While still asleep, the wake-up pillow behind his head slipped, and Sima Guang hit the bed board headlong, and suddenly woke up.

Touching his head, Sima Guang sat up from the bed. The so-called waking pillow is clearly a piece of log, and if you sleep on it, you will slip down if you are not careful.

For five or six days in a row, Sima Guang was writing books in the cellar.

In order to revise the "Zizhi Tongjian", he did not know the day and night underground, and even the time of sleep and meal was not fixed. When you are tired of writing, you go to sleep, sleep for a while with a round wake-up pillow, wake up with a falling pillow, eat something, and sit down at the table again.

Staying in the cellar for many days in a row has been a common occurrence for Sima Guang in recent years. With the clever ventilation device, you won't feel bored for many days underground.

And being underground, and the world outside, seems to be very far away, so that people will not be upset.

Looking at the manuscripts piled up in front of the table, Sima Guang frowned, he didn't know how many days he had been underground, the winter solstice should have passed, right?

Sima Guang thought about it, but walked over to the steps of the cellar.

Pushing open the cellar door, the personal old servant greeted him in surprise, "Junshi, are you out?!" ”

Sima Guang nodded and asked, "When is it?" ”

"Junshi, you've been down there for seven days. The day before yesterday was the winter solstice, and now it's night. ”

"Seven days?" Sima Guang nodded, it wasn't too long for him.

"What's going on these days?"

Sima Guang was asking, Sima Kang happened to step into the door of the outer hall, still holding a short note in his hand, and when he saw Sima Guang, he was immediately surprised, "Your Excellency has come out!?" ”

"What's the matter?" Sima Guang asked.

Sima Kang handed over the post: "It was the Fu Xiang's Mansion who sent someone to deliver the letter." ”

The old servant retired with interest: "The villain went to instruct the kitchen to prepare wine and dinner for Junshi." ”

Sima Guang took it, but it was an invitation to invite him to participate in the Senior Citizens Association. The rich family's back garden in the north of the city has all opened the plum forest, just in time to feast on the people of the Seniors.

The people in the Senior Ying Society, starting from Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi, are all old ministers in their seventies. Sima Guang is young, just past the age of sixties. Originally, when Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi invited him, Sima Guang was ready to refuse, but he was still invited by Fu Bi to join the Senior Citizens Association.

Sima Guang looked at the post. The short note already has the signatures of Wen Yanbo and Chu Jianzhong. Finding a pen, Sima Guang wrote his name. This short note should be spread all over the Seniors, and if you want to participate, you can write your name.

The old servant who had just left the city trotted in, panting: "Junshi, an envoy has come to announce the edict!" ”

"Edict?" Sima Guang frowned.

This year is the year of the suburbs, and today is the second day after the winter solstice. Thinking so, Sima Guang casually stepped out of the door.

The envoy stood in the court, unfolded the edict in his hand, and said loudly in front of the incense case and Sima Guang's father and son: "In the matter, Xijing stayed behind and sentenced Xijing Yushitai, and Sima Guang, a scholar of Duanming Palace, received the order." ”

Sima Guang bowed down in the court, casually listening to the edict from the capital. As far as he is concerned, this reward is better than nothing.

But his eyes widened immediately, and his body trembled.

The prince and the prince!

Enter Beijing!

……………………

Will Sima Guang go to Beijing? Han Gang and Zhang Dian also sat together and discussed.

If the son is seriously ill today, it is inconvenient for him to go to the restaurant to drink and feast and watch the music. But after the ya, find a place to sit, but it is not taboo.

It was freezing cold, and Han Gang and Zhang Dian didn't bother to go to the main store farther away, so they sat down directly in a quiet little foot shop in the alley of West Cross Street.

Although the foot shop is small, it is very clean, and the walls are freshly painted, so clean that there is not a trace of smoke and fire. There was no greasy or stain on the tables and chairs, so Han Gang and Zhang Dian couldn't help nodding their heads after entering the door.

And although the façade of this store is not big, the cronies of the Zhang family who suggested that Zhang Dian and Han Gang come here said that the wine and food here are not inferior to the main store.

However, because of the cold weather and the turmoil in the court, there are a few guests who come here to drink a cup of hot wine, and there are a few guests who gossip about the court. It's just that when Han Gang and Zhang Dian came in with Yuan Entourage, they scared away all of them who were talking.

A few plates of fairly delicate wine and food were placed on the table, and the shopkeeper and Xiao Er hid in the kitchen. Jin Zi Chongchen came to the door, even if he didn't know people, he could know the clothes and clothes, and it was a disaster to stand close, and the shops in the capital were more interesting than the other.

There were no outsiders, and Yuan Sui was also separated by a table, so Han Gang and Zhang Dian were not so worried about talking. It is the most basic principle that the new government cannot be discussed outside, but there are not so many taboos in matters outside the capital.

When I entered the door, I happened to hear a few drunkards sitting in the corner dressed as officials, discussing whether Sima Guang would be edicted. After sitting down, as soon as the wine and food were served, the topic of Zhang Dian and Han Gang naturally started from Sima Guang.

"The prince and the prince, the move to enter Beijing, two edicts came to the door. In the former, Sima Guang will most likely follow. But the latter one is hard to say. Zhang Dian said with a smile. He was very satisfied with the hot wine served by the shop, and it was a burning knife that was lit on the fire, and it was just right. Holding up the carved silver cup, which is obviously a treasure of the store, for the exclusive use of distinguished guests, he does not wait for anyone to persuade him to drink, and he dries it down in one sip.

"Most likely it will come......" Han Gang said in a low voice, his smile cold, "The autumn wind is up, and the crab feet are itchy." Crabs live in the river pond for many years, and if they can't stay, they have to enter the river with the autumn wind. ”

"Yukun, are you underestimating Sima Junshi too much?" Zhang Dian shook his head with a smile, picked up the flask in the hot water, and poured himself a glass of wine. Han Gang's analogy is a bit excessive.

Han Gang hadn't seen Sima Guang, but Zhang Dian had seen it. Sima Guang's mental techniques, he understood very clearly. Renzong established Yingzong as the crown prince, and the world said that it was Han Qi's credit, but in fact, it was Sima Guang who pushed the last. The few words that Sima Guang said on the matter of the fixed reserve were more effective than the exhausting recitals of other important ministers.

And in the second and third years of Xining, Wang Anshi was frustrated by Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and other veteran ministers abroad because of the new law, and the Son of Heaven was hesitant at home, so he had to advance and retreat, and he was sick at home, forcing the Son of Heaven to make a decision. Sima Guang, who was a bachelor of Hanlin at the time, was helping the Son of Heaven draft an edict of condolence, but he hid the sharpness in the text, and Wang Anshi was so angry that he didn't even pretend to be sick. If it weren't for the fact that the old party really didn't succeed, and Sima Guang couldn't come up with a feasible strategy to save the country and the crisis, where could Wang Anshi drive Sima Guang out of Beijing?

Zhang Dian handed the silver cup in his hand to Han Gang, the burning knife in the cup reflected the silver light, clear as water, "Sima Guang is a person, just like this spirit, although it is fierce inside, but from the outside, it is as clear as water." ”

"Han Gang also knew what happened back then. That time happened to be when Han Gang was recommended by Wang Xiangmin and went to Beijing for the first time. Han Gang smiled, but he felt a little nostalgic, "At that time, Han Gang had to visit the 'Wang Dashen' Mansion every day and sit in the gatehouse for an hour or two. ”

When Han Gang mentioned it, Zhang Dian remembered, "It's been so long." ”

"yes. It's been eleven years. Han Gang sighed: "But when I first went to Beijing, I saw it in my father-in-law's mansion, and most of them were still in Beijing. Lu Jifu is now in Guanzhong Zhijing Zhaofu, and Zeng Zixuan is still in Jiangnan as his Zhizhou. ”

If you don't count the king, plus Han Gang, there will be five people who will meet at Wang Anshi's mansion.

Wang Anshi has now become a real veteran minister. Zhang Dian and Lu Huiqing are all in and out of the two mansions, and Han Gang, who was just recommended and only selected from the nine grades, is now a layer of paper from the two mansions. Only Zeng Bu, Wang Anshi hated his betrayal, and was spurned by the New Party, and it is difficult to have another chance in this life.

But the topic is far away, it was the beginning of the third year of Xining, and now it is the end of the third year of Yuanfeng, which is almost eleven years ago. And Sima Guang has been in Luoyang for almost eleven years.

Sima Guang was in his prime, but he was forced by his father-in-law to retire to Luoyang for eleven years. Repairing books in the cellar is not trivial. As far as he is concerned, it is probably good to go to Beijing to vent his grievances. ”

An aspiring minister, but in the prime of life can not display his talents, not resentful to have a ghost, after all, who in this world can do thunder, rain and dew are all grace of heaven, to be a courtier?

Zhang Dian smiled, but said nothing.

Han Gang sneered: "If it's the Queen Mother who hangs the curtain this time, will you see if Sima Guang can be a rampant and domineering crab?" I am far away in the twilight, so I go perverse and do it in the opposite direction. ”

Han Gang said it to the bone. These words were said by Wu Zixu and Wu Jun to break the Chu State and whip the corpse of Queen Chuping. In the same way, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also said, 'You can't eat five tripods in life, and you have to cook five tripods in death. ’

But Zhang Dian thought about it carefully, but he couldn't refute him. Zhang Dian asked himself, if he himself is not allowed to hold a substantive position for more than ten years from today, and can only rely on repairing books to pass the time, and suddenly receives the call of the imperial court, even if there are some problems, he will definitely have to go to Beijing to bump into his luck, and even if he is not successful, he can vent his grievances.

"It's a pity." Zhang Duan groaned.

Of course. Han Gang nodded and smiled.

As the crown prince and prince, even though he is only the nominal master of the prince, he has a sense of closeness to the future emperor. Han Gang lives with himself, as long as Sima Guangxin is not dead, he will definitely come to Beijing with an edict. What's more, the Son of Heaven thought of him before he was critically ill, how could he be indifferent as a courtier? But Wang Anshi did the important things of the Pingzhang military state and became a genuine veteran minister. Now there will be no chance for Sima Guang.

"Back then, all the veterans of the decision-making and the joint efforts of the two palaces failed to overturn the new law, just Sima Guang, plus a Lu Gong who did not have a sacred heart, what can they do?"

For the old party, Han Gang didn't care at all. The important thing is that the dispute between Taoism and Taoism, the grievances and grievances between Xinxue and Qixue, will still be divided into superior after all.

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"Sima Guang has received the order?" Wen Yanbo half-closed his eyes and asked seemingly casually.

"Next." Wen Jifu bowed down in front of his father: "My lord, do you see if the Son of Heaven's condition will ......?"

"Just wait with peace of mind, it won't take too long." There are only father and son, and Wen Yanbo is not afraid to say two rebellious words.

It was only an hour later than the envoy on a fast horse. Many of the elders in Xijing have received urgent messages from the capital one by one. And the news from Sima Guang's mansion also reached Wen Yanbo's ears.

The Son of Heaven suffered a stroke, and the king of Yan'an County was the crown prince in charge of the country, and the queen listened to the government. Then Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, and Lu Gongshu served as the third division of the prince.

The news that shocked the world did not make the mood of the three dynasties fluctuate much. witnessed the death of Renzong and Yingzong, and became seriously ill with an emperor, in Wen Yanbo's opinion, it was nothing more than that.

However, the emperor's illness doesn't matter, but the impact of this matter, Wen Yanbo can't be regarded as a breeze by the river, and he will be unhindered.

Although there is no further news, it is completely certain that the situation in North Korea will be in turmoil.

Wen Yanbo laughed.

If the emperor has a stroke, it is impossible to serve again. Even though the queen hangs the curtain, she is still a woman after all. With their identities as patriarchs, plus the old people all over the world, it is not without opportunities.

Could it be that the queen will definitely support the new party? Not necessarily!

Even if you support it, you can change it.

Wen Yanbo's drooping eyelids suddenly opened, but they were majestic.