Zhao Mingcheng has also been looking for opportunities to steal holes recently.

- He wanted to rely on it to regain his confidence and save his own reputation, which had hit rock bottom.

But the conservatives of the Zhao Song Dynasty, where Zhao Mingcheng belonged, did not behave very well in the late Song Dynasty.

In the face of the large-scale attack of the Daqian Dynasty, these people not only made frequent tricks and did nothing, but also wantonly excluded dissidents, disregarded the interests of the country, and engaged in internal fighting with the reformers, which greatly weakened the strength of the Zhao and Song dynasties and made the Zhao and Song dynasties miss the opportunity to save themselves.

This gave the conservative officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties a bad reputation.

Li Cun once publicly criticized the conservative officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties: they can only fight inwardly, not govern the country, and they will fight insiders and outsiders.

In addition, the leading figures of the conservative faction have died and the Zhishi of Zhishi have been leaderless, and the remaining middle- and lower-level conservative officials, although most of them have been able to make a name in the Daqian Dynasty, but first of all, they do not have much right to speak, and secondly, they have already been broken up by Li Cun and divided into various departments. Lu

In addition, Li Gang, Tang Ke and other former reformer officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties were reused by Li Cun, and they either intended to take revenge or unintentionally suppress them, which further restricted the conservative officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

This made the conservative power of the Zhao and Song dynasties almost disappear.

The key is that now that the Zhao Song Dynasty has died, it is the Daqian Dynasty that governs, and the Son of Heaven and a courtier, so not to mention the conservative officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty, even the reformers of the Zhao Song Dynasty who are still valued by Li Cun, now they have to clamp their tails and be people first, because they still have the officials of the Daqian Dynasty who fight the world with Li Cun, and those are Li Cun's most trusted ministers.

The fall of the conservative forces of the Zhao and Song dynasties made Zhao Mingcheng almost free of political help.

In addition, because a large number of officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties voted for the Daqian Dynasty, the Daqian Dynasty, which brought together officials from the Daqian Dynasty, the Great Liao Empire, and the Zhao and Song dynasties, has also begun to have redundant officials.

Moreover, the imperial examination that will be held soon will also bring a large number of officials belonging to the new generation of the Daqian Dynasty to the Daqian Dynasty.

All these made it more and more difficult to compete for official positions in the Daqian Dynasty. Lu

By the way, this is also one of the reasons why Li Cun wants to revise the "Hongwu Canon" - Li Cun is worried that if he doesn't settle these extra readers, they will do things, so he has to create some jobs for them that can tie their hands and feet and even their brains to stabilize them first.

The key point is that Zhao Mingcheng once abandoned the city and fled, which made his reputation stink, and as we all know, Li Cun's favorite is those loyal and brave courtiers, followed by the courtiers who know current affairs, and the most disdainful is Zhao Mingcheng, a person who is neither loyal and brave but ignorant of current affairs.

With all these things added together, Zhao Mingcheng hit walls everywhere on the road to seeking officials, and it was difficult to get out of the ranks here in the Daqian Dynasty.

Zhao Mingcheng ran through all the relationships he could run, but he couldn't see the slightest light of day, which fully proved this.

Today, Zhao Mingcheng took a heavy gift to visit his old friend Sun Mo, and wanted Sun Mo, who was now a living man in the Daqian Dynasty, to help him think of a way.

Although the living room is only from the six grades, the palace is serving, the luck is from, and the court will be opposite to the living house on the side of His Royal Highness's head. All the things ordered by the imperial court to forgive, the law of etiquette and music, the change of profits and losses, the rewards and punishments, the entry of the ministers, the removal of the civil and military ministers, the sacrificial banquets, and the introduction of the fortunate situation, the four seasons of the climate, the four directions, the increase and decrease of the household registration, and the abolition of the state and county, are all written to be conferred as officials.

In short, the living room is the official responsible for recording the emperor's words and deeds, although his official position is not high, but he is a person who can talk to the emperor. Lu

And Sun Mao, who was used by Su Shi at the age of five, belongs to the elite of Su Shi's students, and is an official of the conservative faction of the Zhao and Song dynasties, who has always been close to Zhao Mingcheng, who is also a conservative, and even Li Qingzhao.

Zhao Mingcheng hoped that Sun Mo could find an opportunity to help him say a few words to Li Cun, so that Li Cun could reward him with an official position.

Who would have thought, Sun Mo not only did not agree to Zhao Mingcheng's request, but also returned the gift brought by Zhao Mingcheng to Zhao Mingcheng.

However, Sun Mo and Zhao Mingcheng are old friends in the end, so when it was over, Sun Mo still mentioned Zhao Mingcheng: "Why should Brother Defu give up the near and far?" ”

Zhao Mingcheng was puzzled and asked Sun Mo what he meant by this?

But Sun Mo didn't say a word again.

It's really not that Sun Mo is mean and unkind, but the most important quality of Julang is to control his mouth, after all, Julang knows too much about the emperor, and if he talks nonsense, there will be absolutely no good end. Lu

And Sun Mo finally got the good starting point of his career in the Daqian Dynasty, and of course he had to cherish it.

On the way back, Zhao Mingcheng kept thinking, what is going on with what Sun Mo said about "seeking the near and the far"?

But until Zhao Mingcheng returned home, he didn't understand which relatives and friends around him could help him become an official in the Daqian Dynasty?

Just when Zhao Mingcheng was just sitting down and about to drink tea to quench his thirst, the little servant suddenly ran in and said to Zhao Mingcheng: "Xianggong, the emperor sent an internal servant to pass the decree, telling Xianggong to enter the palace immediately to face the saint!" ”

Zhao Mingcheng reacted, and then he was overjoyed!

Zhao Mingcheng didn't think about why Li Cun suddenly wanted to see him, he hurriedly cleaned up, and then hurriedly followed the messenger into the palace.

On the way, Zhao Mingcheng gave a gold ingot to the inner servant who delivered the message, and wanted to find out from the inner servant's mouth, why did Li Cun see him? Lu

But the waiter really didn't know the reason, so he couldn't tell him.

This made Zhao Mingcheng, who didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, both excited and uneasy.

Under the guidance of the chamberlain, Zhao Mingcheng came to Yuhua Pavilion.

This Yuhua Pavilion is just behind the Xuanhe Palace.

When Zhao Mingcheng came, the chief ministers Lu Jiang, Zhang Shi and others, Li Guang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qian Zai, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Tian Zhuang, the head of the Bianliang City in Tokyo such as Yin Qiuxi, the Kaifeng Mansion, and the chief officials of Bianliang City, Tokyo, Zhang Bangchang, Tang Ke, Zhang Shuye, Nie Shan, Qin Hui and others whom Zhao Mingcheng knew were all there.

When the ministers were done, they left one after another.

The six Shangshu then stepped forward and then left. Lu

Then Qiu Yi and other chief officials in Tokyo Bianliang City played.

By the time Qiu Yi and the others finished playing, it was almost dark.

Li Cun asked people to prepare imperial meals.

After everyone had eaten, the ministers continued to play.

It wasn't until the end of the day that all the ministers were finished.

At this time, only Zhao Mingcheng was left in the hall.

Seeing this, Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly took the initiative to kneel down and said, "Zhao Mingcheng, a grass citizen, greets Your Majesty." And pouted his ass high. Lu

Looking at Zhao Mingcheng who was kneeling with His Royal Highness, Li Cun was actually quite tired in his heart.

Sleeping with other people's wives is such a thing, Li Cun has done a lot more.

Among the daughters of the royal family and the daughters of the clan of the Great Liao Empire, and among the daughters of the royal family and the daughters of the clan of the Zhao and Song dynasties, many of them were married women.

But Li Cun slept, especially the royal daughters and clan daughters of the Great Liao Empire - except for those who were too old, and now almost no one has been spared.

However, although these women are also married women, in Li Cun's opinion, they should be regarded as his own trophies, so when Li Cun sleeps with them, he doesn't have to think about their previous husbands at all.

Taking a step back, Li Cun is just considering, and there are no negative emotions such as guilt, embarrassment, and greasyness, and some only have fun.

However, when it comes to Zhao Mingcheng, it is different. Lu

Li Cunzhen has a feeling of stealing other people's wives.

This is not to say that Li Cun has any sense of moral guilt.

Li Cunzhen is not such a gentleman.

Moreover, Li Cun can also comfort himself, saying that Zhao Mingcheng turned out to be a minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty and his enemy, and his wife can also be his own spoils.

However, I don't know why, after Li Cun saw Zhao Mingcheng, he couldn't help but feel a little tired, especially when Li Cun remembered that it was because Li Qingzhao begged him to reward Zhao Mingcheng with an official and a half-position as compensation that he sent someone to call Zhao Mingcheng.

To tell the truth, Li Cuneng understands why Li Qingzhao wants to compensate Zhao Mingcheng.

Li Cun is a habitual offender, with a thick face and a dark heart, and he is still an emperor, so he doesn't care about this kind of thing. Lu

But Li Qingzhao can't do it, she can't get over the threshold in her heart.

Besides, in addition to respecting Li Qingzhao as his mother, Zhao Mingcheng has never done anything too difficult for Li Qingzhao, and even, Zhao Mingcheng knew that Li Qingzhao was cheating, but he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and Zhao Mingcheng also wanted to forgive Li Qingzhao for being a pick-up man for being Li Qingzhao's illegitimate son as a father.

This is not something that the average man can do.

Therefore, Li Qingzhao felt that she owed Zhao Mingcheng.

The key is that if Li Cun doesn't let Li Qingzhao preside over the revision of the "Hongwu Canon", Li Qingzhao can live in seclusion from now on, and live a life of husband and children at home without leaving the door, but if Li Cun wants Li Qingzhao to do this, it will definitely be extremely exposed and even pushed to the forefront.

In this case, if Li Qingzhao did not have Zhao Mingcheng's book protection, then Li Qingzhao would definitely have to be beaten into the ranks of Yinwa as a wife by those who envy and envy her, and then Li Qingzhao will not only lose the opportunity to revise the "Hongwu Canon", but will also be firmly nailed to the shame frame of history and will never be able to turn over.

Therefore, in Li Qingzhao's view, Li Cun gave Zhao Mingcheng a half-official position, compensated Zhao Mingcheng, and asked Zhao Mingcheng to give her a book of reconciliation, so that she could rest assured and boldly revise the "Hongwu Canon". Lu

To be honest, Li Cun thought about sending someone to dispose of Zhao Mingcheng quietly, once and for all.

However, thinking that Zhao Huan sent Nie Shan to kill Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng, and finally let people know, which then lowered Zhao Huan's pattern, Li Cun finally decided to give Zhao Mingcheng a chance.

Based on this, after Li Cun asked Zhao Mingcheng to get up, he said to Zhao Mingcheng: "Guangzhou sentenced He Beidou to bend the law for bribery, and asked me to behead the family, you go and take over." ”

Although Guangzhou has not yet been upgraded to a prefecture, it has developed particularly well in recent years because it is located in the important place of maritime trade, which Li Cun attaches great importance to.

Not to mention anything else, He Beidou only served as a judge in Guangzhou for two years, and he relied on being in charge of grain transportation, family land, water conservancy, and litigation and other matters, and embezzled more than 3 million yuan.

This shows how well Guangzhou is developing now.

Moreover, although Zhao Mingcheng was from the five-rank Zhizhou in the Zhao and Song dynasties, now he is only the six-rank general judgment of the Daqian Dynasty, and it seems that he has dropped one level. Lu

But that's not how the accounts are counted.

The Zhao Song Dynasty died, and as a result, the officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty had become worthless.

Don't you see, there are many first- and second-grade high-ranking officials in the Zhao and Song dynasties, and now there are only five or six grades here in the Daqian Dynasty?

That's it, most of their official positions are fictitious positions with no real power.

Therefore, Zhao Mingcheng only dropped one level, and he also got a real power judgment, for Zhao Mingcheng, it was tantamount to pie in the sky.

The only thing that made Zhao Mingcheng feel a little dissatisfied was that Guangzhou was too far away.

- If Li Cun heard Zhao Mingcheng's heart, he would definitely say: "You are content, if I don't want to eat too ugly, I will throw you to Zhancheng." "Lu

In general, although Guangzhou is a bit far away, Zhao Mingcheng was overjoyed when he heard that Li Cun asked him to be the second-in-command in Guangzhou!

Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said with a grateful face: "Zhao Mingcheng thanks Your Majesty for your grace!" ”

"Excuse me."

Li Cun really didn't want to look at Zhao Mingcheng any more, so Li Cun couldn't wait to say, "I'm tired, you can step down." ”

Zhao Mingcheng understands that in the eyes of Li Cun, who has a lot of opportunities, a six-grade petty official is not worth wasting too much time at all.

Besides, it's too late.

Therefore, after hearing Li Cun's words, Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly responded: "Weichen retired." "Lu

Leaving Yuhua Pavilion, Zhao Mingcheng swept away all the previous haze, and he felt that he had come back to life all of a sudden.

Even, at this moment, Zhao Mingcheng felt that he was a man again.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded: "Congratulations to Brother Defu, keep the clouds open and see the moon." ”

Zhao Mingcheng turned his head and saw Qin Hui looking at him with a smile.

Because of Li Qingzhao's relationship, Zhao Mingcheng now has no good impression of Li Qingzhao's relatives.

But Qin Hui is an exception.

First, Qin Hui and Li Qingzhao have no blood relationship. Lu

Second, Qin Hui is now the minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs established by Li Cungang, theoretically, even if this department is not as big as the six departments, it must not be too much worse, after all, this department is directly under the third department, and there are more than 200 officials alone.

Moreover, Guangzhou Port, which is subordinate to Guangzhou, is under the control of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, and Zhao Mingcheng will inevitably have to deal with Qin Hui in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Mingcheng didn't dare to hold it up, he hurriedly bowed to Qin Hui and said, "The lower official will meet Qin Xianggong." ”

Qin Hui smiled and said, "Eh, Brother Defu is very polite, let's go, you and I have a drink and celebrate." ”

Shangguan invited, where would Zhao Mingcheng be unwilling?

So, the two came to the reopened Zhouqiao Night Market and found a clean restaurant.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Qin Hui said to Zhao Mingcheng, who was slightly drunk and hazy: "Brother Defu listens to Xiao Ke's persuasion, it is convenient for others, and it is also free from himself, even if there is no relationship between you and the eldest sister, there is also friendship, why not leave the book with the eldest sister, one farewell and two wide, each life is happy, the end of the world is strange, and there will be no time in the future?" "Lu

Zhao Mingcheng wanted to say to Qin Hui: "You said it lightly, it's not you who dares to be cuckolded, you and I are in a transposition, if you are cuckolded, can you let go of that pair of dog men and women so easily?" ”

But Zhao Mingcheng was afraid of Qin Hui's current identity and didn't dare to disobey Qin Hui's words.

There is no way, Zhao Mingcheng can only perfunctory say that he will follow what Qin Hui said, and give Li Qing a picture and leave the book.

Will Zhao Mingcheng forgive Li Qingzhao so easily?

How can it be.

Zhao Mingcheng: This is completely a delaying tactic.

Zhao Mingcheng felt that he was going to Guangzhou to take office soon, and as long as he delayed it, he might drag Qin Hui's "kindness". Lu

But what Zhao Mingcheng never expected was that early the next morning, Qin Hui came to visit, and then took Zhao Mingcheng to Li Hui's house to write and leave the book for Li Qingzhao.

Zhao Mingcheng didn't want to forgive Li Qingzhao, who betrayed him and humiliated him in every way, so he pushed and shoved in every way.

Seeing this, Qin Hui's face turned blank and threatened: "Brother Defu wasn't trying to make a fool of Xiaoke before, but Brother Defu didn't want to write a book for my eldest sister at all?" If this is the case, if you don't hide it from Brother Defu, Xiao Ke will also go south to Guangzhou in the near future, and at that time, Xiao Ke will definitely talk to Brother Defu about playing Xiao Ke and making Xiao Ke lose face in front of his family today. ”

Qin Hui threatened Zhao Mingcheng so red, and Zhao Mingcheng could only beg for perfection and said: "What did Qin Xianggong say, the eldest husband said a word, it is difficult to chase after him, since the lower official agreed, how could he regret it, just go to the Li family with the lower official, it's not okay." ”

So, Qin Hui escorted Zhao Mingcheng to Li's house and saw Li Qingzhao, who had been waiting for a long time.

But even at this time, Zhao Mingcheng still had a stinky face and kept silent about making peace with Li Qingzhao.

Qin Hui, who was outside the door, smiled coldly when he saw this, and then found Li Yu and Li Wei. Lu

Qin Hui handed a blank note to Li Yan and Li Wei, and then asked them to take "this letter" to their mother.

When Li Yan and Li Yan heard this, they immediately rushed into the living room with "this letter" as if they were going to offer treasures. Mother! My brother-in-law told my brother and sister to give this letter to my mother! ”

How could this scene not attract Zhao Mingcheng's attention?

What's more, Zhao Mingcheng also thought about being a father to Li Yu and Li Yuxi.

Therefore, as soon as he saw Li Yan and Li Wei, who he wanted to see but had never seen, rushed in, Zhao Mingcheng immediately looked at Li Yan and Li Wei.

But when Zhao Mingcheng saw Li Yan and Li Yan's appearance clearly, Zhao Mingcheng's Tong Kong suddenly shrank, and he said unconsciously: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty?! ”

At this moment, Zhao Mingcheng understood everything. Lu

He finally knew why Sun Mo would say that he was willing to seek the near and far; also understands why Qin Hui, who has always been good-tempered, is aggressive this time; I understand why Li Qingzhao thinks that he is not worthy of being Li Yu and Li Wei's father; even understood that Li Qingzhao asked him to make conditions casually, not to insult him, but that Li Qingzhao really has this ability now.

Thinking about it at a deeper level, Zhao Mingcheng figured out how his inexplicable Guangzhou general judgment came about.

Zhao Mingcheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, and there was a feeling that "the clown is actually me......

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