August.

Zhu Guoxiang was in full swing to build a paper mill, and Zhu Ming also began to preside over the exam.

Far away in Tokyo, the political situation has changed abruptly.

Zheng Dang and Cai Dang are fighting fiercely, and Prime Minister Zheng Juzhong's own mother is dead!

The dead mother has to go back to the funeral, and when the three years of Ding Wei are over, the daylily must be cold.

In fact, as soon as Zheng Juzhong wore linen and filial piety, Cai Jing had already taken action: recommended Cai Mao to the Privy Council, posthumously crowned Cai Cheng as the king of Qingyuan County, and arranged for Zheng Juzhong's sons to enter the court as officials.

After some operation, clean and neat, Zheng Juzhong doesn't want to come back to be the prime minister.

Cai Mao is Cai Wei, the son of Cai Qu, the son-in-law of Feng Jing, and the grandson-in-law of Fu Bi. At the same time, Cai did have a good relationship with Wang Jue, and he was a capable general under Wang Anshi.

To put it bluntly, helping Cai Mao to power is equivalent to winning over Cai Qu, Feng Jing, and Fu Bi's protégés at the same time. Wang Jue and Wang Anshi's protégés can also attract a group of people.

After Cai Mao gains a firm foothold, he will inevitably replace Zheng Juzhong.

Cai Jing was afraid that Cai Mao would not be able to stand, so he stuffed Cai Mao's younger brother into the Privy Council and promoted Cai Mao's uncle to a waiter. Even Cai Mao's daughters were sealed, and Cai Mao's sons-in-law were all promoted.

The dignitaries of the clan are shaken, and the government and the opposition are shaken!

Song Huizong ignored this, and did not seem to be worried about the imbalance of the court's forces.

Of course...... It's impossible.

Song Huizong was on the construction site and personally supervised the construction of the glass cave. What to stop the construction of the palace was purely expedient, and it was restored as soon as the drought ended.

"Official, there is a saying in the market, one person gets the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven." Wang Hao said with a grin.

Song Huizongyun was light: "Who got the Tao?" ”

Wang Hao said: "Cai Mao is also. The people in the market are ignorant and think that Cai Mao is a relative of Lu Gong (Cai Jing). ”

"Don't rush, wait slowly." Song Huizong said something irrelevant.

Wang Hao understood and no longer worried about the dominance of the Cai Dang family. He can be recalled for his funeral at home, and of course Zheng Juzhong can do it!

As long as the emperor recalls Zheng Juzhong, all Cai Jing's arrangements at this time will inevitably be empty.

Pacing to Yanfu Palace, Song Huizong was actually quite troubled, and he began to be a little unsure whether to attack Liao.

Today, the ministers are divided into three factions.

A faction led by Tong Guan and Wang Huang frantically swept Lianjin to attack Liao.

One faction is headed by Cai Jing, Cai Jing himself did not object, but his henchman Deng Xunwu and others strongly objected.

One faction is wavering, represented by Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Yu Shen, and Wang Anzhong.

Cai Jing's attitude changed because he was on a par with Tong Guan. What Tong Guan and Wang Hao supported, Cai Jing naturally wanted to oppose it. But he didn't dare to oppose it openly, because it would anger the emperor, so he just perfunctory and let his cronies obstruct the attack on Liao.

Once Liao is attacked, Tong Guan will be the commander-in-chief, and it is impossible for Cai Jing to let Tong Guan make meritorious contributions again.

"Official, Mr. Xue asks to see you."

"Bring him here."

Xue Daoguang walked in slowly, he now has more than 20 disciples, and he has his own exclusive Taoist temple.

Song Huizong said in a complaining tone: "Aiqing lives in a simple house, I haven't seen you for several months, how can I have time to enter the palace today?" ”

Xue Daoguang said: "The old man has a letter to submit, but he is afraid that it will not be delivered to His Majesty, so he must hand it over to His Majesty. ”

"Who can isolate the inside and the outside?" Song Huizong said, "Take it." ”

Xue Daoguang handed a letter and a box to the eunuch.

Song Huizong opened the letter and read it, but he got angry before he finished reading it: "This Zhu Guoxiang, who said that he would return to Beijing before the winter, actually said that his wife was pregnant and couldn't leave. Shall a woman give birth to a son, and he shall also keep watch by her? ”

Xue Daoguang began to talk nonsense: "The minister once heard that Mr. Zhu is afraid of guilt. ”

"Is he really afraid of guilt?" Song Huizong stopped being angry in an instant, and became very gossipy, as if he thought this matter was quite interesting.

Xue Daoguang said: "The minister is also hearsay. ”

Song Huizong continued to read the letter and took out the telescope in the box.

After careful discussion, the Zhu family father and son believed that they could dedicate the telescope to the emperor.

According to the instructions in the letter, Song Huizong picked it up and watched, adjusted the focus arbitrarily, and finally saw the distant scenery clearly.

In addition to the surprise, Song Huizong looked at it from a high place, and the more he played, the happier he became: "This is really a rare thing, Mr. Mingsuan really has skill." ”

Wang Huang stayed by the side, not knowing what the emperor was excited about.

Song Huizong handed over the telescope: "The name of this thing is that the clairvoyant mirror can see distant objects." ”

Wang Hao took it curiously, watched it for a while, and said, "What a skillful work." ”

Song Huizong observed carefully and wanted to understand the principle of the telescope, but he was afraid that dismantling it casually would cause the item to be destroyed.

He summoned the attendant Taoist officer: "What palace view is there in Yangzhou?" ”

The Taoist official was able to serve the emperor closely, so he naturally memorized the main palaces in the world, and immediately replied: "There is Suling Palace in Yangzhou, Mrs. Suling descended to the truth, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Suling Palace in the direction of Taibai Xing." At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Gaozu dreamed of a white-clothed immortal, claiming to be the lord of Taibai, living on the Suling Terrace, and saying that the Suling Terrace had been deserted. Tang Gaozu then issued an edict and ordered the rebuilding of Suling Palace. ”

Song Huizong was surprised: "Yangzhou actually has Lady Su Ling's dojo? ”

"Yes, and it has worked," said the Taoist official, "At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a warrior Feng Xing, stationed in Jinzhou, and led the Wuding army in Yangzhou. Feng Xing sent his son to destroy the Suling Palace and wanted to rebuild it into a public office. When the craftsman demolished the house, there were countless poisonous snakes, and he did not dare to demolish it again. Feng Xingxi's son was furious and ordered someone to burn down the palace. When the fire is about to be ignited, the wind and thunder are loud, and the rain is pouring down. The crowd fled in horror, trampled and killed several people, and no one dared to demolish this palace again. ”

Song Huizong said: "Since it has been tested, this must be the dojo of Mrs. Su Ling." I am the Immortal Emperor, the eldest son of the God of Haotian, and I am also related to Lady Na Suling. and allocated 8,000 guan, and then ordered Yangzhou Taishou to raise 5,000 guan to expand and repair the Suling Palace. Zhu Guoxiang was reluctant to return to Beijing, so he asked him to raise the Suling Palace in Yangzhou and be responsible for the expansion and repair of the palace. ”

13,000 yuan, just to expand the Taoist temple, and let Zhu Guoxiang be responsible.

The so-called Mrs. Su Ling is the Tai Bai Xing.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, the official statement of Tai Bai Xing was male, and he also belonged to the son of the White Emperor.

But the folk image has changed to a woman, dressed in yellow or white, wearing a cockscomb on her head, and holding a pipa in her arms. The mount is a five-colored sacred bird, this bird has a hawk-winged crane body and a peacock head, and the platinum star sits cross-legged on the bird's back. Nai Feng run woman also, her name is Mrs. Su Ling.

Until the Yuan Dynasty, Tai Bai Xing was also a woman's image, but the mount became a phoenix.

"Journey to the West" has been detained by the emperor and is strictly forbidden to be transmitted. One of the reasons is that the immortals in it are wrong, and they conflict with the image of the immortals in the Song Dynasty, such as Tai Bai Xing becoming a white-bearded old man.

……

When the angel rushed to Yangzhou with 8,000 yuan, Zhu Guoxiang was accompanying his wife and concubine in Daming Village.

He lied that his wife was pregnant, so he postponed returning to Beijing, and the result became a prophecy. Not only was she pregnant, but Shen Yourong and An Niang were both pregnant, and Zhu Guoxiang immediately returned to Daming Village when she learned the news.

"But what's uncomfortable?" Zhu Guoxiang asked with concern.

Shen Yourong gently stroked his lower abdomen: "The concubine is very good, this time it must be a man." ”

Zhu Guoxiang smiled: "Both men and women are fine, I like both." ”

Shen Yourong was helped by her husband to sit down, but said: "The concubine has already given birth to a son and a daughter, so she naturally knows how to raise her." Sister An's side must pay attention to the fact that she is pregnant with her first child. ”

"Forbidden things, please talk to her more often." Zhu Guoxiang said.

The couple was tired for a while, and Zhu Guoxiang went to find An Niang again, so that he could comfort his concubine.

As he spoke, Shen Yourong also came to explain to An Niang the precautions after pregnancy.

Zhu Guoxiang stood next to him and couldn't interject, but the harmonious scene of his wife and concubine made him feel extremely satisfied, and even had an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

Suddenly, Zhu Guoxiang felt that the crossing was too good, he had never dared to think of this kind of thing before.

Dean Zhu was very happy and wrote a letter to his son that night, mainly to brag and show off.

The general content of the letter is not as follows: "Your father is very powerful now, and my wife and concubine are pregnant." There's no movement over there, is there something hidden? If there is something unspeakable, don't hide it, find a doctor when you need to find a doctor, I have been waiting to hold my grandson. ”

A lot of nonsense, at the very end of the letter, I started to write business.

He introduced the three major families in Shudi, and said that he had opened up a second base, and there were only a few hundred people in Jintan Village at present. However, Shaanxi is full of homeless people and bandits, and the poor people in Shaanxi can be brought in, and they can reach the scale of Daming Village in two or three years as long as they work hard.

In the next few days, Zhu Guoxiang was accompanying his wife and concubine.

Suddenly, I received a letter from Wen Xiaomei, with a bamboo painting by her.

Zhu Guoxiang suddenly felt a sense of guilt, he already had a wife and a concubine, and the wife and concubine were still pregnant, so they should not go outside to mess with flowers and grass.

But looking at the painting sent and thinking of Wen Xiaomei's appearance, Zhu Guoxiang was a little uncontrollable.

He used the method taught by Xue Daoguang to meditate cross-legged and begin to reflect on himself.

Since the emperor gave him Mr. Six characters to live in a large mansion in the city of Tokyo, his willpower seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Although compared to other dignitaries, he has lived an extremely simple life, but he always can't help but want to enjoy it.

The singer An Niang given by the emperor, he gritted his teeth and persevered for three months, but after all, he couldn't help but put people to sleep.

"Alas, power corrupts will." Zhu Guoxiang crossed his legs and sighed.

If you become an emperor yourself, or if your son becomes an emperor, what will it look like then?

I'm afraid that I also have three palaces and six courts, how can the old cadres withstand this kind of test?

"Be cautious! Be cautious! ”

This word was only learned by Zhu Guoxiang when he communicated with Chen Yuan, and he thought that he should also cultivate himself according to it.

After a few days of caution, Zhu Guoxiang began to feel bored, remembering the paper mill in Jintan Village, and by the way, he thought of Wen Xiaomei.

His self-cultivation efforts were in vain, and he couldn't help but copy the words to tease his sister: "The rain hits the pear blossom and closes the door, forgetting the youth, and mistaking the youth." Who is happy to talk about? Ecstasy under the flowers, ecstasy under the moon. Sorrowful gathering eyebrows, thousands of marks, 10,000 marks. Xiao looks at the sky and looks at the clouds at dusk, and thinks about you when you walk, and thinks about you when you sit. ”

After copying this poem, Zhu Guoxiang muttered: "Isn't this a bit shameless? ”

Zhu Guoxiang began to plan his life, he has experienced too many things, and he has no big pursuit of career. When everything settles down, I play with the woman I like every day, and engage in agricultural research by the way.

Well, it's not okay if there are too many women, just ...... It's just five or less.

The more Zhu Guoxiang thought about it, the happier he suddenly felt a little guilty, so he threw down the brush and went to accompany his pregnant wife and concubine.

Not only did he become physically younger, but he also seemed to be affected psychologically, gradually returning to the state of his Chinese New Year's Eve.

At that time, he was still very impulsive and often couldn't control himself.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Guoxiang planned to burn that poem.

is so angry, not in line with his personality.

After burning it, Zhu Guoxiang picked up his pen again and prepared to copy a more obscure one.

(End of chapter)