All wastes are rising in Nanyang, and the Jin people are retreating strategically. Logically speaking, this is the most strenuous time for the newly settled Song Dynasty's exiled regime. At this time, it should make every effort to do everything. Anyway, there is no shortage.
things to do.
But at this time, Zhao Guan's family suddenly organized an outing in the name of entertaining guests, so... of course he would be forgiven.
After all, the Guan family has never heard of similar behavior in the past, and it seems that it is not good to conclude that the Zhao Guan family is addicted to beauty and starting to have fun just because of this event.
In addition, the enjoyment of monarch and ministers together, as well as the enjoyment of nature, is inherently a thing that is extremely consistent with Confucian moral pursuits, and can even be called politically correct, and it is difficult to criticize.
Finally, and most importantly, before the Jin people retired, everyone was generally very tired and exhausted. However, the officials were sitting in the palace all day long, smiling and collecting notes, like debt collectors. Today,
It’s hard to give face, so why do you need a mule cart?
Of course, after leaving the palace and returning home, the officials suddenly called again, and it was true that everyone was caught off guard.
Back to the present, the so-called outing is actually eating and drinking in the wilderness. For this extremely high-level outing, it is inevitable to add a little cultural element to the routine, but everyone is learning from the Fengheng Henan Festival.
Naturally, those who came out were not afraid. What’s more, the officials had already decided on today’s theme... The knowledge of the Su scholars was simply outstanding. Which literati of the Song Dynasty had not imitated it?
As soon as they thought of this, everyone couldn't help but look at Ye Mengde, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was recognized by the capital as the number one poet, and could almost be regarded as the leading figure in the world of poetry... I thought that this person would definitely shine today.
In fact, this person is the direct descendant of the Su family... His uncle is one of the four scholars of the Su family!
In fact, today's theoretical guests of honor are also Su Shi's eldest grandson Su Tan, second grandson Su Fu, third grandson Su You, and sixth grandson Su Ji. They are standing behind Ye Mengde with excited expressions.
Let’s say that Da Su, a bachelor, had a romantic life. At that time, the three Sus stood side by side in the world, and Su’s knowledge was the most famous in the world. However, because of the Yuanyou party monument, his three sons have always been at the bottom... The eldest Su Mai did not participate at all.
After taking the imperial examination, he could settle down as an official for the rest of his life; after the third child failed the exam, he settled down as a low-ranking official and drifted from place to place; the second child, Su Xian, was outstanding in knowledge, but when he was young, he only studied knowledge under Zhang Zai, and later passed the exam easily.
He became a Jinshi, but immediately gave up his official career and became a Taoist backbone.
And by the time the grandson's generation is reached, they will basically disappear from the rest of the world.
"Since we are entertaining guests, we must have food and wine." Zhao Guan's family seemed to be ready to continue the theme of 'Suzi'. As soon as the two drunkards were settled and everyone had some suspicions, he stood on the river embankment and continued to pretend.
"But today there is wine but no food. Please do your best and find some food. Let us also imitate Dasu scholars who never tire of rough food and never tire of fine food...Those who do not have food will not be allowed to sit at the table."
As he said this, the palace chef was laying out the condiments, and there were also chamberlains who were working on setting up pots and chopping firewood.
Everyone looked at each other, not expecting that they would have to do it themselves when they came here, but since the officials had spoken, they forcibly dragged Bachelor Dasu away, as if he was very elegant, but they could only pick wild vegetables despite their tired bodies from the whole day.
...Of course, the most popular thing is fishing.
When we came to the river, it was another Dasu bachelor-themed outing. How could we not eat Dongpo fish?
A few caring people went looking for fishing rods, and sure enough they found the fishing rods that had been prepared a long time ago. So a group of scholar-bureaucrats, especially the older and more prominent people, starting from Lu Haowen, the Prime Minister of the Capital, and down, pretended to be fishermen by the river.
The sun is getting westward, the wind is calm and the sun is shining brightly, as the saying goes, the white water is golden, the emperor and his ministers are enjoying themselves together, fishing on the river, thinking about old friends, there may be benevolent policies to be promulgated later... Isn't it beautiful?
However, after a moment, a group of scholar-bureaucrats by the river were dumbfounded, because they saw with their own eyes that Zhao Guanjia, who was probably impatient to wait, took off his linen robe, rolled up his trousers and went down to the river to pull a net, and then took a few Banzhi, and Chengdu
When the boat entered the river, Yang Yizhong cast a large fishing net together, and pulled up an unknown amount of fish, but it was enough for everyone here to have a meal, and the elegance was completely lost in an instant.
Seeing this, Xianggong Xu sighed, simply abandoned the fishing rod, and directly washed his feet by the river.
On the other side, the net is complete, and the fish and shrimp are all available. Zhao Guan's family doesn't even care whether the mercury they poured before will cause heavy metal poisoning, so how can they care about the elegance and customs? So there are waiters and cooks to collect the fish and shrimp and cook them on the spot...
…Steam, roast, fry, stir-fry, stew, and soon the aroma and fishy smell will fill the riverbank.
And Zhao Jiu didn't have any official attitude at all. He just sat cross-legged on the embankment, then put a big ocean bowl on his knees, took off his chopsticks directly, couldn't eat more than a few bites, and directly twisted the fish bones with his hands... As for Mrs. Wu next to her,
Not that vulgar, but holding a pot of wine and helping the officials pour wine carefully
Most of the other ministers had just returned home from the palace and were called here to change their clothes. They had been hungry all day, how could they endure it? Especially after the Jingkang Rebellion, many of the characters here were displaced.
The previous experience was not very particular, so I followed the example of Mr. Xu who took the lead, threw down his fishing rod, washed his hands and feet, and then followed the official and Mrs. Wu to sit down casually along the river embankment.
Enjoy your food directly on the ground.
As for the previous statement about not being allowed to sit down without food, everyone just thought it was nonsense!
In this way, the sun further set in the west, and everyone kept eating and drinking, but each of them had a thought, which was to write poems and lyrics after filling their stomachs... A few smart people and related people even started from the theme of "Da Su Bachelor"
Thinking about the outing, I felt that today's matter was not just about an outing. I was afraid that there was also a matter to be dealt with by the Yuanyou Party members who had been perfunctory by the officials several times. Naturally, I was more attentive.
In fact, not to mention these people, even Zhang Jun, who was slightly sober, cheered up, washed his face with river water, and used some fish, meat, and vegetables to make preparations.
And sure enough, after the wine was a little full and the fish was full, the official put down his hands and sighed slightly... and everyone who had been staring at the official with their ears perked up also became awe-inspiring.
"Zong Liushou came to Zazi again today." Zhao Jiu took a piece of silk from Wu Yu (Mrs. Wu's name) beside him, wiped the grease on his hands, and sighed slightly. "This time, he didn't persuade me to go.
Tokyo, instead said something serious, probably to persuade me to take advantage of the retreat of the Jin people to prepare troops, arrange food and fodder, and then reinforce Nanyang, Fangcheng, and several big cities along the Yancheng line, and recommend a few people at the same time
The defense of these cities... This coincides with the considerations of the imperial court, but it is more detailed."
Hearing this, Yan Xiaozhong, who had the power to know Nanyang Prefecture, suddenly stood up, raised his hands on the embankment and said: "In the official family, I still recommend Zhilong Tuge. According to the rules of the magistrate of De'an Prefecture, when this person was still the magistrate, I talked to him.
We know each other and know his abilities. If this person can manage the defense of Nanyang City, I am willing to make him available."
"The officials have adjusted the old rules today to become the minister of the Ministry of War." Wang Boyan interjected from the side. "Yan Shaoyin, please be patient."
Yan Xiaozhong was slightly startled before sitting down.
Let's say that Chen Gui was just the magistrate of Anlu County at the beginning of last year. Jingkangzhong led his troops north to try to help the king. When he got to Caizhou, he found that the two saints had gone north to hunt, so he had no choice but to turn back.
When they returned to Anlu, they discovered that dragons and snakes had already risen up in the area. Heroes from all walks of life and a large number of defeated soldiers coming from the north all felt that the Song Dynasty was dead and were eager to try. At the same time, the local prefect of De'an Prefecture
Maybe they felt that the Song Dynasty was dead, so they ran away... As a result, the local official forces loyal to the Song Dynasty jointly pushed forward the rule that one county magistrate should lead the work of the entire state capital.
Of course, in that case, this was a great sign of loyalty, so Xing Zai, who was still in Nanjing (Shangqiu) at that time, directly posthumously awarded him Zhilong Tuge as the prefect of De'an.
But this field didn't matter, Chen Gui shined. With almost zero foundation, he led a group of local archers with no combat experience, and successively defeated Li Xiaoyi's tribe with more than 10,000 troops (his brother Li Xiaozhong was based in Xiangyang at the time);
Retired Yang Jin's tribe (later Yang Jin moved north, first surrendered Zongze, and then paid gold, and is currently being beaten by Han Shizhong); annexed the local powerful Dong Ping, who was good at using two guns... By the time the official family went west to Caizhou
, De'an Mansion has been stabilized, and Chen Gui has 20,000 troops.
In short, such a person is squatting next door in Anlu, and Miao Hong is an upright Jinshi. It is impossible not to notice it in the industry.
In fact, when Zhao Guan's family arrived in Fangcheng, on Wang Boyan's suggestion, Chen Gui was appointed as the governor of De'an Prefecture (today's Anlu), Fuzhou (today's Mianyang area), and Hanyang Army (today's Wuhan).
, went to be responsible for rectifying the Yangtze River waterway, and I didn't see him saying that this position was unethical. When Xiangyang was attacked, he once led troops to Jingmen on the order of Ma Shen, the envoy of Jinghu North Road, to block Fan Qiong's retreat.
.
This time to reorganize the city defense and build a gunpowder mill, this stereotype was recommended by people from all walks of life. Zhao Jiu's ears were almost calloused... Thinking about it, it was really rare for such a character to appear among civil servants.
Back in front of me, Zhao Guan's family was interrupted by Yan Xiaozhong, and he almost forgot what to say. He thought about it for a long time before he remembered it, but he seemed a lot stiffer: "Anyway... I'm not talking about this today, I'm just saying... I suddenly remembered
In the memorial written before Zong Liushou, what was said about the great unification of the ancestors...Did the Song Dynasty really ever achieve great unification?"
"Official!"
Hearing this, Lu Hao asked the following. I don't know how many ministers were shocked. Then they quickly removed the plates from their laps and stood up one after another. Then it was Lu Xianggong who did his part and responded seriously. "The word "Great Unification" comes from the source.
From the "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan", greatness does not mean the greatness of the big or small, but the greatness of respecting the great; unification does not refer to the unity of the world, but the unity of the upper and lower levels! From this point of view, the great unification of the Song Dynasty,
It’s no lie.”
Zhao Jiu shook his head and smiled again: "I asked Academician Lin before I came here. This is the ancient meaning, the original meaning... But Mr. Lu, I ask you, if we had already had the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Liaodong and Liaoxi, annexed Jiaozhi, Xixia
, Dali, and the remote control of the Western Regions, both the Han and Tang Dynasties. When it comes to unification, does it need to go back to the ancient meaning? If he didn't know it well, why would Emperor Taizong make such a promise, and as a result, a mere eunuch named Tong Guan was granted the title of king of the opposite sex?
?Or do you think that Daojun, the supreme emperor, was wrong to even recover Yanyun?"
Lu Haowen suddenly hesitated... He was not stunned by the question from Zhao Guan's family. On the contrary, he suddenly realized that what Zhao Guan's family was going to say today, but he did not dare or want to discuss this topic.
"Official!"
In other words, Lu Haowen didn't dare to take the responsibility, but there are people who dare to take the responsibility, or in other words have to take the responsibility... Just when the Prime Minister hesitated, Deputy Prime Minister Xu Jingheng suddenly stepped forward and gritted his teeth. "If it weren't for the maritime alliance and the unauthorized attack on Liao, how could it be possible?
There are so many disasters in Jingkang? The Taojun Taishang Emperor was deceived by the six thieves, so he did these two things."
"I don't think so." Zhao Jiu waited quietly for the other party to finish speaking before continuing to smile. "Not to mention being deceived... just think of it as being deceived by the Six Thieves! But the disaster in Jingkang, I thought it was in Huashi Gang, Fengheng Henan University, and
The appointment of six thieves was superior to Wen Tian and Wu Xi, but not above these two. Recovering Yanyun and the alliance on the sea was just a military strategy, just like the deceitful tactics of soldiers... What is wrong with this? The shame of Jingkang
, after all, isn’t it because the Jin people are strong and we are weak?!”
Xu Jingheng wanted to speak but stopped, and Zhao Guanjia saw that the other party was speechless, but he kept laughing and continued:
"Given the barbarism of the Jin people and the weakness of the Liao Kingdom, wouldn't it be possible that without the maritime alliance, the Jin people could not see the weakness of the Song Dynasty for a while, and would not come to fight in the future? This kind of luck pushed the internal situation beyond the surface.
Saying... is not what the most pragmatic Xianggong Xu should say, right?"
Xu Jingheng was silent for a long time, and finally did not refute. However, when the official motioned for everyone to sit down, he did not sit down, but stayed there without moving.
Of course Zhao Jiu knows what the other party means... In fact, it has been almost a year since he came here, and Zhao Jiu's political discernment is not as low-end as it was at the beginning.
Just like the topic at hand, from the perspective of personality and behavior, the pragmatic Xu Jingheng should be the last person to refute it. But a person, or a prime minister, is destined to have complex characteristics, and it is impossible to just use trivial
Character, morality, and some positions can be used to simply label it.
Let’s take Xu Jingheng as an example:
First of all, he is a militant. In the initial struggle between Li Gang and Huang Qianshan, he chose to support Li Gang without hesitation, and did not waver at all on the most important issues of right and wrong;
However, although he took the lead in the war, he was conservative. From the beginning, he wanted to go to Yangzhou instead of agreeing with Li Gang to come to Nanyang. Of course, he was also firmly opposed to crossing the Yangtze River to the southeast;
At the same time, he was still a pragmatist. He remained silent after Li Gang resigned as prime minister, thus firmly occupying the position of censor Zhongcheng, so much so that Huang Qianshan ignored him, and in the process, he tried his best to protect Li Gang and
Zongze...until someone climbed out of the well and suddenly kicked him down and replaced him with Zhang Jun;
Moreover, this is a rare and capable minister, who works hard without complaining and has a huge burden on him, but never complains. He is really useful;
Finally, Xu Jingheng, Lu Haowen, and Jinghu North Road Institutional Envoy Ma Shen were both Cheng Xue, or disciples of Luo Xue, and Luoyang was the stronghold of the old party in the past. Cheng Xue itself relied on criticizing Wang Anshi's new
Learn to rise.
Only when you understand this can you understand why Xu Jingheng behaved so fiercely. The reason is self-evident... On weekdays, it's okay for the officials to have some or not, but today the officials are likely to directly target the Yuanyou Party, the core of the old and new parties.
Expressing one's position on people's affairs, so when Lu Haowen hesitated, he naturally had to step forward and express his position in advance in the strongest way to put pressure, so that the officials and the officials arriving today would have some scruples.
As for the entry point that violated his work principles and was blocked by officials with words, he didn't blame him, because since Shenzong Xining's reform, the two factions have been going back and forth, and they have long been incompatible... The matter is very important, Xianggong Xu
I can't control that much.
In fact, Xu Jingheng's actions were successful. Not to mention whether the officials were frightened or not, at least after this experience, no official dared to stand up blindly and take the risk of completely confronting a powerful man.
Speculation.
"Okay." After Zhao Jiu waved his hand for everyone to sit down, he saw Xu Jingheng holding his neck and not moving, but he couldn't help but laugh again. "I said the word "unification" just to make fun of you. Why do you have to be so serious?
, and went so far..."
What about the liar?
As soon as these words came out, countless people on the river embankment cursed in their hearts. If the Zhao Guan family was just casually having fun, why did you ask Academician Xiao Lin to specifically ask what he meant? It was obvious that he wanted to use this as a test, but Xianggong Xu rejected it.
Come back and just have fun.
"I want to say something." Zhao Jiu ignored Xianggong standing there and continued, "Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, this country is far behind in terms of territory, morale, and martial arts.
, otherwise it would not have been called the Southern Dynasty by the Liao people for so many years... But in terms of culture, this dynasty is not inferior to the Han and Tang Dynasties."
Everyone looked a little worried, and then they were startled again, because Zhao Guanjia's next few words seemed to make history:
"Not to mention Tang poems and Song lyrics, just speaking of basic articles, since the Tang Dynasty, prose has swept away the flashy parallel prose. From top to bottom, there are eight masters of prose in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and this dynasty has six of them... In the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu,
Liu Zongyuan did a good job in pioneering, but in this dynasty Wang Shuwang (Wang Anshi), Ouyang Xiu, Sansu, and Zeng Gong reached the pinnacle and completely set the pattern."
"What the official said is insightful." Su Shi's four grandsons all bowed down to express their gratitude. Ye Mengde, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, also weighed his words. "These eight people are enough to determine the top of prose... However, if ranked by age, Wang
How can King Shu be ahead of Duke Ouyang? If he is appointed based on achievements, how can he be ahead of the bachelor of Su?"
"That's right." Zhao Jiu followed the good advice. "In terms of literary achievements, Da Su and Ouyang Xiucai are at the top. They can be ranked with the two founders of Han and Liu, and the other four are slightly behind."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone quickly started talking... For example, some people thought that Zeng Gong's article was better, while others said that Wang Anshi's article was not inferior to Ouyang Xiu's, but generally they still agreed that Ouyang Xiu's and Su Shi's articles were better. In other words, the official
Is this a pretty insightful summary?
Of course, Zhao Jiu was thinking simply here... How could he know who was taller? But besides the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the opinions of the four great masters of Qiangu Wen are also often heard.