When the sky was light, Wang Yuyan knocked on Murong Fu's study at the instigation of everyone. "Cousin, it's time to go to court......"

Murong Fu, who was lying on his back in the rocking chair, woke up in a flash, hurriedly lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes, got up and replied, "Got it, you go out first." ”

No matter how fast he moved, Wang Yuyan could already see a dark red under his eyes. She stood in place and was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed softly, "Cousin, forget it." "Yesterday evening, Qiao Feng suddenly appeared and fought with Murong Fu. The martial arts of these two people were originally equal, and it was difficult to distinguish between them and the inferior. Until Su Zhe, who rushed back from the Prime Minister's Mansion, came up to persuade him, the Murong Mansion, which was originally carved and painted, had been destroyed. Qiao Feng scolded "ruthless and unreasonable" and slammed the door, while Murong Fu locked himself in the study all night. Because of the dispute between the two, Wang Yuyan had already learned from Deng Baichuan. Thinking of yesterday's battle, Murong made a comeback and finally retracted it, Wang Yuyan couldn't bear it in her heart, and couldn't help but add a sentence. "Between people, even if they are like-minded, they may not be the same, forget it."

Murong Fu saw Wang Yuyan pretending to be old, he couldn't help but smile slightly, stepped forward and twisted her cheek, and said with a smile: "At a young age, where do you get so much emotion?" My cousin knows it, let's play. ”

However, Wang Yuyan was unmoved, a pair of moist and clear eyes only looked at him fixedly, and said softly: "Although I am young, I still remember how hard it was for my cousin to accommodate my aunt and aunt. Now, I just don't want my cousin to get out of the sea of misery and repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Murong Fu's heart was stunned, Wang Yuyan was worthy of being the intimate little padded jacket he brought with his hand, and only one sentence had tormented his heart all night. However, Qiao Feng and his mother are different after all, he silently refuted in his heart, but then he thought like a conditioned reflex that he had similarities with his mother in another time and space. "Got it, got it!" With a feeble wave of his hand, he pulled the door open and tried impatiently to escape the subject. "Now is not the time to talk about this!"

"He can't even make a mess!" Wang Yuyan didn't catch up with this topic again, but just made up for it behind Murong Fu again.

Murong Fu didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he changed into his official uniform and got into the carriage, and turned his head to look at the turmoil that followed him: "What I explained ......?"

"Although the prince can rest assured, when the news arrives, he can start work at any time." The storm evil hurriedly replied.

Murong Fu nodded, and secretly sighed in his heart: There is finally a worry-free one!

As soon as he got into the carriage, Su Zhe already sighed: "I haven't seen Sima Xianggong. ”

Murong Fu nodded and did not comment. Sima Guang was stubborn, so that Su Shi could also eat a few hours of closed-door soup, so angry that Su Shi shouted, "Sima Niu!" Naturally, it was even more polite to Xiao Su. But this is obviously a good thing for Murong Fu, and it is more convenient for him to arrange and attract Sima Guang.

On the second day of the first month of the first year of Yuanyou, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty began a protracted debate on the ownership of the land of Wuqi. At the beginning of the debate, the fiery Zhang Dian took the lead in appearing, and the official family and the queen mother "those who discuss the land in vain are all uninformed and unscrupulous, and they should be beheaded." He also invited Sima Guang to duel with him. However, Emperor Zhezong was too young for anyone to care about his claims; Empress Dowager Gao has always looked at the New Party unpleasantly and turned a deaf ear. As for Sima Guang, he was highly respected and even directly became a Zhang Dan, and turned to the Empress Dowager Gao to talk about his ideas. At the same time, Boss Tang of "Jinlin Building" sued the five Western Xia warriors who were drunk and making trouble in "Jinlin Building" to Kaifeng Mansion.

On the third day of the first lunar month, a new type of printed matter called "leaflet" quickly captured the Bianjing market, and because of the low price, plain wording, and strong news, many literate Bianjing people were willing to spend two pennies to buy a fresh one, and by the way, they were concerned about the movement of the court. And the headline of the message listed in this leaflet was: "The land is small but the faith is big, Sima Xianggong insists that the return of Wuqi is the faith of the country!" In this era, benevolence, righteousness and morality are still the main theme of educating the people, although the matter of returning the enemy's land seems incredible, but if it makes sense in terms of "benevolence and righteousness", the people still accept this statement with peace of mind. There are even some readers who praise each other: "Sima Xianggong is not moved by interests, and he really believes in people!" ”

However, before this enthusiasm for Sima Guang became a trend, the leaflets on the fourth day of the first lunar month were flooded again. This time, the headline printed on the leaflet was: "In the past and present life of the Xia Kingdom, the land of Wuqi was originally the homeland of China!" Reprinting Su Zhe's recital in the court, it explains in simple terms the beginning and end of the Xia Kingdom's theft of the land of the Great Song Dynasty in the past hundred years, and the government and the opposition have been in an uproar.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the generous Emperor Zhezong saw that the debaters on both sides had spoken dryly, and he took a break for a day. But there is no news from the court, but it does not mean that there is no news in the market. "Jinlin Building" Boss Tang's paper Kaifeng Mansion was returned under the pretext that he had no jurisdiction, in other words, his slap was in vain. The land of Wuqi may be too far away for the people of Bianjing, and it is insignificant after all, but what happened to Boss Tang of "Jinlin Building" had to make them tremble. Even the restaurant owner who has the assets to make friends with celebrities is a wild dog who scolds and raises his hand to the Xia people, so aren't they, ordinary people, not even as good as dogs? Thinking of Sima Xianggong's insistence on returning the land of Xia in the court, the people were extremely indignant at the weakness of the imperial court for a while.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the debate competition broke out again. In the imperial history, Liu Zhi dug out the edict of the two emperors of Zhen and Ren, which strongly proved that the land of Wuqi had already been ceded. After all, he couldn't bear it anymore and made a big fuss at the court meeting, and scolded Liu Zhi for being weak and being a thief of the country. According to his words, it would be better to return all the land of the Great Song Dynasty to the Six Kingdoms, and everyone would join together to declare himself a vassal to Zhou Tianzi. Due to the violence at the court, Emperor Zhezong had to announce a one-day moratorium.

On the seventh day of the first month, "the fierce seed beat the thief Liu Zhi, and the martyr Zhang fought to help the fist." The leaflets sold 100,000 copies, and many merchants who walked the streets and alleys saw the business opportunities inside, and bought a large number of leaflets and resold them in Luoyang, Jiangning and other places around Bianjing. As for the people in Bianjing City, it has become a new fashion to go to the "Jinlin Building" to listen to a commentary on "The Complete Biography of Yue" after reading the leaflets.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Sima Guang Shangshu recently spread widely circulated rumors that the country was a fallacy to confuse the public and humiliate the country, and asked the official family to order the ban and arrest the people involved in the case and torture them, and said that if the land of the Xia State was not returned, the Xia State would have to use force to make trouble. Once defeated, the shame is even greater than it is now. He expressed his willingness to raise an army of soldiers and horses to guard the frontier for the official family and eliminate the troubles of Western Xia. As a result, Sima Guang turned out Yuanfeng's five-year defeat, and directly reprimanded the kind of poor soldiers, laboring the people and losing money. Doctor An Tao advised: "From Lingwu to the east, they are all the homeland of China. The first emperor had this martial art, and now he abandoned it for no reason, wouldn't he take it lightly from the outside? The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought so, only Wenyan Bo supported Sima Guang, and the Empress Dowager was also moved by Sima Guang.

On the ninth day of the first month, the Kaifeng Prefecture sent a merchant who sold leaflets in the whole city, which triggered a backlash from the people and spontaneously covered the merchant's escape. Under the chaos, many people gathered to storm Kaifeng Mansion and scolded Yin Caijing of Kaifeng Mansion for "being like a sheep on the outside and a wolf on the inside." On the same day, all the restaurants in Bianjing City talked about the commentary of "Speaking of Yue Quanchuan" at the same time, and the people of Bianjing listened to Yue Wangye's roar even if they were standing and drinking tea: "Give me back the rivers and mountains!" "It's reassuring. Since then, the trend of public opinion between the court and the countryside has been incompatible.

On the tenth day of the first month, the court discussion was not opened, and the students had gathered outside the palace gate, and asked Sima Xianggong to revitalize the hearts of the Han family, promote the blood of China, defend the land and the people, and Ze was the world. Liang Tao, the right counselor, angrily reprimanded the students for not knowing the importance of the news, and ordered the forbidden army to take the students who made trouble. This move caused public anger, and Ma Juan, a student of Tai, raised his arms and shouted, "The country has been raising soldiers for 150 years, and the righteousness of the war is today!" The large-scale assault on the forbidden palace caused chaos, which caused the court to not open that day.

In the next few days, the students all knelt down outside the palace gate, and recited the "Treatise on the Six Kingdoms" in unison, which shook the palace. When many people in Bianjing heard the news, they knelt down with the students. There are even more twists and turns from officials from all over the country, and they reply that "the matter of returning the five mountains is known in the countryside, and the students and the people are all opposed." The situation is critical, and the slightest mistake will be out of control. I hope that the official family and the mother will conform to the will of the people and do not abandon the land. ”

Since then, the public opinion battle between Murong Fu and Sima Guang has ended in Sima Guang's complete defeat. It is difficult to disobey the will of the people, and if anyone at this time arbitrarily talks about cutting the land, he will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame in history in the name of "traitor".

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Zhezong, who had been silent for several days, finally made it clear to the students who petitioned, saying: "If the people do not abandon the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will not abandon the people." Not to mention the return of the five stones. When the petitioning students heard the news, they all cried loudly and shouted "Official's Shengming".

In the court, the Empress Dowager let out a long sigh and persuaded Sima Guang, who had a dark face: "Sima Xianggong, what the people want, you must not ignore it!" ”

Sima Guang has been an official for many years, and has never seen such a tricky situation, not only the opposition to land cutting in the court flew like snowflakes, but the crowd outside the court was surging, and whoever dared to say lightly that the word "land cutting" would be attacked by a group. What's more, the servants at home returned to the "Jinle Fang" to arrange "The Complete Biography of Yue", and the traitor Qin Hui in it looked like him. In the past few days, when he went in and out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he always saw that the stones, vegetable leaves and other things secretly thrown by someone in the corner of the door had not been cleaned up. Recalling that the people of Bianjing pulled his sleeve and asked him to stay in the court to help the world only half a year ago, who would have expected that the people's hearts would be changeable, and now he is accused of being a traitor? Thinking of his lifelong reputation ending up like this, Sima Guang couldn't help but feel miserable in his heart, and only said in a low voice: "Niangniang, the matter of returning Wuqi was originally initiated by Weichen. If the mother refutes the minister's proposal, the minister invites the minister to go to the left servant of the minister's book to shoot a position to calm the people's hearts. ”

As soon as Sima Guang said this, Empress Dowager Gao frowned. At that time, her son Emperor Shenzong was superstitious and Wang Anshi insisted on changing the law, and Han Qi, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, opposed it. At that time, Empress Dowager Gao once advised her son to "listen to the truth". Unexpectedly, Wang Anshi threatened him with resignation, forcing his son to choose him between Han Qi and him. Since then, Empress Dowager Gao has deeply hated Wang Anshi's pampering and arrogance and chaos in the government, and she hated the change of the law. Unexpectedly, today, Sima Guang, whom she relied on, had a means with Wang Anshi, which undoubtedly made Empress Dowager Gao unhappy. However, after all, Empress Dowager Gao was old, so she had no choice but to appease Sima Guang and said: "Qing's talent, the mourning family knows very well, and Aiqing doesn't need to mention the matter of resigning and begging to go." ”

How do you know that Sima Guang did not give up, and said stubbornly: "The ministers are the left servants of Shangshu, and the king of Shangfu is under An Lishu, and now the land of Wuqi is undecidable, and the post of prime minister exists in name only, and he is really powerless in the major events in the Japanese court." Rather than taking a puppet in its position, it is better to ask for it. ”

As soon as Sima Guang's words came out, the court was immediately quiet, and the Empress Dowager Gao, who secretly hated Sima Guang's coercion, also thought it was true, and couldn't help but hesitate. After a while, I only heard the Empress Dowager Gao say loudly: "The position of prime minister is a matter of importance, and it can be discussed again." ”

Seeing that Empress Dowager Gao used the procrastination trick as she wished, Sima Guang finally stopped being strong and retreated silently. Although Sima Guang didn't know anything about the public opinion war, he knew the word "watching the wind" after decades of ups and downs in the sea. When Emperor Shenzong strictly changed the law, Sima Guang was full of complaints when he hid in Luoyang, but even though the Luoyang Seniors Association he attended had a great influence in Shilin, Emperor Shenzong was helpless against him. On the contrary, it was his close friend Su Shi who almost lost his life after writing a few sour poems. In essence, it is precisely because Sima Guang knows the danger and knows how to advance and retreat.

This time, Xia Guoshangshu asked for the return of Wuqi, and since the autobiography came to the fore, Sima Guang had faintly noticed that this people's object discussion seemed to be manipulated by someone behind the scenes. Not only did the content of the court discussion spread very quickly, but the reactions of the people and students in Bianjing also seemed to have been laid out early, and even the beggars who walked the streets and alleys to sing the lotus flowers were all the same. Since the rise of leaflets, the singing of "The Complete Biography of Yue" in the market, to the petition of the students and the dismissal of officials from all over the country, this link is exquisitely impeccable. As for "like a sheep on the outside and a wolf on the inside" and "the country has been raising soldiers for a hundred and fifty years, fighting and dying righteously, it is today!" These two sentences are even more extraordinary, if it were not for someone behind the scenes, they would never have been known to the world so quickly. All of the above has convinced Sima Guang that behind these fooled people, there is an invisible shadow manipulating a huge force to pressure him. Sima Guang also tried to find out this person who sowed right and wrong, but he asked Sona to torture the person who sold the leaflet for clues, but he was angry and had to give up.

Today, Sima Guang knows that he has lost the first hand, but he knows the hearts of the people in the world. The so-called people are easy to deceive, don't look at the fact that the land is now full of turmoil in the city. But as long as it drags on for a few days, as soon as the wind passes, the land of Wuqi will eventually be left behind by the people and no one cares. At that time, if the proposal of land cession is proposed, with the full trust of the Empress Dowager Gao, it will inevitably be a complete victory for him.