Compete for the Song Dynasty

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When Cai Jing asked about Xu Xi, Shen Kuo nodded and replied: "There is indeed such a person in the army, but why did Yuan Chang remember to ask this person?"

Cai Jing frowned slightly, tapped his bony fingers on the table as if he was weighing something, then raised his head and said to the king, "Just now the guards caught a man sneaking around near the gate of the mansion. The guards tortured him. He said it was Xu Xi. It was sent to secretly protect the prince's comfort."

"Protect me and comfort me, I think he wants to stare at me to see if there is anything wrong with me. Yuan Chang also served under my father, you should know him." Wang Pang said with a sneer

Hearing what Wang Pang said, Cai Jing's expression relaxed a bit: "I recognize that he used to work in the department back then, but he's as stupid as Lu Huiqing. Seeing that the emperor wavered towards innovation, he immediately changed the direction of the wind. Why did he follow? You come here”[

Shen Kuo said: "It is this guy who proposed to send troops to build Yongle City this time. The emperor promotes his official position. He is also the deputy commander in this expedition to Xixia."

"Oh~" Cai Jing breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly realized

Wang Pang smiled: "Look at your cautious appearance, are you afraid that people will unannounced visits to your corruption and bribery behavior?"

Cai Jingshou's skinny cheeks had a slight blush, as if Wang Pang had hit on what he said. He laughed dryly twice: "Be careful, it's always right to say that I'm greedy for money. I admit it. If you say I'm corrupt and accept bribes, then I don't It’s good to admit that any official doesn’t want to accept me. After all, I don’t have party members, attack dissidents, or do things that harm others.”

"Huo seems to have changed a lot in the past ten years. You said that the harmful thing is the Wutai poetry case." Wang Pang said and glanced at Shen Kuo.

This time it was Shen Kuo's turn to blush: "You see, I just didn't speak for Su Shi, that's all. It wasn't me who caused him, and it was Li Ding who harmed him. You can't get rid of it."

"What does it have to do with me?" Wang Pang blinked at Shen Kuo

Shen Kuo rolled up his sleeves and looked like he was going to argue about this matter: "Of course it has something to do with it. Li Ding hated Su Shi to the core. Before he proposed to Su Shi to marry Su Xiaomei, but Su Shi didn't agree. He humiliated Li Ding. Is Su Xiaomei you? Does the one you marry have something to do with you Later Li Ding still didn't give up..."

"Ahem..." Cai Jing coughed suddenly and Shen Kuo also felt that the words were too much and immediately stopped

"How did he not give up later?" Wang Bang stopped his chopsticks and stared at Shen Kuo.

Shen Kuo also knew that he had slipped his tongue. After all, some things were just rumors. Besides, how could these gossips be used as the basis for disputes in the officialdom?

"My lord, you just came back from outside this time. Let's have a party to eat more and drink more..." Cai Jing said and filled Wang Pang's wine glass

Wang Pang put down his chopsticks: "Brother Shen, do you want to say that Li Ding and Su Shi had a deep grievance at first, and the Wutai Poetry Case was just an excuse?"

Shen Kuo laughed and said, "That's right, that's what the lord knows me." He toasted Wang Pang's wine glass but instead of holding the wine glass, he said: "You also know that I have been away for 14 years and still treat me as a brother. Then you should know how Li Ding is not giving up if you can't say enough."

Now Shen Kuo is worried, and Wang Pang is going to hold on to this matter. If he is telling the truth, Wang Pang’s temper will definitely risk his life with Li Ding when he returns to the capital. If he doesn’t tell the truth, he doesn’t know how to answer Wang Pang. He glanced at Cai Jing for help.

Cai Jing hurriedly took over the words and said: "It's no big deal. The man is married and the woman is married. It's human nature to remarry. But how can the princess remarry casually? What's more, Princess Su has such a harsh mouth. My brother is not ridiculing Li Ding again, and it is not the same as the first time, but it is all court officials who are ridiculed by the public, of course it will be embarrassing."

Hearing this, Wang Pang was very happy that his wife was very loyal and his uncle was so strong: "Haha, if you say that Su Shi is unlucky, I blame him for being too defensive, but after all, it is because of my family. When I go back, I will comfort him." After saying that, he raised his glass and took a sip

Shen Kuo let out a long breath: "It's not that these are trivial matters. Maybe the court will call Su Shi back again. Ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi are officialdoms. It’s not worth it if you die unjustly or even if the cause of death is unknown.”

"Cough, cough, cough..." Cai Jing coughed even more fiercely [

Wang Pang frowned and looked at Cai Jing, who was yellow and thin and still coughing like this, don’t get tuberculosis again, if it’s contagious, it would kill me if I had a meal with him and was infected with tuberculosis, it would be called death, I don’t know how to die

"Yuanchang, your cough is cured." Wang Pang said with concern.

Cai Jing was choked by Wang Pang's words, pretending to be coughing and pretending to be coughing, he quickly took out a silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and said, "I don't usually cough and I just started coughing today when I saw Brother Shen."

"When I saw me, what did I say wrong? There are some things that everyone just doesn't say. Don't you have doubts in your heart? After all, you are also from the palace. If you have something to say, just say it..." Shen Kuo said

Cai Jing managed to stop coughing, he looked up and saw Wang Pang was frowning and looking at him busy lowering his head, pretending to wipe his mouth with a handkerchief, this made Wang Pang even more suspicious, he looked at Shen Kuo and Shen Kuo waved his hands: "I don't know anything ah"

"Who is it from the palace that you are talking about dead?" Wang Pang's face gradually became serious.

Cai Jing sighed: "I am very happy to see the lord today. Even if the lord said so many things about me just now, I think the lord should say me. Over the years, I just want to save more money. If I save enough, I will resign. I did it, but the process is unavoidable, as you said, against my will, but I can’t do it, Xining. In the first few years, the emperor supported innovation, but as time went on, he indulged the opposition. After a long time, different political opinions may turn into political party disputes. Who will be unlucky at any time? From Wang Xianggong being beaten in the palace to the eldest son suffering from hysteria and finally dying, these are all the results of the battle, and Su Shi's involvement is just the aftermath."

When Wang Pang heard this, he was really angry. He slapped the table, stood up, walked around the room for a few times, and finally stopped, stared at Cai Jing and asked, "Who beat my father in the palace? Did I hear that my brother died too?" You say my brother's death has another story behind it."

Cai Jing knew that he couldn't hide these things, even if he didn't say anything today, when Wang Pang returned to the capital, he would know sooner or later, "Shangyuan night Wang Anshi was stopped by the guards when he rode into the palace at Xuandemen and said that Wang Xianggong offended the emperor. Knowing who gave them orders, they gave Wang Xianggong a good beating. The whole court knows that the final punishment is that the emperor just beat ten guards."

"Damn it!" Wang Pang threw his fist on the table furiously. Officials of the third rank and above in Xuandemen can not dismount from their horses.

"In the future, this matter will be settled, but everyone knows that the prince's power is gone. After the prince's resignation, it was Lu Huiqing who became the prime minister. After that, the sage summoned the prince and the prince for the second time to be the prime minister. Lu Huiqing kept provoking right and wrong in front of the emperor to exclude the prince. He also opposed the appointment of the eldest son Wang as a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion. The eldest son saw that Lu Huiqing was so gracious that he avenged Lu Huiqing and went to the court with a sick heart. At the same time, he collected Lu Huiqing's crimes. Making jokes, engaging in blind dates, teasing the royal family, and saying that the eldest son is too high-minded and not a petty official. In short, he has listed a lot of crimes. The eldest son was a good-faced man who was so angry that he was only 33 years old when he died of illness."

Cai Jing said here and took a sip of wine: "Ms. Pang Di remarried when the eldest son was critically ill. Zhao Hao must have been forced by Nai at the time. I heard that when the eldest son closed his eyes, he was still holding a piece of paper that read "The Eyes Are Beautiful." The words of "Do you think the prince is confused? The eldest son's death is not wronged. The old man resigned from the post of prime minister after the eldest son's death must have been disheartened gone……"

Wang Pang felt a pain in his heart for more than ten years. After all, Wang Anshi was his reborn father. Wang was his own brother.

"Okay, stop talking..." Seeing Wang Pang's sad expression, Shen Kuo reminded Cai Jing

Shang Yang was torn apart by a car, Zhang Juzheng was liquidated after the incident, Wang Anshi was reviled because he was able to govern, the people did not live in poverty, and even the crime of subjugation of the Song Dynasty was imposed on his head. The root cause is, tell them, tell the people of the Song Dynasty, can they understand? Even the current emperor, Zhao Xu, has good things like all the emperors.

Zhao Xu has the benevolence of Renzong, the heroism of Taizu, and even the heroism of Yingzong. Zhao Shu is far-sighted, but it is such an emperor who has had a close relationship with Wang Pang since he was a child, but he has always been suspicious of Wang Pang. At the same time, he also stole Wang Anshi's thoughts. It's a pity that he has the essence of understanding and a heartfelt rich country and strong army. Instead, he wants to be a generation of sage monarchs for fame.

14 years ago, I am afraid that Wang Pang would slap the table and say all the words in his heart, but now he will not listen to Cai Jing's statement. He slowly sat back to his seat and picked up his wine glass: "These things have passed. I have already returned this time. The heart of contention is waiting for me to go back to see my father to make him feel at ease, and then I plan to walk around to see the changes over the past ten years. As for the affairs of the court, my father can let go of what I can’t let go of.”

"That's right, let's go back. If the emperor blames me, then I will resign as well. Our brothers will also visit famous mountains and rivers and take a good walk." Shen Kuo said hastily.

What Cai Jing is talking about Wang Pang's answer makes him feel that the prince is no longer the prince he was back then. He doesn't know that Wang Pang, who is happy to be kind and enmity, has changed.