The attendant followed Yin Zhiping two steps, then accused him of guilt, and went back in advance to notify Lv Wende. Before Yin Zhiping returned to the courtyard, Lv Wende first brought the people to greet him.

"I'm sorry, Lord Lu sent someone to find me." Before Lu Wende could speak, Yin Zhiping bowed and then asked, "I wonder what happened to Lord Lu looking for me?"

Lu Wende replied with a bow and said, "Justice Shi's mansion just came to the house and said that it was a banquet for us at noon. I found out that you were not here, so I sent someone to look for it."

"Shi Xianggong?" Yin Zhiping was a little surprised. He knew who the Shi Xianggong mentioned by Lu Wende was, which was Shi Songzhi, the prime minister of the dynasty. The word "Shi Gong" does not refer specifically to the name of husband and wife in later operas. During the Song Dynasty, those who became officials in prime ministers often called him "Shi Gong".

Shi Songzhi's current official position is the right prime minister and Privy Councilor. The prime minister is the head of civil servants, and the Privy Councilor is an exclusive institution in charge of military affairs in the Song Dynasty. The leader and highest commander of the Privy Councilor are the Privy Councilor.

The Privy Councilor was originally the Yongtai period of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty. He was appointed as the eunuch, who was in charge of accepting court officials and all parties and preaching the emperor's orders. However, at the beginning, there was only one Privy Councilor, and his authority was not very strong. During the Five Dynasties, the Privy Council was established and civil servants were appointed. In the end, it gradually evolved into a central government agency dedicated to military affairs, and was divided into government affairs halls led by the prime minister, one in charge of literature and the other in military affairs.

During the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council and the Secretariat were called the two prefectures together with the Secretariat. The Secretariat was the government and the Privy Council was the Speaker. It was the supreme agency of the central government. However, in order not to make the subordinates have too much power, those who serve as prime ministers often cannot serve as Privy Councilors. The prime minister was not allowed to interfere in military affairs without the Privy Councilor. During the Qingli period of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, he used troops to Xixia. In order to make the prime minister more convenient for commanding and managing wars, the Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan at that time served as Privy Councilor. However, this was not permanent. The Western Xia war was gone immediately.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, half of the northern country was occupied by the Jin people and confronted the Jin Kingdom in the north and south. The court was mostly military affairs, so in order to facilitate the prime minister to participate in military affairs, he often had the title of Privy Council. Qin Hui, a treacherous minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, served as Privy Councilor, but this was not an abnormal situation. Until the Ningzong Dynasty, the position of Prime Minister and Privy Councilor became a regular person. Anyone who was appointed as prime minister must serve as Privy Councilor. The prime minister was able to seize military and political power, and in the later period of the Southern Song Dynasty, several powerful ministers who monopolized the court's principles.

In other words, it is a common example to make the prime minister and Privy Councilor, which is also related to Shi Songzhi. The position of prime minister and Privy Councilor is a common example to start with Shi Songzhi's uncle, Shi Miyuan, who dominated the prime minister for 17 years in Ningzong's prime minister. Even the current Emperor Lizong was also established by Shi Miyuan for forging an edict. After Lizong ascended the throne, Shi Miyuan also took charge of the court and occupied the prime minister for nine years. Until the sixth year of Shaoding, he died of illness in the prime minister. He had 26 years of power abducted power in the two dynasties before and after, and during his reign, he was deeply trusted by the two emperors of Ningzong and Lizong, and was granted titles. After his death from illness, he was posthumously named King of Wei and posthumously named Zhongxian.

Shi Songzhi was able to achieve his current presidency. It can be said that he also made a lot of contributions to his uncle Shi Miyuan. Shi Songzhi's grandfather, Shi Miyuan's father, also served as prime minister during the Xiaozong period, and was known as the Three Prime Ministers of a family, and his family was glorious and prominent.

When Shi Hao was prime minister, he was a virtuous prime minister. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, it was at Shi Hao's suggestion that Emperor Xiaozong rehabilitated Yue Fei.

When Shi Miyuan was prime minister, he monopolized power and had extremely heavy power. He suppressed dissidents from the inside and went to the outside world. In the third year of Kaixi, the Northern Expedition against Jin was launched by the then prime minister Han Tuozhou failed, and the Jin Dynasty came to seek mastermind. Shi Miyuan was the Minister of Rites and Yishantang of Zishantang, and conspired with Empress Yang and others to send the official in charge of the Palace Front Office Xia Zhen in Yujinyuanqiuqiu, and cut off his head to send Jin to seek peace. Shi Miyuan was promoted to the right prime minister and Privy Councilor, and began his path of prefecture that he dominated the Ningzong Dynasty for 17 years.

After Shi Miyuan took power, he restored the title of King Shen and posthumous title of Zhongxian after Qin Hui's death, and actively pursued the policy of surrendering to Jin and begging for peace. In September, the Song and Jin peace agreement was signed, and the country of Song and nephews of Jin was changed to the country of nephews of the uncle and nephews of the Jin Dynasty, with the annual monies increased from 200,000 to 300,000; plus three million taels of "rewarding military silver", which was a humiliating treaty that had never been seen in previous peace talks.

Shi Song was the prime minister, and his grandfather Shi Hao and his uncle Shi Miyuan were both a talented minister and a capable official, and also a person who pursued power and was arbitrary. In order to achieve his own goals, he could use the means of scribbling. Joining Mongolia to destroy all the country was something Shi Song had made to promote.

From now on, the coalition of Mongolia destroyed the Jin Dynasty, which drove away the wolf and attracted the tiger. But at that time, it was also a good policy. Moreover, the coalition of Mongolia did destroy the Jin Dynasty, which had been overthrown by the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty for a hundred years and brought a lot of humiliation to the Song Dynasty. Shi Songzhi also began to be valued by Lizong because of this incident.

Yin Zhiping was not a talented student in history in his previous life, and he did not know about this history of the Southern Song Dynasty. He knew about Shi Songzhi and his family's three prime ministers. He was about to come to Lin'an and wanted to know the current rule-in-chief of the Lin'an court that he specifically asked Lu Wende on the ship that he had come along.

Since Shi Songzhi was the prime minister of the current dynasty, it was also the meaning of the question that he met them before the emperor officially summoned them. After being surprised, Yin Zhiping nodded and asked Lu Wende: "Sir Shi said where to invite us?"

Lv Wendedao: "It's in the mansion of Xianggong Shi."

Yin Zhiping agreed, "Then let's go by at noon." He said a few more gossips to Lu Wende, said goodbye and returned to his room, meditated and practiced his skills, consolidating his cultivation level that he had just broken through.

At noon, Shi Songzhi sent a carriage to the inn to pick up Yin Zhiping and Lu Wende to the banquet. The two had already packed up and stopped, so they got on the carriage and went to Shi's Mansion.

Yin Zhiping looked at the view of Lin'an City outside the car window again, and before he could see the carriage and horses stopped and had arrived in front of Shi Song's mansion.

After getting off the carriage, Yin Zhiping looked up, but saw that the gate of Shi's Mansion was not particularly tall and luxurious. There was no special decoration except the word "Shi's Mansion" on the plaque. At this time, the gate was opened, and Shi Songzhi sent a housekeeper to greet him outside the door.

Then he entered the mansion and bypassed the screen wall. Yin Zhiping discovered that there was a different kind of cave inside, which was very open and very exquisitely arranged. There were bamboos and flowers and trees along the way, and the scenery was pleasant. When he walked to the third entrance, he saw an old man wearing brocade clothes, over fifty years old, with a square face standing in front of the door.

When Lu Wende saw the old man, he immediately stepped forward quickly and bowed and said, "Lu Wende greeted Xianggong Shi. If you have any help, please welcome him. Wende is ashamed."

When Yin Zhiping saw Lu Wende coming to visit, he realized that this person was Shi Songzhi, the prime minister of the dynasty. He looked at him carefully before following him and said, "Yin Zhiping, the Taoist of Shanye, has met Xianggong Shi."

Shi Song had met Lu Wende before. He didn't look at him much at this time, but looked at Yin Zhiping for a few more times, then smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "You two don't have to be too polite. Today is just a casual banquet. Come, please." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!