I studied in modern times

Chapter 106 Shen Kuo who recovered and Su Shi who entered Beijing

When Zhao Xu met Kumamoto in the hall of Yanhe Hall.

On the distant Suizhou official road, an official envoy came on horseback.

The envoy went straight into the city, held up the emperor's token in his hand, and went straight into the official office of Suizhou.

"Where is Shen Kuo, the resettlement official of Suizhou, now?"

The officials at the government office looked at the token in the envoy's hand, and also at the narrow-sleeved purple robe on his body, knowing that he was a courtier from Bianjing University.

So he quickly went down to the office, cupped his hands and asked, "Where is the unknown angel here?"

"The emperor's kindness is mighty, and the emperor's will is great, and the young master respectfully obeys it!" The emissary said loudly: "The empress dowager, the empress dowager issued a benevolent decree, and gave Shen Kuo, the deputy envoy of the regiment training of Yunzhou and the resettlement minister of Suizhou, to enter the capital! "

Hearing this, the official fell limply on the ground.

"Shen Kuo... recovered..."

He knew very well what kind of life Shen Kuo had lived under his surveillance for the past three years.

He was not allowed to write letters, and his friends were not allowed to visit.

It can be said that the guilty minister...no...the minister was offended to death!
And he knew very well that once recovered, with Shen Kuo's level before being demoted, he would quickly become an important minister to be restrained!
For an important minister to be controlled, one finger is enough to clean up a place like him and choose someone!

Looking at the official's appearance, the messenger almost knew what happened, and cursed in his heart: "Idiot!".

As long as the important ministers of the country are not stripped, there is still a possibility of recovery.

Being placed in a place is usually done on the surface, but in fact, many people will deliberately make friends with such important ministers who have been reprimanded for the future.

In case someone gets up and returns to Beijing, he can follow his lead.

Even if you are not recovered in the end, you can still gain a good reputation!

Such a stupid guy is rare in the world!

So, he turned around and looked at the other officials present, holding up the gold medal in his hand: "Whoever wants to take me to see Shen Kuo, I have a decree to read!"

Immediately there was a young official in green robe, who stepped forward respectfully: "Angel, please follow me..."

……

In Suizhou City, in a lonely broken courtyard.

Shen Kuo, 54 years old, is holding a pen and sketching something on a piece of old yellowed paper.

There were footsteps outside the door.

He didn't care too much, just focused on the things in front of him.

Tuk Tuk Tuk…

There was a knock on the door.

"Is Mr. Shen at home?" A respectful and unfamiliar voice asked.

"Who is it!" Shen Kuo's wife, Mrs. Zhang, came out of the back room cursing after hearing the words.

She opened the door, and there was a group of officials, all nodding and bowing with smiles on their faces.

In the past three years, this is the first time Zhang has seen smiles on the faces of officials in Suizhou.

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Zhang's temper has always been irritable, and she frowned when she saw the appearance of the officials.

"Is it Madam Shen?" The leading official bent over, and Ji Shou asked, "May I ask if Mr. Shen is here?"

Mrs. Zhang became vigilant: "What are you looking for him for?"

The official immediately replied: "Madam, please quickly change and bathe Mr. Shen, and set up the incense table!"

Mrs. Zhang only felt that her brain went down at this moment.

"What did you say?" she asked tremblingly.

"The Angel of Bianjing has arrived!"

"Emperor Daxing ordered the young master to extend favor to the two palaces, and the imperial decree issued to restore Duke Shen to the capital!" The official cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations! Ma'am! The officials of your mansion will return to Bianjing and re-enter the court to assist the young master." host!"

Half an hour later, he was in the dilapidated courtyard where Shen Kuo lived.

Shen Kuo combed his hair again, took a bath, changed into the official uniform he hadn't worn for three years, and set up an incense table in the yard, while his wife Zhang put on new clothes, and her expression was no longer tough. , but with some feminine tenderness and shyness.

With a creak, the courtyard door was pushed open.

A young courtier in a narrow-sleeved purple robe walked in.

Outside the door, countless people gathered, and the faces of those neighbors who were indifferent, curious or enthusiastic in the past were all full of complimenting smiles at this moment.

The courtier took out a gold medal, held it in his hand, looked at Shen Kuo who had already changed into his official uniform, and asked, "But Mr. Shen is hiding Mr. Kuo?"

Shen Kuo nodded, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and bowed his hands: "It's Shen Kuo!"

The courtier immediately smiled: "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

He faced the direction of Bianjing and cupped his hands: "The emperor's kindness is vast, the emperor Daxing ordered the young master to extend his favor to the two palaces, and on the Dingmao day of this month, he issued an edict to the three provinces, and Zhongshu Sheren drafted an edict to restore Duke Shen to Beijing to assist Little Lord!"

When Shen Kuo heard this, he immediately bowed his head in the direction of Bianjing: "Daxing Emperor Long Enchen Kuo, a hundred deaths are hard to report!"

The minister cleared his throat, and then said seriously: "Where is Shen Kuo, the deputy envoy of the regiment training of Yunzhou and the resettlement minister of Suizhou?"

"The minister is here!" Shen Kuo got up and stood respectfully in front of the incense table.

"Shen Kuo accepts the order!" said the courtier.

Shen Kuo immediately knelt down in front of the set up incense table facing the direction of Bianjing, respectfully respected the etiquette of a courtier, and bowed three times.

Then, looking at the courtier, he took out the standard imperial decree.

The top-quality silk is made of silk, and the silk is embellished with pure gold dragon patterns.

Shen Kuo's heart became extremely excited at this moment.

It's been three years!
During the three years of being demoted and resettled in Suizhou, his life was gloomy, and he could not even see the dawn.

A month ago, the sad news of the emperor's death made him fall into despair even more——the emperor has passed away, and the new emperor is young, and there is no end in sight for him to recover!
Unexpectedly, things have turned around now.

"Under the door..." The minister's voice became vague in his eardrums.

So much so that he couldn't even hear what he was saying, he could only hear some key words.

"I honor the will of Emperor Daxing..."

"Blessed by the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager..."

"Blessed by Heaven..."

"Responsible for recovery, the Deputy Envoy of Tuanlian in Yunzhou, Shen Kuo, the minister of resettlement in Suizhou..."

"It can be specially awarded to the imperial court councilor, and the bureau dedicated to the manufacture of military weapons can be promoted, and the Miying Pavilion can give lectures..."

Shen Kuo listened, subconsciously kowtowed and bowed again, and replied mechanically: "The grace of heaven is mighty, Shen Kuo respectfully obeys the will, and is willing to serve His Majesty like a dog and a horse..."

As he spoke, he burst into tears.

The defeat of Yongle City was like a sharp knife, cutting his life in half.

All the light that once was, dissipated in the defeat.

All honor to silence.

In the court, his political enemy Cai Que was in power.

The emperor, who trusted and valued him, seemed to be disappointed in him and ignored him.

Even if the emperor died, there was no imperial edict to grant grace.

Shen Kuo was already desperate.

However, he never imagined that he would be able to survive from a desperate situation.

What's more, he never thought that the Emperor Daxing... turned out to be a special order to kill the young master... he was arranged by the young master's minister...

Scholar die for the confidant!

Shen Kuo kowtowed heavily in the direction of Bianjing, bowed again, kowtowed.

When he got up, his face was full of tears.

"Shen Tiju..." The courtier in front of him smiled and handed over the imperial decree: "Get the decree!"

Shen Kuo took the imperial decree and touched his pocket.

What he remembered was that the inner minister delivered a decree to give a sum of money.

Just like the relevant imperial edicts of Zhongshu Sheren and Hanlin scholars drafting ministers in the past, a sum of [-] to [-] guan should be prepared for the embellishment fee.

pity……

He fumbled around, but couldn't find anything of value.

He could only say to his wife: "Go and get the Duan inkstone from my bedroom and give it to the angel as a reward for the hard work..."

The young courtier immediately shook his head and said, "No need, Shen Tiju, in the future, Tiju needs to take care of you and support you..."

When Shen Kuo entered Beijing, he wanted to be in charge of the bureau dedicated to the manufacture of military weapons!

This is the institution dedicated to everyone, handed down by the Emperor Daxing, to be handed down to the emperors of all dynasties, and guarded by each other from generation to generation!
Needless to say, the intimacy and close relationship with everyone!

Make sure he is a little Huangmen who has just entered the palace for a few years, and he will be right!

What's more, Shen Kuo also has the title of Jingyan official who lectures in Miying Pavilion!

Of course Shen Kuo knew that conventions are conventions, and rules are rules.

He immediately cupped his hands: "It's a mere gift, please let the angel accept it..."

The other party naturally refused to ask for it, let alone dared to ask for it.

Because, the people above him had told him - if he dared to take a piece of Shen Kuo, he would take his skin off!

Shen Kuo couldn't resist this courtier—mainly, Shen Kuo didn't dare to give away the last valuable thing in the family without Zhang's consent in front of his wife Zhang.

He knew very well that if he did so.

Tonight, I can only choose to kneel and wash the pestle.

Maybe it will bloom on my face!
There was no other way, Shen Kuo could only clasp his hands and ask, "The angel is really too polite... I don't know the taboo?"

The other party immediately cupped his hands and replied with a smile: "In front of Mr. Shen, how dare you speak up?"

"A mere Tong Guan... Now he is walking under the orders of Song Zhaoxuan..."

"It turned out to be Taiwei Tong..." Shen Kuo said with a smile. The courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty all thought that the emperor served the emperor, went out to know the frontiers, and used it as a commander-in-chief. The other party will definitely be happy.

Tong Guan laughed immediately: "How dare you! How dare you!"

Shen Kuo looked at Tong Guan and thought, "Song Zhaoxuan?"

"But Zhengqing?"

Song Yongchen's nickname is Zhengqing, which is something only those who have worked with him will know.

Tong Guan nodded: "It's Duke Zhaoxuan!"

Shen Kuo nodded thoughtfully, he probably knew.

It must be an old friend from the old year who ordered this minister!
……

In April of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Yiyou (sixteenth).

After trekking from Changzhou for a full twelve days, Su Shi finally saw the outline of Bianjing city on the horizon.

His mood then became happier.

Looking at the majestic Great Song Shenjing city wall, he was riding on the horse, and his mood became extremely comfortable, and the pride in his chest was even more overflowing.

There is almost an urge to express and write it on paper.

But soon, when he remembered something, the words in his chest disappeared.

Because, when he wants to find a place to splash ink.

In the big prison of Yushitai back then, the appearance of those Yushi who sat at the top, holding his collection of poems and articles, looking for faults word by word, appeared before his eyes.

The Wutai poetry case made him dare not to involve any state affairs related to reality in his poems.

He didn't even dare to praise it!
Because, in the case of Wutai poems, Li Ding and Shu Yu grabbed every line of his poems and picked faults word by word.

Even those poems without any problems can be infinitely magnified by them once they are caught in words involving real state affairs.

The days in Yushitai Prison were the dark times of his life!It is also an eternal nightmare!

Since then, Su Shi no longer wrote anything related to national policies and decrees.

He can only write Chibi Fu, can only rely on the illusory, write Chibi nostalgia, imagine Gongjin in the past, and Wei Wu's whip.

So Su Shi sighed.

He rode his horse and rode forward.

The city gate of Bianjing City soon came into his sight.

He rode his horse over to the gate of the city.

A familiar figure appeared in front of Su Shi.

"Zizhan! Zizhan!" The man waved his hand at the gate of the city: "I am here! I am here!"

Su Shi followed his prestige, dismounted immediately, went forward to meet him, and bowed his hands: "Su Shi has seen my brother!"

The person who came here was Zhang Shu, the son of Zhang Fangping, the envoy of Xuanhui South Court who was a veteran and important minister who had great kindness to Su Shi.

Last year in Yingtian Mansion, it was the eldest son of the patriarch who personally sent his letter to the government for Su Shi, so that Emperor Daxing could finally grant him grace and allow Su Shi and his family to settle in Changzhou.

Although Su Shi has now recovered, Su Shi will never forget the kindness of Zhang Fangping's family!
"Zizhan, quickly follow me into the city!"

"My father has prepared some beer wine at home..."

"How does elder brother know that I will enter Beijing today?" Su Shi asked flattered.

During his journey, he didn't tell anyone about his whereabouts except staying at the inn.

Zhang Shu laughed: "Zizhan is famous all over the world. Since Changzhou went north, it has been spread along the way! My father also sent people early to inquire outside Bianjing City. When he heard about Zizhan, he immediately sent I'm here to wait!"

Su Shi heard the words, and thanked him again: "Xuanhui's love, Su Shi can't repay it!"

　Note: At this time, whether Tong Guan is in Bianjing or not should be tested. ,

　　Let's just count him as being in Bianjing.

　　Note 2: Shen Kuo did not dare to recall the days in Suizhou all his life.

　　Note 3: Shen Kuo has tracheitis...and the kind of tracheitis that he enjoys.

　　Note 4: The imperial decree of the Northern Song Dynasty has been handed down from generation to generation, but it is Zhao Ji's... here is a reference.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)