Ouchi, the political office.

After the two prime ministers finished their official duties, they were sitting in Fu Bi's signing room drinking tea and talking.

In the second year of Jiayou, for the two prime ministers who controlled the country's affairs, it was definitely bad luck and extremely difficult. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the official family in the prime of life suddenly fell ill, and he was in a severe coma for a long time, and when he was awake, he was still delirious. The two not only have to take care of state affairs, but also have to worry about the emperor's safety.

During this period, the old rival Jia Changchao also kept making trouble on the issue of the Liuta River, and his old friend Ouyang Xiu also inserted a stick to come in, making the two of them suffer from the enemy and suffer unspeakably.

It was easy to persist until the emperor recovered, the national government was stable, and the Liuta River was denied by the two descendants, and the holy decree came down to stop the work...... Who knew that a group of people on the front line were unwilling to fail and forcibly closed the mouth of Shanghukou, and as a result, the rolling flood rolled back upstream, causing the tragedy of Shanghu breaking the embankment again, washing away thousands of people and tens of millions of materials on the spot, and the people of the five states downstream were even more displaced and suffered heavy losses.

If such a major event happens, even if Jia Changchao and a group of political enemies do not pursue it, the government and the opposition will not let them go. Of course, as the backstage boss who strongly supports Liutahe, the two prime ministers have not been impeached.

The two naturally wanted to write a book to blame, but fortunately, the whole country was flooding, countless people were displaced, and the imperial court needed to coordinate and deploy, so the officials did not allow them to pick on their sons, and asked them to lead the whole people to fight the flood and survive the difficulties wholeheartedly.

The two ministers naturally knew that this was an opportunity for the officials to make up for their mistakes. However, if the prime minister wants to speak effectively, he has to rely on his subordinates to help him, so he can't just get out of the quagmire himself, but also rescue those disobedient subordinates. Otherwise, people's hearts will be scattered, and the team will not be easy to lead, and that will be the real tragedy......

In addition to trying their best to shirk their responsibilities, the two only demoted the relevant personnel on the grounds of following the old practice, which is almost the same as no punishment.

However, due to Li Zhongchang and others, from the very beginning, they forcibly promoted the opening of the Liuta River by relying on their power to suppress public opinion. Public opinion was obviously not satisfied with the fulfillment of conventions, and even when Heshuo was flooded, the people of the five states blamed Li Zhongchang, Zhang Huaien, and Cai Ting, and beheaded these three people to thank Hebei. 'The situation.

The crowd was turbulent, and many harsh words poured into the two ministers like a tide. But this situation was expected by Wen Yanbo, as the embodiment of wisdom, he naturally knew that the punishment of Li Zhongchang and others was too light. However, this is like asking for a high price in business and paying it back on the ground...... The old rival Jia Changchao hasn't made a move yet, how can he cut the price code himself first?

Wen Xianggong expected that Jia Changchao's attack was hidden and deadly, and he did not use the regular power of speech officials, because of the strength of Wen Fu's two ministers. Jia Changchao used to be a bachelor in the past, in and out of the palace, for a long time on the emperor's side, and had a close relationship with many eunuchs, so he took the eunuch route.

He instigated the eunuch Liu Hui to play the official family and said that tens of thousands of people were drowned after Shang Hu broke the mouth again, and that the day of taboo was involved in the excavation of the Liuta River, and that the place name of the Liuta River was implicated with the surname Zhao and the name of the official family...... Such a crime is no longer as simple as the original so-called 'unfavorable river governance', but obviously violates the bottom line of imperial power.

The official family really listened to these arguments and appointed the eunuch to retry the case. Later, he sent Wu Zhongfu and Deng Shougong, the palace attendants, to Lanzhou to investigate the truth of the excavation of the Liuta River......

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During this time, the two ministers were like sitting in the crater, and the pressure on all sides was extremely great, and it was even a bit of a betrayal. It is urgent to find a way to get out of the unfavorable situation as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be worrying, which is also the real reason why the two are sitting together and drinking tea.

"The most touching thing now," Fu Bi said slowly while ordering tea: "It's nothing more than the matter of building reserves." ”

Fan Zhen Fan Lao Master Fan was out of the way, and he asked for the establishment of ten sparse orders one after another, but it was a pity that his recital was passed back and forth between the officials and the prime ministers. One moment to hand it in, the other to send it down, never to find the exact person to discuss, let alone a clear answer.

But he is the official of the Zhiyuan and can face it!

Therefore, in the recent period, as long as he goes to court, he will talk about the establishment of the prince and the prince. The tossing was endless, and finally the emperor and the prime ministers reached a tacit understanding...... Get this nasty guy out of sight and out of mind.

However, this trick was useless, Fan Zhen was hard-hearted, he refused to accept the appointment, and insisted on staying in the capital to fight.

Some people say that he is selling his reputation and seeking the merit of being the first to establish a reserve, so he openly swears that the day he becomes a prince is the time when he resigns and returns to his hometown, and he will never rise again in this life.

If a person's persistence can reach Fan Jin's step, it will always be successful. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, at least the process must be vigorous. Therefore, many officials who were in a wait-and-see attitude began to write in support of Fan Zhen -- under the joint suppression of the emperor and the prime minister, the voice of the prince was not weakened, but increased.

Fubi means that since we can't stop it, we might as well take advantage of the situation and reunite the officials around us......

"I also have such a plan," Wen Yanbo said slowly, "But what happened today made me smell bad." ”

"Why did Wen Xiang say this?" Fu Bi brought him a cup of tea.

"Today, in the court, Bao Zheng reported that he exterminated Sanssouci Cave yesterday, and the official family suddenly praised the kid named Chen Ke," Wen Yanbo said in a deep voice: "How do you say that he is here?" ”

"It is said that he is both civil and military, has both ability and political integrity, and has found a prime minister for his children and grandchildren." Fu Bi smiled and said, "I want to meet this little friend, to see if he is really so godly." ”

"The official's vision of looking at people is naturally not bad," Wen Yanbo said lightly: "But these words are obviously more appropriate to say in private, but the official family is placed in the court, what is the purpose?" ”

Fu Bi is a virtuous gentleman, and he has never liked to calculate, so he just listened to Wen Yanbo while drinking tea.

"After going down to the court, I heard that the official family sent guards to protect him, and also gave him wine and food. Wen Yanbo said slowly: "It's over, the official family has given him some of it, which makes people inevitably wonder if there is an element of acting in this." ”

"Acting?" Fu Bi said with a condensed expression: "Who is the performance for?" ”

"To the civil and military ministers in the capital, show you and me!" Wen Yanbo said categorically: "The official family naturally knows that his pretentiousness will inevitably lead to imitation, and I don't know how many people will visit the Chen family." ”

"Didn't even our government hall send someone there?" Fu Bi smiled.

"You know what the man said in return when he came back?" Wen Yanbo lowered his voice.

"What?"

"He actually saw Zhao Zongji, eating wine at Chen Ke's house!" Wen Yanbo said coldly: "Isn't this the official family, who wants everyone to see the intimate relationship between the two?" After a pause, he said: "Do you think about the words of the official family in the court......"

"This ......" Fu Bi said with a shocked face: "Could it be that the official family has the idea of passing on the achievements of the sect?" ”

"That's not enough," Wen Yanbo shook his head and said: "The official family should mainly warn those who look at speculation not to bet too early." ”

"Hmm." Fu Bi bowed his head and said, "It should be like this." ”

"During this time, I pondered the mentality of the official family," Wen Yanbo said: "I must still want to come by myself, after all, the official family can give birth, but it is just an old girl." ”

"It's human nature." Fu Bi nodded.

"So we still have to persevere," Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "Everyone else pokes the official's heart with a knife, but we warm his heart, and the official family will definitely appreciate it." ”

"Hmm." Fu Bi nodded, he was very convinced of Wen Yanbo's prophetic foresight, nodded and said, "With the support of the official family, we are half of the success." ”

"Yes, if you stabilize the ministers again, no matter how Jia tosses, he doesn't want to set off a storm." Wen Yanbo took a sip of fragrant tea and praised: "It is worthy of being the best imperial tea Miyun Dragon." ”

"Wen Xiang's has already finished drinking, I still have a small half of it here, I'll take it later." Fu Bi smiled.

"A gentleman does not win the love of others." Wen Yanbo shook his head and said.

"I drink everything the same, the dragon and phoenix tea group is here with me, it is a pearl secret investment, Wenxiang is the real person who understands tea, so don't shirk it."

"But it's disrespectful." Wen Yanbo smiled, frowned, and said, "Actually, it is not difficult to get the minister to stop attacking us. Just find them a new target, and that's it. ”

"A new target?"

"Of course, not all goals can be achieved, you have to be famous enough, your status is high enough, and you are hated enough," Wen Yanbo said lightly: "And it's not one person who hates, it's all hate." Such a goal is hard to come by, but in my Great Song Dynasty, it has existed for four years. ”

"You mean, the one from Xifu?" Fu Bi's face remained unchanged, but his heart turned over the river and the sea, and he had already felt that Wen Yanbo was unhappy with Di Qing, but he didn't expect it to reach this level.

"Not bad." Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "This person makes every literati restless, like a man's back." He is a cancer, and even the atmosphere of the country has been corrupted by him, since he became the prime minister, the common people have said that you don't have to be a scholar, as long as you have the ability, you will succeed in anything. ”

"There are also those military generals and soldiers, who have also become impatient, and have written to ask the imperial court to repair military equipment, destroy Xixia, and restore Yanyun!" Wen Yanbo said with a sad face: "In the long run, my Great Song Dynasty will return to the scene of the troubled times of the Five Dynasties!" ”

In fact, there was nothing bad at that time, although the country was divided and there was nothing to want, whether it was the Later Tang Dynasty or the Later Zhou, they could beat the Khitan like three grandsons.

However, for scholars, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were the most unbearable years for them to look back on, for a simple reason - in troubled times, scholars were the targets of wanton humiliation and killing by warriors.