But this Xiao Langzhong said these words bluntly in front of Sima Guang, the former prime minister. The dispute between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi about changing the law can only be understood by people above the court, and it was not made public at that time, and many people do not know that Sima Guang is resolutely opposed to changing the law.

Because Wang Anshi's reform was the mainstream at that time, it was the new policy of the country led by the emperor, and the publicity was of course applauded by the whole country. For those noises, ordinary people will not know about them, so it is unlikely that Xiao Langzhong will know that Sima Guang is resolutely opposed to the new law, and use this to pat Sima Guang's ass.

What's more, Sima Guang had already resigned from his official position at this time, retired to Luoyang, and concentrated on his studies. However, Yang Xianmao is the son-in-law of King Wu, and he can't afford to take a picture of a former prime minister who is no longer an official. From this, it can be concluded that these words should be this Xiaolang's sincere judgment on the change of law.

This kind of judgment, especially the incisive and concise summary of the various shortcomings in the new law, suddenly made the three of them feel like they have met a soulmate. These shortcomings are also the main crimes listed by them who have repeatedly written to the emperor to oppose the change of the law.

Of course, they don't have such a brilliant generalization. They didn't know why this was happening, but they just reacted to the emperor about what they heard and saw. However, Xiao Langzhong incisively summarized the drawbacks of the main list of changes in their hearts. The incisive summary is simply scratching the most itchy place in their hearts.

Seeing the stunned expressions and surprised looks of the two, Sima Guang couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, stroked his beard and said, "When I heard him say that, my expression was the same as yours. I've been thinking these days that he already had such a clear view of national affairs at such a young age. has such an accurate judgment of Wang Anshi's so-called new law, and even saw the terrible consequences of him bringing disaster to the country and the people and ruining the country's involvement in the country. Do you think that a person like this is not enough to serve as a pillar of the country and assist the emperor?"

Hearing this, Wen Yanfu and Fu Bi both nodded slowly in agreement, but Fu Bi said in a low voice: "It's just that the official family is bent on going their own way and has been forcibly pushing Wang Anshi's changes. Although there has been some relief in the past two years, his heart to change the law has never wavered. If you recommend Xiao Langzhong to the emperor, the emperor will hear his words, and he is afraid that he will be kicked out of the court immediately, let alone reused for him. ”

Sima Guang showed a meaningful smile and said: "How can I not know this old decay? But the three of us said in private, my Great Song Dynasty fought against the Western Xia, and after the defeat of Yongle City, my vitality was greatly damaged, and I could no longer compete with the Western Xia in a short period of time, and now the imperial court had no choice but to continue to donate tribute to them to maintain the peace on the border." This incident made the emperor very angry and sad, and he cried in the palace for several days without going to court. He has always been in poor health, and after this time, his health is even worse than before, and he is riddled with all kinds of diseases, and he will recruit the imperial doctor to go for diagnosis and treatment every once in a while. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Guang lowered his voice and said, "Lao Yu once asked Doctor Fei, and he told me the truth, saying that the emperor's illness is actually very serious, and it cannot be solved by decoction. If there is no miracle, I am afraid that it will not last long. In addition, this time the Yellow River burst its banks and the Yellow River besieged the capital, flooding countless states and counties, displacing the people, and the emperor was even more worried. I couldn't sleep at night, I couldn't sleep and eat, and my physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse. ”

Fu Bi and Wen Yanfu nodded slowly, as former important ministers of the imperial court, although they are no longer officials in the imperial court, but every move of the imperial court, especially the situation of the official family, they can still get news from various channels, and they also know that the emperor's physical condition is not as good as before, he is riddled with illness, and he often has to rely on medicine to maintain his body. Some of the ministers have already played and asked the emperor to appoint a crown prince, and the official family is only thirty-seven years old at this time. At this age, the crown prince is about to be established, which proves that the emperor's condition has reached a very serious level.

Wen Yanbo said: "How do you plan to do it, you might as well say it directly, and we can also help you with the staff." ”

Sima Guang raised his wine glass and took a sip, then said: "Now that the emperor is in critical condition, I want to recommend this little Langzhong as an imperial doctor to treat the emperor." I will tell him not to say a word about the new law, when the emperor asks. Of course, I usually try not to get involved in this topic as much as possible, so as not to make the Empress Dowager Gao and others unhappy and create obstacles to his future development. If God has no eyes, the emperor will return to heaven, and the new emperor will ascend the throne. From now on, those who can inherit the unification are only children. At that time, it will inevitably be the Empress Dowager Gao who will listen to the government, and the Empress Dowager Gao will resolutely oppose the new law. At that time, the old man could strongly recommend Yang Xianmao to the Empress Dowager Gao, let him take on the great task, abolish the new law, reorganize the law of the ancestors, and rectify the government and the opposition. Of course, it is not necessary to push him directly to a very important position, you can first put him in a place where the official is not big but can play an important role. Let's see if he can actually govern one side, and then continue to cultivate him if he can. What are the intentions of the two of you?"

Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi both nodded slowly and said, "This is the best, especially since his medical skills are unique, and it is unknown whether he may be able to cure the diseases of the official family." ”

Although all three of them expected a new emperor to ascend the throne in order to abolish the old law and restore the law of their ancestors. But if they hope that the current emperor Song Shenzong will die of illness, they will never be able to say it, and even such a thought flashing in their minds will feel very rebellious.

Sima Guang said: "I have only told the two of you about this matter, and you must not talk about it to a third person." Don't reveal it to that little man. We just need to know in our hearts and nurture him secretly in the future. As for whether he can take on this great responsibility, it depends on his ability. ”

The other two nodded in agreement.

Fu Bi pondered for a moment and said, "He shouldn't have a reputation yet, how can he be an official?"

Sima Guang said with a smile: "He is now a student of the academy of the Taiyi Hospital, and once he graduates from the academy of the Taiyi Hospital, he will be awarded an official position. Although initially it should have been conferred only on medical officers. However, a medical officer can also be turned into a minister. ”

Fu Bi patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, how did I forget this stubble." ”

The wine was drunk very happily, and the banquet was over. Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi said goodbye separately and went back separately.

Wen Yanbo sat in a sedan chair and walked along the street, thinking about what Sima Guang said before. The more I pondered, the more I felt that what Sima Guang said was right, and I could see it accurately, maybe this little man really had the ability to turn the tide and prevent the Great Song Dynasty from being harmed by Wang Anshi's new law.

Just thinking about it, suddenly, Wen Yanbo heard a chaotic sound on the side of the road in front of him, as if something was wrong. So he lifted the sedan curtain to look outside, only to see a lot of people around the roadside, discussing something, through the gap of the onlookers, Wen Yanbo was surprised to find that there was a person lying on the side of the road, motionless. Everyone else watched nervously, but no one stepped forward to help.

Wen Yanbo couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it is really people's hearts that are not ancient, why do they see people fall but no one comes forward to help them. He is the most unfortunate to see this kind of injustice, even if he stops the sedan chair, he wants to go down to take a look, and by the way, he reprimands these onlookers who are unwilling to help others.

The sedan chair came to a stop outside the crowd of onlookers, Wen Yanbo opened the sedan curtain and walked down, and the sedan chair man said loudly: "Everyone, please get out of the way, Lord Wen Yanbo Wen is here." ”

Few of these onlookers knew Wen Yanbo, but they knew his name, after all, Wen Yanfu had been the prime minister of the dynasty, although he had retired now. Therefore, when they heard that it was his name, they immediately got out of the way and stood respectfully and respectfully.

Wen Yanbo stepped in and approached. He didn't care to glance at the people lying on the ground, and pointed to the people standing on both sides and angrily reprimanded: "If you don't save you when you die, you stand by here, and you still feel your conscience?" It is precisely because of people like you who have no morality that the world is declining and people's hearts are not ancient......

As soon as he said this, he noticed that something was wrong out of the corner of his eye, and when he looked closely, he couldn't help but be surprised. I saw the man lying on the ground bleeding from his nose and mouth, his face and hands were pitch black, and he looked very scary. And from that posture, it can be concluded that the person is out of breath, and a bag of medicine falls beside him.

Wen Yanfu couldn't help but gasp, kicked back a few steps, and looked at the corpse in amazement, feeling a little hairy in his heart. If you suddenly saw such a corpse, you were afraid and didn't dare to rush forward to help, because this corpse was too scary.

Wen Yanbo stabilized his mind, glanced at the onlookers and said, "What's going on, why did this person die here?"

The people are afraid of officials, but only one old man dares to step forward to reply, after all, he is old and has some experience. He smiled and said: "Master Qiqiwen, the old man is setting up a stall opposite, I saw this person coming from over there, carrying a medicine bag in his hand, as if he had just taken the medicine back after seeing a doctor, and he was walking staggeringly." When I saw that his face was dark, I was a little puzzled. When he got to the other side, he couldn't walk, and he put his hands on his knees and began to vomit blood. The people passing by him were frightened and looked at him from afar. After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, the man couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground. I hurried over to find out. It turned out that he was out of breath. A few passers-by and I were so scared that we didn't dare to come forward to help, because it was so scary for him to die like this, and we heard that there was a plague in the capital recently, and many people died of the plague. Whether this man died of the plague or not, no one knows. So we didn't dare to come forward to help, it's not that we didn't have this idea, but it was ......"

Wen Yanbo immediately waved his hand and said, "I understand, I don't blame you for this matter, everyone should be careful." - Hurry up and inform the Yamen to come, wrap him in a straw mat, and send him to the Yamen mortuary, where his relatives will come and identify his body. ”

The onlookers heard that the official master did not blame them, so they were relieved and hurriedly agreed. At this moment, a young man suddenly ran out of the alley in a panic. ran in a hurry and almost hit his head on the onlookers.