Originally, after Fan Zhongyan resigned, Fu Bi, who should have been promoted smoothly and took advantage of the situation to know Kaifeng Mansion, was not effective in suppressing thieves, and the speed of promotion slowed down for a while.

On this day, Fu Bi, who was still a small Kaifeng Mansion magistrate, came with his wife to find his brother-in-law Fang Zhongyong to drink stuffy wine.

Don't look at Fu Bi at this time, he has passed the age of standing, but he is far from reaching the realm of "not being happy with things, not being sad with himself". After all, Fan Zhongyan, who said this, is still eating soil in Raozhou, and his heart and spirit are too different from him, how can he instantly transcend and become holy? It's just that I want to be able to get some promotions in terms of positions while doing a few practical things for the country and the people.

Although it is human nature, it is more utilitarian, and Mrs. Yan Shu ridicules it as a "Lu worm".

Guess that Wang is the same age as his eldest son-in-law (Wang is the third wife of Yan Shu, hehe. It's awkward to see each other, and it's inevitable that there will be some prejudice. Fang Zhongyong has no moral cleanliness, and later generations have seen many "servants" who have sharpened their heads and climbed up. Those who can think of doing something practical and have the ability to do something practical can already be called a capable official.

According to the original historical process, Fu Bi entered the center three times, went through four dynasties without falling, and always adhered to his own ideas, and Yu Shilin has a good reputation. The evaluation of a capable official is inaccurate, and it should be called talent, great talent, and Wang Zuozhicai.

Right now, this talent has a bitter face: "My brother is bitter!" Dali Temple and the Criminal Department urged me day by day, ordering me to arrest Zhang Xing and the thieves in the cave as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will be punished for the sin of mediocrity and inaction, and I will be relegated to the frontier. I don't care, it's just that my sister is miserable! ”

Yan Rongyue's sister cried: "Yan Guo is busy with official business all day long, gathering less with his family and leaving more, and he is focused on official affairs. Back home, Shao Ting and Shao Jing didn't dare to recognize him. The thieves in this Sanssouci Cave can't be eradicated with Fan Xiwen's talent, how can they criticize Yanguo? ”

Yan Rongyue also cried. Wang Lingwei, who was accompanying the guests, couldn't see others crying, and encouraged: "The husband must have a good plan, sister might as well ask?" ”

Looking at Yan Rongyue's pleading expression, Fang Zhongyong had no choice but to say, "It's not that there is no way!" It's just that the killing is too heavy, I'm afraid it will hurt the heavens and the peace! ”

Fu Shi and Yan Rongyue were still hesitating, and Fu Bi said, "Let's talk about it!" The sky is too far away, and I can't take care of it much! ”

Fang Zhongyong said: "The most powerful person in ancient times, but the word water and fire." This Sanssouci Cave originally relied on the drainage system to exist, and the water potential could not be borrowed, so it could only start from the fire. ”

Fu Bi also did a lot of hard work, and said: "This Bianliang waterway extends in all directions, with many exports, and covers a wide area. Where are the many things that cause fire? ”

"Ordinary ignition is naturally not good. Brother Yan Guo should know that there is fierce fire oil in the army! As long as white phosphorus and icing sugar are added to it, it is not afraid of water splashing, and it is like a bone appendage, and it cannot be extinguished without peeling off the skin and flesh. The most powerful thing is that when the oil is burned, it will produce a lot of toxic smoke, and it will evacuate the nearby air, which is really powerful in a closed environment. ”

Before Fang Zhongyong continued to show off his common sense of "fire self-rescue", everyone said in unison: "Absolutely not!" ”

Fu Bi said: "Although the thieves are hateful, there are still tens of thousands of people trapped in them. How can they be slaughtered indiscriminately, this plan cannot be done! It's a big deal that this official won't do it! ”

Yan Rongyue said angrily: "Xianggong must not have such vicious thoughts. We still have to accumulate more yin virtue for our son to bless future generations! As he spoke, he also lifted his son Fang Zheng up, and asked Fang Zhongyong to see the precious son who was born because of virtue.

However, Wang Lingwei asked in a very scientific spirit: "How much oil do you need?" Besides, won't people run? ”

When Fang Zhongyong said these words, he actually meant to be tempting. If Fu Bi is a real official, he defends the world's disapproval, and does such a frenzied act, he can't say that Fang Zhongyong will say to his sister-in-law, "I'm sorry for letting you be widowed."

Fortunately, Fu Bi is still sober, and he doesn't know that he escaped because of his overall situation.

But Fu Bi was a bureaucrat after all, so he still asked without giving up: "Does Wenyuan still have a good plan?" "It means that you want to find a good way not to have some bad idea of having a son. If a fire really kills more than 100,000 people, not to mention the reputation of future generations, the current public discussion will not spare me!

Fang Zhongyong said with a straight face: "The good policy is actually still on this fire, but the method is different, and there are many things that need to be prepared." If you can fulfill the prerequisites, you can do it once and for all. Otherwise, you will only have a headache and a sore foot. ”

At that moment, Fang Zhongyong told the long-thought solutions one by one, and Fu Bi also put forward his own ideas from time to time, and an operation against Sanssouci Cave began.

The next day, Fu Bi entered the palace and asked to see Zhao Zhen alone.

It was July, the weather was hot, and Zhao Zhen was afraid that he would absorb too much mercury vapor, so he simply stayed in the back garden, just waiting for the construction of the palace in Cuiwei Mountain to be completed. By the way, he eats carrots with many concubines every day, if Fang Zhongyong knows, I'm afraid he will think of the children's rhyme "Love to eat radishes, love to eat vegetables".

No, Zhao Zhen is sitting in the gazebo, holding a carrot in one hand and a pen in the other. After Xuan Fubi came in to give a salute, he pointed casually and said: "The weather is very hot, let me deal with political affairs outside!" You don't have to learn from those old ministers anymore! Have a seat. ”

Fu Bi said: "The minister doesn't dare to say more!" Xie Guan's family gave the seat. ”

After sitting down, Fu Bi pointed to the carrot in the emperor's hand: "This is ......"

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Medicine, medicine!" Without saying much, he asked after eating a few bites: "I don't know why Aiqing came?" ”

Fu Bi got up and said: "Please retreat from the official family, the minister has a big report!" ”

When the palace people retreated, Fu Bicai said: "A few times ago, a clan girl fell into the hands of a wicked person, and the court was furious. The minister is not talented, he led the Kaifeng Mansion, and failed to share the worries of the official family in time, and the sin is not forgiven. ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "It's me who is in a hurry." The problem of the waterways has existed since the beginning of the dynasty. In a hurry, there is no good way to eradicate it. I am angry at the rampant thieves, and I have a lot of harsh criticism of Aiqing, I hope Aiqing will not blame. ”

An official said, is Song Renzong so cowardly? Apologize to the courtiers?

It's really not nonsense. The famous troll Bao Zheng once made a direct admonition, and the spit stars were sprayed on Zhao Zhen's face, which is worthy of his reputation as the first troll in the ages. As a result, Zhao Zhen retreated in shame, afraid of seeing Bao Zheng. You try to change the emperor, even if you don't punish the crime on the spot, it is always indispensable to settle accounts after the autumn, such as Tang Taizong's whipping corpse Jing Wei Zheng.

Maybe there is a bar spirit who said, didn't Song Renzong settle accounts after the autumn? Not really. On the 24th of the seventh year of Jiayou (1062), Bao Zheng died of illness at the age of 64. Renzong came to mourn in person and gave him a day of resignation. Posthumously presented to the Ministry of Gifts, nicknamed Xiaosu. The rest of the important ministers have passed away, and this example is also followed.

Of course, Fu Bi didn't catch up with Renzong's good time. When Fu Bi died, Shenzong was in power, and for three days, he wrote a memorial document to pay tribute, and posthumously presented the Taiwei, nicknamed "Wenzhong".

Sorry, it's too far. Fu Bi still has forty or fifty years to live!

But the current Fu Bi is not good enough after all, and he was moved to hear Zhao Zhen's apology, and immediately said that he would die for the Zhao Group.

After swearing allegiance, Fu Bi got down to business: "The minister entered the palace this time to eradicate the stubborn disease. There are three things that the minister asks for the permission of the official, and if he can implement it, he will definitely be able to get rid of this evil disease.

First, the official family was invited to set up a market outside the Nanxun Gate, and to build a wide range of dwellings and divide the barren fields to settle the good people in the Sanssouci Cave. And the official family issued a decree to attract the people in the cave.

In the second, the forbidden army was allocated to temporarily close the entrances and exits of various waterways, and they could enter but not exit. Those who leave must be strictly investigated, those who are good will be immediately moved out of the city, and those who have criminal records must be immediately detained and interrogated. The ministers led the people of Kaifeng Mansion to cooperate, and asked the Criminal Department to distribute manpower to cooperate in the trial and screening.

Of the three, the ministers asked the official to issue an order to allocate 10,000 catties of fierce fire oil, white phosphorus, and frosting to prepare for the fire attack.

All these things are subject to the permission of the government. The minister is willing to make a military writ here, and if he does not complete the work, he is willing to die. ”

Zhao Zhen became interested, took another carrot and ate it in two bites, and said, "What is the name of this, you can talk about it carefully." ”

Fu Bi said: "The matter of Anmin, there is no need for the ministers to say more, the official family naturally understands." One of the important reasons why the thief is difficult to exterminate is that there are people in the middle of it. Otherwise, when the army arrives, it will be powdered. This move is intended to distinguish between thieves, and if the good people hear that the official family has been properly settled, they will no longer go on patrol and be in the company of thieves. If someone is not in a good relationship with a thief, he is a thief, and it is not a pity to die!

The deployment of the forbidden army to close it is also a plan to catch turtles in the urn. They have been entrenched in the waterways for many years, and there must be internal reports and exchanges. Seal off the exits, leaving only a few heavily guarded areas. If a thief comes out, he is killing himself. If not, the third step is used.

Choose a time when the water is slow and in the dead of night, and it is poured by multiple entrances. When the oil spreads all over the waterway, it is immediately closed and ignited. Then the thieves in the cave will be reduced to ashes! ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment and said: "Aiqing is thoughtful, and she won't hurt the innocent too much, which is really a good strategy." What's the use of just asking for those white phosphorus and frosting, you can't just send some frosting to the thief, right? ”

Fu Bi popularized the scientific truth about the difficulty of extinguishing caused by the addition of phosphorus and sugar to gasoline.

Zhao Zhen, who was full of scientific spirit, urgently ordered the trial production of military weapons, and the water could not be extinguished, and the sand covered could not be extinguished. The ordnance superintendent thought that it was a sharp weapon for fire attack, and asked for a wide range of production to meet military needs. Zhao Zhen allowed it and strictly ordered it not to be leaked.

The weapons supervisor retreated, and Fu Bi said with a grin: "The official family thinks that this thing may make the thieves in the Sanssouci Cave fall into the law?" ”

Zhao Zhen put himself in his shoes and said: "Although it is not easy to extinguish, if the thief hides in the cave and blocks the entrance of the cave, I am afraid that he will not be able to hurt him?" ”

Fu Bi said: "When this oil burns, thick smoke rises, depleting the surrounding air. If you flee or have a glimmer of life, hidden in the secret room, you will be dead. ”

Zhao Zhen laughed: "That Zhang Xinggou is bold enough to insult the daughter of my clan, and dare to call him 'the son of the night sky', I really don't know whether to live or die." If you can get rid of this stubborn disease, I will not hesitate to reward you! ”

Fu Bi hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't dare to be greedy, this is Fang Zhongyong's strategy!" ”

"Oh, if he has such a good plan, why doesn't he tell me in person, but through your mouth?"

Fang Zhongyong said that there is a specialization in the art industry, and there is a difference in authority. It is not appropriate to do it! ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "At such a young age, you can really be so talented?" ”