Chapter 23 The Story of the Old Father and Su Shi (Month!)
"You just said that if you have certain strength, then you can do some things. After hearing this, I found it even more funny. You are still too young."
"For example, if you only have a sword that is one foot long, you can kill a person with just one move. But if you have a sword that is a hundred feet long, before you even move the sword, it will kill someone.
Someone died."
Zhao Mingcheng listened to Zhao Tingzhi's warning and no longer dared to treat his father as an ordinary traitor.
"Here, I have one more thing to tell you. In the past, the Yellow River in Weizhou burst many times, and someone suggested moving Zongcheng County. The transfer envoy asked me to go and inspect. After looking at the situation, I replied to the transfer envoy, saying that the county seat was far away.
The plateau has been on the plateau for more than a thousand years, and the river has never invaded the territory. The place we want to move to now is not as good as the old site, and it will definitely harm the people. But do you know how the transfer envoy handles this matter?"
Zhao Mingcheng naturally looked away.
Officialdom is a magical profession.
Although Zhao Tingzhi was a completely corrupt official in his own eyes because of his embezzlement and bribery, now Zhao Mingcheng suddenly felt that his father was radiating light all over his body.
"The transfer envoy still decided to migrate. I wanted to dissuade him, but your grandfather did not agree. He told me that the transfer envoy's original intention was to let me see the Yellow River, and then decided to migrate. Because if he did not move, the transfer envoy would have no merit, and he would
Cannot be promoted."
"I was surprised at the time. But at that time, just like you now, I would do it regardless of anything after I decided on something. So I ran to question the transporter, and I asked him, 'Yes
Are the three thousand lives by the Yellow River more important or his promotion?'"
"The fortune teller questioned me and asked me what my status was, and actually took it into his own hands. He told me that I would not seek political advice unless I was in my position. Unless one day my official position is higher than his, I will never be able to do it.
I have nothing to do with him. It was he who told me that if the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, he can do whatever he wants."
After Zhao Mingcheng heard this, his eyes changed when he looked at Zhao Tingzhi.
Zhao Tingzhi twirled his beard and said, "Do you think your father and I are a spineless person? Let me tell you, although I don't know how to use a knife or a gun, my bones are harder than a knife, and the ones I stabbed are those corrupt officials."
"I misunderstood my father before."
Zhao Tingzhi's eyes were piercing. He didn't listen to Zhao Mingcheng's words at all. He just talked to himself, immersed in a sad past, "What a pity! What a pity for those three thousand living lives! The transshipment envoy ordered the people to move.
Home, only two years later, the Yellow River really washed away the new city and drowned almost all the residents."
Zhao Mingcheng was stunned to hear that, that was three thousand lives! "I thought he was just doing meaningless work for promotion, but I didn't expect that his actions killed so many people."
"So, when you have a sharp sword in your hand, you must think clearly about who the sword is for and how to use it. This is power. If you are not careful, many people will be buried with you because of your negligence."
Zhao Mingcheng remembered the teacher who taught him how to shoot. Because he forgot to unload the magazine after shooting, he punished himself by standing still for three days.
"It's just that people in the world are not all so bad. And I didn't easily give up the principles I insisted on in the past just because I met such a person. Because of this incident, I wrote a letter to Wang Wengong to impeach him.
This person. The next year, this transit envoy was impeached and exiled."
Zhao Tingzhi said with pride on his face.
It seems that this Wang Wengong is the famous reformer Wang Anshi. My father said earlier that the reform later changed its flavor, and he was referring to the historical Wang Anshi Reform.
I somehow remember that this reform was so famous that it was taught separately in history class.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a failed revolution.
"And because of this incident, I gained the attention of Wang Wengong. In the early days of Yuanyou, the imperial court called me to try out for a post in the library, appointed me as the secret pavilion school manager, and promoted me to the supervisory censor. I know that this is Wang Wengong's appointment. Support behind me.”
"It was because I became a censor that I had encounters with the so-called famous ministers in the court. At that time, Su Dongpo was a famous figure in the court, and I had always admired him; and when I went to Dezhou, I met the great talent Huang Tingjian. I I have always admired these two people. But what I didn't expect was that they did not support the reform."
"At that time, the imperial court ordered the implementation of the Municipal Change Law, but Huang Tingjian was in charge of De'an Town at the time. He believed that the people in the town were poor and could not bear the punishment. However, reform was opposed at the time. If I released water in De'an at that time, then Others will resist reform in the same way."
"So I rejected Huang Tingjian's request and implemented the Market Change Law. Unexpectedly, Huang and Su secretly wrote a letter saying that I was a villain. When I was called for examination, Su Dongpo said that I was a gatherer. A man who has little money, but whose knowledge and character are not desirable, how can he be suitable for this position?"
After hearing this, Zhao Mingcheng finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. It turned out that his father had been angry with Su Dongpo because of this incident. And seeing that he mentioned the same thing twice, it can be imagined that he has always been worried about this matter.
Now Zhao Mingcheng probably knows that part of what he is thinking about when he frowns every day.
Zhao Tingzhi glanced over with a stern look, "Why are you laughing?"
"I laugh at Su Shi for not knowing right from wrong."
"What did you call him? Mr. Su Shi, you should call him Mr. Su, Mr. Su Shi."
Zhao Mingcheng had no choice but to change his mind, but he also wondered, didn't his old father hate Su Shi very much?
"However, I am not someone to be trifled with. With the prince's support behind me, I still applied for the election, and even met with the officials. Later, the struggle between reform and stability became more and more fierce in the court, and it was difficult to deal with the matter of reform. , if the reform is successful, it can solve many long-standing problems in our country."
"But Su Shi was extremely active at this juncture. I don't know who was bewitching him, and he blocked this matter every day. I will impeach Su Dongpo. There is a sentence in Su Dongpo's cursive script, "The people are tired.", saying that he He defamed the late emperor. Later, he was punished for several crimes and was finally arrested by the jailer of Yushitai."
Why does this case sound so familiar to him? Could this be the Wutai Poetry Case? "If you don't know Yushitai, it's also called Wutai, right?"
Zhao Tingzhi was delighted, "Yes, Yushitai is Wutai. Because there are cypress trees on it and crows live there all year round, it is called Wutai. You still know this, have you remembered it?"
"That's right. What happened next?" Unexpectedly, his father actually impeached Su Shi. Zhao Mingcheng felt inexplicably proud. He actually impeached a famous poet in history. This is an honor to his ancestors. This chapter has been completed!