On the 27th, the day of the early dynasty, Xu Ping was still on holiday and did not go to the court. But after breakfast, I still went to the official hall of the third division to inspect things.

Today there is finally the sun, hidden behind the thin clouds and glowing a pale color. Even looking up at the sun, Xu Ping still felt cold on his body.

The whistling north blew the dead leaves on the trees, passing over the official offices of the three divisions, and the whole world shivered in this cold wind.

Xu Ping looked at the place where the wind blew, the dead leaves were trembling, and the unmelted snow was blown up by the wind, and it was white. The frozen hay on the wall was broken in the middle, and the remaining dead stems were constantly chattering.

If in the previous life, there would definitely be such a forecast, the cold air from Siberia or the Mongolian Plateau has reached the Kaifeng area, this time the cold air is extremely violent, and it is expected that it will take many days to pass.

The north wind is still blowing strongly, indicating that the cold air is still moving south strongly, and it will not end for a while, and the cold days in the capital are still continuing. At least for now, Xu Ping doesn't see any signs of warmer weather.

At the end of the day, the vertical arch hall dispersed the early dynasty, and the officials of the previous dynasty returned to their official offices one after another.

The prime minister on duty, Li Di, hurried to the front hall of Wende Hall, painted a charge, and said loudly to the idle court officials on the station: "Recently, the weather has been very cold, and Kaifeng Mansion has set up three places in the city to sell charcoal at half price. All officials in Beijing should restrain their families and prevent them from getting the official charcoal field and grabbing charcoal from the small people. If there is a violation, it will be severely punished! ”

After speaking, he announced the dissolution of the early dynasty.

Leaving the Wende Hall with a convenient door, Li Di shrunk his neck in the face of the cold north wind, and followed the guide officials back to the political hall.

The doors and windows of the government hall were closed, and several large pots of charcoal were burning, shining red with everyone in the room.

Lu Yijian saw Li Di come in, took a piece of music and said: "This Xu Ping is just amazing, in the end, he is young, and he lacks the stability that a court minister should have." ”

Li Di stepped forward to take Xu Ping's recital, read it roughly, frowned and said, "What does Xu Ping mean by this?" In his opinion, is it wrong for the imperial court to sell charcoal at half price in the capital? This is the story of the previous dynasty, what does he know! ”

Lu Yijian said: "He is also kind-hearted, and he is afraid that the small people will suffer." However, he is used to the place, where does he know that the capital is different from Lingnan, and the court is different from the place. Millions of officials and people in the capital, according to what he said, the number of charcoal according to the number of households, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion do not do other things, and they cannot do this kind of thing. The scholar's opinion is on paper. ”

Li Di's attention was on what Xu Ping said was wrong, but he didn't consider what Lu Yijian said, but just said casually: "Xu Pingguan has a low position, and he feels that he has made great contributions to the country, so he must not be at ease to be a judge in the Third Division, and when these sensational words come out, he is young and unworldly, so don't pay attention to him." ”

Lu Yijian chuckled: "What the retro minister said is true. However, he is the minister of the upstart, but this piece cannot be suppressed, and he still has to be sent to the emperor, so as not to displease the saint. ”

Li Di listened to it, and didn't think much about it, and casually criticized the eight words "his heart is commendable, and his words are absurd" on the recital, and drew a rhyme with other Zaizhi, and put it together with the other approved recitals.

I've dealt with some miscellaneous things in the book, and it's afternoon to look at it.

The north wind still didn't stop, and the sun loomed behind the thin clouds, so white that there was no red light.

According to the usual practice, several governors left the governor to be on duty in the political affairs hall, and the others went out of the political affairs hall together, went to the outside of the vertical arch hall, and prepared to go to the palace to discuss matters.

This is the usual work of the day, and the morning dynasty is only suitable for discussing some daily things that are not controversial, and it cannot be said in too detail, otherwise several shifts will come down, and the hour will not be over at all. Not to mention that the ministers standing in the court can't stand it, even the emperor who listens to the government in the palace can't stand it. In the past, when Taizong Zhenzong, there were few restrictions on the early dynasty, and it often happened that he could not go down to the court at noon, so he had to take an intermission, and the emperor gave tea and soup, and everyone ate and then went to the court. From the later period of the Zhenzong Dynasty, the shifts and times of the early dynasties were fixed, and the real national affairs were decided by the emperor when he sat in the palace again after the next dynasty.

The Zhongshu Sect is in charge of the administration, and it is always the first priority, and it is the turn of the Privy Council after they have played. At this time, the presiding officer of the Privy Council was still in his official hall, and someone reported that the governor would come out.

There is no need to arrange shifts here, and after asking the emperor that he is already in the Chongzheng Palace, someone led a few Zaifu all the way to the outside of the palace. After the proclamation of the name according to the usual etiquette, several of the governors entered the temple.

The small yellow door set up a seat, and took the tea soup that was rewarded, and several people simply used it.

Zhao Zhen took Xu Ping's recital and said to Li Di, who was sitting in the first place: "I look at Xu Ping's recital, although what is written and discussed is unprecedented, and it does not follow the story. But what he said also has his truth, and it is not useless, so why does the young master criticize it as ridiculous? If there is something I can't think of, it's better to talk about it in detail. ”

Li Di has always been not careful in doing things, and he didn't look at it in detail when he held the concerto, but he noticed that there should be no officialdom, and said to Zhao Zhen at the moment: "Your Majesty, Xu Ping is young, he doesn't know the story of the court, and what he says is unreasonable." Dazhong Xiangfu five years, Kaifeng City snowed heavily, the price of charcoal skyrocketed, the first emperor sent 400,000 catties of charcoal in the palace, put it on sale at half price, and soon the price of charcoal in the city subsided. The government and the people are both convenient and the people in the city have survived countless times because of this, for the sake of good governance. ”

Zhao Zhen is the same age as Xu Ping, and when he heard Li Di say that Xu Ping was young, he was already a little unhappy, and when he heard that Li Di was still playing the same old tune and there was nothing new, he was even more unhappy.

said to Li Di: "Young Master, how can you generalize at this time and that time?" At that time, the heavy snow in Kaifeng was the end of December, and it was about to start spring. It's not yet November, and it's not long after the start of winter, and the cold days are still to come. If the charcoal is sold out, the roads are not smooth, and the charcoal from other counties cannot be transported to Kaifeng City, what should happen at that time? According to Xu Ping, the current price of charcoal, the people who buy it are all from their families, and the ordinary poor people can't afford it. ”

Li Di was just stunned when he heard it, and he didn't read the content in detail, and now that he was asked by Zhao Zhen, he didn't even have a little impression.

Suddenly remembered what Lu Yijian said, what is charcoal according to households, and said to Zhao Zhen: "What Xu Ping thinks may be reasonable, but his arguments are not realistic, what is charcoal according to households, not to mention the price of charcoal, the people of the capital are millions, how can Kaifeng Mansion do it?" ”

Zhao Zhen was already a little disappointed when he heard this, Li Di said that he was not constructive, and he even casually approved the eight-word comment, remembering the "absurdity of literature and science" that Zhongshu reproached Xu Ping a few days ago, and that matter was obviously discussed with Xu Ping.

Putting down the chapter, Zhao Zhen casually asked Lu Yijian: "What does Lu Xianggong think Xu Ping said?" ”

Lu Yijian said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Xu Ping's performance is indeed not based on the story, and it is unheard of for a minister. However, what is said in the recital is not entirely unreasonable. Especially if, as expected, the charcoal is sold out and the weather does not get warmer, then there will be chaos in the capital. Regardless of whether what Xu Ping said is reasonable or not, we should think deeply. The minister has already made a note, so that Xu Shen can temporarily stop minting money, and all the places in the capital where charcoal is used can be stopped. If Xu Ping's material is poor, it doesn't matter if he does these things, and it won't affect anything. If it is once Xu Ping's material, there is these charcoal in hand, and there is room for maneuver. As for the matter of selling charcoal on the field, according to what Li Xianggong said, the story of the previous dynasty and the effective method naturally cannot be stopped. ”

When Li Di heard this, he felt that something was wrong in his heart, and turned his head to stare at Lu Yijian.

Lu Yijian's expression was calm, but he faced the emperor solemnly.

Zhao Zhen was frightened by the sight of the government storing charcoal in Xu Ping's chapter and the sight of people freezing to death on the street.

Li Di pondered how Lu Yijian's words felt wrong, but he couldn't say anything, just held it in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became.

Zhao Zhen opened Xu Ping's recital again, and asked, "Since Lu Xianggong thinks so, it means that what Xu Ping said is not completely unreasonable." So, what if the charcoal in the officialdom is sold out and the gas does not get warmer? Do you want to add some more to the market and then sell them? ”

Lu Yijian said: "At that point, I'm afraid it will be useless to add charcoal to sell, so we should find another way." ”

As for what the solution, Lu Yijian couldn't think of it for a while, but what did it matter? The worst thing is that Xu Ping's method is here. What Kaifeng Mansion can't be busy, he just casually told the careless Li Di, there is not only Kaifeng Mansion in the capital, but also the officials of various yamen, and there are hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops.

The more Li Di listened, the more wrong he became, but he was on duty today, and he didn't have time to read Xu Ping's recital in detail, coupled with the inherent impression, Xu Ping was in his early twenties, from the lord to the county marquis, and the official to the langzhong, and the young man's righteousness must be there, so he casually made those eight-word comments. Now the emperor obviously disagrees, but who is to blame?

Zhao Zhen asked the opinions of several other deacons again, Yan Shu was on duty in the political affairs hall, Wang Sui and Song Shou were just watching Lu Yijian's intentions, so naturally they put Li Di aside.

As the prime minister, Li Di naturally has many privileges, but in the final analysis, the political hall has the nature of collective leadership, and Li Di is alone, where can he compare to Lu Yijian, who has attracted more than half of the ruling personnel.

This can't be blamed on others, Li Di has never been a party, it's just a matter of not forming a party, his temper is not good, and he can't get along with many people. Fan Yan is his in-law, but when Li Di and Lu Yijian parted, Fan Yan still colluded with Lu Yijian, instead of helping his relatives, so you can imagine Li Di's popularity. (To be continued.) )