Not only did Zhao Jiaren's relatives reunite, but the Great Song Dynasty government theoretically had a seven-day holiday on New Year's Day, and everyone also went to relatives and friends. Because of the cancellation of Chaohe, Empress Dowager Yang met her relatives in the palace. When Empress Dowager Yang was named Concubine Yang Shu, 34 people including the relatives of the Yang family, including Youjie, were promoted to errands. However, there are only seven or eight people left who still have the face.

The Yang family, who came to see relatives this time, was headed by Yang Liangjie, the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Yang. Empress Dowager Yang entertained her relatives with the latest popular spicy hot pot, and everyone sat around a table with boiling red soup in the middle. The taste is mainly numb, and the spicy aroma of minced ginger and the spicy taste of chili pepper enhance the taste just right, and the taste of this meal is indeed very enjoyable. At least Zhang Shijie, who sat with him, felt very enjoyable.

However, when Uncle Yang stopped his chopsticks, he said hatefully: "Look at the palace is so deserted, the Queen Mother, Zhao Jiaren bullying the royal family, with ill intentions!" ”

Zhang Shijie himself also thought that Zhao Taiwei was a great threat, but after listening to Yang Liangjie's words, Zhang Shijie felt sick for a while. This person probably has nothing left in his heart except for using Empress Dowager Yang to seize power. After fleeing from Lin'an to Fuzhou, the first thing Yang Liangjie did was to ask Zhao Jiaren to hand over power. At that time, everyone elected Zhao Jiaren as the prime minister of the left, and the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty had personnel rights, and Zhao Jiaren immediately ordered Yang Liangjie to go to Qiongzhou to be the governor.

Yang Liangjie's face was distorted and he asked Jiang Wanzai, the commander of the forbidden army, to kill Zhao Jiaren, and Jiang Wanzai, an old man in his sixties, only smiled after hearing this, and said: "Deputy Commander Yang is sick, send him down to recuperate." Since then, Yang Liangjie has been kicked out of the decision-making circle.

Zhang Shijie admired Jiang Wanzai, who had already been appointed to the commander, and if he were replaced, he was afraid that he would not be able to make such a decisive decision. At this time, the anger on Yang Liangjie's face was as good as Zhang Shijie's impression.

After reading Uncle Yang's face, Zhang Shijie turned to Empress Dowager Yang again. I saw that although Empress Dowager Yang's face was a little disdainful, she obviously meant to be moved. At this time, Zhang Shijie felt uneasy in his heart. Most of the Lin'an forbidden army led by Jiang Wanzai went to Fuzhou together, and they were no worse than Yang Liangjie who followed him in terms of loyalty. Zhang Shijie felt that even Jiang Wanzai didn't dare to let Yang Liangjie get involved, and Empress Dowager Yang should not accept Yang Liangjie's opinion.

was really afraid of something, Zhang Shijie heard Yang Liangjie say: "Queen Mother, the palace is so dilapidated, so let Zhao Jiaren repair the palace." The dignified Song Dynasty, don't you even have such a dignity anymore! ”

Empress Dowager Yang sighed, "The country is difficult, and it costs a lot to repair the palace. ”

Uncle Yang Guo sighed loudly, "Queen Mother, you have also seen Fuzhou Mawei, such a large piece of land belongs to Zhao Jiaren." He built tens of thousands of three-story buildings in Mawei. All that money can be spent, where is there no money to repair the palace? ”

At the mention of this, Empress Dowager Yang's expression was obviously unhappy. Even Zhang Shijie was speechless for a while when he recalled the beautiful buildings. After Zhao Jiaren became the prime minister and privy envoy of the left, he left Fuzhou City to the group of people who went south, and he himself took his subordinates and selected people to work in Mawei.

Because of official business, Zhang Shijie has also been to Mawei many times, and with the distance between Fuzhou city and Mawei, he has to live there for a few days each time. Even though he has been away from Fuzhou for several years, Zhang Shijie often recalls the neat community, the wide and beautiful streets, and the comfortable and warm buildings. The continuous gushing of water from the beautiful fountain in the community is a beautiful experience that Zhang Shijie will never forget. It was at that time that Zhang Shijie finally knew what the word rich and rival the country meant.

Just when Zhang Shijie fell into memory, Yang Liangjie said hatefully: "Queen Mother, the so-called national difficulties are all excuses made up by Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren is not without money, he just refuses to take out the money. If the Queen Mother thinks it's inappropriate, and when the Queen Mother announces that I will go to the palace at the court meeting in the future, I will definitely expose the true face of this traitor in public! ”

"This ......" Empress Dowager Yang felt that if Yang Liangjie did this, it seemed a little inappropriate. She wanted to say no, but after she opened her mouth, she felt that it was inappropriate for Yang Liangjie to do so, but only Yang Liangjie in the court was willing to speak for her. Even if the other ministers were also against Zhao Jiaren, they did not dare to openly oppose Zhao Jiaren like this.

Zhang Shijie couldn't listen to it at all, he raised his glass and said: "Uncle Yang, why do you want to say these angry words during the New Year, come and drink two glasses with our brothers, guess." Cheer it up. ”

Yang Liangjie didn't want to pick up the wine glass at first, but in front of the Queen Mother, he picked up the wine glass with a reluctant expression and touched it with Zhang Shijie, and then drank it all. Zhang Shijie held the cup, thinking about whether to drink the wine in the face of the Empress Dowager Yang, or simply smash the wine glass on Yang Liangjie's head.

Although Zhang Shijie didn't like Zhao Jiaren very much, at this time he found that Zhao Jiaren's rough methods against Yang Liangjie were quite suitable. If people like Yang Liangjie could really be used, Jiang Wanzai, the former commander of the forbidden army, would not have cleanly kicked Yang Liangjie out of the forbidden army after Zhao Jiaren belittled Yang Liangjie. So Zhang Shijie can understand Yang Liangjie's reaction, and now this Uncle Yang Guo only has the 'title' of Uncle Guo, and Uncle Yang always thinks that Zhang Shijie is Jiang Wanzai's person.

With such a resentful guy here, the banquet scene deviated from the atmosphere that should be on New Year's Day. Zhang Shijie didn't look at the scene quite right, in addition to having to make a false deal with Yang Liangjie, he hinted to the Empress Dowager Yang's personal palace maid. It could be seen that the palace maid did not want to see Uncle Yang Guo, so she told the Empress Dowager Yang very decently that it was time to take care of the official family.

Empress Dowager Yang immediately got up. The current petty official family is everything to her, and Concubine Yang Shu is not the Empress Dowager Yang with her own ability. Being able to sit in such a position is entirely because she gave birth to a son. In the current situation, taking care of her son is her first priority.

When Empress Dowager Yang left the table, the banquet couldn't go on, and Zhang Shijie naturally got up to see off the guests. Uncle Yang didn't want to leave, but the people of the Yang family got up one after another to say goodbye. They were not as arrogant as Yang Liangjie, so Zhao Jiaren was not particularly ruthless to them. At least they were given some errands to eat.

It wasn't until everyone else got up to leave that Yang Liangjie, who was sitting alone at the table, stood up. When he walked past Zhang Shijie's side, he said viciously: "The surname Zhang, if you dare to let the Queen Mother make any mistakes, I will not spare you!" ”

Zhang Shijie didn't let himself beat Uncle Yang violently, not because he didn't dare, but because Captain Zhao had already sent someone to Zhang Shijie before, saying that if Zhang Shijie couldn't be transferred to the combat army within a year or two, he would be the commander of the Royal Forest Army for the rest of his life. Zhang Shijie felt that he would definitely make the Empress Dowager Yang sad if he beat Uncle Yang, and if he lost the favor of the Empress Dowager Yang, Zhang Shijie would never find any reason to stay in the Imperial Forest Army.

Even so, Zhang Shijie wasted a lot of effort to calm down his emotions. In the evening, Empress Dowager Yang invited Zhang Shijie to go, and after the meeting, Empress Dowager Yang said: "Commander Zhang, do you think that if I want to arrange an errand for my brother, Mrs. Zhao will agree?" ”

"The Queen Mother's ......" Zhang Shijie wanted to express his opposition immediately. This Yang Shijie didn't want to do things for the Queen Mother at all, but to fight with Zhao Jiaren on the grounds of being angry for the Queen Mother. Zhang Shijie has seen a lot of this kind of person, and they only have hatred in their hearts at this time, and they only want to borrow the power of others to achieve their goals.

But somehow, Zhang Shijie couldn't say this. Just seeing Empress Dowager Yang's demeanor and listening to her tone, Zhang Shijie knew that according to previous experience, Empress Dowager Yang wanted to do this from the bottom of her heart. No matter how much you stop it, you can't let Empress Dowager Yang know that this is wrong, and the person who stops Empress Dowager Yang will cause Empress Dowager Yang's anger.

In the end, Zhang Shijie said: "The Queen Mother, the minister has always been responsible for guarding the Queen Mother, and there is less contact with people outside. However, the minister thinks that this kind of thing may not necessarily have to be found by Taiwei Zhao. If the Queen Mother finds someone else who can take care of things, maybe they can arrange it. ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Yang first showed joy, and then sadness. She has been in the palace and knows very limited people. As for what those people can do, it is even more unclear. The person who heard the name the most was actually Zhao Jiaren, but Empress Dowager Yang also knew that Zhao Jiaren obviously had no kindness to her.

After thinking about it, Empress Dowager Yang asked, "What do you think of finding Yang Zhen?" ”

Yang Zhennai was the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing, who was the empress of Song Lizong. Back then, when Song Lizong finally canonized Xie Daoqing or Jia Guifei as the queen, the ministers felt that Xie Daoqing was dignified and decent, so they finally let Xie Daoqing be elected with the statement of 'not canonizing the real queen, it is difficult to canonize the fake (Jia) queen'. Perhaps for this reason, Song Lizong has always felt that he owes Jia Guifei a little. Later, Jia Yidao was recommended to Song Lizong after being admitted to the Jinshi examination, and he was favored by Song Lizong.

And Xie Daoqing himself was also captured by the Mongols when Lin'an surrendered, but before surrendering, he arranged for Yang Shufei and others to escape with the forbidden army that was still in Lin'an City at that time. Xie Daoqing's nephew Yang Zhen was a person in the forbidden army at that time.

The next day, Zhang Shijie went to see Yang Zhen according to the intention of Empress Dowager Yang. Yang Zhen didn't expect an old acquaintance who was in trouble to come for the New Year, but he was very happy to welcome him into the door. However, after listening to Zhang Shijie's request, Yang Zhen's face changed immediately. He said: "Brother Zhang, you don't know that Yang Liangjie shouted to kick me out of the forbidden army, right? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shijie let out a long sigh. Yang Liangjie is such a hated guy, but I didn't expect everyone to forget this person's various behaviors.

Yang Zhen continued: "Brother Zhang, we are all old brothers, I will explain what I said to you. I won't help anyone. Moreover, Taiwei Zhao felt that our courtiers in Lin'an back then were responsible for the surrender of the imperial court. Now that I have finally gotten the new messenger again, I will not get involved in anything related to Yang Liangjie. Please go back. ”