Prime Minister

Chapter 189
When Han Zhongyan returned home late at night, he immediately ordered the waiter to bring him a cup of tea.

Han Zhongyan was drinking tea, thinking of the prostitute Ma Yuhou introduced to him today, recalling the pretty waist that can be held, he couldn't help but move.

At this moment, an old man came over and said, "Mr. Da Lang, where did you go just now?"

Han Zhongyan smiled disapprovingly: "Uncle Ba, don't ask, just rest earlier."

Speaking of this, Han Zhongyan asked again in a low voice: "Dad fell asleep?"

The other party said: "The Master originally ordered you to come to the study, but I said that Mr. Da Lang stayed overnight in the Taixue today, so he didn't ask any more questions, but just asked you to see him tomorrow."

Han Zhongyan heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to Eighth Uncle taking care of me."

The other party sighed: "Madam said before that you went to study in Taixue, and thought it was because you had grown up so that you would be happy, but you used it as a reason for not returning home. I don't know if I can keep it a secret for you. Mr. Dalang still Admire poems and books more, and avoid going to these places of brothels."

Han Zhongyan said disapprovingly: "Uncle Ba, let me tell you that although Taixue is a place for studying, there are a few people who can stand out. As for the brothels, most of them are places for banquets and fireworks, but which ones are not the children who spend a lot of money?" .Anyone should be somewhere."

"Besides, I'm not indifferent to learning. This time, my poems, prose, and scriptures are all top-notch in this private test. As for wandering around brothels, it's just making friends with a few yamen. You don't have to worry about this."

The other party smiled bitterly: "Mr. Da Lang really has a good tongue, and he can make you say something about everything."

Han Zhongyan smiled and said: "Students, they are not all of this nature, but Uncle Ba, don't worry, I will never dare to say anything in front of Daddy, and I will do what he says. That's right, Uncle Ba, I have been a little tight recently. , I wonder if I can lend me some money, and I will pay you back sometime later."

Hearing this, the other party shook his head and said, "I don't have a lot of money, but Mr. Da Lang, I still want to advise you, don't spend money on those girls, let alone cause any trouble."

Han Zhongyan laughed loudly and said, "Uncle Ba, women who ask for money are not good, I am most afraid of those who don't want money!"

"But Uncle Ba, don't worry, when my marriage with Lu's wife is completed, I will take it easy. Now you take pity on me and let me have fun. I don't know how many good days like this are left."

The other party said with a smile: "Mr. Da Lang is admitted to Jinshi, and the master will depend on you for everything."

The next day, after Han Zhongyan withdrew from Han Qi's study, his respectful expression turned into anger, and he was still holding a collection of poems in his hand.

Han Zhongyan thought, what does it mean that his father scolded him for no reason?What does it mean to tell myself to read this collection of poems?Isn't that what Ouyang Xiu did?

Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu have always been staunch political allies, but before the tea tax issue, they had some disagreements, but after all, the relationship between the two is still close and unchanged.Ouyang Xiu's new collection of poems is always given to Han Qi for review as soon as possible, and it is actually a first-class attitude to correct him.

Han Zhongyan was reprimanded by Han Qi, why did he show himself this collection of poems?
Han Zhongyan understood that his father had such a temperament, sometimes even his own father and son would never say some things directly.

When Han Zhongyan went back to his room, he went through the collection of poems first, but he saw that there were Ouyang Xiu, Sansu, Zeng Gong, etc. on it.

Before, Lao Su even visited the mansion, begging his father to take care of his two sons in their official careers.

As for the other two in the poetry anthology, Zhang Yue and Zeng Zai, Han Zhongyan happened to know these two, and they were his classmates at the imperial school.

Han Zhongyan glanced at it and thought, "Is this what the old man meant?"

He heard that his father reprimanded Zhang Yue in the Taixue Shijingtang, and he remembered that it was because Emperor Renzong recruited his teacher Zhang Youzhi to fail.

However, if you offend someone in the officialdom, you have to make up for it in private, otherwise it would be bad to have a personal grievance due to official business.

In the political affairs hall, the two prime ministers were arguing with each other over one matter in front of the emperor. Where the emperor was not present, the friendship between the two was indeed quite good.

Even if people know about it, they won't scold them for practicing, because this is something very ancient.I object to you for the sake of the public, but making friends with you is for the sake of selfishness.I will not support you in business just because I am friendly with you in private.

Anyway, whatever you say, it's all on the lips of officials.

For example, Han Qi killed Di Qing's general Jiao Yong, and after killing him, he still despised his status as a martial artist, saying, "A man who rolls his name outside the Donghua Gate is a good man."

Later, when Ouyang Xiu and Liu Chang criticized Di Qing, many people thought that it was Han Qi's instigation, and that the civil officials of the Song Dynasty looked down on military generals for a long time.

This is something everyone knows, but what about privately?
Han Qi and Di Qing had a good relationship. After Di Qing died, Han Qi personally wrote a sacrificial letter, praising him as a privy envoy as a grand event in the dynasty.

Moreover, Han Qi has been taking care of Di Qing's sons. Historically, Han Zhongyan left the town and hired Di Qing's son Di Yong as his assistant.

Empress Dowager Gao intended Di Zi's daughter to be Emperor Zhezong's queen. Han Zhongyan made great efforts to match her, and repeatedly expressed support.

Han Zhongyan thought that he would go to the banquet here.

There were several yamen from Beijing and Central China at the banquet, and Han Zhongyan would never be absent on such occasions.

In his eyes, reading is reading, making friends is making friends, and he is just a dull scholar who can only read but doesn't know how to make friends, but he also looks down on those who can only make friends but can't study.

On this day, he ran into Wen Jifu, Liulang Jun of Wen Yanbo's family in Dongji'er Lane.

Wen Yanbo and Han Qi were ministers in the same dynasty, as for the sons of Wen Yanbo's family, Han Zhongyan not only knew each other, but also had contacts, among them Wen Jifu was the most talented.

After the two were seated, they sat on the table with several yamen rings, listening to twenty or thirty sisters playing and singing, while the two chatted.

A son-in-law at the side said to a yamen: "It's a pity that all the new armored horses in Taipu Temple are given to the Western Army... Can your father allocate a hundred horses and replace them with poor horses... I don't know if anyone knows... ..."

The voices of the two gradually lowered.

Han Zhongyan showed disdain when he heard this, Wen Jifu was worried that he would have an attack, and said with a smile: "Shi Pu eats wine."

Han Zhongyan smiled, raised the wine cup and took a sip, at this time a famous man brought a plate of fish.

Han Zhongyan took a bite, and immediately yelled, "Is this fish really fishy?"

The Tangzi was startled and immediately apologized, but Han Zhongyan smashed the plate to the ground, but shocked the two who were discussing how to replace the horses of the Western Army with the horses.

But seeing Han Zhongyan yelling at the hall, the prostitute who was singing at the side didn't know what to do, so they hugged each other and wept?In the end, several people came to persuade him but couldn't stop, Han Zhongyan kicked the case over, and the vegetable juice spilled all over the floor.

In the end, Wen Jifu saw that Han Zhongyan was playing pretty well, so he came forward to persuade him, and the other party just let it go.

After Wen Jifu sat down and said something else, Han Zhongyan suddenly said: "Last time I heard you mentioned Zhang Duzhi..."

Wen Jifu was taken aback and said, "Exactly, why did Shi Pu suddenly mention this person?"

Han Zhongyan said: "Last time this person hated my father in Taixue, I want to find out the details of this person!"

Wen Jifu said: "Don't provoke him, or my wife will not look good."

This time it was Han Zhongyan's turn to be surprised, and he pretended to be calm and said: "Brother Zhou Han said so, I'm for your sake, but I don't know how this son is related to your Yue family? Could it be that they are all from the same hometown? ?”

Wen Jifu smiled slightly and said: "Shi Pu, I don't know how to explain this to you. This person may be my little uncle in the future."

Han Zhongyan sneered when he heard the words: "Is it really the Wu family? I heard that even though he is a concubine, it's not like... Heh, didn't the Wu family only marry the prime minister's family before? Could it be that this person is the grandson of Mr. Xie?" ?Even if it is a grandson, Duke Xi is gone now.”

Wen Jifu smiled and didn't answer, and waited until Han Zhongyan had finished speaking, Fang said: "Shi Pu, don't ask about your background, who can say for sure in the future?"

Han Zhongyan said: "Brother Zhou Han, you just met once, how do you know what will happen to him in the future?"

Wen Jifu smiled: "You can't trust me, and you can't trust my old Taishan. As the saying goes, 'Officials to the third rank don't read photo books because they read too much'."

Han Zhongyan thought that these words made sense, and he couldn't help thinking of his father's words before, but he said unconvinced on his face: "No matter how good you are at Mount Tai, there are times when you miss it."

Wen Jifu laughed and said: "That's true, love comes from the heart, like your father, Lao Taishan and the others, it's better than you and me listening to their words and observing their actions."

"Do you know that Taishan invited an old Taoist priest from Zhongnanshan to meet his five daughters? Guess what he said, he said that the seventeenth daughter of the Wu family is the most wealthy."

Han Zhongyan said: "The words of the alchemist in the mountains can be trusted? No matter how rich and noble, can it be compared to your Wen family?"

Wen Jifu smiled and said, "It's better to believe what you have than what you don't have. Besides, don't underestimate them. In the future, our officials in the Song Dynasty will use poor families, and people from the south will be officials and ministers."

"What's the point of this?"

Wen Jifu said indifferently: "Those who have nothing to rely on are the ones who can be moved. Isn't that what it means to use scholars?"

Han Zhongyan nodded, this is what he always admired about Wen Jifu.

Sober, never judging from your own standpoint, such a person will not be bad in the future.

"However, people who don't have any support at all can't get promoted!"

Han Zhongyan finished speaking.Both of them laughed.

Wen Jifu said: "You can come up with a fallacy in everything."

Han Zhongyan said: "Brother Zhou Han, when Zhang Duzhi is still in the doldrums, you Taishan has taken a fancy to him now, and he will be awarded a Jinshi again in the future. This kindness is not small."

"Not necessarily. I heard that it was this son who proposed to marry after being a Jinshi."

This time it was Han Zhongyan's turn to be surprised again: "Why doesn't he accept this kindness, can't he have his own ideas?"

Wen Jifu laughed and said: "After receiving this kindness, I can no longer speak hard in front of the Wu family. This son wants to come because of this."

"But if you want to be tough, you need him to pass the Jinshi exam."

Although Han Zhongyan said this, he was still shocked in his heart. He had already looked up to Zhang Yue before, so he knew that he had lost his eyes again.

After returning home, Han Zhongyan took a book and read it sloppily. In it, he read a sentence: "An unlucky person should not work with you" and "A blessed person must have Magnolia".Seeing this, Han Zhongyan said: "Fang Shixin also now."

The next day, Han Zhongyan came to the Chonghua Hall of Taixue to attend a lecture, and looked at Zhang Yue who was reciting scriptures and reciting three-character poems in the hall.

Now everyone in Taixue knows that the three-character poem was written by Zhang Yue.

Now seeing the scene of Zhang Yue teaching the sentient beings with ups and downs as if he was speaking directly in class, it made Han Zhongyan look at Zhang Yue even more with admiration.

Seeing Han Zhongyan staring at Zhang Yue repeatedly, He Qi couldn't help but know it in his heart.

After class ended, He Qi found Han Zhongyan.

Han Zhongyan glanced at He Qi, thinking of the "unlucky people, not to work with" mentioned last night, he felt that although He Qi was a shrewd person with a very quick brain, he had a scheming in everything, In the past, I appreciated it a little, but now I feel that such a person is nothing but a millstone.

"What's the matter?"

Han Zhongyan's words were a little cold.

He Qi couldn't help being taken aback, how could Han Zhongyan, who had called him a brother and brother a few days ago, be so moody.

He Qi showed no signs of anger, instead he smiled and said, "There must be something unsatisfactory in the yamen today, let He talk about it another day."

After He Qi finished speaking, he saluted, turned and left without stopping.

"Stop!" Han Zhongyan thought in his heart that this person is very quick to read, so his tone slowed down, "Yesterday I had a meal from my father to reprimand me for being unhappy, Qilang, what do you have to say?"

He Qi heard Han Zhongyan call Qilang, turned around with a smile and said: "So that's the case, didn't Shi Pu say last time that Zhang Duzhi used the rules of the fast to admonish you repeatedly during the fast?"

Han Zhongyan said: "There is such a thing, how?"

He Qi smiled and said: "I learned today that this person wants to give Shi Pu a handle. After he keeps it..."

He Qizhi knew that a person like himself had to think about what others thought and seek what others wanted.

Unexpectedly, Han Zhongyan smiled and said: "Wait a minute, I don't want to embarrass him now..."

"Aren't you embarrassed?" He Qi asked in surprise.

Han Zhongyan said: "That's right, not only don't embarrass me, but I want to make friends."

He Qi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Ya Nei is right, friends gather because of profit, and go away because of profit. As long as it is useful to everyone, it is a friend. Ya Nei, I don't know if what I said next is right ?”

Han Zhongyan laughed out loud.

He just admired He Qi for this.

But Han Zhongyan said: "Who do I look up to, who do I look down on, and I want you to teach?"

He Qi was choked by Han Zhongyan, but was speechless for a while.

He Qi knew what position he had in Han Zhongyan's heart.He didn't know how much effort he had spent, how much effort he had put in, Han Zhongyan and his circle, he just couldn't get in.

But what about Zhang Yue?

I don't know where to get the luck, He Qi really can't bear the jealousy in his heart.

He also remembered that he had a very good friendship with Wu Anshi when he was in Pucheng, and this time he also brought gifts to meet Wu Anshi when he came to Beijing.

He felt that when he became a Tai student and came to the door with a generous gift, the Wu family would look at him more than before.

Wu Anshi was very enthusiastic about him, and even recommended his mother Li Taijun.But Li Taijun only met once, and left without saying a word, and didn't even stay for food.

This made He Qi deeply humiliated.

He Qi thought bitterly in his heart at that time, the Wu family is really a snobbish family!Li Shi is really a short-sighted woman!But when he came out, He Qi didn't look sullen, and even thanked Wu Anshi.

At the end of Jiayou's fourth year.

There was another unexpected happy event.

Zhang Yue, who was studying in Taixue today, got the imperial decree. Because of his merits in compiling three-character poems, the officials gave him the same three-character background.

As soon as this matter came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Taixue.

(End of this chapter)