The "Dongpo Poetry Society" originated in the first year of Yuan You, when Murong Fu bought a house in the suburbs of Bianjing and held a reception banquet for Su Shi's reentry into the court. After Murong Fu left Beijing, this property was owned by Su Shi. Su Shi has always been hospitable, and he invites friends and relatives to go to other businesses to drink and have fun. Just because everyone is a literati, it is inevitable that they will not be able to make poems at the banquet. As time passed, many students and people came to participate in this elegant thing, and the "Dongpo Poetry Club" became famous. In the third year of Yuan You, Murong returned to Beijing and initiated debates, often debating the administrative problems encountered during the reign, which aroused public comments, which attracted the attention of many court officials. Until today, this February round of the "Dongpo Poetry Meeting" has already become another popular vane in Bianjing City, whenever the poetry meeting begins, not only the officials and scholars have participated, but also the nearby people have helped the old and the young to come to observe, and the lively Cheng dù is more than the temple fair.

The little emperor came to this place accompanied by Zhuge Zhengme and Murong Fu, and along the way, he saw a lot of merchants selling all kinds of goods and snacks, and groups of students and people hurriedly arrived to seize a good position in the front row. Seeing this, the little emperor couldn't help but laugh and said: "The bachelor is so loved, it really makes people envious." ”

Murong Fu only smiled slightly when he heard this,

Murong Fu was so good at talking, and the little emperor was even more excited. Seeing Huang Tingjian rushing to greet him when he heard the news from afar, he actually stepped forward with great interest and took the initiative to salute: "Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for many days, but my demeanor is still the same." ”

Huang Tingjian was also in the officialdom, so he naturally saw the little emperor, and at this time, seeing that the little emperor actually took the initiative to salute him, Huang Tingjian was startled when he boarded, and he was stunned for a moment and couldn't react on the spot.

Murong Fu stepped forward at this time and said, "Senior brother, this is Zhao Gongzi who we met a few days ago, and we forgot it so quickly?" ”

"Where, where ......" Huang Tingjian was reminded by Murong Fu's words, and finally realized that the official family was unwilling to reveal his identity, so he hurriedly bowed. In Xia Huang Luzhi, I have seen Zhao Gongzi! ”

The little emperor nodded, and then asked, "I don't know what the theme of today's poetry meeting is?" ”

"It's good to teach Zhao Gongzi to know that since last year, our poetry meeting has changed its rules, and it is a poetry meeting and a debate meeting, which will be held in turn. Today, it is the turn of the debate. Huang Tingjian saw that the little emperor was enthusiastic to participate in the poetry meeting, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

When the little emperor heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Murong Fu in surprise, knowing that Murong Fujian had never mentioned that there was a debate when he came to see this "Dongpo Poetry Club".

"It seems that it is unfortunate," Murong Fu was unaware of the little emperor's eyes, and only asked Huang Tingjian with a smile. "I wonder what today's debate is about?"

As soon as Murong Fu said this, Huang Tingjian couldn't help but glare at Murong Fu, and said to himself: You still came up with this debate question yourself, and now you are asking me again? However, in front of the little emperor, he had to answer honestly: "There are three topics today, and the participants can choose any one of them to participate in the debate." First, there is a man who is too poor to raise his children, so he gives his young sons to others to raise. However, a few years later, the person's eldest son unfortunately died early and wanted to claim the youngest son, is it okay? Second, there is a woman whose husband died on the battlefield today, and the woman has no choice but to remarry. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the husband who died in the war returned to his hometown alive and asked who this woman should be. Third, there is a wealthy merchant who has two sons, and the son-in-law is lazy but capable. The father passed away and the two sons split the family, and the concubine insisted that most of the family property was saved by himself and wanted to share the inheritance, is it okay? ”

The little emperor was not interested in this debate at first, but now he listened to these three topics very interestingly, and he became active. I saw him ponder for a moment, and then couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "These three topics seem to be ordinary, but in fact, they are all intolerable to reason and law. I don't know who made it, so tricky. ”

Huang Tingjian listened to the little emperor's words, and immediately smiled: "What Zhao Gongzi said is intolerable to reason and the law, but it is really to the point. If a man lives a lifetime, if he only knows the law and does not know human feelings, he will be ruthless; But if you only know human feelings and do not know the law, you are also foolish. ”

However, the law and human affection are in the hands of the county magistrates. If you meet a gentle person, a good person will suffer; If you meet a cool official who doesn't know people's feelings, it is difficult to be humane. Murong Fu followed, "The so-called not suffering from widowhood but suffering from unevenness, if there is no unified standard for how to deal with such problems, I am afraid that small things will accumulate into big disasters." ”

The little emperor couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this, and only shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Murong is stubborn. The so-called family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and these people have their own reasons for being sophisticated, how can they be generalized? ”

The little emperor is only a fourteen-year-old boy now, and he is very happy to have such an insight into Huang Tingjian. However, Murong Fu was obviously not satisfied, and only smiled: "When the people encounter such problems, they ask the county officials to make decisions for the people, which is originally a trust in the imperial court. The Son of Heaven commands all the people in the church, and it is time to put these difficult things to rest, so that all the people can support them. Zhao Gongzi, do you think this is the reason? ”

The little emperor also seemed to be accustomed to getting along with Murong Fu like this, and immediately smiled and waved his hand to Murong Fu: "Please also teach me, sir." ”

Murong Fu didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said at the moment: "Restrain the villain with the law, and restrain the gentleman with morality." As for how the law and morality should be limited, Zhao Gongzi should listen and watch more. Murong Fu said that, he took his hand and took the little emperor and Zhuge Zheng and I to sit down in the crowd.

By the time the debate had dissolved, it would be two hours later. The little emperor came with a full stomach of doubts, and he listened to the audience with relish. Huang Tingjian was originally a gentleman who didn't know how to climb, it can be seen that the official family is so focused on the people's livelihood, his heart is full of joy, and he personally sent the little emperor out without Murong Fu's reminder.

The little emperor listened to Su Shi's summary at the end, and argued the words "emotion", "reason", and "law" clearly and profoundly, and felt that he had gained a lot, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the bachelor is so talented, it's a pity that it's ......."

Huang Tingjian knew that the little emperor meant Su Shi's resignation, and he was already upset about this matter, and when he heard the little emperor's words, his eyes were slightly red and he was silent.

Fortunately, the little emperor didn't need Huang Tingjian's response, and said unsatisfactorily: "I have also read the editorial of the "Bianjing Times", although it is deeply moving, but I always feel that the "Bianjing Times" has become more and more stable over the years, and it has lost a little bit of the natural straightforwardness of the past. In contrast, the article of "Pucheng Wind and Rain" is more old-fashioned and neat. ”

As soon as the little emperor said this, Huang Tingjian was taken aback for a moment. didn't know how to deal with it yet, Murong Fu had already smiled and said: ""Pucheng Wind and Rain" is certainly happy, but after the pain, you have to calm down and deal with it carefully. The official family is the lord of the world, and for a mouse to break the porcelain vase in the house, others are not distressed, but the official family cannot help but feel distressed. ”

However, when this was said, the little emperor was a little unimpressed.

Huang Tingjian's heart sank when he saw the little emperor's cold expression, and when he saw Su Shi coming to meet the little emperor, he hurriedly stepped forward and ripped Murong Fu down, and said in a low voice: "How can you let the official family read the newspaper of the new party?" It turned out that this "Pucheng Wind and Rain" was the newspaper run by his protégé assigned by Zhangdun, and the newspaper station run by Zhangdun was naturally the position of the New Party, and what it propagated was naturally the ideology of the New Party. Su Shi resigned, and the "Bianjing Times" only lamented that the court had one less cadre and the people had one less good official; "Pucheng Wind and Rain" directly pointed out that this is the reason for the party struggle, and the people who participated in the party struggle should be held accountable.

Murong Fu glanced at Huang Tingjian helplessly, and replied: "Senior brother, even if you are the mother of the main palace, can you blatantly stop the official family from sleeping with other concubines?" ”

For example, Wang Jinggong wrote two "Ming Concubine Songs" to Song Renzong, who was reigning at the time, lamenting that he was not reused by Emperor Renzong. The resentment between the lines is just like the beautiful Wang Zhaojun, who can't see Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, and actually marries far away. However, even though it is now a common practice to compare the relationship between husband and wife as a relationship between monarchs and ministers, Huang Tingjian has never heard such vulgar words, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot. How did he know that more vulgar words were yet to come.

I saw Murong Fu glance at him again, and added nonchalantly: "What's more, now we are just a concubine!" ”

When the word "concubine" of Murong Fu landed, Huang Tingjian immediately woke up in shame, and immediately pointed at Murong Fu and said repeatedly: "Insulting Sven!" Insulting Sven! ”

Murong Fu thinks that he has spoken very thoroughly, and how much he can understand only depends on Huang Tingjian's own understanding. He shook his head and ignored Huang Tingjian anymore, just accompanied the little emperor to leave.

It wasn't until I sent the little emperor back to the palace that Zhuge Zheng and I finally found an opportunity to talk to Murong Fu in private. "There has been news from Mizhou, Zhao Tingzhi is really not clean." Speaking of this, Zhuge Zheng couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at Murong Fu. Seeing that Murong Fu's expression was calm, he couldn't help but say. “…… I always feel that this matter has nothing to do with you! ”

"Brother Zhuge said with a smile," Murong Fu was righteous and awe-inspiring, "I have never asked Zhao Tingzhi, what does his business have to do with me?" ”

"Why was it Zhao Tingzhi who was the first to jump out to impeach the bachelor?" Zhuge Zheng asked me again.

Murong Fu's answer was still watertight. "Zhao Tingzhi is a villain who sees the wind and steers the rudder, and he wants to impeach the teacher naturally to show goodwill to the Shuo Party. Commander, do you suspect that I did the bidding? How can I impeach my own teacher? ”

Zhuge Zheng also knew that it was impossible, but the coincidence in this really made him have to doubt it. I saw him frowning and looking at Murong Fu silently, and Murong Fu's face was always smiling, and he couldn't see anything wrong. I don't know how long it took, Zhuge Zheng and I finally shook our heads in discouragement, and sighed helplessly: "What are you going to do?" ”

"Naturally, strike while the iron is hot, and the teacher's grievances will be all thanks to the commander!" Murong Fu hurriedly bowed. Today, he was able to take the little emperor out of the palace to see the "Dongpo Poetry Club", which proved that the miserable effect of Lu Gong's book had gradually expired, and the empress dowager remembered the teacher's goodness again. O woman, O fickle woman!

The Six Doors organization was originally similar to a spy organization, directly reporting to the emperor. With Murong Fu's words, Zhuge Zheng and I immediately sorted out Zhao Tingzhi's crimes of using his official position to occupy people's land, accepting bribes, and taking lawsuits in his hometown, and directly presented them to the Empress Dowager. At this time, more than two months have passed since the death of Lu Gongzhu, and the Empress Dowager's grief and nostalgia for the death of Lu Gongzhu have gradually faded, but she has infinite regret and remorse for Su Shi's resignation. At this time, seeing that Zhuge Zheng handed me ironclad evidence, proving that Zhao Tingzhi was such a villain, she couldn't help but be very resentful.

At the court meeting, the Empress Dowager directly threw out Zhuge Zheng's recital, pointed at Zhao Tingzhi and scolded: "Corrupt and bend the law, gather villains, and dare to accuse the right minister of the court?" ”

At this time, the new right minister Liu Zhi was standing on the court, but all the princes in the court knew that the right minister referred to by the empress dowager was Su Shi. Most of the ministers who can stand in the court are human spirits, seeing that the Empress Dowager is angry and rushing to the crown, and then thinking back to the Empress Dowager's maintenance of Su Shi all along, no one dared to speak for Zhao Tingzhi before she figured out the shape.

Zhao Tingzhi was originally the superintendent of the imperial history, and because of the impeachment of Su Shi, he had just been promoted to the right secretary not long ago, and it was the time when the spring breeze was proud. Seeing that there was a chapter to impeach him for corruption and bribery, Zhao Tingzhi hurriedly fell to the ground and shouted wronged. However, Zhuge Zheng and I had already been instructed by Murong Fu, and actually moved all the bribes that Zhao Tingzhi had received over the years to the Daqing Palace.

More than 100 years after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, when have the emperors of the past dynasties seen such a scene? The little emperor was bent on watching a good show, but at this time, he saw the boxes of gold and stone antiques, jewelry and jade, and land deeds and silver tickets in the palace, which were almost dizzying, and some of the fine products were more exquisite than the palace collections, and finally couldn't help but scream: "You dog!" Greedy and cunning, shameless, so looting the people's fat and people's ointment, you still have a monarch in your eyes! ”

Zhao Tingzhi saw that these stolen goods were piled up in half of the Daqing Palace, and he also knew that the general trend had gone, so he collapsed to the ground like mud at the moment, and only cried bitterly and begged: "The official family spares his life!" The official family spared his life......"

The Empress Dowager saw Zhao Tingzhi, who was wrapped in a scarlet robe, lying on the hall trembling, like a meat worm, and her heart was even more disgusted, and she said at the moment: "Someone! Strip me of his official robes and hand them over to the guilty! ”

After Zhao Tingzhi was dragged down by the palace guards, the Empress Dowager pointed the finger at Lu Dafang again. "At the beginning, Lu Xiang recommended Zhao Tingzhi to be promoted to the right minister, and said that this person was loyal and dared to speak out for the country, but what about now?"

The Empress Dowager said so seriously, Lu Dafang hurriedly came out to apologize. In the Song Dynasty, the Son of Heaven and scholars shared the world, and Lu Dafanggui was the left minister, which was the treatment of being able to sit with the emperor and discuss politics. At this time, Lu Dafang was exempted from the crown and apologized, and this gift was extremely heavy.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager didn't appreciate her face, let alone let him get up, and only coldly dropped a sentence: "Retreat!" And he got up and departed.

The little emperor got up and said contemptuously: "Lu Xiang, you don't know people clearly, how can I rest assured that you will be the commander of the hundred officials?" With that, he also threw his sleeves and left.

With the attitude of the Empress Dowager and the little emperor, Lu Dafang suddenly knew that he was the prime minister. After going back, he quickly wrote a resignation and submitted it to the imperial court, and the empress dowager really hated Lu Dafang for speaking for Zhao Tingzhi, who framed the idol several times, and even didn't finish the "three invitations and three resignations" process, and directly approved it.

The Shuo party led by Liu Zhi has never made half an effort to retain Lu Dafang, but when the Empress Dowager revealed that she wanted to reinstate Su Shi as the left minister, they had the ambition to dredge up together: "Although Zhao Tingzhi is a villain, his impeachment of Su Shi is not groundless. Since Su Shi's resignation, the remnants of the Shu Party who remained in the court did not say a word about the position of the left minister.

Although the Empress Dowager said that her two fists were invincible to her four hands, she was also secretly frightened by the power of the Shuo Party. She was unwilling to fulfill Liu Zhi's wish, so she handed over the position of Zuo Xiang to Fan Chunren. Fan Chunren is really a smart man, looking left and right at the court, the party is full of talents, but he is a bare-bones commander, and he immediately called himself sick.

Murong Fu sneered and put aside the news that Fan Chunren was sick and Liu Zhi acted as the agent of government affairs, got up and instructed Ah Bi to pack up for him and go to the Hundred Flowers Fair held by the beggars in Luoyang.