Qian Song

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Recently, Zhao Mingcheng has also been looking for opportunities to become an official.

——He wants to rely on this to regain his confidence and save his own reputation that has fallen to the bottom.

However, the conservative faction of the Zhao Song Dynasty where Zhao Mingcheng belonged did not perform well at the end of the Song Dynasty.

In the face of the large-scale attack of the Daqian Dynasty, these people not only made stupid moves frequently and did nothing, but also wantonly eliminated dissidents, disregarded the interests of the country, and engaged in internal struggles with the reformists, which greatly weakened the strength of the Zhao Song Dynasty and made Zhao Song Dynasty missed the opportunity to save himself.

This made the conservative officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty have a bad reputation.

Li Cun once publicly criticized the conservative officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties: they can only fight internally, but they can't govern the country.

In addition, the leading figures of the conservative faction have died, and the officials who have become officials have no leader. Although most of the remaining middle- and lower-level conservative officials were able to become officials in the Daqian Dynasty, first of all, they did not have much say. After being broken up by Li Cun, he was divided into various departments.

In addition, Li Gang, Tang Ke and other reformist officials of the original Zhao and Song Dynasty were reused by Li Cun. They either intentionally took revenge or unintentionally suppressed them, which further restricted the conservative officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

This made the conservative forces of the Zhao and Song Dynasties almost disappear.

The key point is that the Zhao Song Dynasty is dead now, and the Dagan Dynasty is in charge, and the emperor has one courtier. Therefore, not to mention the conservative officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty, they are the reforms of the Zhao Song Dynasty, which is still regarded by Li Cun. Send officials, now they have to keep their tails between their tails, because above them are officials from the Dagan Dynasty who fought against Li Cun, and those are Li Cun's most trusted ministers.

The collapse of the conservative forces in the Zhao Song Dynasty made it almost impossible for Zhao Mingcheng to get help from political forces.

In addition, because a large number of officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties voted for the Dagan Dynasty, the Dagan Dynasty, which brought together officials from the Dagan Dynasty, the Daliao Empire, and the Zhao and Song Dynasty, has also begun to have redundant officials.

In addition, the imperial examinations to be held soon will bring a large number of officials belonging to the new generation of the Dagan Dynasty to the Dagan Dynasty.

All these made it more and more difficult for the Dagan Dynasty to compete for official positions.

By the way, this is also one of the reasons why Li Cun wanted to compile the "Hongwu Dadian"-Li Cun was worried that if these extra scholars were not properly placed, they would cause trouble, so he had to create something for them that could tie them down. The work positions of hands, feet and even brains stabilize them first.

The key point is that Zhao Mingcheng's reputation has been rotten because he once abandoned the city and fled. As we all know, Li Cun likes those loyal and brave courtiers the most, followed by courtiers who know current affairs, and Zhao Mingcheng is the most despised A person who is neither loyal nor knowledgeable about current affairs.

Adding all these things together, Zhao Mingcheng hit a wall everywhere on the road of seeking an official, and it was as difficult as climbing the sky to become an official in the Daqian Dynasty.

Zhao Mingcheng ran through all the relationships he could run, but he couldn't see the dawn of his official career, which fully proved this point.

Today, Zhao Mingcheng brought a heavy gift to visit his old friend Sun Zhi, and wanted Sun Zhi, who is now serving as the living man in the Daqian Dynasty, to help him find a way.

Although the living man only has the sixth grade, but the royal palace is the servant, and the fortune is the follower, and the Dachaohui and the living room are opposite to the side of the head of His Royal Highness.All things that the imperial court ordered pardons, rites and music, changes in profit and loss, rewards and punishments, persuasion and punishment, the promotion of officials, the removal of civil and military officials, sacrificial banquets, and introductions by luck, the four seasons, the weather, the auspiciousness of the four directions, the increase and decrease of household registration, The prefectures and counties were abolished, and all of them were written to authorize officials.

In short, Qijulang is the official responsible for recording the words and deeds of the emperor. Although his official position is not high, he is a person who can talk to the emperor.

And Sun Zhi, who was trained by Su Shi at the age of five, belonged to the elite among Su Shi's students, and was an official of the conservative faction of the Zhao and Song Dynasty. very close.

Zhao Mingcheng hoped that Sun Zhi would find an opportunity to help him say a few words to Li Cunmei, and let Li Cun reward him with an official position.

Unexpectedly, Sun Zhi not only did not agree to Zhao Mingcheng's request, but also returned the gift that Zhao Mingcheng brought to Zhao Mingcheng.

However, Sun Zhi and Zhao Mingcheng are old friends after all, so at the end of the day, Sun Zhi still reminded Zhao Mingcheng: "Brother Defu, why do you want to look far away?"

Zhao Mingcheng was puzzled, and asked Sun Zhi what he meant by this?
But Sun Zhi didn't say anything more.

It's not that Sun Zhi is mean and unkind, but that the most important quality of the living man is to control his own mouth. After all, the living man knows too much about the emperor. If he talks nonsense, it will definitely end badly.

And it was with great difficulty that Sun Zhi got the starting point of his official career in the Daqian Dynasty, which was a good starting point for Qijulang. Of course, he had to cherish it very much.

On the way back, Zhao Mingcheng kept thinking, what was going on with Sun Zhi's words of "seeking far away from the near ones"?

But until Zhao Mingcheng returned home, he didn't even think about it, which relatives and friends around him could help him become an official in the Daqian Dynasty?
Just when Zhao Mingcheng sat down and was about to drink some tea to quench his thirst, the servant suddenly ran in and said to Zhao Mingcheng, "Master, the emperor sent a servant to deliver the decree, asking him to enter the palace immediately to face the saint!"

Zhao Mingcheng responded for a moment, and was overjoyed immediately!

Zhao Mingcheng didn't think about why Li Cun wanted to see him suddenly, he hurriedly tidied up, and then hurriedly followed the servant who delivered the order into the palace.

On the way, Zhao Mingcheng sent an ingot of gold to the servant who passed the decree, and wanted to find out from the servant, why did Li Cun want to see him?

But the servant really didn't know the reason, so he couldn't tell.

This made Zhao Mingcheng, who didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, both excited and uneasy.

Under the guidance of the servant, Zhao Mingcheng came to Yuhua Pavilion.

This Yuhua Pavilion is just behind the Xuanhe Hall.

When Zhao Mingcheng arrived, the chancellor Lu Jiang, Zhang Shi and others, six ministers including Li Guang, Minister of Li, Qian Zai, Minister of Industry, and Tian Zhuang, minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yin Qiuxian of Kaifeng Prefecture and other chief officials in Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhao Mingcheng Zhang Bangchang, Tang Ke, Zhang Shuye, Nie Shan, Qin Hui and others he knew were all there.

After finishing the performance, the chief ministers left one after another.

The six ministers then stepped forward to play a role, and then left one after another.

Then came Qiu Xian and other chief officials in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

By the time Qiu Xian and the others finished their report, it was almost dark.

Li Cun asked someone to prepare an imperial meal.

After everyone had eaten, a group of ministers continued to play.

It was not until Xushi that all the ministers had finished reporting.

At this time, Zhao Mingcheng was the only one left in the hall.

Seeing this, Zhao Mingcheng quickly took the initiative to kneel down and said: "Craftsman Zhao Mingcheng pays homage to His Majesty." He pouted his butt high.

Looking at His Highness Zhao Mingcheng kneeling, Li Cun was actually quite bored.

Li Cun did a lot of things like sleeping with other people's wives.

Among the daughters of the royal family and the daughters of the clan in the Liao Empire, and among the daughters of the royal family and the daughters of the clan in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, many of them were married women.

But Li Cun was asleep, especially the daughters of the royal family and the clan of the Liao Empire—except for those who were too old, almost no one was spared now.

However, although these women are also married, in Li Cun's view, they should be regarded as his trophies. Therefore, when Li Cun sleeps with them, he does not have to consider their former husbands at all.

To take a step back, Li Cun is thinking about it, and he has no negative emotions such as guilt, embarrassment, and boredom, and some only have fun.

However, when it came to Zhao Mingcheng, it was different.

Li Cunzhen has a feeling of stealing other people's wives.

This is not to say that Li Cun has any sense of moral guilt.

Li Cunzhen is not such a gentleman.

Furthermore, Li Cun can still benefit himself, saying that Zhao Mingcheng was originally a minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty and his enemy, and his wife can also be his spoils of war.

However, for some reason, after Li Cun saw Zhao Mingcheng, he couldn't help feeling a little bored, especially when Li Cun remembered that it was because Li Qingzhao begged himself to reward Zhao Mingcheng with an official position as compensation that he sent someone to call Zhao Mingcheng.

To be honest, Li Cun can understand why Li Qingzhao wants to compensate Zhao Mingcheng.

Li Cun is a habitual offender, with a thick face and dark heart, and he is still the emperor, so he doesn't need to care about such things.

But Li Qingzhao couldn't do it, she couldn't get over the threshold in her heart.

Besides, apart from respecting Li Qingzhao as his mother, Zhao Mingcheng has never done anything too difficult for Li Qingzhao. In fact, Zhao Mingcheng knew that Li Qingzhao had cheated, so he didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Moreover, Zhao Mingcheng wanted to forgive Li Qingzhao and take over Xia became the father of Li Qingzhao's illegitimate son.

This is not something that ordinary men can do.

Therefore, Li Qingzhao felt that she owed Zhao Mingcheng.

The point is, if Li Cun does not allow Li Qingzhao to preside over the compilation of the "Hongwu Dadian", it will be fine. Li Qingzhao can live in seclusion from now on, and live a life of supporting her husband and teaching children at home, but Li Cun wants Li Qingzhao to do it. This must be highly exposed and even pushed to the forefront.

In this case, if Li Qingzhao did not have Zhao Mingcheng's and Li Shu's protection, then Li Qingzhao would definitely be classified as a silver baby by those scholars who envied and envied her, and then Li Qingzhao would not only lose the compilation of "Hongwu Dadian" If there is an opportunity, it will be firmly nailed to the shelf of shame in history and will never turn over.

Therefore, in Li Qingzhao's view, Li Cun gave Zhao Mingcheng a part-time job, compensated Zhao Mingcheng, and asked Zhao Mingcheng to write and leave the book for her, so that she could safely and boldly edit "Hongwu Dadian".

To be honest, Li Cun thought about sending someone to deal with Zhao Mingcheng quietly, once and for all.

However, thinking that Zhao Huan sent Nie Shan to kill Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng, etc., and finally let people know, which further lowered Zhao Huan's situation, Li Cun finally decided to give Zhao Mingcheng a chance.

Based on this, after Li Cun got Zhao Mingcheng up, he said to Zhao Mingcheng: "Guangzhou Tong judged He Beidou for corrupting the law because of embezzlement, and asked me to ransack his house and execute him. You can take over."

Although Guangzhou has not yet been upgraded to a mansion, it has developed particularly well in the past few years because it is an essential place for maritime trade that Li Cun attaches great importance to.

Leaving aside anything else, He Beidou only worked as a judge in Guangzhou for two years, and by taking charge of food transportation, farmland, water conservancy, and litigation, he has embezzled more than 300 million yuan.

This shows how well Guangzhou is developing now.

Furthermore, although Zhao Mingcheng knew the prefecture from the fifth rank in the Zhao Song Dynasty, he is now only the general judge of the sixth rank in the Daqian Dynasty, and it seems that he has dropped one level.

But that's not how the account works.

The Zhao Song Dynasty died, so the officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty have become worthless.

Don't you see, many high-ranking officials of the first and second ranks of the Zhao Song Dynasty are now only fifth or sixth ranks here in the Dagan Dynasty?
For this reason, most of their official positions are empty positions without real power.

Therefore, Zhao Mingcheng only lost one level and got a real power judgment. For Zhao Mingcheng, it was like a pie falling from the sky.

The only thing that makes Zhao Mingcheng feel a little dissatisfied is that Guangzhou is too far away.

——If Li Cun heard Zhao Mingcheng's inner voice, he would definitely say: "Fuck you, please be content. If I don't want to eat, the image is too ugly, so I will throw you to Champa."

All in all, although Guangzhou is a bit far away, Zhao Mingcheng was overjoyed when he heard that Li Cun asked him to be the second in command in Guangzhou!
Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly bowed to the ground and said gratefully: "Zhao Mingcheng thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

"Retire without courtesy."

Li Cun really didn't want to look at Zhao Mingcheng any more, so Li Cun couldn't wait to say: "I'm tired, just step back."

Zhao Mingcheng understands that in the eyes of Li Cun, who manages everything every day, a low-rank official is not worth wasting too much time.

Besides, it is indeed too late now.

So, after hearing Li Cun's words, Zhao Mingcheng quickly responded, "I will retire."

Leaving Yuhua Pavilion, Zhao Mingcheng swept away all the haze before, and he felt that he came alive all of a sudden.

Even at this moment, Zhao Mingcheng felt that he was a man again.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded: "Congratulations, brother Defu, keep the clouds open to see the moonlight."

Zhao Mingcheng turned his head and saw Qin Hui looking at him with a smile.

Because of Li Qingzhao's relationship, Zhao Mingcheng now doesn't like all of Li Qingzhao's relatives.

But Qin Hui was an exception.

Firstly, Qin Hui and Li Qingzhao are not related by blood.

Secondly, Qin Hui is now the head of the Maritime Affairs Department established by Li Cungang. In theory, even if this department is not as big as the Sixth Department, it must not be much different. After all, this department is directly under the Third Division, and there are more than 200 officials in it. It is still because of the initial design, it is uncertain how many officials there will be in the future, in other words, Qin Hui is now flourishing.

Moreover, the Guangzhou Port under Guangzhou is under the management of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, and Zhao Mingcheng will inevitably have to deal with Qin Hui in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Mingcheng didn't dare to trust him, he hurriedly bowed to Qin Hui: "I pay my respects to Mr. Qin."

Qin Hui smiled and said, "Hey, brother Defu, why are you so polite, let's go, you and I have a drink and celebrate."

How could Zhao Mingcheng be unwilling to invite Shangguan?
So, the two came to the reopened Zhouqiao Night Market and found a clean restaurant.

After three rounds of drinking and five flavors of food, Qin Hui said to the slightly drunk Zhao Mingcheng: "Brother Defu listened to Xiao Ke's persuasion, it is convenient for others, and he is free from himself. Even if there is no relationship between you and eldest sister, There is also friendship, why don't you share a piece of paper with Li Shu with the eldest sister, let each other be different, each life is happy, the world is strangers, and the future will be indefinite?"

Zhao Mingcheng wanted to say to Qin Hui: "You said it lightly. You are not the one who dares to be cuckolded. You and I will switch positions. If you are cuckolded, can you let go of that couple so easily? "

But Zhao Mingcheng was also afraid of Qin Hui's current status, so he didn't dare not listen to Qin Hui's words.

There was no way, Zhao Mingcheng could only perfunctorily express that he would follow what Qin Hui said, and give Li Qingzhao the letter of reconciliation.

Will Zhao Mingcheng forgive Li Qingzhao so easily?
how is this possible.

Zhao Mingcheng's strategy is to delay the attack.

Zhao Mingcheng felt that since he was about to go to Guangzhou to take up his post anyway, as long as he delayed, he might delay Qin Hui's "good intentions".

But what Zhao Mingcheng never expected was that Qin Hui came to visit early the next morning, and then took Zhao Mingcheng to Li Hui's house to write and leave the book for Li Qingzhao.

Zhao Mingcheng didn't want to forgive Li Qingzhao who betrayed him and humiliated him in every possible way, so he evaded in every possible way.

Seeing this, Qin Hui put on a straight face, and threatened: "Brother Defu was lying to Xiaoke before, but brother Defu never thought of writing a divorce letter to my eldest sister? If so, don't hide it from Brother Defu, Xiaoke We will go south to Guangzhou in the next day, and by then, Xiao Ke must have a good talk with Brother Defu about playing with Xiao Ke today and making Xiao Ke disgraceful in front of his family."

Qin Hui has threatened Zhao Mingcheng so blatantly, and Zhao Mingcheng can only bear with it and say: "What is Qin Xianggong saying? Once a man speaks out, he is hard to follow. Since the official has agreed, how can he go back on his word? Let's go!" Forget it, the next official will go to Li's house with Mr. Xianggong, isn't it okay?"

Therefore, Qin Hui escorted Zhao Mingcheng to Li's house, and met Li Qingzhao who had been waiting for a long time.

But even at this time, Zhao Mingcheng still had a stinky face, and kept silent about the reconciliation with Li Qingzhao.

Qin Hui, who was outside the door, saw this, smiled coldly, and then found Li Tong and Li Tong.

Qin Hui handed a blank note to Li Tong and Li Tong, and asked them to take "this letter" to their mother.

Upon hearing this, Li Tong and Li Tang rushed into the living room with "this letter" as if they were going to present a treasure. They ran and shouted, "Mother! Mother! Uncle called me two brothers Give this letter to mother!"

How could this scene not attract Zhao Mingcheng's attention?
What's more, Zhao Mingcheng once thought of being a father to Li Tong and Li Tongxi.

Therefore, when he saw Li Yan and Li Tong whom he wanted to see but hadn't seen rushing in, Zhao Mingcheng immediately looked at Li Yan and Li Tong.

But when Zhao Mingcheng saw the faces of Li Tong and Li Tong clearly, Zhao Mingcheng's pupils shrank immediately, and he unconsciously said, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty?!"

At this moment, Zhao Mingcheng understood everything.

He finally knew why Sun Zhi said that he was far away; he also understood why Qin Hui, who has always been good-tempered, was aggressive this time; he also understood why Li Qingzhao thought he was not worthy of being the father of Li Tong and Li Tong; he even understood Well, when Li Qingzhao asked him to raise conditions casually, he was not insulting him, but Li Qingzhao really has this ability now.

Thinking deeper, Zhao Mingcheng wanted to understand how his inexplicable Guangzhou General Judgment came about.

Zhao Mingcheng couldn't help smiling wryly, feeling like "the clown is me"...

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