Compete for the Song Dynasty

Magistrate Zhu is completely wary of Wang Pang at this moment, this young man is quite likable.His tone became much softer, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Wang Pang pointed to Chen Kang who was kneeling in the hall, and said to Zhu County Magistrate: "Master, this Chen Kang is really hateful, you have assigned him such a good job, and he can't handle it well! I really don't know Congratulations!" Chen Kang heard Wang Pang say this, turned his head to look at Wang Pang, and felt puzzled: just now he felt very uncomfortable when Wang Pang complimented the county magistrate, did he misunderstand the person?How could Wang Pang be such a person, not only flattering the county magistrate, but now scolding himself to please the county magistrate?

Magistrate Zhu was even happier when he heard Wang Pang say this: "That's right, what Mr. Wang said is true! This man should be taught a good lesson. Take your time to collect taxes, take your time."

Wang Pang had to solve Chen Kang's problem first. Seeing that the county magistrate was not so hostile to him, he said, "Master of the county, I don't think this is the case. You hand over Chen Kang to me, and I will ask him to take me to the county magistrate." Let all the households collect taxes together."

Chen Kang is so angry, good king, it’s not worth it to take over the job by yourself, but you still drag me?He hastily waved his hands and said to the county magistrate, "Master, you can't..."

County Magistrate Zhu's face sank at Chen Kang: "You don't have a place to talk here! Shut up." Turning around, he said to Wang: "My lord, this man is a piece of trash. What do you want from him? use?"

Wang Pang smiled: "Grandfather of the county, this person is very familiar with the merchants in the county. You also know that I have just returned to Linchuan, and there must be someone to lead the way. Second, I just want everyone to see, although Chen Kang did not You did the job well according to your requirements, but you were still magnanimous and didn't care about him, and gave him a chance to reform himself."

Chen Kang is so angry, Wang Pang, Wang Pang, why are you so bad, boy?Fortunately, I also gave you the book treasured by my biological father, and you treated me like this.Thinking of this, he sighed, who can blame him for being unkind?

County Magistrate Zhu was grinning, Wang Pang spoke very well, he stroked his sparse beard, and kept nodding his head: "Young Master Wang's words are very true, this county magistrate will entrust this prisoner to you Let's go, but Prince Wang should take good care of him and don't let him cause trouble." Wang Pang said: "Don't worry! Then I will leave!" After that, he said goodbye to the county magistrate, and took the limping Chen Kang out The county government.

When the two walked out of the county government office, Wang Pang still said: "Take a few steps quickly." His expression was very serious.But after turning a corner, Wang Pang stopped and came to help Chen Kang.

Chen Kang was getting angry, he flicked his sleeves away from the king, leaned on the wall with one hand and walked forward.He moved his feet, his body hurt, and he felt even more wronged, but Wang Pang laughed.Wang Bang knew that Chen Kang was angry, so he didn't persuade him much, watching Chen Kang walk a few steps tremblingly.He smiled and said: "If Mr. Chen doesn't leave quickly, the wound on his body will be hard to heal if it freezes in this cold weather."

Chen Kang muttered: "You don't need to worry about it!" But he thought in his heart, how could I agree to follow such a person.He was already lame, and now he walked more slowly.Wang Pang didn't rush him either, a few steps ahead was the tavern where Wang Pang and Yuan Ze had had dinner, Wang Pang quickly walked two steps into the tavern, the shopkeeper was sitting on the counter, saw Wang Pang coming in and greeted with a smile: "Master, how many of you are eating?"

Wang Pang asked: "Shopkeeper, do you have an ox cart here? Can you borrow a buddy to help me transport something?" He said and took out two taels of silver from his arms.Two taels of silver is enough for the tavern's income for a day, and the shopkeeper was very happy when he saw it: "Yes, yes, you wait. Xiaoer, go and get on the bullock cart and help the old man pull something."

Wang Pang stood at the entrance of the tavern, and when Chen Kang approached, Xiao Er also harnessed the ox cart and led him over.Wang Pang pointed to Chen Kang and said to Xiao Er: "Come on, get him into the car." Xiao Er looked back at Chen Kang, was startled, and exclaimed: "Oh, Mr. Chen, why did you get hurt so badly?" so?"

Chen Kang looked at Wang Pang with resentment on his face, and said in his heart that I couldn't do this without you.Wang Pang laughed: "Come on, give me a hand!" As he spoke, he and Xiao Er put Chen Kang on the bullock cart, let Chen Kang lie on it, and the tavern staff drove the cart towards Wang Anshi's mansion on the Yanbu slope .Chen Kang lay on the bullock cart, muttering in his heart, what does the king want to do.

Seeing Wang Pang coming back, Uncle Zhao from Wang Anshi's mansion greeted him and said, "Second son, you are back. The master and the eldest son are waiting for you in the study." Then he looked behind Wang Pang and saw that he was lying on a bullock cart. Looking at a man with disheveled hair and wounds all over his body: "Second Young Master, who are you?"

Seeing Uncle Zhao's puzzled expression, Wang Bang said, "Uncle Zhao, please send this man to my residence, and then go and ask a doctor to look at his wound." Chen Kang, who was lying on the car, heard it. There was a burst of warmth in my heart.

Wang Pang entered the mansion and came to Wang Anshi's study.In father's study, besides father and elder brother Yuan Ze, there was another person.Wang Pang saluted his father, and greeted Yuan Ze, who saw Wang Pang addressing Wang Anshi's father, and hurriedly stood up.Wang Anshi introduced: "Jingren (Hou Shuxian's name is Jingren), this is my second son I told you, Wang Pang, the small character is Ruo." Then he turned his head and said to Wang Pang: "Pang, come to see Hou. gentlemen."

This is Mr. Hou, Wang Anshi's assistant to the king?Wang Pang couldn't help but looked at this person, and saw that this Mr. Hou was about 50 to [-] years old, with a square face, delicate features, a little red complexion, and a long silver beard fluttering on his chest; looking at his body, he was wearing a brown robe , covered with a dark brown blouse, a tea-brown belt tied around the waist, and silk shoes and clean socks on the feet.It looked quite like a teacher, and it made people feel so comfortable. Wang Bang hurriedly saluted: "Mr. Hou is good, next to the king, I will greet you, sir."

Hou Shuxian hastily returned the gift: "Second Young Master, don't be polite. You have heard about your reputation for a long time. It is also my honor to be able to join the Young Master's family."

Wang Pang knew that his father had already told Hou Shuxian about his need for the shogunate, so he said modestly: "Mr. Hou is polite, I am young, please give me more advice." After this meeting, Wang Pang had a good impression of Hou Shuxian, Hou Shuxian had heard about Wang Pang's achievements long ago, now that he saw this man's heroic appearance, he admired him even more, and praised Wang Anshi for having such two sons who are up to the challenge.

Wang Anshi greeted with a smile: "You two, don't be polite to each other. Jing Ren has just arrived in Linchuan." Hou Shuxian and Wang Pang exchanged gestures of invitation, and they sat down. Wang Pang asked: "I heard that Mr. Hou is coming. Linchuan also said that it will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but it seems that the journey has been smooth, and he arrived early. Please forgive me for not being able to greet you in time."

Hou Shuxian waved his hand: "Second Young Master, you are being polite. I planned to come out a few days later, but I went back to the capital with the Wu Du water envoy. It happened that something happened in the capital court. It's not interesting to stay there. Out."

Wang Anshi heard that there was something going on in the court, and asked with great concern: "Now Yingzong has been in power for a while, and now he is being harassed by foreign enemies. I don't know what will happen in the court?" [

Hou Shuxian said: "Jiefu, do you still remember that in the early years when Yingzong first came to the throne, he mentioned the matter of his biological father?"

Wang Anshi nodded: "Of course I remember that Sima Junshi strongly opposed it at that time, and even said: Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wuguang are in the same situation as Emperor Yingzong. After they succeeded to the throne, they did not propose to honor their biological parents. The rules have changed. But Prime Minister Han said that he could confer filial piety on the Zun, because it was still in Renzong's funeral at that time, so this matter was shelved."

Wang Pang was listening, and he said to his father and Hou Shuxian: "Sima Junshi's words are quite reasonable. Although Yingzong is Renzong's adopted son, Renzong regards him as his own, and even passed the throne to him. It is unreasonable for Zhao Shu to honor his biological father as the emperor after becoming the emperor, and let his father be equal to Emperor Renzong."

Both Wang Anshi and Hou Shuxian nodded in agreement with Wang Pang's opinion. Hou Shuxian said: "The second son is right, and Sima Junshi also said the same thing. He said: The emperor has no sons and chooses a successor from the relatives of the offspring. It is contemptible to confer birth fathers and mothers; moreover, after the death of the emperor, Nai Xia was appointed emperor by the empress or ministers. They have no relationship with the late emperor, but you were chosen by the late emperor himself, and you are even more fond of them. Plus. Your descendants can be emperors from generation to generation because of the great love of Renzong. You can make your biological father a high-ranking official, but you must not make him an emperor."

Wang Pang couldn't help saying: "Well said!" It was the first time that Wang Pang admired Sima Guang so much. Although he also admired Sima Guang before, it was mostly from the perspective of later generations.Sima Guang's literary attainments are comparable, and when Wang Pang and Sima Guang were in the court at the same time, they felt that this man was too scheming, usually reticent, and always posed some problems for himself at critical moments.Now that I suddenly heard these words, I had a different understanding of Sima Guang. I always thought that Sima Guang would only cater to Yingzong. Unexpectedly, Sima Guang still had his own opinions at the critical moment.What's more, from Wang Pang's heart, he also has a lot of affection for Renzong, so he doesn't want Yingzong to respect and establish a new emperor father.

Hou Shuxian looked at the king, and the young master had his own opinion: "It's good, but something went wrong. The Ministry of Education believes that this opinion does not specify how the Emperor Yingzong should call his biological father. Wang Gui and other assistants The minister pointed out that King Pu and Emperor Renzong are brothers, so the emperor should call his biological father the emperor's uncle. However, Ouyang Xiu, the governor who participated in politics, said that the ancients could lower the standard, but they could not change the name. How could anyone call his biological father the emperor's uncle?"

When Wang Pang and Yuan Ze heard this, they all burst into laughter, this drunkard Ouyang Xiu could also add to the chaos.But what I said is correct, it is also awkward to call a child who is adopted by someone else and call him uncle.However, Wang Anshi frowned slightly. He had seen too many disputes in the court, which reminded him of the chaotic scene at that time.