Fujian Road, Nanping County. The old house of the Song family,. Since Jiankang came to the news, the official family of Daxia removed the traitorous minister Shi Mijian, and the old house of the Song family, which had been deserted for several years, gradually came to visit, and Shi Mijian and Ma Tianji were robbed and imprisoned by the official family.

When Ding Shima was in power, he was not afraid of power, and when he was the secretary of the Criminal Department, he impartially enforced the law and put many of Shima's minions in prison. Later, he and Shi Mijian were defeated in the court struggle and had to return to their hometowns in advance. Now the change of things is so sudden, Shi Mijian Ma Tianji was imprisoned, and the official family urgently recruited the old man into Beijing, it seems that Song Ci has been going back and forth, and when the holy decree arrives today, Song Cigong has become a hot figure.

Since the day the news came, the threshold of the Song family's old house in Nanping County has almost been broken by visitors. Guests' carriages, horses, mules, and sedan chairs crowded the originally quiet street in front of Song's house, and inside Song's house, there were almost no more visitors.

Zu Yao, the former deputy assistant of the cabinet, who is nearly blind, half deaf, is also here today.

Zheng Jingxi, the head of the Zheng family of the four major families in the south of the Yangtze River, and his grandson Zheng Ying also came.

There were also Song Ci's friends Tian Ying, Rong Jing and other elites in their families and grandchildren, and officials from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, prefectures, and counties came to visit.

His son, Song Qing, helped his elderly father entertain guests. Song Ci is really old, his face is full of old age spots, and his eyes seem to be getting heavier and heavier, and he usually doesn't open them very much, only when it is time to speak, he slowly opens them, takes a look, says a few words, and then hangs down again.

Zu Yao held the highest qualifications, and was the first to speak, he said vaguely: "Father Hui, the court can't toss like this anymore, you see, you listen, in the past few years, we have been wailing everywhere in Fujian in the past few years, how can I say that ordinary people, that is, many people and old ministers, have almost no preserved food, no cold house!" Our Fujian was originally seven mountains, two rivers and a field, the major families originally relied on trade and sea and land ships for a living, a few years ago Arab merchants in the coastal area on the squeezed out of a part of the sea and land merchants, now is increasing year by year, not to mention, the original porcelain this big trade, there are Jiangsu and Zhejiang through my Fujian transshipment, now it is good, the Gan family that Xiangyang King directly from Jiankang on the ship to the South Seas, we Fujian maritime merchants went to a large piece of business, how to get it like this. We listen to the meaning of the imperial court, and we want to wave the army to the north? I can't toss anymore, these military expenses and materials are not for me to wait, if the imperial army can go down to Hebei and drive Dazi back to the grassland, it will be repaid, every time it is not a loss of soldiers, and it is fruitless to spend money and food. It's not a few years of good life, and it's going to be tossed again, and it's not all those Qiu Ba who want to make immortal achievements! But it is unreasonable to take our money and food and waste it. ”

Zheng Jingxi and the others nodded in agreement, they were originally the spokespersons of the Fujian squires and wealthy families.

During his reign, most of the Nanyang trade was monopolized by wealthy merchants along the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong, and he was also a representative of the Gouhe faction in those years.

The resettlement of Fujian Road made Dong Ligong scheming, but his eloquence was not very good, so he gestured to the Huangqiao prefect Rongjing.

Rong Jing said slowly: "Fujian is wailing everywhere, and this official really doesn't know where to start?" When the old Zuge was in power, he suggested to the officials to close the Haijiang River in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and left Fuguang alone to trade at sea, although the maritime merchants of Fuguang benefited a lot, but how did you do it, the money came easily, so they cheated and played tricks, refused to take risks to go to sea, and transported a large number of ceramics from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but they did not go to sea by boat, but resold an Arab maritime businessman, resulting in the Arab maritime merchants growing over the years, and their share is not all the evil results of your own. As for the Northern Expedition, the old pavilion didn't know the truth that "the skin does not exist, and the hair is attached". Millions of people in Jiangbei are waiting to be fed at dawn, but many big clans in Jiangnan are singing and dancing, and there are groups of wives and concubines. This really corresponds to what Du Gong said, "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." "If it weren't for the treacherous Prime Minister Cui Yan cutting off the supply of grain and grass for Gan Xiangsheng Dashuai, my Great Xia would have been a long time ago

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The Yan people expelled from the Central Plains, how could the Yan people invade and occupy Jiangbei, so that for decades, the people of Jiangnan have spent so much money and grain every year to defend against the northern captivity. Let the people of Jiangnan live a peaceful life for a hundred years. It is no wonder that the elder of the pavilion has been in the political hall for a year, and he was given the official position, and he has only seen the situation for three or two years, and he can't win a hundred years of peace for the world, and how can he help the world? Those who only care about the huge interests of a few families and a few wealthy gentry, and have no friendship with the hearts of the people of the world, are also national thieves! ”

Seeing that the prefect of Jinhua, who is known for his calm and low-key nature, suddenly tore his face and scolded him, and everyone on the spot changed their complexions. Seeing the fierce atmosphere, even Song Qing and the others frowned, looking at Rong Jing unhappily, as if they wanted to chase away the guests.

Zu Yao was too old, and he was a little out of breath.

Song Ci, who had been silent, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Rong Jing and said, "Dao Gong, don't be anxious." It is a great honor for the old man to express his views in front of the old man, and now the official family is chasing out traitors, the whole dynasty is outlined, and all the policies of the saint and the political hall have their own decisions, and the old man who entered Beijing this time will bring your thoughts and opinions to the imperial court. The old man is old, and his energy is not as good as before, so it is not appropriate to occupy a seat again, and it is better to tell the official family to return to his hometown if he does something foolish. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at each other. And Rong Jing got up and saluted: "Father Hui's face is presumptuous." ”

Song Ci's face was indifferent, he shook his head slightly, and then said to Zu Yao: "It's better for my grandfather not to participate in the Northern Expedition, as for the matter of sea and land trade, the old man's thoughts are just the opposite of his grandfather, since others can snatch your share, it is all the result of the laziness of the children and grandchildren. ”

Dong Li said: "Father Hui, how important is the authority in the world, it is an artifact of the society!" Shall you ask someone to give it to you? Hui's father's name is all over the world, how can he lose the hope of the people in the world. It is incumbent upon oneself to do so. How can I watch Li Li Cangsheng hand over to those faint people. ”

The rest of the people chimed in.

They didn't deliberately slander, but the rotation of people in the political hall used by the imperial court in recent years was like a marquee, and few of them were clean.

Song Ci said: "Let's see, the state affairs are difficult, the old man is eighty-two, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be." The ministers and parties of the DPRK and China are fighting against each other, how can the old man alone be able to control it. If you can resign and return to your hometown, it is better to return to your hometown to recuperate. ”

Everyone got up and said goodbye and left, disappointed.

After sending off the foreign guests, Song Qing returned and asked impatiently: "Father, are you really ready to resign and say goodbye?" ”

However, Song Ci glanced at his son, stood up, and was supported by his grandson Song Hua and said, "After so many years, you even have a grandson, so you still can't forget that infatuation!" After speaking, he slowly entered the back hall-------

On September 29, an ox cart slowly entered the Jiankang Donghua Gate.

On October 3, Song Ci was recruited into the Taiyi Hall to deal with it, and on the same day, the official family Mingfa Holy Imperial Seal Song Ci was the Duke of Tengguo, the Criminal Department Shangshu, the Zhongshu Door Pingzhangshi, and the original Guanqian Street Shi Mijian Mansion was given the Tengguo Mansion. At the age of eighty-two, Song Ci entered the Dongfu Counsellor for State Affairs.

On the morning of October 15, Gan Tang received a report from the Yellow Gate that the health of the official family was not very good in the past two days, and the arrival that was originally scheduled for tomorrow was postponed, and he would enter the palace to deal with it after the housekeeper's dragon body was in shape. And Zhang Sanfeng followed Wang Chun into the inner hall and used Taoist true qi to channel the bloodline for Su Zong.

In the past two years, in addition to working with Qiu Chuji and learning from Qian Hanlin, Gan Tang mostly went out of the city to the royal palace in his free time to exchange various item-making skills with craftsmen. At this critical juncture, most of the important ministers of the court closed their doors and did not cause unnecessary trouble, but how many unsightly things they did in private, ordinary people do not know.

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Since Song Ci and Yu Jie were urgently recruited into Beijing, public opinion spread like a turbulent undercurrent in the government and the opposition, and every time such days were postponed, the depression in the hearts of the important ministers increased by one point. The entire Great Xia officialdom seemed restless.

Until more than a month later, on the first three days of the new year, it was the cold winter of the nine days when the cold wind was blowing, and the eunuchs in the palace went to the Xiangyang palace early in the morning to spread the message that the king of Xiangyang entered the palace to face the saint.

Gan Tang changed into court clothes and came to Shangqing Palace, Taiyi Palace. Several important ministers of the court were also waiting outside, and King Fu Chai Mingyuan held Chai Qi's hand tightly and stood aside. The others talked in whispers in pairs of threes.

Chai Qi was reluctant to stay with his father in the first place, and always felt constrained, and today he stood with these old scholars for a long time, and he was holding back uncomfortable.

Seeing Gan Tang walking slowly, he suddenly broke his father's pull, and came to Gan Tang with a happy face and said, "When will the next football game you got start?" This Man Jiankang is not interesting except for this, today my father said to take me to see the emperor's father, the emperor's father is afraid that he is wetting the bed, afraid that others will see it, and he can't get up. Let me wait here for a while. My little snub-nosed monkey is missing on the way here, can you find my golden snub-nosed monkey with me later? ”

Most of the ministers in the court were surprised, but the father and son of King Chong'an were full of disdain. But King Fu was full of black lines, and said to Gan Tang with his fists: "Dogs don't understand the world, I hope King Xiangyang will forgive me." ”

Gan Tang pinched to the end: "The heart of the son of the world is innocent and romantic, and the Tao is turbid compared to the world." Fu Wang's words, I think it's wrong. ”

The ministers only regarded Gan Tang as not embarrassing King Fu, and only Song Ci fell into contemplation.

In the cold wind, Gan Tang stood quietly under the steps of the temple gate, waiting for Su Zong's arrival, and suddenly heard the sound of someone snorting behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a thin little eunuch behind him, with a round face and white skin, looking weak and windy, holding a tray in his hand, maybe the weather was cold, and the snot kept flowing down, and he didn't dare to go to the snot, so he couldn't help but suck the snot left behind.

Seeing Gan Tang's appearance, he showed an embarrassed smile, and his expression was quite humble and meek.

Gan Tang took out his handkerchief and handed it to him: "The snot is going to run down, wipe it." This little eunuch named Jiang Shun was quite moved, secretly looked left and right, and inhaled in a low voice: "I still don't want it, I was seen by the housekeeper and eunuch, and the slave was beaten to nothing, this time it affected the king of Xiangyang." ”

Gan Tang smiled and said, "It's okay, wipe it." ”

Jiang Shun looked left and right again, and the lightning-like Yue Kun took the handkerchief in his hand, he wiped his nose with one hand, and held the heavy mahogany tray with the other, not moving in the cold wind of hunting, especially the lower plate was as stable as Mount Tai, which was in stark contrast to his weak and thin body.

In the past few years, Gantang's Taoist true qi has been fused with Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, and the Kurong Dafa has broken through most of the acupoints in the body, and his cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds. glanced at Jiang Shun meaningfully, and then turned back.

A picketer straightened his face and wanted to come over, but Yue Kun's eyes were like lightning, he glanced at him, made him suffocate his steps, turned around, and walked to the side.

At the moment of the hour, Emperor Suzong's guard of honor came, and all the ministers stepped forward to greet him, and the people of Suzong and the ministers entered the Taiyi Palace, Li Zong sat on the royal couch under the support of Wang Chun and Gao Feng, and the ministers stood under the Danque.

Gan Tang entered the Taiyi Hall and swept his eyes, King Fu and King Chong'an's father and son looked uneasy, Song Ci and Jia Ru's expressions were indifferent, Shi Chong and Zhao Chong's faces were solemn, Wang Mingzhi was anxious, Yu Jie was excited, and Lu Daozhi looked at everyone with a blank expression.

I haven't seen Emperor Suzong for a few months, and he has aged a lot, his white hair has become yellow, his face is covered with old age spots, his eyes are cloudy, and his bags are drooping. was originally a slightly chubby figure, but now it is a lot worse.

In this strange atmosphere, Emperor Suzong looked at the ministers with a smile on his face.

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