Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Liu En drew out his close-fitting saber and guarded Zhao Yiyi's left and right sides: "Which hero, please tell me in person."

Zhao Yiyi clutched the quilt tightly, scolding himself half to death in his heart.

You really shouldn't stay in Nanqing Palace overnight for convenience, even if you drive overnight, you should go back to the palace.

Even if the guards in the palace were not as powerful as Liu En's martial arts, they were much better than the three or two cats in Nanqing Palace. At least they wouldn't let people sneak into the emperor's bedroom quietly.

Although Liu En's martial arts are high, but there is only one person, he lacks separation skills, and dare not take the initiative to attack. He is afraid that he will be caught by the assassin's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and he will fall into Zhao's danger instead.

There was another sound on the roof, and Liu En did not move his knife. After a long time, he said, "Let's go."

gone?

Leave without doing anything?

Is this treating Nanqing Palace as a back garden?

Zhao Yiyi let go of the quilt: "Who is it?"

Liu En put the knife back into its sheath: "The action is very fast, this man's martial arts are still above Nan Xia."

Still above Zhan Zhao...

Zhao Yiyi thought of someone.

"Ouyang Chun?"

Liu En nodded: "It can only be him."

There is only one Ouyang Chun in Bianliang City who can climb to the roof of Zhao Yiyi without alarming Liu En.

Even Zhan Zhao was a little short of fire because of his young age.

But with Ouyang Chun's skill, how could it be possible to make a sound on the roof that Zhao Yiyi, an ordinary person without martial arts, could hear?

Unless he does it on purpose.

Deliberately let Zhao Yiyi and Liu En know that he has the ability to sneak into the emperor's bedroom without them noticing.

If you have the ability to sneak into the emperor's bedroom, you also have the ability to take the emperor's head.

Zhao Yiyi laughed, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "The loyal dog protects the master, this is a demonstration against us."

Kou Zhun thinks very highly of himself and doesn't think that this expedition to Xixia will have any adverse effects on him, but his subordinates are much more sober than him.

Di Qing walked on the front foot, and Ouyang Xiu came to play wild on the emperor's head on the back foot.

It is equivalent to declaring nakedly that if you dare to touch Duke Lai, I will kill you.

Zhao Yiyi touched his neck and sneered in his heart.

He's not as stupid as people think—why does he have to let Kou Zhun die?

If Kou Zhun is deprived of his power, wouldn't his life be worse than death?

Zhao Yiyi asked Liu En: "After I take full power and take charge of the government, you can upgrade, right?"

Liu En nodded: "Yes."

"By then your martial arts will probably be..."

Liu En said: "What happened today will never happen again."

Zhao Yiyi smiled: "That's good."

He dragged the quilt and lay down: "Go to sleep, I have to see Kou Zhun off tomorrow."

The next day, Zhao Yiyi stood on the gate of Bianliang and watched Kou Zhun lead [-] new troops away.

The new army totaled 30. Kou Zhun and Di Qing took 20 away from Beijing, and the remaining [-] stayed in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, under the command of the chief of the Sanya.

Zhao Yiyi withdrew his gaze from looking at the army.

After sending Kou Zhun away, it's time to clean up the Kou party he left behind.

The strength of Xixia is not very tyrannical, Kou Zhun and Di Qing go out at the same time, and bring a new army of [-] well-trained, presumably they will quickly quell the rebellion, and there will not be much time left for Zhao to benefit.

Kou Zhun's followers are all over the government and the public, and it will take a lot of effort to completely wipe them out.

Zhao Yiyi decided to capture the thief first and capture the king first.

The party has no program of its own and no centripetal force of its own, so it can only rely on leaders to bring members together.

When Kou Zhun left, the Kou Party's cohesion dropped a lot in an instant, and it was barely able to form a political group around one or two core figures who were highly valued by Kou Zhun.

After getting rid of these two people, the Kou party collapsed.

When Kou Zhun came back from Xixia, he could only see a piece of loose sand.

Kou Zhun is not here, and the Kou party is temporarily headed by Xia Song, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

And Xia Song——

Zhao Yiyi smiled.

Xia Song is eager to make progress and greedy for profit. It can be said that he has a small braid waiting for someone to catch him.

The reason why this person has been able to stand in the imperial court until now and not collapse is only because Kou has prepared him for this, in order to provide a shelter.

Three days later, Bao Zheng also came back from Hermitage Village.

After Zhan Zhao's hard work, Li Shilang really took a fancy to Bao Zheng and wanted to take him in as his son-in-law.Affectionate punches, words are earnest.

Bao Zheng saw that he could not shirk, so he had to write to his parents.Bao's father and mother were also worried about his life-long affairs. At this time, seeing that there was a servant who wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law, they were overjoyed and agreed to the marriage on the spot.

The two parties made a marriage contract and agreed to get married in half a year.

As soon as Bao Zheng comes back, Zhao Yiyi's drama will begin.

It was another court meeting day, and Zhao Yiyi was sitting in the Chongzheng Hall.At this time, Liu E was recovering from illness in the harem, Kou Zhunyuan was in the northwest, and he was the largest in Chongzheng Hall.

Zhao Yiyi looked around, gearing up.

He and Bao Zheng agreed on the script last night, and now it's time for him to act.

Bao Zheng is an official of Yushitai, and it is his job to go around when he hears about things.It couldn't be more appropriate for him to blow the first whistle to crusade against the bandits.

Liu En stood by Zhao Yiyi's side and said for him: "If you have any advice, ministers, feel free to play."

Bao Zheng heard the words and came out, with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice: "My minister, Bao Zheng, has something to report."

He is also a celebrity in the Chongzheng Palace.

When he just became the censor, he overwhelmed the then deputy prime minister Lu Yijian with a ten-thousand-character long essay, and when he came back from knowing the Jiangnan tea administration, he reprimanded the servants in the hall and made the queen mother faint with anger.

Even as a censor, this record is too brilliant, which makes people feel terrified.

Seeing that he had something to report at this moment, all civil and military officials couldn't help shrinking their necks.

I don't know which unlucky ghost this master has taken a fancy to.

This is a black-faced evil star who doesn't care. Whoever is targeted by him will be doomed. Amitabha, it must not be me.

Zhao Yiyi smiled: "What does Bao Qing want to play?"

Bao Zheng said: "I ask the Empress Dowager to remove the bead curtain and return the government to Your Majesty."

Civil and military officials whispered to each other for a while.

It's not that he was surprised that he dared to invite the queen mother to return the power, but that he had engaged in such a big battle, but he actually only asked the queen mother to return the government?

Times have changed, and today is not what it used to be. Empress Dowager Liu E is no longer the former empress dowager who controlled the government—when the empress dowager fell ill, the emperor had not yet married.Now the queen will give birth in a few months, and the queen mother's illness is still not good.

The person who suffered from such a long illness last time was the first emperor.

Didn't everyone see the result of the first emperor?

What kind of disease can last so long, everyone knows it well.

Whether this disease can be cured or not, everyone has tacitly understood.

The queen mother has not been in court for a long time, and the queen mother's party has long since disbanded.

Now even if Liu E really forced his sick body to sit behind the square curtain, he would no longer be able to call the wind and call the rain like before.

It is a natural principle that people leave the tea to cool down and people die and the lights go out.

And at this time, you, the censor Bao Zheng, who was ill with the empress dowager, blatantly asked the empress dowager to withdraw the curtain and return to power?

It's too unreasonable!

Some things are done in private, so why bother to say them publicly?

The emperor has asked the queen mother to fall ill and stay in the harem. Now the queen mother has not returned to power, so what is the difference?

Just let her recuperate in the harem with peace of mind, and when she dies suddenly like the late emperor, wouldn't everyone be happy?

The emperor is actually in charge now, the difference is only a name, and this name is a false name, just like the bead curtain that is still installed beside the temple is a false thing——

A hypothetical thing is not a person, so why bother?

You want the queen mother to withdraw the curtain at this time, as if the emperor is so eager to take power and can't wait to squeeze the queen mother out.

Obviously, the matter that can be solved as long as the Queen Mother dies, must be brought under the sun.

What is the picture?

Trying to name the emperor an unfilial son?

Originally, the queen mother was not the emperor's mother-in-law, and if this happened again, the legend of the Tian family's mother and child killing each other would really spread among the people.

The emperor must not be happy.

Civil and military officials all shook their heads.

This Bao Zheng is too incomprehensible to figure out the holy will.

Sure enough, the emperor on the throne frowned slightly, and sighed softly: "The queen mother protects me and bows to her heart, I really can't bear it..."

As he spoke, he was about to shed tears, as if his mother was about to die.

All the officials lamented that the emperor could cry if he said so, and wiped the corners of his eyes together.

The emperor is crying, you don't cry, waiting to be dispatched to other states?

Bao Zheng said: "The Empress Dowager's regency is not an exception, it's just an expedient measure. Your Majesty has already married and can take charge of the government. It's time for the Empress Dowager to return the government and return the country to Her Majesty."

All the officials shook their heads secretly, as if the queen mother still held some power.In terms of being in power, it's also...cough.

It's just a title thing, as for it?

Doesn't the emperor want the reputation of his dutiful son?

Zhao Yiyi wiped away his tears: "But I really can't bear it."

Bao Zheng said: "Your Majesty is the son of the Empress Dowager, but he is also the father of the world. I hope that your Majesty will not be limited to..."

"Enough!" Zhao Yiyi said in a loud voice: "Junjunchenchenfu father and son, how can the relationship between mother and son be distinguished from the righteousness of the monarch and ministers? Parents rule their children with filial piety, and I rule the world with loyalty. Children don't know filial piety at home. Parents, how can you be loyal to your father when you are outside? If I can’t be a filial son to my mother, how can I be worthy of being a father to everyone in the world? Don’t bring up the matter of withdrawing the curtain and returning to power!”

Bao Zheng bowed his head: "I obey the order."

All the officials praised: "Your Majesty is pure filial piety."

Look, look, that's right.

Anyway, the Queen Mother is too sick to get out of bed, why leave a curtain for her in the Chongzheng Hall, just use it to improve her reputation of filial piety.

Zhao Yiyi said: "Loyalty is filial piety, and filial piety is loyalty. Everyone is a filial son, and everyone is a loyal minister."

"I heard that Privy Xia Xia's literature is elegant and quite famous."

Xia Song, who was suddenly named, said hurriedly: "Your Majesty's praise."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "I have read Xia Qing's article. The rhetoric is elegant, the lips and teeth are fluent, and it is a first-class beautiful article. Xia Qing doesn't have to be too self-effacing."

Xia Song said: "I am terrified."

He was indeed a little apprehensive, wondering why the emperor picked this moment to praise him for his good writing.

Zhao Yiyi said: "Since Xia Qing is good at writing articles, I will give Xia Qing a task."

Xia Song said: "Dare not to obey orders."

Zhao Yiyi said: "I want to ask Xia Qing to compile a set of brochures for me, compile and usurp the celebrities and good deeds of loyal ministers and filial sons since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and publish them all over the world to promote the style of loyalty and filial piety. If the articles in the court are well written, There is only one Yan Shu, Xia Qing and you. Yan Shu... well, let's not mention him. It seems that this matter is none other than Xia Qing."

Xia Song was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly his back felt cold, and his underwear was wet with cold sweat.

Loyal ministers and filial sons since the founding of the country...

dutiful son...

He said: "Sir, obey the order."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "If you have served as a loyal minister in Zaizhi, you should write a special letter."

"Sir, take orders."

Zhao Yiyi looked at him with a smile.

Are you scared?Are you guilty?

late!

Zhao Yiyi happily announced his resignation, leaving Xia Song to figure out how to confuse this hurdle by himself.

Xia Song is a talented scholar and a capable official, but he is not a good person.

As a gifted scholar, he was gifted and intelligent, familiar with classics and history, learned from others, and read a lot.

As a capable official, he persuaded large households in his prefectures and counties to open granaries to release grain during the year of hunger, and he lived 40 hungry people.He also destroyed the lewd temples in the south of the Yangtze River, sweeping away the witchcraft in Hongzhou to deceive the people.

But, as a person...

Zhao Yiyi had to say that what Xia Song did was a failure.

He married his wife Yang, but because he pampered him too much, Yang couldn't bear it, so he told his brother about Xia Song's private affairs, and went out to sue Xia Song.But Xia Song's mother and Yang's mother were not in harmony, so they went to Kaifeng Mansion hand in hand, and asked Kaifeng Mansion Governor to judge them.

The so-called upright officials can't solve housework, so the governor of Kaifeng told Yushitai about it, and the censors who heard the news made Xia Song bloody, and Xia Song went out to know Huangzhou.

If it hadn't been for the great achievement of surviving 40 people, I really don't know that I would be able to return to the capital to be an official in the Year of the Monkey.

It may be because of this that Xia Song and his mother had a estrangement.

After his mother died, as a rule, he asked Ding You to resign from office and guard his mother for three years for mourning.

But Xia Song was eager to make progress, and was unwilling to be idle for three years, so he quietly returned to the capital, walked through the doorway, and met the then prime minister Wang Qinruo, who opened the back door for Xia Song, so that he could return to Beijing immediately to become an official without mourning, and I can still be a high official.

Knowing Zhigao, he was a judge of Jingling, a judge of Jixian Academy, a scholar of Zuo Silang, a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of the third class of Gongdang, a bachelor of Longtuge, and a translator of scriptures and embellishments.Moved to advise the doctor, served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, revised the history of the country, and moved to Shizhong.

Zhao Yiyi looked at Xia Song's career history after his mother's death, and clicked his tongue inwardly.

That's it, if I don't put an unfilial hat on your head, so that you can't turn over in this life, my surname is not Zhao.

Since ancient times, filial piety has been politically correct, and official Ding You mourning is a routine setting.

Zhang Juzheng has been scolded for taking love for hundreds of years, he is still the regent, and the court can't do without him.You are an official who is neither serious nor important, but you also learn from others to seize love?

What a big face!

Zhao Yiyi asked Xia Song to compile a pamphlet of filial sons and virtuous ministers, purely to disgust Xia Song.

If Xia Song wanted to save face, she would not dare to write herself in the booklet.At that time, Zhao Yiyi only needs to ask a question, and the censor, who is smarter than a dog's nose, will dig out Xia Song's black history, and then ruthlessly read him a book, and Zhao Yiyi can make Xia Song go out again in a reasonable way state.

If Xia Song is completely shameless, and pretends to be a filial son and writes it in the booklet...

That would be even more appropriate, Zhao Yiyi didn't have to ask himself, the censors could find out the loopholes in the brochure, and send Xia Song out of the capital directly.

You can't underestimate the fighting power of the censors. These guys just pointed at the participation of a few dignitaries to go down in history.

For example, Bao Zheng defeated the prime minister at the beginning, and the one who even dared to scold the queen mother was their idol in their hearts.

Zhao Yiyi smiled.

At the beginning, Fan Zhongyan was arranged to be the censor Zhongcheng, and Bao Zheng was promoted to the high position of the censor, for such a day.

The pen is in my hands, whoever I want to participate in, and whoever I want to scold, this feeling is simply too cool.

If the wood, warehouse, pole, and sub are also in my hands...

Zhao Yiyi looked at Liu En beside him.

When Di Qing has mastered the Forbidden Army and Liu En has been promoted, he will really be able to rest easy.

After going to court, Zhao Yiyi didn't go back to the palace directly, but pretended to leave the palace with Liu Enchang.

Ouyang Chun went to Xixia with Kou Zhun. For the time being, there is no one in Bianliang City who is better than Liu En in martial arts. Zhao Yiyi is quite at ease about his safety.

He went directly to Qingbei University to find Yan Shu.

At this time, the university had just finished its morning lectures, and the campus was full of students going to the dining hall to eat.

When Zhao Yiyi saw Yan Shu in the principal's office, he was holding a sesame seed cake with meat in one hand, flipping through a booklet with the other hand, and marking pictures on it with five-color pens from time to time.

Is this addicted to education and work to forget food and sleep?

Zhao Yiyi coughed, "Principal Yan."

Yan Shu looked up, seeing that it was Zhao Yiyi, he was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly stood up: "Guan..."

Zhao Yiyi sat in front of him: "There is no need to be too polite."

Yan Shu said softly, "Why did the official family come in person?"

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said, "Because I want to tell Yan Qing something."

Yan Shu said, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Yiyi said solemnly: "At the court meeting today, I ordered Xia Song, the Deputy Privy Envoy, to compile a booklet of stories about loyal and filial courtiers, and intend to publish it to the world, so that people in the world can see the demeanor of my court officials."

Yan Shu froze for a moment: "So..."

He said: "Private Xia Xia has a brilliant literary talent, and he must be qualified for His Majesty's appointment..."

Zhao Yiyi smiled secretly.

Don't pretend, your biscuits will be crushed by you.

There is actually a conflict between Yan Shu and Xia Song.

Although the current court officials were all literati, and none of them had a low level of education, if one had to find a few officials from the court who were particularly good at writing, Yan Shu should be ranked first.

Kou Zhun's literary talents were not much inferior to Yan Shu's, but this gentleman's political talent surpassed his literary talents, so when it comes to talented people in the dynasty, Yan Shu is the first to be recommended.

After all, this person has been a child prodigy since he was a child, and has been a prodigy until now.

After Yan Shu, it was Xia Song.

Now that Yan Shu is no longer an official, Xia Song will naturally become number one.

Coincidentally, Xia Song happened to take over Yan Shu's previous position as Deputy Privy Envoy.

This can't help but make people feel a little awkward.

Although Yan Shu has great enthusiasm for his current educational career, seeing Xia Song occupying his former title, in front of his former official position, now he still has to compile a booklet of loyalty and filial piety for the emperor, and even issue it to the world. ——

Yan Shu wasn't very magnanimous in the first place, so how could he bear it now.

Zhao Yiyi tried his best to hold back his laughter: "Yan Qing?"

Yan Shu came back to his senses: "Your Majesty?"

Zhao Yiyi signaled him to pay attention to the biscuits in his hand: "If you don't eat the biscuits, you can put them in a bowl. A porridge and a meal are hard-won, don't waste them."

Yan Shu put the soon-to-crumble biscuits on the plate, and smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I..."

Zhao Yiyi said: "I know that Yan Qing is uncomfortable. I came today to make Yan Qing unhappy."

Yan Shu hurriedly said, "I didn't..."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Actually, I want Yan Qing to write a series of books for me. The significance of this series of books is far greater than Xia Song's booklet of loyalty and filial piety. I will not only issue this book to the world, but also make this book Books have been passed down through the ages."

Yan Shu's eyes lit up: "I will serve His Majesty, and I will do whatever I can."

Hooked.

Sure enough, jealousy is the best motivator.

"I wonder what kind of book Your Majesty wants to compile?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I want an encyclopedia series."

Yan Shu said, "Encyclopedias?"

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "Story, dialectics, rhythm, imagery, personnel, government affairs, wit, art, calligraphy and painting, skills, utensils, magic, strange things, fallacies, ridicule, magazines, medicine discussions. Everything is included. There is everything. It is necessary to make a barbarian who knows nothing, after reading this series of books, become a China hand who understands China's material resources and human relationships."

Yan Shu was puzzled at first, but when he heard the word "barbarian", he suddenly realized.

That's it!

It seems that his previous guess was correct. His Majesty named the school Qingbei because he wanted to wipe out the barbarians in the north!

Now we have to compile this series of books to educate the barbarians. It seems that His Majesty has the ambition of a holy king!

His Majesty handed over this series of books to him for compilation. It seems that he, Yan Shu, is really going to be famous forever!

Tears welled up in Yan Shu's eyes: "I will live up to your majesty's trust!"

His Majesty entrusted him with such important matters, and he really had nothing to repay, so he could only dedicate his life to His Majesty.

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "Compiling a book is a very boring thing. Xiao Ran moved away from the sun, and the only people he talked with were pens and inkstones. This book might as well be called Yan Gong's pen talk."

It can be regarded as a tribute to Mengxi Bi Tan.

If Shen Kuo hadn't been born yet, he wouldn't have bothered Yan Shu, a busy man, to help him compile the book.

The encyclopedia is a good thing to open up the wisdom of the people. Only by opening up the wisdom of the people and letting people know how the sky is the sky, how the earth is the earth, and how people should be humans, can a society that tends to be rational be cultivated.

Only a society that tends to be rational can develop an industrial wave.

Zhao Yiyi looked out the window of Yan Shu's office.

Not far away is Bianshui, sparkling, a piece of broken gold.We can vaguely see cargo ships coming and going, transporting the raw materials and finished products of the match factory.

These ships are full of happy and proud people-they are self-reliant, with wages that can support their families, without bureaucrats exploiting them, and without worrying about cold and hunger.Compared with the vast majority of other people in the Song Dynasty, they are extremely happy.

Zhao Yiyi hopes that everyone in the world can be so happy.

He sighed and turned around.

"Please, Yan Qing."