At this time, after Zhang Dian and the others saw this scene, they didn't feel anything else, just glanced at Cai Bian teasingly, and then each took a car back to their respective homes or official offices.

Among these people, except for Zhang Dian and Yang Wei, other people, including Zeng Zhao, have no specific ministry on their bodies?

Cai Bian will naturally not be calm, but his son will ignore him as a father, and he will inevitably feel disgraced. But what can he do with this rebel? But the world knows that he himself gave up this son first.

In the bright yellow carriage, Zeng Zhao wanted to speak, but Cai Dao didn't give him a chance to speak, and said first: "Grandpa Zeng, Zeng Gong's body is still strong!" The old lady's body is also fine! ”

"Hmmm! Before the sixth brother returned to Beijing, he went home to visit the old lady. The bodies of the second brother and the old lady are still tough. Perhaps because of returning to her hometown, the old lady is in better shape than before. Now, I always remember that you went to visit her. When it came to Zeng Gong and Mrs. Zhu, Zeng Zhao was a little emotional. After all, the old woman Zhu is the biological mother of him and Zeng Bu, and over the years, he is the only one who has been trapped in Beijing and has never had time to go home to visit his elderly mother, so he naturally feels guilty.

"Hmmm! Poor Dao also thinks of the old lady, after being busy for a while, Poor Dao will go to the south, and he will definitely visit her old man's house. "It's no wonder that Old Lady Zhu is so close to Cai Dao, you must know that the lives of Zeng Gong and Old Woman Zhu were saved by Cai Dao.

After chatting, Cai Dao asked bluntly: "Great-grandfather, Poor Dao wants to ask you." The official family has just been in power, do you have any thoughts about the official position? ”

However, Cai Daozhen didn't ask, and it was too direct, which made Zeng Zhaodu, who has always been loyal, a little displeased, and scolded: "You kid, is this what you should ask?" Everything is decided by the official family and the prime minister, and the old man will do his best to do whatever official position the official family gives to the lower officials. ”

"Hee-hee! Great-grandfather, that's not what he said. Poor Dao asked you, just to give you a suggestion. Let me tell you another secret! Cai Dao didn't feel embarrassed, but smiled at Zeng Zhao's hippie face, and when he said this, he suddenly lowered his voice and continued: "The official family has decided, even if the prime minister is appointed in the future, there will be no more talk about their real power." In other words, a few of you who have just met the cronies of the official family in the Qinzheng Palace have lost the position of prime minister. ”

Although Zeng Zhao's desire for power is not as heavy as those people, he is also a mortal, and after listening to Cai Dao's words, he was also shocked, and hurriedly asked: "What, you kid, how did you know about such an important matter?" ”

"Such an important matter, of course, the official family will not easily tell the poor Dao. And the reason why Poor Dao knows so much is because this idea was given to the official family by Poor Dao. Cai Dao put away the smile on his face and said.

"What? You, you kid, are so daring! Cai Dao's words startled Zeng Zhao a lot, not shocked.

If this kid had this idea, it would have gotten out. He actually told himself so arrogantly, which shows how much this kid trusts himself!

"So, great-grandfather, in the future, in addition to the three envoys of Zhangdun, the official positions of the five ministries and the imperial history will be more important. Would you like to be a historian? Or would you rather be the book of the five books? Cai Dao didn't pay attention to what Zeng Zhaodu was thinking, and continued the question just now.

No wonder, this kid actually asked himself such a question just now, and now, Zeng Zhao knew the news in advance, and he was indeed able to seize the opportunity to do so.

After thinking about it, Zeng Zhao made a mistake again, speaking of which, he was self-aware, back then, he did not have a lot of places to serve in the local government, but many years of governance also made him see himself clearly, and he was not too good at handling government affairs.

Among the six departments, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials are the most valuable, that is, he wants to serve as the secretary of these two departments, and the official family will not give him these two positions. The child's father and uncle were the most likely to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials.

However, the Criminal Department, the Household Department, and the Ministry of Industry are relatively professional, and if they are not familiar with it, they will inevitably become puppets in the hands of their subordinates. Even Bao Zheng was deceived by his subordinates back then. Zeng Zhao knew this very well, he was not the material of these three books.

Also, the Ministry of War, this is even more difficult for Zeng Zhao.

In this way, there is only the middle of the imperial history left.

But when it comes to the official position of Yushi, Zeng Zhao is full of tears!

According to the literati of later generations, during the Yuanyou period, the ministers headed by Sima Guang were in power, which should be Lang Lang Qiankun!

But Zeng Zhao is because he has repeatedly admonished the court to defend the evil and the right, and to have less fun. Somehow, because of a disagreement with the prime minister, he was demoted to a local official.

Zhu Zhengying Dynasty, but there is no room for a loyal and benevolent Zeng Zhao, I have to say that this is a great irony for the conservative authorities.

"Great-grandfather, you must think again, the five Shangshu are not suitable for you, and the rest is the chief official of the Imperial History Tower!" Cai Dao directly broke Zeng Zhao's mind and said, "If you think so, you are very wrong. The ministers just now, including your younger brother Zeng Bu, are all people with a strong desire for power, and once you become the emperor of the imperial history, you will definitely clash with them because of differences of opinion.

At that time, you will have to repeat the mistakes of Yuanyou again. Are you really willing? ”

Naturally, he was unwilling, Zeng Zhao asked himself that the remarks he had admonished at the beginning were true, but what he didn't expect was that Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongshu couldn't listen to any remarks that contradicted them.

And the Empress Dowager did not trust him even more.

After so many years since he was demoted from the capital, not only has the local situation not improved because of the repeal of the new law, but the lives of the common people have not been improved by this, but have become even worse. Therefore, he has a deeper understanding of the conservative bigwigs, who are invincible, but they don't have any ability to save the bad situation of the Great Song Dynasty, they just lie on the pile of grain accumulated by the Song Shenzong, watching the Great Song Dynasty erosify step by step.

From the first year of Yuanyou, Zeng Zhao was first demoted from Jingshi to Yingzhou, and in the seventh year of Yuanyou, he was retransferred back to Jingshi and served as a waiter in the Criminal Department. He successively served as the governor of Dengzhou, Qizhou, Chenzhou, and Yingtianfu. Later, because of the sacrifice, he was first reappointed as a waiter of the Criminal Department, and then once again went to the Governor of Xuzhou and the Governor of Jiangning Prefecture.

In less than seven years, he has been a magistrate and two squires, Zeng Zhao has traveled so frequently on the road, even if he has the ability and ideas, what can he do for the people of those state capitals?

At the beginning, Zeng Zhao really wanted to make a difference, but after several transfers, he understood that Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongzhu didn't want him to make any achievements in the local area at all, including Lu Dafang, Fan Chunren and Su Song.

Who can be without selfishness?

After that, Zeng Zhao did not go to a place to take up a post, so he could only choose the strategy of being motionless and quiet, tossing a little less, and letting the local people pay less. This is the way he realized after being chased around for so many years.

When Zeng Zhao was still sighing, Cai Dao said again: "You have served as a waiter in the ministry, although you have not been in office for a long time, you cannot be said to be completely inexperienced. Although the official department is not as noble as the Ministry of Rites, it is an extremely important official position among the six departments, and it can even be said to be related to the fate of countless good officials, as well as the lives of the people who need good officials. Several of them are indeed the backbone of the Fa-changing faction, but each of them has too strong a desire for power, and if they are appointed as the secretary of the ministry, they will inevitably be selfish. ”

"The old man is also a mortal, and he doesn't dare to guarantee that a bowl of water is even, how do you know that the old man will not use his power for personal gain?" Zeng Zhao was already a little moved in his heart, but he still had to test it.

But Cai Dao did not directly answer Zeng Zhao's question, but asked an irrelevant person: "Grandpa Zeng, do you know Zhang Lei!" ”

"Naturally, I know that he is a disciple of Su Dabeard." Zeng Zhao stroked his beard and replied without thinking.

"Do you know his resume?" Cai Dao asked again.

This time, Zeng Zhao was stuck, obviously such a familiar person, but he just couldn't remember this person's resume, and said honestly: "This ......, the old man doesn't know, the old man just knows that he is a Jinshi in Xining for six years." ”

"Not bad! From the first year of Yuanyou to last year, you have been seven governors or prefects, two squires, and seven years of time in the journey, your heart must be resentful. But you don't know that this bearded student of Su is living a more difficult life than what happened to you. Here are some of his poems transcribed by Poor Dao. Take a good look at it. ”

"I have been clumsy in the world, and I have been trapped in a micro-official for ten years", "I am lonely, my wife and children are gone, I eat all over the world, and I don't know where to go"

After reading it, Zeng Zhao couldn't help but sigh that his own experience was much stronger than this Zhang Lei's.