The day after Zhang He returned to the court, the eunuchs in the palace were removed.

When the civil officials and the common people heard the news, they immediately cheered, as if they had won a great victory.

And although the eunuchs' right to approve the red was withdrawn, the anger in their hearts was also ignited at this time, and it did not break out at present, but it was just silently accumulating, until one day it was completely detonated!

The antagonism of the entire eunuch group towards the civil official group gradually spread, and a group that had never obtained power in the Great Song Dynasty suddenly tasted the taste of power, but was suppressed by the civil official group and came to an abrupt end.

No one knows how deep the hatred is in the hearts of these people who have lost their roots, but there is no doubt that it is an indisputable fact.

Fan Lou.

The largest and most luxurious restaurant in Bianjing, at present, only Feiyun Restaurant in the whole Bianjing can be compared with it with its novel dishes and services, but due to the lack of heritage.

Based on Bianjing's hundreds of years of history, Fanlou is still the first choice for the banquet and gathering of powerful families in Bianjing.

"Gentlemen, please drink this cup to your heart's content!"

With a shout, the officials sitting on the third floor of the entire Fan Building raised their wine glasses in unison and shouted: "Full drink!" Then he drank the wine in his glass.

Everyone's faces are excited, look at who is sitting here.

Among the six departments, except for the Household Department Books, the Officials Department Books and the Military Department Books, the remaining seventy percent of the officials and the three Secretaries are all here!

The reduction of the eunuch's right to approve the red was the right that the civil official group almost lost.

The second is that as soon as the prime minister returned to the court, he returned everything so cleanly, and let the prince of the prison country retreat and compromise, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire civilian group!

Look! What if it's the crown prince of the prison country?

In front of our civil bureaucracy, you only have to compromise!

All of this has made the officials present today feel extremely excited.

There are constantly people toasting to the prime minister Zhang He, who is sitting on the main seat, and Zhang He just accepts a glass of wine with a smile, but every time someone toasts a glass of wine, he just takes a sip gently.

Otherwise, I would have been drunk.

Only when an official at the level of Shangshu stepped forward, he would drink half a glass of wine to save face as a response.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Wu Yuan, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up with his tongue dangling and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, although we have won a big victory today, let the prince understand that this court is mainly based on the opinions of the princes of the Manchu Dynasty after all, if the princes are unwilling, even if he is the prince, he will not be able to do anything, so he has given our Royal Highness the prince a dismount!"

But! ”

Wu Yuan looked around and suddenly increased his volume:

"I don't think that's enough!

As the saying goes, it is advisable to win and chase the poor!

Now that we have an advantage, we should take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and let our Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that that position is not so easy to do!

If it's even possible, let him take the initiative to give up the position where he shouldn't be sitting!

In this world, it's not who is the prince who will be able to sit firmly! ”

"Good!"

As soon as Wu Yuan's words came out, all the officials present said hello in unison.

Prime Minister Zhang He said with a smile: "The Ministry of Rites is drunk, who will send the Ministry of Rites to go back to rest?" ”

When someone stood up consciously and took the initiative to ask Ying to send him back to his home, Wu Yuan shouted vigorously before being taken away:

"I'm not drunk! I'm not drunk! I'm not drunk! ”

After it is taken away. When the officials looked at Zhang He, Zhang He just said lightly: "Today, we just had a dinner with my colleagues after we got off duty, and we didn't say anything." ”

Everyone agreed, immediately nodded in unison, and then began to stagger the wine glasses, and the third floor became lively and noisy again.

But no one talked about the government anymore.

Holding a glass of wine, Zhang He walked alone to the wooden fence on the third floor of Fan Lou, leaning on the wooden barricade to look at the tall and majestic palace not far away, with only faint lights looming, slowly drank the wine in the glass, showed a disdainful smile and turned back to the table.

Northwest.

Daliang City.

Daliang City is one of the nine important cities on the northwest border to defend the border pass, the nine heavy cities are each other's horns, and the middle is connected by a number of military forts dotted around to form the border defense line of the entire northwest border.

As an important border city, Daliang City is stationed with a border army of about 30,000 people all year round, which is an important force to guard Daliang City and the defense line of hundreds of miles east and west of Daliang City.

The financial situation of the Great Song Dynasty in these years was not good, the Xiongnu deducted the customs every year, the military expenditure of the border passes continued to increase, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the collection of taxes also had problems, and the collection of taxes could not collect enough taxes, and the imperial court was in a state of financial deficit all the year round, and the emperor needed to subsidize the treasury from within, which maintained the operation of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, even in this case, although the military expenses sent by the Great Song Dynasty to the border pass every year were delayed, they would be paid in full within the year, and there was never any arrears.

However, this year, the Huns did not come to detain the pass, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Some people's careful thinking has also been moved by external forces!

Daliang City, Pingkang Medical Center in Dongshi.

"Your mother's disease is difficult to treat, and it is easy to treat, the key is to see you!"

Dr. Wang of the Pingkang Medical Center said to a middle-aged man in a military uniform.

The middle-aged man has a strong physique, his palms are covered with calluses, and his whole body is imposing, and he looks like he should be a soldier in the army.

This is exactly the case, the man's name is Zhang Erhu.

The ancestors were all soldiers in this Daliang City and ate the imperial grain.

After his father and brother died in battle, he inherited his father's and brother's position and became a squadron leader in the Daliang Army, with more than a dozen people under him, and he was also an officer.

After his father and brother died in battle, Zhang Erhu's mother became ill with worries, and she became seriously ill in the past two days, and the whole person was not well.

After Zhang Erhu learned about it, he hurriedly asked for leave from the army and brought his mother to the city to see a doctor, which led to the above conversation.

After listening to Dr. Wang's words, Zhang Erhu didn't know why, and couldn't understand the meaning of his words, so he asked directly: "Doctor Wang, just say it directly, how to treat my mother's disease?" Can it be cured? ”

Doctor Wang looked at him, sighed again, and then said, "Governance is curable." ”

Zhang Erhu's face suddenly became happy.

But Dr. Wang's next words made his face, which had just appeared happy, instantly freeze.

"However, if I want to cure your mother's disease, even if I don't accept your consultation fee, it will cost fifty taels of silver for the medicinal herbs alone.

Did you take it out? ”

"Fifty taels!"

Zhang Erhu stood up suddenly, his face full of incredulity.

Doctor Wang nodded heavily: "The old lady's illness is caused by worry, but over time, it consumes not only the mind, but even the whole body collapses, plus the old woman herself has other diseases, it is okay to have nothing to do on weekdays, those illnesses may not occur in a lifetime."

But after her poor health, those illnesses also flared up, which caused the old woman to collapse suddenly in such a short time.

To cure the old lady's disease, we should first consolidate the old lady's body and remove the rest of the diseases on her body one by one before it can be formed.

At present, most of the medicinal materials that can be used to strengthen the old lady's foundation are expensive.

Fifty taels, the old man has already sold it at cost price. ”

As soon as Dr. Wang finished speaking, Zhang Erhu only felt dizzy.

That's fifty taels!

His annual military salary is only about thirty taels.

Now the only silver left in his hand is only twenty taels, but this year's military salary has not been paid until now.

Where are you going to get fifty taels of silver out of the sudden?

But looking at the painful look on the face of the mother next to him, Zhang Erhu gritted his teeth and said to Doctor Wang: "Doctor Wang, I'm going to raise money, my mother will put it in your place first, here is twenty taels of silver, you stabilize my mother's condition first, and wait for me to come back!" ”

As he spoke, Zhang Erhu took out the only twenty taels of silver he had from his arms.

After seeing this, Doctor Wang sighed and nodded slowly:

"Yes, but I want to tell you about your mother's current situation, if you can't consolidate your foundation in time, it will be difficult to treat in seven days at most.

I'd better raise all the money within seven days, and the old man will help you take care of her during this time, but if you don't raise enough money after seven days, then the old man can't do anything. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Erhu nodded heavily and promised: "Doctor Wang, don't worry, I will raise the money no matter what!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Erhu looked back at his mother on the hospital bed with her eyes closed but her face looked very painful, gritted her teeth and turned her head and rushed out of the hospital.

Rushed into the snow!

……

(End of chapter)