I studied in modern times

Chapter 57

Han Jiang could get notification from Bianjing in advance.

How could the grand master who was already the elder of the four dynasties, the former prime minister who became an official, and Wen Yanbo, the Duke of Lu, not have his own channels.

He knew about the death of the emperor of Bianjing and the ascension of the new king earlier than Han Jiang.

Moreover, he knew more details than Han Jiang.

However, Wen Yanbo didn't say anything to anyone.

He kept these things in his heart.

The news of Bianjing's arrival finally reached the Zisheng Temple.

Wen Yanbo let out a howl, shed two tears, and bowed in the direction of Bianjing.

Then, the Grand Master of the Great Song Dynasty returned to his former calm.

His status is enough for him to have the power to bargain even when facing the emperor!
Especially today when Han Qi and Fu Bi have passed away successively.

He is Wenyan Bowen Kuanfu, the only surviving prime minister of Jiayou in the Great Song Dynasty!
"Taishi..." Wen Yanbo's good friend, Shao Bowen, the son of the late famous scholar Shao Yong, quietly approached Wen Yanbo's side, lowered his voice, and asked, "Emperor Daxing has passed away, and the new king is enthroned. Will you go to Beijing to visit Que Miansheng?"

Wen Yanbo laughed when he heard that.

"The old man is sick!" He said softly, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to travel far!"

Shao Bowen lowered his head, he understood what Wen Yanbo meant.

The grand master is raising his own value.

If the empress dowager, empress dowager and emperor of Bianjing don't send someone to invite him to Beijing in person.

He didn't want to move.

Anyway, if people in the world find out, it won't be his grand master Wen who will lose face!
"You wait..." Wen Yanbo's eyes swept over the juniors in front of him.

Shao Bowen, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi.

There are also gentlemen like Li Chang, Xi Ruyan, Wang Shanggong, and Feng Xingji who, in the Xining and Yuanfeng eras, did not want to be officials in the same court as the lucky teenagers, and angrily retreated to Luoyang.

He said leisurely: "Hurry up, everyone who can enter Beijing, let's go!"

"If you go late, I'm afraid the empress dowager and the empress dowager will be surrounded by villains!"

Everyone listened, nodded, and cupped their hands in thanks: "The teachings of the grand master, I will remember them in my heart!"

What Grand Master Wen said is indeed a wise saying.

What is the attitude of the current empress dowager and empress dowager towards Wang Anshi and Wang Anshi's new law?

It can be said that everyone knows it!
As early as the Xining period, the empress dowager and empress of the Great Inland were extremely dissatisfied with Wang Anshi, and the rumors that they repeatedly advised the emperor to depose the new law had spread widely among the people.

Those wives who have been in the palace and paid homage to the two palaces also said when they came back, "The empress dowager, the empress, have not liked Wang Anshi for a long time, thinking that Wang Anshi will bring disaster to the country, and there must be retribution!" '

Now, the biggest supporter of the new law, the emperor has passed away and became the Daxing Emperor, and will soon become the first emperor, the ancestors, and the royal portraits in Yingtian Temple, Xiangsheng Palace, and Jingling Palace in Bianjing.

Although, it is said that the new emperor is intelligent, wise and benevolent. Although he is young Chong, he already possesses the laws of a ruler and the demeanor of an emperor.

But no matter what, he was only eight years old.

In the next few years or even ten years, the two palaces will have the final say on the major military and state affairs in the Song Dynasty!
Don't take advantage of this opportunity, go to Bianjing City as soon as possible, meet with the two palaces, make a positive statement, talk about the new law and chaos, and win the support of the two palaces.

Then, the side of the two palaces will soon be filled with figures of villains, and there will be no room for them by then.

So, they have to take the initiative.

Just like Wang Zeng in Tiansheng years.

If it weren't for the king who had taken the initiative to ask Zhang Xianming to confront Empress Zhang Xian Mingsu in those years, he would speak out about all kinds of crimes that Ding said had harmed the country and the people.

How could that traitor be brought down?
Wen Yanbo took a closer look at the people in the Qiying Hall with his eyes, and asked curiously, "Where's Sima Twelve?"

"Grand Master..." Shao Bowen replied: "Sima Gong, when he heard that the emperor had passed away, he went to the small side room to grieve alone!"

Wen Yanbo nodded and sighed: "Old man, go and see Sima Twelve!"

Leaning on crutches, with the help of a servant, he left the Qiying Hall and arrived at the backyard of Zisheng Temple.

In front of a small wing, Wen Yanbo saw the young man Fan Zuyu who had been with Sima Guang for more than ten years.

Fan Zuyu is not only deeply liked by Sima Guang.

The late Fu Han Gong also liked him very much.

When he was alive, he even wanted to recruit him as his grandson-in-law, but he gave up because there was no suitable one.

Even so, Fu Hangong asked Fan Zuyu to present the table before his death, instead of giving this opportunity to the descendants of the rich family.

This is almost a statement of inheritance.

Wen Yanbo also admired this young man very much.

More than knowledge, character and talent.

And family background!

Fan Zuyu is a member of Fan Zhen's clan. He lost his father since he was a child, and was brought up by his clan uncle Fan Zhen to personally educate and raise him.

"Chunfu..." Wen Yanbo walked over and asked, "Sima Twelve is still sad?"

"Grand Master Wen..." Fan Zuyu bowed his hands before bowing, bowing his head and said, "Xianggong and Emperor Daxing are indeed a model of how a monarch and his ministers get along. When Emperor Daxing meets Xianggong, it can be said that he has done his best and cared for every possible thing. He treats him like a gentleman of the country!"

"Now, the Emperor Daxing passed away suddenly, and Xianggong is overwhelmed with grief, it is inevitable!"

Wen Yanbo sighed.

Of course he knew that Sima Guang had very special and complicated feelings for the deceased Majesty.

On the one hand, that Majesty attached great importance to Sima Guang and regarded him as the minister of the country and the pillar of the country.

Moreover, that His Majesty is extremely supportive of Sima Guang's determination to compile "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".

Not only did he write a preface for it himself, but he also bestowed the title of the book.

He even gave Sima Guang the precious historical materials of the past dynasties hidden in the palace as a reference for compiling the book.

Before and after, a total of no less than [-] volumes of various rare copies and treasures were given.

At the same time, all the funds and expenses of Zizhi Tongjian Bookstore were bestowed by His Majesty himself.

For more than ten years, there has been only a lot of gifts, and there has never been a shortage of pennies.

It can be said that without the full support of His Majesty, it would have been impossible for Sima Guang to complete a masterpiece like Zi Zhi Tong Jian in just a dozen years!
His majesty's tolerance and grace to Sima Guang can only be described as 'heavenly grace' no matter which dynasty it is placed in.

It is the standard 'courtesy national scholar' treatment.

According to the values ​​of Confucian scholar-bureaucrats and the teachings of sages.

If you treat me as a gentleman of the country, you will repay me with a soldier of the country!
But on the other hand, that His Majesty never listened to Sima Guang's advice.

Not alone.

In order to promote the new law, His Majesty also demoted a large number of gentlemen who opposed it from the capital.

As a result, there is no room for opponents in the capital!

This made Sima Guang unacceptable.

When the sage is in court, he should speak widely and listen to the opinions of the world, but why should he trust only one person?
"Old man, go and persuade him!" Wen Yanbo said, passed Fan Zuyu, and pushed open the door of the wing room.

Then I heard, in the wing room, an extremely depressing but mournful sob.

Wen Yanbo followed the sound and saw Sima Guang who was in tears in the side room.

He walked over and said softly: "Jun Shi... the old man also cried like Jun Shi back then..."

That was when Renmiao died.

"However, later on, the old man changed his mind, Emperor Daxing unfortunately abandoned the world, but he still left the country and the country, and entrusted it to the hands of our generation of scholar-bureaucrats!"

"How can the old man be depressed? Be cheered up for the world!"

"Junshi, you have a much better fate than the old man, Duke Han Wei, and Duke Fu Han!"

"Now, although the Son of Heaven is unfortunately dying, but the young master is in the court, the new king has already succeeded, and the country has a descendant!"

"If Junshi is a loyal minister of Emperor Daxing, he should stop crying at this moment, go back and pack his bags immediately, and go to Que Miansheng!"

"Is there anything better than assisting the young master, sorting out the world's major events, setting things right, tidying up the world's hearts, and repaying the Emperor Daxing's kindness?"

Sima Guang listened, and naturally knew that Wen Yanbo was right.

Unfortunately, Emperor Daxing has already abandoned the world.

The young master is in the court, and people say that he is smart, handsome, benevolent and holy, and he seems to have an ancestor's demeanor.

He is only eight years old, and he can already read the Spring and Autumn Period, and he can already understand the etiquette and law, and know the teaching of respect and inferiority.

Be filial to the mother and be close to the queen.

Emperor Rumu, father, copied Buddhist scriptures with his own hand.

When he ascended the throne, he was supported by his officials, and he was still able to organize clearly.

People in Bianjing said: the official family has a legacy of benevolence temple!
Sima Guang kept hearing all kinds of legends about the young master in Zisheng Temple these days.

He, too, was constantly cheered up by the news.

In particular, when Sima Guang received letters from Han Zhongyan, Wang Cun and others, confirming various rumors, it was undeniable.

The exhilaration and joy in him was irrepressible.

For scholar-bureaucrats, there is nothing like sending a message to Jun Yao and Shun.

If so.

That is, with my own assistance, the emperor is Yao and Shun!

And the young master perfectly fit Sima Guang's ideal template.

Cong Junren Sheng, juvenile precocious, eight-year-old read Spring and Autumn, no less than Han Mingdi.

Although he lives in the deep palace, he still understands the teaching of etiquette and law, and knows the difference between superior and inferior.

It can better explain the sage's humble words and righteousness, and make a generous and benevolent view.

Such a young master, looking at the past and present, few ministers can meet.

And the ministers I met were all lucky.

So, Sima Guang wiped away his tears, cupped his hands to Wen Yanbo and said, "I will remember the teachings of the grand master in my heart!"

"It's just..." Sima Guang looked in the direction of Bianjing, cupped his hands and said, "Entering Beijing without the emperor's order is not something that a minister can do!"

Wen Yanbo shook his head and said, "No way!"

"Last year, the Emperor Daxing issued a decree: The Prince of Yan'an County will leave the court in the next spring, and the works of Sima Guang and Lu Gong should be used as teachers and protectors!"

"This is Tuo Gu Ye!"

"Emperor Daxing issued a decree to the world, relying on Junshi. As a minister, how can Junshi hesitate to move forward?"

"Besides..."

Wen Yanbo said: "In October last year, Junshi had served as four Chongfu palace envoys, and according to the system, he should also enter Beijing to wait for the palace!"

In the Great Song Dynasty system, all rank-and-file officials, even the lowest-ranked seventh-ranked candidate Si Bowei, had to return to Beijing to wait for the ques after each full term.

Waiting for the appointment of the Ministry of Officials (in the past, the Juguanyuan and Liuneiquan) or Dutang and the emperor.

It is precisely because of this that the greatest power of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty has always been to eliminate officials.

Selecting and employing people determines the future of the world and the future of the country.

"Hurry up and enter Beijing!" Wen Yanbo said earnestly: "Junshi, the world is tied to Junshi!"

"We, the old ministers of Jiayou, are all old and rotten!"

As he spoke, Wen Yanbo also became lonely.

Duke Han Wei left, and Duke Fu Han followed.

Duke Fan Wenzheng has long been driving a crane, and Ouyang Wenzhong is full of flair in the Drunkard Pavilion.

Jiayou's important minister, the gentlemen and sages who worked together in the past to launch the Qingli New Deal, and then promoted the Qingli School, now he is the only one left.

As for the other Zhang Fangping and Wang Gongchen...

During the Qingli period, they were all villains and the evil party!
Wen Yanbo was able to resist scolding them, because he was thinking about the overall situation.

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PS: Corrected a previous error.

I got dizzy from reading and made a typo.

When the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty passed away, he went to the officials to listen to the government. It took three days instead of seven days.

I got confused and confused another thing with this.

(End of this chapter)