A bright moon hung in the air, and the bright moon spilled into the government hall from the patio.

The white light fell on the gray hair, which also made the person below look a little lonely, the frost-white white hair was slightly old, and the wrinkles on the forehead were also deposited like mountains, making it difficult for people to escape the persecution of time.

It was the middle of the night, but Zheng Qingzhi didn't plan to rest.

The matters that need to be reported to the official family in the early days of tomorrow, as well as the arrangements for many official positions, as well as the distribution of the money, all need to be prepared, so as not to make mistakes at that time, so that the officials of the DPRK and China will be embarrassed about this.

At this moment, he did not have the slightest distraction, a pair of sharp eyes did not reduce the year, swept the entries presented one by one, paused slightly between his eyebrows, and after thinking about it, the other hand immediately dipped in ink, waved on it, and gave an appropriate punishment.

The political affairs of an empire are always cumbersome, so much so that Zheng Qingzhi has to put in ten percent of his energy to be able to maintain it.

There was a "creak", and a person pushed the door from outside the door.

He was also a little older, about fifty or sixty years old, holding a lacquer plate in his hand, on which was placed a pot of tea, as well as a few tea cups, and a few side dishes in the disk and a small bowl of rice, the side dishes were still steaming, it should have just been made, and the rice was also full, and there was a fragrance wafting from it, which made people feel hungry and unbearable.

"Zheng Ziquan, you can put the tea next to you. ”

Before he could raise his head, Zheng Qingzhi only needed to listen to the footsteps to know who it was.

Zheng Ziquan was stunned for a moment, then stopped, lowered his head, and said, "Father." It's the third shift now, why don't you take a break?"

"There's still a lot of work to be done. You go back first, and I'll go to rest when I'm done. Zheng Qingzhi coped with it casually, and there was no sign of leaving the seat.

Zheng Ziquan smiled wryly, walked in front of Zheng Qingzhi, and then put the lacquer plate in his hand on the table, and those small dishes were also taken out, one by one neatly arranged, the dishes were quite exquisite, and the tempting aroma rose up, which made people have a great appetite.

Smelling this fragrance, Zheng Qingzhi frowned unconsciously, especially the sound of hunger in his belly, which made him feel even more annoyed, raised his eyes to look at Zheng Ziquan, and shouted: "Didn't I tell you? When I was working, you were not allowed to step here? Have you forgotten? Otherwise, if the ministers of the DPRK and the central government see it, they will have to accuse me of not doing it." ”

Zheng Ziquan trembled, but remembered what had happened before.

At that time, because he saw that Zheng Qingzhi was so busy that he slept in this hall, he took the initiative to review those approvals by himself, and Zheng Qingzhi did not notice this matter because he was unconscious.

Unexpectedly, this matter was discovered by the Provincial Counsellor's Yuan, and it was directly stabbed to the official's house, and all the ministers in the court and central government also knew about it.

was made by this, Zheng Qingzhi only noticed the matter, and this was angry because of Zheng Ziquan's arrival.

Zheng Ziquan immediately shouted: "Father, isn't it because I see that you are too hardworking, so the child will come over to help?"

"Help me?" Zheng Qingzhi smiled contemptuously: "Just with your knowledge that you can't even pass the Jinshi exam, you can help me deal with political affairs? If it weren't for the official's sake, how could you be shadowed and become an official in the court? I see you, the foil is fake, and it is true that your colleagues are motivated." ”

Frightened by this, Zheng Ziquan lowered his head helplessly, muttering endlessly, as if he was defending himself.

"Just doing them a favor, what's not to do?"

He thought that his voice was small and difficult for ordinary people to hear, but Zheng Qingzhi was so smart that he could see Zheng Ziquan's thoughts at a glance, and directly reprimanded: "Don't take evil as small, don't take good as small." We are the officials of the world, so we should take the people of the world as the criterion, how can we harm the things of others because of our own selfishness? You think it is a small thing, but for those others who are affected by it, it is enough to change their lives. Do you understand that?"

A pair of sharp eyes looked at the son in front of him, who was also nearly fifty years old, Zheng Qingzhi felt a little hated that iron could not be made of steel, thinking that he had eighteen sons under his knees, but among these eighteen sons, all of them were mediocre people, and they were not able to be used at all.

"But father. I don't think others are secretly making profits, and there are many people who renovate and buy furniture, while we can only sit in poverty and stay in this cramped place. How can you endure such a situation? You are the current prime minister, why not change the status quo a little?" Zheng Ziquan raised his head suddenly, his eyes opened and stared at Zheng Qingzhi, but he finally mustered up the courage.

When Zheng Qingzhi heard this, he directly dropped the brush in his hand, slapped his palm on the desk, and pointed directly at the other party and shouted: "You guy, do you know how to consider yourself? You bastard, haven't you forgotten all the words of the saint I taught you in the first place?"

"But father. With those sluries of yours, do you really think that you can support all the brothers?" Zheng Ziquan thought about the current situation in his family, and his heart gushed out with confidence, and he opened his mouth and scolded: "Don't forget, there are eighteen brothers in our house, plus their wives and children, and the servants up and down the house, can you support those suffocates of yours as prime minister? Don't forget, they all have to open their mouths to eat." ”

Zheng Ziquan is right.

Although there were many officials in the Song Dynasty, they were only considered according to the families of ordinary officials, and if there were only two or three, they could naturally ensure that the family could eat.

But Zheng Qingzhi is different.

Because he was influenced by Confucianism, he has always focused on the prosperity of the family, just there are nine wives in this life, and there are no condoms in this era, women are very easy to get pregnant, once they are pregnant, it is even more impossible to beat them, naturally only born, so over the years, Zheng Qingzhi has eighteen sons, even if it is a daughter, there are as many as six.

Of course, most of them stayed in their hometowns in Zhejiang, with only Zheng Ziquan, Zheng Zilian, and Zheng Ziqing by their side.

Zheng Qingzhi felt even more annoyed, so he picked up the paperweight in his hand and threw it at Zheng Ziquan.

Zheng Ziquan was caught off guard, and fell to the ground with an oops, his limbs trembled, and his hands were covering his forehead in pain, and the blood on his hands was obviously not light.

Zheng Qingzhi was not moved, and still shouted: "Is this the reason why you have harmed the public and private interests and bent the law for bribes? You remember, although I am old, I am not stupid." Don't think that these words alone can convince me!" The anger was still not dissipated, and he took the things such as pen stands, brushes, inkstones, and other things on the desk, and threw them at the other party, and his mouth never stopped: "And you guys, one by one, are already adults, and according to common sense, it is not an exaggeration to separate the family. In that case, why don't you tell me to kick you out?"

Zheng Ziquan was stupid at this time, and he didn't know how to do it.

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Zheng Qingzhi shook his head, even more resolute.

Zheng Ziquan had no choice but to leave from here.

Zheng Qingzhi didn't want to see his son, so it didn't take long for him to lie down on the desk again and continue his business, but he didn't expect that when Zheng Ziquan left, his eyes were fixed on the files on Zheng Qingzhi's desk, and he kept them firmly in his heart.

After leaving this political hall, Zheng Ziquan did not follow his father's instructions to go home, but walked outside the city, and after walking for about half an hour, he came to the northwest corner of Lin'an City at the foot of Qixia Mountain, and before this Qixia Mountain, there was already a person standing quietly in the pavilion in this mountain, and I don't know how long he stayed.

"What do I need?"

When the man saw Zheng Ziquan coming, he opened his mouth and asked.

Zheng Ziquan was a little nervous, so he had to open his mouth and take all the sweet air into his stomach before he regained his composure: "What you have prepared has been prepared." ”

"Very well, then you can get started. ”

Pointing to the paper, ink, pen and inkstone prepared on the stone table, the man bowed slightly, obviously expecting it.

Zheng Ziquan felt nervous, and after remembering all the things he had written down in his mind, he waved the pen and ink in his hand and wrote down all the information that was difficult for ordinary people to see on this prepared rice paper. It was handed over to the person in front of him.

After this person received this information, he smiled darkly, and looked at Zheng Ziquan's appearance, and he smiled even more.

Zheng Ziquan knew that this matter was not appropriate, and he didn't dare to offend the other party in fear, so he asked: "I have already helped you do what you asked me to do." I wonder if you're ready for those things you promised?"

"Of course. It's all in there. ”

took a box from his side, and this person exposed the silver taels, field deeds and other things placed in the box, so that Zheng Ziquan could see it clearly.

Zheng Ziquan's eyes were red, thinking that he had achieved nothing in his life, he felt a little sad, so that now he has fallen into such a situation, if he let his father know about this, he will have to peel off a layer of skin, and it is even more likely to directly sever the relationship between father and son.

Wiping away his tears, Zheng Zizhuan hurriedly took the box, but he was a little curious and asked, "That's good." But what do you want these things for?"

"Don't worry, it's just a temporary departure from that position, it won't affect him. The man smiled thickly, and opened his mouth to explain: "He is also a big help for the official family to be able to ascend the throne in the first place, and it is impossible for the official family to let this person fall." Please rest assured about this. ”

Zheng Ziquan's expression was slightly relieved, and he replied: "If that's the case, then it's good." ”

Zheng Qingzhi is his father, and no matter how much Zheng Ziquan eats inside and out, it is impossible for him to accept that his father and his family have been wiped out.

As for Zheng Qingzhi being transferred out of the political hall?

The rotation of officials in the Song Dynasty was really common, and there was no need to care about it at all!