Chapter 19: The Meeting of Pan Lou
On the first day of work, Zhao Lei cured the future emperor, the second son of the current official family, the serious illness of the prince Xin, and casually yin Zhao Huaigu, and got the general profit from the sale of pox seedlings, although he could not see the cash in a short time, but soon after, he would have a good relationship with Zhao Yuanyan, the king of Meng, and the five ruling ministers of the imperial court, and shared the benefits of pox seedlings together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info\\。 qΒ5。 c0m//
Nice harvest today! Zhao Lei walked out of the Xuande Building of the Imperial City, turned to look at the majestic Imperial City, and thought of it with joy in his heart.
In front of the Xuande Building, several carriages waiting for the owner stood there quietly, and the carriage sent by the Zhao family pharmacy hurriedly greeted Zhao Lei after seeing Zhao Lei come out, helped Zhao Lei into the carriage, and walked towards the Zhao family pharmacy.
The division of profits is always accompanied by dark things, and the same is true of the division of pox vaccine profits, Zhao Lei tried his best to evenly distribute the profits of pox vaccine trade to King Meng and the five deacons of the imperial court, but Zhao Lei himself also got a lot of benefits, such as Cai Qi allocated a mansion that was originally allocated to the third-grade senior officer, and allocated it to the Taiyi Bureau of the fourth grade; There is also Zongzheng Temple ready to customize a large number of high-quality folding fans from Zhao Lei's folding fan shop at a high price; The Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War promised Zhao Lei to send a few low-level Mengyin alternate official positions to his friends, everything, indicating that Zhao Lei had officially stepped into the power center of the Great Song Dynasty, although the official position of the Fourth Rank of the Taiyi Bureau was high and the power was small, but this was only temporary, as long as there was an opportunity, Zhao Lei would appear in the court of the Great Song Dynasty.
The carriage slowly returned to the Zhao family pharmacy, and it was only then that Zhao Lei understood what it meant to look through the autumn water, because in front of the Zhao family's pharmacy, Bai Xinlan, Xiao Cui and Xiao Ruoruo were standing there like Wangfu stones, looking at the direction of the imperial city in a daze.
"The official is back!" Before the carriage arrived at the pharmacy, Xiao Cui had already screamed in surprise.
Surrounded by three beauties, hugging left and right, Zhao Lei walked into the pharmacy in a happy mood.
"Official! Is it hard work today! Are the people of the Taiyi Bureau easy to get along with? Bai Xinlan followed Zhao Lei's side and asked softly, her tone full of concern for Zhao Lei.
Zhao Lei was about to coax Bai Xinlan to say two sentences, and Xiao Ruoruo asked curiously on the side: "Childe!" Is the Imperial City big! Isn't it beautiful inside, and isn't there a lot of valuable things? ”
Zhao Lei was sweating profusely, no matter how he listened to it, he thought that Xiao Ruoruo was stepping on the plate and preparing to rob the palace.
"Official! Lord Wang and Lord Ouyang sent someone to send invitations to invite the officials to Pan Lou for a banquet in the evening! Xiaocui took out an invitation card at this time and said to Zhao Lei.
The banquet is the practice of the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, once a newcomer sets foot in the political circle of Bianjing, there will be a banquet, generally speaking, it is a banquet between friends, but there are exceptions, that is, those newcomers have a strong background, so that there are many officials who climb the relationship to go, trying to establish some relations with the officialdom newcomers, such as Wang Su, a few boys of the Lu family are in the shadow, the scale of the banquet is shocking, basically the officials of the court have a little weight.
Zhao Lei knows that there will definitely be no fewer people at today's banquet, if there is no such thing as giving birth to the prince Xin today's treatment and pox trade, I am afraid that only Wang Su and Pan Lou Sikui and a few of their best friends will come to tonight's banquet, but today's one-day incident has greatly increased Zhao Lei's weight in the imperial court.
Who will come to today's banquet! I'm really looking forward to it! Zhao Lei thought in his heart.
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"Congratulations to Lord Wang on his promotion to the military department, the Wailang, the Zhiyuan, the same sentence of the country, the grace of the official family, and the steady progress!" Outside the gate of Pan Building, a petty official in Tsing Yi said to Wang Su, who was standing at the door to greet the guests.
"Rejoice and rejoice! Be sure to drink two more drinks in the evening, please! Wang Su's face was a little cramped, and he said with a stiff smile.
"Who is this kid?" Next to Wang Su, Ouyang Xiu, who was also greeting, looked at the young official in Tsing Yi who went in and asked suspiciously.
"It doesn't matter who he is, as long as he comes with a gift, we don't have to receive it!" Wang Su rubbed his old face that was a little numb with a smile and said.
"What if you don't bring a gift?" In the middle of the two, Yu Jing showed his head and asked with a smile.
"Still to receive! But are they too embarrassed not to bring gifts? Wang Su also said with a smile.
"It's really strange, it's just a banquet for Brother Sanshi to celebrate, why are so many people coming? I'm afraid there are about 100 people inside! Even if you look at our face, you don't need to come in person! Send someone to bring some gifts, and the meaning is not over. Yu Jing looked at the long traffic outside Pan Lou and said to himself strangely.
Ouyang Xiu glanced at Yu Jing with pity and said, "An Dao, you are stupid in compiling history books in Tianning Palace!" Haven't you heard! Today, Sanshi is in the limelight, first cured the illness of the prince Xin, and then the official family is willing to preside over the sales of pox seedlings with the six departments of the three provinces, I heard that tonight King Meng Zhao Yuanyan and the five deacons of the imperial court will attend today's banquet, congratulations to Sanshi, how can the civil and military officials of the imperial court not smell the smell, and follow! ”
Behind the three of them, another head poked out, and Yin Zhu, who had been accompanying the guests in the Pan Building, also ran out at this time, and said in surprise: "No!" Why don't I know, didn't Brother Sanshi go to the Taiyi Bureau on the first day today! How did you make such a big move? ”
"Shi Lu! How did you learn from Antao! It's elusive, it's scared to death! The two of you are nesting in the Tianning Hall every day, you know everything! If I hadn't told you, I'm afraid you wouldn't have known about today's Bianjing earthquake! Ouyang Xiu said with a smile.
"No, it won't! For such a big event, how could it be that only the seven-rank petty officials came! You're not bragging, are you? Yu Jing looked at Ouyang Xiu with questioning eyes and asked.
"Big shots always like to be late, just wait!" Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly, returned to Pan Lou, and helped Fan Zhongyan inside to greet the guests.
Just as Ouyang Xiu turned around, a group of red-robed court officials came towards Pan Lou talking and laughing.
The dragon and the phoenix, the phoenix and the phoenix, the same product and the same product, Yin Zhu, who welcomed the guests, soon appeared a very interesting phenomenon, the court officials who came to the banquet, sure enough, it seemed that Ouyang Xiu said, the bigger the grade, the later it came, and the most interesting thing is that most of the court officials who came with them were officials of the same quality.
More than 30 sixth-grade officials, more than 20 fifth-grade officials, fourth-grade, third-grade officials, when Yin Zhu saw Zhao Lei come to Panlou, among the hundreds of officials in the current court, except for King Meng and the five ruling ministers, basically all came.
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Zhao Lei was wearing a purple official robe and sitting in a carriage, and as soon as he came to Pan Lou, he was caught by Ouyang Xiu, who was hiding on the side.
"Brother Sanshi! What a big face! Today's banquet is grander than that of Brother Wang Su, almost 200 officials from the imperial court came, and officials from every yamen in the imperial court came, even if they didn't come, they all sent people to send valuable gifts. Ouyang Xiu stopped Zhao Lei's carriage, pulled him off the carriage and said with a smile.
"Uncle Yong is laughing, don't forget that Brother Zhongyi and Brother Xiwen have also been promoted a few levels in a row, maybe those hundred officials of the court are congratulating you!"
"Don't comfort us, those gift lists are written that they are a congratulatory gift for you to enter the office, how can it be for us to congratulate! However, to be honest, how much benefit are there to those things such as pox seedlings, so that King Meng and the five ruling lords of the imperial court are so expensive, they actually want to come to the banquet in person tonight! Ouyang Xiu looked at Zhao Lei and asked curiously.
With Ouyang Xiu's serious expression, Zhao Lei smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Yong, the profits of pox seedlings are huge, only the Great Song Dynasty can gather nearly 10 million guan of money, plus the needs of Western Xia, Liao, Dali, Goryeo and other countries, at least 5 million guan of money can be obtained every year, Uncle Yong feels that the benefit is not great!" ”
Ouyang Xiu heard Zhao Lei's explanation, frowned and said strangely: "That's not right! Although the money of five million guan a year is a lot, it will not be very attractive to King Meng, after all, this money will not flow into their pockets. Besides, money and foreign things, Lu Yijian, Song Shou and others will definitely not take these money to heart. ”
Zhao Lei knew that Ouyang Xiu, Wang Su and others were not smart people who were easy to fool, and said calmly: "Uncle Yong, have you ever thought that once the pox vaccine starts to be sold, those people will benefit the most, and what reputation can be left." ”
"Needless to say, of course, it is the common people who benefit, and the pox vaccine will definitely leave a heavy mark in the green history, what Brother Sanshi means......" Zhao Lei just reminded him slightly, and Ouyang Xiu immediately reflected and said excitedly.
"Not bad! If it weren't for the guidance of Meng Wangye, Sanshi didn't think of the key, when Wang Dan Wang had to match the temple, wasn't it because of the implementation of Zhancheng rice and the solution to the problem of food and clothing for the people of the Great Song Dynasty, so he left a heavy mark in the history, and was later pushed to the god platform by hundreds of officials, and he had to be worthy of the temple! Nowadays, the importance of pox seedlings is no worse than that of Champa rice, and if you can do this good job and enjoy the temple, it is estimated that it is not out of reach. Zhao Lei said seriously to Ouyang Xiu.
During the Zhenzong period, Wang Su's father Wang Dan served as the prime minister, cooperated with Zhenzong to implement the city of Zhancheng, and was called the Buddha of the Ten Thousand Families by the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, when the pox seedlings appeared, which was not as important as Zhancheng rice, King Meng, Lu Yijian and others were so relieved of Zhao Lei, hoping to do their best to do this mission and lay a political foundation for the enjoyment of the temple.
"I see! Such a good opportunity, but unfortunately I can't get it, my current grade, I'm afraid I don't get any credit even if I participate in this matter, alas! It would be nice to be born ten years early. Ouyang Xiu said enviously.
"That's it! Brother Zhongyi, Brother Xiwen, didn't you all make a big deal in the pox! Uncle Yong has been promoted to three levels in a row, and the benefits have been received, so don't get Longwangshu. Zhao Lei patted Ouyang Xiu's shoulder and said with relief.
"Lord Meng, they are here, let's hurry up and greet them!" After Zhao Lei finished speaking, he turned his head and saw Zhao Yuanyan, Lu Yijian and others who arrived together, and pulled Ouyang Xiu to greet him.
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