Sima Kao is not tall, about 1.7 meters, which is normal in this era. He had a round face, two black mustaches, and a goatee. Last year, that is, the first year of Kaiqing, I met with Zhao Jiaren in Ezhou, and the two made an appointment to meet again in Lin'an if they had the opportunity, and saw Sima Kao at the door of the Privy Council, Zhao Jiaren was very happy.

"Brother Sima is really trustworthy." Zhao Jiaren stepped forward and shook hands with Sima Kao and said.

"Alas......" Sima Kao sighed, his expression was not very good-looking. He asked with some strong spirit, "Zhao Zhige, I wonder if you are free these days?" ”

When the two met before, Sima Kao always called Zhao Jiaren 'Brother Zhao', but this time it has changed to 'Zhao Zhige'. Zhao Jiaren felt that the joy of meeting old acquaintances slipped all the way. He replied, "I must go to the Privy Council now, noon?" ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Jiaren felt that something was wrong again, he took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and asked again: "Brother Sima, tell me where you live, and I will send someone to invite you." ”

Sima Kao's face finally had a little joy, and he told Zhao Jiaren where he lived. After Zhao Jiaren wrote it down, he said goodbye to Sima Kao and entered the Privy Council.

Before New Year's Day, there was not much in the Privy Council to concentrate on work, and everyone was preparing for the upcoming New Year's Day. Now there are officials in the Privy Council who look like they are working, but they all have terrible faces caused by holiday exhaustion. The festival of officials is not easy, everyone has to run the relationship and send the name thorn. Ceremonial intercourse has become physical work. And at least half of these jinshi are not proficient in bow horses, and their physical strength is not excellent. After tossing for more than half a month, my physical strength has to rely on the days of work to recover.

Looking at this situation, Zhao Jiaren felt that it was really a waste of time to stay in Lin'an. He originally felt that if his ship could not be sold, he simply went to Quanzhou to take up his post. However, the official family felt that Zhao Jiaren's ship should become a standard military ship, and Jia Rudao, the right prime minister and privy envoy, was directing the war against Mongolia in the Ezhou area, so that no one could make a decision on this matter. Zhao Jiaren was left in Lin'an and couldn't move. Fortunately, Zhao Jiaren's subordinates have all returned to Fujian for the New Year, so everyone will not stay in Lin'an to waste time. It also avoided the danger of someone suddenly arresting Zhao Jiaren's subordinates to serve as soldiers.

I feel unhappy, and I still have to go through the process that should be taken. Zhao Jiaren went to the stable to find the deputy who was in charge. Every time we met before, everyone was playing haha and saying something official to each other. The core content is, 'When are you going to settle things?' ''Now the privy counsellor does not speak, and we do not dare to make our own decisions.''

This time, Zhao Jiaren did not dare to do any delusions, and the bureaucratic system must first abide by the rules. No matter how corrupt or honest and capable bureaucrats are, they will not allow their subordinates to act arbitrarily. The bureaucrats of the Privy Council had to obey the orders of the Privy Councillor in such matters. After entering the stall and seeing the expression of the deputy Chengzhi, Zhao Jiaren knew that things were not progressing. Sure enough, the deputy Chengzhi came up to salute, and then said: "Zhao Zhige, Prime Minister Wu Qian, please go and see him." ”

"Oh...... Belch? Zhao Jiaren didn't expect things to finally change. But when I think about it, I feel that things are not quite right. The Southern Song Dynasty continued to war, because non-privy envoys could not participate in the military, so the left and right prime ministers routinely served as privy envoys. Zhao Jiaren didn't understand why Wu Xianggong suddenly became interested in this matter.

Zhao Jiaren left the Privy Council and went straight to the political hall to see Wu Qian, the prime minister of Zuo. reported at the door to go in, and waited for half an hour before someone came out to pick up Zhao Jiaren in. After entering, he couldn't see Wu Xianggong, and Zhao Jiaren was arranged to go to the reception desk in the political hall again, officially waiting for Wu Xianggong to summon him.

There were several people waiting here, and everyone was very curious when they looked at Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren had long been accustomed to being watched like a rare animal, so he nodded to everyone in a friendly manner, and then sat obediently on the stool and waited.

"Excuse me, but Zhao Zhige?" The young man sitting to the left of Zhao Jiaren asked.

Zhao Jiaren saw that this tall figure, with a face like a crown of jade, and a dignified appearance, replied, "Exactly." I don't know if you are ......"

The official smiled and said, "I, Wen Tianxiang, the judge of the Ning Navy, have long heard of Zhao Zhige's name, and I can actually see it today." Overwhelming. ”

Zhao Jiaren was stunned, he was too familiar with this name. Great loyal minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, national hero. Zhao Jiaren thought that such a character was thin and straight, looking full of energy. In other words, the text of writing "Song of Righteousness" compared to Chu prisoners made Zhao Jiaren subconsciously sketch the impression of a thin man to Wen Tianxiang.

In reality, Wen Tianxiang looks dignified, has a burly figure, white skin and beautiful jade, clear eyebrows, bright eyes, and can't take his eyes off when he looks at people, giving people a lot of oppression. This is obviously a turbid son!

It can be seen that Wen Tianxiang is also quite accustomed to the attention of others. He smiled: "I don't know why Zhao Zhige came?" ”

"Wu Xianggong summoned him, so he came to see him." Zhao Jiaren replied, "I don't know what Brother Wen is doing?" ”

"If you don't do office work, you are asking for dismissal and returning to your hometown." Wen Tianxiang replied briskly.

Zhao Jiaren's eyes couldn't help but widen. He was shocked in his heart, how could this last prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty think of resigning?

Wen Tianxiang also didn't sell pipes, he said loudly: "Mongolia invaded the south, loyal people like Zhao Zhige fought bloody battles on the front line, but the internal servant Dong Song Chen asked the official family to move the capital for refuge. No one in the court dared to speak, so I asked the officials to behead him. But the watch seal couldn't be sent to the official. Mongolia retreated, and Dong Songchen's crime was not pursued. In this case, I can only ask for my dismissal and return to my hometown to show my gratitude. ”

"Brother Wen's liver and gallbladder are really cast of iron!" Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but praise. As soon as the words fell, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that everyone else seemed to be looking. glanced around, and saw that those people were indeed looking at Zhao Jiaren. Seeing Zhao Jiaren looking at them, these people turned their faces away.

Zhao Jiaren also had some regrets in his heart. Dong Songchen is the favorite and most trusted chamberlain of the official Song Lizong, and Ding Daquan, who has done bad things, only became prime minister after taking Dong Songchen's path. It was Dong Songchen who introduced the courtesans to provide pure escort services to the official Song Lizong, that is to say, Tang An'an, Bu Ruyan and others went to see the official family It was Dong Songchen's arrangement. This person can really be called Song Lizong's intimate person, and Song Lizong also loves Dong Songchen very much. No matter how many people's attacks can move Dong Songchen's hair, but he was retaliated by Dong Songchen afterwards. Wen Tianxiang was just a judge of Ning Haijun at this time, so he dared to fight to the death with Dong Songchen, this heroic spirit was indeed extraordinary.

However, Zhao Jiaren praised Wen Tianxiang today, and if someone told Dong Songchen that from the perspective of personal interests, this may not be beneficial to Zhao Jiaren. But Zhao Jiaren didn't want to regret it. Facing Wen Tianxiang, who wrote 'Who has not died in life since ancient times, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat', Zhao Jiaren felt that he also had more courage.

"When Zhao Zhige praised me, I felt overjoyed." Wen Tianxiang said with a smile.

didn't wait for Wen Tianxiang to say anything, someone came in outside and asked Wen Tianxiang to go to the ministry. Standing up calmly and saying goodbye to Zhao Jiaren, Wen Tianxiang strode with the officials to the official department. Looking at his posture, it is as if he has gone to receive the paperwork for promotion, rather than resigning from his official position. Looking at Wen Tianxiang's tall back, Zhao Jiaren felt warm in his heart. There are indeed a lot of scum in the Great Song Dynasty, but there are also really admirable people in the Great Song Dynasty, and when he saw Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Jiaren felt that the Great Song Dynasty still had hope.