Lin Xi's face changed because he was worried that the officials on Huanqing Road would grab the handle and accuse him of planting Zhao Xing and forcing Zhao Xing away. ”

Zhang put down his hand to cover his mouth, pointed to the door of the yamen, and said: "Lin Hanlin, Lord Zhao is gone, if you want to save this matter, unless he accepts the official seal of the governor of Chuzhou, and his resignation form also needs to be withdrawn." ”

Lin Xi couldn't bear it, hurriedly grabbed the resignation form, and hurriedly said: "The next official will catch up with Lord Zhao, and he will definitely let him take back his life." ”

Lu Huiqing smiled bitterly, and he also hurriedly commanded the servants: "Hurry up, catch up with Lord Zhao, and say that the official has finished handing over official duties, and is ready to send Lord Zhao in person." Mizhou's kindness to take care of, Lu is unforgettable, please Lord Zhao must stay, and wait for Lord Ben to send him off. ”

The new party officials in the imperial court were stunned, and they just wanted to find a sufficient reason to mobilize Zhao Xing, but they didn't expect this reason to be too sufficient, enough to give the Xixia people a big handle. Lu Huiqing is the one who succeeded Zhao Xing, if the Western Xia people happily accept this handle, he will have to bear the anger of the Xia people in the future. Thinking about it, Lu Huiqing felt that it was not worth it. Anyway, he's taken over now, and the rest of the reasons ...... Let the court have a headache, all he can do is try his best to recover and eliminate the impact.

Lu Huiqing, who came back to the afterlife, was unintentionally picky about the pile of account books left by Zhao Xing, and immediately accepted them all in front of Zhang, stamped and approved, and when he took over, he didn't even have the mind to stay for a moment, and immediately rushed out of the mansion to chase Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing walked quickly.

Previously, his move made the people of Gyeongju City find out some inside stories through the officials, but Zhao Xing considered that the spring and autumn seasons were the seasons when the Western Xia people invaded, and in order to prevent the news of his departure from causing a shock to the front line, he tried his best to control the news of his left move in Gyeongju City. So as soon as he handed over his official position, he rushed out of Gyeongju non-stop. waited until Gyeongju slowed down, and at this time Lin Xi chased after him. begged him to withdraw his resignation order and accept the new official seal.

Zhao Xing was noncommittal. So this Lin Xi didn't dare to stay in Gyeongju anymore, he sent someone to Gyeongju City to recall the servants, followed Zhao Xing all the way to hang out, and nagged and pleaded with Zhao Xing when he was free......

Lin Xi fell into such a situation. He was still there lamenting that fate had been unfair to him, but he didn't expect it. At this time, Lu Huiqing was in the interior of Gyeongju City. That's what makes you want to cry without tears.

After Lu Huiqing took over, he didn't look at the account books of the treasury in detail, anyway, he knew that the wealth of the people on Huanqing Road was outrageous, so while secretly rejoicing in his heart, he pretended to chase after Zhao Xing, intending to see the latter off. Half-heartedly chasing after him naturally had no effect, waiting for him to return from outside Gyeongju City. I found that the staff I brought with me all had sad faces. Lu Huiqing smiled and teased: "Why are all the princes bitter, I see that everyone in Gyeongju is wearing more than 1,000 Qingtang armors." Even the little boy is armed with a crossbow of about 300 times, which is simply a rich world.

It is rumored that last time Su Zizhan took over Zhao Liren's Yangzhou appointment, he didn't do anything that year, his hand was soft when he received the money, and he easily obtained a good performance, and now we are replacing Zhao Liren, why are you so sad. ”

Hearing that Lu Huiqing was back, the treasurer, the first step, the prison, the law Cao and other ordinary officials in Gyeongju came over to salute Lu Huiqing and see the new official again. After Lu Huiqing saw his comforting words, his staff still wrinkled his face, with a look of wanting to speak and stopping, he knew that something was wrong, his eyes rolled, his heart was horizontal, and he simply opened the matter in front of him, and he said in a relaxed and sarcastic tone: "Why, is the account left by Lord Zhao wrong, but he said it, there is no problem with this account!" ”

"No problem!" Without waiting for Lu Huiqing's staff to answer, Huanqing's former treasurer and other officials emphasized in unison: "The accounts made by Lord Zhao are clearly written - Lord Zhao's accounts must be publicized every month, and there is no precedent for Huanqing." The lower class has participated in the audit of accounts, and we know every account of these accounts, and if Lord Lu has any questions, just ask. ”

The staff frowned, wrinkled their eyebrows, sighed, and said in a weeping voice: "My lord, this account is indeed rigorously written, and every income and expenditure has been signed by many people, including the local officials of the Zhang Jingluo Division and the Jingzhao Mansion of Master Fan...... We also feel that there is no problem with the discrepancies in the accounts, but it is just ......"

Lu Huiqing had a bad feeling in his heart, and he asked cautiously: "It's just, just what?" ”

"It's just that Huanqing Road is eating grain in Yin, my lord, the account book has spent 831,367 yuan and 42 wen in advance, and it is ......."

The treasurer straightened his stomach and interjected: "And this money was made up by the joint lending of the three major ticket banks - my lord, you used to be the prime minister (i.e., the prime minister), and everyone in the court is familiar with it, you can urge them more so that they can allocate this year's money as soon as possible......

The treasurer of Huanqing paused slightly, and solemnly admonished: "My lord, the ticket bank needs interest on loans, and we have to pay them every day of delay!" ”

Lu Huiqing heard the huge amount just now, his eyes were dazzled, and he almost fainted to the ground, his brain turned quickly, looking for an excuse to fight back, listening to the treasurer's words, his eyes flashed, and he asked sharply: "What?" The appropriation of the imperial court has to be taken out of part and paid to the ticket bank for interest in vain, how can there be such a reason in the world? ”

The treasurer glanced at the officials around him, and all the officials replied in unison, "My lord, that's not the case. Lord Zhao said that time is money, and time is life. As long as we prepare for war in advance, with preparation, this year the Xixia people will not be able to bargain again, this time or a lot of money will be spent, but it will make us pay a lot less blood, in order to compete for time is to seize the opportunity, for this, it is worth our money, so we use the imperial court appropriation as collateral, and borrow money from the ticket bank in advance - it is worth it!

As for what the lord said about using the imperial court to allocate funds to repay the interest - it will not cost the court to pay for it, and when we win the Western Xia, this interest will be asked from the Western Xia people, and the adults don't need to worry, as long as the method of capturing the evil people of the Western Xia in Gyeongju continues, the government will have income - Lord Zhao said, this is called the war dividend. ”

Lu Huiqing trembled angrily, and when those officials saw that Lu Huiqing had nothing to say, they swaggered and bowed, and retreated arrogantly.

Look at their retreating backs. Lu Huiqing scolded viciously: "Zhao Liren, that thief and bird, left such a group of evil officials behind." Thinking that I, Lu Huiqing, actually asked a group of evil officials to kidnap it, it's funny to say. ”

After scolding. Lu Huiqing turned to his staff and asked with red eyes, "Which of you will be my Zhang Qianya?" ”

No one wants to be Lu Huiqing's Zhang Qianya.

One of the staff members shook his head and said, "My lord, I have to borrow land from the three ticket banks." Fan Chunzhang has already signed it, and we can't even repay the debt. Eight hundred and thirty thousand. The appropriation of the imperial court is just right, and this Lord Zhao is really dark. ”

Lu Huiqing himself is a shameless person, and it would be strange if there was one person who followed him who knew about shame. Another staff member then asked the question in the hearts of most of his companions: "My lord, we are going to pay off the debt for Zhao Liren in the first year, and now, even the Yulu I am waiting for does not know where to pay the bill, what should we do?" ”

What to do? Lu Huiqing just wanted to cry.

Look at the arrogant officials just now. Lu Huiqing knew that she wanted to squeeze money out of them. It's hard, I'm afraid. Instead of paying salaries to his staff from public funds, do you want him to pay out of his own pocket? Well. If you pay out of your own pocket, there is no need to support a few people who can only shoot sycophants - after all, it is cheaper to find a drama and listen to a big drama for a whole month than to feed a sycophant......

Lu Huiqing wanted to cry in Gyeongju City, and Lin Xi also wanted to throw himself into the river outside Huanqing Road, he complained in his heart: You said that I had nothing to do with that reprimand, this is all to blame for Lu Huiqing's demagogy along the way, hateful.

Lin Xi is from Huzhou (Wuxing, Zhejiang) Zhizhou seat rose to the ground, he has a close relationship with Mi Fu, modern, we can see Mi Fu "Shu Su Ti", the merit in Lin Xi. But Lin Xi is a typical New Party person, and he has to rush back to the capital so soon, on the one hand, because of Zhao Xing's difficulties, and on the other hand, because he is still in charge of this year's Zhigongju task.

And this Shaosheng scientific expedition, because of its extremely conservative thinking, indirectly buried the cause of the fall of the Song Dynasty, so Lin Xi can also be said to be one of the culprits of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Lin Xi was not in the capital before, and he didn't know many of the inside stories in the palace compound, and with the old wave of ministers such as Lu Dafang and Qian Xian going out of Beijing, the incident of "Princess Lezhi" has been deliberately suppressed. Lin Xi only saw that Zhao Xing sent a lot of gifts directly to the palace every year, and even some clan princes also received gifts from Zhao Xingdi, this strange phenomenon made him wonder. But why Zhao Xing was able to send the gift directly to the palace, no one who knew it would say. As a result, the rumors became more and more outrageous.

After Zhao Xing's "finding faults" was issued, the officials who passed this document were shaking their heads, and it is said that even the officials of the six ministries were quite dissatisfied with this, and there was no shortage of complaining eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. It's a pity that the Song Dynasty was ruled by the cabinet, and the cabinet was determined to clean up one person, and even the emperor couldn't stop it.

When Lin Xi accepted this appointment, he felt this strange atmosphere, and originally planned to see Zhao Xing pretending to be a bit and just fooling things over, but he didn't expect to be fooled by Lu Huiqing along the way, forgetting his original plan, and actually wanted to disguise himself and quietly observe the situation on the front line along the way, so as to report to the little emperor after he went back, so as to please the new emperor.

Lin Xi is also a former magistrate, seeing that Zhao Xing has restored the vitality of a war-torn front-line state in two years, he can't help but feel a little jealous in his heart, Lu Huiqing fanned the flames again, and when he saw Zhao Xing, he wanted to put on a majestic posture and give the other party a dismount......

He really didn't expect that Zhao Xing was a cannon fighter, he hadn't been majestic enough, the other party had already voted with his feet - he ran away, he walked away directly and didn't plan to play with anyone. This time, but there will be attacks in the future, all the blame needs to be shouldered by Lin Xi, thinking of all kinds of strange things since he left Beijing, Lin Xi regretted it, he just wanted to jump into the river with remorse. Along the way, he persuaded Zhao Xing when he had the opportunity, but Zhao Xing was always noncommittal.

Today, Lin Xi has talked from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to His Majesty today, and when he talks about the emperor's grace, he himself admires his eloquence, and he has been talking so much for so long without stopping, but Zhao Xing didn't seem to hear it, he buried his head in Ganquan County, and led the servants straight to the largest guest house in the county.

If Zhao Xing admits that he is an official, he should go to the official residence station, where there is free hospitality. And Zhao Xing's group has a total of more than 200 people, and ordinary guest houses can't live at all, so. When Lin Xi found out that the other party was walking towards the guest house, he sighed in his heart. Knowing that the other party hadn't changed his mind yet, he had no choice but to follow step by step.

There's no way not to leave an inch. Along the way, Lin Xi has found that this group of people is like rabbits. Once the initiator comes, he can run a hundred miles in a day. Lin Xi was afraid that if he turned around, these people would run without a shadow, so he would bear the responsibility for angering Xixia. The emperor was angry, and lightly said, "Cause trouble". can let his career come to an end. Lin Xi just learned about the tribute. A bright future was in front of him, and he didn't want to bury it all.

At the door of the inn, Liao Xiaoxiao came out to greet Kasli, Zhao Xing frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you two go first, why did you stay here, follow us, full of smoke and dust." Why bother. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao Yingying bowed: "The slave family has caused trouble for the officials." The big officials did not punish them, but they were as graceful as ever. The slave family was very uneasy. What are you afraid of in this wind and rain, the big officials feel uncomfortable, and the slave family happens to be by the side to relieve the worries of the officials. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xing turned around, stared at the empty long street with his hands behind his back, and groaned: "The flowers are faded and the red and green apricots are small. When the swallows fly, the green water surrounds. The willows on the branches blow less, and there is no grass at the end of the world.

Swing inside the wall, outside the wall. Pedestrians outside the wall, beautiful people laugh inside the wall. The laughter gradually faded into silence, but the amorous was ruthlessly annoyed. ”

This is Su Shi's words "Butterfly Loves Flowers. Spring Scene", the last two sentences of each paragraph are the famous sentences that have been praised through the ages, and Zhao Xing chanted in a leisurely manner, as if the experience of hanging the crown and walking away was just a sneeze, and there was no need to care about it at all.

Liao Xiaoxiao made a blessing, got up and softly chanted another noun of Su Shidi: "Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not chant and walk slowly." Bamboo cane shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid? A cloud of smoke and rain is Ren Ping's life.

The steep spring breeze blows the wine and wakes up, slightly cold, and the mountain is obliquely shining but welcomes. Looking back at the bleak place, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine. ”

The man and woman stood at the corner of the street, chanting Su Dongpo's famous sentences, looking at each other and smiling, all the dissatisfaction disappeared, and the two held hands like this, immersed in that free and easy state of mind.

At this time, Su Dongpo, an incorrigible optimist, was still full of happiness after his wife's death and his own demotion to the front line in Dingzhou. This time, the staff he summoned was Li Zhiyi, and while the two went to work, they also talked about the wind and snow, and talked about poetry and experience. Su Shi didn't know that his generation of Wenzong, a few romantic figures, was desperate to get to this step - the entire history of the Great Song Dynasty was losing face!

Zhao Xing and Liao Xiaoxiao stood on the long street holding hands for a long time. Cheng Shuang hurriedly beckoned Wan Qiyong and Shuai Fan and Lin Xi to enter the hotel, one hotel couldn't stay, a few nearby hotels were arranged here and there, plus a few houses were also stuffed, and after a while, after all the people lived, Lin Xi finished washing up, and continued to come to Zhao Xing with a teacup.

Hu Ji Kasli was carrying a cloak to put on Zhao Xing, and when she saw Lin Xi coming, she said to Zhao Xing in Hu language: "Master, it's still a little cold in spring, go into the house, what's nostalgic for this dilapidated land." ”

Lin Xi walked up to Zhao Xing and stopped, sneered and said, "Lord Zhao, you suddenly stopped staying at noon, what are your plans?" ”

Zhao Xing replied absentmindedly: "This place belongs to Yan'an Mansion, I plan to go to Yan'an Mansion to see Fan Jinglu (Fan Yu, the word Xunzhi), I have been in Huanqing for so long, I have not stayed at home for many days, and I have not seen this Guan Xue, now I am leaving, just go to visit." ”

Lin Xi hadn't answered yet, a shopkeeper was passing by with a horse, and he replied with a smile: "It's all gone, Xie Jingluo from Jingyuan Road left last month, and I heard that Jingxiang was demoted; This month, Fan Jingluo left, and I heard that he was demoted to Mizhou. I also heard that Zhao Anfu on Huanqing Road is also going to be replaced-what kind of world is this, he won a battle against the Tanguts, and the heroes were demoted, are the ministers of the court all sent by the Tanguts? ”

Lin Xi smiled bitterly, he wanted to refute the shopkeeper with confidence, and told the other party that the interests of the party are above everything else, as long as the party has interests, it is a trivial matter whether the country will perish or not, and it is one of the "five virtues" cycle, which echoes the Confucian Dao...... But after thinking about it, he was a university scholar, fighting with a shopkeeper, and there was a resentful bachelor standing next to him, and if he didn't make a good fuss, his reputation in this life would be ruined.

So Lin Xi pretended not to know.

Zhao Xing could only pretend not to know, he took Liao Xiaoxiao's hand and walked towards the courtyard, Kasli followed closely behind them, Lin Xi's body moved, and suddenly turned a thought, he didn't move, beckoned to the shopkeeper, and asked kindly: "Now who is the new Yanlu Jingluo envoy, the old man will write you a letter, you send it over, there will be a reward." ”

Zhao Xing didn't notice the small movements behind Lin Xi, he returned to the inn hall, Wan Qiyong and Shuai Fan were waiting for him with a table full of food. Zhao Xing sat down at the table slowly, Cheng Shuang came over with a wine glass, and said attentively: "Uncle Seven, drink a glass of wine to warm up." ”

Zhao Xing drank all the wine, but Cheng Shuang still refused to leave, he waited for Zhao Xing to drink the glass of wine, and plucked up the courage to say: "Uncle Seven just recited that there is no grass at the end of the world, and the brothers all applauded in unison." Seventh uncle, the court is unfair, and the seventh uncle does not often persuade the master to go back, why don't we go back today.

Seventh uncle, I think that our Cheng family can be regarded as a wealthy family, and it is enough to retreat to the background to be a rich man, why should we suffer from this pickle. Look at the seventh uncle in the past two years, non-stop running around the states and counties of Huanqing Road, personally teaching farmers to plant grass and trees, personally wearing armor to kill the enemy, brothers killed seven, more than 100 family members died, and the loss of Japanese people and horses was thirty percent, but what do we get in exchange?

Uncle Seven, it's better to go back - when we return to Hangzhou, even the magistrates have to look at us, so why struggle in this mud pile. ”

Wan Qi Yongshuai Fan held his breath and waited for Zhao Xing's answer, because Zhao Xing's answer was also related to their fate.