I studied in modern times

Chapter 453 Civil servant: I can do it too

"My sect: The rule of the former kings lies in the peace of the people... I am still feeling guilty. I will always be careful about the importance of my weapons, as if I were facing the depth of the abyss..."

"The glorious heir becomes a beautiful person, and the system of the six saints is profound. He must bow to the temple of the three-year-old... The military style of King Wen's ceremony, the great filial piety and strict father, Confucius calls him the Duke of Zhou... Try to talk about the etiquette, include Confucianism, consult Su Gentleman..."

In the capital hall, the chief ministers prostrated collectively, listening respectfully to the decrees issued from the palace.

"Those who are virtuous and do favors are not virtuous. Those who serve as great guardians can overcome difficulties later... It is still important to rely on civil and military ministers, and have strong support..."

"Grand Master, Situ Situ, Pingzhang, who is responsible for the military and state affairs, Wen Yanbo; Zhang Fangping, the envoy of Nanyuan of Xuanhui and Zhangde Army; and Sun Gu, the bachelor of Duanming Palace, are both powerful and virtuous. There must be someone who can teach me! "

"Shang Shu Zuo Pushe, minister under the door, and Kang Guogong Han Jiang; Shangshu You Pushe, Zhongshu minister, Shen Guogong Lu Gongzhu, entrusted by the late emperor, have won the hope of all people, are well versed in current affairs, and know the shortcomings of my situation, and there will be peace in the country. Of the policy……"

"Ma Guang, a senior official, a minister under the sect, and the founding company of Shangzhu Kingdom and Hanoi County, is a talented person and has a solid career. He must have a letter of advice..."

After listening to the edict, the ministers stood up to worship.

The Prime Minister of the Left, Han Jiang, stepped forward, took the hemp book that had been dropped from the palace, and handed it over to the official who was in charge of collecting the decrees of the palace.

Then, he led the Prime Minister, faced the imperial city and bowed again: "I respectfully obey your will!"

After seeing off the envoy, Han Jiang cupped his hands with the other prime ministers, said goodbye, and went into his own left prime minister's hall.

Right Prime Minister Lu Gongzhu and other colleagues bowed their hands.

Then he took a deep look at Sima Guang, some words rolled around in his throat, and he finally swallowed them alive.

no way!

The relationship between the Lu family and the royal family has been very good for decades.

Therefore, Lu Gongzhu knew very well that the two palaces now had different opinions on Sima Guang.

Especially the Queen Mother!

Thinking about it, the Kuncheng Festival is just around the corner.

The wise ministers are already busy writing letters of congratulations and begging for honorable titles.

Let the Queen Mother have a good Holy Festival.

It is known to the whole world that the Song Dynasty gave birth to Yao and Shun among the women. Since they came to power, the world has been at peace and all the people are happy.

Jiaozhi is a clown jumping off the beam, invading our borders. The Empress Dowager is adhering to the military plan and strategizing. She will go out of Guangxi to govern and send five thousand royal troops south to Jiaozhi on the tenth day.

It is enough to sue the Imperial Ancestral Temple and boast of his merits before his ancestors.

However, Sima Guang foolishly jumped out at this moment and made things difficult for her, insisting on disrupting the wonderful Kuncheng Festival ceremony.

Can the Queen Mother not be angry?

According to the news that Mr. Lu heard, it was said that the Empress Dowager lost her temper in the Qingshou Palace the night before yesterday.

Therefore, it is really not good for Mr. Lu to publicly have close contact with Sima Guang in this capital hall, let alone to persuade him.

Originally, if it were someone else, he could have asked Lu Xizhe to go and give Sima Kang some advice.

but……

Let Lu Xizhe persuade Sima Kang to persuade Sima Guang to bow his head?

Are you sure Lu Xizhe won't add fuel to the fire?

Anyway, Lu Gongzhu is really worried about that traitor.

He could only sigh and said in his heart: "Tomorrow, in front of the emperor, maybe I can give some advice to the emperor and change his mind."

No matter what, Sima Guang is also a famous literary figure with great prestige in the world, and he is his old friend for many years, so he must help him.

Lu Gongzhu sighed in his heart and saw the new ruler Li Chang quietly walking to Sima Guang's side and cupping his hands. It seemed that he planned to talk to Sima Guang in private.

This made Lu Gongzhu deeply gratified.

"Li Gongze really lived up to my expectations."

Li Chang is his student, so he needs to avoid suspicion.

No contact can be made except for official business.

Otherwise, people will find evidence and use it to criticize him.

Therefore, when the court was recommended last month, Lu Gongzhu did not even vote for Li Chang in order to avoid suspicion.

……

Li Chang invited Sima Guang to his newly decorated royal hall.

"Master Sima, please take a seat." He respectfully invited Sima Guang, a senior, to sit down at the table.

Since Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu came to Beijing after the death of the late emperor, this was the first time that he and Sima Guang had met and been alone in private.

Therefore, Li Chang felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Because he had already heard that Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang and others had repeatedly tried to persuade Sima Guang to no avail.

To be honest, Li Chang didn't know if he could persuade him.

But I still have to persuade you!

Sima Guang sat on the couch, looked at Li Chang's appearance, and laughed: "Is Gong Ze here to persuade me?"

Li Chang shook his head: "How dare this junior?"

He took out a poem manuscript from his arms: "He is the younger generation's nephew. He has written several bad works and wants to ask Mr. Sima to correct them!"

Sima Guang liked to support the underachievers. When he heard this, he immediately took it with a smile, then put it in his hand and looked at it.

What's more, Sima Guang has long heard that Li Chang's nephew Huang Tingjian's articles and poems are the best among the younger generation.

His article was so good that even that old guy Sun Jue wanted to marry his daughter to him just after reading his article.

He immediately took it with great interest, and then looked at it seriously.

At this sight, Sima Guang's eyes lit up: "Not bad! Not bad!"

"I have long heard that the nephew of Gongshou's articles and poems are in the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties. When I see him today, he is indeed worthy of his reputation!"

When Li Chang heard this, he immediately sighed: "Sima Gong Miao praised it!"

"This child has been smart since he was a child, but he is too stubborn." He sighed falsely: "Last year, it was only after the recommendation of Master Mengwen that he was able to change his official position and was awarded the post of Secretary Provincial Writer... However, this child is interested in literature. He has always said that he wants to go to Dengzhou and become an official."

"Dengzhou?" Sima Guang asked, "Is your nephew named Mu Su Zizhan?"

Li Chang nodded: "That's right!"

Su Shi's fame and charm are infinite.

Literary men all over the world want to follow him, and they are all lucky enough to be able to sing along with Su Shi.

Ever since Su Shi came to know Dengzhou, Dengzhou has become a place where scholars all over the world flock to.

Every day, people come to Dengzhou in an endless stream, wanting to participate in Su Shi's drinking parties and poetry gatherings.

However, recently, Su Shi's articles and poems have once again entered a creative spurt stage.

In just one year, he wrote seven or eight poems that were praised all over the world.

As a result, the hearts of the literati were itchy.

Not to mention others, as far as Sima Guang knew, his son Sima Kang and Sima Kang's good friend Yan Jidao both thought of leaving Bianjing alone and going to Dengzhou to drink and have fun with Su Shi and write poems and poems.

Therefore, Sima Guang did not doubt his existence and asked: "If this is the case, why can't the public selection be fulfilled?"

He smiled and said: "With your nephew's literary talent, if you come to Dengzhou and compete with Su Zizhan, you will definitely be able to serve everyone in the future!"

Li Chang sighed: "But the problem of Dengzhou is difficult to mend, and the nephew of the younger generation is already a Tongzhilang. If he is sent to another place, he must be judged or recommended by the state!"

Su Shi's knowledge of Dengzhou might have been nothing if it had happened in the past.

After all, roads in prefectures and counties all over the world are difficult to access and transportation is inconvenient.

Most people would never know that Su Shi was in Dengzhou.

But now it's different!

Bianjing Xinbao publishes a poem by Su Shi from Dengzhou every now and then.

Dengzhou’s reputation for dried sea fish spreads far and wide throughout the world.

Literati and poets came in droves!

There was even a wealthy man with millions of dollars who went to Dengzhou, intending to emulate the wisdom of Wang Lun of the Tang Dynasty.

As a result, the journey to Dengzhou became difficult.

Sima Guang thought for a while and then smiled and said: "It is difficult to climb to the top of the state, but my nephew can plan for the top of Laizhou and Mizhou!"

"With your nephew's rank as a salary official, and the fact that he is the secretary of the province, if he is sent abroad, it should be no problem to seek power in Laizhou or Mizhou!"

Li Chang sighed: "However, he is stubborn and only wants to climb the state!"

He looked at Sima Guang: "This junior is troubled by this."

Sima Guang smiled: "The only way to persuade a good man is to be a good man. Since ancient times, gentlemen have made changes on a contingency basis and have not interfered with important matters..."

At this point, Sima Guang was stunned.

He looked at Li Chang and already understood what the other party meant.

This is a roundabout way to persuade him to make changes and live in the present.

Sima Guang's expression suddenly changed: "Gong Ze also thinks that I don't understand contingency and am stubborn about my own opinions?" "If this is really the case with me!"

"I have already resigned and returned home!"

Don't think that only Wang Anshi and Wang Jiefu will regard fame as a floating cloud. Once their ambitions are not fulfilled, they will resign overnight and leave without even giving others a chance to stay.

Sima Junshi is the same.

Being able to write books in Luoyang for fifteen years has proved his character.

Confucius said: If the Tao is not good enough, it will float in the sea on a raft.

That’s it, scholar-bureaucrat!

"In recent years in my reign, I have given up my official position long ago because I missed the emperor's expectations and the late emperor's entrustment!"

Really!

In Sima Guang's heart, the whole court was filled with chaos, and everyone was only fighting for power and gain.

Especially those people who used to share the same goals were drifting away one by one, which made him feel discouraged.

There is only the Son of Heaven, only the Son of Heaven.

Make him unable to let go!

Every time he wanted to resign, he would think of those eyes full of sincerity that looked forward to him.

They will also recall that when he first came to Beijing and met the emperor, the emperor's imperial pen inscribed the words "Gu Hu Song Shi, the teacher protects all the people".

The emperor treated him as a national scholar, and he should repay him as a national scholar.

Therefore, with this belief, I saw other people embarking on Han Jiang's path of reconciliation.

Sima Guang's thoughts went astray.

In Sima Guang's view, this is not because he is unwilling to make changes.

But he can't make changes!

If he changes, the whole court will be filled with people who are obsessed with fame.

When the emperor is young, he will see ministers like this all over the court.

When he grows up, he will definitely feel that there are no honest people in the world.

Therefore, he may go astray.

Therefore, in Sima Guang's view, his persistence is worthwhile and necessary.

He needed to let the young emperor know that the ministers in the world were not all people who pursued fame and fortune and did not care about the right path.

And there are upright ministers like him!

There are also ministers like him who are not afraid of the powerful, not afraid of the two palaces, who still speak out and dare to give advice, and who can still go against the wind.

This is critical!

It was precisely because he had loyal ministers like Yan Yuanxiangong (Yan Shu) around him that Renmiao became the emperor who was full of trust and reliance on civil servants and officials.

Looking at Sima Guang's look and attitude, Li Chang knew that his persuasion, like Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang and others, was in vain again.

Fan Chunren is right!

Sima Gong and Wang Jiefu are two completely contradictory people, but they are mutually exclusive.

They are all stubborn people!

No wonder, now some people in the public have given this veteran minister the nickname "Sima Niu".

There was no other way, Li Chang could only make a last-ditch effort.

He could only say: "How dare this junior criticize public affairs?"

He is just a junior.

In the circles of the old party, he is not even the number one figure.

Even the current umbrella is mostly picked up.

If competition really comes up, Li Chang knows very well that there are people who are more qualified than him to get this cool umbrella.

Apart from anything else, Pu Zongmeng, who was suffering from reputation, would definitely have had a share in the power this time if the late emperor were still here.

In addition, Lu Huiqing from Hedong and Liu Changzuo from Yanyan Road are both qualified to compete. Although Liu Changzuo was a military minister, there was no precedent for military ministers to govern the Western Government in the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention the founding of the country, at the time of Renmiao, the kings of Hei, Wang Deyong and Di Wuxiang, successively served as military ministers and served as privy envoys.

Especially the black king Xianggong Wang Deyong, although he has made no achievements in Xifu, he is highly respected by the government and the public.

Under normal circumstances, Liu Changzuo would be eligible to enter the Xifu based on his military exploits.

Therefore, Li Chang knew very well that he was able to be appointed as the governor entirely because of the current special court situation, and the new system of Tingtui. The combination of the two allowed him to be appointed as the governor by chance.

Therefore, Li Chang has a very clear understanding of his role - on major matters, just follow the crowd if you can, and just give others a good start.

After a year or two, I took the initiative to invite the county.

In this way, this life will not be in vain.

So, he asked cautiously: "It's just that tomorrow, Your Majesty will meet the Emperor. I don't know what he will talk about with the Emperor?"

The will of the two palaces has been arranged.

Tomorrow the emperor will be in the Jiying Hall and issue orders to Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, Sun Gu, then Han Jiang, Lu Gongzhu, and finally Sima Guang.

Sima Guang said calmly: "I'm just saying what I need to say!"

He has nothing to hide.

He has always been an upright person and is not afraid of what others say.

Li Chang lowered his head and sighed again in his heart.

"Can't you think about the overall situation of the world?"

The news in the palace is very unfavorable to this veteran of the old party.

Especially the Empress Dowager, they have a lot of opinions on him now!

In case the two palaces are angered...

Li Chang no longer dared to think about it.

After all, the last time the heroine of the Song Dynasty listened to politics behind the curtain, she had traveled the Lingnan Road.

Sima Guang looked at Li Chang seriously, and he also knew what Li Chang meant.

"I have my own opinion!" Sima Guang said softly.

He naturally knew that Li Chang came to persuade him and told him these things for his own good.

Li Chang shook his head, completely helpless.

Sima Guang looked at his expression and felt a little unbearable, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, Gong Ze."

"As a wise man today, you must know that I have good intentions."

Li Chang lowered his head.

He couldn't help but say in his heart: "Today's day is indeed holy!"

That is, I am afraid that the importance of the senator in front of him in His Majesty's heart is far less than that of Zhang Dun and Zhang Zihou in Guangxi.

Although Li Chang did not have many connections in the palace, he had only been in office not long ago, and he had not yet had time to clearly see the direction of the situation in the capital and palace.

However, he had heard of the discussions in the public these days.

Many people are saying: Zhang Zihou's southern expedition was because Jian was in the emperor's heart.

why?

Because many civil servants felt that Zhang Zihou's victory so quickly proved a problem - the small country of Jiaozhi was weak and incompetent, but Master Wang could defeat it with one blow!

In other words: I can do whatever I want.

So, why did this beautiful mistake fall on Zhang Dun?

There can only be a shady secret!

The palace has already made an internal decision.

As a result, countless sarcastic words spread quietly among the government offices these days.

Although Li Chang felt that these people were talking nonsense.

But the words of these people are not without purpose.

After all, facts have proven that the Cochin people are indeed very weak!

Zhang Dun led 5,000 men southward, conquering five states in one day and conquering natural dangers such as Jueli Pass.

Zhang Dun won so easily.

Then if you change it yourself, it should be about the same.

(End of this chapter)