Prime Minister Zhang Dun entered the inner hall through the vertical arch hall, and under the guidance of a Xuanzan Sheren, he walked towards the Chongzheng Palace. The Xuanzan Sheren is subordinate to the Xuanmen Division, in charge of spreading the Xuanzan, and is the "bridge" between the emperor and the hundred officials.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Eunuch Division was controlled by eunuchs, and the current Emperor pursued the strategy of decentralizing power among his subordinates. Naturally, the eunuchs will not be allowed to control the channel through which they meet and communicate with their foreign ministers. Therefore, it is Kaifeng Xungui who controls the Gate Division, and the officials of the Gate Division are all military capital, most of them are the sons of Xungui, and some are the ministers of Wuju and the first entry.

The vertical arch hall is the place where the official family daily early dynasty. In the early days of the Song Dynasty, the place where the official family went to court was usually in the Daqing Hall or Wende Hall of the Outer Dynasty. However, now these two halls have become ceremonial decorations, except for major days, the official family does not royal the outer court hall, but in the inner dynasty of the vertical arch hall early dynasty.

As a result, the Vertical Arch Hall became the gateway for courtiers to enter the Great Inner Palace, and the place where officials worked in the Inner Dynasty and summoned their ministers was usually the Chongzheng Palace.

As the prime minister, Zhang Dian has walked from the Vertical Arch Hall to the Chongzheng Hall many times, and it can be said that he can walk with his eyes closed. However, the etiquette of the court cannot be abolished, and it must be led by the Xuanzanshe.

Outside the gate of the Chongzheng Palace, Zhang Dian stood up and waited, and then the Xuanzan Sheren reported to the palace ** attendant.

It didn't take long for a short and fat inner attendant with not very white skin to come out of the palace, salute Zhang Dian and the others, and then stepped forward and whispered to Zhang Tun: "Xianggong, the official family is not in a mood today, and I just shed tears in the palace." ”

The waiter who spoke to Zhang Dian was named Liu Youduan, forty years old, and he was the escort of the Nei Servant Province and served as the Imperial Pharmacy. Unlike the eunuchs who served in the palace in the past, who did not dare to openly make friends with foreign ministers, Liu Youduan, an internal official, had close contacts with Prime Minister Zhang Dan.

At the same time, he is also the confidant of the new Empress Liu. Through him, Empress Liu, who was still a concubine at the time, colluded with Prime Minister Zhang Dian to facilitate the deposition of Empress Meng and the succession of Empress Liu.

The Great Song Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Zhezong is really a bit different - not only has there been a long-term situation of being alone and one party controlling the government, but also there has been collusion between the inner palace, internal officials and the outer court, which can be described as a big bad family law. Because later historians generally did not have a high evaluation of Emperor Zhezong who opened up the territory and Zhang Dun who assisted him.

is basically the best combination of faint monarch and adultery, and it is precisely because the two of them broke the ancestral family law that it caused the shame of Jingkang later. and then follow the faint monarch Zhao Xu's ** Xiang Zhangdun to investigate, and the responsibility for Jingkang's shame fell on Wang Anshi.

Hearing that the "faint monarch" Zhao Xu was crying, the "adultererous" Zhang Xuan was stunned and asked in a low voice: "Why are the officials crying?" ”

"Because of a painting." Liu Youduan sighed, "Today, the Hanlin Painting Bureau sent a painting to the Chongzheng Palace, and the official family was very impressed when they saw it at first, but they started crying after a while......

A painting made the official family cry? What kind of painting is this? It won't be a painting like "Wandering People" - Zhang Dian immediately thought of a "Wandering People" during the reign of Shenzong, which was painted by Zheng Xia, a judicial officer in Gwangju, to criticize Wang Anshi's new policy. Along with the "Diagram of the Displaced People", there is also a "On the New Law of the Diagram of the Displaced People". As a result, after Song Shenzong saw the "Wandering People", he couldn't sleep at night, and the next morning he issued a "bowing edict" to remove Fangtian, Baojia, and Qingmiao......

Isn't there another remnant of the old party who has been on the "reverse map" such as "Displaced People"? This can't be done, you have to be punished immediately!

Zhang Dun's white eyebrows were twisted, his face showed a fierce face, and he asked, "Whose painting?" ”

"It's a painting by the Hanlin Painting Bureau to be edicted to be a long martial artist."

"Wu Haogu?" Zhang Dian thought to himself: How bold is a little edict to be directed? We must punish the sin severely!

Thinking of this, he straightened his clothes and followed Liu You into the palace gate.

In the depths of the main hall, Zhao Xu, an official in regular clothes, was sitting behind the case, looking at the "Great Song Dynasty Official Family Horizontal Knife Map" and secretly wept.

Because the "Great Song Dynasty Official Family Horizontal Sword Immediately Map" was placed facing Zhao Xu, from the seat where Zhang Dian was standing, he could only see a wooden board placed vertically on the shelf.

Although he wanted to see the painting that made the emperor cry immediately, Zhang Dian still bowed first.

"Give a seat, serve tea."

The voice of the official Zhao Xu came, it was very light, and it seemed that he was lacking in qi, and he felt distressed for a while when he heard it.

Soon, an attendant brought a pestle over and placed it behind Zhang Dun. It is customary for the minister to summon the right person to give a seat, and Zhang Dian did not humble himself, so he sat down in a big way, and took the tea bowl from the hand of another chamberlain. His gaze was fixed on the plank, looking very curious.

Zhao Xu saw Zhang Dan's appearance and said with a wry smile: "Drop this painting one by one and let Zhang Qing take a look." ”

"Whoa."

Immediately, two chamberlains stepped forward, picked up the wooden shelves under the drawing board, turned around, and turned the side with the picture to face Zhangdu.

"It's ......"

Zhang Xuan was immediately shocked when he saw the official Zhao Xu who painted the horizontal knife immediately, and almost smashed the tea bowl in his hand.

"Did you draw well?" Zhao Xu asked.

"This ......" Zhang Xuan stared at the picture, and the horizontal knife was immediate, as if Zhao Xu, who was commanding thousands of horses and thousands of troops, looked at it for a while, and a pair of old eyes were actually a little moist.

This painting ...... It's so true! Exactly like a real person! also drew the deepest hidden thoughts of Zhang Dian and Zhao Xu.

If Zhao Xu's body can still immediately cross the knife and wave the army to conquer...... Yan Yun is not worried, and the western thief is not destroyed!

But the young emperor, his body could no longer bear his ambitions.

"Your Majesty, this painting ......"

As soon as Zhang Duan spoke, he didn't know what to say?

Wu Haogu did draw a good picture, but unfortunately the scene on this picture is impossible to achieve in reality, no wonder the emperor will cry when he sees the picture.

"Your Majesty, you are still young, you will be raised for a few years, and your body and bones will be raised, so you can be the same as in the picture."

After a pause, Zhang Duan still said a few words to make Zhao Xu happy.

Zhao Xu nodded, pointed to the painting in front of him and said, "Zhang Qing, I plan to hang this painting in the Duting Station." ”

Dutingyi is located in the old city of Guanghuafang on the north bank of the Bianhe River, and is specially designed to receive envoys from the Liao State. In a few days, the envoy of the Great Liao State He Zhengdan will arrive there, and this "Horizontal Knife Diagram of the Great Song Dynasty" is placed in the Duting Station to scare the Liao people...... Do you see it? Our Great Song official family is very powerful, if you Liao people are not convinced, let the horse come!

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"The civil official wants to go to Beijing? The military attache wants to go to the ambassador's minister......"

Duan Wang Zhao Ji was talking to Wu Haogu in his palace about the conditions for Pan Xiao'an to marry his sister.

The condition is not a house, nor is it a dowry, this is not a problem for Wu Haogu at all - just a few days ago Fengle Lou sang and sold, Christie's obtained a net profit of more than 20,000 yuan! Wu Haogu also sold "The Dance of the Ink Lady" for a profit of 10,000 taels (giving Christie's a commission of 1,000 taels).

In addition, Christie's printed tricks with images of the ink lady and Master Li are now worth a lot, and one can be sold for dozens of yuan!

This shows that it is completely feasible to publish the "Oiran" album - don't you have the money to make the Oiran, and you don't have the money to buy a book to get over it? As long as the "Oiran" album can be launched, it will be a rolling source of money.

Therefore, the house and the dowry were not a problem, and Pan Xiao'an did not put it forward, and his request was to let Wu Haogu obtain the status of "Beijing official", "ambassador minister" or the first in the imperial examination.

This requires...... It's a bit high.

It's not that Wu Haogu can't be a Beijing official or an ambassador, but it is difficult to achieve such a status in a short period of time. If you give Wu Haogu a few years, it will not be difficult.

But Pan Qiaolian will be eighteen years old in the next year, won't she be an old girl in a few years?

"Actually, it's not very difficult," Zhao Ji said with a smile, "My sixth brother and Zhang Zihou, the prime minister of the dynasty, both have clear rewards and punishments, as long as you make Liao's contribution big enough, an ambassador is not very bottom." ”

"But how can you count it as a big enough credit?" Wu Haogu asked with a frown.

"This ......" Zhao Ji shook his head with a smile, "I don't know, after all, there has never been a painter in this dynasty who can paint like Da Lang."

Maybe you should ask Ji Yizhi, right? Wasn't he in the Privy Council? You should know what kind of spy pictures you want, right? ”