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Fan Chunyou lay on the table with half of his body on his body: "It's not as simple as taking the imperial examination, Lord Ouyang, let me tell you, even if I am admitted to the imperial examination, with me, the old man, I have to go up step by step, do you believe it or not?" ”

Ouyang Xiu didn't know what to say to him, but Sima Guang flashed in at this time, with a smile on his face: "Why are you two still drinking here, something big is going on outside." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Ouyang Xiu looked at Sima Guang's excited appearance: "What's wrong?" ”

Sima Guang was also not polite, grabbed Fan Chunyou's wine jug and poured himself a glass: "News just came out in the palace that the emperor asked Chen Shimei to settle those Dongying women, do you know how he settled them?" ”

As soon as Ouyang Xiu heard that a woman was involved, he immediately came to the spirit: "How did you place it?" ”

Sima Guang's smile was as bright as a flower: "He used dozens of carriages to pull those Dongying women around Bianjing, whenever he met a dignitary's mansion, he stopped, went in to pay a visit, and then asked that person to come out and choose those Dongying women, and they could be pulled into the mansion when they saw what they were looking at." ”

Ouyang Xiu immediately stood up when he heard this: "You guys are drinking here, I'll go home first, otherwise I'll be at home when Chen Shimei comes, and it will be a big loss." ”

Sima Guang grabbed him: "How can Lord Ouyang be like this?" When Chen Shimei transferred to the mansion, I didn't know how many women would be left, if there were only some unsightly, wouldn't it be worse? The lower officials came to you just to ask Lord Ouyang to come forward, how about we go to find Chen Shimei? ”

Ouyang Xiu thought for a moment: "That's true, but I just went to impeach Chen Shimei, if I look for him now, if he doesn't give this face, wouldn't I be bored?" ”

Sima Guang patted his arm: "At this point, Lord Ouyang can rest assured, Chen Shimei was the first to send someone to Xia Zhu, he even sent Xia Xiangguo, how could he refute your face?" ”

Ouyang Xiu was still a little hesitant: "But what about Chunyou?" Chunyou is an honest man, if we take him with us, Master Fan will blame us. ”

Fan Chunyou raised his hazy eyes, which had already drunk: "You can all go and get it, why should I not have it?" Let's go, let's go together! ”

He said that he shook his body and stood up, Ouyang Xiu wanted to say something more, but Sima Guang urged: "Hurry up, if you don't walk longer, the more delicate ones will be picked out." ”

The civil officials of the Song Dynasty moved every three years, and the military attaches were promoted every five years, as long as they did not make big mistakes, they usually drank tea and read the newspapers, played official tones, ate flowers and wine, and then the official positions were still promoted, and everyone was laughing and harmonious, and the faction was stable and united. Such a system gives them enough time and money to chase these so-called land-styles.

Chen Yuan took Dongying women to give them away, one by one, and now except for Bao Zheng and Yan Chasan who rejected Chen Yuan, everyone else is happy to accept it, including Xia Zhu, who was preparing to make a crime against himself for robbing Dongying women, and chose two to take back.

Of course, these Dongying women are also willing, most of them have lost their support for life, and at this time, they are afraid to let them go back to Dongying to face those Song Jun with knives. Chen Yuan left them in the villa to pick up customers, and they must have complained.

Moreover, although most of the talented people of the Song Dynasty only have lip service, their reputation among the surrounding barbarians is indeed quite good, and the talents of the Song Dynasty are also the dreams that many Dongying women have been dreaming in their hearts.

So when Chen Yuan gave them away, they didn't resist, let alone dare to resist.

Watching those powerful people open the carriage door and select them like goods, they were picked by some young ministers, and they were glad that if it was an old man like Xia Zhu who was about to enter the ground, they would also obey their orders. This is at least much better than what they could do in the tick bar, and it is the best arrangement they can get at the moment.

When Ouyang Xiu and the others found Chen Yuan, a lot of good goods had indeed been picked up. But the rest of the people have also been selected after several rounds of deletion, and of course they won't be ugly.

Chen Yuan is the one who comes, as long as you come and ask, as long as he still has, he will meet your requirements. The more beautiful ones were given to these scholars, and the rest were all taken to the western frontier. In short, this time the wicked man was done by Chen Yuan, but the scholars and doctors got the benefits. I think that after this bribe, they will not pester themselves anymore.

The truth of eating people with a short mouth and taking people softly will never change.

When those scholars accepted this special gift from Chen Yuan, they had to say a kind word. I took this Dongying woman home and enjoyed it, and I felt very satisfied, and when I went to court the next day, I was embarrassed to stare at Chen Shimei's affairs anymore.

Looking at the other colleagues who don't mention it, Fan Zhongyan and Xia Zhu don't mention it anymore, why should they come out.

The storm that was blowing towards Chen Yuan yesterday came to an abrupt end.

Originally, he didn't have any friendship with the emperor of Dongying, and when that guy was alive, he didn't say that he would send two women to himself. Chen Shimei has done this very authentically, people have already admitted their mistakes in the court, and they have given gifts to themselves under the court, and the emperor is not his own relatives, some things stop at the point, how good is it for everyone to be harmonious? In the future, maybe I will be released, and I will have more support from Chen Shimei.

When Chen Yuan stood in the middle of the court, Renzong found that the ministers who were in high spirits yesterday suddenly quieted down, and he was very curious, but he was also happy to be close to him. In his mind now, there has been a good opportunity for the affairs of Liao, and at this time, Renzong is not willing to spend time on dealing with Chen Shimei.

Straighten up on the dragon chair and look at Chen Shimei and Fan Chunyou standing under the court: "You two have just returned from Liao, and Chunyou's recital is roughly similar to what Shimei Tan heard. Love, Liao is now Yelu Hongji and Yelu Zongyuan are tense, do we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight or take the opportunity to send troops? Please speak up. ”

Everyone has their own opinions on this issue, and some people believe that the current power of the Liao State is divided into two sections, which is a good time for the Great Song Dynasty to break through each and a golden opportunity for Kuang to recover the lost territory.

There are also some ministers who believe that there must be an injury when the two tigers of the Liao State fight, and it is most appropriate for the Song army to attack again at that time. If the troops are sent now, I am afraid that Yelu Hongji and Yelu Zongyuan will be pressed together under the pressure of a strong enemy.

The two gangs had their own opinions, and although they spoke fiercely, there was no quarrel. Renzong listened carefully to everyone's opinions, and there were still some problems with his soft ears, not to mention that no matter what the opinions were, it was these courtiers who were thinking about the Great Song Dynasty, and it was really difficult to choose.

After listening for a while, Renzong looked at Chen Yuan and Fan Chunyou standing in the hall, and asked Fan Chunyou first: "Chunyou, this time you went to Liao, I am very satisfied." Now that you've done your research on things, let's talk about how we do it appropriately. ”

Fan Chunyou didn't expect Renzong to give him the opportunity to speak in the court, he, like Chen Shimei, made an exception to the court today. Originally, I thought that Renzong only let himself be questioned by the ministers because he was a person who came back from Liao, but he didn't want Renzong to ask him what he thought about the current situation.

Fan Chunyou immediately understood that this was Renzong giving himself another chance to use the talents he had learned to convince all the ministers and his father.

He took a step forward at the moment: "Long live, the grass people think that now that the Liao country is in mourning, we are afraid that our troops will be settled, and if we send troops now, it will be in a hurry, rather than fighting an uncertain battle, it is better to take the opportunity of Liao's civil strife to prepare, and whether to fight or not can be discussed later." ”

Fan Chunyou opposed sending troops, Renzong nodded after hearing this, and his eyes looked at Chen Yuan again: "Shimei, what do you think?" ”

Chen Yuan also opposed sending troops, not because of Fan Chunyou's reasons, but because he always believed that no matter what happened in Liao, it was the most correct path for him to continue to follow his own steps, because he had been preparing for that step for several years. Now that it's time to make a move, he believes that his plan should be the best, and he must not give up easily because of a variable in Liao.

He also stepped forward and stood next to Fan Chunyou. At this time, Fan Chunyou had no official position, and when he went to Liao, Renzong gave him an official position, but when he came back, he was resigned by Fan Zhongyan.

Chen Yuan said: "Long live, the minister thinks that what the prince of Chunyou said is completely correct, and our preparation is not sufficient, and whether it is Yelu Hongji or Yelu Zongyuan, they have already fought hard, at this time, let's press up, in case they are hugging together, my Great Song may face a bloody battle." ”

Fan Chunyou didn't think about it from a military perspective at all, and when he heard Chen Yuan say this, he realized that he had missed a key point. For Chen Yuan to say his affirmation of him at this time, Fan Chunyou was very grateful in his heart.

Renzong also nodded after hearing this: "Well, both of you are people who go to Liao, since you both say no, then let's prepare for this matter first." Do you have anything to say? ”

The ministers looked at each other, and since the emperor had paid attention, they didn't say anything. Chen Yuan hugged his fists and said: "Long live, the minister has something I want to ask for long live." ”

Renzong raised his hand: "You say." ”

Chen Yuan said: "My Great Song Dynasty is now prosperous in trade, especially the trade of the Nanyang generation, and the profits and taxes alone have reached hundreds of millions of copper coins last year. ”

This is known to all the scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty, hundreds of millions of copper coins are profits and taxes alone, if you count the wages of labor, and the invisible expenses of those merchants, it is estimated that there are more than hundreds of millions. The boom in trade is also one of the reasons why their wages have skyrocketed over the years.

So when they heard Chen Yuan talk about trade, they all turned their eyes, and they all thought about whether Chen Shimei didn't want to give it, or whether they wanted to think about other issues.

"Now our business in the South Seas is getting bigger and bigger, there are many merchants who have set up branches there, and our fleet is about to start going to the sea, I believe that with the expansion of the route, we will pay more taxes."

Only then did those scholars put their minds at ease, it turned out that those merchants were still willing to pay for it, so there would be no problem, and if they really encountered any trouble, they could help them solve it.

I only heard Chen Yuan say the right thing: "But we are now facing a very serious problem, that is, the transactions in the Nanyang area are all in gold and silver as the unit of exchange, and our Great Song Dynasty is indeed using copper coins, which not only makes us suffer a lot of losses when doing business with Nanyang people, but also brings a lot of inconvenience, the minister wants to ask the emperor, can we stop the minting of copper coins, and the official minting of official silver, which is very beneficial to the development of our Song Dynasty merchants abroad." ”

(To be continued)