Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1057: Fu Family Son
"Lord Leng sacrificed his own family for the sake of justice and personally arrested the Liao spy. Who would have any objection to such an achievement?"

"But Lord Lu is also very experienced. I think Lord Lu is more suitable! Lord Wang cannot avoid Lord Lu and support Lord Leng just because he has a grudge against Lord Lu."

"joke."

Wang Anshi burst into laughter in the court: "When did I, Jiefu, lie because of personal grudges? Between Ji Fu and Lord Leng, I think Lord Leng is more suitable."

After hearing this, Lu Huiqing could only hold it in.

After all, Leng Zhongyan stood there calmly without saying a word. If he spoke at this moment, wouldn't he be in a bad position and appear guilty?
Since there is a dispute, Your Majesty should not make a decision so quickly.

But he was wrong.

His Majesty actually gave a direct order to appoint Leng Zhongyan as Privy Councilor, officially replacing the Prince of Wei.

After the court session, Lu Huiqing looked at Wang Anshi with an unfriendly look.

If it weren't for him, the position of Privy Councilor would definitely be his.

"Brother Jie Fu, please stay."

Wang Anshi stopped and looked at Lu Huiqing: "What's the matter, Lord Lu?"

"We haven't had a drink together for a long time. I'll treat you today. How about going to my house for a few drinks?"

"I won't go to your house. I just happened to have a private room in Baifan Building today."

Lu Huiqing: "Okay."

The two of them went to Baifan Tower under the gaze of the court officials. It was actually a private room, but the door and windows were open, so the situation inside could be seen at a glance.

"Brother Jie Fu, are you doing this to avoid suspicion?"

Lu Huiqing pointed at the window and door of the private room and said helplessly: "We often drank together before, but I don't understand why it has come to this. You seem to be avoiding me."

Wang Anshi put down his wine glass and said, "Lord Lu, I think it's better not to say some things so clearly, otherwise it will be awkward when we meet in the future."

Lu Huiqing: "I still hope to resolve the misunderstanding with you and become close friends again."

Wang Anshi put away the smile on his face and said, "Lord Lu, do you really want me to tell you?"

Lu Huiqing said sincerely: "Please give me some advice, Brother Jiefu."

"it is good!"

Wang Anshi put the wine glass down heavily, and because he put too much force, most of the wine spilled out.

"I still remember when I first started to implement the reform, you were very supportive at that time. I thought you and I were on the same path, determined to change the chronic disease. But I didn't expect that you were only doing it for power."

Lu Huiqing: "I don't understand what you mean. Haven't I always supported the reforms you proposed?"

"In fact, it doesn't matter whether you support it or not. What I do is for the people of the world and the country of Song. It would be fine if you didn't support it, but you still secretly made trouble and almost made it impossible to implement the reform."

"Don't bother acting. You don't think I don't know what you did, do you?"

After the reform, in order to hold great power, Lu Huiqing recommended his brother Lu Shengqing to be the storyteller in Chongzheng Hall even though he knew that his brother was mediocre.

At that time, he didn't know it and thought that Lu Shengqing was a real talent. After all, Lu Huiqing's achievements in literature and politics were indeed quite good.

Unexpectedly, whenever Lu Shengqing entered the palace to give lectures, he would ignore the classics and talk about money and goods instead.

Your Majesty asked about the meaning of the scriptures several times, but Lu Shengqing could not answer.

Once, after they were discussing military and political affairs, His Majesty kept him alone and asked him whether he knew that Lu Shengqing was a fool.

It sounds a bit harsh to call him a fool, but he really has no talent.

What else could he say? He could only say that it was his own negligence that he was recommended to be the storyteller in Chongzheng Hall without any examination.

Wang Anshi was just a little unhappy about this, but he had no complaints against Lu Huiqing.

But what happened next was what made him disappointed in Lu Huiqing.

After the reform, Your Majesty made a small reform to the imperial examination system and abolished the fixed examination system.

What do you mean?
Because the provincial examinations were the same as the imperial examinations, testing them again would be a repetition. But one year when Lu Huiqing was in charge of this matter, he again proposed to include the imperial examinations in the examinations, and proposed that the imperial examinations only needed to be memorized and there was no need to delve into the meaning of the classics.

That is to say, you only need to remember and recite the article without delving into the meaning behind it.

At that time, Lord Feng, who was also a scholar of Guanwen Hall, strongly opposed this decision and told him about it, and only then did he know about this.

Write a letter to His Majesty immediately and explain the situation.

Fortunately, Your Majesty is wise and did not agree with Lu Huiqing's political views. As a result, Lu Huiqing and Lord Feng became enemies and targeted each other in the court.

Wang Anshi couldn't stand it and often helped Lord Feng.

After hearing this, Lu Huiqing said, "Brother Jiefu, is this why you conclude that I am a villain who abuses my power for personal gain?"

Wang Anshi sneered, "Isn't it? You know exactly what kind of person your brother is, but you still asked me to recommend him. It's my fault that I trusted you so much and spoke to you in front of Your Majesty without any examination."

"If this is the case, I will apologize to Brother Jie Fu, and I will explain it to His Majesty tomorrow and ask His Majesty to dismiss him from his post."

"No need."

"Brother Jiefu, have you forgiven me?"

"Master Lu, there is no need to say that. Anyway, we have different ideals and cannot work together. From now on, we should not call each other friends."

"Brother Jie Fu, I really want to make friends with you."

"Lord Lu, please save some face for yourself. I don't want to peel off your skin layer by layer."

Wang Anshi's words were very serious.

Lu Huiqing finally looked at him with a stern face.

"So, we can't even be friends anymore!"

"Yes."

"Farewell!"

Lu Huiqing felt hopeless and left very decisively.

In the next private room, Su Yixin propped up her chin and looked at Gu Qingjue: "Does Wang Shumi always speak so harshly?"

The two hadn't eaten out for a long time, and originally wanted to have a quiet meal, but they didn't expect to hear such a good show.

Gu Qingjue smiled and said, "Not really."

Su Yixin understood and said, "That means you really hate this person."

That's why he is so ruthless.

"Two years ago, an official wrote to the emperor, saying that Lü Huiqing was a traitor and had formed a clique for personal gain and blocked the channels for speech. The letter was burned by Lü Huiqing before Your Majesty even saw it. He also found several charges and exiled the official to Tingzhou."

"Then how did you know?"

"Of course he wrote me another letter in private and asked me to present it to your majesty."

"If that's the case, why does Your Majesty still tolerate him sitting in this position?"

Gu Qingjue: "Your Majesty naturally has your own intentions."

Fine.

She is superficial.

It is impossible for a court to be completely free of corrupt officials and abusers of power.

When the time is right, we will naturally deal with him.

"Is that Leng Ziping?"

They haven't seen each other for several years. After Yang was imprisoned, there was no mistress in the Leng family's backyard, and the household affairs were taken care of by her eldest sister-in-law, Wang, Leng Shuhe's wife.

Wang was in charge of the Leng family's finances for half a year and arranged a marriage for Leng Ziping with a son from the Fu family. The Fu family was the daughter of the Tian family, Tian Qingyao, and Fu Ziyan's youngest son, Fu Junli.