In the early court, Zhao Guangyi sat in the middle. The two sons had accidents in a row, which hit him hard, and his mental state was obviously not as good as before.

Wang Jien continued to fulfill his mission: "There is a book to start playing, and there is no book to retreat." ”

Prime Minister Lu Duan took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Northwest Jiedu has made Wang Qixian 800 miles to rush to the good news. ”

"Oh? Good news? Let's hear it. Zhao Guangyi said happily.

"Since our dynasty refused to trade with the Western Xia, the party items have piled up mountains of green salt, and they cannot sell it for money, and the party members cannot get the white flour, rice, silk, and tea of our dynasty, and their lives have been completely chaotic. Li Jiqian had no choice but to lead people around to rob, but the effect was not good, and finally the party Li clan had internal strife, and Li Jiqian, the king of Western Xia, was cut by his brother and fled back to his hometown. ”

"Great." Zhao Guangyi patted the armrest of the dragon chair and said excitedly: "As long as the northwest is stable, I can concentrate on dealing with the Khitan." This is thanks to Xiao Ling Aiqing, reward. Passing the decree, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace commanded Ling Kun to Jin Zheng Sanpin, Feng Ling Weihou, Shuanglong Lane gave a mansion, and from tomorrow it will enter the early court deliberations. ”

The ministers of civil and military affairs all bowed their heads and praised: "Long live my emperor, long live." "But the heart is sour, this 20 years old, Mao has not yet grown up a young man, actually made a marquis to worship the general, entered the dynasty to participate in politics, think about his own son, at this time is still in the nest of old age.

What's even more sour is Wang Qinruo, his son is not old, and he is no worse than Ling Kun in all aspects, why is the gap so big. Wait, if the son becomes a colt, everything will be reversed.

At this time, even the famous Kou Zhun was a little sour, he was 36 years old this year, and he was already the deputy prime minister, but when he was 20 years old, he couldn't even catch up with Ling Kun's heels. But after all, he is Kou Zhun, this kind of thought flashed, and most of the thoughts in his heart were still military and political affairs, he took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, since Western Xia is temporarily stable, should my Great Song Dynasty also change its strategy." ”

"Oh? What is Kou Aiqing's opinion? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the northwest is peaceful and Li Jiqian has stepped down, we should lift the ban on business and tell the party members that as long as they don't follow Li Jiqian and don't go against the Great Song Dynasty, their party members will have a good life. On the other hand, if we continue to ban trade, I am afraid that we will force them to jump over the wall. ”

Zhao Guangyi pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Most of the ministers agreed with Kou Zhun and proposed to lift the ban on commerce in Western Xia.

Ling Kun was called from the poker table to receive the order, which inexplicably made him confused by a large number of rewards. Ignorantly, he took the holy decree and asked the eunuch Jia Rudao, who announced the decree: "Jia Gonggong, what is going on?" ”

Jia Rudao said with a smile: "Master Hou, you have an idea to relieve the great trouble of the Northwest Party, which is the emperor's confidant, and it is normal to get this reward." ”

"Oh." Ling Kun seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and probably guessed that it had something to do with the economic blockade in the policy theory, but he didn't know how the imperial court operated, so he had to accept the reward in a daze.

However, I always feel unsure, hey, if the court wants to cut off his head in a daze one day, then what.

Jia Rudao didn't leave, and continued: "Master Lingwei, how about our family take you to see the imperial mansion?" ”

"Oh, okay, okay, then it's going to trouble my father-in-law." Ling Kun was overjoyed, he happened to have no place to live now.

Shuanglong Lane is the birthplace of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhang Guangyi, so it is called Shuanglong Lane. Since the Zhao family brothers made their careers, the scale of the original alley has increased unprecedentedly, and it has become the best residential place besides the imperial palace. The residence of the emperor is generally in Shuanglong Lane, and some dignitaries and dignitaries do not hesitate to buy houses here at a high price in order to show their status.

Ling Kun rode a horse, followed Jia Rudao's sedan chair into Shuanglong Lane, passed through his own small courtyard and continued to walk inside, not long after, the sedan chair stopped at the door of a deep house compound, and a plaque was hung on the door, which wrote "Lingwei Hou Mansion".

Jia Rudao asked someone to open the courtyard door and invited Ling Kun in, only to see that the facilities inside were luxurious and well-equipped, many times better than the original small courtyard.

Sure enough, the emperor's handwriting is different from that of the princess.

"Master Hou, the emperor has not explained, and we don't have this precedent, so you have to equip it yourself."

"Okay, okay, I don't need anyone to serve me alone, I just have a father-in-law." Ling Kun said, took out all the silver used for gambling in his pocket, and rewarded Father-in-law Jia and his entourage.

As soon as Father-in-law Jia left, Zhao Mingyue, who got the news, took Xiao Ran to kill him.

Zhao Mingyue said happily: "Hehe, Lord Hou, this princess is still thinking about buying a house here, but the silver is a little lacking, I didn't expect you to earn it yourself." I didn't feel ashamed. ”

Xiao Ran leaned over and said, "Yes, yes, Lord Hou, you have such a big house, shouldn't you give the slave family a room, just one." ”

Ling Kun was made to smile bitterly by their strange titles: "Can you two talk normally, what Lord Hou?" There are so many houses, you can choose them yourself. ”

"Okay." Xiao Ran exclaimed happily. Zhao Mingyue blinked her eyes and said, "No, I also want one, otherwise I will have to squeeze with Xiao Ran for a day once in a while, this girl snores." ”

"You are talking nonsense, you can live if you want to, why do you say that I snore, this pot lady doesn't carry it." Xiao Ran shouted.

Zhao Mingyue glanced at her with slanted eyes and didn't speak, and walked away lightly, directly into the best room in the front.

"Hey, that's the location of the master's house, I'm too embarrassed to choose?" Xiao Ran said urgently.

Zhao Mingyue turned back and asked proudly: "Come on, little girl, tell me who is the master." ”

"This." Xiao Ran was speechless, it seemed that she and Ling Kun had already recognized Zhao Mingyue as their master. How can there be a reason why the master does not live in the main house?

Ling Kun didn't have an opinion, as long as Zhao Mingyue was there, he would be happy to sleep in the kennel.

"Remember to go to the morning tomorrow and not be late." Zhao Mingyue instructed.

Ling Kun cried and said, "That means you won't be able to sleep in the future?" ”

"Of course, the emperor doesn't sleep lazy, why do you sleep?"

"Hey, if only I didn't go to court." Ling Kun sighed.

Zhao Mingyue was extremely angry, and twisted Ling Kun's ear and said: "You don't know what to do, who in the whole country is not proud to be able to go to the court to participate in politics, but you are an exception." ”

"Bold princess of the Song Dynasty, let that marquis go, let this princess come." Xiao Ran joined in the fun, pounced on Ling Kun's other ear, and the three of them made a fuss.

……

After the end of the early dynasty, the emperor reviewed the folds in the upper study, and Wang Jien, the chief eunuch who was the most important person in the palace, came to the harem to greet the queen, and by the way, he took his mission worth one million taels of silver.