Although Wang Anshi is old, he lives a fulfilling life.
He visited Zen every day to ask questions and wrote books to explain the scriptures.
Wang Anshi's knowledge of classics and meanings was unparalleled in the world, and he was versatile in everything. He was praised as "his writings have followed Confucius and Mencius, and his career has surpassed that of Yi Gao".
However, Wang Anshi was getting older, and his younger brother Wang Anguo and many old friends had died in recent years, which made him sad. After seeing the world, his mood also changed.
After many strong leaders retire, they become more tolerant of things, people and things.
In September of the third year of Yuanfeng, just before the official asked Zhang Yue if he wanted Wang Anshi to do important things for Ping Zhang's military and state, Wang Anshi changed his title from Shu Guogong to Jing Guogong, and added 400 households with food households, and 100 households with food households.
But Wang Anshi didn't care much about profit and wealth. He only exchanged letters with his brothers Wang Anli and Wang Anshang, his wife's family Wu Chong, his son-in-law Cai Bian, and his two daughters.
In fact, Zhang Yue often took the initiative to write letters to Wang Anshi. Later, when Wang Anshi learned that Zhang Yue had taken his letters out of context and reprimanded Zhang Dun in public, he became so angry that he never wrote back to Zhang Yue again.
When Wang An was involved in Su Shi's Wutai poetry case, it was Cai Bian Yang and Zhang Yue who came to protect him.
However, Wang Anshi had already written to reconcile with Zeng Gong and Su Shi who had fallen out with each other due to the New Deal. Lu Huiqing also wrote to Wang Anshi to try to reconcile after Ding You's term expired. However, Wang Anshi was emotionally moved after reading Lu Huiqing's letter. First, he said to the guest: "There is no need to answer this."
Then he said to the customer: "I will give you a reply eventually."
Finally, Wang Anshi replied to a letter to Lu Huiqing, "Being of the same mind as the public, or even disagreeing, are all due to state affairs. How can there be such a thing? (The original differences between you and me were all due to state affairs)... Wang Anshi finally wrote, "Qushes" If we are on different roads, we will get wet when we are together, and it is better to forget each other and get better.'
Save money...let's forget about the past, but let's block each other.
Wang Anshi was at home that day, and his student Gong Yuan visited Wang Anshi.
Gong Yuan, together with Cai Bian, Lu Dian and others, studied under Wang Anshi during the reign of Emperor Zhi. After that, he became an official all the way to Taixue and taught directly.
A year ago, he was expelled for accepting bribes during the Imperial College student Yu Fan's scandal. This matter was related to Zhang Yue and Cai Que.
The emperor and Zhang Yue both wanted to expel Wang Anshi's influence in the Imperial Academy, so they manipulated and acquiesced in this incident.
In the end, Gong Yuan was dismissed from office and became a commoner. Now he passed by Jiangning to visit Wang Anshi.
Gong Yuan could not help complaining to Wang Anshi and brought up the Taixue case.
Gong Yuan means.
Zhang Yue had always been interested in giving up the new meanings of the Three Classics and the theory of words in the Taixue teachings. Finally, he used the case of Taixue Yu Fan to support the direct teaching of Jinggong's new learning, and replaced it with Su Song, Cheng Yi and others.
Nowadays, "Zi Shuo" has been removed from the imperial examination syllabus. Although it has not removed the new meaning of the Three Classics and left some face to Wang Anshi, its proportion has been greatly reduced, and it has been changed to Mencius and Doctrine of the Mean.
When Mencius mentioned the Doctrine of the Mean, Wang Anshi was not surprised. When he resigned as prime minister, Zhang Yue once wanted to take the two books as scripture.
But whether it is Zhongyong or Mencius, Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi have different explanations.
The Doctrine of the Mean means the use of the medium, and this is what Confucianism most admires: "allowing one to stick to it". However, Wang Anshi once criticized the Doctrine of the Mean, which is the greatest fallacy in the world. However, he was the same as Zhang Yue in elaborating on the word "sincerity".
On Mencius, Wang Anshi mentioned Mencius as "concurrently with the classics", which is the same status as the Analects of Confucius. Zhang Yue directly regarded it as equivalent to the classics.
Zhang Yue focused on elaborating Mencius' "people-based" thought. In his letters or official documents to various local governors, he often mentioned "the people are the foundation of the country, the people are the foundation of the state", and even mentioned Liu Zongyuan's "people's servants"
'The two words are used to warn officials all over the world: You are servants hired by the people, not someone who is allowed to boss you around and dominate the people.
Wang Anshi believed that this method was useless. In fact, officials would do whatever they wanted, but he still praised Zhang Yue's move.
Gong Yuan mentioned that Zhang Yue took the Doctrine of the Mean as his standard and his governing style tended to be moderate.
Wang Anshi no longer thought at the time and said: "Prime Minister Zhang's usage cannot be based on one moment's intention or one moment's rationale."
"Just like the way to use the right way, if you act with the right way, you will never get the right way. Just like a person's temperament, if he is hasty and rash, you have to tell him to think twice before doing anything. If a person is slow to make plans,
After thinking twice, you have to tell him to think before acting. Therefore, thinking before acting and thinking twice before acting are not contradictory."
"This is the truth that cannot be taught in Chinese. This is how the country is governed by the rules and the classics are governed."
Gong Yuandao: "Students understand, this is what Confucius taught Ran You and Gong Xihua. One person speaks to advance, another person speaks to retreat, that's how it is."
Wang Anshi said: "The same is true for governing a country and ensuring peace of the country. There is no profound knowledge in it. If the government is strict, it should be complemented by leniency, and if the government is leniency, it should be eliminated by strictness. You can do what you want, but you can't do what you say."
Gong Yuan said sincerely: "The students have been taught."
Wang Anshi said: "In fact, there are many fallacies in the new meanings of the Three Classics. I have carefully picked them out over the years and asked the emperor to revise them."
Gong Yuan understood that Wang Anshi was no longer willing to continue the "Confucian debate" with Zhang Yue. As a former prime minister, there was nothing to argue with the current prime minister, perhaps because of his old age.
After Gong Yuan finished speaking, the following topics became much more relaxed, and several of Wang Anshi's disciples were also present.
Everyone can't help but talk about the ongoing Battle of Liangzhou.
These things are discussed in Jiangning, not to mention the officials and the common people.
Although Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue had differences, the disciples did not shy away from discussing the matter in front of Wang Anshi.
"It has been more than a month since the army went to attack Liang. If there is any news, it should be sent to the capital in a few days."
"From Liangzhou to the capital, even a gold medal express delivery will take nine days."
"Since Zhang Gong talks about rebuilding the ZTE, if we don't take over Liangzhou and restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, we can't talk about the ZTE!"
Gong Yuan talked for a while and asked Wang Anshi: "May I ask why Duke Jing watched the battle of Liangzhou?"
Everyone looked at Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi said: "I have been buried in honor and glory. Now I am old and disabled, and it is difficult to discuss state affairs anymore."
Gong Yuan said: "We have all followed the Duke for many years, and these words will never be spread outside."
Wang Anshi said: "Then let me say a few words behind closed doors. If Liangzhou is captured, Zhang Gong may cut off Dangxiang's right arm, but only Guasha, Gansu, and Yishuzhou will be left. Wouldn't he give his bones to Ali?"
Wang Anshi sighed, although Zhang Yue would have achieved great success if he could capture Liangzhou. But he, Wang Anshi, was very discerning and thought that there was always something not beautiful about what Zhang Yue did, which made him feel a little regretful.
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After hearing Wang Anshi's words, all the disciples also made suggestions one after another.
"Yes, I heard that although Ali Gu still had dozens of wives and concubines in Bianjing, the concubines he took in when he was in Ganzhou gave birth to two more sons for him."
"With an heir, my subordinates will also have people who are loyal to them. Even if Liangzhou is defeated, Ali's bones will become a thorn in his side from now on."
"But it is a happy event that the imperial court can cut down the six states of Dangxiang. The destruction of the country is just around the corner."
Everyone discussed it for a while, some said it was good, and some found fault with it.
Suddenly a guest asked Wang Anshi: "If Mr. Zhang has achieved great success in regaining Liangzhou, who among the ancients can compare with it?"
One of the diners blurted out: "How does it compare to horse support and horse Fubo?"
Everyone looked at Wang Anshi, who shook his head slightly and said, "Don't be so hasty."
A retainer said: "The comparison with Ma Yuan is inappropriate. But the comparison with Wei Huo is even more inappropriate."
At this time, a guest laughed and said: "I have a man, but he is not from the Han Dynasty, but how does he compare to Du Yu of the Western Jin Dynasty?"
Hearing this, Gong Yuan and the other disciples were all happy. It seemed that everyone thought this answer was good.
Wang Anshi also sighed: "Du Yu was included in both the Confucian and Martial Temples."
Wang Anshi thought to himself that others praising him as "following Confucius and Mencius in his writings and surpassing Yi Gao in his career" are just lies. It is only true that Zhang Yue's achievements today are that he directly catches up with Du Yu.
Thinking of this, Wang Anshi felt a little depressed.
All Gong Yuan's disciples stopped talking and looked at Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi noticed the crowd's intention, looked at them and said with a smile: "I suddenly thought of a poem I wrote last year."
"The old cold branches on the bluestone are moved by one's hand with one inch of strictness. I heard that the height has been several feet recently, so this body of Puliu should be in decline."
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized.
That's right, you will know that you are truly old when you see others making great achievements.
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A carriage drove into Bianjing City.
Sitting in the carriage was Lu Huiqing, whom Ding had worried about for more than two years.
Ding You ordered Lu Huiqing to stay away from the center. When he came to Beijing again, he was already at an age where he knew his destiny.
Older people always like to reflect.
The same is true for Lu Huiqing. Over the years, he has been asking where his achievements lie.
Zhang Yue has mobilized hundreds of thousands of heavy troops to surround Liangzhou.
If Liangzhou is captured this time, and then Xia is destroyed in one fell swoop, he, Lu Huiqing, is really worried that he will do nothing. From now on, not only will he not be able to regain the favor of the Holy Family, but he, Lu Huiqing, will no longer have a foothold.
So after much thought, when Lu Huiqing passed by Jiangning on his way back to Beijing this time, he was originally going to pay homage to Wang Anshi.
But he is also a person with strong self-esteem. He had a falling out with Wang Anshi back then, and now he comes to visit him again?
So after much thought, Lu Huiqing wrote a letter to Wang Anshi. The letter was quite sincere.
Finally, when Lu Huiqing received Wang Anshi's reply, she felt a chill in her heart when she saw the sentence, "If we are interested in taking a different path, we will get wet with each other, and it is better to forget each other."
Interesting and Strange Road, from Bao Ren An's book.
Saying that you and I have different ambitions and paths means that you and I have parted ways. Instead of everyone crying over there, why not stay away from each other and use the years to slowly digest it all.
What is this? Was Yan Hui expelled from the gate by Confucius?
Lu Huiqing was angry, but he understood that breaking off friendship at every turn was the behavior of children. In the officialdom, it was not as simple as blocking each other.
Now his brother Wang Anli is promoted to deputy envoy to the privy council, and his son-in-law Cai Bian is in charge of the attack on Liangzhou as the supervisor of the army. Once he returns to the court successfully, he will definitely become a general and a prime minister.
Wang Anshi himself still had great influence on the emperor. Wang Anshi could take refuge in the mountains and leave, but he, Lu Huiqing, would continue to serve as an official in these troubled times.
Although Lu Huiqing has a strong self-esteem, she still knows the pros and cons.
Didn’t Wang Anshi say that everyone is blocking each other? Then I will write to you again.
Lu Huiqing knew that Wang Anshi was a gentleman and this trick would work for him.