The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

"Give food?" Zhou Yun was puzzled, but also a little curious, "Why do you want to deliver food to Mr. Wang?"

Zhou Yun imagined in his mind why Wei Shiyi sought him out, such as surgical instruments, such as revolving dining tables, such as weapon manufacturing, but he did not expect that Wei Shiyi sought him out because of Mr. Wang.

Wei Shiyi smiled, with a look of self-blame and embarrassment, and said: "I met Mr. Wang yesterday. He went to inspect the academy to see if the academy is suitable for increasing the number of students. The old gentleman is very good at things. Serious and responsible, but he doesn't care at all about eating."

"Later, I went back and thought about it for a long time. I felt that the idea of ​​the revolving table I gave you before was not very appropriate, so I wanted to make some healthy dishes for the old man. .But the old man is honest and upright, so I am afraid that he will reject me, so I want to ask you for help."

If you want to know the content of Wang Anshi's reform, when and how he started the reform, the best way is to get close to Wang Anshi and get closer to him.

But Wei Shiyi was not Wang Anshi's family, not his student, and he didn't have a legitimate reason to get close to Wang Anshi.After much deliberation, he finally came up with the idea that he could lend Wang Anshi a solution to the problem of eating and approach him. However, Wang Anshi in history was stubborn, upright and honest. If he cared about eating, he would not eat casually, so he thought he would talk it out by himself. This thing should not work out.

So how can it be successful?There was only one person to persuade Wang Anshi, and that person still had to have some weight, so he thought of Zhou Yun.

It was Zhou Yun who came to him to solve Wang Anshi's eating habits. In other words, Zhou Yun and Wang Anshi should have contacts, and they should be familiar with Wang Anshi. If Zhou Yun came forward, his chances of success should be higher, right?

Therefore, Wei Shiyi paid a visit in person.

"Do you think my proposal is okay?"

Wei Shiyi looked as if he cared about Wang Anshi's body, but Zhou Yun inexplicably felt that his purpose was not just that. He put down the book, picked up the teacup at hand, and took a sip with his eyes lowered. Said: "Mr. Wang doesn't care about eating, just eat two mouthfuls to fill his stomach. He has such a personality. I have spent a lot of time on the revolving table I sent him a few days ago. It is still mandatory by the government. It only succeeds if you ask for it. Now if I take you to tell him to deliver meals to him, he will most likely think it is a waste of laying."

Wei Shiyi: "So, can't it?"

Wei Shiyi was a little disappointed, but not very disappointed.Recalling the records of Wang Anshi in the book, he was indeed a rather stubborn person. As Zhou Yun said, he didn't care about eating on weekdays, so naturally he would not accept his request to deliver food specially.

He decided to rethink an opportunity to get close to Wang Anshi, or go to the academy. He was familiar with Lin Tiju and Wang Anshi, so he wanted to see if he could start with Lin Tiju.

It's just that he didn't know if Lin Tiju could figure out a way to get him close to Wang Anshi. After all, Wang Anshi came to the academy just to expand the number of students. Once this was done, he would have nothing to do with the academy.

Thinking of this, Wei Shiyi felt a bit of a headache. If he couldn’t get close to Wang Anshi, he wouldn’t know how the reform was going. If he didn’t know how the reform was going, he wouldn’t know how to overcome difficulties. Shenzong will lose the war.

Once it fails, Shenzong will not be disheartened, will not continue to reform, will not demote Wang Anshi again, and he and Wang Anshi will not die of depression, then the Northern Song Dynasty will still be his original Northern Song Dynasty in history , nothing will change.

Just when Wei Shiyi was having a headache, he suddenly heard Zhou Yun speak again.

"But it's not impossible." Zhou Yun said while drinking tea while paying attention to Wei Shiyi's expression, "But first I have to figure out why you approach Mr. Wang, so that I can help you find a way."

Wei Shiyi: "!"

Wei Shiyi was a little surprised, how did Zhou Yun know that he didn't deliver food specifically to Mr. Wang, but had other plans.

"Yu, Yu Hou, what are you talking about, I just proposed this for the sake of Mr. Wang's health." Wei Shiyi concealed it with a guilty conscience.

Zhou Yun raised his eyebrows, and was not surprised by Wei Shiyi's denial, but at the same time, Wei Shiyi's surprised look before could not escape his eyes. It should be said that Zhou Yun has been waiting for Wei Shiyi to hear reaction to his words.

Putting down the teacup, Zhou Yun folded his hands on his lower abdomen in a relaxed posture.He didn't put any pressure on Wei Shiyi, but said: "Mr. Wang doesn't like people getting close, and he has an old lady at home. The rotating dining table has solved his problem of not being picky eaters, and his wife will take good care of him." , so your proposal to bring him meals will not succeed."

"I don't believe you don't know this, so you can only have other ideas when you propose to deliver meals to the old man."

Zhou Yun didn't comment on Wei Shiyi's excuse again, he just said what he analyzed.Finally, I added a sentence, "So, if you don't tell the reason why you really want to get close to Mr. Wang, I can't help you."

Mr. Wang Lao has a special status. He is an official called back by the government to solve state affairs.He is talented and high-spirited, and is valued by the officials, and he will never be allowed to have the slightest damage.

Zhou Yun would not say such things on weekdays, let alone repeat them, but he made an exception in front of the friends he unilaterally identified, otherwise he would have arrested Wei Shiyi the moment he realized that he was lying .

Wei Shiyi noticed Zhou Yun's change almost immediately. He still remembered the first time he and Zhou Yun met. Although they met a few times later, and he even saved Zhou Yun's life, Wei Shiyi actually felt that Zhou Yun had changed. The relationship between him and Zhou Yun has not changed much, but now, something seems to be different.

Could it be that the relationship between him and Zhou Yun has eased?And rose to the stage of acquaintance or friend?

Even though he didn't get along with Zhou Yun much, he knew that Zhou Yun was not a nosy person, especially since he was of no help to Zhou Yun. The only possibility was that Zhou Yun's opinion of him here had changed. .

Wei Shiyi couldn't help thinking that, the moment he thought of this possibility, the plan in his mind changed a bit. He was thinking about whether to tell Zhou Yun his purpose. Zhou Yun had already seen his real purpose, so he decided to It's useless to cover up, even in the future, maybe Zhou Yun will send someone to monitor him, then any of his plans will come to nothing.

Wei Shiyi was fighting between heaven and man there, and Zhou Yun did stand up suddenly. Seeing him looking like he was about to see off a guest, Wei Shiyi immediately felt that Zhou Yun couldn't wait, and was not in the mood to wait for him to continue talking, so he immediately He stood up and said, "I really didn't intend to deliver meals to Mr. Wang."

Zhou Yun stopped and set his cold eyes on Wei Shiyi.

Wei Shiyi took a deep breath and continued: "I just want to get close to Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang is very talented and upright. I admire him very much. But because I have no other way, I can't read well. , I can’t even come up with poems and songs, the only thing I can do, after thinking about it, I can only think of the reason you said before that he doesn’t eat well to get close to him.”

In the end, Wei Shiyi still didn't tell the real reason why he approached Wang Anshi. The reason is very simple. If he said that he approached Wang Anshi because of Wang Anshi's political reform and the reform of the Northern Song Dynasty, wouldn't he be courting death?

So he chose another reason, which sounded better than before, and a more real reason.

"Don't worry, I will never have any bad intentions for Mr. Wang." Wei Shiyi quickly assured, "I just want to learn something from him and cultivate my sentiments."

Since ancient times, there have been factional disputes in the imperial court. To put it bluntly, Wei Shiyi was worried that Zhou Yun would suspect that he was a spy sent by Wang Anshi's opponent, so he hurriedly made a guarantee.

It has to be said that Wei Shiyi's guarantee did make Zhou Yun let go of his vigilance a little.

After the initial contact with Wei Shiyi, Zhou Yun asked Zhou Pu to investigate Wei Shiyi's friends and family situation. Apart from finding out that his father had participated in the treatment of the late emperor, Wei Shiyi's life experience was quite simple.

He didn't come and go with many people, and the places he traveled on weekdays were also very simple. For a long time, he had only been in contact with one court official.The court official was none other than himself.

Sitting down again, Zhou Yun finally faced up to what Wei Shiyi said. He thought for a while and said, "I understand what you mean, but it's still not easy for you to get close to Mr. Wang."

Wei Shiyi asked: "Then what can you do?"

"I haven't spent much time with Mr. Wang, and I only know him a little bit. Although he has a clear personality and is talented, he has a rather stubborn personality." Zhou Yun said: "Not only that, but there is also a little arrogance in his personality. , I also look down on some poems and songs of other talents, and I have some opinions of my own, so it is not easy for you to get close to him."

Wei Shiyi nodded again and again. He still approved of Zhou Yun's evaluation of Wang Anshi. When he was in class, Wang Anshi's character he heard from his teacher was similar to this.

Wang Anshi is a politician, reformer, thinker and writer with great wisdom and strong skills.With so many titles on his head, he is destined to encounter many different opinions in his actions, so it is normal for him to look weird.

"and then?"

"Then I looked at your evaluation in the academy. It seems that your knowledge is not very good, so it is even more difficult to start with poetry and songs."

Wei Shiyi: "..."

Exposing people is not staged. He knew that he was illiterate in the Northern Song Dynasty, but Zhou Yun could stop saying it so clearly.

Zhou Yun didn't feel unnatural in exposing people's shortcomings at all, he opened his thin lips lightly, and continued: "The only things you can afford are your surgical instruments and surgical treatment methods, Mr. Wang is more concerned about medicine, yesterday I heard that he discussed this matter with the officials in the court, and just now you said that you accompanied him for a walk yesterday because of the expansion of the Imperial Medical Bureau, so I think you can start from this aspect."

"Getting close doesn't mean staying by his side all the time, but getting along with him quietly so that you can get familiar with him, understand?"

...Wei Shiyi moved his throat and swallowed, he really didn't expect Zhou Yun to give him an idea.Hearing what Zhou Yun said just now, in fact, he no longer has much hope in his heart.

No food, no poetry, no songs—Wang Anshi looked down on him, but Zhou Yun stunned and found a way for him—medicine.

That’s right, Wang Anshi’s caring attitude yesterday shows that he still hopes that the Imperial Medical Bureau will expand the enrollment quota, because after he took Assistant Professor Wang and the others to perform a few surgeries, everyone in the Imperial Medical Bureau knew that after Assistant Professor Wang and the others taught medicine, Not only can it be used as an operation, but it can also save people, so the status of surgery in the Imperial Medical Bureau has risen a little bit.

Wang Anshi didn't seem to be uninterested in surgery. He also personally took a look at the surgical instruments used by Assistant Professor Wang and the others, so if he started with surgery, it would be better than giving food.

And that is his own field, if he talks about it with Wang Anshi, it will be much smoother.

Not only that, maybe he can take this opportunity to develop surgery in ancient times.

"Okay, then I'll get ready." Wei Shiyi stood up and was about to get ready.

"Wait." Suddenly Zhou Yun called to stop Wei Shiyi, and under Wei Shiyi's puzzled gaze, he said calmly, "I'll go with you."

Wei Shiyi: "???"

"I am also familiar with Assistant Professor Wang, and I have some relationship with Lin Tiju. I have also been with Mr. Wang several times. The surgery is not a trivial matter. It is much better for me to take you to see them than to go by yourself." Zhou Yun said , "And you are too young and not convincing enough."

Wei Shiyi: "..."

He understands and accepts the first two reasons, but what about the latter reason?If he remembered correctly, Zhou Yun was about the same age as him, right?

Except that Zhou Yun looks taller and stronger than him... Well, he has to admit that Zhou Yun, who is now the capital of the palace, is indeed more convincing than him...

Wei Shiyi had no reason to reject Zhou Yun, and Zhou Yun looked like he would not take back his words, so the two went out together.

The first thing they went to was Wang Anshi's mansion. Wang Anshi was indeed as recorded in history. Wang's residence, only feels very plain and elegant.

There are only two people in the Wang residence, two old people, a man and a woman, one is Wang Anshi, and the other is his wife Wang.The old lady was sitting under the tree mending clothes, while Mr. Wang was sitting in front of the door of a room without caring about his image, leaning against the wall and reading a book, his hair was also a bit messy.

Wei Shiyi always knew that Wang Anshi didn't care about things outside his body, but when they met yesterday, Wang Anshi looked quite tidy, why did he become so... sloppy today?

Wang Anshi, who was obsessed with books, couldn't notice Wei Shiyi and the others. The first to notice them was his wife, Mrs. Wang.When the old lady heard the movement at the door, she raised her head and saw Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun standing at the door, she immediately stood up and called them in.

"Two little brothers, I don't know why you are here?"

Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun said, "We are here to visit Mr. Wang." After talking about their purpose, the two of them also briefly introduced themselves.

Wang's personality is gentle, witty and intelligent, she is Wang Anshi's cousin, and Wang Anshi's childhood sweetheart, after marrying Wang Anshi, she devoted herself to caring for her husband and raising children, and her married life with Wang Anshi was also very harmonious.

But different from Wang Anshi's weird personality, Wang knows more about people and the world than him.

Wei Shiyi didn't know these things at this time, he only knew that after he and Zhou Yun had introduced, Wang welcomed them both in with a smile, and then went to talk to Wang Anshi who was sitting over there.

Then, they saw Wang Anshi looking up at them.

Mr. Wang stood up, patted his butt, and nodded to them, asking Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun to follow him into the lobby.Several people entered the lobby, Mrs. Wang made a cup of tea for each of them before going out to continue with their own affairs.

Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun nodded gratefully to Mrs. Wang, and then talked about their purpose of coming under Mr. Wang's puzzled and scrutinizing eyes.

What Wei Shiyi meant was that the field of surgery can be expanded, and because the surgical equipment is complete, surgery can save people, and Assistant Professor Wang and the others can teach, the number of places in this area can be expanded.

When he accompanied Mr. Wang to see the academy yesterday, he found that Mr. Wang was happy to increase the number of students in the academy, just because the Imperial Medical Bureau has always limited the number of students to 120, and some ordinary people have some medical skills, so The imperial court felt that there were enough people in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

However, Mr. Wang felt that it could be increased, and Wei Shiyi helped him in this regard.It has to be said that it is good for Wei Shiyi to start from this aspect.

Before Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun came, Wang Anshi was thinking of what reason to use to convince the officials and other people in the court. He felt that medicine was very important, and Confucian doctors were completely different from regular doctors, even though everyone else Don't think so, but he never felt that his thoughts were missed.

Wang Anshi is a stubborn person, and he won't look back if he decides on one thing.Not only that, but also because of his stubborn personality, he couldn't help being tougher when he executed things, so his popularity in the court was actually not very good.No, those who support him should support him, and those who don't support him should resist him. It's too extreme, and there is no one standing in the middle of these two situations.

It's not that Wang Anshi doesn't know his own personality, but he thinks it doesn't matter. Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. In his view, those are all foreign objects, and it doesn't matter as long as you stick to your heart.But even so, he had to think about how to convince the current Holy Majesty.

Just now he was thinking about how to write a statement in his room, but he had no choice but to think for a long time before he could figure out what to say, so he took the book and went out, deciding to read it for a while before going back to write.

It's just that he didn't expect that two young men would come to him and give him an idea.

To be honest, Wang Anshi thought the surgery was pretty good, but he never tried it.

"Mr. Wang, I think we can properly develop surgery. There are not many doctors in Song Dynasty, and most of them are Chinese medicine doctors, but there are no surgery doctors." Facing Wang Anshi, facing his target person, Wei Shiyi Not nervous, he continued: "On weekdays people have a headache and brain fever, and a Chinese doctor can treat it, but if the patient hurts his stomach, or breaks his limbs, or there is something wrong with the bones inside, then a surgeon doctor will come in handy gone."

Wei Shiyi counted the benefits of surgery in detail, and also cited two examples, one was delivering the baby for Li Sanjie, and the other was getting stones for Zhou Yun. These two examples are not unique, but they clearly show that Advantages of surgery.

After listening to Wei Shiyi's words, Wang Anshi did not respond immediately.

Wei Shiyi was not in a hurry, so he waited for Wang Anshi's answer, but he waited for a long time without seeing any movement from him, and then Mrs. Wang walked in, smiled apologetically at Wei Shiyi and the others, and said, "Don't you bother?" Mind, he probably wanted to go again on his own."

It means that Wang Anshi has been immersed in his own thoughts, not only that, it seems that this is not the first time to hear Mrs. Wang's meaning.

At this moment, Wang Anshi responded.He stood up from the stool, walked back and forth in the lobby, stroked his palms suddenly, and said, "Young man, this surgical operation really needs to be expanded, but I think other parts of the Imperial Medical Bureau need to be changed. Go back first, and I will go to the Imperial Medical Bureau in two days."

It seems that because of Wei Shiyi's words, Wang Anshi seems to have some new ideas.

Wei Shiyi had originally sought out Wang Anshi to get closer to him, but now his goal had been achieved, and the next time he could meet Wang Anshi, he happily left.Before leaving, he also told Wang Anshi that if the imperial court did not believe in the power of surgery, he could test it in public.

After leaving the palace, Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun went back slowly.

"Is your injury all healed?" Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun didn't have many common topics, so in order not to be bored, Wei Shiyi took the initiative to find a topic.

Zhou Yun glanced at Wei Shiyi, his eyes flickered, and there was a fleeting smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "It's almost better."

Just because it's almost better doesn't mean it's all better.Since he went to the Zhou Mansion to find Zhou Yun and found it, not that Zhou Yun was on duty in the palace, it meant that Zhou Yun's injury was still not well.

Before Zhou Yun was discharged from the hospital, it was because his injuries were almost healed. At that time, the bleeding was no longer, the wounds were no longer festering, and he was able to walk on the ground.The conditions in the hospital were not as good as at home, so Zhou Yun was discharged from the hospital.

But it would take a hundred days to hurt his muscles and bones. Zhou Yun not only hurt his muscles and bones, but also injured a little internal organs, so he would have more time to recuperate.

Thinking of this, Wei Shiyi suggested: "Why don't you follow me to the medical clinic?"

No need, Zhou Yungang wanted to refuse, but when he saw Wei Shiyi's sincere gaze beside him, he nodded involuntarily, and when he came back to his senses, he and Wei Shiyi were already in the Wei Family Medical Center.

Wei Shiyi changed Zhou Yun's medicine, looked at the wound, and then asked Lin Jinyuan to check Zhou Yun's pulse, making sure that Zhou Yun's wound was basically healed, so he was relieved.

Wang Anshi told Wei Shiyi that he would not come to him in two days, but in fact, that night, Wei Shiyi received a letter from Wang Anshi, saying that he would visit the academy again tomorrow.At that time Zhou Yun was still in the clinic, and he and Wei Shiyi had done this together, so Zhou Yun decided to go with Wei Shiyi.

So the next day, Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun went to the academy together.As a result, they were surrounded by other students before they saw Wang Anshi in the academy.

The reason for the onlookers is also very simple, that is Zhou Yun brought by Wei Shiyi.

Wei Shiyi hadn't expected that Zhou Yun would be so famous.