Funing Palace. With the support of Li Xiang'an, Zhao Xu slowly got up from the imperial bed and walked to the two courtiers kneeling in front of him. "Sima Gong..." Zhao Xu called out these three words, and felt a pang in his heart. He put his hand on Sima Guang's back lightly, and said in a harsh voice, "I'm sorry!" "Your Majesty!" Sima Guang kowtowed vigorously, but he was choked up and unable to speak. Shi Yue looked at the emaciated emperor who was still seriously ill, and the emaciated Sima Guang who had suffered from the bereavement of his son, and couldn't help feeling a little sad for a moment.

Sima Kang did not save his life after all, and Sima Guang lost his son in old age. One can imagine the psychological blow.But this is a strong old man. When the emperor worshiped him as Shangshu Zuopu with guilt, he did not refuse at all, took over the mess left by Lu Huiqing without hesitation, and confessed to the emperor that he might not Being able to handle the current crisis well, boldly recommending Shi Yue to the emperor as the right servant—this surprised Shi Yue deeply. Shi Yue thought that the people who recommended him to the emperor might be Han Wei and Feng Jing, or it might be others The official attendant of the pavilion never thought that it would be this Sima Guang who was not too satisfied with him.With such a mind, anyone who sees this old man can't help feeling a little respect.

The emperor is also very poor.Stroke patients are most taboo about emotional ups and downs and overwork. However, Zhao Xu, who managed to get his condition under control a little, suffered heavy blows one after another. However, Zhao Xu was miraculously not knocked down. After the report of the rebellion in Yizhou, it surprisingly perked up.On the one hand, he dismissed Lu Huiqing, exiled Shu Quan, and pardoned the officials involved in the Chen Shiru case; worshiped Sima Guang as the left servant of the Shangshu, and Shi Yue as the right servant of the Shangshu; In order to stabilize the mood of the new party by borrowing Wang Anshi's prestige, he quickly stabilized the political situation in Bianjing; on the one hand, he ordered Feng Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs and Officials, to be the envoy of Yizhou Road, and hurried to Yizhou to preside over the overall situation; Adopting Fan Chunren's suggestion, sending envoys to Chengdu Mansion with an edict to dismiss Yizhou's transshipment envoys, and transfer the judge Chen Yuanfeng to take over government affairs...

No one knows how Zhao Xu did this!Within a few days, almost at the cost of overdrafting his life, Zhao Xu endured severe dizziness and headaches, and with amazing perseverance, met the ministers in Funing Hall and dealt with military and state affairs. Shi Yue understood very well that Zhao Xu was not a very calm person.During the day, in front of the ministers, he pretended to be calm and orderly, as if he had become the energetic emperor in the early years of Xining; but at night, Shi Yue heard that Zhao Xu was so anxious that he lost sleep every night. The signs of life are disappearing from Zhao Xu's body bit by bit.

"I'm sorry, Qing..." Zhao Xu patted Sima Guang's shoulder with his left hand. Although he personally issued an edict to let Sima Guang adopt his elder brother's son and bestow him with a noble and beautiful official, he still felt sorry for losing the only one. According to Sima Guang, who was his own son, Zhao Xu knew in his heart that this was far from irreparable. "Your Majesty..." No matter how hard Sima Guang endured his grief, he could hardly hold back his tears at this moment. "Your Majesty!" Although suffering from the pain of losing a son, it is impolite to cry in the Funing Palace. Shi Yue quickly interrupted the conversation and said, "A few days ago, Your Majesty asked the ministers, what should Wang Anshi do after he enters Beijing?" The position is waiting for him? The minister discussed with Sima Gong and the governors of the two prefectures. An Shi, the former prime minister, initiated the reform. If you set up two mansions, you may be burdened by common affairs, and it is not your majesty's intention to treat the old ministers and elders. The ministers thought that your majesty wanted to leave Anshi in the capital for constant consultation. The servant is in charge of the emperor's discussion of major affairs, and the review of Chinese and foreign cashiers. As for the matter, since the imperial court, although he has not been in charge of the affairs of the subordinates, he will not be removed if he is not a veteran and important minister. The ministers think that they may worship Anshi as a servant and beg for His Majesty's order!"

Zhao Xu also noticed his gaffe.After experiencing this series of events after the stroke, he seemed to have become vulnerable without knowing it. Many emotions that he could hide in the past are now often revealed inadvertently.Zhao Xu hated his fragility. A person who could feel his life flowing from his hands all the time, even if he was an emperor, could not control his emotions rationally all the time.However, Zhao Xu still refused to give himself any excuse to be slack, and quickly turned his attention to Shi Yue's report. He only wanted to keep Wang Anshi in the capital after he learned of the reconciliation between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, but Wang Anshi's official position arrangement was very delicate.If Wang Anshi is worshiped again, the impact on the old party will be too great, and the political situation will not be stabilized quickly, but will become more turbulent; In the political reality that occupies half of the political affairs hall, Sima Guang must be the prime minister; and Shi Yue is also unable to move. Zhao Xu knows in his heart that financial management and chaos are not the director of Sima Guang. If he really wants to fight the fire, he must rely heavily on Shi Yue—— Not to mention that he has left Shi Yue idle for so long, it is absolutely impossible to justify Shi Yue's seniority and prestige not to put him in the right servant's position.But there are only two servants. Could it be that Wang Anshi should be a political advisor and a Hanlin scholar?But Wang Anshi is not an ordinary prime minister. He initiated the new law, which is regarded as the "red flag" of the new party. Treating it lightly will not only chill the hearts of the ministers who support the reform, but also make people misunderstand that there has been a change in national policy.Therefore, what kind of official position should be given to Wang Anshi, he had to spend some brains...

At this time, when he heard Shi Yue's report, Zhao Xu also nodded unconsciously. The prime ministers of the two mansions took great pains - the status of the servants is still higher than that of the left and right servants, but they have no real power. This is neither giving Wang Anshi real power nor face. It looks good again.So Wang Anshi's "old age and sickness" and so on are naturally a nice excuse. Shi Yue saw that Sima Guang had calmed down, the emperor nodded again, and said, "Since your majesty has given you the permission..." Before he finished speaking, Zhao Xu shook his head slightly, and murmured with dissatisfaction: "Master, Minister! I thought..."

The emperor nodded first, then shook his head, making Shi Yue puzzled for a moment.Even before the reform of the official system, it was usually regarded as a "servant" who was favored and would become a prime minister. The full stop of a person's political life appeared... What else is the emperor not satisfied with? "...The servant is just a favorite after all. I summoned Jiefu again to...to help each other...two, the two prefectures' important military and state affairs...discuss first and then implement...Servant, participate in the political affairs hall, and the privy meeting , fear, fear of recruiting officials..."

Although Zhao Xu's condition has improved, one of the sequelae of his stroke is that he can't speak clearly.Once you want to speak a long sentence, the sentence will be incoherent, and there will be a slight stutter and ambiguous pronunciation.But Shi Yue and Sima Guang could understand the meaning of his words.The two couldn't help but looked at each other—the emperor's meaning was very clear. He didn't want Wang Anshi to be a senior consultant with "standing consultancy", but wanted Wang Anshi to be a person who had the right to speak and influence all military and state affairs regardless of specific political affairs. Prime Minister!

Sure enough, the emperor said again: "... Mo, Mo Ruo used Jiefu to serve Zhongzhong and Ping, and Pingzhang's important military and state affairs." "Pingzhang's military affairs are important!" Shi Yue was almost taken aback. When he looked up, he saw Zhao Xu's eager gaze, and couldn't help crying secretly.He is no stranger to this "important military and state affairs in Pingzhang", the Supreme Prime Minister!Originally, he didn't care if there were more "Pingzhang Military and State Important Matters" coming out. He was only a second chancellor, not a prime minister;The problem is, even after more than ten years, Shi Yue still feels afraid of Wang Anshi's stubbornness and uncompromising attitude.

But he didn't object immediately, instead he went to see Sima Guang almost habitually.Shi Yue knew very well that at this very moment, as long as Sima Guang objected, the emperor would never insist on his own opinion. Sima Guang's face was also a bit ugly, but he glanced at Shi Yue, was silent for a while, then pursed his lips and paused: "Your Majesty is holy!" Shi Yue couldn't believe his ears. Seeing the emperor's gaze shifting over, his brain was agitated, and he seemed to understand for a moment, and quickly followed suit, saying: "Your Majesty is holy!" After leaving the Palace of Funing, Shi Yue did not go to Shangshu Province because of another order, so he resigned from Sima Guang. After leaving the palace, he took a carriage and drove to the post house where Wang Anshi was temporarily staying.Along the way, Shi Yue kept thinking about the way Sima Guang looked at him.Shi Yue was really shocked that Sima Guang would tolerate worshiping Wang Anshi as an important military affairs of Pingzhang.It should be said that, in essence, Sima Guang is not a person who is inflexible and unwilling to compromise. Although sometimes, due to his personality, even when he compromises, his figure is not soft enough and his style is a bit blunt, but Sima Guang Light is not a natural "Sima Niu".After more than ten years of understanding of the sense of responsibility and character of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty, Shi Yue is still more confident. He is usually more worried about the group character of the "gentlemen" who are unwilling to compromise. A considerable number of people are linear in black and white. thinking.This kind of "hate and hate" character is sometimes the worst.But now, obviously, the scholar-bureaucrats surprised Shi Yue again.Indeed, there are still some people who stubbornly insist on their own linear thinking, but more and more people have learned how to make the necessary compromises, whether it is a new party or an old party.Moreover, they do not care about personal gains and losses. What does it mean that Sima Guang is willing to accept worshiping Wang Anshi as an important military affairs of Pingzhang? This means that Sima Guang is willing to accept the fact of coexistence with the New Party!It means that Sima Guang is willing to try to cooperate with Wang Anshi! Shouldn't Shi Yue be happy about all of this? Shi Yue's rationality told him that he should be happy, but there was no trace of joy on his face or in his heart! Why did Sima Guang make such a choice? Perhaps it was because Sima Junshi already understood that the New Party would definitely exist. Lu Huiqing's lesson taught him that it is better to hand over the New Party to Wang Anshi than to hand it over to others... Perhaps Sima Guang and Wang Anshi have completely restored their friendship in private... maybe…… Shi Yue was willing to find a thousand reasons for Sima Guang, but he couldn't forget the way Sima Guang looked at him.He couldn't help but face the reality - the reason why Sima Guang was willing to accept worshiping Wang Anshi as an important matter for the Pingzhang army was because of him, Shi Yue! There is no need to look for reasons too much to justify it, Shi Yue's intuition can be sure. On the one hand, Sima Guang strongly recommends Shi Yue as the right servant, and cooperates with him without any reservations; on the other hand, Sima Guang does not hesitate to make huge sacrifices, but also guards against Shi Yue... It seems so contradictory, but it is true. The old party cannot accept the remnants of the new party that are close to disintegration but cannot be ignored. Wang Anshi has become an important matter for Pingzhang's military and state, at least it can prevent these people from turning to Shi Yue. However, it is also difficult for Shi Yue to know whether he is using the heart of a villain to save the belly of a gentleman. It is meaningless to bother to guess Sima Guang's intentions. Even if it's just to get through the immediate crisis, Shi Yue needs Sima Guang's support.No more partisanship! Suddenly, Shi Yue felt the carriage stopped, and heard the sword waiter outside the carriage calling: "Master, the posthouse is here." Shi Yue let out a "huh", Shi Jian had already opened the door curtain of the carriage, Shi Yue bowed his body, before poking his head out, he saw the carriages and horses converging outside the post house, and the carriages lined up outside the post house were as long as Song Dynasty. The length of the mile.Some of these carriages are drawn by Hetao horses and are magnificently decorated; they are also pulled by mules, which are extremely simple; It was blocked. This situation made Shi Yue couldn't help but smile wryly, but he heard Shi Jian laughing beside him and said: "Master, the gate of the post house is closed!" Hearing the words, Shi Yue hurriedly looked from a distance, and saw that the gate of the post house was tightly closed, obviously Wang Anshi was closing the door to thank the guests, but the officials and scholars who came to see him outside the gate were not willing to give up easily.It's no wonder that since Lu Huiqing's resignation, although there have been no major personnel changes for the time being, all officials of the new party in the DPRK and China are in danger. Everyone is worried that the old party will take the opportunity to liquidate and expel the new party from Bianjing.Before Wang Anshi arrived in Beijing, there were already rumors in the new party, and they all pinned their hopes on Wang Anshi, the former prime minister.This is related to everyone's official status, and naturally Wang Anshi can't thank the guests behind closed doors, so that they can go back home. Shi Yue shook his head with a smile, and ordered: "Shi Jian, go and pass in my name card. It seems that we can only go through it." Wang Anshi stood on the steps outside the living room of the posthouse, looking at Shi Yue, with mixed feelings in his heart.Ten years!Ten years ago, he never thought about how many chances he would have to see Shi Yue again in this life.Ten years can also make many grievances bearish - ten years ago, how dare he expect Sima Guang to personally write a letter asking him to come back? !So many things have happened in the past ten years, and too many people have changed. Today's Shi Yue, compared with Shi Ziming ten years ago, has undergone many indescribable subtle changes.The first time Wang Anshi saw Shi Yue, he already felt this change in Shi Yue, but it was difficult for him to tell what the difference was.Maybe it's Shi Yue's temperament, he looks more and more like a prime minister, a real prime minister!For a moment, Wang Anshi suddenly felt sad, and he couldn't help but think of his beloved son Wang Yu. If Wang Yu was still alive, what would he be like today? Shi Yue also looked at Wang Anshi from a distance.Compared with when he left Bianjing ten years ago, Wang Anshi's beard and hair are already grey, and the wrinkles on his face are deeper and more numerous. His hair and beard are a bit disheveled, and his slovenly habits have not changed much.But from a spiritual point of view, Wang Anshi is much better than Sima Guang.His eyes are still aggressive, making people dare not look directly at them; when he stands on the stone steps, even though he is wearing a uniform, he can still make all the people around him dim and become a dispensable background. "Shi Yue pays homage to Duke Jing! Are you safe and sound, Mr. Xiang?" With three or four steps away from the stone steps, Shi Yue bowed down far away. Wang Anshi quickly walked down the stone steps, supported Shi Yue with both hands, laughed and said, "Ziming, don't come here!" Shi Yue straightened up, looked at Wang Anshi, and sighed: "The state affairs are like this, how can it be said to be 'all right'?!" Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, but Shi Yue turned his face and smiled and said: "However, it is the country's fortune to see that Xianggong is in good health today. " However, Wang Anshi shook his head: "Zi Ming is wrong. What use can I be for an old man? Today's affairs of the country are relying more on Zi Ming and Jun Shi." As he spoke, he invited Shi Yue into the hall middle. The two talked about their seats in the hall and sat down. At this time, the officials of the post house had already given orders, and they did not dare to disturb them after the refreshment. Shi Yue's guards were also waiting outside the door. Except for Wang Anshi and Shi Yue, everyone in the hall Only his nephew Wang Fang, who has been by Wang Anshi's side to take care of his daily life, and Shi Jian, who stands by Shi Yue's side. After Wang Fang met Shi Yue again, he heard Wang Anshi sigh slightly: "Someone is actually to blame for what happened in Yizhou!" Even though Shi Yue had thought of ten thousand beginnings, he never expected that Wang Anshi's first sentence would be self-blame. He raised his head in surprise and looked at Wang Anshi.But Wang Anshi sighed again in a low voice: "Jifu is like no other, but he is impatient. Jifu also wrote to ask me for my opinion on the policy of Xining's naturalization. Since Xining's national policy, in the past ten years, the officers and soldiers have won many battles and restored Lingwu. This is the first achievement since Emperor Taizong - Nanjiao and Dali belong to China, and they should be mixed together. Planning for the Southwest will be eternal. The foundation industry was originally a good plan. At that time, no matter the virtuous or the foolish, most of the people in the world thought that the southwestern barbarians could be settled by turning their backs. The government and the public discussed it, and there were few opponents. Now if a catastrophe occurs, all the blame will be attributed to Ji Fu, as if Ji Fu He is a sinner of the country, and this cannot be called a fair argument." At this point, Wang Anshi looked up at Shi Yue, and said with a wry smile: "This time, Ziming once again predicted this misfortune." Shi Yue couldn't help sighing: "It's indeed unfortunate!" "But in the end, we can't criticize Ji Fu because of this. At that time, there were not one or two talented people who were unexpected in the world. Even Zi Ming, there were times when things were unexpected. Otherwise, Li Bingchang would have been a prisoner. I was at that time Recommending Jifu as a chancellor is because he likes Jifu's extraordinary talents, but the gentlemen in the court have too much prejudice against Jifu. Ziming is fair to say that without Jifu and the king's hard work and wisdom in the court, you can achieve peace. Xia Zhiye?" "Since ancient times, there has been no ruler in the court, but a general who can make contributions to others." Shi Yue replied calmly.Half of the credit for Xi Ning's expedition to the west was indeed attributed to the ministers of the two governments at that time. Wang Anshi nodded and said: "I knew that Wei Ziming could not discredit Jifu's achievements. But Jifu is not popular in the end. He offended too many people for me and was burdened by me. People in the government and the public have prejudice against him. It is unbreakable. Jifu was eager to prove himself, and carried out the policy of naturalization; but when there was a setback, he was afraid that the government and the people would not be compatible, so he had to grit his teeth and persevere to the end. Four years ago, if Jifu knew today's result, he would not have come here!" Wang Anshi's sympathy and pity for Lu Huiqing were beyond words, "Before Jifu left Beijing, he wrote a letter to me, talking about his state of mind for three or four years, Deplorable." For the same thing, different people stand in different positions and often have different understandings.The friendship between Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing is that they are staff members, colleagues, teachers and students, and friends. They love each other like father and son, and they have trusted and supported each other for decades. From his standpoint, these words are all from the heart. Not surprisingly.But from Shi Yue's standpoint, it is difficult to understand Lu Huiqing's behavior in this way.He was neither willing to agree with Wang Anshi nor to argue with Wang Anshi, so he just kept silent. Wang Anshi sighed for a while, and then said: "The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear. When I was prime minister in the past, I was also in the bureau, and suddenly I didn't realize that I was wrong. Once I left Bianjing and lived in Jinling for ten years, I finally realized how unreasonable I was back then. Recalling the three years in Xining, Cheng Bochun once discussed with me the advantages and disadvantages of the Young Crop Law, and analyzed the principles, all of which were acceptable. I was moved, but when Zhang Tianqi came to Zhongshu, his words were surly. I thought that since ancient times, there was no belief in the reform, so I finally became stubborn. If it wasn’t for Ziming’s plan later, I really don’t know where I would be?! Every time I think about this However, at that time, it was actually forced by the situation. Before a certain took office, the admonishing officer had already discussed it. As soon as the new law came out, the performance was not obvious, and the gentlemen were already regarded as ministers of profit, and they must be expelled. Then quickly. Look around, the world is full of waves, virtuous like a king, close like an country, all hold the ambition of inconsistency, when it is time, only know that "righteousness lies, although thousands of people, I will go to it", criticize it If the words are a little too aggressive, it will hurt your ears, but if you hear a word or a half of praise, you will be regarded as a confidant, and you will be recommended to a good job. Tu Qiang, although you can wait for the title of Marquis...At that time, who still remembers 'I examine myself three times in a day'?" Shi Yue couldn't help being moved when he heard Wang Anshi being so open and honest, admitting his own wrongdoing, and talking about the secret of that day.He only thought that Wang Anshi was stubborn, how did he know that Wang Anshi also had such a side to admit his mistakes frankly?At this time, he couldn't help but said: "I knew about Cheng Bochun earlier, fourteen years ago, I was already a guest of the prime minister's family!" But Wang Anshi said that he was just talking politely, shook his head and smiled: "The past is gone. The past is regrettable, but there is no regret in the world. I said this to Ziming today in the hope that the Song Dynasty will not have to die. The party struggle!" At this point, Wang Anshi's expression was already gloomy, "I also suffered the pain of bereavement, Sima Gongxiu's death, I feel the same way! The Song Dynasty should not be like this, the Song Dynasty should not be like this..." "This is also the wish of Yue and Junshi." Shi Yue looked at Wang Anshi and said sincerely, "Mr. Junshi once said to Yue that he would never want to see someone in Song Dynasty suffer the pain of bereavement! He paused for a while, and then said: "I came here today, actually following the emperor's order. Tomorrow, the emperor will summon Duke Jing, and the emperor ordered me to visit Duke Jing first, and tell Duke Jing to send you to Yizhou." Canceled." Without the emperor's explicit permission, Shi Yue dared not tell Wang Anshi of his new appointment. But Wang Anshi didn't care about his official position, he got up to thank him, and said: "I have heard rumors that Feng Dangshi went to Yizhou, but this matter of fighting chaos may not be the director of Feng Dangshi..." Shi Yue could only smile wryly in his heart, the emperor sent Feng Jing to Yizhou, of course he wanted to take advantage of his prestige as prime minister to calm the hearts of the town, but more, it was because the emperor was dissatisfied with him as an official minister, but Just after dismissing a Lu Huiqing, the emperor still wanted to slow down the personnel changes as much as possible. Since Feng Jing went to Yizhou, it was almost impossible to return to the Zhengshitang.In fact, Feng Jing had already intended to become an official. When he went to Yizhou, he was actually in charge of the flag. It was Chen Yuanfeng and Gao Zunhui who were actually punished in Yizhou.But it was inconvenient for him to say these things.However, he already knew that Wang Anshi was going to be an "important matter for the military and the country" and that he would be required to cooperate in everything in the future. Dismissing Yizhou's transfer envoy and deputy ministers and 18 officials, if there are no ministers in charge, it will be difficult to make a perfect plan. Moreover, both Chen Yuanfeng and Gao Zunhui were in the army, and they are quite capable of serving; Wang Hou, Murongqian, and He Weizhi have all joined the army. Shu, the three of them are all famous generals in the army, and it is not difficult to put down the rebellion. The difficulty in Yizhou is how to deal with the aftermath..." Wang Anshi had also heard about the reputation of Wang Hou and the other three, so he couldn't help but nodded, and asked: "Who is Chen Sanniang? Why did she dare to make trouble? I come from the southeast, and although I have heard some rumors, they are all untrue. Even people from Bianjing often say things that are unreasonable..." Shi Yue also knew that Wang Anshi would have to ask this question a long time ago. These days, envoys from Bianjing and Chengdu Mansion have been communicating endlessly, and the reason and process of Chen Sanniang's riot are generally clear, so he replied: "It's a long story. Since then, there has been a lot of cultivation of culture and governance, and the prosperity of the three religions. The most prosperous folk Buddhism is the Pure Land Sect. Believers often form lotus shrines to chant Buddha. On weekdays, believers love and help each other. This is also known to the public. Jiangxi and Zhejiang were also very popular in the past. Yes. Compared with other places, Shu believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and the lotus society was more prevalent. The imperial court repeatedly banned it, but the more it banned, the more it was banned, and even the whole family of local officials believed in the lotus society. In the end, nothing happened After a long time, all the laws and regulations have become useless. This Mrs. Chen San was originally a widow in Fuyu County, Pengzhou. She usually eats fast and recites Buddha with the township party. , although this is completely inconsistent with the purpose of Buddhism, but the people in the countryside respect them like gods, and they are quite prestigious in Fuyu County..." "So it's the Yellow Turbans, I'm afraid it's the government forcing the people to rebel!" "Exactly." Shi Yue nodded and said, "Although the Yizhou officials defended in every possible way and evaded their responsibilities, Chen Yuanfeng and Gao Zunhui have sent their respective memorials. This is due to the improper handling of the local officials and provoked civil uprisings. Yizhou has used troops year after year. The government treasuries in various places have long been empty for the supply of military supplies, and Changping warehouses are almost exhausted even with deficits and collections. Although Pengzhou is located in the interior, it was originally a lower state, with less than 30,000 main customers and less than 50,000 taxpayers. Fuyu County is even a middle-lower county, and it has never been rich. As of October this year, even last year's autumn tax was still in arrears. The magistrate of Fuyu County failed to collect enough taxes last year because of poor preparations for military supplies. , has been reprimanded by Cao Si, and the exams are inferior. This year's summer tax has not been collected, and seeing that he will be punished again, even his official position will be lost. Therefore, when the autumn tax was collected, he urged the subordinates Going to the countryside to collect collections, the people earn a year's work, and after paying the autumn tax, they have to pay the summer tax, the rations for the winter, and the seeds for the spring. If you owe more than one hundred cash in taxes, you will be locked up and taken to the county government to be tortured. About a month ago, a nephew of Mrs. Chen San wanted to save some grain for the winter, so he borrowed a few hundred cash to pay money, and wanted to be prosecuted. However, in the current situation in Yizhou, it is impossible to buy food at the official price even if you pay cash, even if you use copper and iron coins. She wanted to pay for it herself, but she refused to obey. After a dispute, she took her nephew to the county government. Mrs. Chen San went to the county government to reason, but Fu Yuling said she was not good enough, so she became angry from embarrassment, and put Mrs. Chen in shackles. In the evening, hundreds of believers smashed the shackles and rescued Mrs. Chen San. Fuyu County had no troops except for dozens of non-teaching parade troops and archers, let alone these archers, On weekdays, the army treated Mrs. Chen San as a god, so how could they dare to oppose her. On that day, the mob captured Fuyu County, and all the officials below the county magistrate of Fuyu were alive or dead. Up to now, the court has only received a memorial from Gao Zunhui to mention After Mrs. Chen San took possession of Fuyu County, she opened a warehouse to release grain and help the people..." When Shi Yue said this, he also had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know what to think.When such a thing happened, in Sima Guang and Wang Anshi's hearts, even if they had sympathy, they could be suppressed without any psychological burden.But in Shi Yue's heart, he really didn't know how to face it! Wang Anshi listened to Shi Yue's introduction of the whole story of Mrs. Chen San's rebellion, and only then did he truly understand how dangerous the situation in Yizhou was.This is true for one Fuyu County, but there is probably more than one Fuyu County in Yizhou!The so-called dry firewood everywhere, throwing a raging fire into it, no one knows how big the fire will be!What's more, Mrs. Chen San actually knows how to "open warehouses to release grain and help the people", which should not be underestimated.It wasn't until this moment that he realized the deep meaning of Shi Yue's understatement of "aftermath". "Ziming, don't take it lightly, don't take it lightly!" Wang Anshi couldn't help standing up, and said again and again, "The Yizhou Imperial Army is gathered in the southwestern Yi territory, and it will take less than half a month to transfer to Fuyu County to put down the rebellion." I'm afraid I won't make it, Wang Hou and Murong Qian may not be able to count on it for a while. Besides, winter is coming soon, I'm afraid there will be long nights and dreams!" Shi Yue said with his head on his forehead: "The situation in Yizhou is indeed not as simple as that of Mrs. Chen San. Gao Zunhui and Chen Yuanfeng reported that there were ninety-three thieves who gathered in the mountains and forests on the whole road of Yizhou, and there were many of them. There are hundreds of people, or dozens of people. The magistrates of the prefectures and counties either hide and do not report, but forcefully recruit archers and soldiers to keep the thieves from causing major troubles. Amitabha, everything will be fine; if the thieves are too rampant, they have to mobilize Soldiers and archers suppressed bandits, each of them swept the snow in front of the door, and did not care about the frost on others. Yizhou Road is already full of soldiers, but there are still bandits everywhere. Judging from the things in Fuyu County, these township soldiers Archers are also useless. If you really want to suppress the rebellion, you still have to point at the forbidden army. Now most of the forbidden troops in Yizhou are gathered in the southwestern barbarians, and winter is coming soon. The general trend is gone. But if we want to ensure the supply of the imperial army, there is no good strategy except to count on the autumn grain from Yizhou Road. But this taxation, there is no guarantee that there will be no more accidents! If there is another response, the situation in Yizhou may be imminent. It will collapse! Moreover, if the forbidden army moves, the Southwestern barbarians will be even more unstoppable..." "What's Ziming's idea?" "If we want to cure the root cause of the Yizhou matter, we must start from the southwest." Shi Yue focused on Wang Anshi, and said in a deep voice, "Miss Chen San made a rebellion. I still think that it is better to suppress than to suppress. As long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, they will definitely not want to rebel. reason." "What's the idea of ​​Sima Junshi and Han Chiguo?" Shi Yue smiled helplessly, and said: "Mr. Junshi and Han Chiguo both have the same idea. They only pardon the accomplices, not the principal offenders." Wang Anshi nodded, looked at Shi Yue, and said slowly: "Ziming, I also have the same idea." Shi Yue and Wang Anshi kept talking in the posthouse that the sky was completely dark. Seeing the north wind whistling outside, there was a turbulent wind blowing for a while, and light snow was blowing again, so Shi Yue took his leave and left.But until he left the posthouse, there were still many people outside looking around.At this time in Bianjing, I am afraid that no one knows that Shi Yue paid a visit to Wang Anshi in person. Shi Jian waited for Shi Yue to get into the carriage. Shi Yue saw that the snow seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, so he asked Shi Jian to get in the carriage together. The master and servant were chatting in the car. Shi Yue laughed and said: "Ten years ago The young ones are still young, and even though they have seen "怪相公", they are always vague. These old people have heard his name, and when they see him today, they realize that he is actually an old man who is not very particular. But Uncle Sang Why didn't you come?" "This is Wang Jiefu's public life before his private life." Shi Yue said with a smile, "He was ordered to go to Beijing, and he will not meet his relatives and friends before he meets the emperor." After speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and asked again, "I heard that Do you often go to Tianfu these days?" Shi Jian nodded and said: "General Tian is regarded as the villain's master. During the holidays, I always go to visit him. When he was imprisoned, I didn't visit him. I felt very sorry. I heard that Tian My wife is happy, and my husband also knows that General Tian has always been generous and loves to help his friends. His family has never been well-to-do, and life is hard these days. Everything in Bianjing has increased by at least 20%, and it will be more expensive if you use cash A little. It’s all right, now that Mrs. Tian has a body, she can’t work too hard, so I’ll take an excuse to go for a walk, so that I can bring something useful..." Shi Yue didn't think for a while that Shi Jian didn't visit Tian Liewu when he was imprisoned, because he was afraid of causing trouble for himself, so he just nodded with a smile and said, "It's a good thing that you don't forget the past. But Tian Liewu has now become the official of the Eastern Palace. , if you go to his mansion to walk around a lot, and you are found out by Taiwan's admonishment, there is something wrong." "Yes." Shi Jian quickly agreed. Shi Yue closed his eyes, as if meditating for a while, and suddenly asked: "Just now you said that all prices in Bianjing have increased by 20%?" "Even Granny Cao's meatloaf has risen to eight cents a piece." Shi Jian sighed, "If you buy it with banknotes, you may not be able to buy ten coins each. There are rumors everywhere in Bianjing that handover banknotes in Shaanxi are becoming less and less expensive." It is valuable, and the amount of banknotes is changing every day. Merchants, big and small, are not willing to accept and hand over banknotes. Although Kaifeng government has a strict order not to refuse to accept and hand over banknotes, all merchants are obedient and obedient, and Kaifeng government has no good way. Now Yizhou has another code People are even more panic-stricken, everyone is afraid that there will be another big battle, and they don't like to pay money even more." The more Shi Yue listened, the more frightened he became.It should be noted that handing over banknotes depends entirely on the government's credit.If businessmen lose confidence in paying banknotes, the consequences will be unimaginable.At the foot of the Emperor of Bianjing, theoretically, banknotes can be exchanged at the official price at will. But Shi Jian said again: "A few days ago, I also heard that there were fake banknotes in the Kaifeng mansion, and the imitations were almost fake..." "What?!" Shi Yue almost stood up in shock.Since the issuance of banknotes, fake banknotes have not disappeared, but because the paper used for banknotes is specially made, and the color overprinting technology is strictly controlled, fake banknotes are often shoddy, only in some remote or not very It is popular in developed areas and is easy to see through.In the Kaifeng prefecture, there has never been a fake payment of banknotes!At this time, Shi Yue heard that there was a fake banknote in Kaifeng Mansion, and it was almost possible to confuse the real one, how could Shi Yue not be surprised? ! Since Lv Huiqing came to power, too much banknotes were handed over and issued indiscriminately, which led to many disadvantages.Shi Yue was thinking about countermeasures, hoping to slowly restore the confidence of merchants and people in handing over banknotes.Who would have known that there would be something worse at this time! Shi Yue was terrified, when he suddenly heard a call like a duck's voice from outside the car: "Is Shi Xianggong's car ahead?" "Who is this?" Shi Yue heard it clearly, and quickly ordered to stop the carriage, opened the curtain and went out to have a look. After a while, he saw a servant chasing after him, and said out of breath: "Mr. Shi , the emperor summons!" Shi Yue couldn't help but looked up at the sky - the sky in Bianjing was already dark, how could the emperor summon him suddenly at this time?Shi Yue couldn't help but thumped in his heart: what happened again?