Chapter 202 Grapevine Trellis [II]

The three-year relationship was blank, and immediately because of Zhao Yu's generosity of 300,000 yuan, Song Renzong felt that Zhao Yu was still the familiar brother he once was.

Why?

After Lu Yijian became the prime minister, he secretly formed an alliance with Yan Wenying, although they had no way to give Zhao Yu an attack on his actual surname, such as being degraded, being reprimanded by Song Renzong, cutting power, etc., but it was still very easy to inadvertently release information slandering Zhao Yu in the middle of a peaceful conversation.

Even if Song Renzong knew about the contradiction between Zhao Yu and Lu Yijian, he couldn't withstand the slander of Lu Yijian and Yan Wenying day and night, and the three of them became tigers! Zhao Yu was far away in Qingzhou, 1,500 miles away, and wanted to defend himself, but he didn't even know that Lu Yijian slandered him, and Song Renzong guessed in his heart that he would inevitably have the mentality of suspecting his neighbor and stealing the axe.

The two palace ladies brought the mahogany coffee table, and Yan Wenying personally brought the refreshments, which were still steaming, probably just from the imperial dining room.

Song Renzong took the opportunity to divert the topic and hide his gaffe under his emotion. "If there is refreshment, how can there be no fragrant tea?"

"I don't know which tea master the official wants?" Yan Wenying leaned over and asked softly.

Song Renzong's heart moved, and he said, "Let Youhuan come!" ”

Zhao Yu picked up a piece of refreshment, put it in his mouth, and immediately felt a light fragrance rippling between his mouth, which was very tempting. The things in the imperial dining room are really good!

Song Renzong also took a bite and put it in his mouth, and while eating, he couldn't help but chin slightly with satisfaction.

After Zhao Yu swallowed the refreshments in his hand, he said pointedly: "Sixth brother, what are Fan (sarcasm) Buzhi and Pang (nationality) Mellow doing?" The younger brothers heard about this in Qingzhou, and they also implicated Li (Di) Xianggong! If this continues, how can the court be stable? ”

Song Renzong didn't respond, but looking at his face, he was not noncommittal to Zhao Yu's words, but thought in his heart. The reason why there is no response is probably because he has not yet come up with something, or made up his mind.

Zhao Yu glanced back at Yan Wenying. Although Yan Wenying owed his body and looked like an old minion, it was only when Zhao Yu's gaze came over, Yan Wenying's gaze flickered involuntarily. The gaze came and went quickly, and Zhao Yu couldn't see what kind of gaze Yan Wen should have flashed at that time.

Turning his head, Zhao Yu picked up a piece of refreshment and continued: "Throughout the ages, no matter what you want to do, you must pay attention to stability!" No boat can move fast in a raging storm, no horse-drawn carriage can gallop down potholed roads. The same is true of the imperial court! ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu looked at Song Renzong's thin, tired face seriously, and said: "Sixth brother, the younger brother is here to say something disrespectful, the eldest lady died of illness in March of the second year of Mingdao, and the imperial brother can be regarded as a real pro-government." In April, the imperial brother dismissed the prime minister who was set up when the eldest lady was in charge, and before long, he re-appointed Lu Tanfu, how long has it been since today? It's just over a year! If there are other people involved, then the Xianggong used by Mingdao from the second year will have no one in the court! Sixth brother, what do the officials think about things? The order changes every day, the taboo of the country! ”

Song Renzong was stunned, hesitated and said, "Ah Zhao, although there is some truth in what you said about this matter, you can't see through some of the essence. Lu Aiqing once said that although the country is in turmoil, it is just a pain caused by healing. If you endure it, you will be terminally ill, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to treat the medicine stone! ”

"Sixth brother, it's not the younger brother who said you! Do you think that Lee Sang-gong has decayed to this point? There is the ambitious Li Yuanhao in the west, the feud Liao in the north, the east has just suffered a great drought, and although the south is rich, it is only Yangzhou, Mingzhou, Suzhou, and Quanzhou! The rest are far inferior to the states and counties of the Central Plains! In this case, the sixth brother should concentrate all his efforts to cultivate the world in order to prepare for the war! Zhao Yu's tone was quite hateful, and iron could not be made of steel.

Song Renzong was stunned, and said disapprerovingly: "Ah Zheng, I didn't say you, although what you said makes sense, but it is too exaggerated to prepare for the war!" Then Li Yuanhao is just a barbarian, so he dares to send troops to lay down the grass valley on the border! Liao must pay attention to it, but Song Liao has not seen sword soldiers for thirty years, and said that there will be a war all of a sudden, I'm afraid it won't! ”

Zhao Yu didn't know what to say, Song Renzong saw Xixia too simply! Although Li Yuanhao has all kinds of shortcomings, it is undeniable that Li Yuanhao is very outstanding in leading troops to fight. More importantly, the Song Dynasty's military system was too backward, and the literati led the troops, but did not know the soldiers, and fighting was like child's play.

It's just that Zhao Yu didn't have the courage to say anything about the reform of this system, and the opposition contained in it was too great. The only thing Song Renzong has to do now is to fight a war of attrition with Western Xia. It's just that the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty now, when it really comes to the day when it is forced to go to war, how much impact and damage will it cause?

"The concubine is young, and she has seen the official family! I've seen the King of Changsha! A gentle and knowledgeable female voice sounded.

Turning his head, Zhao Yu saw a female official standing aside, her long black hair coiled up, and her eyebrows were lowered, full of classical beauty. The body is full of demure and knowing the temperament, which is so rare and attractive when the literacy rate of women in ancient times is not high.

As soon as Zhao Yu wanted to ask who the woman named Youhuan was, he saw two green-clothed Gong'e standing behind Youhuan, holding delicate tea sets such as tea dings, tea ous, tea mills, tea grinders, and tea mortars.

Suddenly remembered Song Renzong's instructions before, and thought that this was the tea master.

"Oh! Youhuan is here! Brew a pot of tea for me! "Song Renzong saw Youhuan and took advantage of the situation to divert the topic that had made him and Zhao Yu vaguely contradictory just now." Ah Zhu, don't look at Youhuan's age, but the kung fu of making tea with one hand, even if it is placed among the tea people in the world, it can also have a place. ”

Zhao Yu nodded noncommittally and said, "Tea is calming, the sixth brother seems to know that there is not much time in bed every day, so it's good to drink more!" ”

Song Renzong rubbed his temples and said with a wry smile: "The world is in such a situation, there is a drought here today." Tomorrow there will be waterlogging, how can I sleep comfortingly? No, yesterday a noble came to sue Fan Xiwen and bullied his boy. In the final analysis, it was just that his kid was a little stumbling and bumped into Fan Xiwen. But Fan Xiwen is also right, that little thing, scold, let the official send it back to his home. It actually made people whip five times! ”

Zhao Yu was stunned and said, "Fan Xiwen? Fan Zhongyan? Didn't he go to Suzhou to control the water? ”

Speaking of Fan Zhongyan, he is also a capable person, and the Fan Gong Embankment he built has created an unknown number of blessings for the people in Huainan. Not to mention the annual flooding, the salt contained in the sea water corrodes the fields, causing a significant reduction in field yields. With the dike, the sea could not enter, and the originally poor land immediately became fertile.

Song Renzong explained Zhao Yu's confusion and said: "Although Fan Xiwen has a bad temper, he is a capable person, and when he arrives in Suzhou, he has already managed the floods in Suzhou, and the rest are no longer in much trouble." Speaking of which, Lu Aiqing is really a broad-minded person, not only did she dislike Fan Xiwen for fighting with him before, but also recommended Fan Xiwen as the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion! It's just that this Fan Xiwen is really uncomfortable, this time the whipping is okay, during the Lantern Festival, there was a prodigal who was cheap with a little lady, and was caught by Fan Xiwen and beaten the board! ”

Playing the board is not like in the TV series, holding a water and fire stick "Bang!" Syllable! It is also necessary to take off the prisoner's pants. Because of this, there are some officials with distorted psychology who especially like women to sue, and whether they are the plaintiff or the defendant, they will immediately pull a charge to beat the board.

For this reason, many women would rather be taken advantage of, or even be treated like that, rather than go to high-ranking officials.

Although the woman said that it was miserable, it was not a casual thing for a man to be beaten. I especially want that prodigal son to be the son of a powerful person, otherwise Song Renzong would know about it? Thinking about it in the position of that prodigal son, as a second-generation official, revealing the white ass and that thing, in the eyes of the common people who are usually regarded as pigs and dogs, and then "snap!" Syllable! I don't know how much trauma I have to suffer.

Although Zhao Yu had a good impression of Fan Zhongyan, he couldn't help but say tactfully: "Fan Xiwen! It's too rigid! ”

"Lord Wang!" Youhuan put the celadon teacup in front of Zhao Yu heavily, and the tea almost splashed out of the teacup.

Zhao Yu looked at Youhuan with some dumbfounded, but after facing Youhuan, Zhao Yu found that Youhuan was not a woman who was amazing at first sight, but definitely the kind of woman who became more and more attractive the more she looked. The appearance is like fresh air, so that although people usually don't pay much attention, they will inadvertently have thoughts.

Song Renzong smiled dumbly and said, "Ah! I forgot to tell you that Youhuan is a fan of Mr. Xiwen's poetry and books. For Mr. Xiwen's knowledge, I highly respect! ”

Zhao Yu glanced at Song Renzong and said depressedly: "Sixth brother, why don't you be tough!" I was Fan Xiwen before, how did I become Mr. Xiwen now? ”

However, Zhao Yu couldn't help but wonder in his heart, who is this young racun? Why is Song Renzong a little polite to her? I'm afraid it's not an ordinary female official, otherwise I would dare to talk like this, after saying this, it is understandable that Song Renzong did not scold, after all, he is the king of a country, and he has to divide people by scolding people! It's like a dog barking at someone, and people won't scold back, right? However, Yan Wenying, a loyal dog, should stand up and scold the other party, but this situation did not appear, and it also explained some reasons on the side.

Could it be that he is the lover of his sixth brother?

Zhao Yu's gaze was a little ambiguous.

Although Song Renzong was tired, he and Zhao Yu sat opposite each other, why couldn't they see Zhao Yu's undisguised eyes? coughed, and hurriedly explained: "Ah, don't think about it!" This is your cousin of Emperor Cao's sister-in-law, the daughter of the third envoy Gao Qijian. ”

Cao Huang's sister-in-law is not Empress Guo, but Jingyou in September of the second year, and her grandfather is the founding general Cao Bin, who was born in Jiangmen. Zhao Yu didn't have the courage to do this in front of Empress Cao when he wanted to come to Song Renzong's surname, but Zhao Yu couldn't help but squeeze and said: "Sixth brother, the younger brother didn't say anything!" What do you say I'm crazy about? What the hell are you trying to say? ”

Seeing Zhao Yu pretending to be stupid on the side, Song Renzong was angry for a while, glared at Zhao Yu, and said, "Don't scare away the little lady, you have to invite the little lady out on March 3!" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, and asked a little stupidly: "March three?" Why do you want to invite a young lady? ”

While speaking, Zhao Yu also looked sideways at Youhuan, but Youhuan had already lowered her head shyly. Seeing Zhao Yu looking over, a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but this time, there was no action to express his dissatisfaction.

Yan Wenying's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he came up with a smile, and said with a flattering face: "Lord, isn't the third day of March a daughter's day!" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, and after coming back to his senses, his face changed greatly. "Sixth brother! That's not how you play, are you? ”

What is Daughter's Day? Literally, it seems to be a woman's festival, but in fact it is not, but an ancient single man and woman on a blind date. The third day of the third month of March is also the legendary son of Nuwa's creation of people, which alludes to the taste of this festival.

Zhao Yu naturally knew about this festival, but when he was young, Zhao Yu was unwilling, and Yang Shufei thought that Zhao Yu was not very old, and he was not reluctant. When Zhao Yu is older, Liu E happens to be in March, how could Concubine Yang Shufei ask Zhao Yu to attend the Daughter's Day at this time!

Liu E's affairs were handled very well, and Zhao Yu went to Qingzhou again. No one cares about Zhao Yu, who dares to let Zhao Yu go on a blind date?

This matter has dragged on until now, causing Zhao Yu to forget that March 3 is Daughter's Day.

Song Renzong heard the unwillingness in Zhao Yu's tone, and his face straightened. "Ah, what are you talking about? What does it mean to be so playful? There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. You're already over seventeen, almost eighteen! hasn't gotten married yet, is that reasonable? If it weren't for the fact that you are dissolute and uninhibited, I would have given you a marriage directly! ”

Zhao Yu didn't expect that his solitary reading ability in the ordinary world would be somewhat beneficial!

Knowing that Song Renzong's ears were soft, Zhao Yu said with a shy face: "Sixth brother! Isn't my brother still young! It's not too late for another two years! ”

The young raccoon on the side is angry, is he so annoying? This king of Changsha is really a bastard! His face turned pale with anger.

"What's not too late for another two years?" Song Renzong also noticed Youhuan's expression, and immediately gave birth to the determination to cut through the mess quickly. In the face of Zhao Yu's scoundrel, he didn't show any soft-heartedness, and said with a straight face: "I got married in the second year of Tiansheng, how old was I at that time?" It's only fourteen! You're almost eighteen, what are you talking about! ”

In order to let Zhao Yu go to Daughter's Day, Song Renzong said in a resolute and categorical tone: "If you don't want to, this king will point out a little lady to you!" ”

Zhao Yu's mouth grew and he was stunned, which made Youhuan feel a sense of happiness in his heart. But then I felt bitter in my heart, did I want to live with this man for the rest of my life?

PS: During the National Day holiday, I pulled my good buddies out for a drink, and I came back dizzy. There are only four thousand, and the one that is owed will be made up tomorrow! (To be continued.) )