Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

On weekdays, I see you fishing in the troubled waters of official slack, stealing rape and playing tricks, not doing a serious job all day long, and resting more than anyone else.

Now you want to use your absence as an excuse to deprive me of my rest time, are you embarrassed?

Cao Bin coughed in embarrassment, and said earnestly:

"Miss Li, you are young and have just stepped into the officialdom. It is time to work hard. Are you willing to be a ninth-rank official?"

"You are a talent recruited by the empress himself. I assure you that as long as you make some achievements, you will be able to accomplish a lot in the future. If you can become the first female minister in this dynasty..."

A few barrels of chicken soup were poured down, even though Li Qingzhao was always sober in the world, he was also drowsy, and he didn't realize it until he left the Hou's mansion.

She was full of resentment and looked back at Zhongjinghou's mansion, very depressed.

Not to mention she is a woman, even in the past dynasties, there is no shortage of geniuses among men, but how many of them can achieve the position of prime minister?

This is clearly Cao Bin fooling himself.

Seeing her leave, Cao Bin smiled smugly, remembered something, gave the concierge a detailed order, and then returned to the backyard with satisfaction.

After a few days, it was early morning.

Empress Dowager Pan sat on the bead curtain in the hall, saw that Cao Bin's place was empty, and asked with a frown:

"Has Zhong Jinghou's body not recovered yet?"

She actually didn't believe that Cao Bin would get sick. After all, there was already a precedent, but she didn't know what he was planning.

However, regarding the matter of the Jianghuai saltworks, after several discussions, she could not come up with a perfect solution, which made her very anxious, and she waited for Cao Bin to come up with an idea.

Seeing that he didn't show up again today, I couldn't help feeling a little angry.

Prime Minister Wang Yanling said with a bitter face:

"Zhong Jinghou sent someone to report sick leave last night..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kazuo came out and said:

"Queen Mother, I want to impeach Zhong Jinghou."

"Yesterday morning, the servants of the minister's family saw with their own eyes that Zhong Jinghou took his family out of the city for a spring outing."

"He's just pretending to be sick..."

Hearing this, Wang Yanling was speechless.

When this bastard handed over the leave note, he wrote it miserably, but he didn't even pretend to be in private, so he didn't take himself seriously?

In fact, Cao Bin covered it up, and the servants of the Yushi's family did not see him in person.

It's just that it's not uncommon for the imperial envoy to hear rumors and speculate out of thin air.

If Cao Bin was really sick, how could his wife and concubine be interested in going on a spring outing, so the envoy had every reason to suspect that Cao Bin was faking illness.

Sima Guang already hated Cao Bin very much, so he couldn't help but walk out of the class at this time, angrily said:

"Yan said such a big thing, and he, as the head of the third department, ignored it. This is Yi's misrepresentation of state affairs, and the corpse is a vegetarian meal."

"In my opinion, the imperial court should remove Zhongjing Hou from the position of Deputy Envoy of the Third Division."

"The matter of negotiating with Xixia should not continue to be handled by him."

Hearing the imperial envoy's impeachment, even Bao Zheng frowned.

In the past, although he couldn't understand Cao Bin's sensuality, at least he didn't delay the important affairs of the court, and he could still ignore it, but this time Cao Bin did too much.

So he also went out to play and said:

"Empress Dowager, you can send the imperial physician to the Hou's mansion for inspection, so as not to wrong Zhong Jinghou."

Empress Dowager Pan did not answer, but instead looked at the members of the third department and asked:

"Hou Zhongjing is on leave for a few days, who is on duty in the third division now?"

Han Jiang, the head of Yantie, couldn't wait any longer, and said quite resentfully:

"It's a female servant invited by Marquis Cao. These days, she is the seal of Marquis Cao."

Then, he added another sentence:

"This woman is just a boudoir woman. She was assigned an official position by Marquis Cao when she first entered the officialdom."

When the ministers heard the words, they suddenly became uproarious, and Kou Zhun couldn't help but said:

"It's just nonsense."

After speaking, he pointed to Wang Yanling and asked:

"Prime Minister Wang, is it so child's play to select officials for the political affairs hall?"

Wang Yanling was extremely helpless, how could a dignified prime minister pay attention to a small official from the ninth rank.

What's more, it's Cao Bin's staff, so it's normal to give him a staff. It's all up to him to arrange it. What's the matter with me?

I didn't expect that I would be implicated by Cao Bin one day, I just felt extremely depressed.

At this time, Father Li, who was standing in the class of officials, was so frightened that his legs were weak. Because of Cao Bin's help, he was not released, and he was promoted to an official, barely qualified to participate in the Chang Dynasty.

I thought that the imperial court was discussing important matters and was not qualified to speak on my own, but I didn't expect my daughter to be pushed to the forefront.

Now he can't wait to slap himself twice, why did he promise his daughter to become an official in the first place.

He knew that he would not be safe, and that girl hadn't had a good time for a few days before something happened.

Cao Bin has a high position and power, and he has a lot of ways to escape punishment, but his daughter will be unlucky.

Seeing Han Jiang's stern words without anger, Empress Dowager Pan pondered for a moment, and directly ordered:

"Come here, let the woman go to the palace, the Ai family must first ask about Cao Bin's situation."

Said, and added:

"After the court meeting is over, the Ai family will personally examine her talents."

Before Empress Dowager Pan finished speaking, she heard the commotion below, and someone played:

"Queen, Li Zhigao has fainted..."

Father Li's fainting can only be regarded as a small episode, and everyone can understand it.

After all, whoever gets involved in this kind of thing will inevitably be nervous.

It's just that many people thought that he let his daughter show his face and seek refuge with Cao Bin for his own future and official position.

Therefore, I despise it in my heart.

After Li's father woke up, he was ashamed and annoyed by everyone, but he didn't ask for leave because of the fainting, he was really worried.

If Li Qingzhao behaves badly in court, it may even hurt his family.

Just at this time, a eunuch came into the hall and reported:

"Queen Mother, Lady Li has been brought here."

Queen Mother Pan nodded and said:

"Announce it."

Seeing Li Qingzhao's slim body like a willow, and his face like a hibiscus emerging from water, everyone immediately understood.

This woman can make Cao Bin solicit him as an official regardless of face, she is indeed a rare beauty.

Seeing this, a group of clean officials looked even uglier.

This fellow Cao Bin regards the officialdom of Song Dynasty as a filthy place to mess with men and women, what a bastard!

However, Empress Dowager Pan didn't think so much, seeing her finish the court ceremony, she couldn't wait to ask:

"Ms. Li, Hou Zhongjing let you take charge of the seal, which shows that she trusts you more than you."

"You come from the truth, the Jianghuai salt case, has he already had a solution?"

Li Qingzhao was a little nervous when she went to court for the first time. She suppressed her fluctuating mood and replied according to Cao Bin's plan:

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, Zhong Jinghou's plan is to buy salt from Xixia at a low price, so that the people in the southeast can temporarily escape the crisis."

As she spoke, she took out a memorial, held it over her head and said:

"This is the memorial that Zhong Jinghou handed over to Weichen for polishing, and it is about to be played."

Empress Dowager Pan's eyes lit up, she hurriedly asked the eunuch to pick up the memorial, and asked all the ministers:

"Is this plan feasible?"

Pan Renmei showed joy, and immediately left the shift and said:

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, Xixia is poor and has been wanting to sell green salt for a long time. This plan is completely feasible."

"We can even use this plan as a compromise to make him compromise on Zhao Ji's matter."

"...Just don't let Xixia find out about our plan, lest they have other ideas."

Hearing this, Li Qingzhao couldn't help but glance at Pan Renmei.

His idea coincided with part of Cao Bin's plan, but he understood it too late, and the plan was already being implemented.

Upon hearing this, Queen Mother Pan breathed a sigh of relief, nodded repeatedly and said:

"Zhongjing Houguo has a great talent, the Ai family has long known that he is not a person who slackens state affairs and only cares about sensuality."

Hearing this, Li Qingzhao couldn't help rolling his eyes secretly.

Just when she thought the trouble was over, Sima Guang suddenly retorted:

"Queen, although Xixia Qingyan can save the emergency, this is not the reason for Zhong Jinghou to pretend to be sick,"

"Xixia is far away from the roads in the southeast, how to transport it? When the price of salt will rise, how will the people buy it?"

"Besides, this is not a long-term solution. The Jianghuai saltworks need to be rebuilt, and the salt affairs need to be rectified. Isn't this the responsibility of Zhong Jinghou?"

"As an important minister of the imperial court, how can he take on such a big responsibility if he is so lax and lazy in his administration?"

Although Li Qingzhao felt that his words made sense, but as a person on Cao Bin's side, she still got angry:

"Master Cao is in charge of the third department. There was a problem with the salt road. He pointed out the direction and resolved the problem."

"Does he have to arrange these details himself? If so, what's the use of Yantiesi?"

"Master Han Jiang, Master Han is also a Jinshi, an important minister of the court, right? Why don't you ask Lord Cao how to do scientific research?"

Han Jiang was so embarrassed by her that she blushed, no matter how embarrassed she was to pretend to be deaf and dumb, she could only say:

"These matters are within the responsibility of Mr. Han, so I dare not shirk them, just let Master Cao rest assured."

Father Li was stunned by her at this time, he did not expect his daughter to be so courageous, she would just gossip at people at home, and dare to act strangely in front of so many bigwigs.

This made him break out in a cold sweat, but also feel ashamed.

Wang Yanling glanced at Sima Guang in reproach, and nodded in agreement:

"These things really don't need to bother Zhong Jinghou anymore."

Now that the most difficult problems have been solved, what is there to argue about?

This is clearly giving credit to Han Jiang, why bother to hold on to Cao Bin's pretending to be sick?

Sima Guang's face was also livid, but he no longer cared about Wang Yanling. He found that the current situation was not good for him, especially Pan Renmei's idea of ​​blackmailing Xixia.

You know, I have made a bet.

If he lost the bet, he would have to decide himself in front of Kong Sheng. This is not a matter of simple death, but it will also become the laughing stock of the ages.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Without looking at Li Qingzhao, he said to Empress Dowager Pan:

"Queen Mother, there has never been a precedent for an unmarried woman to be an official alone in my dynasty."

"This woman is neither Mrs. Zhongjinghou, nor is she related to Zhongjinghou."

"Nowadays, shamelessly messing around in the third department is really a morally corrupt act."

"If everyone is like this, wouldn't our Great Song court become a filthy place for men and women with disorderly morals?"

"The Empress Dowager Wanwang will punish you severely, so take it as a warning."

This guy is very good at debating, and if he can't say anything about the facts, he will attack your character and personal morality.