Chapter 299: First Arrival at Jingzhao Mansion Lu Yijian was very wary of Zhao Juan, but in the Privy Council, neither Song Shou nor Yan Shu, who was also a member of the Privy Council, had no interest in Zhao Juan. .Although Zhao Jian is currently being suppressed by Song Shou and Yan Shu, the pressure on these two people is not light. Who has such a noble status and can make troubles? It is said that he is a subordinate, but you can't do anything to him. Who doesn't have a lot of pressure as a boss? If you are not careful, who knows whether the other party will come back? Therefore, Zhao Juan did not stay in Bianliang City for too long, which made Zhao Juan a little regretful. He told his wife to take good care of her baby at home, so he took Hua Xiangrong and set off for Qinfeng Road. Originally, Zhao Juan had not thought of bringing Hua Xiangrong, but he did not want Jiao Niang to make this request. Zhao Yan naturally knew what Jiao Niang was thinking. He was not afraid that Zhao Yan would be lonely in the army and go around looking for flowers. Instead of not knowing where Cao Xiangrong or Mu Xiangrong will pop up when the time comes, it would be better to use Hua Xiangrong, who is already a fait accompli, to tie Zhao Yan down. Regarding this matter, Zhao Yan was a little bit dumbfounded. On August 16, after spending the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Juan left Bianliang City. The group was not large in number, but not insignificant. Fifty back-wei troops, ten grooms, ten servants, ten maids, and four scribes. A group of nearly a hundred people marched toward the west in a mighty manner. Ten days later, Zhao Yan and his party came to Jingzhao Mansion after a long journey. Some distance away from Jingzhao Mansion, about five or six miles away, there is a small pavilion for tourists and passers-by to rest. Next to the pavilion is a teahouse. There is a big bamboo pole in the teahouse, and a white cloth is carried in the teahouse. The word tea. "But King Wei is a thousand years old?" As he passed by, a clear voice sounded. "Who is it?" Zhao Yingwu reined in the horse slightly and scanned the guests in the teahouse with sharp eyes on the horse. These guests all lowered their heads to salute, with the exception of one person, who was sitting upright on a wooden stool. When he saw Zhao Yingwu's eyes falling on him, he bowed slightly and said clearly: "Prince Zuo Qingdao, the son of Zhao Xunte Come here to welcome the thousand-year-old King of Wei on behalf of my father." Zhao Yingwu couldn't help but feel good about him after taking a quick look at him. The person who came was young, around 21 or 22 years old, with a short beard that was not too thick on his lips, eyes like lightning, eyebrows like swords, and his skin tone was fair. His appearance looks heroic, but he is also wearing a scholar's gown, but there is no sense of disobedience at all. People can't help but praise him, what a young man! "But who does this prince belong to?" ¡°That¡¯s all, let the prince worry about this matter. Zhao Yingwu came to Zhao Juan¡¯s carriage to report. In fact, Zhao Juan knew what was going on outside without Zhao Yingwu reporting it. After all, Zhao Juan was not deaf. After listening to Zhao Yingwu's report, Zhao Juan turned his head and looked at the thin scholar next to him, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Sheng Yu, does he know who this person is?" This Mr. Sheng Yu was met by Zhao Juan in Henan. The official residence is in Henan Province. When Zhao Juan passed through Henan Prefecture, Xijing Liushou naturally treated him very warmly. At the banquet, Zhao Juan saw Mr. Sheng Yu who seemed a bit out of place, so he didn't pay too much attention. But when Liu Shou proposed to write a poem, Mr. Sheng Yu's poem shocked Zhao Yan. The poems are not pretty, but they are straightforward and have a strong sense of reality. After a conversation, Zhao Yan even recognized his ability. For this purpose, I specially asked Mr. Sheng Yu to come over. The Henan Prefecture was also very generous in staying behind, and presented the memorial together with Zhao Juan. This matter does not need to go through Song Renzong, Zhang Shixun has already agreed with a stroke of his pen. He was now thinking about sending Zhao Juan away as soon as possible, not to mention that he was just a boss who didn't even have a Jinshi background? What's more, the other party is just a farmer and has no connections or background. In other words, the poems he writes are okay, but what's the use? In the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, I dare not say that there were a lot of such officials, but there were not even one thousand but nine hundred. And this person¡¯s full name is Mei Yaochen, a great scholar who left a profound mark on the literature of the Northern Song Dynasty. If this is the case, it is not worthy of attention, but Mei Yaochen is very pragmatic. No matter what you do, you will not just listen to what the people below say. Instead, you will go to the site to inspect the situation in person before giving an order. They have completely different concepts and ways of doing things from the officials of this era. And this is exactly what Zhao Juan needs, pragmatism! ?? And Henan Mansion is close to Shaanxi Road, so he needs to know more about the situation here, so Zhao Juan inquired like this. Mei Yaochen said calmly: "Prince Zuo Qingdao? I don't know about this official position, but I know Zhao Xun!" Zhao Xun was a little regretful after hearing Mei Yaochen's first words, but he didn't want to call him Liu Yin Hua Ming after hearing what he said later. Can't help but feel a littleHe smiled jokingly and said, "Sir, are you teasing me? My son is more outspoken than me?" Mei Yaochen smiled calmly and said, "Is that what I meant? But this Zhao Xun is indeed an outstanding person. Although he is young, he is already proficient in riding and shooting, and is familiar with military books and the Four Books and Five Classics. At the age of sixteen, even officials heard of his name, summoned him to the examination hall, and asked him to serve in the third class today. The "Ju Mi Tu Jing" that was created due to his appearance was handed over to the court, so his father was spared the punishment of beheading! "What kind of outrageous thing did his father do?" Zhao Juan was a little surprised. "His father is Zhao Zhen, the former magistrate of Yanzhou!" Mei Yaochen said. As soon as Zhao Chen heard this name, he remembered Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen was the first military general to serve as the magistrate of Yanzhou. Zhao Zhen replaced the famous Fan Yong. This may be the Battle of Sanchuankou, which made Song Renzong finally make up his mind to improve the status of warriors. However, at that time, Li Yuanhao violently attacked Semen Village in Yanzhou. The history book said: "The thieves invaded Saimen Village. There were eight thousand soldiers in the stronghold, but they could not move. There were only a thousand soldiers in the village. They were in danger many times. They were besieged for five months before they sent a hundred The remaining people went to the camp and the camp fell. The leader of the camp, Gao Yande, and Yan'an Wang Jiyuan were all killed by the thieves. " Pang Ji, who was the transfer envoy at the time, immediately impeached Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen was demoted to Baizhou regiment training envoy and Zhijiangzhou. But before the order was issued to Zhao Zhen, the families of Gao Yande, the leader of Saimen Village, and Wang Jiyuan of Yan'an came to Bianliang City and started crying. At that time, this incident caused a lot of turmoil, especially those passionate scholars, who all sympathized with these orphans and widowed mothers. Of course, this is actually superficial. Zhao Juan also knows some of the deeper things. That is, scholar-bureaucrats such as Zhang Shixun and Lu Yijian are afraid of Song Renzong's desire to improve the status of warriors, because this will seriously harm their interests. With these prime ministers adding fuel to the flames, things were very troublesome at that time, and the court once discussed it and said that Zhao Zhen would be executed. But at that time, Zhao Juan said something fair, to the effect that although Zhao Zhen was conservative, he was still doing it for the imperial court. The fall of Yanzhou endangered Shaanxi. Shaanxi was in danger and the world was shaken. The world was shaken because the foundation of the Song Dynasty was shaken. Song Renzong did not agree to be executed. Instead, he demoted Zhao Zhen to Tanzhou. It is not known to what extent his official position was demoted. But now that I think about it, he should be from some prince's house. Now Zhao Zhen sent his son to express his gratitude to him. Zhao Juan didn¡¯t want to see him at first. After all, he didn¡¯t want to earn favor in this matter. Mei Yaochen could see what Zhao Juan was thinking, and before Zhao Juan could politely refuse, Mei Yaochen had already spoken: "Your Majesty, although Zhao Zhen was relegated, he has lived on the edge of Shaanxi for more than ten years, and he has countless subordinates and friends among them. "The prince is new here and is not familiar with the situation. Isn't this a good opportunity to find out?" Zhao Xun thought it made sense and nodded: "Sir, what you said is right!" Zhao Xun then asked Zhao Xun to meet him. There was no chatting in the carriage. Just outside the carriage, he bowed respectfully and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my father. I am very grateful! My father has already gone south to Tanzhou, and I regret to have missed him. My father has repeatedly asked me to take him with me to express my gratitude to the Prince. The prince is in Shaanxi, but if you have any orders, please tell me. Before that, I will hold a banquet in the Jingyuan Building of Jingzhao Mansion to cleanse the prince. Please don¡¯t refuse!¡± He had some thoughts of soliciting, so he did not refuse, nodded and said: "That's fine, you can lead the way!" "Yes!" Zhao Xun was very happy, and without saying any polite words, he turned and left. He untied his horse at the tea house and led a servant to lead the way. Arriving at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, Zhao Juan met another wave of people greeting him, but Zhao Juan was not in a good mood. Because Jingzhao Mansion actually only sent a chief to greet Zhao Yan. Who is Zhao Yan? Not to mention the actual power, the prince's title alone is enough to scare people to death. In today's world, Zhao Juan is just a real prince! The other princes are just county princes, and they are also two-character kings. How can they be comparable to Zhao Juan, a one-character king? Zhao Juan didn¡¯t even see the Lord Bo¡¯s face, so he just asked Zhao Yingwu to send the people away. Mei Yaochen persuaded: "Your Majesty, have you passed this? After all, a strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake!" Zhao Juan snorted coldly and said forcefully: "A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others! This king is now If he takes one step back, he will have no way to take it back! And I also want to see how capable Xia Song is and what he can do to me. " Yang Zhen heard this outside the carriage. , immediately smiled heartily and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is right! How can a real man in this world be so tactful?" When Mei Yaochen saw Zhao Juan and his staff, they allIn this case, it's hard to say anything else. After all, he is just a staff member who has recently taken refuge in Zhao Juan. There are some things that he can't say now. Zhao Xun was very surprised by what Zhao Xun did. Zhao Yingwu looked sideways and saw Zhao Xun's expression, and immediately said disdainfully: "This is what the prince is like. If not, how would the prince be as famous as he is today? Why are there so many restrictions for someone who is doing something important? " A flash of light flashed in Zhao Xun's eyes, but he did not speak.