"Spirit!"

"Go away, I'm fine!"

Li Qingchen pushed his subordinates over and came to care at this time. I was almost harmed by Zhang Dun, a traitor. Where are you? He leaned against the nanmu pillar in the hall, gasping for fear and secretly angered: "I almost died!"

After the scattered court, Zhang Dun left in anger, and Li Qingchen covered his chest with a look of fear.

Fortunately, Zhang Dun didn't dare to fight in the court, otherwise, he, the prime minister, would have gained a reputation for being misconduct. However, there was great horror between life and death. Li Qingchen was just before, and he felt the despair that was as terrifying as a city-destroying one.

Where did I go to my gold medal guard?

If An Tao hadn't been there, how could Zhang Dun be so arrogant?

It is impossible to fight, but Li Qingchen was also frightened by Zhang Dun. If An Tao was there, there would be no need for Li Qingchen to stand up. An Tao would stand in front of Zhang Dun and look down on Zhang Dun with a look of disdain, as if saying: "Come on! Come and kill me! I will show you my death!"

An Tao is definitely not Zhang Dun's opponent when he takes action, but An Tao dares to die, so he asks Zhang Dun if he is afraid!

An Tao is a ruthless man from the Censorate. There are villains in this place, but the one who produces the most is a naughty young man and doesn't take his life seriously at all. An Tao has such a personality. His nature is like a fire, but his force is weak like a chicken. If he is dependent on him, he will not lose his skin.

Li Qingchen was much worse than An Tao, and his momentum was not as good as An Tao. In addition, Zhang Dun came suddenly, his mentality collapsed.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have lost my face in the court.

Of course, Zhang Dun was not feeling well. Li Qingchen was not an opponent in a fight, and Zhang Dun was far from being a good match for criticizing others. The two of them were equally matched. Especially this old man was really clever in writing articles and cursing people? Looking at the best literary talent among the reformists, Cai Bian and others are not an opponent of Lao Li.

Imperial City, Capital Hall.

Yang Wei followed Zhang Dun? He smiled bitterly and said, "Prince? You were impulsive before."

"I was also mad at the point of being angry. I didn't expect that Li Qingchen is so hateful? In order to protect himself, I brought Lu Dafang to him." Zhang Dun said angrily? Then he shook his head and doubted: "No? The officials should also know about this matter, and they should have reached a tacit understanding."

"Zhao Ye, are you saying that the Imperial City Department and the Imperial Fangsi have both received the Feige Express sent from Qingtang? Then they deliberately suppressed them so that I could hit me head-on?" Yang Wei was shocked? If you want to say that Li Qingchen did this? It is entirely possible.

Zhang Dun sighed: "The official family is dissatisfied with the distribution of power."

Yang Wei frowned, unable to hide his anxiety: "In this way, there will be problems in the implementation of the reform." Although he said this, he thought more about it. Has the emperor been slow to Zhang Dun?

"It's not a problem? Lu Dafang is still a person who knows how to advance and retreat. He can tolerate in front of the prince, and naturally he can tolerate in front of me. As long as I do better than him, it's enough. Besides, all the reforms have been implemented, but Lu Dafang can't stir up the wind wolf." Zhang Dun's tone was quite disdainful. The problem of looking down on others was broken again. What's the reason for his sharp temper? There are also the successive victory of the Song Dynasty against Xixia and Hehuang? It makes Zhang Dun not impeached for minor mistakes in the short term.

However, Zhang Dun's reaction to underestimating Lu Dafang made Yang Wei complain.

This made Yang Wei very worried. Lu Dafang became prime minister earlier than you, so why do you look down on him?

But these words can only be buried in my heart. The cunning Yang Wei is not the impulsive Xing Shu, and he jumps forward at any time. He is sandwiched between the reformists and the conservatives, showing his kindness at both ends, but he is still promoted repeatedly. He is originally a reed faction, and he doesn't know if the conservatives can go back when they are strong?

The only thing that made Zhang Dun feel uncomfortable was that his prime minister's achievements seemed not very good. Apart from his successful military use in Xixia and Hehuang, he made no achievements.

Once the Western Army relieves the two major troubles of Xixia and Qingtang, the northwest, which occupies about 40% of the tax, will not require a large amount of military expenditure or materials at all. The government will naturally be released, and the court will not need reform at all, because taxes will not be used at all. At that time, the conservatives will have the confidence to confront the reformists head-on.

The financial crisis in the Song Dynasty was resolved, and the reformists could not be used.

Unless the Song Dynasty encounters a greater crisis by then. Apart from Xixia and Qingtang, the only one who can be called the opponent of the Song Dynasty is the Liao Kingdom. But the question is, will the Song Dynasty have a chance to win when fighting with the Liao Kingdom? It doesn’t matter whether Zhang Dun can control the government by then, and it is already very good not to become a scapegoat.

Besides, is the emperor willing to get into evil with the Liao Kingdom?

Compared with the methods, Li Qingchen is no worse than Zhang Dun, but the emperor is different.

Lu Dafang wanted to return to the court, so naturally there was no reason to hinder him. After all, Lu Dafang left the court to escort Empress Dowager Xuanren to be buried. According to principles, after the great mourning, he should return to the court.

But Zhang Dun deliberately suppressed his return to the court. Otherwise, Fan Chunren, Su Che, and Lu Dafang were all there at that time, how could the new party move to the conservative party?

The emperor who had just taken power was very disliked by Lu Dafang at that time. Although Lu Dafang had never treated the emperor slowly, he was a confidant of Empress Dowager Xuanren. The gap between the emperor and the Empress Dowager was getting bigger and bigger, so Lu Dafang would naturally not be liked by the emperor.

But once and forth, the emperor wanted to control the court more and more after taking power. But it was too late at this time. Cai Bian was in charge of the Secretariat, and the six ministries were all from the reformists. The Dushitang was naturally Zhang Dun's one-man sect, and Li Qingchen was also an important figure in the reformists, so naturally he would not allow conservative bosses to return to the court.

When everyone objected, the emperor was helpless.

If Li Qingchen hadn't realized something was wrong this time, he wouldn't have been in the same mood as the emperor. Once Lu Dafang returned to the court, Zhang Dun would have a headache again.

He also knew that the emperor was dissatisfied.

The reason for his dissatisfaction is that the emperor does not feel that he has enough of his voice.

But it was Zhang Dun and others who wanted to undermine the emperor. It was not that he wanted to be arbitrary. Zhang Dun was still a scholar from the bottom of his heart, and he had the pride of scholars. At the same time, he also wanted to be famous for his eternal reputation. This had to give him a game between him and the imperial power. This game was not to suppress Zhao Xu, but to allow Zhao Xu to manage the Song Dynasty according to Zhang Dun's idea.

In addition, the official system of the Song Dynasty was already very mature, and it would not be very important whether the emperor went to court or not. In this case, the civil servants naturally wanted to calm the emperor down a little, but Zhao Xu was the emperor and the common ruler of the world. How could he bear to live auspicious life?

But Emperor Zhao Xu was not willing to do so.

In history, Zhang Dun almost succeeded. Emperor Zhao Xu completely followed the idea of ​​the reformists to rule the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, Zhao Xu died in a short life in a few years. However, Zhang Dun's prestige lost to a woman, Empress Dowager Xiang.

After the failure, Zhang Dun left a reputation as a treacherous person, and was not rehabilitated until the end of the Song Dynasty. Even his family was dragged down.

Judging from the current situation, it is definitely unrealistic for Zhang Dun to achieve the level he expected.

Lu Dafang had not returned to Beijing yet, but the reformists were already in sorrow. This did not include Li Qingchen and others. The alliance between Zhang Dun and Li Qingchen was broken due to the implementation of the Municipal Law and other laws.

After that, the two of them refused to give in, and their power was the same as water and fire.

Some people are sad, and of course some are happy.

Liu Shi'an and Su Che were drinking wine together. They never thought that as the emperor's past thorns, they not only stood firm in the changing circumstances of the court, but even if Fan Chunren left the center, it had a great impact on the conservatives. However, it was definitely a surprise that Lu Dafang came back.

"Brother Ziyou, this time, Mr. Lu returned to the court successfully, and brother Zizhan's disciple has helped a lot." Liu Anshi put down the wine cup and thought that he was too harsh on Li Kui before, but suddenly he found that he was narrow-minded. Why should he look down on those with abilities? Even if he can't see Li Kui's level of governance, who can compare with the level of war in the Song Dynasty?

Liu Anshi said sincerely: "I have to take care of him."

Su Che was very surprised that the tiger in the palace wanted to take care of people. Generally speaking, Liu Anshi wanted to take care of people, and basically fought to the death.

But Li Kui is different. Zhang Dun dared not hit people in the hall, but Li Kui couldn't protect him. Su Che said worriedly: "I wonder if Li Kui has offended me?"

Liu Anshi felt that Su Che was prejudiced against him and said frustratedly: "I am kind!"

"Focus on him?"

"No, I want to recommend Li Kui."

Liu Anshi was very dissatisfied with Su Che's reaction and said with his neck: "I used to think that Li Kui was too snobbish and was a member of the imperial party, so he might be trapped in the battle for the harem. I naturally look down on such people. But recently, I have also been examining myself and found that in addition to being righteous, I have too little knowledge of military affairs. Just like An Tao, he was in the Privy Council before, but he was the Tongzhi Privy Council, and he didn't know anything about military affairs."

"If I follow An Tao's footsteps in the future, if there is no one to help me, I might be defeated!"

"This is true."

Su Che remembered his short military career in Yan'an Prefecture. If Li Kui had not gone to Xixia alone and had the whole Xixia upset, he would have been in a mess on Fuyan Road. Not to mention, after the Western Army won the North Front, Li Kui's contributions were not rewarded immediately, and he also benefited a lot.

But Su Che was very puzzled. Liu Anshi was in the court and the official position was the Chief Censor of the Censorate and the Censorate. He wanted to recommend Li Kui, where could he go?

As far as he knows Li Kui, this guy is very picky about official positions. He looks down on the officials of the ministry and doesn't like to do it. If he really keeps himself in the imperial city like before, he will be even more lazy. He wanders around the imperial city all day long and then thinks about doing a big thing, such as tearing down the Tianzhang Pavilion, which makes people feel very troubled.

"Qizhi, you said you want to recommend Li Kui. Could it be that you want Li Kui to appease Qin Fenglu?"

"Under the eye of me?"

Although official positions such as Xuanfu Envoy were somewhat like being a magistrate. However, in the Song Dynasty, due to the many obstacles between official positions, Xuanfu Envoy only had face in war zones or areas where border wars occurred frequently. Of course, Xuanfu Envoy on Qinfeng Road was very important. Qingtang, which had just been captured, needed to be appeased and local governments needed to suppress it. This official position was also full of real power.

However, for the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, local officials are all terrible. Unless they are like Fan Chunren, who is treated as a prime minister and is in charge of the border as a Grand Secretary of the Guanwen Palace, and is in charge of the border.

But in terms of influence, it is far from that of Beijing officials.

Liu Anshi smiled and said, "I am going to pull him down to the Censorate. If Li Kui likes to cause trouble, let him provoke him. My words will still work. I will take care of him if he causes a huge amount of trouble."

Liu Anshi was very confident in himself and believed that causing some minor trouble for a new official like Li Kui was not a big deal for him.

Su Che hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "Qizhi, I suggest you think more about it. This is not simple."

He can't say that he can't even surrender to Li Kui in Yan'an Prefecture, right?

If this is said, will his dignified deputy minister still have the face?

But Liu Anshitou thought Su Che had something in his words: "Brother Ziyou, you shouldn't have snatched me, right?"

"Won't!"

Su Che hid his embarrassment and quickly left himself cleared. He wanted talents like Li Kui, for fear that the door would be demolished.

Liu Anshi thought for a while and felt that someone would compete with him for Li Kui, so he was determined to take action first.

But he couldn't say this to Su Che, if...

Su Che also had this idea, and he couldn't rob others. After all, Li Kui was also a Su family disciple. If he really had favors, Su Che would have more advantages than him. Liu Anshi felt that he had to act secretly and not let people see it.

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Weizhou.

You Shixiong rushed forward and finally saw the city walls of Weizhou.

My body was sore all over my body, and I felt like my body was about to fall apart, and I worked hard.

"Bring the flag, cavalry clean the streets!"

This is about to enter the city. You Shixiong is also a magistrate. Now he is leading troops to fight, but he still wins a lot. Although winning a battle has nothing to do with him, no matter what, he is a representative of the army.

As soon as the flag was shot out, a large group of cavalry rushed out at the city gate, with black helmets and black armors, and war horses tapped on the hard rock-striking road, giving a drum-like cry.

"Sir, it seems that the frame of the Grand Secretary has come out."

"Impossible?"

As You Shixiong spoke, he lifted the curtain of the car and looked closely and it was true. In the entire Qinfeng Road, no one except An Tao would have a carriage of a third-rank senior or above.

Although Liu Yannian is also a third-rank official, he is a general, and it is enough to travel to cavalry guards on weekdays. Unlike civil officials who go on a daily basis, they always set up a whole set of ceremonial guards. Especially when An Tao came to Qinfeng Road this time, he had the right to open a government office, which means that if he ignored it, he could fight for ceremonial guards of first-rank officials.

However, An Tao is a civil servant and knows how to keep a low profile and does not do too much.
To be continued...