Prime Minister

Chapter 510 The Great Ancestor Oath Stele
After stepping out of the official residence, both Han Qi and Wen Yanbo had serious expressions on their faces.

Wen Yanbo said to Han Qi: "Your Taoist officials shed tears when they spoke to the king at the end. You can see that life has come to this point, even father and son cannot be indifferent."

Han Qi felt that Zhang Fangfang's move seemed to be a rehearsal.

Once the official recovers from illness, then his repeated prudent actions will also be trusted by the official.

Han Qi was a little disgusted by this move, but he still used Zhang Fangping and said nothing to Wen Yanbo: "The state affairs are like this, what can be done? After the crown prince is appointed, you should solidify your favor and benefit all people."

After listening to Wen Yanbo, Han Qi said: "Don't overdo it, give amnesty to the world, bestow civil and military officials' sons as fathers, and the latter will be honored for a while."

Wen Yanbo listened to Han Qi's words and there was absolutely no room for negotiation, so he didn't say anything.

In the past two years, because of the Pu Yi incident, Han Qi felt that the rumors and rumors in the court could not stop attacking him. He thought that assisting the officials could revive the state affairs, but the officials became seriously ill within two years of being in charge.

Now it seems that the idea of ​​relying on the emperor and reforming the court again has to be given up.

As for whether the next emperor will rely on himself, it is hard to say.

Zeng Gongliang, his right and left hand, frequently wants Wang Anshi to return to the court, and his intention is precisely for himself.

Thinking of this, Han Qi sighed deeply.

After returning to Zhongshu, he asked his cronies, "How is Zhang Duzhi doing?"

The confidant reported: "In the words of Mr. Hui, he has been living at home, plowing and reading every day, and seems to have no intention of making progress. Not long ago, he wrote an article and envied Tao Yuanming."

Han Qi laughed and said, "Zhang Duzhi wants to be Tao Yuanming? Can't he be a hermit?"

A friend said: "Since Zhou Dunyi's Ai Lian said, people today either love Lian or love chrysanthemums, and there are also admirers."

Han Qi said: "It's hard to be alone."

At the moment in Jiangning Mansion.

Wang Anshi sent his son Wang Yu to Bianjing for a test, and Zhangqiu went to Beijing with Wang Yu.

Although Zhang Qiu failed the ranking in the last subject, Zhang Yue found the reason for his illness through his relationship, so he allowed the next subject to retake the exam, so that he could just take the provincial exam as an excuse.

Wang Anshi was chatting with Wang Yu and Zhang Qiu.

Zhang Qiu attended Wang Anshi's class, but he was not considered his disciple, but he was very popular. Cai Bian, Li Ding and other Wang Anshi's disciples liked to associate with him.

As for Wang Yu, who was too high-sighted, he was dissatisfied with Zhangqiu and made things difficult for Zhangqiu several times.However, Zhang Qiu didn't compete with him, and kept himself in everything, but even Wang Xi had admiration for Zhang Qiu, and he also respected Zhang Qiu from then on.

This time, the two went to Beijing to rush for the exam together.

Before leaving, Wang Anshi told Wang Yu: "You should also pay attention to the way you go to Beijing this time, which is related to the people's livelihood and the people's sentiments. The important affairs of the country do not lie in the discussions of the temple lords, but in the livelihood of the people."

Wang Yu said: "Daddy, my child will remember."

Wang Anshi turned to Zhangqiu again, "What do you think?"

Zhangqiu said: "I think what Mr. said is very true. Reading poorly will always make people taller and farther, but if you go too far, you will lose the world's common people. My third uncle asked me to always observe the sufferings of the people and be compassionate The heart of the common people, so that the original intention of reading will not be lost due to poor reasoning."

Wang Anshi couldn't help saying solemnly after hearing this: "It's really rare to be able to say such a thing."

Wang Yu listened to his heart and said, his father really loves the house and crows.

He knew that his parents intended to betroth his younger sister to Zhang Qiu, and it was precisely because of this that he gradually changed his view of Zhang Qiu. He had many excellent qualities of a scholar, and his younger sister would not feel wronged if she married him.

Wang Anshi said to Wang Yu: "When you go to Bianjing, you must first visit Han Chiguo, Sima Junshi, and you must take good care of Mr. Zhang family along the way."

Wang Yu replied that he knew.

Then Wang Anshi watched the two of them board the boat. At this moment, not far away, Wang Anshi's youngest daughter and his maid were watching the boat that Zhangqiu was on. The boat put on white sails and disappeared in the distance before looking away.

Wang Anshi's wife, Wu, knew that her daughter was going to the pier in the name of sending her brother to the imperial examination, but in the past she didn't go to avoid the suspicion of men and women, but now she has an idea...

After Wang Anshi returned to the mansion, Mrs. Wu said to Wang Anshi: "Since you intend to recruit Mr. Zhang's family as your son-in-law, why didn't you make this clear to him early? If he goes to the capital and wins a Jinshi, I'm afraid I don't know how many people in Bianjing You don’t know how difficult it is for a high-ranking family in Bianjing to find a good son-in-law, and your salary probably won’t pay much for a dowry.”

Wang Anshi said: "This Mr. Zhang's family is not someone who cares about money."

"Then what is the officer's idea?"

Wang Anshi said: "I can't speak first about this matter."

"Then you didn't say it? How did he know? Is it because you didn't want to speak because you had a grudge with Zhang Duzhi at the beginning?"

Wang Anshi's face darkened when he heard this, Wu Shi immediately shut up.

Wang Anshi said sullenly, "I'm going to the study."

After Wang Anshi walked away, Wu shook his head and complained, "It's really a shame!"

In the first lunar month, there was a strong wind and haze in Bianjing, and the yellow dust covered the face, and the sight was only within ten steps.

Such an abnormal celestial phenomenon makes people wonder if something big is going to happen to Bianjing City.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, the official family died of illness on the west steps of Funing Hall.Although the news came out suddenly, the officials have made some preparations these days, and they all put on mourning clothes and went to the palace to cry and sacrifice.

It is common practice to persuade the prince to ascend the throne after the crying sacrifice, because it was just done four years ago, and Han Qi and the others are very familiar with the process along the way, and there is nothing wrong with it.

But this is only superficial. The two emperors passed away within a few years. The turmoil in the situation made all the officials feel at a loss.

Emperor Renzong basically didn't take care of things in the last few years. In the few years since Emperor Daxing ascended the throne, he was busy fighting for power and finally failed to win.

Although the establishment of the emperor exists, the imperial power has gradually weakened.

All the officials feel like they are living in a daze, and they even think that after the new emperor ascends the throne, we will not only be promoted but also rewarded. Hey, this is really... a sad thing.

Sure enough, after the new king came to the throne, according to the usual practice, he would amnesty the world, and it was a common practice for all the officials to advance to the first rank, but something went wrong when it came time to reward the officials and the imperial army.

When Zhao Shu ascended the throne, he took out 500 million guan to reward the imperial army, and 400 million guan to reward civil servants.

Now that the new king is enthroned, the number of rewards has become the first problem.

Zhang Fangping, Han Jiang and others went to the public to say that the country really has no money, not only the rewards will not go on, but even the burial of Emperor Daxing has become a problem, because the mausoleum of Emperor Renzong has just been built, which has already caused a lot of complaints from the people.

Looking at the discussion below, Xin Jun didn't know what to do.

Just two days after the new king ascended the throne, hundreds of officials surrounded the new king and came to the Taimiao to worship.

At the beginning, Emperor Taizu set up an oath stele in the bedroom of the Taimiao Temple, which was usually covered with a golden curtain, and the door key was tightly closed.

After the new king ascended the throne and paid homage to the temple, the new king would enter the temple and read the oath to the oath stele. Among them, only an illiterate Xiao Huangmen followed. As for what was written on the oath stele, there was no one in the world except the emperors of the Song Dynasty. people know.

(End of this chapter)