This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 172 Are you still happy?
Watching the proud King of Runan County leaving arrogantly, Bao Zheng felt quite helpless.

To be honest, if other people hand over such information, involving the Wang family of the Zhao family, the whistleblower will definitely be 'invited' to the Kaifeng mansion, and after detailed questioning, they will be handed over to Dali Temple for another 'inquiry'.

It can be said that it is necessary to be cautious.

But the whistleblower is real Lu Senlu, and the person who delivered the information is the Runan County King. Both of them are not ordinary people. How do you 'please'?
Now that Master Lu is willing to give the information, it is considered a great favor. Now, no one in the world knows that Master Lu has given up on the court.

Bao Zheng sighed, flipped through the brochure again, then entered the palace and met the officials.

Half an hour later, Zhao Zhen finished reading the brochure, and his face was as black as coal.

Although he is kind, he is not stupid.

Since ancient times, the battle for the royal dragon chair has always had no good results for the loser.

He was really angry this time.

"Is this booklet really submitted by Master Lu?" Zhao Zhen asked with suppressed irritability.

Bao Zheng cupped his hands: "The king of Runan County really said so, and he would not lie about this matter."

Anyone who has a normal mindset will find a way to stay away from treasonous things.

"Does Bao Aiqing still remember that two years ago, a crossbowman ambushed Real Lu outside the city?" Zhao Zhen asked suddenly.

Bao Zheng nodded: "Naturally, I remember that after the incident, the minister also secretly sent people to investigate, but they couldn't find any trace of those people."

Zhao Zhen stood up, walked to the bookshelf next to him, took out a volume of booklets, and handed them to the person in front of him.Although he was afraid of Bao Zheng, he believed in this person very much in his heart: "This is some clues I have collected by the Imperial City Division in the past two years. Although I still don't know who those people are, I have found the direction a little bit. Now After comparing it with the information sent by Master Lu, the clue points directly to King Xiangyang."

Bao Zheng didn't immediately agree with this statement, but opened the booklet and read it carefully.

Zhao Zhen was not in a hurry, he sat back on his chair and continued to correct his official documents.

About half an hour later, Bao Zheng finally finished reading it. He closed his eyes and pondered for a while, compared the clues in the two booklets one by one, and finally opened his eyes and said, "How do the officials plan to deal with it? The King of Xiangyang hasn't raised his arms yet." , We don’t know exactly how many soldiers he secretly raised, but if we really want to pursue this matter, we will definitely be able to act vigorously and capture King Xiangyang first, so that he can’t mobilize his soldiers.”

"But who can do it?" Zhao Zhen sighed: "My cousin looks gentle and refined on the surface, but in reality he has a serious mind. If there is any trouble, he will startle the snake."

"Can you announce him to Beijing?" Bao Zheng asked.

Zhao Zhen thought for a while, and said: "The problem is, the prince of the outside world cannot enter the capital casually. If I announce the imperial edict, he will definitely have doubts, and then he will start trouble."

Bao Zheng thought for a while, and said: "Then I will call all the ministers of Zhongshumen to discuss how to deal with this matter. After all, one person counts the disadvantages, and everyone counts the strengths."

"Then let's do it first."

Lu Sen has been very happy in the past two days. To be honest, he has long been unhappy with the King of Xiangyang.

The environment in the Northern Song Dynasty was actually quite good. Although the peasants were suffering a bit, at least there were still a group of civil servants at this time who were willing to help the people at the bottom.

Bao Zheng wanted to protect the common people, and the reformers headed by Grand Master Pang also wanted to amend the bad governance of the land, so that the annexation of land would not be so serious.

All in all, in terms of current productivity, the cultural environment in the early and mid-Northern Song Dynasty was pretty good.

In the later period, the land annexation was too serious, which led to small waves of peasant uprisings.

The situation in the Northern Song Dynasty is good now. If there is an incident, it will really corrupt several provinces, especially if it is fought from the south to the north. At that time, several major grain areas will become war-torn areas, and the crops will not be harvested, which will inevitably cause a major famine.

The rare peaceful era is probably gone.

Besides, if Da Song really wanted to cause chaos, it would have to be done by Lu Sen, which was part of his plan.

That's right...he is such a double standard.

If the Northern Song Dynasty really wants to be chaotic, it is also because of me, Lu, and others can't mess around.

That is to say, with this kind of thinking, Lu Sen will review his plan over and over again when he has time, find out any problems in time, and correct them at any time.

He doesn't believe in a rough plan, as long as he starts, he can run it on schedule.

Human beings, human society, are highly uncertain and random.

The development of human society is spiraling upward, and from time to time, the entire productivity will go backwards.

So Lu Sen never relaxed his monitoring of the plan.

But for now, since it is only the beginning, the matter is still within his grasp.

This day in the Bitian Pavilion, he talked with Zhang Yuanwai about the exchange of giant rice. For example, the rice seeds can only be sent to his own Song people, and foreigners don't even think about a single seed.

In this world, Zhang Yuanwai naturally agreed.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with Lu Zhenren's decision.

During this period, only Song people were considered human beings, and the others were just 'barbarians'.

After discussing the matter, Lu Sen left Bitian Pavilion, walked around the street, came to the gate of the city, was thinking about finding a place with few people, and released the aircraft to go back to the cave, his eyes scanned the front, But suddenly stopped, a little surprised.

Opposite him stood three people, several officers in soap-colored police uniforms, escorting a down-and-out young scholar on the left side of the street.

It looks like an exiled official.

But this person Lu Sen is very familiar with, the former Pingzhang, the current prisoner, Wang Anshi.

And Wang Anshi also saw Lu Sen, showing a shocked expression.

After a stick of incense, Lu Sen and Wang Anshi sat in the box of the tavern, while the officials and others sat around the big round table in the hall to eat and drink.

And Wang Anshi was wolfing down the fruit Lu Sen gave him.

He finished eating soon, and when he opened his eyes and rested for a while, he became more energetic.

"Thank you Master Lu." Wang Anshi's curved back straightened up again, his eyes sparkled again: "You saved half my life."

The Wang Anshi just now had a haggard face and a weak body. If this continues, it is estimated that he will die of hard work in less than a month.

But there was no way around it, Bao Zheng was very rigid in his work, and Wang Anshi was demoted to Qiongzhou, so he could walk naturally, so he absolutely couldn't ride in a car or boat, and couldn't enjoy it.

Wang Anshi, a frail scholar, has never endured such hardships. It took him more than three months to walk all the way from Bianliang to Hangzhou.

Originally, I was going to Guangzhou to board the ship, and I had to go a long way.

And this section of the road is the most difficult. After all, Guangdong and Guangxi are considered southern barbarians at this time. This section of land is full of miasma and poisonous insects. I don’t know how many demoted officials died on this section of land.

But Wang Anshi was Wang Anshi after all, Taishi Pang was still very optimistic about him, and he used some tricks to allow him to take a boat to Qiongzhou in Hangzhou.

Because of Lu Sen's relationship, Hangzhou has now become a transit point for spices, and many routes have been opened, including the route to Qiongzhou.

Lu Sen smiled lightly and said, "You're welcome, no matter what, we used to be colleagues."

"You are still a colleague now." Wang Anshi looked at Lu Sen with a strange expression: "Your official status, the official has not taken back, nor has it agreed to your resignation. In addition, although I am no longer a normal person, I still continue to work together. A civil official in the Five Palaces."

It turns out that Wang Anshi was punished, but not completely.

This is also normal. After all, the Northern Song Dynasty was a dynasty in which scholar-bureaucrats and the Zhao family shared the world.

A civil official like Wang Anshi, who was born in a serious imperial examination, was regarded as a master in the Northern Song Dynasty and enjoyed many privileges.

Lu Sen said lightly: "I want my opinion, not the officials and you."

What he said is a stalk of modern society, and it is just a habit to say it.

After all, the stigma brought to him by the Internet society will not be eliminated so quickly.

But to Wang Anshi, these words seemed very free and easy and proud.

He laughed dryly and said, "Is this the courage of a practitioner? Admiration."

As for Wang Anshi, no matter how proud he felt, he couldn't say such a thing.

Lu Sen still looked at Wang Anshi with a smile, and then said, "You look much more pleasing to me now."

"Really Lu, are you trying to kill people?" Wang Anshi's expression was a little ugly: "If you continue this way, I won't remember the kindness of your meal."

"It doesn't matter if you remember it or not." Lu Sen laughed: "I thought you built the city in Xingqing Mansion and repelled two Xixia attacks. As a prisoner, I don't want to say that the sky has eyes, because the sky never cares about the life and death of individuals in the world. I just want to say that Bao Xueshi has done a good job, and I applaud."

After speaking, Lu Sen really clapped his hands.

The sound of clapping palms echoed in the box.

Seeing Lu Sen like this, Wang Anshi was so angry that he dared to contort his face.

He really regretted that he was obsessed with ghosts and agreed to Lu Sen's invitation to eat and drink.

But Wang Anshi is not an ordinary civil servant after all, although he has a proud heart, he now has a city mansion.

He snorted: "Bachelor Bao is indeed the main cause of my being demoted and exiled, but Master Lu is the inducement!"

"How do you say that?" Lu Sen was curious.

He didn't know that Bao Zheng's outlook on life had been changed by a few words from him.

Immediately Wang Anshi talked about it.

After Lu Sen finished listening, he clapped his hands again: "Okay, okay, I feel much more comfortable this way."

"Hmph." Wang Anshi exhaled unhappily.

Afterwards, the two casually exchanged a few words, and then parted ways.

After all, the two of them are not easy to deal with, so what can they say!
Before leaving, Lu Sen said to Wang Anshi: "You are very smart and capable, but the more you are like this, the more you make me feel terrible. For the so-called civil dignity in my heart, I will take over the command of the army forcefully. It caused 10,000+ soldiers to die and almost destroyed the entire Northwest Line of Defense. It’s okay if you know you’re wrong, but I see that you don’t think you’ve made a big mistake until now.”

"So?" Wang Anshi squinted at Lu Sen.

"No reason," Lu Sen stood at the door, shaking his head and said, "But I believe that the environment in Qiongzhou will change you."

Wang Anshi remained silent.

Qiongzhou at this time, in the eyes of civil officials, is hell on earth.

Officials who can come back alive are real fierce men.

In fact, Wang Anshi hoped that Lu Sen could give him a bottle of honey.When the body is comfortable, take a sip. It is estimated that you can last for a long time. At least you can not die at will before adapting to Qiongzhou's climate.

Lu Sen then left.

But Wang Anshi was still silent. He sat back in the box and ate up the remaining food and drinks.

Not long after, the officer came in, and the leader respectfully said, "Mr. Wang, it's time to report to the Hangzhou Mansion."

At this time, Wang Anshi was still a fifth-rank official with the vacant position of a doctor in the household department.

He stood up silently, followed the officials and left the restaurant, and came to Hangzhou Mansion.

After the officials reported their names, the Hangzhou police took them to the big prison, and then Wang Anshi was placed in a single room, which was also the best iron prison.

There are clean straw beds, and no other prisoners live with him.

You must know that most of the prisoners in the prison are vicious. If they are locked together, there will often be disputes.

He was temporarily detained here, because the boat to Qiongzhou only came every half a month, and the last boat left the port three times earlier, so Wang Anshi had to wait for about twelve days.

Sitting on the pile of straw, before Wang Anshi had time to be depressed, he suddenly found that in the cell next to him, there was a man with disheveled hair and disheveled hair, holding onto the iron railing with both hands, looking at him with small eyes burning through the gap.

"Hey, it's white and tender, it looks pretty good."

Wang Anshi felt a chill all over his body, and he stared at the other party viciously, but the other party didn't take it seriously, anyway, he made even more obscenities.

Wang Anshi was so angry that he almost vomited blood and died.

But soon, the prisoner restrained himself, because Lu Huiqing, the interim Governor of Hangzhou Mansion, came.

"Jiefu, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much." Lu Huiqing sighed all over her face, "It's been almost three years since we parted in the capital, but I never thought that it would be like this when we meet again."

At that time, Lu Huiqing had just passed the imperial examination and had no official position after she came out of the court.

As for Wang Anshi, it was already a matter of peace, and he was highly valued by Grand Master Pang, and the status gap between the two was huge.

At that time, in order to win over the new Jinshi, Pang Taishi took Wang Anshi to entertain almost all the Jinshi.

It can be said that Wang Anshi and Pang Taishi are the center of everyone, while Lu Huiqing stands by the side, nodding and bowing, humble as a minion.

But now the situation is completely reversed.

Lu Huiqing was dressed in official uniform, bright and beautiful, while Wang Anshi was dressed in rags, sitting on straw, destitute like a beggar.

Lu Huiqing has never been generous.

At that time, he was jealous of the high-spirited Wang Anshi.

The two were about the same age, and Lu Huiqing had just reached the first rank, and he was already a minister of the court.

This makes Lu Huiqing, who claims to be a "genius", very upset.

But he is also very smart and has never shown such emotions in front of others.

Same now.

But who is Wang Anshi, he keenly noticed the schadenfreude in Lu Huiqing's eyes.

After all, Lu Huiqing is still too 'young'.

"Master Lu, you still have time to come and see me? I don't know if something bad will happen to you?" Wang Anshi said lightly.

"Why did you say that? Brother Jiefu, you are new here..."

Wang Anshi interrupted Lu Huiqing: "Realist Lu is in Hangzhou City, but you can't find him out. What do you think the important ministers in the court think of you?"

(End of this chapter)