The autumn of the sixth year of Jiayou.

Babies often cried in the palace.

Just like the ripe melons fall, the five concubines gave birth to babies in their wombs one after another. Zhao Zhen was happy again, but more lost.

Because most of the concubines gave birth to baby girls.

Song Qi passed away.

He left a suicide note before his death.

The suicide note said: "Your Majesty has been in the country for forty years, and the Eastern Palace has a low position. The world is in charge of the country. It is better to choose a virtuous family and a prince to be promoted to the title of a prince.

If the six palaces have a celebration of the residence and the sage inherits the descendants of the prince, the clan son will be demoted to the prince to avoid the official legitimate legitimate.

This is a major plan to calm people's hearts and prevent disasters."

Song Qi's memorial was like a charge in the war, which aroused the calls for the establishment of heirs from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shu, the deputy general, submitted a memorial, asking Renzong to accept his order and make an heir as soon as possible.

"... Your Majesty once gave birth to the King of Yu. If God's will and Your Majesty, then it has been established. I have recently heard that if God's will and Your Majesty has given birth to the fifth princess in a year, then there is a prince among them.

The will of heaven is like this, Your Majesty should understand it.

Your Majesty has been in power for forty years. When the peace and peace lasts forever, it is advisable to choose the ancestor of art and the descendants of the Taizong prince, and make it a prince. However, it is different from his title and position. The official position is the hope of the world. Your Majesty carefully observes that there are virtuous virtues that can be passed on to him, so that he can establish it. Therefore, he will be careful to make important matters so that the ancestral temple and country will be able to obtain the master."

Zhang Shu meant, "Your Majesty, if God was willing to give you children, King Yu, who died in the past, would have grown up long ago."

Recently I heard that you have given birth to five princesses, and there will be princes among them. Since there is not, it means that God is really unwilling to give it to you.

So, you can honestly establish a prince in the royal family, stop making trouble.

When Ouyang Bian heard this, he couldn't help but feel sweating for Zhang Shu.

That is, the Song Dynasty, that is, Zhao Zhen. If it were the emperors of other dynasties, Zhang Shu's mouth was so smelly that he would not have been cut off his head, but he would have been exiled for thousands of miles.

Even the former prime minister Fu Bi who was Ding Muyou felt very dissatisfied, so he wrote to Ouyang Bian.

"Although Zhang Shu has good intentions and it is important to establish a crown prince, his words are too bad. These things should not be so open-minded. It may be better to comfort privately. When it comes to the outside, everyone was shocked to hear it. Don't learn from him!"

The proposal to establish an heir cannot be suppressed.

The censor Sima Guang also wrote a letter and asked Renzong to decide the prince as soon as possible.

Sima Guang believed that the most important and urgent task of the country is above this.

Later, Sima Guang advised him in person.

Renzong was silent for a long time: "Do I have to choose a royal family as the national crown prince?"

Sima Guang gritted his teeth and said, "I know that if I say this, I will definitely die, but I have to say this."

Renzong smiled bitterly: "What's the matter? There have been such things in ancient and modern times."

Having said that, I wasn't very happy after all.

However, this is not an isolated case.

Fan Zhen, Zhao Yan, Sun Yan, Bao Zheng, Wang Anshi... and other memorials flew into the palace like snowflakes, and all the things they said were requesting the appointment of a crown prince.

The Censorate and the Censorate are even a memorial book, and the things they say are all about a crown prince.

On the contrary, Ouyang Bian, the censor of the Censorate, has been silent about this matter, which has made the censors look at him.

But Ouyang Bian didn't say a word about this matter at all.

The censors were talking about this, and some even thought that Ouyang Bian was just a corpse, but Ouyang Bian just laughed it off, so that Ouyang Xiu called Ouyang Bian home.

"I heard recently that the censors have a lot of opinions about you." Ouyang Xiu said.

Ouyang Bian smiled: "It's a little bit."

Ouyang Xiu nodded: "What is the reason why you didn't submit a memorial? Everyone is here to pay attention. It is politically correct to persuade the crown prince."

Ouyang Bian said: "It's not my fault, and your Majesty... is understandable."

Ouyang Xiu nodded: "It's understandable, but it's imperative."

Ouyang Bian just nodded silently.

Ouyang Xiu sighed and said nothing.

My own son is kind and righteous.

At this time, I wrote a letter to persuade the establishment of a crown prince, which is to save political capital for the future.

Zhao Zhen's physical condition has become worse and worse in the past two years. Everyone is guessing that Zhao Zhen should not live for too long. Now the children pregnant by the concubines in the harem have been born, and the only expectations have been extinguished. Everyone is looking back.

Now in the royal family, the most promising person is naturally Zhao Zongshi. At this time, persuading the establishment of the crown prince is equivalent to assisting Zhao Zongshi. How could Zhao Zongshi not be grateful for this in the future?

So at this time, we persuaded ourselves to establish ourselves is to accumulate political capital.

Among the people who wrote the book, some people took it seriously for the fate of the country, such as Bao Zheng, but some people came for the purpose of making meritorious service.

Ouyang Xiu knew that Ouyang Bian did not persuade him to stand up because he was grateful to Zhao Zhen's kindness and was unwilling to make Zhao Zhen sad at this time.

Everyone knows this. Under Ouyang Bian's glory, some people's thoughts have been illuminated.

So these people simply slander Ouyang Bian, saying that Ouyang Bian did not care about state affairs, but did not do what the censor should do in the position of the censor, and gave him a hat of being a corpse.

Ouyang Bian remained unmoved.

In late autumn, Bao Zheng was sick.

The disease is very serious.

Ouyang Bian suddenly remembered that this 64-year-old man was already exhausted and the light was gone.

Ouyang Bian went to Bao’s mansion to stay for a few days before Bao Zheng woke up.

As soon as Bao Zheng was awake, he heard that Ouyang Bian was in the mansion and immediately asked Ouyang Bian to go in.

The room was full of medicine. In just a few days, Bao Zheng had already become shaped and the wrinkles on his face were shocking.

Bao Zheng saw Ouyang Bian's sad eyes, forced a smile and reached out to hold Ouyang Bian's hand.

Ouyang Bian felt Bao Zheng's skinny palms cold, and he couldn't help but feel sad. This old man, who is both a teacher, a father and a friend, has come to his last moment in his life.

Bao Zheng was upright throughout his life and determined to draw a clear line between relatives and friends. However, in his later years, he admired Ouyang Bian, a close friend.

When in the Qunmusi Department, the Qunmusi Department's tail-teeth banquet could be arranged in the Chengyuan in Ouyang Bian, opening up the first business of Chengyuan in the Bianjing officialdom;

When he was in Kaifeng Prefecture, he would ask Ouyang Bian for advice and go against his style of work. He cooperated with the Censorate to work together to clear the Huimin River;

During administration, he communicated with Ouyang Bian at all times, and had the need to ask about politics, but there were many considerations to let Ouyang Bian learn more skills;

When he was in the Three Sessions, Ouyang Bian, under his command, could boldly fight against the other Sessions as the head of the small destruction of the activities of the Sessions because Bao Zheng was supported by him;

Later, the Agricultural Bank of China, West Lake City, and the Central Bank stood firm Bao Zheng behind them.

It can be said that since Jiayou's second year and Ouyang Bian entered the political arena over the years, Bao Zheng has helped him the most.

Wang Anshi's position is not high, while Ouyang Xiu avoids suspicion. Fu Bi is conservative, so only Bao Zheng has been firmly supporting him.

"Ji Mo, forget it, we have known each other for eight years, right?"

Bao Zheng's voice was low, not as harsh as before, and his expression became kind and kind, not as cold and harsh as before.

Ouyang Bian's eyes were filled with tears. He nodded and said, "It has been eight years since the end of Zhihe first year."

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Don't be like this kind of childlike attitude. I, Bao Zheng, have no regrets in my life. If you die at this time, your affairs after death will inevitably be mournful. In addition to my eldest son's misfortune, other things in my life are as I wish. Even the descendants, God has sent them to me. Oh, I have to thank you for this!"

What Bao Zheng said was that Ouyang Bian sent back the son born to Bao Zheng's concubine at Bao Zheng's birthday party at Bao Zheng's birthday party at Bao Zheng's request.

Ouyang Bian forced a smile: "This is not my credit."

Bao Zheng gently patted Ouyang Bian's arm: "If you like to take care of the recent affairs in the court, you should not take care of it... Oh, you should just hand in the memorial. The new king in the future will always remember this matter. Don't miss your future."

He speaks sincerely and his heart is earnest.

Ouyang Bian felt Bao Zheng's intentions and nodded with tears.

Bao Zheng smiled on his face: "Ji Mo, I, Bao Zheng, have never beg for anyone in my life. Today I have something to ask you."

Ouyang Bian nodded quickly: "You said, I will definitely do it."

Bao Zheng sighed: "The little dog is only three years old. Although His Majesty will definitely give him an official position, there is no problem with growing up, but without his father's guidance, I don't know what he will look like in the future.

So Ji Mo, I want to ask you. When the puppy is a little older, you accept him as your disciple and teach him well. You don’t have to make a fortune, but you must be a good person.”

Ouyang Bian nodded: "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself with me, aunt, sister-in-law and the others."

Bao Zheng nodded with relief: "Of course I feel at ease with you..."

Bao Zheng seemed to hesitate for a moment.

Ouyang Bian said: "What do you want to say?"

Bao Zheng wanted to speak but stopped, and then said for a while: "Ji Mo, we have known each other since the second year of Zhihe, but I feel that I can never see through you... Ji Mo, I want to ask you, what is your ambition?"

Ouyang Bian's eyes were filled with tears, but there was a wry smile on his face: "My ambition... When I was a child, I thought I could just live and die. Anyway, I think my father should be able to support me^..."

Bao Zheng laughed and scolded: "The tired and lazy guy!"

Ouyang Bian smiled, tears rolling from his eyes.

"... Later, I came to Bianjing, Huahua World, and found that my family was very poor. At that time, I could only make money hard. My ambition at that time was to become a rich man..."

Bao Zheng nodded in understanding.

"... Later, I saw some ills of the court and the sufferings of the people, so I thought about doing a little bit so that everyone could live a better life, and fortunately, I did achieve some achievements."

Bao Zheng smiled: "Ji Mo is modest."

Ouyang Bian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "...but now it seems that these are far from enough. Our Song Dynasty is surrounded by powerful enemies, but our husbands turn a blind eye to danger. Our Song Dynasty..."
Chapter completed!