With something on his mind, Xiao Tang and Han Cunbao came to a pre-arranged room on the second floor of the Eight Immortals Building. After a while www.biquge.info and a half, several elders of the Han family also arrived. Xiao Tang hurriedly stood up and saluted him one by one, such as Han Duanyan, Han Jiayan and others were all old and serious, and after seeing Xiao Tang and seeing the ceremony, they all smiled and asked for warmth, and then they each entered the table.

The Han family was led by Han Duanyan, the second brother of Han Zhongyan, the Duke of Wending, and he said to Xiao Tang with a smile: "Haha, today's official banquet for all Xiao Detention Prison is too late. Rude, rude. ”

Xiao Tang hurriedly replied: "Doctor Han said humiliatingly, if you are not a descendant, how can you ask the elders to wait for me?" Today, I will be grateful for your hospitality at a banquet. ”

Several members of the Han family glanced at each other and nodded secretly. Since he was in Anyang, he had a very good impression of Xiao Tang. Not only did Xiao Tang save the lives of the Han family from that Zhang Xiong, this Xiao prisoner did not take credit for rewards, and treated them with courtesy and courtesy, neither humble nor arrogant, with this Han Duanyan and several others were also willing to help this Xiao Tang in the court.

At this time, I heard Han Cuiyan say to Xiao Tang: "Xiao Detention Prison, this time you can enter the palace to face the saint, it can be said that it is a great opportunity, in the future, I will be equal to this Tokyo Bianliang City, when the prison is heavy, maybe you and I can also be ministers in the same palace, worry about doubts, although seek us and other consultations." ”

Xiao Tang smiled calmly and said, "Since you all know that the official family announced my visit, you must also know about it. In any case, the last will do everything he can, and 'do his best for the country' is. ”

It is inconvenient to say thoroughly, Song Huizong Zhao Ji summoned Xiao Tang, but it was not a huge personnel change in the court. Han Duanyan and the others also saw that before Xiao Tang left for the Beijing Division, he had already moved his music shop in the Daimyo's Mansion here, of course, they all understood that it was just because the frivolous emperor was having fun again, and Han Duanyan and the others could also understand the meaning from Xiao Tang's words: This kid is not willing to only cater to the official family and take the throne.

At this time, dried fruit preserves, seasonal fruits and vegetables have been presented to the banquet by the guys, Han Duanyan saw that the banquet had not been opened, so he looked at Han Cunbao, Han Cunbao smiled when he saw it, and said: "A few clan uncles, today is not only me, I also invited a big man to come to the banquet, and wait a little longer." ”

Han Duanyan frowned, and said in his heart that the people who were at the same table with Xiao Tang today were all members of the Han clan, and you didn't know why you invited this Xiao Tang to the banquet. When is it not possible to refer Xiao Jian to others? And why don't you ask outsiders to come and tell me about it?

But after a while, when the person Han Cunbao said entered the wing, Han Duanyan and the others' faces changed, and they all saluted the person who entered the door.

Xiao Tang saw Han Duanyan, Han Chunyan, Han Cuiyan and other four or five court officials, and the elders of the Han clan in Xiangzhou had such an attitude towards the person who came, that is, this person must have a great background. And the man also smiled back: "Everyone, be polite, Zheng is late, don't blame." ”

When the man saw Xiao Tang, he was slightly stunned and asked, "I'm just that the ministers of the Han family invited me to the banquet, but this one is so tight that I don't know what to call it?" ”

Han Cunbao said to the man: "Zheng Shumi, he is Xiao Tang, the soldier and horse prisoner of the Daimyo Mansion, who saved my Han clan in Anyang Dayjin Hall. Today, we are in Beijing, so we are here to set up a banquet to entertain. ”

Then Han Cunbao glanced at Xiao Tang and said to him: "Virtuous nephew, this is Zheng Dafu Zheng Shumi. Seeing Han Cunbao's introduction, the smile on Zheng Shumi's face was obviously condensed, and then he looked at Xiao Tang's eyes a little colder.

As soon as Xiao Tang heard that it was him, he understood why the Han family was so respectful to this person. Zheng Juzhong's word Dafu, the current official residence is the second product of the Privy Council, his sister is the palace concubine, not only the identity of a relative, but also the Song Dynasty minister, the son-in-law of the three decrees of the prince Wang Qi, and the protégé of Han Zhongyan, the Duke of Wending. In the official history, he later added a young master, and even the three kingdoms of Chong, Su, and Yan, and when he died, he was posthumously crowned the king of Huayuan County, and he was Wenzheng. can also be regarded as a very human minister, a giant crocodile-level figure in the court.

That Han Jiedu really misses my kindness very much, but the political consciousness of him, a veteran general...... It's too low, Xiao Tang sighed secretly in his heart. If it is said that this Zheng Juzhong is upright, it is not that he is bent on eradicating traitors for the country, he first attacked Zhang Shangying, Liu Kui, etc. in order to cater to the emperor's will and fight for power and profit, and then became an ally with Cai Jing to help him regain his appearance, and fought with his political opponent Zhao Tingzhi and other powers, but later Zheng Juzhong broke with Cai Jing and competed with him. Everything is also for the sake of seeking their own desire for power.

But this Zheng Juzhong's political energy and wrist power skills are indeed called power fights, and Cai Jing, who is playing well, also has an extremely headache. Most of those who once dared to have a relationship with Cai Jingcai in the middle of the dynasty were gloomy, depressed, and died bizarrely and violently in later generations, but this Zheng Juzhong could still take Tong Guan to face the power minister Cai Jing and Tong Guan openly argued, and after Song and Jin signed a maritime alliance, they stated one after another: "Gongdu does not think about the cost of the Han Dynasty and Rong using troops? Make millions of living beings smear their livers and brains on the ground, and do it for the truth. "It's not advisable to gloat over the disaster, and wait for it to kill itself." ......

At that time, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others were at the peak of their power in the DPRK and China, and their arrogance was the most arrogant, and this Zheng Juzhong was expected by the scholars for a while, and became the leading figure in the DPRK to oppose the traitorous Cai Jing, and he was indeed the most capable minister in the court to compete with Cai Jing.

It's just that now is the time to make friends with this Zheng Juzhong... It's not suitable, Xiao Tang worked under Liang Shijie, the left-behind minister of the Daimyo Mansion, and Liang Shijie was Cai Jing's son-in-law. Whether Xiao Tang wants to or not, any minister who learns that the official family has called him to Beijing will be labeled as "Cai Dang" on Xiao Tang.

Since Han Zhongyan was beaten into the Yuanyou party, although the power of the Han clan in Xiangzhou is still deep-rooted in the court, it is difficult for them to make greater progress in their political career, so they have a relationship with Xiao Tang in private, and it does not hinder any major matters. But even if Zheng Juzhong's relationship with Xiangzhou Han is harmonious, now is the time for him to fight in the ring with Cai Jing, ask him to promote Xiao Tang? He didn't stomp on the soles of his feet by the way, and broke Cai Jing's idea of putting a "courtier" next to Zhao Ji of Song Huizong to ask for favor, then he Xiao Tang should be thankful!

It's not nice to say that under the power game between Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong, Xiao Tang is just treated as a pawn that can be used. It depends on whether Zheng Juzhong wants to eat Xiao Tang, a pawn, before he crosses the river.

When Zheng Juzhong quietly entered the table, when the delicacies were full, he only cared about talking to Han Duanyan and others. Han Cunbao was glared at a few times by Han Chunyan, Han Cuiyan and other clan uncles, and the second monk was puzzled, Zheng Shumi knew the affairs of the Privy Council, and the major military aircraft such as the deployment of soldiers and horses, and the military decree of Rong Ma had to be handled by him, Xiao Xian's nephew was a general of the army, and he was introduced to get acquainted with Zheng Shumi, which was a great thing, but why was this atmosphere so tight?

Xiao Tang was left aside, but he was also happy. When he was taking care of his own vegetables and pouring himself a drink, he suddenly heard Zheng Juzhong say leisurely: "Xiao Prisoner, the Holy Lord announced that you have entered Beijing, are you ready?" ”

Seeing that Zheng Juzhong's eyes were cold, he looked at himself silently. Xiao Tang smiled slightly and said: "The Privy Counsellor of the Good Sect knows that he has not entered Beijing under the decree of the official, but he has not yet heard the Xuanji. ”

Zheng Juzhong shook his head and said, "Although the saint has not announced you, have you ever gone to visit Prime Minister Cai's mansion?" ”

Xiao Tang replied: "Not yet." ”

"Oh?" Zheng Juzhong put down the wine cup, stared at Xiao Tang and said: "Since Xiao Detention Prison is a general who Liang Zhongshu stayed in the department, this time he didn't go to Beijing to pay homage to Prime Minister Cai, but he was at the same table here with this official, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”

Xiao Tang listened to Zheng Juzhong's question, and still replied lightly: "I don't know what the privy councillor said, and I don't know what the general said, and I don't know what the official family called, and he is not the general of Cai Gongxiang, so why do you want to pay homage to Cai Gongxiang first?" ”

Zheng Juzhong frowned, he thought for a moment, and then asked: "Although official affairs are official affairs, I have heard that Xiao Detention Prison had a prison lawsuit in the Daimyo Mansion back then, and if it weren't for the help of nobles, he wouldn't have had this opportunity." Xiao Jian said in a sneering voice, isn't it too much to miss the favor of Cai Gongxiang? ”

Xiao Tang Shi Ran puffed up his chest and said with a smile: "Although I didn't sue for the life of the offender back then, I was pardoned by the king's law, and I was approved by the official Zhu to serve the country with this guilty body. Although Liang Zhongshu and Liang Enxiang mediated it, it was also in accordance with the law of the Great Song and Song Dynasty criminal systems to understand the lawsuit of the last general. Now that the last general is a prisoner of soldiers and horses, there will be a promotion from the top officials. But the last general also knows that he will serve the country, and he should also follow the example of loyalty and public service, and he should not be nonsense because of others or abolish the public because of private interests. ”

Zheng Juzhong's eyes flashed with a gleam, this kid also has something to say. Because of the allusion of the Analects, the last time it was narrated by the person who was called the prime minister of cloth in the court, Fan Zhongyan's second son, Zhongxuangong Fan Chunren, but it was the most intense period of party struggle between Wang Anshi's new faction and Sima Guang's old faction.

At that time, although Fan Chunren's political views were the same conservatives as Sima Guang, he once wrote to Song Shenzong to publicly accuse Wang Anshi of making money, and was later expelled for opposing Wang Anshi's reforms. However, after the restoration of the conservative Sima Guang, he immediately wanted to abolish Wang Anshi's "Green Seedling Law" and other new laws. And Fan Chunren, as well as the great writer Su Shi, jumped out and persuaded Sima Guang and said: "The prime minister's efforts to make it have its merits, and there is no need to talk nonsense because of others." ”

According to Fan Chunren's idea, that is, the DPRK and the Central Committee are all responsible for the Great Song Dynasty, how can they just ignore the country because of personal emotions and party affiliation? When the party fights, the opponent has merit and should try to adopt it. However, even Fan Chunren was deeply attracted by his father Fan Wenzhenggong Fan Zhongyan's ideal and ambition of "worrying about the worries of the world first, and enjoying the joys of the world after the world", and putting the interests of the country and the nation in the first place, was still belittled after the New Party fully seized power in the Yuanyou period. Later, when he was still in Song Huizong, he was beaten into the Yuanyou party.

Zheng Juzhong is naturally clear about this matter, but this kid wants to tell me that although he has received the kindness of Cai Jing's son-in-law Liang Shijie, he is by no means a member of Cai Jing's party? But listening to his words, he didn't want to show my loyalty......

This Xiao Tang is a bit interesting. (To be continued.) )