Compete for the Song Dynasty

Listening to what Chao Er said, Wang Bian thought that they had money on them, and if they couldn't get out of the city, it wouldn't be a big problem to just find a place to stay for a night.Even if they come back, there is no place for them in this house.Besides, with Shi Qian's current skills, even if the curfew is over, it won't be a problem to sneak out of the city.What he was worried about was that he didn't know if it was Zhao Xu who was really coming. If that was the case, it seemed that he would arrive in half a day.

"Father, where are you going to take refuge temporarily?" Wang Pang looked at Wang Anshi and asked.

Wang Anshi himself didn't answer, and turned to Chao Er, "Where do you think it would be better for me to stay for a few days?"

Chao Er scratched his head and thought for a while: "With this little place around us, you can be found wherever you go?! Who in this Jiangning Mansion doesn't know that you always have the Zhennan Jiedu Envoy, the Tongping of Jiangning Mansion You don’t do anything, but you just want to build a humble house here?! Besides, you often go to those places, sleeping, reading, and wandering, you can be found everywhere in the southeast, north, and west!”

The two turned their gazes to Wang Pang at the same time, Wang Pang smiled and said, "Why do you want to avoid it, my lord father?"

Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "I also thought about what the intention would be if someone came this time. Back then I repeatedly asked the emperor to relieve me from my position, but the emperor refused. It was not until the ninth year of Xining that the emperor saw that my farewell was very firm, so he let me come here .The next year I resigned from the Jiangning Mansion again, but the emperor still didn't agree. In the end, I asked to use myself as an official to lead the official view. The emperor sent Sun Gui, the Jiangdong transshipment envoy, to persuade me. I still insisted, and finally got permission."

Chao Er asked in confusion: "What is a temple?"

Wang Anshi explained: "The so-called palaces and temples are the official names used to place the real positions of retired prime ministers. They are just called ancestral halls in name."

"Father means that he doesn't want to be an official anymore? So avoid people who come looking for you?!"

"Exactly, the first time I dismissed my prime minister back then, although it was a voluntary request, it was inevitable that I felt resentment; but the second time I dismissed my prime minister, there was only joy and resentment. This is a kind of joy to relieve a heavy burden. The joy of liberation. In the past few years, I have adapted to such a leisurely rural life, and my state of mind is also different when I meditate and worship the Buddha every day."

Saying this, the king sighed: "It's all my fault. If I didn't go out back then, I would have stayed by Daddy's side, maybe things would have been different."

On the contrary, Wang Anshi smiled: "Not necessarily, everything has a definite number. I understand now that I was too eager for quick success. The emperor has a heart for change. Others say that the emperor's heart for change is not firm, but it is not necessarily true. Otherwise, how could I have experienced it? Ten years? But the reason for the failure lies in the timing and favorable location and harmony between people. The time has not yet arrived, and harmony between people has not yet been achieved. If these ten years are used to promote the new law, slowly win people's hearts, and find out the pros and cons and weigh them little by little. Do it. That’s a big deal!”

Wang Pang slowly savored Wang Anshi's words, and he seemed to hear from his father's words that even if Wang Pang hadn't disappeared for 14 years, the tension in the matter might not be smooth.

"Old man, what you said is really good. If you don't want to be the prime minister, it is really wronged, but since you see it so openly, why should you avoid it? If the emperor sends a high-ranking official, you can say what you think. Otherwise, if you really want to avoid it, you can take refuge in a humble house in the city for a few days, anyway, no one usually goes to my dilapidated house."

These few words of Chao Er's words are not considered second, Wang Anshi pointed at Chao Er, "Chao Er, he can say two decent words in a day, and today's talk is over."

Chao Er chuckled twice: "That's right, I also think that the curfew is here, and it will be inconvenient to go in and out of the city. If you live in the city, at least it will be convenient for us to eat. I don't know which brat you left me with that bun." I ate it secretly, my stomach is still rumbling."

Wang Anshi and his son burst out laughing. Sure enough, there were only two sentences, and the third sentence started to be off topic.

After laughing, Wang Pang said: "Let's wait a little longer, when my followers come back, let's leave here, no matter where you plan to go, I will follow you."

Wang Anshi nodded: "What Chao Er said is not unreasonable. Since I have a heart for Buddha, why not just go to Dinglin Temple. No matter who comes, I will just show my determination."

"Father, don't you really want to become a monk?" Wang Pang asked in surprise.

"Lee Buddha doesn't have to become a monk. It's like when we wanted to change, we didn't have to set up three divisions to stop regulations. With power, the responsibility is greater, and the staff is complicated. If the people's hearts are not what they want, everything is empty talk!"

Hearing these words, Wang Pang was even more moved. He could see that the Wang Anshi who appeared today was different from the past.

The father and son chatted for a while, and Hu Tieling and others came back with food.This time Chao Er was so happy, not only did he have food, but it was also delicious. Several people just watched him eat with his cheeks off.

After dinner, while Wang Anshi was packing up, Wang Pang called Chao Er aside: "Chao Er, let me ask you, what else do you do on weekdays?" [

"Looking at the forest, chopping firewood, and occasionally helping the old man clean up, why do you ask me, my lord?"

"From now on, I will give you [-] guan each month, and you will be responsible for taking care of my father."

"Oh, that's a good thing. Usually, that's not all I do, and now I've got extra money, so how many buns do I have to buy!"

Seeing his father's poor life and no one to take care of him, Wang Pang felt really sad.He wanted to take Wang Anshi back to the capital, but his father said he would not go back, saying that he wanted to put his love on the mountains and rivers, and he would walk around in the future.Wang Anshi's character is stubborn, and Wang Bang knew that once he made up his mind to pay attention to the nine cows, he would not be able to pull them back.

After Wang Anshi packed up his things, they walked down the road between the hills to the mound, and Chao Er led the way to Xiegongdun.

Xie Gongdun was originally the residence of Xie An in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Xie An 320-385, styled Anshi, nicknamed Dongshan, a statesman and military strategist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty). Wang Anshi bought and repaired this place as another house of his own. Mansion.Although this is considered a mansion, it is just a small courtyard, but it looks more like a courtyard than Banshan Garden, and it just accommodates a few people to rest.

The father and son talked behind closed doors, and seemed to talk more, but they rarely talked about political affairs.

Wang Bang saw a poem written on the wall: My name and surname are even the same, and my house is in the eyes.If the public goes, I will come and pier belong to me, and the surname of pun should not be still with the public.Thinking that Mr. Xie happened to be named Anshi, I didn't expect my father to still have this kind of elegance. No wonder he left so many poems and lines.

When the father and son talked about the poem, Wang Pang thought of the reminder on the wall of the Banshan Garden, as if he had seen it somewhere before.Then he asked: "Father, the [-]-acre atrium of "Huanxisha" in your half-mountain garden is half covered with moss, and the white water lingers in front of the door. How many people can come for leisure? The small courtyard corridor is quiet in spring, and there are two or three apricots in the mountain peach stream. For whom is Lingluo opened? This word has such an artistic conception, why does it seem familiar to me?"

Seeing that Wang Pang recited his own words in one breath, Wang Anshi was overjoyed: "Haha, not bad, I didn't expect you to have a good memory, and you're actually good at every word!"

My memory is pretty good, and I have 5000 years in my mind, not to mention Wang Anshi's poems from Tang and Song Dynasties when I was a child.Wang Pang laughed and said, "It's not that I have a good memory, it's that my father wrote it well."

"Do you think the first few sentences of this word are familiar?"

"Exactly, that's what my son wanted to ask. But when you said this, I remembered a few words. The hundred-acre garden is half covered with moss, and the peach blossoms are all in bloom. Where does the Taoist priest who planted peaches go? Come on. Is this what Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty did?” After Wang Anshi’s reminder, Wang Pang suddenly thought of this poem, no wonder the inscription on the wall is so familiar today.

Wang Anshi nodded: "Do you know why my father mentioned this word about Huanxisha on the wall?"

"The child can't think of it for a while!"

"I think these eight Sima are all outstanding talents in the world! As a father, I will test you. What can you think of with this poem and this word?"

Wang Pang was not stupid at all. Tang Shunzong ascended the throne and promoted Wang Shuwen, etc. to seize the power of middle officers and soldiers to carry out reforms.After the failure, the old school bureaucrats and eunuchs dismissed all those who participated in it: Wei Zhiyi was demoted to Yazhou Sima Han Tai was Qianzhou Sima Chen Jian was Taizhou Sima Liu Zongyuan was Yongzhou Sima Liu Yuxi was Langzhou Sima Han Ye was Raozhou Sima Lingzhun When Cheng Yi was the Sima of Lianzhou and became the Sima of Chenzhou, he was called the Eighth Sima.

In order to confirm, he asked: "Father, did you mention this Huanxi sand in Banshan Garden on purpose?"

Seeing Wang Anshi nodding his head firmly, Wang Pang smiled slightly, how could this matter pass him? "Father, Liu Yuxi was one of the "Eight Sima" back then. He was demoted for ten years and had a dream in Kyoto. Ten years later, Liu Yuxi returned to Chang'an. He wrote "Zi Liuzi's Autobiography". When recalling Chang'an, before this opportunity to improve his predicament by bowing his head a little, he looked at the dead peach trees and the wild sunflowers and oats all over the ground, and sang again: the courtyard of a hundred acres is half covered with moss, and the peach blossoms are all covered with cauliflower Open. Where does the Taoist priest planting flowers go? Liu Lang, who was the former degree, is here again. The emperor is not happy, and the powerful officials are not happy.

Talking about Liu Yuxi's story, Wang Anshi's own experience appeared in front of his eyes, and Wang Pang felt even more deeply that he had been away for 14 years. If he bowed his head a little at this time, he could also change the current predicament.The father and son fell into deep thought, and after a while Wang Pang said, "Father, your Banshan Garden is reserved for outsiders to see, so you deliberately wrote words that imitate Liu Lang?"

"My son is smart! Originally, I thought that your brother is not as good as you in terms of luck, but you are not as good as your brother Yuan Ze in terms of intelligence. But now it seems that you are smarter than your brother. At least he is not as open-minded as you. If your brother With your open-mindedness, it wouldn't be like that."

"Father, my brother is also smart, but he is too smart to stand up to other people colluding with each other. Don't be sad about my brother."

"I'm not sad anymore. This is also a relief for Yuan Ze. If he really rises to the top one day, with his character, I am afraid that he will suffer more disasters than Su Shi!"

"It seems that my father has already looked away. It seems that my father has already thought that someone will come to this half-mountain garden sooner or later."

"The emperor once asked Li Bi, the magistrate of Jiangning, what my half-mountain garden looks like. Li Bi answered the emperor that the house can only shelter from wind and rain, and whether there is a wall. The reason why I want to avoid it is because I think this half-mountain garden cannot receive distinguished guests. , and appear disrespectful."

"Hehe, so father obviously already knows who is coming."

Wang Anshi nodded: "I know it for my father, but you know it even more. You have asked me so much about my father, but I just want to see my father's mind. I am old, and I can see it. You can do whatever you want. Alright, I am very content to see you as a father again."