Chapter 16 second quarter

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, the number one enemy in the history of the Northern Song Empire and eternal enemies for life, were still friends before Wang Anshi became a "bad man" and before Sima Guang became a stubborn conservative leader. Or they are still the same kind of people. Birds of a feather flock together. Comparing the personal files of Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi in the early stage, it is not difficult to see that it is not unreasonable for the two to become close friends during the Jiayou period. Sima Guang, styled Junshi, was born in Xia County, Shanzhou. It is said that he was a descendant of the Sima royal family in the Western Jin Dynasty.In a good educational environment, Sima Guang was regarded as a gifted child when he was young. He was able to tell his family "Chunqiu Zuozhuan" at the age of eight. The comic story became the best-selling book of children's comics in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it can be called the version of Brother Yixiu in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Sima Guang did not become a shooting star when he became an adult. He gave up the opportunity to work twice and participated in the scientific examination with real swords and guns.In the year when Li Yuanhao of Xixia became the emperor, Sima Guang took part in the imperial examination and ranked seventh in the middle class, and began his official career from then on. Sima Guang's personality is calm and low-key, and he doesn't like to make publicity. In the past, when he was a Jinshi in the scientific examination, at the wedding banquet, all the scholars wore flowers, but Sima Guang didn't wear them.In the same year, scholars said that this was a gift from the emperor, how could they not know good and bad?Sima Junshi reluctantly put on a small flower to express his meaning.

But Sima Junshi's seemingly calm personality has a very stubborn side, which is comparable to his opponent Wang Jiefu.Wang Jiefu is not a womanizer, and once retreated from the concubine bought by his wife, Sima Jun is better than Wang Jiefu.Sima Guang and his original partner, Mrs. Zhang, had not had children for many years. In the Northern Song Dynasty, when unfilial piety was the most common thing, this was the top priority of Sima's family.Sima Jun was really not in a hurry, Zhang was also in a hurry, and was busy taking concubines for him, but Sima Guang refused, saying that my wife is only you in my eyes, and I will only marry you in this life.

Mrs. Zhang was moved, but she still had to continue the glorious task of passing on to the old Sima's family. She thought that her husband's old pedantry would not save her face, so like Mrs. Wang, she bought a concubine and sent it to Sima Guang's bedroom. That day Sima Guang came home from the night shift and came to the bedroom. He saw a beautiful woman lying on the bed, and he understood a little bit, but he turned and left, and went to the study alone. Mei Jiao Niang got up in light clothes, followed Master Sima to the study, swayed back and forth in front of Sima Guang to show off her figure, and began to tease Sima Junshi with words, saying softly and angrily that the long night of sleepless sleep, why are you still here? Read boring books like "Zhong Cheng" and chat with others.

Sima Guang was puzzled and said with a serious face, wrong, big mistake, Zhongcheng is an official name, not a book title, and discussed knowledge with the beauty. Meijiao Niang had to return disappointed in the end, leaving Mr. Sima with a stupid conclusion. The foreign girl couldn't catch Sima Guang, so Mrs. Zhang wondered if her husband liked the family, so she asked the maid beside her to play the trick again. The result is the same, Sima Guang is still like Liu Xiahui. Mrs. Zhang was disappointed, knowing that there was no hope after Sima's family biography, and she would come to the underworld without face to see her in-laws.

Throughout his life, Sima Guang risked the crime of being unfilial and having no descendants, and kept his promise not to take concubines. In the end, he had no heirs like his boss Zhao Zhen, and could only find a nephew (Sima Kang) in the clan. ) to continue the incense. From this incident, we can see Sima Xianggong's "obsession". Putting aside political ideals (this factor can be ignored when neither of them reached the center of the political stage of the Northern Song Dynasty during the Jiayou period), with the same character, talent, and personal interests, it is difficult for two people like Sima Junshi and Wang Jiefu to become friends. Disaster.

Judging from the common nickname given to them by the Song people during the Jiayou period - "Four Friends of Jiayou" (the other two were written by Han Wei and Lu Gong), it is not difficult to see their relationship. Later, a lot of gossip and unofficial history proved that during the Jiayou period, outside the court hall in Tokyo, Wang, Sima, Lu, Han and others often gathered in various high-end clubs in Tokyo, forming an elite cultural group. In the Renzong Dynasty, especially during the Jiayou period, after Wang Anshi entered Beijing, the four of them "were in the same class and were very friendly to each other. They often met in the monk's workshop in their free time, and they often talked about Yan all day long, which was rarely seen by others."

Although Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi wanted to cover up the close relationship between the two in the future, Wang Anshi said that Junshi and I have a relatively deep friendship, but the two people often have different perspectives and handling methods, and disputes are inevitable. Sima Guang, who was studying behind closed doors in Luoyang, spoke a little bitterly, saying that Wang Jiefu had always been indifferent to me, and that his relationship with him was just an ordinary colleague, nothing more. The indifference after the breakup cannot conceal the enthusiasm of the year. Not to mention that every time Wang Anshi wrote a new word, Master Sima responded enthusiastically (such as "The Song of the Concubine Ming"), and sang and sang while Sima Guang was slightly drunk. Work: "But try to clean yourself, the lice should spread far and wide." It means that you should clean up your personal hygiene, buddy, don't keep bringing lice and be friends with us.

Such mischievous and breezy works are rare in Sima Guang's life. It contains what kind of happy time "Four Friends of Jiayou" had in the past! When the young Zhao Xu became the new owner of the Northern Song Empire, finding a suitable treasurer became his top priority. Sima Guang's concluding comment on Wang Anshi deeply moved him even more. Sima Guang said: "Jiefu alone has more than 30 famous names in the world. He is highly talented and rich in learning. It is difficult and easy to retreat. People from far and near know what they don't know. It is salty to say that Jiefu can't afford it. If he gets up, he can achieve peace. The living and the people are salty."

I don't know how many times Sima Guang regretted the evaluation he made at the beginning, but the praise at the beginning came from the bottom of his heart. Wang Anshi also respected and respected Sima Guang very much. In the sixth year of Jiayou, Sima Guang’s cousin Sima Yi passed away. Sima Guang did not invite anyone else to his grave, but Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi, who has always been arrogant, did not refuse. In the tomb, everyone knows who the face is for; in the sixth year of Jiayou's reign, Wang Anshi was in charge of making edicts, during which Wang Jiefu wrote four edicts for Sima Guang's promotion, all of which were praises of Sima Junshi: "Practice and clean, Knowing the classics well, I can use what I have learned to apply to the precepts; literature and governance are well-known at the time, and the beauty of political affairs, art, literature and conduct is well-known in the world. Doing righteousness is trusted by the court, and literature is known all over the world.”

Wang Anshi never felt disgusted when he praised Sima Guang, it was also from Wang Jiefu's sincerity. At that time, they didn't know that in the future stage of history, they would be incompatible with each other, "like ice and charcoal that cannot be used together, like cold and heat that cannot be used at the same time." How did it all start?When the two of them were in their twilight years, recalling the past, they both remembered the Xiaoyun case in Dengzhou that year.