On this day, when the eastern sky had not yet turned white, Ouyang Xiu had already woken up from his sleep, but as soon as he woke up, he immediately felt a headache, and at the same time, his mouth was also dry, which made him moan, and this time he woke up the Xue family next to him, and immediately sat up and helped Ouyang Xiu up and said, "Master, what's wrong with you, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

"It's okay, it's just that I got angry yesterday, so I have a little headache." Ouyang Xiu sat up with his forehead in his hand, and then leaned on the head of the bed and said, Yesterday, in order to cancel the matter of the New Year's coin, he had a quarrel with opposing ministers in the court, and the other party was overwhelming, and he failed to gain the upper hand, and he was depressed when he came back, and he fell asleep like this.

"Master, you are really, why should things in the court be so serious? Besides, you're not too young, if you get angry, what will you do with us? Xue couldn't help but complain when she heard Ouyang Xiu's words, in her opinion, Ouyang Xiu was the pillar of the entire family, no matter how big the affairs of the imperial court were, they were not as big as their own family affairs, so Ouyang Xiu didn't need to be angry because of the affairs of the imperial court.

"A woman's opinion!" Hearing his wife's words, Ouyang Xiu reprimanded very unhappily, "The imperial court pays the annual coin to the Liao State every year, which is not only a matter of money, but also a blow to the morale of our Great Song army and civilians. ”

, Xue's family, a woman and Taoist, really didn't have these insights, but she was still a little aggrieved when she heard Ouyang Xiu's reprimand, but she didn't dare to say anything, and stood up and waited for Ouyang Xiu to dress and wash. Speaking of which, although Ouyang Xiu had a headache, he still stood up strongly, because yesterday there was no result in the matter of whether to cancel the New Year's coin. So he can't be absent today no matter what.

After Ouyang Xiu finished washing, he was helped by the Xue family to the restaurant, ready to go to the court after breakfast, but what he didn't expect was that his baby granddaughter Ouyang Wanling also got up and was waiting for him in the restaurant. When he and the Xue clan came in, Ouyang Wanling immediately stepped forward to support him with the Xue clan and said, "Grandfather, if you are not in good health, just rest for a day, anyway, there are other ministers in the court, and there will be no major incident without you." ”

For his favorite granddaughter, Ouyang Xiu was reluctant to scold her, and at that moment he sighed and said softly: "Wanling, this time the matter is different from the past, and the interests of it also involve several other ministers. For the sake of those small profits, they have long lost their fair position, so my grandfather and I must stand up, and we must not let them lose big because of small things! ”

Hearing her grandfather's words, Ouyang Wanling couldn't help but sigh, she understood her grandfather's temper, as long as she recognized one thing, then it was useless for anyone to persuade her. For this reason, he has offended many people, but his grandfather's career has been proud of him over the years. That's why no one dares to say anything, but if their grandfather falls, God knows what those people will do?

"Wanling, didn't that kid Zhao Yan come to you yet?" At this time, Ouyang Xiu suddenly waved his hand to let the servants go down, and then asked Ouyang Wanling, Ouyang Wanling had been living at home during this time. did not go to Zhao Yan's other courtyard, in order to remind Zhao Yan that Ouyang Wanling was still an outsider to the county prince's mansion, and asked him to come early to settle Ouyang Wanling's name, but Zhao Yan had also been back for a long time. But it still didn't appear, which made Ouyang Xiu a little dissatisfied.

"Grandfather, the county king has just come back, I heard Yuru's sister say that the county king is busy dealing with all aspects of things during this time, and he can't come back very late every day, but even so, he still asked me about it several times, and he thought that he was just too busy, so he didn't think of looking for me." Ouyang Wanling excused Zhao Yan at this time, but when she spoke, her face couldn't help but show a little disappointment, after all, no matter how busy Zhao Yan was, but after finding that she didn't live in the Junwang Mansion, she should at least come to see herself.

Ouyang Xiu is a good person, so he naturally saw at a glance what his granddaughter was thinking, and then spoke for Zhao Yan at the moment: "Speaking of Wanling, your words are not wrong, Zhao Yan is indeed very busy during this time, a few days ago I heard that he and the people of the Firearms Department have developed a new firearm, and you also know the role of firearms, the reason why our Great Song Dynasty was able to destroy Western Xia was all due to the power of firearms, so every new firearm is very important to our Great Song Dynasty, and there must not be any sloppiness!" ”

Ouyang Wanling was originally a little disappointed that Zhao Yan didn't come to see her, but now she heard her grandfather say that Zhao Yan was busy with firearms, which made her face feel relieved, and then she also smiled: "What my grandfather said is that the king of the county is entangled in affairs during this time, and he doesn't even have time to go to the elementary school and the girls' school, and Sister Yuru said that she can't see the king of the county all day." ”

Hearing that his granddaughter explained Zhao Yan again, although Ouyang Xiu had a smile on his face, he was already a little dissatisfied with Zhao Yan in his heart, Ouyang Wanling lived in the county king's mansion without a name before, which had already made many people gossip, so he wanted Zhao Yan to marry Ouyang Wanling back as soon as possible, even if it was to be a concubine, but at least he had a reputation, but Zhao Yan didn't take any action now, which made him wonder if he was looking at the wrong person?

After breakfast, the eastern sky was slightly white, Ouyang Xiu was supported by Ouyang Wanling to sit in the carriage, and then waved goodbye to his wife and granddaughter, and then slowly rushed to the palace, the streets of Tokyo in the early morning should be regarded as the most deserted moment, except for those vegetable sellers who rushed to the morning market, there were few other pedestrians on the street.

Taking advantage of the time he was in a hurry, Ouyang Xiu sat in the car with his eyes closed, thinking about how to deal with those ministers who opposed the cancellation of the New Year's currency today, but he thought about it, but he couldn't come up with any good way, after all, this matter is related to the interests of Han Qi's family, and Han Qi's influence in the court is by no means comparable to him, so unless Han Qi suddenly changes his attitude, it is difficult for this matter to take a turn, even if Emperor Zhao Shu supports him, it is difficult to change the result.

Thinking of the above, Ouyang Xiu, who was sitting in the car, couldn't help but sigh, although he usually had some friendship with Han Qi, but when he encountered this kind of thing related to his vital interests, his personal feelings would also be very weak, and he would put interests first, and he knew this better than anyone else.

"Master, something is wrong, Xuande was blocked by a group of people outside the gate!" At this moment, suddenly Ouyang Xiu heard the panicked screams of the servants outside, which made him also surprised, and hurriedly opened the car window and asked, "What's the matter, who is so bold that he dares to block the palace gate?" ”

Xuande Gate is the main gate of the palace, there are a total of five door openings, usually only open the door openings on both sides for the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty to enter and exit, every time the festival comes, the emperor will also lead his family to throw copper coins on the Xuande City Gate, in order to show that he is happy with the people, and now someone dares to block such an important place, which makes Ouyang Xiu naturally shocked.

"Master, I think those people seem to be students of Guozijian and Taixue, they don't go to study, but they are blocked outside the palace gate and don't know what to do?" The servant outside replied again, Taixue actually belongs to the Guozijian, but the students of Taixue come from a wide range of sources, and many of them are from poor backgrounds, unlike most of the prisoners of the Guozijian who come from the children of the official eunuchs.

"Prisoners and students!" Ouyang Xiu was also taken aback when he heard this, although these prisoners and Tai students were just some young people, they were the future reserve officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were also the main force in Shilin, there must be an extremely important reason for them to unite to make trouble.

"Could it be ......" Thinking of the reason why these prisoners and students were making trouble, Ouyang Xiu immediately thought of the cancellation of the New Year's coin, which made him feel shocked, and immediately opened the car door and got out of the carriage, and then walked quickly to the city gate with the support of the servants.

When Ouyang Xiu came to the city gate, he found that some officials who had come early were blocked outside the city gate, and now they were standing on the side of the road in groups watching those troublesome students, and when they saw Ouyang Xiu coming, they all saluted, and Ouyang Xiu also returned the salute, and then walked quickly to the front, only to find that the students outside the Xuande Gate were sitting there neatly, and there was a student in front of him holding the throne of Sage Kong, and the students in the back were all holding scrolls and reciting the Analects loudly, which seemed to be thousands of people. It is estimated that the students of Guozijian and Taixue are here.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help frowning, because these students actually turned Xuande Gate into a academy, that is to say, now there are the biggest Confucian saints here, and then these scholars, no one dares to interrupt their reading now, otherwise it will be disrespectful to Confucian saints, which is not a small crime for scholars, and even if it is a big trouble, it is likely to ruin people's reputation.

It is precisely because of this that Ouyang Xiu did not dare to step forward without authorization, he could only stand outside and watch, and the surrounding officials saw that even he did not dare to step forward, so they naturally did not dare to do so, so they could only stand behind and look, anyway, these prisoners and students had already blocked the palace gate, and they might not be able to go to the early court today.

As time passed, more and more officials were blocked outside the palace gate, and finally even Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang and others came, but the sound of those students reading did not stop, and they did not dare to come forward, so they could only be so deadlocked.

Seeing that those students were about to recite a Analect to the end, Han Qi and the others were about to ask these students why they came here to gather last time, but at this moment, they suddenly saw another group of students coming from the royal street, and the students in front were all wearing green shirts, which were the students of Gewu Academy. (To be continued......) R1292