Chapter 1020: Wei Jing Wei Yi (two updates combined into one)
Chapter 1023 Wei Jing Wei Yi (two updates combined into one)
Zhangfu.
Zhang Yue and Qi Niang were sitting across from each other.
Seventeen Niang sat aside and recited "Luo Shen Fu" softly.
"As graceful as a frightened giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon. The autumn chrysanthemums are shining brightly, and the spring pine trees are gorgeous. They seem to be like the moon covered by light clouds, and flutter like the snow in the flowing wind."
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"If you look at it from a distance, it will be as bright as the sun rising as the morning glow; if you look at it closely, it will be as bright as a flower growing out of Lubo. If the slenderness of the grain is medium, trim it short and fit."
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Listening to Seventeen Niang reciting sentence by sentence, although it is not Wu Su's soft words, it makes people feel relaxed and happy, as if they have glimpsed the shape of Luo Shen.
Zhang Yue felt as if he was lying in the forest in summer listening to the tinkling sound of the spring, or listening to the sound of the melting snow in spring, completely forgetting about the fatigue of government affairs. When Zhang Yue opened his eyes, he saw the Seventeenth Mother looking at her with a smile on her forehead. Own.
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Cao Zijian is such a talented person, he is as graceful as a startled dragon, and as graceful as a swimming dragon. I will never be able to write such sentences in my life."
The Seventeenth Mother smiled and joked: "There is only one stone in the world. Cao Zijian has eight buckets for himself, Xie Lingyun has one bucket, and people from ancient times to modern times share one bucket. How many buckets can an official get?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yue said with a solemn expression: "That's a good question, Madam, Cao Zijian and I... share eight buckets together!"
Hearing this, both husband and wife laughed.
Zhang Yue picked up the scroll and read "Ode to the Goddess of Luo" and said: "If the shoulders are cut into shape, the waist is as plain as it should be. The neck is lengthened to show off the neck, and the pure essence is revealed."
"Fragrant and fragrant, plump and beautiful. Cloud buns and eyebrows are trimmed together. Red lips are bright on the outside, and white teeth are fresh on the inside."
When Zhang Yue read this, he couldn't help but sigh: "This word is so good. It should only exist in heaven. How many times can I hear it in the human world? It's like when I first met my wife."
When the Seventeenth Mother heard this, her eyes curled up and she smiled and said: "The official said it well, but why do you need to add the word 'chu'?"
Zhang Yue immediately changed his words seriously and said: "My lady is right, I made a mistake."
Then Zhang Yue skillfully changed the topic and said: "Madam, although Cao Zijian is very talented, there is one person in this world who is not inferior to him."
The Seventeenth Mother asked: "Who is worthy of such recognition from the officials?"
Zhang Yue counted on his fingers and said: "After Cao Zijian, the literary talent of ancient and modern times, he came to Li Taibai. After Li Taibai, the only one is Su Zizhan!"
The seventeenth mother said: "Su Zizhan is a good friend of the officials. In the Sixth Year of Jiayou, you were promoted to the third class. At first, the Yingmiao liked Su Zizhan, but not the officials. But today, the Emperor likes the officials, but not the officials. Su Zizhan."
"As a result, Su Zizhan's official career has been in vain until now. He only served as a magistrate of the state, but instead he rose through the ranks and became a minister."
Zhang Yue said: "However, since I entered the official career, I have not written any good articles, but Su Zizhan's articles are amazing. His song "Shui Diao Ge Tou" has already made Biandu very expensive!"
"Look at the letters Su Zizhan wrote to me recently. I said that there are four great joys in life: sweet rains after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, and the time when the gold medal is named."
"But Su Zizhan said there were more than four, there were sixteen."
Seventeenth mother said: "Oh? Which sixteen pieces?"
Zhang Yue read the letters one by one.
Go boating in the shallow water of the clear stream; talk at night through the bamboo window in the light rain; wash your feet by the stream when the summer comes; climb up the stairs to look at the mountains after the rain.
Walking leisurely by the willow shade embankment; smiling in front of the Huawu bottle; hearing the bells in the temple across the river; and playing the flute in the east under the moon.
Half a column of tea incense when you wake up in the morning; a cane pillow when you are tired in the afternoon; don't thank the pottery when you open the urn; don't wear clothes when receiving guests.
Flowers bloom after begging for fame; poultry flies over and talks to itself; guests come to the spring to cook tea; people play the lute and listen to the music.
After Zhang Yue finished reading, he said to Qi Niang: "Madam, look, is what Su Zizhan said interesting?"
The Seventeenth Mother said: "It's interesting, but you have forgotten, officer. Su Zizhan wrote on behalf of Zhang Lequan (Zhang Fangping) to criticize Your Majesty on the matter of the Prime Minister raising troops from Xihe Road."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Zizhan, he didn't mean it."
Zhang Yue actually slandered, Su Shi, since you have gone out to the outside world, why not write poems and lyrics instead of traveling around? What kind of politics do you want to get involved in?
Fu Bi, Zhang Fangping, and Sima Guang are opposed to the use of troops against Xihe, so don't join in the fun.
Now he has realized that the officials are very dissatisfied with Su Shi. The last time Su Shi went to Beijing to resign, the officials were not seen, so asking him to take office directly was already a warning.
Most people know to shut up when they get here.
Officials are not punished without teaching, but Su Shi opposed the use of troops from Xihe on behalf of Zhang Fangping again and again. However, Su Shi is very famous. Many people respect his talent and his words have great influence. great.
Zhang Yue also reminded Su Shi and defended Su Shi in front of officials, but now he didn't say anything because he knew it would be useless.
It wasn’t until I turned 30 that I realized that the saying “respect the fate of others and let go of helping others” is really true.
But why can Su Shi's calligraphy and paintings after his death be sold for hundreds of millions or more than one billion in later generations, but others couldn't tolerate them when he was alive.
It's sad to think about it.
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While Zhang Yue was talking to Qi Niang, a servant reported that Guo Lin and Fan Zuyu were coming from Luoyang to meet them.
Zhang Yue was happy at first when he heard this, and then felt sad.
Seventeenth Mother said: "Officials always want to meet."
Zhang Yue smiled at Seventeenth Niang and said, "Senior Brother Guo's fifth child was born a few days ago, and I haven't congratulated him yet."
Immediately Zhang Yue said: "Senior Brother Guo works hard and cultivates knowledge, so his blessings are long-lasting and he has many children and grandchildren."
Then Zhang Yue walked to the study and met Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin in casual clothes.
Guo Lin and Fan Zuyu have been following Sima Guang in Luoyang over the years to compile "Zizhi Tongjian". Guo Lin has also gained more and more trust from Sima Guang, almost as much as his eyes and ears.
And Fan Zuyu was even more affectionate. Sima Guang had an adopted son, Sima Kang, but to him now, Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin were better than Sima Kang.
The three of them were all young classmates and had a mixture of joy and sorrow after meeting each other. Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh for the frosty silk hair on Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin's hair.
Among the three, Zhang Yue was successful in his official career. He lived and worked hard on weekdays, and looked very energetic. Guo Lin's back was bowed after years of studying, and his eyes were not as good as before. Fan Zuyu was dressed in a green shirt, but the traces of time could be seen on his face.
, but his eyes are still as sharp as a knife.
Zhang Yue lifted Guo Lin's hand and said, "Senior brother, you are here because you are worried about my quarrel with Chunfu!"
Guo Lin sighed and said with a wry smile: "I have watched you and Chunfu Duzhi for so many years. Please speak up."
Fan Zuyu heard this and said: "Brother, who dares to quarrel with Mr. Zhang now? I am here to deliver a letter for Mr. Sima."
Guo Lindao: "Okay, you guys talk carefully."
Zhang Yue shook his head and immediately helped Guo Lin sit down. Someone else brought tea to Fan Zuyu and Guo Lin.
Fan Zuyu stretched out his hand to push away the tea soup without taking a sip.
Zhang Yue glanced at Fan Zuyu, opened Sima Guang's letter and read it, but saw that Sima Guang advised him not to help the emperor use troops against Xihe, and that he should stop his troops immediately, make peace with Xixia and Qingtang externally, and recuperate internally to restore the power of the people and the country.
At the same time, Sima Guang also gave advice on the reform of the draft law, saying that Zhang Yue wanted to amend the draft law into a draft exemption law, which was indeed a step too small. The exemption law should be completely abolished and the past draft draft law should be restored.
I'm not here to fix any recruitment laws.
Zhang Yue was also speechless regarding Sima Guang's opinions.
Sima Guang also made a very severe criticism in his letter: "The sins committed by the emperor are small, but the sins committed by the emperor are big."
The meaning is that if you encourage the monarch's sins, this crime is relatively small, but if you glorify the monarch's sins, it is a serious crime.
Zhang Yue read Sima Guang's words and felt like a cold blade piercing his heart.
The evil of the king... Sima Guang said that he was imitating Mencius. His own thoughts were seen through by him at a glance, which was really scary.
If Song Dynasty officials had the [Politics] attribute point, Sima Guang would definitely have a perfect score of 100. He was ranked second and no one dared to be ranked first.
For example, "Three Insufficiencies" Wang Anshi never said such a thing, but Sima Guang summed it up for Wang Anshi and put it on his head. Wang Anshi could not refute a word, and finally became the basis for people in the world to criticize him.
In addition, Zhang Yue had seen with his own eyes Sima Guang's extraordinary tactics in persuading Renzong to establish the crown prince.
How many ministers advised Renzong to establish a crown prince, but why did Sima Guang get the benefit in the end? Is this a fluke?
Sima Guang fired at him, can he withstand it? Only a strong top laner like Wang Anshi who can carry it and output can fight against a high-outbreak mid laner like Sima Guang.
When Feng Jing and Li Chengzhi attacked him, he was not afraid. Sima Guang also took action, but he was a little panicked. In his heart, he left with his crown hanging and asked Wang Anshi to come back to take charge of the overall situation.
Whoever wants to participate in politics will do it!
Who knows what Wang Anshi has been through these years? He wouldn't be able to preside over political affairs without him.
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If you want to achieve something in the world, without that stubbornness and that great power, you will never be able to achieve it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue sighed silently.
Zhang Yue looked at the words Sima Guang's calligraphy of "The Evil of the Chief and the Evil of the Lord" written by Sima Guang. Sima Guang's calligraphy is simple, thin and square, just like his loyal and rigorous personality.
Zhang Yue said to Fan Zuyu: "Sima Gong's calligraphy is still the same, with a very beautiful look in its simplicity."
Fan Zuyu couldn't help but said after hearing Zhang Yue's words: "Da Shen, King Wen of Zhou rules the world and treats the people as if they were injured."
"Sima Gong said this from the bottom of his heart. I beg you to accept it. In everything, the people of the world are your top priority!"
Zhang Yue listened eagerly to Fan Zuyu's words, but at the same time he advised himself from the bottom of his heart based on the mood of an old friend or classmate.
Fan Zuyu had good intentions, and Zhang Yue was well aware of this, but compared to Wang Anshi, Zhang Yue and Sima Guang could not urinate in the same pot, and Sima Guang was no less stubborn than Wang Anshi, or even more stubborn.
Zhang Yue said to Fan Zuyu: "Okay, I will write a reply to Mr. Sima."
"Okay! Thank you, Da Shen." Fan Zuyu's eyes were full of hope, "I'll be waiting here all night."
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Zhang Yue walked out of the room and turned around to see Guo Lin following him under the moonlight.
"Yes, senior brother!"
"Sanlang, we haven't spoken for a long time, let's talk."
"OK."
Immediately, the two junior brothers were wandering in the courtyard of Zhang Mansion.
Zhang Yue brought up a lantern to illuminate the road and said with a smile: "Brother, do you still remember? When you and I went to Zhoujin Hall to copy books, we would light pine oil every year when we walked on the mountain road. The smell of pine oil was pungent and pungent.
Choking, you always snatch it from my hand and lift it for me."
Guo Lindao: "What does Sanlang mean by this?"
Zhang Yue said with emotion: "Because I remember it, and it feels good to think about it from time to time."
Guo Lin looked at Zhang Yue and said: "Sanlang, you have changed. After looking at you, I know what it means to be a gentleman and a leopard, and his culture is also great." Back then, Fujian was a poor family, but now his waist is gold and his clothes are purple, and his hair has faded like a young leopard.
You are so beautiful that even an old friend like me would not dare to offend your majesty in the slightest."
"Actually, I should have come to see you a long time ago, but I was afraid that others would say that I was taking advantage of you."
Zhang Yue said sternly to Guo Lin: "Brother, I have told you before that as long as you entrust me with something, no matter what it is, just ask and I will definitely help you do it."
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, Guo Lin seemed to think about it seriously, and then said: "No... I really don't have anything to ask of you."
Zhang Yue laughed when he heard this and looked at Guo Lin, who had patches on his robes, and said: "Brother, you are frustrating me so much! If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children! You have so many children, and I usually
You don’t want the gift given to you.”
Guo Lindao: "Master Sima is very good to me. He has enough food, clothing and warmth. I really don't need any help."
"Besides, Sanlang, I am a scholar. Scholars only seek from within, never from outside!"
Zhang Yue thought to himself, Senior Brother, you said that I have changed, but you have not changed. It is you who have always made me believe in the meaning of "lure bait can catch the most talented people in the world, but cannot taste the world's heroes; famous ships can carry the world's wretches".
Scholars, but not the heroes of the world.
Guo Lin said: "It's Sanlang instead, I'm worried about you!"
"worry about me?"
Guo Lin nodded and said: "I am not under the apprenticeship of Bachelor Sima, so I think he is right in everything. But now there are two roads in front of you, have you decided which road to take?"
Zhang Yue said to Guo Lin: "Brother, I still say that the country should be governed with leniency and severity! To be lenient or to be strict is to harm the country!"
Guo Lindao: "But Sanlang, sugarcane is not sweet at both ends. Now you have no choice. Everyone in the world is forcing you to choose. If you don't choose, no matter which path you take, people will regard you as an alien and think that you are trying to have both sides. So I am here
I’m worried about you!”
At this point Guo Lin stopped.
Zhang Yue sneered and said: "If I don't choose, then I am playing both sides?"
Guo Lin nodded and said, "People in the world will see it this way."
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin's solemn look and laughed and said, "Senior brother, you look so solemn."
Guo Lin heard this and said helplessly: "Sanlang, please don't joke."
Zhang Yue sighed: "I have been thinking about my master and my wife these years. Unfortunately, I was too busy and didn't go to pay homage when I returned to my hometown."
"Senior brother, there are not many people who can speak their true feelings nowadays. You will go and see my elder brother later. You know you will be extremely happy when you come."
Guo Lin nodded slowly.
"That's right, where did you go from here? To say that I have a good relationship is a mediocre view!"
Guo Lin said sternly: "Junior brother, I think a true man should stay on the same page and not waver."
Zhang Yue said: "What is wavering? What does the sage's Sixteen-Character Heart Biography say? The human heart is only in danger, the Taoist heart is only weak; the essence is only one, and it is allowed to hold on to the center."
"Did the sage tell you that in order to govern a country, one must follow the Tao or the heart of the people?"
"The changing method is the heart of Tao, and the unchanging method is the human heart. Brother, tell me how to be the only one? Being one is the only one, but how to explain the only one?"
Guo Lin got the true biography of Sima Guang, so he said: "If you don't miss it, you will be in danger; if you miss it, you will be in danger." Sima Xueshi said that he studied Zizhi Tongjian and got one insight. Throughout the three thousand years of history, no matter which dynasty or generation
, the human heart has never changed, and neither has human nature.”
"What happened in the previous dynasties will also happen in the later dynasties. As long as human nature and the heart of the people remain unchanged, the Taoist heart will also remain unchanged, and the governance of the Tao will also remain unchanged."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Sima Guang's reasoning was indeed unique.
It is true that human nature has not changed much from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present, but the environment has changed.
"Senior brother, you only told me Weiyi, but you haven't told me what Weijing is!"
What is Weijing?
For example, when he first graduated, Zhang Yue wanted to get a job with "more money and less things to do", but most people would tell you to stop dreaming. If you want more money, you must have more things to do, and if you want less things, you must have less money.
Young people should not be imaginative and must be down-to-earth.
Choosing one of 'more money, more things,' or 'less money, less things' is the 'only' one, just like there is only one way to choose between reform and non-change.
But what about the reality? Is there a job with "more money and less work"? Yes, it's just that you have to "grow your skills".
Wei Jing means "both want and want", it has the advantages of both but not the shortcomings of both.
Developing skills is the way to be "excellent". On the contrary, if you don't have skills, let alone being unique, there will only be jobs waiting for you with "less money, more work".
Zhang Yue said to Guo Lin: "Brother, I remember when we were copying books, one page of words was worth three cents!"
Guo Lin nodded.
Zhang Yue said: "The more you copy, the more money you make, the less you copy, the less money you make, right?"
Guo Lin nodded. Of course, copying books is a physical job, and the money is calculated based on the number of words.
Then Zhang Yue smiled and said to Guo Lin: "Brother, do you know how much one of my words is worth now?"
Everyone knows that calligraphy is after the ancients, but among modern people, Su Shi's calligraphy is extremely difficult to find. But if there is one person whose calligraphy is more difficult to find and more expensive than Su Shi's, it is Zhang Yue.
Even Yelu Hongji, the leader of the Liao Kingdom, asked him for calligraphy and was honored to receive Zhang Yue's calligraphy.
However, Zhang Yue cherishes his handwriting very much and usually has his writing ghostwritten. It is extremely difficult to obtain his authentic handwriting, so it is not an exaggeration to say that every word he writes is worth a hundred gold.
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Why is it the same as writing? Why am I so much better now than before?"
"Senior brother, "Weiyi" is the idea of "Weijing", and "Weijing" is the skill of "Weiyi". We must be the only one in the only, and the only in the only."
Guo Lin thought for a long time and said: "I am too stupid to understand."
Zhang Yue said: "Senior brother, it's very simple. There are no heroes in ancient and modern times who can accomplish things without overcoming everyone's opinions."
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether I want to change the law or not. As long as I can achieve something, that's the only way to do it!"
Zhang Yue had already made up his mind. If Zhang Kai's attack on Huangzhou was defeated this time, he would immediately submit his resignation and go out. Then he would move his family to the south and wait for the two emperors to hunt north in a few decades.
With big bosses like Sima Guang turning against me and raising this flag, wouldn't I become the target of public criticism from the old party? The new party won't tolerate it and it will be over sooner or later.
The debate over reform and unchanged laws has turned into a battle of positions, with each other opposing each other for the sake of opposing.
If everyone sticks to this and focuses on internal struggles within the party, the Song Dynasty will be over.
If you stick to the battle of reform and unchanged laws, your horizons will be narrow, and you will be trapped in a dilemma. If you want to break the cycle, you must let your eyes see a higher level.
Therefore, for Zhang Yue, there is no dispute over reform and unchangeable methods, only a dispute between 'only' and 'weijing'.