bao Zheng was about to read out was to punish him.
For Sun Youcai, the Si Cheng of the Street Division, he was overjoyed, because he took it for granted that the two big stone lions in front of Xia Zhizai's mansion were not only removed, but also transported in a carriage and should be rewarded by the imperial court.