Regarding Fan Zhongyan's appearance, Cao Yi and Han Yonghe both believed that although it was unexpected, it was reasonable. The situation in Xixia is so tense now, but no one in the court is willing to stand up and take charge of the overall situation. What is called here
The overall situation, of course, is not just about talking in the palace, but actually going to the border, confronting the Xixia people head-on, and selecting a general who can fight and command.
At this time, everyone basically looked at Privy Councilor Han Qi. Indeed, Han Qi did have this ability, but everyone also knew that there was actually another person who was as capable as Han Qi, or even...
So he wanted to surpass him, but this person was expelled from Kyoto before and has never come back. That person is Fan Zhongyan.
Han Yonghe and Cao Yi are both veterans, and they naturally understand that the matter at this time is urgent. However, both of them feel that Han Qi should be the first to bring up this matter. After all, Fan Zhongyan had previously
When he was demoted from Kyoto, no one went to see him off. Speaking of relationships, the relationship between the two of them and Fan Zhongyan was not that good. It can only be said that they were officials in the same dynasty. On the one hand, they admired Fan Zhongyan's character very much.
But on the other hand, sometimes they actually can't accept Fan Zhongyan's way of dealing with others.
At this moment, Fan Zhongyan's appearance in the hall can only mean one thing. Now that he is back, the power he can obtain should be greater than before.
Needless to say, Cao and Han already understood that it was Han Qi who invited Fan Zhongyan back to preside over the overall situation with him. The originally tense war in Xixia became an opportunity for Fan Zhongyan to return to Beijing.
At this point, I have to introduce the relationship between Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan. If it weren't for their deep friendship, Fan Zhongyan would not have gone to Han Qi's house as soon as he returned to the capital.
Han Qi dared to give direct advice and criticize the powerful. He recommended famous ministers such as Du Yan and Fan Zhongyan at the time. "If there is any inconvenience, I would not hesitate to speak up...for more than seventy years." Most of his suggestions were adopted by the court. Especially the
"Cheng Bi's appointment was not received by his successor" is the most famous. At that time, disasters occurred frequently, and refugees appeared in large numbers. However, the prime ministers Wang Sui, Chen Yaozuo, and political advisor Han Yi and Shi Zhongli were helpless. Han Qi and the four others were mediocre and painful.
The eighty-year-old foundation of peace in the Song Dynasty must not "just sit back and let the mediocre ministers destroy it", so four people were dismissed from office on the same day, which is the so-called "a piece of paper fell and the four prime ministers were in charge". From then on, he became famous in the capital.
Han Qi also severely criticized the social customs of "mercenary bribery" and "karma-based entrustment" at that time and the official corruption style of "increasing luck and inverting rewards and punishments" at that time. He suggested that Renzong first eliminate unnecessary posts from within the court to reduce redundant expenses. The famous Prime Minister Wang
He had rarely praised others before, but now he called Han Qi's suggestions "cut and not roundabout." After hearing this, Han Qi became more confident.
It can be seen from this that after Fan Zhongyan became an official, Han Qi had always been very helpful to him, so the relationship between the two was also very good. In fact, when Fan Zhongyan was demoted from Bianliang, those in the court were actually very friendly.
Fan's hostile forces also wanted to use this opportunity to suppress Han Qi's forces.
In fact, this is easy to understand. Even Zhao Zhen is now a little wary of Han Qi's power. This can be seen from the attitude of the Goshawk team members towards Han Qi when they met Zhao Zhen before. Zhao Zhen was originally very
I am worried that one day, these soldiers will only know about Han Qi and not the emperor.
However, the situation in Xixia is very urgent now. Zhao Zhen has no one available for a while, so he can only find Han Qi again to discuss countermeasures. At this time, Han Qi mentioned Fan Zhongyan, and he hoped to let Fan Zhongyan return to Bian.
Liang took power and went to the border with himself to fight against the so-called Xixia Kingdom.
At first, Zhao Zhen was quite opposed to Han Qi's point of view. After all, Zhao Zhen also knew that Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi had a very good relationship. If he followed Han Qi's suggestion and recalled Fan Zhongyan to Bianliang, then Zhao Zhen would
Will it become "leading the wolf into the house"? If Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan make military exploits again, these two people will definitely be difficult to control in the court in the future.
In fact, for the ancient emperors, like Han Yonghe and Cao Yi, ministers who had obvious conflicts both in the court and in their lives, actually the emperor was not very disgusted. After all, in this court, it was necessary to allow
Different voices exist, otherwise speaking out will become empty talk. Moreover, like Han Yonghe and Cao Yi, both of them despise each other. Naturally, their power in the DPRK is also the same. It is for this reason that they restrict each other.
, the forces in the court will be balanced, and the emperor's power will be easier to control in his own hands.
As for people like Han Qi, the emperor has been very afraid of people like Han Qi since ancient times. The only worry is that one family will dominate. Originally, Han Qi, as the privy envoy, already has great power. At this time, let Fan Zhongyan return.
Going to Bianliang is like adding more power to Han Qi. If this increases Han Qi's power in the court, will he be unable to sit on the throne one day?
Many shrewd people among the courtiers naturally saw Zhao Zhen's concerns. Although the Xixia War is about to break out, for these people, they are more concerned about their own black hats and their own interests. Once Fan Zhongyan returns
If Bianliang goes to pacify Xixia's affairs again, for them, it will be no different from bad news. They know very well about settling accounts after the fall.
Therefore, seeing the emperor's hesitation, they repeatedly advised Zhao Zhen not to let Fan Zhongyan return to Bianliang. Han Qi also put pressure on Zhao Zhen, saying that if Fan Zhongyan did not return to Bianliang, he would ask Zhao Zhen to return to Bianliang.
Select people to guard the border.
Just when Zhao Zhen was hesitating, a minister stood up and persuaded Zhao Zhen that Fan Zhongyan should be invited back to Bianliang. This would be beneficial both externally and internally.
Who was the person who advised him? Yushi Zhongcheng and Yan Shu.
This is the first time that Yan Shu has appeared in everyone's field of vision. The author thinks that Yan Shu should be briefly introduced.
Yan Shu, courtesy name Tongshu, was born in Linchuan County, Fuzhou, Jiangnan West Road (now Jinxian, Jiangxi Province). A politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Yan Shu was smart since he was a child. He entered the examination as a child prodigy at the age of fourteen, was granted a Jinshi background, and was appointed secretary Zhengzi. Speaking of which, he was an official in the court before Renzong came to the throne. In addition, this man was extremely intelligent, so
His words were quite useful to Zhao Zhen. After Song Renzong came to the throne, he suggested that Empress Dowager Liu listen to politics behind the curtain, and lectured Renzong on "Yi" in Chongzheng Hall. He was once promoted to Deputy Privy Envoy, but later he offended Empress Dowager Liu and was dismissed.
Tianfu established a local school to cultivate talents. After Renzong came to power, he was even more favored and was appointed as Censor Zhongcheng and Minister of the Ministry of Justice. In February of the seventh year of Tiansheng (1029), he was awarded the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, Bachelor of Zizhengdian, and Hanlin
He was a bachelor and secretary. Renzong specially gave him embroidered skin to express special favor. In addition, Yan Shu was also ordered to preside over the tribute examination of the Ministry of Rites in the eighth year of Tiansheng (1030), which was the provincial examination.
In the ninth year of Tiansheng (1031), Yan Shu was promoted to the third envoy. Later, he served as the deputy privy envoy for the second time. Before he officially took office, in the first year of Ming Dynasty, he changed his position to the deputy minister (deputy prime minister) and became the minister Zuo Cheng.
In the second year of Ming Dynasty, Empress Dowager Liu was about to pay a visit to the Ancestral Temple, and someone suggested that she go there wearing a crown. The Empress Dowager consulted Yan Shu for his opinion, and Yan Shu cited the section on posthumous services in "Officials of Zhou" to dissuade her. In March, the Empress Dowager passed away, and Renzong took charge of the family affairs.
In April, all the ruling ministers appointed by the Empress Dowager were demoted. Yan Shu was also promoted to be the Minister of Rites, and was appointed to Jiangning Prefecture. He was immediately transferred to Bozhou, and later moved to Chenzhou with the title of Minister of Punishments. Later, Yan Shu was called back to the court and served as
Zhongcheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Censor, served as the third envoy for the second time.
This is the time now. Yan Shu is now considered a veteran of two dynasties. Yan Shu also made outstanding contributions to Renzong on the issue of Zhao Zhen's accession to the throne and his pro-government, so Zhao Zhen still highly recognizes Yan Shu's ability.
After the Xixia Incident, Zhao Zhen once asked the ministers for their opinions on Fan Zhongyan. At that time, Yan Shu did not make any response in court, but Zhao Zhen also knew Yan Shu's temper. After he went to court, he spent a day looking for it.
He summoned Yan Shu to the palace alone and asked for his advice.
Yan Shu first gave some suggestions of his own regarding the affairs of Xixia. He analyzed the situation and reported four important tasks to strengthen military armaments: abolishing the internal ministers to supervise the army so that the commander-in-chief has the power to decide major military affairs; recruiting and training archers in preparation.
For combat purposes; to clear out the long-term backlog of property in the palace, to fund border troops; to recover materials embezzled by various departments, and to enrich the national treasury. His suggestions were adopted by Renzong.
As for Fan Zhongyan's problem, Yan Shu also gave his own opinion, that is, he supported Han Qi's approach and invited Fan Zhongyan back to the court.
What Zhao Zhen didn't understand the most was that it was beneficial both internally and externally, and Yan Shu also gave his own opinion.
Externally, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi are naturally dedicated to the Song Dynasty, so there is no problem in letting them fight against the Xixia army. What's more, Fan Zhongyan is popular and full of ambitions, so it is most appropriate to send him to command.
What about internally? Yan Shu said that Zhao Zhen actually didn’t have to worry about one family being the dominant one and Han Qi taking power. This was because although Fan Zhongyan was on good terms with Han Qi, their attitudes towards handling matters and their personalities
In fact, there are big differences. However, when they were officials in the same dynasty, these conflicts were not amplified, so the relationship between the two is relatively good on the surface. Once it comes to making decisions and choices on major matters, these two people
There will definitely be disagreements. And this war in Xixia may be an opportunity to divide Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi. When their opinions differ, that is, when their relationship breaks down, there is no need to worry about them.
The two will eventually stand together and take over the power.
"Fan Zhongyan is not a creature in the pool. His ability is definitely not comparable to that of Han Qi. He will definitely form his own sect in the future and will not associate with Han Qi."
This is what Yan Shu said to Zhao Zhen about his judgment of Fan Zhongyan. It was precisely because of these words that Zhao Zhen finally made up his mind and summoned Fan Zhongyan back to the capital.
Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, only Han Qi, Zhao Zhen and Yan Shu knew about Fan Zhongyan's return to Beijing, while Cao Yi and Han Yonghe were unaware of it.
In the Chaozheng Hall, everyone had arrived. Everyone gathered together and began to study things about Xixia.
After chatting for about an hour, both Han Qi and Cao Yi admired some of Fan Zhongyan's ideas on how to deal with the border war. Although they may not have been very familiar with each other before, now, Han Yonghe and Cao Yi had to
It is said that Fan Zhongyan made a very correct choice by returning to Bianliang.
Then, they chatted for another hour before they dispersed. Zhao Zhen left Fan Zhongyan alone for a trivial matter, to temporarily find a place for Fan Zhongyan to live in Bianliang City. Of course, Fan Zhongyan's new
The mansion is already under renovation.
"Your Majesty, I don't need to worry about it. In fact, I can just live with Mr. Han Qi." Fan Zhongyan wanted to keep everything simple.
Zhao Zhen waved his hands quickly and said: "Hey, how can this be done? You have returned to the capital as expected. How can you be allowed to live in the homes of other courtiers? I have requisitioned a house here. You can live there first, waiting for you.
Once the mansion is repaired, you can move there again."
Although that is what he said, Zhao Zhen's real idea was not to let Fan Zhongyan be too shabby. Yan Shu had said before that when Fan Zhongyan returned to Bianliang, he must not be allowed to get too close to Han Qi, so Zhao Zhen planned to
, starting from small things, first of all, Fan Zhongyan cannot be allowed to live in Han Mansion, so this happened.
Seeing that Zhao Zhen insisted on this, Fan Zhongyan did not refuse. Of course, he did not think as much as Zhao Zhen thought. It was already an honor for him to be able to return to Beijing this time.
"Your Majesty, why didn't you invite Lu Xu, the Minister of Household Affairs, to come with you today? After all, this war still requires money." Fan Zhongyan said.
When Zhao Zhen heard what Fan Zhongyan said, he was a little surprised, so he said: "Oh? Why does Aiqing care about Lu Xu? I remember that you two had nothing to do with each other before. Regarding money issues, I can just discuss it with him myself.
, you don’t have to worry too much.”
Fan Zhongyan thought for a while and said: "Actually, I heard that the second young master of the Lu family is a talented man, so I want to meet him."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Oh, you are talking about Lu Yao. Indeed, he is quite capable. He helped earn part of the money in the treasury now. That guy's official position is a false one, and just now
I took the imperial examination, but the results haven't come out yet. I don't think it's time for him to see you now. When the time is right, you will meet him."
"In this case, it's already getting late. I have to resign." When Fan Zhongyan heard Zhao Zhen's tone, it seemed that it would be impossible to see Lu Yao today. Moreover, he had just returned to Bianliang and had not yet arrived.
There was no reason for the emperor to issue an order to summon people to the palace, so he resigned.
After Fan Zhongyan exited, Zhao Zhen looked at Fan Zhongyan's back thoughtfully.
"As expected of Fan Zhongyan, he should have decided to win over Lu Yao so quickly. That guy is indeed a talent, but even I can't figure out his thoughts, let alone you?" Zhao Zhen thought in his heart.
With.
Fan Zhongyan, on his side, left the palace and was not in a hurry to go to the residence arranged for him by Zhao Zhen. On the contrary, he came to Han Qi's house again.
"Brother Fan, actually if you come here at this time, you will probably cause people to gossip."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
Han Qi is such a shrewd person. Ever since Zhao Zhen issued the decree for Fan Zhongyan to move to another place, he already understood the intention of finding the truth. So he said to Fan Zhongyan: "The emperor previously issued a decree to arrange a place for you. It's clear."
He favors you, but in fact, he doesn’t want me to communicate too much with you. For the emperor, he would be very unwilling to see the two of us become the same faction."
Fan Zhongyan didn't take Han Qi's words seriously. Although he had excellent literary talent, he was fundamentally different from those weak scholars. He had a bold personality and was informal. He was not the kind of person who cared about things at all.
Or he is someone who cares about other people's opinions of him. If he was really that kind of person, I am afraid he would not have been demoted from Bianliang before, let alone the Qingli New Deal in the future.
"It was you, Mr. Han, who originally asked me to return to Bianliang. If the emperor is not satisfied, just expel me. It doesn't matter to me."
Seeing Fan Zhongyan's fearless aura, Han Qi knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it would be useless, so he could only sigh and said, "Okay, why did you come to me?"
Only then did Fan Zhongyan remember the topic and said, "Oh, I came here to ask you whether the new Cuju competition will start in two days?"
"Not bad, but it's just a warm-up match. There's still a week left before the main match."
"Whether it's a warm-up match or not, Lu Yao is actually in charge of this match anyway, so he will be there to watch during the warm-up match, right."
After Fan Zhongyan's words, Han Qi already understood that he indeed wanted to see Lu Yao. However, due to various factors, it was impossible for Fan Zhongyan to go to Lu Mansion to visit Lu Yao in person. After all, his identity was here.
"Well, Lu Yao is basically in charge of everything about this game. It seems that this warm-up match is not important, but it is actually very crucial. Before the official game starts, these two warm-up matches can allow the organizers to
From reporter to team member, people in different positions find different problems and correct them. I don’t think Lu Yao will miss this opportunity.”
Fan Zhongyan was relieved after hearing this. It seemed that he would definitely be able to meet Lu Yao in this warm-up match. In fact, he had been thinking about what such a young and promising person would look like.
"By the way, Brother Han, why don't you tell me the relevant knowledge about this new Cuju competition, and I will also learn about this competition."
Han Qi nodded, but frowned again. To say that the information related to the new Cuju competition is too huge, the reason is that it is actually a new thing. Even if there is Cuju as a reference, the new Cuju is not as good as Cuju.
, in fact the gap can be said to be very large.
Thinking of this, Han Qi called two servants and asked them to go to his study room and read all the manuscripts that Lu Yao had given him before, including basic knowledge, rules, positions, and the two coaches who were added later.
The manuscript of more than ten pages was moved directly to the main hall for Fan Zhongyan to read.
When Fan Zhongyan looked at the number of manuscripts and learned that Lu Yao had created these things alone, his desire to see Lu Yao became even stronger.
"This is really not something that ordinary people can do. This person is really talented!"
While Fan Zhongyan praised Lu Yao, he picked up the manuscript and started reading it.
At this time, what was Lu Yao, who was so praised by Fan Zhongyan, doing?
Sleep, yes, sleep.
I originally thought that I couldn't sleep when I was worried, but who knew that Lu Yao just lay down on the bed and fell asleep in an instant.
It would be great if Han Yunyu's attitude towards him could change when he wakes up.
This was Lu Yao's last thought before falling asleep.
However, reality is reality. When Lu Yao woke up, it was already evening, and nothing had changed.
It was Tangxi who asked Lu Yao to get up. It was still half an hour before it was time for Pan Wen, Chen Chen, and Zhe Kexing to get together. Tangxi really didn't want Lu Yao to meet the three of them in this state. After all, it was ten
The sky is gone, no matter what, you should take care of yourself.
Lu Yao felt that what Tang Xi said made sense, so he cheered up, walked out of the room, washed and dressed up, and then went to the living room to wait for the arrival of the three people.
The people in the Lu family had actually been busy earlier. Originally, Lu Xu was thinking of simply cooking a few dishes and letting Lu Yao show off his cooking skills. Not only the three people who came here, but also the people in the Lu family
It’s been a long time since I’ve tasted food cooked by Lu Yao himself.
However, this plan was forced to be canceled due to Lu Yao's change in status. Although Lu Xu still hasn't figured out why, Lu Yao went to Han Mansion and ended up like this. However,
This party cannot be cancelled.
So, Lu Xu sent someone to spend a lot of money to go to Fanlou and invite the chef to his home. When his sister-in-law Xu knew that this expense was equivalent to a party for Lu Yao to receive the wind and wash away the dust, she immediately took out the money without saying a word.
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At this time, Fan Lou's chef was already busy cooking.
Lu Yao came to the main hall. Lu Xu was asking his servants to move the big dining table over. When he saw Lu Yao coming, he said, "Are you awake? Everything is ready. Just wait here for them to come."
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Although Lu Yao was still a little distracted, he still nodded and said, "Thank you, dad."
About a quarter of an hour later, Chen Chen, Pan Wen, and Zhe Kexing appeared at the door of the Lu Mansion at the same time. Needless to say, they made an appointment to come together after the afternoon training.
The three of them thought that Lu Yao would come to greet him at the door, but they didn't see him. When they arrived at the main hall, they saw Lu Yao sitting there in despair. When they saw the three of them coming in, they forced a smile.