Returning to Chunze Prison with a good mood, Li Buqi first had to affirm the achievements of Wang Zhaoming and Ge Shengwen in military training. During the more than 20 days that Li Buqi was absent, the two of them not only guarded Chunze like an iron bucket, but also never slackened their military training, at least the mandarin duck formation of the new army was well trained. From this point of view, these two people do have two brushes, and they are not influenced by the family in vain.

Li Buqi felt that although he exposed the Privy Council in front of the emperor, the Privy Council would not give up easily, and he might find some excuse to transfer the new army to fight. Therefore, after Li Buqi came back, he was busy carrying out various training and exercises, and in order to strive to get close to actual combat, Xu San and his veterans were all taken by Li Buqi all day long to check and fill in the gaps.

He deliberately made himself look very busy, so busy that he didn't have time to go back to Bianliang. Because the struggle in the court has become more and more fierce recently, there have been people who have wantonly attacked Fan Zhongyan, Shi Jie, Ouyang Xiu and others for forming a party, and Ouyang Dawenhao, a pig teammate, really gave the emperor a "Theory of Friends" as in history, and shouted that if he is a gentleman, he will form a party. As a result, those who opposed the reform of the law attacked Fan Zhongyan and others more intensely.

Fortunately, Li Buqi gave the emperor a preventive shot, and the emperor is still trying to balance the court, but soon, as in history, Xia Wei made people forge Shi Jie's letters, and fabricated evidence that Fan Zhongyan and others intended to rebel. Although the emperor was still trying to suppress the matter, the obvious opposition to the reform was obviously outnumbered, and the emperor could not hold on for long. Sure enough, in June, Fan Zhongyan asked for the pacification of Shaanxi and Hedong in the name of "preventing autumn", and then the officials who presided over the reform were deposed one after another.

In the past few months, there has been a big chaos in the imperial court, and the Liao State has sent troops to fight the Western Xia, it is estimated that everyone from the emperor to the civil officials and nobles is busy, and no one can take care of the Zhenwu army for the time being. But by the beginning of August, the reformist Fu Bi had also gone out to preach Hebei, and the situation was already very clear, and the reform had failed completely. The emperor sent someone to let Li Bu, who went out to practice, give up a will and let him enter the palace.

Li Buqi said that he would let the emperor wait for two days and wait for him to bring the team back to Chunzejian. In this way, when the Zhenwu army was brought back to Chunze, Li Buqi rushed to the post house outside Bianliang City overnight, and entered the palace to see the emperor at dawn the next day.

The emperor was a little thinner than Li Buqi last time he saw him, probably caused by overthinking. After absent-mindedly listening to Li Buqi's report on the recent emergence of many new varieties of glass in Chunzejian, the growth of cotton is gratifying, and the breeding of horses, donkeys and mules is normal, he waved his hand and asked the waiting people to retreat, leaving only Chen Lin and Zhang Weiji to speak: "Don't give up, this time I used Fan Qing's ten propositions to be full of confidence, thinking that as long as the next will can reform my Great Song Dynasty." When you said that it was difficult to succeed that day, I still complained about you in my heart, but who knew that it was really as you expected. Even the charges they put on Fan Qing's head are not at all different from what you predicted. It can be seen that I am not as good as you. ”

If the emperor feels this way, wouldn't he be far from death? Li Buqi hurriedly calmed down and said, "Your Majesty can't say that. It's not that Your Majesty is inferior to the minister, the minister said, it's just that Your Majesty and the minister look at things from different angles. His Majesty saw the faces of the princes, and the ministers saw the buttocks of the princes. His Majesty's knowledge is relayed by the princes, and people always look at things from different angles, so there may always be discrepancies with the facts when relaying; And most of the things that the minister knows are what he sees, and hearing is false, and seeing is believing. ”

"The minister dared to say a few words, please forgive your majesty. The founding monarch of the past made achievements in his administration and his subordinates respected him because he lived in the market before becoming a king and had a clear understanding of the world. There are some things that you can't learn from books. I hope that Your Majesty can learn more about the affairs of the people outside the palace. ”

The emperor nodded: "What you say makes sense. I know that it must be different for individuals to look at the same thing and say it, but I think that they are all people who read the books of sages and sages, and they are all intelligent people, even if they are not far behind, I never thought that they would be so bad. ”

Hearing the emperor's vague expression of his dissatisfaction, how could Li Buqi not seize the opportunity to give the civil officials eye medicine: "Your Majesty, in fact, this is human nature." The minister listened to a Taoist priest sing a song and felt deeply. ”

"Oh? What song? ”

The Taoist priest said that it was called "Okay Song". It's sung like this: Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, but they can't forget their fame! Where will the past and the present meet? The barren mound is gone, and the grass is gone. Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only gold and silver can't forget! In the end, he only hated to gather much, and when he reached a long time, his eyes were closed. Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only the wife can't forget it! Jun's birthday said kindness, and Jun died and went with others. Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, only the children and grandchildren can't forget! There are many infatuated parents in ancient times, who has seen filial piety to their children and grandchildren? ”

As soon as Li Buqi finished singing, the emperor picked up the pen and beckoned: "This song is good, you sing it again, and I will write it down." ”

Li Buqi had no choice but to sing it again, and the emperor took up his pen and wrote down the lyrics on the screen, saying, "This is really a song composed by the gods." ”

When the emperor looked at the lyrics on the screen, Li Buqi said: "The meaning of this song is that all the princes are naturally well-educated, and moral articles can't be faked, but they still can't get rid of the shackles of their children's wealth, fame and fortune. There are too few detached people in the court who are as indifferent and lilu as Fan Shenzheng. ”

The emperor nodded again and again: "You have a point. There are too few people like Fan Qing. ”

Li Buqi said: "The minister said that there are too few people like Fan Shenzheng in the court, but in fact, there are some people with both ability and political integrity in this world." If they can be selected to the court, His Majesty can still rely on them to do a great job. ”

Now the emperor became interested: "Huh? So how do you select such a person? ”

Li Buqi said: "Naturally, listen to his words and watch his deeds, and try his ability." Let them do things, and those who can do things regardless of their own honor and disgrace, and do not take the opportunity to seek fame and fortune for themselves are the people His Majesty needs. The minister thought that the premise of the Son of Heaven to rule was to select the meritocracy, as long as His Majesty really chose the meritocracy, then it would be easy for His Majesty to do anything. ”

The emperor nodded: "Reasonable." ”

At this time, the emperor's mood was obviously much better, so he changed the topic: "Lu Zhongyu bought two ginseng plants from Liao, and after giving them to Lu Xianggong, Lu Xianggong's illness improved greatly. It can be seen that the old man you said, his words should be credible. It's just that it is said that the Liao people also take ginseng as a treasure, and it will not appear on the market at all if it is old, so if you want to buy old ginseng, you need to find a Jurchen. I wonder if this departure time can be brought earlier? ”

Now that the recruitment of people for the Liaodong route has been completed, who will make the nobles and the royal family rich, and there will be brave men under the heavy reward. However, Li Buqi demanded that a group of death row prisoners and supporting troops, who were the main fighting forces, be thrown onto the ship for adaptive training and selection, so as to prevent them from drifting half-dead after a few days on the sea voyage. The voyage is scheduled for next year.

But now that the emperor has put it forward, Li Buqi said: "The minister is worried that if the ship is sailed over now, Liaodong is already cold, and people can't stand it, so it is safest to sail next spring." But if Your Majesty is in a hurry, you can let them go to sea to explore the way first, and then go to Liaodong next spring. ”

"Hmm. This is also a safe way to go. You will discuss it with Jing Xiu and them. ”

Li Buqi didn't understand the eagerness in the emperor's heart. The emperor is in his thirties, and he still has only one son, and the children he gives birth to are basically princesses. In this era, the life expectancy is generally short, and it is common for children to die young, and the emperor is really afraid that he will leave one day, and he will not even have an heir, or he will repeat the drama of listening to the government. Therefore, I heard that the immortal medicine emperor who can continue his life will never let it go.

After Li Buqi left the palace, he summoned several nobles who had invested in the opening of the Liaodong route to a meeting, told them that the situation had changed, and made some arrangements. Then he met with Li Zhang again, and hurried back to Chunze Prison.

Now that Han Qi is still entrenched in the Privy Council, Li Buqi still has to keep a low profile as much as possible.

When Li Buqi walked to a place more than ten miles away from Chunze Prison with more than a dozen guards, suddenly the guards in front of him let out a shout. Li Buqi hurriedly commanded the guards to move forward for reinforcements, and saw that the guards were chasing after a few people who seemed to be bandits.

When those people saw that Li Buqi was here, more than a dozen people rushed over with Pu knives and scattered, and several of them drove a mule cart to a fork in the road, when a woman poked her head out of the mule cart and shouted: "Help! ”