Chapter 2 second quarter

This is the second time Shi Yue has been to Funing Hall within a day.When he entered the palace, the gates of the palace were already closed, Shi De waited outside the palace gate himself, led him into a side hall in the palace to wait, and then left.Shi Yue waited in the side hall for about half an hour, and then another small yellow gate came to pass the decree, leading him to Funing Hall. Shi Yue entered the hall anxiously, but saw Zhao Xu wearing a light yellow cloak, leaning on the imperial couch, and Li Shunju standing beside him with arms crossed.Shi Yue performed the ceremony of the monarch and his ministers in bewilderment, and at the same time guessed in his heart-opening the palace gate at night is not a small matter, if there is no military and national event, the emperor will not call him to Funing Hall at night; The ministers have never seen a single one?He glanced at Li Shunju quietly again. Among the great eunuchs in Xining, Li Shunju was not the most favored, but he was known as "thick and heavy". The emperor put him by his side at this time, which meant that although the emperor was ill, his mind was not. Still confused...

While thinking about it, Shi Yue heard Zhao Xu order Li Shunju: "You do it." Li Shunju answered "Yes", then turned to face Shi Yue respectfully, and said, "Mr. According to the urgent report, the staff office found that a month ago, Li Bingchang led an army to raid Gaochang, defeated the Gaochang army again, captured the general of Gaochang alive, and captured 30,000 people. Li Bingchang's army went straight to Gaochang City. The prince went to Heishui City as a pledge, offering 30,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 100,000 cattle, sheep, horses and camels, 5,000 women and 5,000 slaves each, and ceded three cities; , thirty thousand taels of silver, fifty thousand cattle, sheep, horses and camels..."

While listening to the shocking news, Shi Yue quietly observed Zhao Xu's expression—anyone could see the annoyance on Zhao Xu's face. Within two years, Xixia, who moved westward, would defeat Gaochang. Got a good new.This means that Li Bingchang has almost recovered his vitality after only two or three years of recuperation. Now Xixia is extracting nutrients from Gaochang Kingdom, recovering and growing more quickly.And all of this would not have happened in the first place. Song Jun had a chance to capture Li Bingchang alive. "Your Majesty!" Shi Yue bent down and lowered his head, "Minister..." Over the years, the criticism of leaving a tiger behind has never stopped. Some people say that he took a bribe from Li Bingchang and deliberately let the tiger go back to the mountain; Said that he was afraid that all the birds would be hidden, so he deliberately let Li Bingchang live...

"Ziming... don't think too much, I believe you." Seeing Shi Yue's expression, Zhao Xu knew what he was thinking, so he comforted him in a warm voice, and then said worriedly: "I look at the Western Regions, Gaochang is about to perish..." "Your Majesty has insight into the darkness and sees thousands of miles. I also think that the day of Gaochang's subjugation is not far away." Shi Yue quickly replied, after finishing speaking, he analyzed in detail: "With the strength of Remnant Xia, even though he has won many battles, it is not enough. Annexation of Gaochang in one go—Last year Li Bingchang defeated the main force of Gaochang in a battle, but he returned only by plundering goods. The lightning is too fast to cover up the momentum, and Gaochang will be broken again - the minister expected that after the defeat last year, Gaochang would definitely regroup the army in order to seek revenge, but after this battle, from now on, Gaochang soldiers will tremble at the name of the party. Gaochang ceded the land The indemnity has greatly weakened the strength, but Bingchang has become stronger. In two or three years, Gaochang has neither the courage nor the strength to fight against Li Bingchang. At this time, Bingchang could have annexed Gaochang. Although it may be due to insufficient supplies, it is more likely that they are afraid of Kucha and the Black Khan countries-Xixia annexed Gaochang in three or four years, and Kucha and Heikhan have lost their lips and teeth. Seeking Xixia. But now Bingchang deliberately only wants rich women, showing no ambitions. This is a strategy of arrogant soldiers. If the minister is Bingchang, he will definitely send envoys to the two kingdoms with humble words and generous gifts, and distribute the spoils of war to the two kings , with pride. The two countries are feuds. As long as the threat is not in sight, they will fight each other, let alone Xixiahe. Gaochang is now like a subsidiary, but it has to pay a heavy annual tribute every year to survive. In two or three years, The king of Gaochang can only expropriate and extort violently, which greatly loses the hearts of the people. Within five years, Bingchang will definitely annex Gaochang, and then he will be able to win the hearts of the people with his benevolent government..."

In the past few years, Shi Yue has been paying attention to the development of Xixia. This is the first domino he has toppled with his own hands. Of course, he hopes to see the dominoes fall one by one.He was not surprised that Can Xia was able to annex Gaochang, but Li Bingchang was able to hold his breath so calmly, which was beyond his expectations. But I heard Li Shunju sighed: "Mr. Shi's predictions are like gods, even though the ancients were no more than that. No wonder I just heard the news of Xixia's defeat of Gaochang. I see Mr. Shi's expression, although he was surprised, he didn't seem surprised."

"It is true that Li Bingchang sent envoys to Kucha and Heihan. Not only did he humbly offer rich coins, but he also distributed the most exquisite treasures and the most beautiful women he got from Gaochang to the two kings. However, the two kings had very different attitudes. King Heihan laughed. But accept it; the King of Kucha cried bitterly, smashed treasures, and killed beauties with his hands. It's just that with the strength of Kucha, don't set yourself on fire and ask God to worship Buddha, how dare you provoke Dangxiang..." Shi Yue smiled slightly and said: "The way to use troops is just those few words - you can't win by yourself, but you can win when you treat the enemy. No matter how much trouble Li Bingchang caused in the Western Regions, the court only needs to do its own affairs well. If Li Bingchang is aware of the current affairs and goes west with all his heart, he will be allowed to be king and hegemony; if he doesn't know what is good and bad, he dares to look eastward, and it will not be difficult to restore the Western Regions. Your Majesty need not worry..."

Li Shunju shook his head, and said, "Master, this is a mistake. A month ago, thousands of Western Xia cavalry were found in the west of Liangzhou. It was not unusual for Western Xia cavalry to come and go to Liangzhou, but since the autumn of the fifteenth year of Xining , Li Bingchang is determined to go west, and the Xixia cavalry that can be seen outside Liangzhou City will not exceed 300 cavalry at most. This time it is quite abnormal..." But Zhao Xu also snorted, and said unhappily: "If it wasn't for... Yizhou, I would definitely give them... color!" Shi Yue was really surprised at this time, he lowered his head and pondered for a long time, Fang asked: "The guard, Liangzhou only reported the Xixia cavalry, so there is no other movement?"

"This has not been reported. The imperial court has already ordered that if Xixia invades the military states along the northwest border, it will be repelled. If it does not come to invade the border, the generals only need to guard the border and strictly prohibit officials and people from trading with Xixia. In the past few years, Li Bingchang, with a broken teacher, did not dare to provoke him." Shi Yue nodded, turned to Zhao Xu, and said with a smile: "If that's the case, I think Bingchang is just a show." "Judging from Bingchang's actions in Gaochang in the past few years, he is no longer Amon under Wu. If the Dangxiang tribe who moved westward said they don't feel homesick and don't want to fight back to Lingxia, then it is impossible; but unless Great changes have taken place in China, but Li Bingchang is unlikely to head east rashly. Your Majesty only sees how calm he is in Gaochang, and how he has repeatedly expressed obedience to the court in the past few years, so you know that Bingchang will not dare to provoke recklessly Of the imperial court. Unless..." Shi Yue suddenly had a thought flashed in his mind, and his face changed suddenly.

"Unless... what?" Zhao Xu could also see Shi Yue's nervousness. "Unless something happened in the north." Shi Yue felt his throat dry up for a moment. "This...this...how is it possible?!" Zhao Xu straightened up involuntarily. "It doesn't necessarily mean that there is something going on in the north." Shi Yue didn't dare to say too much, "It may also be that Bingchang was under internal pressure and put on a show for his subordinates. Over the past few years, Bingchang has been making public statements, begging the court Imperial seal, mutual market, return of Xingling, and allowing him to send envoys back to Lingxia to worship the ancestors——he wanted the royal imperial seal, so he naturally wanted to use China's prestige to run rampant in the Western Regions; he wanted mutual trade, it was for profit; but he clearly knew that the imperial court It is absolutely impossible to return it to Xingling, but he keeps begging. It must be because he wants to give an explanation to his followers to show that he has not forgotten his hometown; Although the remnant summer moved to the west, the time was short, and its tribes were inevitably homesick, but the imperial court had repeatedly rejected Bingchang’s begging in recent years, even the envoys did not accept it. It’s also possible to pretend.”

Zhao Xu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.Bingchang moved to the west, but Song Ting's heart to cut grass and roots did not die. The so-called "Long Wang Shu, people's suffering is not satisfied", when Lingxia was separated, Song Ting naturally did not dare to think about the Western Regions; but since Lingxia recovered, It is impossible to have no idea about the Western Regions, but the strength is not enough for the time being, so it is impossible to rush it.Therefore, the Song court first despised Bingchang's westward remnants, and the other was hostile.Although Bingchang endured the humiliation and bowed his knees, and wanted to reconcile with the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty's answer was cold-unless Bingchang led the crowd to join him, otherwise there would be no discussion.In addition, in order to consolidate the rule in the Lingxia area, the Song Dynasty was also very afraid of the Li family, which had a reputation in the area for hundreds of years, and was even more unwilling to have the opportunity to communicate with local forces. Therefore, the Song Dynasty was not even willing to accept the envoys of Xixia Therefore, the official mutual market has ceased long ago, and private smuggling has also been severely cracked down.The Song court had already issued an edict that anyone who left Liangzhou and Helan in the west without permission would be sentenced to death.Under such a strict hostile policy, it is understandable that Bingchang faces enormous internal and external pressure.

"As early as the fourteenth year of Xining, at the request of Ren Duohuan, the imperial court ordered local officials to protect the tomb of Li's family in Xixia. In the past few years, local people in Lingzhou went to the tomb of the Xixia king every year to cry and sacrifice..." This was another matter that made Zhao Xu very unhappy.Although the Song Dynasty can be said to be "restoring the old land of the Han and Tang Dynasties", and the Lingxia area is indeed "the homeland of China", Xixia ruled the area for nearly a hundred years. With a history of more than 100 years, even the Han people in Xixia will inevitably have some people call themselves "Xia Kingdom adherents".Under such circumstances, it is not easy to "restore the homeland", and after "recovery", ruling is even more difficult.The strategy of the Song Dynasty is no longer inappropriate, but apart from the loyal adherents of the Song Dynasty, small-scale sporadic rebellions have never stopped; despite severe crackdowns, after Bingchang has gained a firm foothold, some people will inevitably want to flee to the Western Regions Go, follow Bingchang... The most depressing thing is that the Song court had to pretend to be magnanimous and tolerant to those who believed that Xixia had perished and went to the mausoleum every Qingming cold food.After all, this is also the "loyalty" that the Song Dynasty itself wants to encourage. "If God can give me another ten or ten years, I... will reopen the Western Regions!" Zhao Xu's eyes were full of ambition, but it soon dimmed. "Your Majesty is rich in spring and autumn. Although there are minor ailments, the so-called 'auspicious people have their own appearance'..." "Come on, let's go." Zhao Xu didn't let Shi Yue finish his cliché, "I know..." He turned his head to look at Li Shunju, and said, "I still don't feel relieved—is Li Bingchang just pretending, or is there really a change in the north? Later, I will call the staff office to find out, and send someone to tell Su Shi." "Yes." Li Shunju quickly agreed. Zhao Xu turned to Shi Yue again: "There is one more thing, we need to listen to Ziming's idea." He glanced at Li Shunju, and Li Shunju quickly picked up a few memorials from the case in front of him, handed them to Shi Yue, and said in a low voice: "These are the scriptures of the impeachment of Zi Shantang Sang." Shi Yue was startled, and hurriedly opened the memorial. When he opened the first book, he was stunned—it was Yang Shi who impeached Sang Chongguo!He read it one after another, but he saw that the impeachment of Sang Chongguo was scattered all over the old party, the new party, and even officials who had nothing to do with the old and new stone parties!Shi Yue knew that although Sang Chongguo became an official, he had an indomitable character. It is said that he was very diligent in teaching the sixth and seventh brothers. His original way was just ordinary villains who were jealous and slandered. How could he expect it to be so serious!The impeachment of these people is basically the same. They privately bring the prince and Xin Guogong to the store to teach merchants and cheap business; Teach the prince the way of loyalty and filial piety, but lead the prince to play... In fact, Shi Yue had already heard about Sang Chongguo's derailment.But he didn't expect that the contradiction had intensified to this point.Yang Shi's memorial made it very clear that Cheng Yi was very dissatisfied with Sang Chongguo's actions and tried to persuade him many times, but Sang Chongguo tried to persuade him with clever words and sophistry.The extreme dissatisfaction with Sang Chong finally spread. In these chapters, some people have already equated him with a courtier who specially used entertainment and feasts to lure the monarch to learn to be bad in order to solidify his favor!Because there are rumors that the prince often pretends to be sick when Cheng Yi is in class, but when he goes to class in Sangchong country, he often looks forward to it... "Sang Chongguo is Ziming's brother-in-law and Wang Jiefu's son-in-law. I..." Zhao Xu looked at Shi Yue and said, "I originally thought that the prince was born in... the deep palace, and grew up in the deep palace. It is also a good thing to be familiar with the affairs of the outside world. I really turned a blind eye on purpose, but he is too much..." "A few days ago, the sixth brother and the seventh brother were looking for servants and maids to sell things in the palace. They also secretly found a servant to be a dentist, and asked him to go out of the palace to sell the jade pendant bestowed by the queen mother. With the sales contract as evidence, the promise will be fulfilled." Afterwards, you can reward him with 10% of the benefits!" Li Shunju said softly beside him, speaking ill of the crown prince is not a good job after all, what's more, he knew in his heart that the emperor didn't have any dislike for the crown prince, "The servant took the jade pendant , but committed cowardice, this is what happened. The officials called the sixth brother and the seventh brother to question, but the sixth brother and the seventh brother said that since the empress dowager gave this jade pendant, it belonged to them. They bought it and sold it , just doing business fairly with the people, trying to pool money to build a big ship, neither spending public money nor exploiting the people, it’s not wrong..." Shi Yue lowered his head and listened, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao servant and Zhao Cheng, he just felt that these two children were quite extraordinary, but he also knew that this kind of thing was really shocking at the time, if rumors If you go out, you don't know how much trouble you will cause.All of a sudden, Shi Yue was speechless and didn't know what to say. Sure enough, I heard Li Shunju say again: "This old slave thinks that the words of the sixth brother and the seventh brother really reveal a kind of benevolence. But if this matter is spread, the government and the public will be shocked again. Not only Sang said it directly, but he cannot escape the blame." , the officials are also afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make a big fuss..." Shi Yue's heart shuddered, and he couldn't help but quietly raised his head to look at Zhao Xu, but saw Zhao Xu's face was gloomy. "...The queen mother also said that Sang Zhidao is too pedantic. Sang Zhidao is a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but the prince's master should choose a seasoned Confucian. The officials know that Sang Zhidao is not a treacherous villain, but he is a bit ignorant of world affairs. I don't know the general idea. He is a famous person in the dynasty and once the head of Baishuitan. If he is abdicated by sin, he will not look very good..." At this time, Shi Yue could understand that Li Shunju's words were naturally told by the emperor.The emperor was a very wise man, and it was inconvenient for him to express, so he picked out Li Shunju from the servants, which also had a deep meaning.Li Shunju was not only known as "thick and heavy" and could be trusted, but also had little ties to the officials in the court. Among the eunuch leaders, he had relatively less real power, so it was naturally difficult to exercise power.But even so, Zhao Xu was still worried, even if he asked Li Shunju to be the sounding board, he was cautious, and would only ask him to be the sounding board in front of his own face, and when Sima Guang was present, Li Shunju deliberately avoided it. Shi Yue also knew very well in his heart that the emperor was so shrewd that he said he wanted to listen to his ideas, but in fact he had already made up his mind.The days of Sang Chongguo's direct speaking at Zishantang in the past few months have come to an end.He didn't dare to say much at the moment, so he just replied: "Your Majesty not only regards your ministers as right servants, but also regards Wang Jiefu as an important matter for Pingzhang's military and state. Sang Chongguo should arouse suspicion and avoid the throne, although he is bookish. But he understands this truth. I think that within two or three days of Sangchong Kingdom, there will be a resignation." Zhao Xu nodded: "Sima Jun is right. Both Sang and Cheng are nerds. If Sang is not allowed to be an official, it is to protect him. The selection of masters is mainly based on nerds, but what is wanted is a nerd like Cheng Yi... Wait until the sixth brother is old enough to choose... from a lowly family background, with an official voice like a real official... a son of an aristocratic family who has both virtue and talents, so it's not too late to teach him." This paragraph is very long, and Zhao Xu spoke intermittently, but Shi Yue could clearly understand the meaning of the words. In the emperor's heart, Sang Chongguo and Cheng Yi were both bookworms, but the emperor thought they were stupid. It was Shi Yue who disagreed, but he couldn't respond at this time.Zhao Xu laughed again: "Ziming, you don't know how to teach children either. Your... daughter..." Shi Yue was still worried that Sang Chongguo was forced to resign this time. Although the emperor didn't want to make a big deal out of it, he deliberately dealt with it in a low-key manner; Generous, but this matter, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to deal with the aftermath.At this time, he suddenly heard the emperor making jokes about his daughter. Shi Yue stopped thinking about these things immediately, because he laughed and said: "I am ashamed that I have no way to teach a daughter. There are ministers', ministers and His Majesty are monarchs and ministers, ministers and Princess Shushou are also monarchs and ministers, I'm afraid I can't blame the ministers for this..." When Shi Yue came out of the palace again, it was almost Zishi, on the street outside Donghua Gate, although snow flakes the size of goose feathers were floating one by one, the lights were still brightly lit, and in the restaurants on the street, there was the sound of cups intertwining, and the singing of singing and dancing. The tune, faintly, kept floating into the carriage.Bianjing is still a bustling city of Wangyou. "...Cleaning the bed and smashing the clothes at night. Is the boy on the horse healthy today? Seeing the wild goose returning to the south when passing the melon..." When Shi Yue's carriage turned into Panlou Street, amidst the sound of laughter, chasing and chasing, he heard a burst of weeping, which seemed so out of place with the surrounding environment.The sadness in this song made Shi Yue feel compassionate, he quickly knocked on the wall of the car, and said: "Go and ask, who is singing this song?" The carriage stopped suddenly, Shi Jian sat in front of the car door and heard it, and replied with a smile: "I don't know, this is an opera." "Singing opera?" Shi Yue was not surprised. Shi Jian smiled and said: "This is the most famous play this year, called "Battle of Lingzhou". These are the first few scenes. It is about a newlywed couple who have only been married for a few days, and the husband is conscripted into service. Husband, transporting the army rations to Lingzhou. There is still parting ahead, and the couple hug each other and cry. This song is about the young woman who misses her husband after her husband leaves..." Shi Yue didn't realize that he was silent. Back then, in order to ensure the supply of the army, there was indeed a forced recruitment of servants in Faxia.Although the Song Dynasty promised to pay the servants, leaving their homes and going to the desert is an uncertain battlefield. It is only a dream to say that the common people will actively support them.Many of the servants who transported supplies back then died in other places for various reasons-the Imperial Army died in battle, and they could set up a plaque in the Martyrs' Shrine to worship and return the ashes to their hometown-but these servants died, but often just If there is a fellow countryman who can send a message back to his hometown, he will be lucky.Some family members may still receive pensions, while others are simply forgotten. This incident happened in Xining fourteen years ago, and Shi Yue felt very guilty.But as he was left idle and time passed, even Shi Yue himself had gradually forgotten about it. "This play was compiled by He Guitou. It is said that a few years ago, he went to Shaanxi to collect stories for "Bianjing News". Get up, compiled this "Battle of Lingzhou", and sang it dozens of times in Bianjing, and every time the audience was crying..." Shi Jian couldn't see Shi Yue's expression, and continued to introduce Shi Yue. "Hmm." Shi Yue replied awkwardly, and asked, "How did this couple end up?" Shi Jian was about to answer, when suddenly he said "噫", and said in a low voice, "Look, Mr. Xiang!" Shi Yue didn't know what happened, so he quickly opened the curtain of the car, looked along Shi Jian's finger, and saw an old man in his fifties sitting in a small shop on the side of the street with his back facing the street. Alone drinking stuffy wine. "Fan Yaofu?!" Shi Yue opened his mouth in surprise, but didn't close it for a while.After a while, Shi Yue asked, "Did he bring anyone with him?" "The subordinates have just been paying attention to check, and Zuo Jin seems to have no followers." It was the guard Zhu Lian who answered. Shi Yue felt even more strange.Zhu Lian was the soldier Di Yong personally selected for him from the Western Army back then. He was the best-eyed guard among the guards. He has been with him for so many years and has never made a mistake. Since he said that he has no entourage, he probably won't There will be.But Fan Chunren, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had to bring a few servants with him even for a private visit in a low-clothes; besides, he was an upright gentleman with a strict conduct, so why would he come here alone to drink in the middle of the night? The more Shi Yue thought about it, the more strange he felt, finally lifted the curtain of the car, jumped out of the car, and walked quickly towards Fan Chunren, until he was a few steps behind Fan Chunren, Shi Yue stood still, and said, "Fan Gong." Hearing the sound, Fan Chunren turned around and saw that it was Shi Yue, he couldn't help being a little surprised: "Ziming?" Shi Yue could see clearly at this time, he saw Fan Chunren was wearing a black cloth robe, although it was washed clean, it was thick and old, with a Confucian scarf wrapped around his head, he really looked like a poor pedant.On the table in front of him, there was only a jug of wine and a plate of fried green beans.Looking at his face again, he was usually calm, but he was faintly haggard. "Fan Gong is very elegant." Shi Yue smiled and walked to sit opposite Fan Chunren. The store owner had seen the nobleman coming, so he rushed forward to serve him.Shi Yue ordered the store to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks, grabbed the flagon in front of Fan Chunren, poured himself a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Today, let's bother Fan Gong first, and I will invite you back another day." Had a drink.At this time, Shi Jian had already ordered the shop owner to bring all kinds of dim sum and side dishes to the store at the same time. In fact, Shi Yue had been hungry for a long time, and he didn't care about Fan Chunren. Stop chopsticks. Fan Chunren was originally full of thoughts, but now he looked at Shi Yue for a while, and couldn't help but sighed enviously: "Only a great hero can show his true colors, and he is a real celebrity. It's something that others can't learn..." Shi Yue took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "Is there anything I can learn but can't? Can you impeach me for eating without appearance? The sage doesn’t blame me if I want to eat when I’m hungry.” Fan Chunren also smiled unconsciously, and said with a smile: "The sage also said that if you don't cut upright, you won't eat, and you can't speak when you eat..." "I'm not a saint. How can I do everything a saint says?" Shi Yue said with a smile, "No matter what else, when I eat, I must talk." "Ziming is a real celebrity." Fan Chunren took a sip of his wine and sighed, "Only a rotten Confucian like me knows how to follow the rules and harm others and himself, especially without knowing it." "How did you start Fan Gong's words?" Shi Yue asked in surprise. Fan Chunren shook his head silently, took another sip of wine, but did not answer.Nine times out of ten, things go wrong in the world, but it can be said that there is no second or third - in Fan Chunren's heart, Shi Yue is not one of the second or third people who can talk to each other. Shi Yue smiled, and said again: "Fan Gong, with the honor of being a minister, going to this kind of roadside shop to drink alone, is not something that a rotten scholar can do." Fan Chunren laughed at himself: "I'm just arty. This place doesn't really suit me. I feel really uncomfortable sitting here." Shi Yue silently watched Fan Chunren, and after a while, he sighed slightly, and said, "Actually, I have always had something to say, and I wanted to talk to Fan Gong face to face." Fan Chunren raised his eyes in surprise, glanced at Shi Yue, but heard Shi Yue say it again : "Duke Fan still remembers Duke Wenzheng presiding over the Qingli New Deal?" Fan Chunren immediately glanced at Shi Yue vigilantly. He thought that Shi Yue wanted to use the Qingli New Deal to lobby him. Unexpectedly, what Shi Yue said next was beyond his expectations: "After decades, Fan Gong has never thought about the Qingli New Deal." Why did the New Deal fail? The ten laws and regulations of the Qingli New Deal, even today, seem to be in line with the current situation. Although Zhaoling is not as resolute as today, he can be regarded as a benevolent monarch. At that time, the government had his father, Han, and Fu, and Ouyang Xiu was advising Taiwan. , Cai Xiang, Wang Su, Yu Jing, which one of these people is not one of the best figures in this dynasty? Why does the government win all their admonitions, and the Qingli New Deal will fail after only one year of implementation?" "A villain falsely accuses cronies, and it is difficult for a gentleman to stay in his position for a long time..." "Fan Gong has also been familiar with history books. Why are gentlemen no longer opponents whenever villains slander? Why do gentlemen often only watch villains slander, expel gentlemen one by one from the court, and even persecute them to death; Can you just watch the villain lead the country to subjugation and be helpless?" Shi Yue asked aggressively. "When a real man does things, he can only seek to be ashamed of his heart..." "What a shameless one!" Shi Yue sneered, "It's not so much to have a clearer heart, but to evade responsibility?!" "Does Mr. Fan know what kind of knowledge it is to be an official?" Shi Yue looked directly at Fan Chunren, "Being an official is a knowledge of dealing with mud. When you become an official, it is like falling into the mud. You have to beware of turning yourself into mud, but you can't keep yourself away from the mud. How can you think about being clean when you are in this mud? But you gentlemen, you only think about it all day long. Get yourself clean!" Fan Chunren's face turned red, he suddenly raised his head and glared at Shi Yue.He almost couldn't hold back himself, he wanted to denounce Shi Yue's absurdity, but he felt a little disdainful, so he just stood up and turned to leave.He even felt disdain to sit with Shi Yue.But the moment he turned around, Fan Chunren suddenly remembered why he came here to drink, and he suddenly remembered Sima Kang's death - he knew it, if he hadn't hesitated back then and adopted Shi Yue's strategy, maybe Sima Kang would not will die!In his heart, the guilt that is difficult to resolve has been smoldering... "But you gentlemen, you only want to keep yourself clean all day long!" Is Shi Yue's words really unreasonable? Finally, Fan Chunren turned around slowly.