Song Gexing

Chapter 191 Bao Zheng’s dark face

Zhao Fang was actually unwilling to appoint Gao Zunyu. It was not that he was not high enough or incompetent, but that he was petty and jealous of talents.

As a famous general in the late Northern Song Dynasty, he was indeed capable, but it was precisely because of his jealousy that he almost killed the famous generals Liu Changzuo and Zhong E, and even ruined the great situation of attacking Xixia.

If he hadn't been Gao Taotao's uncle, he would have been beheaded by Yingzong long ago. Of course, Yingzong's own disobedience was also an important reason.

Gao Taotao strongly opposed Yingzong's appointment of his uncle as a general. He told him that his uncle was not weak in ability, but he was jealous of talents and could only serve as a deputy general and could not make decisions.

As a result, as Gao Taotao said, Liu Changzuo was about to attack Lingzhou City, and the Xixia people didn't even have time to close the city gate, but Gao Zunyu ordered them to retreat.

Later, he wanted to kill Liu Changzuo, who had outstanding meritorious service, but was persuaded by his close men to give up. However, he still relieved Liu Changzuo of military power and took it into his own hands.

But it will not be easy to attack Lingzhou City next. After a while, the Xixia people guarded the gate tightly, and the Song army attacked for eighteen days and was unable to break the city.

Unable to break the city deep into the territory of Xixia, the Xixia people naturally seized the opportunity and dug a seventh-level channel to flood the Song army's camp. As a result, the Song army was defeated.

This war, which took place in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, started with the Song army making consecutive victories and attacking Lingzhou City, the heart of Xixia, but ended up being defeated.

Moreover, it was originally possible to win a big victory, but it was because the commander-in-chief Gao Zunyu was afraid that his deputy Liu Changzuo would outdo himself and deliberately made mischief.

Zhao Fang knew about this war that happened in history, so he naturally hated Gao Zunyu, but the problem is that he has not made any mistakes now.

Moreover, as the Gao family is an old martial arts family, it is unjustifiable that no one will be in charge of this military reform. In addition, he is Gao Taotao's uncle, so Zhao Fang and Gao Taotao have to take care of their brother-sister relationship.

After thinking about it, he finally decided to appoint him as the governor to sign the affairs. After all, he was not the chief general, and his professionalism was also qualified.

On October 28, Fan Shidao, the envoy of the Third Envoy, was impeached again. This time the problem really lay in the Third Envoy. The official responsible for auditing the bank made a mistake and was not corrected in time.

Xinsheng's bank was already being watched. Fan Shidao's unjust disaster was not an injustice this time. Although he was not responsible for the review, he had already discovered that something was wrong and did not deal with it in time.

Zhao Fang knew that he was a little innocent, because the new emperor ascended the throne and there were a lot of rewards and other major events that he had to keep an eye on, but the bank was too important after all, so he still had to take care of this matter.

"Contact Fan Shidao for the position of Third Chief Envoy. He will go to Yushitai to serve as the Yushi of Zuoqiandu. He will promote Xue Xiang, deputy envoy of Shaanxi Transportation, to the position of Third Chief Envoy. He will go to Beijing to take up the post immediately!"

This time Zhao Fang directly issued the order, and an angry Lao Bao rushed into the palace to question him, but he waved his hand with a smile and said: "Bao Qing, you are now the Governor of the Military and Government Governor's Mansion. Shouldn't you just leave the matter of admonition alone?" ?”

Bao Zheng was speechless, pointing at him and was speechless for a long time. Finally, he waved his sleeves angrily and turned around to leave.

Zhao Fang laughed and said: "Bao Qing, wait a minute, I know you think I am arbitrary, but you should also listen to the reason!"

Bao Zheng stopped, sat down with a "hum", and turned his head to ignore him.

Zhao Fang was not angry at all, and smiled happily: "Xue Shizheng was once your subordinate. You should be very aware of his ability to manage money. It should be said that there is no one better than him among the ministers in the palace. Why do you still oppose it? ?”

Bao Zheng then looked at him, nodded and said sternly: "His talents are enough to serve as the third envoy. There are two reasons for my objection. First, his qualifications are not enough. Your Majesty, this is a promotion beyond the level. Second, Your Majesty promotes officials. , without going through court deliberation, the three envoys are not ordinary officials. His Majesty can directly issue decrees. Senior officials above the third rank in Beijing must go through court deliberation before they comply with the rules." Zhao Fang nodded in agreement: "Yes, what Bao Qing said is true. Fair enough, but the reason why I am like this is because the current financial situation is in chaos, and only those who are proficient in finance and business can turn the tide. It is a last resort. If it were to go through the princes in the court, it would be another wrangling, and it would be difficult to pass. Bao Qing feels very sad about this Do you know that?"

Of course, Bao Zheng admitted that what he said was right, but he still argued with reason: "Since the court has established rules, it must act according to the rules. If the name is not correct, the words will not be obeyed. Your Majesty's move is suspected of violating the law and will bring harm to future generations of kings." Leaving no reason behind, the behavior is extremely bad.”

"This……"

Zhao Fang thought about it. If he could change the rules at will, then so could future emperors. It would be okay if he was a wise king, but if there were bastard descendants like Zhao Ji, the Song Dynasty would be doomed.

"Okay, I promise you to recover the imperial edict, but Bao Qing will help me think of a way to pass this decision."

Seeing Zhao Fang admitting his mistake and then throwing the problem to him, Bao Qing became angry: "Your Majesty, if you don't find a solution to your minister first, then you will come back when things go wrong. Your ministership is the panacea!"

"Bao Qing..."

The helpless Bao Zheng was defeated by Zhao Fang again. Looking at his shameless appearance, he complained angrily: "How could I be so stupid back then? I was tricked into a pirate ship just like that. It was all Pang Chunzhi, an old man."

As he said this, he went to find someone. Han Qi, Wang Yaochen, Zhao Gai, Wen Yanbo, and even Fu Bi, who was not in the same department as him, were also annoyed by Bao Zheng.

Angry, Han Qi cursed loudly: "Bao Xiren, you are getting more and more shameless as you get older, which makes me angry!"

Bao Zheng had a straight face and said seriously: "It is the destiny of heaven and earth that old people are thick-skinned. Why should I be blamed by a young man? It is only God who should blame him."

"Pfft!" Wen Yanbo burst into laughter, pointed at his father-in-law's family and said "you, you" for a long time, shook his head and said to Han Qi: "Forget it Zhigui, don't be the same as him, how about we just obey him for once? "

"No way!"

Han Qi shouted angrily, then stamped his feet and said in disgust: "Go away, go back to your military and political governor's house, the government hall is about to be discussed, why are you staying here?"

Wang Yaochen and others laughed at these words. Zhao Gai raised his eyebrows at Bao Zheng and said, "Go away quickly, you are so annoying."

Everyone laughed, and Bao Zheng grinned and said, "As a senior brother, I won't be angry with you, so let's go!"

Fu Bi chased after him and laughed: "Your Majesty, this old black man's nickname is inappropriate. He used to have a black face, but now he has a playful smile."

Bao Zheng staggered and almost fell down. He turned around and glared: "You asked Pang Chun about where to go!"

As he walked away quickly, Bao Zheng was actually not black at all. He was called black-faced because he was unsmiling, but who knew that when he met Zhao Fang, his black-faced face was completely wiped out.

Of course, Zhao Fang was good enough to Bao Zheng. Last year, Bao was blessed with a son on his [-]th birthday. Zhao Fang had someone carry him into the palace, groomed him personally, and named him Bao Shou, which means Tianshou.

My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cui, was granted the title of Lady Fengguo, and it was decreed that the title would not prevent her from remarrying. This was such an honor, and the Bao family was grateful from top to bottom.

(End of this chapter)