Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1031 Helped a lot secretly
Wonderful, wonderful!

Han Qi and others praised Gu Qingjue's performance.

But some people think it is good, while others think it is not.

For example, Wang Gongchen.

"Your Majesty, this is too risky. If they leave with the defense map, it will still have a huge impact on our border."

Li Duanyuan said unhappily: "I told you it's fake, fake!"

Wang Gongchen: "But what I heard was that 80% of it was true and only 20% was fake."

"Do you know whether you will listen to the key points? Even if it is 80% true, it is not the most important thing." Li Duanyuan snorted, "And we succeeded this time. We didn't let him escape with the defense map. Not only that, but we also caught more than a dozen secret agents of the Liao Dynasty. Isn't this infuriating?"

Leng Zhongyan touched his nose and clasped his hands in front of him.

Li Duanyuan's official position was not as high as Wang Gongchen's, but he was the son of the Grand Princess and was not afraid of being scolded.

Wang Gongchen is also a stubborn person.

The two people were swearing at each other, and no one knew who was the winner in the end.

Zhao Rui was in a good mood, propping up his head and watching them scold.

You know what, sometimes it's quite interesting to listen to them quarreling.

But as the scolding went on, the wind direction started to change.

From Gu Qingjue to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, you have been on the throne for many years and are now strong and healthy, but you still have no children. This really worries me. I ask Your Majesty to give priority to your heir, appoint a queen as soon as possible, and recruit concubines to have more children."

Zhao Rui: "..."

He supported his head from the beginning, sat up straight, and looked at Wang Gui with a serious look.

"Then according to your words, which girl can be my queen?"

Wang Gui was delighted.

Thinking that His Majesty had given in and wanted to enthrone a queen, he quickly recommended several daughters of ministers, including some from his own family.

Zhao Rui laughed twice.

"This family is indeed good, and they are of marriageable age. I will be the matchmaker and arrange their marriages."

When Wang Gui heard His Majesty's words clearly, he almost cried.

"Your Majesty, these people are of noble status and are the most suitable candidates for the queen. Even if they are not queens, they can be the four concubines. How can you arrange marriages for them? No, no."

"I think it is excellent, what do you think, my dear ministers?"

Among the ministers whose children were arranged to marry, some were happy while others were worried.

Your Majesty has never agreed on the matter of appointing a queen for all these years. Could it be that he has really made up his mind to train Prince An's child?

After the court session, Wang Gui and several other ministers walked behind Gu Qingjue and said carefully, "A few years ago, I heard a rumor that the candidate for the queen in His Majesty's mind was the eldest daughter of the Gu family."

Wang Anshi said: "Gu Shumi is your majesty's teacher, a super first-rank prince, and a privy envoy in charge of the country's military and political affairs. He is extremely powerful. Although his wife, Princess Shuyang, is not the daughter of a noble official, she has a noble status in the cultivation world. Their daughter is the best choice for the queen. But if a prince is born, with such a powerful maternal family, I'm afraid..."

I am afraid that there will be trouble caused by external relatives interfering in government affairs.

They looked at each other and understood the hidden meaning of Wang Anshi's words.

Wang Gui said, "That's why I didn't mention the eldest daughter of the Gu family just now." "Wang Shumi, why don't you go and persuade His Majesty to put the country first in everything. A qualified emperor is not one who is sentimental about his children."

Wang Anshi said: "How can I persuade them? Even the Queen Mother may not be able to persuade them."

Wang Anshi sighed and took the lead to leave.

What he just said was only one side of the story. The other side is that the eldest daughter of the Gu family has such a noble status and has a childhood sweetheart relationship with His Majesty. She will definitely be able to achieve harmony between the emperor and the empress. If they can have several children, that would be a good thing as well.

This time, his attempt to persuade His Majesty to establish a queen also ended in vain.

But it doesn't affect everyone's happiness.

This time they won a great victory without large-scale fighting and it can be said that it was a bloodless victory, which prevented the Liao Dynasty from raising an army and fighting again for at least five years.

As for whether they want to fight or not, it depends on how people's livelihood is in recent years.

In short, unification is a must.

February is the time for spring ploughing.

But since the heavy snow on New Year's Day, the sun has been shining brightly for days without a drop of rain, and there has been a severe drought across the country.

Fortunately, there had been bumper harvests in the past few years, so there were not yet the point where there were starving people and corpses everywhere.

Some ministers pointed out that the situation was caused by the reform presided over by Wang Anshi, and wrote to the emperor asking him to cancel the reform and restore the previous laws.

"What does a severe drought have to do with the political reform? That's ridiculous!"

Su Yixin listened to Gu Qingjue talking about what happened in the court, and found it really funny.

"Before, in addition to collecting commercial taxes from merchants, the government also needed materials and labor, and all these taxes were imposed on various businesses. Merchants suffered terribly. Wang Shumi suggested that merchants should use silver coins to reduce their burden. This tax law is called exemption from business money. However, the supervisor Zheng opposed this tax law and drew a map of refugees and drought and attached a memorial to Your Majesty, in which he mentioned that Wang Shumi should be dismissed from his post."

Su Yixin: "Since ancient times, reforms would affect the interests of many people and be forced to end. Some reforms were not suitable for the situation at the time. I don't understand the affairs of the court, but I remember that Wang Shumi was indeed dismissed from his position as prime minister due to pressure, but he was soon reinstated."

However, the history books say it happened very quickly, almost a year apart.

After Wang Anshi was dismissed from his post as prime minister, Lu Huiqing was appointed as vice-chancellor. However, after taking office, Lu Huiqing broke their original promise. In short, it took quite a bit of twists and turns before Wang Anshi returned to the center.

"Your Majesty has no intention of resigning."

Gu Qingjue said: "Wang Shumi's series of policies were all implemented with the approval of His Majesty. He is very clear about what kind of changes this reform will bring to the government. He will never doubt that the drought is caused by the reform."

This is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster.

Zhao Rui was very clear about this.

Zhao Rui insisted, but this drought did last for a long time, and spring ploughing was indeed delayed.

However, after four or five months of dredging the river, farming in the second half of the year was not delayed.

Wang Anshi was deeply moved by Your Majesty's unwavering support for his reforms. He also recalled the Qingli Reforms presided over by the late emperor, Lord Han, Lord Fu, and Lord Gu when he was not yet an official, and he understood even more the hardships involved.

At the end of July, all the crops that needed to be sown had been planted in the fields. After months of drought, heavy rains continued for several days. The people were happy, and they were also very happy.

Only when the people have a good harvest and are prosperous can their lives and the country be stable.

That day, Wang Anshi invited Gu Qingjue to a restaurant for a gathering, and Han Jiang also went with them.

Han Jiang had a good relationship with Wang Anshi and had always advocated and supported Wang Anshi's reforms. If he had not argued for his reasons in the court this time, Wang Anshi's situation would have been very difficult.

Of course, Gu Qingjue also helped a lot in secret.

Han Jiang noticed this and told Wang Anshi, which led to their meeting today.