Compete for the Song Dynasty

Zhao Xu also froze for a moment when Wang Pang asked this question, then turned to ask Li Yan, the eunuch beside him: "Li Yan, how many people in the Yintai Division are surnamed Sun?" Li Yan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Sun is the only person in Yintai Division whose surname is Sun. "

"Yes, this one." Zhao Xu said with a smile, "Look at my memory."

"It's not that the emperor has a bad memory. There are so many officials under the emperor, how can he remember how many of them have their surnames?" Li Yan said for Zhao Xu,

This eunuch is quite good at talking. Wang Pang looked at him, but he was a eunuch in his twenties, and he spoke in a typical eunuch's accent. Basically, the eunuchs in the palace were not as awkward as Zhang, but this Li Yan He looked very pale,

Zhao Xu recalled: "Brother Wang, your question just now really stuck me, but the official may not be like what he said. I know this grandson. His father is Sun Gu, a scholar of Wenguandian. If I remember correctly, a few years ago his father was also working for the Banking Department.”[

"The emperor is talking about Sun Gu who is known as Mr. Baihui."

"I think he is Mr. Baihua. At that time, Tang Jie and Wu Kui almost started a fight in the Xuanhui Yuan for the impeachment of the chapter. This Sun Gu is lively and doesn't try to persuade him. It’s not that the official’s house happened to pass by, the Xuanhui Court could have dismantled those two people, but having said that, it means that Sun Gu has been in the Yintai Division for the longest time, basically he stayed there during the Xining years, so he can be regarded as a It's a miracle."

Wang Pang knew that the officials who came to the Yintai Division would not serve for too long, and most of them held other official positions. Generally, they were promoted to be governors in one term, or they were still in their own positions. There were not many people like Sun Gu. Wang Pang immediately thought that he could bring a promotion to the emperor just after seeing Sun. It seems that the Yintai Secretary still has a lot of power, and this clue should be investigated. According to Zhao Xu, Sun Gu is more tactful. , people may not be brought by him, but Sun Gu will definitely know if there is something about the Yintai Secretary here,

Thinking of this, the king smiled: "During the Qingli period, Emperor Renzong died in just one year and four months after implementing the New Deal. Your Majesty, it took you ten years to implement the New Deal. This is ten miracles. Taisi's time is nothing but a big witch."

Zhao Xu knew that Wang Pang was deliberately making fun of himself, so he said with a wry smile, "It's been ten years in the blink of an eye, and you are not in the court, how do you know the difficulties of the officials?" : "Now tell me, my lord, what's the matter with you coming to see me?"

If discussing the reform, it would be endless, and Wang Pang didn't want to talk about it, so he answered Zhao Xu's question: "I'm here to bid farewell to the emperor."

"Farewell, you just came back, where are you going?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that I want to help you make alchemy and gather medicine? If you don't pick this medicine, why won't it come here by itself?"

Zhao Xu frowned. It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with Wang Pang, but he was a little worried about letting Wang Pang float outside.

"You can just tell me what medicine you need. There are so many precious medicinal materials in the Imperial Pharmacy, you can take whatever you want."

Wang Pang knew that Zhao Xu would say this for a long time, and he said with a serious face: "The more expensive the medicinal materials, the better. No monarch in the past dynasties who wanted to prolong life did not have these good medicinal materials. The key is to choose the right medicinal materials and not the expensive ones. The medicinal materials for the emperor to enter the palace have to be well-qualified and good-looking, but some medicinal materials are ugly."

Zhao Xu shook his head questioningly,

"Cordyceps sinensis, the emperor has never heard of it."

"What about Cordyceps?"

Wang Bang recalled that Cordyceps sinensis was first recorded in Wu Yiluo (1757)

Zhao Xu was puzzled. If Wang Pang directly said to go to Tubo, he would think too much, but Wang Pang didn't go to Tubo, so Zhao Xu murmured again: "Well, why don't you go to the Cordyceps sinensis first, brother Wang? The family also wants to see the freshness."

"No, it's so far away, and I heard that Tubo is very chaotic now, so I don't want to go."

The more Wang Pang said that, the more Zhao Xu wanted him to go: "Brother Wang is needed because of the chaos, and Dong Zhan's adopted son in Tubo is also Brother Wang's sworn brother, so you should go see it." Look at the brothers, and find medicinal materials for the officials by the way."

"Your Majesty, don't fool me. I knew it when I was in Yongle City. After Wang Shao's death, the relationship between our court and Tubo has been bad. Otherwise, why would Xixia attack Yongle successfully, and Tubo would help us? I don't go."

Zhao Xu's face darkened, and he had a bit of the majesty of the emperor in order to save face beside the king, "If you don't go, how can you help the officials gather medicine."

"I'll go after the Tubo issue is settled."

"Then you go and solve it for the officials."

"I'm collecting medicine for the emperor. Besides, we have something to say first. This king will not participate in political affairs. If I don't go now, I won't go."

"Hey, the official family still doesn't want to move you." Zhao Xu patted the Long Shuan,

Wang Bang also patted the armrest of the chair politely: "Your joke, I am determined not to go to defend the emperor's oracle, otherwise it was said earlier that I would not participate in political affairs, and now they send me to Tubo, people will say that the emperor's order changes too much."

This sentence stabbed at Zhao Xu faintly with thorns. In the past ten years, I have changed a lot of things day and night, especially the ten-year reform of Xining.

The more a person emphasizes something, the more he is afraid of something, and the more he is afraid of something, the more he wants to prove that he is not like this. For example, at present, Zhao Xu is most afraid of changing these four words day by day, so Wang Pang is so aggressive.

Li Yan was very surprised when he looked left and right. He has been in the palace for almost ten years, and he has been with the emperor for three or four years. This is the first time he saw someone taking pictures with the emperor. There was a little bit of backing down, and then looked at Zhao Xu, who was still on the table after taking pictures, and looked at the king stiffly, looking at Zhao Xu, he suddenly froze, "Why do the officials change their orders day and night, I also trust the king Brother, it seems that Tubo is not under the control of the imperial court now, and the officials can't think of anyone more capable than you, prince, if this problem can't be solved, how can you get the medicine if you don't want to go."

Li Yan understands mentally, the emperor is crazy about medicine,

Look at Wang Pang and said unhurriedly: "There is no need to worry about the Tubo affairs. If you have been using Wang Shao's Pingrong policy these years, you should have seen results by now, but the key is to persevere." , That's why I'm hot and cold with Tubo like this."

"Brother Wang, don't make sarcastic remarks. I don't want Brother Wang to participate in political affairs. I'm just chatting between us brothers. You say that you are like your third brother. What should I do with your royal brother?" deal with it."

What Zhao Xu said was as usual as usual, and it was indeed a shame. Of course, Wang Pang knew that Zhao Xu should not be pushed too hard. If he did not participate in politics, it would be for outsiders to see. that part of myself,

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this matter. Isn't Dong Zhan still here now? Tubo has been alienated from the court these years. I think my third brother must have some thoughts in his heart. Think about it, Aligu is taking care of Tubo's affairs inside and outside. Dong Zhan is old and seriously ill, but if our Great Song Dynasty does not recognize Aligu, no matter what he does, he will be accused by the Tubo people, if you don’t support him, can he support you.”

Zhao Xu seemed to understand something: "Brother Wang means to seal the bone of Ali."

"If you want to seal it, don't just seal the bone of Ali. You might as well seal Dong Zhan with the bone of Ali. This can not only reflect the benevolent heart of my Song Dynasty, but also improve the status of the bone of Ali by the way, and let the bone of Ali know the emperor's respect." With a lot of affection, maybe that kid understands, and if he pays tribute to his ministers, isn't everything almost perfect." [

Only Zhao Xu raised his hand, and patted the book case happily: "Yes, why is this matter so simple when it comes to Brother Wang, Brother Wang, how do you seal it?"

Wang Pang said without hesitation: "You should issue an edict to confer the title of Dong Zhan, the leader of Miaochuan in the west, as the king of Wuwei County, and canonize Dong Zhan's adopted son, Aligu, as the regimental envoy, and Dong Zhan's son, who bullies Ding, to be the governor."

Zhao Xu laughed when he heard this, and pointed to the king: "Brother Wang, you are too broken."

Ali Gu was a regimental training envoy, which was equivalent to a position lower than Jiedu envoy, equivalent to a defensive envoy. He was an official in charge of military affairs. According to the official rank of the Song Dynasty, he was an eighth-rank official; The governor is a fifth-rank official. It seems that the official rank is three ranks lower, but the difference is that the regiment trainer is in charge of the military, but the governor is a idle job to support idlers.

"However, that's my third younger brother, don't be biased towards yourself, Emperor, you just hope that Ali Gu can understand the mystery here, and send someone to pay tribute to him as soon as possible, and that's when I go to Tubo to collect cordyceps for the emperor. "

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction, seeing that Wang Pang still had intentions, so his suspicions about Wang Pang had eased a little.