After Shao Song

Chapter 23 Li Guang's Transformation

Li Guang naturally doesn't know what the official said to the two new scholars in the evening. However, although he has various temper problems and is a traditional scholar-official at heart, he is a person who listens to advice, otherwise Zhao Guan's family would not Keep him for so many years.

What's more, Chen Gongfu was right. The officials promoted him again and again. In two or three years, he rose from a minor official to the imperial censor Zhongcheng. He was respected as a half-prime minister for eight years. He even did not forget to retain him during the White Horse incident. Later, he was ranked among the top officials. Yan 36 heroes.It was such a blessing that he wanted to do something, not seek fame.

When I heard Liu Yan's message, I thought it made sense. As the saying goes, you can't raise an army when you are angry. In the same way, when the king is angry, if you insist on imitating Wei Zheng, you are seeking death.

Not only did he fail to achieve the effect, but he also gave the emperor a bad name, so he went home quietly and sorted out tomorrow's memorials before settling down. However, he couldn't sleep for a long time, and he couldn't help but recall the memories in his mind. Scenes from the Battle of Nanyang.

It was really hard at that time. The emperor took the Prime Minister to personally deploy the city defenses. Mrs. Wu (now Concubine Wu) in the harem and her servants boiled hot water and cooked meals to take care of the wounded every day. In addition to doing their jobs every day, these middle-level officials had to The Jin army's offensive was in fear, and they had to drink hot water with their waist cards when eating.

But at that time, the officials were so young, no matter how much resistance and offensive they faced, they remained calm and calm.He neither refused to go to Xiangyang obediently, nor allowed Lu Zhongsu to pursue and convict him.At that time, although he saw Zhao Guan's family's surly attitude recently, he was really worried, but he felt faintly in his heart that it was not impossible for the official family to go to Xiangyang.

This is of course not to say that he thought the king would die in Sheji, but as the imperial censor at the time, Li Guang understood the situation in Nanyang. The supplies were sufficient and there was room for city defense. What's more exaggerated, he really didn't expect that Zhao Guan's family was in good condition. Did you dig a reservoir in the city in advance to store coal?

Also, the excess residents were cleared away early and the city was actually turned into a large military camp. No wonder the officials always scolded the civil servants for not knowing how to fight!

At that time, seeing the various offensive methods of the Jin people being repeatedly restrained, he sometimes felt that even if the city wall was completely gone, Nanyang seemed to be able to survive with the Jin army relying on these military forts in the city!And Da Song will never repeat the shame of Jingkang again, and fall into the danger of subjugation again!

Li Guang looked at the hazy fish-belly white outside the house and thought to himself that it was probably from that time that he, an old minister before Jingkang, truly obeyed this lord, not just because of his bloodline, but because he believed and led him. It must be him who steps out of the Song Dynasty.

There was no court meeting the next day, but Li Guang did not dare to let the officials wait. Although he was not energetic, Li Guang still got up early, put on his official uniform and went out to Yanfu Palace. However, he was led to the west side of Yanfu Palace by Lan Gui. , in the martial arts cafeteria, Zhao Guanjia looked refreshed, wearing sea blue Yanju uniform. Seeing Li Guang, he took the initiative to say hello: "Li Zhongcheng is ready for breakfast. Do you want to order some together?" He pointed at the marinated beans, a large bowl of duck soup and the cold hors d'oeuvres on the table.

The king of a country is still so simple today.Li Guang felt more and more that he should be more tactful for a while. After all, when he arrived at this place, he couldn't help but see the fine apricot trees transplanted by Emperor Taishang Daojun from all over the country. He didn't know how many people were forced to lose their lives to build the apricot hills. When I think of the Emperor Taishang Daojun, everyone will be more tolerant to the officials.

But then again, Li Guang is a political figure after all, and he will not lose his big principles because of temporary emotion. He just thanked the official and drank a bowl of duck soup with the official, and then said: "I dare to ask the official why he was so angry yesterday." He was so angry that he left all the ministers and new scholars and returned to the harem without saying a word?"

Zhao Guan's family also had nothing to hide about this, they spoke it outright, and then asked, "I am honest with Zhongcheng, and I also ask Zhongcheng to tell the truth to me. There are really so many people in the south and Tokyo who miss the reign of the Second Saint." Holy government? If so, now that the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, will it be necessary to welcome Yuan Sheng back to the palace to inherit the throne again?"

"Your Majesty, please be careful and don't say this nonsense."

"It doesn't matter. Apart from you and me, there is only Lan Daguan alone here. I really want to hear the truth."

Li Guang looked around and found that, as the officials said, there were no idle people, so he suppressed all the emotions in his heart and said calmly: "Why are the officials saying such heart-wrenching words? As early as the time of Baima Shaoxing, you I have said that no one can touch your throne as early as the restoration of Tokyo! Although I was promoted by Yuan Sheng, I know that the restoration of the empire is the result of the official family, and I believe that the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties will be restored in the future. It is none other than the official family, and I dare to say this not only here, but also to anyone." "I believe in Li Qing's family."

Li Guang was surprisingly calm and talked eloquently, "But even so, I still want to say that although I don't know if there are still people in Tokyo or Southeast who harbor resentment, yesterday's behavior was really inappropriate. When the Emperor Taishang Daojun The old customs are not advisable. Your Majesty will abolish them, and all ministers will obey your orders. But the official family is now in peace. Even Tang Taizong Li Shimin, as a general and an emperor, is different. Should the official family also Control your temper."

Hearing this, Zhao Jiu suddenly smiled, "The Li Qing family must have wanted to say this for a long time."

"Yes." Li Guang became more and more calm, "I know that I recommended Mr. Li. To the official family, I am not as considerate as the four prime ministers Zhao, Zhang, Hu and Liu, let alone a famous minister like Zong Zhongwu who can win the world. But the official family still tolerates the minister. , it’s just to see that although Zhongchen can’t control his temper sometimes, he can still distinguish between right and wrong, and the Taoist lineage cannot be completely suppressed.”

"But I remember the kindness of the officials, and I must fulfill my duties. If you don't like to hear it, the temper of the officials is really like the Taoist emperor sometimes. It's just that you value the world and the resistance to gold more than anything else. They are all important, and fundamentally they have added a bottom line to themselves, so the ministers also recognized it. It is just an official family. Now times have changed. You could have been Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Don't limit yourself to the achievements of Emperor Guangwu. As Wang Shipeng said in the policy discussion As mentioned here, the power of the official family cannot be compared even if Taizu Taizong was alive, but if this power is abused, it will definitely bring disaster to the country. The ministers and officials have worked hard for ten years and tolerated each other for the sake of the country. Not just to see that day!"

Zhao Jiu waited for a while to make sure that the censor Zhongcheng had finished speaking. Then he stood up and said with unclear meaning: "If it were not in person today, I would probably think that Mr. Lu said this to me."

Li Guang sighed and said: "In the official family, I am now sixty years old. Half my life has been wasted, how can I change something?"

"Yes, it's easy to change the heart of an old man, but it's easy to change the heart of an old man." Zhao Guanjia suddenly used a poem about the love between men and women. Li Guang heard it but thought it was just a metaphor. He was about to congratulate Guanjia. I was delighted with my new work, but suddenly I heard Zhao Jiu say: "Li Zhongcheng, I am very dissatisfied with what happened yesterday. Zhai Qing of the Ministry of Rites and Wu Minzhong, the minister of Taichang Temple, have already submitted a memorial to plead guilty. But what I didn't expect was that the person behind this incident was , turned out to be Wan Qixi, the economic envoy to the west of Beijing, and Lu Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

Li Guang was stunned for a moment. Fortunately, he had put down the tea set just now, otherwise he would have committed an act of disgrace on the spot.

To be honest, except for Zhai Ruwen, the Minister of Rites, who was a somewhat upright person, the other three were just fools and lucky people in Li Guang's eyes. It was not surprising that they would do anything to please the officials.

But the problem is how much the officials hated the chaos when Daojun and Emperor were in power. Which of the ministers didn't know it?You are not the old forces, and Lu Zhi is the vanguard. What are you doing for this?
Zhao Jiu seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Of course I have a plan. I have decided that Chen Gui will take charge of the Ministry of Industry again to build a new capital, so the deputy privy envoy will be free. In addition, the Yin of Yanjing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, There is a vacancy in the southeastern envoy and prime minister, does Li Qing know why I am suspicious?"

"I'm stupid, I still don't quite understand."

"It doesn't matter. I have decided that I will issue an edict in the near future to appoint Li Guang, the censor Zhongcheng, as the envoy to the southeast to handle road affairs in Zhejiang and Fujian. Let's see who wants to use my dragon chair to seek benefits."

　Conspiracy theories are coming.It's okay this time.

　　However, I have an exam on the 21st and an interview on the 23rd. They are both more important. Please understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)