A sentence of Zhao Ji's praise that can win even if the good and the bad can win, Lotte couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and then thought about it, the word good and bad appeared in the later braided dynasty, and it was of course new to appear in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Without waiting for Lotte to speak, Zhao Ji took care of himself and drained the glass of wine, and sighed, "Since I attacked my brother's throne and entered this huge palace, Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng have served by my side, taking care of me in every way, and doing what I tell me is also beautiful. ”

"Wine hurts your body, Your Majesty should not drink too much!" Lotte hurriedly persuaded, and while speaking, he poured Zhao Ji a little wine.

"Full!" Seeing that Lotte wine was filled less, Zhao Ji glanced at Lotte very displeased.

Helpless, Lotte filled Zhao Ji with wine again, and said at the same time: "Your Majesty is too good to them, the most difficult thing in this world to satisfy is the human heart, the minister once said to His Majesty today, the world has a hundred faces, a thousand temperaments, the poor have three meals a day and a penny to be satisfied, but the greed of people who are greedy by nature is as difficult as a ravine......

"People's hearts ......" Zhao Ji listened to Lotte's words, and nodded very approvingly: "I have succeeded to the throne for 20 years, and I am also the most unpredictable thing in the world is the word people's hearts, I am the co-master of the world, and I am used to seeing too many battles in the dynasty.

Slowly, I also understood that after the death of these two people, the followers of these two people fought for power. ”

There is a saying in later generations that the Northern Song Dynasty died in the gentleman, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were both famous ministers who had been famous for centuries, and they were branded by later generations as the mark of the gentleman, but the two did not reach the different realms of the gentleman, and the struggle between the new party and the old party caused extremely serious internal friction, so that Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Li Bangyan and other villains eventually led to the decline of the national strength of the Northern Song Dynasty and died at the hands of the Jin people.

In Zhao Ji's eyes, whether it is Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, or Wang Hao, what he did at this time was a betrayal for himself, Yang Jian abused the name of the Son of Heaven to incur public resentment, and wantonly amassed wealth, which led to the popular uprising that shook the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty again and again, and finally had to carry this black cauldron himself to clean up the mess, how could he not be aggrieved.

And the collusion between Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao made Zhao Ji even more jealous, and with Zhao Ji's erudition and talent, the precedents of previous dynasties were even more chilling.

From Zhao Ji's words, Lotte obviously heard Zhao Ji's disappointment with Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao, and took the opportunity to say: "Throughout the dynasties, it is inevitable that there will be people with poor character, who use clever words to confuse you, such as Fei Zhong and You Hun of business; Those who frame their colleagues, such as the former Tang Zhilai Junchen, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others, and secondly, those who have the right to bring disaster to the country and the people, such as Zhao Gao, Li Fuguo, Tian Lingzi and others......"

Zhao Ji was already a little drunk, and his dissatisfaction with Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao had been aroused, and he looked at Lotte and asked, "Le Qing, do you think I want to remove Wang Hao from his official position and dismiss Liang Shicheng's errand?" ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Lotte was busy.

"Why?" Listening to Lotte's words, Zhao Ji was puzzled.

Lotte hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to the Prime Minister's Mansion with His Majesty today, and saw that the four words of the King Minister's Mansion 'Dexian Rule' are from His Majesty's hands, and there are several inscriptions in the inner house that are from His Majesty's hands. ”

Listening to Lotte's words, Zhao Ji pondered for a moment, and his eyes gradually filled with appreciation when he looked at Lotte, and couldn't help but nod: "What Le Qing said is very reasonable. ”

Zhao Ji quickly understood the meaning of Lotte, Wang Huang was deeply favored by the saint, worshiped Wang Huang as the prime minister in the early winter of last year, and it has only been half a year, when Wang Huang worshiped the prime minister, he was in Wang Huang's mansion but inscribed the four words "Dexian Zhiding", which means that Wang Huang is the great sage of the world, and he has Wang Huang can rule the world for a long time, and now he has rashly deposed Wang Huang's official position and slapped his face.

Thinking about this, how can Zhao Ji not appreciate Lotte, such a courtier who thinks about His Majesty everywhere is a good courtier, and other courtiers are full of truth when admonishing, but when Lotte is impeaching or admonishing, the words do not have any benevolence, righteousness and morality, every sentence is from their own perspective and position, and even speaking like this tonight, it is like a blunt word between friends.

Of course, as the co-ruler of the world, the Son of Heaven has no friends, but every sentence of Lotte is loyal and courageous, and it is by no means impossible for sincere people to say, Zhao Ji thought to himself, although Lotte had played a little temper with himself when he impeached Yang Jian, and threatened to resign, but this is for the sake of the world of the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Le Qing remembers the beginning of the year, when Le Qing abandoned the official position when he impeached Yang Jian? ”

"Panic!" Lotte said cautiously, filling up the wine with Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "Impeaching Yang Jian and the Gongtian Institute, and opposing Wang Huang to become a bureau, I always thought that you were borrowing some two things to invite your name to buy straight, but I didn't expect me to wronged you." ”

Hearing this, Lotte's face turned slightly red, but he was also covered by the wine, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty's eyes are like torches." ”

The glass of wine was drunk again, and Zhao Ji sighed: "Leqing, I ...... Now I am at a loss, I know that everyone in this world is unpredictable, but I didn't expect that after serving me for more than ten years or even twenty, I feel that the people I can fully trust are unreliable, who else can I trust in this world? ”

Obviously, within a few days, Yang Jian fell, and Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao were found to be colluding, which made Zhao Jixin feel a huge sense of betrayal, and he began to feel lonely.

Accompanied by Zhao Ji to drink a glass of wine, Lotte added wine to Zhao Ji while thinking, and only replied after a silent half-sound: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, the co-lord of the world, Your Majesty stands in a high place, naturally it is a high place and is not cold, who in the world dares to be a friend of the Son of Heaven, and stand on the top of the world with Tianli?" ”

"It's ......cold in high places," Zhao Ji nodded.

Lotte went on to say: "Everyone in the world can go to find a backer, but the Son of Heaven can't, in the eyes of the Son of Heaven to distinguish the vassals are only available and unavailable, the heart has a pole to weigh the world's heroes, so the Son of Heaven never needs friends, the Son of Heaven should command the world, subjugate the subjects, and naturally there will be no second Yang Jian, the second Liang Shicheng, Wang Hao and the like." ”

"What Le Qing said is very true, I have no one to rely on, I rely on myself, I have no friends, and I don't need friends!" Listening to Lotte's words, Zhao Ji thought for a moment and said, and then Zhao Ji looked at Lotte's body and looked at it for a while, which made Lotte's heart a little hairy.

Being looked at was a little uncomfortable, and then Lotte heard Zhao Ji say again: "Le Qing, I'm a little good, I look at these officials in the court are all sticking out their heads to fight for power, wanting to be promoted and make a fortune, what do you always want in your heart?" ”

"The minister's idea is very simple!" Lotte thought for a while and said: "The minister's family is thin, and when the minister was a small official in Pingyu County, he just wanted to save some money, buy a few acres of land to live a rich and prosperous life, and then marry a wife and concubine to give birth to a bunch of children." ”

"Eight out of ten, nine out of ten of my people think so, no wonder Le Qing will heal and take concubines!" Zhao Ji nodded, and then asked, "What about after becoming an official?" ”

Lotte replied: "After the minister became an official, he still wanted to marry a wife and concubine and have more children, but the minister had too many concubines, and he felt too much pressure, so he had to think of a son to make money to support the family. ”

Zhao Ji calculated that after a year, he saved millions of dollars for the Great Song Dynasty, and the ticket number also earned millions of dollars for the royal family, and with the world Huitong all over the Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court saved more and more money, and the ticket number also made more and more money, which Zhao Ji was very satisfied with.

Zhao Ji asked again: "Now that you are a prince of the third grade, not to mention that the annual income of the business is also more, there is no shortage of money, what do you think?" ”

Lotte replied: "The more the official does, the more the minister feels, the burden on the minister's shoulders is getting heavier and heavier, the minister once said that the marquis is not my wish, but I hope the world is peaceful!" ”

"It's not my wish to be a marquis, but I hope the world is peaceful.'" Hearing Lotte say this, Zhao Ji praised, stared at Lotte and nodded: "I found that you are a little different from the other ministers of the court, and the other ministers are riveting to several important positions in the court, and you seem to be very indifferent to this matter, as if you have no desires." ”

"Every time the minister is pushed to the forefront, he has to do his best, which is really helpless." Lotte sighed and drank all the wine, and then said: "Your Majesty also knows that the minister's release of Qiantang is to offend Cai Xianggong, and the minister went to the northwest twice but met my Great Song Dynasty and the Xia people at war, and when life and death were at stake, they had to fight hard to survive, but the ministers fought against the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, and the soldiers were brave and able to survive and make meritorious contributions." ”

Nodding, Zhao Ji picked up the wine glass and shook it with Lotte, and said: "Lotte, you are different from Yang Jian, Wang Huang, and Liang Shicheng, from your impeachment of Yang Jian, I can see that you have no ambition for power, only compassion for the world, I believe in you!" ”

Lotte hurriedly got up with a cup, and said with a straight face: "The minister will not live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”

After drinking some wine, Zhao Ji's mood was much better, and he looked at Lotte and suddenly laughed: "I only care about eating wine, but I forgot that Le Qing wants to eat beef, and today I will eat some beef jerky, and when the palace comes in with good beef, I will let people give it to Le Qing." ”

When Lotte wanted to get up and thank him, he only heard a dignified and gentle voice from outside the door: "The official family sends the courtiers and beef, and if you want to come to the official family, you will get good ministers, and the concubine hereby congratulates Your Majesty!" ”

At the same time as the words fell, the door was pushed open by the accompanying little eunuch, and a woman in palace clothes who was over thirty years old, with a graceful posture, a face like a full moon, and an amiable look, walked in, and then blessed Zhao Ji of Huizong: "Your Majesty, it's not early, and the wine stays up late hurts your body, Your Majesty should rest early!" ”

This palace woman Lotte had seen it before, and she hurriedly got up and bowed: "Chen Lotte, I have seen the queen's mother, the mother is a thousand years old!" ”

This palace woman is none other than Queen Zheng, the master of the harem of the current Great Song Dynasty, who has been seen in the palace before Lotte left Biandu two years ago, so it is very impressive.

"Excuse me!" Empress Zheng waved her hand to Lotte, and then turned her head sideways and called out of the door: "You can come in too!" ”

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