His father Su Che, the youngest of the three Sus, married two wives in his life, but also had two or three concubines. Su Fang's mother, Zhao, was the last concubine of Su Che during his lifetime, and she was lucky enough to give birth to Su Fang.
After Su Dongpo's death, Su Che's career reached its peak. He held the title of bachelor and reached the official position of Minister Youcheng, which was a high-power position.
But Sansu's character was not comparable to that of the corrupt officials in the Huizong era of Song Dynasty, so he did not accumulate hundreds of millions of wealth. After the death of brothers Su Shi and Su Che, they were buried in the Central Plains and did not return to their hometown. The descendants of the Su family
In order to avoid the salty whirlpool in Bianliang, the family moved back to Sichuan.
Because Su Fang was a commoner, he was not taken seriously by his family. Because his mother was from Bianliang, she was reluctant to leave her hometown, so she asked the mistress of the family to take Su Fang to stay in Bianliang, Tokyo. The Su family had an open-minded family style, so they agreed. However,
The property left behind was rather small, with only a small amount of money in a small courtyard. Su Fang and his son did not even have a servant. They relied on each other to survive on their mother Zhao's private house money and some rent from renting out the backyard.
At first, Su Fang was valued by some interested dignitaries, but his literary talents were too talented. Su Fang tried his best, but he was just a talent. In his twenties, he only got the title of scholar, and then he fell out of the rankings one after another. He buried his head.
Su Fang was very sad because he studied hard and failed in his studies, so much so that he looked a little old before he reached thirty years old. Perhaps there are high-ranking officials and powerful people who don't want to see upright people like Su Shi and Su Che come to power again.
What Song Wen values is a person behind Su Fang that no one can imagine! A person with a special status that makes countless people awe and even hate him...
Liang Shicheng!
Liang Shicheng was originally a handyman in the calligraphy bureau of the eunuch Jia Xiang. He was "intelligent, learned grammar, and knew a little bit about calligraphy." Later, he was trusted by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty to write imperial edicts for the emperor. "He wrote all the imperial orders by his hand" and was listed as a Jinshi.
. Later he was promoted to Jinzhou Observation Envoy and Xingde Army to stay behind. Finally he was promoted to Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Shaobao, and was promoted to the Inspector of the School. At that time, people secretly called him the "Hidden Prime Minister". Wang Fu respected Liang Shicheng as much as a child.
Father, call him "Mr. Enfu".
Now Liang Shicheng has reached the rank of Grand Tutor of the School! He was at the height of his power, and Tong Guan was much inferior to him. However, Liang Shicheng always called himself the last son of the Su family. His mother was Su Dongpo, which was criticized by later generations.
The protagonist of the long journey to give a concubine...
Su Shi gave his concubine to his friend named Zheng, and the concubine gave birth to a son in less than ten months! This child was Liang Shicheng...
It may be far-fetched or it may be true. In short, after Liang Shicheng himself exposed this matter, it was actually accepted by the people of the time. For this reason, Song Huizong even trusted Liang Shicheng more.
When Su Zhe was still alive, Liang Shicheng even told his housekeeper that if Mr. Su needed money, he didn’t need to ask me for expenses under 10,000 guan, he could just withdraw it! It can be seen that Liang Shicheng, whether true or not, had a deep understanding of the Su family.
He is still very well-intentioned. In addition, he has vindicated the so-called late father Su Shi several times and brought banned Su poetry to light. Some literati also have a good impression of him.
All this, coupled with Liang Shicheng's city government intrigues, allowed him to almost completely dominate the inner court of Song Huizong Zhao Ji's harem! For a time, he was extremely powerful and unparalleled in the limelight.
Master Liang was the hidden prime minister of the Song Dynasty! Even Cai Jing had to respect him respectfully. As for a villain like Wang Fu... he treated him as a father! He didn't even dare to straighten his waist in front of Liang Shicheng.
Although Su Fang didn't have much talent, the children of the Su family still had the arrogance and character. After learning about this, his face turned red with anger and he kept scolding Wang Fu's servant for being so bold.
Song Wen asked Lin Chong to quickly buy breakfast and send it to Su Fang's mother. By the way, he used the excuse to pay a visit to the widow of the young scholar Su and pay Mo Bao a visit.
In the small study room, after a brief visit to Su Fang's mother, Song Wen and Su Fang sat on chairs and talked about the matter. Su Fang sighed and said: "Not long after my late father passed away, my brother escorted my mistress back to Shuzhong.
I have lost contact with my old friends in the past two years! I...I will go to Taixue and ask the teachers and classmates. I will never let Brother Song suffer any injustice in this matter!"
Song Wen sighed secretly in his heart, what is the use of a few imperial students? Complain? Appeal? In the current officialdom of the Song Dynasty, who cares about this?
Song Wen sighed and shook his head: "Su Xiucai didn't know something. The proprietors of Sihai Winery are also descendants of powerful generals, but when they heard about this, they all backed away... Lord Wang Fu is not easy to deal with."
senior official."
Su Fang also shook his head and sighed, thinking for a long time but there was no good solution.
In the house, Ms. Zhao, who had been listening to the noise outside, couldn't help but said: "The world is in a hot climate. Your father's old friends are all noble people. I'm afraid your classmates from Imperial College can't help Brother Song. Since Brother Song can save your life,
Thank you for your kindness, why don’t you go to the Liang Mansion and ask?”
"Ah? Mother...this...this...my mistress and brother told me before they left that if life is difficult, you can go to Shu for help, but you cannot go to that...that person!"
Su's mother Zhao seemed a little worried, so she opened the door curtain and walked out. Su Fang hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Su's mother looked Song Wen up and down again, and Song Wen hurriedly bowed and greeted him respectfully.
"Well, a good young man was forced to do this by a slave. It really shouldn't be... Jiecheng, you must repay the favor of saving your life! You'd better go to Liang Mansion for a visit!"
Su Fang's face turned a little red, but he finally nodded.
A big stone suddenly fell to the ground in Song Wen's heart. This matter... has a way out!
You can't visit empty-handed, especially for a student like Su Fang, whose status is somewhat embarrassing. Liang Shicheng is willing to have some interactions with the descendants of the Su family, but the real descendants of the Su family have always avoided him. Without him, it's embarrassing.
Lin Chong accompanied Su Fang to the street to buy some gifts, while Song Wen was left behind by Su's mother.
Mother Su looked at Song Wen with a smile, and Song Wen felt a little embarrassed for no reason... Mother Su said in a low voice: "Whether it was intentional or by chance, I have thanked Brother Song for his help... To be honest, Fang'er
He is a little dull-tempered, and has not achieved much in studies these years. However, he refuses to lower his head to ask for help from his late husband's old friends because of his face. Taking this opportunity to let him get to know the real powerful ministers can be considered as a chance for him to borrow the spare time of his late husband in his life.
Get some shade!"
Song Wen's heart tightened, and he suddenly had a new understanding of this somewhat old woman... The old woman seemed to see some clues, but she didn't point them out!
Song Wen couldn't help but gain a new understanding of people's hearts in this era... You can't underestimate anyone!
Song Wen bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, old lady, I just want to do my best in this matter, and I will never dare to implicate Su Xiucai! But if Mrs. Liang is willing to speak, this matter will disappear immediately."
...Wang Fu and Wang Zhongcheng don’t dare to be malicious!”
"With my late husband's reputation, Fang'er will be fine, but my little brother has made an enemy that he cannot afford to offend. If Liang Shicheng opens his mouth, Wang Fu will not dare to make a mistake, but I am afraid that my little brother will do the same in the future.
Aren't you afraid of being classified as a subordinate eunuch?"
Song Wen smiled casually: "Men like me are struggling in the market, and I know my own misery. As long as I don't fall, I still have to protect the helpless companions and children behind me... As for reputation, the pure will be clean by themselves, and the dirty will be clean by themselves.
"Zhuo! If a man can't make a great career on his own, what's the use of having a reputation?"
"It makes sense... It depends on how Liang Shicheng handles this matter, but Fang'er will no longer show up for you in the Liang Mansion. You need to know that!"
"If I can get Master Liang to become Master Liang, a word will be enough. If you don't know enough, you will be a dishonest and unrighteous person!"
"That's good..."
At noon, Song Wen declined Su Fang's kindness and took Lin Chong to leave. Su Fang went to the Liang Mansion to hand over a greeting card. Liang Shicheng's concierge and steward did not dare to neglect seeing this serious Su family disciple coming to visit, and received him
Afterwards, he told Liang Shicheng that he would have to go back from the palace at night if he was not there. The housekeeper asked Su Fang to go home and wait. If Liang Shicheng was free, he would definitely send a carriage and horse to pick up Su Fang and go to the reunion.
Lin Chong looked at the two volumes of Xiao Su's calligraphy in his arms and asked puzzledly: "For two paintings, my brother gave me thirty taels of silver...is it worth it?"
Song Wen was overjoyed in his heart! This was Su Che's original work! Among the several copies of Xu Xuesheng's authentic work that appeared in later generations, which one was not a national treasure with a sky-high price? It was a pity that Su Fang only had a copy of his uncle Su Shi and Su Dongpo's calligraphy. This boy
He regarded it as a treasure and was only willing to let Song Wen take a look at it. Song Wen didn't even have the nerve to mention buying it for collection.
Lin Chong looked around and asked softly: "Brother, in this matter...are we doing something unethical?"
Song Wen smiled slightly: "Except for those two scoundrels who we found someone to pretend to be, which of the rest of the things have we lied about? Is it a lie that the dog official Wang Fu condoned the slaves to bully us? Is it true that we adopted and supported dozens of orphans and beggars?
Are they lies? Besides...this Su Fang can be considered a well-behaved and capable scholar. I will just take more care of him in the future."
"Well, Mrs. Su is kind and polite, and she makes people feel close to her as soon as she meets her."
Song Wen secretly smiled... Lin Chong's mind is still simple. How could he know that Mrs. Su might have already had the idea of letting Su Fang take advantage of Liang Shicheng's power? This time, letting Su Fang visit the Liang Mansion is just a matter of course.