Chapter 2 second quarter

Wang Xi took off his cloak and walked into the house.When several people in the room saw him coming in, they all stood up to greet him.Wang Yu suddenly felt the qi and blood in his chest, and coughed a few times, Fang forced a smile and said, "I'm late." "My lord, have you convinced the Prime Minister yet?" Someone asked eagerly. As soon as Wang Yu heard the voice, he knew that it was the admonisher Zhang Hu who played an important role in the Guozijian incident, so he shook his head and sighed: "My father is not so easy to persuade, I have sent a letter to Lu Huiqing. "

Zhang Hu was taken aback, and said, "Yuanze, didn't you say that Lu Huiqing is ambitious, so you have to guard against it?" Wang Yu smiled wryly and said, "The matter is urgent and we should follow the authority. Right now, only Lu Huiqing can convince my father. If Lu Huiqing is the one handling this case instead of Deng Wan, Shi Yue will not be able to play this double act." Zhang Hu said bitterly: "Deng Wan's actions are too aggressive, and now we are so passive." Wang Yu sneered and said, "What's the use of blaming others afterwards? Who of us would have expected Shi Yue's move? I thought Deng Wan was a delicate person who would do things properly, so I let him do it. He wants to be Yushi Zhongcheng and wants to be crazy, but he underestimates Shi Yue like this."

Someone laughed and said, "It's too late to say these things now. Zeng Bu's two ends at the time were also the reason why Shi Yue was able to succeed. Although Zeng Bu defended the new law, he had a good personal relationship with Shi Yue. We also miscalculated." Wang Yu followed his reputation, but the one who spoke was Lixing Cai Que, the newly appointed supervisory censor, and he was also a man who was very ambitious for the position of censor Zhongcheng. Although it was recommended by Deng Wan, he was worried about Deng Wan's fall secretly happy.Wang Yu wanted to stab him, and said lightly: "Deng Wan's dismissal of Yongzhou is nothing important. He is always the first Jinshi in the Ministry of Rites Examination. Sooner or later, he will return to Kaifeng Mansion." After a pause, he saw Cai He really looked as usual, and he couldn't help but secretly surprised, and said: "Here are all our own people, everyone is open and honest, there are two urgent things: the first is to persuade my father not to resign, otherwise the new law will be in vain; the second is the chief judge of the Baishuitan case. Officer, it must be ours, otherwise once they become arrogant, it will be difficult to subdue them in the future."

Zhang Hu nodded and said, "What Yuan Ze said is true." Wang Yu said again: "The candidate Feng Jing recommended to the emperor is Fan Chunren. If he were to be the presiding judge, then the Baishuitan case would definitely be acquitted." "Lu Huiqing Ding You, although Zeng Bu is proficient in the law, he can no longer be counted on. Who else can we turn to now?" Zhang Hu asked. Wang Yu pondered and said: "There is a vacancy in the Kaifeng Mansion. I think the Emperor intended that the presiding judge of the Baishuitan case must be the newly appointed Quan Zhi Kaifeng Mansion...or, let Yushitai handle the trial!"

The eyes of several people immediately became eager, but soon all dimmed.Considering their own qualifications and the difficulty of the case they are facing, these people are quite self-aware. Wang Yu looked at these people with a little disappointment, and said: "The magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture needs to wait for a senior official, and Li Ding, who is also sentenced to the Imperial Academy, may be a suitable candidate. I will find opportunities to recommend to the emperor, but everyone must cooperate with me. It’s good to collect the illegal and disorderly affairs of Baishuitan, and you just do your homework by the way.” In the Song Dynasty, the censor and admonisher had to hand in the impeachment form every month, so Wang Yu called it “doing homework”.

Everyone burst into laughter. Wang Yu didn't know why, but felt sick for no reason. Prime Minister's Mansion. Wang Anshi's family sat and ate together.Compared with the luxurious life of officials in the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, the prime minister who bears the name of "gathering money", lives a very frugal life.The salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were quite generous. Generally, each person in a family could hire more than three servants to serve their daily needs.But Wang Anshi's family has more than ten members, and only seven or eight servants are hired.Although he was ridiculed that "as a prime minister, he only eats fish soup and rice, and he can use it or not", Wang Anshi still went his own way and didn't take these gossips to heart.

Since Wang Anshi became prime minister, the time for such a family to gather for dinner has become less and less. Although Wang Anshi encountered setbacks in his official career this time, for Mrs. Wang, state affairs are not her concern. Her husband The most important thing is that children can get together.So she tried her best to create a happy atmosphere every meal. Wang Fang peeked at her father while eating. She was no stranger to court affairs, but as a girl, she couldn't talk about it casually.Wang Anshi seemed to be a bit old, but he still tried his best to put on a smiling face.There were seven or eight simple dishes on the table. Knowing her husband's habits, Mrs. Wang put the most delicious dishes in front of Wang Anshi.Because Wang Anshi has never been picky about his food, he only eats the bowl of food closest to him on the table.

Seeing Wang Anshi absent-mindedly picking up the same dish, Wang Fang acted coquettishly as he put the dish in Wang Anshi's bowl, saying in a coquettish voice, "Daddy, try this... and this..." Wang Anshi looked at his precious daughter, and said with a gentle smile, "Okay, okay." Wang Yu returned home and entered the dining room, just in time to see this scene, he smiled and said: "I still have a way." Then he called out respectfully: "Father, mother." Wang Anshi glanced at him and asked, "Where are you going? Let's have dinner together." After hearing what the father-in-law said, Wang Yu's wife quickly got up to help Wang Yu serve the meal.

Wang Yu responded, sat down, and said, "The emperor summoned me just now." "Oh." Wang Anshi responded lightly and stopped talking. Wang Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "The emperor wants me to persuade my father to return to the Central Secretariat to preside over the government affairs." He did not pass the imperial decree falsely. Wang Anshi responded noncommittally, and the chopsticks stopped in the bowl. Wang Pang smiled and said: "Brother, seeing that you talk about business as soon as you come back, let's not talk about these things for now. I think it's not a bad thing for Dad to learn from Zhang Liang and go back to seclusion. It's good for a family to be happy."

Wang Yu half-jokingly said: "When did you grow up? You came up with some bad ideas. My father has the art of saving the country. If he doesn't use it, will he die in his chest? Besides, the emperor is a wise master. It's rare for the emperor and his ministers to know each other. If he can’t make a difference, won’t he be laughed at by future generations? Zhang Liang’s resignation is because he helped Liu Bang lay the foundation for hundreds of years, and he retired. Now that the new law has changed halfway, if you encounter a small setback, you will say that you are retiring. Really want to It was laughed at by posterity."

Wang Pang always said that Wang Yu was not good enough, so he stopped talking, and only muttered in a low voice: "Why bother to take all the resentment in the world on our Wang family for an ideal that may not be correct." Although his voice was low, Wang Yu, who was sitting next to him, could hear him clearly, and immediately flew into a rage, asking sharply, "Brother, what is an ideal that may not be correct?" As soon as he said it so loudly, the whole family could hear it clearly, and Wang Anshi's expression became ugly. Wang Pang has been a little afraid of his elder brother since he was a child. Whether it is the attitude of himself or the people around him, he feels that he is not as smart and promising as Wang Yu.Under the shadow of his overly outstanding father and elder brother, Wang Pang's character is completely different from his father and elder brother.At this time, Wang Yu yelled at him sharply, so he stopped talking and just ate food in a muffled voice. But Wang Xi was still angry, his body was getting worse day by day, at this time he was angry, the blood in his chest was churning, as if he wanted to vomit blood.He swallowed his breath so forcefully, and said: "We may not have the correct ideals. Are those mediocre people correct? Sit and watch the country being destroyed day by day by those who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, full of male robbers and female prostitutes." Is it right that the hypocrites in the world are hollowed out and powerless to save?" Wang Pang whispered a little unconvinced: "I didn't say that." It’s okay that Wang Yu didn’t listen to this sentence, but when he heard it, he became angry again. He stared fiercely at Wang’s side, and suddenly sneered and said, “Okay, then tell me, why are we not necessarily right? is correct?" Wang Pang took a sneak look at Wang Anshi's face, and saw that his face was always sullen, and his already dark skin looked even more horribly dark.Where did he dare to make his father angry, he made up his mind to take a step back.He lowered his head and stopped talking. Seeing that he stopped talking, Wang Yu turned his head and continued to persuade Wang Anshi.Although Mrs. Wang felt that the atmosphere was not right, it was a man's business after all. She couldn't speak up, so she smiled and said to Wang Yu: "Xiao'er, it's been a hard day, let's eat, come, let's see how the rabbit meat tastes... ..." Wang Yu forced a smile, and replied: "Mother, I got it." He continued to say to Wang Anshi: "Dad, didn't you often tell us that the most important thing to do is to persist? There are difficulties in everything, and only by persisting can we succeed." There will be final success. The current new law requires your persistence!" Wang Pang felt very uncomfortable listening to it, but he was naturally unwilling to argue with his father and brother, so he ate in silence, chewing hard on the vegetables in his mouth. Wang Anshi gave him a faint look and did not make a sound. After dinner, Wang Fang sent Wang Anshi to his study. During this time, Wang Anshi was rarely free. As a master of Confucian classics, he began to read Shi Yue's "The Analects of Confucius" and "Three Dynasties". Note".Wang Yu also followed in and helped him sort out the materials. Seeing his father and brother getting busy, Wang Fang hurriedly retreated to his boudoir, walked through several corridors, and heard a gloomy flute sound from the back garden. There seemed to be inexplicable boredom and worry in the sound of the flute.Wang Fang followed the sound of the flute, and when he arrived at the pool in the back garden, he saw that it was the second brother, Wang Pang, playing the flute. "Second brother, do you have something on your mind?" Wang Fang found a flat stone and sat down, and asked softly. Wang Pang sighed: "Sister." "Is it because of Dad's business?" Wang Fang asked. "Second Uncle and Third Uncle both told me that now Daddy has reformed the law and put all the resentment in the world on our Wang family, which is very bad for our Wang family." Wang Pang also dared to speak unscrupulously in front of his younger sister. "But Dad is also for the common people in the world! If the people can live a good life and the country becomes prosperous and strong, even if our royal family suffers a little bit of grievance, what's the big deal? Although I am a woman, I also know that if it is beneficial to the country and the country People, we shouldn't avoid even things that are harmful to us." Wang Fang straightened his bangs and said softly. Wang Pang glanced at his younger sister, couldn't help laughing and said: "Sister, you also have such insight. If you are a man, Daddy must like you more than elder brother." Then he sighed: "But I don't have this kind of knowledge. This is such a lofty ideal and ambition, I hope that my father and my brother are safe. You have also seen that my brother's health is getting worse day by day, and he still wants to be so aggressive and calculating every day. This is not a good thing." Wang Fang said quietly: "Second brother, you don't have to be humble. How has your knowledge and talent been inferior? You are worried about daddy, and daddy knows it. But you know daddy and eldest brother's temper, born warm-hearted, although This time Daddy is really a bit disheartened, but in my opinion, Daddy will come back sooner or later." Wang Pang said anxiously: "Sister, do you also want Daddy to come back?" Wang Fang replied in a daze, "I don't know either. I'm a girl, and after all I don't understand major events in the world." Wang Pang sighed, and said: "Yes, you are a girl, you don't understand, but father and elder brother are both outstanding people, but they are also self-conscious in their mistakes. I just blame it for being useless." , cannot convince them.” Wang Fang gave Wang Pang a strange look, and asked, "Second Brother, how can you conclude that Daddy and Eldest Brother are in the wrong?" Wang Pang smiled wryly, and said: "Now all the scholars in the world know about this matter. Daddy presided over the reform, and Qingmiao Law was discussed for a long time, and it was tried and promoted. As a result, the whole world complained. There are not as many people applauding as there are complaining. However, Shi Yue made a little improvement, and now the three roads are trying the stone method, and the results are outstanding. A few days ago, I heard from a scholar in Zhejiang that the government did not spend a penny on the two Zhejiang roads alone. With an income of 200,000 guan, although the floods continued, Liangzhe Road was properly implemented due to the improved green crop law, coupled with the implementation of agricultural cooperatives, the farming season was not delayed, and no people were starved to death or a homeless person appeared. Everyone can do their best Resume production in my hometown. The people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang wrote to the imperial court, hoping to allow them to set up longevity tablets for Shi Yue. Is this kind of thing imaginable under Daddy's new law?" It was the first time for Wang Fang to hear such a thing, and she stared at Wang with wide eyes. She didn't really believe that there were people more capable than her father in this world. Wang Pang glanced at Wang Fang, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "You don't believe it, do you? I don't believe it either. But the fact is so, I can't help but believe it. Now Su Shi, who was demoted to Hangzhou by his father, is developing water conservancy there. Zeng Bu said that the two Zhejiang Provinces have achieved such good governance today, and the new law is indispensable—but that is self-deception, and everyone knows that it is the credit of Shi Yue—now the imperial court may send officials there to specialize in water conservancy projects. The farmland water conservancy law is well implemented, with a view to treating both symptoms and root causes. This is the only new law that does not cause criticism. Going around in the market, people are saying that Shi Yue is the Wenqu star who descended to earth, and Zuo Fuxing was reincarnated to help the Zhao and Song Dynasty officials to bring peace to all generations. "Even the scholars of Shilin believe in this. Even if they don't believe in these astrology, they all admit that Shi Yue actually has a big article on governing the country in his chest, and improving the young crops method is just a small attempt." "There is also Sang Chongguo, who was imprisoned in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion. Two years ago, he was still unknown. Now he is in charge of Baishuitan school affairs for Shi Yue, and at the same time lectures on "Three Generations", "Chemistry", "Physics" and other mathematics. The prestige of the subject is not lower than Shi Yue's, and it is vaguely comparable to Cheng Hao and others. In a few years, it will be another Shi Yue..." Wang Pang also talked to her about the spirit and scene of Baishuitan College founded by Shi Yue, various anecdotes about Shi Yue and Sang Chongguo, and the demeanor of the characters of Baishuitan College... He is not like Wang Yu, Baishuitan College, Wang Pang also personally He has been to other academies, and he has also visited other academies. After comparing them twice, and speaking from Wang Bang's mouth, it is even more obvious that Baishuitan Academy is outstanding.After a long talk, Wang Fang was fascinated by it, and wished that he could go to Baishuitan College to see it in person.