Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 116 Zhao Xin has never seen such an outrageous request in his life
Back to Miao Niangzi's courtyard...

Zhao Xin was very puzzled.

No, does he have a grudge against Wang Gongchen?
There are so many people out there targeting Wang Gongchen, but they are targeting him alone?

Come to Madam Miao’s main house!

Zhao Xin slammed the table with a hammer and then sat down.

His father followed closely behind him, and when he came in, he exchanged glances with Madam Miao in the room.

Madam Miao asked all the irrelevant servants to leave.

Because the words of this father and son are sometimes too bold.

Zhao Zhen then said: "It's just a small matter, and you can't stand it. How can you be Emperor Taizong Wen in the future?"

Zhao Xin rolled his eyes at his father.

Zhao Zhen went on to say: "Like your father, I was pulled by the sleeves and spitted at, but I didn't get angry at all!"

Seeing his father talking about this with a smug look on his face, Zhao Xin also said: "So...these censors are so bold, it's all because of you, Dad!"

"Since this is not satisfactory, I asked to be sent out. In the future, everyone should do this once, so that you can feel comfortable, Daddy!"

Zhao Zhen then asked, "Then what do you think we should do?"

Zhao Xin: "Since he wants to be sent out, then let him be granted!"

"It's just that... I really want to know what's going on with Wang Gongchen's brain!"

"Doesn't he know how to read other people's faces?"

"Or...he has a grudge against Zhang Kang or Teng Zongliang and wants to kill them."

"Or...he really thinks he is Wei Zheng."

"But even Wei Zheng didn't dare to ask for a transfer in front of Emperor Taizong Wen."

"Dad! Our imperial power has been threatened, and you're still smiling! You really don't feel nervous at all!"

"So...what's wrong with Wang Gongchen?"

Then, Zhao Xin asked his father.

How could his father know so much?

He could only tell everything he knew about Wang Gongchen's life since he passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, and what he had done since then.

in fact……

Wang Gongchen did not do anything great. After passing the imperial examination and becoming the top scorer, he first went to the local area to serve as a Tongpan to gain experience. Then, he was transferred back to the court and served in the Jixian Academy, being in charge of drafting imperial edicts. Later, he served as a supervisory judge and compiled the daily records.

If it weren't for his status as the top scholar, the things he did would seem quite ordinary.

after that……

It was because the Liao Kingdom came to the Song Dynasty and demanded that the Song Dynasty cede land, and the other side argued with reason and refuted the Liao Kingdom's unreasonable demands one by one. It was not until the second year of the Qingli period that he began to show some outstanding performance.

Eventually, he was promoted to Chief Censor.

Then I worked as the Chief Censor until today.

When Zhao Zhen talked about Wang Gongchen's story of showing off, Zhao Xin was a little confused. "He has done the questions before, so why did he say it? What's the meaning of saying it?"

Zhao Zhen leaned his left hand on the table and approached Zhao Xin and said, "How would I know about your father? Who knows? Maybe he is just a person seeking fame and reputation?"

Zhao Xin waved his hand and said, "I thought things would never be that simple."

Madam Miao looked at their analysis and asked, "So what do you think of the situation?"

Zhao Xin said, "He must have done this to attract other people's attention."

Madam Miao asked, "Is it to attract your father's attention?"

Zhao Xin said, "That's not certain. What was his background like?" Only Zhao Zhen knew this, so Zhao Zhen replied, "Poor."

Zhao Xin: "Will the Song Dynasty have any objection to the number one scholar who comes from a poor family?"

Zhao Zhen could only say that he didn't know. Anyway, every time the imperial examination list was announced, they would select sons-in-law from the list. No one ignored Wang Gongchen just because he came from a poor family.

Zhao Zhen then said, "Wang Gongchen's father-in-law was the former Prime Minister Xue Kui, but he has passed away now."

What this means is that the former prime minister sent people to snatch Wang Gongchen away, which proves that Wang Gongchen, the top scholar, is still very popular.

Zhao Zhen then added: "Even... former Prime Minister Xue Kui married his two daughters to him."

Zhao Xin asked, "Can a person marry two daughters from other families?"

Is it possible that the culture in our Song Dynasty is so open?
Sisters? Threesome?
Then Zhao Zhen said: "That is definitely not the case. It is because the first daughter unfortunately died of illness, and then he married another one."

Zhao Xin: "This Wang Gongchen is quite popular. It seems that he has been an official for so many years but has not made any progress, so he wants to make something big!"

"Come to think of it...right now, the two governments are still short of people."

"Is it because you want to be the head of two governments?"

Madam Miao said, "Aren't you judging others by your own standards?"

Zhao Xin said, "Mrs. Miao, whose side are you on? If he didn't threaten me by asking for a transfer, then he might be judging me by his own standards. But he threatened me by asking for a transfer, then he went too far. Confucius said that if you go too far, then you are not good enough."

Zhao Zhen said, "That's too much is as bad as too little. I wonder if you haven't read much recently. Look, you don't even know that too much is as bad as too little!"

Zhao Xin said, "In short... using threats to persuade others like Wang Gongchen is not allowed to happen again. Next, let's see where to demote him."

"Let's just find a random place. It seems that the other party is not afraid of him. But if we demote him directly to Lingnan, it seems that it might be too harsh."

"Forget it! Let's just banish him to Lingnan!"

Zhao Zhen: "..."

What's most interesting is that you lightly demoted him to Lingnan. What will happen to his wife and children?
Zhao Zhen stopped talking immediately.

Not saying anything naturally meant that he did not agree with Zhao Xin's arrangement.

Zhao Xin thought about it again...

He said, "Since he hates evil so much, I think he will definitely not be corrupt. Father, why not let him manage the Quanzhou Maritime Customs?"

In fact, there is also trade in Quanzhou now.

It is just limited by the number of foreigners arriving, so the scale is still relatively small at the moment.

Chinese people rarely go out to sea, after all, it is hard to leave their homeland.

Therefore... on this ocean, if not 100%, at least 70% to 80% are foreign businessmen.

In fact, the so-called Silk Road has always been the Silk Road for foreigners. If Chinese people want to go out, they need a letter of introduction, for example, Tang Xuanzang. Therefore, how could they allow you to travel along the Silk Road?

Therefore, Persian merchants settled in Chang'an.

Therefore, Guangzhou has built mosques that are still well preserved even in later generations.

If Zhao Xin let Zhang Kang and Teng Zongliang manage the Maritime Customs, it would be like putting a rat into a rice jar.

Since you, Wang Gongchen, hate evil so much, I'll send you!

"Let's do this! It can not only serve as a punishment and a warning, but also really demote you. It can also achieve our other goals. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

After thinking about it, Zhao Xin said so.

and……

It was Wang Gongchen himself who requested to be transferred to another post. Zhao Xin had never seen such an outrageous request in his life.

(End of this chapter)