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It was dinner time in the evening, and this time was probably the time when there were the least number of people on the streets of Bianjing, coupled with the arrival of the downpour, there was no shadow of anyone under the vast rain curtain.

Da-da-da-da!

Outside the gate of Zhao's Mansion in the official residential area of Xijiaolou, the carriage used by Zhao Lei to enter the court braved the pouring rain to carry the master back to Zhao's Mansion.

"Sir!" Zhao Lei's carriage had not yet arrived at the gate of the Zhao Mansion, and the people of the Zhao Mansion who had been waiting for a long time greeted him with umbrellas, and a few umbrellas blocked the heavy rain falling from the sky, and several Zhao Mansion subordinates surrounded Zhao Lei, who was wearing a purple official robe, and walked towards the mansion.

Clean clothes, towels, hot tea, in the front hall of Zhao's mansion, all kinds of items prepared for Zhao Lei, who participated in the three-day festival in the rain, were neatly placed in the front hall study Zhicui served Zhao Lei to change his clothes, and after tidying up, the housekeeper waited for the mountain to drink and everyone had a meal.

"Wait for dinner later, and invite Mr. Su Xun and Mr. Pombo to come over." Zhao Lei, who was in the living room of the front hall, waved his hand to interrupt Hou Shan and said.

"Sir! It's raining heavily! Hou Shan turned his head to look at the pouring rain outside the door, and asked Zhao Lei in embarrassment.

Houshan's embarrassment is not unreasonable, although Su Xun and Pang Bai are Zhao Lei's staff, they are both people who have started a family, and they do not live in Zhao's mansion, although their residences are not far from Zhao's mansion, but this kind of rainstorm is disturbed at dinner, and it is inevitably a little demanding.

"Let the kitchen prepare the banquet, I won't eat with the ladies, I'll go and invite someone right away." Zhao Lei said with irrefutable majesty.

"The little ones will do it right away!" Seeing Zhao Lei, who insisted, Hou Shan ran out of the living room with an umbrella and asked the two subordinates to go to Su Mansion and Pang Mansion to find someone.

Zhao Lei has always had high requirements for life, regardless of food, clothing, housing and transportation. In his eyes, there is only better and not the best, and the banquet banquet in Zhao's mansion completely reflects his pursuit of a comfortable life.

The chef of the Zhao Mansion comes from the imperial kitchen, which is the most desirable holy place for the chefs of the Great Song Dynasty, and countless folk chefs are capable of being used by the imperial city, and the chef who tells the old is the object of pursuit of the powerful people from all over the Great Song Dynasty. And these seven are the total number of chefs in the Zhao Mansion.

In Zhao Lei's opinion, the three-person banquet does not need a lot of dishes, four cold and four hot, four meat and four vegetables are the best match, and a bowl of chilled watermelon juice can be described as a perfect work with complete color, flavor and flavor.

When Su Xun and Pang Bai hurriedly came to the study with water stains on their bodies and some embarrassment, Zhao Lei had already poured himself a drink in front of the banquet.

"You guys are here, sit down quickly, and taste the newly brewed wine of Zhao Mansion." Zhao Lei saw Su Xun and Pang Bai coming, and he didn't stand up and greeted him very naturally.

Su Xun and Pombo were also not polite. sat casually on both sides of Zhao Lei, picked up the chopsticks and symbolically ate two bites. Su Xun raised his head and said to Zhao Lei in a deep voice: "My lord is so anxious to summon me and Pang Bai in the rainstorm, but there is a big incident in the court. ”

The three-day court meeting was held from early morning to dinner, and after five hours, Zhao Lei returned to the Zhao Mansion and summoned Su Xun and Pang Bai to the Zhao Mansion.

"Yes! Today's situation is a little special, three major events were reported to Bianjing at the same time, so the case is a little late. Zhao Lei raised his wine glass, signaled to Su Xun and Pombai, and then drank it all and said.

"Three big things! I'm afraid there aren't many things that can be called big things for adults now, and the battle of Xia Liao is one. Fan Zhongyan's new deal is one, and I can't guess if there is another. Pombo looked at Zhao Lei and frowned and said.

"The other is a private matter, so I was left in the imperial city by the official family and came back very late." Zhao Lei looked at the thoughtful Pombo and said.

"Let the official family leave the private affairs of the adults. It's still a very important private matter, could it be that Ou Xifan has arrived in Western Xia. Su Xun suddenly remembered to go to Lei with a large number of war horses and weapons, and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes! Ou Xifan has arrived in Western Xia. And they also got the news of Xia Liao's war, and at the same time have contacted Xiao Rong, but we miscalculated the power of Xiao Rong's men, Xiao Rong has been to Western Xia for seven or eight years, in addition to the Hebei heroes who were brought to Western Xia, so as to unite many ethnic minorities or Han people who oppose the party in Western Xia, the power in the Hengduan Mountains is great, it is no less than many horse thieves who have accumulated years, there are 1,500 young and strong horse thieves under his hands, and there are many connections with the tribes near the Hengduan Mountains, and you can borrow 2,000 cavalry at any time. And with the beginning of the Xia-Liao War, many tribes who were dissatisfied with the party also secretly attacked, and now Western Xia has begun to be chaotic. Zhao Lei nodded and said carefully to Su Xun and Pang Bai.

"My lord! There is no need to change the plan, if the transition weakens the Western Xia, Yuan Hao will be defeated by the hands of the Liao State, and the Liao State will sit big, which is not in the interests of the Great Song Dynasty. Pang Bai groaned for a while and asked Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

"In the battle of Xia Liao, I am not optimistic about the Liao State, the Liao State looks strong on the surface

He is the same as my Great Song Dynasty, since the Song-Liao Alliance, there is no longer a peaceful day of war, and the elite cavalry of the Liao State does not know how much of the ability of the year can be wielded, and the Western Xia Yuan Hao has experienced a hundred battles, although he was defeated twice in my hands, but he also has a lot of elite soldiers in a hundred battles, although the national strength and soldiers and horses are not as good as the Liao State, but Yuan Hao's strategy and war experience are stronger than the Liao State, so the battle of Xia Liao, I am more optimistic about Yuan Hao. Zhao Lei was thought about for a while, and said indifferently to Pang Bai.

"The subordinates are more optimistic about the Liao State, the previous two defeats, the impact on the Western Xia is too great, the loss of 200,000 elites, even if the Western Xia is not in a slump, it will definitely be hit hard, at this time, the Liao State, which is more powerful than the Great Song Dynasty, sent troops to conscript, coupled with the chaos in the Western Xia, even if Yuan Hao is eloquent, I am afraid that there is no power to turn the sky." Pomber shook his head and refuted Zhao Lei's words.

"The battle of Xia Liao will naturally come to a conclusion not long after, and now it is useless for us to debate, let the facts speak!" Zhao Lei didn't refute, glanced at Pang Bai deeply, and said indifferently.

"Isn't Xia Liao fighting against! Why did you suddenly start fighting? Su Xun asked a question that he was very puzzled about at this time.

"Originally, the two countries were fighting against each other, but the Shannan Party Xiang of Liao suddenly rebelled against Western Xia, and the angry Liao commander Xiao Huibing began to conquer Western Xia in three ways, and after Yuan Hao got the news, he personally led an army of 200,000 to meet the enemy, and now there are no results coming, but it is estimated that the soldiers and horses of the two countries have been fighting fiercely." Zhao Lei told Su Xun the news he got from the imperial court.

"Whether it is the battle of Xia Liao or the matter of Ou Xifan, it has nothing to do with us, the matter has already been born, we are too far away from Western Xia, and we can't command Ou Xifan, so there is no need to worry about these two things, now I am troubled that Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and Fu Bi and others, today at the court meeting, suddenly the matter of the political trial of Bianjing officials was temporarily put on hold, the reason is that the Taiwanese officials have well controlled the probability of the appearance of ** among the Bianjing officials, so the Bianjing officials do not need political trials at all, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, that official dares to neglect his duties, Fan Zhongyan became more sleek, and actually let go of Bianjing, the power center that might make the New Deal die, it is estimated that it is the influence of Ouyang Xiu, but in this way, the forces opposing the New Deal are not strong enough, and it may affect our plan to complete the New Deal in two years. Zhao Lei sighed and said in a deep voice to Su Xun and Pang Bai.

After listening to Zhao Lei's words, Su Xun smiled confidently and said, "It's okay!" Adults may be fans of the authorities! In fact, Lord Fan entered the next article of the New Deal so quickly, and the faster he offended those powerful ministers, compared to today, Lord Fan must have put forward a proposal to reform the shadows! This article has a greater impact on hundreds of officials than political trials, and it will definitely cause a greater backlash. ”

"Not bad! Ten years of hard study, thousands of miles to be an official for, promotion is the most important goal, but it is not the most important purpose, the glory of the ancestors, benefit the children and grandchildren is the main purpose of the scholars, Mengyin is an important means for Taizu to envelop officials, a hundred years later, Mengyin has let all officials taste the benefits, many officials use their best to drill camps, isn't it just for their children and grandchildren to fight for a future! Once Fan Zhongyan doesn't even give them this opportunity, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty and the scholars, how many people will hate Fan Zhongyan can be imagined, in this way, the new policy is bound to be difficult to implement, even if the people who supported Fan Zhongyan before, I am afraid they will oppose it! Pomber analyzed Fan Zhongyan's new policy more carefully and said.

"If it's not enough, the adults can let Lord Wang Su join the ranks of opposition, Lord Wang Su has gathered a group of officials who believe in Taoism around him, and Wang Danzai's protégés for quite a few years are still there, and the influence cannot be underestimated, which is enough to trigger Fan Zhongyan's new policy." Su Xun thought about it, gritted his teeth and said with the last trick.

Zhao Lei suddenly looked at Su Xun and laughed, and after laughing, he said with a relaxed expression: "It's too early, Lu Yijian and Pu'an Wang Zhao Yunrang haven't made a move yet, what are we in a hurry here!" We are afraid that the new deal will be extended for too long and the foundation will be solid, so don't Lu Yijian and Zhao Yunrang, the king of Pu'an, worry, they will definitely make a move, and the time will definitely not be too long, but it needs an opportunity, an opportunity for the new deal to make mistakes, this opportunity can be completely artificial, so when the opportunity appears, it is when Lu Yijian and they challenge Fan Zhongyan head-on, we still hide and watch the play. ”

After Zhao Lei finished speaking, he began to greet Su Xun and Pang Bai for dinner.

Su Xun and Pang Bai were called by Zhao Lei at dinner, and they didn't eat, so they unceremoniously picked up chopsticks and began to eliminate the food on the table.

After being full of wine and food, Su Xun and Pang Bai said goodbye and left, while Zhao Lei stayed in the study, refused the maid to come over to clean up the banquet, and sat next to the banquet in a daze, reminiscing about the friendship with Fan Zhongyan and others.

After the New Deal, Fan Zhongyan and others knew sooner or later that Zhao Lei was pulling their hind legs, and at that time, would they forgive Zhao Lei!

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