After the concubine took the script of the son-in-law

Shen Ji didn't know much about the monarchs and ministers of the Jiangnan regime, but Lu Duoxun knew it all too well--he had already done his homework before this mission, and he would go up to the lord, down to the courtiers, and the harem of the lord They all understand thoroughly, of course, most of the information comes from Li Yu's younger brother Li Congshan.

In Li Congshan's mouth, Zhang Ji is a man of erudition and talent. When he was young, he had the reputation of "there are few talents, and he has a wide range of grave codes". From then on, he rose steadily and became a popular person beside the king.Every time the lord of the country entertained their brothers and clan relatives, the lord of the country would only let him participate.

Li Congshan also said that Zhang Ji is good at flattery, and those courtiers who are valued by the lord are the objects he is keen to associate with. Once the opponent loses power, he will immediately stay away.And he likes to exclude dissidents, so his reputation in Jiangnan has never been very good.

Lu Duoxun didn't dislike Zhang Ji because of this, because he himself is also a person who is good at making money. In his opinion, what's wrong with climbing up by any means in order to gain power?Is right and wrong still the winner has the final say?

But he should still be careful, lest the boat capsize in the gutter.

The two sides met and greeted each other, and they were officially acquainted with each other.

Zhang's banquet was also prepared, and he warmly invited Lu Duoxun and Shen Ji to the banquet.When the food and wine were on the table, Zhang Ji asked the dancers and prostitutes at home to perform to add to the fun.

Taking advantage of Lu Duoxun and Shen Ji's attention on the performance, he unscrupulously looked at Shen Ji's appearance and figure, and secretly slandered: "Why is the son of the privy envoy of the Song Dynasty born like a woman? Could it be that this is not true at all?" Myself?"

Thinking of this, he asked people to check the traces of the people who came with Shen Ji, trying to find the real "Shen Jizong" among them.

Here, he did not forget to test Shen Ji: "I heard that Xiaoguan Shen sold a lot of gorgeous silks and satins yesterday and plans to bring them back to Bianliang? Actually, if you like it, send someone to tell the post envoy, and we in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely be the landlords." Zhiyi, I will make proper arrangements for you."

"Xueshi Zhang can just call the junior 'A Chen'." Shen Ji didn't know if he heard the trap in his language, but said, "This junior is new here, and he is very curious about everything in the south of the Yangtze River. He saw many things he had never seen before. Things, I wanted to buy them back and share them with the elders at home, without thinking too much about them. Besides, I want to honor my parents, so I can’t give them to others.”

Shen Ji didn't say that he liked those gorgeous fabrics, but only said that it was to honor his elders.Zhang Ji's temptations were unsuccessful, so he changed the name of her politely, and politely boasted: "Ah Chen's filial piety is commendable."

Lu Duoxun is a fine individual, seeing that Zhang Ji really put his focus on Shen Ji, he was also happy to watch the play.Sure enough, it was right for Zhao Laoer to use Shen Ji as a cover, at least the Jiangnan ruler was suspicious and doubted Shen Ji's purpose, so he didn't care about him.

Zhang Ji failed in one plan, and made another plan. He asked Shen Ji: "Could it be that the dance and music are not good, making Ah Chen feel bored?"

"There's nothing wrong with dance music." Shen Ji said.

When Zhang Ji was relaxing, he heard Shen Ji say again, "But I prefer to watch the court dance music of our Great Song Dynasty."

Dance music without Sister Lu is not good dance music!

Shen Ji looked at the dancers and prostitutes of the Zhang family, and suddenly thought of Lu Nianchuan's words, and then she no longer had the intention to appreciate dance music.

Zhang Ji: "..."

He held the wine glass slightly harder, obviously annoyed by Shen Ji's squeeze, but he didn't show any dissatisfaction.He smiled and said: "The Song Dynasty has a vast land, rich resources, and strong national power. Naturally, the palace banquet is also full of singing and dancing, and the sound of drums and music. How can the family banquet of my ministers compare with it? You two laughed."

I thought this kid was humble and low-key at first, but I didn't expect that he was as arrogant and rude as the envoys of the Song Dynasty in previous years, and he was merciless in losing face!

In contrast, Ludoxun seemed low-key, peaceful and easy to get along with.

So he began to neglect Shen Ji intentionally or unintentionally, and began to chat about poetry and love affairs with Lu Duoxun. This banquet can be called a feast for both guests and host.

The banquet didn't end until Luderson repeatedly waved his hands and said that he was too strong to drink.With the support of Shen Ji, he left Zhang's house and got into the carriage. Shen Ji said: "Master, we are far away, so there is no need to pretend."

Lu Duoxun immediately recovered his clarity, looked at Shen Ji, and scolded with a smile: "You boy will really give me problems!"

Shen Ji said: "Didn't my uncle ask me to do this?"

Lu Duoxun's heart skipped a beat, wondering if she had discovered the plan between Zhao Laoer and him?

Ask calmly: "When did I ask you to do this?"

"Uncle Master told me before coming to the banquet that we are the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty and represent the face of the Great Song Dynasty. How can we bow our knees and be obedient in front of the courtiers of a small country that is not even considered a small country? Arrogant, because I'm telling the truth, I just like the court dance music of our Song Dynasty, what's wrong?"

Lu Duosun breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "That's right, we are from the Great Song Dynasty, so naturally we should like the court dance music of the Great Song Dynasty."

Back at the post house, Lu Duoxun pretended to go back to his room to rest, while Shen Ji went back to find Li Yunyao.

Pushing the door open, she was found leaning against the window, reading a book quietly.

When Shen Ji saw the collection of poems in her hand, his heart skipped a beat, and his tone raised: "I'm back!"

Li Yunyao put down the book, and replied with a normal expression: "Well, is the banquet lively?"

"Lively! The music in Jiangnan is really different from our Song Dynasty. Our music is full of vigor, but the music here is delicate and melodious, singing and dancing. It really corresponds to the poem of the Jiangnan Lord: The red sun is already three feet high, and the golden furnace is in order." Adding fragrance to the beast. The red brocade lichen wrinkles with every step. The beautiful woman dances and points the golden hairpin, and when the wine is bad, she picks up the stamen and smells it. The other hall is far away and the flute and drum are played."

Li Yunyao was a little surprised: "You also read the words of the Lord of Jiangnan?"

Shen Ji smiled "hehe", and said: "The diva sang at the banquet, I just remembered it."

She shifted her gaze to the side, and asked Li Yunyao cautiously: "Did Yinniang read all these books?"

"I'm not like you. If you finish the book in a hurry, you have to read this book for a few days before you know it by heart. Why don't you know this? Or is there anything special about these books?"

Li Yunyao pretended to reach out to look through them, but Shen Ji took the books away first: "It's nothing special."

"Nothing special, why are you so nervous?" Li Yunyao questioned.

"Uh, after all, we bought it with money, so be careful not to break it."

Li Yunyao: "..."

She couldn't help asking, "Why did you buy these books?"

If Shen Ji observed carefully, she would find that the tips of Li Yunyao's ears were slightly red, but she was guilty of being a thief at the moment, she was very nervous, and she was afraid that she would be exposed, so her thoughts were all on how to muddle through and fool Li Yunyao.

Shen Ji was confident and confident: "Of course I bought books to read, otherwise what would I do with this wasted money?"

"You're right, show me that too!" Li Yunyao reached out to get her book, and she hurriedly backed away, "I haven't finished it yet, wait until I finish it!"

"There are so many books, you won't be able to read them all in a while, so lend me one or two first."

"You also bought so many books, you should look at what you bought first!" Shen Ji didn't know what happened to Li Yunyao, she wouldn't be so persistent before!

"Okay!" Li Yunyao originally wanted to expose Shen Ji face to face, but she suddenly thought, what happens after she exposes Shen Ji?Apart from embarrassing each other even more, can things develop in a better way?

So she gave up and continued to pretend that she didn't know about Shen Ji's purchase of the secret play map.

Shen Ji was glad that he hid the little secret, if Li Yunyao knew what kind of book it was, it would be tantamount to publicly executing her and throwing her face here in Jinling!

However, being intimidated by Li Yunyao, she didn't intend to keep these books privately. She just wanted to destroy the corpses quickly, lest Li Yunyao would remember one day and ask her to read them. How would she explain it then?

At night, after Li Yunyao fell asleep, Shen Ji quietly got up, took her atlas of secret plays and ran to the post office clerk furtively: "Burn it for me."

The little official thought it was some kind of secret letter collaborating with the enemy, so he quickly responded, then turned around and ran to Zhang Ji to hand in these books.

Zhang Ji was woken up in the middle of the night, thinking that something important had happened. Hearing that it was a secret letter that Shen Ji was trying to burn, he was shocked and hurriedly opened it...

The little official at the post house noticed that Zhang Ji's expression became strange, and asked him: "Then what happened after Shen Jizong returned to the post house?"

The little official recalled it and replied: "He hasn't been out of the post house since he came back. He hid in the room with his wife all afternoon, but the little one heard that they seemed to have a quarrel. Why are you so nervous? These books ' 'Lend me a book or two' 'Read your own books' or something like that."

Zhang Jie has already constructed a picture based on the description of the little official: probably Shen Ji bought the picture of the secret play, and then "his" lady who didn't know thought it was a serious book, so she wanted to borrow it. People burned the books.

Then I thought of the report from the person he sent to inquire about Shen Ji's identity, saying that Shen Ji only brought a few followers, each of whom was strong and strong, with a dark complexion. Ji has thin skin and tender flesh.So Shen Ji, who he thought was a woman, is actually the son of Shen Yilu, but because he was raised as a woman since he was a child, his temperament and appearance are all feminine!

In other words, Da Song really didn't have any bad intentions when he came here this time, it was because he thought too much!

Zhang Ji threw the atlas of secret operas back to the little official: "Take it and burn it!"

After seeing these things, he wanted to wash his eyes!

The little official was puzzled, after he left, after reading these books, his eyes lit up immediately, thinking, instead of burning them, he might as well take them back and read them for himself!

Shen Ji naturally didn't know these things.In order to explain why her book disappeared, she made a special trip to the bookstore and collected several serious anthologies.

After Li Yunyao found out, she didn't bother to ask, she just thought that she got away with it.

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Shen Ji and Li Yunyao's trip to the south of the Yangtze River came to an end when Lu Duoxun finished meeting the Lord of the South. When they left, they brought loads of books and local products, which made Zhang Ji feel very complicated when they saw each other off. ,- dare to love that he really came to Jiangnan to play! ! !

When the boat arrived at the ferry in Xuanhua Town on the other side of the river, Lu Duoxun did not let the official boat set off back to Bianliang immediately, but first asked people to discuss with the Jiangnan Lord for information on the states in the east of the Yangtze River.Of course, he would not state his purpose bluntly, but asked Jiangnan to hand over the materials on the grounds that the imperial court wanted to compile books and sort out the world's scriptures, and needed to collect local annals and store them in the history museum.

With Shen Ji's impression of collecting Jiangnan anthology everywhere, the Jiangnan king did not doubt that he was there, so he ordered Zhang Ji, Xu Xuan and others to copy the materials of various state capitals overnight and send them to Lu Duoxun.

After Lu Duoxun completed his task, he set off to return to Bianliang.

In mid-April, when the group returned to Bianliang, Boss Zhao summoned Lu Duoxun, and Lu Duoxun handed over the information on Jiangdong states that he had defrauded. ——Don't underestimate these materials. It contains information about the population and fields of the Jiangdong states, and based on this information, the strength and range of troops in each state can be determined. ①

Boss Zhao didn't expect him to have such a hand, and he was surprised and happy. He trusted him very much, but now he has the idea of ​​reusing him.

After seeing Lu Duoxun, Boss Zhao let Shen Ji into the palace again, and asked her: "Lu Qing has gained a lot from going to Jiangnan this time, and what have you gained from going to Jiangnan?"

Shen Ji said: "The kid went to Jiangnan this time and discovered something."

Boss Zhao became interested: "Oh? Don't keep it up."

"The singing and dancing in the Jiangnan palace is peaceful, and the people outside the palace are full of complaints and complaints. Jiangnan will perish."

Boss Zhao didn't expect Shen Ji to have such insightful insights under his foolish appearance, so he couldn't help asking seriously: "Why do you know that?"

Shen Ji said: "When the boy arrived in Jinling, he felt that it was too boring to be in the post house, so he went out to shop. When he went to buy silk and satin, he chatted with the shopkeeper, and learned that in addition to the two taxes, the south of the Yangtze River also folds silk and pays extra salt. Money and salt and rice. To drink wine, there is a trick to attract money; to buy tea, the tea tax has to be paid in nanometers... The summary is that in the south of the Yangtze River, people have to pay taxes for everything. Suffering and complaining?

"Boy, I don't know if the lord of the Jiangnan Kingdom knows these things, but from the lyrics of the lord of the Jiangnan Kingdom, we can find that he is devoted to vocal music and indulges in sensuality. There is no meaning of worrying about the country and the people in his lyrics. I don't know the public opinion , will bring about its own destruction.”

Boss Zhao thoughtfully, squinted his eyes, and his eyes suddenly became dangerous: "Are you telling me that if I don't know the public opinion, I will kill myself?"

Shen Ji opened a pair of round eyes, quite innocent: "How can the officials speculate on the boy? The boy is just repeating the words of the ancient sages, but he doesn't have such opinions."

"Then tell me, which saint said such a thing?"

"Xunzi said in "Wang Zhi Pian": the king is a boat; , boats; people, water; water can carry a boat and capsize it.”

Boss Zhao was silent for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Good answer."

He looked at Shen Ji again with satisfaction, and said, "Since you have received the official rank of Xitou enshrined official, why don't you get a dispatch and do some work. If I promote you, I will make you a doctor of Sanchao and a member of the Ministry of Water. how?"

Sanchao Dafu is the uniform of the 29th rank of Wensan officials. Officials above the fifth rank wear scarlet court clothes, and officials above the third rank wear purple.

The full name of Wai Lang, member of the Ministry of Water, is "Wai Lang, Director of the Ministry of Water, Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Ministry of Shangshu".And this Langguan is from the sixth grade, with a monthly budget of 30 yuan, [-] bolts of silk in spring and [-] bolt in winter, and [-] taels of cotton in winter.

Shen Ji is equivalent to eating imperial food without doing anything.

Shen Ji's eyes glowed: Is there such a good thing? !

However, she calmed down soon, not to mention that she promised Li Yunyao to take the imperial examination, but also said that Boss Zhao favored her so much, what if one day he got dizzy and gave her a marriage?

Moreover, she received such special favor at such a young age, I am afraid that it will not be a good thing for her or her father.

She could only reluctantly resign: "The boy has no credit, but he is worthy of these favors for nothing! Besides, the boy has already determined to participate in the imperial examination, and he wants to pass the imperial examination to gain the approval of the officials and subjects. How about occupying a position that does not belong to me when my knowledge is still shallow?"

Boss Zhao was a little surprised. He thought that Shen Ji had accepted the favor of the "Xitou Enshrined Official" last time, and she would be happier if she was promoted this time. He didn't expect to be so humble and restrained.

He admired Shen Ji even more, and said: "You have made great achievements in going to the south of the Yangtze River this time, so I can't reward you anymore?"

Shen Ji said: "This kid is just going to Jiangnan for fun, and Lu Hanlin should be the one who deserves credit."

She also took those poor students who studied hard for more than ten years, but their final starting point was far lower than that of the children of noble families, and pointed out, "Those Jinshi who have read poetry and books have passed the test of the official family, but in the end they are nothing more than official officials." The boy has little knowledge but occupies a high position, I am afraid that he will not be able to share the worries of the officials, let alone seek the well-being of the people."

In Boss Zhao's view, Shen Ji is humble, but it also speaks to his heart.The reason why he is so stingy to Jinshi is not because he is really stingy, but because he hopes that these courtiers who have just entered the official career can start from the bottom and understand the sufferings of the people's livelihood, so that they can better assist him in governing the world in the future.

As for why he was so generous to the noble family, it was naturally to stabilize them so as not to shake the foundation of his rule.

All the courtiers, generals, and nobles enjoyed this benefit, so they didn't raise any objections. Instead, they repeatedly asked for an increase in their treatment, which shows that people's hearts are not enough.How can there be Shen Ji who is so clear-headed and has a big picture?

Boss Zhao expressed his intention of granting Shen Ji an official title, but wanted to make it up to her, so he asked, "Then I will allow you to exchange a reward. What do you want?"

Shen Ji wants too much, but the more greedy he is, the easier it is to get nothing.So she said cautiously: "Does the government really want to reward the boy? Can the boy make a small request?"

Boss Zhao was in a very good mood, and immediately said generously: "You mention it, I promise you!"

"The boy wants the government to release the servant of the Liangjiao Fangsi..."

Boss Zhao's smile froze: "..."

Let go of the palace slaves, wouldn't there be no dancing and music for his future banquets?

Seeing Wang Jien winking at her, Shen Ji knew that this request was too embarrassing for Boss Zhao, and might make Boss Zhao unhappy, so she could only settle for the next best thing, "There is a prostitute named Lu Nianchuan among the palace slaves. "

Boss Zhao's complexion turned cloudy as expected, if he was just a palace slave, that's okay.

He waved his hand: "Then I will pardon her and grant her a good citizenship. Let Wang Jien take you to the leader of the teaching workshop!"

The author says:

Sister Lu: Where should I be taken?

Shen Xiaoji: ...

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The Shura field will not be the Shura field. At this time, Shen Ji's feelings for Sister Lu have gradually changed into that of a friend and a sister.

Two in one, make up yesterday's work.

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Notes: ① "Cheating information" comes from "Song History Ludoxun Biography"

②According to "Song History Biography 24", Lun Zuoxiang, a member of the Water Department, Wailang, and Dr. Chaosan.Shen Jizong was granted the title after Shen Yilun became prime minister, and Shen Yilun became prime minister in October of the sixth year of Kaibao (the year in the text).

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