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Chapter 685 Weak Master
October [-].

After waiting for three days in Ban Ge, Jiang Chun was finally summoned by the officials.

However, he still contacted Hu Zhen from Fenglianlou, and Hu Zhen contacted Guan De, and only then did he have this opportunity to meet.

The joy brought by the official position of serving the censor in the palace disappeared.

At that time, Uncle Xie Fang and Cheng Yuanfeng held this official position. They participated in political affairs for the late emperor, stated current disadvantages, and expressed suggestions directly.

A few years ago, I heard that the first emperor was negligent in his administration, but it was nothing more than that the great court meetings were not held, and whenever there were state affairs, they were still cited internally.

Today's government... But there is no need for consultants to deal with it.

For three whole days, you didn't see a single courtier, and didn't get involved in any state affairs?

It's absurd that if you want to meet the official family, you have to find a way through an old prostitute.

Although he had only returned to Lin'an for five days, even Jiang Chun's brows and eyes were filled with sadness.

He went to Xuande Hall to wait, and first met Guan De.

This powerful official in the palace is very kind, with a smile on his face.

"Jiang Shaoqing don't want to see outsiders, we and Jiang Shaoqing are our own people."

Jiang Chun was taken aback for a moment, staring blankly at the big white face covered in powder in front of him, feeling vaguely that he had become part of Ding Qingpi's party.

He could be called a member of Li Xia's party. When he was in Sichuan and Sichuan, he only felt that he was a capable minister. Now that he is back in Lin'an, he feels very deeply as a traitor.

I felt a little ashamed for no reason.

Guan De was very busy and didn't have time to chat with Jiang Chun, so he went up to him and whispered, "Jiang Shaoqing is here to seek advice from Li Jieshuai, all he needs to do is to coax the officials."

"Yes Yes……"

"But there is one thing, you must never return to persuade the officials, so as not to offend Longyan. Let's put it this way, the officials have dismissed Cheng Yuanfeng and Ye Mengding a few people. Remember, remember."

Jiang Chun didn't know what to persuade the officials after seeing him for only one audience, so he nodded in response.

When Guan De left, he waited alone in the hall.

I don't know how long I waited until I saw Yu Jia turn around.

First, there was a strong smell of wine, mixed with the aroma of powder.

When Jiang Chun saw the ceremony, he heard a weak voice coming from the imperial couch.

"Jiang Aiqing is exempt."

Looking up, Jiang Chun's eyes were a little sour when he saw the official's appearance, and he wanted to cry about the 300-year-old Da Song Sheji.

The official leaning on the imperial couch with a smirk, hunched back, dark blue complexion, sunken eye sockets, dull and lifeless eyes, looked like he was drunk too much, how could he have the air of a king?

"Speak up, I'm still busy...hehe...there's a beauty here..."

From the rest of Jiang Chun's eyes, he saw that the official's hand had already pulled the maid who was serving at the side, and he felt more and more desolate in his heart.

I can't feel the half respect for his courtiers.

"Your Majesty... I should report the matter of Sichuan and Shu to His Majesty..."

"Then you make a note, and the Privy Council will approve it."

Jiang Chun was at a loss for words for a while, unable to express the thousands of words in the manuscript, so he had to say: "Before I leave, I listened to Li Jieshuai's words, and I want to welcome the official family back to the old capital, and become the king with the most prosperous martial arts in the Song Dynasty."

"Okay, okay, okay, Li Aiqing is loyal... hiccup... what kind of official does Li Aiqing want to be?"

Jiang Chun felt that what Han Chengxu said was discussed with Liu Heima, so there was no need to talk about regaining Guanzhong.

"The Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Disposal Envoy..."

"Then let me make a pass, I will stamp you... Hey, where is my big seal? Haha, I remembered, my four wives of spring, summer, autumn and winter... the big seal is on my four beauties, hehe... Jiang Aiqing, I heard that you are also a wonderful person, would you be right?"

"minister……"

Jiang Chun finally couldn't take it anymore.

He was not considered a capable minister or a capable minister, and when he was in Qingfu County, he also left all the county affairs to the master.

However, being an official should have a bottom line that cannot be lost.

Since becoming an official, from the county magistrate, to the judge, the magistrate, the magistrate... what he saw was the hardships of Sichuan and Shu, the suffering of the people, and the salary of the imperial court.

Back to Lin'an today, what I saw along the way was all selling children and selling girls.

If he doesn't persuade the officials, he will feel guilty.

"Your Majesty, do you know? The wine in your Majesty's cup, and the beauty in your bosom, are all blood and flesh of the common people!"

Before a word came to his throat, Guan De had already let out a loud shout.

"Jiang Shaoqing! The official asked if you would be right?!"

Jiang Chun shivered, lowered his head, his eyes became more sour.

"Sir...Sir..."

"Hahaha, be honest." Zhao Yu laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "It's over, go down, go down, I'm too lazy to play with you..."

Jiang Chun was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that what Li Xia ordered was done so easily and half of it was done.

He endured the soreness in his eyes, and continued with the ceremony: "I should report to Your Majesty the appointment of governors and officials in Longxi. Li Jieshuai said that Longxi needs to be guarded by generals. Wang..."

"Then you make a note, and the prime ministers will discuss it."

"Li Jieshuai has already signed up, but all the gentlemen..."

Zhao Yu finally got up and said with a smile, "Jiang Aiqing, do you understand the rules?"

"I am frightened."

"What I can do, I will do. If I can't do it, you can find the prime minister, go and go, it's getting late... Oh, please leave."

……

An interview ended hastily like this.

Jiang Chun felt as if a piece was missing in his heart after leaving the university.

He has always known that in the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-officials ruled the world together, not the common people.

But the word "governance" is also the responsibility of literati and bureaucrats to the common people.

How can people feel at ease when they have been cured to such an extent?

Even Ding Daquan, when he was the head secretary of Ningde, and Xiaoshan captain, he also did practical things. No matter how he became a power traitor, at least he still looks like an official.

Jiang Chun felt that he was worse than Ding Daquan today.

He could already understand Mou Zicai's worries. Now that the government is corrupt, all loyal and upright people will definitely not be able to stand it. Li Xia colluded with Guan De both inside and outside, and he really looked like a powerful vassal.

With the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and such an emperor, can he still withstand a rebellion by Wu Xi?

……

That night, Jiang Chun drove around outside Lin'an City.

In the shed, the homeless refugees who failed to sell their children gathered in one place, numb and silent.

You can see sneaky figures passing through the crowd, taking away some good-looking children at night... The poor and refugees have nothing else to steal.

Bullying always goes hand in hand with poverty.

Fortunately, it is only October now, and the severe winter has not yet entered, and these people have not yet reached the worst time.

Lin'an is not the worst place, and there are good people who open sheds to donate porridge, so that people don't die every day.

Jiang Chun has no right to control these things, and he can't save a few people.

He also thought that he couldn't even persuade the officials to put state affairs first in front of the imperial court...

"Let's go."

The donkey cart turned around and headed towards the city again.

Before reaching Yuhang Gate, a boy came forward and said, "Jiang Shaoqing is in the car. Mr. Cheng is here to invite you."

Jiang Chun froze for a moment, got out of the donkey cart, and was led by the other party into a spacious and simple carriage.

When he was the county magistrate, he only felt that Zai Zhizhi was unattainable, but seeing him tonight, Jiang Chun only felt Cheng Yuanfeng's aging and powerlessness.

……

"The prime minister on the right is here too?"

"The old man will come to see it from time to time, so as not to be trapped in the prosperity of Lin'an and forget the world."

Cheng Yuanfeng pointed to a warehouse on the side of the street, and said: "That's a million-dollar warehouse. There is also a Changping warehouse across the street. There is still food, but not much. It can barely help the victims until next year."

Jiang Chun heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "There is food in the Changping warehouse, that's good."

"But this year is not a year of calamity." Cheng Yuanfeng murmured: "How did the refugees come here? The wars are raging all the year round, and military supplies are wasted. After more than [-] years, there are more and more refugees."

"The war has ceased, why is it still like this this year?"

"The old man failed to govern well. When the first emperor was in power, the government had a balance; in the face of a great enemy, the bureaucrats still had a heart. Now that the breath has dissipated, the economic system is getting worse, and the habit of powerful and powerful mergers is getting stronger."

When Jiang Chun thought of the way the officials were like, he knew that the current internal struggle in the court must be a hundred times worse than before.

"You are quite a famous official in the world, you must have done your best, and you should not underestimate yourself."

"Zaiyang also saw it tonight. Prices are soaring, the people are in trouble, the treasury is exhausted, and the emperor has no intention of state affairs... The land of the Song Dynasty is suffering from a serious illness."

"Yes."

"There is still Jia Sidao who saves the country with empty words, but is arrogant and arrogant, and wants to use a strong medicine, but he doesn't know that if the medicine is used, the Great Song Dynasty will perish."

Jiang Chun didn't know what Cheng Yuanfeng was saying to him, but he could only feel that many important officials, including Mou Zicai, disagreed with Jia Sidao's political views.

"As for Li Xia." Cheng Yuanfeng said slowly: "The 4000 million guan, I thought he would use it to make the people in Sichuan and Shu recuperate, but I never thought that it would be used to mobilize troops in Longxi. Zai Yang thought, why is he doing this?"

"To regain the old mountains and rivers."

"If that's the case, that's great. The old man is still worried. He only cares about his own merits, and he has a public heart. That's good."

Jiang Chundao: "Your Prime Minister's words are serious, Li Jieshuai is dedicated to the community."

Cheng Yuanfeng stroked his beard, and said slowly: "Zaiyang knows the old things about Kaixi's Northern Expedition?"

"Yes."

"Know Wu Xi's betrayal?"

"Yes."

"Know Li Quan's chaos?"

"Yes."

"Zhi Duanping entered Luo?"

"Yes."

Cheng Yuanfeng sighed: "The national strength of my Song Dynasty is far inferior to that of Kaixi and Duanping years. Is there a fallacy in this statement?"

"What the Prime Minister said is true."

"Then, how is Li Xia's mobilization of troops in Longxi different from Kaixi's Northern Expedition? How is recruiting Liu Heima different from recruiting Li Quan? If he has a different heart, how is it different from Wu Xi's rebellion?"

"This……"

Jiang Chun could hear it clearly, and knew that it didn't matter whether Li Xia betrayed his heart or not.

As for today's emperor... he is too cowardly and incompetent to control a general like Li Xia.

To tell the truth, it is not appropriate for Wang Jian to guard Longxi.

"Don't panic." Cheng Yuanfeng waved his hand and said, "This old man is just hypothesizing. Recovering Longxi is a good thing, a good thing. If the situation is better, this old man must be ecstatic, but the stability of the country is the most important thing. "

He had already seen clearly that Li Xia was by no means a loyal minister or general.

A generation of wolves with ambitions.

But it is still very sincere to speak again.

"Right now, what the community needs is to rest and recuperate. How about inviting Feiyu to return to the court to serve as an official, join the Privy Council, take charge of the military and state secrets, and revitalize the community?"

Jiang Chun was stunned for a moment, unable to believe that Cheng Yuanfeng had intentionally let Li Xia enter the Privy Council.

Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there has never been such a young Zaizhi.

"This... I can't be Li Jieshuai's master..."

"Zaiyang can send a letter to Feiyu, please believe me, as long as all the ministers work together and the emperor is wise, the power of the Song Dynasty will be reversed."

"But if Li Jieshuai doesn't..."

Cheng Yuanfeng stroked his beard with a smile, and said: "The officials have already agreed, and because they value Feiyu, they asked him for his opinion first. The ministers of the Privy Council have already prepared a memorial, and they will transfer the pacifiers from all walks of life in Sichuan and Shu to return to the court to display their talents..."

What Jiang Chun felt more was Cheng Yuanfeng's sincerity.

Knowing that Sheji really couldn't stand the chaos, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"In this case, we will arrange according to the right..."

~~
The messenger went up the Yangtze River and turned into the Han River... One month later, an urgent letter was delivered to Li Xia.

"Young Master Yang, let's take a look too."

After reading it, Yang Guo handed the letter back to Li Xia's case, and said with a wry smile, "This trick again?"

"Yeah, it's still the trick. But this time, I don't have three strategies, only three words to respond."

Li Xia crumpled the letter up and threw it away.

"I dont go."

(End of this chapter)