Wen Yanbo sighed softly in his heart, there were many things that he could not tell.

Moreover, judging from Sima Guang's appearance, does he seem to be convinced?

Wen Yanbo knew that the answer was clear - no!

That being the case, there's nothing more to say.

Wen Yanbo's eyes narrowed slightly and he laughed: "What Junshi said may be true..."

Sima Guang raised his eyebrows. What do you mean, maybe it's not bad? Does it mean that I might have said something wrong?

"It's just that the country has been employing talents in an eclectic way since our ancestors!"

"During the time of Renmiao, Shi Wending was in court and was famous for his humor and frivolity. Renmiao didn't take it seriously and worshiped him as the ruler!"

Shi Wending is Shi Zhongli, who participated in political affairs during the Jingyou period of Renmiao.

He was in power in the court for only two years.

But in those two years, he contributed countless interesting things to the Song Dynasty and injected a breath of fresh air into the dull court.

After Shi Zhongli's death, he received the posthumous title: Wen Ding.

It's a good thing that Wen Yanbo didn't mention Shi Zhongli. When he mentioned this person, Sima Guang immediately retorted: "It is precisely because of his frivolity and excess that Renmiao wants to remove him from power!"

Wen Yanbo looked at Sima Guang with a smile and said, "Really? Jun Shi also thinks that Shi Wending was dismissed for being frivolous?"

Sima Guang was suddenly speechless.

Because he knew very well that the person behind Shi Zhongli's dismissal was the Grand Master Wen Yanbo Wen in front of him.

Also involved were the late Han Qi and Fu Bi.

Moreover, Shi Zhongli was not the only one who was dismissed that year.

There were also Wang Sui, the prime minister at the time, and two other political advisors: Chen Yaozuo and Han Yi.

Within one day, the entire court was cleaned.

The four prime ministers, including the prime minister, packed up and left Zhizhou County.

This can only be a long-planned and highly targeted political struggle.

It can only be a bloody fight between two completely opposing political groups.

So, what are the characteristics of Wang Sui and others?

Answer: They were all the followers of Lu Yijian, the deposed prime minister at the time, and they were also representatives of the conservative faction at that time.

When each person was dismissed, the average age was over seventy-two years old!

The new gentlemen who are eager for change hate them to the core!

Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and others were in front of Renmiao day and night, complaining about the incompetence and absurdity of these people.

They can't come up with any solutions to national affairs.

So, we had no choice but to let them go.

Replace with someone more capable!

So Zhang Shixun, Zhang Dexiang, Li Ruogu, and Chen Zhizhong took office.

When these people still couldn't solve the problem, the Qingli New Deal began with great vigor.

Wen Yanbo chuckled and said: "Besides, hasn't Junshi also used a world-famous humorous literary figure like Liu Gongfu (Liu Xun)?"

Sima Guang's face turned green as he said, "Liu Gongfu is an upright and incorruptible man!"

Wen Yanbo smiled: "Zhang Zihou is not upright? Is he not honest?"

Sima Guang replied: "Yuanfengzhong's father Zhang Yu and his brother Zhang Kai invaded and occupied people's fields and illegally detained others. They were impeached and Zhang Dun was dismissed from power."

Wen Yanbo listened and smiled even brighter.

If others don't know the inside story of this case, how can he, Wen Kuanfu, not be aware of it?

It’s a complete set-up!

The person who took action was none other than the old party in the government at the time.

Of course, Wen Yanbo couldn't point this out.

If you break it, you will really break your face.

It's not necessary.

He is already old and no longer wants to fight with others.

I just want to keep the achievements I have made, and I just want to continue the family's wealth.

Wen Yanbo just continued to smile, and then ended Sima Guang's continued attack with one sentence: "I remember that Zhang Zihou was deposed from power in the fourth year of Yuanfeng. A few months later, the late emperor once again appointed Zhang Zihou as power, and he was promoted to power.

The first one is Shangshu Zuocheng!"

Sima Guang fell silent.

He finally understood that Wen Yanbo could not be persuaded by him.

Sima Guang was a little confused.

It is clear that at this time last year, all the gentlemen and gentlemen in the world were united as one, gearing up to put an end to Wang Anshi's evil methods.

How come it has become what it is now in just one year?

Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, Feng Jing, and Han Wei have all ceased their activities.

Now, even Sun Gu doesn't mention all the evil methods.

Instead, he began to praise Han Jiang, the paper framer.

Thinking of this, Sima Guang was not only a little depressed.

He looked at Wen Yanbo, stood up slightly tremblingly, and said in obeisance, "This is indeed Grand Master Nao Nao."

Wen Yanbo leaned on a few sticks, stood up and said, "I'll send you Junshi."

"No need!" Sima Guang shook his head and said, "Grand Master, just take care of yourself."

…

Wen Yanbo leaned on several sticks and watched Sima Guang's back disappear into the courtyard attic of Wen's house.

He sighed deeply: "This Sima Twelve!"

"How stubborn and stubborn!"

He admired Sima Guang's stubbornness and persistence.

Because he can't do it.

"What a pity..." Wen Yanbo looked towards the direction of the Imperial City.

"If this matter only required persuading the two palaces, I would have done it long ago."

The two houses have been in charge for more than a year.

Wen Yanbo had already seen that the two palaces were not Zhang Xian Mingsu, or even Cisheng Guangxian.

They don't have that much ability, nor do they have a strong will.

As long as people around them say bad things about someone to them day and night, that person will definitely be disliked by them.

But the question is, are the two palaces making decisions regarding current government affairs, especially important personnel appointments?

On the surface it looks like this.

Since taking charge of the government, almost all ministers waiting to be appointed and above have been appointed by the two palaces, except for those who have been appointed.

But what about reality?

Cai Que went to Quanzhou, and Zhang Dun went to Guangxi.

Who had the real idea?

"Today's official family is not the king of the Song Dynasty!" Wen Yanbo murmured to himself.

King Cheng was young and needed Zhou Gong to assist him for seven years.

In today's official family, where do the elders and ministers come from to assist the government?

He doesn't need it at all!

As far as Wen Yanbo knew, his Pingzhang military and state affairs were invented by today's officials.

In addition, Feng Jing and Zhang Fangping’s titles of Jiedushi, Han Wei’s knowledge of Henan Prefecture, and Feng Jing’s knowledge of Daming Prefecture were all written by him!

Could King Cheng do these things when he was ten years old?

cannot!

"It's not our Emperor Zhang of Han or Emperor Ming of Han!" Wen Yanbo continued to murmur.

Emperors Zhang and Ming were already adults when they came to the throne.
To be continued...