Zhongshu Gate Province, Political Affairs Hall.

In the prime minister's capital, which was so strict that people felt depressed, Tejin, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, the left servant, the Shangzhu country, and the scholar of the Guanwen Temple, Zhang Dun, as usual, sat straight behind the bookcase, with neat robes and hats.

He was talking to three high-ranking officials in vermilion purple uniforms, who knew at a glance that they had lived for a long time, all of them were a little older, and they all had a beard that could show off the majesty of a man. The old man who sat face to face with Zhang Dun, a slightly thin figure and a gloomy face, was Zeng Bu, the privy envoy.

Zeng Bu is now the No. 2 person in the New Party, and his official position and prestige are second only to Zhang Dian, and he is fully qualified to join the main political hall as a right servant with Zhang Dian. According to the ancestral system of the Great Song Dynasty, he should also be allowed to enter the political hall as the right minister. However, Zhang Dian wanted to be alone, and he also took advantage of the trust of the official family, saying that the power and responsibility should be tied to one person, so that the new law could succeed.

And the official family was also confused, and actually believed the words of this traitor, which really made him alone for many years. What makes people even more angry is that although Zhang Dian is a traitor, his means of doing things are first-class, and in the past few years, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has been thriving, especially in Hengshan, which defeated the Western thieves, as if he had established a victory over Western Xia.

In addition, Zhang's luck is unbelievable. originally thought that the pressure of the Liao people would make Zhang Dian anxious, but he didn't expect news to come that the Liao State is now anxious first. It has been six years and almost seven years since the rebellion was made in the country, and there is no sign of calming down.

At the same time, the female straight people who had been oppressed by the Khitans for many years are said to have taken advantage of the opportunity of the Khitans to eat deflated on the grassland. The birth of a daughter is ambitious, and he wants to unify the various parts of the birth of a daughter.

And Goryeo, which has always been a vassal of the Liao people, is now also ready to move, wanting to take advantage of the fact that it wants to swallow a few neighboring daughters......

If these news are true, maybe this land of Yanyun will be restored in the hands of Zhang Zihou, which is the number one achievement of Tianzi since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty!

As soon as he thought of the great merit that Zhang Dian might get, Zeng Bu's mood became extremely complicated. After all, he is a privy envoy, if Yan Yun recovers, can he be spared a credit?

But Zhang Dan's solitude, I'm afraid he will die of old age because of this, right?

Zeng Bu, who was in a complicated mood, didn't say a word, and even his eyelids drooped, like a stone statue, standing still.

Sitting on his left was the Privy Council Commander Cai Jing, and if Zeng Bu stared at the empty throne of the right servant (right minister), he hated Zhang. Then Cai Jing, who has a dough face and looks like a good gentleman, hates Zeng Bu deeply because he did not get the position of Tongzhi Privy Council or Privy Deputy as he wished.

In terms of seniority and ability to do things in the new party, Cai Jing should have been appointed as a privy deputy envoy a long time ago, and Cai Bian, who was a junior in the same year as him, is now Shangshu Zuocheng (deputy prime minister), but he is still a privy council...... The reason why the official fortune is so "poor" is all because Zeng Bu prevented Cai Jing from being promoted at the same time in the name of Cai Bian's reserve cardinal, and only let him do the decree.

In other words, now Zhang Dian is Zeng Bu's way, and Zeng Bu is Cai Jing's way. After the defeat of the old party, the new party, which was originally quite united, has long since split into several parts, but it has not yet openly engaged in a vicious fight.

"Xianggong," Cai Jing touched his beard and opened his mouth with a smile, "The art of war is cloudy: go to the army and strategize." Now is not the time to use troops against the Northern Dynasty, but it seems that the time has come.

However, the plot against the Northern Dynasty must be carefully arranged and carefully implemented, and it is best to be personally responsible for a major minister of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Dian touched his beard and nodded slightly.

Cai Jing immediately hit the crux of the matter. Someone must be responsible for the plot of the Northern Dynasty, and it must also be a heavy minister who is responsible, and it is best to be a heavy minister at the level of a privy deputy envoy to be in charge of the plot against the Liao State!

Only in this way will it be possible to completely grasp the situation within the Liao State within five years, and at the same time establish contact with various "anti-Khitan forces" within the Liao State.

At the same time, the rectification of Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, and Hedong Road must also keep up. It is also necessary to have important ministers to serve as envoys to pacify the system, and apply the methods of Shaanxi Zhulu to the three roads of Hebei East, Hebei West, and Hedong. So that these three roads can support the big war!

Of course, the forbidden army on the east of Hebei, west of Hebei, and east of Hedong must also be well organized, at least to the level of the western army......

Zhang Dian thought about it for a while, and felt that the biggest problem in achieving this goal was not the internal affairs of the Liao State-there must be troubles within the Liao State, otherwise Yelu Hongji would not have been able to send He Zhengdan envoys--but the body of the official family, if he could support it for another ten years, even if Yanyun could not recover, the three roads of Hebei East, Hebei West and Hedong would be impregnable!

But the body of the official family ......

Seeing that Zhang Di's brows were getting tighter and tighter, Jian Xuchen, who was about to go to Liao, also tightened his brows - he was sitting on Zeng Bu's right side, he looked younger than Zeng Bu and Cai Jingjing, and his face was also very kind, and he would always habitually smile a little when talking to people.

But whoever wants to be a good-looking character will definitely be unlucky. In fact, he is the most biting dog under Chapter!

During the Shaosheng period, he was still a small scholar and a fellow practitioner of national history, but now he has achieved such a high position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, relying on the raving of Sima Guang and other old party figures in the court. At that time, he suggested that the words and deeds of the Yuanyu party who opposed the change of law should be compiled into a book and collected as criminal evidence, which was approved by Zhezong. Later, he also presided over the matter with Xu Duo, a new party cadre who had won the top prize, and was appreciated by Zhang Dian because of his ruthlessness, so he soared.

But being able to bite people does not mean engaging in diplomacy and intelligence......

If you can only bite people and won't do anything else, Zhang Xianggong's reuse will end here!

Thinking of this, Jian Xuchen asked directly: "Xianggong, what do you have to pay attention to when you go to Liao as an envoy?" ”

Zhang Dian swept this henchman of his own with his old eyes, and after being a scholar of the Ministry of Rites for so long, he actually asked such an imbecile question.

However, it's not too stupid to know to ask clearly......

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"Brother Yizhi, how did you look at the two tricks?"

The banquet in Fengle Lou had already dispersed, but Wu Haogu did not immediately go home to prepare for a long journey. Instead, he took Ji Yi to the Christie's head office, and in the study of the head office, he showed Ji Yi the tricks of Master Li and Mo Niangzi that had just been printed - it was used to solicit objective people to participate in the singing and selling of "Li Shishi's Photo Picture" and "Mo Lady's Dance Picture".

Xie Shangbin and Wei Sihai, both of whom are both craftsmen, have some skills, and they quickly found the best engraving master and printed the two line sketches given to them by Wu Haogu.

And it is also well printed, almost the level of later comic book villain books, and it seems that Christie's will be able to get involved in the publication and distribution of "villain books" in the future.

"Good print, better drawing!" Ji Yi took two printed flyers, looked at them and looked at them, "These two pieces of paper alone can be sold for money......

"Later," Wu Haogu smiled, "I don't have time to do this now...... Brother Yizhi, I plan to print tens of thousands of these two leaflets, and then hire people to distribute them all over Kaifeng Mansion to solicit guests to sing and sell "Master Li's Photo" and "Mo Niangzi Dance". Strive to sell the two pictures before the New Year's Day.

As for the photos of the other seven Oiran girls, it seems that they will be hanging at Christie's for a few months. ”

"Okay, anyway, it's not in a hurry," Ji Yi nodded, and smiled at Wu Haogu, "The longer you drag on the fight with King Duan, the better." ”

"That's natural," Wu Haogu paused, "The longer it drags on, the more popular I, Zhao Xiaoyi, Mo Niangzi, and Master Li will become." ”

The current Oiran Dabi and Zhao Wudou paintings have almost become the hottest topic in the Kaifeng Mansion market, and they are so red and purple. And Wu Haogu, Zhao Xiaoyi, Mo Niangzi and Li Shishi have all become "celebrities", in the words of later generations, they are "Internet celebrities".

And "red", naturally "expensive".

And it was Wu Haogu and Zhao Xiaoyi who became popular together...... It's a special relationship, isn't it?

Ji Yi also laughed proudly, he seemed to be the biggest winner!

Not only did he catch the line of His Royal Highness Duanwang, but he was also able to get back a little more of the money he had spent these days by singing and selling ten Oiran pictures - the Oiran pictures of Wuhao's ancient paintings were sold to Ji Yi, and Ji Yi took out a total of 50,000 yuan of "sky-high price", but looking at the current popularity, it is completely possible for these ten paintings to be sold for 100,000 yuan. Even after deducting the commission to Christie's, he could still net 40,000 yuan.

In addition, the ink lady is also popular now, although she can't really "sell", but she can sell the printed version of the photo picture...... A piece of dozens of dollars is also a lot of money if it sells tens of thousands.

"But there is a problem at the moment," Wu Haogu said, "If you want to sing and sell 'Li Shishi Photo Picture' and 'Mo Niangzi Dance Picture', then it can't be a price ......."

That's a problem!

If you look at it from the perspective of art appreciation, Wu Haogu's "Mo Niangzi Dance Picture" is definitely better than Zhao Ji's "Li Shishi Photo Picture".

But the problem is that many people now know that Zhao Xiaoyi is Zhao Ji, but they just pretend not to know.

So when the time comes, Wu Haogu's "Mo Lady Dance Picture" is very likely to lose miserably in the singing and selling.

Although the competition between him and Zhao Xiaoyi will not be divided because of this singing sale, the name of the first person in this painting will be unstable after all.

This is not good news for Wu Haogu, who wants to use the fame of "the first person in the painting" to make a big profit.

Moreover, Zhao Ji is not a fool, he himself knows that his skills are not as good as others, if he has a "not normal" price when he sings and sells, he will definitely know that others have seen through Zhao Xiaoyi's identity!

"Haha, that's easy!" Ji Yi laughed when he heard this, "Just go to sing and sell, when the time comes, there may be a two-pronged strategy that satisfies him and makes you not lose face." ”