Su Dongpo was dying, and Li Gefei couldn't afford to be sick.

Under the door of the book in the East Mansion, it has become a hall of words of Cai Jing and Cai Yuanchang.

After the court meeting, the Zai Fu returned to the government hall to discuss several important government affairs to be handled today.

"'Shaanxi and northwest China have poor harvests, and the local government treasury is empty'. Xue Sichang and Su Chi's two pieces, have you seen them? Cai Jinggao sat in the middle hall, and took the pieces sent by Xue Sichang, the Shaanxi transfer envoy, and Su Chi, the northwest transfer envoy, in his hands first, "Shaanxi and the northwest have been in the war since the beginning of the previous year, and the people are trapped in the war and neglect the crops, and the poor harvest and the emptiness of the treasury are also expected. Now I have to conquer Anxi again, and I don't know if the northwest and Shaanxi can afford it? ”

Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Shangying took a sip of tea soup and said casually: "The conquest of Anxi can be postponed for one or two years, and then let the Bosi of Jiehe City transport an extra one or two million stone rice grains to Luoyang Baibo, and at the same time transfer part of the Western Army to Baibo for food." ”

Zhang Shangying became Shangshu Zuocheng after Lu Dian's foreign appointment, he was the spokesperson of the Zhang Dian faction in the imperial court, and he was also a political enemy with Cai Jing in history. However, now that the old party has not collapsed, the struggle within the new party is not so fierce. The relationship between Zhang Shangying and Cai Jing is not bad.

Therefore, Zhang Shangying's proposal to deal with the shortage of grain in the northwest and Shaanxi is actually a "hand" for Cai Jing - the transportation of rice and grain in Jiehe City needs to be handled by Wu Haogu, an important minister! So he won't stay in Kaifeng Mansion and leave quickly!

"The matter of the eastward transfer of the western army is not trivial, and it also needs important ministers to sit in Luoyang to properly handle it." Deng Xunwu, the waiter of the Chinese book, spoke, "It's better to let Su Zhe appease Jingxi!" ”

Deng Xunwu, like Zhang Shangying, is a Sichuan fellow of the Ersu brothers, but he is Cai Jing's henchman. Now he has given Cai Jing another trick to transfer Su Zhe out of the Fengfu.

"What the book says is very true. However, Su Zhe does not have much foundation in the Western Army, so I am afraid that he will not be able to shake the situation. It is better to let Lu Jifu go out of the town of Jingxi and Yongxing Army, and be fully responsible for the dispatch and placement of the Western Army. At the same time, it is more appropriate to let Su Zhe serve as the six-way transportation envoy, responsible for raising grain to be transported to Baibo. ”

Liu Kui, who has been the secretary of the military department, and now Liu Kui, who is an official and a servant under the door, thinks more thoughtfully. Not only did Su Zhe send him out of Beijing, but even the hidden danger of Lu Huiqing was solved.

Cai Jing is holding his beard, his face is full of smiles, he has been really lucky lately! Not only did Su Dongpo, the sworn enemy, die, but Su Dongpo's successors, Li Gefei and Huang Tingjian, are also sick now. As soon as the two of them died, the two very critical seats of Shang Shu Youcheng and Guozi Priest Wine were also vacant.

"Except for Lu Jifu, who can worship Shangshu's right servant?" Cai Jing smiled and asked, "Do you have a candidate in mind?" Let's hear it. ”

As soon as this question came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little weird. Zhang Shangying frowned slightly, while Deng Xunwu and Liu Kui set their eyes on Zhang Shangying. Although all three of them are deputy ministers, their officialdom qualifications are still different. Zhang Shangying is a jinshi of the Yingzong Dynasty, Deng Xunwu is a jinshi of the Shenzong Dynasty, and Liu Kui is even less qualified, he is a jinshi of Zhezong Yuanfeng for eight years - the year of Zhang Shangying's high school, Liu Kui has not yet been enlightened! Even Cai Jingjing debuted two terms later than Zhang Shangying, and he was a Jinshi of Shenzong Xining for three years.

Zhang Shangying laughed and said lightly: "In terms of qualifications, Shang Ying can be the right minister, and Zhao Zhengfu can barely do it!" ”

Zhao Tingzhi is also a Jinshi in Xining for three years, and Cai Jing is one term. However, he is older than Zhang Shangying, he is 65 years old this year, and his health is not good. If he is allowed to be the right minister, it will be time to burp if he has a good time. Zhang Shangying is three years younger than Zhao Tingzhi, but her health is much better. Now give Zhao Tingzhi a treat, and when Zhao Tingzhi is done, it is time for Zhang Shangying to go. This right phase, he must do it!

"How is Su Zhe?" Cai Jing suddenly asked.

"Su Zhe?"

"He's ......"

"Yuan Chang, what do you mean by this?"

Cai Jing smiled: "He is the old party. However, this year is still the fifth year of the founding of the Yasukuni Kingdom! If nothing else, next year will be the sixth year of the founding of the Yasukuni ...... Besides, do you think it's still a dispute between narration and change?

King Xiping is still busy in Kaifeng Mansion to give birth to a grandson for the official family! It's just an opportunity to recover Yanyun, and it's outdated to explain and change! We and other important ministers of the imperial court should move with the times now, and we can't always think about the things in the Xining, Yuanfeng, and Yuanfu years. So we and Su Zhe can't be regarded as enemies. ”

Not to mention, Cai Jing's words are very reasonable!

Zhang Shangying, Deng Xunwu and Liu Kui are right to think about it carefully! Explain something, it can't be to fool the officials with rich countries and strong soldiers. Is the country not rich or the army not strong? The official family has just moved into the brand-new Qionglin Palace, and the western thieves have also been beaten up and shouted Dad, and as soon as the war in the northwest stops, military spending will definitely be greatly reduced, and there will be a new government soldier who does not spend much money...... So rich countries and strong soldiers or something, there is not much sense of urgency for Zhao Ji.

And it was not "Shaoshu" who helped Zhao Ji to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but Gao Yu and Wu Haogu, who were fortunate to be close, oh, now it can't be said that they are lucky, they have real skills!

"Now we and Su Zhe, Han Zhongyan, and Fan Chun are actually the old party," Cai Jing smiled bitterly, "What about the scripture makers?" What about studying Han and Tang classics? In the face of "Positivism" and "Rationality", is it not the same as an old theory? Is it different to be tested by practice and deduced by reason?

Moreover, the positivist school has three major palaces, seven colleges, six basic subjects, and eleven professional subjects...... The knowledge imparted can be deeper and broader than the study of scriptures, and it can also be constantly improved, and it is no longer a matter of being in the past. Don't you think it's dangerous? ”

Traditional Confucianism is stagnant, if not stagnant, but at least slow. Confucianism in the Song Dynasty only ended the Han and Tang dynasties, and it cannot be said that it was much better than the Han and Tang dynasties. At least Jing Gongxinxue, who "applies what he has learned", can't see how clever he is. However, the science and mind that originated in the Northern Song Dynasty have made great progress. However, the current science and positivism are both heretics in the eyes of traditional Confucian scholars—to use the classification that later generations can more understand, science and mind both belong to idealism, while "Positivism" and "Rationalism" undoubtedly belong to materialism.

That is to say, for the Jinggong Xinxue insisted on by Cai Jing and others, now the left side is idealism, the right side is materialism, and the two sides are squeezed together...... Cai Jing wants to defend his academic position, how much knowledge does he have to use?

And the consequences of the fall of the academic position are far more serious than later generations imagined!

Otherwise, Wang Anshi would not have founded Jinggong Xinxue while presiding over the reform of the law, and established a school to promote his own ideas. And Su Dongpo, the representative of Shu Studies, and Cheng Yi, the leader of Guan Luo Zhixue, would not have suffered such a big blow.

Cai Jing continued: "As far as I know, although Su Zhe is Su Dongpo's younger brother, he does not agree with the positivist school, nor does he agree with the science. Although his knowledge is different from our Jinggong Xinxue, it is all the way after all.

If we can put Su Zhe in the position of the right minister, we can follow the meaning of the official family to build Yasukuni; Second, it can also stabilize Han Zhongyan, Fan Chun, Fan Chunli and others...... They are different from Su Dongpo, and they are not all the way to Yuntai Academy. ”

Cai Jing also had an ulterior motive in pushing Su Zhe to power, that is, to block Zhang Shangying and Lu Huiqing, who were a great threat to himself - these two are big bosses of the New Party, and their qualifications are old.

And Su Zhe's threat to Cai Jing is much smaller, Su Zhe cannot become the leader of the new party, and Zhao Tingzhi's entry into the political hall is certain. At that time, Su Zhe will be a bachelor, how useful can it be?

Besides, Cai Jing will not support Su Zhe unconditionally. He wants his younger brother Cai Bian to become the head of the country!

Cai Bian has been a big man in Shangshu Zuocheng and the Privy Council, and he is also a Jinshi in Xining for three years, he has been in the office for 35 years, and he is known for his knowledge, how can he not yield to a country's priest wine?

As soon as Cai Bian enters the National Prison, he will try his best to resolve the danger of the students of the Biyong School Palace. In this way, this winter, Cai Jing will be able to incite the bus to read the book, and in one fell swoop will turn the positivists into pseudo-studies!

……

Wu Haogu has been worrying about Su Dongpo's death these days, which is also the reason why he is stranded in Kaifeng Mansion.

Su Dongpo died in the position of the right minister, and naturally he was extremely grieved. First of all, the official Zhao Ji announced the abolition of the dynasty for three days as usual to show mourning, and then posthumously awarded the prince, posthumously presented the Taifu, and also gave the nickname of "Wenzhong", worthy of the Confucian Temple, etc. - when Zhao Ji himself died, if the Northern Song Dynasty was still there, and his old man did not go to the snow country to hunt, Su Dongpo would definitely still be worthy of enjoying the Taimiao! It can be said that he is extremely human.

However, these things of mourning after death do not need to be exercised by Wu Haogu, and they will be given according to the convention. And what Wu Haogu helped Zhang Luo was the cemetery where Su Dongpo was buried and the place where Su Dongpo's three sons kept filial piety.

Su Dongpo is a native of Sichuan, his hometown is Meizhou, and his father Su Xun is also buried there. However, Su Dongpo did not have to be buried in Sichuan, and in history, he and Su Zhe were buried in the foothills of Xiaoemei Mountain on the Xuluo Ancient Road. And now the place where Su Dongpo's bones are buried is Yuntai Mountain in Haizhou, which is buried next to the Yuntai Palace.

In this way, Su Dongpo's three filial sons do not have to be supported into Shu, nor do they need to keep filial piety in their hometown in Sichuan, but can go to Yuntai Mountain to live in seclusion. While keeping filial piety, you can also do learning in the Yuntai School Palace, and you can also care about the world's major events.

And the life of Su Dongpo's coffin in Yuntai Mountain and the life of the three sons of the Su family when they were filial piety in Yuntai Mountain, of course, were all handled by Wu Haogu and Zhang Luo.

In short, there are a lot of things, and Wu Haogu has to go to Haizhou for a while.