Prime Minister

Chapter 336 Seeing Wang Anshi
Zhang Shi bid farewell to Wu Anshi, he liked the house of Wu's mansion very much, but he thought that with his younger brother's temperament, he would definitely not accept it, so he planned to discuss it with Zhang Yue.

But Zhang Yue didn't go anywhere else at the moment, but went to Wang Anshi's residence.

After entering the third class in the system department, Sima Guang and other examiners Zhang Yue visited him, but Wang Anshi did not visit him.

Zhang Yue believes in one sentence.

You can't curry favor with anyone in this world. If you curry favor with others, it must be because you have something that the other party values ​​in you.

Another thing is not to offend people easily.

No matter how small his official is, it's better not to offend him.

The Song Dynasty did not kill civil officials, and even the Ninth Five-Year Supreme could not kill a civil official, nor could he stab his face, or even dismiss his official.If Wang Kui caused such a big incident, he could only be relegated to Lingnan, and let him die on the way.

Why is there such a system?

It's like changing to another dynasty and you see that the emperor is upset, how about clapping the table with him in a fit of anger?

In the Song Dynasty, it was common for officials to hate the emperor.Kou Zhun pulled the official's sleeve and refused to let him go, Bao Zheng spit on the official's face when he spoke.

Even the emperor cannot kill, which means that the prime minister cannot kill all political enemies.

Therefore, in the officialdom, you can't be too decisive, everyone fights without breaking, if you let him go today, maybe they will let you go in the future, and keep the bottom line for each other.

Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers could be forgiven for not going to Wang Anshi's mansion, and everyone was upset.

But Zhang Yue went to see Wang Anshi, just not to offend anyone.

Zhang Yue went to the door and handed over the post. Wang Anguo and Wang Anli were both at home.

Hearing that Zhang Yue was coming, Wang Anli went out to greet him and called him the number one scholar.

Zhang Yue held Wang Anli's hand, and the two talked with each other with smiles by the door.

A moment later, Wang Anguo also greeted him.

The three entered the hall and chatted for a while, and the maid brought hot towels and fragrant tea to Zhang Yue.

Wang Anli said: "During it, after the No. 1 Jinshi, he was admitted to the third class. It's amazing."

Wang Anguo clapped his legs and said: "Duzhi, this time I really want to beat your autumn wind."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "It's easy to say, I will definitely entertain the two of you when I have the opportunity someday."

Wang Anguo said: "To save it, keep your word and keep your word."

Zhang Yue said: "That's right, I heard that the last time you ordered your brother to redeem his wife, it was a good story in Bianjing."

Wang Anli smiled and said: "Duzhi, I heard that my sister-in-law is still blaming him. A total of 900 million yuan has been 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 that he had put Han Qi together because of "returning the word head", but the emperor promoted Han Qi to Zhao Wenxiang instead.

Wang Anshi seemed to be very depressed because of this, so Wang Anshi's wife Wu heard about it, either for the purpose of distracting Wang Anshi, or because she didn't want him to continue to fight against Han Qi to divert attention, so she made her own decision. Bought a concubine for Wang Anshi.

One day, Wang Anshi was studying in his study, and suddenly saw a beautiful woman with a high bun, a phoenix and jade hairpin inserted in it, wearing a splendid dress, light makeup and delicate makeup, very pretty.

When Wang Anshi saw the other party, he asked, "What are you?"

The woman leaned forward and said, "Madam asked me to serve you around."

Wang Anshi asked, "Are you married? Whose wife is it?"

The woman cried and said: "The official of the concubine is a general of the army. The ship sank when he led his subordinates to transport grain, and the family's money was not enough to pay for it, so he sold the concubine to pay off the debt."

Wang Anshi asked sadly: "Then how much did my wife pay for you?"

The woman replied: "90 yuan."

Wang Anshi said: "You go back to your room to rest first, you don't have to come and serve me."

On the second day, Wang Anshi released the woman home, reunited her with her husband, and gave them a sum of money to help them survive.

Most people praised Yang Su for letting Xu Deyan reunite with Princess Lechang who had entered his mansion.Wang Anshi's move is really like Yang Su's.

But of course some people say that Wang Anshi is unreasonable.

Faced with such a beautiful woman, it is really too fake to be indifferent and let the other party go back to the room to rest, not even asking for 90 yuan.

Because of this incident, Wang Anshi's reputation has grown even higher.

As for whether it was a forgery, Zhang Yue felt that Wang Anshi was really not.Although it was common for scholar-bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty to take concubines and keep prostitutes, Wang Anshi had never taken a concubine except for his original wife in his life.

He is different from another famous minister, Kou Zhun. Kou Zhun not only takes concubines, but also lives an extremely extravagant life. He often holds parties at home and rewards the singer with a piece of silk.

Same as Wang Anshi, and his good friend Sima Guang.Sima Guang never took a concubine in his life.

Zhang Yue did not hesitate to praise this matter, indeed no matter how black Wang Anshi is, he is really not black in terms of personal morality.

Zhang Yue chatted with Wang Anli and Wang Anguo very speculatively, but there was a young man behind the screen, a young man was peeping here.

The young man named Wang Yu is the eldest son of Wang Anshi, and the young man is the second son Wang Bang.

Wang Yu heard the words and said: "The number one scholar came to the door, but he was flattering."

Wang Pang heard the words: "Brother, how can polite words of visiting guests become flattery?"

Wang Yu whispered to Wang Pang: "What's the matter? Dad is a famous Confucian in the world, a first-rate figure, and Confucius' resurrection is nothing more than that. So what about Jinshi No.1? You should also respectfully ask for advice.”

"Look at Su Shi and Su Zhe, they are self-respecting and talented, but when I read their articles, their intention is just to flatter people's hearts. Seeing the king speak grandiosely, seeing officials speak of benefits, and seeing people speak of hometown wishes, to please people. What is the opinion of Huanxin?"

Wang Pang didn't 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 articles are good, but Dad said that although his articles are worthy, they are lacking in wisdom and skill. You remember, this is knowledgeable but skillful, and skills can still be sought. He is at the top of the class, but he is also a top-notch person in the world, like Su Shi and Su Zhe, who have skills but no way, it will be difficult."

"As for Daddy's articles, that's the real way. You have a treasure mountain at home, so why ask others. You should carefully study Daddy's and my articles. Don't read the rest unless you are as knowledgeable as me. In my opinion, 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 root.”

Wang Bang said: "But Dad said that stones from other mountains can be used to make jade, but he never told me to only read his own articles."

Wang Yu heard the words and was about to continue to teach his younger brother.

But I saw a servant come in and invite Zhang Yue into the hall to meet Wang Anshi.

Wang Yu said: "At this time, Dad usually reads Laozi, but now he is willing to meet Zhang Duzhi, it can be seen that the name of the champion is still extraordinary."

Wang Bang said: "Brother, if you also pass the exam as the number one scholar and the third class, it will make daddy happy."

Wang Yu said disapprovingly: "The number one scholar was chosen by someone else. What's the point? Have you ever seen Confucius and Lao Tzu care about these reputations?"

At this time, Wang Anli and Wang Anguo had already stood up, and they were getting closer to the introduction.

Wang Pang couldn't help but said: "Let's go, let's go to the hall to listen to what Dad and Zhang Duzhi have to say?"

Wang Yu agreed.

Zhang Yue went straight to the hall. This was his second visit to Wang Anshi.

When Zhang Yue saw Wang Anshi, he bowed to him first.

But when Wang Anshi saw Zhang Yue, he asked, "Did Mr. Han know that Mr. Zhuangyuan is here?"

After Zhang Yue heard Wang Anshi's words, he was very upset.

Now that Wang Anshi's aura of celebrity has faded in the bottom of his heart, it's still two years away from Xining, who is afraid of whom?
Do you really think that as an examiner, you can BB casually?

Zhang Yue's face was livid, he was hesitating whether to speak out, Wang Anshi raised his head, he thought Zhang Yue hadn't heard and repeated it.

"The number one scholar is here, does Mr. Han know about it?

Zhang Yue said directly: "Then Wang Sheren sealed and returned the word head, do you want to be the imperial censor Zhongcheng?"

Finally, Wang Anshi couldn't hold back on his face.

Zhang Yue was so happy from the bottom of his heart.

Officials admonished by the imperial censor of the Song Dynasty had to be briefed by the emperor. This is the ancestral family law.

Because it is necessary to use the officials, that is, the Taiwan admonishment system to supervise the secretaries of the Zhongshu to prevent the power of the prime minister from becoming too large.

In the Sansheren incident in history, in order to worsen Su Song, Song Minqiu, and Li Dalin, the three of them returned the title eight times, and also prevented the emperor from appointing Li Ding.

Because Li Ding served as the supervisory censor Lixing, he was an important position in the Taiwan admonition system.

Li Ding is a student of Wang Anshi, so there is no way to let the prime minister's students serve as admonishers.Not only would it fail to play a supervisory role, but in the future, Wang Anshi could punish anyone he wanted.

But Li Ding's appointment was personally appointed by Song Shenzong, and the three scholars couldn't just say that the emperor is confused, and you were deceived by Wang Anshi.

So the three family members came up with various excuses to prevent Li Ding's appointment.

Because Taiwan's admonishment is the opponent of Zhongshu.

So you, Wang Anshi, satirized me, and now I am mocking you, Wang Anshi, and you give back the title?It seems that you are completely public, isn't it because you are fighting with the prime minister, and you want the emperor to promote you as Yushi Zhongcheng?

"A bunch of nonsense."

Wang Anshi coughed twice. He had a sore throat these days, but now he was agitated by Zhang Yue, so he couldn't help coughing.

Zhang Yue hypocritically said: "The weather is turning cold, please take care of yourself, Wang Sheren!"

"Old man... because of what you said, old man..."

Seeing Wang Anshi coughing a few more times, Zhang Yueshen nodded in agreement, but his expression was clearly saying, flicker, keep flickering, you just keep flickering.

Wang Anshi was caught off guard by Zhang Yue, and took a sip of tea soup to stabilize himself.

As for Wang Yu behind the screen, he said angrily, "How arrogant is Zhang Duzhi, to humiliate his father, what is his intention?"

Wang Anshi said: "The old man never explains to others, let me tell you, since you are here as a student to visit the old man, I might as well talk to you about the strategy for the imperial examination."

"The old man read your strategy rightly, and the whole article uses 'strength' as ​​the general strategy, which runs through the top and bottom, but how to make it strong? You didn't say it clearly, which shows that there is really a lack of strategy in your mind."

"The so-called writing a thousand words is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in being pragmatic. The foundation of politics and the principles of governing the people are all pragmatic and practical. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have experience as an official. It is the son of heaven who seeks a perfect talent among all the people. Since you are a perfect talent, you must know the way to apply it. Therefore, in the eyes of this old man, you have not been able to be the third class from the beginning to the end."

(End of this chapter)