To The Land of Nevernight

Among the four ministers in the Hall of Qinzheng, Xu Xianggong, the prime minister of the right, is the oldest, and this year has passed the seventies.It is said that Xu Xianggong asked the emperor to resign last year and wanted to return home.Zhao Fu was about to agree, but there was no suitable candidate in the court who could replace Xu Wei, and if he was easily moved, it was very likely to affect the structure of the court.Zhao Fu left him behind.

Xu Xianggong has a kind personality, and often goes to the back room of Qinzheng Hall to negotiate with fourth-rank officials.

The zhezi sent to Shengjing by officials from all over the country had to pass through Xu Wei's eyes and ears before being handed over to the emperor.As a member of Zhongshushe, Tang Shen just came back from Xu Wei's main room when he saw two officials carrying a box of booklets and followed him into the room.

Tang Shen looked up to the sky and sighed.

The whole morning was spent looking at the booklets.

Wait until noon, hungry.The officials were still working, and the officials in the Hall of Qinzheng carried rice buckets one by one to serve the officials with food and vegetables.

Officials who work in the Qinzheng Palace of Zhongshu Province are at least four-rank officials. Even in Shengjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, they are still famous officials and true ministers of the emperor.But when it was time for lunch, the meals picked by the officials were still the simplest ones, one meat and one vegetable.The rice was so hard it was sore, the food was fine, but not very tasty.

When Tang Shen used to be a housekeeper, if it was his turn to work in the palace, he would follow Zhao Fu and eat a good meal, and what he ate was the dishes cooked by the imperial chef.If he hadn't been on duty, the meal he ate in the yamen would be the same as the meal in Qinzheng Hall, and it would be even more unpalatable than the canteen food in later generations!

Tang Shen ate good food in Gusu Mansion for two years, and every time he returned home, Aunt Yao's craftsmanship was nothing to say.But now he is working in Qinzheng Palace, he sounds like a high official, but from now on he can no longer eat the dishes made by the imperial chef, and can only eat these dregs every day.

Tang Shen sighed, and ate it tastelessly.

In the Hall of Qinzheng, the officials seemed to be used to it and ate very calmly.

Only halfway through the meal, Tang Shen raised his head, and suddenly saw a familiar figure standing outside the house.Tang Shen was taken aback for a moment, he thought for a while, put down his chopsticks and walked out.

In the middle of the courtyard, Wang Qin was wearing a dark red official robe, holding a token in his hand, looking at Tang Shen.

Tang Shen saw the token in his hand for the first time, and said, "Senior brother, why are you here? What is this?"

Wang Qin put the token in his sleeve, looked Tang Shen up and down, sighed and said, "Little junior brother has lost weight."

Tang Shen was taken aback, thinking that he didn't lose weight.

"Senior brother, why did you say that?"

Wang Qin: "I'm not thin now, but after three days, I will definitely lose weight. Can you eat the food in Qinzheng Hall?"

Tang Shen was miserable.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Qin understood what he meant.He smiled slightly: "Let's go."

Tang Shen didn't know why, so he followed behind Wang Qin.I saw Wang Qin walking through the flower corridor, and when officials came across him, they would stop and call "Mr. Wang" before continuing on.He brought Tang Shen to the main room where the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was in charge.Before entering the door, Tang Shen stopped, with a hesitant expression on his face.

Wang Qin turned to look at him: "Master Meng is not on duty in the palace today."

Mr. Meng, you are talking about Meng Lang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites!

Tang Shen did not forget that the first time he came to Qinzheng Hall, he was led by Mr. Meng from the house of the four ministers to the house of the six ministers.Just like watching a monkey, this group of officials of the first and second ranks watched him all over!The culprit is Meng Lang, Minister of Rites who works in the same room as Wang Qin!

Meng Lang was not there, so Tang Shen followed Wang Qin into the house with peace of mind.

After a while, two officials entered the house with food boxes.They lifted the lid and put the dishes on the table.Although these dishes are not as good as the imperial chef's craftsmanship, even Wang Qin's family cooks are better than these, but Tang Shen just ate the canteen dishes, and now seeing this table, his eyes immediately lit up.

Wang Zifeng opened a small stove!

The two brothers moved their chopsticks, and when they were full of wine and food, Tang Shen asked curiously: "Senior brother, where did these dishes come from. I thought the officials of Qinzheng Palace could only eat together."

Wang Qin explained: "You are right, but you don't know that the four ministers have their own small kitchen."

"Huh?" Wait, what does this have to do with you?

Wang Qin drank Longjing, looked far away, and said softly: "Thanks to the love from the right side, I can often share some."

It took a long time before Tang Shen realized...

Right side?

Wang Quan!

Wang Qin's uncle!

Sure enough, there are people in the court who are good at handling things, and even eat differently from others!But after thinking about it, he seemed to belong to someone in the court, he had Wang Qin, so he had a meal.

After the meal, the two drank a cup of tea, and Tang Shen wanted to go back and read the scriptures.Before leaving, he thought for a while and said hesitantly, "Senior Brother Zifeng."

"Ok?"

"I'm currently working under Xu Xianggong's family."

Wang Qin raised his eyes and looked at Tang Shen.

Tang Shen also looked at him.

After a long time, Wang Qin smiled and said, "Little Junior Brother, do you want to come to eat tomorrow?"

Tang Shen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Okay!"

Since Zhao Fu succeeded to the throne, the ministers of Zhongshu Province have changed several times.Some were relegated and committed serious crimes; but most of them were old enough to resign from Zhao Fu and return to their hometowns in peace.Now the four ministers who are in charge of Qinzheng Palace, everyone can form a party.

Among them, Zuo Xiang Ji Wengji was born in a poor family and had little contact with the other three, forming a school of his own.

Right Prime Minister Wang Quan came from a famous family and was a descendant of Langya Wang's family.He and Zuo Cheng Chen Linghai are classmates and friends, and the two have a close relationship.

In addition, You Cheng Xu Yu was very old and a respected veteran of the three dynasties.

Wang Qin is an official of the youth faction, but he is Wang Quan's nephew.No matter what, he has nothing to do with Wang Quan.Now that Tang Shen was working under Xu Wei's family, he deliberately asked Wang Qin about this matter, and Wang Qin's answer to him was: "Come and have dinner at the same table tomorrow."In a word, he exposed this matter and didn't care much about it.

Although it wasn't a big deal, Tang Shen didn't want to alienate his relationship with Wang Qin as a teacher and brother.

To this day, he has not only used Wang Qin, he has gradually regarded Wang Qin as his senior brother, a trustworthy friend, and a brother.Tang Shen never forgot what Wang Qin did for himself that night in the Cizhou posthouse.

Zhao Fu asked Wang Qin to come to the assassination state to check the progress of the ink corruption case, and Wang Qin could advance at a normal marching speed.When he arrived in Cizhou, even if he couldn't get Su Wenyun's account book, he would still be rewarded by Zhao Fu.He was only 27 years old, and he was already a minister, and he was the Minister of the Household Department.This time he deserved the credit, and Zhao Fu only rewarded him with yellow and white property, and no other rewards.Even if he has made great contributions, what Zhao Fu can give him is only things outside of him.

The reason why he marched eagerly was to participate in the assassination of ink corruption case earlier and get more credit.Secondly, it was because of Tang Shen.

The big quagmire of Cizhou is full of dangers, and Tang Shen is just a small fifth-rank living man.Everyone knows that he is the emperor's eyeliner, and his status in Cizhou is the most embarrassing, and he is not really accepted by anyone.

Tang Shen knew that it was because of him that Wang Qin hurriedly marched to Cizhou.

Now that Wang Qin expressed his attitude to himself, the big stone in Tang Shen's heart finally fell.

He was about to leave when Wang Qin got up from the teacher's chair and grabbed his wrist.

"Brother Zifeng?"

"Jing Ze, I am very happy today."

Tang Shen was taken aback.

"...I don't understand what Senior Brother means."

Wang Qin smiled, and his eyebrows, which were already picturesque, became more elegant and unique after they were raised.He let go of his hand: "Go."

Tang Shen: "...?"

Wang Zifeng went crazy again.

Returning to the house inexplicably, Tang Shen read the scriptures for a whole day.In the evening, I saw the carriages of the four ministers going out from the main gate of Qinzheng Hall one after another, followed by several second-rank Shangshu with the lamps of the Shangshu's house.After all the officials above the third rank left, Tang Shen and the fourth rank officials left the palace one by one.

In early September, Yao San and Tang Juan went to Ningzhou.

Half a month later, the two returned from Ningzhou.Yao San brought back a letter and handed it to Tang Shen. He said, "Little Boss, I have already met Mr. Wang. I handed your letter to him, and he said it was all right. Then I wrote you this letter." Believe me, just take a look."

Tang Shen opened the letter and read it carefully.

In the letter, Wang Xiao wrote something about Ningzhou's officialdom.

Ningzhou official road is the best one among the three official roads.But the weather is unpredictable, because of the continuous heavy rain in the north, the road is muddy, which is not conducive to road construction.Therefore, the construction of the official road in Ningzhou has been delayed. The official road that was originally scheduled to be repaired at the end of September may have to be postponed until the end of October.

This time is still within Tang Shen's acceptable range, and the traffic of Xixia Tower will really increase in November.

But this time, Li Yude, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of building the Ningzhou official road, unexpectedly gave the whole world a surprise.

At the beginning of October, all the official roads in Ningzhou were completed.

Li Yude returned to Shengjing with the achievements of the official road built, just in time to complete this errand before Zhao Fu's birthday.Zhao Fu Longyan was very happy and gave many rewards.

The emperor's birthday is a joy for the whole country.

At noon that day, when Tang Shen secretly hid in Shang Shutang's room and opened a small stove, he saw Wang Qin only took a bite, then put down his chopsticks, and looked at him with a smile.

With Tang Shen looking at him like this, where would he be able to eat?

"Brother..." What are you doing.

Wang Qin: "What day is today?"

When Tang Shen heard it, he was stunned for a moment, and then found it very funny.

Wang Zifeng is also really interesting, of course he knows that today is Wang Qin's birthday.There is probably no one in the world whose birthday is easier to remember than Wang Qin's. As long as you remember that it is the day before the emperor's, you can remember it clearly.It's just that Tang Shen didn't expect that Wang Qin would actually care about this kind of thing. Now that he asked such a question, Tang Shen had the illusion of being questioned by his girlfriend about the [-]-day commemoration of their relationship.

Tang Shen was speechless by his weird thoughts, he coughed: "Today is brother's birthday."

Wang Qin: "Sir will also come to my house for dinner tonight. When will you come?"

Fu Wei is going too?

Tang Shen said: "When I leave the palace, I will go back and change my official robes, and then I will go to Shangshufu."

Wang Zifeng's 27th birthday was spent in the residence of the Minister of the Household Department.

The next day, the birthday of the emperor, all the people are happy together.

In November, the winter in Shengjing was unbearably cold, and the traffic of Xixia Building suddenly increased.However, there is no problem with the supply of beef and mutton. After the Ningzhou official road is completed, it only takes one day to go back and forth quickly.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, shopkeeper Lu and Yao San went to the north for a trip.When they came back, shopkeeper Lu brought a white stone and handed it to Tang Shen.Seeing this stone, Tang Shen's eyes lit up. He held the stone and observed it for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Where did you find it?"

Shopkeeper Lu said: "Ningzhou doesn't have it. I found this thing in Ningzhou and then to the northeast, and it was almost close to the border of Liao Kingdom. Xiaodong, this is the dolomite you want? I can easily find this thing." !Because the locals don’t call it Dolomite, they call it Lingzishi!”