Li Ning is rejoicing, but Zhao Zhen is worried.
There was a loud crashing sound, and the memorials piled up several feet high were swept off the table with force by him.
Xiao Huangmen next to him subconsciously prepared to pick it up, but was stopped by the old eunuch.
"Your Majesty, if you feel upset, why not go out and get some fresh air."
"Whatever! It's all these clichés left and right!"
Zhao Zhen is easy to talk to. Even when he is angry, he can still listen to the opinions of those close to him.
However, the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty was really small and pitiful. Taizong originally wanted to expand it, but gave up because the surrounding residents refused to move, so there is not much to see here.
"Come out of the palace! Go to the house of Cai Qi, the governor."
"Cai Shenzheng is in office today. If His Majesty wants to chat with him, he might as well go directly to the Political Affairs Hall."
Zhao Zhen didn't want to attend to official duties today, so he changed his words and said, "Then go to Song Shen's government, or to Privy Council Zhang."
The old eunuch was not good at making opinions, but if he wanted to ask directly, he would probably offend the emperor, so he pretended to suggest: "Song Minqiu, the son of Song's political advisor, is a famous bookworm. I heard that he and that uncle Mr. Ya also has some contacts. Your Majesty, why not go talk to him, maybe you can gain something."
"Okay, I'll do as you say!"
So the emperor drove out and drove through the streets and alleys, but he himself was dressed in casual clothes, riding in a common sedan, kicked open the back door of Song Minqiu's house, and appeared in front of the old political advisor, laughing and joking.
When Song Shou saw the emperor's visit, he immediately rushed to pick him up, but Zhao Zhen didn't want to pay attention to him and wanted to talk to his peers by name.
If it were someone else's son, the parents would probably be worried that the emperor wanted to go out to eat, drink and have fun together.
But Song Shou doesn't need to worry so much, because his son is a nerd.
Song Shou himself was also a nerd and a famous bibliophile. His son was no less generous. Not only did he inherit his father's legacy, he also particularly enjoyed studying history and geography.
However, the kid is a little busy now, because he is packing his luggage and getting ready to go south.
Zhao Zhen found him, fainted and asked: "Brother Cidao, where are you going?"
Song Minqiu didn't know that it was the emperor who was coming, so he just thought it was the children of his father's colleagues who came to play, so he just smiled and said: "The official has ordered us to go south to participate in the preparation of the Guangmu Division."
"Is this happening? Why don't I remember it?"
Song Minqiu was startled by the words "I am a rare person", and the solid book in his hand fell to the brazier.
Their family regards books as their life, and they will not let go easily even if they die. Naturally, they don't want the lone copy to be burned.
Therefore, he made an action that surprised Zhao Zhen.
I saw him stretching out his left hand to chase the missing ancient book. At the same time, he kicked out his right foot and kicked the brazier out of the door.
Who is outside the door? There is the emperor outside the door!
Zhao Zhen shivered. Fortunately, he had been playing Cuju a lot recently and his body was still flexible, so he jumped up in a hurry and managed to dodge the flying brazier.
Song Minqiu over there caught Gu Ben, but found that the emperor was even more embarrassed than him. He looked at the brazier behind the emperor. His face was pale at the time. He ran to the emperor like a wolf devouring a rabbit, and Haosheng checked up and down, left and right. , then asked in horror: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay - I'm scared to death!"
Zhao Zhen kept raising his chest and Lan Jizong and others who followed him here. His face was already pale with fear. He was about to go up and beat up Song Minqiu.
Fortunately, Zhao Zhen has always been tolerant and generous. In addition, he had something to pursue and could not care about this incident, so he asked: "You just said you wanted to go south. What happened?"
"Your Majesty, you didn't issue an edict a few days ago, saying that everything requested by Li Ning in Quanzhou will be approved. Cai Xianggong in the political affairs hall was the one who signed the edict, and there was someone who participated in the political affairs and signed his name. Then But it’s a formal decree, so naturally I don’t dare to neglect it.”
"Oh, so that's it." Only then did Zhao Zhen remember that among the items listed by Li Ning, there was indeed one item with more than twenty names.
I think Song Minqiu is one of them.
It was only now that he realized that the child was too young to leave his parents and go south alone.
So he put aside his financial panic and asked with a caring look: "Ci Dao, how old are you this year?"
"Seventeen years old."
"That's not a big deal. It's good to go out and see the world." Although he said this, he still cautiously probed, "Does your father have any opinion on this?"
"My father went to ask Mr. Boya for advice. He said that this was not destiny and that something unexpected might happen."
"So serious!" Zhao Zhen was shocked, "Then you are still going?"
He pointed to the luggage.
"It is very serious, but Mr. Li Ning also said that Li Ning is not in the destiny of our emperor Song Dynasty. Since it is related to him, the art of destiny must have changed. The so-called kings, generals and ministers have a kind of Ning, and this is the case with the impermanence of the world. . Fate may not be that important. A person with real talent and knowledge has his destiny in his hands."
Although these words were not powerful enough, they were still quite shocking to the ideological circles of the Song Dynasty, which had just emerged from the study of prophecy in the Han Dynasty.
At least that's what the emperor thought.
"So, Ci Dao, are you going to use your talents to make a big splash?"
"The officials are joking, what talent do I have? But Mr. Boya said that the light curtain incident is probably not an isolated case. If it happens frequently, our Emperor Song Dynasty will be in danger! Therefore, there must be knowledgeable people to find out what's going on. ! Li Ning opened the way with caravans and used official property as a model to lure people from all over the world to follow him. He is truly the one with the greatest skill in this way."
"Mr. Boya is really a master. He knows everything about Li Ning's concerns."
"I'm afraid the officials are being too modest," said Li Ning. "It's a height that ordinary people can't reach. Even he can't reach it. But the officials dare to be accurate. It's really a model for a generation of wise kings."
"Really? He actually praised me like this?" Zhao Zhen was obviously very happy. He pulled Song Minqiu to sit aside and asked carefully, "Did he say anything else about me?"
"I have not had much contact with my husband. Whether he has praised His Majesty's other measures is really unknown. However, my father once speculated that the person who had met with the official in the palace many years ago was probably Mr. Boya. .”
"I thought so too! So I sent people to look for him everywhere. Who would have thought that that person actually got involved in Privy Li's plot."
"Your Majesty, Mr. Boya is not Privy Li's staff."
"Oh, is this true?"
"Seriously! I heard that he gathered his disciples in Kaifeng Mansion to give lectures. They talked about the secrets of the art of war and some knowledge of overseas artifacts. Later, Privy Li heard about this and often went to attend lectures in casual clothes. So the two of them became friends. .”
"That's it! No wonder Privy Li protects her so closely."
"The official family. The mystery involved in this is not for me to talk about, but I have read too many history books, so I will inevitably make some unseemly speculations. I hope the official family will atone for their sins!"
"Oh -" Zhao Zhen made a long and meaningful sound, and then said, "Speak slowly."
"My father is burdened by poetry and books, and he is rigid and stupid. But even he can see that Mr. Boya is most likely the one whom I met before. Come to think of it, Privy Li can't be more stupid than him. .”
These words made some Zhao Zhen a little difficult to handle. Finally, he simply said truthfully: "Your father is indeed not as cunning as Privy Li."
This was a compliment. Zhao Zhen felt that Song Minqiu would be happy, but Song Minqiu ignored it and continued.
"Since the officials also think so, that's right. Privy Li actually guessed Mr. Boya's identity, and yet he firmly controlled him. Then he had only one purpose, to use his talents for his own use. That's it. , his position of power will be stable.”
"This old bastard! I should have known that this is what he thinks!"
"Officials. The Privy Council just wants to treat Mr. Boya as a staff member. This is nothing in our Emperor Song Dynasty. But the key point is that Mr. Boya is probably not ignorant about the light curtain. As he said As he said: The light screen is indeed the biggest threat to our Emperor Song. Anyone who knows something about him should have it firmly in his hands. Mr. actually thinks so too, but I'm afraid he can't help himself, but That Li Ning..."
"Mr. Boya's regard for Li Ning is indeed beyond everyone's expectation."
"Yes. He said that Li Ning may be just like him, but he is quite knowledgeable in Western learning."
"Same? Same as what? What is Western learning?"
"This gentleman didn't say it clearly, nor did he explain it in detail. He only sighed occasionally, and my father heard it."
"I see." Zhao Zhen silently wrote down the content of today's conversation, and then changed the subject and said, "It's a pity that Li Ning is too troublesome."
