For Bao Zheng at this time, in one sentence, what he encountered tonight was: he was afraid of wolves in front and roads in the future.

Tonight, he was raided by the Emperor of Song who left the palace for a private visit at night. He was seen by Zhao Zhen. He was in the backyard of the street yamen, with so many street yamen, and the soldiers of the Kaifeng government yamen were together, eating meat and meat. He was so scared that he looked like a mortal face.

In the office room in the front yard of the street department, Bao Zheng and Zhao Zhen had not started a conversation, and he was ready to accept Zhao Zhen's reprimand and blame. As expected, Zhao Zhen was very angry about this.

Zhao Zhen said that as the prefect of Kaifeng, he was a third-rank official in the Song Dynasty. How could he be able to drink and have fun with these soldiers? It was simply embarrassing.

Bao Zheng, who was wronged about this, did not compromise, but defended himself that tonight was a celebration dinner. In order to celebrate the fact that three days after posting notices in Kaifeng Prefecture, all illegal buildings marked as "demolished" in Tokyo were demolished by themselves before noon.

After learning the whole story, Zhao Zhen was furious and was almost relieved. He felt that the street department's tolerance, a battalion soldiers and 200 Kaifeng yamen runners, had been busy for more than three hours to verify one by one. It was really hard enough, and it would be fine to drink and eat meat to celebrate tonight.

It is worth mentioning that in the office room in the front yard of the street department, Zhao Zhen asked Bao Zheng for advice. The Grand Tutor Pang Ji and Li Yuanhao sent the Western Xia royal family Li Wengui to negotiate on peace talks in Tokyo for several months. Li Yuanhao had already agreed to the Western Xia to surrender to the Song Dynasty, and other conditions were actively promoting them.

So far, there has been no war on the northwest border where the Song Dynasty and Xixia have been handed over for more than half a year. It can be seen that Li Yuanhao is still very sincere in the matter of peace talks.

Under such circumstances, can Xia Su, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others who were stationed in the northwest border be recruited to enter the country and specially seek Bao Zheng's opinions?

Among the court officials, Bao Zheng had few people to talk to, and there were even fewer people who could be called "friends" between them. Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others, Bao Zheng was in the same dynasty as them, but he hated the same idea of ​​being an official, and he could be called like-minded, so he naturally had too close contact in private.

When Bao Zheng heard that Zhao Zhen wanted to recruit Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others back to Beijing, he was secretly excited, but pretended to be calm on the surface and suggested to Zhao Zhen that if the official family made up their minds to reform the old system and work hard to govern, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were indispensable. If they could stay in the capital and become officials, they would definitely become the right-hand man of the official family.

After hearing Bao Zheng's answer, Zhao Zhen felt very satisfied and immediately decided to discuss the matter with the court officials in the morning tomorrow.

After all, although there is no war on the northwest border for the time being, Li Yuanhao, who founded the Western Xia, had repeatedly been erratic in his attitude on peace talks. Once Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others were recruited back to Beijing, if there is a war in the northwest, he may be in a dangerous situation where no one can use it.

After Bao Zheng returned home, he learned from his wife Dong that he wanted to talk about a marriage for their eldest daughter Bao Qianqian, who was in the boudoir. Dong intended to make Wang Hao, who had just been appointed as the Secretary of the Streets for less than ten days, become their Bao family's son-in-law.

Although Bao Zheng is a scholar, he is not pedantic and conservative. When it comes to marriage between his children, he is eager to get his children married as soon as possible, but hopes that they can find someone they love to become husband and wife and accompany them for the rest of their lives.

Take Bao Zheng’s eldest daughter Bao Qianqian for example. She is 17 years old this year. In an ordinary family, she has either signed up for a marriage, married a wife, or has children.

However, Bao Zheng asked Bao Qianqian to study and read, and even invited Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, two old friends, as Bao Qianqian's teaching masters, to study for one day every five days, and then to study for another day after five days.

Given that Fan Zhongyan has been guarding the border in the northwest in recent years, Bao Qianqian only goes to Ouyang Xiu’s house to study every ten days, and tomorrow will happen to be the 30th day of the lunar calendar in March, which happens to be Bao Qianqian goes to Ouyang Xiu’s house to study.

In addition to Professor Bao Zheng's eldest daughter Bao Qianqian, Ouyang Xiu also teaches Bao Zheng's second daughter, Bao Wenwen, who is already fifteen years old, in addition to the two Bao sisters, there are also daughters of many royal relatives, including Zhao Huiruo, the daughter of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen and Concubine Miao.

Although, in ancient Chinese history, the Song Dynasty has always been known for its "emphasis on culture and over military affairs", it is very needed for scholars, especially literati, and it also has a special institution like the Imperial College that specializes in cultivating scholars.

However, in the Song Dynasty, women were unable to enter the Imperial College for study, and even those who went to private schools were rare. In most cases, they asked the teacher to study alone.

As Yan Shu's favorite student, Ouyang Xiu followed Xu Yan, who was a Hanyang Army, to the capital when he was 22 years old. In the spring of the seventh year of Tiansheng (1029), Xu Yan recommended it and tried to be the Imperial College of Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the autumn of that year, Ouyang Xiu participated in the Imperial College Examination, and won the first place in the Imperial College Examination, becoming the Jianyuan and Jieyuan. He won the first place in the Imperial College Examination in the second year, becoming the Provincial Yuan. As a result, he became famous.

In the eighth year of Tiansheng (1030), Ouyang Xiu participated in the palace examination chaired by Song Renzong himself in Chongzheng Hall, singing 14 people, ranking second-class Jinshi. According to Yan Shu, the chief examiner at the time of Ouyang Xiu, later recalled that Ouyang Xiu failed to win the championship, mainly because he was too sharp and the examiners wanted to slash his spirit and promote his talent.

In the palace examination that year, Wang Gongchen, who was both Ouyang Xiu’s brother-in-law and Ouyang Xiu’s brother-in-law, became the top scholar. In terms of talent and knowledge, scholars in Tokyo all believed that Wang Gongchen was not as good as Ouyang Xiu, and the two might have a rift.

After passing the Jinshi, Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the General Shilang and the proofreader of the Secretariat. Later, he was called to the Bachelor's College and was appointed as the Official Xuan Delang. He returned to Beijing to serve as the proofreader of the Pavilion and Pavilion and participated in the editing of the "Chongwen General Catalogue".

After that, Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the proofreader of the Pavilion and edited the "Chongwen General Catalogue", and was later ordered to be the Censorate. In the third year of Qingli (1043), now, Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the Youzhengyan and the author of imperial edicts.

It is precisely because of Ouyang Xiu's talent that many royal relatives and ministers in the court sent their daughter to Ouyang Xiu's home to study. As a hard-working and studious female student, Bao Qianqian is the best among them. The one who often leaves early and is naughty sooner or later, the Princess Fukang Zhao Huiruo was the first to be affected.

After hearing Dong's proposal, Bao Zheng neither expressed his approval nor objection on the spot. Instead, he said he would wait and see, and he would not be in a hurry. When their eldest daughter Bao Qianqian is eighteen years old, it would not be too late to talk about the Lun family again.

It’s not that Bao Zheng looked down on Wang Hao, but he thought that Wang Hao would become a weapon in the future and that he could beat him even if he had achieved more than he did in his career.

What worries Bao Zheng is that Wang Hao may have been missed by Empress Cao and Concubine Miao for a long time, and he will most likely be betrothed to Wang Hao as a princess. Once Wang Hao becomes the son-in-law, Bao Qianqian, the eldest daughter of him and Dong, will definitely become a concubine in the end.
Chapter completed!