As an old minister of the Zhenzong Dynasty, Wang Qinruo certainly knew about the official family background.
Li Shuyi, no, Li Xianfei is the biological mother of the official family.
Mother is more valuable than son. If the official's life experience is exposed, the Song Dynasty will probably have another queen mother.
What did the Queen Mother think?
Wang Qinruo fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he suddenly thought of something.
The official wedding is coming soon, does the Queen Mother want to take this opportunity to officially retire behind the scenes?
Now that it has retreated behind the scenes, there is no such thing as two palaces standing side by side.
On the other side, seeing Wang Qinruo's look of surprise, Ding Wei chuckled, got up, left his seat, and walked out the door.
It's time to resign.
What does the Queen Mother's affairs have to do with him?
Sooner or later, the official family will take power. The Queen Mother recalled Concubine Li Xian to the capital in advance, mostly to find a way out for herself.
After all, once the official family officially takes charge of the government, they will obviously meet with foreign ministers more often than they do now.
At that time, any foreign minister who could not protect the situation would report the matter secretly to the officials.
Instead of reacting passively, it is better to take the initiative. By then, even if the official's background is exposed, the Queen Mother will have a reason to explain.
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Yingtian Academy.
"Your Majesty, I never thought that you and I would meet in Yingtian."
In the small courtyard, Fan Zhongyan's face was full of spring, and his face was filled with joy of meeting old friends again.
Zhang Lun's coming here was indeed something he didn't expect.
"Why am I not like that?"
Zhang Lun laughed, raised his tea cup and took a sip.
This time, he didn't come to Yingtian Mansion specially, but just along the way.
The embankment construction in Suzhou was over, and his achievements were complete. Thanks to the embankment construction, he was promoted.
This time, he went to Hebei Road to take up his post, and he was sent as the Deputy Transport Envoy. To be more specific, his main job was to control the floods in Huazhou.
Huazhou is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, floods have occurred frequently. A small battle every three years and a major battle every five years are completely normal.
In fact, Huazhou was not like this in the beginning.
The history of Huazhou's serious flooding can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, the foundation of the Tang Empire's rule was seriously shaken.
Although the Yellow River Basin is still within the territory of the empire, this area has become a de facto vassal and territorial division.
The forces in the vassal and town focus mostly on short-term interests. Projects such as river construction, which require high investment and are slow to produce results, are rarely undertaken by anyone.
After all, once the river channel is repaired, whether or not one's own power will still exist is a question.
No one wants to be the predecessor in "the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade", everyone wants to be the descendants.
Later, in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it was a turbulent period of warlord rule, and no one paid much attention to repairing rivers.
If it were another river channel, the problem might not be so serious.
But the Yellow River is an unruly river, especially in the middle and lower reaches. Due to the damage to the water and soil in the upper reaches, disasters will occur if the rainfall is slightly greater.
Finally, in the last years of the Later Liang Dynasty, the Later Tang Dynasty and the Later Liang Dynasty fought in the Huazhou area. The leader of the Later Liang Dynasty did everything he could to win.
In order to win, he would even do things like break the embankment.
It is easy to destroy but difficult to control. Huazhou is an area prone to disasters. During the Five Dynasties, river defense projects were destroyed several times.
As a result, even after the Song Dynasty, Huazhou area repaired it again and again, but the specific effect was not very satisfactory.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, nearly 20 floods have occurred in the Huazhou area.
This year, it is rare for Huazhou not to suffer from flooding.
The last flood in Huazhou occurred in the fifth year of Tianxi (1021). At that time, Chen Yaozuo happened to know Huazhou.
He built a large embankment northwest of Huazhou City, which barely withstood the flood.
Because of this, Chen Yaozuo also received a commendation.
However, three years have passed since the fifth year of Tianxi. Calculating the time, the boundary of Huazhou is probably not peaceful again.
Therefore, the Zhengshitang made a suggestion and asked Zhang Lun to rush to Huazhou in advance to inspect the river first. If any problems were encountered, they could be solved in time.
Secondly, a war is about to break out on Hebei Road. During the war, what is the most important thing?
It’s the smooth flow of food and grass!
Generally speaking, in times of war, the Song Dynasty would appoint one or two additional deputy envoys to ensure the transportation of grain and grass.
It was under this circumstance that Zhang Lun was transferred to Hebei Road.
Fan Zhongyan felt sincerely happy when he learned that Zhang Lun was about to take up his post in Hebei Road.
Although Hebei Road is about to become a front line, Zhang Lun is the deputy transshipment envoy. He only needs to ensure the supply of food and grass and does not need to go to the battlefield at all.
There is no need to worry about safety issues.
As for whether Zhang Lun is qualified for this responsibility, Fan Zhongyan is even less worried.
He had worked under Zhang Lun for many years, and he knew his former boss very well.
Transporting grain and other supplies is definitely not a problem.
When old friends reunited, they couldn't avoid drinking. It didn't take long for the two of them to move the battlefield from the tea room to the small courtyard outside.
At the turn of spring and summer, it is most suitable for drinking outdoors.
Unknowingly, the moon slowly climbed up the sky, and Zhang Lun and Fan Zhongyan were on the verge of getting drunk.
"Xiwen."
Zhang Lun glanced inside without leaving any trace, and found that Li was not there, so he spoke.
"There is an old story that I need to tell you carefully."
"Your Majesty, please!"
Fan Zhongyan raised his sleeves, drank the wine in the cup, and then acted as if he was listening carefully.
"In the past, when the late emperor ascended the throne, a secret incident happened in the palace."
"Everyone who entered the palace knew that Wang Jien had secretly colluded with Duke Leshan (Li Changling) who participated in politics. Everyone in front of the palace commanded Li Jixun, and knew that Gao Gao, Hu Dan, and others were planning to support the king of Chu Yuanzuo."
"In the end, the matter was exposed, and Duke Leshan was demoted to Sima of the Zhongwu Army Jiedu Marching Army. Wang Jien was resettled in Junzhou, and Hu Dan was demoted and moved to Xunzhou."
Although it is not a top secret that Wang Jien and others conspired to support Li Li, those who did not personally witness it would most likely not know about it.
After all, neither the national history nor the actual records record this secret.
The reason why Zhang Lun knew it was entirely because his father was one of the participants. At that time, his father happened to be one of the witnesses.
That's why he knew this secret.
On the other side, after listening to Zhang Lun's words, Fan Zhongyan suddenly looked startled.
It turns out that Lord Leshan (Li Changling) was demoted because of this?
This is indeed something he doesn't know.
After all, Duke Leshan passed away long ago during the reign of Dazhong Xiangfu, and the father-in-law's family, both emotionally and rationally, should not talk about this past event with him.
(PS: This piece of history is indeed not recorded in the official history.
After all, we have to follow the principle of respecting the venerable. What we are seeing now is from the Xu Zi Zhi Tong Jian Changbian. The source of historical data is the records of Lu Ji. Lu Ji is the grandson of Lu Duan, and Lu Duan happened to be the prime minister at that time.
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Therefore, for people at that time, this period of history was indeed a secret)