The Qionglin banquet is arranged on the shore of Jinchi Lake, the banquet is ready, the dishes are all kinds of delicacies, the wine is all kinds of Qiong syrup and jade liquid, jade glass cups, high-grade official kiln porcelain, gold spoons and silver spoons, ivory inlaid gold chopsticks, and a team of palace maids walk through the long table like butterflies.

This scene is a dream moment for every scholar, even Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, is still excited, this guy is not at all as steady and free as he used to be, on the contrary, he is more nervous than ordinary scholars.

Liu Zhenglong gently pulled the sleeve of King Yun Zhao Kai and whispered: "Your Highness, don't be too nervous, it seems that the official family will come over for a while, you are too out of shape like this, and you will lose points from the ministers." ”

"How can you not be excited, you only have this once in your life."

"There is also a moment that makes His Highness even more excited, and the lower officials are willing to fight to the end for that moment, and will not give up until the goal is achieved." This is Liu Zhenglong's vote, of course, this is for Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, as for how to interpret this champion prince, that is another matter.

Yes, the most exciting thing should be that moment, at this time, King Yun Zhao Kai was relieved a lot, he lowered his voice and said: "If there are uncontrollable factors in the end, how will you choose." ”

"The prince's order, Liu's uncompromised execution."

Two extremely intelligent people are playing dumb riddles, and King Yun Zhao Kai means that if the throne is passed to the crown prince Zhao Huan, then how should Liu Zhenglong choose. And Liu Zhenglong's answer is to kick the ball back, how you choose as a prince, how the people below will execute. Whether to accept his fate and bow down, or fight back against the sky, it depends on how Zhao Kai chooses.

Historically, when Song Huizong passed the throne to the crown prince Zhao Huan, King Yun Zhao Kai had a chance to seize the palace, but this indecisive guy in his bones gave up the only chance, perhaps the only chance that the Great Song Dynasty could reverse was cut off.

Liu Zhenglong didn't want the crown prince Zhao Huan to succeed to the throne and become the king of the fallen country, Song Qinzong, he hoped that at that moment when the fate of the Great Song Dynasty was decided, he would change an emperor to see if he could bring a turnaround to the Great Song Dynasty.

Everyone is a smart person, and there is no need to say a lot of things thoroughly, even if they are tacit, after all, that matter is still far away, and there is no need to make a final decision rashly.

Just when Liu Zhenglong and Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, were tacitly playing dumb riddles, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong sat in the middle of the court, surrounded by important ministers and eunuchs, and palace maids.

Under the guidance of Guanglu Siqing, the soldiers knelt on the mountain and shouted long live.

Song Huizong motioned to the scholars to be exempt from courtesy, and he said happily: "From today on, even if you are the disciples of the Son of Heaven, you will bid farewell to ten years of hard study, and you will soon become the pillars of the country, no matter what position you go, as long as you remember the four words: loyal to the monarch and love the people, you will become a good official in the hearts of the people, and you will also become a good courtier of me, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty will remember your merits, and I will not hesitate to promote you to enter the court and make greater and more outstanding contributions to the hundreds of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty." At the beginning of the royal banquet, you don't have to be restrained, the ministers of the political hall will give you the first lesson of officialdom, and I hope you can open the book and be beneficial. ”

The scholars shouted long live and entered the imperial banquet under the guidance of the eunuchs, but Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, left quietly, for this champion prince, all this is enough, and there is no need for him to stay.

Liu Zhenglong didn't stay either, because the eunuch signaled that the official family was affectionate, and all the scholars could be called the protégés of the Son of Heaven after participating in the Jinmingchi Imperial Banquet, of course, these are all false, and he, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, is real, this is to thank the official family.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji said after Liu Zhenglong's salute: "You should have attended the imperial banquet like other scholars, and you won't blame me for not letting you fill your stomach." ”

"Weichen only has a heart of loyalty to His Majesty in his stomach, and he will never be hungry."

"You little slippery head, you know that I am happy, but I am still very happy when you say that." Song Huizong Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Liu Zhenglong's attitude, he said with a smile: "Taishi Cai Jing found me and said that he wanted to resign, it was your idea." ”

"Yes." Liu Zhenglong knew that it was absolutely no good to lie in front of the official family, and besides, this was not a too secret thing, if it was spread to the official family through other channels, it would be a big problem.

"You are so bold that you let you try out the Sacred Heart without authorization, and incite collusion with the government without authorization, aren't you afraid that you will be punished?"

Song Huizong's face sank, he was really a companion like a tiger, one second it was like a spring breeze, and the next second it was like a thunderstorm.

Liu Zhenglong had long known that there would be such a pass, and he said unhurriedly: "The ministers will not collude with and incite the important ministers of the court, but will only solve problems for the monarch's father." ”

"Really? How did you solve my problems? ”

Liu Zhenglong saw that Song Huizong was not really angry, so he said with a smile: "Taishi Cai is old, and it is only a matter of time before he removes the prime minister, but he has been in the court for too long and offended many people, so that his official reputation has been damaged, and it seems to be a good choice to dismiss him, and it has also become the best destination for Taishi Cai." However, after Taishi Cai dismissed the prime minister, his eldest son came up to enter the political hall, but he still couldn't come up, which damaged the reputation of the official family. Moreover, our dynasty is still using troops against Western Xia, and is also preparing to unite the Jin State to carry out the Northern Expedition to collect the sixteen states of Youyun, at this time, the dispatch of the political hall is very important, obviously, there is no Xianggong who can replace Cai Taishi, Lao Ji Fu Fang, ambition is thousands of miles, now is the time for the old Taishi to exert his residual heat, stay, is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, is the blessing of His Majesty. ”

Song Huizong was very satisfied with Liu Zhenglong's answer, and he nodded slightly to signal the other party to continue.

Liu Zhenglong continued: "Now that the old lady has proposed to resign from the prime minister, it will send a signal to the outside world, that is, the old lady is not greedy for power, but a person with high style and integrity. After a year and a half, Xiao Cai Xianggong has risen, and it is not too late for the old lady to quit the prime minister, but it will achieve a good story in the court. ”

"Okay, this matter is put aside for the time being, the Pan family prays for me to give you a marriage, I don't know if you are already married, whether you are willing to accept such a marriage"

"Wechen has not yet married, and I am willing to obey the holy will."

"Okay, I'm here to give the marriage, and King Yan will be the officiant."

Song Huizong Zhao Ji still has a preference for Liu Zhenglong, and this guy persuaded the ministers of the political hall to pass it unanimously in just ten days, which is enough to show that this son can be of great use.

"You go down to prepare first, give you a month of marriage leave, and when you are done here, you will go to the Privy Council to report, and then go to Jingzhao Mansion, your own team will be formed by yourself, if there is any problem, go directly to Taishi Cai, I don't care, since you are married, then I will give you a thousand acres of imperial village, but it is not in the city, when you go to court, you must be an hour in advance, when the time comes, you don't have to complain about the bitterness of the Spring Festival."

At this time, Zhao Ji, who was in a good mood, also humored and ridiculed Liu Zhenglong not to be too obsessed with the joy of fish and water, and to pay attention to restraint.

Reward thousands of acres of imperial village, during the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there was no such heavy reward, which shows how much Zhao Ji of Song Huizong attaches importance to Liu Zhenglong's disciple, of course, there is also a different meaning to win over the Pan family.

As the first meritorious family of the Great Song Dynasty, the Cao family has aroused the jealousy of the official family in many things, especially when Song Renzong was abolished because of a slap in the face, and the military led by the Cao family almost triggered a coup d'état. The official family's fear of the Cao family became deeper and deeper, and the Cao family did not clearly express support for Song Huizong's original succession.

Song Huizong, who has always been a rat belly and chicken intestines, has always wanted to find an opportunity to suppress the Cao family, and now he is trying to win over the Pan family to separate the four major families in order to attack the Cao family.

If it weren't for Liu Zhenglong's friends with Pan Feng and Pan Yue very early, Song Huizong Zhao Ji even suspected that this guy knew his intention to divide the four major families, you must know that this matter has never been mentioned to anyone, if this guy knew, it would be too demonic.

Liu Zhenglong is so smart, plus he has crossed over, and some clues can be deduced from some clues in history, when Jingkang changed, the four major families did not stand up to protect the Great Song Dynasty, there was only one possibility, that is, something happened between them, and the connection between the meritorious family and the military was severed. In the face of drastic changes, the meritorious family wants to turn the tide, but it doesn't have enough strength.

Liu Zhenglong knelt down and thanked him, and this guy said very gratefully: "The disciple must live up to his mission, and he will die with the Pan family to honor His Majesty, and become a gun in the hands of His Majesty. “

"Okay, you go down, it's rare to have a feast?" At this time, Song Huizong Zhao Ji firmly believed that this Liu Zhenglong was a demon, and he grasped his mind too well, and it seemed that he should also realize the meaning of wanting to win over the Pan family.

The official family gave a thousand-acre imperial village, and the news was like having wings, and it was published in the major newspapers in the capital overnight. Especially in the "Cloud News" led by the Pan family, it was even more front-page headlines, directly commensurate Liu Zhenglong with his uncle.

The Song Dynasty was an extremely wealthy and enlightened dynasty, and all kinds of industries that were only available in later generations were very popular at that time, such as takeaways, express delivery, car rentals, intermediaries, and newspapers.

It's just that the newspapers of the Song Dynasty are still very different from those of later generations, and they are only controlled by several major families in the capital, and the circulation and influence are controlled within a certain range, and the focus of each newspaper is different. For example, the Pan family-led "Yunbao" has always been dominated by rigorous information from the DPRK and China, and its readers are mainly concentrated in the upper class, and its readership is very fixed. Xiangjia-led "Tabloid Newspaper" has always been mainly entertainment gossip, aimed at the general public, no subscription, only retail. The Zheng family-led "Xin Pao" is mainly a guide to life, mainly about the content of Keju and Goolan Yuan, plus advertising.

Every newspaper is not profitable, or even loses money, and it cannot survive without the support of a big family. Although it is not profitable, the approval is extremely strict, and there are only seven in the entire Great Song Dynasty, and the political hall has issued a document not to increase.

The grapevine is sometimes more revealing, especially when the whole city is talking about a topic at almost the same time, despite the newspaper hype. Now the entire Bianliang City is talking about Liu Zhenglong, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, but the impact of this marriage on the Pan family has been downplayed.

The fermentation of this matter, in fact, was in the intention of the Yeyou official family, and he didn't want the meritorious family to find out that he was trying to split the connection between the four major families. So he instructed the Imperial City Division to find a way to hype up the matter of Liu Zhenglong's reward of a thousand acres of Huangzhuang.

The shock of receiving a thousand acres of Huangzhuang far exceeded that Liu Zhenglong was promoted to the sixth grade, and also exceeded the fact that this guy was about to marry Miss Pan.

The gossip began to ferment continuously, from the beginning of the large-scale report in the newspaper, and then became the talk of the people on the streets and alleys, after tea and dinner. Even in the court, everyone is talking about it.

For a while, Liu Zhenglong's three words became the focus of discussion on the streets. The Yin Aoi Society and the Nether Society have finally begun to join forces, wanting to slay this common enemy.

The spies of the Liao State, the spies of the Jin State, the spies of Goryeo, and the spies of the Western Xia all began to collect information about Liu Zhenglong, wanting to see how much of a movement this demonic task could make.

Liu Zhenglong entered the Yanwang Mansion in this state, and he didn't plan to make friends with Yanwang Zhao Yu, but this rich prince is the main marriage, and he can't go to the meeting at this time.

The prince of the Song Dynasty did not have his own fiefdom like the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he didn't do anything, and he still lived a life of dogs and horses. This group of rich princes are all idlers. , has nothing to do all day long, can only stay in Beijing, and live the life of a rich idler.

Yan Wang Zhao Yu is a rich prince who loves to make friends, and he welcomes Liu Zhenglong's arrival.

There was nothing good for the two of them. It can be said that it is mainly for the time of the wedding, and there is nothing too complicated about this matter, the key is how to arrange the dowry, how much dowry is appropriate, you must know that Liu Zhenglong is rich and rivals the country, if he gives too much dowry, the woman's family will be very troublesome, more is not good, less is not good, this degree is not easy to grasp.

Liu Zhenglong was finally said: "Lord Wang, I don't understand this matter, you have full authority to decide, try to take the actual situation of the Pan family as far as possible, after all, it is the official family to marry, and it can't be too undecent." In addition, about the arrangement of the restaurant, let it be handled by the Pan family, there is no one on my side, it is relatively simple. ”

"Okay, you find Yi'er to play, and leave all the wedding to the old man." Yan Wang Zhao Yu knew that Liu Zhenglong had a good relationship with his son Zhao Yunyi, so he intended to let the young people get closer to him.

Zhao Yu, the king of Yan, was only one step away from the throne back then, and was supported by the prime minister Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu and the Cao family, but in the end he couldn't fight the Empress Dowager and lost to Zhao Ji, who was still the king of Duan at that time.