As soon as the Dengzhou congress ended, Xu Ping rushed back quickly with Yang Gao, Wang Yaochen and others. However, Li Di and Chen Yaozuo, who were late, stayed there for two more days, and Zhao He and Jia Changling accompanied them to visit the nearby scenic spots. Nanyang ancient county had many famous scenic spots, and it was also the place where Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty Longxing, so there were many places to visit.

Fang Xie, who was in the south of Jingxi Road, took the opportunity to take his subordinates to Xixia County not far away to see the newly opened copper mines there. Xu Ping was busy with his affairs, so he just asked Fang Xie to organize the transportation of copper to the Luoyang Fu Finance Supervision every year, and ignored the miscellaneous matters.

On April 20th, it was almost evening when Xu Ping and his party returned to Luoyang City. They did not go to the yamen and went home directly.

After paying attention to his parents and reporting his safety, Xu Ping hurried to the backyard garden and saw Lin Suniang sitting there. After life passed like this day by day, Lin Suniang's belly became bigger and bigger. In another two or three months, he was about to take the opportunity to move. After nearly half a month of travel, Xu Ping was also worried.

It was the best season of the year. Summer just started, and the weather was not hot, but the cold was gone. The flowers in the back garden were full of flowers and grass everywhere, and there were birds chirping from somewhere among the flowers and trees.

Under the golden light in the sky, Lin Suniang sat on a bamboo chair and watched the sun in the west in a daze.

Not far away, Panpan was playing with her sister, and she was a little impatient. She used to hug her by her every day, almost as she raised her. Now she will leave and speak, but Panpan is a little disliked to take her to play. Panpan is innocent and lively and active by nature. Unexpectedly, her sister An An now shows her nature, which is completely opposite to her. An An is quiet and shy, and dares not talk to others, so she will only stick to her sister every day.

The nine-year-old Panpan likes to play, so she can't stand it. She is always with a bottle of oil around her every day. She can't do anything except pulling the corner of her clothes. She is so burdened that Panpan can't play many things she wants to play, so how can she not be frustrated?

Xu Ping's figure appeared, Panpan cheered, came over to hold Xu Ping's hand, raised his face and asked, "Why did my dad leave for a few days? Going to such a far place, have you brought me any fun things?"

He grabbed Panpan and watched An An step behind him and pouted, Xu Ping took out two little jade carvings and said to Panpan: "Panpan, you are your sister. You remember to watch your sister at any time, why did you run over alone!"

Panpan twisted his nose, said "yes", and turned around to hold his sister.

The jade carving is a little dragon, which is Panpan's zodiac sign, and a puppy, which is An'an's zodiac sign. Xu Ping gave it to them and asked Panpan to take his sister to play by himself and talk to his mother.

"Not fun!" Panpan took the little jade dragon, pouted, and pulled his sister to the side to count the butterflies.

Xu Ping sat down opposite Lin Su Niang, took a bag of black plums and handed them to her: "There is nothing good in Dengzhou, but it's close to Jinghu there, and the plums sold look more refined than ours."

Lin Suniang put the black plums aside and said with a smile: "It's time for me, why are you still eating plums? Is everything going well in Dengzhou? You are so disturbing this time, and the people in Luoyang City are talking about it."

Xu Pingqi said: "What are they talking about? This time the matter has nothing to do with the people."

"Luoyang is Xijing, why is it a royal city? How can the people in the royal city not care about the affairs of the government? If such a thing is placed in Kaifeng, the city will be full of controversy, and the people in Luoyang are not concerned about these things."

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head. The people at the foot of the royal city really had a hobby of discussing the government affairs.

Lin Su Niang said again: "There have been a big deal in the court these days. Today, a few sisters from officials came to talk to me, and even women's houses were talking."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "With all the masters here, what big things can happen? I can change them all."

Lin Su Niang looked down at Xu Ping, pursed her lips and smiled, "Dalang, as the saying goes, do you really hope to change all your husbands in your heart? With your age, you can't be the master of the priest, so it's not good to think like this."

"What nonsense! You said that something big happened in the court, and there is still something bigger than this?"

Lin Su Niang sighed: "You are right this time. Although the ministers and ministers of the priests have not changed all of them, they are almost the same."

Xu Ping was stunned: "Is there really a priest who has been replaced? Who have they changed? East Mansion or West Mansion?"

"How can I tell what my woman's family clearly? I only know that overnight, the two prime ministers and the two ruling officials were dismissed from office, and there was only one Gong Zhang left in the Political Affairs Hall. Do you think this is a big deal?"

After hearing this, Xu Ping couldn't help but open his mouth wide. After a while, he said, "What you said is true? It's not a rumor that comes from your women's gossip."

Lin Su Niang spat: "What are you talking about nonsense! Such a big event will be spread to Luoyang in one or two days. How many officials and families are there in this city? How could such a thing be spread badly!"

Xu Ping lowered his head and thought for a while, calmed down before saying to Lin Su Niang: "What the hell is going on? Tell me what you heard! This is not a trivial matter, I am afraid it is related to my future. The more detailed the words, the better!"

It is because of Xu Ping's future that Lin Su Niang is concerned about the news, otherwise she would not be a tongue-in-law who is idle at home and has nothing to do, so she would ask what she is doing.

After telling Xu Ping what he heard, Lin Su Niang sighed: "Grandmaster Lu is not bad at speaking, but he is too powerful. If he can tolerate others in his heart, how could he have today? Fortunately, he can advance and retreat, without entanglement, and he walks cleanly and neatly. Otherwise, he will definitely be gossiped about. Mr. Wang is so good, he is kind to everyone."

Xu Ping was confused: "Why did you say that? Where did you hear the news?"

"What kind of news is this? Isn't it obvious? I've seen a kind-hearted and kind-hearted person when I was in the capital before. No one has ever seen him blush. Such a person was actually squeezed by Mr. Lu and could not continue to do it in the political affairs hall. It can be seen that Mr. Lu is too independent, otherwise how could this happen?"

Xu Ping couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this: "Stop talking about it, state affairs are not as what you women think. By the way, what do you mean by Mr. Lu leaving without entanglement? Who else said that?"

Lin Suniang said impatiently: "Who should I listen to this? Isn't it obvious? Just the mouths of the people in the capital, what happened in the political affairs hall, and who said what everyone in the city knew clearly the next day. If Mr. Lu hadn't been a simple person, how could the four husbands be together in this way? Will the King of Kings talk like this? Wouldn't he be able to continue? Is there anyone driving him away?"

Hearing this, Xu Ping could no longer help but smiled and shook his head: "Woman's opinion! I thought you heard some amazing news, and dared to understand the thoughts of my husband in the court!"

"Oh, what I said makes no sense? You have learned to look down on women for a few days!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell you to let you know yourself. Even if you have heard of these news in the future, don't try to analyze political affairs, that is, me, if you say it to others, you will be laughed at. Let me laugh at it together!"

Seeing that Lin Su Niang's eyes were wide open, obviously dissatisfied. Xu Ping said: "I tell you, among the people in the world who don't want Wang Xianggong to leave the Zhengshi Hall, there is at least one Xianggong Lu. The two prime ministers of the Zhengshi Hall will inevitably check and balance each other. Intimacy is not possible, so it is very common for Lu Xianggong and Wang Xianggong to have different political views and have nothing to do with their minds."

"If you say this, you must not be able to speak? You can't be harmonious?"

"If you are kind, then just forget about the one who is alone, why do you need two? It is not necessary for me, the Song Dynasty, to have two prime ministers. I have been in charge of the country for decades. Is there still fewer one who is alone? The emperor has not been in charge of power for many years. Whether it is Lu Gong or Wang Gong, they are old ministers left by the late emperor. The emperor is not sure about it. How could he let one person preside over the national affairs?"

Lin Suniang is a smart person, but since she married Xu Ping, she has been at home to take care of her husband and children and does not care about external affairs. When Xu Ping said this, she realized that the situation of the two prime ministers fighting in the court was intentional. Not to mention others, didn’t Zhang Shixun cooperate with Lu Yijian in close cooperation when he was prime minister? Why did he replace him with Wang Zeng?

It is abnormal that the emperor was young and old ministers in the court did not take measures to check and balance. After a decade or twenty years, Zhao Zhen had his own team, so of course he could not do this. Not to mention that the prime ministers cooperated with each other, it didn't matter even if they were alone. It was not possible now.

After understanding the truth, Lin Su Niang was still dissatisfied: "Even if you have to have two prime ministers in the court, Mr. Lu may not have to leave! Mr. Wang wants to leave, at worst, someone who is similar to him is. Mr. Lu can't he stay in the court!"

"I'm in the court? Why is he in the court?" Xu Ping shook his head repeatedly. "How many people can be in the world who can check and balance Lu's position? Gong Li of Mengzhou was excluded by Gong Lu, which means he can't do anything to him. Gong Zhang, the Shumi, obviously, has a very small relationship with Gong Lu, so he won't say that they are still relatives. Can you still tell me about people? Su Niang, the ministers in the court are very thoughtful! When Gong Wang said he would leave by himself, Gong Lu knew that his position could not be saved, and it would be impossible to keep it anyway! Even if he didn't leave at that time, the emperor would drive him out in a few days! Instead of looking ugly at that time, it would be better to just be a little bit so that people would underestimate him. If you can, do you think he would not be able to do it? Women's opinion!"

When the government reached this point, Wang Zeng was actually the only one who could restrict Lu Yijian. Once Wang Zeng made up his mind not to be the prime minister with Lu Yijian, Lu Yijian's prime minister could not continue. It is precisely because of this that Lu Yijian would rather accommodate Wang Zeng's opinions in many things as long as he did not damage his interests. The same is true for the new policy. The most important reason for Lu Yijian's change of attitude was Wang Zeng. If he wanted to cover the sky with one hand, Lu Yijian's slap was not that big.

In fact, after hearing Lin Su Niang's general situation in the political affairs hall that day, Xu Ping basically guessed the cause and effect. It seemed that both prime ministers had obtained the "Strategy for the Rich Country and the People" compiled by him, but there were differences in how to use it. In the end, Wang Zeng found that he could not bear the measures taken by Lu Yijian, so he simply left together. He could not stop Lu Yijian's governance and could still pull him off. In fact, as soon as Wang Zeng explained his meaning clearly, Lu Yijian knew that the overall situation was decided and could not be saved. The subsequent response was purely for others to see, especially for Zhao Zhen, and at least he had to protect his qualifications to recommend future generations.

Of course, Zhao Zhen was very clear about this, so he stopped the four of them together, emptyed the Secretariat, and waited for the newcomer to take office.

Lin Suniang looked at Xu Ping and said, "Dalang, why have you been too sensible in the past few months? Then who do you think will be the prime minister?"

Xu Ping sighed: "For parents, for you, and for children, I have to be too careful! Who is the prime minister is not sure, but eight out of ten, Lu Xianggong and Wang Xianggong will recommend one person each."

Because Zhenzong did not hold a degree in his later years, talents from Jinshi were short of their ranks. Now, the old and young, Zhao Zhen was afraid that he would not have any confidence in how to use people. The safest way was to ask the two former prime ministers to recommend them. The former prime ministers were not in harmony, so the people they recommended still maintained a situation of checks and balances. Other ministers were afraid that they would handle this. Only in the key positions of the middle and lower levels, Zhao Zhen would start to promote the talents he values ​​and slowly cultivate and observe.

The emperor's position was not so easy to sit, especially since the Zhenzong Dynasty, the emperors of the Imperial City Department were suppressed by the outside dynasty, and Zhao Zhen had limited knowledge of the outside information. Taizu and Taizong Dynasty, the emperor knew what the ministers ate at night the next day. How could it be done now? Feng Zheng was originally quite luxurious at home. When he was seriously ill during the Tiansheng period, Empress Dowager Liu sent an eunuch to ask about his illness. He made the house shabby and covered it with a broken quilt, which moved Empress Dowager Liu and Zhao Zhen to tears. Under such circumstances, Zhao Zhen must keep the people in the court checking and balanced each other. Who dares to give power to?

It’s not that Xu Ping has become more scrupulous in the past few months, but that Fan Zhongyan’s demotion has really stimulated him, and he always maintains a sense of caution. Being an official in the court is like a thin ice covering him. He dare not say that he is cautious and not dare to make a mistake, but it is always right to recognize the situation and remain vigilant.

After Xu Ping said so much, Lin Su Niang knew in her heart that her husband was no longer a boy who fought against dogs back then. His life in the officialdom was not in vain. If she wanted to make suggestions like before, it would be meaningless. She would naturally listen to the news that should be heard in the future, but she would still be spared to analyze the pros and cons. It would be nothing to be laughed at by her husband, but it would be bad to be laughed at by outsiders.

Seeing Xu Ping sitting there thinking about his worries, and the sunset was falling on him, Lin Su Niang couldn't help but smile. After all, this family was supported by her husband. Only when Xu Ping grew up could he feel at ease. What kind of high-ranking officials and generous salaries are not so attractive to Lin Su Niang since she had a child. The best family is safe and sound.

(Today's big chapter is considered to make up for the previous ones.)
Chapter completed!