Zhao Ke succeeded to the throne, the official family got married, the whole world celebrated, and the officials and gentry in the north and south of the river were looking forward to the renewal of Vientiane. After Luo Yu, the prefect of Zhangzhou, sent a congratulatory gift to the Wuchang Military Festival Embassy, he took Mr. Qiu and several scholars from the shogunate non-stop to the bottom of the cliff to visit the famous Mr. Shaoyang.

Forget to return to the top of the cliff hidden in the clouds, this mountain road is carved out on the cliff wall, and it is also very steep to wind up. Luo Zhifu and Mr. Qiu took two poles, and the scholar carried the gift for Chen Dong and climbed the stairs. This mountain road is narrow, and the porter who carries the sliding rod is sweating, but he doesn't dare to be careless at all, and Luo Yu occasionally looks down, and one or two steps away is a hundred feet into the abyss, and he can't help but be a little frightened.

"I heard that although Chen Shaoyang settled here, he spent most of the year running around, and somehow returned to the mountains in the past few months, and he couldn't get out of seclusion." Qiu Douwen looked at it and mocked in a low voice, "I don't think I'm waiting for the Holy Lord to conquer it." ”

When the prefect Luo Yu heard this, his face sank, and he was suddenly so frightened that Qiu Douwen didn't dare to say anything more. But he still has a slander in his heart, after Chen Shaoyang was dismissed from Taixue, he was just a white ding, and he was not a hermit who was arrogant on the cliff, running around, attacking the government, and now that it has become a climate, he wants the prefect to visit him with a blank eye.

The footman's pace suddenly slowed down, and a sliding rod came down the mountain road in front of him, which was the squire Tang Wenlan Tang of this county. Seeing that it was the prefect, Tang Daguan hurriedly ordered the porter to quickly turn and retreat up the mountain, until the mountain road was a little more spacious and let people bend, and then clinged to the cliff and waited for the prefect to pass. Tang Wenlan is also a squire with a face in the local area, and he once saw the prefect of Luo from afar, looking at the prefect with a smile on his face.

Luo Yu had no intention of being polite with this person, pretending to be asleep, and sat down with his eyes closed, but Mr. Qiu smiled and arched his hand to Tang Wenlan. "Even the local gentry in these places know that Chen Shaoyang is going to be of great use?" Luo Yu was pondering, and a sliding rod came down from the mountain road, and he sat on the squire who didn't know which way, Luo Yu closed his eyes again, although it was also a good story for the magistrate to go into the mountain to visit the hidden sage, but he still secretly felt a little embarrassed. In the two or three years that he has presided over Zhangzhou Mansion, he has never come to visit this Chen Shaoyang, and the current situation has to come.

The first emperor's preference for the three princes is a well-known thing in the court, not only supported by important ministers such as Cai Gongxiang and Wang Shumi, but also Cao Di, the marshal of Xijing, who has 150,000 heavy troops. It's a pity that the new emperor died suddenly, and the crown prince Zhao Ke inherited the throne with a quick reputation. The canonization of Empress Zhu said that the Wuchang Army, which held tens of thousands of imperial classes, made Zhu Bernard completely on the side of the official family, and temporarily curbed the attempts of the young people to mutiny and rebellion. On the Wenchen side, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, but he faced an unprecedented embarrassing situation, and no one was available. The so-called "traitorous party" in Qingliu's mouth mostly supports the three princes, and has controlled the government for a long time, especially the Minister Cai, whose protégés are all over the court. And Zhao Zhifu, Qin Hui, Shao Wu and other Qingliu in the DPRK are also inseparable from the three princes. On the contrary, this Chen Shaoyang, who is not only outstanding outside the court, but also famous all over the world, is a wonderful person who breaks the old and establishes the new.

"At this time when the limelight is in full swing, I still want to make friends with this person." Luo Yu didn't feel a little worried, "The news from the Jingshi, the saint seems to want to make great use of Chen Shaoyang, this person is often in heaven, if the saint casually asks how to ...... Zhangzhou Road in Fujian"

Along the way, the sliding pole stopped and stopped, and I kept meeting people coming down from the mountain. "Doorway, huh, hermit?" Luo Yu couldn't help but feel a trace of ridicule in his heart, and then he looked serious, because the sliding rod had come to the front of the grass house on the top of the cliff. In order to meet this soon-to-be-hot character, Luo Yu deliberately changed into the plain kudzu robe that Qingliu often wears, and he also held a goose feather fan in his hand.

Chen Dong heard that there was a visit from Luo Yu from Zhangzhou outside the door in the grass house, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said to Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi: "This Luo Zhangzhou is known as the Simo prefect who 'doesn't say anything, doesn't know about things, doesn't care about idle things, and returns early if there is nothing to do'. After saying that, he confessed his guilt and came to the outside room to invite him into the house for tea.

This Luo Yu also put down his body and said with a smile: "This official is guarding one side, I have long heard that Chen Shaoyang is a great sage in the world, but he has never had the opportunity to see it, and now he has finally made up for his regrets." He also said to Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi, "If the two Gaoshi are passing through Zhangzhou Mansion, please go to the mansion to talk about it." ”

Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi thanked the prefect for his kindness with a smile, and the five of them talked very happily, and at the beginning they all talked about some literary customs, Mr. Qiu quoted a few lines of poetry in the middle to make it interesting, and Luo Zhifu said quite sincerely: "Zhangzhou has produced Chen Gongzi and other great talents in the world, which is the luck of Sangzi." Luo Mou shepherds one side, has always been about not harassing the people, doing nothing, if there is something that cannot be done, please ask Chen Gongzi to give advice. ”

Chen Dong smiled slightly and said: "Lord Luo is too modest, Chen is a Confucian student, where can I talk about the word advice." Wu Zilong bowed slightly, but Cao Liangshi's face sank like water.

Luo Yu said with a look on his face: "Chen Gongzi don't be polite, if it can benefit the people, but please know everything, Luo has no reason to follow." The two of them humbly came and went before they gave up.

The words of the five gradually involved the affairs of the court, and Luo Yu vaguely expressed his concern about the remaining traitors in the court, and also offered to recommend Chen Dong to the court. It's just that when Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi alluded to the important ministers of the imperial court, Luo Yu's face changed slightly and he did not agree. He traveled dozens of miles to come, but only because Chen Dong had a guest here, it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he only sat for an hour or so and left, and left a load of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, although the value is not large, but it shows his heart.

After Chen Dong sent away the Luo Governor's Mansion, Cao Liangshi said angrily: "Such a mediocre official at both ends of the head and rat, what should he do." ”

Chen Dong said with a smile: "Although the Luo Governor's Mansion is a little incompetent, he is not a traitor of the party, and he was sent to Zhangzhou to be a place, which is also because he can be an official and a person. ”

Wu Zilong also looked sad and agreed: "Although the official family repelled Cai Jing and Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Liang Shizhong, and Tong Guan are still in the court, and even their power has not been reduced much. The current situation is undecided, and as Shaoyang said, it is better not to make enemies everywhere. ”

Cao Liangshi was silent for a moment, and said: "If you don't reject the treacherous and mediocre, how can a righteous person have a chance to enter." He lowered his head, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and said in a deep voice, "This is a list of stolen officials and officials on Jinghu South Road that my colleagues in the society have collected for several years. This piece of paper is densely filled with the names of officials, accounting for almost half of the officials on Jinghu South Road, which is shocking. Cao Liangshi added: "The record of these people's bad deeds also has a copy in Shaoyang. ”

Chen Dong sighed slightly, took the list, glanced at it, nodded, and said in a low voice: "Brother Cao is hard, this matter should be considered in the long run." He lowered his head, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The case of exposing the post back then was caused by the traitor Tong Guan, and now although the Cai thief has been expelled, the child thief is still blinding the saint, so the top priority is to expel the child thief!" With a snap, the list was slammed on the table.

Hearing him mention Tong Guan, Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi nodded awe-inspiring at the same time, and Wu Zilong said in a deep voice: "The child thief will not be destroyed, and I will not rest." "Yes!" The wind was howling outside the cottage, and on the mountain road not far away, another sliding rod was slowly coming up, and the squire suddenly heard a loud shout in the cottage, "Yes!" He was so frightened that he shuddered, and said secretly: "Before he became the prime minister, this power is already incredible." ”

At this time, in the vertical arch hall of the White Jade Palace in Bianliang, the official Zhao Ke suddenly felt a little headache, and all over the country praised Chen Dongnai as a great sage in the world, and there were too many people who recommended him, and even compared him with Wang Wengong, "Shaoyang does not come out, Nai Cangsheng He!" He put them aside and thought to himself, "How can a person in his thirty years have such a great reputation?" Originally, Chen Dong's determination was going to be used, but he couldn't help but hesitate.

And some other twists and turns, without mentioning Chen Dong at all, only said that the gentry of the school society are now accusing the government and even slandering the officials, making more and more trouble, and some sentences taken out of context really made Zhao Ke a little annoyed. And the system of the ancestors is to accommodate scholars, and these scholars are the support for consolidating the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ke can't help but have a headache again.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhao is here." Tong Guan, the inspector of the school, changed into a freshly hot tea and stood respectfully to the side, his eyes swept at those movements, his heart was clear, but his face was silent. Zhao Zhifu came here to conquer Chen Dong into the court.

Zhao Ke rubbed his temples and said in a deep voice, "Please come in." ”

Zhao Zhifu came in with the prime minister's bearing, and saw that His Majesty was drinking tea with his head down, and glanced at Tong Guan tacitly, when Zhao You put down the teacup, but he stood solemnly, and after saluting, he said without squinting: "Your Majesty, this Chen Dong is a pillar of the country, and he should serve the country, but this son is still young, and if he is suddenly useful, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial to the country." ”

"Oh? What about the Prime Minister's opinion? Zhao Ke said lightly.

"Chen Shaoyang is known for his uprightness, and if he is appointed to supervise the imperial history, he can criticize the treacherous and evil and fill in the gaps for His Majesty. After a year or two, the position of the state and county will be turned twice, and it will be a pillar of the country that can be greatly used. Zhao Zhifu said, his tone was sonorous, and he said, "Since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, the whole world has celebrated, and Vientiane has been renewed, not only rejecting treacherous evil, but also appointing virtuous people, so that there are no talents, there are many gentlemen, and the people of the world are so fortunate!" ”