Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 322 Marrying a Wife and a Virtuous Man
Li An secretly thought bad after hearing this.

If the imperial court issued any decree to the local government, it would be issued through the Zhongshu Province and finally delivered to the local government.

Directly send the eunuchs to convey the decree, and either reward or punish them.

Now that Wang Anshi is involved in the impeachment scandal, it is naturally impossible for the officials to reward him. The only possibility is that the officials' handling of Wang Anshi's matter has come to fruition.

Wang Anshi also thought of this, but his expression was calm and he smiled and said: "Zi Qian Zhonghuai, let's go, follow me to receive the order."

Li An and Gu Tingye looked at each other with worried eyes and followed Wang Anshi.

……

In the main courtyard of Yuzhou Tongfan Yamen.

The chamberlain who delivered the edict, after reading out the imperial edict, looked at Wang Anshi with a smile and said, "Master Wang, please go with our family."

The content of the imperial edict is very simple. Wang Anshi's post as general magistrate of Yuzhou will be revoked, and the state recorder will be temporarily responsible. Wang Anshi will be escorted back to Beijing immediately.

Li An and Gu Tingye stood at the back. Seeing what Gu Tingye wanted to say, they quickly grabbed him and shook their heads slightly at him.

This is what the officials mean, and no one can change it.

Once Gu Tingye says something in anger and offends the internal officials, the trouble will be big.

Wang Anshi's face remained very calm, and without saying anything, he followed the official who announced the decree and left.

All the officials from the Tongju Yamen hurriedly followed to see him off, leaving only Li An and Gu Tingye in the courtyard.

"Officials have always been wise, but I didn't expect that there would be times when they were confused. Wang Tongping was dedicated to serving the country and had no selfish motives at all. However, because of the villain's slanderous words, the officials directly issued an order to remove him from office and escort him back to Beijing for questioning." Gu Tingye said bitterly. .

"Zhong Huai speaks carefully." Li An said with a solemn expression.

Gu Tingye really dares to say anything. Can he say these things casually?
Once word reaches the ears of the officials, even the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion will not be able to protect him.

"Let's get out of here first." Li An pulled Gu Tingye out.

Now that Wang Anshi has been dismissed from his post, they cannot wait longer in the Tongpan Yamen.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the gate, they met Ding Xiu and a group of officials from the general magistrate's office walking back, talking and laughing.

Ding Xiu looked a little proud. He had given many gifts to the general magistrate of Yuzhou before he became an official in old age. He thought that the position of general magistrate of Yuzhou was a sure shot, but in the end Wang Anshi parachuted over.

Now, even though he is only taking on the role temporarily, he can definitely take it seriously if he can send some gifts later.

Seeing Li An and Gu Tingye walking out, Ding Xiu smiled and said, "These two are the students who are Lord Tongpan's friends, right? Although Lord Tongpan has been escorted back to Beijing now, if you encounter difficulties in Yuzhou, you can You can come to me.”

"Thank you, Mr. Ding, for your kindness. However, we are only here in Yuzhou for a study tour. We have been here for a few days and will be leaving soon." Li An said with a cupped hand.

"Haha, as the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. In this case, I will not keep you." Ding Xiu said with a smile.

"Farewell!"

Li An bowed his hands and pulled Gu Tingye away in a hurry.

"Why are you being so polite to them? Then Wang Anshi was escorted back to Beijing this time. I'm afraid there will be no chance of recovery in the future." An official laughed.

"Haha, after all, he has been our Shangguan for a while, so it's better to show some respect." Ding Xiu said with a smile.

"My lord is kind and righteous!"

……

"A bunch of villains!"

Gu Tingye listened to the flattery and wanted to go back and curse a few words.

"Okay Zhonghuai, you said they are villains, why are you angry with them?" Li An comforted.

"Zi Qian, what should we do now? Wang Tong was escorted back to Bianjing for questioning. It's a disaster but a disaster." Gu Tingye said worriedly.

Although the Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, once Wang Anshi was demoted to a remote place, it was hard to say whether the new king would remember Wang Tongpan after he succeeded to the throne. A smile appeared on Li An's face: "Actually, this is a blessing rather than a curse."

"Huh?" Gu Tingye was stunned when he heard this and looked at Li An in confusion.

"The official attitude was ambiguous before. The official suddenly issued an order to remove Brother Jiefu from his post. It was probably because there were too many officials impeached and the official had no choice but to do so. However, there are still many reformists in the DPRK and China. They will definitely keep Brother Jiefu," Li An said.

One thing Li An didn't say was that the officials could not withstand the pressure and had to remove Wang Anshi.

But whether it was for the sake of face or something else, he couldn't really deal with Wang Anshi.

After all, removing Wang Anshi from the post of general judge was tantamount to compromising with those officials.

If Wang Anshi is dealt with again, the compromise will be too thorough. Will the emperor lose his face?

When Gu Tingye heard what Li An said, he felt relieved and asked, "Where is the blessing?"

"At the beginning, I suggested that Brother Jiefu go to the local level to test his reform policy to see if there were any omissions. Unexpectedly, after he asked to be released, the officials actually sent him to Yuzhou. In fact, Yuzhou is not suitable for Experiment with the New Deal.”

"Yuzhou is located in the Central Plains, not far from Bianjing, and its prosperity is not much worse than that of the major cities in the south of the Yangtze River. There are too many constraints in such a place."

"In my opinion, the most suitable places should be the north and northwest. The land in those places is barren and there are not many landlords and gentry, so it is easier to implement." Li An said slowly.

The richer the place, the more landlords and gentry there are.

The north faces the threat of the Liao Kingdom. Although the peace between the two countries lasts for a long time, the north is not in danger after all.

Those powerful families have long since moved to the south.

What's more, the majority of officials in North Korea and China are from the south.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine the resistance to testing the New Deal in the South and Central Plains.

On the contrary, in the north, there are no big families and only small landowners, so the resistance is relatively smaller.

"Now what Brother Jiefu did in Yuzhou has aroused the vigilance of the conservative faction. Even if he stays here, it will be difficult for him to do anything. Let him stay in Yuzhou, which will make him even more uncomfortable." Li An said.

Gu Tingye thought about it carefully, nodded in agreement, and said: "Indeed, it is difficult to make a difference in Yuzhou now. So what should we do now? Return to Yuzhou?"

"We came here on the pretext of a study tour, how could we go back so quickly."

Li An pondered for a while and said: "Let's go to Wang's house. Jiefu was escorted directly to Bianjing without even a chance to go home. His wife must be very worried. Let's go and tell Mrs. Wang the situation." "

"Yeah." Gu Tingye nodded.

Neither of them had been to Wang Anshi's home in Yuzhou, but Wang Anshi had been in Yuzhou for half a year, so he asked someone to find out.

Wang Anshi's wife, the Wu family, also came from a wealthy family. She and Wang Anshi were cousins, and their grandfather, father, and uncle were all Jinshi.

Although she is a woman, she is also knowledgeable and talented in literature.

Wang Anshi was an official in Bianjing before, and he only brought his wife with him, while his children were all in his hometown.

There were only the couple and some old servants in Yuzhou.

When they came to Wang's house and saw Wu, although Wu looked worried, her mood was very stable.

Mrs. Wu comes from a scholarly family, and both her mother's and husband's families are officials. She has long been very calm about the ups and downs of officialdom.

He thanked the two for their kindness and planned to stay at home for dinner.

After Li An and Gu Tingye declined, they said goodbye and left.

"Mrs. Wang's ability to remain calm despite sudden changes is truly admirable." Gu Tingye sighed.

Li Anyi pointed out: "As the saying goes, marry a virtuous wife and take concubines and have sex. That's it."

(End of this chapter)