There were several personnel changes in the officialdom. Tang Jie came to Beijing to replace Han Jiang as the third envoy of Quan.
Tang Jie was always upright and famous for his outspokenness. When Zhang Yaozuo passed away during the Jiayou period, Song Renzong was very sad, and then told the ministers that you had been saying that Zhang Yaozuo was the second to Yang Guozhong all day long and would ruin the country, so he moved the capital to avoid disaster. Show me, is that so?
As a result, Tang Jie retorted on the spot, "If you want to move the capital to avoid disaster, you might as well be Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty." Tang Xuanzong had a son, Tang Suzong, to reorganize the country, but Your Majesty, who can you rely on?
Renzong was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot.
It was Tang Jie's impeachment that ordered Privy Councilor Wen Yanbo to dismiss the prime minister.
Later, his father-in-law Wu Chong took up the post of Zhi Zhi Gao and also Zhi Jian Yuan.
My father-in-law was very close to Wen Yanbo and Han Jiang. He also had deep friendships with Lu Gongzhu, Sima Guang, and Han Wei, so it was natural for him to be promoted this time.
It's all about personal connections.
But the most relevant thing for Zhang Yue is that Wang Shao was promoted, and he was promoted to Zuo Lang.
According to the laws and regulations, officials who are recommended by the two envoys, military judges, and recorders who join the army and are Jinshi can be awarded the title of Zuo Lang.
But Wang Shao's appointment as a judge was not yet a capital official. Now he was suddenly promoted to Zuo Lang, which can be said to be a rapid promotion.
But what is even more shocking is that the Privy Council is already discussing the establishment of an administrative district in Guwei.
This move was of course opposed by many officials, such as Tang Jie, who had just assumed the post of Third Secretary-General.
Because Gu Wei had already risked angering the Xixia people by setting up a stronghold before, and now the promotion of Gu Wei to an administrative unit at the military supervisory level has further angered the Xixia people.
However, some officials believed that by regaining Suizhou and accepting the surrender of the Wemingshan brothers, they had already offended the Xixia people. Since they had offended them all, they were not afraid of offending more.
At the same time, Li Liangzuo, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, was newly mourned. The new leader was only eight years old, and the affairs of the Xixia Kingdom were managed by the Empress Dowager Liang. Xixia was too busy internally to take care of itself, and had even sent envoys to the Song Dynasty before, acting very polite and respectful.
The Xixia envoy promised to return the familiar households along the border that had been plundered from the Song Dynasty before, as well as Li Liangzuo's relics, and at the same time continue to submit to the Song Dynasty.
Everyone in the Song Dynasty felt that this was enough, and they could just continue to maintain the current situation.
But the officials decided to enhance Gu Wei's status, and the next step was very scary!
Tang Jie Shangshu objected that if military prisons were to be set up in ancient Wei, troops and grain would have to be stockpiled. However, the country now had no extra money and grain, and it did not want to risk offending the Xixia people by using troops here.
The officials couldn't help but have a headache and thought about why a more stubborn Tang Jie came here.
However, the matter of setting up a stronghold in Guwei is still under discussion, and Wang Shao has been promoted here.
The official personally summoned the right one and promoted him to Zuo Zuo Lang. You must know that Zhang Yue won the first prize and passed the system examination before he was promoted to Zuo Zuo Lang.
The officials didn't care so much and promoted Wang Shao.
Many officials have complained about this. You, Wang Shao, are not all powerful. Everyone has mixed qualifications. Why can you be promoted so quickly? The official habit of promoting people indiscriminately must be changed.
In addition to those who suffered from pink eye, there were also people who talked about the days when Wang Shao was too poor in Beijing to expose the blame, and then think about it now.
Many people have seen that Lu Huiqing and Wang Shao were recommended to the officials by Zhang Yue, and then they rose to great heights. This was a shortcut to Zhongnan.
Under the walls of the imperial city.
In a pavilion in Chongwen Hall.
Sima Guang, Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin sat in a triangle.
Next to the three of them were piles of books.
A few days ago, Sima Guang showed the history books he compiled to officials for browsing. The officials were very happy after reading it and officially named this history book Zizhi Tongjian.
The salary for editing books in Chongwen Hall is very generous.
In fact, there was no official title or such certificate, but both Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin firmly believed that following Sima Guang in compiling history books would be something that would last forever.
Many years have passed, and the emperors, generals and ministers have all turned into skeletons. At the beginning, the foundation established was believed to be immortal, but books tell us that every dynasty cannot escape its end. Only history books can be passed down to future generations, and their names will be remembered by future generations along with this book.
At this time, I saw a petty official hurriedly enter the house and was about to report to Sima Guang, but he saw him sitting at ease behind the case writing.
The other party hurriedly closed it and accidentally bumped into the candlestick.
The candle flame almost burned the corner of Sima Guang's robe spread on the mat. The clerk couldn't help but panic and was about to pick up the candlestick, but saw that Sima Guang hadn't moved at all and was staring at him with bright eyes.
The clerk's heart trembled at the sight.
"What's the matter?"
Sima Guang bent down and held up the candlestick, as calm as ever.
"There is a letter from Wang Jiefu outside."
Sima Guang nodded and said with a smile: "Jiefu is coming to Beijing soon. Very good. Help me up."
The clerk helped Sima Guang get up.
Sima Guang thumped his waist and walked out the door.
Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin stood aside and stopped writing. Fan Zuyu said to Guo Lin: "You see, Sima Gong even attaches so much importance to Wang Jiefu's letter."
Guo Linze said: "Yes, I have no regrets having such a close friend in my life."
Fan Zuyu said with a smile: "To be honest, we are pretty good with Du Zhi. We usually sit down to drink and chat together, but we don't get together much recently."
Guo Lindao: "Du Zhi is always with you now, and he really has no time to see us."
Fan Zuyu said: "It's not just that. Sima Gong and Wang Jiefu have always been friends because they have had similar official positions since they became officials, and now they are both Hanlin bachelors (Sima Guang has been changed to Hanlin bachelor)."
"You and I are too far apart from each other. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to have the opportunity to sit down together in the Zhuxuan and talk over wine as we did in the past."
Guo Lin was silent for a while.
Fan Zuyu said: "Yes, I met Xiang Qi a few days ago, and he also said that Duzhi is now a highly valued figure in the official family, like Lu Huiqing, Wang Shao and others who were only casual acquaintances with him in the past, and he was willing to recommend him To the officials."
"And you and I have been his classmates for many years. We have been friends for so many years. Will he allow us to recommend him to the officials?"
Guo Lin frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "You are interacting with Xiang Qishao."
Fan Zuyu said with a smile: "Why don't I know? After all, they are all from Imperial College. Although they have not been classmates, at least they have some friendships."
"Xiang Qidao and I, the two people recommended to the officials, Wang Shao seems to be very talented, and Lu Huiqing is good at Confucianism, but what do I have?"
"When it comes to friendship, your relationship with Qi and Duzhi is not shallow. You came to ask me just to see what Duzhi promised us. But what kind of person is Duzhi? He has never promised us these words. But if I, Fan Zuyu, really have any merits, he will definitely not bury me and recommend me to officials! I definitely don’t need to say more about this matter."
Guo Lin smiled and said: "Chunfu, this is a good saying. In fact, Duzhi is a nostalgic person."
Fan Zuyu said with a smile: "Even if we miss the past, in fact, we are not in the same position now. In the past, I went abroad as an official, and no matter how far away I was, I still felt close to you when I read Du's letters. Now, although we are all in the capital together, we can see you again this time." However, I feel that we are far away from each other."
"Actually, we should be happy when he can go high and fly far. We are classmates, and if he succeeds, we will also benefit from it."
"As for recommending or not, it doesn't matter. The friendship between our classmates is the most important. Asking him for these trivial matters really betrays our friendship and makes him look down on us."
Guo Lin smiled and said: "Exactly."
While he was talking, someone came in from outside.
It turned out that Huang Haoyi had arrived. As soon as he saw the two of them, he said: "You guys have nothing to do today. Du Zhi said that he is free today. Let's get together and have wine at Qingfeng Tower."
Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin both stood up and said, "If you have time, if you have time, let's go together."
After saying that, they both pushed the article on the case aside.
Guo Lin hesitated again: "I wonder if Mr. Sima is willing to let him go?"
Fan Zuyu smiled and said: "We just say it."
Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin immediately asked Sima Guang for leave. Sima Guang was reading Wang Anshi's letter with a smile. Hearing that Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin were going to have a drink with Zhang Yue, he happily agreed.
"We'll survive this time."
"Then let me go to the toilet and make room."
"Let's go together."
Sima Guang looked at the three people walking away chatting and laughing. He also sighed at the friendship between the younger generations, and then looked at the letter written by Wang Anshi to him.
Wang Anshi arrived from Jiangning to Bianjing.
Wang Anshi went to Bianjing to submit a post and then waited for an interview.
Wang Anshi was not idle. He took his family to the West Taiyi Palace.
The family members didn't understand what Wang Anshi meant. Shouldn't they wait for the emperor to receive him at this time? Why did he suddenly get up to visit Taiyi Palace?
Wang Anshi walked into Taiyi Palace and saw a scene of early summer in Taiyi Palace.
The willow trees are shady, the cicadas attached to the willow leaves are humming, and the setting sun is shining on the square pond of one acre, making the lotus leaves even more colorful.
This scene couldn't help but remind him of the scenery of Thirty-six Pis when the Yangzhou contract was signed.
After Wang Anshi saw the scenery, he came to the palace and walked on the stone steps. He looked at the old ruins and seemed to have seen them before.
Wang Anshi's youngest daughter asked: "Dad, what are you looking at?"
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "I remember that in the third year of Jingyou's reign, I came to Bianjing with my father and brother and visited Taiyi Palace."
The youngest daughter counted: "Jingyou's three years, wasn't that thirty years ago?"
Wang Anshi said with emotion: "Yes, I was only sixteen years old at that time. I had just met Zeng Zigu, and then learned about it from Ouyang Gong through his articles, and then lived in Beijing. I remember that there were many people in Taiyi Palace that day, and my father and brother were afraid that I would get separated. , just hold my hand together. We just wandered from the east of the palace to the west of the palace, and from the south of the palace to the north of the palace. Everything was very novel. "
Wang Anshi showed a look of nostalgia, and then said to his youngest daughter: "Today I revisited my old place, but I can't remember the scenery clearly. It has been thirty years. I really don't know if I have been here in a dream or if I have really been to Taiyi Palace."
The family members couldn't help laughing after listening to Wang Anshi's words.
At this time, the temple minister saw that Wang Anshi and his entourage were accompanied by many officers and soldiers, and immediately gave him pen and ink to write poems on the palace wall.
Wang Anshi remembered that two years after he visited Taiyi Palace at the age of sixteen, his father died of illness while serving as a judge in Jiangning. Now more than thirty years later, he returned to Bianjing from Jiangning to wait for the official's call, and he was already about to die. A person who knows destiny.
More than thirty years of time just flashed before our eyes!
Thinking of this, Wang Anshi waved his hair on the wall.
The willow leaves are tinkling and green, and the lotus flowers are red in the setting sun. Thirty-six spring water, longing to see the south of the Yangtze River.
Thirty years ago here, my father and brother were holding my things. Today I come back to Baishou again, and I am lost even if I want to find the traces of the past.
Ps1: Thank you to Bookmate Cao Mianzi for becoming the 18th ally in this book!
Ps2: The specific time of writing these two poems should be after meeting Song Shenzong, not before.
PS3: Congratulations to the book friends who participated in the college entrance examination and won the gold list!
