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

Ever since Li Yunyao tricked Shen Ji into telling Yan Shu that he would demonstrate in person in order to prevent Shen Ji from asking Yan Shu about bed matters, Shen Ji would ask her every day after completing the learning tasks: "When will my lady teach me how to make love?" to please you?"

Li Yunyao wanted to bite off her own tongue, it's not like she didn't know Shen Ji's temperament, why did she say such things at that time? !

For this reason, she can only arrange a little more homework for Shen Ji, and then go to bed earlier than Shen Ji every night to reduce the chance of being questioned.

Not long after, Boss Zhao ordered the house built for Shen Yilu to be completed when five hundred craftsmen rushed to work around the clock. The family happily organized a group to visit the new house.

When they arrived at the place, Shen Ji went to the door of the neighbor's house to have a look, and found that the new neighbors were all acquaintances: to the left of Shen's new house was the princess's house of Princess Yan, and diagonally opposite was Liu's house of Liu Xigu, Minister of the Ministry of War and Political Advisor.

"The house in this area must be very valuable!" Shen Ji happily estimated the value of his new house.

However, Shen Yilu poured cold water on her: "This was built by the government's order. Even if we can't live anymore, it's not our turn to deal with it. So don't even think about renting it out or selling it for profit."

Shen Ji looked unconvinced: "Am I the kind of person who would do such a thing?!"

Shen Yilu nodded: "You are."

"That's because dad doesn't know me very well." Shen Ji justified himself.

"In this case, you can choose a yard closer to me later and live with me so that I can get to know you better."

Shen Ji: "..."

She turned her head and ran, "I'm going to say hello to the eldest princess!"

Yan Shu carried her back: "Everything is not ready yet, it's too impolite for you to rush to the door."

Shen Ji's plan to sneak away was forced to stop, so he could only innocently respond: "Oh."

Although the Shen family's new house is not as spacious as the Bieye bought by Yan Shu next to the old one, the materials used are all brand new, green bricks and green tiles, even the smell of paint on the beams and columns has not dissipated, and it is more majestic than Bieye. many.

"It has to be left unused for a while to let the smell go away." Yan Shu said to Shen Yilu.

The latter nodded in agreement: "We still have to get someone to build the furniture."

"Isn't the old house furnished and furnished, just move in here. I don't think the new house is much more spacious than the old house, and it just fits the old house's belongings." Shen Ji said bluntly.

Shen Yilu glanced at her, and said: "The old house has been vacated, and there is no place to live if I want to go back in the future."

He taught Shen Ji some survival experience gained through hard work in the officialdom: "Although I am now in the position of a privy envoy, I dare not forget the truth that it is easy to fall when climbing high. In my position, I must be more cautious, even if the official I don’t dare to be arrogant because I value me. I have to leave a way out for myself and my family and friends.”

Zhao Ping, who persuaded Boss Zhao and planned the addition of the yellow robe to become Conglong No. 1, served as prime minister for nine years, and was pardoned by Boss Zhao for many crimes. Even when King Wuyue sent people to pay tribute in February , The trustee brought him ten bottles of golden melon seeds privately, but Boss Zhao smashed it on the spot, and Boss Zhao laughed it off. ①

Zhao Ping is high enough to be favored, right?

However, the recent trend of the court has become more and more unfavorable to Zhao Ping. First, Boss Zhao heard that the officials in Bianliang were arbitrarily powerful and committed many illegal acts. For this reason, he ordered to rectify the administration of officials and called more than 700 small officials from various departments in Bianliang. I went to the interview, but more than 400 people failed the interview and were ordered to go home and farm. ②

Zhao Ping, as the prime minister, could be regarded as lax in his governance when this happened, so he was implicated.But Boss Zhao didn't blame him for this matter, but he still didn't know how to keep a low profile, because his house was next to Yujin Garden. In order to expand the house, he wanted to exchange his other vacant land for the vegetable plot of Yujin Garden.This matter was reported by Lu Duoxun when Boss Zhao summoned Lu Duoxun. ③

And what made Boss Zhao completely explode was a recent incident-Zhao Ping was sued by someone knocking on the drum!

The cause of the incident was that a Dali Temple judge named Lei Dexiang ignored the rules and regulations of laws and punishments because of his subordinates attached to Zhao Ping, so he had a quarrel with Zhao Ping. Zhou Sihu joined the army.

However, after Xi Yu, Zhao Ping's party member, became the magistrate, he targeted Lei Dexiang everywhere, and forged evidence, saying that he slandered the court and his superiors, and secretly hid the evidence in Lei's house, and then searched it out by himself. He was convicted in this way, and he was exiled to Lingwu, which is close to Xixia.

A few years have passed, and Lei Youlin, Lei Dexiang's eldest son, has been looking for opportunities to take revenge on Zhao Ping, so he silently collected evidence of Zhao Ping's crimes.In the end, the Dengwen Drum was sounded in recent days, and Zhao Ping was used to cover up his party members Zhongshutang Houguan, - low-level officials in Zhongshu's government offices, - embezzlement and bribery, violation of laws and disciplines, and forging agency documents for others, etc. Report them one by one.

Zhao Fu, the father of Zhao Anren, was also involved.

Zong Zhengcheng Zhao Fu was originally appointed to serve as an official in Sichuan, but he felt that the place was far away, remote and far away from Bianliang, so he pretended to be sick and refused to go.

As the prime minister in charge of all officials, Zhao Ping naturally shielded him until he was appointed as Zong Zhengcheng, and this matter passed.

Now that it was revealed, Boss Zhao was very angry, so he ordered the censor to try these cases again. ④

Right now, the divisions in Bianliang are in a state of panic!

Shen Ji was very surprised, and then she cared about her new friend Zhao Anren in the Imperial College: "How will Zhao Anren's father deal with it?"

Shen Yilu sighed: "What else can I do? If it is light, it will be demoted, and if it is serious, it will be exiled."

Shen Ji didn't say anything, but Shen Yilu asked her curiously, "Why don't you let me intercede for them?"

Zhao Anren was considered half of Shen Yilu's student. Once Zhao Fu was punished, he would no longer be able to further his studies in the Imperial College, and his future career would be unpredictable.If Shen Yilu interceded for Zhao Fu for his sake, Boss Zhao might take Zhao Fu's matter lightly, and he might not be sure.

Shen Ji said: "You are such a cautious person, how can you pass the handle on to others?"

Shen Yilu wasn't sure whether she was telling the truth or whether she was being sarcastic or sarcastic.

Shen Ji said again: "Furthermore, it is Zhao Anren's father who did something wrong in seeking his own government in his position. How could I let you take the risk of being implicated to intercede for his father for him!"

Only then did Shen Yilu smile heartily, and said: "Everyone has selfishness and sometimes makes mistakes, but I want you to remember that as long as you don't form cliques for personal gain and don't touch the bottom line of the government, then all your mistakes will be fine." can be tolerated."

Shen Ji thought to herself, her father was thinking a little too far, her life experience was to deceive the emperor, if she entered the imperial court as an official, she would have a knife hanging over her head, and her life would be lost every minute, how could she think so long-term?

After visiting the new house, the family went back to the old house first.

Shen Yilu and Yan Shu also agreed on the resettlement of the house. First of all, Shen Yilu must move to the new house. After all, Boss Zhao ordered the new house to be built for him. Wouldn't it be contemptuous of the government and the emperor's kindness if he didn't live there?Besides, the new house is in the inner city and is close to the imperial palace, so he doesn't have to go to court early in the morning every day.

Secondly, leave a separate courtyard for Shen Ji and Li Yunyao.However, since they have a spacious library in Bieye, the two still live in Bieye for Shen Ji's study.

As for Yan Shu and Tian Li, Tian Li naturally stayed in Bieye, and Yan Shu also lived in this new house, but it was inevitable that she and Shen Yilu would live apart.

Shen Yilu has been separated from her for many years and has long been used to it, so he has no objection.On the contrary, Tian Li was a little unhappy. After Yan Shu coaxed her for a long time and promised to go back to live in Bieye often, he finally calmed her down.

Outsiders naturally don't know all this, they only know that Tian Li is a concubine and a concubine, and it's normal not to live in the main house, and Yan Shu's status as the main wife is not just because Shen Yilu's only "son" is a concubine. shake. ——This is also the effect Yan Shu wanted.

There are very independent parents at home, and Shen Ji doesn't need to worry about and intervene in everything, so she found a day to go to the Imperial College to look for Zhao Anren.Later, he was told that Zhao Anren's father, Zhao Fu, had been dismissed and had been punished dozens of times, and he was currently recuperating at home.

Without the status of an official's son to rely on, Zhao Anren could not continue to study in the Imperial College, so he dropped out.

So Shen Ji went to the Zhao family again. The Zhao family was sparsely populated. Shen Ji's visit made the Zhao family very surprised. After all, everyone wanted to keep a distance from the Zhao family at this time. It was the first time that someone like Shen Ji came here. .

Zhao Anren saw her and asked her, "Brother Shen, what's the matter with me?"

Shen Ji said: "Last time I asked you to help me inquire about the engraving and publishing of books in the Imperial College. You helped me and let me make a small fortune. I will give you the share."

Zhao Anren was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "I didn't do anything to help that matter, could Big Brother Shen be sympathetic to me?"

"What are you talking about? I, Shen Ji, always repay my kindness. If you have helped me, then I will never treat you badly. How could I break my promise to give you benefits after I promised you!"

Zhao Anren was ashamed: "I misunderstood Brother Shen, but what Brother Shen said at the beginning was to invite me to dinner, can you still count?"

"Of course it counts. Where do you want to eat?"

Zhao Anren smiled brightly: "It's all right, Brother Shen will just arrange it!"

Although this incident dealt a great blow to the Zhao family, Zhao Anren was not depressed by it.Shen Ji invited him to Changqing Tower for dinner, and he also drank two glasses of small wine like others, borrowing the wine to strengthen his courage, and asked Shen Ji: "Brother Shen should know what happened in our family, right?"

Shen Ji nodded: "I know."

"Then why is Brother Shen still willing to associate with me?"

Boss Zhao ordered Xue Zheng'an, Lu Yuqing, and Zhao Ping to alternately take charge of seals, foremen, and perform affairs, and divided Zhao Ping's power as prime minister.That is to say, Zhao Ping will no longer be the dominant family in the court, and he will no longer be able to make a statement.

Zhao Ping was already unable to protect himself, so naturally he would no longer care about the people under his command.No one came to Zhao's house to throw stones at him, which is considered a conscience, but it is rare for someone like Shen Ji to continue to communicate with him.

Shen Ji said: "I recognize you, not the Zhao family behind you. You are worthy of my friendship, and I will naturally continue to associate with you; if one day you are not worthy of my continued association with you, I will not be with you again." You come and go."

"Then what is the standard?"

"You're fine now, why worry about that?"

Zhao Anren was silent for a moment, then smiled in relief.

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In July, it rained day and night, making the palace very humid.Boss Zhao was bored in the palace, and when the rain stopped, he decided to go out for a walk. This time he went to Dutingyi.

The Duting Posthouse is a posthouse for receiving foreign envoys. At this time, the foreign envoys came to envoys from the Champa Kingdom who had paid tribute. When there was a famine in the south of the Yangtze River before, Boss Zhao borrowed a few tank boats to the Jiangnan state lord for their convenience. To deliver food for disaster relief, and in order to express his gratitude, the Lord of Jiangnan sent envoys to thank him.

Boss Zhao asked Shen Ji to come and said, "When you went to Jiangnan, didn't you want to buy an elephant back to Bianliang? Today I will take you to Dutingyi to see the elephant."

What he said when he learned that Shen Ji planned to buy elephants—meaning that the elephants in Bianliang are all in Yujin Garden, and ordinary people can’t see them—Ms. Zhao carefully remembered, and decided to let Shen Ji know that Yujin Garden In other places, you can also see elephants!

Shen Ji rubbed his hands: "Will you buy it?"

Boss Zhao laughed and said, "You still want to buy it? Do you have a place to raise it?"

"Didn't the government build a house for my father? I think we can keep elephants in the old house."

Boss Zhao taught her a lesson: "This is a playful move!"

Shen Ji's little calculation failed again, and he could only droop his shoulders.However, the elephants in Champa can ride, so she climbed onto the elephant's back with great energy and high spirits to feel it.

Boss Zhao laughed and said to Wang Jien, "I'm still a child!"

Wang Jien also smiled.

Shen Ji finished playing, and Boss Zhao also finished his condolences to the envoys of Champa and Jiangnan.At this time, Shen Ji asked the envoy of the Champa Kingdom: "I heard that there is a kind of rice in Champa, which is not only drought-resistant, but also can produce five or six stones per mu, is it true?"

Boss Zhao had never heard of this, so he asked her, "Where did you hear that there is such a high-yield rice in the world?"

Right now, the most affluent Huainan Road has a rice yield of only two shi per mu. Does rice that can produce five shi really exist?

This is naturally what Yan Shu said, but Shen Ji didn't want her mother to attract too much attention, so he didn't tell the truth, but said: "I heard it mentioned when I was in Jiangnan, I didn't believe it at first, but today I was fortunate enough to meet the Champa envoy, so I asked curiously."

Boss Zhao also looked curiously at the Champa envoy, who said, "The Zhazhan rice in Champa and Annan is indeed resistant to drought and floods, and has a high yield. It is reported that many of them have been planted in Fuzhou and Quanzhou in Wuyue."

Boss Zhao was surprised that there are such good rice seeds, but he only knows now!No wonder everyone said that Wuyue was rich. With such a high yield of grain, how could it not be rich? !

As for why only Fuzhou and Quanzhou grow Champa rice, it is probably because there are ports there that trade with Champa, Annan and other countries.And Zhancheng is too far away from the territory of the Song Dynasty, so it may not be easy to get seeds.

"If you have difficulties, solve them!" Shen Ji said, "For example, go to Wuyue to buy rice seeds, and then try planting them in Huainan Road."

Boss Zhao looked at her: "Good idea. How about letting you go to Wuyue?"

Shen Ji's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Can go play again?And it is Wuyue farther than Jinling in the south of the Yangtze River!

Boss Zhao still doesn't understand her little thoughts?

Said: "I'm kidding you."

"Officials, you are not joking!"

"I haven't made up my mind yet."

Shen Ji: "..."

Cunning adults, bullying children is this!

Although Boss Zhao was teasing Shen Ji, Champa Rice left a deep impression on him. He decided that after the Jiangnan was pacified, Champa Rice must be promoted in the territory of the Song Dynasty, so that the country of the Song Dynasty would be rich and peaceful. , Accumulate strength to subdue Yanyun Sixteen States!

The author says:

Lord of Jiangnan:? ? ?You can go to Wu Yue and ask for Champa rice. Why do you have to flatten Jiangnan to promote Champa rice?

Boss Zhao: There are not many places in the Song Dynasty where rice can be grown, but the place in the south of the Yangtze River is very good.

King Wuyue: trembling.

PS. Champa rice was planted in Fujian in the late Tang Dynasty and the fifth generation, but it was not until the Song Zhenzong period that he ordered the purchase of rice seeds and let various regions be responsible for the promotion of planting, and Champa rice was popularized along the Yangtze River.

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Notes: ① See "Zhao Pu Biography" for details

②From "Song History"

③④From "Zhao Pu Biography"

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