"I have met the official family and met the Empress."

Seeing Zhao Xu's family near him, Wang Cun and Wen Yanbo raised their hands and bowed.

Zhao Xu carried Brother Quan to his side, looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "No gifts. It's almost Lantern Festival. I can't catch up with the lively days that day. I'll go shopping with the two Qings' houses in advance to enjoy the joy."

Wen Yanbo's face was cold and hard, Wang Cun's expression was dull, and he said, "Yes."

After all, the two are big bosses of the "old party" and have a deep gap with Zhao Xu, not the closeness of Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others.

Neither of these two people talked and acted, and they tried their best to avoid anything.

Empress Meng was calm and relaxed, carrying a basket and standing beside Zhao Xu.

Brother Quan seemed a little afraid of life, and grabbed Zhao Xu's clothes with both hands, not daring to look back at the two old men.

Zhao Xu held Brother Quan and walked towards Yujie. The moat area to the south is the most lively place.

Zhao Xu hugged Brother Quan and walked very slowly. With Wen Yanbo who was following on the left, Wang Cun smiled and said, "Two Qing families, how do you plan to celebrate this year's Lantern Festival?"

Wang Cun's position was above Wen Yanbo, so he took the lead in answering, squeezed out some smiles on his stiff face, and said, "When I go back to the official family, I don't have many people, and there is no luxury. I just gather together for a meal, and I will celebrate my birthday."

Zhao Xu was a little surprised and looked at him and said, "As far as I know, my wealthy family in the Song Dynasty would have to celebrate the Lantern Festival for at least three days all night long. As the minister of the current dynasty, your family would have a simple meal?"

Wang Cun bowed, his face still changed and said, "I don't like the fun, so my family has always been frugal."

Chen Pi was behind Zhao Xu, looked up at Wang Cun, and thought to himself: This Wang Gong is really thick-skinned, you can just talk like this.

In fact, the Wang family is also an official time. Not to mention the holidays, the luxury of ordinary people is unimaginable.

"Wenqing's family, where are you?" Zhao Xu naturally disbelief of Wang Cun's words and turned to Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo suddenly coughed twice, then cleared his throat and said, "It's still during the mourning period of the Empress Dowager, I dare not play music. In addition, my family is still in Jiexiu, so the mansion cannot be lively even if it wants to be lively."

Chenpi looked at Wang Cun again. Compared with Wang Cun, Wen Yanbo's words were very skillful.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said, "The date of the opening of the court is tentatively set at the 19th. In the past two days, the Qing family can come to the palace. My mother admires everyone like this. She has said many times that she wants to meet the Qing family and ask for help."

Wen Yanbo bowed and said, "I will definitely go to the palace to pay homage to you," he said, "

Zhao Xu nodded, and looked up and saw Su Shi, who was wearing a regular dress and was walking in a crowd, looking at a painting on the side of the road, as if commenting.

The people around and the stall owner nodded repeatedly, as if they were very convinced by Su Shi's comments.

"I will meet the official family."

Suddenly, Meng Tang came out of nowhere and saluted Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu looked at him and said with a smile: "I'm here just right. I'm tired of hugging you, please hold me for a while."

As he said that, Zhao Xu handed Brother Quan to Meng Tang.

It sounds strange. Brother Quan always has a strange resistance to Zhao Xu. No matter how young he was, he cried when he hugged him. Instead, his uncle Meng Tang liked him to hug him the most.

Sure enough, when Brother Quan arrived in Meng Tang's arms, he felt as if he felt safe. He turned his head around and his big eyes and looked around without hesitation.

Meng Tang was already accustomed to Zhao Xu's casualness, and stood beside his sister holding Brother Quan, bowing to Wang Cun and Wen Yanbo.

Wang Cun narrowed his eyes, looked at Meng Tang, and then looked at Brother Quan in his arms, his eyes flashed slightly.

Wen Yanbo seemed to be ignorant of nothing, following Zhao Xu along with him.

Su Shi commented and was about to turn around and leave when he saw Zhao Xu and a group of people. He was stunned at first, then quickly threw away the crowd and came to Zhao Xu and others. Just as he was about to raise his hand to salute, Zhao Xu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Is there no politeness outside? Is the Qing family judging paintings?"

When Su Shi saw Empress Meng, Wen Yanbo, and Wang Cun were all there, he thought in his heart and said calmly: "Yes, it's just a clumsy imitation."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Your family said it was a fake painting, so it must be fake."

Su Shi's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are unique. Even if there are many famous masters in the Song Dynasty, he is one of the top ones.

Su Shi had no happy expression. After bowing and bowing, he stood aside.

Wang Cun glanced at the increasing number of people, and felt moved, and suddenly said, "Shangshu Su, the memorial from the Ministry of Works was beaten back by the Political Affairs Hall. Have you ever made a new arrangement?"

Su Shi's expression changed slightly. He raised his hand to Wen Yanbo while walking, and said, "Mr. Wen called back, but he did not specify the specific reason. The subordinates had not had time to ask for instructions."

Wen Yanbo walked slowly with a crutch and said lightly: "The Ministry of Works has a plan. Before the major reform you made, don't talk about the specific and practical effect. Just give up what you did before, do you know how much money and food will be wasted? Millions and hastily stopped. The results that followed have to be caused by millions. Let me ask you, are your Ministry of Works' plans sitting on a stool, writing them casually when you pick up a pen?"

Su Shi remained calm and said: "The Ministry of Works has made detailed arrangements. The previous plan was too large and not enough to be meticulous, so it made changes. For previous projects, the Ministry of Works had a aftermath plan and would not stagnate. The Ministry of Works insisted that money and grain should be taken from the people and used for the people, and should be used in the most effective places."

Wen Yanbo seemed to have not heard Su Shi's defense and said, "If the Ministry of Works continues to publish such memorials, I will continue to call back."

If Wen Yanbo continues to fight back, the Ministry of Works can only act according to the previous plan approved by the Political Affairs Hall.

Su Shi actually didn't understand why Wen Yanbo didn't support him? Wen Yanbo should support him, whether from a traditional standpoint or a struggle against the situation!

Wang Cun took all the expressions of the two, glanced at Zhao Xu, who was pointing at the scene on both sides and jokingly, and said in a hypocritical way: "Shangshu Su, according to my opinion, the Ministry of Works' plan is a bit hasty and not detailed enough, and should be carefully improved and written. In addition, this matter is not a matter of the Ministry of Works. The money and grain come from the Ministry of Revenue, the supervision comes from the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice, and the arrangement of the officials is in the Ministry of Personnel. Your memorial is completely missing."

Su Shi frowned, and the two father-in-laws openly opposed it, and Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others would not agree.

He turned directly to Zhao Xu and said, "The plan of the official and the Ministry of Works is to break the void, use it for practical purposes, and be precise, which is very different from the previous opening and closing, and it is effective quickly and saves money and food. The minister insists that the old policy should be abandoned."

"ah……"

Zhao Xu seemed to have just heard it, and turned his head to look at Su Shi, then looked at Wen Yanbo and Wang Cun, and waved his hands with a smile: "Today I am here to visit the lantern festival, not to talk about political affairs. Su Qing's family has a great poem title in the world, so I will need to grind it later, and it will be appropriate to the situation."

Su Shi refused to give in, raised his hand and said, "The government is about to open a court. If the government affairs hall does not approve the Ministry of Works' report, he can only follow the method of last year and consume money and food, which will reach a huge amount of two or three million next year. I ask the official sage to judge."
Chapter completed!