Chapter 1080

"The minister pays homage to the emperor, and has seen the ministers."

In the Political Affairs Hall, Wang Yan was wearing a purple official robe, a winged hat on his head, official boots on his feet, a fish bag on his waist, and respectfully saluted Zhao Zhen and Fan Zhongyan and others present.

Without Zhao Zhen speaking, Wang Yan had already straightened his waist and continued to say to Zhao Zhen: "I haven't seen the emperor for seven years, but I am more energetic than when I left the capital last time."

Zhao Zhen, forty-nine years old, had very loose skin, large eye bags, slightly swollen face, and hair almost all white, only a few black, and a few white hairs in the black hair that made people can't help but want to pull out were eye-catching.

With such a look, Wang Yan knew at a glance that old Zhao would not live long. He couldn't say that he looked younger, and he might make Zhao Zhen sensitively think that he had words in his words, so praising him for being energetic sounded much better.

Zhao Zhen was very happy. After all, Wang Yan handed over power, and his attitude had not changed in the slightest. He was still the loyal minister of his Zhao family as he was back then.

He laughed and said: "Isn't it because of you? Now my Great Song has recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, and with the concerted efforts of all the ministers, my Great Song is peaceful in the four seas, and there is nothing for me to worry about. How can I not be energetic?"

The case is solved. The reason why Zhao Zhen's body is not good is that his spirit is too good. Recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun is more awesome than the car god, more awesome than Zhenzong. He feels that the emperor has reached the end. Civil governance and military achievements are not bad, just missing a son. So compared to before, he has to work harder, and his body can be good, it's a ghost.

Wang Yan arched his hand: "What the minister has done is the duty of the minister, and it is the leadership of the emperor. The matter of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the peace of the four seas of my Great Song, are all the merits of the emperor's knowledge of people and the unparalleled temple calculation."

Zhao Zhen was really happy, laughed more happily, opened his mouth to speak, but coughed.

"The spirit is good, but the body is not smooth." Zhao Zhen coughed and slowed down, drank tea, and continued, "I know that Minister Wang is restless. Since you are in the capital, go to the Imperial College tomorrow."

Everyone's eyes were on Wang Yan.

Actually, this is a very unnecessary thing. After all, Wang Yan handed over power and returned to the capital, but he still had to let him say it again on the spot.

Wang Yan arched his hand: "Since the emperor said so, the minister should do so."

"That's good." Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, then gave an ouch, supported himself and stood up, "Minister Wang, follow me for a walk, and see my body again."

"Follow the decree."

Wang Yan arched his hands to the big guys sitting, and then took a few steps forward, following Zhao Zhen slowly, and went all the way to the garden.

The two walked in front, and the palace maids and eunuchs followed far behind.

Zhao Zhen spoke: "Transfer you away from the northwest, and don't let you enter the center, do you have any complaints?"

"No." Wang Yan stood with his hands behind his back, half a step behind old Zhao, "The minister is a brick of the Great Song. Wherever there is a need, move there. Don't let the minister enter the center, the minister knows, this is the emperor's love. Since the minister became an official, he has offended too many people, and no one is willing to let the minister be a minister.

And now letting the minister preside over the Tokyo supervision, it is exactly what the minister wishes. In recent years, he has governed the place, first conquered Western Xia, then attacked Khitan, and the Han and Hu lived together in the jurisdiction, and there were more barbarians, and the barbarians did not understand education, and the governance was quite difficult. Fortunately, with the support of the emperor and the ministers, the officials and big households in the northwest were of one heart, and they did not break the big plan, so that the northwest had a few vitality. The minister also gained a lot, and it is exactly to calm down and organize it well."

"That is not complaining, why don't you accept the house rewarded by me?"

"That is the Wang Mansion, how can the minister accept it? And staying outside for a long time, the minister likes to be lively, compared to the imperial city, the minister still likes the outer city. Moreover, the emperor is clear, the minister's family still has some business, not short of money. It is the emperor's house that is not much, so leave it to other ministers. The minister knows that the emperor sincerely loves the minister, and the minister is also loyal to my Great Song, so that's it."

Wang Yan knows that Zhao Zhen wants these words, and wants his attitude. For this, he has a clear conscience. After all, he is really a loyal minister of the Great Song, and he is really working hard for the prosperity of the Great Song. As for the reform, he can influence it, slow down, it doesn't matter. And going out to sea to find seeds like potatoes and sweet potatoes, he can afford these expenses himself, he is really rich.

And just last year, the fleet went out to sea. The shipyard is also continuing to build better sea ships, and is also cultivating people to go out to sea. So for ascending the throne, he is really not in a hurry at all.

Zhao Zhen responded, didn't say anything, and walked for a while in silence.

He said for no reason: "Minister Wang, back then you came to the Political Affairs Hall to see my body for me, and wanted me to quit sex. If I listened, I could have a son..."

"Emperor, the minister is still the same words, having children is certain, children can generally survive, but men and women cannot be guaranteed."

"Now?"

"If you quit sex from today, you will prolong your life."

Zhao Zhen was silent again. He understood Wang Yan's meaning, prolonging life, that is, he can live a few more years, can live a healthy life for a few more years. In other words, he will not have a few good days if he continues like this.

"In the past dynasties, emperors like Qin Emperor and Han Wu had questions about seeking longevity. I heard that Minister Wang spent a lot of money, built seven or eight old sea ships in Jiang Nan to go out to sea, and the rumors in the streets said that Minister Wang wanted to go out to sea to seek longevity?"

Old Zhao is really old, and he is also really satisfied. He didn't go to Fengshan Taishan, maybe he was embarrassed, felt that his father was too shameful, just sent someone to go there to sacrifice and tell him. Now he has skipped such a step and kept the formation with other emperors.

"The minister studies Confucianism, Zen, and Daoism, and really doesn't know if there is a method of longevity in the world. It's just that I want to see how big the world is, whether it is round or square, and I want to see if there are good seeds overseas, so that the people of my Great Song can be full. As for longevity, the minister has never thought about it. Everything has to wait for the fleet to return to understand."

"Can you come back?"

"I don't know." Wang Yan shook his head very realistically, "It's not known how many miles away, and it's not known how many dangers. Maybe none of them can come back, maybe only a few people come back, and I don't know when they can come back, the minister dare not assert."

Zhao Zhen nodded. Wang Yan has not changed at all, still the same as before, never saying false words or false words to him.

"You and Zongshi are thick, how is he?"

"The minister and the Great General are only doctor-patient relationships, and have not said too much. I have a lot of origins with the Prince of Runan, but I have not been involved too much. There are some business dealings, and I send some gifts during the holidays. The letters are all about the Great General's physical condition. The minister keeps his duty and dare not discuss the storage matter. The minister still wants to see the body for the emperor and prescribe some medicine to adjust. The ministers are all practical, and the emperor should not worry too much about state affairs, and it is the right reason to cultivate his body and spirit."

"Slippery." Zhao Zhen shook his head and smiled, but did not force Wang Yan to express his position, and turned to chat with Wang Yan about the northwest.

Just like this, talking and laughing back, seeing the doctor, prescribing medicine, Wang Yan also left the imperial city and went straight to Ouyang Xiu's house.

"Teacher, I haven't seen you for many years, and your style is still the same. Good junior brother, why are you so thin?"

Ouyang Xiu sat there and nodded with a smile, Ouyang Fa laughed: "Isn't it because I miss the good senior brother, I can't eat or drink, it's very uncomfortable."

Wang Yan stretched out his hand, pinched Ouyang Fa's face, pulled up his skin: "The skin is still so thick."

"Good senior brother, I'm going to be anxious..."

"It was fleshy when I was a child, but now I don't have that good feel." While talking, Wang Yan pinched it hard again, and then let go.

Escaping the magic palm, Ouyang Fa rubbed his cheeks, and the shadow of childhood struck again.

"So big, the official position is so high, not stable at all." He complained.

Wang Yan smiled, then sat beside Ouyang Xiu, took the pulse for old Ouyang, prescribed a prescription, and then drank tea and talked.

"Have you seen the emperor?"

"Seen it. The emperor asked about my intention, whether it was sincere to return to the capital, asked about longevity, and the Great General, and looked at the body, prescribed medicine, and then came out."

Wang Yan of course understood Ouyang Xiu's meaning, so he shook his head while talking.

Ouyang Xiu understood, sighed: "There has been a discussion about storage in the dynasty recently, Bao Zheng, Han Qi, Fu Bi all have words, the emperor is unhappy, and has not been to court for half a month."

"What is the teacher's attitude?"

"There is a fixed number."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "The student has no way to interfere. The emperor treats me not thin, and has origins with the Great General. And the student is not seen, has too many enemies, it is better to be honest in the Imperial College."

"Are you really willing?"

"Since the student is back, isn't it enough to explain? Knowing that the public is afraid that the student will rebel and stand on his own, the student is not arrogant. The Great Song's current atmosphere, the student's merit is more than half, how can he destroy it again?"

"That's good, that's good."

Wang Yan talked a lot with Ouyang Xiu, and didn't go back at night, and ate at Ouyang's house. Meeting after a long absence is always so pleasant.

People who are familiar with each other are always more concerned about his attitude. This is a manifestation of strength. After all, no one doubts whether his rebellion can bring huge damage to the Great Song. This is proof.

Wang Yan believes that when he visits Fan Zhongyan and others later, he will still say these things in private. He has reached the point of being guarded by everyone because he has done things that people have not done.

For this, Wang Yan is well prepared and holds an indifferent attitude.

After talking with Ouyang Xiu and his son, the next day, he went to the Imperial College to take office. Zhao Zhen said it himself, if he doesn't go, it is resisting the decree. As for other big guys, visit them after taking office.

The Imperial College is the highest institution of higher learning, and also the highest management agency for official schools.

The highest institution of higher learning is the Imperial College, the Four Gates School, the Arithmetic School, etc. The Imperial College has a fixed staff of two hundred people, and children of officials above the seventh rank can study, and transfer and auditing are allowed. The rest also have corresponding requirements, nothing more than rights.

And the so-called highest management agency for official schools, as the name suggests, all official schools are managed by the Imperial College, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Education, and Wang Yan is naturally the minister. Although his difference is set in Tokyo, Wang Yan thinks that with his current status, the supervision officials in other places will not think so much that they will not be able to fight against him.

To his current status, it is not the current center, or the officials who have left the center in the past, and are not officials with titles such as Hall Academician, they are not qualified to have an equal dialogue with him. And his battle record is there. If anyone really dares to find trouble with him, he will also admire his courage. People who dare to find death are really rare. Either they are really hard-boned and not afraid of death, or they are really stupid.

So overall, it is not a thin treatment for Wang Yan. His power is still very large, and it is also very important. After all, the Great Song values literature and has a lot of investment in education, which is the foundation of the country.

The reason why it is not right is because Wang Yan is enough to worship the minister and govern the world. Put it in a modern constitutional country, that is the difference between the Minister of Education and the Prime Minister, and this gap is reflected.

The Great Song has had three prosperity schools, one when Fan Zhongyan was in power, but it is well known that it died young, but his education method was recognized. The second is when Wang Anshi reformed in Xining, it also died young because he was demoted. The third is when Cai Jing was in power, this one was implemented, but what kind of player Cai Jing is, it is also well known.

Now that Wang Yan is on stage, he naturally wants to prosper schools and carry out educational reform. He had thought about it before, his theory promotion, only the official recognition is missing. Now he is in charge of education, and this is not recognized?

In fact, the news that he is in charge of the Imperial College spread before he returned to the capital. From that time on, Tokyo, which received the news the fastest, had a higher enthusiasm for learning "New Learning". With the spread of the news, "New Learning" will have a wave of heat in the Great Song.

Wang Yan stood with his hands behind his back, took Xiao Dongliang, and swayed to find the yamen of the Imperial College in the imperial city. The place is very large, with two sets of teams, one is the management yamen, and the other is the school.

There were soldiers of the Imperial Guard standing guard at the door, originally absent-minded, but when they saw Wang Yan strolling over, they hurriedly wiped their eyes and stood at attention.

Wang Yan approached and patted the soldier on the shoulder: "Recognize this official?"

He saw clearly that the soldier was looking at his face, not his purple official robe, nor the fish bag on his waist.

"Returning to the Minister, when attacking Western Xia, the little one was in Yanzhou, it was... the Minister gave us a speech, and later attacked the Khitan, the little one also participated. Beheaded five Western Xia people and six Khitan people."

"This official remembers that batch of people, was it transferred back to the capital the year before last?"

"The Minister remembers clearly."

"Why are you still a small soldier? Can you receive the reward money?"

"The reward money was received in full, and there were sixty guan before and after. The family also divided the land and built a new house. It was originally intended to promote the little one, but the little one would not command, so he only did a squad leader. After transferring back to the capital, he was re-trained, and the little one became a small soldier." He smiled honestly, without any complaints.

"Really, there is no such thing as seizing merit and greedy money? You don't be afraid, if there is, just say it, this official will definitely not make him feel better."

"Thank you Minister for your concern, really not. Now my Great Song is cutting the army, and the little one is still in the army, which is not easy."

Wang Yan nodded and hammered his chest: "The sun is big, stand inside. Killed from the battlefield, it is a grievance to watch the door here."

"The little one is a rough man and a killer. Now watching the door for the Minister, there is no grievance. After the shift, talking to other brothers, they are afraid that they will be jealous."

Speaking of which, the soldier's encounter has a lot to do with him. Transferring back to the capital and replacing a batch of much worse Imperial Guards is to weaken the combat effectiveness he can mobilize. Transferring back to cut the army and reorganize is what Fan Zhongyan cut. Elite soldiers, improving treatment, is a national policy that has been set.

Wang Yan smiled, didn't speak again, carried his hands behind his back, stepped over the high threshold, and walked into the Imperial College...