After the three of them chatted, Jia Sidao lost interest and took Mei Ji to rest.
Liao Yingzhong received a heavy blow on his shoulder today. He let someone squeeze him. Even though the maid's bare hands were light, the pain still caused him to hiss out from time to time.
"Everyone in the court said that Dong Weng had 'lost the courtesy of a minister'. Did Feiyu see it today?"
"It's an eye-opener." Li Xia said.
"Do you know why Dong Weng is like this?"
"Love to play?"
Liao Yingzhong sighed: "Dong Weng was not born as a playboy, but he was too hard when he was young, and only after he became successful and famous did he go wild."
Li Xia asked: "Is that... revengeful debauchery?"
"Dong Weng's behavior is probably related to the old affairs of his father and ancestors. The two generations have been honest and hardworking for half their lives, and they will not end well..."
The water in the bath was always at the same temperature. Li Xia listened to Liao Yingzhong's slow talk and gradually understood Jia Sidao's life.
The Jia family is said to be prominent after the famous Jia Yi in the Han Dynasty...
Jia Sidao's grandfather's name was "Jia Wei". Jia Wei once guarded Kaijiang, Sichuan. He jumped over the top and wrote to expose the crimes of several generals. He was accused of revenge and died unjustly.
Jia Sidao's father's name was "Jia She". When Jia Wei died unjustly, Jia She was only twenty years old. He rushed to appeal, wrote to Fucheng, and cried out for ten years, and finally the injustice of Jia Wei was overturned.
After that, Jia She became an official and served as the Huaidong Zhizhi envoy. He tried his best to recruit the Shandong Rebel Army, which was the loyal rebel army led by Li Quan, the father of Li Fen.
In the twelfth year of Jiading, seventy cities in Shandong "returned to their three-hundred-year-old masters." The following year, Yan Shi responded to the call and surrendered, and all the land east of the Taihang Mountains returned to the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Jia She also encouraged the Shandong rebels to go on the Northern Expedition, preaching to the Central Plains that "those who come back to the Central Plains and rebel against the enemy will be rewarded with no hesitation." The Jin Dynasty was greatly shaken, saying that "the Song Dynasty sent Li Quan in a false name, so Shandong was on the ground."
But the good times did not last long. The Song Dynasty could no longer afford the expenses of the Shandong Rebel Army, saying that "no benefit was achieved, but hundreds of millions of dollars were lost." After Li Quan's power grew, he gradually became interested in separatism.
At that time, Jia She was already aware of Li Quan's ambitions and kept using inducements and divisive methods to guard against Li Quan. However, Prime Minister Shi Miyuan bent on wooing Li Quan and kept conferring senior officials on him.
When Jia She was caught in the middle and exhausted, people in the court kept accusing him of raising tigers, completely denying everything he had worked hard for many years.
By this time, Jia She was exhausted both physically and mentally, and was seriously ill. In the same year, the Jin soldiers invaded in a large scale. Jia She went into battle despite being ill, and defeated the Jin soldiers. He died of illness on the way back to the army.
Later, Xu Guo, Xu Xiji and others who replaced Jia She used extreme measures to provoke Li Quan's rebellion. The Song Dynasty lost Shandong. Although Li Quan was killed, Li Fen and Yan Shi all rebelled against the Song Dynasty and became the Mongolian princes...
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When Jia She died, Jia Sidao was only eleven years old, and he was a concubine. His biological mother, Mrs. Hu, was Jia She's concubine. Moreover, Jia Wei and Jia She both had reputations for being honest as officials. From this we can see that Jia Sidao was obviously
He has been a dandy boy since he was a child.
Through Liao Yingzhong's words, Li Xia can probably imagine what kind of discipline Jia Sidao endured when he was young...
Both my father and my ancestors died suddenly due to humiliation, and the burden of the family fell on the head of a little bastard. How hard should I study to revitalize the family business?
It wasn't until Jia Sidao was nineteen years old that his sister entered the palace and was named a noble concubine the following year. Three years later, he entered the official position under the influence of his father. Three years after that, he passed the Jinshi title. He served as an official for three years and was appointed as the commander of Huguang.
Under the command of Meng Gong, he was promoted to Minister of Household Affairs in two years, and became a direct bachelor of Baozhang Pavilion and deputy envoy along the Yangtze River in another two years... It can be said that he rose to prominence.
In the next two years, Meng Gong and Concubine Jia died one after another, but Jia Sidao's promotion rate did not slow down. In ten years, he entered the Privy Council and was granted the title of Founding Duke of Linhai County...
"Everyone says that Dong Weng is a dandy and is humble, and he was promoted solely because of Concubine Huishun's nepotism. However, it was only ten years after Concubine Huishun passed away that Dong Weng truly emerged."
Liao Yingzhong said, sighed, and then said: "Others were sent to work along the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. There was no food and salary, and the poor were in poverty. But Dong Weng not only did not harm the people, but also managed the food and salary by himself, and still had some savings to support others. Just relying on nepotism, you can
To achieve this? To be honest, only Shi Yanzhi said something fair at that time, 'Although Xi Dao has youthful habits, his talents can be put to great use'."
Li Xia nodded and said: "Jia Xianggong is indeed a man of real ability, but his youthful habits are also real."
"I have never met the grandpa of the Jia family, but it seems that he is a straightforward and upright man. Come to think of it... Dong Weng had a hard time studying when he was a boy, and he hated his grandpa in his heart..."
Li Xia understood what Liao Yingzhong meant.
In the eyes of a child, his father and grandfather devoted their whole lives to the country, but all they got in return was their unrequited ambition. They died in the middle of life, leaving behind orphans and widowed mothers. Her mother scolded him every day to ask him how to maintain the integrity of the Jia family.
The name of loyalty is nothing more than "If you don't make progress, do you want to disgrace the glory of your father and ancestors?"...
Everything must be reversed at the extreme. Jia Sidao was so indulgent in his adult life, I am afraid there is some contradiction in it. Moreover, his official career was indeed too smooth, he was arrogant and very conceited.
Liao Yingzhong said: "Today, Feiyu also contradicted Dongweng many times. Dongweng didn't blame you at all. He obviously admires you very much... Do you know why?"
Li Xia said: "I am of benefit to Mr. Jia."
"Not only that." Liao Yingzhong sighed: "Dongweng's family wants him to live like Feiyu."
"Me like this?"
"Perseverance, calmness, how should I put it..."
"Self-discipline." Li Xia said.
"Yes, Dong Weng often recited a poem, 'I would like to be a frivolous son of Wuling, born in the Kaiyuan period of Zhenguan. I will spend my life fighting cocks and running dogs, without knowing the safety of heaven and earth.'"
"Although Xianggong Jia was not born in the Kaiyuan period of Zhenguan, he was already living his life as a fighting cock and a running dog."
Liao Yingzhong smiled bitterly and said: "But he still wants to live like you."
"Can't let it go?" Li Xia asked: "You hate the loyalty and diligence of your fathers, but you also have to inherit this loyalty and diligence?"
"Fei Yu knows, whose poem this is?"
"I don't know."
Liao Yingzhong took a long breath and said slowly: "Wang Jiefu."
Li Xia had lived in the Song Dynasty for so long and had learned a lot. He asked: "Wang Anshi, the reformer?"
"Let's go, the washing is almost done, let's change our clothes and talk..."
Li Xia thought about everything that happened today, and began to understand Jia Sidao vaguely.
Who doesn’t like the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, who doesn’t like the luxury of fine clothes and fine food, and being free all day long? But the country’s family business is in turmoil, and no one can escape the responsibility.
Behind Jia Sidao's laughter and curses, there were lingering youthful habits, a rebellion against his family's destiny, or a cover-up of his own powerlessness... Only he knew it.
"I would like to be a frivolous son of Wuling...Wang Anshi..."
Thinking silently in his mind, Li Xia suddenly felt himself being pinched gently. He looked down and saw that it was the maid who was wiping and changing her clothes, biting her red lips and expressing affection with her eyebrows.
"If the officials want it, actually..."
"This doesn't mean I want to." Li Xia said, "I'll do it myself."
He put on his clothes and although he didn't say much, his expression showed that he didn't want to be disturbed.
"Yes, I will lead the officials over..."
Pushing the door open to another room, it was as warm as spring inside. I stepped on the thick felt blanket with my bare feet and lay on the lounge chair. The maid just now gently took Li Xia's hair and began to wipe it. She carefully placed it on a small stove to dry.
With.
Two maids came over and continued to trim his nails; another maid brought melons and fruits and began to make tea; there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo.
The temperature in the room, the soft lounge chair beneath you, the girl's gentle hands... everything makes you feel comfortable.
After a while, Liao Yingzhong came over, and the two of them continued to talk.
"Feiyu has been running all the way, are you exhausted?"
"No shortage. My hair happens to be wet. Please continue, Mr. Yaozhou."
Liao Yingzhong snorted comfortably and said: "Wang Jiefu's poem, there are also the first four sentences, 'The desire for joy and adolescence, a hundred years of life are often miserable. What's the use of old age and wealth, the strength is only due to worry and diligence'. Isn't this not the case?
A portrayal of Dong Weng?”
Li Xia smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't look like it, does it?"
In his opinion, Wang Anshi and Jia Sidao have two completely different evaluations, one is famous in history, the other is infamy for thousands of years.
Liao Yingzhong said: "It's funny to say that Dong Weng and Wang Jiefu are completely different people. Wang Jiefu is a simple man, not ostentatious, and his wife has a concubine for him. When Wang Jiefu saw her, he asked, 'What is it?', isn't it ridiculous?"
Li Xia nodded. With just these three words, he could feel Wang Anshi's old-fashioned attitude.
"And after that?"
"Wang Jiefu asked about the woman's life experience and learned that her husband owed an official debt and sold her as a concubine, so he gave her money and reunited her with her husband." Liao Yingzhong said: "His man...Su Laoquan said that he was 'disgraced in prison'.
With these four words, you can know a thing or two."
"The prisoner is so sad?" Li Xia once again seemed a little ignorant in front of these scholars.
Liao Yingzhong said: "If your face is not washed, if your clothes are not stained, you will wear the clothes of the captives, eat the food of the dogs and pigs, and the prisoner will talk about poetry and calligraphy with his face in mourning."
Wang Anshi's stubborn and slovenly appearance immediately came to mind in Li Xia's mind. He and Jia Xianggong were indeed two extreme people.
Li Xia knew that Liao Yingzhong would not talk about Wang Anshi without reason. Thinking of what Jia Sidao had said before, he asked, "Does Mr. Jia want to be Wang Anshi?"
"Who dares to be Wang Jiefu?" Liao Yingzhong murmured in a low voice, "Feiyu, haven't you heard people scold you? 'The hypocritical and innovative minister caused the disaster of Jingkang, buried half of the Song Dynasty, spread poison all over the world, and will be infamy for thousands of years'... If the situation hadn't come to this,
How dare Dong Weng follow suit?"
Li Xia couldn't help but be surprised.
He had seen a lot, but he never expected to hear such words today.
Jia Sidao, a treacherous minister like Qingshi who was reviled by Qing Dynasty, still had the nerve to despise Wang Anshi and leave him in disgrace for thousands of years?