Prime Minister

Chapter 542 Wang Anshi enters Beijing
There were several personnel changes in the officialdom, and Tang Jie went to Beijing to replace Han Jiang as the third envoy of Quan.

Tang Jie has always been upright and famous for his outspokenness. When Zhang Yaozuo passed away during the Jiayou period, Song Renzong was very sad, and then said to the ministers that you all said that Zhang Yaozuo was Yang Guozhong's second, which would ruin the country and move the capital to avoid disaster.Show me, is that so?

As a result, Tang Jie turned back on the spot. If there is a matter of moving the capital to avoid disaster, you might as well be Tang Xuanzong.Tang Xuanzong has a son Tang Suzong to reorganize the country, but who can your majesty rely on?

Renzong was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot.

It was Tang Jie who impeached Wen Yanbo, the privy envoy, to dismiss him.

Afterwards, his father-in-law, Wu Chong, served as Zhi Zhi Gao and Tong Zhi Jian Yuan.

Father-in-law is very close to Wen Yanbo and Han Jiang. At the same time, he has a deep friendship with Duke Lu, Sima Guang, and Han Wei. It is only logical that he was promoted this time.

It's all about connections.

But the most relevant thing about Zhang Yue is that Wang Shao was promoted, and this official was promoted to Zuo Lang.

According to the law, the two envoys promoted officials, military judges, and officials who were born as Jinshi who joined the army and recorded affairs, could be awarded Zuo Lang.

However, Wang Shao's appointment as a judge is not a status of a capital official, and now he is suddenly promoted to Zuo Lang, which can be described as a rapid promotion.

But what is even more astonishing is that the Privy Council is already discussing the establishment of an administrative region in Guwei.

Of course, this move was opposed by many officials, such as Tang Jie, who just became the third envoy.

Because Gu Wei had already risked angering the Xixia people by setting up a stronghold before, but now that Gu Wei has been promoted to a military supervisor-level administrative unit, the Xixia people are further angered.

However, some officials believed that since Suizhou was recovered, accepting the surrender of the Wei Mingshan brothers was already offending the Xixia people, and since they were all offended, they were not afraid of offending more.

At the same time, Li Liangzuo, the lord of Xixia, was newly mourned. The new lord was only eight years old, and the affairs of Xixia were taken care of by the Empress Dowager Liang.Xixia was too busy to take care of themselves internally. Before that, they sent envoys to the Song Dynasty, looking very polite and respectful.

The Xixia envoys promised to return the acquaintances along the border who had been looted from the Song Dynasty before, as well as the relics of Li Liangzuo, and at the same time continued to proclaim their ministers to the Song Dynasty.

Everyone in the Song Dynasty felt that this was almost the case, and it was enough to continue to maintain the current situation.

But the officials decided to elevate Gu Wei's status, and the next step was extremely frightening!
Tang Jie Shangshu objected that if a military supervisor was to be set up in Guwei, then soldiers and food must be hoarded, but the country has no extra money and food now, and he does not want to take the risk of offending the Xixia people to use troops here.

The officials couldn't help but wonder why there was another more stubborn Tang Jie.

However, the matter of Gu Wei setting up a stronghold is still under discussion, and here Wang Shao has already been promoted.

The officials summoned them in person, and they were promoted to Zuo Lang of Zuo Lang. You must know that Zhang Yue won the first prize in the first place, and then passed the system examination, so he became Zuo Lang of Zuo Lang.

The officials didn't care so much and promoted Wang Shao.

Many officials complained about this. You, Wang Shao, are not superhuman. Everyone has mixed qualifications. How can you be promoted so quickly.The habit of officials promoting people indiscriminately must be changed.

In addition to suffering from pink eye, there are also people who say that Wang Shao was so poor in Beijing in the past, and think about it now.

Many people have seen Lu Huiqing, and Wang Shao was recommended by Zhang Yue to the officials, and then he went straight up. This is definitely a shortcut to the south.

Under the walls of the imperial city.

Inside a pavilion in the Chongwen Museum.

Sima Guang, Fan Zuyu, and Guo Lin sat in a triangle.

And beside the three of them are piles of books piled up into a hill.

A few days ago, Sima Guang showed the history books he compiled to the officials for reading.The officials were very happy after reading it, and officially named this history book Zizhi Tongjian.

The remuneration for repairing books in Chongwen Museum is very generous.

In fact, there is no name given by the official, and these gifts, but Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin firmly believe that they follow Sima Guang to revise the history books, which is something that can last forever.

Years have passed, and the emperors and generals have all turned into skeletons, and the foundation established at the beginning believed in immortality, but books tell us that every dynasty cannot escape the end.Only history books can be handed down to future generations, and their names will be remembered by future generations along with this book.

At this time, I saw a small official rushing in and was about to report to Sima Guang, but he saw that the other party was sitting behind the case and writing.

The other party hurriedly closed it, but accidentally bumped into the candlestick.

The candle flame almost reached the corner of Sima Guang's robe spread on the mat, the petty official couldn't help but was about to pick up the candlestick in a panic, but Sima Guang didn't move a muscle, his eyes were staring at him with piercing eyes.

The little official's heart trembled when he saw this gaze.

"What's the matter?"

Sima Guang bent down to hold up the candlestick, calm as before.

"There is a letter from Wang Jiefu outside."

Sima Guang nodded and said with a smile: "Jiefu is almost arriving in Beijing, very good, help me up."

The little official helped Sima Guang get up.

Sima Guang thumped his waist, then walked out the door.

At the side, Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin stopped writing.Fan Zuyu said to Guo Lin: "You see, Sima Gong attaches so much importance to Wang Jiefu's letter."

Guo Lin said: "Yes, there is no regret in life to have such a bosom friend."

Fan Zuyu said with a smile: "Speaking of which, we are not bad with Duzhi. We usually sit down to drink and chat together, but recently we don't get together much."

Guo Lindao: "Duzhi is always by his side now, so he really doesn't have time to see us."

Fan Zuyu said: "It's not just that, Sima Gong and Wang Jiefu have always been friends because they have been in similar positions since they were officials, and now they are both Hanlin Bachelors (Sima Guang has changed to Hanlin Bachelors)."

"You and I are too far away from Duzhi. I'm afraid it will be difficult to have the opportunity to sit together in the bamboo pavilion as before and talk about things over wine."

Guo Lin was silent for a while.

Fan Zuyu said: "That's right, I met Xiang Qi a few days ago, and he also said that now Du is a highly regarded figure in the government, like Lu Huiqing, Wang Shao, etc., who were just casual friends with him in the past, and he is willing to recommend him." To the officials."

"And you and I are his classmates for many years, so many years of friendship, did he agree to recommend us to the officials?"

Guo Lin frowned slightly when he heard this, and said, "You are in contact with Seventh Young Master Xiang."

Fan Zuyu laughed and said: "I don't know why, after all, they all come from imperial schools. Although they have never been classmates, they still have some friendship."

"Xiang Qidao and I recommended two people to the officials. It seems that Wang Shao has a talent, and Lu Huiqing is good at classics, but what do I have?"

"Speaking of friendship, you are not shallow to Qi and Duzhi. You came to ask me to see what Duzhi promised us. But what kind of person is Duzhi, he never promised us these words, But if I, Fan Zuyu, really have some strengths, he will definitely not bury me, and will recommend it to the officials! I definitely don’t need to say more about this matter.”

Guo Lin smiled and said, "Chunfu, that's a good point. In fact, Duzhi is a nostalgic person."

Fan Zuyu smiled and said: "Even if you miss the old days, everyone is not in the same position now. In the past, when I went out to be an official, no matter how far I traveled, I still felt close after reading Du Zhi's letters. Although we are all in the capital now, we can meet again this time. In short, I feel that we are far away from each other.”

"In fact, we should be happy if we go high and fly far. We are classmates, and if he has a future, we will follow suit."

"As for those who recommend it or not, it doesn't matter. Our classmate's friendship is the most important thing. Asking him for these trivial matters really failed our friendship and made Du Zhi look down on us."

Guo Lin smiled and said, "Exactly."

While talking, a person came in from outside.

It turned out that Huang Haoyi had arrived, and when he saw the two of them, he immediately said, "You guys have nothing to do today. Du Zhi said that he just has time today, let's get together and have a drink at Qingfenglou."

Both Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin hurriedly got up and said, "If you have time, if you have time, let's go together."

After speaking, both of them pushed the article on the case aside.

Guo Lin hesitated again: "I don't know if Sima Gong is willing to let him go?"

Fan Zuyu laughed and said, "Let's just say it."

Immediately, Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin reported to Sima Guang.Sima Guang was reading Wang Anshi's letter with a smile. When he heard that Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin were going to drink with Zhang Yue, he readily agreed.

"Let's eat it this time."

"Then let me go to the toilet and make room."

"Go together."

Sima Guang looked at the backs of the three talking and laughing as they left. He also sighed at the friendship of the younger generations, and then looked at the letter Wang Anshi had written to him.

Wang Anshi arrived in Bianjing from Jiangning.

Wang Anshi went to Bianjing to post a post, and then waited for an interview.

Wang Anshi was not idle, and took his family and mouth to visit 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 rise up to visit the Taiyi Palace?

Wang Anshi stepped into the Taiyi Palace, but saw a scene of early summer in the Taiyi Palace.

The willow trees are shaded, the cicadas attached to the willow leaves are singing lowly, and the setting sun is shining on the one-acre square pond, making the lotus leaves more colorful.

This scene can't help but remind him of the scenery of the 36 hills when he signed the contract in Yangzhou.

After watching the scenery, Wang Anshi came to the palace and walked on the stone steps, looking at the old relics like deja vu.

Wang Anshi's youngest daughter asked, "Daddy, what are you looking at?"

Wang Anshi smiled and said: "I think of Jingyou three years ago, when I came to Bianjing with my father and brother, I once visited the Taiyi Palace."

The youngest daughter counted: "Jingyou for three years, isn't that 30 years ago?"

Wang Anshi said with emotion: "Yes, I was only 16 years old at the time. I just met Zeng Zigu, and then I learned about Ouyang Gong through articles, and then I lived in Beijing. I remember that there were many people in the Taiyi Palace that day. My father and brother were afraid that I would be separated. Just hold my hand together. We just swam from the east of the palace to the west of the palace, from the south of the palace to the north of the palace, everything is very novel."

Wang Anshi showed nostalgia, and then said to his little daughter: "Today I revisited the old place, but I can't remember the scene clearly. It has been 30 years. I really don't know if I have been here in a dream or I have really been to the Taiyi Palace."

The family couldn't help laughing when they heard Wang Anshi's words.

At this time, Miao Zhu saw that Wang Anshi and his party were accompanied by many officers and soldiers Yuan Sui, and immediately offered him pen and ink to write poems on the palace wall.

Wang Anshi remembered that two years after he visited the Taiyi Palace at the age of 16, his father died of illness when he went to Jiangning to serve as a magistrate. Now that more than 30 years have passed, he has returned from Jiangning to Bianjing to wait for the official's call, and he is about to know his destiny. people.

More than [-] years of time just flashed by before my eyes!

Thinking of this, Wang Anshi swiped a brush on the wall.

The willow leaves are singing, the green is dark, and the lotus is red at sunset. 36 Pei Chunshui, Baitou wants to see Jiangnan.

Here 30 years ago, my father and brother held my things.Today I come back to Baishou again, and I am lost if I want to find the old traces.

Ps1: Thank you Cao Mianzi book friend for becoming the No.18 leader of this book!

Ps2: The specific writing time of these two poems should be after meeting Song Shenzong, not before.

PS3: Congratulations to the book friends who participated in the college entrance examination for their titles on the gold list!

(End of this chapter)