"Dead?" Zhong Zhao Yan of the deep-water port couldn't help but be stunned when he received the news, he didn't expect that after Li Rizun's death, the imprisoned Li Changjie would also hang himself in prison, and use such drastic means to fulfill his reputation as a loyal minister.

"Your Highness forgives the sin, and blames the end general for taking care of the unfavorable, so that Li Changjie has the opportunity to hang himself!" At this time, Nong Zongjiao, who had just arrived at the deep-water port, stood up with some trepidation and said, he came here to see Zhao Yan was originally rewarded, but because Li Changjie was the person Zhao Yan wanted to see, he didn't expect to die in prison, so Nong Zongyan was also worried that Zhao Yan would be blamed for this.

"Haha~, if you're dead, you're dead, anyway, I just don't want Li Changjie to stay in Jiaozhi anymore, since he wants to follow Li Rizun, then follow his will, in addition, although Li Rizun has no way, but after all, he is the king of Jiaozhi, so let's bury it with the king's ceremony, as for Li Changjie, let him be buried next to Li Rizun's tomb!" Zhao Yan immediately commanded that the entire Jiaozhi had become the palm of the Great Song Dynasty, so he was also extremely tolerant of the two dead people.

"Your Highness is merciful!" Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Nong Zongyan also hurriedly spoke, and at the same time finally breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he didn't know that Zhao Yan had always been very tolerant of his subordinates, of course, the premise was not to do things beyond the bottom line that Zhao Yan had drawn for them in advance.

Next, Zhao Yan announced the reward for Nong Zong, first of all, he represented Zhao Xuan as a martial arts doctor, rewarded 100 taels of gold, 1,000 taels of silver, and some other rewards, of course, these are all false, what Nong Zonggang wants to know most is the actual appointment of him, Zhao Yan finally announced, appointing him as the commander of the army, and the position is the same as Hu Yanping, but Hu Yanping's soldiers are all Song people, and the weapons and equipment are the best. And there are also firearms, but the soldiers under Nong Zonggan are all natives, and the weapons and equipment are poorer, not to mention firearms, unless it is a special circumstance, it will be allowed to be used.

Hearing Zhao Yan's appointment to himself, Nong Zongyan finally relieved himself. The commander of Xiang is already the highest commander in the local army, with a strength of 25,000 people in his hands, and in the event of a war, he can command more troops after being appointed, and as a general, he can be regarded as the top of the sky, as for entering the army center of the Great Song Dynasty, he doesn't even dare to think about it, unless he can be like Hu Yanping's family, after several generations of hard work for the Great Song Dynasty. will make people ignore their Hu identity.

In addition, there is another point that is not surprising to Nong Zongji, that is, after he was appointed as the commander of the Xiang, the army under his command was not in Jiaozhi, but in Zhancheng, which is also normal, because he was originally the grand prize of Jiaozhi, and if he was placed in Jiaozhi after his surrender, it was likely to create another Jiaozhi. This must not be allowed by Da Song, so he must be transferred away from Jiaozhi. Nong Zonggan had also expected this.

announced the reward for Nong Zongji, and several other Jiaozhi generals who surrendered with Nong Zongjia also received their respective rewards, and Hu Yanping, who made contributions in the battle of annexing Jiaozhi, also had rewards, these were all reported to Zhao Yan before, and Zhao Ji gave him great power. Just let him reward within a certain range. However, just when Zhao Yan was rewarding meritorious soldiers, there was a major event brewing in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the inner mansion of Wang Anshi's mansion in the capital, Wang Anshi looked at his son Wang Yan on the hospital bed with tears in his eyes, Wang Yan, who was just thirty-two years old this year, should have been in the most robust period of a man, but now Wang Yan is thin and skinny. His face was full of abnormal wax yellow, and there was no blood on his lips, and he looked like a dead man.

"Father...... Father, Son...... My son is not filial, I'm afraid I have to leave before you! Wang Yan on the hospital bed struggled to sit up, his face was gray and barely showed a wry smile, he has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he has not improved much in adulthood, this time he has been sick since last year, and many famous doctors have been invited to come for diagnosis and treatment, and even in the end, even the great doctor Cao Tong was invited, but unfortunately Cao Yan was also powerless, because Wang Yan This is a disease caused by congenital insufficiency, which cannot be reversed by manpower.

"Yan'er, you are still so young, don't say such frustrating words, as long as you recuperate well, you will definitely be able to recover in the future!" Wang Anshi also had a very rare tear in the corner of his eyes at this time, for Wang Yan's son, Wang Anshi has always loved him very much, although Wang Yan has some character defects, but his talent and ability are the best choice, and many of the entries in the change are from his hands, but now Wang Yan is not even sick, and the doctor he has just seen has said that Wang Yan is already on the verge of death and may die at any time, which makes Wang Anshi even more grief-stricken.

Looking at the tearful father in front of him, Wang Yan was also sad in his heart, especially when he saw that his father was less than sixty, but he was already full of gray hair, his heart was like a knife, in order to change the law over the years, his father had also exhausted his hard work, and since he sat in the phase, there was almost no rest for a moment, in just a few years, his father's black hair turned white, his face was full of wrinkles, and his burly and robust figure also fell down, and the whole person looked like he was more than ten years old.

Thinking of the harm caused by the change to his father, Wang Yan felt even more heartache, and immediately forced himself to stop his tears and said: "Father, after I die, you don't want to stay in the court anymore, just say that you have experienced the pain of losing your son and can no longer preside over government affairs, so that even Your Majesty can no longer stop you from resigning?" ”

After Wang Anshi visited the prime minister for the second time, he did not get greater support from Zhao Ji in changing the law, and the reform faction was also split by Lu Huiqing, so Wang Anshi was unable to promote the implementation of any new law in more than a year of repetition, which also made him very disappointed, he had asked for resignation several times before, but Zhao Ji did not allow it, so now Wang Yan asked Wang Anshi to resign again through his death, so that even Zhao Ji could no longer stop him.

"Yan'er, don't say it anymore, if it weren't for the fact that you spent a lot of effort because of the change of the law, you might not be so sick!" Wang Anshi heard that his son was still thinking about himself at this time, and he blamed himself very much at the moment, for the sake of changing the law, not only did he exhaust his efforts, but Wang Yan also helped him plan day and night, and it was from then on that Wang Yan's body became worse and worse day by day, which eventually led to this serious illness.

"Father, this ...... This can't blame you, the son voluntarily participated in the change, speaking of which, the son also wanted to use the change to establish an immortal name for himself, but unfortunately we underestimated the difficulties encountered in the change, coupled with the obstruction of Sima Guang and others, so that the hope of success of the change is slim, so the father should also make plans early, or it is better to withdraw as soon as possible! Wang Yan once again said weakly, to this day, he has always been conceited, and he has no hope of success.

"Yan'er, in your opinion, is the change we have been working hard for many years about to fail?" Wang Anshi was still a little unwilling at this time, since he was successful in studying, he has been advocating to change the law to become strong, it can be said that he has been working hard for most of his life to change the law, but now the change is about to fail, and he is more difficult to accept than anyone else.

Hearing his father's unwilling words, Wang Yanlahuang's face showed a weak wry smile and said: "As the so-called success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, the reason why you were able to implement the law change at the beginning, father, is mainly because of His Majesty's strong support, but His Majesty is an impatient character, after seeing that Father You have not used the change to bring some results to the Great Song Dynasty over the years, but also caused some complaints, which makes Your Majesty no longer trust you as before, and even the reason why you are able to revert to the new law this time is not to let you continue to implement the new law. It's to stabilize the political situation with the help of your prestige, and now that the political situation has been decided, it will only annoy people if you stay in the court, so it's better to leave early, so as not to be provoked by future events! ”

Originally, Wang Yan didn't dare to say some of the above things to his father, because he knew his father's stubborn and old-fashioned nature, but now he feels that his time is short, and if he doesn't say some things, I'm afraid he will never have a chance, and only he, a son, dares to say these words to his father, so he must take this responsibility.

Wang Anshi also fell silent when he heard his son's words, he also heard that his son was a little dissatisfied with Emperor Zhao Ji in his words, if he was usually he would definitely scold, but now in this case, he had to think about it seriously, and finally found out helplessly that his son's analysis is indeed very reasonable, with his current situation, staying in the court will only attract countless people's verbal criticism, and then he will be light again, and he is likely to be ruined because of this.

Wang Yan saw the change in the expression on his father's face, and knew that his words had finally worked, so he stretched out his hands again and grabbed his father's hand and said: "Father, the failure of the law change is almost a foregone conclusion, even if you do the law change in your name in the future, it is someone else's law, not your father's law, for example, that Lu Huiqing, isn't it just to use the law change to practice flattery, plus Your Majesty is deceived by it, what can you do in the court?" ”

Hearing his son's persuasion again, especially feeling his son's thin and weak hands, Wang Anshi couldn't help but feel sour, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, my father promised you to leave the court as soon as possible, but you don't have to think about it too much, as long as you calm down, you will definitely be able to take care of your body, and then our father and son will return to Jiangling to live in seclusion, and no longer care about the rights and wrongs of this court!" ”

Seeing that his father was finally moved by his own words, Wang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time, he suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and the whole person fell into a coma again. After that, Wang Yan woke up intermittently several times, but they were a little delirious, and at noon the next day, Wang Yan, who was only thirty-two years old, passed away with the regret that his ambition was not rewarded, and Wang Anshi asked Zhao Ji to resign and return to his hometown again after grief. (To be continued......)