The sun is just right in Kaifeng Mansion in the afternoon.
Zhao Xu stood in front of the window of the Plum Blossom Hall, looking at the garden outside the window, and laughed when he saw the butterflies flying and the bees picking flowers.
"Everyone, the sixth young master of Master Wen's family is here. He said he was begging for an audience." Feng Jing reported from behind.
"Oh!" Zhao Xu turned around and said, "Bring him to see me."
Not long after, Wen Jifu was brought to the Plum Blossom Hall. As soon as he saw him, he bowed his head and bowed: "Jifu, Deputy Envoy of the Treasury, I respectfully wish your majesty to bow down and pray for all blessings."
"I am blessed." Zhao Xu sat on the mattress and looked at this acquaintance from a previous life with a chuckle.
In his previous life, at the beginning of his administration, he was worried about how to blame Yuanyou's old party ministers.
It was this Wen Ji who initiated the Tong Wen Guan case.
Overthrowing Yuanyou Prime Minister Liu Zhi in one fell swoop!
The people involved in this case, except Wen Jifu who is now in front of Zhao Xu - he is the informant, and as a witness, he proves the existence of Yuanyou's rebellious party and conspiracy to dethrone the emperor.
There are also Xingshu, Cai Wei, Feng Jing...
Finally, Zhang Dun, Cai Jing, and Deng Xunwu came out one after another and began to encircle and suppress Yuanyou's party.
After this case, Liu Zhi was imprisoned, and Yuanyou prime ministers such as Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, and Su Che were demoted one after another.
Sima Guang, by Lu Gong, was held accountable even if he died.
He was almost beaten to death.
However, Wen Yanbo and the Feng Jing family stayed away from the incident and hid their merit and fame.
So, the old saying is true, old ginger is still spicy!
"Excuse me!"
"Give me a seat!" Zhao Xu ordered the people around him with a smile.
Wen Jifu thanked him again and then stood up.
Zhao Xu raised his eyes and looked at the young master Wen's sixth son.
Wen Jifu looks to be in his forties, not even fifty.
The ones born are white and clean, looking harmless to humans and animals.
His demeanor was a little reserved, so he looked a little restless while sitting on the porcelain stool that had been brought to him.
Zhao Xu chuckled lightly and said to him, "Wen Qing, there is no need to be polite."
Then he started to talk to him about family affairs: "I heard that last year, you asked the court to exchange your literary qualifications for military qualifications in order to serve the Grand Master?"
Of course Wen Jifu was not stupid enough to tell the truth, and replied: "Your Majesty, I learned that my father is old, and as a son of a human being, I should fulfill my filial piety by my side, so I boldly wrote a letter asking for favors in exchange for military supplies so that I could serve my father day and night. "
"You are such a filial son!" Zhao Xu clapped his hands and praised: "Xing Xingxue has recommended Aiqing's talents to me many times, saying that Aiqing is sincere, meticulous in work, loyal to the country... I have been waiting to see you for a long time. Your Majesty!"
As soon as Wen Ji heard it, he felt happy in his heart.
I just feel that the friend Xing Heshu is really interesting. This friend is not in vain!
Little did he know that Xing Shu had sold him out long ago.
Where do you know where Wen Jifu went?
In his heart, Xing Shu is a good friend and brother who is generous with money, has a wide circle of friends, is generous, and has an unlimited future!
Especially when he heard Zhao Xu himself say that Xing Shu had praised his talent and moral character in front of the emperor.
His favor and trust in Xing Shu suddenly skyrocketed.
Immediately, Wen Jifu paid homage and said, "Xing Xue Xue is really a great admirer. I just strictly abide by my father's teachings, abide by the country's system, and act accordingly."
Zhao Xu smiled and said: "If all the ministers in the world can love you, why worry about the prosperity of the world?"
But in my heart, I remembered the various actions of the yamen in front of me in the past in Bianjing City.
In the case of Chen Anmin, Wen Jifu and Wu Anzhi colluded with each other and dragged a lot of officials into the trap.
In the end, Cai Que caught him and the two officials were demoted out of Beijing along with a lot of people.
Wu Chong even resigned from his position as prime minister and died of illness in a foreign county soon after.
Unfortunately, these two people don't have long memories.
Within two years, after the rain had passed and the weather had cleared, I felt like I could do it again.
So, he actually wanted to dig a hole for Cai Que!
Unexpectedly, Cai Que slapped her on the ground with a backhand.
Not only was the frame-up not successful, but it allowed Cai Que to achieve his own reputation of being incorruptible.
After Wen Jifu, Wu Anchi was demoted again.
In order to get Wen Jifu, Wen Yanbo had to lower his head and go to Cai Que and let his eldest son Wen Kangshi marry the daughter of Cai Que's younger brother Cai Shuo. This settled the matter.
In Zhao Xu's previous life, Wen Jifu was coaxed around by Xing Shu during the Yuanyou period.
In the Che Gaiting case, Wen Jifu was actually persuaded by Xing Shu and ran to the palace to intercede with Cai Que.
If Wen Yanbo hadn't been so tough-faced, he might have gone to Lingnan to eat lychees.
In the officialdom, if you stand on the wrong team and make the wrong choice, you can still blame luck.
Twice, three times, I chose the wrong answer.
That can only mean that this person is not suitable for officialdom.
Zhao Xu liked this kind of yamen very much, whether in modern times or today.
There is no better candidate to take the blame than such a yameni.
So, Zhao Xu smiled and said to Wen Jifu: "The Grand Master is my respected mentor, you are my beloved minister, and the Lord of Ganquan County is the person around me... You don't have to be polite in front of me.
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Wen Jifu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is so kind to me and I am so grateful that I can't help but break the etiquette of your Majesty and his subordinates."
At this moment, Wen Jifu really felt that the Xiaoguan family was worthy of being recognized as a benevolent emperor.
Talking to Xiao Guanjia was like a spring breeze, making him feel that even his bones seemed a little lighter.
Zhao Xu smiled and did not continue to be polite, but started to get down to business.
"Before Aiqing came, did the Grand Master give you any instructions?"
Wen Jifu immediately said: "My father told me to obey your Majesty's will in everything."
"Oh!" Zhao Xu pursed his lips and cursed Lao Deng in his heart.
Fortunately, Wen Jifu is not as cunning as Wen Yanbo.
So, he said softly to Wen Jifu: "I want to buy the property so that it can benefit the people and benefit the people."
"But I was thinking that the matter was serious, and I was afraid that after buying it, the merchant would be mean to the people, which would not be beneficial to the country, so I discussed with the Grand Master and thought of letting you come forward to preside over one or two, and use morals and classics to influence the world and advocate
Benevolence and righteousness among merchants..."
"I don't know if my beloved is willing?"
How could Wen Jifu not want to?
That's a cash house!
There is a business that goes beyond the ability to make money!
It is no exaggeration to say that if you buy one, your children and grandchildren will be rich and worry-free.
Immediately he said happily: "I only obey His Majesty's orders in everything."
"Good!" Zhao Xu nodded and smiled: "You can go back and wait for the news."
"In two days, I will send someone to look for you."
"Nuo." Wen Ji stood up and thanked him again, then left.
Zhao Xu looked at Wen Jifu's back, called Feng Jing in front of him, and said: "Send someone to inform Huang Liang that he can send a note to Wen Jifu tomorrow to see Wen Jifu."
"No!" Feng Jinggong accepted the order.
Zhao Xu rubbed his hands and then licked his tongue: "In this way, this chess game will be alive."
Last night, Zhao Xu had already made an agreement with Brother Yanchen.
At the same time, let the three brothers inform Di Shen, Miao Shou, Liu Changzuo and other official military ministers in Beijing.
Let the military officials go, and all the generals above Jingyao County can join in.
Let them join forces to buy a pawn shop.
In this way, scholar-bureaucrats, nobles, relatives, and military ministers were all tied together.
After such a powerful force comes to an end, Bianjing's fortress can beat the treasury of the great monks in Bianjing to the point of crying in a physical sense in just three to five days.
The commercial war in the Song Dynasty was so simple and unpretentious.
At that time, the great monks should go to the palace to cry.
This is Zhao Xu’s opportunity!
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By the time Wenji left the Kaifeng government office, the sun was already setting in the west.
He hummed a little tune and directed his servants to put the two packages on a mule cart.
Then he rode his horse, hummed a little tune, and hurried home unhurriedly.
When passing Dutingyi from Kaifeng Mansion, Wen Jifu's eyes caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.
Wen Jifu reined in his horse and shouted to the man who was riding his horse towards Jiao Ziwu on the other side of Duting Post Station: "Safe time, safe time."
When the man heard Wen Jifu's voice, he stopped and came up to him in surprise, saying, "Zhou Han, who are you?"
Wen Jifu said: "I have been ordered to meet the Holy Spirit, and I am about to go home to report to the family."
"Oh!" The man nodded, looking a little lonely: "With the Grand Master here, Zhou Han has nothing to worry about."
"A certain person is stuck in his official career...it's hard to make any progress!'
"An Shi is still waiting at the Ministry of Personnel?" Wen Jifu was immediately surprised: "Didn't he say before that the Ministry of Personnel had already asked An Shi to answer the question?"
This man was Wen Jifu's brother-in-law, so the prime minister gave it to Sikong and his servant Wu Anshi, the youngest son of Wu Chong's family.
Wu Chong has three sons: the eldest son Wu Anshi, the second son Wu Anchi, and the youngest son Wu Anshi.
"Alas!" Wu Anshi sighed: "Although the selection of officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs is certain to be a certain one, the only ones that I can choose are some distant ones, some zero ones, and even some incomplete ones that no one wants..."
"Ah!" Wen Jifu was shocked: "How could this be?"
Wen Jifu was still a court official last year.
Therefore, he was naturally familiar with the selection and appointment system of civil servants in the Song Dynasty.
The ancestor system of the Great Song Dynasty divided the world into three methods.
After the emperor personally eliminated him, he eliminated all the officials and ministers.
The emperor's personal removal is a myth and out of reach for most officials.
There are only two remaining ways to remove conferees: Dutangtang selection, and the official department removes conferees.
Dudangtangxuan, so-called magical fortune, is generally a treatment that can only be received by the top ten Jinshi in each subject or the children of the prime minister and those officials who are famous all over the world.
Wu Anshi should have been in the hall.
But this year when he went to Beijing to wait for the palace, he was told by the officials from the capital hall: I'm sorry, the hall book with your name on it, Duke Wu, was gnawed by rats not long ago.
For a while, all the ministers really couldn't spare the time to make up for it.
Otherwise, would you like to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and have a look?
Wu Anshi made everyone stupid at that time.
what's the situation?
Don’t you know that my father is the former prime minister, and my two sisters-in-law, one is the son of the right prime minister of the dynasty, and the other is the son of the grand master of the dynasty?
However, he did not dare to mess around in the capital hall.
I can only go home to figure out the reason and find a solution.
Then, he began to mobilize his connections and visited Wen Yanbo's mansion and Lu Gongzhu's mansion respectively (Wu Chong's two daughters were married to Wen Jifu and Lu Xiji respectively.)
Then, he was rejected directly at Wen Yanbo's mansion - he couldn't even get in.
Lu Gongzhu did meet him, but he also played Tai Chi with him, saying that "the capital has its own system" and "nephews, please wait patiently."
He also hinted to him that if he really couldn't do it, he should go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to have a look. He couldn't waste time in the capital and affect his official career.
It was only then that Wu An came back to his senses.
I know that he was implicated by his second brother Wu Anchi.
Moreover, the person who took action was the petty official in the palace!
Otherwise, such a situation would be impossible.
Wu Anshi had no choice but to obediently go to the official waiting area.
Then, under the auspices of the treacherous minister Wang Zishao, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
Officials selected from the Ministry of Civil Affairs began to torture him endlessly.
One person said there was something wrong with his confession and asked him to redo it.
After a while, he said that there was something wrong with his petition for electing the master, and asked him to confirm it.
No matter what, don't show him the official list.
Don't even arrange for him to do a roll call!
This made Wu Anshi anxious, because in the Song Dynasty, the procedures for officials to wait in Beijing were very strict.
Suppose someone fails to arrive in the capital in time for various reasons to participate in the candidate process of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Then this official will be deemed to have given up this year's Zhuque conferment.
It's like standing still for a whole year.
This was a fatal thing for officials of the Song Dynasty who dared to kill people and set fire after just one year's work.
At that time, Wu Anshi was extremely anxious.
But soon, he realized that it was useless to worry alone.
Because of the scope of the attack, it has covered the entire descendants of the Wu family in Jianzhou.
Including his cousins.
The Ministry of Personnel and the Privy Council cooperated and took action together.
The whole Wu family was trembling.
Regardless of whether those with literary or military backgrounds are involved, they are all within the scope of influence.
Those who were in office were ordered to return to Beijing to wait for a job, and those who were waiting wanted to elect a job, but were told that their reports, petitions, or other messy things were just as problematic as Wu Anshi's.
The Tai Chi exercise performed by the relevant department was good and slow, and the program was stuck. The whole Wu family was in a state of ecstasy.
Later, the Wu family finally got some advice from a well-known old friend named Xing.
So, after waking up from the dream, he hurried to Taixue, asked Wu Anzhi to write a letter of peace, and sent it to Jiangning.
Only then did the ice melt, and the officials finally realized that there was no problem with his personal prosecution and prosecution, and he could participate in the election.
At that time, Wu Anshi thought that after the rain, the sky cleared up and he could choose a good place to go.
result……
When he went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to participate in the selection of candidates, those good candidates, no matter how he chose, had no share in him and were immediately eliminated.
Only distant ques, zero ques, or even zero ques that no one wants, can compete.
Make him want to cry without tears!
And Wu Anshi now knows the reason.
His mother felt that the Holy Day of the Queen Mother was approaching and she could go into the palace and cry in front of the two palaces.
Therefore, the Wang family's dowry that was supposed to be returned to Jiang Ning was withheld.
Plan to swallow up Wang’s dowry!
This is the dowry that Wang Anshi and his wife put together after spending their entire life as officials.
How could the old lady be willing to send it back for no reason?
Naturally, Wang Zishao, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who regarded himself as a disciple of Duke Jing, would not tolerate the Wu family at all.
Seeing Wen Jifu's shocked look, Wu Anshi hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Is Zhou Han free now?"
Wen Jifu remembered his old father's warning to him: avoid having any contact with the Wu family in the future!
He shrank his neck and said quickly: "I still want to report to my father about today's meeting with the Holy Spirit..."
"I'll catch up with Anshi another day."
Wu Anshi actually knew this result.
Now he and his brother Wu Anshi are hated by everyone in Bianjing City.
In-laws and old friends are all afraid to avoid their brothers, for fear that if they say a few words, they will be in trouble.
It was quite interesting that Wen Jifu was willing to take the initiative to talk to him.
He is just his brother-in-law!
Therefore, Wu Anshi bowed his hand and said, "Then let's talk about old times with Zhou Han another day."
"Hmm!" Wen Jifu thought for a moment, took out a stack of jiaozi from his arms, and stuffed it into Wu Anshi's hand: "Anshi, please keep these jiaozi for expenses first."
Living in Bianjing is not easy!
The Wu family suffered repeated blows and was no longer what it used to be.
Wu Anshi took the jiaozi, sighed, and left them without saying anything.
