More than a thousand people were placed in various places in Yanjing, and only a few were willing to return to their hometowns.

More than a thousand people feel that they still have "a lot of potential" and they are unwilling to go home to take care of their elderly care.

As for those who went to the countryside, there was no one!

In the early morning of February 26, more than a dozen ministers including Ge Bing, Liu Shikai, Wang Xuan gathered at Ge Bing's home.

Ge Bing's house only had three houses, and the house was cold, and everyone couldn't help but tremble when they sat down.

"The house distributed to us by the court is too dilapidated and cannot be occupied at all! The money distributed to us by the court is too little. I have spent it all, and now I can't eat anymore!" Ge Bing said angrily.

Originally, one hundred taels of silver was a great fortune, but Ge Bing spent all these days, and brought several prostitutes to his home every day a few days ago. Yesterday, he went to a casino to gamble. In just a few days, he actually spent more than eighty taels of silver. Now the amount of silver left in his hand is less than twenty taels! In Ge Bing's opinion, since he returned to the Song Dynasty, such a life is natural and there is no fault! As for the lack of stove at home, he felt that the court was not considerate and he would not spend the precious silver on buying stoves!

"It really makes the whole world feel heartbroken when the imperial court treats us so poorly!" Liu Shikai also said angrily.

"What do you think you will do now?" Wang Xuan said.

"When we were in the Five Kingdoms City, we often missed the Song Dynasty. We thought that after returning to the Song Dynasty, we could show our ambitions and revitalize the Song Dynasty. But when we came back, we would encounter such abuse!" Ge Bing said gritting his teeth.

"Let's go and discuss with the Supreme Emperor!" Liu Shikai said.

"I'm afraid the Supreme Emperor has been under house arrest by the emperor!" Ge Bing said.

"This...is possible, but no matter what, we should still meet the Supreme Emperor." Wang Xuan said.

More than a dozen of them discussed for a while, and they were wearing clothes and heading outside.

Today is sunny, and the outside of the house is much warmer than inside. Walking in the sun and feeling the prosperity of Yanjing, these more than a dozen of them are sure that they have really returned to the Song Dynasty!

However, when they saw the simple smiles on the people on the street, they felt strong dissatisfaction in their hearts for some reason! These people should have knelt in front of them. Wherever they went, these people were like pigs and dogs and allowed them to beat, scold and insult them, but now, these people are on par with them!

Ge Bing even wished he could rush to the people, press them to the ground, and step on the people's faces with his feet, so that he could relieve his hatred!

After walking for a while, they finally arrived at the door of the palace.

The palace is a major part of the world, and idle people cannot enter at all. Ge Bing and others informed of their identities. After they came, the guards of the palace went to report. It took half an hour before they were allowed to enter the palace.

These dozen ministers kept heading towards the Tai Chi Hall, and Zhao Ji was actually greeting them at the door.

"The Supreme Emperor!" After Ge Bing saw Zhao Ji, his face showed an extremely aggrieved expression, and his voice became even more swallowed.

"The weather is really good today. I'm basking in the sun here! After I come back, I don't have to do farm work anymore. I'm leisurely now!" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

"Grand Emperor, we have suffered a lot outside!" Ge Bing looked around and found that the guards were far away from here, and he said at the moment.

"Oh? What kind of suffering did you suffer?" Zhao Ji said.

At that moment, Ge Bing and others began to speak, and Zhao Ji's face gradually became gloomy.

"The Supreme Emperor, it's so heartbreaking for the Emperor to treat us old ministers like this! We can't continue to live!" Ge Bing said.

"Actually, I can't be considered a blessing in the palace! As the Supreme Emperor, I deserve all my glory and wealth, but now, there are only five or six dishes for each meal, and there are only three palace maids by my side. If I want to be blessed by those palace maids, I can't! Those palace maids dare to reject me! Moreover, if I want to watch songs and dances, it's hard to see! This is not the palace? This is simply hell!" Zhao Ji was also angry.

"The Supreme Emperor, the emperor will not govern the country at all! Now it is now that the country is not a country, the king is not a king, the minister is not a minister, and the people are not a people. We must change the situation in front of us!" Ge Bing said.

"Yes! The Supreme Emperor, the emperor is too young to control the country. I think you still need the Supreme Emperor to control the country!" Liu Shikai also said.

Zhao Ji looked around and showed a cautious expression on his face.

"I asked you to contact the old ministers back then. How did you contact?" Zhao Ji said softly.

"Your Majesty, there are no old ministers in Yanjing City. We wrote to our disciples and disciples back then. I don't know if anyone will respond to us." Ge Bing said.

"I have been trying to change the current situation these days. If I can't contact the old ministers of that year, then contact the civil officials in Yanjing City now! These civil officials must not be satisfied with the current situation! They must not be willing to let military officials govern the country, nor do they want to make military generals have too high status! Originally, military officials were a lowly person, and they had to kneel down to salute when they saw civil officials, but now, military officials have become so-called heroes, which is ridiculous! You can contact those civil officials to see if they want to change everything in front of them." Zhao Ji said.

"Okay!" Ge Bing and others showed excited expressions on their faces.

"You have suffered outside these days, and you must have had a lot of full meals! That one hundred taels of silver is really too little. In the past, when I was in Kaifeng, I had to eat a meal for thousands of taels of silver. This hundred taels of silver is definitely not enough for your daily meal! When I was transporting Huashigang, sometimes a stone was transported from Jiangnan to Kaifeng. Thousands of people and tens of thousands of people were transported by boats and cars. This consumed tens of thousands of taels of silver or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! One hundred taels of silver, what is this? The emperor is too polite to the ministers! Okay, you come in with me, and in the Tai Chi Hall, you can at least have a good meal." Zhao Ji said.

At that moment, Zhao Ji brought these people into the Tai Chi Hall. He asked someone to arrange the meal, but after Ge Bing and others saw the meal, they all showed an embarrassing expression on their faces.

The country is in a difficult period now, and the food in the palace is also very ordinary, at most equivalent to the level of an ordinary wealthy family. Ge Bing and others have 100 taels of silver in their hands. They have been eating and drinking outside these days, almost at the level of Kaifeng. Now they all feel that the food in the palace is not right! However, looking at Zhao Ji's earnest expression, they still struggled to eat.

*******

Late at night that day, Ge Bing came to Wang Shu's doorstep.

After a little notice, not long after, Wang Shu personally came to the door to welcome Ge Bing's arrival.

"Mr. Ge, why are you here in person? Please come in quickly!" Wang Shu said with a smile.

Ge Bing followed Wang Shu into the Wang family. He found that the Wang family's yard was not small, and there were many houses inside, but there were almost no servants or maids in the yard. After entering the room, Ge Bing found that Wang Shu's room was also very simple, with only a few paintings hanging there, not much gold, silver and treasures.

"Mr. Wang is so bitter and cold?" Ge Bing said in surprise.

In his opinion, Wang Shu was originally the deputy prime minister, but now he is an important member of the Military Affairs Office and one of the central ministers of the court! With Wang Shu's identity, if it was in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan and others were all wealthy and had a slave in their families, but now Wang Shu's home is like the home of ordinary people! Even a seventh-rank official in Kaifeng Prefecture would have better family members than Wang Shu's home.

"Blood cold? Where do you start? I don't have to worry about food or drink at home, and there are servants and sedan chairmen. Is this considered bitter cold?" Wang Shu said with a smile.

"Is it because the court gave too little salary?" Ge Bing said.

"The court paid a lot of salary, but after the recovery of Yanyun, the country needed too much money and food, so the ministers in the court only received part of gold and silver every month, enough food and drink! When the court has money, they will naturally return the owed gold and silver to the ministers! This is what the ministers in the court collectively petitioned His Majesty and His Majesty agreed!" Wang Shu said.

The high salary of ministers in the Song Dynasty was the best in history! According to the records of the Song Dynasty, when the Northern Song Dynasty was the richest, the prime minister's salary was 300 taels of silver per month. Even ordinary seventh-rank county magistrates had a salary of 12 taels of silver per month! There were other bits of rewards during festivals! Such a salary was enough to allow ministers to live a wealthy life far beyond ordinary people! Therefore, Ge Bing was so amazed!

"Will the ministers in the court be willing to work without money?" Ge Bing said in disbelief.

"We are not doing things for the court, but for money." Wang Shu said lightly.

"What's that for?" Ge Bing said in surprise.

"Of course I want to make a difference." Wang Shudao.

Wang Shu looked at Ge Bing with a hint of disdain in his eyes! In his opinion, their values ​​were completely different from those of Ge Bing and others, and Ge Bing could not understand their thoughts at all!

Sure enough, Ge Bing is extremely confused now! Being an official is for enjoyment and to make money. If not, then why are you an official? He really doesn't understand! He doesn't know that there is a group of officials not for enjoyment and to make money, but for realizing their political philosophy, but for the sake of achieving great achievements in the official position, and the reputation is left in history!

"Is there anything important to come here tonight?" Wang Shu said.

"I came today to talk about the current political situation." Ge Bing said.

"The old man no longer serves in the court, so why bother to say this?" Wang Shu said.

"This is a bad statement. I can't watch the country and generals not being, and I can't watch the Song Dynasty ruin it!" Ge Bing said.

"Oh? The Song Dynasty is booming now, so what if the country is not a country?" Wang Shu said.

"A military general is in power, and he is extremely powerful! The status of a military man is actually above a literati, which is really angering! Lord Wang, aren't you angry?" Ge Bing said.

"The people who govern the world rely on literati. I have never felt that the status of military generals is above literati! Now the Military Affairs Office manages the world's military affairs, and most of the Military Affairs Office are literati!" Wang Shudao.

"It's still too different from before! Originally, after Your Majesty recovered the Central Plains, he should govern the country with culture and Confucian Neo-Confucianism! Preserve the laws of nature, destroy human desires, make the status of martial people lowly, the status of rural and commercial people lowly, and the literati and officials are high above and respected by thousands of people. This is the truth! The emperor is in the palace and should have three thousand beauties in the harem, but now there are not many palace maids in the harem! Anyone who sees His Majesty will kneel down, but now the civil and military ministers do not kneel down! There is no hierarchy or order. Is this still the world of the Song Dynasty?" Ge Bing said.

"So what do you think the boss should do?" Wang Shu said.

"The Supreme Emperor was older and had been in charge of the government for twenty years. At that time, the Song Dynasty was prosperous and prosperous! Your Majesty was only seventeen years old and was less than the age of being in charge of the government! Your Majesty should be in charge of the power of the Supreme Emperor and let the Supreme Emperor take charge of the world! Lord Wang, I hope you and me will advise the emperor! Let the Supreme Emperor take charge of the government again!" Ge Bing said.

There was a ardent expression on his face, and he hoped that Wang Shu would agree.

"You are plotting against me!" Wang Shu sneered.

"I am planning to rebel? I am for the Song Dynasty and the people of the world!" Ge Bing said.

"Come on, take this person down!" Wang Shu shouted.

Suddenly, several servants rushed in from outside. They pressed Ge Bing to the ground. After a while, more than a dozen soldiers rushed in.

"Mr. Wang, I'm doing this for the Song Dynasty. Why did you do this?" Ge Bing shouted angrily.

"If you try to subvert the court, you deserve to die! Just wait for the court's trial!" Wang Shu said coldly.

That night, all the dozen ministers who returned from the north were arrested and imprisoned. Three days later, all the dozen ministers were exiled to the northwest and undergo labor reform!
Chapter completed!