Zhang Shi said goodbye to Wu Anshi. He liked the Wu Mansion when he saw it, but he thought that his younger brother would not accept it due to his temperament, so he planned to discuss it with Zhang Yue.
However, Zhang Yue did not go anywhere else at this moment, but to Wang Anshi's house.
After entering the third class of the system, Sima Guang and other examiners Zhang Yue all went to visit him, but Wang Anshi was the only one who did not visit him.
Zhang Yue believed something.
You can't flatter anyone in this world. If you do, it means there must be something the other person values in you.
Another thing is not to offend people easily.
No matter how junior his official position is, it is better not to offend him.
The Song Dynasty did not kill civil servants, and even the Nine-Five Supreme Being could not kill a civil servant, stab his face, or even dismiss him from office. If Wang Kui caused such a big trouble, he could only be demoted to Lingnan and let him die on the way.
Why is there this system?
Just like in other dynasties, if you see that the emperor is unhappy, how about slamming the table with him in anger?
In the Song Dynasty, it was common for officials to confront the emperor. Kou Zhun pulled the official's sleeves to prevent him from leaving. When Bao Zheng spoke, his saliva sprayed on the official's face.
Even the emperor could not kill people, which meant that the prime minister could not kill all his political opponents.
Therefore, when doing things in the officialdom, one should not be too strict, and everyone will fight without breaking through. If you let him go today, others might let you go in the future, and keep the bottom line between each other.
It was understandable that brothers Su Shi and Su Che didn't go to Wang Anshi's house, and everyone was upset.
But Zhang Yue went to see Wang Anshi because he didn't want to offend anyone.
Zhang Yue came to deliver the message. Wang Anguo and Wang Anli were both at home.
When he heard that Zhang Yue was coming, Wang Anli went out to greet him and called him the No. 1 Scholar.
Zhang Yue held Wang Anli's hand, and the two laughed and talked by the door.
After a while, Wang Anguo also came out to welcome him.
The three of them entered the foyer and chatted for a while. The maid served Zhang Yue fragrant tea with a hot towel.
Wang Anli said: "It's remarkable that after being the first person to become a Jinshi, he was promoted to the third level."
Wang Anguo clapped his legs and said: "Du Zhi, I really want to give you a good blow this time."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It's easy to say, I will definitely treat you two to a banquet someday if I have the opportunity."
Wang Anguo said: "To save it, keep your word and keep your word."
Zhang Yue said: "Yes, I heard that the last time I ordered my brother to redeem his wife, it was a good talk in Bianjing."
Wang Anli smiled and said: "I heard about it too, Du Zhi. My sister-in-law still blames him to this day. A total of nine million dollars was spent."
It turned out that when Zhang Yue went to the Wu Mansion last time, he learned something about Wang Anshi from the Wu family.
Wang Anshi thought he was swaying Han Qi because of his "returning the title", but the emperor promoted Han Qi to the post of Zhao Wenxiang instead.
Wang Anshi seemed to be very depressed because of this, so Wang Anshi's wife Wu heard about it, or she wanted to let Wang Anshi relax, or she didn't want him to continue to interfere with Han Qi and distract his attention, so she took matters into her own hands. Bought a concubine for Wang Anshi.
One day when Wang Anshi was studying in the study, he suddenly saw a beautiful woman with a high bun and a phoenix jade hairpin. She was wearing splendid clothes and light makeup. She was very pretty.
Wang Anshi saw the other party and asked, "Who are you?"
The woman leaned forward and said, "Madam, you asked me to serve you."
Wang Anshi asked: "Are you married? Whose wife is it?"
The woman cried after hearing this and said: "I am an officer of the army. His ship sank when he was transporting grain with his men. The family's money was not enough to compensate, so I sold my body to pay off the debt."
Wang Anshi asked sadly: "Then how much did my wife spend to buy you?"
The woman replied: "Nine hundred thousand dollars."
Wang Anshi said: "You go back to your room to rest first. You don't have to come and serve me."
The next day, Wang Anshi released the woman home, reunited her with her husband, and gave them a sum of money to help them live.
Most people praised this incident when it came out. Yang Su reunited Xu Deyan with Princess Lechang who had moved into his palace. The story of their reunion has become a favorite story to this day. Wang Anshi's move is really like Yang Su's.
But of course some people say that Wang Anshi is unreasonable.
Facing such a beautiful woman, she actually remained indifferent and asked her to go back to her room to rest without even asking for 900,000 yuan. This is really too fake.
Because of this incident, Wang Anshi's reputation became even higher.
As for whether it was a forgery, Zhang Yue felt that Wang Anshi was not. Although it was common for scholar-bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty to take concubines and prostitutes, Wang Anshi really never took a concubine except his first wife in his life.
He was different from another famous prime minister, Kou Zhun. Kou Zhun not only kept concubines, but also lived an extremely luxurious life. He often held parties at home and rewarded the singing girl with a piece of silk.
Like Wang Anshi, there is his good friend Sima Guang. Sima Guang also never had a concubine in his life.
Zhang Yue did not hesitate to praise this matter. It is true that no matter how bad Wang Anshi is, his personal ethics are really not bad.
Zhang Yue and Wang Anli and Wang Anguo were having a particularly speculative conversation, but there was a young man behind the screen, and a young man was peeping here.
The young man's name is Wang Yu, who is Wang Anshi's eldest son, and the young man is his second son Wang Pang.
Wang Yu heard this and said: "The number one scholar came to visit, but he was flattering."
The king heard this and said, "Brother, how can the polite words of visiting guests be considered flattery?"
Wang Yu whispered to Wang Pang: "What's the matter? Dad is a famous Confucian in the world, a first-class figure. Confucius's resurrection is just like that. So what if he is the first Jinshi? What if he is admitted to the third class? Isn't it right to meet dad? Please ask for advice respectfully."
"Look at Su Shi and Su Che, both of whom have great self-control and talents, but when I read their articles, their meaning is just to flatter people's hearts. They say grand words to the king, words of benefit to the officials, and words of wishes to the people, just to please others. What insights does Huan Xin Shu have?"
Wang Pang did not dare to refute his brother and asked: "What about Zhang Duzhi's article? I read it and thought it was very good."
Wang Yu said: "His article is good, but dad said that although his article has its important points, it lacks the skills. You remember, there is the way but not the skills. The skills can still be found, even if it is not discussed Although he is a top-notch person, he is also one of the best in the world. If Su Shi and Su Zhe have skills but no way, it will be difficult."
"As for my father's articles, they are truly virtuous and skillful. If you have your own treasure, why bother asking for help from others? You should carefully read the articles of father and me. Don't read other people's articles unless they are as knowledgeable as me. If you misread their articles, you will see the flowers but not the leaves, the leaves but not the branches, and the branches and leaves but forget the roots.”
Wang Pang said: "But dad said that stones from his mountains can be used to attack jade, but he never asked me to only read his own articles."
Wang Yu heard this and was about to continue teaching his younger brother.
But he saw a servant coming in and asking Zhang Yue to come into the hall to see Wang Anshi.
Wang Yu said: "At this time, dad usually reads Laozi, but now he is willing to meet Zhang Duzhi, which shows that the name of Zhuangyuan Gong is still extraordinary."
Wang Pang said: "Brother, if you also get the third-level first-class exam, you will make your father happy."
Wang Yu said disapprovingly: "The number one scholar is chosen by others. What's the point? Have you ever seen Confucius and I care about these reputations?"
At this time, Wang Anli and Wang Anguo had already stood up and introduced Zhang Yue to see them.
Wang Pang couldn't help but said: "Let's go, let's go to the hall to hear what dad and Zhang Duzhi have to say?"
Wang Yu agreed.
Zhang Yue walked straight to the hall. This was his second visit to Wang Anshi.
When Zhang Yue met Wang Anshi, he bowed to him first.
But Wang Anshi met Zhang Yue and asked, "Does Duke Han know that Duke Zhuangyuan is here?"
Zhang Yue felt unhappy after hearing Wang Anshi's words.
Now that Wang Anshi's celebrity halo has faded in his heart, it's still two years since Xining. Who is afraid of whom?
Do you really think that as an examiner, you can do whatever you want?
Zhang Yue's face was livid, and he was hesitating whether to speak out. Wang Anshi raised his head, thinking that Zhang Yue had not heard and repeated himself.
"Does Duke Han know that Duke Zhuangyuan is here?
Zhang Yue retorted directly: "Then Wang Sheren returned the title of Ci, do you want to be the censor Zhongcheng?"
Finally, Wang Anshi became a little confused.
Zhang Yue was so happy in his heart.
Officials who admonished officials like the censor of the Song Dynasty must be personally abbreviated by the emperor. This is the ancestral family law.
Because it is necessary to use Yanguan, that is, the Taijian system, to form supervision over the Privy Council of Zhongshu to prevent the Prime Minister from becoming too powerful.
In order to aggravate the Sansheren incident in history, Su Song, Song Minqiu, and Li Dalin returned the title eight times and also prevented the emperor from appointing Li Ding.
Because Li Ding was appointed as the supervisory censor Li Xing, which was an important position in the Taiwan admonishment system.
Li Ding was a student of Wang Anshi. How could a student of the prime minister serve as an admonition? Not only would that fail to serve as a supervisor, but Wang Anshi would be able to punish anyone he wants in the future.
However, Li Ding's appointment was made by Song Shenzong himself, and the three ministers could not directly say, Emperor, you are confused and you have been deceived by Wang Anshi.
Therefore, the three Sheren came up with various excuses to prevent Li Ding's appointment.
Because Tai Jian is the enemy of Zhongshu.
So you, Wang Anshi, mocked me, and now I am mocking you, Wang Anshi, and you return the prefix? You seem to be completely serving the public, but aren't you trying to get the emperor to promote you to the position of censor Zhongcheng by fighting with the prime minister?
"That's nonsense."
Wang Anshi coughed twice. He had been suffering from throat discomfort these days, but now that Zhang Yue was irritating him, he couldn't help but cough.
Zhang Yue said hypocritically: "The weather has turned cold, please take care of your health!"
"I don't think... because of what you said, I..."
Seeing Wang Anshi cough a few more times, Zhang Yue nodded in agreement, but his expression was clearly saying, "Fool, keep fooling, you keep fooling."
Wang Anshi was caught off guard by Zhang Yue and took a sip of tea to stabilize himself.
As for Wang Yu, who was behind the screen, he said angrily: "How arrogant Zhang Duzhi is, humiliating his father, what is his intention?"
Wang Anshi had already said: "I never explain to others, but since you are here to see me as a student today, I might as well talk to you about strategies for the imperial examination."
"When I read your strategy and countermeasures, I used 'strengthening and doing' as the general strategy throughout the article, and it runs through the whole story, but how to strengthen it? You didn't say it clearly, which shows that there is really a lack of strategy in your mind."
"It is said that it is not difficult to write a thousand words, but the difficulty is to be pragmatic. The foundation of government and the guideline of governing the people are all based on pragmatism. Of course, it is okay to say this if you have no experience as an official, but the matter of system and government, The emperor seeks perfect talents among all people. Since talents are perfect, they must not know how to put them to use. Therefore, in my eyes, you are not worthy of these three grades from beginning to end."
