This is the new imperial tea produced by Beiyuan in Jianzhou this year.
Not only is the color more beautiful, the brewed tea soup surpasses the past Tuancha tea in all three dimensions: color, aroma and taste.
Therefore, one cake in the market now costs five taels of gold, but the supply is still in short supply. There are many people out there who are willing to pay a lot of money to buy it.
Han Jiang is getting older, and many of her past hobbies are no longer interesting to her.
As a result, I fell in love with tea fighting more and more.
Every time he saw the milky color of the tea soup he had brewed himself, he always felt relaxed and happy, feeling like he was back in his youth.
"Shu Ming..." He scooped out the brewed tea soup and asked his servants to bring it to Zhang Hong: "Try it, this new imperial tea is released this year."
Zhang Hong was in the mood for tea, so he took the tea and began to sigh.
"Sui Ming, I'm in a hurry again!" Han Jiang looked at it and scooped a cup for himself with a smile.
Jianzhou's imperial tea soup flows in Jianzhou's Jianzhou cup. You bite the edge of the cup tightly and take a sip. The rich aroma of tea spreads in your mouth, dissipating today's fatigue.
Han Jiang held a tea cup and sat down slowly: "There are some things that cannot be rushed."
Zhang Hong was more relaxed in front of Han Jiang and said: "En Xiang, how can I not be in a hurry when I am a subordinate?"
"Run Guogong is in Fujian. In February next year, his term will be completed for one year."
"Zhang Zihou is in Guangxi, and his term may end next year or the year after."
"There is another Lu Jifu in Hedong..."
Han Jiang held the teacup, smelled the fragrance of tea, and said with a smile: "As long as I live, Lu Huiqing will not want to return to Beijing."
Although it is said that the prime minister's heart can support a boat.
But Lu Huiqing and Han Jiang could not be tolerated no matter what.
Zhang Hong had no doubts about Han Jiang's words.
Because this old prime minister has enough face, whether in front of the two palaces or in front of the officials of the court.
As long as he objects, Lu Huiqing can only continue to wait in Hedong.
It's amazing, at most I can change it to another place.
But……
"Even if Lu Jifu can't return to the court..." Zhang Hong drooped his head: "If I want to go further, I'm afraid it's completely impossible."
He is now the Minister Zuocheng and the minister under his command.
The distance is only one step away.
However, this step is a natural chasm.
Han Jiang squinted her eyes and comforted: "Sui Ming, don't be impatient. You are still young and you still have a chance."
Zhang Hong is indeed very young.
He is only four or five years older than Su Shi, and he just turned fifty-four last month. For a person in power, he is indeed young and powerful.
When Zhang Hong heard this, his brows knitted together.
"Your Majesty, how come I'm not in a hurry?"
He is young, but the problem is that his opponents are too many and too strong.
Zhang Hong began to count with his fingers: "En Xiang, look at the current court... Su Zirong (Su Song), Fan Yaofu (Fan Chunren), Lu Weizhong (Lv Dafang), Xing Heshu (Xing Shu)
"
These are all people in the court who are expected to worship the prime minister.
It is generally believed that as long as there are no accidents, these people will gradually enter the east and west governments and take charge of power in the next two or three years as the world grows.
There is one emperor and one courtier.
This is all normal!
"In addition... Pu Chuanzheng (Pu Zongmeng) in Hangzhou, Zeng Zixuan (Zeng Bu) in Yangzhou, Wang Hefu (Wang Anli) in Jiangning, Huang Anzhong (Huang Lu) in Xuzhou, etc. are all beyond the comparison of lower officials!"
"If I don't hurry up, I'm afraid I won't be able to worship the prime minister in this life!"
Han Jiang listened and understood in his heart that Zhang Hong came to him to complain.
A crying child needs milk.
Very normal!
But Han Jiang also wanted something from Zhang Hong - he was going to become an official, and after he became an official, he had to leave a mark in the capital.
To prevent others from being too late, the policies they left behind will be destroyed and subverted by their successors.
Zhang Hong was his chosen nail.
And Han Jiang also understood Zhang Hong's appeal.
When you ask him to become an official, recommend him as your prime minister!
Even if it’s just for one day, it’s good!
Han Jiang can understand Zhang Hong's mentality.
Prime Minister, this is the highest-ranking official in the Song Dynasty!
Be courteous to all officials, and all ministers will retreat!
There is no need to bow to anyone except the emperor.
Even princes and princes need to bow before the prime minister.
but……
Does Zhang Hong have that ability?
Is he qualified enough?
Does he have any holy relatives?
None! In this case, it is impossible for him to become prime minister!
Han Jiang slowly put down the tea cup in his hand and said: "Shun Ming, listen to my advice. In life, you always get what you ask for, so it is better to let it go. This way, the worries will disappear and you will be pure."
It is impossible and will not be possible for him to recommend Zhang Hong.
In this case, as a qualified and experienced politician, Han Jiang would not hang on to Zhang Hong and give him hope - doing so would harm him and easily leave resentment.
Zhang Hong sighed and said: "The lower officials will naturally understand the words of kindness."
"It's just that I feel uncomfortable!"
"At the same time, Xiaguan is really scared in his heart!"
"Why should you be afraid if you are enlightened?" Han Jiang smiled.
"Why aren't you afraid of being a lower-ranking official?" Zhang Hong looked at Han Jiang and said, "Su Zizhan of Dengzhou has become famous as an official. Even the elders in the capital have been saying recently: Su Zizhan of Dengzhou, why didn't he go to the capital?
Become the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture?"
This is Zhang Hong’s biggest worry!
Su Shi over in Dengzhou, for some reason, suddenly became enlightened. His official career was flourishing, and his official reputation was even better. Even the people in Bianjing knew that there was a man in Dengzhou who loved the people as much as his son.
Su Zhizhou is very good at economics and policy.
Their dried fish is now not only sold in Bianjing City.
We have also come up with a policy with the imperial court, and we may have to take advantage of the imperial court's efforts to rebuild the ancestral virtues - the Silkworm and Salt Law, and sell them to prefectures and counties all over the world tax-free.
The eyes of the people in Bianjing were all red.
Those idle people in the market are talking about what to say every day: "Since our ancestors, all the famous ministers in the world have had the right to know the Kaifeng Mansion."
"Su Zhizhou of Dengzhou should come to Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as the prefect for a year to benefit the people!"
Zhang Hong has heard people discussing this matter in restaurants and foot shops more than once.
no way!
Su Zizhan did a great job as the magistrate of the state.
Everyone from top to bottom, inside and outside, was taken care of by him.
Landless farmers, gold diggers from all over the country, local gentry, and ordinary households.
Everyone praised it!
He himself wrote lyrics more than once praising Dengzhou’s dried fish and sea salt.
After the song "Shui Tiao Ge Tou Chongyang Solar Eclipse Dengzhou Fish and Pregnant Children" written last year.
In April of this year, after he heard about Zhang Dun's great victory in the Southern Expedition, he wrote another song "Ding Feng Bo Wen Wang Shi Ding Annan" and praised it so much that he even held a banquet for three days and three nights in Dengzhou.
, celebrate this matter.
Recently, he wrote another poem "Visiting the Dengzhou Salt Fields after Rain with Uncle Wen" to praise the salt fields in Dengzhou.
This is nothing!
Su Shi's self-promotion will be limited in the speed of his boasting, and he may not be able to achieve any reputation in three to five years.
The key is that Bianjing Xinbao and Bianjing Yibao will always publish the full text of Su Shi's poems as soon as possible.
Then, there are always some idle guys who can write poems and lyrics and sing with Su Shi from a distance.
For example, last year, after Su Shi finished writing "Shui Tiao Ge Tou Chongyang Solar Eclipse Dengzhou Fish and Pregnant Children", his younger brother Su Che immediately wrote a response and also sent people to buy a lot of Dengzhou in a high-profile manner.
The dried fish was brought back as a benefit to the officials in the government office.
Forget it.
After all, they are brothers, and they were named by Su Shi again.
But those guys in the capital, even though Su Shi didn't mention their names, they still insisted on joining in the fun.
For example, Sun Jue, the secretary and young prisoner at the time, Huang Tingjian, Sun Jue's son-in-law, Zhang Heng, the Minister of Household Affairs, and even Zhang Fangping, the veteran Zhang Dejun Jiedushi, all insisted on joining in to buy some Dengzhou dried fish and then go home.
After eating, write a poem to comment on it.
Among them, the person with the greatest influence was Yan Jidao, who actually wrote four poems in ten days praising Su Shi's Dengzhou dried fish.
Moreover, each of them was written under the witness of a famous prostitute from Bianjing, who was eating dried sea fish and holding a beautiful woman in her arms.
Suddenly the whole city was in a storm, and within a few days, everyone in Kaifeng Prefecture knew about Dengzhou Dried Fish.
Even those peddlers and lackeys knew that the dried fish in Dengzhou was cheap and delicious.
Finally, even Mr. Jiefu, who had been living in seclusion in Jiangning, came out to join in the fun.
I wrote a poem that echoed from afar.
They even modified Su Shi's recipe and introduced Braised Dengzhou Dried Fish that is more suitable for Jiangning's baby.
I also promoted it myself and wrote letters to tell others - everyone tried it and I ate it, it was delicious.
At that time, Zhang Hong had already felt the crisis.
Because Dengzhou dried fish has been in short supply since then, huge profits have been made.
Su Shi's political achievements also continued to rise.
It even led Laizhou, Mizhou and other places near Dengzhou to start fishing and drying dried sea fish, and then unified the name: Dengzhou dried sea fish and sold it everywhere.
After the beginning of spring this year, this momentum becomes even more unstoppable.
There are even several shipyards specializing in manufacturing fishing boats in Dengzhou, using the same technology used to repair dragon boats in Jinmingchi.
In April, Su Shi wrote a lyric praising Zhang Dun, and in May, Zhang Dun's response came.
Their poems were all published in full text by Bianjing Xinbao and Bianjing Yibao. They were sung in Bianjing and then spread throughout the world.
The same goes for Su Shi's poem last month.
As a result, children in Bianjing now all know that Dengzhou produces salt and it is very cheap!
Now, Su Shi is in Dengzhou and wants to take advantage of the country's restoration of silkworm salt law.
Once the Silkworm Salt Law is implemented, Dengzhou's sea salt and dried fish will be sold all over the world taking advantage of this trend.
At that time, Su Shi will transform into a contemporary representative of officials.
The better Su Shi's life was, the more Zhang Hong felt a sense of crisis.
no way!
Who said that what he did back then was really a little too shabby?
Han Jiang listened, nodded, and expressed understanding of Zhang Hong's situation.
This is all caused by the Wutai Poetry Case!
Zhang Hong was one of the Taiwanese admonishers who was deeply involved in the Wutai Poetry Case and wanted Su Shi to die.
In order to draw a clear line between him and Su Shi, Zhang Hong even publicly burned the article "Jia Shuo" given to him by Su Shi.
If an ordinary person does such a thing, there may be room for error.
When Su Shi becomes successful and famous in the future, he can even pretend to be generous and laugh it off.
The key to this matter is that the relationship between Zhang Hong and Su Shi is very unusual.
Before the Wutai Shi case, the two were of the same age, colleagues, and close friends.
There was a time when I wanted to have children and in-laws.
If this incident breaks out, the children will naturally not be able to marry each other.
The two are even more at odds with each other!
When Su Shi returned to Beijing last year, Zhang Hong sent someone to invite him to visit and wrote a letter to apologize, hoping to be forgiven, but he was ignored.
Han Jiang had heard a little about these things.
Therefore, he knew Zhang Hong's appeal.
Block Su Shi's promotion! Don't let Su Shi get promoted too quickly!
But the problem is...
Can he stop this?
I don’t even think about it, why did Su Shi’s poems become famous all over the world as soon as they came out?
Is this something that ordinary people can do?
In addition, Han Jiang himself knew clearly the origin of the Silkworm Salt Method.
There was no other way, Han Jiang could only say: "Sui Ming, let's do this."
"When Su Shi returns to Beijing to report on his duties during the Official Holy Day this year..."
"I asked Zhang Andao, Su Zirong came forward, set a table in my house, and invited Su Zizhan over..."
"At that time, all grudges will be forgotten with a smile on the wine table!"
It just so happened that Han Jiang heard that Su Song had been very close to Shen Kuo recently, and the two of them even spent several days "talking by candlelight" and "sleeping with each other's feet".
Zhang Fangping and Su Song are both Su Song's elders.
Two elders came forward to intercede, and as the prime minister himself came forward, Su Shi did not look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face. No matter what, he had to give face to Su Song, Zhang Fangping and Han Jiang.
Forgive? Probably impossible.
But there is still hope if we no longer dwell on the past and no longer hold grudges.
Zhang Hong listened and hesitated: "I'm afraid that Su Zizhan may forgive with his mouth but hold a grudge in his heart!"
He asked himself if he encountered such a thing.
Then no matter who comes forward, they will definitely remember this deadly grudge for the rest of their lives!
You must know that the Wutai Poetry Case interrupted Su Shi's official career, and not only caused his favorite brother Su Che to be demoted for several years.
It even implicated several good friends, who were also unlucky enough to be demoted.
Among them, Prince Consort Wang Shen died directly in a foreign country, and even his bones were not allowed to be buried in the ancestral grave.
And he, Zhang Hong, was the one who felt sorry for Su Zizhan the most among all the participants in the Wutai Poetry Case, and was also the one who hurt him the most - Zhang Hong would never forget what Su Zizhan said when he saw him at the Yushitai.
A look of fear.
Therefore, if Su Shi is proud, his position will be high and powerful.
Will Zhang Hong be liquidated?
Considering that Su Shi was four or five years younger than him, it was very likely that he would die in the future, but Su Shi happened to hold great power.
When the time comes, will Su Shi learn from Cai Que and liquidate his descendants of Zhang Hong?
Therefore, Zhang Hong was absolutely unwilling to see Su Shi return to Beijing and serve as one of the four chief officials in Kaifeng Mansion.
Han Jiang listened and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Sui Ming, there will be another person present by then."
"Who?" Zhang Hong became curious.
"Shen Cunzhong!" Han Jiang said softly: "With him here, Sui Ming can rest assured."
Shen Kuo is now one of the most trusted ministers around the official family.
The specialized arms manufacturing bureau he oversees is an inheritance left to the present by the late emperor, and is to be passed down from generation to generation, from father to son.
Therefore, elevating the status of the specialized weapons manufacturing bureau in the DPRK has become more and more important, and is now regarded as a new way to be in power.
With Shen Kuo around, if Su Shi could forgive Zhang Hong, he would then use excuses to retaliate against Zhang Hong.
Shen Kuo would naturally react.
When Zhang Hong heard this, he was finally overjoyed: "This will be a sign of gratitude."
He had been thinking about getting in touch with Shen Kuo, but after Shen Cunzhong returned to Beijing, his life was very regular, almost three o'clock and one line - official office, home, and reports to the palace.
He was not interested in anything other than that, and he did not dare to be interested - the reputation of Shen Kuo's wife Zhang had now spread throughout Bianjing.
Now that he had the opportunity to meet the representative of this power in the future DPRK and China, Zhang Hong was overjoyed.
…
Send Zhang Hong away.
Han Jiang was holding a tea cup and drinking the cooled tea soup. Her eyes were burning. She didn't know what she was thinking.
He suddenly thought of something and casually ordered: "Go and call Yu'er."
Soon, his youngest grandson Han Yu came to him, bowed respectfully, and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you call your grandson?"
"Yes!" Han Jiang stood up and said, "Get ready and follow me to visit the right prime minister at his home."
Han Yu was surprised: "My grandson is young and may not know the etiquette..."
"It doesn't matter!" Han Jiang laughed: "You don't need to bring your mouth, just bring your ears."
"Besides, you and Uncle Lu Hui's grandson Lu Haowen are both in front of the emperor, reading for the officials. Now that you are on summer vacation, it's time to get close to each other."
Since his eldest grandson Han Zongdao got into trouble in Chengdu, Han Jiang put all his energy and concern on Han Yu.
In his eyes, Han Yu has become the only heir who can maintain the prestige of the Lingshou Han family.
There is no other way, he is left with a grandson who still has some hope.
As for the sons?
To be honest, like Wen Yanbo, he now feels that it is better for these sons to lie down at home.
If you go out, you will inevitably be used like Han Zongdao and used as a gunman!
If that were the case, Han Jiang would rather these people live at home, eating, drinking and having fun every day.
In this way, at least his family property is enough to cause trouble to these unfilial sons.
We won’t cause a big disaster outside and bring down the clan!
