Kaiyuan Merry

() Wei Zhi's blunt words mercilessly ridiculed the elders of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he didn't bother to take into account Wang Wei's feelings. If it was Wang Wei before, he would definitely think that Wei Zhi's words were too much. The Taiyuan Wang family, no matter how infighting among the Wang family, the cohesion of the family will allow Wang Wei to side with the Wang family.

But at this time, Wang Wei didn't care about Wei Zhi's irony at all. He just looked at what happened to his father. For the mighty Hedong Wang clan, Wang Wei must use his own performance to slap those old bones hard.

However, the current status of the Taiyuan Wang family is really embarrassing. Ever since Empress Wu came to power, the Taiyuan Wang family has been severely suppressed, only because the former Emperor Gaozong's Wang and Empress can be regarded as the direct descendants of the Taiyuan Wang family, but Wu Zetian Calculated to death, as Empress Wu took power and weakened the power of the aristocratic family, it was impossible for her to deal with the entire five surnames and seven sects at once.

Therefore, apart from remembering the glory of the past, the Wang family in Taiyuan can only be at the bottom of the five surnames. Even Wang Renjiao, who was born as a reckless man, has to win over. I have to say that this is really sad. The only one worthy of complacency is probably the Wang family. There were several famous poets, such as Wang Zhihuan, Wang Changling, etc., but their influence in the officialdom was too small.

The rest of the big families who knew the situation of the Wang family had no respect for the Taiyuan Wang family, let alone the Hedong Wang family. Otherwise, Cui Po would not dare to go directly to the Hedong Wang family to humiliate the Wang family. If Wang Wei's mother If it wasn't for the Cui family, the situation of the Hedong Wang family would be even more embarrassing.

So at this time, Wei Zhi's friendship with Wang Wei moved Wang Wei deeply. The sincere friendship without any interests is indeed very idealized, and it is almost impossible to appear in reality, but because Wei Zhi is an extremely idealized People, so there is such a friendship.

Wang Wei felt that after this evening's banquet, his friendship with Wei Zhi seemed to have deepened, but in his impression, it seemed that the Wang Wei in history had a normal relationship with Wei Zhi, just like Wang Wei and Cui Zhi now. The relationship with Hao, Lu Xiang and others is the same, and they probably belong to the category of making friends through literature, drinking and meat friends.

Presumably it was Wei Zhi's arrogant and cold attitude and his merciless blunt words that made the historical Wang Wei gradually alienate this extremely arrogant young master of the Wei family.

But today's Wang Wei is more practical. He doesn't care about Wei Zhi's cold and arrogant appearance, nor does he mind that he must speak with a poisonous tongue, because Wei Zhi is helpful to his official career, and he also hopes to have such a person. Outspoken friends.

Next, the two began to chat casually while eating the fruit. Of course, Wang Wei's understanding of the high-level politics of the Tang Dynasty was much worse than that of Wei Zhi, so he listened carefully.

I only heard Wei Zhi pointing Jiang Shandao in a very generous tone: "Although I don't like the current sage very much, I have to admit that the sage's emperor's mind is really beautiful, but sometimes it hurts the old minister's heart too much."

Wang Wei's heart moved, and he asked tentatively, "You mean the matter of Mr. Yao's resignation last year?"

Wei Zhi nodded, and said, "Yao Yuanzhi (Yao Chong), the veteran of several dynasties, played a great role in stabilizing the Holy Majesty after he ascended the throne. Now that the situation has stabilized, the Holy Majesty will naturally kick out this gentleman who hinders him from taking power. So the revelation of Yao Yuanzhi's staff accepting bribes was just an inducement. If the Holy Majesty didn't want to move Yao Yuanzhi, he wouldn't care about such a trivial matter. Now, Song Guangping (Song Jing) recommended by Yao Yuanzhi is just a shield for the current Holy Majesty to reform the long-standing abuses. What are you waiting for? Time has caused public outrage, and I will definitely have to dismiss him again."

Wang Wei nodded secretly. In history, Yao Chong and Song Jing were both virtuous ministers, comparable to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. It was written in Zizhi Tongjian: "Yao and Song have been prime ministers one after another, advocating goodness. In response to changing affairs, Song Shan abides by the law and upholds righteousness; the two have different ambitions, but they work together to assist them, so that taxes and duties are lenient, punishments are cleared, and the people are prosperous. Tang Shixian, formerly known as Fang and Du, later known as Yao and Song, and others There is no comparison. Whenever the two of you come to meet each other, you will always go up for it, and when you go, Linxuan will see you off."

Yao Chong and Song Jing became relatives one after another. Yao Chong was good at adapting to the situation to complete the task satisfactorily, while Song Jing was good at adhering to the established law and sticking to the right way. The two people had different ambitions, but they could work together to assist Xuanzong, making the tax and service lenient in this period. , the punishment is clear, and the people are rich.Among the virtuous prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, there were Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and Yao Chong and Song in the Kaiyuan Dynasty. The others cannot be compared with these four.When Yao Chong and Song Jin met, Tang Xuanzong often stood up to greet them, and when they left, Tang Xuanzong would see them off in front of the hall.

Thinking of Song Jing's praise of Wei Zhi's "excellent legacy of virtue, everything is true", Wang Wei couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Since Yin Qing is appreciated by Song Xianggong, isn't he afraid that he will hurt you if Song Xianggong dismisses him in the future?"

Wei Zhi replied very casually: "I just admire Song Guangping's uprightness. Even his own uncle refused to allow the officials to accommodate him when selecting candidates and officials. Moreover, Song Guangping is indeed capable. A gentleman like this who is both upright and capable, even He will be dismissed, as long as the sage is not stupid, then there will be a time to recover, no matter what you do, you must have a long-term perspective."

Wang Wei deeply agrees with Wei Zhi's views, but knowing the general trend of history, he knows that Tang Xuanzong was indeed very wise in the early Kaiyuan period, but who would have thought that Tang Xuanzong would lose himself in the glory of the Kaiyuan prosperity in the future?

After the two talked about Song Jing, the prime minister in the political affairs hall, they also talked about Su Ting, the deputy prime minister. Discuss, but Su Ting didn't mind, but took the overall situation into consideration, let Song Jing make drastic reforms to accumulate evils, Song Jing played in front of the Holy One, and when the Holy Majesty asked him that he couldn't answer, Su Ting would supplement it, making the Holy Majesty adopt it. Their suggestion, so Song Jing lamented that Su Ting "done public and disregarded selfishness".

After talking about Hui Su's excellence, Wei Zhi would ridicule Lu Huaishen, the "Prime Minister with Food" who partnered with Yao Chong back then.

Back then, Yao Chong once asked for more than ten days' leave for his son's funeral, which piled up government affairs that should be dealt with. Lu Huaishen couldn't make a decision, felt very panic, and went to apologize to Xuanzong.Tang Xuanzong said to him: "I entrusted Yao Chong with the affairs of the world, just to let you sit down and appease the refined scholars and laymen." After the matter was dealt with, he couldn't help but look smug, and turned back to Ziweisheren Qi Huan and said, "As a prime minister, can I compare with those prime ministers in history?" Qi Huan didn't answer.Yao Chong continued to ask: "Who is better between me and Guan Zhong or Yan Ying?" Qi Huan replied: "Although the laws and regulations pursued by Guan Zhong and Yan Ying have not been handed down to future generations, at least they have been implemented for life. You The laws and regulations enacted can be changed at any time, and they seem to be inferior to them." Yao Chong asked again: "Then what kind of prime minister am I?" Qi Huan replied: "You can be said to be a prime minister who saves the time. Yao Chong was very happy after hearing this, threw the pen in his hand on the table and said, "It's not easy to find a prime minister who saves time!"

Lu Huaishen and Yao Chong served as prime ministers at the same time. He thought he was inferior to Yao Chong in talent, so whenever he encountered an issue, he had to ask Yao Chong to handle it. People at that time called him "the prime minister with food".

Wang Wei listened to Wei Zhi's words with great interest. He found that Wei Zhi's interest was indeed very high today. He is usually a silent and cold person. Once he started talking, he really couldn't stop the car. Ziwei made Zhang Shuo speak out about his political conflict with former Prime Minister Yao Chong.

Originally, Wang Wei only listened to it as gossip, but when it involved Qi Wang Li Fan, Wang Wei couldn't help but thumped in his heart, because he searched his memory and found that his predecessor had a very good relationship with Qi Wang Li Fan, and he could be regarded as specially singing for Qi Wang One of the literati, this is actually a last resort. After all, Wang Wei, who is weak in Chang'an, still needs to rely on dignitaries like King Qi if he wants to be famous.

But at this time Wang Wei felt that it is better to have some relationship with Qi Wangyuan. Wang Wei, who aspires to be a high-ranking official, if he gets too close to such a clan and royal family, he will definitely be suspected by the current emperor. Taking advantage of this, he calculated what Zhang said.

Of course, Wang Wei, who has no official status now, can still make friends with King Qi as a young poet. After entering the officialdom, he must keep a proper distance. At that time, there is no need to rely on fame, but real Achievements and well-run connections.

That night, Wang Wei lived in Wei Zhi's mansion, and he had to admit that Wang Wei was treated graciously. The beds in Wei Zhi's house were no worse than those in Wang Wei's house. Wang Wei, who had traveled for many days, slept beautifully. I fell asleep and had a dream that seemed to predict the future.

In the dream, he first failed the imperial examination in the eighth year of Kaiyuan three years later. Realizing the unspoken rules of the imperial examination, he tried his best to become famous. Wang Lifan's flattery can be said to be one set, and finally he got a chance to meet Princess Yuzhen, who is now the number one beauty in the Tang Dynasty.

He was asked to dress up beautifully to play the pipa at the residence of the "Nine Princesses", just like an actor. During this period, nothing glamorous happened. Wang Wei, who impressed Princess Yuzhen with his talent, was greatly appreciated by the princess, so In the imperial examination in the ninth year of Kaiyuan, he became the number one scholar in the Jinshi department.

It can be said that he got his wish, but because of this, Wang Wei became notorious and was often despised, because many people who hated Wang Wei speculated that he won the number one prize by selling his appearance, thinking that his behavior was incompatible with someone The thing called "male favorite" is very similar, and because of this, when Wang Wei selected people to appoint officials, he only got an official position like Tai Lecheng with no potential for development.

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