"These barbarians want to open a dyeing house just by giving them three points of color. Tianzhou and Bozhou dared to dream of separatist rule. Do you think they had been hit less in the past two years?"

Under the big banyan tree in the yard of the Yongzhou Chief Officer's Hall, Xu Ping shook the banana fan in his hand and sighed.

Feng Shanji, who was sitting opposite, smiled and said, "It's not just barbarians, but human nature is not the same? Greedy is not enough to swallow elephants. Guangyuanzhou has become more and more trouble in the past two years. It has not paid tribute or paid tribute and established itself as a country. The two states are adjacent to Guangyuanzhou, so how can they not be jealous?"

Xu Ping frowned: "What is Chaoli's attitude towards Guangyuanzhou? He just ignores his feelings and lets them do whatever they want? With such an example, which other Tuzhou will be obedient to themselves?"

"It's better to have less than more things. Now the officials in the court have no mind to care about Yongzhou, a small frontier! The empress dowager in the past two years-"

Speaking of this, Feng Shanji shook his head with a wry smile.

As a minister, he was not easy to talk about the monarch. Feng Shenji didn't finish his words, but Xu Ping also understood. How many years can Empress Dowager Liu live at the age of 63? Wu Zetian became emperor at the age of 67, but Empress Dowager Liu did not have that body. The actual conditions made her completely cut off her thoughts.

Last year, Liu Congde, the son of Empress Dowager Liu Mei, died at the age of 24, which was even more severely affected Empress Dowager Liu. Empress Dowager Liu was born in a poor family and had no family power. After taking office, she didn't pay attention to her. She always regarded her ex-husband's family as her mother's family as her own sustenance. Although Liu Congde had no blood relationship with her, she was very doting since childhood. With his death, Empress Dowager Liu could not even be the one who became Wu Zetian.

There is no pursuit in politics. In the past two years, Empress Dowager Liu is far less concerned about handling government affairs than before. She just needs to live up to major events in the court and loses her vitality.

In the current situation in the court, bureaucrats and officials and the empress dowagers became more and more disinterested, and sometimes they did not give any face. Cheng Lin, who is now aware of Kaifeng Prefecture, gave Empress Dowager Liu a "Picture of Empress Wu's Reign" back then, and cursed Empress Dowager Liu with the ridicule of civil and military officials in the court. Today, Liu Congde's brother-in-law Wang Qixiong killed an old soldier. Empress Dowager Liu personally pleaded with him and ignored him and did it according to law.

The bureaucrats were not obedient, and Empress Dowager Liu was increasingly dependent on the eunuchs around him. The eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics in terms of system, and became a dead end. It was all thanks to Lu Yijian's smooth handling of things, and the court could be calm on a large scale, but it would be delayed for one day if it was easy to cause controversy.

It was July, the hottest time of the year, it was as hot as a steamer outside, and the cicadas on the tree above their heads opened their throats and screamed endlessly.

Xu Ping and Feng Shanji kept shaking the palm-leaf fan and drinking tea cup after cup.

The air conditioner in the room was cool, but it was too cold and the humidity was too heavy. Everyone would rather come outside when they had nothing to do.

Cao Keming is about to leave office, and the farewell banquet participated by his subordinates has been held. Today is a small farewell party attended by Xu Ping and Feng Shenji. Xu Ping and Cao Keming have worked together for three years, and Feng Shenji has had a longer relationship with him, which is different from others.

After Cao Keming came out for a long time, Xu Ping and Feng Shenji chatted all over the sky, slowly talking about sugar business.

Feng Shenji said: "The sugar service is newly established, and the magistrate has to spend some days there. Didn't you find someone to help me? I'm afraid that it will take several months to take office for the same period of time, so I can't count on it."

"I have detained Yuan Ruhe County Magistrate Duan Fang to help the sugar sugar business and let him take charge of the sugar sugar business. I have reported it to you. I don't know when the approval will be made."

Feng Shanji nodded: "I have also heard of this person. Although the minor details are not very cautious, there are still officials and they are a capable helper. I will feel at ease with this person, otherwise you will be entangled in Taiping Village and I will not be able to do anything in the state alone."

"You are kind to the magistrate. You have been in Yizhou for a year or two. The two states are close to each other, and the daily affairs are roughly similar. What can you be too busy to be busy?"

"How is it the same? Although Yizhou does not rely on the national border, most of the states are Dongman, and there are very few civil affairs. Yongzhou has increased a lot in recent years, but it is not comparable to that of the small states in Yizhou. Besides, I took the three states to inspect the inspection, and Jiaozhi has been causing trouble in the past two years. Qinzhou and Lianzhou have to be distracted, and the affairs in the state have to be relied on the magistrate."

Xu Ping only said that Feng Shanji was polite and could not help but say a few humble words. However, he never thought that this was what Feng Shanji had planned long ago, and he just raised the reason to Xu Ping first. Although Feng Zheng had not been in the position of prime minister for a long time, he was at the highest position in his lifetime, and after his death, he was extremely mourning and honored, and he was in line with Zhao Pu, the first prime minister of the Song Dynasty. Feng Shanji's generation of Feng's family was not declining, unlike Cao Keming, without any sources of information. There had been an important figure in the court who had already suggested that he would take this opportunity to make good friends with Xu Ping, which would be of great help to his future career. Xu Ping was an old magistrate of Yongzhou, and Feng Shanji, the new magistrate, tried not to compete for power and acted with Xu Ping.

Speaking of this, Xu Ping asked Feng Shenji: "Can you know the new recruit Han Zhongwen magistrate?"

"I can't get familiar with it. I've seen it a few times in Beijing before. How can I say it? I don't know what other officials do in specific matters, but I dare to do things. I'm not a timid personality, but I should be a good helper."

Xu Ping nodded, saying nothing. As his deputy, he should be willing to take responsibility. If he is not good enough, he can teach him slowly. However, Han Zong is a few years older than him and has a higher family background. I don’t know if he can listen to his words. Besides, he is the same year as his uncle Wang Zeng, and I don’t know what he thinks of him.

"What are you talking about? It's so lively!"

Cao Keming finally sent the servant who had left before and rushed over.

After everyone talked about the ceremony, they sat down again. Xu Ping said: "I just talked about this year's new Jinshi. Han Zhongwen, who came here to serve as the Han Zong, who was the same as the sour sugar service, was here."

Cao Ke waved his hand clearly: "What's there to say about this? I haven't seen anyone before, and it's useless to think too much. I thought about you when you came to Yongzhou to be the magistrate, and I also thought about who you are and what's the use?"

Thinking of the two of them having a bad time back then, the three of them couldn't help laughing together.

The atmosphere suddenly became relaxed, and Xu Ping said to the two: "Talk about this year's Jinshi, and there are a few acquaintances from me, which is also interesting."

Cao Keming said: "It will take a while for the wine and food to come up. There is nothing to do with you. The judge might as well talk about it, so let's have fun listening."

"There are a few who failed the previous year, and I have a deep impression of it. First, there were two people who were good at writing lyrics, Wucheng, Zhang Ziye and Jianzhou Liu Sanbian. If it were said that they would write lyrics and compose music, there were few people who compared them. As a result, the first two were defeated one after another, but they both made the list this year, which is also interesting."

Cao Keming and Feng Shanji said with a cold reaction. I don’t know the reputation of these two people in later generations, so this matter has no meaning at all. Besides, the two martial officials were not interested in cisive music and music, and they knew which one they were. The two people’s status in this era was not high, all relying on the popular lyrics they left behind, as well as the scattered romantic affairs of the poets, such as the famous prostitute, the spring breeze hanging on the willows, and the pear blossoms pressing on the crabapple, were all talked about by literary and artistic people, and they became famous in later generations.

Seeing that the two were not interested, Xu Ping also felt bored and said, "There is another person I met many years ago, Yanzhou Shijie. I think you have never heard of the name. But the following story is much more interesting."

When they heard the interesting thing, Cao Keming and Feng Shanjicai regained their spirits again. Although they were military officials, the imperial examination was a grand event of this dynasty, and the gossip inside was quite attractive.

"Luling Ouyang Xiu, I went to the provincial examination with me in the last session, but failed. However, this man was talented and learned. Although he failed, he was still attracted by Xu Andao, who knew the Hanyang Army, and recruited him as his son-in-law. After studying with his father-in-law for several years, Ouyang Xiu's confidence increased greatly and he was confident that he would win the top scorer. Guess what?"

Cao Keming waved his hand and said impatiently: "The top scholar is not him, what's the point of guessing!"

Xu Ping clapped his hands: "The interesting thing is here! Ouyang Xiu was not arrogant. He won two consecutive goals in the trial and the provincial trial. He realized that the top scorer was also in his hands, so he made a new set of clothes and regarded it as the top scorer's uniform."

The first place in the provincial examination was a big deal, and the two couldn't help but cheer up.

"As a result, the clothes were ready. Ouyang Xiu went out for a while on the day of the exam, but when he went back, he found that the clothes were worn by someone else. The man even said to him, 'I'm wearing the top prize uniform and I want to be the top prize son'. Ouyang Xiu felt unlucky, so he gave the top prize uniform to that man."

Cao Keming was stunned: "Can the person wearing clothes be the top scorer in undergraduate studies?"

Xu Ping smiled: "That person is my fellow villager, Wang Gongshou, a native of Kaifeng."

Cao Keming frowned: "Isn't the top scholar in the current subject called Wang Gongchen?"

Feng Shenji said: "This is the name changed by the current saint when he met the saint, and its original name is Wang Gongshou."

Cao Keming thought about it for a while, but he didn't believe it: "It's so magical. A piece of clothing changed to the top scorer. It was Ouyang Xiu who made it up and coaxed people."

Xu Ping said: "Who cares about the authenticity of him, let's just listen to it."

Feng Shenji said, "You can't say this. The stars in the sky are not necessarily all nonsense. When the magistrate of the previous magistrate, auspicious light appeared in heaven, and now it is known to everyone in the world."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "That's a coincidence. When it's my turn, the sun just pops out of the clouds. How come so many good signs come from it. I lost this auspicious light, but I got a bargain."

After hearing this, Cao Keming became serious again: "The magistrate is self-modest. I think that Ruiguang may be a good omen for this dynasty. Since you came to Yongzhou, you have been prosperous in the past two years, and even I have been promoted to two levels. I don't believe that others are stars in the sky, but I believe that the magistrate, whoever does things in your body will be good, isn't this a clear proof?"

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment. Thinking about it, he has been steadily promoted in the past two years, and even his partner has been promoted step by step. He is really auspicious for this dynasty. No wonder so many people squeezed around him.

I talked about these miscellaneous things because Xu Ping saw the list of Jinshi in this class, which included several people who had heard of names in later generations. If I didn’t ask anyone to tell me about it, I felt uncomfortable when I was holding it in my mouth, but I didn’t expect it to be brought to myself again.

Tiansheng's eighth year, and in addition to Ouyang Xiu, there is also Cai Xiang who was also a celebrity in later generations. Compared with Tiansheng's fifth year, most celebrities in this subject prefer literature and art, and their political achievements are far inferior.

After talking some gossip, the food and drinks came up, and the three of them parted happily.

Because Cao Keming was going back to the capital to report his work, Xu Ping compiled a gift and asked him to take it back to his home. With this experience as a partner, the two of them would inevitably support each other in their future careers, and political resources were accumulated bit by bit.
Chapter completed!