"The candidates for this episode of virtuous faces really have to be carefully considered." Han Yi groaned: "You can't keep the wolf out of the front door and the tiger at the back door." ”

"Then it must be the king." Wu Kui's heart dripped blood.

"Wang Gongchen is more suitable than you." Han Qi nodded and said, "But the old man can only mention it, as for whether the official family is used or not, it's not for me to decide." ”

In fact, to be honest, Han Yi didn't have much hope, because he knew too much about the ancestral law of the Great Song Dynasty. knows that the official family will never let their family dominate, and they will definitely check and balance. And Wang Gongchen has been on the emperor's side for a long time, what kind of character he is, the official family should be clear. Expecting this kind of thing to balance oneself is simply a fantasy.

When he returned home at night, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that if the official family inquired and rashly pushed Wang Gongchen out, it would make the emperor think that he wanted to be autocratic. Although he dreamed of this, the tiger was old and majestic, and Han Qi still didn't dare to anger Zhao Zhen too much.

was thinking about it, Mr. Cui, a Qingke from the house, came in and said, "Dong Weng, there is a letter from Luoyang Wenxiang. ”

"Oh?" Han Qi laughed when he heard this: "This old man has always been well-informed! As he spoke, he took the letter, unfolded it with the light, handed it to Mr. Cui after reading it, and laughed: "Nengneng can stretch her husband, it seems that Wen Kuanfu has completely figured it out in the past few years!" ”

Mr. Cui took a closer look, and although the letter was a general reminiscence, between the lines, it was full of humility and obedience, which made it hard to imagine that this was actually written by an old prime minister to the new prime minister.

"Dong Weng, he came to the letter at this time, he should want to know the location of Ji Xianxiang." Mr. Cui said.

"Hmm." Han Yizhi said proudly: "This old man is used to seeing the wind and rudder, and if he is reserved, he will not be able to be a decision-making minister, and he can only bow to me for himself and his descendants." ”

"Does Dong Ong want him back?" Mr. Cui was shocked.

"I thought about it before, it could only be him." Han Yi sighed and said: "The Great Song Dynasty is still alive now, and those who can be compared with me and can take over the phase are none other than Wen Yanbo and Jia Changchao." In order to be a privy envoy, I drove Jia Ziming out of the capital, and Shi still didn't know how to hate me, so I couldn't let him come back anyway As for Wen Kuanfu, he left Beijing to make trouble for the door, although I haven't made a good relationship with him in recent years, but there is no conflict. Now that he is willing to obey me, he might as well sell his personal favor. ”

In fact, there is another layer he didn't say, that is, Wen Yanbo and Jiangmen have a grudge, and he is not worried that they will collude together and squeeze him out. On the contrary, it can be used to suppress the gang of landowners.

Wen Yanbo's words...... He has always been good friends with Fuyan country. Mr. Cui said softly: "And in the past two years, he has also been a little light on the prince." ”

"It's okay, Wen Yanbo is a person who knows the times, and it doesn't hurt to have a good personal relationship with Fu Bi." Han Qi showed a smile that everything was under control and said, "As for being lighter with the prince, I don't feel at ease if it's too close." ”

Mr. Cui thought about it, indeed, the relationship between Edon Weng and the prince, Wen Yanbo was destined to be eaten to death in the future......

A few days later, the official family really looked for Han Yi and asked for a candidate for Jixianxiang, and Han Qi naturally wanted to say, "Qiangang is arbitrary."

Zhao Zhen said: "The widow prefers Jia Xianggong, but after asking Fu Xianggong, he thinks that Wen Xianggong is more suitable." ”

Han Qi sighed in his heart, but immediately relieved, with Wen Yanbo's ability to drill camps, how could he let Fu Bi go? Then he said respectfully: "Weichen has always trusted the judgment of Fu Xianggong. ”

So he summoned Lu Guogong, Tongping Zhangshi, and Wen Yanbo, who stayed in Xijing, to enter Beijing as a scholar of Jixianguan University, and soon went down to Luoyang.

Wen Yanbo resigned twice as usual, and when he was the third time, he gladly accepted. Because of the urgency of the Qincha's urging, it only took him three days to explain the affairs of Xijing to his subordinate officials, and then he bid farewell to a group of Xijing opposition parties, and set off for Bianjing surrounded by hundreds of followers.

Three hundred miles from Xijing to Bianjing Post Road, Wen Yanbo put up the prime minister's guard of honor and walked in a roundabout way, only walking 80 a day. On the third day, that is, the night before entering Beijing, I rested at Banqiao Station on the bank of the Bianhe River.

After dinner, Wen Yanbo asked the people in the post house to cook soup and prepare to take a bath and sleep.

When it was time to boil water, he wore a wide robe and sat at the table reading a book. About a moment later, two little men in Tsing Yi and small hats came in with large wooden barrels with lids...

When the lid is lifted, the steaming heat fills the room.

Seeing that the two of them were still standing and not leaving, Wen Yanbo's elder entourage urged: "You guys stand down, why don't you move, are you deaf?" ”

Wen Yanbo frowned slightly, raised his head and prepared to let Chang Sui not be domineering, but who knew that he saw the tall guy clearly, but he was stunned for a moment.

"You go out and keep an eye on the door." Wen Yanbo said to Chang Sui: "Don't let anyone in. ”

He was extremely strict, and the chief was speechless, and he was worried in his heart, and when he heard such an unbelievable order from his master, he didn't dare to say much, so he hurriedly went out and guarded the door.

"Huh." Seeing the other party's dress, Wen Yanbo smiled: "It seems that you don't worry about me." ”

"It's not strange." The big man saluted deeply: "This step is life and death, I have to be cautious and cautious. ”

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"What if I go back?" Wen Yanbo said with a straight face.

"I'm sure Xianggong will see me." The big man said lightly: "I will never regret it!" ”

"Oh......" Wen Yanbo couldn't help laughing and laughed: "Your Highness is so fortunate to have such an arm as you!" ”

The next day, Wen Yanbo arrived in Bianjing, only rested in the mansion, and the next day he entered the palace for an audience, and the monarch and ministers talked secretly for an hour before leaving the Funing Palace and going to the East Mansion to work.

Standing in front of the gate of the long-awaited political affairs hall, Wen Yanbo felt a little emotional, and when he turned his face, he saw that His Majesty Wang had already led a group of officials from Zhongshu Province to greet him.

"I've kept you waiting." Jiu Yanbo didn't have a stand at all, and his smile was cute.

"Greetings." The officials of the Chinese book paid a big salute, and Wang Bi was also deeply moved, and was supported by Wen Yanbo and said: "The prince must have the body of a prime minister." As he spoke, he walked with Wang Bi and walked to the gate: "Han Xianggong is in the hall, I want to go and see him." ”

"Xiang Gong talks to the cardinal minister in the signing room." Wang Bi said a little worriedly: "Xianggong will sit down in the hall for a while to eat tea." ”

"Okay." Wen Yanbo smiled and nodded, and then picked up the second one and sat down on a row of chairs under the west wall of the political affairs hall. The place where he was sitting happened to be looking at the door of Zhaowen's signature room, and the gaze that had always been warm froze for a moment.

However, even if he returned to normal, he talked to Wang Frog warmly. His Majesty has always been a character who should not be offended, and since the Minister of Wen asked, he picked up some important things that had happened in Beijing and told him about them...... Naturally, it can't get around Ouyang Xiu's amorous lawsuit.

"Peng Yongsi and Jiang Zhiqi, the two villains, have bad intentions." Although Wen Yanbo didn't deal with Ouyang Xiu back then, he was very indignant at the moment: "Don't fall into my hands." ”

Wang Bi was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, why does it taste wrong? But in line with the principle of safety first, he made a haha and bypassed the topic.

At this time, the door of the signing room opened, Han Qi and Wang Gongchen walked out, and when they saw Wen Yanbo, the two of them smiled and arched their hands: "I forgot the time to speak for a while, and I missed the distance, forgive my sins." ”

"Where, where." Wen Yanbo smiled and arched his hand: "It's all old friends, what's polite." ”

"That's right." Wang Gongchen said with a smile: "I'll go back first, and I'll go back at home to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Brother Kuanfu, but you must appreciate the light." ”

"Definitely, definitely."

Sending Wang Gongchen away, Han Yi pulled Wen Yanbo kissed and said: "Brother Kuanfu, come and sit in my room, we haven't seen each other for many years, but we have to have a good chat." ”

"Of course." Wen Yanbo smiled and nodded, "Han Xiang, please." ”

"Please. 、

In the prime minister's signing room, Han did not sit down, but sat with Wen Yanbo.

The two chatted for a while, and then gradually turned to the topic...... The issue of future separation of powers and responsibilities.

According to the rules of the imperial court, major national affairs have always been discussed by the two prime ministers, and if there is a difference of opinion and cannot be compromised, it will be decided by the official family.

But rules are rules, and in fact it has never been the case, because officialdom pays attention to harmony, and this is especially true in the political hall. Therefore, except for extremely important matters, most of the time, it is necessary to unify opinions internally.

If the two prime ministers quarrel all day long, it will not only damage the dignity of the court, but I am afraid that it will not last long. Therefore, the separation of powers and responsibilities has become inevitable.

As for how to divide it, when Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were in the government before, they divided the national politics into two parts, one person dealt with one stall and waited until Fu Bi and Han Qi were in the government, because Han Xianggong was passive and slack, so most of the state affairs were decided by Fu Bi, but Fu Xianggong wanted to be countersigned by him in order to avoid being said to be dictatorial.

Which of these two methods to use, Han Qi naturally thought about it a long time ago, but he still had to ask Xianggong Wen first.

Wen Yanbo is very generous, and everything is arranged by the prime minister.

"Then let's follow the familiar method of the text." Han Yi said: "We divide the labor and take care of each other." ”

Wen Yanbo naturally did not refuse. Therefore, there are six departments under the jurisdiction of the political affairs hall, and Han Yi is in charge of the house, the Confucian room, and the officials' room. The rest of the households, military ceremonial rooms, and torture rooms are under the jurisdiction of Wen Yanbo, and it seems that one person is in charge of three, which is fair and reasonable.

But is it really reasonable? That's weird!

Three departments under Han Qi's name. The Sherenyuan is the office of the Zhizhi Yuan, responsible for drafting the edict, and all the pleasures of the imperial court need to come from here, and even scrape back the emperor's words.

The Confucian Room is in charge of documents, seals, and letters, and all the documents in the Zhongshu Province must pass through here, and the seal can only take effect.

As for the officials' rooms, not to mention, the future of internal and external officials is pinched......

The seals and official hats of the Great Song Dynasty are all pinched in Han Qi's hands, and although the remaining three rooms are also very important, they are not of the same grade after all.