Prime Minister

Chapter 564
Xining two years.

Last year was an eventful year. First, there were earthquakes in the capital and Heshuo, and then there was a lack of snow in winter.

After the officials personally went to the suburban temple to pray for snow, there was a snowfall just before the Chinese New Year.

Sima Guang returned to his house from Chongwen Hall in his car.

He had just returned to Beijing not long ago, and was appointed by the government to control the river.

Last year the Yellow River burst and overflowed in Hebei.

The Dushui Supervision and the Hebei Transit Department had an argument about river control.

When Sima Guang bid farewell to the officials, he knew that the officials had decided to use Wang Anshi as a political advisor, and when Zhang Yue was waiting for control, he knew that the officials had made up their minds to reform.

Sima Guang has read all the history books, and he has already foreseen what is waiting for him in the future.

His political views are not in line with the officials, and he will definitely be frustrated politically in the future. It is better to go back than to be angry at the government.So Sima Guang took the initiative to propose to the officials to leave Beijing to serve as an official in his hometown of Shanxi before he went to control the river.

The official did not agree.

This time when he returned to Beijing, Sima Guang once again asked the officials for the county.

The officials still did not agree. The officials said that Sima Guang had just dismissed the post of Yushi Zhongcheng when Lu Gong wrote his envoy to the Liao Kingdom. Everyone in the Liao Kingdom was very puzzled, thinking why a benevolent and talented minister like Sima Guang did not take the post. Yushi Zhongcheng.

The official said to Sima Guang, "You are famous abroad, how can you go out?"

Sima Guang also disagreed and insisted on inviting the county.

Now when Sima Guang went back to his house, he was told by his servants that Tianzhang Pavilion was waiting for Zhang Yue to see him.

Sima Guang walked to the door and saw that Zhang Yue took off his boots and was wiping them while chatting with the old servant at home. It turned out that on the way Zhang Yue came to Sima Guang's house just now, his horse's hooves fell into a snow pit and his boots were stained with slush.

"Chapter waiting system!"

When Zhang Yue saw Sima Guang, he quickly got up and saluted.

Although the two are considered to be "differences in ways and not collaborating with each other", Zhang Yue still admires Sima Guang's character and knowledge in private.

Sima Guang also understood that he admired Zhang Yueben very much, but he knew that Zhang Yue would wear narrow-sleeved boots to meet the officials on the day of his promotion, and hoped that the officials would follow the example of King Zhao Wuling and start changing state affairs by changing customs.

The two have completely parted ways.

Sima Guang sighed: "It's been a long time since I came to the old man's mansion, is this a private matter or a business matter?"

Zhang Yue felt a little ashamed when he heard what Sima Guang said: "I came here at the official's order."

Sima Guang glanced at Zhang Yue and nodded, "It's really business, otherwise Zhang Daizhi wouldn't have come to the door."

Sima Guang and Zhang Yue feel a little bit sorry, the other party is someone they admire, but in the end they drifted further and further away.

The two sat down, and the old servant served the tea sets for them.

Sima Guang personally brought the tea soup to Zhang Yue, and said: "At the beginning, I asked the chapter to wait for the system to follow me to repair the Zizhi Tongjian, but you refused. Now that I have been appointed to wait for the system, there is no turning back."

Zhang Yue picked up the tea soup and said: "The history and book compilation will last forever, and it is Zhang's lifelong ambition. It's a pity that now is not the time."

Sima Guang laughed and said: "If you don't practice Duzhi now, I'm afraid you won't have the chance in the future."

Zhang Yue said sternly: "Zhang is not joking. When Zhang retires in the future, he is willing to use the internal system to grind ink and lay paper. Please don't dislike Zhang for being slow and clumsy."

Sima Guang nodded solemnly when he heard what Zhang Yue said.

Zhang Yue said at this time: "Your Majesty asked me to retain the internal system."

Zhang Yue's words were already in Sima Guang's expectation, Sima Guang said: "Duzhi, this old man went to Hebei to inspect the river road and wrote a poem because of his feelings, Wang Jisi is calm in his eyes, Fang Yu is like the earth and the sky is covered. Only then did I realize that it is better to rely on danger than to be virtuous, and it has been a hundred years since I have overcome the disabled."

Zhang Yue figured out the meaning in the poem, and it was Wu Qi who said that virtue is not danger.

But in the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin felt that Bianliang was well-connected and safe, and planned to move the capital to Luoyang.

At that time, the later Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi objected to using the phrase "in virtue is not in danger".

Zhao Kuangyin gave up moving the capital because of this sentence.

This is what Sima Guang said in his poem. In Wangji Bianjing, looking far and wide, there is a flat plain, and the earth is like a boxy Cheyutian.

Only now do I understand the meaning of Taizong's sentence that virtue is not danger. I have relied on this sentence for a hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Politicians certainly do not compose casually, they all have ambitions and political intentions in them.

When Sima Guang went to inspect the Yellow River, it happened that he and Wang Anshi had just finished arguing about the financial management of Yanhe Hall, and then they had another quarrel among officials above the two systems after Zhang Yue proposed, and of course Sima Guang lost in the end.

Even officials helped Wang Anshi.

Sima Guang's poem reiterates that morality is not in danger, which means that the system of the ancestors has been operating well for a hundred years. Why must the officials and Wang Anshi change?

Benevolence and morality are the first priority in governing the country. As for the dangers and the people's failure to contribute to the country, everything is art, not Tao.

Is it okay to give up the Tao and seek the art?

Zhang Yue said to Sima Guang: "Internal control, benevolence and morality is the art of Confucianism, the way of the former kings, besides the word benevolence, can there be other things?"

Sima Guang looked at Zhang Yue and asked, "Is benevolence mixed with other things still benevolence?"

Zhang Yue learned Sima Guang's eloquence on the spot, so he also asked: "Then how does the internal system view Dong Zi (Dong Zhongshu) and Yang Zi (Yang Xiong)?"

"Are they Confucians?"

"Dong Zi introduced the law into Confucianism, and Yang Xiong introduced Taoism into Confucianism. Metaphysics in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was to introduce Lao Zhuang into Confucianism."

"I heard that Zhou Lianxi (Zhou Dunyi) and his student Cheng Zhengshu (Cheng Yi) who talked about the Guangnan Xilu Prison, and his student Cheng Zhengshu (Cheng Yi), they pay attention to the study of life. In the past, Confucian scholars such as me could not even think of it. I think there will be people in the future. It is not surprising that it is introduced into Confucianism."

"Benevolence can be Tao, which cannot be changed, but art can be changed!"

Zhang Yue talked about it, but Sima Guang did not agree with Zhang Yue's statement.

Zhang Yue didn't intend to persuade Sima Guang, this is not something a human can do.

He continued: "The policy of making a contract advocated by the internal system to inspect Hegong this time has been approved by the imperial court. How can the internal system know who promoted this matter?"

Sima Guang proposed to build a T-shaped dam on the river to gradually reduce the flow of the north flow, so that the north flow of the Yellow River will slowly self-silt, and at the same time increase the flow of the east.

"This case was strongly supported by Wang Jiefu in front of the imperial court."

Sima Guang did not expect that it was Wang Anshi who supported him.

Sima Guang thought that maybe Wang Anshi would use this method to retain himself after he knew the news that he had invited the county.

Jiefu has always been highly conceited, that's why he came here tactfully.

Thinking of this, Sima Guang felt slightly happy and said: "The reason why I invited the county is to complete the decades of friendship with Jiefu, not for anything else!"

Zhang Yue could hear that Sima Guang also wanted to make amends with Wang Anshi, and before the two of them really broke up, Sima Guang said that I took the initiative to take a step back, and we will still have friendship when we meet in the future.

It's a pity that Zhang Yue heard it, it's not Wang Anshi, but the officials who really don't let you Sima Guang go!That's why I came here to find you.

Zhang Yuedao: "Not only is the king's internal system, but when the officials mentioned internal system, they also said that when Ji An was in power, the king of Huainan did not dare to rebel."

Sima Guang asked, "Who is the king of Huainan in the court today?"

Of course, the scope of the Huainan king is very wide, it may be Han Qi, it may be Wang Anshi, or even others.

At this time, Zhang Yue flattered and said: "Without internal control, I don't know how many people in the world are going to be the king of Huainan."

Zhang Yue's words are not exaggerated. The government has not been in charge for two years, and Han Qi and other ministers have left. The position is not so stable, and the real team has not been cultivated. With Sima Guang's current prestige in the court, it is possible. Mainstay.

But Sima Guang said: "I don't think it's a strategy to stir up different opinions?"

Zhang Yue's heart trembled, Sima Guang was a smart man, and he knew that the officials didn't intend to use him to promote political ideas, so why did they want to keep him?
Sima Guang speculated that staying in the court would make Wang Anshi, who was about to be appointed as a political adviser, scruples.

This is the policy of mixing different theories that has been pursued since Song Zhenzong.

In fact, Wang Anshi wanted to carry out the reform, which was unprecedented in this dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that he crossed the river by feeling the stones. Except for Wang Anshi, I am afraid that no one in the world, including the officials, has any idea about this reform.

The officials need Sima Guang to stay in the court as a tool man.

This guess is also possible.

In fact, Sima Guang didn't want to be disgusting, he knew he wasn't welcome by the officials, so he wanted to take a step ahead, and couldn't afford to hide if he couldn't offend us?Sima Guang asked the officials for the county three times in a row, so I can go to the place by myself, right?
But the officials who were about to use Wang Anshi to reform the law had to send Zhang Yue to keep Sima Guang.

Zhang Yue thought to himself, wouldn't he offend the officials by saying that?

Zhang Yue immediately said: "The internal system is the old man who decides the policy. He also advocated the theory of the emperor's examination in Puyi. As far as the big officials in Fengjiang, the internal system is outspoken and dares to criticize."

"Now that the national policy has not been decided, it is necessary to rely heavily on the knowledge and talents of the internal system. The most important thing is that the internal system is not party, and the official is clean and honest. When it comes to the word stubborn, no one in the world can match the internal system except Wang Jiefu."

Sima Guang glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "Does Dai Zhi really understand this old man?"

Zhang Yuedao: "I don't dare to say that I understand, but I know that both the former emperor and the current emperor know that the internal system is the pillar of the country, and now the court is inseparable from the internal system."

What is the reason why the officials are reluctant to leave Sima Guang?

The emperor also spoke very vaguely, and the truth that could be said was often not the real truth.

Finally, Zhang Yue implored: "I hope that the internal system will be preserved for the community."

Sima Guang glanced at Zhang Yue, and finally nodded slowly.

He looked up at the birds resting in the courtyard from the house, but now he was trapped in Bianjing, he wanted to leave but couldn't.

When Zhang Yue saw Sima Guang agreeing, he was also relieved, and could go back to deal with the emperor.

In February of the second year of Xining, Wang Anshi paid homage to Shenzhi Zhengshi.

Wang Anshi's last tenure was drastic.

In the same month, Wang Anshi asked to set up the "Regulations Department of the Three Divisions", which was above the three divisions.

The three divisions were originally prepared by the officials for Sima Guang. When he took office, he planned to let Sima Guang set up a team that would abolish the national use.Now it is used by Wang Anshi in the name of financial management.

After the incident, General Wang Anshi arranged a team for the Third Department of Regulations. The first official he recommended to the government was Zhang Yue.

(End of this chapter)