Wang Lin and Han Yan’s wedding is scheduled for April 23rd, which is an auspicious day.
Wang Lin spent every day practicing martial arts and studying in the mansion, staying shut in the house. He basically refused invitations to banquets or cultural gatherings from various high-ranking families in Beijing, but he did attend a polo match hosted by Zhao Ji.
After the death of Cai Jing's six thieves, Tokyo's atmosphere changed.
After Lu Yihao, Li Gang and Wu Min entered the cabinet, they vigorously rectified the political corruption and eliminated the traitors in the Cai Party. Everyone in the government and the public applauded.
Lu Yihao led the government as prime minister, and Li Gang and Wu Min assisted in political affairs.
If this situation continues, there may be a glimmer of hope for the Northern Song Dynasty to survive.
Of course Lu Yihao was a capable minister and a famous minister, otherwise Wang Lin would not have recommended him to the court, and the emperor would not have agreed.
But Wang Lin didn't know that Lu Yihao had a domineering personality and had deep conflicts and grievances with Li Gang.
Especially when Lu Yihao came directly from the post of transfer envoy on Hebei Road and became the prime minister, ranking first among the officials, and taking over Cai Jing, his enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.
Naturally, he became more domineering and arrogant, and looked down upon Li Gang and Wu Min even more.
Lu Yihao's rejection of Li Gang may be due to different political opinions.
But the reason why he was dismissive of Wu Min was mainly because of Wu Min's official career experience.
Wu Min passed the imperial examination that year and started his career as an official in the Academic Affairs Department of Eastern Zhejiang Province.
He entered the imperial court and served as the school secretary, and then transferred to the right to serve as the doctor.
Recommended by Cai Jing, he served as Zhongshu Sheren and served as a minister. Later, he offended Prime Minister Zheng Juzhong and was demoted until he made a comeback this time.
So after the first few days of the honeymoon period, the conflicts between the three husbands in the political hall broke out.
Party strife, infighting and strife almost accompanies the entire history of the Song Dynasty, so Wang Lin vaguely sighed to himself when he heard that the newly arrived Lu Yihao and the other three had begun to fight among themselves.
This is almost an unsolvable dead end.
Not to mention that the crisis has not yet arrived. Even before and after the Battle of Jingkang, the Jin army was approaching the city, and the party struggle in the DPRK and China was still in full swing.
In fact, for the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Lin always did his best and obeyed fate.
The situation was irreversible, and all he could do was to try his best to delay the full-scale invasion of the Jin soldiers and retain as many capable ministers as possible from the main war faction as the backbone of the fight against the Jin in the future.
If Lu Yihao, Li Gang, Wu Min and others could work together, the Northern Song Dynasty court could survive and continue. However, if these three people could not escape from the trap of party struggle, then the imperial court would be hopeless.
These originally had nothing to do with Wang Lin.
He only waited to get married before returning to Qingzhou to continue to prepare his own strength. It was better to rely on himself than to rely on anyone.
However, what he didn't expect was that when the purge of Cai's and Tong Guan's members came to an end, a lot of new blood was promoted into the government, including many people from Lu Yihao, people from Li Gang, people from Wu Min, etc.
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And Lu Yihao set his sights on Wang Lin.
This inducement is of course closely related to the recent falling out between Wang Lin and the prince.
Today, Lu Yihao made a special trip to the palace to meet Zhao Ji, and the two of them were present.
One is Li Gang.
Lu Yihao accused Li Gang of being arrogant, rude, selfish, and cultivating party members, which was not worthy of being a prime minister.
One is Wang Lin.
Lu Yihao believed that Wang Lin was promoted too quickly through the ranks and was not good at both civil and military affairs, which was not appropriate.
At the same time, Wang Lin was proud of his achievements and ignored the laws of the imperial court. He led his troops into the city without authorization. He had recently formed a clique in Tokyo for personal gain, made friends with nobles from all walks of life, and had evil intentions.
Lu Yihao suggested that Zhao Ji remove Wang Lin's title of Prince and Young Master, take away his military power, and change him to Qinglai Jiedu Envoy and Coastal Defense Envoy. And so on.
Lu Yihao spoke righteously and solemnly, and each word was a plan for the country, the country, and the country. However, Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously and continued to practice calligraphy without bothering to pay attention.
He knew very well who Wang Lin was, and besides, Zhao Ji was really protective of Wang Lin. How could he allow others to make irresponsible remarks about his own disciple.
Zhao Ji became dissatisfied with Lu Yihao and felt that there was something wrong with his character.
Apart from anything else, if it wasn't for Wang Lin's recommendation, he wouldn't have remembered that there was someone like Lu Yihao. Unexpectedly, just a few days after he secured his position, he would start to frame the recommender.
There was no result after going to the palace to report the matter. At the court meeting on the second day, Lu Yihao actually reported it in public again, and Zhao Ji became furious.
But remembering that in these troubled times, people like Lu Yihao were still needed to take charge of the government and share his worries, Zhao Ji held back his anger and walked away.
Lu Yihao was embarrassed.
After going to court, Lu Yihao was feeling irritable and drove back to his residence. As soon as he left Xuande Gate in the imperial city, he bumped into Wang Lin's carriage team.
Because he is so well-known and popular in Tokyo, Wang Lin can no longer ride a horse or walk when he leaves home recently, otherwise he will be surrounded by scholars everywhere asking for poems and paintings.
Or ask him to comment on your own poems and songs to gain fame.
Wang Lin's carriage was a gift from Zhao Ji, which was considered very luxurious in this era. Yan Qing was always worried about his safety, so he personally led an army of fifty to accompany him.
Recently, Zhang Shuye's two sons, Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong, have also come to serve under Wang Lin's family, so these two men accompany Wang Lin every time he travels. After all, Yan Qing is not familiar with the situation in the capital, so he still needs two people to guide him.
In fact, given Wang Lin's current title, official position, military power and status, this is completely in line with the regulations. It's just that Lu Yihao's mentality is not right. When he saw Wang Lin on the other side, cheering and cheering, with luxurious cars and horses, he felt disgusted in his heart.
The lane is not wide, and two vehicles and two teams of people are coming from opposite directions. Only one party can move aside temporarily to pass smoothly, otherwise a collision will occur.
The steward Lu Da leaned beside the car and said in a low voice: "Master, Mr. Wang's carriage and horses in front are blocking the road. Can you please get out of the way for a while?"
Lu Yihao has always been arrogant, but now that he occupies a high position, how can he be willing to let others go? He can even shoulder Li Gang, let alone Wang Lin.
No matter how popular Wang Lin is, in his eyes he is nothing more than a powerful official.
Moreover, the second-grade rank is lower than that of his first-grade civil servant leader, so how can he make way for Wang Lin.
Lu Yihao snorted coldly and said nothing.
Lu Da then raised his head and shouted: "Go forward as usual!"
Lu Yihao's entourage of chariots and horses came with great force.
Here, Wang Lin closed his eyes and fell asleep in the car without realizing it. He suddenly heard a noise outside the car. He opened the curtain and saw that the entourage of Lu Xianggong opposite was speaking arrogantly. Yan Qing and Fu Hu's soldiers were facing each other tit for tat.
There was a stalemate.
In fact, Yan Qing was originally ordered to give in.
However, there were many hawkers and pedestrians in front of and behind the street. Before they could evacuate to the street in a hurry, Lu Yihao's carriage and horses drove over in an almost rampage.
This is simply unreasonable!
Yan Qingdun was so angry that he stopped his horse in front of the Lu family's car.
Lu Da shouted with a cold face: "Did you know that this was Prime Minister Lu driving a bus in front of you?"
Yan Qing is such a hero, how can he take a wealthy butler in his eyes?
He sneered: "I don't know who Mr. Lu Da is, but I know that the street is narrow. When two families meet, they must be courteous to each other before they can pass. What's the point of running rampant like you?"
As Yan Qing spoke, he got off his horse and casually stepped forward to push aside Lu Da and his servants from the Lu family. Just as he was about to tell his driver to pass quickly, Lu Yihao suddenly opened the curtain and said indifferently: "The Fuhu Army is so undisciplined and crazy.
It’s so rude, do you even dare to stop me from driving my car?”
After all, Lu Yihao was the prime minister of the dynasty. Yan Qing endured the anger and bowed and said: "I have no intention of stopping the prime minister from driving. It's just that the street is narrow and you can only pass by giving way to each other, so..."
Before Yan Qing finished speaking, Lu Yihao angrily yelled: "Get back!"
Then he lowered the car curtain.
Brothers Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong stood next to Wang Lin's car, looking strange.
The two of them had heard their father, Zhang Shuye, talk about Grand Master Lu Yihao's arrogance. When they met in person today, it was actually better than the rumors.
Moreover, the two brothers thought that Lu Yihao should have treated Wang Lin with courtesy. After all, Lu Yihao was what he was today because of Master Wang's recommendation. Unexpectedly, Lu Yihao not only refused to give him face, but was so aggressive.
The two secretly thought: Lu Yihao is now in control of the position and suddenly replaced Cai Jing. In the court, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. He is eager to establish his authority. However, he really chose the wrong person to establish his authority. He took the initiative to provoke Wang Lin.
, I'm afraid this matter will become lively.
Wang Lin got off the car, waved his hand lightly and said: "Yan Qing, gather the carriages and horses, move to one side, and let Mr. Lu go first!"
Although Yan Qing was very unhappy, he still followed the order.
Guard Wang Lin pushed the car to the side of the street and got out of the way.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lu Yihao drove slowly.
All the Fuhu troops were furious, with murderous looks in their eyes.
Wang Lin didn't care about himself, and he didn't bother to argue with Lu Yihao.
He knew very well that although people like Lu Yihao were not treacherous and very capable, but once they succeeded and became powerful, some arrogance and arrogance were inevitable.
Of course this is not the crux of the problem.
The key point is that civil servants like Lu Yihao pride themselves on being noble and noble, and they fundamentally look down on people like Wang Lin who rely on official favors to make their fortunes.
As for Lu Yihao suddenly coming up to play for himself, Wang Lin didn't take it to heart.
He has no intention of competing with anyone for power in Tokyo or in the court. His goal is in Shandong. As long as he purges the Fuhu Army and accumulates strength, he will be able to control the six states in the future. No one dares to touch him easily, not even Zhao Ji.
and Zhao Huan.
A mere Lu Yihao is nothing.
So what if I give him one head.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yihao opened the car curtain and looked down at Wang Lin and said, "Are you that Wang Lin?"
These words made Yan Qing and others very uncomfortable.
Yan Qing thought to herself: Without my envoy, who would you, Lu Yihao, be? How could you rise to the top in one step? For such an ungrateful person, your envoy actually recommends him as prime minister. It’s really...
Wang Lin smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "I, Wang Lin, have met Mr. Lu."
"Wang Lin, you relied on some merits and brought the Fuhu Army into the city without the permission of the court. You also acted recklessly on the streets and blocked the original driver. Do you have the laws of the Song Dynasty and the majesty of the court in your eyes?"
Lu Yihao smiled coldly: "The truth will be reported to the officials tomorrow and you will be severely punished according to the law."
Wang Lin chuckled: "Mr. Lu didn't know something. On that day, Cai Jingtong and his six thieves conspired to rebel. The situation was critical. Wang had to lead troops into the city to rescue them. Five hundred soldiers were left in my house. This was approved by the officials.
Guards. Today's encounter with Prime Minister Lu's bus driver was accidental, so why should we stop him?"
The smile on Wang Lin's face faded, and his voice rose a few degrees: "Wang has always done things that are worthy of heaven and earth, and he has never been proud of himself. I killed Cai Jing and killed the six thieves that day, and it was not a personal grudge.
, but for the Song Dynasty! Now that the six thieves are dead, the officials are working hard to govern and revitalize the court. At this time, when Lu Xianggong came to the court, he should focus on the world and benefit all people, and there is no need to spend his energy on Wang."