Compete for the Song Dynasty

When Wang Pang saw Li Gefei again, the events of his youth more than ten years ago seemed to be vivid in his memory.Asking why Li Gefei came and went in such a hurry, I was just curious. Generally, officials from other provinces will stay at least a few days if they come to Beijing to report on their duties. What's more, although Li Gefei is not from the capital, his father-in-law is the current Prime Minister Wang Gui. It's more normal to stay for a few more days.

Li Gefei said lightly: "Some time ago, it was rumored that you came back, my lord, and I wanted to come and see you at that time. It's just that my father-in-law is an official in the capital, so I rarely come to the capital, lest people say that I came here for fame. This time It happened that I came to Beijing by order. When I arrived in the capital yesterday evening, I went to my father-in-law’s mansion. After talking with my father-in-law in detail, I realized that someone proposed me to the emperor this time. Today I will go back to be my professor of Yunzhou. So I'm going back tomorrow."

"This is very interesting. Doesn't the official you choose not suit your wishes, Uncle Wen?"

"Is there any disagreement about the official position? The main reason is that the person who moved me, I think he has a plan. I only found out after asking my father-in-law. I'm afraid he chose me to please my father-in-law or have ulterior motives. Such an official is not good. Do it."

Wang Pang smiled and said: "Uncle Wen, you are always peaceful, who can make you so disgusted?"

"I don't like it, and it's not disgusting. I just think that the farther away from this person, the better. Speaking of it, you must know that it is Lu Huiqing, the political advisor."

Wang Pang gave a thumbs up: "Smart!"

Regarding Lu Huiqing, Li Gefei didn't seem to bother to say more, and Wang Pang knew a lot about it, so he didn't mention him again.The two chatted for a while to reminisce about the old days, and Li Gefei got up to leave.

Wang Pang said with a little regret: "It's okay for others, since Uncle Yong is coming to the capital, he must let me show some kindness as a landlord."

"I'll make it up when you get to Yunzhou!"

Li Gefei said goodbye and left the study. Jiao Deyou entered the door and said to Wang Pang: "Professor Li I thought he was quite honest back then. It is convenient for the common people to spend money. Nowadays, even when you come to the capital, you don’t even hire a car or a horse.”

"how?"

"I just chatted with his entourage for a while. Qiao Sheng said that their master is usually frugal. You also know that the salaries of officials in other provinces are not high. Although Li Gefei has a prime minister's father-in-law, he himself is very poor. This time they came to Beijing It’s been five or six hundred miles on foot.”

Wang Pang thought, no wonder he came and went in a hurry, and spent all his time on the road.But even so, the official is not accepted. It seems that this person is so low-key and high-minded that he has not changed because of the world. It is no wonder that he will marry such an excellent daughter.

"Brother Jiao, you arrange someone to drive a car to see them off."

"Hehe, I guess you will arrange it like this when you hear this. I asked them to prepare the carriage and driver. I'll go right away!"

Jiao Deyou sent someone to drive Li Gefei off, and he personally caught up with the master and servant.Li Gefei knew Wang Pang's good intentions, so he stopped blaming him.Back at the mansion, it happened that Shi Qian was walking out.

"What are you doing here?" Jiao Deyou asked, wondering if this kid is looking for a fishing rod again?

Shi Qian cast a glance at Jiao Deyou: "I gave the prince the letter he wanted, and he said it's nothing to do with me. Didn't you say that my nickname doesn't count? I'm going out to make a name for myself, my lord!"

Jiao Deyou smiled when he said a joke: "Go, come back with good news. Don't cause trouble!"

Shi Qian laughed and ran away in a hurry.

Wang Pang looked at the letter brought back by Shi Qian, which was Zheng Xia's hobby that Cui Xi had inquired about.This person is usually considered decent, but he prefers to drink, and sometimes behaves badly after drinking.Now this person is in the capital, and he has not received a high official salary because of the contribution of the map, so sometimes he has some criticisms.It was okay to say when Wang Anshi returned to the prime minister before, and when Lu Huiqing resigned and took power again, it seemed that Zheng Xia had also approached Lu Huiqing, but he didn't get what he wanted, so he hated and hated Lu Huiqing even more.

These were exactly what Wang Pang wanted to know, especially seeing that Zheng Xia and Lu Huiqing were at odds, which made Wang Pang even more interested.Alcohol can make people lose their composure. There are those who smile wryly and those who are drunk, some who are strong and cowardly, and some who are "chaotic" after drinking.Especially for those who are gluttonous, it is simply easier to win.

Put Zheng Xia's matter aside for now, and wait for Tong Guan to report back.It is said that someone has been sent to wait at Sun Gu's mansion, and once Sun Gu finishes his official business and returns to the mansion, he will immediately notify the king. [

About four o'clock in the afternoon, people sent by Tong Guan came back to report that Sun Gu had answered the mansion.Wang Pang called Shi Qian twice but no one came, thinking that this kid might have gone crazy.He sent someone to invite Sun Gu, but Sun Gu murmured in his heart when he received the letter sent by Wang Pang.I wasn't very familiar with Wang Pang at first, what did the prince ask me to do?He also thought that this person could not be offended. He was a popular person around the emperor back then and had gone through three dynasties.Now he is the emperor's confidant, and it is said that he will offer the emperor a life-prolonging elixir. Although such a person has no soldiers and no power, it is more terrifying than power.

People with power in their hands have scope for everything, or there is such a thing as ultra vires.But Wang Pang does not participate in government affairs, so in other words, he does not exceed his authority.The more I thought about it, the more strange I felt, so I hurriedly prepared my sedan chair and came to Mayer's mansion.

Seeing that the Meyer Mansion is not very big, a dignified prince actually lives in a poorer place than ordinary courtiers.Sun Gu was brought to the living room by the officials of the Meyer Mansion. The king was sitting in the chief seat, and he did not get up when he saw Sun Gu: "Scholar Sun, please sit down!"

When Sun Gu saw the king, he vaguely looked like he was back then, and he wanted to see that it was true that he helped the emperor make alchemy.Now, he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter with the lord calling me in such a hurry today?!"

"Sun Gu, let me ask you what were you doing in the seventh year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty?"

One sentence made Sun Gu's question a bit confused, this is not a court, why did the little prince ask this as soon as he came up.Fortunately, my official position has not changed for many years, so I replied: "In the seven years of Xining, I worked in the Yintai Division."

"Did you remember correctly?"

"Don't worry, my lord, I must be wrong. I was only transferred to the Privy Council last year. Before that, I was in the Yintai Division." After he finished speaking, he sneaked a look at Wang Pang, only to see Wang Pang's face was dark and Chen Rushui.Now Sun Gu murmured even more in his heart, he hurriedly lowered his head and waited for Wang Pang to ask questions.

"I heard that your son is also in the Yintai Division now? Is his name Sun Chao!"

"Yes?! My lord, did Sun Chao offend my lord?"

Seeing Sun Gu's trembling look, Wang Bang knew that the other party did not dare to disrespect him, so he did not dare to play tricks, so he asked directly: "Let me ask you, there is a big event in the seventh year of Xining, Zheng Xia presented the "Refugees Picture" to the emperor. Taking advantage of the famine year, the false accusation was caused by my father's new policy, how much do you know about this matter!"

Sun Gu listened to Wang Pang's voice very harshly, this scene didn't seem like Wang Pang was interrogating himself, but rather like the court was interrogating his suspicions.But he didn't dare not to say it. From the moment he entered the door, he felt that although the Meyer Mansion was not big, the king's aura was enough.

"My lord, everyone in the court knows about this." Sun Gu said he knew about Zheng Xia's contribution, but whether Zheng Xia falsely accused Wang Anshi has always been deterministic.But when he replied like this, he also felt that something was wrong. It seemed that Zheng Xia was making false accusations all over the court.But if Wang Pang wants to reverse the case against Wang Anshi now, wouldn't he be convinced that Zheng Xia made a false accusation by saying so?After thinking about it for a while, the old man couldn't get around, and he added anxiously: "My lord, Mr. Wang resigned due to the incident of Zheng Xia's contribution of pictures. All the officials in the court know about such a big matter, but Zheng Xia's contribution of pictures can be done with me. It has nothing to do with it!"

Seeing how nervous he was, Wang Bang also felt that Sun Gu was timid and tactful. If he knew that Zheng Xia was presenting pictures to the emperor, he would not dare to take Zheng Xia to see the emperor.Thinking of this, the king smiled coldly: "You don't know? In the imperial city, apart from the eunuchs who can get close to the emperor, there is also the access to the Yintai Sealing Department, where you can go directly to the emperor. I have already investigated, Zheng Xia was taken by your silver stage that day. The people from the department brought it to the emperor. Sun Gu, I can tell you that this matter is of great or small importance, if your bank secretary neglects his duty, it is not a small crime to disturb Shengjia?!"

Seeing Sun Gu's terrified expression and some hesitation in the dark color, Wang Pang quietly took a sip of water from his cup and said, "Let me remind you again, Sun Chao is also in Yintai Division now, in case one day the seal is rejected It is a serious crime if the Holy Will offends the Emperor, or to inform the Emperor in time of an urgent matter."

These words are indeed very useful, Sun Gu said with a naive face: "My lord, aren't you scaring me by saying that?!"

"I'm not scaring you, I'm threatening you!" Wang Pang stared at Sun Gu unceremoniously.

Sun Gu's legs were shaking, and he said in a crying voice: "You, let me think about it, this matter is definitely not my business, but Zheng Xia has seen the emperor's picture, and everyone patronizes the lives of those refugees. and Wang Xianggong's resignation, no one should pay attention to how Zheng Xia met the emperor that day!"

Wang Pang pointed at Sun Gu with his hand: "Listen, Sun Gu, now I will give you two hours to check. If you can't find it, let your son do it. In short, you must give me a letter before tomorrow morning." , otherwise you must have heard about this king's temper."

"Hey, my lord, I'll go right away." Sun Gu was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating. The incident happened so suddenly.Thinking of the little overlord Wang Pang more than ten years ago, can Sun Gu not be afraid, especially when he bluntly said that he was threatening himself.Who can argue with this matter, even if it comes to the emperor, he was on official business of the Yintai Division back then, and it was obviously not urgent for Zheng Xia to offer pictures, why did he let him go in to see the emperor and offer the pictures?

Sun Gu hurried back to the mansion to send someone to call Sun Chao, and the father and son discussed the countermeasures. Sun Chao also knew that Wang Pang was not easy to mess with, especially when he saw Wang Pang holding Cai Jing in the hall that day, the emperor simply obeyed.For a solution, Sun Chao hurried back to Xuanhuiyuan to check the files.

Sun Gu and his son were busy over there, and when Sun Gu left, it was already dark.Seeing that Shi Qian hadn't come back yet, Wang Pang felt strange. He heard some chaos outside, and then Cui Deyou brought Chen Kang and Zhang Bao in. [

Wang Bang was overjoyed to see the two of them, and just wanted to explain to Chen Kang why he didn't recognize him when he was in Yanzhou, but Chen Kang stepped forward and said, "My lord, when we just came back, we saw it on the street at that time. Qian, was tied up. Send someone to take a look!"

Cui Deyou clapped his hands: "It's bad. When this kid left, he said that he wanted to make his nickname famous? Could it be that he went to steal something from someone and let him be caught?!"

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