Song Gexing

Chapter 33 Recommend Bao Heizi

Zhao Fang finally understood that Han Qi's willingness to marry his daughter was not something he had thought about long ago, but what happened today made him determined.

To put it bluntly, it was his actions today that made him worry that he would be more violent in the future, staying away from the national policy of using civility to control military force, and preferring military generals.

Some things must be prevented. He was only seven years old, and he dared to kill without trial. This was completely the style of a warlord.

Thinking back to my words and deeds since childhood, I read military books and strategies and learned martial arts when I was a child. Isn't this a good martial nature?

But they were unwilling to give up their inheritance rights. They didn't talk about whether the second son of the emperor could grow up, but whether he could be better than themselves when he grew up. That was a big problem.

"Then the matter is settled. I will ask the Ministry of Rites to see a good time and go to Han Qing's house to bring him in."

The sound of Zhao Zhen's relaxed and happy words woke up Zhao Fang from his deep thoughts. When he looked up, everyone was smiling, but no one asked him whether he agreed or not.

Helplessly lamenting secretly: "I have no human rights! Fortunately, Han Qi is handsome, and my daughter should be beautiful. If she is ugly, I will be in big trouble!"

Ding Du, the magistrate of the trial court, was very surprised when he came in. There was a lot of trouble outside, but inside, the monarchs and ministers were all smiling, and they looked very happy, just playing.

But before he could salute, Zhao Zhen shouted with a smile: "Ding Qing is here, sit down and talk."

Ding Du looked at everyone in confusion and almost forgot to salute.

After listening to Fan Zhongyan's introduction, he realized why he was called here, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.

But Zhang Dexiang said: "The position of the crown prince must not be shaken", which shocked him and he immediately understood what he should do.

Then he saluted and said: "I respect your Majesty's will, but this matter cannot be done again. I suggest that Kaifeng Mansion be assigned a powerful official to Kaifeng Mansion. It would be better for King Wei to use his name and not interfere in it."

This statement made everyone stunned, and they immediately reacted and agreed. It turned out that Kaifeng Mansion had been without a chief official for two years, and government affairs were subject to general sentences.

Originally, Jia Changchao was appointed Quanzhi of Kaifeng Prefecture in May of the first year of Qingli (the second year of Kangding), but last year he was promoted to the position of Chief of Political Affairs.

Immediately, Zhao Fang made the king the governor of Kaifeng. The ministers believed that since there was a governor of Kaifeng, there was no need to worry about the chief official who handled government affairs. They were optimistic about the candidate before appointing him.

At this time, the government affairs of the Kaifeng government were handled by Tong Bian. Only this time such a big thing happened. Tong Bian did not dare to deal with such a major matter, so more and more people gathered, alarming Zhao Fang in the palace.

At this time period in history, Kaifeng Mansion also has no chief official. By the end of this year, Wang Gongchen will be transferred to serve as Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansion.

Before this, Wang Gongchen had been in charge of dispatching Kaifeng Mansion and Yushi Zhongcheng, and had the right to intervene in the government affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, but he didn't come by himself, and he was sitting in Yushitai. Who is to blame.

Quanfaqian means that the person holding the post does not have enough official position, and is two levels lower than the position, and one level lower than Quanzhi. This is a special name for the official system of the Song Dynasty.

"Daddy, when it comes to the son of Kaifeng Mansion, he thinks of someone, that's amazing!"

When everyone was discussing who to recommend as the chief official of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Fang, who had never had the right to speak, suddenly lit up his eyes and said.

Everyone couldn't help but look at him. Zhao Zhen frowned slightly and said, "Brother, don't be ridiculous. You are the governor of Kaifeng. How can you recommend your own subordinates?"

But Fan Zhongyan bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you listen before you draw a conclusion? The King of Wei can propose a big policy of dividing the land into a small family, and the person who should be recommended is not just random." "That's right, my father denied it without even hearing it. In this way, my son knows that this person is very powerful, but he is only hesitant about his character, otherwise he would have recommended him long ago."

With Fan Zhongyan's support, Zhao Fang suddenly became arrogant, and Zhao Zhen laughed dumbly and said, "Then tell me, why are you hesitating about his character?"

Zhao Fang looked at him pitifully and said: "This man is honest and upright, and he is actually a critic of the country. However, his temper is comparable to that of the former rebel prime minister. My son is worried that his father will be like his grandfather, who will not be able to stand up to him in front of him."

Everyone was startled, and Ouyang Xiu took the lead and urged: "King Wei, please tell me who he is. Someone with such a strong character must be a capable minister."

Zhao Fang gave him a big roll of his eyes and scolded Old Ouyang for being unkind. In your opinion, all those who can antagonize the emperor are good officials.

But he really couldn't bear to bury his talent. Although he didn't have to say it himself, this person would still be famous in history in the future, but after all, a lot of time was wasted.

So he took a breath and said, "This person is Bao Zheng, the prefect of Duanzhou."

"Bao Zheng! King Wei is talking about Bao Xiren of Luzhou?"

Wang Yaochen and Han Qi asked in unison. Zhao Fang nodded and said yes, but Zhao Zhen looked confused and asked curiously: "The two Qing families also know this person?"

The two looked at each other and smiled: "The King of Wei recommended this person with a burning eye, and I have no objections."

Han Qi laughed and introduced: "Bao Xiren was a Jinshi in the same discipline as Chen He Boyong. He was filial to his parents and resigned from his official position to support his parents. After his parents died, Jingyou was re-elected four years later and went to Tianchang to serve as the county magistrate. , moved to the right to be the prefect of Duanzhou the year before last due to his outstanding political performance. This man was known for his integrity throughout the world. He had been in Duanzhou for two years, but there was no Duan inkstone. He even stopped the powerful people from asking for additional Duan inkstones. He did not add any extra Duan inkstone except tribute. He was called by the local people. It’s Master Qingtian.”

Only then did Zhao Fang know that Bao Zheng, Han Qi, and Wang Yaochen were on the same list as Jinshi, and the title Bao Qingtian had already been given by this time.

Indeed, when Bao Zheng was the prefect of Duanzhou, he was called Qingtian by the people. He saved the people of Duanzhou from suffering and resisted the demands of the powerful in the court.

Duanzhou produces Duan inkstone, which is one of the four famous inkstones. It has always been used as a tribute and a certain amount is sent to Beijing every year.

But who doesn’t want good things? Especially when the literary style of the Northern Song Dynasty was at its peak, and civil servants and high-ranking officials were fond of the Four Treasures of the Study, it was natural for the powerful to keep an eye on Duan Inkstone.

But quarrying stones and grinding inkstones is very hard work, and there is nothing we can do about it as tribute. Additional production will become a burden on the people. In order to please the superiors, officials have always forced them to increase production regardless of the lives of the people.

But after Bao Zheng took office, after learning about this, he immediately ordered the cancellation of all the increased production. Who dared to ask him for it, but he didn't take any of it himself, which made the powerful people helpless.

Threatening him didn't work. He had good friends from his official career. Han Qi and Wang Yaochen were the most outstanding Jinshis in Tiansheng's fifth year, and they became famous in the court very early.

Now Wang Yaochen is the Third Chief Envoy, and Han Qi is the Deputy Privy Council Envoy. They are both deputy prime ministers. Scholars on the same list will basically help each other as long as there is no conflict of interest. This is the practice in the examination room.

As the number one scholar, Wang Yaochen is the boss of this group. He is an upright official, so he naturally likes Bao Laohei who has the same ethics. Lao Wang will never try to put on small shoes for Lao Bao.

It should be said that Bao Zheng was very lucky. If his temper was in other dynasties, he would have been killed long ago.

It happened that he was born in the Song Dynasty and met the eternal sage Zhao Zhen. Moreover, he wasted ten years serving his parents at home and was not involved in official disputes.

Ten years later, several of his colleagues were in important departments of the central government, and they were all high-ranking officials. With such colleagues, who would dare to target Lao Bao for small interests?

(End of this chapter)