[Comprehensive] Feasibility report on the restoration of the country

The first peace negotiation between the New Party and the Shu Party was very successful. Zhang Dun got the magic weapon that can make his presence felt——the newspaper, and Murong Fu got the real working officials in the lower reaches of the imperial court.These officials had been driven by the new party but were not Zhang Dun's confidantes. I am afraid that the old party's psychological cleanliness would not tolerate them.Murong Fu's ability to take them in on behalf of Su Shi, a rising political star, at this time is undoubtedly a timely help.In the following years, the Shu Party relied on the support of these herdsmen officials to remain invincible in the court's party struggle.

I have to say that Zhang Dun and Murong Fu, who have a common enemy, are indeed happy to cooperate.Not long after the two met, Zhang Dun arranged for someone to impeach Cai Jing for "being evil and breaking the law" by relying on the relevant data provided by Murong Fu.Cai Jing, who had just added three points of honor to Mr. Sima, was overwhelmed with public grievances because of his excessive means of abolishing the immunity law, and left two slap marks on Mr. Sima's face.

Cai Jing was relegated by the imperial court, and a new issue of "Bianjing Times" was released, which recorded the disputes and protests caused by the abolition of the immunity law in various places.With the lessons learned from the return of Wuzhai, the imperial court no longer dared to ignore public opinion. After state officials from all over the state successively petitioned for "the abolition of the exemption law should be slowed down", they followed suit and accepted advice like a stream. "Bianjing Times" once again spread the news for the first time, and while the common people cheered "the official is holy", the elderly Sima Xianggong fell ill again.

Although Murong Fu is also known as Sima Guang, a great scholar in the field of qi disease history, but the so-called first time is born and second time is familiar, this time he did not have much psychological pressure.After preparing several boxes of high-quality Changbai Mountain old ginseng for Su Shi and arranging a carriage to take him to visit his doctor, he devoted himself to inquiring about holding a banquet for the four scholars of Sumen.

The Taixue Academy examination presided over by Su Shi has ended. As recorded in historical records, Huang Tingjian, Chao Buzhi, and Zhang Lei stood out and were highly praised by Su Shi.Because Su Shi is the teacher of these three people, according to the unspoken rules of officialdom, they are the natural Su Party and Murong Fu's natural allies.

In June of the first year of Yuanyou, the reception feast that Qin Guan had been thinking about for a long time finally kicked off.For this reception banquet, Murong Fu specially invited a full set of teams from "Jinlin Building" and "Jinlefang". Besides all the candidates who passed the examination of Taixue Academy, the invited guests also included Su Shi, Su Zhe's colleagues and friends, Murong Fu's and Qin Guan's colleagues and colleagues, as well as Li Gefei, Li Zhiyi, Mi Fu, Li Gonglin, etc., were stragglers in the court, but they left great names in the literary or painting circles.

When literati have banquets, style is always more important than wine and food.For this reason, Murong Fu spent a lot of money to buy a garden on the outskirts of Bianjing, diverted water, dug canals, moved mountains and trees to repair it.During the banquet, everyone is dressed in light fur with the style of Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the food and drink flow down the river in the form of curved water cups.The peony pavilion with beautiful melodies and emotions is only heard from afar in the pavilion as the background. A group of scholars who pretend to be romantic sit around the canal and talk about poetry and painting for joy, just like a scene of paradise.However, if someone like himself recited poems and fought against him, he really couldn't do it. Murong Fu also carefully arranged activities such as shooting, defending, and counting, and finally, under Qin Guan's instigation, he personally played a set of swordsmanship and won a lot of applause.

In the second half of the banquet, Wen Yanbo, Fan Chunren, Su Shi and others got up successively to talk about their poetry and prose experience and the idea of ​​governing the country, while Murong Fu wandered around with a glass of wine, making friends with like-minded friends.Huang Tingjian, who has passed his age, praised the "Bianjing Times", thinking that it was a symbol of the court's openness and respect for public opinion.Murong Fu was overjoyed when he heard about it, and immediately said that he would introduce the editor-in-chief of "Bianjing Times" to him.Zhang Lei was obsessed with academics, and Murong Fu talked to him several times, but he turned a deaf ear and only followed Su Shi's figure with his eyes.Murong Fu knew that he was no match for Su Shi's charm, so he had to leave in resentment.In contrast, Chao Buzhi, who was born in a family of officials, obviously knows how to communicate with people better. He has a good-natured temperament and enjoys talking with Murong Fu, but he just mentioned that the living expenses in the capital are obviously a bit stretched, and there is a faint hint of begging for foreign officials. thought.

The so-called close to the water, the sun, the moon, the sun, the flowers and the trees are easy to spring, which means that it is easier to get promoted and make a fortune when you are familiar with the emperor.It's really released, there are tens of thousands of officials in the world, who can remember?Murong Fu naturally wouldn't allow Chao Buzhi to ruin his future, but before he could persuade him, Qin Guan, who was sitting beside Chao Buzhi, smiled and said, "With Mingshi here, why worry about the economy?" Guan Juchang, but Chao Buzhi was a Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng, and Qin Guan was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Yuanfeng, so Qin Guan can only be a junior in front of Chao Buzhi.

Chao Buzhi knew that Murong Fu was rich enough to rival a country, and that Su Shi, Su Zhe's two brothers and Qin Guan's expenses in the capital were all managed by him.Moreover, Murong Fu also showed enough goodwill during this banquet, and he must be willing to bear the living expenses for him.It's just that Chao Buzhi is a strict and upright person, and he doesn't want to accept favors easily, so he politely said: "Since I have received the imperial salary as an official, how can I..."

Murong Fu smiled lightly, and immediately interrupted him: "Senior Brother Chao is very true. As an official of the imperial court, Brother Chao has his own concerns about economics. It's just that I have some small things here and I want to ask my brother to help. You and I It's from the same sect, senior brother won't stand by and watch?"

When Qin Guan heard Murong Fu's words, he smiled slightly.But it was Chao Buzhi who met Murong Fu for the first time, he didn't know his methods, so he immediately asked seriously: "I don't know what I need to do for brother?"

"My little brother has a book shop named 'Jinshuge', but it is about to close down due to poor management. My little brother Suwen praised my brother's literary talents. Today, I asked my brother to help me a lot." Murong Fu said seriously, "I have thought about it Well, the Four Books and Five Classics are sold in every bookstore, and the profit is really not big. Therefore, if the senior brother is willing to contribute exclusively to the younger brother’s bookstore, the younger brother is willing to double the amount of retouching, and in the future, every copy sold by "Jinshuge" Brother, what do you think?" Murong Fu is well aware of these honest and self-confident literati, so instead of letting Chao Buzhi worry about whether taking part-time jobs to subsidize the family will damage the court's face, it is better to jump right in. Use this option to discuss exclusive feed issues.

Facts have proved that Chao Buzhi was really confused by Murong Fu's business experience, and he never thought that there was no "Copyright Law" in Song Dynasty. Instead, he humbly asked for advice: "I don't know what is 'exclusive contribution'?"

Murong Fu cupped his hands and smiled, and said softly: "Little brother is presumptuous, the exclusive contribution is that if the essays and poems of the senior brother are submitted to my bookstore, they can no longer be sold to other houses and receive other people's embellishments."

"It's a unique business, so that's how it is." Chao Buzhi suddenly nodded.

"Since senior brother has agreed, I will send the contract to the mansion tomorrow. Thank you very much!" After finishing speaking, Murong Fu ignored Chao Buzhi's reaction and immediately got up to find the next target.

Chao Buzhi stayed there for a long time, until he saw Murong Fu abandoning Li Zhiyi and went to look for Mi Fu, he asked Qin Guan in a trance: "Did I promise him just now?"

Qin Guan suppressed his smile, nodded seriously and said: "Brother Chao, a word from a gentleman, a whip!"

Happy times are always short.Before Murong Fu connected all the valuable guests on the field, it was already night and the lights were on.Li Zhiyi and Qin Guan entered the alley to discuss poetry and poetry, and everyone was in high spirits. Naturally, Murong Fu couldn't dampen everyone's interest, and ordered people to hang glazed lanterns on the treetops. "Fang" singers take turns singing and dancing to add to the fun.

A banquet continued from daytime to night, and there was always a lot of momentum and patterns, even Zhuge Zhengwo and Qiao Feng, who didn't care about pleasure, couldn't help being dazzled and enjoying it.Seeing that Murong Fu was busy, at one moment he arranged for his servants to record everyone's new poems, and at another moment he ordered the chef to pile up pine logs on the open space for barbecue, he never had a moment of leisure.Qiao Feng couldn't bear to see him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him and said, "I've been busy for a long time, let's take a break." He stuffed another plate of barbecue into his hand, "I see that you drank a lot, but you never ate How many things."

Murong Fu was not polite to him, he ate two plates of barbecue in a row and said with a smile: "Brother Qiao is considerate enough!" There were no less than 50 guests attending the banquet today, and Murong Fu became the host, so it was inevitable that everyone would greet him personally.If it weren't for the profound internal strength, I'm afraid he would have drunk it long ago.

Qiao Feng just smiled and shook his head when he heard the words, before he could speak, Zhuge Zhengwo sneered, and said in a low voice: "How amazing the fight is, I don't want to use it for fun today! Zu Murong Longcheng Quanxia knows, so he must be stripped The skin of your unworthy descendant is terrible!"

Murong Fu raised his eyes and saw Zhuge Zhengwo's expression was not looking good, he smiled and said: "Brother Zhuge, most of the guests who can attend the banquet today are talented scholars through the ages who are excellent in poetry, calligraphy and painting. If I get a word from them, I can exchange it for Murong How can I not care about your endless profits?"

Zhuge Zhengwo snorted twice, and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen are in harmony but not in the same group and not in the party. Party disputes are the beginning of chaos. Brother Murong, I always thought you understood this truth!"

"Brother Zhuge, why did you say such a thing?" Murong Fu said in surprise, "All those attending today are honest and gentlemen, how can they be bought by a little profit?"

"You..." Zhuge Zhengwo choked immediately, and then said bitterly after a while. "What about the list of officials that Zhang Dun gave you?"

Murong Fu couldn't help twitching his eyebrows when he heard this, and immediately turned his gaze to Qiao Feng and said, "Is Brother Qiao's beggar gang full of talents, or Brother Zhuge really has the ability to turn decay into magic? The six doors have only opened for a few months, so Are you going to find out about me soon?"

This time, Zhuge Zheng and Qiao Feng didn't answer anything, they just looked at him deeply.

Murong Fu couldn't help sighing when he saw this, he pointed at the crowd not far away with his chopsticks and said, "It's June and there are a lot of mosquitoes. If I hadn't ordered my servants to hunt and kill them early, everyone might be busy killing them after the banquet. What about mosquitoes. Brother Zhuge and Brother Qiao, if someone can stand around the campfire and talk freely, someone must deal with snakes, insects, rats and ants in the shadows, do you think this is the truth?"

Zhuge Zhengwo and Qiao Feng looked at each other, and suddenly sighed in unison.

But at this time, Su Shi, who was always in the center of the crowd, suddenly turned his gaze to this place, and said loudly, "Akashi, tell me!"

"Yes!" Murong Fu stood up and replied, Shi Shiran walked over.

As soon as he walked into the crowd, Qin Guan quickly repeated the topic just now to Murong Fu. "Teacher Cai asked me just now, what have I learned after studying with him for many years? Brother Huang said he was free and easy, brother Chao said he was knowledgeable, brother Zhang said the right way, and I said nature, little brother, what do you think?"

Su Shi was upright and talented throughout his life. Being an official can benefit one party for one term, and being a man is tolerant, benevolent and honest, and he is a gentleman.In terms of literature, his poems are self-contained, and he advocates equal emphasis on articles and integrity. In articles, he is also a leader who advocates ancient prose and advocates to understand the way.At the same time, he is proficient in miscellaneous learning, concerned about the country and the people, and has a wild and romantic nature, so he is right in the words of the four students of Sumen that "free and easy, erudite, righteous, and natural".However, none of these answers were obviously appreciated by Su Shi, so he brought himself into it.Murong Fu immediately understood that this was a small talk, but it was more like a school exam.

Murong Fu immediately felt guilty when talking about the examination of school knowledge.He has always been pragmatic about Confucianism. Since passing the imperial examination, he has never read a serious book in the eyes of Confucian scholars.Fortunately, Murong Fu knew that what Su Shi really wanted to ask was not knowledge, but political philosophy.Just like in history, only Zhao Yun's sentence "a bachelor's stomach is out of date" can win Su Shi a smile. What Su Shi really cared about was never how high his status in academia was, but lamented that his ambition was too difficult to be rewarded. For the good of the people.Thinking of this, Murong Fu couldn't help but smile slightly, bowed deeply to the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "The student's qualifications are dull, and the time to follow the teacher is the shortest. Compared with the few senior brothers, what he has learned is just superficial..."

"What's the fur?" Fan Chunren had seen Murong Fu's sharp tongue in court, and interrupted him immediately with a smile.

"Two words, pragmatic." Murong Fu said seriously, "Three of us, there must be my teacher. It is pragmatic; if you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will benefit the world. If you don’t accumulate a few steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles, if you accumulate a little, you can accumulate a lot of sand to form a tower, and you must be practical and learn.”

"Now we are all officials in the court. We want to be scholars, and even more officials." Fan Chunren said again.Regarding the abolition of the new law, Fan Chunren originally strongly supported Sima Guang.It's just that the recent disputes made Fan Chunren see Sima Guang's naivety and stubbornness in politics, so he invited Wen Yanbo to participate in this banquet.

"Reading the sages' books to be loyal to the Son of Heaven is a matter of being loyal to the Son of Heaven. It is even more important to be pragmatic in protecting the family, defending the country, and keeping the people safe. If you are a parent, you will be able to clarify the government in Jing'an in the first year, so that men can be separated and women can return home, and the old can support and the young can learn; In the second year, you should raise agriculture, promote industry, encourage the economy, and emphasize learning; in the third year, if you can increase taxes, make the people rich, and have a simple folk custom, you can be regarded as a competent official."

"Being an official like this can be said to be a shepherd guarding one side and a place of grace. Although it is only superficial, it can also protect the world." Fan Chunren sighed.Fan Chunren, the second son of Fan Zhongyan, was gifted and intelligent since he was a child, diligent in learning and inquiring.He had also been a herdsman official and done a lot of things to benefit one side, but he had never heard of such an outline of how to be an official.Although it can't be said to be refreshing, it is indeed clearing the clouds and seeing the sun. "A good student taught by Zi Zhan!"

Su Shi was generous by nature, and Murong Fu's answer was in line with his wishes, with a smile on his face.Seeing that Fan Chunren also came to congratulate him at this time, he couldn't help nodding his head, looking around, very airy.

"If you have fur, you should have minions." Murong Fu continued, "Civilian officials are fur, and military officials are minions. Fur should be abundant, and minions should be good. Only in this way can we protect ourselves."

Murong Fu's sentence is clearly pointing at Sima Guang's lack of military training and moral government. Both Wen Yanbo and Fan Chunren are old men who have survived for several dynasties.However, the two of them are old-fashioned after all, and they also have the habit of guarding against military generals, even though they know what Murong Fu said is reasonable, they just laughed and refused to comment at this time.It is not a good omen for Sima Junshi to get sick again, but Su Shi held a banquet at this time. Thinking of the future changes in the court situation, both Wen Yanbo and Fan Chunren were a little worried for a while.

Outside the crowd, Qiao Feng looked at Murong Fu who was chatting and laughing in the crowd from a distance, sighed for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhuge, in my capacity, I am afraid that I will accompany Murong to fight mosquitoes."

"These people can't be bought with petty profits, but they can be bought with the ideal of Jingan Tianxia." Zhuge Zhengwo smiled bitterly, "Since I have fallen into his trap, I have no choice but to obediently become his pawn."

The author has something to say:

Fan Chunren: A good student taught by Zizhan!

Su Zizhan: O(∩_∩)O~

Murong Fu: O(∩_∩)O~

Fan Chunren: I take back my foreword!