Song Menghua: At the beginning, ask to marry Sheng Minglan

This Sima Guang...are you sure he's not playing him?

He said so well!

Why didn't he think of this?

He always thought that he was a traitor and a powerful minister, but according to Sima Guang's words, he was definitely a righteous minister, a straight minister!

The gang of Han Qi and Wen Yanbo are treacherous and powerful ministers!

At this moment, tears welled up in his eyes, and he wished he could become a confidant with Sima Guang.

Zhang Fangping didn't seem surprised by Sima Guang's reaction.

He just shook his head and smiled wryly.

"What you said...why don't we know?"

"to be frank."

"I talked about this with Uncle Ouyang Yong two days ago, and I also felt that it was inappropriate."

"No matter how suppressed it is, why can't it interfere with the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony."

"But due to Uncle Ouyang Yong's bravado in the exam, we always speak in a somewhat unreasonable and outspoken way."

This is easy to understand.

Since Ouyang Xiu can belittle Taixue style and Xikun style in the examination.

Naturally, other people can also suppress Qi Heng in the palace examination.

To some extent, this is indeed a nature.

But Sima Guang obviously didn't think so.

He shook his head decisively.

"How can those two things be compared?"

"Mr. Ouyang dismissed Taixue Style and Xikun Style to clear up the literary world, and it was not aimed at a certain person."

"But what about them?"

"They're only targeting Qi Yuanruo alone!"

"If you ask me, this is not only unfair, it is also against the law of the country!"

"No."

"They must not let right and wrong be reversed!"

Qi Heng didn't know what to say.

He thought Sima Guang was mature and stable just now, why did he react so violently when the scientific examination was mentioned?

Can't you really just be filled with righteous indignation for him?

Zhang Fangping rubbed his forehead with quite a headache.

"Why do you look more like Wang Jiefu when you come back this time?"

"Don't make trouble for Pang Xiang."

"You take a good rest for two days, this matter... don't interfere."

Sima Guang was upright and awe-inspiring.

He looked at Zhang Fangping seriously.

"How could it be causing trouble for Pang Xiang?"

"How important is the imperial court's grand talent ceremony?"

"Zhang Xiang, have you thought about it?"

"They can intervene in the palace examination against Qi Yuanruo today, but will they intervene in the general examination and the palace examination next year because of other people?"

"If things go on like this, what credibility can I speak of in the Talent Ceremony?"

"Once it gets out—"

"Where is the court's face?"

"Where will the court's reputation... go?"

Zhang Fangping hesitated to speak.

In the end, he just sighed and stopped talking.

In fact, he, Ouyang Xiu, and Cai Xiang all have similar ideas to Sima Guang.

Court disputes are normal and unavoidable.

It is also understandable to suppress Qi Yuanruo.

But no matter how you suppress it, it is not advisable to destroy the fairness of the talent promotion ceremony.

To know.

The imperial examinations are aimed at students from all over the world, and the talents selected in each session will be indispensable humerus ministers of the imperial court in the future.

Once the imperial examination is unfair, and the confidence of the students in the imperial court is shaken, the consequences... will be unimaginable.

He finally looked at Qi Heng.

"Yuan Ruo, tell the truth."

"What on earth did you think?"

"You really have no desire for the title of number one scholar?"

"You don't mind if they target you in the imperial examination?"

Qi Heng shook his head without hesitation.

"I really don't care."

"It doesn't matter."

Zhang Fangping frowned, the more he didn't care, the more he didn't believe it.

With his nature of never being at a disadvantage, how could he not care about it?

"You refuse to tell the truth."

"You shouldn't be ignorant of the aura of being the number one scholar..."

"Not only can you have a higher starting point in the officialdom, but it can also give you a more stable foothold in the court."

"You must have your plan."

Qi Heng smiled helplessly.

Seems pretty innocent.

Zhang Fangping sighed, and he could tell that this kid was determined not to confess to him.

He glanced at the sky outside.

"Forget it, if you don't want to say it, I can't force you to say it."

"It's almost time, and it's time for me to go back to the Yamen."

"You two..."

Sima Guang and Qi Heng got up at the same time with a tacit understanding.

"That being the case, the two of us will leave for the time being."

Zhang Fangping also got up and cupped his hands.

……

moment.

Coming out of the Zhang Mansion, Qi Heng and Sima Guang walked side by side, and then he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Sir Sima, for your righteous words."

Sima Guang smiled, showing his white teeth.

"Yuan Ruo is polite."

"There's something you might not know."

"Di Hanchen and I... are inseparable."

"You persuaded him to resign as a privy envoy, but you actually saved his life."

"Thank you so much, I should be the one thanking you."

Qi Heng vaguely understood.

It turned out that Sima Guang said those righteous words only because of Di Qing's face.

He has a good relationship with Di Qing, of course he knows it.

When he was in Di Qing's mansion, the reason why he suggested Di Qing to go to the northwest was precisely because he saw Sima Guang's letter to Di Qing.

"of course."

"What I just said was not entirely for you."

"That's the truth. No matter what the reason is, no one should rashly intervene in the talent ceremony."

"It's just a pity."

"I've just arrived in Bianjing, and I'm a quiet person. What I can do... I'm afraid it's just a few words."

Sima Guang was both frank and helpless.

But Qi Heng couldn't help but move in his heart.

Honestly.

Among the famous officials of the Song Dynasty that he knew, the one he had the best impression so far was precisely this Sima Junshi who he just met today.

Wang Anshi is too upright and a good knife in doing things, but in dealing with people, dealing with him is too sinful.

Ouyang Xiu, Cai Xiang, and Zhang Fangping were so full of heart and soul that he really didn't dare to trust them casually.