Chapter 15 Three, Sima Yi's birthday
"Come... come... Ziyong (Wang Su's character is "Ziyong"), these are walnuts sent by my hometown in Wen County, Hanoi County," Sima Yi pointed to a large plate of walnuts on the table, Greeted warmly to Wang Su, "Eat one, it's a good food for brain and fitness!"
Wang Su looked at the table, searching everywhere: "Zhongda, where is the hammer? If you don't give me the hammer, how can I eat these walnuts?"
"You can still eat walnuts without breaking them with a hammer." Sima Yi smiled lightly, reached out and picked up a hard walnut from the plate, slowly put it into his mouth, and cracked it hard with a "crack". The shell was bitten to pieces, "My teeth are fine."
Wang Su looked at him deeply: "Good teeth, good health. Zhongda, your iron body is really a blessing to our country!"
Sima Yi didn't respond immediately, but silently handed a handful of fresh and crisp walnut meat into Wang Su's palm.Then, with his hands behind his back, he stood up slowly, walked to the window, looked at the golden leaves of a tree in the garden outside the window through the white screen, and murmured: "Although my age I am old, but my ambition of 'cleaning up thousands of miles and bringing together the eight barrens' has never aged. Ziyong, do you know? In the spring of next year, I will lead the Great Wei army to go east to Yangzhou Let's go to Huainan!"
"Zhongda, your majestic achievements will definitely be recorded in the annals of history forever, and will be handed down forever!" After hearing this, Wang Su's complexion tightened, and he praised deeply.
"No matter how brilliant the great achievements are, they may be just a flash in the pan. Only by "establishing morality" like the great Han Jinghou Xunyu and "establishing words" like the old Chen Si Wang Cao Zhi, can we be as bright as the sun and the moon, and live the same life as the heaven and the earth. Yes!" Sima Yi waved his hand lightly, and said slowly, "Yuan Ze recently wrote a very good passage in his book "Shi Yao Lun", 'The husband writes book theory, but he wants to explain the great way, Explain the sacred teachings, deduce the truth of the matter, do the best of all kinds, record right and wrong, and regard it as a standard. It was feasible at that time, and later generations can cultivate it. Moreover, the ancients were rich and honored, but their fame and humbleness were abolished. It is indescribable. It is an immortal ear. The husband was famous before a hundred generations, and has been famous for thousands of years. It is because those who read it will benefit, and those who hear it will feel it. Is there no loss or gain? However, secular people don’t understand rituals, but they use overflowing words, which do not have beneficial meanings, no. Therefore, the author does not value the beauty of his diction, but values its preservation; It hurts righteousness. The old husband’s petty debate breaks the way, and the madman’s brilliant writing is the disease of a saint.’Ziyong, you are also a scholar of erudition, so you must carefully understand his words... ..."
"Yuan Ze's writing is really nothing to say." Wang Su nodded deeply, and sighed softly, "But in the past few years, he has been a little bit close to us, and he has gotten too close to Brother Cao Zhaobo... He shouldn't Do this! Zhong Da, you have always treated him well..."
Sima Yi raised his hand slowly and stopped him: "Don't you think that what he said just now is actually secretly criticizing Uncle He Ping and Xiahou Taichu with their strong words, and they disturb people's hearts by making small arguments? After all, Yuan Ze has a sense of restraint. A righteous generation of national scholars who can't see the chaos of the rules and regulations, justify the reason and disregard the relatives, will definitely not be like Deng Yang and Ding Mi who sell themselves for glory and have narrow selfishness!"
As soon as Wang Su heard the names of Uncle He Ping and Xiahou Taichu, he became very angry: "He Yan and Xiahouxuan, the two traitors of the holy sect, are completely sycophants like Hong Gong and Shi Xian! The extravagant rhetoric, bewitching people's minds and destroying the Dao, caused the students in the Taixue to be in a mess. All of them put the hypocrisy first, and the respect for morality and virtue as the end. If it goes on for a long time, what is so great about it? "
When Sima Yi heard this, he also sighed deeply: "Yes! He Yan and Xia Houxuan have disturbed the hearts of scholars all over the world with fallacies and heresies, and I am also very worried! All of this, I beg you, Ziyong, to use the holy scriptures Great way to turn the tide!"
Wang Su shook his head straight, and said: "Difficult! Difficult! Difficult! He Yan and Deng Yang have almost emptied Lu Yu in the official office now, but they are trying their best to install their flamboyant friends. Xia Houxuan is in Dahong When he was in office, he also preached the Taoist theory of quietness and inaction everywhere, which would make the scholars lose their morale! Wang has debated with them no less than five or six times, and he can't do anything alone!"
Sima Yi was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "Alas... Xia Houxuan and He Yan's academic principles are not based on a great book and source that has not been passed down from generation to generation! Where did Xia Houxuan's ancestors have any outstanding scholars? He Yan's grandfather He Jin is nothing but a dog butcher and wine seller! If we talk about the academic origin, it is still the Xun family of Yingchuan and the Yang family of Hongnong who have a long and profound aura!"
"That's right! Thinking about the glorious scene of our Xun, Yang, Sima, and Wang four aristocratic families competing for splendor and leading the fashion in Xudu - what a memorable scene!" Wang Su sighed with deep sympathy, "Nowadays, the Xun family and the Yang family are all in ruins. It really makes people feel that creatures are right and wrong."
"Oh, by the way, Yi remembered that Xun Yi, the sixth son of Xun Lingjun, had always had a good reputation. Shu Da (Sima Fu's word is "Shu Da") praised him as 'knowledgeable and well-informed, and thoughtful and thoughtful', just because he was Xun Yi. How can Yi just sit back and watch this indifferently? I must write a letter to advise His Majesty to be magnanimous, break the rules and accept talents, and enlist him as the Minister of Zhongshu!" Sima Yi walked firmly, and said resolutely, "Also, Yang Jun, the grandson of Taiwei Yang Biao, also has the talent of writing, writing and thinking, and Yi also plans to appoint him as the literary chief of Taifu's residence, what does Ziyong think?"
"Good! Good! Good! Zhongda, you dare to destroy the old style and waste the sluggishness. You really have the style of Duke Zhou!" Wang Su clapped his palms happily and praised, "You single-handedly promoted Xun Yi and Yang Jun, and the world will be changed." All the famous scholars in the Confucianism respect you!"
"Ah...Ziyong, why did I promote Xun Yi and Yang Jun in order to win the admiration of the scholars and people in the world?" Sima Yi looked at the long floating clouds in the sky, with tears in his eyes, as if remembering Many past events, "Xun Jinghou's benevolence and Yang Taiwei's loyalty, can be said to be 'the sky cannot die, the earth cannot be buried, and the world of Jiezhi cannot be polluted'. It is still exciting to think about it! Their great benevolence and righteousness, with their lives The feat of dying for one's will is enough to benefit future generations. Yi is just following the heavens and responding to people and promoting virtuous people for the country. How dare he covet the reputation of the Duke of Zhou?"
"Su has always empathized with Zhongda's deep sincerity. Alas... Zhongda, why didn't you take advantage of the momentum early last year to accept our "promotion to the prime minister and congratulations to Jiuxi"? You? , or too constrained by virtue and loyalty to the great Wei..." Wang Su said halfway, then suddenly lowered his voice and approached again, "Actually, everything has a turning point, as long as we are willing to make up for it now, there is still time for everything. Zhong Da, if you continue to spread the benefits and attract people's hearts, you will be able to embrace all rivers and reach the pinnacle!"
"Oh? Extensive benefits? What kind of benefits? Ziyong, please be more specific."
Wang Su stroked his beard, with a serious face, and said: "Zhong Da, according to Su's opinion, if you want to win people's hearts in the court and get more help, there is nothing better than implementing the 'fifth-class feudalism' policy immediately! Come on, almost all the famous scholars and officials in the imperial court will fall to our side. Their Cao family faction is bound to collapse and collapse into an army!"
"Five-level feudal government?" Sima Yi frowned tightly. Today's Wei State implements a centralized system of five-level organizations, including prefectures, counties, counties, townships, and kiosks. Bahuang's real needs.The fifth-class feudal system is to divide the world like the Zhou Dynasty, and to grant "Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan" five-class lords to seal the frontiers.In this way, wouldn't it be a complete regression to the situation of the feudal lords in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?Of course, such an approach can receive short-term effects.Those famous scholars and bureaucrats are eager to be divided into Shiyi!They will naturally fall to themselves in the power struggle between themselves and Cao Shuang's faction.However, wouldn't his great cause of "clearing thousands of miles and bringing together the eight barrens" be completely taken advantage of by these famous scholars and bureaucrats who are enjoying their success for nothing?So, his face turned cold, and he said in a stern way, "My seat and the millions of soldiers of the Great Wei overcame thorns and thorns, fought bloody battles, and just now we have wiped out Shuofang and expanded the territory of three thousand miles. How difficult is this victory? Those famous scholars and officials can imagine Is it? This seat will never implement the fifth-class feudal system inappropriately for the sake of flattering others and attracting the hearts of the people! Ziyong! Your idea is definitely not your own opinion, and who else is asking you in private? Did you make that request?"
Wang Su had never seen Sima Yi's stern and aggressive expression before, and he couldn't help but flushed with blood: "Uh...uh... this, this is that Ri Su and Dong Zhou (former Situ Dong Zhao's son), Zhong Hui, etc. When they were discussing how to win people's hearts for you, they suggested doing this..."
"Dong Zhou, Zhong Hui?" Sima Yi pondered slightly, "These two are young, but they have a big appetite! Ziyong, don't listen to their wrong words from now on. If you really want to win people's hearts, it's not Rely on the method of cutting meat and feeding eagles they talked about! Ziyong, don’t you think so?”
"Zhongda criticized it. Su remembered it." Wang Su heard that Sima Yi was right, so he bowed his head and apologized, as if he remembered something, and asked him, "By the way, Su heard that Ziyuan recently recruited a Sima into the Central Guard's office, his name is Shi Bao? Zhongda, do you know the details of this man?"
"There is such a thing." Sima Yi just nodded, ready to say it.But Wang Su held on to it solemnly: "Zhongda, do you know? This Shibao is an upstart, he likes to find flowers and ask willows, likes to drink and gamble, how could Ziyuan think of hiring such a person as a nurse Army Sima!"
Sima Yi thought for a while, and then replied to Wang Su: "I have also asked my teacher. The teacher replied, 'Although Bao is not good enough in practice, he has the ability to manage the country. A man of integrity may not be economical. World affairs. It is because Qi Huan forgot Guan Zhong's extravagance and recorded his great plan of reconciliation; Han Gao abandoned Chen Ping's dirty deeds and took his six strange calculations. Although Bao can't match his second son, he is also a good choice today. Also.' Later, I also personally listened to Shi Bao's own strategy of 'determining Huainan and leveling Jiangbei', and felt that he was indeed a generation of wizards. Ziyong, in the past Cao Cao was able to use Guo Jia, who is lecherous and hard-working , and why can't Yi use this stone bud as a general today?"
"But... but is the post of Sima in the Central Guard Army so trivial? The selection of candidates must be careless!" Wang Su was still stubborn, "These people from poor families have mixed backgrounds, and Su has always been worried. In fact, Ziyuan He can definitely appoint Xun'er from my Wang family as Sima of the Central Guard Army, so he will be more reliable than those outsiders!"
Sima Yi looked straight and did not answer.In fact, he was secretly very satisfied that Brother Sima was able to go out to find and recruit a national scholar like Shi Bao on his own this time.My two precious sons have finally matured!For a hero in power, being good at using power to accurately select suitable talents that meet his career needs is a sign of his true maturity.Brother Sima was able to do this correctly, which naturally made Sima Yi very pleased.My hard work in cultivating and teaching them for many years has finally borne fruit!After he settled his mind, he saw Wang Su's expression of dissatisfaction, so he said, "Ziyong, didn't you say it yourself: 'The sages and sages are officials, and the wood used by Judas craftsmen Take its strengths and discard its weaknesses.' Do you think that Xun'er's strengths are suitable to be the Sima of the Central Guard Army? Of course, Xun'er is a good person and frugal, but what the Central Guard Sima needs is a strategy, You have both civil and military skills! Yi can recommend Xun'er to serve as supervisory censor or Yilang, but he can't go against his merits and miss him!"
Wang Su had nothing to say, so he could only chatter: "That's it! That's it! Zhongda, you are eloquent and reasoned everywhere. I can't beat you. But I still want to remind you that this Shibao is always an outsider. No matter how much Shi'er trusts him, he must be on guard at all times!"
Sima Yi still didn't answer, thinking to himself, what's wrong with outsiders?If you want to achieve a great cause, don't you rely on the talents of the five lakes and the three mountains and five mountains, but rely on the strength of your own family?If you control it with innocence, even your closest relatives may not be able to guarantee that they will be loyal to you to the end!Cao Pi is Cao Cao's own son, right? But in order to seize the position of heir, didn't he plot against Cao Cao, deceive Cao Cao, and deceive Cao Cao?The relationship between people lasts forever, and the most precious thing is the sincerity that is not easy to live and die!Just like the respect and love I had for Xun Yu back then, just like the love I had for Fang Ying back then, that was the truly solid invisible bond, no matter how sharp the blade could cut it, no matter how fierce the flame was, it would never stop. It won't burn out!As long as I maintain such a sincere relationship with my disciples and old officials, who can alienate me?Who can twist it?But at this moment, facing Wang Su, a "stubborn scholar", he didn't want to argue any longer, so he picked up another walnut and put it in his mouth with a "crack" and bit it into pieces: "By the way, this seat is preparing to go east." Yangzhou will hold a banquet to celebrate the 63rd birthday before 'determining Huainan and sweeping Jiangbei'. I will invite all civil and military officials to attend..."
"Oh..." At this moment, Wang Su realized in his heart that this in-law wanted to take advantage of the 63rd birthday banquet to test the support of the imperial court officials for his meritorious service and showing off to the world. what!
It was drizzling in the night sky, and the hair of passers-by on the road was covered with drops of water.A deer cart was driving slowly on Zhengnan Road in Luoyang, and a drunk man was lying on his back on the deer cart.The drunk man didn't care how disrespectful he was, he just pretended to be no one else, lying with his chest exposed, as if he was bathed in the drizzle very comfortably, and let Liu Xiaosan, the house boy behind the deer cart, walk and push him.
Liu Ling is a distant relative of Liu Fang, Supervisor of Zhongshu. Originally, if he wanted to become an official, he only needed to report to his cousin Liu Fang, and he would be successful in no time.But he hasn't done that for years.He grew up soaked in the essence of Lao Zhuang's philosophy, but in fact, from the bottom of his heart, he has always looked down upon his uncle's practice of seeking fame.
Suddenly, a melodious Sizhuyan song came from a distance, as if a grand banquet was being held.When Liu Lingwu was screaming, Liu Xiaosan called out to him: "Master, Taifu Sima's mansion is coming! Why don't you get up soon and get dressed and prepare to go?"
After Liu Ling received the invitation from Sima's mansion, and after her cousin Liu Fang pointed out the pros and cons in his own handwritten letter, he took the time to accept the invitation to attend Sima Yi's 63rd birthday banquet.Hearing Liu Xiaosan's call, he slowly woke up from his drunkenness.Staggeringly propped up from the deer cart, he looked towards the place where the flutes and flutes were singing.
Sima Yi's Grand Tutor's mansion was actually not hugely built, but today, under the rendering of lights, festoons, and heavy traffic, it seemed to be more lively than Xishifang, the busiest place in Luoyang City. It has been lined up to half a street outside the gate of the mansion!
Liu Ling looked at the incomparable prosperity built by the power and fame of the Sima family from afar, and suddenly felt sad, and she burst into tears in the drizzle, and sang softly: "I can see him standing tall and tall, and I can see him standing hundreds of feet tall. The flames are blazing, the head is high and the crown is high, the golden seal is hanging on the waist, and the mighty response is overwhelming, and it needs to be saved for the children and grandchildren! Otherwise, it will only end up with a false name and the admiration of future generations!"
"Oh! My lord! He is celebrating his birthday here in full swing, but you are here to hurt him by singing such a song!" Liu Xiaosan hastily stepped forward and covered his mouth. Madam's order, if you do something inappropriate, I will stop you from messing around!"
Liu Ling broke free from Liu Xiaosan's hand, suddenly became quiet, and said to Liu Xiaosan: "Hu... what are you doing here? Since Liu has been brought here by the car, it should be regarded as a person's arrival. When a person arrives, the etiquette has come. You go to that mansion to find Master Shantao and tell him that I, Liu Ling, got drunk again on the way to the banquet, so as not to cause some unpleasant things when I enter the Taifu's mansion Don't worry, Master Shan Tao will naturally make things right for you and me in front of Brother Sima Zhao..."
"Master, you... are you really not going in?" Liu Xiaosan asked again hesitantly.
"Ji Shuye definitely won't come tonight, and Ruan Sizong is half-hearted tonight, and I, Liu Ling, will give him the Sima's ambiguity tonight, which is also a very good answer." Liu Ling waved to him again and again, "You go, go!"
"Master—Uncle Liu (Liu Fang) and his wife have both said that it is the first time in his sixty-three years that Taifu Sima hosted such a big banquet to invite guests to celebrate his birthday. It really has a very deep meaning! If you enter If his house gives him a compliment, it will be of great benefit in the future..." Liu Xiaosan still persuaded him patiently.
"What are you talking so much about? Tell you to go, you go!" Liu Ling pushed him away, and slowly lay back on the deer cart, letting the pattering rain on her face, looking at him. In the deepest part of the night sky, there is a long chant: "There is a gentleman who regards the heaven and the earth as a dynasty, ten thousand periods as a moment, the sun and the moon as a frenzy, and the eight wildernesses as a courtyard. There is no track, no house, The sky sits on the ground, as you wish.”
In the living room covered with felt and festoons, Sima Yi was holding a wine glass, followed by Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers, all smiling, he took the initiative to go to each seat and column in the hall to toast the guests.
Tonight Cao Shuang said that he was busy with business and did not come to Sima's mansion to celebrate his birthday.But he asked Cao Xi, the leader of his second younger brother, to make a special trip to explain that all the expenses of Sima Taifu's 63rd birthday banquet were all covered by him instructing the Imperial Palace Department of Internal Affairs-this is what he said this morning. The special privilege bestowed upon the Sima family by asking His Majesty the Emperor is "the same body as the Wei family, and all matters of marriage, happiness and funeral are taken from the officials."
Then, the Empress Dowager Guo and His Majesty the Emperor also asked their servants to send Sima Yi a birthday congratulations: a golden car with a green cover, a red lacquered luan chariot, and a purple bamboo-wrapped gold staff.This Jinhua green covered chariot, and Zhu Luan's chariot is already a ritual thing enjoyed by the court's clan and vassals, and it is exceptionally beyond the ritual system.Sima Yi tried his best to refuse the two gifts and resolutely refused to accept them.He was naturally clear in his heart that the purpose of holding this birthday banquet was not to show anything to the outside at all, but to absorb something for himself from the outside.If I accept these two gifts, I'm afraid the effect of this birthday banquet will be counterproductive.
In the first row of guest seats, Deng Ai, Shi Bao, Zhou Tai and other underprivileged talents stood up one after another and toasted Sima Yi.
"Master Taifu, Ai brought you a small gift, please accept it!" Deng Ai took out a scroll of silk from his sleeve after toasting the wine, and presented it respectfully.
"Oh? Shi Zai (Deng Ai's word is "Shi Zai"), is this some famous painting and famous post I found from Huainan? Sigh! You know that the Tai Tuo has always disliked such things!" Sima followed He stepped in to complain about Deng Aidao.Deng Ai shook his head hastily, shook the scroll with a smile and shone it in front of Sima Yi—only to see that it was a map of the distribution of the river network drawn with a cinnabar pen!
Sima Yi's eyes lit up: "What picture is this?"
"Look, Mr. Sima Taifu, this is the map of the three rivers in the Central Plains interconnected by Deng himself!" Deng Ai pointed to the red lines and introduced with a smile, "Look, this is the Yellow River, and this is the Ying River. Water, this is the Huaihe River... In the past two years, Deng has supervised the craftsmen in Huainan to make unremitting efforts, and finally built three large canals: Guangcao Canal, Baichi Canal, and Danyun Canal, connecting the three rivers of the Yellow River, Yingshui River, and Huaihe River. For the sake of unity. From now on, our land and water armies, grain, grass, ships and equipment can go back from the Luoshui River to the Yellow River, then from the Yellow River to the Yingshui River, and from the Yingshui River to the Huaihe River. Let the boat go down to Yangzhou, and go straight to the south of the Yangtze River!"
"Shi Zai! You have given this congratulatory gift well! Come—Master, accept it for my father!" Sima Yi narrowed his eyes with a smile, stretched out his palm and pressed heavily on Deng Ai's shoulder, "Three big Qu——Such a huge project, Shizai, you took it down abruptly for me! It’s really hard work for you and the soldiers of Huainan! I will enter the palace tomorrow to ask the emperor to reward you!"
Deng Ai scratched the back of his head shyly and smiled.
"Zhongrong, Pingze (Zhoutai's word is "Pingze"), what gift did you two give the Taifu?" Jia Chong, who was carrying the jug for Sima Yi and his son, turned his head and asked Shi Bao with a smile. State Tai Road.
Shi Bao and Zhou Tai looked at each other and smiled.Shi Bao also took out a scroll of silk from his sleeve, pulled Zhou Tai and bowed to Sima Yi, saying: "Master Taifu, my subordinates have jointly written a copybook for you, please accept it."
"Oh? Copybook? Show it!" Sima Yi asked with a smile of interest.
Shi Bao and Zhou Tai responded, pulled the scrolls to stand on the left and right sides, and spread the scroll across the sky, only to see a eulogy written on it:
Those who promote integrity will not be deceived by those who are not sympathetic to others;Holding the whip and bowing to show the glory of the poor; appointing the confidants to show the use of the wise.Humble your body and eat a lot of food, and reward the meritorious officials; put on your arms and make yourself humble, and accept the strategy of the four directions.
At this time, He Zeng, Fu Gu, Zhong Yu and other middle-ranking officials who were sitting around also saw the copybook, applauded and cheered: "The eulogy written by Shi Jun and Zhou Jun is really the same as what Sima Taifu did." It is not bad at all, it can be called a classic, it can be engraved on gold and stone and passed on to future generations!"
Sima Yi looked at it himself, but shook his head with a smile: "A beautiful word! A beautiful word! How dare I take it?" At the same time, he turned his head and told Sima Zhao: "Put it away quickly! Put it away quickly!"
Then, he walked towards the next guest seat.Sitting at this guest table are his friends of the same generation, such as Jiang Ji, Huan Fan, Man Chong, Gao Rou, Wang Su, Wei Zhen and so on.
Wang Su stood up first, held his cup and laughed, and said, "Zhongda, Su recently sorted out the sacred scriptures, rectified the wonderful books, sorted out the classics and latitudes of the Confucian lineage, collected Confucius, Zisi, Zishang, The writings and articles of Confucian sages such as Zigao, Zishun, Ziyu, etc. are compiled into a three-volume book "Kong Congzi" - this should not be too bad as a birthday gift for you ?”
"Ziyong, how great is your contribution to inheriting the holy learning and promoting enlightenment! Isn't it just a birthday gift for me? All the common people in the world will be grateful to you." Sima Yi looked very excited, Come up and have a toast with him.
Jiang Ji, Man Chong, Gao Rou, Wei Zhen and the others didn't do any new tricks, they all went up to toast with Sima Yi to congratulate them.In the end, only Huan Fan greeted him with a solemn face, raised his glass, took out a scroll of silk from his lapel, looked straight at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, after thinking about it for a long time, Fan Jiu can only give a picture of himself. I will give you a handwritten copybook, I hope you will be satisfied."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Sima Yi was a little surprised when he heard that Huan Fan had prepared a copybook for him as a gift.Master Sima took the scroll of silk from the side, quickly unfolded it, and saw that there was a famous saying in the "Book of Filial Piety" written on it:
Do not be arrogant at the top, high but not dangerous; restraint and restraint, full but not overflowing.It is high but not dangerous, so it is expensive to keep it long.It is full but not overflowing, so keep rich forever.Wealth and honor are inseparable from one's body, and then one can protect one's country and one's people.Covering the filial piety of the princes. "Poetry" says: "Trembling tremblingly, as if facing an abyss, as if walking on thin ice."
After reading this famous quote, Sima Yi's face slowly became serious.Among them, Huan Fan wrote the eight characters "restraint and sincerity" and "trench with trepidation" in a particularly bold and eye-catching manner, as if they were about to be forced into his eyes.
The complexions of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers also changed slightly.The atmosphere above the banquet suddenly turned cold.Jiang Ji, Man Chong, Gao Rou, etc. hurriedly shouted, ready to come up and talk warmly.
But seeing Sima Yi holding the silk copybook in his hand, he turned around and looked at all the guests, his face suddenly moved, like a spring breeze melting snow, overflowing with a deep smile: "Okay! Good! Good! Brother Huan's picture The copybook is well presented! Well presented! Master—you take it and let your mother hang it in my father's study! My father will always remember Brother Huan's warning words!"
Huan Fan stared at him deeply, and drank the wine from the glass in his hand, "Zhongda, it's the best if you can do this."
Sima Yi smiled lightly, and continued to the next guest table under the guidance of his brother Sima.
"Shi Ji (Zhong Hui's character is "Shi Ji"), you look very good today!" Sima Zhao saw that Wang Hun, Pei Xiu, Man Wei and other family friends were sitting at the table, so he said He greeted Zhong Hui who was sitting at the head.
Zhong Hui responded to him with a smile, and at the same time held up a scroll from his hand, and presented it respectfully to Sima Yi: "Master Taifu, the junior personally drew a painting of mountains, waters, birds and birds for you recently, congratulations Tai Tuo's longevity is better than Nanshan, and the prosperity is equal to the sky!"
"Today is really special! The congratulatory gift I received is not a picture scroll, but a copybook! Ask Mr. Guan Ren, if I am 'Wenchang according to my life' today, and I want to be influenced by poetry, calligraphy, painting and silk?" Sima Yi held the wine cup, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Zhong Hui with great interest, "Mr. Zhong, what mountains, rivers, and birds are you painting?"
"The younger generation is clumsy, and what I drew is "The Picture of the Great Peng Spreading Its Wings and Soaring the Clouds." Zhong Hui lowered his head and replied humbly.
Sima Shi and Sima Zhao took the scroll, one left and one right, and pulled it apart smoothly.
What jumps out in front of everyone is an extremely exquisite and elegant silk painting of mountains, waters, birds and birds - on the tumbling blue waves, a roc eagle with red feathers all over its body spreads its wings like a cloud of fire. A round of golden round sun is carried on the wide and tall back, and the vigorous and powerful claws like steel hooks are aiming at the lightly ink-painted stacked peaks and ridges on the sea horizon... and the right side of the silk picture Below, there is a square inscription written in small letters:
There is a fish in Dark North, and its name is Kun.Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is; when it turns into a bird, its name is Peng.Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is; it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky.It is the bird, and the sea will migrate to Nanming. Its potential energy hits the water and shakes for three thousand miles, and it swings upwards for ninety thousand miles.
"Good painting, good painting." Sima Yi stepped forward, stroking the smooth surface of the silk painting with his fingers, and saw through the mystery of the painting with his eyes flashing: " Well, this paint is so bright red like blood, I'm afraid it's not easy to find, right?"
Zhong Hui's low voice came to Sima Yi's ear from behind: "Master Taifu, you don't know that the vermilion paint in this painting was drawn one by one by this junior dipped in his own finger blood..."
Sima Yi didn't respond as if he didn't hear it.He didn't look back, stretched out his finger to touch the bright red roc's wings, and said abruptly: "Pricking blood as a picture, expressing love with a painting, it really hurts Zhong Jun, your rare sincerity !"
When Zhong Hui heard it, his heart skipped a beat. Sima Yi is worthy of being Sima Yi - he read the deep meaning of his painting at a glance!
If the mountains and mountains are a metaphor for the country and the country, the lonely round sun in the sky symbolizes the declining Wei family.The billowing waves symbolize civil and military officials and all the people in the world, and the one who can control all these invisibly and silently is the eagle with huge wings covering the sky!Carrying a full day is a metaphor for "holding the emperor";Naturally, the implication of that roc eagle also jumped out - it is a metaphor for Sima Yi!Sima Yi is the roc eagle who "does not have the name of an emperor on the outside, but has the power to shake the sky inside; he has great achievements, but has a dark ambition"!What a wonderful silk picture, it expresses all of Sima Yi's aspirations and aspirations in an understatement!
Sima Yi looked at it quietly, a slight smile slowly appeared on the corner of his lips, and turned to look at Zhong Hui.When Zhong Hui's deep eyes met him, he hurriedly bowed down.Sima Yi stared straight at him without blinking, and said solemnly and unusually: "Mr. Zhong, this "Picture of the Great Peng Spreading its Wings and Soaring Clouds" is comparable to the painting "The Tiger Climbing the Mountain and Roaring" that was presented to me by Taiwei Jia Xu back then. "Picture" is comparable! I will definitely keep it in my collection!"
As soon as he said this, there was a wave of enthusiastic applause from the audience.Zhong Hui's eyes shone brightly like torches, and he bowed deeply to Sima Yi, and replied humbly: "My junior, thank you, Master Tai Tuo, for your love!"
Sima Yi supported him by both shoulders, and said with a chuckle: "Teacher Zhong has a son like you, so it can be said that he has left a long way to go! Maybe I will give you a seat in the future, so that you can ride the world!"
This time, Zhong Hui was even more boasted that his cheeks were red all the way to his ears, and he hastily humbly thanked him.
Sima Yi also smiled kindly at him, but he thought to himself: Zhong Hui is really clever and flashy - a picture of "Great Peng Spreading Wings and Soaring Clouds" blatantly portrayed the great ambition of our Sima clan. All clicked out!I really don't know what he intends to do?Is it for our Sima family to publicize outside?Or do you want to use this painting to show his own support?Or maybe they want to use this painting to show off to others as cleverly?In short, this person may seem smart but not smart, bright but not bright, and his spirit is stronger than his mind. In the future, we must "prevent him when using it, and prevent it when it is useful"!
As Sima Yi was thinking about it, he came to the guest table where Ruan Ji, the sage in the bamboo forest, was sitting.Sima Yi raised his glass to pay respects to Ruan Ji from a distance: "Mr. Ruan has always been good? When I was a literary officer in Emperor Taizu Wu's prime minister's mansion, I have always admired your father-in-law Dr. Ruan's literary talents!"
Ruan Ji looked at Sima Yi drunkenly, stood up crookedly, and raised his glasses in response: "Tai...Master Taifu! He...they have paintings and posts to make you happy, and Ji has nothing else Changwu, how about offering a howl and a poem to congratulate you on your birthday?"
"Good! Good! Good!" Sima Zhao clapped his hands in praise, and at the same time turned his head to Sima Yi and said, "Father, Mr. Ruan has always looked at the world, and he rarely composes poems to celebrate birthdays."
The smile on Sima Yi's face was always so moderate: "Ruan Jun, please do it, I appreciate it!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Ruan Ji turned his body to the sky, and indeed, he blew a long howl during the banquet!
The whistling sound came out suddenly, like a broken silver bottle, and the wine overflowed, covering all corners inside and outside the hall at once; then it swept across the sky like a whirling beam, making the surroundings cool, like wind surrounded by water; finally But it's low-backed and tactful, as if wandering clouds out of Xiuxiu and curling up endlessly.
On the spur of the moment, Ruan Jixiao grabbed a bamboo chopstick from the table and lightly tapped the rim of the jade cup in his hand, following the rhythm of the lingering sound of the long whistle and the knocking of the cup, he groaned again:
The flames spread for thousands of miles, and the Hongchuan was turbulent.The bow is hung with hibiscus, and the long sword is leaning against the sky.Taishan becomes a fortification, and the Yellow River is a belt.Looking at Zhuang Zhouzi, prosperity and decline are nothing to depend on.Donate your body and abandon the middle field, and the black kite will be the victim.How can it be that if you are a hero, you will become famous from now on!
Hearing Ruan Ji's impassioned whistling and moaning, the hall suddenly burst into applause again!
"What a 'Hibiscus hangs on the bow, and the long sword rests on the sky. Mount Tai is forged, and the Yellow River is the belt'! It is truly majestic and majestic!" Sima Yi praised, raised his glass high, and faced all the guests , raised his voice and said, "Borrowing the words of Ruan Jijun's wonderful poem, I would like to congratulate you all on the country's well-being of the great Wei Dynasty, which is like 'flaming light extends thousands of miles, and Hongchuan is turbulent and turbulent'!"
Madam has no shame and cannot be governed; she does not know etiquette and righteousness and cannot practice law.The law can kill, but it cannot make people filial; it can punish robbers, but it cannot make people have integrity.Therefore, when the sage king is above, he shows his likes and dislikes, guides them through slander, advances them when they are close to the virtuous, retreats when they are unworthy, does not use punishments, cultivates rites and righteousness, and appoints virtuous and virtuous people.
In the spacious Nine Dragon Hall, Sima Yi recited this proverb from "Wen Zi" in a straight voice, and sat on the special seat of Danchi as the Taifu to explain the classics to the young emperor Cao Fang and the civil and military officials.
After he finished speaking, Cao Fang respectfully stepped down from the dragon bed on the imperial throne, holding the jade pot in both hands, and poured a cup of green tea into the teacup on his desk: "I respectfully invite the grand master to drink tea to quench his thirst."
Sima Yi hurriedly got up to thank him, drank the tea, then knelt down to send Cao Fang back to his seat, and held up his wat to play: "Your Majesty, now the old minister has asked Jiang Weiwei to explain to you his recent article "Government Strategy"."
Jiang Ji stood up in response to the sound, held up the imperial wat, and chanted to Cao Fang:
The rule of a wise king must be virtuous, and then be peaceful.Therefore, the monarch is called the head of state, and the ministers are called the thighs and arms.It is Tao, Tang, Qinming, Xi's family of equal rank, Yu Yu's eyesight, Yuan Kai's teaching, all of these monarchs sing the harmony of ministers and brighten heaven together, so the heaven and the earth can be made flat, Xianxi Yu Hemu, and the rule of prosperity and virtue.Husband follows the custom, builds a business according to the world, and be cautious in three things: one is to choose people, the other is to follow the people, and the third is to follow the time.时移而不移，违天之祥；民望而不因，违人之咎也；好善而不能择人，败官之患也。三者失，则天人之事悖矣。夫人乖则时逆、时逆则天违。天违而望国安，未有也。
曹芳认认真真听完，又依着身后珠帘里坐着的郭瑶太后所教，颔首答谢道：“蒋卫尉献此嘉言，朕谨受其教。赐卿绢布三百匹以示褒奖。”
到了这时，朝堂授课礼仪已毕。郭太后便领着曹芳一道离殿而去，任由司马懿、曹爽二人开始主持朝议剖决国事。当下中书监兼侍中孙资在丹墀玉阶前出列高声宣道：“朝议开始！”
他刚刚宣罢，大鸿胪夏侯玄捧笏出班，躬身奏道：“司马太傅、曹大将军，君等命世作宰，追踪上古，将隆至治，玄心甚敬。而今，玄有三大谏言进献于上，请两位辅政大臣代帝审断。
“一是革除九品中正官人制之弊，让各州郡之中正官专评人才之善恶优劣，不定人才之品级阶次，同时吏部只据中正官之状语而核实选贤。因为近期以来，中正官所评之人才定为'中上、上下、上中'之品，而往往为吏部一核而降为'中下、中中'之品，各自辩说纷纭，意见难以统一，开了浮华妄争之径。所以，玄认为九品中正官人之制宜加改革，让中正官只写状语、不加品评，而吏部则据实而定品任官。”
司马懿仿佛听得十分仔细，眉睫不眨地盯着夏侯玄，显然极为认真。听完之后，他转过头来，与曹爽双目一对，问道：“曹大将军意下如何？”
其实，夏侯玄的这条改革九品中正官人之制的建议，本是夏侯玄与丁谧暗中商议好用来对付各州各郡世族名门出身的那些中正官的一条计策。夏侯玄、丁谧认为司马懿的背后就是倚仗着那些世族名门、宿老郡望的支持，要想削弱他的权势，必须就要将州郡以下的吏治人事大权从那些宿老郡望出身的中正官们手中夺回吏部来，转由吏部侍郎何晏、邓飏等染指操控。当然，曹爽肯定事先是知道这件事儿的一切的。但他为了撇清这些关系，避免得罪那些各州各郡世族宿老出身的中正官们，却必须在明面上采取另外一种姿态来回应此事。于是，他装作煞是慎重地说道：“太傅大人，夏侯大夫所言本也不错。但是此项改革削去了各州各郡中正官的评品论级之权，只怕会引来汹汹群言而致朝局不安啊！”
司马懿哪能没看懂这里边的玄机？但他自己对九品中正官人之制也素有辨断，自成定见，便借着夏侯玄这个话头侃侃讲道：“当初前司空陈群大人与本座、司马孚等商议制定九品中正官人之制之时，之所以让各中正官拥有评品论级之权，是想借中正官之口褒善贬恶、激浊扬清。但现在看来，这九品的标准实是不易整齐划一，反倒酿成了'个个皆上品，人人无差别'的混乱情形，也让吏部选贤授官而无所适从。夏侯君刚才的建议很好。本座认为可以削除各州各郡中正官的评品论级之权，让他们只掌状语撰写之责。而且，每州另设大中正之官，专管本州各郡中正官之任免进退。”
夏侯玄没料到这司马懿竟能如此不偏不倚地裁断此事，倒是暗暗吃了一惊。他细细一想之下，又不禁倒吸了一口凉气：司马懿果然厉害，他顺着自己的思路不动声色地又埋下了一记阴招：各州另设大中正之官，专管本州各郡中正官之任免进退！很显然，司马懿是想进一步将九品中正品状撰写之权全部收揽集中，抓到那些州府大中正之官的手里！这样一来，他反而是将地方州郡上的吏治人事大权更紧更牢地攫取在了自己的党羽手中。谁来出任各州大中正？还不是那些更高级别的世族宿老吗？到时候，那些世族宿老出身的大中正岂不是更成了帮助司马懿操纵地方州郡吏治人事的左膀右臂？这反而比先前将地方州郡吏治人事大权散置在大大小小数百个郡级中正官手里显起来更进一步地归揽集中到了司马氏的掌中！但这个建议原本是自己主动提出来，夏侯玄自然也不好对司马懿附加于其上的伏笔辩驳什么。他只得转换了话题，继续举笏禀道：“其二，玄认为当今大魏天下，实行'州、郡、县、乡、亭'五级官府机构之制太过琐细——不如干脆削去郡级官府机构，实施'撤郡并县，以州统县'之大略。据玄之统计，郡级官署机构存在有三大弊病：一是冗官太多，二是冗费太多，三是冗务太多。若将郡府一级机构裁去，则必有三利：省官、省费、省事，大大有益于安邦固国！”
曹爽刚才在改革九品中正官人之制之上刻意显得瞻前顾后，缚手缚脚，是先前他认为司马懿会迫于州郡宿老们的阻力而不敢拍板决策，所以他也乐得在一旁装个老好人。没想到司马懿突然胆气极壮，一下几乎全盘支持了夏侯玄的改革九品中正官人之制，显出了一派逆流而上，革故鼎新的元辅气象，令人肃然起敬！这让曹爽又暗暗后悔自己刚才表现得太过软弱了。这时，他一听到夏侯玄这个奏议，感觉到挽回自己威信和颜面的机会又来了，于是抢先开口便答：“夏侯大夫此言亦是极为切实，本大将军意欲毅然采纳，司马太傅您以为可否？”
司马懿微微一愕，倏一转念就懂得了曹爽是想借着这个机构改革之事来展现自己的魅力，沉吟了许久，才徐徐地说道：“曹大将军——夏侯君这'撤郡并县，以州统县'之大略，务求'省官、省费、省事'之大利，本座也都理解得到。但本座却不得不犯颜而告，以本座多年讨寇灭贼的宿战经验而论，在四疆之域、腹心之所，一郡跨有数县之地，坐拥万千之户，则其守吏、守将可以集中足够的人力、物力、财力以抗外敌！倘若不加慎思而轻削其郡，日后边境烽烟乍起，面对强敌入侵，诸多小县各自为战，力量分散，只怕难逃沦陷之厄！”
他这么一说，殿中诸臣纷纷颔首认可。太尉满宠插话便道：“太傅大人所言极是。本太尉镇抚东疆多年，深知边疆诸郡为国之外藩，岂可轻言裁削？”
太仆傅嘏也冷冷笑道：“不审时务而'撤郡并县，以州统县'，这会造成何等激烈的朝局动荡？那些郡官、郡吏的安置又是一大难题。曹大将军、夏侯大夫，外有强敌虎伺，而内有乱政之举，万一有所不测之变，谁堪其责乎？”
曹爽一张胖脸顿时涨成了猪肝红，只得紧闭着嘴一言不答。
夏侯玄虽被傅嘏这么当众批评，却并不以为忤。他刚才听司马懿那么一讲，也知他是老成谋国之言，但又心有不甘，长长而叹：“可这'冗官、冗费、冗务'之患，何时方能根除？”
司马懿抚着胸前银髯，微微而笑：“夏侯君如此忧国忧民，实在难能可贵。依本座之见，你也不必太过忧虑。待到天下一统，河清海晏之后，你这'撤郡并县，以州统县'之大略应该便能顺运而施。所以，唯有平吴灭蜀、一统天下之后，我大魏才可乘机裁官惠民，开创太平啊！因此，我大魏目前的当务之急仍是平吴灭蜀、一统天下！否则，一切惠政善教皆无从谈起！”
夏侯玄深深点了点头，继续举笏禀道：“其三，玄意愚以为，诸臣各官之车舆服章，应皆从质朴，禁除末俗华丽之事，使干朝之家、有位之室，不复有锦绮之饰，无兼彩之服、纤巧之物。自上以下，至于朴素之差，示有等级而已，勿使过一二之觉。若夫功德之赐，上恩所特加，皆表之有司，然后服用之。夫上之化下，犹风之靡草。朴素之教兴于本朝，则弥侈之心自消于下矣。”
司马懿听罢，不禁暗暗抚须颔首：这夏侯玄倒是一个真心要办实事的人啊。倘若明帝当初是以他为顾命辅政大臣，只怕比那个平庸无能的曹爽不知要高明多少！看来，张春华联络郭芝、孙资、刘放等人将他排斥到虚职之位是对的。如果让他也进了辅政班子，恐怕比对付那个曹爽要困难多了！司马懿想到这里，眼角不由得闪过一丝冷笑，开口肃然而道：“朴衣简服，制节谨度，本座一向鼎力支持，但正所谓'以身作则，行胜于言'。在座的诸君自己也要在这件事儿上带头做起才行啊！”
他此话一出，众人都将目光射向了殿堂之上衣饰最鲜丽、着装最浮华的吏部右侍郎何晏。
何晏脸上微微红了，为了自护其短，不得不向夏侯玄出列辩论而道：“夏侯大夫，你这'使干朝之家、有位之室，不复有锦绮之饰，无兼采之服、纤巧之物'也太过刻苦了些！爱美之心，人皆有之；人不爱美，则无所用其雕琢修饰之长矣！如此悖性逆情而为，岂能长久乎？”
夏侯玄提出这“朴衣简服，制节谨度”的建议只是出于自己的一时义愤冲动，却万万没有料到会把此事套到自己的同党颈上。看到何晏出来反唇相讥，他不禁微微沉吟迟疑了起来。
司马懿这时地将目光向王肃那里轻轻一瞥。王肃会意，举笏拱手而出，径自向何晏发问道：“肃在此特意请教何大人。何大人，您是最喜欢研习的，可谓您的学术文章义理之本源。它里面有一句名言，肃也十分钦服，'圣人处无为之事，行不言之教。'那么，何大人您既以老庄门人自居，却问您的'不言之教'何在呢？服饰奢华、气宇浮华，天天披金悬玉，敷粉自炫，这便是您的'不言之教'吗？食方术之药、纵恣肆之欲，这也是您的'不言之教'吗？何大人您应该如何解释呢？”
何晏白如脂粉的脸庞上倏地泛起了一层潮红。他双袖一抖，长身而立，静了片刻，终于定下心来，若无其事地悠然一笑：“何某是'浮华身前如风掠，清简心中如玉存'！不劳诸君多虑，何某自信能够入于浮华而不为浮华所污也！”
王肃闻言，瞪着他看了一会儿，突然点了他一句：“何大人，您衬缀在进贤冠上的那颗夜明珠似乎要掉下来了！”
何晏一怔，急忙伸手向进贤冠上摸去。
就在他伸手摸去的一刹那，他仿佛意识到了什么，右手伸到冠角时不禁微微一僵——他分明看到对面站着的王肃脸颊边浮起的那一抹若深若浅的微笑！
yes!自己心系于物，贪恋皮相，情不自禁，哪里又谈得上是“出浮华而不染，濯清涟而不污”呢？刚才自己的那般动作，不是自己在打自己的耳光吗？何晏念及此处，不由得慢慢放下了手，只觉自己这时讲什么话都是枉然。
司马懿在丹墀专席之上身形一正，双掌一抬，止住了朝堂之上的争辩，肃然总结发言道：“诸君，两个月后，本座便将挥师东下扬州去底定淮南、扫平江北。待到本座与诸位将士班师回京之后，再来朝堂和列位联手合力共推吏治改革、去华返朴、崇本抑末之新政！”