Although he is in the second phase, Wang Zeng's life has always been very simple, with only an old servant in a huge mansion, and a few rough subordinates and his son Wang Yi to accompany him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoQingzhou Wang family is a big family, the population is large, Wang Zeng's foundation is still there, the capital is just a place where officials live, a post station in life.

Wang was raised by his uncle Wang Zhongyuan when his parents were both lost when he was eight years old. From childhood to adulthood, Wang Zhongyuan treated Wang Zeng like a parent, and Wang Zeng treated Wang Zhongyuan like a father. After Wang Zhongyuan's death, Wang Zeng was willing to give an official gift and rebury him as a member of the Ministry of Works. Later, Ouyang Xiu was also raised by his uncle, and he gave his uncle his official gift, which was passed down to later generations, thinking that he was the first to do this, but in fact, the first person to do so was Wang Zeng.

At the age of twenty-four, Wang Zeng Qingzhou won the first place. Qingzhou and Henan Prefecture are two important places of education north of the Yellow River in addition to the capital, and there are many places to be released, and the competition is also fierce. In the following year, he ranked first in the provincial examination of "Education without Class", which was the provincial yuan. He also won the championship in the palace test of "Mixed Things", tried again with a false name, and regained the first place, which was the champion. Lianzhong Sanyuan, Wang Zeng was the second person in the Song Dynasty.

Most of the first place in the imperial examination still depends on strength, but the provincial champion sometimes has a great element of luck. Wang Zeng even won the three yuan, but almost did not rely on luck, purely crushed by strength, "There are things mixed into Fu" has become a benchmark for the imperial examination. It was not until the content of the imperial examination was reformed later that Fu was no longer so important, which was the first work in the imperial examination, and the world was vying to imitate it. Xu Ping was preparing for the Jinshi exam back then, and he had studied almost every word, and he could only sigh that it was natural, and he really didn't have to work hard.

Thirty-four years have passed since the fifth year of Hampyeong, when he was sentenced to Jeju as a prisoner, and Wang has been in and out of the world, whether he is a friend or foe, and his character and ability are beyond reproach. Conscientious in the court, comfortable in the rivers and lakes, not happy with things, not sad with himself, Fan Zhongyan's words, he may not have done it himself, Wang Zeng did it.

In Zhenzong's later years, Ding Wei was autocratic, and Wang Dan, who was about to die, deliberately promoted Wang Zeng in order to prevent Ding Wei from harming the country. When the new emperor ascended the throne and Empress Dowager Liu was ambitious to take control of the dynasty, Wang Zeng united with Feng Zheng and successfully overthrew Ding Wei and resolved a political crisis. It was at that time that Wang Zeng promoted Lu Yijian, who was the same year as him, and let him enter the political affairs hall from the position of the governor of Kaifeng Mansion to participate in political affairs. In the sixth year of Tiansheng, Yuqing Zhaoying Palace was on fire, and Empress Dowager Liu, who felt that she was resented by Wang Zeng's restrictions, took the opportunity to make trouble.

When Empress Dowager Liu died, Wang Zeng, who returned to the court again, found that the personnel were no longer right, and Lu Yijian, who had fought side by side with him, was already full-fledged, controlling the government and monopolizing power, which had seriously affected state affairs. After Wang was the second prime minister, although he fought with Lu Yijian on reason, his forces were weak and his heart was weak, and now it was difficult to contain Lu Yijian.

Wang Yi came in from outside the door, put the bowl in his hand on the table, and said to Wang Zeng: "My lord, it's already late at night, use some hot tea." ”

Wang Zeng nodded, took a sip of tea, put the bowl on the table again, and looked out the window at the night.

Wang Yi said with his hand: "Fan Beizhi has already left Beijing, I heard that only Li Hong of Zhiji Xianyuan and Wang Zhen, who recently returned to Beijing, went to see him off, and no one of the other relatives and friends has been seen, so it is really a little lonely." ”

Wang Zeng didn't look back, and said softly: "Fan Zhongyan was demoted this time because of his friends, who can send it?" Li Hong and Wang Zhen are his closest relatives, and it is reasonable to say that they went, of course, the most important thing is that they are not afraid of the powerful. ”

"Fan was demoted out of the capital and fell to the post of Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized, and the imperial historian who spoke for him was implicated a lot. I heard that the crowd outside is now angry, and Lu Xianggong is only afraid that he has committed public anger this time. ”

Wang Zeng did not speak, but looked at the night in a daze.

Fan Zhongyan has to break the net with Lu Yi Jianyu, does it have anything to do with him? Wang Zeng didn't know, and he couldn't tell. He does not plant a private party, does not engage in personal gain, and admires Fan Zhongyan, but the relationship is not very close. But recently, the king and Lu Yijian in the court had a fierce fight, and the officials saw it in their eyes, and it was impossible to have no ideas. In the eyes of Fan Zhongyan and these people, Lu Yijian is simply undesirable compared to Wang Zeng, and he is not worthy of being in the political hall in terms of ability or personality. Refutating Lu Yijian, the one who benefited the most was naturally Wang Zeng, when Fan Zhongyan rushed out without hesitation, did he have such an idea? Wang Zeng didn't know, and he didn't want to know. The juxtaposition of the two phases is conducive to balance, but it is also easy to divide opinions, and fighting is inevitable. Originally, the system was designed like this, Wang Zeng was in the middle of it, he couldn't dodge, and he didn't want to dodge.

This time, Fan Zhongyan was not dismissed from the foreign post because of the "Hundred Officials", which Xu Ping saw more clearly than Yan Shu. As the prime minister, Lu Yijian naturally does not need to explain to a Tianzhang Pavilion to be controlled, and Fan Zhongyan, as a minister, has opinions on the prime minister's governance, and it is not too much to put forward his own opinions. This incident only highlights the contradiction between the two, Fan Zhongyan blamed, Lu Yijian distinguished, and the past was over. What really happened was that Fan Zhongyan did not give up, and Lu Yijian was annoyed and ashamed.

Soon after the "Hundred Official Maps", Cai Qi, the deputy privy envoy, proposed to move the capital to Luoyang, Xijing. This is Taizu's legacy, and it also has its feasibility and necessity, and it is not uncommon for officials to mention it every once in a while. Especially last year, Xu Ping renovated Luoyang City on Jingxi Road to be prosperous and prosperous, and Henan Mansion had a large number of flying tickets in his hands, and this matter has long been mentioned, but Cai Qi's status is high enough to attract more attention. Cai Qi proposed to move the capital, but Fan Zhongyan objected, believing that Luoyang was no longer suitable for the royal city.

At this point, there is nothing, and Xu Ping also disagrees with the relocation of the capital. It was not easy to leave the influence of various figures of the princes and nobles in the capital, and built Luoyang, a new industrial and commercial center, and moved the capital over, did Xu Ping want to find a place to do the same thing again? The capital is still in Kaifeng City.

Regarding the matter of moving the capital, Zhao Zhen asked Lu Yijian's opinion, so that the opportunity to come to the door, if Fan Zhongyan didn't say a few bad words, Lu Yijian would not be Lu Yijian. When answering Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian said, "Zhongyan is broad, and the name is not real." Although Lu Yijian also disagreed with the relocation of the capital in his heart, he did not express his own opinions, and only belittled Fan Zhongyan.

When the matter came out, Fan Zhongyan connected the four treatises of "The Emperor is Good", "Selecting the Virtuous and Appointing the Talent", "Near Name" and "Pushing the Committee", and made a-for-tat response to Lu Yijian's statement. He also compared Lü Yijian to Zhang Yu of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, accusing him of "taking the big as the small, the easy as the difficult, the unsuccessful as his own, and the urgent matter as the idle business". Fan Zhongyan meant to talk about other things, but now Jingxi Road is Lu Yijian's heart disease, thinking that he was talking about it, so he tore his face.

On the "Hundred Officials Map", it can also be said that Fan Zhongyan, as a minister, had doubts about the prime minister's employment, put forward his own opinions, and gave the chart to the king for reference. Later, the accusation against Lu Yijian was to directly criticize his ability to govern, and he could no longer pass it sloppily as before. The two quarreled face-to-face in the Chongzheng Palace, and after leaving the palace, they exchanged books and made a lot of trouble.

Not only did Lu Yijian and Fan Zhongyan go toe-to-toe, but many pavilion officials and Taiwan counselors also joined in, and the momentum became louder and louder. In the end, the matter ended with Lu Yijian's "overstepping his duties, recommending friends, and dividing the monarch and ministers". Fan Zhongyan resigned and degraded Raozhou.

If this is the end of this matter, it will only be a small political turmoil, and there is nothing special. However, Lu Yijian felt that it was not a way to go on like this, although he easily formed a party and did not fall into the handle, but the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were not blind, how could they not see it? This time, I drove away one Fan Zhongyan, and it is hard to guarantee that there will not be another one tomorrow. In particular, the emotions of the young officials in the pavilion have been mobilized by Fan Zhongyan, and there are quite a few lawless people, and they finally decided to take this opportunity to clear this hidden danger. instructed the imperial servant Shi Han to write a letter requesting that Fan Zhongyan's affairs be listed in the court, and that hundreds of officials should be warned from overstepping their duties.

This was reported to Zhao Zhen in the name of Yushitai, and the emperor took his friends as a warning, and Zhao Zhen did not stop it.

This is the hornet's nest, Zhao Zhen has only been in power for a few years? There have been three large-scale expulsions of those who speak and do, and the two times they have been hit in the head are Fan Zhongyan. Since Taizu ascended the throne, he has forbidden his descendants not to kill those who write and talk about things, let alone officials, and ordinary people can still express their opinions on the government. Especially young officials, when their status is low, they use their words and deeds to display their ambitions, so that those in higher positions can discover their talents.

Mainly pavilion officials, Yin Zhu and others were demoted from the court because of avenging Fan Zhongyan. Then Ouyang Xiu wrote "A Letter of Advice to Gao Si", scolding Gao Ruone, saying that the list of the imperial history of the court has banned non-Taiwan advice and no words, and he, as the chief official of the court, not only did not say a word about this matter, but also said in private that Fan Zhongyan "said that he was insulted by himself, how can he be called innocent".

Ouyang Xiu's scolding of Gao Ruone was very ugly, fully demonstrating his superhuman literary talent, and one of the sentences "I no longer know that there is shame in the world" will still be passed down to future generations. In the end, the honest man Gao Ruone scolded Mao, and presented Ouyang Xiu's book to the imperial court, and Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Yiling County. The official has a special status, Ouyang Xiu scolded himself like this, and the punishment he received was particularly heavy, and he went to Yiling not to know the affairs of Yiling County, but to the order of Yiling County, and he was directly relegated to the ranks of candidates.

After that, another madman Cai Xiang, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, wrote the poem "Four Sages and One Unscrupulous", and then scolded Gao Runa. However, Cai Xiang was born in a big family and had a deep background, so he was safe and sound in the end. And Ouyang Xiu had already fallen out with his first father-in-law Xu Yan because of a different position at this time, and no one would help him speak at this time.

This political conflict arose because of Fan Zhongyan's "Hundred Official Pictures", which was not big, and finally caused a huge political turmoil, although there are reasons for Fan Zhongyan's intransigence, but it also shows how fierce the internal struggle in the court was at this time.

(Note: The real feud between the Fan family and the Lu family is because of this turmoil, but for the parties concerned, Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian have not become sworn enemies, and they are largely only because of political disputes and do not involve personal feelings.) Later, when the Northwest was in turmoil, the two also compared Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi in the Tang Dynasty and shook hands and made peace. But this time he was demoted out of Beijing, and Fan Zhongyan's original wife, Mrs. Li, died of illness due to a tiring journey, but Fan Zhongyan's son could no longer forgive Lu Yijian. However, whether it is Fan Zhongyan or Lu Yijian, family education is very successful, and his son is also in the position of Zaifu. As a result, Lu Yijian's descendants used Fan Zhongyan's letters stored in their own family as evidence, saying that the two reconciled in their later years, while the Fan family insisted that those letters were forged by the Lu family, because of the death of his mother, his father could not forgive Lu Yijian for being a traitor in any case. Ouyang Xiu wrote Fan Zhongyan's epitaph, which had the content of reconciliation between the two, and insisted that it was his own personal experience and refused to revise it. The Fan family chiseled out this part of the epitaph, and the relationship with Ouyang Xiu became cold. Because of this incident, it even caused conflicts between Fu Bi, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu and other people who witnessed it at the time. With these remarks, it shows that the situation at that time was by no means as black and white as it was said later, Fan Zhongyan was a great loyalty, and Lu Yijian was a traitor, but in fact, the actual situation was far more complicated than this understanding. History is like this, in the eyes of later generations, only black and white remain, but it is actually color. ）