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Chapter 129 Wen Yanbo: Punishment Unknown, Power Unfathomable
Night has fallen, in Shouchangfang, Wen Yanbo's inner house.

It is already the time when the wine is intoxicating and the ears are hot, and the guests and hosts are having a good time.

The guests sitting here also sang the poems several times.

Wen Yanbo was in high spirits, and also slightly drunk.

With the support of the left and right maids, he will retreat into the back house to rest.

When Fan Chunren saw it, he asked to be served in the dress of a junior.

Wen Yanbo knew the purpose of Fan Chunren's visit, so he nodded in agreement.

Fan Chunren supported Wen Yanbo and retreated to the inner hall of the back house.

After the maid brought the tea soup, Wen Yanbo waved his hands to make everyone on the left and right stand back.

"Yao Fu came to the old man's mansion today to serve as a lobbyist for Sima Twelve?" Wen Yanbo asked leisurely after taking a sip of tea soup.

Fan Chunren put down the tea cup in his hand with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Your junior's little thoughts can't escape the grand master's eyes!"

"Stop pouring the old man's ecstasy soup!" Wen Yanbo shook his head and looked at Fan Chunren, and asked, "What exactly does Sima Twelve want to do? Has Yaofu asked?"

Fan Chunren replied: "You should follow the righteous way of a gentleman, abolish Wang Anshi's evil methods, and return justice to the common people in the world!"

This is what the sages of Luoyang have been here for more than ten years.

It is the cause that Han Weigong and Fu Hangong never forget when they are dying.

It is something that this Grand Master Wen has always advocated.

"Now, Sima Gong wrote a letter to ask for a way out, and the grand master should fully support it and join in the grand event!" Fan Chunren asked carefully choosing his words: "Why are you sick at home now?"

Wen Yanbo laughed when he heard it.

He said: "Sima Twelve wants to speak out, of course I support it!"

The Zai Zhi in the hall also supports it all!

They even invented states and counties all over the world!

Wen Yanbo patted his thigh lightly: "However, the old man is already eighty years old, his legs and feet are inconvenient, and his energy is low..."

"It's really difficult to enter the capital hall, so discuss it with the elder Zaizhi!"

Wen Yanbo looked at Fan Chunren's expression of disbelief, he smiled, picked up the tea dregs, took another sip of the tea soup, and then said leisurely: "Yaofu, after all, asked Sima Twelve and asked for the blunt words, what should I do?" What is it?"

"What are the evil methods of Wang Anshi that Sima Twelve thinks?"

"Does the art of war count as evil?" Wen Yanbo looked into Fan Chunren's eyes and asked suddenly.

Fan Chunren's eyes widened in astonishment: "How do you count the art of war as evil?"

That was initiated by his father and famous general Zhang Kang in Shaanxi!

It was designed to change the situation in the Song Dynasty where the generals did not know the soldiers, the soldiers did not know the generals, and the combat power was weak.

Over the past few decades, the effect has been remarkable. Now the combat power of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty is getting higher and higher, and they are no longer afraid of field battles with the Western Thieves, and the best evidence is that they can even win in field battles!

"But the art of war, it was in the hands of Wang Jiefu that it became the law of the country!" Wen Yanbo said leisurely.

"Sima Twelve, if you want to abolish him, what will Yaofu do?"

No one knows better than Wen Yanbo the inner resentment of Sima Guang, who has written Zizhi Tongjian for 15 years in Luoyang Banshan Garden.

Give up Wang Anshi's evil methods.

It may be a slogan for others, but for Sima Guang, it is his life, his ideal, and even his soul!
For this purpose he will do whatever it takes.

The art of war is also its purpose!

Fan Chunren lowered his head when asked, not knowing how to answer.

In the end, he could only bow his head helplessly: "If so, I will try my best to persuade him..."

Wen Yanbo smiled: "Back then, Sima Twelve also persuaded Wang Jiefu..."

"Wang Jiefu's letter of remonstrance to Sima Jun, did Yao Fu read it?"

Fan Chunren nodded.

"The contention of the Confucianists lies in the name and reality!" Wen Yanbo sighed: "Wang Jiefu has already made things clear!"

"Sima Twelve, do you want to fight for this name?"

"Of course he wants to!"

"Since he wants this name, all of Wang Jiefu's decrees are evil!"

Wen Yanbo said to Fan Chunren earnestly and earnestly: "Yaofu, instead of trying hard to talk to me here, why don't you go back and ask Sima Twelve..."

"What exactly is evil?"

"When does he plan to depose all these evil laws!"

Wen Yanbo is too familiar with Sima Guang.

"Besides..." Wen Yanbo recalled the friendship of old friends, and said to Fan Chunren: "Since ancient times, if you want to change the law, you must have the emperor's support!"

"Nowadays, the son is benevolent and filial, and he regards himself as the filial son of the Daxing Emperor in everything..."

"If you want to change the law, change the Daxing Emperor's foundation..."

"Li Shisen is still awaiting punishment in Yushitai!"

Li Ding was just talking nonsense, and he had already stabbed a hornet's nest by involving the Bureau of Armament Manufacturing.

The young master was furious, and it is said that the hall yelled such words as 'bullying orphans and widowed mothers' and 'eating extinct households'.

In the face of Li Ding's lessons learned from the past, who would dare to take the risk of being accused by the young master of "bullying orphans and widows" and "eating extinct households" to rashly touch those former emperors' laws?
Who would know that the Emperor Daxing had confessed to the young lord that those things were red lines that no one else could touch?
Even if you don't want to kill yourself, you still have to think about future generations!
If punishment is unknown, power is unpredictable!
When Wen Yanbo thought of this old saying, his heart shivered.

"What's more..."

Wen Yanbo sighed leisurely: "Father's funeral, if you don't change your father's ways for three years, that's called filial piety!"

This is the root cause of Wen Yanbo's mentality change after entering Beijing.

Filial piety is the ultimate principle of heaven and earth!

It is also the crux of the incomprehension.

Before getting the consent of the young lord, and learning from him that 'the emperor has entrusted him to do so...'.

During his filial piety period, he vainly changed the laws of the first emperor.

They are all ways to kill!It is also a disaster for future generations!

Sima Twelve has no descendants of his own, so he can have no scruples.

He, Wen Yanbo, has eight sons, more than ten daughters, and dozens of grandchildren.

Listening to Wen Yanbo's words, Fan Chunren fell silent for a while.

Wen Yanbo's words were like sharp arrows, hitting Fan Chunren's life!

When the father dies, he will not change his ways for three years!

This is the teaching of the saints!

It is one of the highest moral requirements of Confucianism.

Not only the emperor must abide by it, but the ministers must abide by it, and the common people, farmers, merchants, and craftsmen are also required to abide by it!

Anyone who dares to resist and not obey is unfilial, and unfilial is a serious crime!
If the emperor is accused of being unfilial, he will be deposed!

Among Huo Guang's accusations of abolishing the king of Changyi, there is unfilial piety!
After being silent for a long time, Fan Chunren said leisurely: "The empress dowager is kind and holy. She is the birth mother of Emperor Daxing. It makes sense to change the son by changing the mother..."

Wen Yanbo laughed loudly: "What about the Empress Dowager?"

"As the Empress Dowager of Daxing Emperor Yuan and the mother of the Son of Heaven, would the Empress Dowager want others to change the law of the former Emperor and trap the Son of Heaven into a serious crime of unfilial piety?"

Yes, Fan Chunren's statement is still feasible if the Empress Dowager is only behind the curtain.

But now the two palaces are behind the curtain to listen to the government, and the empress dowager is raising and teaching the young master!
Changing mother to son is barely feasible in terms of etiquette.

Changing a wife to a husband, this is the hen Sichen!
Even if the empress dowager wanted to, she wouldn't dare!

What's more, it is impossible for her to just sit back and let the young master fall into the crime of unfilial piety!
Fan Chunren drooped his head when asked.

He finally understood why the elders and ministers retreated one by one.

The crux is here!

At this time, footsteps came from outside the door.

Wen Yanbo turned his head to look over and saw his son Wen Yiqing.

"What's the matter?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"My lord..." Wen Yiqing looked at Fan Chunren, bowed his hands, then knelt in front of Wen Yanbo, and said, "The two palaces brought the young master to the small hall of the inner east gate just now, and ordered the academy to lock the hall!"

Wen Yanbo heard the words and looked towards the direction of the imperial city: "Big worship!"

"This time, is someone going to by-election three provinces and two prefectures?"

Wen Yiqing shook his head and said, "This time, we are going to pay homage to Jiedushi!"

"It is said that Duke Feng of Heyang is going to pay homage to Jiedushi..."

Wen Yanbo listened, patted his thigh and laughed.

"Feng Dangshi's golden hairy mouse really has sharp eyes and ears!"

"Look at people!"

"Always be able to grab the greatest benefits at critical moments!"

Both Fan Chunren and Wen Yiqing looked at Wen Yanbo, not quite understanding what Wen Yanbo meant.

Wen Yanbo looked at Fan Chunren, looked at the son of an old friend, and explained for the first time: "Yesterday, Feng Dangshi refused to participate in the meeting in the capital hall on the grounds that he wanted to return to Heyang..."

"Today, the two palaces will announce mahjong, and let this golden-haired mouse be born as a military envoy!"

He looked at Fan Chunren and said, "Now, Yaofu knows..."

"Sima Twelve, it's just wishful thinking..."

"Whether it's the two palaces or the young master, neither will agree with him..."

"Be aware of current affairs..." Wen Yanbo shook his head and sighed after saying this: "I'm afraid Sima Twelve will never know what current affairs are..."

(End of this chapter)