More exciting news spread to the capital.

Zheng Lang, as the Khitan prince, felt the trust of the Khitan Emperor, and gave a lecture to the Khitan crown prince on the same day......

It is said that there is a nose and an eye.

Zhang Fangping couldn't sit still. He, Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi, Wang Yaochen, Cai Xiang, plus a Wang Su, the recorded Lu Gongshu, are participants in the Fan Lou banquet and can be implicated. The three gentlemen don't mention it, he and Zeng Gongliang have already labeled the Zheng family.

In fact, Zheng Lang had a deep intention in choosing these people, first of all, he didn't expect that all of them could reach the height of Fan Zhongyan, and secondly, he had talent and a gentle attitude. The main thing is talent, each with its own talent, such as Zhang Fangping's economic opinions, Wang Yaochen's civil and military skills, Wang Sujin's advice is very objective and never aggressive, Cai Xiang's ability to understand miscellaneous science, Fu Bi's overall view, Zeng Gongliang, not to mention, arms expert.

If it is like Zheng Langyi, a team will be set up. All of them are doers.

No one else knew what he thought, and all thought he was like-minded and moderate.

Zhang Fangping did not think that Fu Bi and Cai Xiang were moderate ministers. was not in the capital, only asked Zeng Gongliang to come to the post house, Zhang Hai went out, sent someone to find Zhang Hai, sat down and asked.

Zhang Hai said unconvinced: "This is someone framed, the Khitan Emperor asked Zheng Xianggong to preside over the imperial examination, I also heard it on the side, but Zheng Xianggong did not agree." He only promised that he could participate in the marking of papers, but he would not participate as any Khitan official. ”

Zhang Fangping and Zeng Gongliang glanced at each other, and knew in their hearts that what Zhang Hai said was true, Zheng Lang came up with a strange strategy when he was a teenager, and sent many learned scholars to the Khitan, so that the Khitan people valued literature and light on martial arts, and lost their former strengths - the spirit of the horse, if they played like the Song Dynasty, the population was only one-tenth of that of the Song Dynasty. The economy may be only one-twentieth, so the Khitan will not be long in life. He even sent many eminent monks to preach Buddhism.

The imperial court obeyed his wishes and sent scholars on a large scale twice. Including Ouyang Xiu, they have been to Khitan together.

Because some of the scholars were cowardly, their performance was not very good. Played some role, but not very much. Zheng Lang's approach is still based on this strategy, making the Khitan emphasize literature over military force. As long as you don't hold an official position, it's not a big problem. Zhang Fangping said seriously: "We know, but you have to talk nonsense in the future." If someone frames you, don't say it. ”

Zhang Hai is just a small person, if Jia Changchao wants to do the whole Zhang Hai, it is too easy. There are folk rumors that there is nothing wrong, and the Khitan wants to use Li Ling's strategy to create the illusion of Zheng Lang's surrender, and wants the Song Dynasty to kill the Zheng family, so that Zheng Lang cannot return. But the current emperor is not the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As long as Zheng Lang is back. Everything can be clarified, and they don't believe that Zheng Lang will be a Khitan official.

After the two left, Wu Yu also found Zhang Hai.

Wu Yu was also helpless.

He is not a Fan Lou feaster. But I'm worried about the situation.

Even if the gentleman formed a party, the emperor was disgusted, but the emperor overcorrected. Look at what kind of characters the court is, Chen Zhizhong does not act, Song Zhen does not have much talent, Wang Yiyong eats dry rice, Ding Du does not know what to do all day long, Jia Changchao covers the sky with his hands and eyes, which is worse than Lu Yijian at the beginning. There are others, Su Shen. Forge ahead, hurt others in the good, and do many evils. was brought to Heyang by Taichen.

Wu Yu's idea is quite wrong, Su Shen is quite capable, but why should he slander the gentleman? What did the gentlemen do to him before? If it weren't for the gentlemen's beginning, why would Su Shen be like this?

It's called one report and one report.

Then go to Liang Shi. It was once recommended by gentlemen. Cited as an important minister, but after taking the throne, like Su Shen, he saw the fall of the Junzi Party, grabbed the head, maliciously slandered, and flattered Jia Changchao. Su Shen was not disappointed, but Liang Shicai disappointed Wu Yu. …,

These two people are forbidden in two places, known as grass heads and wooden feet, and fall into the fall. The grass head is Su Shen, and the wooden foot is Liang Shi. Later, there was a rumor that Xue Juji and Hu Yu in the Southern Song Dynasty were ancient in the grass and the world was bitter, and Su Liang only harmed the scholars, but these two people harmed the people of the world.

The statements are all wrong, not so serious, Xue Hu in the back actually has many commendable political achievements, and Liang Su and the two in front are even more capable. It depends on how to use it, if Zheng Lang is the prime minister, these two people will undoubtedly use it. Don't even use Liang Shi, do you use Wang Yiyong? At least Liang Shi is far superior to Comrade Da Song in terms of official governance.

But from Wu Yu's point of view, the sky is falling.

Lao Fan is estimated to not be able to get up, and Fu Han is also out of business, and only one Zheng Lang can still bring hope to people.

However, Jia Changchao did not let it go, and there were such big rumors. Wu Yu knew that it must be fake, but a few ordinary people believed that if Zheng Lang came back and the people in the capital threw rotten eggs, would Zheng Lang still be able to use it?

How complicated is this? Based on Zhang Hai's personal experience, where can he see through so many truths?

Zhang Fangping came, went, and dropped a sentence, he couldn't tell whether Zhang Fangping was a good person or a bad person, and what it had to do with Zheng Lang. Wu Yu came, and he couldn't tell the difference. But remember Zhang Fangping's words, you must not say that someone is framing Zheng Lang.

Again, I told you what had happened.

Zhang Fangping asked once, so the second time he asked hastily, Wu Yu didn't ask, so he asked very carefully. He didn't have any dealings with Zheng Lang, so he said: "Xingzhi is wrong in this move, that is, to send an envoy, don't seek to be quiet and do nothing, why bother to mobilize teachers and teach people to study." Even if the Khitan lord asks, he can't agree, so why write to ask His Majesty. ”

"Wu Xianggong, Zheng Xianggong's meaning, I'm afraid you and I don't know." Zhang Hai said.

Wu Yu looked at this robber, suddenly laughed, and said, "You are really quite bold. ”

It is not easy to reprimand a governor like this in front of a political officer.

I know part of the truth, but I think Zheng Lang is a mistake, and I should explain the reason in the secret letter, but the secret letter is not clear, and the rumors are strong, what should I do? With Zheng Lang's ability, he does have the ability to do what Longzhong is right. Therefore, the rumors are false, but they are easy for the people to believe that they are true. Leave with a bitter face.

It didn't end, Ding Du and Song Zhen joined forces again.

The relationship with Zheng Lang is not very close, but it is not bad, this rumor is fierce, it is not good for Zheng Lang, come and ask about the situation. They had dealt with Zheng Lang many times, and after asking, Ding Du sighed: "Xingzhi is thoughtful, why is this move?" ”

Da Song thought for a long time and said, "I'm afraid this is a Khitan plan." ”

"Possibly. Bo Zhen, you and I will write to Your Majesty tomorrow, don't let the Khitan demon plan succeed. ”

"Ding Xianggong, Song Xianggong. What you say is very true," Zhang Hai said, kneeling down. I thought to myself, finally a normal one, the first two are a little abnormal.

As soon as the two left, Chen Zhizhong came to the post house, sat down and said, "Zhang Hai." ”

"In," Zhang Hai was also a little confused at this time. There are so many big guys here. Of course, whether Zheng Lang is a Khitan official or not, and how much will he be implicated? and even shake the security of the entire country. As the prime minister, can you not ask?

"My son-in-law used to be a student of Zheng Xingzhi."

"I see, Yan Rong."

"It's him," Chen Zhizhong smiled with satisfaction, Yan Rong was not as good as Zheng Lang's other students in terms of qualifications, but he was low-key. is simple, such a person enters the official career, although the progress is very slow. But there will be no big ups and downs.

"I've seen Chen Xianggong."

"No need to be polite, you can be honest with me."

"Okay," Zhang Hai told what had happened, and still gave Zhang Fangping the same answer. To be honest, even if Zheng Lang is your son-in-law, I can't believe it.

Chen Zhizhong did not comment either, and left after listening. …,

Stave said, "That's a lot. ”

"Yes," Zhang Hai wiped the sweat from his head, although he was bold, he could see such a bullish character. It undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on him. But how many of these Zai are sincere to Zheng Xianggong? He couldn't figure it out either.

Then the greatest god arrived.

Jia Changchao came to the post house, his expression was approachable, his face was full of spring breeze, and he didn't ask Zheng Lang first, but asked Zhang Hai: "Zhang Hai." This time, you went to the Khitan, and you tried your best to make a certain appreciation. ”

Zhang Hai was very moved, this Jia Xianggong is very good. Zheng Lang will not say to him without incident, I am not right with Jia Changchao, this person is not a good person. So Zhang Hai knew that someone in the imperial court would take the opportunity to fall into the well, but he didn't know which person or those people it was.

Jia Changchao continued to maintain an amiable smile on his face. Cai Zheng Lang is not very good at cooking, the dish is not good, and the big teeth can fall off several times, but the bandit leader of the dish is easy. He continued: "What is your official position now? ”

"Down there's the head."

"It's just the head of the capital, you have a lot of credit for this trip, I will take care of the officials another day, and move you to a straight class."

"Jia Xianggong, I was a bandit before I went down, and I committed a capital crime, but thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, I forgave my crimes, and moved to the head of the capital, and I was satisfied with my heart, and I didn't dare to move again."

"Knowing that mistakes can be changed, and not wanting to fill them is difficult, it's rare, it's rare," Jia Changchao praised and said: "Recently, I heard some rumors in the capital that were very bad for Zheng Xingzhi. ”

"Jia Xianggong, that's all fake."

"Tell me about it."

Fortunately, Zhang Hai was very clever, kept a hand, did not dare to say deeply, and repeated what he said to Zhang Fangping. Jia Changchao walked around and said, "In other words, with Zheng Xingzhi's person, how can he hold a Khitan official position." So Xingzhi is not willing to help the Khitan imperial examination, but just asks you to come back with a letter and let the court resign? ”

"Almost," Zhang Hai said after a moment's thought.

Jia Changchao walked around again, Zheng Lang participated in the Khitan imperial examination, he had the advantage of participating, he could make a lot of articles, and if he didn't participate, he would have a grudge against the Khitans. The Khitan will not be afraid of the Song Dynasty, once they hate Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang will not want to come back no matter what he plans. The best result was that the imperial court did not agree, and Zheng Lang participated in the Khitan imperial examination, and he had a good chess game in his hand.

Zhang Hai has already been tricked.

This is also normal, in terms of force value, one Zhang Hai can beat ten Jia Changchao. In terms of conspiracy and trickery, no matter how clever Zhang Hai is, he is less than one-tenth of Jia Changchao's.

Jia Changchao turned around again and asked, "Xingzhi asked you to come back, what did you bring?" ”

Zhang Hai almost said it. But Zheng Langtuo's solemn expression when he spoke suddenly appeared in front of him, and he suddenly sobered up and said, "No." ”

This expression quickly made Jia Changchao see it.

There was no silence and left.

Indeed, in terms of conspiracy and trickery, neither Wu Yu nor Zhang Fangping is far behind.

Can Zheng Jian fight Teng Zongforgiveness, is it easy? However, the Jia Chang Dynasty was realized. So far, Zheng Lang can't figure it out. did not attack Zhang Hai, but to Zhang Hai's other subordinate, Bian Sheng, bored in the capital, the six of them often went out to eat, drink and have fun, it was not excessive, it was the scholar himself who took the lead.

Bian Sheng came to a green building, drank flower wine, and hugged his sister. A person on the side heard that he had returned from Khitan. Curious, invite him over for a drink, and take money for a treat. Bian Sheng didn't think of anything else, and the two drank wine. Touting each other, Bian Sheng asked him to take out his words for a while. Including Zheng Lang calling Zhang Hai and talking for a long time, as well as the fact that the group was arrested by the Khitan impostor robbers, they took the side to win when they were drunk.

It was only a moment before the news reached Jia Changchao's ears. Jia Changchao analyzed it and understood six or seven points. But there are still many people who haven't figured it out, and they are calculating in their hearts, and if they want to understand what happened, they still have to pry Zhang Hai's mouth open. …,

But he was too late.

Cui Xian came to the capital from Zhengzhou. It wasn't her who came, although the Northern Song Dynasty was still very open, after all, it needed some evasion. But it doesn't matter, there are still five mothers in the family. The mother asked her son what he could not ask.

Seeing Cui Xian's arrival, Zhang Hai wanted to cry aggrievedly.

Is it easy? So many bigwigs interrogated. Do you have these people smart?

looked at a few mothers, it's not that they don't believe in Zheng Lang's mother, but these mothers are the same as themselves, and their knowledge may not be so long-term, it doesn't matter if Zheng Xianggong is in the Song Dynasty, and now he is not in the Song Dynasty, in case someone makes a mistake, it is not very good.

Cui Xian said to several mothers: "Three mothers, four mothers, five mothers." Liuniang, Qiniang, you should avoid it first. ”

As soon as the eldest mother and the second mother went, it stands to reason that the third mother supported the family, but the third mother came from a civilian family and did not dare to be it. Let Siniang support it, Siniang didn't dare, so she handed it over to her daughter-in-law. This is not a solution after all, as soon as Zheng Lang comes back, the husband and wife will have to go out sooner or later, it is better to be officials in the capital, close to Zhengzhou, if it is released, it will be very bad. But it's not in a hurry, you can take your time, and the most important thing now is to wait for my son to come back. In fact, at this time, the Zheng family was already Cui Xian in charge.

A few ladies went out, and Cui Xian said: "Zhang Hai, it doesn't matter if you say it, only I know all the plans of my family's officials." ”

"Zheng Xianggong instructed me before leaving, let me tell you that everything is fine in Khitan, don't worry. However, before leaving, he also instructed me, if His Majesty summons me, there are ministers on the side, don't go deeper. Only the eunuchs and palace maids are by their side, and I have the courage to say a word to Your Majesty, please don't spread what I said. Then he said that if he is safe in Khitan, His Majesty does not have to worry, but Zheng Xianggong is worried about the country and that someone in the court is framing, so Zheng Xianggong's situation in Khitan will be dangerous. Sure enough, Zheng Xianggong guessed that there were many rumors in the capital. But the emperor didn't summon me......"

"It's not that the emperor won't summon you...... Who has been here these days? ”

"There are a lot of people coming......," Zhang Hai said in 1510.

"I understand, the emperor probably wanted to summon you, but was blocked, so he asked Zhang Fangping to ask you."

"Zhang Zhongcheng?"

"He and my family officials have worked together for a long time in the northwest, and they are the same Jinshi, so the relationship is relatively tacit."

"Then Zhang Zhongcheng can believe it?"

"I don't know what the officials tell you to do. But there is one person, don't believe it. ”

"Who?"

"Jia Xianggong."

"Huh?" Zhang Hai opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Although the officials said that they resigned from the imperial court, they still wanted to participate in the Khitan imperial examination in their hearts. The Khitan are different from our dynasty, they are nomads, and sinicization may not be beneficial to them. Therefore, the participation of officials and the prosperity of Confucianism are not harmful to the country. However, I was afraid that someone in the court would make an excuse to attack, so I used a pretext. ”

"That's bad."

"It's a little bad, you fell for Jia Changchao's plan, if you reject the Khitan, the Khitan people will inevitably be evil sooner or later, and if the officials want to come back, it will take a long time, then it is not detention, and even their lives will be in danger. But you did a good job, this is three hundred taels of gold, take it and distribute it to the other five people, so that they don't have to leak the news that the official is in Khitan. I'll take care of the rest. Also, tell them not to go out these days, lest bad stories happen. Once the imperial court decides on the envoy, it will let you go to Khitan again, and you will be safe at that time. ”

"How dare we accept a generous gift from the eldest lady."

"Zhang Hai, you have to be blessed by my family officials to be immortal, and our husband and wife believe in you. But unlike others, this money is not only to reward you, but also to prevent your men from being bought by others. ”

"It turned out to be ......"...,

"Do it well, Zhang Hai, when my official returns to the Great Song Dynasty this time, it will be the time when you will soar."

Saying that, he left the post house with five maiden girls.

People have a good side and a bad side. Cui Xian is smart and capable, beautiful, has read a lot of books, and is a monk in an official family, so she is assertive, plus several older brothers are humble and favored by her parents, and she was more powerful when she was a teenager.

But there will be a favorable side, with assertive opinions, ideas, and more suggestions for Zheng Lang. Especially in terms of scheming, he is even more powerful than Zheng Lang. Over the years, Zheng Lang has made very few mistakes, and Cui Xian has made great contributions.

When Weizhou was in danger, it was precisely because of her personality that she took the risk to stand up and mobilize the people of the city to defend Weizhou City. What outsiders know is only this thing. Outsiders don't know about other things.

In fact, after so many years of ups and downs, Zheng Lang is growing, and Cui Xian is also growing. Pathetic, some people don't know yet.

As soon as Zhang Hai heard what Cui Xian said, he immediately summoned his subordinates and forbade them to take a step forward in the post house. This time, Jia Changchao was stunned and couldn't send someone to the post house to arrest people publicly. Or turn over the old case, wouldn't that be obvious.

But Cui Xian was under a lot of pressure, especially Zhang Hai distributed three hundred taels of gold, he didn't get it himself, his family life was okay, and he had enough money for military salaries. So one man had sixty taels of gold, that is, six hundred pieces of gold. In that family, it is also a lot of money. The five of them were all very grateful, and Bian Sheng thought of what happened that night and told him about the situation. Zhang Hai didn't dare to be careless, and sent someone to inform Cui Xian.

Cui Xian's brows furrowed when she heard this, this Jia Changchao was in the court, and he really didn't feel at ease.

PS: This is an anti-trend book, the audience is very small (whenever I see a total of nearly six million hits from a talented person, I am embarrassed, emotional, inexplicable, and incomprehensible), it doesn't matter, I won't change it to pure white text because of the results, at most it will make the sentences a little whiter and easier to understand. What kind of annual work and writer of the year votes, if you have the heart, vote for it, cover up the ugliness, others have hundreds of thousands, there are only a dozen votes on it, it's too embarrassing. (To be continued)