Compete for the Song Dynasty

Now that Wang Pang already knew that Baishi was not in Yingzong's hands, he was somewhat relieved, but whether Baishi was taken across by Yuexia or carried with the child, it is even more unknown if the clue was broken.But Wang Pang thought about it, everything has a cause and effect, it is better to let nature take its course than stubbornly looking for stones.

Talking with Tong Xiao made Wang Pang think about something more. Since there is Yang Jian in this world, there should be Tong Guan.Even if Tong Xiao doesn't change her name, there will still be a Tong Guan who turns out to be born a few years later, pretending to help Liao, but actually helping Jin Mieliao to lure Jin soldiers into Yanyun.How future generations evaluate merits and demerits depends on the needs of future generations, and for Wang Pang, living one more time to come back to this misfortune is to witness this story with his own eyes.What's more, in Wang Bang's heart, he always felt that, except Jiaozhi, Japanese slaves, and Koryo, all lands were one country.What is the point of talking about Liao, Song, Xia, Jin, Tubo, etc. now?These national plates are nothing but a puzzle of this era.

Seeing that Tong Xiao was interested in reading, Wang Pang saw that there were so many books that he couldn't read anyway, so he took Tong Xiao to the study room. He thought Tong Xiao was just talking casually, but he didn't expect the little guy to hold the book and read it in a decent way. stand up.Occasionally, I would come to ask Wang Pang when I came across characters that I didn’t know. This made Wang Pang feel a little headache. Traditional Chinese characters have always been Wang Pang’s weakness.Cai Jing was ordered by Wang Pang to take care of the tea farm, Wang Pang was worrying when he suddenly remembered that He Zhu was still at the mansion, so he simply called He Zhu to accompany Tong Xiao to study in the school.

After settling these people, Wang Pang came to the front yard. In addition to the servants who cleaned the courtyard, there were also maids who walked around to do some housework. The courtyard was very quiet. Wang Pang remembered what he had explained to each other yesterday, and he didn't know how everyone was doing.Looking up, Wang Pang turned around and went back to the hall, and ordered someone to call Rou'er and Yan Zhihu: "I have seen Yuexia's body yesterday, and now I can prepare it earlier so that my wife can be buried in peace."

Rou'er said: "My lord, Madam often went to the Privet Temple to offer incense and worship Buddha, why not ask the Privet Temple to perform a ritual ceremony for Madam. As for the burial, Steward Lu has already selected a grave site." Lu Shenyan and others took care of the matter, so they ordered the two to go to Zhang Luo to handle it.I thought that this is just a temporary measure, and when my own body will be buried in the ancestral home of Jiangning one day, the joint burial of husband and wife will be handled by future generations. I only hope to find my own flesh and blood with Yuexia, so Yue I can rest in peace under the Jiuquan.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sighed. [

Wang Pang sent the two of them out, and he heard the laughter and footsteps outside the door. He knew it was Zhe Kejun and the others. Wang Pang cheered up and saw the door opened. Zhe Kejun, Zhang Ping and Han Derong came back together. They were still accompanied by Cai Jing.

"My lord, we're back!" Zhe Kejun and the others walked through the door with overflowing joy.

"Okay! Sit down first, we have something to discuss later!" After Wang Pang finished speaking to the three of them, he asked Cai Jing, "Is Yuan Chang done so quickly?"

"Returning to my son, the tea farm doesn't have a lot of remaining stocks this season, so it's easy to count. If I do this well, I'll be at ease." Cai Jing replied with a smile. "In addition, I also brought good news to the young master. Guess who has been transferred back to Beijing?"

"Who is it?" Wang Pang thought to himself that he knew so many officials from other places, how could he guess.

"I met my fellow countryman today, and told me that my cousin Cai Junmo (Cai Xiang) has returned to the capital! And he was promoted to the third envoy! I think the friendship between the young master and my cousin will definitely help the young master!" Cai Jing Very excited to say.

Wang listened to it, and his heart was moved. The third envoy is the immediate boss of the Ministry of Housing. Even if he can't help him get back to Jinxiang Mansion, repairing the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting is a trivial matter.It's just that now that he is no longer the favorite minister in front of Renzong, and he has just resigned, I don't know if Cai Xiang will help him.

Wang Pang was hesitating, Wa Zhuang walked into the hall and heard what Cai Jing said, and asked, "Cai Junmo, Yuan Chang said, was the one who built the bridge at Wan'andu?"

Seeing Wa Zhuang talking about Cai Xiang's past, Cai Jing's eyes lit up and he said, "Exactly, does brother Wa also know about this?"

Wa Zhuang looked at Wang Pang: "Guangnan Road is adjacent to Fujian Road. It is widely spread that Cai Junmo built the Wan'an Ferry Bridge. Is there anyone who doesn't know?"

I want to listen to this Wang. I used to have some contacts with Cai Xiang in Jianzhou. I know that this person has a lot of research on tea, and I have met him several times. I think Cai Xiang is a good character, but the matter of building bridges It was the first time Wang Pang had heard of it: "Tell me and listen!"

"Let me tell you!" Cai Jing hurriedly said: "My cousin followed Emperor Renzong up and down the south of the Yangtze River, patrolling Wan'an Ferry in Quanzhou and Hui'an, and saw the water deep and fast, and the white waves billowing into the sky. This Wan'an Ferry is not "Wan'an". Under the attack of storms and violent waves, boats sank and people died frequently. My cousin immediately thought of building a bridge for the people, but the water flow is fast here. If it would cost a lot of money to build a bridge across the river, many people opposed it at that time. In order to convince the emperor, my cousin I thought of a clever plan. Sure enough, the emperor issued an order to build the bridge."

"What trick? Tell me quickly?" Zhang Ping asked impatiently.

Cai Jing shook his head and shook his head when he said this, he stopped at this point, and said deliberately: "Don't worry, let me tell you the result first: one day my cousin accompanied the emperor to stroll here, and saw the bees on the embankment. "The emperor ordered Cai Xiang to build the Luoyang Bridge ". After the emperor read this word, my cousin immediately bowed to the ground to accept the decree. Guess how my cousin did it?"

"Yuanchang, your cousin is really amazing! What kind of trick is it?" Wa Zhuang exclaimed.

Zhang Ping looked at Wang Ping and said, "Bees can type characters? This is really strange. I think you must know about it."

Everyone looked at Wang Pang in unison, Wang Pang smiled, what's so difficult about bee typesetting?Just about to reveal the secret, Jiao Deyou came back from the outside: "Young master, there is indeed a coal yard north of Weizhou Gate, and there is a lot of coal in it. I inquired, and it was indeed set up there by the household servant, and the coal yard is still there. Guarded by soldiers."

This Qin Minzhi was courageous enough to set up the coal yard under the eyes of the Kaifeng Mansion. He should be looking for bad luck, and he came to provoke the king.Wang Pang was thinking about how to make this matter worse in Kaifeng Mansion, and now he has a solution: "I will reveal the answer tomorrow, let's start work and call Tong Xiao and He Zhu. Cai Jing, go find honey, the more you The more the better. Zhe Kejun and Zhang Ping, you go to a conspicuous wall outside the Kaifeng mansion at midnight tonight, and write a few words with honey. Just write, "Traitors hide coal privately, seeking high prices.Coal burning in the capital is in a hurry, and weizhou will solve it outside the gate. "

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering why Wang Pang remembered to write an inscription on the wall of Kaifeng mansion after listening to Cai Xiang's story.Since Wang Pang has an order, Cai Jing and others can hurry up and do it.Tong Xiao and He Zhu also ran in from outside the hall, and Wang Pang said: "I will give you two a task! Let Han Derong and Wa Zhuang accompany you, put on jars and tools, and dig out the ant nest! Dig out a few more ?”[

The two children were overjoyed, but the two adults grinned. What is the prince doing?Han Derong and Wa Zhuang went out with their two children.Jiao Deyou didn't say a word when he came in, when he saw that Wang Pang sent everyone out, he asked in puzzlement, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Wang Pang smiled, yesterday he promised the people to solve the coal burning emergency within three days, tomorrow is the second day: "Tomorrow you will know! Let's go, let's go to the Xinfu house."

Wang Pang brought Jiao Deyou to the mansion gifted by Prime Minister Bao. This place is bigger than Meyer's mansion. Now only his elder brother Ruo brought the book boy Liu Qi here, and one or two servants. The big mansion seems deserted.

Yuan Ze saw Wang Pang coming, and was very happy when he heard that Wang Pang was going to move to this mansion. Originally, this was also Wang Pang's mansion, and he was deserted here. "Brother, after finishing work, will you go back to Jiangning to visit your parents?"

Wang Pang nodded and said: "I am entrusted by Prime Minister Zeng. I am afraid that I will go to Guangnan, which happens to pass through Jiangning. But you also know, brother, that I have all the memories before I came to the capital. I want to ask my brother to lead the way. The two of us return home together. How do you look?"

"Of course! I also want to go back and have a look, and you and I brothers get together less and leave more, just take this opportunity for our family to reunite!" Yuan Ze was quite happy.

Wang Bang thought to himself, if there is no one to lead the way, how would he know where his hometown is?What is the use of knowing Jiang Ning in Nanjing?Even if you have been there 900 years later, it may not be what it is now.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and Wang Pang returned to the mansion.Wang Pang is planning to solve the problem of burning the people with coal, and Song Yingzong in the imperial palace in the capital is also worried about the coal issue.

Yingzong knew that Wang Pang had returned to the capital for a long time. He thought that according to Wang Pang's character, he would confront the court, and thought of a lot of soothing words in his heart, but unexpectedly, Wang Pang did not ask for an audience at all, and he did not come to the early court.Yingzong was relaxed and angry again.He was much more at ease when he didn't see the king, but Yingzong felt a little ashamed if he didn't come to the early court.

The prime minister in the court played the matter of asking Wang Pang to resign, and the crows and birds in the court hall made everyone understand why Wang Pang resigned.What Wang Pang did was to show that he would not talk nonsense with you, and that I would not wait for you.Yingzong knew that if he said it easily, he would inevitably get the reputation of not retaining the heroes. If he didn't allow it and kept the king in court, sooner or later he would come to ask him about confiscating the land and pledging the next month.

Being in a dilemma, Prime Minister Han Qi suggested: "Wang Pang has meritorious service in his mission, but he should be sharpened for his youthful vigor. Besides, there is indeed unspeakable pain at home, so it is better to press down and discuss." Han Qi finally gave Yingzong a step, After retiring from the imperial court, Yingzong summoned two prime ministers in the Chuigong Palace. Apart from the major issues discussed in the imperial court, he naturally talked about Wang Pang's resignation.

"Your Majesty, since Wang Pang refuses to be an official, and only focuses on business and does not care about politics, it is better to ask the emperor to make it happen. In addition, the old minister is willing to investigate the matter of the lost file of the "Wu Jing Zong Yao", and the old minister privately entrusts Wang Pang to investigate. He is loyal to the emperor, so he must agree to this matter. The emperor will not pursue his past mistakes first. As long as he obeys the law and is willing to go into business, he will be allowed to resign. Isn't this the best of both worlds." Zeng Gongliang knew that the king had agreed, Also give the emperor a step.