Chapter 2 Chess pieces

The moon hung quietly in the sky, a few scattered stars were scattered around, and there was always a little fog on autumn nights, and everything was shrouded in a layer of haze.

Zhang Dian was tired from a long day, and he sat in the room, and the black mole boy was beating him on the back.

"Adult, little one doesn't understand? Didn't you say it before, it was because you saw that Zeng Bu liked Gu Yanzhong, and you brought him here in order to take revenge on Zeng Bu. I don't plan to reuse him, how can I still arrange a position for him today. ”

Zhang Dian beat his leg and said, "I see that he has been very flexible in the mansion recently, let him go and help Lin Xi." He was originally Zeng Bu's person, and he could trust Zeng Bu even more. ”

The little black mole suddenly realized and said, "My lord is really wise. However, the villain seemed to be displeased when he looked at Lord Lin just now. ”

"It doesn't matter if he's happy or not. The important thing is that I can control everyone. Zhang Dan said, his eyes revealing a strange look, and his palms slowly closed.

The sky gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and a beam of golden light pierced the silence of dawn. A few sparrows were walking leisurely and happily at the gate of Zhangdun Mansion.

Gu Yanzhong was wandering around in front of the door alone, with a big stone in his heart, looking at the endless street, empty.

The sun slowly climbed into the sky, and Gu Yanzhong put one hand on his eyes, blocking the sunlight, while looking east and west.

His heart was about to jump to his throat, Lin Xi told Gu Yanzhong on the spot yesterday that he would wait for him in the mansion tomorrow, and he would send someone to pick him up.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and he saw nothing.

Gu Yanzhong put his hands behind his back, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, he walked slowly on the steps, could it be that Zhang Dian wanted to drive me out of the house, and it was hard to say it, did he mean to let me go by myself?

Gu Yanzhong thought about things so intently that he didn't notice that a large group of people were approaching Zhangfu.

Zhang Dian came back from the court, and saw Gu Yanzhong with his back to the street, facing the door, with his head down, as if thinking about something.

"Gu Gongzi, what are you thinking here?" Zhang Dan said in a deep voice.

Gu Yanzhong thought about it, and Zhang Dan's voice startled him, and he hurriedly turned around and saluted Zhang Dan. He wanted to say something, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back.

Zhang Dian held his head high, walked straight inside, and when he walked past Gu Yanzhong's side, he didn't even look at him, and said coldly: "You go in with me first, Lord Lin will come in a while." I'll give him one more time. ”

Gu Yanzhong looked at Zhang Dan's back, raised his eyebrows, and wondered in his heart: Why can't I understand it?

He followed Zhang Duan to the courtyard, and the black mole boy said coldly, "You just wait here." ”

After the black mole guy finished speaking, he followed Zhang Duan into the study. Gu Yanzhong looked at him, and he was the same as when he first came to Zhangfu.

Gu Yanzhong walked around the courtyard, saw Lin Xi's face was not open, and hurriedly walked to the study.

Suddenly he had a bad feeling in his heart, and he looked around and went around to the back of the study.

There happened to be a window at the back of the study, and Gu Yanzhong licked his fingers and poked a hole in the window.

I saw Zhang Dian sitting on the chair steadily, and Lin Xi curled up and stood in front of him with his head bowed.

From his position, both of them were sideways.

"What do you have to report? Is Zeng Bu doing something unusual recently? ”

"No, no, Xia Guan wants to ......" Lin Xi didn't know how to say.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Duan asked sharply.

"My lord, the lower official doesn't want to do the same thing in the Privy Council, the lower official wants to ......"

He held the teacup in one hand, took a sip and said, "Is it possible, do you think that your life in the Privy Council is hard, and you still want to go back to be your Hanlin Bachelor?" ”

"No, no, no." Lin Xi's voice trembled, "The lower official wants to go to the household department or the official department to get an errand." ”

"Why, a second-grade official still wrongs you? You still want to make a second grade. Zhang Dian slammed the teacup in his hand on the table, and after the tea lid rotated on the cup a few times, it fell to the ground, and with a "snap", it shattered.

Lin Xi subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Lord Lin, you should know very well why I asked you to serve in the Privy Council."

"Xia Guan understands that the lord wants me to spy on Zeng Bu. However, Zeng Bu was careful and did not leak, and Xia Guankong had a position of knowing the affairs of the Privy Council, but he could not find out anything. ”

"You useless thing!" Zhang Duan stood up, glared at Lin Xi viciously, and he slowly approached Lin Xi, "Zeng Bu is Zeng Gong's half-brother, after Zeng Gong died, didn't Lord Lin write an epitaph for him. With this relationship, the relationship between Lord Lin and Zeng Bu should not be so estranged. ”

"My lord, Zeng Gong has been dead for more than ten years, Zeng Bu, and his style of doing things is different from his brother. What's more, my lord, back then, let me draft an edict that belittled Su Shi, Su Zhe and others, as well as an edict that belittled Sima Guang, Liu Zhi and others. Zeng Bu knew these things. Xiaguan ......" The more Lin Xi said, the more his body retreated, but Zhang Dian approached step by step.

When Gu Yanzhong heard this, his heart tightened, and the wild history he had seen suddenly appeared in his mind. History says that Su Shi was framed by a friend, and the person who framed him was Lin Xi.

Lin Xi, Su Shi and Su Zhe have a deep friendship. He once wrote a couplet to Su Zhe: "Father and son crown the world with articles, Mai Yuan, Yun, and Sima are talented; The brothers decided with Fangzheng, Guanchao, Dong, and Gongsun Zhi, "But later, the Su family was demoted, and it also had a lot to do with him.

This may confirm the saying that friends are used to sell.

As a fan of Su Shi, the enemy who harmed Su Shi is in front of his eyes, if he can, he really wants to punch Lin Xi to vent his hatred.

"Lord Lin's edict is accurately worded and exquisitely written, and it is for this reason that I have placed your lord in the Privy Council. Wouldn't it be a pity if you didn't write an edict? ”

"My lord, Xiaguan ......" Lin Xi kept stepping back, carefully moved to the crescent stool next to him with one step, and leaned back and fell to the ground.

Zhang Dian didn't help him up, but said coldly: "I know, you fancy the official book." ”

"The secretary of the ministry?" When Gu Yanzhong heard this, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, it turned out that he also took a fancy to this position.

"Zeng Bu is cautious in doing things, and there is no negligence, I can't see any flaws." Lin Xi said with some trembling.

Before Lin Xi could stand up, Zhang Dian stood up, walked to Lin Xi's side, looked at him, slowly squatted down, and said, "Didn't I just send someone to you?" When you leave, take him away, and Zeng Bu likes him very much. You can use him to help you test Zengbu. ”

"My lord, even if you give me Gu Yanzhong. However, I won't even send a letter to him, after all, it's not my own. If something bad happens, will the adults punish me, or will he blame him! Lin Xi sighed.

Zhang Dian stood up and hesitated, as if he had forgotten this. He flicked his sleeves, sat down in his chair, and said, "I have already thought of this, and I don't need you to say it." I asked Fang Tianruo to help you as well, and arrange for him to have a Privy Council to review the writings in the room. If there's any news, you ask him to send it. ”

Lin Xi was very puzzled when he heard this, and asked, "My lord, the location of this official book ......?"

"That location isn't yours! Do your thing well. Zhang Dian said sharply, "Lord Lin, the hour is not early, and there are a lot of things in the Privy Council, so you better go back quickly." ”

When Gu Yanzhong heard this, he hurriedly flashed to the front of the house.

Lin Xi was in the Privy Council and knew the Privy Council, indicating that he was the second grade, but in fact, Zhang Dian stared at Zeng Bu's eyes.

Zhang asked him to go to the Privy Council to monitor Zeng Bu, but Zeng Bu was not a vegetarian either. Lin Xi has so many bad cases in front of him, how could Zeng Bu not be on guard, maybe, and give him a look on his face from time to time. He has an empty official position, but in fact he is nothing.

If you don't do anything, it's not bad to take your money home and rest when the time comes. But if he can't find anything useful on Zeng Bu, he can't do anything bad in Zhangdu.

What a sad situation he is in right now!

Let's not mention that his official position has a certain position, and Zeng Bu didn't let him deal with it. Even if Zeng Bu asked him to deal with it, he didn't have much real power.

The Privy Council is in charge of the military affairs of the country, and has the right to mobilize troops and horses with the approval of the emperor.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the contradictions were quite acute from the beginning. On the border, there is also the juxtaposition of ethnic minority regimes such as the Khitan and the Western Xia, forming an urgent situation of border defense.

This required a fairly large army to resist the invasion of ethnic minorities and suppress the rebellion of the people in the country, so a strong institution was needed to manage this army, which is why the Song Dynasty established the Privy Council.

At the same time, the establishment of privy envoys can weaken the power of the prime minister, and it is also an important measure to strengthen the imperial power. Therefore, after the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the Privy Council was still preserved. However, the relationship between the privy envoys of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Zhongshu was extremely abnormal.

In terms of appearance, Yuanfeng was restructured and restored to three provinces and six departments according to the Tang system. Procedurally, the province was responsible for drafting and issuing the emperor's edicts; The ministry is responsible for reviewing government decrees, and if there is something unfeasible, it can be rejected; The province of Shangshu is responsible for the implementation of important national decrees.

At present, Zhang Dian is the left servant of Shangshu and the servant of the door, and all the decrees can be seen by Zhang Dan.

Zeng Bu originally knew the Privy Council, and Zeng Bu became the Privy Council, so it was natural that Lin Xi should have taken over Zeng Bu's original position, and the purpose was to see if Zeng Bu had anything to deceive Zhang Dian.

It is not unreasonable for Lin Xi to want to go to a certain position in the Ministry of Officials. Although the six books are from the second grade, the errand of this ministry is much more powerful than the poor facts in the Privy Council.

Among the six ministries, officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers, the officials have the greatest rights.

After the reform of Yuanfeng, many institutions were either provincial or merged, and the court of judges was merged with the Ministry of Officials, and the rights of the Ministry of Officials were greater. The selection, drafting, responsibility, promotion, reinstatement, supplement, and examination decrees of civil and military officials, as well as the system of knighthood, military honors, rewards and punishments, and palaces, are all under the control of the Ministry of Officials.

Gu Yanzhong thought of this and exhaled a long breath, everyone wants to gnaw on this piece of fat, but not everyone can gnaw it.

Zhang Dian said that he opened the door and left, and as soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw Gu Yanzhong standing in the courtyard.

Gu Yanzhong hurriedly saluted.

"You send Lord Lin back!" Zhang Dan raised his head high, dropped a sentence and left.

Gu Yanzhong looked at Zhang Dan's back, and cold sweat broke out on the backbone of his back. He looked at Lin Xi again, Lin Xi was in a trance, and Gu Yanzhong suddenly remembered Zhao Qiye's situation that day.

He suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and secretly sighed: Life is full of states, today's Lin Xi is his old man Zhao.

Chapters arranged for themselves to go to the Privy Council, and he became a piece of chess on Chapters' chessboard.

"Huh!" He sneered and asked himself, "Gu Yanzhong, are you laughing at yourself?" ”

Fang Tianruo also went to the Privy Council, and his official position was several levels older than himself, so in the future, ......

He didn't know when, he had been involved in this official fight. Maybe it was the moment he stepped into Zhangdun Mansion, maybe it was the moment he followed Zeng Bu home, maybe it was when he promised Master Zhao, or maybe it was the moment he crossed over to the Song Dynasty, it doomed his fate.

Gu Yanzhong suddenly felt that his heart was empty, he didn't know whether the people who played chess were himself and Fang Tianruo, or himself and Zhang Dian, or Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu, or even himself and fate.

From the depths of his heart, he sighed from the bottom of his heart: This game of chess is not easy to play!

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