Chapter 70 Wang Lin’s false title and actual position
"Master, does this mean Wang Lin wins?" Zhao Ji laughed loudly and looked at Cai Jing with a smile.
"Yes." Cai Jing's face twitched slightly and he lowered his head slightly.
Zhao Ji then looked around at the ministers and said: "My dear ministers, Wang Lin is talented in literature and martial arts. He is a talent that is rare to meet in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years! In today's palace examination, he won the first prize in one fell swoop and subdued the tiger with his divine power, which greatly enhanced the prestige of the Song Dynasty!
I’m very pleased!”
"Prior to this, Wang Lin has made countless meritorious deeds. He was the first to rescue the emperor and the princess behind. He cannot but be praised. I have previously canonized Wang Lin as a male in Qinghe County, with a household of 300 households. The result of the palace examination is one
As I expected, someone came and called—"
The high-pitched voice of the imperial guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs echoed throughout the audience: "...Wang Lin ranked first in the palace examination, and was appointed as a disciple of the Emperor. He was awarded the first-class title of Wu Jinshi, Tongwen Jinshi, and was awarded the title of Crown Prince Zuo Shuzi and the assassin of Yizhou.
The envoy appointed the magistrate of Yishui County. He transferred the envoy to Jingdong East Road and immediately moved the Qingping Army to Yishui. Wang Lin also took the command of the Qingping Army Capital Commander, from the fifth rank..."
"Wang Lin, why don't you accept the order and thank me?"
Wang Lin bowed down silently, feeling complacent for a while.
The result of being able to govern the local area and take control of the military was much better than he expected.
But he didn't expect that the emperor would place him in Yizhou. He originally thought he was a military supervisor in Dongping Prefecture or a neighboring state or county.
All civil and military officials were shocked when they heard this.
The extraordinary promotion and appointment were expected by everyone. After all, the emperor was the first to make a baronet.
However, the title of nobility is nothing more than honor. Being a disciple of the emperor, being ranked first among martial scholars, and conferring the title of literary scholar, etc. are actually illusory, but the important thing is what comes after.
The title of Prince Zuo Shuzi means that Wang Lin has been labeled as the Prince of the East Palace.
In the Song Dynasty, the title of prefectural governor was a false title held by military generals. It was not the same concept as the governor of Yizhou, but it paved the way for Wang Lin's future promotion.
With the officials and the prince behind him, this day will probably come soon.
His actual position is Yishui County Magistrate. His official rank is not high, but he is a landowner official.
The Qingping army, which had also migrated to Jeju, entered Yizhou and ordered Wang Lin to take charge of the army.
The Qingpyeong Army was originally a county-level army stationed in Zhangqiu, Jeju. This time, the Qingpyeong Army was actually upgraded to a state-level army.
An army was promoted because of Wang Lin!
With both civil and military skills, a good combination of reality and reality, starting from the fifth rank, the future is promising, and the official family is such a great favor!
It was obvious that Zhao Ji had been preparing for this appointment for a long time and had really put a lot of thought into it.
The goal of coming to Beijing to participate in martial arts and obtain promotion was achieved and finally came to an end.
Wang Lin took the imperial edict and put it in his arms with a smile on his face. In the next few days, as long as the imperial court completes the relevant appointment procedures and forwards the official documents, he can leave Beijing and take up his post in Yizhou.
Next, Zhao Ji ordered a banquet, called the Fuhu Banquet.
Zhao Ji was very happy, because when the Jin people sent these two tigers, they were euphemistically called tribute, but in fact they were provocation and contempt for the imperial power of the Song Dynasty.
Now the disciples of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty killed the two tigers alone, which greatly enhanced the official's prestige.
Zhao Ji was so excited that he impromptuly made a picture of "The Emperor's disciple Wang Lin crouching on a tiger", stamped it with the royal seal, and ordered it to be framed and hung in the main hall of Yanfu Palace.
The emperor and the concubines and nobles in the palace successively awarded some gold and silver items, and Wang Lin naturally accepted them all.
After entering the capital, the rewards he received from Zhao Ji were probably at least several thousand taels of gold, so naturally they were all converted into silver notes and taken away.
At the banquet, feeling the excitement of the official family and seeing Wang Lin's smooth path to power in the future, many courtiers and clan members exchanged cups with Wang Lin one after another, trying their best to win over and make friends.
The prince Zhao Huan publicly praised Wang Lin at the banquet as "the master of spears who dominates the world, and the master of subduing tigers who is unparalleled in the world." Everyone laughed and welcomed Wang Lin, and then the name spread.
Halfway through the banquet, the news from outside the palace finally reached Zhao Ji, and the same happened to Cai Jing.
Cai Tiao burned Fan Tower, and Li Shishi was both killed!
Zhao Ji's expression suddenly changed, and the jade wine cup in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, breaking into two pieces.
His angry eyes almost burst into flames, and he looked straight at Cai Jing, who was not far away and looked equally gloomy!
boom!
Zhao Ji stood up after taking the case and said sternly: "Cai Jing, you ignored the king's law and dared to burn down Fan Tower, causing many deaths. What crime should you do?!"
Everyone present was shocked.
Wang Lin's expression suddenly changed. Something happened to Master Li?
Cai Jing's figure was slightly stooped, his shoulders trembled slightly, he slowly raised his head, with tears in his eyes, he cupped his hands tremblingly and said: "Guan family, the right and wrong of this matter are not clear yet, and the minister also died in the fire. , please ask the officials to allow me to leave the palace and find out the ins and outs of this matter!"
Zhao Ji gasped, sneered and waved his hand: "You go ahead, I will send people to investigate. If it is really your Cai family who set the fire, I hope the old master will give me an explanation!"
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Wang Lin hurriedly left the palace and returned home, where he found Li Shishi's letter under the pillow in his bedroom.
He was not named, but Wang Lin recognized the handwriting.
There are only three words, Zhenyuan Guan.
Wang Lin let out a long breath.
After thinking about it for a while, I basically got the general idea.
The provocation of Cai Jing's son was certainly not fictitious, but the subsequent burning of Fan Tower was basically directed and performed by Li Shishi. Whatever his intention, he was obviously trying to fake his own death to escape.
As expected, she is a woman who has been in the world for more than ten years. Such scheming and decisiveness are not comparable to ordinary women.
Not to mention Wang Lin, let's talk about Zhao Ji, who was pacing back and forth angrily in the imperial study, his emotions difficult to control.
No matter what the truth behind the Fanlou fire incident was, there was no doubt that the culprit was Cai Jingzi and Cai Tiao. Thinking that there was no more Li Shishi in the world, Zhao Ji felt a heart-breaking pain that could not be expressed in words.
Even though he was furious, he knew that Cai Tiao was dead and could not vent his anger on Cai Jing himself at this moment, but his desire to get rid of Cai Jing was stronger than ever.
However, Cai Jingshu's roots are deep, his disciples and old officials are all over the world, and his influence is intertwined. A single move can affect the whole body, and he cannot act rashly.
Cai Jing is different from Gao Qiu.
Everything about Gao Qiu came from the official family, and what Cai Jing is today comes from decades of hard work in both the government and the public.
Compared with Zhao Ji's anger and sadness, the concubines in the palace were happy and excited after hearing the news.
The goblins outside the palace are gone, so the emperor can stay in the palace with peace of mind.
Empress Zheng couldn't even hide her joy, so she arranged a banquet in the palace and invited more than ten people including Concubine Wei, Concubine Wang, Concubine Qiao, etc. to have a drink. They were laughing and chatting, but they were locked up by the deep palace walls.
The sun is declining, and the eleven-year-old Zhao Gou, the prince of Guangping County, is still a child who is not familiar with the world. He is playing archery games with the third son of the emperor Zhao Kai, the third son of the emperor Yun, Zhao Shu, the sixth son of the emperor, and the sixth son of the emperor Zhao Qi.
These princes also practiced martial arts, especially Zhao Gou. Although he was not very young, he was still able to "draw the bow and kill five fights with one stone", reaching the level of martial arts at the cost of one's life.
Seeing his mother, Webster's pretty face, return to the palace slightly drunk, the game between the princes ended.
Zhao Gou came up to him with a smile and said: "Auntie, I heard that the new martial arts champion Wang Lin is capable of subduing tigers. I want to ask my father for permission to learn some martial arts from him!"
Wei Shi sighed, took Zhao Gou's hand and went directly into the bedroom, "My son, although Wang Lin is capable, he belongs to the prince. This man is leaving the capital to take office soon. How can he teach you martial arts! If you like,
As for riding and shooting martial arts, I heard that Xu Ning, the teacher of the Forbidden Army’s Golden Spear Class, is very good at martial arts. Tomorrow, I’ll ask your father to ask Xu Ning to teach you marksmanship.”
Xu Ning?
Zhao Gou tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "Yes, mother, that's okay too."
Wei Shi couldn't laugh or cry, pinched Zhao Gou's little face, and said angrily: "You can call me whatever you want, right? Then Xu Ning is also a first-class hero, a teacher in the Imperial Army, and is said to be invincible to a hundred people. Isn't it more than enough to teach you?"