I studied in modern times

Chapter 48

Sima Guang boarded a flat boat and arrived at the shore.

Two stout maidservants stepped forward, took off his coir raincoat and took over his coir rain cap.

The old servant who has served him for decades brought the boiled tea soup.

Sima Guang took a sip, and the bitter taste of the tea leaves and the pungentness of the ginger slices smeared in his mouth, lifting his spirits.

"Master!" Fan Zuyu, who had been waiting by the side, bowed his hands at this moment: "News from the capital!"

"Xin Maori, the crown prince has been established!"

"The sixth son of the emperor, the king of Yan'an even respectfully said: Xu, make him the crown prince..."

Sima Guang nodded slightly, facing the direction of Bianjing, bowed his hands and said: "The country has an heir, the country has an heir, and the world is lucky!"

For Sima Guang, for the veterans and ministers in Luoyang.

Although today's officials seem to have the demeanor of a sage, but... they have gone the wrong way!

Many people have been waiting for this His Majesty's palace chariot to drive away.

It's just that no one said it.

Now, that day is finally coming!
The most important thing is - his heir is only eight years old!
Eight-year-old princes and emperors are very malleable.

As long as you bring it on the right track, everything in the world will be prosperous!
Fan Zuyu swallowed his saliva, and said in a low voice: "There seems to be some..."

"Huh?" Sima Guang asked, "What's wrong with the decree?"

Fan Zuyu lowered his head and said: "News from Bianjing, the imperial decree states that Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager has the right to listen to the government, and Her Highness the Empress has the right to assist the military and state affairs!"

Sima Guang raised his head in astonishment.

"Are Wang Yuyu and Cai Chizheng crazy?"

"Since ancient times, where did the story of the two palaces listening to politics come from?"

"I want to make a statement!" Sima Guang immediately made a judgment.

This must have been done by the ministers of the new party in the court!

The emperor is sick and cannot afford to be ill.

The young master is young, the erotic palace is ignorant and ignorant.

It must be Wang Gui, Cai Que and others who deceived the two palaces!
Sima Guang must take care of this matter!No matter!
Not only that, Sima Guang also decided to write letters to Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and Daming Mansion to contact other senior officials.

You can even write a letter to Jiangning and ask that dude Wang Jiefu, did you instigate this?

Fan Zuyu grabbed Sima Guang's sleeve.

"Chunfu?" Sima Guang frowned, "But is there something hidden in it?"

Fan Zuyu nodded.

Sima Guang pondered for a moment and asked, "Tell me...what's going on?!"

Fan Zuyu then told Sima Guang about the news he got.

After Sima Guang heard it, his face was full of disbelief: "Are you sure?"

Fan Zuyu nodded: "It should be confirmed!"

"If Mr. Xiang has any doubts, tomorrow at the latest, the horse from Bianjing will deliver Xin Maori's morning newspaper and the tabloid in Bianjing that day!"

Sima Guang took a deep breath.

"Family and everything prosper..." He muttered, chewed, and then exclaimed: "Your Majesty is truly the Son of Heaven!"

only……

Since His Majesty knows this truth, why does he only believe in Wang Anshi and those villains promoted by Wang Anshi?
Let them mess up the country and destroy the ancestral system? !

Sima Guang shook his head in his heart.

Then, he looked at Fan Zuyu and asked, "Chunfu thinks the news from Bianjing is credible?"

Fan Zuyu naturally knew what Sima Guang was referring to?
All kinds of legends about that Chungong Yuanliang, the current crown prince of the Song Dynasty!

If it was before today, Fan Zuyu would probably shake his head.

What are the news from Bianjing?

The eight-year-old prince copied two volumes of Buddhist scriptures a day and sent them to the emperor to pray.

Not only that, this prince is also very clear about etiquette!
Apart from praying for my father, I also know that I have to pray for my mother's longevity, and my mother's blessings for the future, and pray for my mother and concubine to be happy!

This is really a bit over.

Where does an eight-year-old have such action and executive power?Where does such knowledge and insight come from?
However, this does not prevent everyone in Luoyang from writing congratulatory forms as soon as they got the news.

Tianjia, isn't everyone so good-faced? !
Since the Tian family wants to brag, the minister will naturally not spoil the fun!
However, the news from Bianjing became more and more exaggerated.

The prince is earnest and eager to learn. At only eight years old, he has already mastered "The Analects of Confucius" and "Book of Filial Piety".

He even started learning from Tai Mu!

Taimu bestowed the meaning of spring and autumn, and the prince read it and understood it. I would like to play Taimu: If Zheng Bo captures but does not kill, and admonishes Duan Shu with benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, how will Duan Shu treat Zheng Bo?

When the news reached Luoyang, everyone opened their mouths wide, and then went back to write congratulatory forms.

The queen mother wants to praise her grandson, and wants to make her image bright and beautiful in front of the world.

understandable!understandable!
Fan Zuyu followed Sima Guangxiu to build a general mirror for Zizhi, with historical materials in his hands, and a load of buckets on his car.

There are countless similar examples in the history books.

There are more exaggerated and bizarre things than this.

Left and right are nothing more than falsehoods deliberately created by those in power to whitewash themselves.

Not to mention, the Tianshu incident in this dynasty is known to everyone, and the scholar-bureaucrats are ashamed.

Even if the Tian family can not mention it now.

However, the news from Bianjing today is really thought-provoking.

The prince... No, it should be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now.

This His Highness, before and after moving the palace, showed surprising wisdom.

In particular, when faced with inquiries from the prime minister, he was able to express his personal opinions clearly and clearly, and at the same time, he did not exceed any etiquette.

If the news from Bianjing is indeed true.

Then Fan Zuyu had to go back and look at the various beautifying deeds that the empress dowagers and empresses who he considered to be the palace officials had deliberately released in order to whitewash the prince.

He had to think - what if... what if, those things were really done by the prince himself.

Then, in the city of Luoyang, all the elders and sages have to overthrow all their speculations and assumptions about His Royal Highness Yuanliang of the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Fan Zuyu cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I think that if everything Bianjing said is true, then it is really a blessing for the community and the country!"

The Luoyang group of sages, who have retired to Luoyang for more than ten years, are waiting for such an opportunity and possibility.

Officials, stubborn, have been completely fascinated by the gold, silver and copper coins in the treasury.

But how did he know that there is a certain amount of wealth in the world.

Either in the government, or in the common people.

Now, the court has more money, and the common people naturally have less money.

The people have no money, the people's livelihood is in decline, and all industries are in depression!
In this way, no matter how much money there is in the government treasury, what is the use?

Sima Guang did not answer Fan Zuyu, but fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Fan Zuyu couldn't help becoming curious, and asked, "Sir, what are you thinking?"

Sima Guang's eyes blurred for a moment, looking at Fan Zuyu who was in front of him, who was almost the same as when he was in his prime. After pondering for a moment, he said leisurely: "The old man is thinking about one thing..."

"Dare to ask Mr. Xiang what's the matter?"

Sima Guang raised his head and looked at the sky: "As Chunfu said, above the Li Chu Ci, the Empress Dowager has the power to listen to the government, and the Empress has the power to manage the military and state affairs... It is the Zaifu who invites the Spring Palace and the Empress Yuanliang, and the ministers gather in the hall to invite the two palaces to come... Then..."

"Chunfu has been studying books with me for more than ten years. You should know that since ancient times, the power of the heroines to cut off the military and the country has been granted by the superiors!"

"The story of presenting Empress Mingsu in this dynasty and ruling the country with a curtain comes from the edict of Zhenmiao!"

"But now, the two palaces are behind the curtains to listen to the government, but it was the prime minister who asked Yu Yuanchun Gongliang to play in the two palaces..."

"Although it did not come directly from Chungong Yuanliang's will, it is also inseparable from Chungong Yuanliang!"

"In that case..."

"Chorus Yuanliang, in the future, can also take back his authority with a piece of imperial edict!"

Fan Zuyu listened, but didn't quite understand, and asked: "Sir, isn't this what should be done?"

"If the emperor is an adult, the two palaces will be the emperor!"

Sima Guang laughed when he heard this.

I am very satisfied with Fan Zuyu's answer.

This is the words of a pure gentleman who has not been polluted by the court.

Therefore, he nodded to Fan Zuyu: "Chun Fu is right!"

After the Son of Heaven becomes an adult, no matter the Empress or the Empress Dowager, they will automatically lose the right to judge the government, and they should take the initiative to return the power to the Son of Heaven!

This is not only the etiquette, but also the system, and it is the principle of the scholar-bureaucrats.

However, Sima Guang knew.

This kind of etiquette is correct, the system is naturally reasonable, and all the literati and bureaucrats agree.

It's another matter in court.

At the beginning, Zhang Xianming hung the curtain, but he even wore the emperor's crown.

After Renmiao became an adult, the queen ignored the calls from the ruling and opposition parties to return to power.

She kept the power until the moment she died!
Sima Guang's father, Sima Chi, had experienced the imperial court during Zhang Xianming's Su Hanging Curtain Period.

Therefore, Sima Guang remembered his father's evaluation of Zhang Xianming when he was hanging down the curtain: he was almost the same as Empress Wu!

Well, the problem is coming.

What if the prince becomes an adult in the future, but the two palaces do not want to return to power, or one of them does not want to return to power?
Seeing Sima Guang's expression, Fan Zuyu finally came to his senses.

In Zizhi Tongjian Bookstore, Fan Zuyu is responsible for sorting out, summarizing and editing some historical materials of the Tang Dynasty.

How could he not know about the bloody turmoil in the court of the Tang Dynasty?
However, Fan Zuyu was not worried.

"Master, don't worry!" Fan Zuyu cupped his hands and persuaded: "I have my own law!"

The Song Dynasty is not the Han and Tang Dynasties.

After a hundred years of Wenzhi in the Song Dynasty, it has reached an unprecedented peak.

Articles, statutes, and established laws are everywhere and all-encompassing.

Although there are disadvantages of redundant officials, there is no more chaos in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Especially after the Renmiao era, the possibility of a heroine's chaos has been institutionally eliminated.

At the beginning, Mercy Shengguang presented the curtain, but Han Zhongxian led all the officials to force him back to Baoci Palace.

Literati and bureaucrats will only agree with the legitimacy of the emperor's administration.

The empress dowager and empress listen to the government, which is just a helpless strategy to follow the power in a hurry.

As long as the emperor shows, he can govern.

Then there is no need for the emperor himself to speak, the scholar-bureaucrats will do it and let the queen mother and queen return to power!
Sima Guang listened and just smiled.

This younger generation is good at everything, but he is too young and too naive!

While the two were talking, a servant came to report: "Xianggong, Grand Master Wen sent someone to send an invitation card. Please come to Luoyang Zisheng Temple to meet tonight!"

A gold-plated invitation card was presented to Sima Guang by this servant.

Sima Guang took the invitation and opened it.

Then I saw that on the invitation card, the words "Yin old man worships, pedantic old man respects" are used.

He immediately laughed.

Yin Sou is the nickname of the Taishi Wen Yanbo, the veteran of the three dynasties who has retired.

And Sima Guang called himself a pedantic old man.

Putting away the invitation, Sima Guang said to Fan Zuyu: "It seems that Grand Master Wen can't sit still!"

"Chunfu, get ready, follow me tonight to meet the elders of the country and the elites of the literary world!"

"Since Fu Hangong passed away, Luoyang Qiying has not met for a long time!" Sima Guang showed nostalgia as he spoke.

After the Xining reform, the gentlemen and gentlemen in the court went out one after another, either actively or passively, and then gathered in Luoyang.

Therefore, under the initiative of Wen Lugong (Wen Yanbo) and Fu Hangong (Fu Bi), twelve veteran ministers held a banquet and prepared wine in the home of Fu Hangong.

Later, Wang Gongchen, who was staying at the Daming Mansion in Beijing, heard about it and sent a letter, saying that he wanted to join.

So under the auspices of Wen Lugong, the well-known painter Zheng Huan was invited to paint portraits of 13 elders in the Qiying Hall in the newly built Zisheng Temple in Luoyang, which hung in the hall.

This is the origin of the famous Luoyang Senior Citizens Association.

It's a pity that the veterans of the Senior Citizens Association haven't been together for a long time since the unfortunate death of Duke Fu Han.

Everyone is playing their own games.

For example, Sima Guang himself organized a frank meeting.

Wen Yanbo formed a club of five elders to play.

Wang Gongchen, who was staying at the Daming Mansion in Beijing, also organized a game for the same year.

Now, after two years, the veterans of the Senior Citizens’ Association gather again at the Senior Citizens’ Hall of the Shengchanyuan. It is another grand gathering!
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Note: Spring Palace and Qing Palace are both synonymous names for the Tang and Song wombs, Yuanliang: synonymous for the crown prince.

Generally, ministers would not directly address the crown prince in private, but would call him by name and refer to him to show respect.

(End of this chapter)