Chapter 168 The bachelor was named Boya Building

On November 30 of the first year of Baoqing of the Great Song Dynasty, Wugu Sun Hongyi, who had been in Lin'an for two days, finally met the first visitor.

In the past two days, he was very emotional, and now this Lin'an City, in addition to being prosperous as in the past, has more than an unprecedented vitality, because of the "Great Song Times Weekly" and other newspapers, whether it is a scholar or a citizen, there are a lot of talking points, which not only broaden the ears and eyes of the people, but also make their minds lively.

What made him even more uneasy was that in the past, the envoys of the Jin Kingdom always received excellent hospitality when they came to Lin'an, but this time, the Ministry of Rites sent a yin and yang strange official, and after placing them in the pavilion, they disappeared without a trace, and he spread his anger to the officials of the pavilion, in exchange for the treatment of neither hot water nor hot rice.

Therefore, when he saw the acquaintance in front of him, he was very emotional, and at the same time a little dissatisfied.

"Yelu Jinqing, didn't you fall into the hands of the Hu people with Zhongdu, why are you still alive now, and you haven't died on the courtier's day?"

Yelu Chucai smiled and shook his head: "Wugusun Yushi, now I am no longer the minister of Dajin, Dajin abandoned the land of Zhongdu, and also abandoned the minister of Zhongdu, I was fortunate to be favored by the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, so I got out of the hands of the Hu people, so I am now a Song minister." ”

Wugu Sun Hongyi was taken aback, and was speechless for a while, when Emperor Xuan of the Jin State was absurd, many national policies were absurd, so that the middle was not observed, Yelu Chucai They can indeed be said to have been abandoned by the Jin State.

"In that case, what did you do when you came to see me?" Wugu Sun Hongyi sighed, Yelu Chucai's talent, he knew: "Presumably now you are a trusted minister of the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know why you keep the official residence?" ”

"Although the official family is trustworthy, there is no rank for the time being." When Yelu Chucai said this, he was also slightly unhappy in his heart, but he knew that Zhao Heju was not to blame, it was because of his embarrassing identity. And although he has no rank, he has gained great trust and great responsibility, which is far better than that of Wugu Sun Hongyi.

Wugu Sun Hongyi's eyes lit up, and he felt that there seemed to be an opportunity to take advantage of, so he leaned forward and asked: "If Jin Qing is willing to tell the truth of the southern country, the servant is willing to play the Son of Heaven and strongly recommend Jin Qing, with Jin Qing's talent, what is the position of Shangshu!" ”

Yelu Chucai laughed, shook his head and said: "Wugu Sun Yushi, come here, let's tell the truth, it is on the order of the Great Song Dynasty Emperor, and Wugu Sun Yushi is in contact with it. The official said that if Wugusun Yushi came to seek peace, he would send important ministers to negotiate with Wugusun Yushi tomorrow, and if Wugusun Yushi came to seek war, then this view would be avoided, and the two countries would compare their swords, guns and cannons. ”

When talking about "cannon", Yelu Chucai deliberately accentuated his tone, and sure enough, Wugu Sun Hongyi's demeanor changed slightly.

"Jin Qing, you really ...... Do you serve the South wholeheartedly? Wugu Sun Hongyi increased the stakes again: "If Jin Qing can get a cannon for Dajin, Dajin will be a political ......"

"Wugusun Yushi, don't you look down on me Yelu Chucai?" Yelu Chucai changed color: "I have already said, it is the Jin Kingdom that abandons me, not that I abandon the Jin Kingdom, but I, Yelu Chucai, am the kind of person who has no integrity?" Moreover, today's Great Song Dynasty Emperor, Tianzi Ruifa, wise and martial, far-reaching wisdom, far from the Jin Kingdom Son of Heaven can be compared, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers, inspiring soldiers and horses, Kuang to restore the old land is just around the corner, Xuzhou Huaibei is just its precursor, to go to the country of death for a participation in politics, is it as in the emerging state for a small people? ”

"Yelu Jinqing!" Wugu Sun Hongyi was also furious, he stood up, wanting to drive Yelu Chucai away, but thinking that this might be the only way for him to make peace with the ministers of the Song State, he had to sit down again.

He calmed down, restrained the anger in his heart, and after a while, he said solemnly: "Since this is the case, you and I are enemies, and we will no longer talk about old friendships." Yelu Jinqing, please tell your son of heaven, I, Wugu Sun Hongyi, is sincere to come for peace, if the Great Song Dynasty is so rude again, the two countries will resume the sword soldiers, and the soldiers will be bloodied and the people will be displaced, I am afraid that it will not be what the benevolent monarch should do. ”

Listening to him although he said it tactfully, he was actually pleading, Yelu Chucai bowed slightly: "I understand it in the next, so I will go to the official family, Wugusun Yushi, read it in the past friendship, and only say one sentence in the next, this time is also that time, now Dajin is no longer the Dajin of the past, and the Great Song Dynasty is not the Great Song of the past." ”

Wugu Sun Hongyi was silent, he originally knew that this time he came south, he would not be a clever messenger, but now it seems that he is afraid that not only will he not be flattering, but he will also lose face. He knew in his heart that no matter whether he returned to China immediately or signed a peace agreement with Da Song here, his career was over.

The difference is that if he can sign the peace agreement, then the Jin Kingdom can get a chance to breathe, and can exchange it for the opportunity to turn the fortunes of the country, and if he does not sign the peace agreement, the Jin Kingdom will face the attack of Menghu and the Great Song Dynasty, and the days are numbered.

After sending Yelu Chucai away, Wugu Sun Hongyi didn't fall asleep all night, and the words passed by Yelu Chucai made him understand the bottom line of the Great Song Emperor.

If you want to make peace, the Jin State must give in, not only Wugu Sun Hongyi wants to take back Xuzhou and other Huaibei lands without thinking, but I am afraid that in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Jingdong, the Song Dynasty will open its mouth. This has exceeded the authorization given by the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom to Wugu Sun Hongyi, and he can only hope that he can rely on his own eloquence to keep these harsh conditions as low as possible.

In the middle of the night, the more Wugu Sun Hongyi thought about it, the more helpless he became, thinking of the country's situation in the storm, and then thinking of the Great Song Dynasty, which showed signs of revival, he couldn't help but hug the pillow and cry bitterly. The cry of a big man, in this quiet night, is extremely harsh.

Some people cry and some people laugh, after listening to Yelu Chucai's relays of the meeting with Wugu Sun Hongyi, Zhao Youju smiled faintly: "Sure enough, this son of Jin Guo, although his actions are a little different, he still has a vision. ”

"The officials, the ministers think that the Jin State is eager for peace this time, as long as it is not too urgent, the covenant will be fulfilled." Yelu Chucai said.

"How does Jin Qing know?"

"With the minister's knowledge of the Jin country's subordinates, if it weren't for the strict order of the gold lord, this Wugu Sun Hongyi is afraid that he would have already turned around and returned to China." Yelu Chucai admonished with a little tact: "Since the Son of Heaven also intends to seek peace, why should he be humiliated? ”

Zhao Heju raised his eyebrows: "I am thinking about the ears of the Five Kingdoms." ”

As soon as he said this, Yelu Chucai was silent. Indeed, as the son of Zhao and Song Dynasty, if he doesn't remember the shame of Jingkang at this time, it will be a real miracle.

"Don't worry about him, Jin Qing, how do you settle it, I already have a plan in my heart." Zhao Youju smiled after a moment of silence.

The news from Liuqiu reminded Zhao Youju that now it is no longer the small group of Yixue teenagers in Yuzhang Villa, and everyone has different ideas. Some people want to have the ambition of their lives like Yelu Chucai, some people want to return to their hometowns like they have wealth, some people want power, and some people want money. He, the Son of Heaven, can still bring these people together firmly, but there must be enough and visible benefits for them, and this cohesion will last for a long time.

There is absolutely no such thing as one-day loyalty and lifelong loyalty.

"Huh?" Yelu Chucai hadn't thought about this problem at home, but recently he had been in charge of the affairs of the Liuqiu Bank in Lin'an, and occasionally had to argue with the literati of the Great Song Dynasty in the "Weekly", and this kind of life had made him feel extremely fulfilling.

"I intend to set up another government office outside the court, tentatively designated as ......" Zhao Heju pondered for a while, swinging between the "Central Advisory Committee" and the "Prime Minister's Yamen" and "Military Aircraft Department", and finally decided not to do all of them, but took a very Song Dynasty style name: "Boya Building Academy." It is not unified with the Hanlin Bachelor and the Pavilion Bachelor, and there is no fixed number of people, and it is only used to select the world's learned and elegant people to prepare for the advice of the Son of Heaven, so as not to be admonished by the court. Anyone who is admitted to the hospital is a liberal arts bachelor, and if he has no duties, he is a positive nine products - hehe, the small is a little smaller, but that's the case, I'm afraid that I will inevitably be ridiculed by the Taiwan Cabinet. ”

Zheng Jiupin talks about the rank of the product, it is a very small official, and the Guozi Taixue Zheng, Lu, Wu Xueyu, Law Xuezheng, Taiyi Bureau Cheng is equivalent. Zhao Heju glanced at Yelu Chucai, and sighed slightly: "My country is not allowed to be self-dictatorated, and it is a constraint everywhere, although there is a desire to promote, it can only be like this for the time being, Jin Qing should not be suspicious of low rank." ”

"How can a minister be a person who covets rank and rank, and besides, the official family has the ambition of the world, and this liberal arts bachelor is only the ninth grade now, ten years later, twenty years later?" Yelu Chucai smiled: "To Jun Yaoshun, why is the rank of the judge!" ”

"Well, if Jin Qing can see far, that's great." Zhao Youju also smiled slightly, talking to a smart person is in a happy mood, if this smart person is not only smart but also discerning enough, it will be even more pleasant. After a while, he said again: "This matter will be handed over to Jin Qing, I know that Jin Qing is talented, so I will hurt my brain and draw up a charter." ”

"The official family is putting the vassals on the fire...... "Yelu Jinqing said with a smile.

Obviously, when this liberal arts academy came out, it must have been opposed by the ministers, and Yelu Chucai, who drafted this charter, was inevitably attacked by the courtiers, and maybe even looked sideways. Zhao Youju smiled: "If you don't carry this black cauldron for me, who will carry it for me?" ”

The two laughed relatively loudly, and the monarch and the minister got along very well. After laughing, Zhao Heju said: "This liberal arts academy, when there is a university scholar, it is naturally appointed by Jin Qing, and there are 12 consulting bachelors, which are divided into the names of education, economics, science, medicine, engineering, agriculture, martial arts, foreign affairs, internal affairs, naturalization, benevolence, and transportation. ”

Yelu Chucai listened and memorized silently, he had the power to almost forget, so although Zhao and Ju only said it once, he had already memorized it. The more he listened, the more happy he became, these twelve consultants were nominally only advisers to the Son of Heaven to deal with military affairs, but in fact they covered the functions of the four ministries of rites, households, soldiers, and workers, and the selection and employment of the Ministry of Officials was in the hands of the scholars, and as for the functions of the Criminal Department, the internal affairs bachelors could also take care of it. When the time is ripe one day, the Son of Heaven can set aside the princes in the court and directly use these liberal arts scholars to govern the country.

Thinking of this, he was extremely excited, but he still condensed and said: "Official, is it too hasty to act like this?" ”

"You come up with it first, and you're prepared." Zhao Heju smiled faintly and said, "I have my own way to deal with the courtiers." ”

Zhao and Ju knew that at this time, the scholars of the liberal arts academy would be strongly opposed, and the bureaucrats in the court and the central government might be indifferent to anything else, but they were extremely sensitive to changes in power. Therefore, he did not intend to directly incorporate this liberal arts scholar into the center, but tried to bypass the opposition of the courtiers, and even let the courtiers take the initiative to support it.

To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than a guide to the situation.

The two were talking, although it was getting late, Zhao and Ju were still waiting to stay in Yelu Chucai to say more, but there was a greeting from outside, Yelu Chucai smiled slightly, got up and said: "Official, it's late at night, and the minister is hungry, please retire first." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, I'll let people pass the meal, I'll have a supper with Concubine Xian and the Qing family. Qing is not an outsider, and she is also very familiar with Concubine Xian when she is begging, and after Concubine Xian enters the palace, she feels bored a lot, and it is also ...... to be able to talk to old people."

He was only halfway through his words, and Yang Miaozhen's voice came from outside: "Ah Ju, the official family!" ”

Zhao Youju and Yelu Chucai both laughed, Yang Miaozhen is such a true temper, Zhao Youju likes such a straight temper, he has a heavy shoulder, but he doesn't have too much thought on how to coax women, it's not Yang Miaozhen's temper, and he can't wait for him for four years.

Yelu Chucai was slightly strange in her heart, Yang Miaozhen has been begging for four years, although sometimes she still seems straight, but she is not confused at all in major matters, and there are quite a few coarse and detailed, such as dealing with the homesickness of immigrants, she is even better than Zhao Zishuo. But why does it seem so unintentional to even say a word when entering the palace?

"Fourth lady, come in." Zhao Heju's title to Yang Miaozhen is a very formal virtuous concubine in front of the minister, and in front of the beggers, she is the fourth lady as always. Yang Miaozhen came in according to her words, and saw Yelu Chucai slightly stunned, and then smiled: "It turned out that I was with Jin Qing, I thought it was with Ayu." ”

"Hehe......" Zhao Youju chuckled, Yang Miaozhen was jealous and ate so directly, he called a palace maid and asked her to find the imperial chef to make supper for everyone, and then said: "It's rare that Jin Qing is here today, let's eat something with him." Fourth lady, how are those little girls trained today? ”

"I finally have some appearance, I used to be delicate, even if I take a step, I have to tremble and twist three times, which makes people look anxious." Yang Miaozhen was a little open-mouthed: "Aju, call Sister Ayu too, there are many people." ”

Yelu Chucai's heart moved again, with his knowledge of Yang Miaozhen, she shouldn't have called that Han Jieyu at this time. He glanced at Zhao Heju, Zhao Heju smiled and nodded, and Yelu Chucai immediately lowered his eyes, leaving the doubts in his heart far away.

The affairs of the palace are not something that he, a minister, can participate in, which is a big taboo.

It didn't take long for Han Yu to come as promised, it was the first time she saw Yelu Chucai, and she was very interested in his beard, so she couldn't help but look at it twice. Yelu Chucai heard that this Han Jieyu was very good at talking, with an extraordinary temperament, although she didn't talk much, she showed a wide range of knowledge and knowledge, and her heart moved.

This Han Jieyu is also a young man from Yixue, no wonder Yang Miao really treats her like this.

Note 1: Boya Building is the Southern Song Dynasty Royal Book Building.