In late June of the first year of Yuanfu, the autumn wind will rise, but the scorching air is still hovering on both sides of the Huaishui.

The ancient city of Lianshui, shrouded in the scorching sun and heat, is not as fierce as in midsummer, but it also makes people feel like they are alive in the cage. People always say that how hot the summer in the south is, it can heat people to death. However, the Huaishui River, which is located between the north and the south, is sweltering, which is also unbearable for people from the Yellow River.

Lianshui Officer's Office, in the backyard. In a gazebo, there is a low table with a few dissolved drinks and fruits on it.

An old man in a Confucian shirt, bald and without a hat was sitting upright, taking a sip of a cup of ice and snow licorice soup in his hand, closing his eyes, as if savoring.

Opposite him sat cross-legged a young scribe, too hot, holding an unfolded folding fan in his hand to fan himself, this person was Mi Youren, who had been fighting with Wu Haogu in Panjiayuan a few days ago.

And sitting opposite Mi Youren, it is naturally his father, a generation of calligraphy and painting masters and counterfeiting masters Mi Fu Mi Yuanzhang.

Mi Fu is about fifty years old, born with a dignified appearance, sword eyebrows, Lang eyes, long beard under the chin, slightly majestic, seems to be a strong man, but the whole body is full of a scribe's elegance.

Dressed in a white robe, it shows a gentle and elegant atmosphere.

"Li Longmian really thinks he is the first person in the painting?"

Mi Fu suddenly spoke, and the thing he asked was related to the gambling fight in Pan Jiayuan on the first day of April.

Mi Youren nodded and replied, "That's what Longmian Monk said, and so does the child!" ”

Mi Fu frowned, looking at his son curiously, "You also have a time to lose?" ”

In the impression of "Rice", his son is extremely talented, and his vision is higher than his talent, even his father's calligraphy and painting attainments have not reached the point where he can convince the son of "Millet".

"Serve!" Mi Youren smiled, "People have real skills, but their sons are far from being comparable, what's the use of not being convinced?" ”

"You said that "Drunken Arhat" and "Sangjia Wazi Picture" were both painted by him?" Mi Fu has naturally seen the facsimile of "Drunken Arhat" and "Sangjia Wazi Map".

"Yes," Mi Youren nodded, "but these two paintings are really much worse than "Pan Qiaolian Photo Picture". ”

"Pan Qiaolian Photo Picture"?" Mi Fu asked, "What about the copy?" Didn't you bring it? ”

Mi Youren shrugged, "It was originally taken away by King Duan, how can I copy it?" ”

"Duanwang?" Mi Fu frowned, and said to himself, "King Duan is not married yet." ”

"Father, do you mean ......" Mi Youren's face was a little strange, "The Pan family wants to send Pan Eighteen to Duanwang through the "Pan Qiaolian Photo Map"? ”

"What's wrong?" Mi Fu looked at his son, "The generals of the Kaifeng Mansion are fighting this idea, and our Mi family is the same, how can the Pan family be an exception?"

Now that the official family has no children, and the body and bones are getting worse day by day, if there is a ......"

"Will the official family do it for King Duan?" Mi Youren said, "If that's the case, it's great." ”

Mi Youren and Zhao Ji are naturally friends, the two are similar in age and have similar interests, and Mi Youren is behind the gate, and Zhao Ji is a person in a circle, so it's strange if they don't play together.

If Zhao Ji becomes an official, Mi Youren will not worry about being rich and noble in his life.

"Not necessarily, not necessarily......" Mi Fu shook his head again and again, "The official family can also learn from the example of the Renzong Dynasty and set up a nephew as the prince." ”

"Erect a nephew? But the official family has no nephews. ”

Mi Fu glanced at his son, "Not now, doesn't mean that there will be no in the future...... King Shen and King Duan have both reached the age of marriage, and King Duan is physically strong, so he will definitely be able to have children. If he has a son, he can pass it on to the official family. ”

"No wonder, no wonder ......"

"What's the problem?" Mi Fu looked at his son and asked.

Mi Youren lowered his voice and said: "No wonder there are rumors of the abolition of the abolition coming out of the ban!" ”

"Is there news of the abolition?" Mi Fu was shocked, and looked at his son in a daze, "The body of the official family ......"

Mi Youren shook his head lightly and did not answer.

Now Zhao Xu, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, is the emperor of Zhezong in later generations, and he can be regarded as a generation of heroes in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the old and new party struggles were intensified during the period of his administration, after all, he achieved a great victory in Hengshan (which is not yet over) and completely blocked the road to the eastward advance of Western Xia.

Although Western Xia will not perish anytime soon, it will definitely go downhill, and it will also lose its base for invading the northwest of the Song State in the future.

Without the Hengshan stronghold, if the Western Xia wanted to attack again, they would have to send troops from their hometown Xingqing Mansion, and walk hundreds of miles of sand to attack the walled city of the Song army in Hengshan, which was basically sent to death.

For the Great Song Dynasty, which was nicknamed "Frustrated Song" by later generations, this victory was of great strategic value!

It allowed the Song Dynasty to get rid of the dilemma of being passively beaten on the northwest battlefield, and whether it was war or peace depended on the Song Dynasty.

However, while Zhao Xu won the victory against Xia, he had no way to ease it, probably did not think about easing the struggle between the two parties in the DPRK and China, and also let the party struggle spread from the court to his harem.

His eldest wife, Empress Meng, and stepmother, Empress Dowager Xiang (Empress of Song Shenzong), were both members of the old party, while Zhezong's youngest wife, Concubine Liu Xian, was the new party.

Although the new party has achieved an overwhelming advantage in front of the temple because of such a capable minister as Zhang Dan, it is the old party that has the upper hand in the struggle of the harem.

Because the leader of the old party in the harem was the Empress Dowager, the main chamber of Emperor Shenzong. Since among the younger brothers of Zhezong, the older King Shen is blind and cannot ascend the throne, and none of the younger than King Shen is as weak as the crown, if any of them ascend the throne, according to the ancestral system, they should be under the curtain of the Empress Dowager to listen to the government.

In addition to the two inheritance routes of the father's death and the son's succession and the brother's death, the Song Dynasty also had a precedent of adopting a young son from the nephew's generation to inherit the unification. Renzong Zhao Zhen adopted his cousin Zhao Yunrang's thirteenth son, which was later Song Yingzong.

However, with such an arrangement, there will also be a situation where the Queen Mother is in the court. However, the queen mother of the Linzhao Dynasty can also be Zhao Xu's queen (if King Duan succeeds him, there is no reason to let his sister-in-law hang the curtain), and this position currently belongs to Queen Meng.

And whether it is the Empress Dowager Xiang or the Empress Dowager Meng's regent, the new party figures will be swept away from the temple!

Zhao Xu, an official who stood on the side of the new party, was naturally unwilling to let the old party gain power again. And the way to prevent the old party from gaining power again is to abolish Empress Meng (Empress Dowager Xiang is Zhao Xu's mother in name, and her mother cannot be abolished), set up Concubine Liu Xian, who is close to the new party, and then raise a young child of the nephew's generation.

In this way, the Empress Dowager Liu (Concubine Liu Xian) can overwhelm the old and old people with the support of the foreign dynasty and listen to the Empress Dowager.

However, according to the standard of distant relatives, Zhao Ji and his brothers' sons are the most justifiable. If they don't have sons, Zhao Xu went to adopt his distant son into the step, which is untenable in terms of legitimacy.

As Empress Shenzong, Empress Xiang has every reason to raise objections. If Zhao Ji and his brothers have sons, it will be justified.

Therefore, Zhao Xu ignored the Empress Dowager's opposition to the abolition, and was preparing to adopt his nephew as the heir.

At the same time, it also means that Zhao Xu's body has a problem and he has to prepare for the worst!

Now, for the old and new parties, the future fate depends on whether Zhao Xu dies first, or his nephew is born first.

However, for a general like the Mi family, the most important thing now is to send his daughter to several princes of the Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible, especially Zhao Ji, who is both popular for enthronement and childbirth.

Mi Fu thought for a long time and exhaled.

"Since the Pan family has moved, our Mi family can't be left behind.

Son, you said that Wu Haogu came to the Lianshui Army to find me? ”

Mi Youren nodded, "Yes, count the days, it's almost time." ”

"He's here for the Eighty-Seven Immortals?"

"Yes," Mi Youren said, "nominally. ”

"Actually?"

Mi Youren thought for a while and said, "Maybe I want to ask my father to come forward to support him as the head of the Kaifeng Mansion Calligraphy and Painting Shop?" ”

"The head of the calligraphy and painting line?" Mi Fu was stunned, "He's going to be an official, and he still cares about a calligraphy and painting line?" ”

"The child doesn't think that this martial artist has a great interest in being an official," Mi Youren said, "In the eyes of the child, he is not an official material." ”

"Not the material to be an official?" Mi Fu thought for a while, "Then how does he want to sit at the head of the calligraphy and painting line?" ”

"Duanwang!" Mi Youren paused, and then said, "Become a friend of Duanwang...... Maybe it's the master of the Duanwang! ”

"The master of the Duanwang? Tell you what? ”

"It's the king's horse."

Mi Fu nodded lightly, thoughtful: "That's an opportunity!" ”