Chapter 50 Section five

In the capital of Zhongshu Province, Zhao Zhan, who had just returned from his mission to the Liao Kingdom, was reporting the situation of the mission to several prime ministers and waiting for the emperor to receive him.While reporting, he secretly looked at these most important officials of Song Dynasty.Wang Gui always had a smile on his face. This old man was promoted by the emperor as a political counselor purely because of his seniority; , it was Wang Anshi and Wang Jiefu who had dark skin, disheveled hair, sharp eyes, and some stains on his clothes. Unfortunately, he did not agree with his political views.

Zhao Zhan suppressed the awkwardness in his heart, and finally got the emperor's summons, because the mission to the Liao Kingdom was a major event, several prime ministers had to go together, and the Privy Council had to file. After seeing the emperor, Wang Anshi first reported Zhao Zhan's mission in detail.Zhao Xu personally asked some details, and then asked routinely: "Did Zhao Qing care about the customs and customs in Liao Kingdom, and what was the Northern Dynasty's view of the Song Dynasty?" by the Messenger's observation. Zhao Zhan quickly leaned back and replied: "The people of Liao know that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, and they dare not covet my Emperor Song. When the minister arrived in Khitan, Yelu Yixin, king of Khitan Wei, asked about Shi Yue, saying that there are such people in the Great Song Dynasty. Why can't it be used?"

"Oh." Zhao Xu moved his body with interest, and asked, "How do you answer?" Zhao Zhan replied calmly: "My minister said that there are more than a thousand people in Song Dynasty who are more intelligent than Shi Yue, so they still need to be honed before they can be of great use. My emperor is using him as a counselor to train talents. No use." "Well, Qing answered very well. Do you know how the Khitan people know about Shi Yue?" Zhao Xu slightly praised him. "I heard that Shi Yue's "The Analects of Confucius" and other books have been handed down to Khitan and Goryeo, and nobles in the Northern Dynasties read his books a lot. This is because Yi Di's heart is Sinicization." Zhao Zhan replied honestly that he had no personal relationship with Shi Yue.

Someone immediately thought of using this sentence. Feng Jing has always opposed the new law, but now Wang Anshi can be said to do whatever he wants in the political affairs hall, and the role of Wang Gui and him is only to draw and sign his name.Zeng Bu was in charge of the new law in charge of the official affairs of the five chambers of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He only asked Wang Anshi about everything and completely ignored Wang Gui and Feng Jing's opinions, which made Feng Jing even more dissatisfied.Feng Jing has been sophisticated for a long time, knowing that he is not strong enough to fight against Wang Anshi, so he has to endure it.Since the improvement of the Young Miao Law, Feng Jing had long wanted to bring Shiyue into the imperial court and use Shiyue's power to fight against Wang Anshi. At this time, he said quickly: "Your Majesty, Shiyue's material is quite useful and is famous abroad. I think the emperor should call him. In the court, he entrusted him with an important position, firstly, he sent out all the virtuous people, and secondly, he told the Khitan people that the emperor knows how to use them well, so that they would not dare to underestimate us, the Great Song Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, it is of course a good thing to attract Shi Yue, but I'm afraid he himself is unwilling. Now that Baishuitan College is doing well, Shi Yue seems to be at his fingertips." Although Wang Anshi also felt that Shi Yue was talented and not rigid, he was quite capable of innovation I like my appetite; but I also feel that Shi Yue is vaguely trying to get along with the new law, and he is highly valued by conservative ministers, so he has always been vigilant. Seeing Wang Anshi's intention to boycott, Feng Jing quickly said politely: "Your Majesty, it is always a pity to put such a talent in the world."

Wang Anshi said displeasedly: "How can Shi Yue be regarded as the top of the rivers and lakes now? I also feel that with Shi Yue's talent, it is more than enough to be a Hanlin scholar, but if he is not willing, what is the use?" Seeing the two arguing, Wang Gui figured out what Wang Anshi meant, and he didn't want to bring Shi Yue into the court, so he interjected and said with a smile: "Shi Yue's talent is indeed more than enough to be a Hanlin scholar, but his handwriting is not very neat." When he mentioned Shi Yue's calligraphy, everyone smiled, even Zhao Xu couldn't help laughing.Feng Jing was also a little embarrassed. Shi Yue's stinking words were well known by officials in Tokyo city. Even ordinary scholars would probably use them as talking points.Thinking about a Hanlin scholar with a stinky name like Shi Yue, it is really...

Feng Jing said nonchalantly: "This, this, white and slightly flawed." Zhao Xu held back a smile and said, "It doesn't matter if the handwriting is a little short, I also let Shi Yue learn the handwriting, but it seems that he is smart in everything, but he has not made much progress in this area." Wang Anshi said with a smile: "This is indeed a small section." He disdained to use this to suppress Shi Yue. Zhao Xu nodded, and smiled again: "Speaking of Shi Yue, the imperial censor impeached him yesterday." Feng Jing was taken aback when he heard the words, and felt relieved when he saw the emperor's tone was relaxed.Seeing that Wang Anshi and Wang Gui remained calm, I cried out "ashamed" in my heart.Zhao Xu said with a smile: "The courses taught in his Baishuitan College are too complicated. Some students support Cheng Hao and some support Shao Yong, so they fight in a restaurant twice in three days. The whole Tokyo city is rumored to be a joke. The history said that he was not strict in running the school and was out of style."

When Zhao Zhan saw this, he was curious, but he didn't dare to make a sound.I saw that there was no surprise on the faces of other people, it was obvious that this matter was well known, and it was even more inconceivable. Wang Anshi shook his head and said with a smile: "The governance of the school is not strict, but Shi Yue can't be blamed. The Zhongshu Qingmiao Law has been improved. He is often ordered to make decrees, and he has no skills." Feng Jing frowned, although he blamed Yushi for being troublesome, he also felt that Shi Yue was young after all, so people caught him. Fortunately, the emperor did not blame him, because he said: "I think Shi Yue should be ordered to rectify this matter. That’s fine. Many of the students in Baishuitan are well-known, and it’s unseemly to fight openly.”

Because Wang Gui said that Shi Yue's handwriting was not good, he didn't want to offend Shi Yue, so he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Blowing up a pool of spring water, what's the matter with you?" It's over." Zhao Xu originally wanted to tell anecdotes, but unexpectedly, the first phase and the second ginseng became serious, and then he realized that he was always the emperor, and he couldn't say anything casually.Fortunately, these people are not too dull, and they didn't explain the truth to themselves.Thinking of this, I was a little disappointed, so I said to Zhao Zhan: "Zhao Qing, let's go back first. You have fulfilled your mission, and you will be rewarded by Zhongshu tomorrow. Several prime ministers stay and talk about how the frontier defense in the northwest is going."

Zhao Zhan quickly thanked En and resigned.Seeing him walking away, Zhao Xu calmed down and said: "Chang Er wins first and then loses. All the castles in Funing fell, but Suizhou is still in the hands of the Song Dynasty, and Xia's soldiers are exhausted. Make plans early in the morning. I want to know what your opinions are?" According to Song practice, the emperor usually discussed the resolution with the Privy Council, but after Zhao Xu ascended the throne, he trusted Wang Anshi and discussed with the Zhongshu ministers more often. "Western Xia can't succeed, and the peace talks are allowed, but Suizhou can't be ceded. According to the humble opinion of the minister, the domestic law will be reformed first, the country will be rich and the army strong, and Wang Shao will be sent to the northwest to open the Tao River, so as to seek an aggressive strategy..."

Feng Jing sneered and said: "I think Xixia is just a minor illness, and Ji Sun's worries are within the Xiaoqiang. Hebei and Shaanxi are both the front lines. In a few years, they have silted up the fields, served as servants, and protected the armor. The people suffered unspeakably. The mutiny of the soldiers in Qingzhou was not without reason. Your Majesty, even the servants and Baojia cannot be abolished for the time being. This silting up the land will not benefit the country, and it will be a waste of people's resources. I also ask the emperor to issue an order to abolish this one." ...