In March, the imperial examination began, and Zhao Xing crossed Zhending into Dingzhou.

Lin Xi knew that the tribute, all the ministers who reprimanded Sima Guang and Lu Gongshu who were in power during the Yuan Dynasty were all in the top few, and the first place He Changyan scolded in the volume "Yuan ministers, I don't know the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, the grace of the father and son" and other words, Fang Tianruo will scold in the examination paper, "When it is, the crane is a night person, the chess cloth is on the road, the family wealth is still not lost, and the descendants are still not imprisoned", so it ranked second......

This imperial examination gives people a clear signal: it doesn't matter how you read the humanities, the key depends on whether you will cater to the sense of the commander and whether you will abuse your opponent......

As a result, politics has since forbade dissent.

With the end of the imperial examination, the Shaosheng era finally began. The so-called "Shaosheng", in modern terms, means: to remember the legacy of the late great leader Song Shenzong, follow the line pointed out by his mentor Wang Anshi, put things in order, and carry out the reform to the end. The specific measures are: We will oppose whatever the enemy agrees with.

Opposition for the sake of opposition.

The first person to be "opposed" was Sima Guang, because this guy had opposed his mentor Wang Anshi, so he needed to oppose it first. Sima Guang wrote a book of "Zizhi Tongjian" - against! As a result, the New Party ordered the burning and banning of the "Zizhi Tongjian", and anyone who dared to read it in the book was regarded as nostalgic for the old party, and it was necessary to defeat the criticism; Sima Guang described many historical figures in the Zizhi Tongjian - Oppose! All those who are praised by Sima Guang in it are all propagated as wicked people, and all those who are scandalized by Sima Guang are all eulogized. All officials who have been degraded by Sima Guang will be reused. For example, Lu Huiqing, Sima Guang said that he was corrupt - opposed, Lu Huiqing is a good comrade and needs to be reused. sent him to the Western Xia front to make contributions......

Sima Guang reused many accomplices, such as Su Zhe and Li Chang - opposed. So the New Party ordered the derogation of Su Zhe and Li Chang. Su Zhe and Li Chang also wrote a book of "the world's first accounting" - against! Therefore, the New Party ordered the banning of this book, and whoever dared to use accounting to count the financial situation in the government affairs of the Great Song Dynasty would be regarded as the old party figures. Su Song is also a figure of the old party, and he studied a water transport instrument elephant platform - oppose! The New Party immediately ordered the closure of the water transport instrument platform, and whoever dared to study something similar again would be regarded as the old Party figures to be defeated and criticized......

The list goes on!

To what extent such acts are rampant – due to the burning of a large number of cantatas. So much so that the history in the form of a chronicle "Continuation of Capital and Governance Tongjian". In the following three years, there was a blank gap, and since the beginning of human writing, there has been a historical gap, and there are only two records in the upper and lower 5,000 years. One is the three-year Shaosheng era, and the other is the ten-year Cultural Revolution era. Besides. It was the era of the massacre in China. There has been no such historical fault.

In the same month, Cai Jing, who had returned home from his dismissal, finally returned to Yangzhou, but he thought about it and did not dare to settle in Yangzhou, so living in Yangzhou was equivalent to telling others that he had embezzled a huge amount of land here. So, Cai Jing turned to Suzhou to find land, settling down and waiting for an opportunity to recover.

On the same day, Pan Dalin arrived in Quwo. He stood in the streets. I wondered what to do.

Pan Dalin has been accompanying the degraded Zhang Shangying to stay in Taiyuan in the past few years. Zhang Shangying received an order to recover this month and began to dismiss his subordinates. Pan Dalin was also dismissed. After rolling up his luggage, he walked aimlessly towards the Yellow River, and when he reached Quwo, he remembered that he seemed to have an old friend nearby, who was a senior official on Huanqing Road. Pan Dalin originally wanted to stop by to find Zhao Xing, but now his travel expenses are not enough, so he is still hesitating.

Zhang Shangying dismissed Pan Dalin, not because he was too affectionate, but because it was customary. The price of goods in the capital is too expensive, and even a person like Su Shi, who can exchange a note for a sheep, has to dismiss Ma Mengde after recovering from Huangzhou, not to mention Zhang Shangying. When he returned to the capital, he could only get a dead salary, and that money could make him live in luxury, but it was far from enough to support another person at the same time, so that the other person could live comfortably.

Zhang Shangying is a degraded official, how much income can he have, and when he dismissed Pan Dalin, he only gave a few dollars for travel expenses, but Pan Dalin didn't care, he was a fanatical star chaser, living by Zhang Shangying's side in the past few years, and with Zhang Shangying visiting many famous families, he was already very satisfied.

At this moment, Pan Dalin is still desperately recalling, recalling the scene when he learned the news of Zhao Xing two years ago, which was the news that Zhao Xing passed to him after taking office, because Hedong was very close to Zhao Xing's office, Zhao Xing let Pan Dalin have time to play with him. But Zhao Xing was too busy, and he couldn't contact Pan Dalin anymore, and Pan Dalin stayed by Zhang Shangying's side, Zhang Shangying was dedicated to talking about Buddhism, and he couldn't read the imperial court newspaper during his residential surveillance, Pan Dalin came out, his eyes were black, he didn't know the changes in the political situation of the imperial court, and he didn't know that Zhao Xing had left.

After recalling for a long time, Pan Dalin remembered that when Zhao Xing sent him the letter, he gave him a sum of money, and gave him a seal, which was in the shape of a ring and the ring was a star sapphire. Opening the ring is a seal...... At the beginning, Pan Dalin thought that the ring was too feminine, so he threw it in the package, and spent the money sent by Zhao Xing. Thinking about it at this moment, he hurriedly went through his package.

Fortunately, the seal is still there. He put the ring on his hand, noticed that the ring was a little big, and thought to himself, "Find someone to wrap some silk threads, it will be non-slip and suitable to wear...... But where do we go now? ”

Pan Dalin vaguely remembered that Zhao Xing mentioned a name when he gave the ring, saying that if he was nervous and wanted to use the money, he could use this ring to go to the ticket house to withdraw some cash, but Pan Dalin had forgotten the name of the ticket store, and after thinking for a long time, he decided to go to the largest ticket store in the city to try his luck.

The largest ticket house in the city is Feng Leong Xing, Pan Dalin walked into Feng Leong Xing, and gently knocked on the counter with his finger wearing a ring, before he could speak, a person who looked like a big butler came over, while staring at the ring on his hand and bowed, while greeting: "Honored guest and please go inside, tell the big cabinet, bring the "Golden Jade Spectrum". ”

Pan Dalin didn't know why he was so warmly entertained, he guessed that it had something to do with the ring on his hand, so he followed the big butler to a secret room in the backyard without saying a word. first greeted Pan Dalin respectfully, and then carefully asked: "Can you take off the ring and let me wait for a look?" ”

Pan Dalin calmly took off the ring and handed it to the other party, and by the way, he glanced at the thick book in the other party's hand, and saw three gilded characters printed on it: "Golden Jade Spectrum".

The big cabinet looked through the thick "Golden and Jade Spectrum" and checked Pan Dalin's seal, and then closed the "Golden and Jade Spectrum" and asked carefully: "The honored guest is Pan Dalin and Pan Xiucai who are full of wind and rain in the city?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Is there a proof? I mean, Pan Xiucai can have a few letters from relatives, friends, and colleagues with him, so that we can confirm it. ”

"What do you mean?" Pan Dalin asked.

The big cabinet replied: "The "Golden Jade Spectrum" records that this ring is held by Pan Dalin, who is full of wind and rain, and the honored guest only needs to prove that he is that Pan Xiucai. Everything is all right. ”

Pan Dalin nodded. replied: "When I turned over the ring just now, I turned out the letter that Zhao Li, the appeasement envoy of Huanqing Road, wrote to me, if this is not enough, there is also a poem written by Zhang Shangying and me." and the ...... that Su Dongpo wrote to me, a bachelor of Su"

"Enough, these letters are enough. Please show it out and let it be watched in the next place." The attitude of the big cabinet became more and more respectful.

After the big cabinet finished reading the letter, he respectfully handed the letter to Pan Dalin, and then asked in a more humble tone: "How much does Pan Xiucai need?" ”

Pan Dalin stared at the "Golden and Jade Spectrum" on the table, very curious: "Can I ask, why is my name on the "Golden Jade Spectrum", what is the matter with this ring, and why is its shape and seal style recorded on your "Golden Jade Spectrum"?" ”

The big cabinet hesitated, and immediately said: "The honored guest is a first-class guest on the "Golden Jade Spectrum". I won't hide it from you here. This "Golden and Jade Book" contains eighteen seals. They are all given to some important people, and the name of the honored guest is also on it. Ranked First Class. ”

Pan Dalin's curiosity became even stronger, and he asked casually: "Can I ask who is up there, who is the first class?" ”

This time, the big cabinet did not hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "There are three people in the first class, Honorable Guest and Bachelor Su; The second class is the sixth bachelor of Sumen, and there are some famous poets and painters. ”

The big cabinet is not complete, for example, he only explained two first-class scholars, and only explained the six bachelors of Sumen, but Pan Dalin already understood, he nodded, and replied thoughtfully: "People say that the seven bachelors of Sumen, when you say this, I know who your lord is...... I came this time to visit Guishang in Huanqing, and I plan to take ......" Pan Dalin originally stretched out a finger, thinking that this point would be enough for a hundred times, but thinking that Zhao Xing's money was not enough, and he was afraid that it would not be enough to bring less money, and it would be indecent to borrow money temporarily, so he immediately changed it to three fingers.

The big cabinet didn't blink his eyes, and replied briskly: "30,000 guan - do you want gold and silver coins?" Or something else? Now that the roads are unquiet and bandits are everywhere, I am afraid that it is not appropriate for the honored guest to carry so much money with him, so I suggest that the honored guest exchange 25,000 yuan for flying tickets, and the rest of the land for gold coins, but even then it is necessary to hire a few guards to accompany him. ”

"What? You said that these three fingers mean 30,000 guan", Pan Dalin was shocked, he wanted to explain that he only needed 300 guan, but after thinking about it, he felt that the number of 300 guan was probably underestimated by the shopkeeper, he shook his head, and immediately changed his words and said: "I also know that the road is not quiet, so I only plan to bring 3,000 guan." Guards, by the way, trouble the shopkeeper to hire a few guards for me. ”

The shopkeeper agreed one by one, and Pan Dalin remembered that the other party did not deny that Zhao Xing was their big boss behind the scenes, and he hurriedly asked, "How is Zhao Anfu doing?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed and replied: "The honorable guest is also from Huangzhou, I won't hide it from you, Zhao Anfu has been recalled to Beijing, but the adult did not enter Beijing directly, he went to Dingzhou." Bachelor Su went to Dingzhou, and the adults planned to go to Dingzhou to help Bachelor stabilize the situation and teach those military leaders a lesson. ”

"What? Degraded again? Pan Dalin was dizzy and walked out of Fenglongxing, standing on the side of the road and continuing to worry. What should he do now? Su Shi was also degraded, his student Zhao Liren was taken away, where should he go now.

A person next to him urged in a low voice: "Da Lang, look, if you don't leave today, will we rest first?" ”

Only then did Pan Dalin remember that the eight strong men around him were the guards hired by Feng Longxing on his behalf. Just as he was feeling dazed, he suddenly noticed that a team of officials happened to be walking through the street. The sign played by the flag official has three big words written on it: "Jingyuan Lu".

Lu Dazhong entered Beijing to play right, this is a return to his original post. Pan Dalin hurriedly took out his notebook and sent someone to hand it to Lu Dazhong.

Pan Dalin has no fame, that is to say, the small owner of this hotel did not even pass the Gongshi examination, originally such a person handed over the notebook along the road, Lu Dazhong was disdainful of receiving the place, but Pan Dalin This guy is not famous, plus he is in contact with top figures such as Zhang Shangying and Su Shi. also has a close relationship with Zhao Xing. So Lu Dazhong received the notebook, pondered for a while, ordered to get off the sedan chair, and met Pan Dalin on the side of the road.

"I didn't expect to see Pan Dalin in the city. Brother Pan, where are you going? Lu Dazhong asked kindly.

Pan Dalin arched his hand and replied without being arrogant or humble: "I originally planned to go to Huanqing to visit my friend Zhao Liren. I didn't expect him to go to office. I heard that he was summoned to Beijing to play together with the adults, but I don't know if the adults have seen him in the capital. ”

Lu Dazhong was beaming when he mentioned the experience of the capital, and he replied happily: "Zhao Liren, that guy went to Dingzhou, when I was in the capital, I heard that the imperial court had already issued three edicts and asked him to enter Beijing, but Zhao Xing was a donkey." I heard that he has arrived at the Yamen of Master Su. ”

Pan Dalin asked again: "I see that the adults are beaming. Could it be that there is any happy event in Beijing this time? ”

Lü Dazhong was happy to tell the latter about the emperor's comfort to him, of course. Because the Great Song Dynasty did not have a Zhulian policy, he did not need to be demoted for his brother, and he was grateful to His Majesty for his promotion. He said that the emperor had specially arranged for his brother's residence, and promised to restore his brother's happy event in three years. After hearing this, Pan Dalin was silent for a moment, and replied: "Your Majesty lost his words, and now he must regret it." ”

Lu Dazhong suddenly realized that his brother was demoted to "Xunzhou Placement", how could the emperor say that he deliberately explained and arranged for his brother to be in "Anzhou"?

The emperor said that he leaked his mouth, but the truth was leaked.

Sure enough, in the second half of the month, Lu Dazhong got the news that his brother died in Qianzhou. At the same time, he obtained a land without saying a reason, and inexplicably derogatory order, degrading him to serve his brother's sentence in the state.

It is said that after Lü Dazhong died in Xunzhou, the little emperor asked the local ruler at that time like no one else: "Why did Lü Dafang go to Qianzhou". Shi Ji is here, sighing and saying, "Woohoo! The degree of the emperor is not a shallow knowledge. ”

In the same month, Dingzhou Yamen.

The news of the arrival of Zhao Xing in Zhending Mansion reached the adjacent Dingzhou City, and the Dingzhou officers who were domineering immediately became much more honest, so Su Shi took the opportunity to exile those who embezzled military salaries, repaired the barracks, and banned drinking and gambling. Since then, the army has had a little more food and clothing.

In March, Su Shi ordered the military colonels, and he wore a Tang armor to raise the flag in the military tent. Wang Guangzu, the deputy director, called himself a veteran, and was unwilling to bow to Su Shi, a civil official, saying that he was sick and did not participate in the ceremony. Su Shi ordered the officials to summon Wang Guangzu to come to the military tent to play right, Wang Guangzu laughed: "What kind of armor does a literati wear, what kind of soldiers, Hugh comes to make fun - the old man is sick and can't get up, don't go!" ”

The official replied cautiously: "My lord, Zhao Laohu has entered the tent of Su Taishou's army, I see that the two or three hundred people he brought are all vicious, I heard that they are all warriors who have survived a hundred battles on the Huanqing Road, and they have once fought five hundred miles in Western Xia and retreated......

Wang Guangzu was shocked and sweated, and hurriedly said: "Zhao Laohu is here, so soon, someone is coming, hurry up and put on armor with me, hurry up." ”

Su Shi is a literati and can't mobilize many soldiers. Wang Guangzu has controlled Dingzhou for many years, colluding up and down, and even the successive Taishou can't do anything about him. Originally, he wanted to give Su Shi a dismount and let Su Shi retreat, even if Su Shi was angry, no one dared to punish him, but now that Su Shi has Zhao Xing, it is different.

Although Zhao Xing is a civil official, he has Zhang Cheng by his side. During the first battle of Wuyanxia, through Zhang Cheng's mouth, Zhao Xing's fierceness was quietly praised in the gate, especially the two sentences that Zhao Xing shouted on the battlefield, "Blood does not drain, death does not truce", "blood for blood, tooth for tooth". Thinking of these two sentences, Wang Guangzu actually shuddered a little. He put on his helmet and armor, and the wolf rushed to the military tent, trembling and registering: "Wang Guangzu, the envoy of the imperial city and the deputy head of the soldiers and horses of Dingzhou, signed up for the school." ”

A few soldiers at the entrance of the big tent did not squint, standing straight, as if they did not see Wang Guangzu's arrival, and on the left side of the tent, two or three hundred luxurious troops in one water plate armor were resting around the two incense carts without breathing. Wang Guangzu's eyebrows trembled, he had actually found a reason for the attack now - Zhao Xing had a school inspector on his head, and he could go straight to the barracks. But his woman didn't. Now Zhao Xing is taking a woman into the barracks, isn't it a big mistake?!

Wang Guangzu's eyes flashed again, and he caught a glimpse of a big man like an iron tower sitting in Xiangcheqian, he was completely black, his arms were as thick as a person's thighs, and he was holding a piece of cloth in his hand to wipe a big plate axe with a strange shape and sharp blade, and glanced at the door of the tent from time to time, Wang Guangzu hurriedly avoided his gaze. Quietly swallow a few mouthfuls of foam.

"Come in". Su Shi's gentle voice came from inside the tent. As soon as Wang Guangzu heard this, a cold sweat fell, and the cold sweat flowed like a waterfall, so that every step he took. The footprints were wet, and the sweat formed small puddles at the feet.

Wang Guangzu entered the big tent. Only then did he sneak a glance at Su Shi in the big tent. Su Shi didn't look at him at all, he had a warm smile on his face, and was twisting his head to talk to a person behind the chair in a low voice, Su Shi was sitting at his feet Li Zhiyi, he took the roster, looked at Wang Guangzu with a smile, and said with ice ballast: "Lord Wang is late, but it's better to be late than not to come." ”

Wang Guangzu raised his face. Just opened a mouth. There was a heavy snort in the darkness behind Su Shi's chair, and Wang Guangzu's cold sweat immediately flowed into his mouth. He shook his head, threw out the beads of sweat, and the words of defense immediately turned into words of confession: "Xiaguan has been weak in his limbs for the past few days, and he will sweat more than when he moves, and look, I am still sweating profusely...... The criminal officer offended the lord and was offended. Please also raise your noble hand and gently punish you. ”

Su Shi turned around and said indifferently: "Now that Guangzu has arrived, this person has also arrived, and he will start to perform martial arts." ”

Wang Guangzu returned to his seat one by one, he secretly looked, the generals in the tent seemed to have a small puddle under everyone's buttocks, and all of them were frequently wiping their sweat...... The deputy chief manager didn't see it, that Zhao Laohu was so ruthless, he pressed the person to the ground, and he didn't use anesthetic, and directly stabbed words on his face with a knife...... Hey! ”

After Wang Guangzu entered the big tent, Su Shi never introduced the tiger behind his chair to him, but the officers in the tent knew that they didn't dare to come out, so Li Zhiyi assigned a school order, so someone secretly said a few words. The officer who spoke just now said something so powerful that he couldn't say anything more after a cold war. Immediately afterwards, Wang Guangzu's name was clicked.

After Dingzhou degraded Han Qi, there was no formal exercise in the army, this large-scale drill took ten days, the school was surrounded by a bunch of ordinary people to watch, after the martial arts exercise, the people praised together: "Since Han Qi went to the public, I have not seen this ceremony so far, and I don't want to see it again today." Su Gong Yanwu, I can rest assured that I can farm this year! ”

After the Dingzhou military exercise, Su Dongpo was also very happy, he finally reversed the decadent atmosphere of the Dingzhou army, and when he returned to the official office, he asked Zhao Xing with great interest: "Leaving people, they all say that you are good at making something out of nothing and accumulating wealth, I tell you the truth, the land you see today is just an empty shell, and the Dingzhou arsenal is empty." There is not much money in the Changping Pile Sealing Warehouse, and the Liao people harass it every year, and this Dingzhou is like a paper paste, and the border defense is useless.

I know you won't stay in Dingzhou for long, but I hope you will spend a few days to help me figure out a way to make Dingzhou's arsenal sufficient, otherwise, the Liao people will come again, and breaking Dingzhou will be like a backhand! ”

In fact, there is no need for Zhao Xing to think of a way, as soon as Su Shi finished speaking, Li Zhiyi had already walked into the hall with a solemn face and told everyone that the consolation of the imperial court had arrived.

This consolation envoy did not come to find Zhao Xing, but to find Su Shi. Yu Shi Yu Ce, Shao Shang, who served Yu Shilai, impeached Su Shi, saying that Su Shi's previous writings ridiculed the previous dynasties and satirized the past and the present. At the same time, Shao also listed the words written by Su Shi when he belittled Lu Huiqing, attacked Su Shi for slandering the imperial court, and demanded that Su Shi be severely punished. Since Yu Ce and Shao made trouble, the officials of Yushitai, under the leadership of Zhao Tingzhi, attacked Su Shi in a big way. As a result, Su Shi was demoted to Yingzhou (now Yingde, Guangdong). Fan Chunren tried his best to defend Su Shi, but Song Zhezong ignored him. Subsequently, Zhezong deposed Fan Chunren as prime minister.

After the consolation envoy announced the deposition order, Wang Guangzu's loud voice came from outside the yamen, and he couldn't hear what he was shouting through the heavy door...... Wait, let him shut up after being convinced, I have something to ask him! ”

Zhao Xing was so arrogant that Xuanwei was at a loss, so he wanted to stop him, but when he saw Zhao Xing's size, he remembered someone, and immediately lost his voice and said, "Is it Lord Zhao, a bachelor of Baowen Pavilion and a doctor of Zhongfeng...... When I came, His Majesty issued an edict to summon your lordship again, and the consolation envoy had gone to Zhending, but I didn't expect Lord Zhao to be here. ”

Tyson had already rushed out, and when he finished speaking, Wang Guangzu's pig-like howl was already heard outside the door......