. In the early days of the dynasty today, the civil and military officials were really harmonious.

King Wei's first voyage smoothly low Beijing, the follow-up grain and grass is constantly transporting Kaifeng, Kaifeng eight official warehouses have grain and rice day and night, rice warehouses are like water storage room by room is full, the official family smiled when he heard the news, originally to the army fighting alone in southern Fujian, his instructions are to be steady and steady, to do advance and retreat freely, now the worries have been solved, he has passed the decree overnight, has been 800 miles to speed up the military situation, ordered the crusade against the Han army to attack with all its might, must be completely wiped out before this winter.

The battle of the Great Song army in southern Fujian in the near part of the battle is like a bamboo, and the victory is being won one after another, and now there is no worries, and the Han Kingdom is just around the corner in one fell swoop, the emperor is full of joy and joy, who will touch his head at this time and say something that makes him unhappy? The Zhao official family likes to smash people with jade axes, and this bad habit is known to everyone in the Manchu Dynasty......

The battle between the kings and the prime minister was even more obscure, and there was no scene of swords and swords in front of the emperor that Yang Hao expected, and the people of Zhao Pu's faction mobilized many officials to pay tribute to the officials, just focusing on praising the merits of the King of Wei, and the people of Zhao Guangyi's faction had already received Zhao Guangyi's hints, constantly emphasizing Yang Hao's merits from all aspects of planning and execution, highlighting Yang Hao's merits, and naturally weakening Zhao Dezhao's role.

As for some rumors that were unfavorable to the King of Wei, they could only be cleverly transmitted to the emperor's ears through other channels, and no one would bring them up in front of the full audience of civil and military affairs. Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi, the two bigwigs, never went out in person, and sent some innocuous shrimp soldiers and crab generals, which made the scene even more boring.

Yang Hao had no interest in this kind of secret war trick and listened to it drowsily. As one of the parties, when the emperor asked him about the experience of traveling south, Yang Hao also stepped forward to play, in front of the emperor, he naturally had no possibility of saying bad things about the prince, which Zhao Guangyi certainly understood, but Zhao Pu thought that he was confused by the "big cake" he promised, and his heart was naturally very satisfied.

When the emperor asked about Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Dezhao also spared no effort to praise Yang Hao, but in the eyes of the hundred officials, it was the King of Wei and the Yang Yuan envoy who sympathized with each other, both of them were promoting each other, and they were even more virtuous, so they were all happy.

After singing the praises of virtue, it was time to discuss the merits and deeds, and at this time, Zhao Pufang, who was standing there steadily, came out of class and played loudly: "Your Majesty, Wei Wang Dezhao is young and wise, clever and capable, and this time he has proved his talent. However, the minister thought that the king of Wei was young, although he was talented, but he lacked experience, and now that the king of Wei had reached adulthood, His Majesty should give the king of Wei some specific sends, which would be of great benefit to the king of Wei. ”

"Well, what Zhao Qing said is reasonable...... Zhao Guanjia was really in a good mood today, he stroked his beard with a smile and asked, "So, according to Zhao Qing's opinion, what should Dezhao do to send it?" ”

Zhao Pu bowed and said: "The eldest son of the emperor is a prince, and he has reached the top of the people, and the reward is not to be talked about. The minister thought that although he was respected by the king of Wei, he did not need to be allowed to be a high-ranking official, otherwise he would lose the role of making the king of Wei more experienced. ”

Zhao Kuangyin laughed: "That's nature." ”

Zhao Pu said quietly: "The King of Wei has already understood the customs and local officials on this southern hunt. Your Majesty has been fighting horses for half a life, with outstanding martial arts, the so-called tiger father and tiger son, therefore, the minister thinks that it is better to crown the King of Wei as the former Si Du Yu of the Forbidden Army Palace, so that the King of Wei will have some experience in military affairs, and achieve a virtuous king who is both civil and military, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks? ”

Zhao Guangyi's face turned red when he heard this, the red light just flashed on his forehead, and the whole face turned white after brushing the ground, and the color changed so quickly, just like Tang Yanyan's "willow eyebrows upside down" when he was in Puji Temple, it was all magical kung fu that Yang Hao had only heard of and had never seen before, Yang Hao couldn't help but bluff: "Damn, what kind of internal skills does Zhao Lao Er practice?" Zixia is magical......"

No wonder Zhao Guangyi has such an expression, as soon as Zhao Pu's words came out, many officials in the court already showed strange looks, and their eyes began to patrol between the officials, Xiangye, and King Jin. Some of the newly promoted officials don't know why, and they don't think so, the front of the palace is the third in command of the front division of the forbidden army, and he can be regarded as a senior military attaché, but there are palace marshals and deputy palace marshals above him, Zhao Dezhao is the prince of the prince, what a noble status, what is the great thing about being a forbidden army Du Yu Hou?

However, some old ministers in the court, especially those who were officials in the court and China at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, knew an old matter involving the grievances of the king.

This old incident should be regarded as the first conflict between Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhao Kuangyin named his brother Zhao Guangyi, who had no military merits, as the former secretary of the forbidden army palace, and soon handed over Kaifeng, the most important foundation place, to him and named him Kaifeng Mansion Yin.

Zhao Pu was not the prime minister at that time, but he was more trusted by Zhao Kuangyin than the prime minister, he immediately went to the capital, strongly opposed, and resolutely asked the official family to make a choice: either let Zhao Guangyi be the palace of the palace, or let him be the Kaifeng Mansion Yin, between the military generals and the civil ministers, you can only choose one.

Zhao Pu's reason is very sufficient, a city in Kaifeng Mansion occupied almost half of the financial, material and human resources of the Song State at that time, and mastering Kaifeng Mansion means mastering half of the resources of the Great Song Dynasty. And what about the former division of the Forbidden Army Palace? At that time, the forbidden army was divided into the Guards and the Palace Division, and was called the Second Division, of which the Guards and Guards were in charge of the Guards and Horses and Guards and Infantry Divisions; The front division of the palace commands the classes in front of the palace and the armies of the horses. The front of the palace and the guard pro-army horse army division and the guard pro-army infantry division are called the three ya, and the core of the three Kyoto Gong Guard force is the palace front division.

Zhao Guangyi has mastered these two forces, so what is it? Even if he is the emperor's own brother! Zhao Pu made a direct admonition, argued with reason, and finally let Zhao Kuangyin take back his fate, and took off the title of Zhao Guangyi's former secretary of the forbidden army, and since then, Zhao Guangyi has never had a chance to touch the side of the forbidden army.

At that time, Zhao Guangyi was strong-blooded, young and knowledgeable, and had not yet cultivated his cronies in the forbidden army, and now he can only maintain a relatively friendly relationship with some middle and lower-level officials in the forbidden army, which is all thanks to Zhao Pu. Now Zhao Pu took the initiative to suggest that King Wei should be appointed to this military position, what does this mean? This is simply a resounding slap in the face to him in public!

However, what Zhao Pu said was high-sounding, and Zhao Guangyi was inconvenient to refute, and it was even inconvenient for his people to come forward to refute it, so even if Zhao Dezhao couldn't wait in front of the palace, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not arouse the vigilance of the officials against him, and the gains would outweigh the losses. Zhao Guangyi could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, pressing hatred deep in his heart.

Zhao Guangyi didn't say anything, although the people of his faction didn't come forward to agree, it was naturally inconvenient to come forward to oppose it, but Zhao Kuangyin didn't seem to remember this old incident at all, he slowly glanced at the ministers, pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will make Dezhao the former secretary of the Forbidden Army Palace, let him learn the skills in the army." ”

When Zhao Pu heard this, a mysterious smile quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth, this was just a temptation, and now, he was confident that he had understood the intentions of the officials, so he could calmly arrange the next move.

Zhao Kuangyin mentioned his spirit and said: "This time the grain shortage in Kaifeng was successfully solved, and Yang Hao, the envoy of the Southern Yayuan, made great contributions, and should also be rewarded." In terms of meritorious deeds, you Aiqing think that the envoy of the Yang Academy should be crowned with what position. ”

Yang Hao's spirits perked up, his waist stood up quietly, Zhao Kuangyin's voice just fell, Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi, who had just returned to class, invariably flashed out of class, the two glanced at each other, Zhao Pu, who had already gained the upper hand, smiled slightly, and pretended to say: "Lord Zhao, please." ”

Zhao Pu is the prime minister, the chief of a hundred officials, Zhao Guangyi has always shown a humble attitude in public, how can he compete with him, so he had to bow his hand and humbly thank: "Zhao Xianggong please." ”

Zhao Pu had already returned to his position, and he made a concession to him with a smile, Zhao Guangyi took a deep breath, stepped forward slowly, bowed to Zhao Kuangyin, and said: "The envoy of the Yang Yuan was born in the army, and he was ordered by His Majesty to lead 3,000 tigers to escort 50,000 Li people to move west to the Song realm. During his tenure as the prefect of Luling, he sent troops to exterminate the Qiang people who committed crimes, and he was really good at martial arts.

However, since the Yang Yuan envoy was appreciated by the official family and became an official in the court, although the official was awarded the right military doctor and the state defense, what he did has always been a civil official. Now Yang Hao and Wei Wang Dezhao as the deputy envoy of the Qincha, the southern tour of Jianghuai, went to the national disaster, solved the siege, and made great contributions in the court, and they are also perfectly matched and complement each other...... Yang Hao was also transferred to the front division of the Forbidden Army Palace, I don't know what the officials think? ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly when he heard this, Zhao Pu noticed Zhao Kuangyin's inadvertent frown, couldn't help but smile slightly, and went out of the class to play: "Official, the minister has objections." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "If you have any objections, let's talk about it." ”

Zhao Pudao: "The official family, the forbidden army is full of talents, and the fierce generals are like clouds, and there is no shortage of Yang Hao." However, an important yamen in the imperial court is now in dire need of a supplement with capable talents, so why put this talent in the forbidden army, and use no great place to use it? ”

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly said: "Zhao Qing, what are you talking about......"

Zhao Pu arched his hand and said: "The official family, the capital of a country, the foundation of the imperial court, it is difficult to continue to store grain, and it is not until today that I can find out that Chu Zhaofu has the unshirkable responsibility, and he will definitely go to work." In this way, the three ministers of the Yamen do not have a capable official, the minister is the chief executive, this is very worried, the minister thinks, can transfer Luo Gongming back to Beijing, let him make up for the merits, as for the post of the deputy envoy of the three divisions, the minister recommended Yang Hao of the South Ya. ”

"......Uproar" There was an uproar in the court, what is Yang Hao's background, just the year of the weak crown, and he was not born in the imperial examination, this is an official of the wild road, Zhao Xianggong actually recommended him to be the deputy god of wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, this ...... Isn't that ridiculous?

Zhao Guangyi couldn't help laughing when he heard it, he also saw the reaction of the official family, he didn't expect that the official family's sensitive identity to Yang Hao was still so vigilant, and he recommended him to join the forbidden army as an official, it was really reckless, and he regretted it in his heart, Zhao Pu came to relieve the siege, Zhao Guangyi glanced at Zhao Pu, and looked at this hateful guy for the first time.

Zhao Guangyi did not think deeply, he recommended Yang Hao to join the forbidden army, but also because he was too urgent, he was the respect of the emperor's brother, and worked hard to manage Kaifeng for ten years, and the entire Kaifeng has been firmly controlled in his hands, and there is no place without his eyes and ears, even in the forbidden palace.

Only the forbidden army, the most powerful army under his nose, was like a city within a city, and he could never set foot in a single step. Power is an addiction, and when it unconsciously penetrates into his bone marrow, he knows that power is a more ethereal thing than women and wealth.

At the same time that he has the power, the power has also mastered him, and the officialdom is like a boat sailing against the current, and if he does not advance, he will retreat, and if he wants to maintain power, he can only continue to expand his power, which is also a last resort.

Zhao Kuangyin was really hesitant when he heard this, Zhao Guangyi had already calmed down, so he quietly glanced at his own people, when even if someone came out of the class to refute Yang Hao on the grounds of young knowledge and lack of qualifications, Zhao Kuangyin was as good as a stream, and immediately smiled and said: "Kaifeng food cut-off, I still have lingering palpitations, although Yang Hao is a capable talent, after all, he is still young, not old enough to be serious, and suddenly holding this power, I'm afraid it is not appropriate." ”

"Yes." Zhao Pu retreated, glanced at Zhao Guangyi, who was smiling, and said in his heart: "The old man just thinks that he is advancing and retreating, did you say that the old man played a faint chess?" What an idiot. ”

Zhao Kuangyin turned to Yang Hao and said with a smile: "Yang Qing, you have made great contributions to the imperial court this time, I must reward you, I want to know, what yamen are you willing to do things in?" ”

Yang Hao immediately happily left the class and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to Honglu Temple to be an official, and I still ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

Zhao Guangyi was happy, and his eyes almost didn't pop out when he heard this: Honglu Temple? What is he going to do in a place like Honglu Temple where there is nothing to do? This is the idea that the king gave him!

"Cough, cough, cough, cough ......" An official in the civil official class suddenly choked, coughed continuously, and his face was red, it was that Honglu Temple Cheng Jiao Haitao, he didn't expect that he would make a joke casually, Yang Hao's big stick mallet turned out to be a needle (true), and when he knew that Honglu Temple was just a superficial scenery and a yamen with no real power, he didn't hate himself to death? This feud is really fucking wronged.

Zhao Kuangyin was also stunned, although he was still afraid of Yang Hao, but ...... But he is in Nanya, at least he is also a powerful official, and now he has made such a big effort to transfer him to the kind of Qingshui Yamen in Honglu Temple, even if he asks for it, if he agrees, it will be a bit too unkind, so treat the meritorious ministers, what will the civil and military officials think?

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin sitting there stunned, the chamberlain knew that Zhang Dejun was busy and whispered to him. The little yellow door waiting in the court room is all the people under his jurisdiction, and he must know what he sees and hears every day, and if the ministers have something important, he will tell the official family in advance, so that the official family can be prepared. He heard Xiao Huangmen say this anecdote, but he just laughed at the time, thinking that Yang Hao was really a wonderful person, but he didn't tell the official family about this joke, but now he saw that the official family was confused, so he told him the reason.

Zhao Kuangyin then understood that Yang Hao was being tricked, and thought that Honglu Temple was a hot yamen, and going to Honglu Temple to be an official was a first-class merit and inferiority, and he couldn't help but be angry and funny, he coughed and reminded kindly: "Yang Qing, Honglu Temple is in charge of the four Yi tribute, feasting, giving, greeting and sending things, and more foreign affairs, but when you are angry, you want to laugh, but when you speak out, you want to bend, and there are not many ordinary things, Yang Qing is shrewd and capable, and can be outstanding, if you go to Honglu Temple as an official, you will inevitably be wronged, it is better to ......"

"The minister doesn't feel wronged, since the official family asked, the minister didn't dare to bully the king, he knew everything, and the minister was willing to go to Honglu Temple to be sent to serve His Majesty wholeheartedly and serve my Great Song Dynasty wholeheartedly."

"Uh......" Uncle Zhao twisted his beard and looked at Yang Hao helplessly, suddenly feeling a little sorry for this honest man.

Yang Hao waved again, and said loudly: "Please Your Majesty's permission." ”

"Zhao Pu......"

Zhao Kuangyin turned to Zhao Pu, and Zhao Pu came out of the class and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed helplessly and said, "I plan to make Yang Hao the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and add a knight...... Founding man. ”

Zhao Pu is the second grade, Zhao Guangyi is from the third grade, Yang Hao, the Honglu Shaoqing, is from the fifth grade, speaking of which the official is not small, and the speed of promotion is even more eye-popping, but go to Honglu Temple to be a diplomatic ambassador...... In that dynasty, the diplomatic ambassador was really not a good one, how many officials would rather be a petty official with real power, and would not be willing to choose this kind of yamen with high rank, but no real power, Yang Hao's merit is not small, but too big, let him succumb to Honglu Temple, Zhao Da was also a little unhappy, so he gave him a baron, let him take an extra piece of Yulu as compensation.

On the side, Zhang Dejun hurriedly reminded in a whisper: "Official, now the four officials of Honglu Temple, Shaoqing, Cheng, and the main book are all complete, and there is no vacant title." ”

"Then add another Shaoqing."

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the official system was not yet stable, and the addition of officials and the reduction of officials were all a matter of the emperor's words, Zhao Kuangyin said: "Honglu Temple has set up left and right envoys, Yang Hao is the left secretary, and the original Shaoqing is the right secretary, isn't this okay?" ”

Tang and Song are still left, and Zuoqing's official position is still above Youqing, Zhang Dejun hurriedly wrote it down, and it was easy to say that he would know with Zhao Pu for a while.

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin made the final decision, Yang Hao became the second-in-command of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and the diplomatic objects were basically the Khitan, Southern Tang, Southern Han, Northern Han, and Wu Yue.

The Khitan basically brought troops more than when they negotiated foreign affairs, and the Southern Tang and Wu Yue basically secretly communicated with the central ministers of communication more than the official ones, and the Southern Han Dynasty immediately did not need diplomacy, as for the Northern Han Dynasty...... The Song State is also like the Khitan, when he brings troops there more, and when he talks nonsense with them and grinds his teeth.

So...... Yang Hao is basically the treatment of the Lord of the Stove now, and no one can think of him when he is usually smoked on the wall like a little ghost, and when he waits for the day when the sky says good things on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, he suddenly becomes the head of the family. The question is, the Lord of the Stove has the twenty-third day of the lunar month, what about him?

At this moment, Wu Yue's secret envoy had just crossed the Yangtze River and brought ten jars of "seafood", but the target of the bribe was Prime Minister Zhao Pu; Tang Guo is preparing national letters, selecting beauties and jewelry, but the object of people's offerings is Zhao Kuangyin; Not to mention, the Khitan, who rarely sends envoys to the court, sent a menacing messenger at this moment, carrying a diplomatic letter from the former female official Luo Dong'er who was rushing to Bianliang......