In order to prevent Li Hao from misunderstanding, Ouyang Xiu specially explained: "The reform was originally restarted by Grand Prime Minister Fu Bi, and now he is about to return to the court.
If you don't discuss this matter with him and decide on your own, I'm afraid he will have a grudge and it will be troublesome.
Moreover, this matter is beneficial to the people, and even Grand Prime Minister Fu Bi will not object to it. You just have to wait. "
It seems that the maintenance of interpersonal relationships is indispensable everywhere. Since Ouyang Xiu said so, Li Hao could only stop his activities.
Ouyang Xiu saw that Li Hao looked a little depressed, so he said: "I have received news from Zeng Gongliang. Now Grand Prime Minister Fu Bi is on his way back to Beijing and will take office soon.
It just so happens that you can take a good rest during this period, adjust your state, and spend time with your family.
There is another thing I have to mention to you. You can prepare for Chengyuan now, but you should not go there in the near future.
We will wait until the official family is buried in Yongzhao Mausoleum to avoid gossiping. "
Li Hao replied: "Uncle, don't worry, I still understand this truth and will never tell the truth to others."
Ouyang Xiu then stayed with Li Hao for a family dinner before letting Li Hao leave the house.
In the following time, Li Hao began to slow down his pace. Just at this time, Sheng Hong arrived with the tax money. Li Hao simply took his troops and went outside the city to receive it in person, just to relax.
Not to mention, when Sheng Hong saw Li Hao again, his face was really happy.
When he saw it from a distance, he hurriedly came forward and said: "I'm here to pay my respects to you, sir. Why should you come in person for such a small matter? I can just sit in the government office."
Seeing Sheng Hong being so attentive, Li Hao was really not used to it.
But it was right to think about it. Sheng Hong followed him all the way and was promoted from the fifth grade to the fourth grade in two or three years, crossing two steps.
Sheng Hong should really thank himself for this speed of promotion, and considering Sheng Hong's current age, he can easily achieve his goal.
So Li Hao replied with a normal expression: "You patrolled eight provinces and recovered so much tax for the imperial court. It is only natural for me to go out of the city to welcome you."
While they were talking, Kang Haifeng and his son came out from behind and said hello to Li Hao.
The reason why Kang Haifeng and the others were able to come back was because of the help of the Wang family.
This time, it may be because Aunt Kang did not die that Mrs. Wang did not lose her mind after all, did not participate in this palace incident, and saved the whole family.
Of course, the Wang family did not gain much benefit from this. At least Wang Shiping did not reach the point where he signed the same letter as the Privy Council at the end of the play.
You must know that although he is under the Privy Council Envoy, Privy Deputy Envoy, and Tongzhi Privy Council, he is still one of the chief officials of the Privy Council. At least, he can only serve as a third-rank official or above.
If this is considered to be incompetent and unable to get along well, what high demands does the old lady of the Wang family have?
But it would be wrong to say that he was promoted after taking refuge with Empress Cao. After all, he was immediately complained to the court after taking refuge with Queen Cao.
The court has a complete process for promoting a second- or third-rank official. Even if the emperor wants to promote him, he has to go through such a set of procedures.
After all, the Song Dynasty is different from the Qing Dynasty. Here we share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not as slaves.
According to common sense, the official Wang Shiping must not have been promoted on the spot.
But if you say this, Wang Shiping will be criticized for being a member of the Privy Council who signed the same letter.
Now he is still the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he is not as good as Shen Tugang back then, so Mrs. Wang must despise him to death.
It's just that Li Hao probably won't be able to see this scene with his own eyes, which is a pity.
But even so, the Wang family still had enough energy to ask the appropriate people to help and summon these two people back.
Although there was a reason that Li Hao did not deliberately block it because of his original promise, it also proved that the lingering legacy left by Mrs. Wang was still there.
Thinking of this, Li Hao felt that he had to find a way to attract a group of his own people to Bianjing City.
Now that I think about it, the people around me who are really useful are military generals, but I am not very good at civil servants.
Although there is support from Ouyang Xiu above, there are few people below who can be used except Sheng Hong and his son.
After all, Ouyang Xiu's connections are not his, and Zeng Gongliang and Shen Tugang will not listen to him.
It turned out that when Yan Fu was still in the capital, he could still discuss matters with him.
But before the second palace change, the elder brother's old father noticed that the wind in Bianjing City was not in the right direction, so he moved him out to avoid trouble.
So Li Hao then made up his mind to find a way to transfer the Zeng brothers and Zhang Heng back to Beijing in the same year.
In addition, my second senior brother Yan Jingwen has been working abroad for many years. He can also find a way to be transferred back to Beijing this time.
Anyway, now that the official department has Shen Tugang in charge, he can be regarded as one of his own.
After making up his mind, Li Hao became even more friendly when facing Kang Haifeng. After a brief exchange of greetings, Li Hao asked them to take the tax money back with him.
Naturally, Li Hao did not need to do the subsequent registration and warehousing work himself, so Li Hao went back to think about how to arrange the transfer of people.
First of all, it's hard for Ouyang Xiu to say, and he may not be willing to help Li Hao in this matter.
Then go directly to Shen Tugang, because whether it is in the play or in recent contacts, it seems that Shen Tugang is not the kind of person who sticks to his integrity.
On the contrary, he is very tactful in doing things. As long as his bottom line is not touched, some things can be accommodated.
It just so happened that Shen Tugang said that he had recorded his feelings last time. With this reason, at least we can contact him in the front to see Shen Tugang's attitude.
After making up his mind, Li Hao personally wrote a greeting note and planned to have it sent to the Shen Mansion, saying that he was going to visit him.
But while he was still waiting to call someone, he saw the waiter outside taking the initiative to come in and said, "Sheng Shanda just came here and said he had something to tell you. He is waiting outside now."
After hearing this, Li Hao was confused. Why did Sheng Hong come to him when he wasn't watching the tax bank at this time?
He couldn't understand, and Li Hao didn't bother to think about it. Anyway, Sheng Hong had nothing for Li Hao to think deeply about now.
So he said to the servant: "Then go and let Mr. Shanda come in, and also have this letter of greeting sent to the residence of Mr. Shen, the Minister of Civil Affairs."
After hearing this, the boy took the invitation and went to invite Sheng Hong into the house.
When Sheng Hong came in, he was as respectful as before and said, "Your Majesty, Sheng Hong, pays homage to the Prime Minister."
As he was about to salute, Li Hao naturally wanted to stop him.
After all, there will be places where Sheng Hong and his son will be useful in the future, so there is no need to be so unfamiliar, and Li Hao himself is not someone who pays much attention to this kind of formalism.
Then he said: "There are no outsiders here, why should Uncle Sheng be so different? You and I can just be as normal as usual."
Seeing that Li Hao's attitude towards him had not changed much from before, Sheng Hong felt more at ease.
Originally, Sheng Hong didn't want to do this. After all, even an old man like Sheng Hong felt a little embarrassed when he saluted a junior.
It's just that this time Li Hao was really kind to him and helped his son. This was so much kindness that Sheng Hong was worried that Li Hao's heart would change, so he wanted to test it out.
In the end, Sheng Hong was very satisfied with Li Hao's reaction, which showed that Li Hao's mentality had not changed and he was not thinking about repaying his kindness.
So he stood up and said: "You still need the proper etiquette. Now that you have become the Prime Minister and want to control the three divisions, you still need to accumulate prestige. You can't destroy it just because of me."
Li Hao nodded and smiled: "In front of outsiders, we naturally match our official positions, but in private, there is no need to be so reserved."
After saying that, he arranged for Sheng Hong to sit down and asked, "By the way, uncle is coming over now. Is there anything you want to discuss with me?"
Sheng Hong replied: "It's true that something happened. It's not that the Kang family and I haven't been back to Beijing for a long time. We plan to hold a family banquet when we come back this time, and I would like to invite you to attend."
"Family banquet, I'm afraid someone else asked my uncle to host this family banquet!" Li Hao paused and said.
Sheng Hong felt slightly embarrassed and said, "This family banquet was indeed my mother-in-law's idea, and she asked me to invite you to attend.
But she didn't mean any harm, she just wanted to apologize to you on behalf of my eldest sister after learning about Yun Anjian.
Moreover, my eldest sister also received a lesson in Yun'an Prison and has improved now. "
Originally, Li Hao really didn't want to deal with the Wang family and the Kang family, but after hearing what Sheng Hong said, Li Hao really became interested.
After all, no matter how Li Hao thought, Aunt Kang's level of mental abnormality still had the possibility of getting better.
However, Li Hao did not agree immediately, but said: "But didn't your old lady go to Jinling? Why don't we talk about this matter until the old lady comes back."
Seeing that Li Hao was about to agree, Sheng Hong immediately said: "It will take at least a few months for the old lady to come and go. Besides, the old lady doesn't like to make noise. There is no need to wait for this family banquet." The old lady is back.
If the old lady really wants to participate, she can hold another one at that time. We are all relatives, so we can always keep in touch! "
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Regarding this last sentence, Li Hao really chuckled in his heart.
Sheng Hong really didn't know what he was thinking. Who would want relatives like the Kang family and the Wang family?
However, he still couldn't help but be curious and promised to attend the banquet: "Okay, then after you decide the date, tell me in advance so that I can arrange the time."
When they returned to the house, Li Hao and Zhang Guifen brought up the matter. Zhang Guifen couldn't help but said: "You really have nothing to do. What are you going to do at the family banquet of the Sheng family and the Kang Wang family?"
Li Hao replied: "This is not what Sheng Hong said. I don't believe that Kang Wang has repented, so I want to see it with my own eyes!
Who told your husband to be more curious? "
As he spoke, he put his hands on Zhang Guifen and began to think carefully about the specific material of the clothes.
But before Li Hao could study it carefully, he was pushed away by Zhang Guifen and said with a sweet smile: "Although I don't really believe that Kang Wang can get better, but I'm not that curious, so that day I just asked you. Go there by yourself, and my mother and I will not join in the fun."
Li Hao said quickly: "Don't, it's okay if mother doesn't go, otherwise I have to worry about if mother does go, don't fight with Wang Wang in Sheng Mansion.
But you have to go. It would be boring for me to go alone. Anyway, Minglan and Hualan will go back by then. When you go, you can play with them. "
But Zhang Guifen said firmly: "I don't want to go. I really don't want to see Kang Wang's face. Just go by yourself. If Kang Wang has changed a lot, come back and tell me."
Then, no matter how Li Hao tried to persuade him, Zhang Guifen refused to join him, so Li Hao had no choice but to start trying hard.
It took several days to get Zhang Guifen to agree to go to Sheng Mansion together on the day of the family banquet.
However, before the family dinner could be held, Fu Bi returned to Bianjing City accompanied by Zeng Gongliang.
And in order to show the importance to Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu led three political advisors, Li Hao, Zeng Gongliang and others to personally greet Fu Bi at the post station outside Bianjing City that day.
When he first met Ouyang Xiu, Li Hao took a look at Fu Bi's face, but he didn't feel anything had changed. He seemed quite satisfied with the status quo.
Of course, it's also possible that Fu Bi was very powerful and Li Hao couldn't see it.
But at least on the surface, the two of them get along extremely harmoniously, just like Fu Bi and Ding You before.
The only difference is that the status between the two has completely changed. Ouyang Xiu, who used to be a subordinate, has now become a superior.
After entering the city, Ouyang Xiu first took Fu Bi into the palace to meet Zhao Zonghan, and then Li Hao accompanied him. After all, in terms of getting along with Zhao Zonghan, Li Hao, an acquaintance, was more effective.
As for the others, they went to Fanlou. Today, Ouyang Xiu arranged several banquets to welcome Fu Bi.
On the way to the palace, Li Hao looked at Fu Bi's background in front of him and couldn't help but think about it.
Speaking of which, Fu Bi and Zhao Zonghan had never met before. When Fu Bi took charge, Zhao Zongquan had just arrived in Bianjing.
As a result, when Fu Bi returned to Beijing again, Zhao Zongquan had already died, and a child was replaced on the throne, allowing Ouyang Xiu to make a comeback.
I don’t know if Fu Bi will regret the decision he made in the future.
After all, Zhao Zhen really wanted him to seize his love and keep his position at that time, as long as he was willing to nod.
But after all, there is no regret medicine in this world, and Fu Bi can only accept the reality for the time being.
After entering the palace, Princess Miao and Zhao Zonghan met the three of them. They expressed joy at Fu Bi's return as prime minister and gave Fu Bi generous rewards.
Of course, Li Hao came to the palace in advance to talk nicely to the two of them for these things. After all, Mrs. Miao's family was not prominent and she had little help in the court.
Therefore, Li Hao, who was familiar with Zhao Zonghan, was also relied upon by him.
After the procedures in the palace were completed, Li Hao, Ouyang Xiu and Fu Bi went to Fanlou and had a feast to welcome the wind.
After that day, Fu Bi rested at home for a few more days before officially going to the Privy Council to perform his duties.
Li Hao was also waiting at this time. After Fu Bi got familiar with the matter, after all, Fu Bi had to be involved in the commercial tax reform.
It's just that Fu Bi has been worried about Ding for more than two years. During this period, the court has also changed a lot. He still needs some time to become familiar with these things, so Li Hao can only wait a little longer.
While waiting, the day came for Sheng Hong's family dinner, and Li Hao and Zhang Guifen went to attend it.
