At the end of May of the second year of Kangding, the Great Song Dynasty court adopted Zhao Lei's reform of the imperial examination, the way to inform the whole country, the Great Song Dynasty shook the country, although Zhao Lei's imperial examination reform benefited students, but it was minus three subjects, and the reform content of the calculation, agriculture, and miscellaneous was opposed by most of the students, and the Song Dynasty students who have been accustomed to the scientific examination of the Ming Jing and the righteousness of the Great Song Dynasty students in a hundred years have loved and hated Zhao Lei, but the imperial decree has been issued, and the matter is certain, and the students of the Great Song Dynasty can only temporarily start to review the content of arithmetic, agriculture, miscellaneous and other disciplines, Waiting for the arrival of the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites at the end of summer. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info\、QB5、/

After the arrival of the summer rainy season, two consecutive heavy rains filled the originally dry land of Yan'an Prefecture with vitality, and the wild grass seemed to grow wildly, and the yellow earth turned into a green grass in a few days.

Zhao Lei sat in the study with lights and candles, he was irritable and looked up at the gloomy weather from time to time, since the beginning of summer, there have been no sunny days in Yan'an Mansion, either continuous rain or gloomy weather, this abnormal seasonal weather makes Zhao Lei feel very bad, and there are already many people in the government who have done something wrong and hit Zhao Lei's hands and were beaten miserably.

Su Xun pushed the door in, his boots were covered with mud and water, and the expression on his face was as gloomy as the current sky.

"Isn't it serious?" Zhao Lei asked Su Xun who came in a little impatiently.

"It's very serious, the rain breeds all kinds of wild grasses in the wild, a large number of wild grasses unearthed after the rain breed a lot of locusts, after these locusts eat the weeds, gather together and fly south, gnaw up the crops along the road, due to the drought of the Yongxing military road, there are no crops in the fields, and the locusts that can't find anything to eat gather in large numbers, overwhelmingly cross the Yellow River and Weishui. Flying towards Hedong Road and Jingxi South Road, the locust plague in these two places is very serious and has a tendency to spread, and will soon spread to Hebei West Road and Jingxi North Road. Su Xun said to Zhao Lei with an ugly face.

"How so!" Zhao Lei looked stunned and whispered to himself.

"After the great drought, there will be a locust plague, there is no way to avoid it, the drought on the Yongxing military road makes the locusts in the territory have nowhere to eat, they can only fly to the southwest, and the locusts that fly away have robbed the local locusts of food, resulting in more and more locust damage, and now the Yongxing military road continues to rain heavily. The environment in which weeds and locusts grow is breeded, more and more locusts appear, and then the locusts that cannot find anything to eat go to the southwest again, and a vicious circle has been formed, the source is in the Yongxing military road, and the harm is in other places, unless we satisfy the appetite of the locusts, the locust plague will continue for a while. Su Xun explained to Zhao Lei very helplessly.

"Didn't you give an order for the people to exterminate the locusts! Why didn't it work in the slightest? Zhao Lei had already issued an official document on the streets and alleys of Yan'an City to exterminate locusts, but it did not play the slightest role, and he had never experienced a locust plague. He, who hadn't even seen the locusts flying, asked Su Xun suspiciously.

"It's useless! And locusts do not eat people. will not enter the city, and the fields outside Yan'an Mansion have been barren, full of weeds, no people to take care of those weeds, so no one is willing to go out of the city to extinguish locusts in this weather, Yongxing Military Road has no growing crops, so there is no threat of locust plague, the people of Yan'an will not waste time to exterminate locusts for the people of other roads, and there is no responsibility, after all, locust plagues are born on Hedong Road and Jingnan Road. Eradicating locusts is their mission, not ours. Su Xun shook his head and explained to Zhao Lei.

"Just look at it, there's nothing you can do?" Zhao Lei looked at Su Xun very strangely and asked.

"Just look at it, don't do anything else. The imperial court will not blame, the people and officials of Jingnan Road and Hedong Road will not blame, we can only watch like this. Waiting for winter to come. Su Xun nodded and said helplessly.

"What do you say! What to blame? Pang Bai twisted his fat body into the study, looked at Su Xun and Zhao Lei and asked.

"About the locust plague, I let the adults not have to bother themselves, I heard that someone from the post station is coming?" Su Xun asked Pombo after a simple explanation.

"Things are a little bad, the imperial examination reform has passed, but Li Ruogu has stepped down, and the official family has not yet made up their minds about who to worship the prime minister, but King Pu'an and conservative officials unanimously recommended that Lu Yijian come back, and the official family has asked Lu Yijian to return to Beijing, and it is time to calculate that it is time to arrive in Beijing now, and it is estimated that the time for Lu Yijian's fourth visit to the prime minister is not far away." Pomber said Lu Yijian, his fat round face with a twitching expression.

"Lu Yijian has returned to Beijing!" After listening to Pang Bai's words, Zhao Lei said loudly with a surprised face, and his shocked face actually looked a little twitching.

Su Xun heard Lu Yijian's name, and his face was slightly shocked, you must know that Lu Yijian is the "elder of the three dynasties", the auxiliary minister of the Zhenzong period, the powerful official during the queen mother's period, to the official Zhao Zhen in power, the same power leans towards the government and the opposition, and later Lu Yijian's son Lu Gongru lost his hand and killed people, Lu Yijian was degraded out of Bianjing by his son, I didn't expect to return to Bianjing now, you must know that Lu Yijian dismissed Zhao Lei in it, but a lot of effort was put into it, if Lu Yijian really worshiped the prime minister again, then Zhao Lei's situation is a little bad.

"Lu Yi is back briefly, King Pu'an is so calculating! Li Ruogu's talent is not enough to fight against Zhang Shi

The reformers led by the two adults, but if they are replaced by Lu Yijian, the future of Lord Zhang Shiwei is worrying! Su Xun said with a worried sigh.

"Haha!" At this moment, Pang Bai actually laughed, which made Zhao Lei and Su Xun, who were pondering how to deal with Lu Yijian, very puzzled.

"What's ridiculous?" Su Xun asked in a very unhappy tone.

"I'm laughing at the good luck of the adults, fortunately Lu Yijian has only returned to Beijing now, if Lu Yijian is allowed to return to Beijing two months earlier, I'm afraid the adults will be unlucky." Pang Bai smiled slightly and explained to Su Xun and Zhao Lei.

"Why?" Zhao Lei asked very puzzled.

"My lord, think about it, two months ago, it was Li Ruogu who made a move to let the adult stay in Yan'an Mansion, unable to return to Beijing to participate in the negotiations with Xia Liao, and let the adult experience two disasters of drought and locust plague in office, although there was no major problem, but there was no merit, if he was replaced by Lu Yijian as the prime minister two months ago, with that wisdom, I am afraid that the adult will be held high, not only let the adult participate in the negotiation with Xia Liao, but also cause the Xia Liao envoy to fear and respect the false appearance of the important person, and at the same time, the official family of the table appreciates the selflessness of the adult, Respected by Xia Liao's envoys, self-disciplined, loved by the generals and soldiers in the army, talented, and admired by court officials, think about if Lu Yijian really did this, even if the official family trusts the adult, I am afraid that it will inevitably end up with Wang Deyong! Pomber continued with a smile.

Selfless, self-disciplined, talented! Isn't this the term used by Lu Yijian to evaluate Wang De back then! Selflessness is to buy people's hearts, self-discipline is to plot big things, and talent is rich in strategy, when Lu Yi made a short three-sentence evaluation, so that the court officials began to impeach Wang Deyong, resulting in Wang Deyong being demoted from Bianjing, think about it carefully, Lu Yijian is actually used to killing this trick.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the sky! This trick is poisonous enough, the Zhao family is not right, what I am most afraid of is that someone has a yellow robe, Wang Deyong is a lesson from the past, if Lu Yijian pays homage to the prime minister two months in advance, I am afraid that Zhao Lei has been directly killed by him.

"Good luck!" Zhao Lei said with a self-deprecating smile.

"Lu Yijian is different from Li Ruogu, the sea has been up and down for so many years, whether it is connections or prestige, he can be called the first person in the court, King Meng and Lu Yijian have been fighting all their lives, and they can't help him, if he and King Pu'an unite, Zhang Shixun and Yan Shu will be unlucky, my lord, is it to mess things up while the official family has not made up their minds?" Su Xun groaned for a while and said to Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

"No! The matter of worshipping the prime minister must be avoided by the adult, the official family trusts the adult, because the adult has a shallow foundation in the court, the talent is high and the influence is small, the victory of the two wars of Luzon and Xia, coupled with the influence of the reformers in the DPRK, now the adult is no longer the medical officer who everyone did not know when he first entered the court, if the reformers have a one-sided advantage in the court, when the official family takes the reformers, the first thing that comes to mind is the adult, so Lu Yijian must pay homage to the prime minister, and the court must be balanced, so that the official family will continue to trust the adult, and with the trust of the official family, No matter how the reformers and the conservatives conflict, and what Lu Yijian does, it cannot affect the status of adults. Pomber retorted to Su Xun at this time.

Compared with Su Xun's idea, Pang Bai's proposal is more in line with Zhao Lei's mind, Su Xun is upright, has a strong view of the overall situation, is cautious and knowledgeable, but Pang Bai is far better than Su Xun, that is, the human heart, don't look at Pang Bai's body fat, but his mind is very delicate, and he often has a unique side to see things, especially the thoughts of officials, often guessing one accurately, this is the reason why Zhao Lei kept Pang Bai by his side, Zhao Lei called Pang Bai's talent proficient in imperial psychology, which belongs to a branch of psychology.

"Leave Lu Yijian's affairs alone, let Zhang Shixun and Lord Yan Shu deal with it! Since we are not responsible for the locust plague, let Ou Xifan, who stayed in the barracks, keep an eye on the news of Western Xia, and don't let Yuan Hao take advantage of the disasters in the north to take advantage of the loopholes. Zhao Lei pondered for a moment and said to Su Xun.

How could the smart Su Xun not be able to detect Pomber's ability, so he was not surprised that Zhao Lei did not adopt his opinion, and after hearing Zhao Lei's instructions, he immediately agreed.

At this time, Pang Bai said again: "Speaking of Western Xia, the Di newspaper said that the envoy of the Liao State stayed in Bianjing for two months, and he talked with the officials of the Ministry of Rites every day, but he didn't talk about business, and only after the arrival of the envoy of the Western Xia did he start to get involved in the topic. ”

"What exactly are the conditions for Xia Liao's envoys to negotiate?" Zhao Lei heard the news about the negotiation between the three countries, and immediately said to Pang Bai curiously.

"I don't know, the Di newspaper didn't say it, it was leaked by the person who delivered the Di newspaper at the post station, so I can only wait for the news of Lord Wang Su of Bianjing." Pomber replied with a helpless smile.

What were the conditions for Xia Liao's envoy to come to the Great Song Dynasty to negotiate? If you want grenades, mines and rocket cars, or the ten counties of Guannan, or increase the tribute silver, is it really to let the Great Song Dynasty admit the establishment of the Western Xia and force the Great Song Dynasty to reopen the curtain? Zhao Lei thought to himself with a bunch of question marks in his heart.

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