Huang Qianshan was secretly proud in his heart, and from Du Hao's attitude, he could judge that he could get the greatest benefit from this matter.

He pretended to help Du Hao up, "The virtuous nephew doesn't have to make this big gift, please get up quickly!" ”

He asked Du Hao to sit down, and let people see tea, but Du Hao was anxious and said: "My father definitely didn't want to give up Bianliang, but the defense made Yue Fei lead the army to attack without authorization, Bianliang was attacked by the Jin soldiers, if you don't evacuate in time, the last 5,000 people will also be wiped out, and the 100,000 Jin soldiers will crush the city, so my father has to give up Bianliang. ”

Huang Qianshan took a sip of tea unhurriedly, "I remember that Ling Zun still has a lot of classmates in the imperial court, has the virtuous nephew gone for a run more?" ”

Du Hao was gloomy, his father had a lot of connections in the court, but no one was willing to stand up for his father in this matter, and even avoided himself like a snake and scorpion, he also knew that Huang Qianshan was not a good stubble, and he would not ask for his head until he had to, and now there is no way, if his father falls, the Du family will be finished.

But Du Hao also knew that if he showed that he had no way out, this Huang Qianshan would not help him, even if he agreed to help, he would open his mouth, Du Hao had to whisper: "I have found a lot of people, and there are also friends of my father who are willing to help, but their voice is weak after all, and they can't be compared with Uncle Shi, so I have to ask Uncle Shi for help in this matter." ”

Huang Qianshan drank tea and was silent, as the saying goes, if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle, empty mouth and white teeth, no interests, who will help you?

Du Hao thought for a while and said, "Father is willing to recommend Uncle Shi as the prime minister!" ”

Huang Qianshan almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, he glared at Du Hao fiercely, this kind of condition is a shame for him to say it, in the past, Du Chong was a strong candidate for the competition for Xiangguo, if he expressed his position like this at that time, he would really consider it, but now, don't talk about Xiangguo, Du Chong can be demoted to the common people, it is already the ancestral tomb is smoking, and he actually expressed his willingness to give up the position of Xiangguo to himself, what qualifications does he have to say this now, let a fart!

Huang Qianshan said with a cold face: "Your father did make a big accident this time, and actually lost Tokyo Bianliang, you must know that the Taimiao has not completely moved to Lin'an, he gave the Taimiao to the Jin Bing, which caused an uproar in the government and the opposition, and the officials were angry, how do you say I should help him?" ”

Du Hao cried and explained with a sad face: "It is true that there is a reason for it, and my father did not deliberately give up ......."

Huang Qianshan didn't want to listen to it anymore, waved his hand and said: "Now that the official family is angry, it is useless for anyone to persuade him, unless you can buy the people in the palace, or let the entire Zhizheng Hall help your father speak, otherwise, no one can do anything." ”

"But..... Uncle Shi is the most trusted person in the official family, and even Uncle Shi refuses to help, where else can help my father. ”

Huang Qianshan scolded this Du Hao for being stupid in his heart, did he have to force himself to say it clearly?

Helpless, Huang Qianshan groaned and said, "That's it!" I'll find you a father-in-law in the palace, he is in charge of the official family's daily life, and he may be able to say a few good words, but Hou Chongen is very greedy, and your Du family has to be prepared to give a heavy gift. ”

Du Hao trembled and asked, "How much money do you need?" ”

"It's not a matter of money, Hou Chongen likes to collect famous calligraphy, I remember that your father has five masterpieces in his study, so give them to Hou Gonggong as a gift!"

Du Hao was stunned, those five calligraphy are his father's most beloved things, there are Chu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing and Yu Shinan's authentic works, then the treasures of their Du family, take them out, how can you explain them to your father?

He thought for a moment and said, "I still have some silver at home, or I will take 10,000 taels of silver, no!" 30,000 taels of silver, please ask Uncle Shi to do some for me. ”

Huang Qianshan was stunned for a moment, the Du family actually had so much silver, which really made him unexpected, of course, Huang Qianshan never hated silver, since the other party took the initiative to bring it up, he was not polite.

Huang Qianshan laughed dryly and said: "The virtuous nephew may not understand what I mean, the five pieces of calligraphy are just for the Hou father-in-law, in addition, the palace people also need to be dotted, tens of thousands of taels of silver are essential, calligraphy alone is not enough, and only silver is not enough, the two are indispensable, do the virtuous nephews understand?" ”

Du Hao didn't say anything for a long time, if he could save his father's fate, the calligraphy would be given, and he would not be stingy with silver, he was afraid that the money would be spent, but he couldn't do it, and his father would have to be angry to death.

Huang Qianshan's face sank and said: "If the virtuous nephew can't trust me, then I have no choice, you go back first!" For the sake of my friendship with your father for many years, I will do my best, and as for the relationship in the palace, I can't deal with it, and I can't do anything about it. ”

Having said that, Du Hao had no choice, so he had to sigh and say, "Okay! As long as the work is done, I will definitely give the painting and the silver in full. ”

"No way!"

Huang Qianshan categorically refused, "You can't wait for the aftermath to send it, you must send the gift first, this is the rule of doing things, otherwise things will definitely not be done, I use my own connections, run before and after the saddle, if the virtuous nephew wants to thank me, we can talk about it afterwards, but five pieces of calligraphy and 30,000 taels of silver, will be sent to the palace tonight, you send things first, I will find a way." ”

Du Hao was forced to have no choice, and the bottom line had to retreat again and again, but he couldn't retreat from the last bottom line, he looked at Huang Qianshan seriously and said: "I'll send things today, but I hope Uncle Shi can promise me that my father can survive this catastrophe safely." ”

Huang Qianshan squinted and smiled, "Don't worry, nephew!" As long as the gifts are enough, there is nothing that cannot be done. ”

Du Hao said goodbye and left, but he didn't understand the meaning of Huang Qianshan's last sentence: You can only do things when you give enough gifts, if things can't be done, it must be a lack of courtesy, that is the sincerity of the Du family is not enough, and it has nothing to do with him Huang Qianshan.

.........

At the same time when Du Hao whispered and went to ask Huang Qianshan, Qin Hui's mansion also came to a special guest, at present, Qin Hui official is the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the imperial court has allocated him a three-acre official mansion, which is still the special preferential treatment of the Son of Heaven, at present, only officials from the third grade or above are equipped with official residences, Qin Hui is because he brought back the emperor's edict, only to get the special weight of the Son of Heaven Zhao Gou.

In the study, a tall and fat middle-aged man stood in the dark place, looking coldly at Qin Hui who was sitting behind the table and reading the letter, the letter was a handwritten letter written by Wan Yan Xian to Qin Hui, the content was very short, asking Qin Hui to be sure to ensure that Du Chong passed, Qin Hui had read it three times, every word had been deeply imprinted in his mind, but he was still ready to read it for the fourth time, in fact, from the second time, he was borrowing the letter to hide his inner shock.

Of course, Qin Hui knew that he was a chess piece that Wan Yan Xian also planted in the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that he would be asked to play a role so soon, and he had only been a servant of the Ministry of Rites for a few days!

Qin Hui's eyes quickly glanced at the man in the shadows, this man was vaguely familiar to him, he seemed to be the shopkeeper of a certain teahouse, but he didn't expect him to be the spy placed by Jin Guo in Lin'an Mansion.

After a deep groan, Qin Hui's heart gradually calmed down, and he said lightly to the man: "I have already read the letter, please reply for me, I will do my best." ”

The man didn't have any expression on his face, didn't say a word, turned around and walked away quickly, Qin Hui hurriedly walked to the door and shouted loudly: "Send off!" ”

Qin Hui didn't go to see off the guests, he closed the door again and paced back and forth in the study, he was very confused in his heart, he had just established himself in the imperial court, and Wan Yan Xian began to use him, which disrupted Qin Hui's plan and deployment a little.

At present, the Zhizheng Hall is the main battle faction has a clear upper hand, the centrist faction is second, the main and faction has not yet appeared in the Zhizheng Hall, counting the various important ministers of the imperial court, only Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan are the representatives of the main and faction, at this time Qin Hui of course could not jump out to be the main and faction, he wanted to hug the thigh of the main battle faction, put himself on the signboard of the main battle faction first, and then gradually turn into the middle faction, which is conducive to the development of his career.

But after Yan Xian also threw Du Chong's matter to him, if he openly interceded for Du Chong, wouldn't it make people see through the essence of his Qin Hui?

Although there was resentment in his heart, Qin Hui also knew that he couldn't ignore this matter, Qin Hui paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, thinking hard about Du Chong's way to get rid of him.

At this time, Qin Hui had already realized that Du Chong was probably the same as himself, and he was also a chess piece that Wan Yan Xian also planned to place in the Great Song Dynasty.