Chapter 7: The First Minister

The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone in through the window, Xu Ping opened his eyes, got up and went to the window to stretch out in front of the sun. I didn't eat dinner, I was very hungry, but I was unexpectedly extra energetic.

Out of the door, the little yellow door standing outside saw Xu Ping's expression a little cringe, and whispered: "Don't blame me, the official, what the official ordered-"

Xu Ping shook his head and walked out to the courtyard.

The air in the early morning was exceptionally fresh, Xu Ping took a few deep breaths, and the refreshing feeling reached his bones.

Although there is only one mountain range apart, Xu Ping feels that the sky of Daozhou is different from that of Yongzhou, perhaps it is the unique taste of Lingnan.

When he walked to the gate of the small courtyard, the soldier guarding the gate stopped him and asked, "Where are the officials?" ”

Xu Ping glanced at the soldier up and down: "What, you still want to imprison me?" ”

"The little ones don't dare!"

The soldier hurriedly bowed and saluted, but his body would not get out of the way. Xu Ping is just waiting for the order in Daozhou, and the official is still with him, and he is not a criminal official, how can a small soldier dare to commit a crime. But he was borrowed by Ren Shouzhong from the Imperial City Division, and he didn't dare to disobey Ren Shouzhong's words, so he froze here for a while.

Ren Shouzhong is the person who served beside the Queen Mother, he always got up early in the morning, heard the movement outside, turned here, saw Xu Ping and the guards confronting him, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Xu Ping, look at the filth on your face last night, and your hair is unkempt, didn't you just get up?" ”

"You're so worried! You arranged for soldiers to guard the door, could it be that you want to imprison me? ”

Ren Shouzhong said: "Where do you want to go, I am ordered to take care of you, so naturally you have to be careful." Daozhou, you are not familiar with life. If you want to go out, someone will follow. Otherwise, what if something happens? ”

Speaking of which. turned to the guard soldier and said, "If Xu Guanren wants to go out in the future, you have to report to me immediately, so that I can arrange someone to protect Xu Guanren." ”

Xu Ping didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked out of the courtyard gate.

Ren Shouzhong followed closely behind, saw Xu Ping walk out of the gate of the post house, chased to the front and said: "Xu Ping, you and I are here to wait for the two governors in the state, and we don't dare to slack off for a moment." Don't go out and walk around! ”

Xu Ping sneered: "If you are bold enough, just tie me up!" ”

After speaking, he strode out of the post house.

"Official, are you out? Nothing happened last night, right? ”

Outside the post house, Gao Daquan and the three of them waited there early, and when they saw Xu Ping, they hurriedly came up to greet them. They were going to enter the post house to greet Xu Ping, but they were stopped outside by the soldiers.

Xu Ping said to the three of them: "I slept well, but I was a little hungry, so I found something to eat." ”

"No, you can't! What should I do if I eat something outside and my stomach is broken? How do I confess? ”

Xu Ping looked at Ren Shouzhong, who was pretending. sneered: "You have been pretentious several times, pretending to be with the will of the Queen Mother. Are you going to make a death with me? ”

"You deserve it too? I'm doing what I'm told, and I have to be careful! You can't buy your food from outside, you need to see it before you can rest assured! ”

Sun Qilang said on the side: "Have you seen it?" ”

"Of course I have to see it!"

Sun Qilang looked at Ren Shouzhong, and he was not verbose, and said to Xu Ping: "Official, when we came over in the morning, we saw a rabbit by the river, I went to catch it, and let the pavilion chief look at the roasting to see if he had anything to say!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the river.

Sun Qilang has no other skills, this kind of means of climbing trees and digging birds, and catching rabbits, there is no one who can compare. Xu Ping looked at Ren Shouzhong, went to the door and stood under the tree, and watched Sun Qilang use his means.

When there was a commotion here, a person came running from the direction of the state city, dressed as a person, and when he arrived at the door of the post house, he panted and said: "Dare to ask if the Xu Guanren from Yongzhou is here?" ”

Xu Ping was confused, he didn't have any acquaintances here, he couldn't figure it out, so he stepped forward and said to the man: "In Xia Xuping, from Yongzhou, aren't you looking for me?" ”

"Exactly, exactly!" The man touched a handful of sweat and handed over a name thorn, "My father-in-law was very happy to hear that Xu Guanren had arrived in Daozhou, and he was about to come to visit!" ”

Hearing this person call himself the master, Xu Ping had already guessed a little. took the name thorn and opened it, except for some routine formats, the official position was simply filled in with three words: "secretary and supervisor", followed by the two-word name: "Ding Wei".

Sure enough, it was.

Ding Wei was first demoted to Yazhou, and later Yuen was changed to Daozhou. Some time ago, I caught up with the amnesty and was able to be the secretary and supervisor, and at this time he was already a free man. However, his identity is really sensitive, and the people he offended are all over the world, and he is still ordered to live in Daozhou and not move casually.

This is the first powerful minister since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and its methods have so far frightened many officials, and even the queen mother has the power of the court, and she does not dare to let him set foot in the Central Plains.

As soon as Ding Wei came out, the world was in chaos, and now the people in charge of the government all hope that he will be honest, and it is best to die of old age in this far small state as soon as possible, and never get close to the center of government for the rest of his life.

When Xu Ping came to this world, the first two celebrities he heard were Kou Zhun and the other was this Ding Wei Ding Zhi Gong.

Closing the name thorn, Xu Ping handed it back to the subordinate, and said in a deep voice: "I am a small frontier official, how can I afford it?" ”

The man put away his name thorn and said loudly: "The official is an official in Yongzhou, and he is rich and wealthy, including hundreds of thousands of barbarians as Ding, and he is praised by all the people, and the official reputation is all over the world. ”

Ding Wei is in power, not only the ministers of the foreign dynasty were suppressed by him, but even the palace servants were obedient, and Ren Shouzhong still has palpitations. Hearing that this disaster minister came to visit Xu Ping, his heart immediately lifted, and he said: "Ding is a criminal official, and he is in charge of Daozhou, and he is not allowed to make friends with ministers!" is so presumptuous, he dares to ignore the ban and openly befriend the frontier guards! ”

The subordinate didn't look at Ren Shouzhong, took the famous thorn and put it away, and said to Xu Ping: "The prime minister will be here soon, do you want to wash up?" ”

Xu Ping pointed to Ren Shouzhong: "This cabinet chief was sent by the Queen Mother to take care of me, but now he can't make his own decisions, so he has to offend Ding Xianggong." ”

While speaking, two more people came from the direction of the state city. One rides on a green donkey, and the other leads the donkey. Keep coming in the direction of the inn.

The next person looked at it. Hurried forward. He whispered to Xu Ping: "My father-in-law is here." ”

Xu Ping thought about it and stepped up to meet him.

Although Ding Wei was hated by tens of thousands of people, he had already escaped from responsibility at this time and was appointed as a secretary. is this official position that has been degraded again and again, and he is not many levels higher than the current Xu Ping, not to mention that he has been a prime minister and has held the power of the world, and he deserves due respect.

Hearing the name Ding Wei, Ren Shouzhong was a little confused. Seeing Xu Ping coming, he hurriedly followed.

When he arrived, the subordinate stopped the donkey, and Xu Ping gave a salute: "After entering Xu Ping, I have seen Xianggong." ”

Ding Wei got down from the donkey, held Xu Ping, and said with a smile: "Yunxing Youth High School, its achievements are famous all over the world, and it is the pillar of the country, how can the old man afford it?" ”

Xu Ping straightened up. looked at the world's number one traitor who was hated by countless people.

Ding Wei doesn't look very good, in mean words. It is a monkey-shaped, sharp-beaked monkey gills, which is very eye-catching. Later, Sima Guang's notes said more vividly, if the hungry are often cold, the starving ghost will be lifted.

However, for today's Ding Wei, the noble ministers have long been a thing of the past, and his greatest wish now is to be able to return to the Central Plains alive. Of course, if he still has the strength to return to the Central Plains, he doesn't mind stirring up the world again and re-ascending to the top of the people.

Ren Shouzhong saw that all of a sudden, no one paid attention to him anymore, especially Ding Wei, a dead mouse who had been knocked to the ground, even pretending, his heart was on fire, and he said loudly: "Xu Ping, you came to Daozhou to wait for the decree according to your will, and if you don't stay honest, you dare to make friends with the waste, is it a bad intention?" ”

Ding Wei seemed to have just seen Ren Shouzhong, turned his head and said to him with a smile: "What is the name of this pavilion chief?" What is the ministry in this faraway land? ”

Ren Shouzhong said with a straight face: "The imperial medicine is enshrined, Ren Shouzhong!" The Queen Mother's will, Xu Ping is lawless in Yongzhou, and I look at the decree in Daozhou! ”

Ding Wei was taken aback, shrunk back, and said strangely: "The queen mother's will? It's been nearly two months since the Empress Dowager Daxing was mourned, why haven't you taken another decree? The Holy One is pro-government, and there may be no other will. ”

"What! The Queen Mother died? ”

Ren Shouzhong looked at Ding Wei with wide eyes, and almost collapsed on the ground.

Ding Wei shook his head and sighed: "Alas, the Queen Mother has been in power for more than ten years, working day and night, and there is no day off!" Raising today's son until the prime of life, the merit is in the future! ”

Ren Shouzhong only felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole soul was gone, and he muttered: "The Queen Mother died?" Really died? How come I haven't heard? ”

Ding Wei said slowly: "Nowadays, most of the envoys from all walks of life are patrolling outside, and there may be delays in official documents. But the latest newspaper here in Daozhou has come down, haven't you read it in the post house? ”

Xu Ping felt a sigh of relief when he looked at Ren Shouzhong's dejected appearance, and then remembered that his stay in Lingnan for so many years was also the blessing of the deceased Empress Dowager Liu, and he was even more comfortable, and said to Ding Wei: "This Ren Pavilion Chief looked at me closely, and he didn't even let the Di Bao pass by, but he didn't know that such a big thing happened in the court. ”

"There's been a lot of going on latelyβ€”"

Ding Wei said, stepped forward, and said to Xu Ping: "Yunxing, we are talking in the post house." ”

Xu Ping agreed, dropped half of his body behind Ding Wei, and walked to the post house together.

Ren Shouzhong followed behind stupidly, and when he arrived at the door, he finally came to his senses a little, and said in a sharp voice: "Although the Queen Mother is dead, her will is still there, Xu Ping, you dare to treat me as nothing!" ”

Ding Wei turned around, looked at Ren Shouzhong like a dead pig, and shook his head: "Imperial court official, if you don't read the newspaper first when you arrive at the post station, you are really hopeless!" In addition to the death of the Queen Mother, do you know what the most important thing has been recently? ”

Ren Shouzhong stiffened his neck and said, "What is it?" I don't believe it can have anything to do with this petty official! ”

Ding Wei said slowly: "The late Concubine Chen was born and bowed, and she has been unknown for decades, and the Son of Heaven has recognized her mother and pursued the late Concubine Chen as the queen mother. The Empress Dowager's relatives are the only remaining brother, Li Yonghe, who has been promoted to protocol envoy. ”

Speaking of this, Ding Wei turned to Xu Ping and said, "By the way, Yunxing, I remember that you and Mrs. Li are good friends?" The emperor's pro-government will be of great use! ”

Hearing this, Ren Shouzhong's head buzzed, and he only felt that the world was spinning.

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