Yelu Zongzheng has been completely disappointed, but he didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty had abandoned the original pedantry and become so shrewd, in fact, the change in the atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty was mostly because of the influence of the commodity economy on the Great Song Dynasty.

Originally, the values of the Great Song Dynasty were based on the official position, but since Zhao Zhen came into power, he has paid more attention to commercial development, and the policy towards merchants has become more and more generous.

The civil and military officials became more and more closely connected with the merchants, and even when there was a political matter, they needed the help of the merchants who were full of copper smell, taxes, audits, righteous deeds, and even military salaries had to be turned over from the merchants.

Local officials need businessmen, economic construction and the people's living standards are their year-end survey, Zhao Zhen changed the survey system of local officials, mainly based on the living standards of the local people.

With the development of the commodity economy, businessmen still insist on honesty as their duty, but officials are more and more deviating from the norms of scholars, which is inevitable, after all, businessmen stand up with sincerity, so that he can do more and more, and officials learn from businessmen all kinds of means.

This is very bad, just like the current court, pedantry is also one side of the coin, and his opposite is persistence and perseverance, Lu Zongdao is like this, and so is Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng, who returned to the court, refused all the rewards of Zhao Zhen, and only took what he deserved as a prisoner, but he was not greedy for the military merits of the soldiers at all, which was his insistence in his heart, and Zhao Zhen praised him in front of the courtiers.

But Bao Zheng's answer surprised everyone: "The ministers are in charge of the army, bowing to the relatives and the king, it is really the reason of heaven and earth, and I can't afford the praise of the officials." ”

Suddenly the scene became embarrassing, and it also made Lu Zongdao's distancing more frequent, things are good and bad, although the court with a changed atmosphere has become more selfish, but this selfishness will have unexpected effects when it is reflected in the interests of the country, just like the plan of Yelu Zongzheng has failed.

The courtiers did not want to help the Liao Dynasty, and they saw in the turbulent Liao Dynasty a side that was favorable to the Great Song.

Straight Dao Yelu Zong was willing to leave and no one stood up to speak for him, Bao Zheng was held by his colleagues, but Lu Zongdao closed his mouth tightly under Zhao Zhen's eyes.

Zhao Zhen sighed slightly, everything in the world is not perfect, but the current Great Song Dynasty is indeed strong, and the change in the atmosphere of the officials is only in front of the envoys of the Liao Dynasty, and their unique style is still there.

This is the most reassuring thing for Zhao Zhen, after all, for the scholars who are soaked in Confucianism, the evaluation of them in the Huanghuang history books is more important, and the supervision inspectors sent by Zhao Zhen to the state capitals are not ornaments, they are all poor children trained by Lu Zongdao, and they have studied Confucian classics since they were young, and they are upright as if they were carved out of a mold with Lu Zongdao.

Even Zhao Zhen felt uncomfortable when he saw them, and the rules on his body were too heavy.

But they found out a large number of corrupt and perverted the law from the officials of the state government, and Zhao Zhen had to reuse them, which was a conspiracy planned by Lu Zongdao from the beginning.

He wants to make the Great Song Dynasty inseparable from these honest and outspoken people, and let this system form the ancestral law from Zhao Zhen and survive for a long time in the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen sometimes wonders, is this a precedent for opening a procuratorate?

As Zhao Zhen's thoughts drifted away, Yelu Zongzheng slowly left with heavy steps, he expected in his heart that Zhao Zhen would stop him, but unfortunately his expectations were often in vain, he found that Zhao Zhen, a monarch with unparalleled benevolence, would only show his benevolence to the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty, and he would be stingy with a foreign minister like himself.

The faltering Yelu Zongzheng slowly left under the gaze of the civil and military officials, but his whisper could be heard by many people: "Sure enough, it is far from Emperor Zhenzong......"

Everyone didn't pierce it, but Wang Zeng's body trembled slightly, while Ding Wei snorted lightly.

When Yelu Zongzheng walked away, Zhao Zhen slowly spoke: "There are no foreign ministers here, you may as well talk about your feelings, and I will listen to you." ”

Wang Zeng went out and said: "Your Majesty, although the edict of Emperor Daxing of the Liao Dynasty was lost, you should still respect the Empress Dowager Qi Tian as an orthodox ...... in terms of etiquette."

"The prince's words are reasonable, this is the outline of etiquette and law, and I can't afford to lose it, please make a decision quickly!"

Lu Zongdao also followed the class to echo Wang Zeng's words, and finally a heavy minister was willing to stand up, he Lu Zongdao had been holding back for a long time, in his opinion, recognizing and maintaining the imperial power of the Liao Dynasty was to maintain the Great Song Dynasty, after all, the Liao Dynasty was the Northern Dynasty recognized by the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen said helplessly: "At this time, the Liao Dynasty has no edict to show people, how can I intervene, but I have already informed the envoys of the Liao Dynasty to protect the Empress Dowager Qi Tian." ”

Hearing what the official family said, the courtiers were slightly surprised, the official's words had been said very clearly, he thought that he was secretly helping Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, and it was already rare to do this without the Liao Dynasty announcing the edict.

Everyone nodded slightly and praised in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly to himself, Shengming? If he was really a saint, he should support Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu's plan, instead of being unaware, this kid and Xia Zhu really dare to do anything!

Even if it is thousands of miles away, Zhao Zhen still knows Xia Zhu's small actions well, Song Xiaoyi's black hand and Cai Ji are you and me, even if you don't know it, it's impossible, the dignified Song Dynasty's concubine and the governor actually secretly funded the imperial concubine Xiao Yunjin's regent dictatorship, if this is spread, even if the two of them take the blame off, he Zhao Zhen will have an ugly face.

But it has come to this point, and Zhao Zhen can only pray that the plan of the two of them will not be discovered.

The secret letter in the sleeve was pinched tightly by Zhao Zhen, this thing must be destroyed after returning to the palace, and no evidence must be left, everything can only be handled by Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu, even if it is successful, it cannot be announced to the world, this is the sadness of the secret spy.

But Zhao Zhen himself knew what these two people did, and if Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu's plan succeeded, he would not treat them badly, and now Zhao Zhen's anger is because Cai Boyu doesn't listen to him.

At the beginning, he had warned him countless times, although Xia Zhu was a capable minister, but his methods were too ruthless, this kid just didn't listen, now he was well in it, and when he came back, he would definitely let Zhao Miaoyuan clean him up!

Cai Boyu, who was far away in the Liao Dynasty, sneezed twice, causing Xia Zhu to be slightly surprised: "Cai family boy, you are wearing much thicker clothes than the old man, why did you sneeze instead, isn't it typhoid fever?" ”

Cai Boyu shook his head inexplicably and glanced at the south and said, "It's nothing, I just feel an itchy nose, isn't it someone in Tokyo who says bad things about me......"