After walking out of the official palace, Han Qi and Wen Yanbo both looked solemn.
Wen Yanbo said to Han Qi: "Your Taoist official shed tears when he finally spoke to the king. It shows that at this point in life, even a father and son cannot remain indifferent."
Han Qi just felt that Zhang Fangfang's move seemed to be a drill.
Once the official recovers from his illness, his repeated prudent actions will be trusted by the official.
Han Qi was a little disgusted with this move, but he still used Zhang Fangping and said nothing. He said to Wen Yanbo: "What can we do if the state affairs are like this? After appointing the crown prince, we should consolidate the king's kindness and benefit all the people."
Han Qi listened to Wen Yanbo's words: "Don't overdo the kindness, grant amnesty to the world, and give civil and military officers and sons as their fathers. The latter will be rewarded with a single turn of honor."
When Wen Yanbo heard Han Qi's words, there was no room for negotiation and he didn't say anything.
In the past two years, Han Qi felt that rumors and rumors in the court kept coming towards him due to the Pu discussion. He thought that assisting the official family could revive the state affairs, but the official family became seriously ill within two years of taking charge.
Now it seems that the idea of relying on the emperor to reform the court situation again has to be given up.
As for whether the next emperor will rely on himself, it is difficult to say.
His right-hand man, Zeng Gongliang, frequently wanted Wang Anshi to return to the court, and his intention was exactly for him.
Han Qi sighed deeply when he thought of this.
After returning to Zhongshu, he asked his confidants: "How is Zhang Duzhi doing lately?"
A confidant reported: "When I returned to my husband, I kept living simply at home, farming and reading every day, and seemed to have no intention of making progress. I wrote an article not long ago, envying Tao Yuanming."
Han Qi laughed and said: "Zhang Duzhi wants to be Tao Yuanming? Can't he be a hermit?"
The confidant said: "Since Zhou Dunyi's Ai Lian was mentioned, today's scholars are either Ai Lian or Ai Ju. As for Mu Tao, there are also some."
Han Qi said: "It's difficult to be alone."
Currently in Jiangning Mansion.
Wang Anshi sent his son Wang Yu to Bianjing for an examination. Zhangqiu also went to Beijing with Wang Yu.
Although Zhang Qiu failed in the first subject, Zhang Yue found a reason for him to be sick through his connections, so he was allowed to retake the next subject so that he could take the provincial examination as an exemption.
Wang Anshi was chatting with Wang Yu and Zhangqiu.
Zhang Qiu attended Wang Anshi's class, but he was not his disciple. However, he was very popular. Cai Bian, Li Ding and other Wang Anshi's disciples all liked to associate with him.
As for Wang Yuben, who was too arrogant, he was dissatisfied with Zhang Qiu and made things difficult for Zhang Qiu several times. However, Zhang Qiu did not compete with him and always restrained himself in everything. On the contrary, even Wang Yu admired Zhang Qiu and respected Zhang Qiu from then on.
This time, the two of them went to Beijing together to take the exam.
Before leaving, Wang Anshi told Wang Yu: "You should also pay attention to the way you go to Beijing this time, as it is related to the people's livelihood and sentiment. National affairs do not depend on the discussions of the princes in the temple, but on the livelihood of the people."
Wang Yu said: "Dad, the child has remembered."
Wang Anshi asked Zhangqiu again: "What do you think?"
Zhang Qiu said: "I think what you said is very true. Reading and understanding will always make you go higher and farther, but if you go too far, you will lose sight of all the people in the world. My third uncle asked me to always understand the sufferings of the people and have compassion for them. The heart of the common people, so that the original intention of reading will not be lost due to lack of rationality."
After hearing this, Wang Anshi couldn't help but said solemnly: "It's really rare to be able to say such words."
After hearing this, Wang Yu realized that his father really loved the house and the bird.
He knew that his parents intended to betroth his sister to Zhangqiu, so he gradually changed his view of Zhangqiu. He had many excellent qualities of a scholar, and his sister would not feel wronged if she married him.
Wang Anshi said to Wang Yu: "When you go to Bianjing, you must first visit Han Chiguo and Sima Junshi. In addition, you must take good care of Mr. Zhang's family along the way."
Wang Yu replied that he understood.
Then Wang Anshi watched the two of them board the boat. At this moment, not far away, Wang Anshi's youngest daughter and his maid were watching the boat Zhang Qiu was riding. The boat hung up its white sails and disappeared into the distance before retracting its gaze.
Wang Anshi's wife Wu knew that her daughter was going to the dock in the name of sending her brother to take the imperial examination, but she had never gone in the past to avoid the suspicion between men and women, but now she became interested...
After Wang Anshi returned home, Mrs. Wu said to Wang Anshi: "Since you intend to recruit Mr. Zhang of the Zhang family as your son-in-law, why didn't you make this clear to him early? If he goes to the capital and becomes a Jinshi, I'm afraid there are many Bianjing officials. Many dignitaries are competing with us. Nowadays, you don’t know how difficult it is for a high-ranking family in Bianjing to find a good son-in-law. Even with your salary, I’m afraid you won’t be able to provide much dowry.”
Wang Anshi said: "This Mr. Zhang is not someone who cares about money."
"Then what's the officer's idea?"
Wang Anshi said: "I can't speak first about this matter."
"Then you didn't say anything? How did he know? Is it because you didn't want to speak because you had some grudge against Zhang Duzhi at the beginning?"
Wang Anshi's face darkened when he heard this, and Wu immediately shut up.
Wang Anshi said gloomily: "I'm going to the study."
After Wang Anshi walked away, Wu shook his head and complained: "You really want to save face and suffer the consequences!"
In the first month of the first month, there was a strong wind and haze in Bianjing. The yellow dust covered the face, and the sight could only be within ten steps.
Such an abnormal celestial phenomenon makes people wonder if something big is going to happen in Bianjing City again.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Guan Jia died of illness on the west steps of Funing Hall. Although this incident came out suddenly, the officials had been somewhat prepared these days, and they all put on mourning clothes and went to the palace to mourn.
It is common practice to persuade the prince to ascend the throne after the crying ceremony, because it was just done four years ago. Han Qi and the others were very familiar with the process, and there were no mistakes in the process.
But this was only on the surface. Two emperors died within a few years of each other. Such a turbulent situation made all officials feel at a loss what to do.
Emperor Renzong basically did not take care of things in the last few years. In the years after Emperor Daxing ascended the throne, he was busy fighting for power and finally failed to win.
Although the emperor existed, his power had gradually weakened.
The officials all feel that they are living in confusion, and even think that after the new emperor ascends the throne, they will not only be promoted but also receive rewards. Hey, this is really...a sad thing.
Sure enough, after the new king ascended the throne, it was customary to grant amnesty to the whole world and all officials to be promoted to the first rank. However, something went wrong when it came to rewarding all officials with imperial troops.
When Zhao Shu ascended the throne, he allocated 15 million guans to reward the Imperial Army and 4 million guans to reward civil servants.
Now that the new king has ascended the throne, how much of a reward he will receive has become the first problem.
Zhang Fangping, Han Jiang and others all submitted a letter saying that the country really had no money. Not only could the rewards not be paid, but even the burial of Emperor Daxing became a problem, because the tomb of Emperor Renzong had just been built, which had caused a lot of complaints among the people.
Xinjun looked at the discussion below and didn't know what to do.
Just two days after the new king ascended the throne, hundreds of officials came to the Ancestral Temple to worship the new king.
At the beginning, Emperor Taizu set up an oath stele in the inner room of the Imperial Ancestral Temple's dormitory hall. It was usually covered with a golden curtain and the door key was tightly sealed.
After the new emperor ascended the throne and visited the temple, the new emperor would enter the temple and read the oath in front of the oath stele. Only an illiterate Xiao Huangmen followed him. As for what was written on the oath stele, no one in the world except for the emperors of the Song Dynasty. People know.
