Although he is second-ranked, Wang Zeng's life has always been very simple. In such a huge house, there is only an old servant, and a few servants and son Wang Yi accompany him. The fastest update of the Wang family in Qingzhou is a large family with a large population. Wang Zeng's foundation is still there. The capital city is just a place where officials live and a station in life.

Wang Zeng's parents were both mourned at the age of eight, and were raised by his uncle Wang Zhongyuan. Since childhood, Wang Zhongyuan has treated Wang Zeng as his parents and children, and Wang Zeng treats Wang Zhongyuan as his father. After Wang Zhongyuan's death, Wang Zeng was willing to give him a title as a donation and become a funeral by his official position as a minister of the Ministry of Works. Later, Ouyang Xiu was also raised by his uncle. He gave his official position to his uncle, which was passed down as a good story in later generations, thinking that it was a precedent for such behavior. In fact, the first person to do so was Wang Zeng.

At the age of 24, Wang Zeng won the title of Qingzhou's test. Qingzhou and Henan Prefecture are two important educational places north of the Yellow River, except for the capital. There are many places for the test and the competition is fierce. The following year, he ranked first in the provincial examination with "The Fu of Education but Not Differentiation" and became the provincial examination. He also won the title of "The Fu of Mixed Things" and won the title of the palace examination. He won the first place again and was the top scorer. He won three yuan in a row, and Wang Zeng was the second person in the Song Dynasty.

Most of the imperial examinations were based on strength, but sometimes the provincial top scorer was lucky. Wang Zeng won three yuan in a row but almost did not rely on luck, and simply crushed with strength. "The Mixed Fu of Youwu" became the benchmark for the imperial examination. Until the content of the imperial examinations was reformed, Fu was no longer so important. This was the first work in the imperial examination, and the world rushed to imitate it. Xu Ping had studied almost every word in the imperial examination, and could only sigh that one sentence was natural and it was indeed necessary to use his heart and effort.

Since the fifth year of Xianping, he was the top scholar and the chief magistrate of Jeju, and now he has been thirty-four years. Wang has been in and out of the country, showing his own excellence or being frustrated. Whether it is an enemy or a friend, he is irreproachable about his character and ability. He works diligently in the court, but he is calm and adaptable in the world, not happy with things or sad with himself. He may not have done this by Fan Zhongyan himself, but Wang has done it.

In his later years, Ding Wei was tyrannical. In order to prevent Ding Wei from causing trouble to the country, Wang Dan specially promoted Wang Zeng to prevent Ding Wei from causing trouble. When the new emperor ascended the throne and Empress Dowager Liu was ambitious to take over the throne, Wang Zeng joined Feng Zheng to successfully overthrow Ding Wei and resolved a political crisis. It was at that time that Wang Zeng promoted Lu Yijian, who was the same year as him, and allowed him to go to the Political Affairs Hall from the position of Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as the Minister of Political Affairs. In the sixth year of Tiansheng, the Zhaoying Palace in Yuqing was in a fire. Empress Dowager Liu, who felt that he was restricted by Wang Zeng, took the opportunity to attack. Wang Zeng resigned to respond to the natural disasters and once again pulled Lu Yijian and made him become the Prime Minister.

When Empress Dowager Liu passed away and returned to the court again, Wang Zeng found that the personnel and affairs were no longer there. Lu Yijian, who had fought side by side with him, had already gained a lot of strength. He controlled the government and monopolized power, which had seriously affected state affairs. Wang served as the second prime minister. Although he fought with Lu Yijian with reason, he was weak and powerless, and now it was difficult to even restrain Lu Yijian.

Wang Yi came in from outside the door, put the bowl in his hand on the table, and said to Wang Zeng: "Sir, it's already late at night, use some hot tea."

Wang Zeng nodded, picked up the tea and took a sip, then placed the bowl on the table, looking at the night outside the window in a daze.

Wang Yi said with a tight hand: "Fan Waijian has left Beijing. I heard that only Li Zhijixianyuan and Wang Zhi, who has recently returned to Beijing, were the other two. No matter relatives or friends, they had not seen each other, so they were really deserted."

Wang Zeng did not look back and said softly: "This time Fan Zhongyan was demoted because of his cliques. Who can still send him off? Li and Wang Zhi are his closest relatives. It is reasonable to go there. Of course, the most important thing is that they are not afraid of the powerful."

"Fan Waijian was demoted from the capital and was defeated by Tianzhang Pavilion Waijian. Many censors who spoke for him were implicated. I heard that the crowd was angry now, and Mr. Lu was afraid that this time he would be angry."

Wang Zeng didn't say anything, just looked at Ye Se in a daze.

Fan Zhongyan insisted on breaking up with Lu Yijian. Is it related to himself? Wang Zeng didn't know or explain it clearly. He did not build a private party, did not engage in personal interests, and admired Fan Zhongyan, but his relationship was not very close. However, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian had fierce battles in the court recently, and all officials saw it, and it was impossible for him to have no idea. In the eyes of Fan Zhongyan and others, Lu Yijian was simply undesirable compared to Wang Zeng. Whether he was capable or person, he was not worthy of being in the political affairs hall. After refuting Lu Yijian, the most benefit was naturally Wang Zeng. When Fan Zhongyan rushed out without hesitation, did he have such an idea? Wang Zeng didn't know, and he didn't want to know. The two sides were aligned to balance, but it was easy to disagree with opinions and struggles were inevitable. The system was originally designed like this. Wang Zeng was in this way and could not avoid it, and he didn't want to avoid it.

This time, Fan Zhongyan was not dismissed from office because he took the "Picture of Hundred Officials", Xu Ping could see this clearly than Yan Shu. As the prime minister, Lu Yijian naturally did not have to explain to a Tianzhang Pavilion. As a minister of attendance, Fan Zhongyan had an opinion on the prime minister's governance and put forward his own opinions. This matter only demonstrated the conflict between the two. Fan Zhongyan accused and Lu Yijian decided, and the past was over. The real thing was that Fan Zhongyan refused to let go, and Lu Yijian was angry and embarrassed.

Shortly after the "Picture of Hundred Officials", the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor Cai Qi proposed to move the capital to Luoyang, Xijing. This is the will of Taizu, and it also has its feasibility and necessity. It is not unusual for officials to mention it every once in a while. Especially last year, Xu Ping rectified Luoyang City on Jingxi Road and flourished, and Henan Prefecture had a huge number of flying tickets in his hands. This matter has been mentioned long ago, but Cai Qi's status is high enough, which attracted more attention. Cai Qi proposed to move the capital, but Fan Zhongyan opposed it, believing that Luoyang was no longer suitable for the royal city.

There is nothing at this point, and Xu Ping also disagreed with the move of the capital. The influence of all kinds of princes and nobles who finally left the capital city, built Luoyang, a new industrial and commercial center, and moved the capital. Could it be that Xu Ping would find another place to do the same thing? The capital city would be better in Kaifeng City.

Zhao Zhen asked Lu Yijian about the issue of moving the capital. If he had the opportunity to come to the door, he would not say a few bad words from Fan Zhongyan, but Lu Yijian would not be Lu Yijian. When answering Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian said, "Zhong Yan is tragic and unrealistic, and he also disagreed with moving the capital in his heart, but he did not say his own opinions, but only belittled Fan Zhongyan.

The story was spread. Fan Zhongyan joined the four theories of "The Emperor's Good Scholar", "Selecting the Virtue and Appointing the Power", "Recent Names" and "Recommended the Committee", and responded to Lu Yijian's statement in a tit-for-tat way. He also compared Lu Yijian to Zhang Yu, the Emperor Cheng of Han, and accused him of "taking the big as small, taking the easy as difficult, not becoming the success, and taking urgent matters as idle." Fan Zhongyan's meaning was originally about other things, but now the Jingxi Road was Lu Yijian's heart disease, thinking that he was talking about it, so he tore his face apart.

When I took the "Picture of Hundred Officials", it can be said that Fan Zhongyan, as a minister, had doubts about the prime minister's desire for humanity, put forward his own opinions, and gave the charts to the king for reference. Later, the accusation against Lu Yijian was to directly criticize his ability to govern, and he could no longer be as careless as before. The two of them quarreled in person in Chongzheng Hall, and after leaving the palace, they shared their letters, and they had a big fight.

Not only did Lu Yijian and Fan Zhongyan fight against each other, but many officials from the Pavilion and censors also joined in, and their momentum became increasingly popular. In the end, Lu Yijian said that "remove the position and speak out, recommend the cliques, and alienate the monarch and ministers." Fan Zhongyan was demoted and demoted to the magistrate of Raozhou.

If this matter ends here, it will be a big and small battle, and there is nothing special. However, Lu Yijian thinks that this is not a solution. Although he has formed a clique and made private affairs, the officials in the court are not blind. How could he not see it? This time, he drove away one Fan Zhongyan, and there are many lawless people. He finally decided to take this opportunity to clear the hidden danger. He instructed the Censor Han Du to write a letter to ask that Fan Zhongyan be listed in the court and to warn all officials to speak out beyond their duties.

This was reported to Zhao Zhen for implementation in the name of the Censorate. The emperor took the clique as a warning, but Zhao Zhen did not stop him.

This is how many years have Zhao Zhen taken power? He has been demoted and exorcising people on a large scale, and Fan Zhongyan was hit by the head twice. Since Taizu ascended the throne, he has warned his descendants not to kill those who wrote letters and talk about things. Not to mention officials, ordinary people can express their own opinions on the government. Especially when young officials have low status, they can display their ambitions by writing letters and talk about things, so that the superiors can discover their talents.

Mainly the officials of the museum, Yin Zhu and others were demoted from the court for seeking justice for Fan Zhongyan. Then Ouyang Xiu wrote a "Letter to the Gaosi" and scolded Gao Ruonai, saying that the court's Censorate had already been banned from the list of the Censorate, and that the censors were not allowed to speak. As the chief official of the Censorate, he not only did not speak a word about this matter, but also privately said that Fan Zhongyan "had to condemn himself, how could he be innocent?"

Ouyang Xiu scolded Gao Ruonai very unpleasantly, fully demonstrating his superhuman literary talent. One of the words "I no longer know that there are shameful things in the world" has been passed down in later generations. In the end, the honest Gao Ruonai scolded Mao and presented Ouyang Xiu's book to the court. Ouyang Xiu was demoted to the magistrate of Yiling County. The censor had a special status. Ouyang Xiu was happy to scold himself like this, and the punishment was particularly severe. When he went to Yiling, he did not know the affairs of Yiling County, but Yiling County Magistrate, and was directly demoted to the ranks of selecting people.

After that, another madman, Cai Xiang, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, wrote the poem "Four Sages and One Unworthy", and then scolded Gao Ruonai. However, Cai Xiang was born in a large family and had a deep background, and finally had nothing to do. Ouyang Xiu had already had a quarrel with his first father-in-law Xu Yan because of his different position, and no one could speak for him at this time.

This political conflict started because Fan Zhongyan took the "Picture of Hundred Officials". It was not big at all, but it eventually turned into a huge disaster. Although it was due to Fan Zhongyan's uncompromising, it also showed how fierce the internal struggle in the court was at this time.

(Note: The Fan family and the Lu family really made enemies because of this storm. But for the parties involved, Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian did not become mortal enemies. To a large extent, they were only because of political disputes and did not involve personal feelings. Later, the northwest chaos broke out in history, and the two compared themselves to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi in the Tang Dynasty, shaking hands and making peace. However, this time they were demoted from Beijing, and Fan Zhongyan's original wife, Mrs. Li, died of overwork and illness due to overwork, which made Fan Zhongyan's son unable to forgive Lu Yijian again. However, whether it was Fan Zhongyan or Lu Yijian, family education was very successful, and their sons were all the prime minister. As a result, Lu Yijian's descendants used the letters of Fan Zhongyan in their family as evidence, saying that the two were reconciled in their later years, while the Fan family insisted that those books were
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