The rumors spread, and Cai Que got his wish and became a headline figure at that time, blocking the dying Wang Gui and the tough Zhang Dun. This really brought him benefits. The most direct point was that he was noticed by a noble lady in the deep palace - Empress Dowager Gao. She thought it was fun. What were these people outside doing? It seemed like they could decide. According to the legendary routine, it should be that they should first get instructions from her and then go outside to promote it? Now it is the opposite! Do you want to have a fait accompli and ask her to do it?

Cai Que's tragedy was staged like this. He never imagined: what the previous performances would bring to him, which was an unprecedented blow in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty! Who made him not know how to advance and retreat and dared to compete for credit with Empress Dowager Gao?

"History of the Song Dynasty" records: The person who really paved the way for Song Zhezong Zhao Xu was his grandmother. Empress Dowager Gao first affirmed his character in public, saying that since Shenzong fell ill, the 10-year-old child not only stayed in front of the hospital bed to prepare medicine for his father every day, but also silently copied three volumes of Buddhist scriptures to pray for his father... The ministers also saw the Buddhist scriptures, and the handwriting on them was dignified and neat, which shows the mood of the copywriter.

Empress Dowager Gao also sent someone to secretly make a small dragon robe for the child, and just waited for the Shenzong to pass away and immediately put it on Zhao Xu. These combined together are the ironclad evidence of her supporting the new emperor!

In fact, we must also admit that she is indeed the finale. The greatest contribution of Zhao Xu to become emperor is to her! But please don’t misunderstand her because of this. She is an intellectual woman with ideals, ambitions and pursuits. She has too many things to do. Establishing a baby who is less than 9 years old is the prerequisite for her to show her ambitions! Is it that a 6-year-old adult man, what should she use to control it? Even the highest status in the harem must be transferred out and handed over to the new queen. It is said that she established Zhao Xu because of her love for her eldest son, Shenzong, and it is an inexplicable judgment! If you really want to love Shenzong, why did you immediately ruin Shenzong's career?

In the final analysis, she has been withstood for almost 40 years! In her heart, the kind and profound Emperor Renzong was weak, and the generous and humble Empress Dowager Cao was cowardly and ridiculous. Her husband Yingzong had been entangled with his ministers throughout his life. He was exhausted and only earned a reputation for his biological father. As for the eldest son Shenzong, he was completely confused and confused... The whole world was waiting for her to save!

The first step to rescue is to spread rumors. She must find the best reason to come out for the best helper in her mind. So she used the name of her newly-dead eldest son!

The rumor was said by Emperor Shenzong of Song a year before his death. It was at a banquet that he told the ministers that "the crown prince will be established next spring, and Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu will be the crown prince's grand tutor and the grand guarantor." But he did not point out who the crown prince was to be established...

Is there anything more ridiculous than this? It was clear before that when Song Shenzong was about to die and could not even speak, many ministers urgently asked for instructions to establish a crown prince. If Shenzong made a clear arrangement a year ago, what else would he do to do at this time?

Especially Wang Gui, the neutral faction at that time, and Cai Que, the reformist faction, how could he arrange an opposition master for the future successor emperor? He deliberately broke up his own position?

Although this rumor is clumsy and ridiculous, it is really a forced one! If she doesn't do this, she can't invite the legendary "gentlemen". Take Sima Guang as an example. He lived in seclusion in Luoyang for 15 years and seemed to have completely withdrawn from the officialdom, but his status is even more superb, much higher than 15 years ago. The lives of him and other "gentlemen" in Luoyang City have long become a legend...

In general, Sima Guang has been having a hard life over the years. For example, he was exhausted from writing books and was sick all over his body, but he still insisted. For efficiency, he made a wake-up pillow. It was a round wood, and it was very uncomfortable to put it on. The function was to prevent him from sleeping for a long time. As long as he moved a little, the wood would move and wake him up. Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and other old-fashioned ministers were forced out of the capital by Wang Anshi. In Luoyang, it should be a miserable and frustrated concentration camp. Wrong! Just the contrary! In the city of Luoyang in Xijing, it was a fairy life that Duan Guang sang, which made all generations of literati and scholars drool...

First of all, it is the material foundation. Each of these big guys is rich and has a broad mind. What kind of materials are needed and what kind of location is not needed? How can you live in a careless place? Don’t talk about their own houses, the famous "happy nest" of Yi Xueji Shao Yong was built on a whim!

The most distinctive ones are the houses of Fu Bi, Wang Gongchen and Sima Guang. In the Western Capital of the Song Dynasty, there were countless officials in Luoyang City. Just consider the prime minister, there were 5 buildings: Wen Xiang, Fu Xiang, Wang Xiang, and two Zhang Xiangs.

Fu Bi's house garden was once the most luxurious in Luoyang City. It was not like the old houses of famous gardens that were renovated in the Sui and Tang dynasties, but were completely built. The mountains, water halls, towers and towers in the garden reflect his decades of self-cultivation and becoming an official.

The rich house does not easily treat guests. The precious materials left in history books were visited by Shao Yong, a famous scholar of Yixue, who was able to visit by chance. After coming out of Fu Zheng Gong's living room, first pass through Tanchun Pavilion and go up a small hill. There are four scenic halls on the mountain that can overlook the entire garden. After going down the mountain, cross the river, cross the south through Tongjin Bridge, there is a square pavilion on the bridge. Looking from the pavilion, there is a green bamboo forest opposite, and a high hall Ziyun Hall is hidden in the middle. Ziyun Hall is a sea of ​​flowers to the right, and the names and flowers gather in more than a hundred steps. Then, pass Yinyue Pavilion, admire the platform, and go to Chongboxuan. There is a unique cave heaven to the north, which is a major feature of Fu'an. The northern garden turns into Tuyun Cave and faces a bamboo forest. The scenery inside is no longer bricks and tiles

, but it is all built by bamboo. The sound of water in the bamboo pavilion is gurgling, bamboo and stone flowing water, and people come and go. There are four caves and five pavilions inside. Outside the bamboo forest, it is a plum platform. To the south is a Tianguang Platform. This platform is higher than the bamboo forest, covering the green yard. The outside world can only see the green grass on the hillside. Turning east, it is Woyun Hall. This hall faces north and south with the Four Scenic Hall outside the living place. The water flows around the hall, and at the end of the water is a small hill, hiding the Fuyuan in the noise of the city... In this way, Shao Yong was greatly impressed. He walked all over the famous garden in Xijing and determined that this one was the crown of Luoyang. He was right, and Fubi's house was indeed ranked first, because Wang Gongchen's one has never been well built...

The top scholar Wang Gongchen was lucky in his life. He was the leader of high school at the age of 19, became the Sansi Envoy at the age of 9, and even the name was given by Emperor Renzong. Such prominentness made him extremely enlarged and decided to enjoy a perfect life. He built his own house in Luoyang since he was 7 years old. The project was so big and the beauty of the terraces had reached a point where people were sweating. With the expenses of top civil servants in the most prosperous stage of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the huge gray income of various collusion between officials and businessmen in the capital, this house was not yet built until Wang Gongchen died at the age of 74! It took a total of 47 years... What kind of luxury is this? After his death, his descendants were not able to continue to build, but even the collapsed and damaged houses had no money to repair.

The most famous thing in Wangyuan is a built central hall called Chaotian Pavilion. This building is as high as the floor and majestic as it is. It made Luoyang City at that time call it "Nest House" and it means a building with a treetop height, which is high in the clouds! Corresponding to it is Sima Guang's cave. He did not like to build tall buildings, so he would rather hide under the ground and write books quietly.

Sima Guang's house is the smallest among the top officials in Luoyang City. He chose a remote and low place, no more than 5 acres in size. Even Su Shi's house in his hometown in Sichuan is larger than it. The house style looks like a farmhouse from a distance. There is a hill in the courtyard, and there is a "herb collection garden" on the mountain. There is a small river at the foot of the mountain. The "diaoyu Temple" is built. The others are just bamboo fences and thatched cottages. The most valuable thing in the courtyard is his nearly 5,000 volumes of books. He called this courtyard "Duleyuan" and means to tell the outside world clearly: he does not enjoy himself with everyone, and concentrates on reading and writing history. Everything outside the courtyard has nothing to do with him. As for the cave, because he is from the northwest, the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, it is very comfortable and practical to live in...

The old bastard is indeed unique, and there are too many doubts that make people unable to see clearly. One of them is his 15-year life in Luoyang. Why did he have to be so miserable? Even his residence is so simple?

It is wrong to say that he has no money. He wrote "Zizhi Tongjian" as an official investment. Song Shenzong gave him a super huge special fund and there are special rewards every year. So he has always been simple? Are you used to suffering and suffering? I am afraid it may not be necessary. It seems that there is only one reason to explain his life in Luoyang City, which is also the completely different thing between him and Fu Bi, Wang Gongchen and others!

Fu, Wang and others are completely retired, and they put aside political and grudges. Sima Guang's heart was a burning fire. He was writing books while paying attention to the situation in the world. Everything Wang Anshi and Song Shenzong did fell into his eyes. Only by being innocent and hard, only by being stern, can he keep himself in a sufficient state to wait! This is the only thing he can do, but the future is far away. Will Wang Anshi fall? He waited 7 years later... Will Song Shenzong change? It has remained unchanged for 8 years! The bastard is very old, but the emperor is still so young... Even after "Zizhi Tongjian", the world is still the world of the reformists! Where is the hope? What to do? Keep waiting! The old bastard firmly believes that everything he did in 15 years is meaningful! It will not only make him famous, but also make him reach the peak that Wang Anshi and Song Shenzong must look up to!

He did it! In China, the country where etiquette, poetry and books are supreme, the charm of a super scholar is infinite! People subconsciously believe that the greater a person's talent, the greater virtue...

An unprecedented historical masterpiece "Zizhi Tongjian" established the image of the old bastard with a glorious image! With this book, he is immortal forever. At the same time, it also makes the whole world pay attention! The reputation is unimaginable. People all over the world no longer call him his name or his words, but collectively called "Sima Xianggong". The husband refers to all the primates who served in the East and West governments. It can be found that Sima Guang's resume was only nominated for being a Privy Councillor, but unfortunately he was ruined by the reformists before he took office. In other words, he was not qualified to be called "Such Guard" at all, but the people recognized it! At the same time, the old bastard occupied the territory. Luoyang is a treasure land, and his reputation in history is second only to Chang'an. Since ancient times, the princes and ministers

The gentry lived here, and their wealth had no worse impact on the surrounding areas than Kaifeng. Sima Guang was here, and everyone was circling around him. Whenever he was tired of writing, he would leave his house in a car and go to find friends. His friends were Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Shao Yong, Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao, Xi Ruyan, Zhang Tao, Liu Shu, Fan Zuyu, etc. Look at the identities of these people, either top executives or big scholars. These people gathered together and wrote poems and sang songs casually, which was a grand event in the history of Chinese culture! Whenever this was the case, there were thousands of people in Luoyang City, surrounded by Sima Guang's carriage to see the legendary celebrities... Such a grand event was very famous in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, called the "Qiyinghui"

Year after year, "Zizhi Tongjian" was written, with a grand reputation, Wang Anshi stopped his preface, and Song Shenzong died... The old bastard Sima Guang was at its peak! He was the most influential person who was still alive in the Song Dynasty at that time. No matter who became the emperor, he could not ignore him!

On 6th of 1085, 10-year-old Song Zhezong Zhao Xu officially succeeded to the throne. This was the youngest among the nine emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was younger than when Song Renzong succeeded to the throne. On the 1st, Empress Dowager Gao, the "Female Yao and Shun" ruled the country from behind the curtain.

This month, Song Shenzong just passed away. Sima Guang, a idle semi-retired minister from another place, was not qualified to participate in the funeral, and even the country did not invite him to attend. But he thought about it and decided to squeeze in. Note that this is a violation! For example, Wang Anshi, this is a real former prime minister, a minister who cannot be divided into his life with Song Shenzong. He is not invited and cannot enter the capital casually. But Sima Guang came!

As soon as his carriage arrived at the city gate, the guards discovered it, and the whole city was sensation. The people all came out to watch, cheer, praise, and keep him. He was the most dazzling star at that time. But the star was frightened. Faced with the unprecedented popularity of the capital, the old bastard turned his head and ran away without saying a word, and ran back to his hometown Luoyang!

What Shenzong is not Shenzong? I can never die of love! My reputation is so great that it is already above the cordon, and I must avoid this limelight! But as a superstar, he is sometimes helpless. He just arrived at his hometown and had not breathed evenly in Duleyuan, and the pursuers from Kaifeng City arrived!

The personal representative of Empress Dowager Gao and the eunuch Liang Weijian, the intern of the inner palace, arrived. First, he apologized to Sima Guang: The official was not considerate and lacked preparation, which scared you, the national treasure, and hereby condolences. Then, on behalf of Empress Dowager Gao and the new emperor, he asked Sima Guang for advice on the way to govern the country. What do you think the most important thing to do now?

Opportunity! The opportunity that I had been waiting for for a full 15 years finally came! The old bastard has too much to say! After careful thinking, he formulated a series of action steps. From point to surface, the first step was to completely defeat the existing court officials and previous politics!

After 15 years, the first memorial of the old bastard began like this. "In recent years, customs have been declining. The literati and officials regard stealing and compassion as wise, and use dangerous and correct arguments as crazy. This has caused the lower-mindedness but not to understand the superiors, and the superiors are obsessed with the ministers but not to express their gratitude... They are all guilty of the ministers, while the ignorant people often blame the former emperor..." Deep in the palace, Empress Dowager Gao held such a memorial in his hand, and his face began to become bright. Good! Very good! All the achievements of the Xifeng period were smoothed out, and the career of her own son throughout her life was completely devalued! It was really good!

Summon Sima Guang and Lu Gong returned to Beijing!

The appointment just was issued, and the second memorial of the old bastard was also published. The famous "Please update Zhang Xinfa". This article truly reflects Sima Guang's voice. At the beginning, Wang Anshi was scolded by bloody words, "...If you don't understand the political system, you will use private opinions, change the old chapters, and mistake the late emperor for the appointment. As a result, many people are unemployed and complain in the neighborhood." After that, a long and tiring calf cuts off to the new laws! They are compared to social cancers, and they must be eradicated as soon as possible!

This memorial is a banner. Empress Dowager Gao read it with a refreshing feeling and saw the dawn of restoring the old law. The opposition who had been suppressed in the place for many years and could only murmur curses were even more lit up, and they felt that they had finally seen the hope of counterattack! But the reality was helpless. No matter what ambition Sima Guang had, how much authority Empress Dowager Gao had, the leadership team left by the late Emperor Shenzong was still there! Cai Que, Han Zhen, Zhang Dun and even the middle-level leaders were all from the New Law Group. These people stood aside, laughing and looking at Sima Guang who was jumping up and down, and they thought it was very fun - everyone, look at it! Take a look less! This is the legendary Sima Guang! The old antique that was rushed to Luoyang by Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing and other seniors 15 years ago, I don’t know how long I can live, but I jumped out and bite people again!
Chapter completed!