Prime Minister

Chapter 107 Knowledge
It's not clear yet.

Merchants, scholars, and officials who came out of Fujian from Xianxia Ridge went up the mountain one after another. At the beginning, the road was crowded, but after walking for a long time, there was a difference in speed, so there was a sequence, and the people on the road gradually became scarce.

There are poems.

The heavy snow is lost in the empty fields, and the recruitment of people is still far away.

At the beginning of the universe, it is the same color, and it is suddenly bright day and night.

Everything is white, and there is no dust.

Just look at the flowing water, but the mountains are flat.

Fluttering up one by one, throwing flowers lightly.

……

Thin blowing eliminates spring frost, Xinyang breaks dawn and clears.

Climb to the Boundary Ridge, looking south.

Zhang Yue is also at this moment.

Climbing the mountain before dawn, the universe is one color, halfway through the climb, the sky is already bright without knowing it
It was okay at the bottom of the mountain, but there was a little snow when we crossed the ridge.

The trees on the roadside, the ground, and the mountains in the distance are covered with a layer of snow, and there are mountain streams under the feet. When they climb to the high places, the hills are already under their feet, as if they are stepping on the flat ground.

The snow powder floated up like flying catkins, and fell lightly into the vegetation.

At the beginning of the climb, it was still very cold. When the sun rose, the snow stopped and the body was warmed up. At this time, I had reached the top of the mountain before I knew it.

This is Cai Xiang, the transfer envoy of Fujian Road, who stayed overnight at Yuliang post and left a poem when he passed Xianxialing the next day.

Now Zhang Yue, Huang Haoyi, etc. also walked to the top of the mountain in the same way. There was such a sigh, and everyone sat down by the road to rest.

Zhang Yue went north this time with a lot of luggage, Ma Wu carried some for him, Zhang Yue carried some himself, and hired a porter temporarily before going up the mountain.

As for Huang Meiyi, he has the most luggage, but he refuses to hire a porter, and the book boys and boys carry his luggage for him, but he is empty-handed, but he is also the one who screams tired the most.

This makes Zhang Yue feel ashamed for him, that's what it means to be absent-minded.

Among the crowd, Tang Jiu was the most relaxed.

This person carried a whistle stick, carried a burden, tied a wine gourd and drank while walking, and his steps were light without stopping.

Zhang Yue didn't give him a drink because he stayed in the temple yesterday, so he made up for it today.Anyway, twelve bowls of wine a day, since it is agreed, he will never lose him, this is what Zhang Shi has repeatedly confessed to him.

Zhang Yue is also deeply convinced that although he is safe on the same road with Mr. Wu Dalang, he must do what he promises.

Zhang Yue did the math, and found that this bowl of wine is more than [-] milliliters, and the degree, as long as it is not aged, is only at six or seven degrees.

If calculated according to the alcohol content, twelve bowls of wine are equivalent to ten bottles of more than three alcoholic beverages, but in this way, it costs thirty to fifty dollars a day to buy the most common wine.

This bodyguard is really not cheap.

However, Zhang Shi repeatedly confessed that this money cannot be saved, and he cannot buy bad wine for others, and he must entertain them as much as possible on the way.Zhang Yue complied.

After walking for a day, Fang arrived at the foot of the mountain, and everyone came to a tea break.

But I saw that the tea break was surrounded by curtains, and there were guards standing on the left and right. Only the old lady and the maid could enter and leave the curtain.

And there are several square tables outside the tea break, all of which are full of people now, and Wu Anshi is sitting here alone at one of the tables.

"Sanlang, Shiro, I've already brewed tea for you." Wu Anshi laughed loudly.

Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi thanked each other, then sat down beside Wu Anshi and talked while drinking tea.

On the side, a servant of the Wu family handed the two of them dry towels to wipe off their sweat.

He is the son of Zai Zhi's family, Huang Haoyi also has some heart to get acquainted, but he can be called neither humble nor overbearing.

In the Song Dynasty, many commoners were close friends with the prime minister, and the commoners were not flatterers.For example, Zhang Youzhi, Zhang Wangzhi, etc. Of course, this commoner is not an ordinary commoner.

The three sat together talking and laughing, and for some reason talked about the political situation.

During the tea break, several female envoys were serving Fan, and Shi Qi Niang changed her clothes.

The mountain road is difficult, riding a donkey and horse is very bumpy, and it is also difficult to travel in a small sedan chair. Fan Shi and Shiqiniang sometimes get off the sedan chair and travel a part of the mountain road.

After finally arriving at the tea break, there was a place to rest, and the left and right maids came forward to serve and change clothes.

"Miss, let's make it easy, let's go through the road below Xianxia Ridge."

"Seventeen is suffering, and being outside is no better than staying at home, so bear with it for now."

Seventeen Niang smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, can I not even walk?"

Fan laughed and said, "I almost forgot that you were able to play polo at the Jinming Pool seventeen years ago."

The female envoys laughed softly.

Immediately, someone came forward to comb the hair of Seventeen Niang and Fan Shi, and the maids on the left and right were talking and laughing.

At this moment, the voices of Wu Anshi and the three of them rang out at the tea break, Shi Qi Niang showed a listening look, and the maids on the left and right immediately became quiet when they saw this.

But one person said: "Not to mention in Fujian, even if you go out of Fujian, there is no old official of my Wu family on the way. It is easy to go anywhere with the post, and local officials will come up to receive it. It's just that my father repeatedly confessed that he is not allowed to use the post station." , otherwise it would be easier."

Needless to say, Wu Anshi must have said this.

Another person said. "The world today is peaceful and prosperous. Although there are some thieves and bandits in the local area, it is much better than in the Five Dynasties. It is even more rare that today's officials are lenient, not extravagant, open up their opinions, accept loyal advice, and be able to recuperate with the people. After three generations , Only Emperor Wen and Jing of the Han Dynasty can compare with it, and Emperor Guangwu Taizong is not as good as it."

But Wu Anshi said: "Of course the official family is worthy of the most benevolent monarch, but now the Khitan has increased the currency, and the Xia Kingdom has also increased the gift, raising soldiers in two borders, costing millions, this is also indulged by mercy. In my opinion, today's Taiping The world buys millions of coins from Liao and Xia every year, but Liao and Xia Huai have the heart to swallow elephants' feet with snakes, how can mere year coins be enough?

"Officials have been lenient and benevolent again and again. The whole court is greedy for nothing to happen in the court, but they have no intention of leveling and rectifying it. As a result, the discipline is weak and the evils of old habits are followed. In my opinion, the trouble with the current government lies in the abolition."

Fan said angrily: "Look at Seventeen, your brother is talking nonsense again."

"Your brother is really healed. His scars have forgotten the pain. At the beginning, he was talking nonsense in Beijing, and then he was driven to his hometown by his uncle and father. Now he is like this."

Seventeen Niang said: "Sister-in-law, luckily brother, this is just talking in private."

Fan couldn't calm down and coughed a few times on purpose.

Only then did Wu Anshi outside react, but when she saw Huang Haoyi, Zhang Yue didn't answer her words, she immediately knew that she had made a slip of the tongue.

Huang Haoyi said: "Mr. Dalang's words hit the nail on the head. I have been taught. I don't know what Sanlang thinks?"

Zhang Yue nodded secretly when he heard Mr. Wu Dalang's words. These words cannot be completely unreasonable. Although he is the second generation, he knew it in his stomach.

As for today's officials, they are also really benevolent and good at listening to advice.

In history, Su Zhe accused Song Renzong of making examination papers. I heard that His Majesty had thousands of beauties in the palace, drinking and having fun all day long, and was intoxicated with money.Later, Su Zhe simply spoke up, almost pointing at Song Renzong's nose and scolding him.

However, many of Su Zhe's accusations were hearsay. When someone asked him, he said it was what I heard on the road.

The examiner wanted to punish Su Zhe, but Song Renzong said there was no need for it. I originally set it up as an outspoken and extremely admonishing department, just to encourage people to speak up.

Huang Haoyi looked at Zhang Yue, obviously intending to let him make amends.

On the other side, Wu Anshi suddenly said: "Yes, Sanlang, what's your opinion?"

Zhang Yue thought about it for a while, and immediately said: "According to my humble opinion, the most troublesome thing in the world today is the one that cannot be done.

Hearing Zhang Yue's words, Wu Anshi thought about it, and couldn't help clapping his legs and applauding: "Sanlang's words are really reasonable!"

Tea break.

Fan also savored it carefully. He is the daughter of Fan Zhen, and he has a good sense of sight. He immediately said: "It's a good sentence called Zhiping Wushi, and there is a real worry about accidents. Who is this called Sanlang? Why didn't he say it before?" I heard that the official has such a friend?"

Wu Shiqiniang saw Fan Shi looking at her, her cheeks flushed a little, and she said, "This person is Mr. Zhang's Sanlang who once borrowed books from the library."

"It's him?" Fan couldn't help being surprised.

In the tea shed, Huang Haoyi asked: "Sanlang, how do you say it?"

Wu Anshi asked: "How can we do it?"

Zhang Yuedao: "I just listened to Dalang Jun's words and the two emperors, Wen and Jing, expressed my feelings. If Chao Cuo's words were not used during the Han Jing Dynasty, the world would be peaceful at first glance, but if we just sit back and watch the vassal kings grow up, once the world changes in the future, the consequences will be unimaginable. However, if Chao Cuo's words are used, the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms will be stirred up, and Chao Cuo is the only one to blame."

"Just as we sit and watch the changes, but if we don't do them, I'm afraid it will be so accumulated that it will be hard to get back, and there will be a day when there will be no salvation. But if we rise up and do it forcefully, the world will turn into peace and order, and people in the world will not believe my original intention. , the difficulty of Chao Cuo is also the difficulty of ancient and modern times."

Wu Anshi laughed loudly and said, "Sanlang is right."

Huang Haoyi thought that Zhang Yue was just a student of classics, and never compared him with himself. Now that he heard this, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he still smiled and said: "Sanlang is right, so if you look at it from Sanlang, the world will be peaceful. But for no reason, because of one person's change, a catastrophe occurs, and the world is blamed, what should we do?"

Zhang Yue said: "I sent it and received it, so that I can say something to the world. Chao Cuo's fault was not in cutting down the vassal, but in not being able to take it personally. He persuaded Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to conscript himself, but he himself guarded the capital. People are the ones who are the target of everyone's criticism, but oneself are self-reliant, this is the way to bring disaster."

"If Chao Cuo is going to conquer Wu and Chu, even if he fails, Emperor Jing will not be able to blame him. Doesn't it mean that a gentleman who has heard of the world wants to achieve extraordinary merits, and there is nothing he can do for himself!"

Huang Haoyi had no words to answer: "Sanlang's words are very true."

Wu Anshi clapped his legs and said, "Hurry up and bring the wine, this statement can be taken for granted."

Zhang Yue said: "For a moment of wild talk, the two of you laughed."

Wu Anshi said: "Well, San Lang, you are really my confidant. I have been holding back these words, and today you finally said it for me."

Zhang Yue said: "Sanlang is really ashamed of what Mr. Dalang said."

Tea break.

Fan said to himself: "It's a good sentence, 'A gentleman in the world, if he wants extraordinary achievements, he can't do it for himself!' This kind of insight is beyond ordinary people's ability to say. It is possible to win the first prize."

"Seventeen, what do you think?"

Fan saw it, but saw Shi Qi Niang's expression was a little dazed.

After a while, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, that's a very good statement."

ps: What Yueyue said comes from Chao Cuo theory.

(End of this chapter)