Before meeting Ouyang Xiu, Chen Ke once visited the Daxiangguo Temple. He could not forget the strong reaction of Marshal Di when he persuaded Di Qing not to accept the post of Privy Councilor. So Chen Ke must know that at this moment
Di Qing's state of mind... This directly determines the difficulty of the matter.
Di Qing was very happy when he heard that Chen Ke had arrived. He smiled heartily and blamed Chen Ke: "You have been in Beijing for half a year and you haven't even been to my house. Are you still angry with me?"
"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and took a closer look. He found that after not seeing each other for a few years, Di Qing was aging really fast. His temples were turning gray and wrinkles were looming... The handsome guy back then had turned into an old handsome guy.
"Hey, this temperament is really strong." Di Qing asked him to sit down and said with a sad smile: "I heard that you are going to participate in the competition of this subject. It doesn't matter if you don't come, it doesn't matter if you don't come..."
"Am I still here?" Chen Ke said, looking at Di Qing and saying, "Marshal, four years have passed. You, the privy envoy, have had enough, right?"
"Hi." Di Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that after four years of not seeing each other, we would still have to continue the same topic."
"But the Marshal's state of mind must have been very different at the time." Chen Ke said softly.
"Yeah..." Di Qing stood up and walked to the door with his hands behind his back. He looked at the rain outside and said, "Four years is not a long time at all, but to me, it is like a lifetime."
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Of course, four years ago, he was still the high-spirited generalissimo who commanded thousands of troops. How heroic and ambitious was his life? Four years later, although he was a privy envoy, he lived a life like a ghost. You let Di Qing
How can you not sigh.
"I came here this time because I heard some bad rumors." Chen Ke did not argue with him and said straightforwardly: "The marshal is well versed in the art of war. He should know that he is already in a situation where he is besieged on all sides. The Holy Church."
"..." Di Qing was silent for a long time. The rain curtain followed the eaves and dripped on the steps paved with bluestone. It kept splashing water and wet the corners of his clothes.
"Take a step back, Marshal, the world will be brighter for you." Chen Ke stood up, walked behind him and said, "Your greatness does not need a false position to prove it."
Chen Ke's words were extremely appropriate. On the one hand, they warmed his heart; on the other hand, they also reminded Di Qing that you, the privy envoy, are just empty-headed, and all the authority lies with the prime minister.
If it were a few months ago, he would definitely not be able to say such things. Obviously, after experiencing so many things in the capital, Chen Ke has gradually matured.
Di Qing felt warm in his heart when he heard this, but he turned his head, looked at Chen Ke seriously and said: "Zhong Fang, I know, many people are saying, Di Qing, just be gentle with fame and fortune, what will happen if you throw away this official?
Are you feeling relaxed? But I can't, I have to be here." His tone was trembling with excitement, and he said word by word: "No matter how difficult it is, I have to be here."
"Why?" Chen Ke couldn't understand.
"You are not from a humble background. You don't know how hopeless a life without hope is. How unfair it is to soldiers in this world!" Di Qing suppressed his anger and said: "As long as you are a soldier, you will be treated like a soldier.
He was stamped like an animal, and from then on he was despised and insulted by others, and his future was even darker."
His eyes cast the most determined light, and he told Chen Ke his deepest heartache: "Yes, I am indeed going deep alone, with enemies everywhere, and living in suffering every day. But as long as I am here, the world
You will know that the court will treat you with such a title." Di Qing's voice was very soft, but every word was imprinted in Chen Ke's heart: "Only when people have hope can they forge ahead and be able to crush injustice. For this reason, no matter what
No matter how difficult it is, I will stay!"
"..." Chen Ke's eyes were moist. He never imagined that this was the reason why Di Qing couldn't leave. The most touching thing in the world is not the rhetoric from politicians or the tears in women's eyes, but the nobility.
way, disobedience to injustice...
He bowed deeply and said: "Marshal, Chen Ke is willing to help you!"
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After some planning, Chen Ke came to Ouyang Xiu and raised his long-planned question: "How will historians evaluate it?"
"Historians should write straight and straight. ("")" Ouyang Xiu, a Hanlin scholar, currently has the main task of rewriting the "Book of Tang" together with Song Qi. Even though he is now so busy with flood control tasks, he still keeps writing.
Naturally, I am extremely sensitive to this topic when I comment on and comment on those historical figures every day.
"The teacher is afraid that he will never escape eternal infamy." Chen Ke said calmly.
"Oh?" Ouyang Xiu was not worried. He liked this student very much and would naturally listen to what he said next.
"I dare to ask the teacher, when will I revise "History of the Song Dynasty"?" Chen Ke asked.
"Of course..." Ouyang Xiu's expression changed and he whispered: "Why do you say such unlucky words?" Of course, "History of the Song Dynasty" would not be revised until the Song Dynasty fell and a new dynasty was established.
"The teacher is a master of history. He is revising the "New History of the Five Dynasties" himself, and is also ordered to revise the "History of the Tang Dynasty." Chen Ke said: "Do you think that there is really an immortal dynasty in this world?"
"How can there be a dynasty that lasts for thousands of years..." Ouyang Xiu shook his head and sighed, looking at the vast water, he saw a few water birds passing by, and said: "Since Xia Qi's family and the concept of a country, how many dynasties have gone through? What king doesn't want to
Thousands of generations? But a country has its own spirit. It rises to suit the times and dies when its energy is exhausted. No one is spared. How can I, Zhao Song, be an exception?"
"Then according to the teacher, if the Song Dynasty was destroyed, where might the biggest murderer come from?" Chen Ke asked.
This is the Song Dynasty where freedom of speech was present. If in other dynasties, Teacher Ouyang would have fanned the big-eared melon seeds, so why bother talking to him: "There are two reasons for the death of previous dynasties, one is the peasant rebellion, the other is
A powerful official usurped the throne." He paused and said, "But our situation in the Song Dynasty is somewhat special..."
"What special method?"
"The biggest threat to our Song Dynasty is the invasion of foreign races." Ouyang Xiu said with a worried look: "The Liao Dynasty is too powerful, and now there is another Xixia. Once the two countries join forces, it will be enough to make our Han people subjugate." Although Ouyang Xiu is a great general,
Historians could not have expected that the real deadly enemy was not the Liao and the Xia, but a small tribe that was not yet known to the Song Dynasty.
However, the Song Dynasty's record of repeated defeats in foreign wars since Taizong, the Chanyuan Alliance's troops approaching the city, and the painful pain caused by Li Yuanhao...the shame is not far away, making even the most optimistic Song Dynasty people
He understands that his country is weak militarily, let alone a senior official like Ouyang Xiu.
"One day when the Song Dynasty is overthrown, the historians of the new dynasty will be like teachers and review the reasons why the previous dynasty was overthrown?" Chen Ke looked at the old Ouyang and said: "They will definitely find that our army of the Song Dynasty was at the founding of the country.
, is so capable of conquering and fighting, and has destroyed countless countries, why in just a few decades has he fallen to the point where no one can defeat him. Teacher, what do you think they will think of this problem? "
In the eyes of future generations, Chen Ke's question was nothing new except for being bold. However, people in the Song Dynasty had never tried such reverse thinking. This is what is called looking at the problem from another angle. Many people had never thought of it before.
The truth emerged in Ouyang Xiu's mind.
"..." Ouyang Xiu was deeply shocked and kept silent for a long time. Fang extremely slowly said: "The national... policy... makes... then..."
Ouyang Xiu never lied in his life, and he was a great historian. Naturally, he knew very well that the decline of military force in the Song Dynasty began with Emperor Taizong, who established the national policy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military force.
"Teacher, it's obvious." Chen Ke complimented sincerely and said from the bottom of his heart: "But I think it starts with the power of the civil servants. They want to control everything too much, and want this world to become a
What I want." After a pause, he said mockingly: "Yes, they succeeded, they succeeded in turning the Song Dynasty into their paradise, but in this world, there is not only the Song Dynasty, but also the Liao Kingdom.
Xixia, Jiaozhi, Tubo, and many potential threats..."
"Throughout history, the Song Dynasty has such a bad national defense environment. However, the generals of the Song Dynasty have the least status among all dynasties! Even 70% of the income of the Song Dynasty was invested in military expenditures.
The soldiers are all armed to the teeth. Don't the civil servants know? If a sheep leads a lion, will the lion turn into a sheep?" Chen Ke sneered and said: "I really don't know what grudges our Song Dynasty civil servants have against the country.
In this environment surrounded by tigers and wolves, you have to pull out your own sharp claws and teeth. What is this if not seeking death?"
"..." Ouyang Xiu was silent. His face was dark and gloomy, and it was obvious that he was very uneasy inside. After a while, he said depressedly: "Isn't it because I want to protect Di Hanchen?"
"Hey, teacher, have you rarely been misunderstood in your life?" Chen Ke smiled and said, "People who know you will naturally believe that you are doing it for his own good; but there are still many people who think that this is just you.
Just use sweet words to expel Di Qing." As he said that, he said with a serious face: "Marshal Di, a famous general with both ability and political integrity, is destined to be famous throughout the ages, so the teacher must be cautious."
"Well..." When Chen Ke said this, Ouyang Xiu realized that he was indeed Meng Lang. If he went to Shang Shu at this time, it would look like he was spearheading Wen Yanbo, which would be hard to explain.
"If Marshal Di leaves here, there will be another disaster." Chen Ke added the last firewood and said, "Teacher's eternal wisdom will be destroyed in one day."
"You bastard," Ouyang Xiu's face tightened at first, and then he laughed and cursed, "How dare you scare me."
"What I said is absolutely not false." Chen Ke shook his head and said, "If Marshal Di leaves the capital, it will be very bad."
