In the courtyard of Zhao Yan in Tokyo City, today is also particularly lively, because Cao Ying and they just rushed back this morning, so Zhao Yan specially took a day off to meet them, when he saw Cao Ying and a group of children, Zhao Yan also rushed up excitedly, holding the children is a kiss, which caused a few little girls to be very dissatisfied, complaining that their father's beard was tied to them.

For the complaints of the daughters, Zhao Yan laughed, then hugged the two small ones on his arms, and took Cao Ying and them back to the courtyard, where a grand family banquet had been prepared, many of which were made by Zhao Yan himself.

Cao Ying's return is not a trivial matter, especially now that Zhao Yan is the regent, he is in charge of all the affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, so many people heard that they were coming back, and they all came to visit for this reason, so not long after they had lunch, the people who came to visit outside had already handed in a bunch of door stickers, so many people Zhao Yan naturally couldn't see them all, so he could only select some important people to come in, and there were also some female relatives who came to visit, all of them were Cao Ying and others' girlfriends in the capital, and these female relatives naturally would not be stopped. Please enter the inner house and be personally entertained by Cao Ying.

After being busy all afternoon, it was not easy to send away the people who were visiting outside, but at this time, another group of people came to visit, but this group of people came to greet Zhao Yan and Cao Ying in person, because this time it was Cao Ying's mother's family, including not only her parents, brother and sister-in-law, but also Cao Tong, who was dressed in a Taoist robe.

Cao Ying was also very happy to see her family come to visit, and when Jia'er and other children saw Cao Lu and his wife, they also happily surrounded her grandfather and grandmother. As a result, Cao Lu and his wife also laughed, and took out a handful of red envelopes from their sleeves to Jia'er and them, and then several children saluted Cao Tong, and the old fairy of the Great Song Kingdom was also very happy, and gave each of the children a jade pendant.

At that moment, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying welcomed the people of the Cao family into the living room, and then Cao Ying took her mother, sister-in-law and other daughters to the inner house. Zhao Yan stayed in the front hall to set up a banquet to entertain Cao Tong and others, speaking of which Cao Lu is a good wine, as long as he sees the wine, he will get drunk, but today may be because of Cao Yan's presence, he does not dare to be presumptuous as a son, and he has not drunk a few glasses since the beginning, but has been asking Zhao Yan about the things in Guangzhou in recent years, although Zhao Yan has been back for a while, but Zhao Yan has not been free to visit him. So their son-in-law also met for the first time.

At that moment, Zhao Yan introduced his experience in the past few years, and then talked about the previous attack on Liao. At this time, I saw Cao Ying's uncle, that is, Cao Song's father, Cao Pingdi asked: "Son-in-law, you and Ying'er have both returned, but when will Brother Jiu'er and his wife come back?" ”

"Yes, Brother Jiu'er is not here, and the bank is handed over to the gang of law changers to take care of, which is a mess. If you knew this was the case, you shouldn't have handed over the bank! At this time, Cao Lu also rushed to speak.

If there was no Cao Lu, Zhao Yan might still think that Cao Ping asked Cao Song because of his father-son relationship. But now when he heard Cao Lu mention the bank, Cao Ping also nodded his head in praise At the same time, he secretly smiled in his heart, it seems that the Cao family still can't let go of Cao Song's departure from the bank to Guangzhou, but it's not surprising, after all, the interests of the bank are too big.

Speaking of which, when Wang Anshi had not changed the law. He already took a fancy to the role of the bank, so he immediately began to install people in the bank after paying homage to the prime minister, and Cao Song was also very simple about this, and directly resigned from the post of president at the suggestion of Zhao Yan, and lost the entire bank to the law changer. As a result, when the Green Seedlings Law was implemented to lend money to peasants, the money for the loan was paid by the bank, and although more money was recovered, it also caused the bank to bear a lot of infamy, and in addition the unfamiliarity of the reformers with banking affairs, the management of the bank was greatly confused in recent years, and there were even cases where the money saved by some people disappeared inexplicably, which dealt a heavy blow to the reputation of the bank, and the number of people who went to the bank to deposit money was reduced by nearly half at once.

Zhao Yan had heard about the bank when he was in Guangzhou, but he didn't expect it to be so serious, he wanted to rectify the bank after returning to the capital, but everything has a priority, although the bank's matter is serious, but it is nothing compared to the Manichaean rebellion and the Western Xia rebellion, so the bank's affairs have been temporarily delayed.

"Uncle, don't worry, I have sent a letter to Brother Jiu'er, asking him and the third sister to come back too, but Brother Jiu'er is in charge of the affairs of the City Division, so it will definitely take a lot of time to hand over the affairs of the City Division to others before coming back, so I didn't come back with Ying'er and them this time." Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment, the most suitable person to rectify the bank is naturally Cao Song, although the bank was proposed by Zhao Yan, but it was specifically implemented by Cao Song, it can be said that the Great Song Bank was almost established by Cao Song, so his prestige in the bank is almost incomparable, and only he can rescue the bank that has fallen into a credit crisis.

Hearing that his son was coming back, Cao Ping also showed a happy smile at the moment, of course, he didn't just miss his son, the most important thing was to regain control of the bank, speaking of Cao Song's resignation from the post of bank president, although the Cao family is still a famous wealthy family in the capital, but it is not as good as the previous scenery, plus they also have a lot of shares in the bank, seeing that the bank was messed up by the law changers, their Cao family's income has also been greatly reduced, so whether it is from fame or profit, The Cao family all hoped that Cao Song would come back as soon as possible.

Next, Zhao Yan accompanied Cao Lu and Cao Ping to chat a few words, and it was only then that Cao Yan, who had not spoken, spoke: "Okay, let's talk about your mundane affairs here, my son-in-law is already busy enough this time, don't talk about these boring things!" ”

Hearing Cao Yan's words, Cao Ping and Cao Lu also smiled, and then no longer said anything about the government affairs in the court, but began to talk about some common things, such as whether Zhao Yan's sons want to order a baby, their Cao family has a lot of little girls, looking at that posture, they simply want to contract all of Zhao Yan's sons, and even if possible, even Zhao Yan's daughter wants to marry back, which makes Zhao Yan feel ashamed, and hurriedly said that his children are still too young, and the marriage should wait until they grow up.

Seeing Zhao Yan shirking, Cao Ping and Cao Lu were still a little unwilling, and just wanted to say something, but Zhao Yan hurriedly said to Cao Yan: "Grandfather, my son-in-law has something I want to discuss with you alone, I wonder if you have time?" ”

"Oh?" Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Cao Yan couldn't help but be stunned, he has never cared much about the affairs of the Cao family, what is there Zhao Yan to tell Cao Ping directly, what do you want him to say to himself alone?

Although Cao Yan was strange in his heart, he still nodded, and then Zhao Yan stood up and confessed to Cao Ping and the others, and then came to the inner hall with Cao Yan, and saw that there were no others around, Cao Yan said a little strangely: "Son-in-law, do you have to discuss with me alone?" ”

Zhao Yan naturally knew what Cao Yan was wondering about, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, this matter has nothing to do with the Cao family, but has a close relationship with the Daomen, originally I wanted to invite several leading figures of the Daomen to discuss together, but after thinking about it, it is better to talk to my grandfather first!" ”

As soon as he heard that this matter was related to Daomen, Cao Tong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and said, "Son-in-law, is it possible that you need Daomen to assist you in something?" If there is, we are very willing! ”

Cao Tong couldn't help but smile brightly when he said the end, because of the invention of the microscope and hot air balloons, so that their Taoist people benefited a lot, the microscope made them realize a new world, and they integrated this world into the doctrine of the Daomen, and the hot air balloon made it easier for them to preach, and there were many believers everywhere. It can be said that Daomen has tasted the sweetness of cooperation with Zhao Yan, and naturally looks forward to the next cooperation with Zhao Yan.

Seeing Cao Yan's happy appearance, Zhao Yan smiled a little helplessly, the thing he wanted to say was naturally that the imperial court would bring all religions under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and this matter would have advantages and disadvantages for the Daomen, and he didn't know what kind of reaction Cao Yan would have when he heard this?

Cao Yan is also a good person, when he saw the bitter smile on Zhao Yan's face, he immediately understood and said in a deep voice: "What? Isn't what the son-in-law wants to say a good thing? ”

"Uh~, how can I say this, it's not a good thing, but it can't be said to be a bad thing......" Zhao Yan said that he first talked about the rebellion of Manichaeism, and then talked about the fact that the imperial court was preparing to strengthen the management of various religions in the world, and even did not reveal some details of his discussion with Zhao Ji, such as all religions need to be recognized by the imperial court to preach, and the imperial court will also divide the religious personnel of each religion into grades, and only religious personnel who have passed the imperial court assessment can get the corresponding ranks, Each rank has different missionary powers, and these are the details formulated by Zhao Yan by absorbing some of the management experience of Catholicism and Christianity in later generations.

Regarding Zhao Yan's narration, Cao Yan has been very calm, and did not show an angry or happy expression, which makes Zhao Yan nervous while speaking, and he can't understand what Cao Yan's attitude is, if even Cao Tong is against this matter, then it will be even more difficult to convince other high-level leaders of the Daomen. (To be continued......)