Sima Guang was silent.

Since Zhao Zhen fell seriously ill at the beginning of Jiayou, he continued to make children, and his health was not good from time to time, and almost all government affairs were handed over to Zhongshu. would rather hand it over to the prime minister than let the harem interfere, including Empress Cao. This is the trust of Jaeji!

It is normal for Sima Guang to be in a high position, his family background is good, he is rich and famous, his father is a big official, he has a family background, he has connections, if he has the talent to learn and add the ability to govern officials, it is inevitable to be in the upper position. Even if Wang Anshi's father was once the general judge of Jiangning Mansion.

But since Zheng Lang, including Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang is only a small main household, and he doesn't have much background, so counting down, there are more scholars, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Pang Ji, etc., these important ministers are not as good as Zheng Lang if they talk about their background.

They ascended to the throne, partly of which was literature, but Sima Guang's most objectionable thing was the floating text, and the five rules deliberately used a large paragraph of text to describe the floating text: Fu Wang's Majesty allocated the floating text, Siddun was honest, selected good officials, and benefited the people with his son; Foresight to protect the temple; Zhang Bu discipline gang, so that there is no covetousness; and thick customs, so that people have no resentment; Don't be in vain, so that all things are right; punish the hoe jiān evil, so that the authority must be carried out; Take the beneficial, stop the useless, so that the wild is left unremarkable; Meritorious service, retirement without office, so that there is no absenteeism; Examine the rumors, test the gains and losses, and make the plan endless; Choose wise generals, practice brave soldiers, and make all the recruits unconvinced. In this way, then the country is safe and the four dimensions are also, why bother to use the decoration of literature, the voice of praise, and the ears and eyes of the vulgar!

Literature is a great event in the literary world.

Sima Guang also supports.

But that's the literary world, not officialdom. Therefore, Su Dongpo's good article, Sima Guang decisively judged it to be the fourth class, not the third class.

Can you be a good official if you write well?

So can Li Bai really be Xie An? Do Du Fu and Tao Yuanming really have the talent to slaughter? It's hard for others to say, if Li Bai is the prime minister, and he gets drunk all day long, the world will not use Anshi, and there will be chaos. But since Ouyang Xiu came to power, gradually the article is written well and can be a high-ranking official, which is equated. Let him see a bad trend, Wu Zetian. Bachelor of the North Gate!

Some of them also have some skills, Sima Guang saw Cheng Shimeng, Zhou Xin, Tian Yu, and Zheng Lang when he ruled the river, these people were the first-class officials of the Song Dynasty. Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others may be doing okay. Compared to these few people. And what?

The reason why he was able to ascend the throne was because of the emperor's appreciation.

Is this how to repay the emperor?

It was only today that Sima Guang understood one thing, Zheng Lang had always been a little unhappy with Han Qiruo, and when he mentioned it, where did this displeasure come from.

But he is not Zheng Lang, nor does he have the tacit relationship between Zheng Lang and Zhao Zhen, and he sees officialdom very thoroughly, and it is impossible for everyone to reach the moral height of Fan Zhongyan and Zheng Lang.

Silence all the time. But the eyes are calm.

Han Qi said again: "Junshi, I appreciate your strategy on tax equalization very much, and it happens to be integrated with Xingzhi's strategy, and it faintly has the style of Xingzhi's back then." ”

If it's someone else, you'll have to jump.

What is the matter of equal tax? If asked. It is the affairs of the household in Zhongshu Province, or it can be assigned to the jurisdiction of the three divisions, and if it is a little more reluctant, the Yushitai can also be. No matter which department it is, it is not the turn of the Governor's Yuan to ask about it. Why? for it is an offense.

Not necessarily because of Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang and Han Qi are about to leave, and there has not been much conflict. This is because of Pang's nationality.

There was another year.

snorted coldly in his heart, that is, the teacher made a mistake, the emperor deliberately concealed it, and the one in the palace also showed kindness to the teacher. It may not be your turn to be rampant.

Still silent.

Han Qi said: "It's not for the individual, but for the country." Jun is a good minister, please think twice. ”

Sima Guang was still silent.

Back at home, a few guests came.

Xiao Su, as well as Wang Anshi, as well as Wang Anshi's son Wang Yan, have been very smart since childhood, and when they were a few years old, a guest pointed to a roe deer in the same cage and asked, what is a roe deer, and what is a deer. Wang Yan didn't know, so he asked for a long time, the deer side is a deer, and the deer side is a roe deer.

When Wang Anshi ruled the river, he brought his family to the river.

Zheng Lang was very uninterested in this Wang Yan, of course, he couldn't show it, so he persuaded him, and Zhuge was a donkey. Zhuge Ke is smarter, what will happen in the end, punish the three clans. This kid is very ambitious.

Zheng Lang persuaded him again, and asked Wang Anshi to let him hone his skills from small things.

is smart, but he can't be buried in theory, he has to start from small practical things and develop a good habit of being down-to-earth.

Just like Zheng Lang, let him govern the river now, and he will take on it all of a sudden. When you become an official, do you dare to take it? This is one after another, one after another, weirs, vehicles, ponds, dams, canals, rivers, ladders, etc., and the experience and knowledge accumulated by various water conservancy projects dare to take on this burden.

Following Zheng Lang's suggestion, Wang Yan was only seventeen years old at this time, and Sima Guang's eleven-year-old adopted son Sima Kang, let them go to work with Su and Xiaosu, take over Zheng Lang's torch, and leave their parents to hone since childhood.

Zheng Lang's deeds of going to Taiping Prefecture were well-known, and Su was happy to allow it.

However, this time, the position of Xiao Su was slightly low, Da Su signed the Fengxiang Mansion Judge for the Dali Judge, and Xiao Su was the military magistrate of Shangzhou. It's not bad according to the age, don't forget that you still have the merit of controlling the river. But it is also reasonable, the prime minister of the Eastern Mansion is Han Qi, and the vice minister is Ouyang Xiu.

As Pang Ji said, let Wang Anshi and Sima Guang go to work quickly, and after this village, there will be no such shop. When the two returned to the court, they could also share some difficulties for Zheng Lang.

The six people sat down, three generations of young and middle-aged people, and after watching it, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi were quite pleased. Sima Guang looked at Da Su and said earnestly: "Dongpo, you have to learn from your second brother." ”

Su Dongpo's third-class achievement, Sima Guang was angry, if it weren't for the face of the same door, he would definitely refute it, and said: "In the past, the ministers of the court talked about the name of talent and learning, but there was one person who could compare with Zheng Gong?" But now, the text is not as good as Ouyang Gong, the book is not as good as Cai Gong, and painting the piano is only an occasional pleasure. However, Zheng Gong almost single-handedly created the glory of our dynasty. Remember, remember. ”

"Junshi, you are too much, and occasionally making up sentences is also a beautiful word. Han Yu was also a big man in the literary world back then, but it prevented him from becoming a famous minister of Xianzong? However, on the eastern slope, the main priority is to divide clearly. ”

"You stubborn nephew, you are a misguided child, let me ask you, Ziyou is such a good planner, why do you want to depose him?"

"Seeking truth from facts, this is what you know and what you teach."

"Was Your Majesty diligent in his later years?"

Big and small Su smiled bitterly. It's here again. They really started, and they went down with an arrogant Wang Yan, who was far more arrogant than Han Qi ten times, and some of them would suffer in the future.

In fact, Zheng Lang's heart has been hanging, and this examination will have a serious impact. Su Zhe walked with Sima Guang thoroughly. Become a conservative. Become a staunch opponent of Wang Anshi. Su Dongpo is still very confused.

It wasn't until he received letters from several students that Zheng Lang's heart fell.

There will be no side effects, it will have a good effect, so that they can see the other side, and the public and private are clear! But without the bond of Zheng Lang, the Su family hated Wang Anshi.

The main thing that produces the divergence is their thoughts.

If you look at their thoughts, you can look at what they have written.

Sima Qian wrote a historical record, and the beginning is the Yellow Emperor who is difficult to verify. It is said to be the first in Baiyi.

But no one has ever wondered, why? Huang Lao Wuwei thought, born thought.

Chunqiu was written from Zheng Zhuang's Gongyang Gongshu Duan, throwing away the things before Chunqiu and omitting it, Mingli.

Sima Guang wrote the Zizhi Tongjian, from Wei, Zhao and Han to carve up the Jin State. Named shares. In Sima Guang's Confucianism, you can faintly see the figures of many famous masters. It is about the order of the state, the establishment of the status of each stage, and the importance of rule. It is a more illusory framework, but it is actually more realistic than Wang Anshi's thoughts. Of course, it is also a backward thinking, the idea of treating the people like dogs. In order to rule, it is even possible to ignore the lives and deaths of ordinary people. Although the general knowledge of information governance is good. But you can only look at history, you can't look at Chenguang more, if you read it more than a dozen times, and then eat it thoroughly and absorb it. Not necessarily a good thing.

Wang Anshi is a Confucian, dotted with some Buddhist robes, the actual core is mostly Legalist thought, more practical, maybe more advanced thinking, but in the Song Dynasty too advanced, resulting in nothing can be done.

Su Dongpo is a combination of Confucianism and Buddhism, so he is a moderate, and both sides are not happy with him.

It also led to Sima Guang and Wang Anshi having different views on the big and small Soviet science examination strategies.

Continue to argue, and quarrel on the text, Wang Anshi also has the habit of scrutinizing words, Sima Guang is also not good, the habit of scrutinizing words and sentences is not as serious as Wang Anshi, but he likes to write articles when he is fine, in history before writing Zizhi Tongjian, he also wrote notes and other works, it is said that in addition to Zizhi Tongjian, he has more works in his life than Lu Xun wrote. (The notes were also used for reference, because there was no run, and the writing was too far from Tongjian.) ）

Sima Guang said that Wang Anshi would bring Su Dongpo badly, and Wang Anshi said that Sima Guang was fifty steps and laughed at one hundred steps.

Xiao Su was accustomed to it, but he just smiled silently, Wang Yan still sat arrogantly on the side and did not speak, and Sima Kang sat precariously.

It wasn't until Sima Guang's wife, Zhang, brought dinner that the two stopped arguing.

The four of them left the capital with their families and several subordinates.

Sima Guang came to Wang Anshi's house.

Wang Anshi's wife Wu brought tea, and Wang Anshi said: "Junshi, what's the difficulty?" ”

I can faintly feel that Sima Guang has a lot of things on his mind these days, but Sima Guang doesn't speak, and he won't ask.

"Jiefu, there's one thing I'm embarrassed about."

"Tell me, maybe I can advise you."

"If I say it, don't be angry." He knows best how stubborn this best friend is.

Tell me the ins and outs of the matter.

Wang Anshi was slightly angry and said, "Your Majesty also gave birth to a princess this year." ”

The transition of the emperor of the Song Dynasty was relatively mild, it was Zheng Lang who looked at it with a golden finger, and now, he still dare not say that it is gentle. Song Zhenzong is on the throne, there is a big thing Lu Duan who is not confused, Zhao Zhen provoked a Zhou Huaizheng and Kou Zhun, fortunately it is the only seedling of Song Zhenzong, otherwise it is a lot of problems. As for Song Taizong's ascension, not to mention, Zhao Kuangyin's father and son died unjustly, and it is not clear. This is not bad, in the past dynasties, every time the emperor was replaced, the father and son and brother vendettas, turned their eyes into enemies, and the eunuchs and ministers of foreign relatives also squeezed in successively, fighting each other, and the country would quickly disintegrate and split.

Everyone ridiculed the Western Xia, but in fact, the previous history was more excessive than the Western Xia.

The crown prince is a big event, and you can't be sloppy.

But Guan Jian is the emperor can still live, although the thirteenth princess only lived for sixty-one days.

What if the emperor gives birth to a son?

The light son let the two in the palace die, and the heavy Zhao Zhen's son Zheng Lang will help, there is no son, yes, it is inevitable, but on the other side there is Han Qi, there is Queen Cao, and Zhao Zongshi is in his thirties. There is also the Gao family and the Cao family, and the country has the possibility of splitting. Or silently watching Zhao Zhen's son die unclear again, how can Zheng Lang's conscience be safe?

"yes, I've been thinking about that a lot these days. Jiefu, how many shares do you say Your Majesty may be able to have another son? ”

"Half." Wang Anshi thought for a while, and then said, "Not enough." ”

The emperor is fifty years old. The chances of having another son are very small. Even if you have children, you don't have to be a boy.

"Even if you have a son, what are the chances that you can grow up safely?"

Wang Anshi was silent, Zhao Zhi's thirteen daughters, only four survived, saying that his son still had yin schemes, and his daughter had any yin schemes. And these three little princesses are only one or two years old, and it is still unknown whether they can grow up safely. Leaving these three little princesses aside, the remaining ten princesses only survived, and only Zhao Niannu was the only one who survived.

None of the three sons lived safely, there is no other reason, there is only one possibility, the genetics mentioned by the teacher are like the Zheng family has always been very thin. That's why too. The emperor's genetics are not very good, and it is difficult for the offspring to grow up chéngrén.

Even if there is a son, even if there is no yin trickery in the harem, the probability of this son growing up safely will not exceed one percent.

Sima Guang asked again: "Do you use the fate of the country to gamble on this half-percent chance?" ”

Wang Anshi was at a loss.

Most of the day said: "What should I do over there with Gong Zheng?" ”

"What is Zheng Gong's attitude, he does not participate, does not support, and does not oppose. It's just that he is confined to his personal loyalty to the emperor, so he is silent. ”

"Junshi, someone is using you."

"I know that no one has dared to mention the matter of Lichu for a long time. When I mention it, it may make the emperor angry, and it will affect Zheng Gong. "How could Sima Guang not know that he was forced to be a gun, but when it came to this, what should I do?

"So think twice."

"Have you ever wondered why the one in the palace came to force me? Your Majesty has no children, there are two people in the palace, although the other has some unscrupulous behavior, how many children does the clan have, and how did the Western Jin Dynasty mess back then? It may not be that the country will be in turmoil, but he will be uneasy. ”

Wang Anshi smiled, that Zong Shi didn't care about our.

"Now let the little princess force it, we don't say anything, Zheng Gong has the handle in her hands. In the future, if you don't want to use Zheng Gong and release the truth, Zheng Gong, you and me, and even bigger ministers have no future. It doesn't matter, are you really comfortable putting the country in the hands of some people? ”

desperately used the state to persuade Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi's heart finally moved.

"Don't talk about the country, even if you control the river, there will be difficulties immediately. Although Cai Xiang is the third envoy, he is gentle, far from the opponent of those people, Zeng Gong served as the prime minister of Xifu, he is still Xifu, and he cannot interfere in the governance of the river. At this time, they will do it, whether Zheng Gonghe can be cured. If it can't be cured, what kind of fate will the Zheng Guild face? ”

"Will they ignore the country?"

"At this time, what country is not a country, can it be true or false!" When Sima Guang was found, the bowstring had been pulled apart, and there was no arrow to turn back.

Sima Guang said again: "Xiao Su went down to work, what position?" One is a judge, the other is a military magistrate, why? ”

Wang Anshi was also speechless, which was equivalent to two idle officials. Without this meritocracy, the two of them would have been able to hold this official position. Moreover, he also has the merit of governing the river, and he is a student of Zheng Lang. Even if it is to serve as a small county magistrate, or a parent official.

What can judges and judges do?

"Has Han Gong forgotten how Gong Zheng treated him back then?" Wang Anshi asked puzzled.

What is this, a few years later, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiusuo slashed their faces with knives, and they didn't want to be embarrassed. Besides, a small size Su.

"Do you want to inform Gong Zheng?"

"Jiefu, do you dare to inform Gong Zheng."

Wang Anshi hehe, that's looking for a draw. And he said, "Your Majesty will be greatly disappointed. ”

"I have a way to keep Your Majesty from disappointing, but there are still many things that I haven't figured out, so I came to you, and we will think of a way together."

When these two people join forces, they are invincible in the world.

After a night of deliberation, the two dispersed. Of course, now that the capital is full of soldiers, the atmosphere has been wrong since Gao Taotao asked her uncle to go to Sima Guang's house, but no one knows. The two met, and the news quickly reached the ears of some people.

This year, there is a leap August.

There are still some disasters in various places, including the Bianhe and Yellow River. The Bianhe River has not been completed, and it has not really played the role of water storage and drainage, so I dare not store it for fear of accidents. This is especially true of the Yellow River. Of course, although the recurrence of these disasters wasted the country's money, it also helped Zheng Lang and further gained support for the river workers.

Only if it is repaired can it be counted, and if it is not repaired, it will become a crime for Zheng Lang's life, as Sima Guang feared. Pang Ji went down, Zheng Lang could only be more careful.

Sima Guang and Wang Anshi went to the court as usual, and they also had the same identity, cultivating their daily lives, and they could often approach Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen's thirteen daughters had just died, only sixty-one days. Zhao Zhen was in a low mood, and he was silent, just forehead.

Sima Guang carefully played a secret recital, the minister did not dare to expect His Majesty to elect the people of the East Palace, but only asked you to first produce a smart and filial person in the clan as an adopted son, so as to show that it is different from the children of other clans, and slowly cultivate, so that the people of the world can see that your heart belongs, and the country and the people will be stable. If he is born as a crown prince, let his adopted son retire to the vassal, and the right to cultivate a good courtier for the country. There are advances and retreats like this, so why not do it?

In the past, everyone forced Zhao Zhen to set up the crown prince and give the East Palace a name, the emperor can still give birth, can it be done?

Take a step back, and the sea will be wide, and the sky will be empty.

I was afraid that Zhao Zhen would not agree, so I asked for an audience again. Zhao Zhen allowed him to enter the hall, watched Sima Guang's recital, and was silent for a long time.

Sima Guang didn't speak, he stood straight, this station was almost half an hour, Sima Guang felt beads of sweat on his forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it. Outside the hall, there was a burst of fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and Sima Guang was unconscious. Zhao Zhen finally raised his head.

ps: Looking for another smaller clan in the history of the Song Dynasty, I just can't find it, only one Zongbao recorded that he was adopted in the palace, Liu E was still alive at that time, Zhao Zhen didn't need to prepare for the successor, is it Zongbao's son, there is no record. However, there is a suspicious person, Zhao Yunbi, the son of Wang Yuanwei, the sixth brother of Zhenzong, was summoned to the forbidden middle school at the age of eight and ordered the prince to worship, that is, Zhao Zhen. Yingzong added a Chinese book order, but he sent it out of Dongping. Shenzong worshiped Taibao, and deliberately dropped out of the dynasty after his death, giving the Taishi Shang Ling, chasing the king, at this time it was far away, and the posthumous gift was too grand. He also hated the sons of the people, hated the great things that could not be completed. Yunbi has many sons, Zongshu, Zongyi, Zongyi, Zongjing, Zongqiao, Zongru, and Zongzheng, but when I looked for his specific records, I couldn't find them, and they all mysteriously disappeared from the annals of history. I suspect that the other small one adopted by Zhao Zhen is one of the sons of Yunbi. There is no obvious evidence to prove it, so it is skipped. In fact, according to his conscience, whether it is Sima Guang or Han Qi or Ouyang Xiu, they are very ugly in this matter, don't mention the gentleman, the villain is not as good. The plot needs to be slightly tampered with.

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