Compete for the Song Dynasty

Wang Bang shut himself in the room, leaning against the bed, quietly thinking about what happened in the past few years, from inexplicably coming to the Northern Song Dynasty, he became a household name in a daze, he was a Confucian businessman, fighting for temples, Arriving in Xixia, fighting Japanese slaves, all of this is not just for a phantom.Ultimately, he's still a human being, and he still doesn't like killing, war.

Perhaps his greatest wish is to live an ordinary life quietly with Yuexia, and even be happier than ordinary people, because he can earn a lot of money.Maybe he still has an extravagant wish, which is to solve the mystery of traveling through the past and the present, so that he can traverse time and space.It's just that the moon is gone now.He didn't even see the last side under the moon.

During this period of time, Wang Pang felt that he was completely out of control in doing things, and he didn't even know what he should do if he didn't do what he should do.It was as if he had been unwilling to face reality, but today he finally revealed the mystery; everything he didn't want to see turned out to be true.No matter what kind of burnt Yuexia looks like, I must see Yuexia; since I am back, I must pay homage to my adoptive father Bao Zheng; I also need to visit my parents; these things must be done.

Wang Pang seemed to be fast asleep, and vaguely felt that Yuexia came to him and covered him with a quilt.Wang Pang reached out and grabbed Yuexia, and shouted: "Yuexia, are you back?"

Dimly, Wang Pang heard someone say: "Second Young Master, it's very cold in the room, you should be careful of catching a cold while you sleep like this." Wang Pang heard Rou'er's voice.Yuexia never called himself the second son, Wang Pang opened his eyes and saw Rou'er looking at him nervously: "The eldest son and King Ying are here, waiting for you in the front hall." [

When Wang Pang walked outside the hall door, he heard several people talking inside. Among them, he heard the voice of his elder brother Yuan Ze: "I knew it, my brother will definitely come back!" excited.

When Wang Pang opened the door, he was stunned. There were several people sitting in the hall. The first thing he saw was Zhao Zhongzhen.There are two standing behind Zhong Zhen, Zhe Kejun and Zhang Ping; Yuan Ze is sitting opposite Zhong Zhen, and Yuan Ze is still following Liu Qi. I haven't seen him for more than a year, and Liu Qi has grown up a bit.

Seeing these people, Wang Pang couldn't help feeling hot, and seeing that there were more than these people in the room, there was a person sitting next to Yuan Ze, who looked about 40 years old, although Wang Pang didn't know this person, but Lou Qing But standing behind that person, Lou Qing used to be Prime Minister Bao's bodyguard, the identity of this person seems self-evident, he should be an official of Kaifeng Mansion.

There was also a person sitting next to Zhongzhen. This person was about 50 or [-] years old, and he looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was at the moment. Apart from these few people talking, Lu Shenyan was instructing his servants to put the person in the hall. Add charcoal fire to the furnace.

Suddenly so many people appeared in front of him, Wang Pang was delighted and surprised at the same time, everyone raised their heads to see Wang Pang coming in, and gathered around to pay respect to each other.Zhe Kejun and the others don't need to introduce, Zhongzhen pulled Wang Pang and said happily: "Brother Ruo, we can rest assured that you come back safely, come, let me introduce you."

Ying Wang Zhao Zhongzhen said, and pulled Wang Pang to introduce to the elders who were four or fifty years old: "After my brother has been away for a long time, the appointment of officials in the court has changed a lot. Cai Ting Cai Zizheng, the official affairs of the prison."

During the Jiayou period of Song Renzong, Wang Pang was in charge of salt affairs in Yanzhou, while Cai Ting was in Jiangxi at that time.Cai Ting reformed the salt tax and ordered to lower the price of official salt.After Cai Ting's rectification, the annual sales of salt in Jiangxi increased by 300 million catties compared with the original.Because of Cai Ting's excellent management of salt affairs, Zhao Shu, the current Emperor Yingzong of Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zongshi, who was still a general at the time, received an award from Renzong for his meritorious service.

Moreover, what impressed Wang Pang deeply was Cai Ting's position, "promoting criminal and prison official affairs". The Taizong Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty began to establish "promoting criminal and prison official affairs".The abbreviation of this position is to mention the criminal officer.When it comes to mentioning the criminal officer, Wang Pang was deeply impressed by the film and television dramas before time travel, one of which was dedicated to this official position, and described the story of Song Ci's "Da Song Mention the Criminal Officer".

The function of the "criminal officer", in addition to supervising local officials, is mainly to inspect and review the cases heard and reported by the county government under its jurisdiction, and to interrogate the prisoners of the county government. The dereliction of duty of the robbers was captured as scheduled and impeached ("Song History · Official Records VII"). The "criminal officer" is also responsible for hearing difficult cases, rehabilitating unjust prisons, and accepting appeals from the public.

Such an important person was attracted by Zhong Zhen, and Wang Pang hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I have admired Cai Tixing's reputation for a long time, and Wang admired his outstanding achievements in governing Jiangxi's salt affairs. Today, Mr. Cai came to visit in person. Please forgive me for the delay. .”

Now Zhongzhen has brought this person here, and it is in an unofficial way, such a brother, a brother, I think Cai Ting knows very well that Zhao Zhongzhen is the undisputed prince in the future, and he participated in the investigation of Wang Pang this time. In the case of a fire in the mansion, we must do our best.And even without Zhongzhen Yin, Cai Ting listened to Wang Pang's words very pleasantly.

Cai Ting had heard about Wang Pang a long time ago, and meeting Wang Pang this time was not the rumored youthful spirit, and he praised his achievements in Jiangxi back then, and he was very pleased.What's more, he also knows the achievements of Wang Pang, and he has a feeling of sympathy for each other.Cai Ting looked at Wang with an admiring expression, recalled the purpose of this trip, and said with a little regret: "Zizheng has always admired Wang Shilang's talent and learning, and today we meet, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Said Cai Ting sighed .

Wang Pang couldn't help feeling sad, he sighed softly and said: "This change in the family is not expected." He wanted to say something about justice and sentencing, but then he thought about the matter and didn't know what the sentence was. .

Wang Pang originally wanted to come back quietly and check slowly, but now that many people were alarmed, he looked at the people next to Lou Qing.Zhong Zhen hurriedly quoted: "This is Li Shen, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture at that time, and his style is Qingchen."

Li Shen hastily grabbed Wang Pang's eyes with tears in his eyes: "Wang Shilang, the Qing ministers did not live up to Prime Minister Bao's entrustment and made your house suffer like this." When Wang Pang heard Li Shen mention Prime Minister Bao, his heart felt sore.The prime minister's love for Wang Pang, Bao Zheng hid Song Wenjian, and gave the sword to Wang Pang again. This time of friendship and trust, as well as the prime minister's past teachings, are vividly remembered.Or at the most critical moment, Prime Minister Bao Zheng didn't talk about any major principles, only one sentence that Wang Pang remembered deeply: "If a father doesn't live in this position, even if he has a heart to love the people, it is useless talk."

Thinking of this, Wang Pang's eyes turned red and tears fell. He choked up and said, "Kaifeng Mansion is not just a house and a courtyard of my Meyer Mansion. Li Zhifu has a heavy responsibility. Wang Pang has no intention of complaining. thing, I feel sad."

Li Shen was also emotional, and he said in a trembling voice: "Prime Minister Bao is upright and honest, and has a great reputation throughout his life. They are all role models for my generation. Don't worry, Wang Shilang, even if there is no love between Wang Shilang and Prime Minister Bao, Li will try his best to find out about this matter. .”

No one in the house has ever seen Wang Pang cry. No matter what kind of ups and downs he has experienced, no matter what kind of grievance he has suffered, no matter what kind of injury he has suffered on the battlefield, Wang Pang has never shed tears. Now thinking of King Bao Zheng being sad, it is such an upright prime minister who is sad, and now he is also heading west. Can there be someone as brave as the prime minister in the Song Dynasty in the Song Dynasty?Seeing tears beside the king, the room was full of sadness.

Yuan Ze sighed: "Brother's day, everyone is here this time to discuss how to take care of the affairs of the house." After Yuan Ze finished speaking, he looked at Zhong Zhen, who also said, "Brother Ruo, we have something to tell you. .”[

Wang Pang nodded, endured the grief in his heart, and ordered his family to retreat.Zhong Zhen and the others also ordered the attendants to leave for the time being, only King Ying, Wang Pang, Yuan Ze, Cai Ting and Li Shen were left in the room.

Seeing that everyone was silent for a while, and no one knew to speak first, Wang said to himself, "I should have come back earlier to pay homage to the late emperor and my adoptive father. This is my greatest regret. On the way back, there was another I suffered some injuries, and now that I think about it, I still haven’t seen my deceased wife, which is my biggest regret; now that my son is still alive, this is my third regret. Thinking about it, I feel sad.”

Hearing what Wang Pang said, Zhong Zhen said: "Brother, don't be too sad. The past emperors of all dynasties were buried with famous officials and generals. I have already asked my father to bury General Di Qing and Prime Minister Bao Zheng with the late emperor. Song Renzong’s Yongzhao Mausoleum. The previous emperor has already given permission to play, so I ask Brother Ruo to escort the clothes of the two famous ministers into the imperial tomb.

After listening to the words, Wang Bang got up and knelt down to bow to Zhongzhen, which came from the heart.Although the biological father of this body is Wang Anshi, the adoptive father Bao Zheng and his mentor Di Qing have been kind to Wang Pang in nurturing and supporting him, not to mention that Di Qing is also Yuexia's biological father.No matter how much Wang Pang hated Zhao Shu in his heart, seeing how thoughtful Zhongzhen was and how hard he tried, he couldn't reverse the determination of the Great Song Dynasty.

Ying Wang Zhao Zhongzhen hurriedly helped Wang Pang up. In his heart for so many years, Wang Pang was like an amiable elder brother. Zhao Zhongzhen knew that everything Wang Pang did was for Song; in his heart, Wang Pang was still the same as Di Qing He is a hero; as he grows older, Zhao Zhongzhen understands that he needs someone like Wang Pang to assist him.Different from his father Zhao Shu, Zhong Zhen doesn't think much about the throne, he envies Wang Pang's willfulness and freedom, or the word admiration is more suitable for Zhong Zhen's attitude towards Wang Pang.

Wang Pang thanked Zhongzhen, and Zhongzhen asked Cai Ting: "Cai Tixing, you have always said that there is something hidden in this case, and now Wang Shilang is here. If you have anything to say, please tell me."

Cai Ting said that he looked at Wang Pang and said: "Wang Shilang, the fire in your mansion is strange, and your wife did not die in the fire."

What?Wang was shocked when he heard this!He looked at Cai Ting and waited for the next sentence.