I studied in modern times

Chapter 16 Wang Gui's thoughts

As a prime minister, Wang Gui's house is located in the luxurious Lirenfang in Bianjing.

Although Lirenfang is not as good as Xuanhuafang.

However, next to Xuanhuafang is Yushitai.

Wang Gui didn't want to hear the chirping of crows every night.

He was too old to hear the croaking.

The night was already dark, and in Wang Gui's back residence, young dancers danced lightly.

Amidst the sound of silk, bamboo and wind music, Wang Gui squinted his eyes and leaned on the soft bed.

Two maids, kneeling before the collapse, lightly hammered his waist and legs for him.

It's a bit cold tonight.

But in Wang Gui's back house, it was as warm as a warm spring noon in March.

In the room, there are braziers.In the brazier, the charcoal was burning red.

There are servants who observe and add or subtract charcoal from the brazier at any time, so as to maintain the temperature in a comfortable range for Wang Gui.

This is the bearing of the prime minister.

Just heating this one room for one night may cost ten thousand.

But the Wang family couldn't even blink their eyes.

Because, all expenses, including the hiring of servants and maidservants, do not require the Wang family to pay a penny.

All are the burden of the court.

Emperor Song meets scholar-bureaucrats!
An official begins on the day when he obtains a report from the Ministry of Officials, which includes his past three generations, his place of origin and age, as well as his mission, honors and honors.

He has already surpassed all the people in the world!

Belong to a member of the scholar-officials!
Govern the world with the officials!

Even if it is just a Jinshi who has just been released as an official, he can enjoy the whole official salary and benefits including salary, additional support, job field, and minister's money according to the system.

It is enough to ensure that an official with a decent background does not need to be corrupted, and can also make the family live comfortably.

And Wang Gui is already the pinnacle of ministers.

For the official family, he was worshiped as Shangshu Zuopushe and the servant of the door, and he was granted the title of Duke of Xun, and his honor was transferred to Zhuguo.

He is the one who truly shares the world with the Son of Heaven!
Just every year, the envoy's money, which can be withdrawn at will without any written report, has reached [-] guan!

And this is just one of the countless benefits of being a prime minister.

Therefore, the extravagance of the prime minister's family in the Song Dynasty was unimaginable to outsiders.

It is also the motivation for scholars in the world to strive for fame.

Wang Gui was lying on the soft bed, listening to the song girl singing softly.

"The lights have been turned off in the first half of the first month, and the flowers in the south and the north are in disorder. I heard that there is a new water in the pavilion, and I ride through the clouds and enter the dock to find a companion. But I blow the monk's bed, and the spring breeze is full of thousands of rocks and ravines. The sound of pine is sad and urgent, and the dream is broken. Looking west from the window, the day seems too short..."

In the soft crooning, Wang Gui seemed to see the Wang Anshi who was walking in the mountains and forests in the half-mountain garden of Jiangning, wearing a coir raincoat, and singing leisurely.

"Wang Jiefu is old!" Wang Gui sighed leisurely.

Then he picked up a bright mirror and put it beside him, looking at his graying hair and wrinkled self in the mirror, he couldn't help feeling: "I'm old too!"

Just feeling pregnant, there was a creak, and the door was pushed open.

Wang Gui looked up and saw his eldest son, Wang Zhongxiu, walking towards him with something in his hand.

"My lord!" Wang Zhongxiu was nearly forty this year, but he was still respectful and respectful in front of Wang Gui, like a child.

"What's the matter?" Wang Gui glanced at his eldest son and asked.

Wang Zhongxiu leaned in front of Wang Gui and said in a low voice: "My lord, Erfang was traveling with Wailang Xingshu, a member of the staff, in Maxing Street. He heard something, so he came back in a hurry to report to your lord!"

"Uncle Xinghe?" Hearing Xingshu's name, Wang Gui sat up.

Because this person Xingshu is amazing!
In this city of Bianjing, he belongs to the very few and very few outliers.

He can talk about reforms and get rid of the old in front of ministers of the new law, and he can also be regarded as a guest of honor in the home of ministers of the old party in Luoyang.

The Minister of the New Law believes that he is the person who is in charge of the governor.

The old party felt that he was a gentleman who endured humiliation and broke into the new party.

But in fact, the new party and the old party all know it well.

Xingshu is a broker!
It is a ladder used to connect the new party and the old party, and to compromise with each other.

After all, the ministers of the old party are all important ministers of Jiayou, Zhiping and Xining.

Has achieved success and fame, and most of them have already retired.

The princes in power, no matter how displeased they are, there is nothing they can do.

However, the descendants of these people are still in the officialdom!

Wouldn't it be a fool if party disputes belong to party disputes and affect the official career of the descendants?
Fu Yanguo, Wen Kuanfu, Sima Junshi, do they look like idiots?
Therefore, there is room for people like Xingshu to live.

Like the political strategists in the Warring States period, they jumped back and forth between the new party and the old party, and they also moved left and right in the changes between the new law and the old law.

"What did Uncle Xing He say to you?" Wang Gui asked after waving away the two maids serving him.

"Xing Shu and his son were talking about Wang Fu..."

"Wang Fen?" Wang Gui was startled for a moment, but then remembered: "Was it Wang Fen who worked under Gao Zunyu's account back then?"

Gao Zunyu is the uncle of Empress Dowager Gao, and was once a general of the country. He once also established military exploits in the northwest and was promoted to Hengban.

It was once the bridge between the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager Gao.

And Wang Fu was Gao Zunyu's most trusted staff member in the past.

Wang Zhongxiu nodded: "It is this person!"

"Xing Shu and Er said that this person seems to be seeking a comeback..."

"Come back?" Wang Gui rubbed his palm.

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the five routes attacked Xia. Although the officials and troops of the Song Dynasty were chaotic in command and inconsistent in leadership, they fell into serious internal friction and arguing with each other.

But still triumphant all the way.

Facing the crushing power of absolute power, the Xi thief was about to be defeated.

Especially the Huanqing Road of Commander Gao Zunyu, Liu Changzuo's soldiers and horses on Jingyuan Road, and Li Xian's troops starting from Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road, all the way was like a broken bamboo.

The two armies, like two iron tongs, smashed directly at the Xi thief's life gate from the left and right directions.

Li Xian's department seized Lanzhou, went down to Tiandu Mountain, and burned the palace of the summer thieves.

Gao Zunyu's journey was even more extraordinary.

The troops of the Jingyuan Road, commanded by the vanguard Liu Changzuo, swept all the way, even defeated the famous generals of the western thieves, and quickly approached the city of Lingzhou.

Because of the speed of the march, Lingzhou City had no time to close the gates, and the forward cavalry of the army had already rushed into the city.

Seeing that Lingzhou was about to be taken by Da Song, Gao Zunyu strictly ordered Liu Changzuo to stop attacking the city—to wait until he came.

It was this order that ruined the whole situation.

Taking advantage of the time when the officers and troops stopped attacking, the western thieves dug up the Yellow River and flooded the Seventh Army.

The five-way attack on Xia has so far failed.

Except for Li Xian's department, the other four groups either suffered heavy losses, or were arguing with each other and retreated to the territory.

Afterwards, the emperor was furious, and Gao Zunyu was removed from all official positions, and demoted on the spot to be the Deputy Envoy of Yingzhou Tuanlian.

All the staff under his account were also implicated, either being strangled or put under editorial management.

Now, Wang Fu is actually seeking a comeback?

Since he is seeking a comeback, is Gao Zunyu also seeking a comeback?

And Xing Shu deliberately told Wang Zhongxiu about this matter, is he telling himself through Wang Zhongxiu's mouth?
Wang Gui was lost in thought.

Wang Zhongxiu was at the side, watching his father's expression, and said cautiously: "My lord, this is a great opportunity!"

Wang Gui nodded subconsciously.

Although, after the defeat of the Five Routes Facing Xia, the news came out from the palace that the Empress Dowager of Baoci Palace seemed extremely disappointed with Gao Zunyu and was very angry.

But can you write two high characters in one stroke?
What's more, Mrs. Gao is still there, even if the Queen Mother Gao gets angry again, she should forgive her uncle for the sake of Mrs. Gao.

Wang Gui thought about it, and finally said to Wang Zhongxiu: "So, you can make an appointment with Xingshu tomorrow, and let Xingshu recommend Wang Fu for you..."

"If possible, I will meet Gao Zunyu under the recommendation of Wang Fu!"

Wang Zhongxiu nodded: "That's exactly what my son thinks!"

The Gao family are relatives!
Now, the Son of Heaven has suffered a stroke, and seeing that every day is getting worse, once the palace chariot drives away, the world of the Great Song Dynasty will be in the hands of Empress Dowager Gao.

At that time, Empress Dowager Gao's decision will be crucial!

Of course, Wang Gui wanted to join this line, to use Gao Zunyu to get close to the Empress Dowager Gao, and to show his heart to the Empress Dowager Gao—Chen Wang Gui, I wish to be the king of the Empress Dowager Zeng Xiaoxian!
This is a very important thing.

It is also something that Wang Gui thinks about day and night and wants to do, but has no way or channel to express his mind.

"That's right!" Wang Gui stopped his son and told him: "Remember to be careful and don't leak the news, otherwise you and my father and son will have no place to die!"

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Note: Lirenfang is in the first wing of the right army in the old city. There are eight squares in this wing, and Lirenfang is on the north bank of Bianhe River.There is Meng Chang's old house in the square. According to records, Taizong moved the Shangshu to Mengchang's old house in Taiping Xingguo Middle School. At this time, Yuanfeng reformed and Shangshu returned to its loyal imperial city.Lirenfang faces the Youye Gate of Xuande Building in Zhihuang City to the north, and connects to Yujie to the east. Many Zaifu in the Northern Song Dynasty would make their homes here.

Note 2: The money given to the minister is the public money given to officials by the imperial court. In theory, it needs to be used for official entertainment, but in fact it is freely controlled, because no one supervises how you use the money.In addition to the money given to the minister, there is also the minister's money, which is raised by Yousi himself. Then... Yousi opened pharmacies, pawn shops, shopping, and Yiyi trade in the name of the minister's money.

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