In July, the scorching sun scorched the behemoth-like city of Luoyang, sprinkling the scorching sunshine.

By noon, there are hardly many pedestrians in the streets.

Even if someone passes by in a hurry, they wear a hat to cover the sun overhead, and walk quickly, for fear of staying in the sun for a quarter of an hour longer.

In this way, the weather in Henan this year is strange.

After the beginning of spring, there was little rain and drought for a long time, and the wheat seedlings sown in the land did not mature, and they had already dried up and withered, so that many families did not harvest their summer seeds.

After the summer, it rained heavily for several days, causing the water level of the Yellow River to continue to rise, and almost flooded Luoyang.

Just when the officials and the princes of the government hall were nervous and restless staring at the water situation of the river embankment and staying awake all night, the monstrous rainstorm stopped abruptly.

Before the princes could breathe a sigh of relief, a long drought lasted for more than two months.

Every day, the red sun is rising, reluctant to fall, and the land in Henan is all cracked, and the land with a long drought and little water can no longer grow a single crop.

In this regard, the official Chen Hong was so anxious that he was turning around, but this was the will of heaven, and it could be reversed without manpower, and there was really no other way than to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Beijing to fight drought and provide disaster relief.

"Hmm, it's hot."

The lotus steps in Sima's Mansion are gentle, and the graceful figure is like the most moving beauty, which is enough to make people unable to take their eyes off.

Sima Wei was wearing a thin and loose lake green skirt, her smooth forehead was drenched with sweat, her cheeks were flushed with a hint of hot and dry, and she walked into the main hall with a fan embroidered with "Kitten Fluttering Butterfly".

Compared to the outside, the temperature inside the main hall has plummeted.

A few days ago, the official family remembered the meritorious veteran, and had ordered the Ice Making Department to send ice cubes to cool off the heat, and Sima Guang, who was a veteran meritorious veteran, was naturally taken care of.

A whole cart of ice cubes is enough for the people in Sima's mansion to cool off the summer.

At this moment, the partition wall in the main hall has been filled with ice, and the slightest trace of cool air seeps out of the wall with a mist visible to the naked eye, bringing a trace of coldness.

Seeing the little sister coming in in a hurry, Sima Tang, who was sitting at the back of the desk and tasting fragrant tea, smiled, and his smile couldn't help but have a hint of ridicule: "What's the matter, you're busy with your student union again?" ”

Sima Wei nodded her head while sitting on Sima Tang's case, picked up the iced sour plum soup that had been prepared on the table and swallowed a few sips, and when the cold feeling flowed into her throat and soaked into her heart and spleen, she felt very comfortable, and her beautiful voice like a yellow warbler out of the valley sounded unhurriedly: "Yes, there are really too many things in the student union now, and Brother Wen Qing is not in Luoyang, so many things can naturally only be handled by me, the vice chairman." ”

Hearing her mention Cui Wenqing's name, Sima Tang's face flashed a little uncomfortable, and he sneered with a teacup in his hand: "Speaking of that Cui Wenqing, he was angry, it was this person's idea to create a student union, but I didn't expect that after he earned enough fame with the student union, he actually left Chang'an to be the pacification envoy of Na Laoshizi, and handed over all this mess to you, little sister, if you want me to say, you are stupid!" I didn't know that I was used by Cui Wenqing, and I was stupid all day long. ”

The student union was established by Cui Wenqing and Sima Wei with countless efforts, and the two of them had already expressed their hearts, how could Sima Wei allow her brother to slander Cui Wenqing like this?

After hearing this, her pretty face that captivated the country and the city couldn't help but be a little colder, and her tone was light but serious: "Brother, when the national crisis is at hand, Brother Wen Qing can stand up and bravely shoulder the heavy burden and appease Suizhou, this is a rare heroic act, and it is a model for my generation, how can you say cool words here?" I really don't have a backache when I stand and talk. ”

"Huh? I don't have back pain when I stand and talk? Sima Tang raised his finger and pointed to his nose, angry and funny, "This Cui Wenqing is just a pacification envoy, but he is restless on the side of Suizhou, making waves all day long, causing trouble in Xuzhou, and the officials who impeached him in the past few months are not fifty, but also forty." ”

It has always been not a trivial matter for the ministers of the DPRK and China to be impeached by the officials, but Sima Wei, who only noticed the latter sentence, immediately took it to heart and asked worriedly: "Why, are there many people who impeach Brother Wenqing?" ”

Sima Tang nodded and said: "Yes, some time ago, he implemented the tax exemption law in the four states of the Northland, which really messed with our dynasty, and the officials heard about it, so they naturally wanted to take down the demon of this chaotic country!" Speaking of this, he sighed lightly with pity, "It's just that Cui Wenqing is Wang Anshi's closed student, and he has always been protected by Wang Anshi, and the official family is very fond of Wang Anshi, and those impeachment twists and turns are also lost in the sea." ”

Hearing this, Sima Wei relieved herself.

I remember that when she talked to Chen Ningmo some time ago, she talked about the tax exemption policy, and almost all the ministers in the DPRK and China criticized it, but Chen Ningmo had a different opinion.

Chen Ningmo believes that the tax exemption policy implemented by Cui Wenqing is also an extraordinary law at an extraordinary time.

Only this method can quell the turmoil of the people resettled in other places as soon as possible.

Cui Wenqing was able to make such a choice under pressure, and he dared to act.

Thinking of Chen Ningmo's positive evaluation of Ailang, Sima Wei, who didn't know much about political affairs, felt a little sweeter than eating honey, and had a feeling of being honored.

It's a pity that his father Sima Guang and brother Sima Tang don't agree with Cui Wenqing......

Thinking of this, Sima Wei couldn't help but sigh secretly, and felt a little worried about the shady relationship between her and Cui Wenqing, who didn't know where the road ahead was.

Sima Tang didn't notice Sima Wei's slightly gloomy expression, his mind had been filled with the quarrel in the court this morning, and he snorted coldly: "And this Cui Wenqing doesn't know how to advance and retreat at all, he really has to make inches, and the implementation of the tax exemption law some time ago has passed, and today he actually sent a letter to the imperial court, saying that it was a proposal to exempt the aborigines of the four northern states from paying fifty percent of the tax, and Zhe Zhao didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup Cui Wenqing had poured into it, and he actually agreed, and the two of them jointly signed a letter, Suddenly provoked a quarrel in the early dynasty, and his father and Wang Anshi were even more confrontational, one against and the other in support. ”

"Hey, Daddy and An Shi Xianggong quarreled again?" Sima Wei was immediately surprised.

Sima Tang nodded solemnly and said: "Daddy is always serious, and he has always disagreed with Wang Anshi, who is eager for quick success, so he should have this quarrel. ”

"That'...... Can the official finally agree to Cui Wenqing's recital? Sima Wei asked the question she was most concerned about.

Sima Tang sneered: "There are not a few people who oppose it today, how can the official family make a decision easily, and the decision has been sent back to the political affairs hall and allowed to be discussed by the prime minister." ”

Sima Wei nodded in disappointment, and her mind drifted far, far away.

(End of chapter)