The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 209

Empress Zheng entered the palace when she was young, and at first she was just a maid beside the Queen Mother. Even if she has a bit of chess skills, she is no match for a master like Zhao Ji.

As soon as Empress Zheng was mentioned, Yang Lin was suddenly blessed and remembered something.

Empress Zheng was born in a bad family, relying on her lively mind and handsome appearance, she also liked to write some little yellow poems with Zhao Ji to increase the fun, and became Zhao Ji's favorite concubine in one fell swoop.

Later, relying on not being jealous, but also beautiful maids, relatives, etc., he introduced Zhao Ji all at once, and because of this, he became more and more favored.

Soon after, Mrs. Zheng was promoted to a noble concubine in the palace. Afraid of being ostracized and despised, she wanted to recognize a stronger relative.

It so happened that in that year there was a man named Zheng Juzhong, who had just passed the Jinshi examination and became a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang. Originally, he only had the same surname as Zheng, but he told people everywhere that he was Zheng's uncle and brother.When Zheng heard about this later, she even acquiesced to this relationship, and the two formed an alliance.The Zheng family also recommended Zheng Juzhong to Song Huizong, and Zheng Juzhong was soon promoted to a member of the Privy Council of Tongzhi.

Zheng Juzhong took a big gamble with his courage, and he became a relative of the emperor, and his official career has been smooth since then.

Two years ago, Empress Wang died of illness, and the Zheng family became Empress Xiansu, and Zheng Juzhong was even more extraordinary.

Relying on his fake cousin, he actually wants to share power with Cai Jing. He is not afraid of Cai Jing, but Empress Zheng is a very smart woman, otherwise she would not have been promoted from a maid to empress.

At that time, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Yang Lin formed an alliance to help each other sincerely and advance and retreat in unison. These three people were rich, powerful and powerful, and together they made their fortunes from Yangzhou and rose to the top of the Song Dynasty temple in a short period of time.

How could Empress Zheng let Zheng Juzhong, a fake cousin, use her banner to provoke Cai Jing outside, so she took the initiative to find Zhao Ji and said to him: "The concubine went back to her natal family to visit relatives. Seeing that Juzhong was in contact with his father, people said he was recruiting Power and bribery should be outlawed and impeachment allowed."

When Zhao Ji heard that his queen was indeed the material of his mother's favor, he demoted Zheng Juzhong to a bachelor of Guanwendian, and since then he has loved the queen even more.

Although Mrs. Zheng is now a queen, like Concubine Liu Gui, her family has no background, and she gave birth to two daughters.

Queen Wang, who has already died, gave birth to two sons to the official family, Zheng, and died early. Can she not think about her own affairs?

At such a young age, Empress Zheng continued to "play chess" with the emperor until midnight every day. It seemed that she was not satisfied with having two concubines and wanted a son to rely on.

I, Yang Lin, a big tree, is strong and reliable, no more reliable than Zheng Juzhong.Isn't it just that the surname is not Zheng, I will go to your father to ask for help after I take off my official uniform, then we will all be relatives, and it is too appropriate to take care of each other.

Besides, even if you gave birth to a son, so what, you can still protect you. In history, after the death of Concubine Liu Gui, Zhao Ji thought about it so much that she will be named as the queen.Empress Zheng said that her concubine was her adopted son, and the emperor was overjoyed to beg for a gift of praise.

From then on, the son born to Concubine Liu Gui was raised by the Zheng family, and was later captured by the Jin people and taken to Wuguo City, where he was tortured to death within five years.

Thinking of this, the unhappiness in Yang Lin's heart dissipated quickly, and he must climb the line of Empress Zheng, otherwise it would be too scary to deal with Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng at the same time

Chapter 252 The Infamy Can Protect Yourself

The most lively part of the Lantern Ceremony was the last part, but Yang Lin had no interest in it, and returned home after resigning.

The bank notes issued for the first time were sold out at the very beginning, and the members of the Bianliang Chamber of Commerce who had been nervous for a month breathed a sigh of relief.

People in the chamber of commerce clapped hands and congratulated each other, all with beaming faces.

When Wang Yun came upstairs to announce the good news, he realized that Yang Shaozai had already left first. He felt a little regretful after running out of time, and took the members of the chamber of commerce to celebrate at the banquet that had been set up long ago.

When the lights came on, the Xiulou was surrounded by common people, Yang San spread his hands helplessly and said: "Da Lang, I can't drive back home here."

There was a lot of commotion during this lantern ceremony, and the people of Kaifeng are famous for joining in the fun and making noise. People come and go on the streets, and the sleeve building has been reported to the government. Tonight, they can set off fireworks as much as they want, hang colorful lights.

Even in Bianliang City, Kaifeng Prefecture, the entertainment activities of the common people were scarce enough. Although tonight was a grand ceremony held by merchants, it really attracted many people to enjoy it, and even the emperor was alarmed.

Since the last time Yang Lin persuaded him, Zhao Ji firmly believed that the women in the brothel would tarnish his godhead, and that the Holy Lord of Shenxiao Palace could not be polluted by dust. Li Shishi had disappeared, and what happened tonight was not in his eyes, but Concentrate on enjoying the lanterns.

A few white-faced and beardless servants followed behind him, their hands full of clothes, watching the officials guess the lantern riddles along the way, they could guess it after reading it once, and they just won all the small prizes back.

Yang Lin leaned on the railing on the top of the building and could see it clearly. Yang San smiled and said, "Da Lang, it's rare that it's so lively, let's squeeze out!"

Looking back at Li Yunniang, who is protruding from the front and back, and Yang Tianai, who is small and cute, I don't know how many rambunctious idlers I will meet when I squeeze out this time.

The atmosphere of the Northern Song Dynasty was open, with a touch of the legacy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Women were not hidden at home like in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Women in the country have to work in the fields like men. In the city, there are also many neatly dressed women in these rice shops, medicine shops, restaurants, tailor shops, and mutton and pork shops. Operate in a shop.

Men and women come and go on the streets, and the ladies and wives of some rich families walk the streets openly, not afraid to show their faces.

Every big ceremony, there will be a group of idlers going to the streets, wandering in the middle and west of the crowd, and when they see a beautiful woman with an attractive figure, they will find an opportunity to squeeze in and take advantage of it.

The common people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, nicknamed them "Squeezing Immortals".

With a figure like Li Yunniang's and her attire, once she squeezes out from her, she will definitely be the one who attracts bees and butterflies.

"I'm going to sleep here tonight, and ask the people in Xiulou to give me a room." Seeing that Yang San was a little disappointed, Yang Lin scolded with a smile: "You just go and play, and I never kept you. Come back after the trouble." Afterwards, the mansion will inform you that you will bring the court clothes to wait for me to wash and change clothes, and I will go directly to the morning court from here."

Yang San responded, and ran away with a whoosh. Yang Lin smiled and cursed, these are old people from Yangzhou, and Yang Lin has always been very generous to them.

After a while, Wang Yun personally brought people in, with a happy face and a little blush, presumably he was having a celebration wine with the members of the chamber of commerce.

When he came in, he smelled of alcohol, and he clasped his fists with a smile and said, "Sir, it's a good luck for the villain to wait! This time the issuance of bank notes is so smooth, as long as we don't print them indiscriminately, we can definitely change the difficulty of doing business."

This old thing is secretly enlightening himself, the rules have been set, and the merchants are still worried.Yang Lin also knew the reason. The status of businessmen in this era is too low, so it is normal for them to be worried.In the past, banknotes in lieu of gold were also issued. As long as the court was short of money, it would be printed indiscriminately to extract money from merchants, so these things slowly became waste paper.

There is no way, those in power will grab it hard, and no one will stand up to complain to the businessman.

Yang Lin smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty will remember you for a hundred years and a thousand years. As for the issue of random printing, don't worry about it. We will take out gold and silver and deposit them in the bank, and you will print and distribute them. In this way, we will supervise each other." Check and balance, if someone wants to distribute indiscriminately, at worst, you don’t need it.”

Wang Yun felt relieved, Tangtang Shaozai was sincere enough to put forward this idea.Yang Shaozai is sincerely seeking benefits for the people, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, not to mention these elite businessmen.

"Cao Min waited for the merits of An Daan to be greedy for the heavens. This is all Shao Zai's handwriting. We are just running errands."

Yang Lin overlooked from the railing, Zhao Ji won beaming, it seemed that those gadgets were more fun than the little concubine Liu Gui next to him, he chuckled lightly and said: "Go and set up the prizes for lantern riddles in a more elegant way, don't be afraid to spend money. "

Wang Yun immediately sent someone to go, and then clasped his fists and said: "Young master, the villain has already arranged for you to go to the room, please come with me."

With two female housekeepers, he stepped up with Wang Yun, said to wait for Yang Lin to enter, then turned and left.

As expected, the place has been tidied up, it's rare that they arranged it properly in such a short time, a soft couch was set up in the outer hall, and a thick mink fur sticky blanket was spread.

Li Yunniang brewed a pot of tea, brought it up and said with a smile: "The blue-patterned teacup from Ru Kiln and the top-grade dragon tea from Beiyuan, this Xiulou is really rich."

After staying with Yang Lin for a long time, she has also become a knowledgeable person, telling the origin of the tea set and tea leaves with one mouth.

Yang Lin rested his hands on the soft couch, and said: "Although the people in Xiulou are wealthy merchants, they really have to be compared with the scholar-bureaucrats in the court, but they are nothing compared to the big witch. Now in our Great Song Dynasty, officials are There are too many, and each of them has a terrible salary, so it should be cleaned up."

When he talked about state affairs, Yunniang habitually dared not answer the words. There are indeed many officials and lords in this dynasty, and each of them is living a more prosperous life.

For example, Cai Jing, this old man's life is so corrupt that Yang Lin is a little envious. He eats a bun by himself, and the kitchen needs a hundred people to do it. The procedures are very cumbersome just to make a bun.

Don't look at Cai Jingnian being very old, the family still has concubines and maidservants in wave after wave, and they are all immature girls.

Some time ago, without Yang Lin's bribes, the income of the Cai Mansion was greatly reduced. This old man once sighed to the concubines full of concubines. After he lost his money, he couldn't afford to support you, and he didn't know who it would fall to. bed.

He really didn't just talk casually. It was very common in the Song Dynasty to buy and sell concubines, and some were even exchanged for free. Cai Jing spent too much money, and selling a few concubines was a normal operation.

Moreover, these women were released from the prime minister's family, and there are many people who want to buy them outside. Anyway, if they are not wives, people who are in the same way as the prime minister can go out and brag about it.

Yang Tianai, who was making the bed inside, wiped the sweat from her brow after finishing her work, and came out with a sweet smile to fetch water for Yang Lin to wash her feet.