However, these 'best' civil officials, while fulfilling their duties, have not forgotten to sweep away dissidents who threaten their position......

Sitting on the rickety flat-bottomed boat, Chen Ke clearly smelled that in addition to the smell of dampness and decay, there was also a strong smell of conspiracy in the air.

About three days ago, when he and his classmates were visiting the affected citizens, he heard a rumor being talked about everywhere.

The place where the rumors arose was the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the person involved was the Great Song Dynasty Privy Envoy Di Qing Di Hanchen......

Water and fire are ruthless, and the Dragon Lord will not let the water hide from your house just because you are the generalissimo. Di Qing and a large number of dignitaries and dignitaries were flooded at home, so they had no choice but to move to a higher place. Many families chose to borrow the mansions of their colleagues, and some lived in the barracks. But Di Qing did not bother his colleagues, let alone return to the military camp where he was born, but moved to live in Xiangguo Temple.

Xiangguo Temple, is the famous Xiangguo Temple, although at this time, the fat monk surnamed Lu, has not yet gone to the temple to see the vegetable garden, but it is in the Great Song Dynasty, and even in East Asia is already known to everyone, everyone yearns for. But it's not because of its religious status, it's because it's a very prosperous place......

As fellow villagers in Henan, the monks of Daxiangguo Temple are definitely the predecessors and teachers of Shaolin monks. It is a Buddhist temple, and it is actually the most famous commercial trading center and goods distribution center in the Great Song Dynasty. As the national temple of the Great Song Dynasty, it covers an area of as many as 1,000 acres, the monks' houses are scattered, and the atrium can accommodate 10,000 people, which is a rare commodity trading place in Bianjing City. "All business and travel transactions are all in it, the world's goods, the mountain cumulus committee, dazzling people's". Not to mention the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, even overseas businessmen also came here.

The monks in the temple not only did not reject these commercial activities, but actively participated in them, and started an economic business of leading transactions and sitting on the ground to take commissions, making a lot of money and being rich enough to rival the country. If you want to ask where is the largest exchange in the world at this time, there is no doubt that the Great Xiangguo Temple is also!

Compared with the predecessors of the Song Dynasty, the Shaolin Temple is simply weak. Ashin, keep it up!

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In terms of the economic status of the Song Dynasty in the world, Xiangguo Temple is like Wall Street in the United States.

Such an unusually prosperous business district, one is lively, the second is noisy, and the third is the gathering of ordinary businessmen, which determines that there will be no high-ranking officials and dignitaries to escape the flood here. Di Qing's choice of this place is actually to stay away from those civil officials with ill intentions, and away from the political air that suffocates him.

What's more, there are countless ordinary people here. Here, he can feel comfortable and respected, so Di Qing took his family and moved to Xiangguo Temple.

The national idol of the Great Song Dynasty, the dignified minister, actually came to Xiangguo Temple, and the monks in the temple were naturally overjoyed, and let the best Zen room go out to Di Qing's family to live, and no one was allowed to spread it out.

However, in such a crowded place as Daxiangguo Temple, his whereabouts were quickly exposed, and since then, every move of this national idol has been placed under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, and some legends about him have quickly spread in Bianjing.

Legend has it that Di Qing can often be seen in the middle of the night in the main hall of Xiangguo Temple, and he is wearing a yellow robe. In fact, the truth is that Di Qing didn't want to attract attention, so he borrowed the monk's monk's robe to wear on his body, and the color of the monk's robe is earthy yellow, which is known to three-year-old children.

But the escalation of the news in the market is invincible, and in a blink of an eye, it became Di Qing wearing a yellow robe to the palace...... Before the rumors of the 'yellow robe', people had rumored that in Di Qing's house, there was a strange light shining in the sky at night. In fact, it was Di Qing's housekeeper who was playing Jiao at home, but he forgot to report to Kaifeng Mansion...... The next day, it spread all over Bianjing, saying that 'Di's secret house has a strange candle day at night'.

In addition, it is said that Di Qing's dog suddenly grew horns. The streets and alleys also spread the song of 'Han is like Hu Er, Hu is like Han, and the makeover is always average, only on the bank of the Fenchuan River'...... It is said that a super celebrity like Marshal Di naturally has countless anecdotes of all kinds, and the citizens only regard these rumors as after-dinner conversations, and just talk about them.

But Chen Ke smelled a strong sense of conspiracy from it...... In his opinion, these absurd rumors will touch the most sensitive nerves of the emperor!

The yellow robe is added, that is Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. Cao used to be in power back then, and his nephew was framed and cooked in an oil pot because he wore a light yellow jacket......

And Zhu Wen, who usurped the Tang Dynasty and became self-reliant, before making a fortune, the house was also full of strange lights in the middle of the night, and the neighbors thought it was on fire, so they rushed over to put out the fire, but nothing came. This is too similar to the vision that happened in Di Qing's house. Coincidentally, Wugou, where Zhu Wen lived back then, was where Di Qing's mansion was located.

Zhu Wen started as a rebel, so the meaning behind these rumors is too obvious; As for the dog's long horns, it was auspicious, reminiscent of a series of strange phenomena in the family before Emperor Taizu usurped the throne, and he sent a sign of 'opening a rebellion' to the door of Di Qing's house.

As for that ballad, it directly branded Di Qing into a foreigner who was not of my race and whose heart must be different, how big a hatred would it take to create this kind of ballad?

If these incidents appeared in isolation, it could only be said to be a coincidence, but now, one after another, very layered, pointing to the same person, we cannot but explain that behind this, someone is adding fuel to the fire......

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"Di Hanchen is indeed in a worrying situation...... "Ouyang Xiu's affairs are also very heavy, and it has been a few days, so he only got a half-day vacation, and asked Chen Ke to row a boat out and go fishing with him in a place where there are few people.

Listening to Chen Ke talk about his worries, Ouyang Xiu said unabashedly: "Liu Chang, the intellectual, has listed all the strange things about Di Qing and written them into a chapter, and finally summed up a theme - although there are many foreign sayings, although it is not credible, it is necessary to make no worries, and it is better to lose the youth than to the country." ’

"Shameless!" Chen Ke's face sank like water: "How can you be so shameless? ”

"Alas," Ouyang Xiu sighed, threw out the fishing line and said, "Actually, all the officials in Beijing have such worries, and Liu Chang is just saying it." ”

"Does the teacher have such concerns?" Chen Ke asked in a deep voice.

"Old man......" Ouyang Xiuding looked at the fish drift and shook his head: "Naturally, I believe that Di Hanchen is loyal." ”

"......" Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief, if Ouyang Xiu didn't stand on Di Qing's side, it would really be hopeless.

But he heard Ouyang Xiu continue: "Actually, among the ministers and the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty, I can't find it, thinking that Di Hanchen will rebel." After a pause, he sighed faintly: "But you have to understand that officialdom is like this, and the statements on the table are often used as excuses to cover up the true purpose." ”

"I understand this," Chen Ke nodded and said, "It's just that someone wants to kill Marshal Di." ”

"Yes." Ouyang Xiu bowed his head and said, "It's just that someone wants to get rid of him." ”

"Why are you eyeing Marshal Di?" Although I guessed it a long time ago, it was confirmed that it was very bad. Chen Ke said angrily: "He is not the first military general to become a privy envoy!" ”

"Those generals don't have Di Qing's great military achievements, high prestige, and young age. What's more, now another privy envoy, Wang Yuanfu, is also a military general, which will naturally cause civil officials to worry...... Could it be that this is the beginning of the civil and military generals' division of courtesy? ”

"Marshal Di is the idol of civilians and warriors, if he is chased without fault like this, who will work for the official family again?" Chen Ke said coldly.

"That's why he was expelled." Ouyang Xiu said with a mocking smile: "The person who is the champion outside the Donghua Gate is a good man, how can he let a martial artist steal all the scenery?" ”

"What does the teacher think?"

"Di Qing is a loyal minister and a meritorious hero, and the court should treat him well." Ouyang Xiu didn't want to think about it.

"Is the teacher going to write a book to refute Liu Chang?" Chen Ke Xiyi asked.

"Naturally, the refutation is to be refuted," Ouyang Xiu said lightly: "However, now that the entire officialdom is hostile to him, what is the use of Di Hanchen staying strongly?" It's better to go to the local area, be a festival to make you feel free, and after a few years, the court will naturally think of him again. ”

"Teacher......" Chen Ke's breathing became heavy, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was Ouyang Xiu, whom he had always respected, Chen Ke was afraid that he would use a fishing rod to whip people.

"You don't know how Di Hanchen's four-year privy envoy came to be." Ouyang Xiu looked at him, saw the indignation on his face, and sighed lightly: "If I had been replaced, I would have taken the initiative to resign, and even if I left Beijing as a county commander, I would not be affected by this nest." ”

"I know......" Chen Ke said softly: "He has been ostracized by his colleagues, and he has never had the part to speak out about the major affairs of the court, and even his subordinates dare to openly provoke him." ”

"Yes." Ouyang Xiu said: "People in the world are only tired of fame, Di Qing is fame and fortune are a little heavier. What can you do if you throw this official, isn't it easy? ”

This is not Ouyang Xiu talking about cool words, but the common thinking of the Song Dynasty scholars, they are officials, and they speak smoothly, this Beijing official is comfortable, so he should go down, and if he is not comfortable, he will ask for an external transfer...... Anyway, I get a lot of salary, and I don't have to sleep in the morning.

Chen Ke thought about it and felt that Ouyang Xiu was right...... What's more, he also persuaded Di Qing like this back then, why should he be that privy envoy? Isn't it self-inflicted?

"Teacher, what are you going to do?"

"I also wrote a piece of music to refute Liu Chang." Ouyang Xiu paused and said, "At the same time, it is recommended that the official family remove Di Hanchen from the post of cardinal. ”

"......" Chen Ke was silent for a long time, and said quietly: "Teacher thinks that how will the historian write this paragraph thousands of years later?" ”――

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