"Why does the Bachelor say that?"

Although You Shixiong is said to be an old senior, he has been an official for 30 years, and he is a Jinshi background. If it weren't for the bad luck of the official, he would have become a member of the decision-making level in the court a long time ago.

Of course, he is neither a reformer nor a conservative, and he is not even a reed wall-riding faction.

For any exclamation from a big guy like An Tao, he must tremble.

An Tao pinched the beard on his chin, and said thoughtfully: "Is it that Li Kui and Chong Jianzhong are afraid that the credit will be too great, and they deliberately don't mention their own merits?" ”

Recovering the land of Hehuang, breaking Qingtang City, and capturing the Qingtang King Ali Gu, such a credit is more than wrong for a bachelor. The key is fast, the supplies in the rear of the Great Song Dynasty have not been sent to the front line, and the war has already been fought. This saves at least tens of millions of dollars, and the credit is great. According to An Tao's thoughts, it is not too much to give a Longtu Pavilion bachelor.

In that year, Wang Shao recovered the land of Hehuang, ascended to the sky in one step, and returned to Beijing as a privy envoy.

If it weren't for the unstable foundation of Wang Shao's officialdom, and the fact that it was a critical time for the struggle between the reformers and the conservatives, the Privy Council let an outsider call the shots, and Wang Anshi and Lu Gongzhu would not be at ease. There were more people with hot eyes, so they were impeached and lost their official position as privy councillors. As for the rumor that Wufu was the privy envoy that was excluded, it is simply nonsense. Wang Shao is a Jinshi and the first, the top three in the palace examination, what does he have to do with Jiangmen?

But Li Kui is different from Chong Jianzhong, their qualifications are not enough to compare with Wang Shao.

With the credit of recovering lost territory, expanding territory, and capturing enemy chieftains, it's not too much to give a bachelor, right?

Dragon Map, Tianzhang, it's all right!

You Shixiong replied no, not answered, he was a little restless. As if he had done something evil that was angry and resentful, he was terrified: "Minister, I ......"

"It's not about you. When you wrote to Your Majesty, "An Bien Ce"? Now the river is predetermined? This credit will naturally not be missing from you. The old man is resentful, and the meritorious people are fighting for the court? And dare not come out. It's all Zhangdun this horseman? The old man will not spare him after returning to Beijing! ”

An Tao vented his dissatisfaction violently, of course he also has this qualification.

But You Shixiong was even more afraid after hearing this. Is he shallow? The relationship is thin, and it really can't stand the fight between the bigwigs in the court. A little careless? It will never be recovered.

An Tao Zhangdu? He can't afford to offend!

Don't talk about them, even if An Tao and Zhang Dian are in the court, he doesn't dare to offend.

An Tao saw that You Shixiong was not a person who could withstand the pressure, so he simply waved his hand and said, "That's it?" This has nothing to do with you? You don't want to get involved. ”

After speaking, he hesitated a little, it stands to reason that he should go to the Qingtang front line to inspect and grasp first-hand information. But are you afraid that the emperor will suddenly summon him because of a great victory? He really didn't dare to leave Qinzhou too far.

Sure enough, two days later? The emperor's edict came, praising the bravery of the Qin Fenglu armies? At the same time, he urged An Tao to return to the court.

The eunuch who came is surnamed Liu, and An Tao also knows him? casually asked: "What is the latest news in the court?" ”

"Bachelor? Lu Gong is coming back. ”

Eunuch Liu's official position is humble and light? In the face of An Tao, he really didn't dare to pose as an angel to drive out. He had no choice but to tell the truth.

When An Tao heard that Lu Dafang was going to meet the court, he immediately exploded: "He dares to call Lu Gong a junior?" Phew! If it was Lu Gong's book, he would also be worthy? ”

"It's our family's fault, our family is too talkative!"

In the face of An Tao under the rage, Eunuch Liu decisively confessed. The eunuchs in the palace are not of high grade, although they represent the emperor when they go out, the emperor is sometimes not good in front of the courtiers, let alone the eunuchs. It just so happens that An Tao is one of the people who can block the emperor in the court.

An Tao was disgusted with disdain like a fly: "It has nothing to do with you, the old man just can't get used to such villains." This old boy returned to Beijing, I'm afraid His Majesty has contributed a lot, right? ”

An Tao pondered a little and found out who was most beneficial for Lu Dafang to return to Beijing.

Not an emperor yet?

Now that the land of Hehuang has been recovered, even the king of Qingtang has been captured alive, and there will be no shortage of war horses in the Great Song Dynasty in the future.

Prime Minister Zhang Dian said that he would also get a little light, and Li Qingchen and his Privy Council were naturally highly meritorious.

But Eunuch Liu said in a low voice: "It was proposed by the cardinal." ”

This is a lot of information, An Tao's eyes suddenly froze, and he suddenly had a little understanding. This is not the result he wants to see, according to the time, Li Qingchen asked Lu Dafang to preside over the household department, it must have been after getting the news of the military intelligence. Then the question arises, when Li Qingchen has enough merit to resist Zhang Dan's means of constantly infiltrating the Privy Council, why did he invite Lu Dafang?

Compared with a law-changer like Li Qingchen, An Tao does not participate in the law-change, nor does he blindly obey the conservatives, and he has no dissatisfaction with Lu Dafang.

But he had already sensed from this incident that Li Qingchen was in the capital alone, and he was about to be unable to stop Zhang Dun.

This is probably the reason why Li Qingchen suggested that Lü Dafang preside over the household department, and at the same time, the Western Xia entered the defense, the land of Hehuang was recovered, and the Great Song Dynasty had a chance to recuperate financially and militarily. At this time, it was no longer in the interests of the Great Song Dynasty to use drastic changes. Many of the new laws are no longer suitable for the current Great Song Dynasty, which is probably the real reason for Li Qingchen.

He wanted to revise the new law, but found that Zhang Dian was a stubborn guy with an iron fist, and he was not moved at all.

"Go down! Tomorrow, the old man will take the Qingtang King Ali Gu back to Beijing with you. ”

"Let's quit!"

The last time An Tao went out of Beijing, he was in a hurry, and his attaché was streamlined. But when I went back, it was very different, with a huge convoy and even an army escort.

After all, Aligu, the king of Qingtang who has been disgusted by the Great Song Dynasty for more than ten years on the border of the Great Song Dynasty, will also be escorted to Beijing.

On the road, the demeanor of the big guy sitting in the car, any civil official can see the difference between An Tao, after a while, the momentum rises a few points, and after a while, the momentum rises again, this is the necessary practice secret method for qi accumulation and quarrels. Let You Shixiong be amazed, this is the master who went to the capital to find Zhang Tao, and he followed An Tao, will Zhang Duan think that he is An Tao's follower?

You Shixiong regretted a little that he followed him to the capital, if he was in Hehuang, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, even if it was not the turn of the first merit, but the court would not favor one over the other.

If you are lucky, you can get a post official who is 'waiting for the Longtu Pavilion to be made', and his [pencil] career will be considered complete.

"Why does the old man have such a bad luck?"

You Shixiong didn't dare to call himself an old man in front of An Tao, although they were about the same age. They are all old men in the age of sixties, but An Tao calls himself an 'old man', which is an interpretation of his status, and he ...... That's self-inferiority.

Thinking about it, You Shixiong felt that his trip to the imperial capital was uneasy. And his obsession with officialdom is not only to be a fourth-grade official or above, but also to recover the land of Hehuang.

The previous goal will be obtained when it arrives in the capital; The latter goal has already been accomplished.

You Shixiong stared at An Tao's car with resentment, and said to himself: "Shouldn't the old man be ready to pay tribute?" ”

If he were a different person, he would definitely be reluctant not to be an official at his age. There are many civil servants who are in good health, such as Wen Yanbo, who is over 90 years old and is still alive and well.

You Shixiong is different from Wen Yanbo, he is from an ordinary background, and he has been in the Northwest Frontier for a long time, and his body has long been full of holes, and he has a disease, but he will not die for a short time. Not only is he much inferior in energy than his peers, but once he works, he is in pain and miserable. Unexpectedly, after You Shixiong became famous, the first thing he thought about would be retirement.

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Inside Qingtang City.

Thousands of craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty commanded the Qingtang people to repair the destroyed houses in the city.

There are construction sites everywhere, and if Qingtang people were allowed to manage them, it would have been a mess long ago. Fortunately, he has rich experience in planting and construction, and is good at various construction projects.

Not only did the work of tens of thousands of people not delay, but the destroyed houses in the city were quickly repaired.

In less than a month, Qingtang City has returned to its former appearance, and it is not even obvious that this city has just experienced a war.

In a mansion in the east of the city, he hurriedly came to the staircase with a group of sample drawings under his arm. After going upstairs, he saw Ruda sitting on the couch and snoring.

Huhuhuhu-

Chong Jianzhong secretly laughed: "This kid was drunk again yesterday, I really don't understand, is the wine so delicious?" ”

"Ruda, wake up, your family is back!"

Luda stretched his eyelids, and saw in a daze that it was a kind of Jianzhong, and suddenly said angrily: "Kind of adult, deceiving people is a villain's behavior." ”

As he spoke, Ruda stretched his waist and opened his mouth to snort.

Chong Jianzhong took two steps back, covered his mouth with disgust, and said in an urn voice: "What did you kid eat, it's all rancid?" ”

Luda smirked: "It's meat, there's a lot of meat here, and it's uncomfortable to eat too much." By the way, Lord Plant, have you come to the city where the houses have been repaired? ”

"That's right, it's all repaired, the streets and houses are brand new, and they look neater and more elegant than before the city was broken." Chong Jianzhong is a more serious person, although he is very dissatisfied with Li Kui asking him to repair the house, but he still does it with all his heart.

Ruda dipped his palm in the basin of water in the room, wiped it casually, and shouted, "Happy! Then he followed Chong Jianzhong out to inspect the city.

Looking at the orderly streets, the newly renovated houses, even if some of the houses are no longer repairable, have been cleared out of the vacant lot, and planted with some flowers and plants, not only will not give people an abrupt feeling, but have a kind of staggered fun. Luda couldn't help but raise his thumb and said to Chong Jianzhong: "Master Chong, there is really you, you are absolutely condescending to cultivate the city in Qingtang City." ”

Chong Jianzhong snorted coldly, and said with a bad face: "Where do you think I should go to repair the city?" ”

"Imperial City, only by repairing the palace for the emperor can you show your old true skills." Luda and Chong Jianzhong are very familiar, and they don't care about each other's official identities at all, laughing and laughing. Counted, she can be regarded as half a family. His father's generation was a personal guard who fought with the planters.

Chong Jianzhong said angrily: "I'm fed up with this craftsman leader, what did your family do when they went out of the city, why haven't you come back?" ”

"This, the adults went outside the city to arrest the remnants of Qingtang, and they couldn't come back for a while. But you're really good, and you can guess what the adults are going to explain next at a glance. As he spoke, Ruda took out a smudged bag from his chest and handed it to Chong Jianzhong.

Li Kui's words are also escorting fools. When he recruited Qingtang slaves, he promised to give freedom to himself at the cost of twenty sheep, one horse, and five oxen. Now that Qingtang City has been defeated, the promise has also been issued. A reward was also given, and the magnates in Qingtang City and the leaders of the new toast used their wealth to attract their subordinates. Mainly outside the city, slaves whose masters died had access to this property. When they heard the news, they rushed to Qingtang City like crazy, and they wanted to use it to encircle and suppress? What about the crooks? ”

Chong Jianzhong chattered dissatisfiedly, then opened the bag, and after looking at it twice, he suddenly raised his eyebrows angrily, and said angrily: "Is Li Kui still finished?" ”

"My lord, my family said it was very important." Seeing that Chong Jianzhong was angry, Luda reminded carefully: "And the lord said that you are the only one who can complete the construction of Muen Temple in Qingtang City." If nothing else, no one can compare to you in the means of commanding craftsmen. ”

Chong Jianzhong was born as a shadow supplement official, and he changed his career to become a civil official, if he couldn't even make political achievements, how could he be promoted to Changping Envoy? This is already a high-ranking official at the first level of the road, and there are four yamen officials at the level of the road, and the chief officials are: Xuanfu Division, in charge of the army; Transshipment Division, transshipment of money and grain; Lifting Changping, trading in the treasury of the road, etc.; There is also the promotion of the Xing Prison Division and the head of the Xing Prison. If he hadn't jumped up the year before last to oppose Cai Jing, who was still doing the household secretary, to implement the "City Change Law", how could he have been removed from the promotion of Changping?

If he hadn't offended Cai Jing, Chong Jianzhong would already be a high-ranking local official.

If he didn't have real governance talent and achievements, how could he wear a four-grade official robe by virtue of his status as a shadow supplement?

Take the simplest example, Mi Fu.

He is the same age as Chong Jianzhong, and the two are the same age, but their careers are completely different. Mi Fu has a kind of advantage that is not at all in the building, the old lady of the Mi family is the nurse of Emperor Shenzong, and Mi Fu's official is also given by the emperor himself. It stands to reason that Mi Fu has made some merits, and promotion is definitely not a problem. Especially in the past ten years, but during the reign of the Empress Dowager Gao, the relationship between the Mi family and the Empress Dowager was very deep.

It's a pity that Mi Fu is still a six-grade official, and even Zhizhou has not done it.

Don't think that there are people in the family who are officials, his family is a general, and he is a civil official, in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, this background can't help anything except help.

When he came to the palace and looked at the whole palace, he felt that it was not too big, but the council hall was very large, as empty as the temple hall. This may be the architectural style of the Qingtang area.

What to do in the construction is to drive the people in the palace away, and then according to the specifications of the temple, add or demolish some buildings, and ask craftsmen to cast the bronze Buddha.

This project is not too big, but it is a great test of the designer's aesthetics.

As a disciple of the great Confucian Zhang Zai, he does not lack the heart to discover beauty.

The main reason why Chong Jianzhong took over the construction of the temple so obediently was that he also understood that there was no one in the city who was more suitable than him to oversee the construction of a temple in a short period of time.

And there is a reason for choosing the original palace.

The king of Qingtang, Ali Gu, was captured, and his heirs, women, were all taken to the capital by You Shixiong. According to the habits of the Great Song Emperor, the captured enemy lord will most likely not be killed, but raised. The weaker the lord, the more preferential treatment he will be. Instead, the mighty king will be killed.

And Ali bone is very suitable for the conditions of pig breeding, the population is only hundreds of thousands, the land is only a few states, and the country is a small country, such a captive will become the best props for the emperor to promote the martial arts of Wenzhi, and will often be sent to the Taimiao to parade around, and when the ancestors and ancestors are incense, they will serve as the highest level of 'sacrifice', and they will be reused.

This is a great pleasure, and Emperor Zhao Xu will definitely be reluctant to kill it.

And staying in the palace in Qingtang City has become a problem, and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely not dare to live.

Even if you are a yamen, you don't dare.

Only by converting it into a temple can it be fully used.

Chong Jianzhong also felt that Li Kui's thinking was not problematic at all, but what made him depressed was that he might really have the potential to be a craftsman and a judge, and he would definitely be a genius to be a magistrate.

The renovation project is very smooth in the hands of the planting and construction, and the part of the entire palace that has been changed is not large.

The construction of the stupa is the key, as long as the white stupa is completed, you can see the appearance of the temple.

Daye Temple, the young monk hurriedly broke into the scripture hall, and said to the host in a panic: "The host is not good, the pagoda of the wild monk temple is higher than ours!" ”

When the old monk heard this, he was immediately angry like an angry King Kong, and roared: "How can this be reasonable, lead the way to the Song High-ranking Mansion!" ”