Bianliang Shiyue Chapter 391: Meet the Immortals in Wine
Bianliang, the Immortal of Wine.
Lu Yao drank and chatted with Su Shi, Su Che and Zeng Gong, and the time passed very quickly. In fact, Lu Yao still liked to hang out with these talented scholars, which was the same as when he was with Chen Chen and Pan Wen.
Two completely different feelings. Of course, this does not mean that Chen Chen and Pan Wen are at a lower level than Su Shi and Su Che. There is no comparison between these people. In the end, Chen Chen and Pan Wen are just civilians. Even Pan
Wen's family is a big businessman, but he will never enter the officialdom in his life, let alone Chen Chen. His wish is nothing more than to allow Lao Chen and his mother to live a stable life.
But the three people in front of me are different. Su Shi, Su Che, and Zeng Gong will all be called the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties in the future. They are great talents known and recognized by later generations. Their goals and ambitions,
They are very different from ordinary people. No matter what the final outcome of the three people is, they all have made achievements in the officialdom and can be regarded as good officials who serve the country and the people.
Drinking and talking with them, Lu Yao felt it was a great blessing in life.
Among these three people, what Lu Yao did not expect was that Su Shi was bold and unrestrained. Although he was concerned about government affairs, he did not get emotional or speak fiercely. As for Zeng Gong, after getting to know Lu Yao, he found that his character was more
He is more rigid and has a more scholarly temperament.
On the other hand, Su Che, who was not very impressive at first and had been following Su Shi all the time, after experiencing this trial, Lu Yao's impression of him began to deepen.
In Su Che, Lu Yao saw the shadow of modern progressive youth, who can be said to be passionate.
Combining Su Che's life, Lu Yao may be able to find the answer.
In the second year of Jiayou's reign, brothers Su Che and Su Shi participated in the examination of the Ministry of Rites. At that time, Ouyang Xiuzhi paid tribute and placed brothers Su Shi and Su Che in the higher ranks. Su Che was ranked in the top five. After he was ranked in the top five, he presented the "Book of Han Taiwei to the Privy Council"
"In April of the same year, Han Qi, the privy envoy, due to the death of his mother Cheng, the father and son returned to Shu.
In October of the third year of Jiayou's reign (1058) to the fourth year of Jiayou's reign (1059), Su Zhe traveled with his father in Kaifeng. In December, the family arrived in Jiangling. Su Zhe compiled the 100 poems he wrote on the boat into "
"Southern Journey Collection".
In the fifth year of Jiayou's reign, Su Zhe returned to Kaifeng from Jiangling with his father. The father and son compiled the poems and poems they wrote on the way (a total of seventy-three poems) into the "Collection after the South Journey", and Su Zhe wrote the "Introduction to the Collection after the South Journey".
In March, Yang Tian, who was in charge of Tianzhang Pavilion, was ordered to transfer officials (transferred based on performance evaluation). Su Zhe was awarded the title of chief registrar of Mianchi County, Henan Prefecture. He was also promoted to be "talented, knowledgeable and wise in the physical and practical subjects" (the official administration category of the imperial examination).
Subjects). In the same year, Su Che and Su Shi were studying at Huaiyuan Station in Tokyo, preparing for the system examination.
Later, Su Che participated in the imperial examination and criticized Song Renzong in his article from both the aspects of government affairs and private life.
Managing the government: Su Che wrote that because the Song Dynasty was prosperous, Song Renzong relaxed his vigilance and developed a mentality of "don't worry if nothing happens, and be afraid if something happens"; during the Qingli Year, Song Renzong encouraged people to teach farming and mulberry planting
, established schools, and later sent envoys to patrol the world. These actions were just "face-saving projects" and they just wanted to be famous forever.
In terms of private life, Su Che was even more "not stingy": "In recent years, there have been thousands of noble ladies in the palace, singing, dancing, drinking, and laughing without restraint." These are his original words.
Not only that, Su Che also listed 6 faint kings who have been notorious for thousands of years - Taikang of the Xia Dynasty, Zu Jia of the Shang Dynasty, King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty, as well as Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Tang Muzong, and Tang Gongzong. This almost compares Song Renzong and these faint kings.
Put them into one category. In addition, it is also said that Song Renzong was extravagant and extravagant.
After a while, Sima Guang laughed and said: "This article is excellent and should be rated as top-notch!"
For a while, the two examiners had different opinions. Another examiner, Fan Zhen, came out to smooth things over and said: "Otherwise, let's rate him as a fourth class. It's not good, but it won't mean that his talent will be buried."
Cai Xiang, the envoy of the Third Secretary, who was standing aside, saw the opportunity and said: "I am the envoy of the Third Secretary. I am ashamed of what the Secretary Hui said and dare not complain."
The general idea is: I feel very guilty after reading this article. Even I, the Third Secretary, would not dare to say these words. Su Che's courage is commendable.
Unexpectedly, Hu Suzheng acted like a donkey and refused to agree.
Everyone had no choice but to present this controversial article to Song Renzong himself. The examiners were beating drums in their hearts, fearing that Long Yan would be furious and harm them. Song Renzong was reading the article, and everyone present held their breaths, and the hall was so quiet.
You could even hear a pin drop. Song Renzong remained silent, and Hu Su couldn't hold himself still. He stepped forward and said: "The unruly Su Che, what he heard from hearsay, actually spread his nonsense to the court!"
Unexpectedly, Renzong said disapprovingly: "Hey, my dear, don't just look at things from one side. Although his article was a bit exaggerated, it reminded me. At the same time, it also proved that Su Che is a person who dares to speak out. Isn't this right?
Is there someone the court needs?"
The other examiners breathed a sigh of relief and admired the emperor's tolerance and generosity.
On the day when the results were announced, Su Che had no hope and just accompanied his brother to see the results.
When the two brothers arrived at the place where the results were released, Su Zhe pretended to be relaxed and said, "Brother, I won't go to see you anymore. I'll wait for you here."
Su Shi had no choice but to do anything about himself and his brother. He sighed and went to look at the list by himself.
When Su Zhe was melancholy, his brother ran over happily and shouted: "I'm hit, I'm hit!"
Su Zhe said without changing his expression: "Congratulations to my brother for high school!"
The elder brother explained: "You got hit too!"
Although it is not as "high quality" as my brother's, it is already an unexpected surprise.
With this incident, Su Che's reputation has spread among officials!
Soon, Su Che was appointed as the Provincial Secretary and Provincial Secretary, Shangzhou Military Recommendation Officer, and officially entered the officialdom.
What you need to know is that Su Zhe will never meet such a good-tempered emperor in the future.
Thinking about it now, Lu Yao only felt that it was his luck for an emperor to have such a fair and outspoken minister. On the other hand, it was also his blessing for a minister to meet such a magnanimous and tolerant emperor.
After Renzong's death, Su Che's luck seemed to have run out.
In the second year of Xining (1069), Su Che wrote a letter discussing political affairs and was summoned by Shenzong to the Yanhe Hall.
At that time, Prime Minister Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi were in charge of the Three Regulations Department, and Su Che was ordered to join the Third Regulation Department. Lu Huiqing relied on Wang Anshi, and Su Che had many conflicts when discussing with him. Wang Anshi asked Su Che to discuss it carefully with "The Book of Young Miao".
He said: "If you have any inconvenience, just tell me and don't worry." Su Zhe said: "The original intention of lending money to the people at half the interest is to help the people, not to seek profit. But between the coming and going, the officials took the opportunity to seek personal gain.
Even if there is a law, it cannot be forbidden to commit adultery. When the money comes into the hands of the people, even good people will have to spend it indiscriminately. When it is time to return the money, even if the people are rich, they will have to exceed the time limit. In this way, I am afraid that they will be whipped and urged, and the state and county officials will be overwhelmed.
I'm sorry. Liu Yan was in charge of the national finances in the Tang Dynasty and never lent money to the people. Some people blamed him. Liu Yan said: "It is not a blessing for the country to let the people get money by chance; it is not good for the people to ask the officials to rely on the law to urge the supervisors to repay their debts."
.Although I never grant loans, I can always know the price of grain in good harvests and famines in the four directions in time. If the grain is cheap, I will buy it, and if the grain is expensive, I will sell it. Therefore, there is no problem of too expensive or too cheap grain in the four directions. How can I
Use it to issue loans? 'What Liu Yan said is the Changpingcang method. Now this method is still there but the problem is that it is not rectified. If you are really interested in people's livelihood, rectify it and implement it, then Liu Yan's achievements will be effective immediately." Wang Anshi said:
"What you said makes sense, I'll think about it slowly." From then on, I didn't talk about the Qingmiao method for a month.
Hebei transshipment judge Wang Guanglian petitioned to issue several thousand copies of the certificate to monks as capital, and privately implemented the Green Crop Law in the Shaanxi Transshipment Department, with distribution in the spring and collection in the autumn. In agreement with Wang Anshi, the Green Crop Law began to be implemented. Wang Anshi sent people to seek for the money that had not yet been collected. Both inside and outside the court knew that these people would definitely cater to Wang Anshi's wishes and did not dare to say anything. Su Zhe went to see Chen Shengzhi and said: "In the past, in the last years of Jiayou's reign, officials were sent to care for the people of all walks of life, but each of them insisted on It caused trouble. Most of what he said when he came back was unimplementable and was laughed at by everyone in the world. How is it different from this now?" He wrote to Wang Anshi again, trying his best to state that this matter was not feasible. Wang Anshi was angry and would increase the crime. Chen Shengzhi He was dissuaded and was demoted in August of the second year of Xining (1069) and was appointed as a stay-at-home promotion official in Henan Prefecture.
During the era of Wang Anshi's political reform, it can be said that Su Che was demoted because of his strong opposition to the political reform, especially the Youth Law. This was also due to his outspoken character.
In the eighth year of Yuanfeng (1085), Shenzong died and Song Zhezong ascended the throne. In May, Su Che fell ill and recovered in autumn. In August, because the old party was in power, he was recalled as secretary of the Provincial School Secretary. In the first year of Yuanyou ( In 1086), Su Che came to the capital and served as the right advisor. At that time, the Empress Dowager Gao (Gao Taotao) listened behind the curtain and appointed Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu as prime ministers. He wanted to abolish the new law, but the prime ministers Cai Que and Han supported the new law. Zhen and Privy Councilor Zhang Dun were both impeached and removed from office by Su Che. Minister Lu Huiqing gained important positions by clinging to Wang Anshi, but later tried his best to exclude Wang Anshi and framed Wang Anshi, and was hated by the world. When the New Party was liquidated, he knew that he could not escape punishment and asked for help. He was appointed as a palace watcher to avoid being demoted and exiled. Su Zhe went to three chapters to expose his evil deeds, and finally made Lu Huiqing settle in Jianzhou as a casual official. Sima Guang wanted to restore the service law because of Wang Anshi's exemption from service. But they don’t know that the harm of the Service Law is equivalent to that of the Exemption Law. Su Zhe said: “It has been almost twenty years since the abolition of the Service Law, and officials and people have not gotten used to it. What’s more, the Service Law is related to many affairs and is very intricate and complicated. Only by implementing it more slowly can we be cautious. Detailed. If you don’t delve into the whole thing and implement it immediately, I’m afraid that after implementation, various disadvantages will arise. As usual, the state and county’s exemption money has accumulated surplus, which is enough for several years. For the time being, we will continue to employ people until this year. . Urge the relevant officials in supervision to review the Service Law, and make it a law this winter, and then enact the Service Law next year. If it is implemented and no one will discuss it anymore, it will be beneficial for both advancement and retreat." Sima Guang also established the "Book of Songs" because of Wang Anshi, "The Book of Songs". He wanted to change the imperial examination and establish new regulations. Su Zhe said: "There are not many days left for the Jinshi exam next autumn, and the discussion will not be decided in time. Although poetry and Fu are small skills, they must pay attention to the sound. It takes a lot of effort to use the law. As for the management of the scriptures, recitation and explanation, it is not an easy task. In short, it cannot be implemented in the coming year. I hope that for the exam next year, everything will remain as usual, only the interpretation of the scriptures and the commentaries and discussions of various schools , or put forward the candidate's own opinions, not using Wang Anshi's theory. And the examination of the interpretation of the laws and regulations was stopped, so that the candidates knew that there was a final conclusion, and devoted themselves to learning, waiting for the selection examination, and then slowly discussed Yuanyou for five years. It’s not too late to introduce regulations for the imperial examination in the future.” But Sima Guang didn’t listen.
At first, Shenzong implemented the policy of opening up the border and sent troops to attack Xixia. He established Lanzhou on Xihe Road and Anjiang, Mizhi and other villages in Yan'an. After the old party came to power, Sima Guang advocated returning all the cities occupied during Xifeng. The village, state, army, and Su Che expressed support, but could not gain unanimous approval within the old party. The imperial court finally agreed to cede the four villages of Mizhi, Futu, Jialu, and Anjiang in Xixia. The four villages were handed over to the Song Dynasty and abandoned. At the time of the decisive battle, Xixia launched a large-scale military intrusion, but Su Zhe and others believed that the Xia attack was actually caused by the Song Dynasty not conceding enough and not ceding land easily enough. This strategy of compromise and concession gradually went bankrupt.
Zhe Zong came into power, and the New Party regained power. Li Qingchen, his servant, presided over the scientific examination and wrote articles to refute Yuanyou's political affairs. Su Che wrote a letter against Zhe Zong's restoration of Xining's new law, and was demoted to Ruzhou. A few months later, he was demoted to Zuo Chaoyi, and Yuan You was informed. Prefecture. Before taking office, he was demoted to Zuo Chaoyi Dafu in July, tried as a Shaofu Supervisor, and was divided into Nanjing and Junzhou residence. Su Che had excellent political achievements in governing Ruzhou. When he was dismissed and left, the elders in the state said goodbye to him. His people were sobbing and weeping for dozens of miles.
During the conversation with the three of them, Lu Yao actually asked them about their views on the current issues between Song and Xia. Su Shi and Zeng Gong both felt that if it could be solved through peace talks, they should try not to use military force. After all, if it really happened When fighting occurs, lives are lost, and it is the people who suffer in the end. The conscription alone is enough to destroy countless families.
The advice Su Che gave at this time was completely different from the two of them. He felt that when it came to national sovereignty, he could not give in. The great Song Dynasty should not recognize the independence of Daxia. Lu Yao Seeing that Su Che didn't say anything, he thought that Su Che was very high-spirited now and was still an out-and-out war fighter. In fact, in the later period, after the Song-Xia war, Su Che praised Sima Guang's policy of compromise and concession. With his support, Song Dynasty ceded Mizhi, Futu, Jialu, and Anjiang villages to Xixia, but failed to obtain peace. Xixia continued to invade and the compromise policy failed.
Compared with Su Shi and Zeng Gong, Lu Yao feels that the current Su Che is more in line with the requirements for the talents he will need in the future. Su Che's current situation is like a progressive young man who can't find his direction and needs someone to guide him. As long as he If he uses the right direction, he and Wang Anshi may not be able to be in the same room to discuss policies.
In fact, Lu Yao had a plan of his own when he asked these three people to get together today. He wanted to use this gathering to see who of the three people could help him in the future. After all, Lu Yao had already decided to enter the court. If you want to form your own small group, you should make plans now. After passing the palace examination, these three people will enter the court, and there will be fewer opportunities to win over them and talk to them. Work hard in advance. After getting to know each other, , Lu Yao felt that Su Shi was too difficult to control, and his personality really didn't match him very well. It would be okay if he just wrote poems and recited essays, but he still shouldn't choose him as a partner in political affairs. The same goes for Zeng Gong on the other side. Lu Yao is a person who is determined to change. Zeng Gong's ideas are too conservative, and his strong bookishness is not what Lu Yao is looking for. But Su Zhe is different. Although he also has a bookishness, but his passion Lu Yao admired his enthusiasm very much, so Lu Yao decided that after the imperial examination, he should talk to Su Che about his plans after entering the official career, so as to make Su Che a person on his side.
The few of them chatted for a long time. Today was the day when the results were released. Everyone was very happy. The party did not disperse until the afternoon. The three of them drank more. Lu Yao knew that there were important arrangements tonight, so
Didn't drink too much.
Lu Yao asked Tang Xi to drive the carriage to take the three of them back to their residence, while he went to the backyard alone, waiting for the arrival of night.
In the evening, Fang Zhuang came to Jiuzhongxian to train with Lu Yao as usual. However, when he arrived at Jiuzhongxian, he saw the guys carrying boxes one by one from the carriage parked at the door.
I come to Fangzhuang every day, and I am naturally very familiar with the shopkeeper and the waiter of Jiu Zhongxian.
Watching them transporting boxes one by one, Fang Zhuang asked: "What is in this? It looks quite heavy."
The shopkeeper on the side looked at Fangzhuang and said: "You don't know, Boss Lu invited an expert from Hebei. These are the rewards for that expert. Tangxi Butler asked us to send the money to the backyard.
Go, wait for the master to arrive in a while, and then send it to him."
"Lie to Kangxi"
Master? Fangzhuang was a little confused. Although Lu Yao had asked Fangzhuang about Jintai's name before, he never expressed his intention to invite Jintai back. Therefore, Fangzhuang didn't know Lu Yao either.
At this time, Jin Tai has already made an appointment to come to the Wine Fairy for a party tonight, and he has no idea what Lu Yao's plans will be in the future.
"Master? Do you know who he is and what he wants to do?" Fangzhuang asked. Although he didn't know Lu Yao's plan, he was already here now, and Lu Yao was in the backyard. It was obvious that this
The master will soon come to the Jiuzhongxian to meet Lu Yao. If he is not needed, Lu Yao should let Tang Xi come and tell him that he does not need to train tonight. Obviously, the master should also be practicing with him.
It doesn't matter, Fangzhuang's thinking is still very quick.
"I don't know," the shopkeeper said, "but I can see that the young master attaches great importance to this expert, otherwise he wouldn't have paid him so much."
Fangzhuang looked at the boxes of money being carried inside and felt a little unhappy. The remuneration Lu Yao gave him and several other bodyguards was admittedly not low, but the so-called expert who was coming this moment actually
It was worth the reward Lu Yao gave him.
Could it be that he was really a master? Fang Zhuang thought to himself, if that was the case, he might as well have a few moves with that master in a while. If he was really a genuine martial arts master, I would just give him this money. If it was just
If it was just an appearance, Fangzhuang felt that it would be better for Lu Yao to give the money to himself.
In fact, this is what Lu Yao planned in his mind. Although Lu Yao has admired Jintai's reputation for a long time, he has never actually seen Jintai actually use boxing techniques such as Bagua Quan or Monkey Fist in front of him.
Come on. Even though Zhang Mou once said before that Jintai alone said that a group of bandits were repelled, but what he heard was false and what he saw was believing. What's more, Lu Yao himself had a fight with Fangzhuang.
As a master of foot poking, Fang Zhuang asked him to compete with Jintai here today. Lu Yao regarded it as giving himself a chance to watch a kung fu movie up close.
Fang Zhuang didn't say anything to the shopkeeper of Jiu Zhongxian and went straight to the backyard. Lu Yao had been practicing there for a while. When he saw Fang Zhuang coming, he motioned for him to find a chair and sit down.
After Fangzhuang sat down, he expressed his thoughts directly.
"Sir, the master you are going to invite later should be the Jintai you mentioned to me before."
Lu Yao looked at Fang Zhuang's unnatural expression, nodded, and said, "Yes, I sent someone to Hebei to look for him before. I didn't know if I could find him. I didn't expect that I actually found him. He will be here soon."
.You are so smart, you should know what I mean."
Fang Zhuang looked at Lu Yao and said, "You want me to compete with him later to see how good his kung fu is."
Lu Yao said: "Yes, I have only heard about it before. I have learned your martial arts skills, so it is most appropriate for you to test him."
"It just so happens that I also want to try out this master's kung fu, which is what I want." Fang Zhuang smiled and said.
After another quarter of an hour, Zhang Mou led people into the backyard.
Lu Yao looked at the person who came, and describing him as tall and tall was not an exaggeration at all. According to modern height calculations, this person should be close to 1.9 meters tall, with a standard body shape. However, judging from his appearance, Lu Yao could tell at a glance.
Jintai must have experienced many things before. There are two or three scars on his face. Judging from his age, he should be nearly thirty.
Zhang Mou on the side said excitedly: "This is Mr. Lu Yao, Mr., this is Jintai."
Lu Yao nodded slightly towards Jintai. Jintai looked at Lu Yao, bowed and said, "Thank you Mr. Lu for your respect. I wonder what you want me to come from Hebei for?"
Lu Yao smiled and said: "Don't worry, you can see the boxes piled behind. They contain all the rewards for you. What you are asked to do is also very simple. Before that, I want to take a look
How far have you practiced Kung Fu? It just so happens that I also have a person here who has decent martial arts skills. Please give me a try and open my eyes."
