[There is a change to make up at about twelve o'clock.] In the afternoon, it is a normal update. 】

"Isn't that the Second King?"

"It's King Qi."

"I'm really sick."

"When did you get sick?"

"Why do you have a bandage on your head?"

"It's like hitting a wall."

"Still hitting the wall when you're sick?"

"Who knows what the two kings of friendship are thinking?"

In the midst of the discussions, the side door of the Xuande Gate slowly opened, and Zhao Hao, the king of Qi, drove away all the officials waiting to enter the palace, and was the first to enter the imperial city.

Soon after Zhao Xu ascended the throne, and before Zhao Xu's death, Empress Dowager Xiang worshiped the two uncles of the little emperor in accordance with the past practice, one as the king of Qi and the other as the king of Lu.

Regardless of whether Zhao Hao was once ready to compete with Zhao Xu for the throne, as long as the imperial court did not formally investigate his crimes, then he was still His Royal Highness the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty.

When the news of Zhao Hao's sudden death came out of the palace, Zhao Hao, who had been crazy for more than a year, suddenly came to his senses, crying and shouting that he was going to come to worship his most respected brother, and even slammed his head against the wall when the attendant who supervised him refused his request to show his determination.

With such a friendly prince, how could the court refuse his request? And the recovery from a serious illness is also a gratifying thing, which can comfort the Queen Mother who is in the pain of losing her son.

"What a high ocean."

Inside the Xuande Gate, an official in plain clothes commented without scruples, causing several nearby officials to look sideways.

The heart disease of the two kings, born at the right time and retreated at the right time, is it just similar to the Northern Qi Emperor who pretended to be crazy and stupid, successfully pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, and successfully rebelled after the Northern and Southern Dynasties? The outward manifestation of madness is one, and the inner ambition is also the same, and it is a little more similar.

However, if this is said by a civil official, I am afraid that some people will applaud. But this one looks at the style of the mourning clothes, which is obviously on the side of Wu Ban, and the accessories also prove that he is qualified to wear the five-grade clothes. A martial artist dared to speak like this, but he still let the surrounding Wenchen pull down his face.

Su Shi turned his face and looked at him.

In his early thirties, his appearance is very heroic, and under the plain mourning clothes, his slender body is as straight as Jin Song, but this face Su Shi is not familiar with, for Su Shi, who has never forgotten talent, the other party is obviously not a courtier in Beijing. It's just that if he is not well-maintained, he will be wearing the same five grades in his thirties, either he has a very hard backing, or he has outstanding military achievements.

"It's Wang Xiangmin's son, Wang Houwang."

"Lanzhou Zhizhou, Xihe Road is under the jurisdiction."

"That's him."

The whispers of the officials around him resolved Su Shi's doubts. This one is obviously a celebrity, there are many people who know him, and many have heard of him - Su Shi has also heard of his fame - not only is he a strong backer, but his military achievements are not small. No wonder no one came out to scold him.

Is it his turn to go to Beijing this year?

Su Shi looked at this famous young general with some curiosity.

Although he is not as strong as his father's pioneering power to open the deadlock in the northwest in one fell swoop, and I have not heard that he has his father's outstanding vision of recognizing and employing people, but his ability to sit in Longyou and suppress Zhufan has been very prominent.

Wang Shao has a prestige in Longyou, and Wang Hou is also a man of his word in Xihe Road, which is very awe-inspiring to the Tubo people. Wang Hou has been guarding Lanzhou for several years. Whenever there is trouble in the Tibetan Ministry, he can make all the Tibetan people honest with a letter.

This year is the time for him to go to Beijing. Originally, when the Son of Heaven was driving, all the border ministers and guards had to stick to their posts and not leave their posts for half a step, but Wang Hou happened to bump into him.

"More than ten years ago, he was on Xihe Road. More than ten years have passed, and he is still on Xihe Road. If it goes on like this, it's not a feudal town, but also a feudal town. ”

Su Shi also heard someone whispering behind his back, and he seemed to be very unconvinced. Nominally, they are worried about the imperial court, but secretly they are mostly attacking.

However, the local situation in Longxi is intertwined, there are the leaders of the Tibetan tribe who have returned to obedience, there are also large families who have migrated there, and there are also military men who rely on military merits to take root in the local area. And these three people all have an unclear relationship with Wang Shao, who pioneered Hehuang back then. Without Wang Hou's identity, if you want to suppress Longxi, I don't know how much effort it takes.

And behind Wang Hou is Han Gang, and now the Western Army, which is the most powerful in the forbidden army, if you really want to give him a little ugly, just wait for the backing and power behind him to bite up. With such a solid foundation, I don't know how many military attachés envy him.

Just thinking about it, the whispers around him suddenly disappeared, Su Shi felt something in his heart and looked back.

But the backer has arrived.

There are no tens of yuan at the ruling level to accompany him, and there are only a few people who follow Han Gang today. Looking at his appearance, it seems that he has lost the two positions of Xuanhui North Court Envoy and Senior Minister's Palace, and completely regards himself as a criminal official.

Han Gang's strict self-discipline is worthy of his reputation. He regarded his official position as if he were a disobedient and followed the laws of the imperial court, which surprised many officials who were accustomed to transgressing the etiquette.

Han Gang pulled the reins and stopped when he was still far away from the Xuande Gate. His eyes swept over the officials waiting to enter the palace in front of the door, and Su Shi even felt that he nodded at this side from afar, as if to say hello.

Su Shi frowned, and when he looked back, the object of Han Gang's greeting was indeed not himself, but Wang Hou. I heard that there are in-laws between the two, I don't know if Wang Hou went to visit Han's house first when he entered Beijing this time and stayed at the Beijing Post House.

However, when many officials came over to greet Han Gang, Wang Hou stayed here and did not come up together. may be a manifestation of the separation between the two sides in the eyes of others, but in Su Shi's feeling, there is obviously a tacit understanding between the two, and there is no need for meaningless etiquette. The backer behind Wang Hou is still strong and strong.

Han Gang resigned, but the imperial court had not yet approved it, and even if it did, his status would not necessarily decline. It was also impossible for the imperial court to let him leave the capital and go to the local government to serve as a state official. As long as he is still in the capital, even if Han Gang is clothed, he can compete with the ruling party.

Bells and cannons rang one after another, and hundreds of civil and military officials converged into the palace. Their task today is to persuade the Queen Mother to listen to the government and not to fall into mourning again. Although everyone knows that the Empress Dowager Xiang is still dealing with government affairs in the past few days, and has not delayed political affairs, the rituals that should be left cannot be lacking at all. In any case, this is a law that has been passed down from generation to generation, and it cannot be denied casually.

Listen to the government, Xiaoxiang, Daxiang, and then March to remove, and then, is the Zigong burial and the god into the temple. The whole process has to be completed before it is over. Now it's just the beginning.

The Empress Dowager and the Little Emperor were both in front of the Zi Palace at this time, guarding the spiritual seat of the Daxing Emperor. What the civil and military officials have to do is to ask the two to move and complete the task of inviting the government.

The queen mother did not wear a phoenix crown, and her hair was also loosened and not combed into a bun. The makeup is not neat to show the sadness in the heart. And the little emperor did not wear a veil, and he could still see the shaved scalp.

The Empress Dowager was also in front of Emperor Daxing's Zigong Palace, guarding in the mourning hall. In heaven and earth, there is no need to see any mustard between the two most noble women today, and they cooperate with each other to complete today's procedures.

Several Zaifu who stared at the Empress Dowager tightly finally breathed a sigh of relief, is this resigned to fate, or does they know how to take care of the overall situation? But no matter what, the ceremony of inviting the government to be carried out smoothly is really thanks to the cooperation of the Empress Dowager Gao.

Three requests for Fang Yun, the efforts of the courtiers finally moved the Queen Mother, and the silent Son of Heaven was also held by the Queen Mother and went inside to tidy up her makeup.

A moment later, in the Wende Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials lined up in order, waiting for the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven to appear.

Wang Anshi and Han Gang both submitted their resignations, although they have not yet been approved, but neither of them has the intention of standing in the official positions that they are asking for resignation. It's just according to the rank of the official that is still retained.

According to the system of the joint class, Wang Anshi can still stand side by side with Zaifu, but Han Gang, who is only a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, can only stand under the scholars of the palaces headed by the Hanlin Scholars.

Originally, many people thought that Han Gang would never be willing to be below the scholars, but in fact, it was very different from their guesses. There is no order of cadres in the ranks, and Han Gang, who is holding a bamboo cane, looks very special among a group of empty-handed officials.

Han Gang stood calmly, completely ignoring the gaze that was not floating over. His pampered and unfazed bearing was shocking, but no one looked at him for too long. Zhao Hao, who is at the head of the prime minister's class, is more eye-catching than anyone else.

The two kings stood among the courtiers, without any obsessiveness. Many people have difficulty understanding his thoughts, they have already gone crazy, and even if he replies now, it is impossible for the ministers to support him, does he really expect to be Gao Yang?

If you really want to talk about it, it's also a disguised madness, the first one is a hero who can endure what others can't bear, and the second one is a fool who is a fool of Dong Shi's imitation. For the second king who began to jump up and down again, the courtiers thought that the queen mother would directly confine him down, but they couldn't imagine that they would tolerate him. Thinking of the Empress Dowager Gao, who was very cooperative, what kind of agreement did she reach in private?

Of course, the current stable situation is also what the two governors are happy to see. On the bright side, none of the zaifu wanted to see the court ceremonies ruined, so that the courtiers and the people of the world doubted their abilities.

The ceremony of listening to the government of the court was successfully completed without the slightest twists and turns, and after leading the ministers to salute, Han Jianggong sent the queen mother and the son of heaven to leave the court. The civil and military officials also withdrew from the Wende Hall in order.

Out of the palace gate, looking up at the cloudy sky, Han Jiang was in a trance for a while, and it was over? He also prepared many ways to deal with it.

He looked back at his colleagues in the two mansions, Wang Anshi, as well as Zhao Hao and the three kings who had no sense of existence.

That's fine. He thought. It is best to have no branches.