The old king visits his old friend

Chen Youxiang predicted good luck

Fujian Jianning Mansion is located at the foot of Wuyi Mountain, with jurisdiction over Jian'an, Jianyang, Ouning and Chong'an counties. There is a small town in the north of Jianyang County, the name is Masha, rich in pear wood, the varieties have Sydney pear, face pear, winter pear, iron pear, wood pear, early flower pear, etc., the texture is red or white, it is the preferred wood for carving engraving. In addition, the bamboo paper abundant here has a tough texture and is also an excellent material for printing. The mountains here stretch, both land and water, and there are many workshops for engraving and engraving.

After the beginning of winter, the weather turns cooler, and Wang Yanzhen will always come here for a while. Although it is now handed over to his son, he still likes to come here, look at the neatly stacked books, smell the ink fragrance of the new books, and feel energetic and energetic.

The town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, Baita Mountain is not big, the forest is deep and the trees are dense, and the strange rocks are craggy, but the mountains and mountains are famous, and there are scenery everywhere. Mayang Creek trickles down, like Bai Lian. Nearly seventy years old, he often has such a feeling: in broad daylight, in the canopy-like jungle, what meets his eyes are boundless flowers and trees, green as the sea, green and pleasant, take a break, body and mind gradually quiet, after a while, you will feel that you are no longer you, just like these green branches and green leaves, enjoy the sun, breeze and rain and dew, and grow freely upward.

The son knows: Chen Zhishan has become the right prime minister, and recently returned to Changle to worship his ancestors.

Speaking of Chen Zhishan, Wang Yanzhen is familiar. The two are both Fujian Juzi, and when they were young, they went to Beijing many times to take exams together. In the second year of the main road, he fell to Sun Shan again, thinking about it, he was not confused, and decided not to take the test, but Chen Zhishan was still insisting, his name was not obvious, and his heart was immortal, and then he picked the light to read the article, and after 12 years, he finally won the list.

After entering the official career, he has been in the county, and when he was sixty years old, he was only a glossy county of eight products, and he had a good student, in the third year of Qingyuan, because of the relationship between Han Yanxuan, he was appointed Taixuelu, and soon moved to Taixue Doctorate; A few months later, Dr. Zhuan Guozi was transferred to Secretary Lang. Half a year later, he was promoted to the right right, ? Counseling doctors, imperial historians. After less than a month of doing so, he entered the Privy Council and signed the Privy Council. From the county to the government, it was only four years. More than two years later, he worshiped the right prime minister again, and reached the peak that he never thought of.

Chen Zhishan's story shows that sometimes, you have to go to the dark in an alley, and you will not die until you reach the Yellow River, you will be defeated and fought repeatedly, and you will grit your teeth and stick to the end.

When his son saw him pondering, he teased him: How about it, regret it, if you continue to take the exam, at least get a squire to do it now.

Wang Yanzhen glanced at him, everyone has their own life, this is not comparable, maybe, sixty still can't pass the exam, isn't it all delayed. Besides, I don't have such a student either. This old Chen has been poor for most of his life, and now he is willing to come to the bitterness, which is also a kind of reward. You have to think of a way, I want to meet him.

The son told him again: The outside evaluation of this right prime minister is not very good, saying that he grovels to the king of Han Jun, and will be called the prince of grace and the king of the teacher, and the Xu officials of Han, Su Shicheng and Zhou Yunluan, are called brothers and sisters. King Han Jun had a birthday, and he made a sign that read: Protégé Tejin, Right Prime Minister and Privy Envoy, Chen Zhishan, Duke of Qin, Gong Chen, met the benefactor of the prince, and the birthday of the king of the county. Obviously a teacher, but he calls himself a benefactor to his students and a protégé, isn't it very sensitive?

Without this Han Yanxuan, he is over seventy, and he can still sit on the position of prime minister?

Doesn't it mean that if you are over 70 years old, you have to be a servant? Why is he still promoted at seventy-three-four?

The system of the imperial court, seventy to the office. According to the etiquette law, when the official is old and wants to retreat, the emperor will say that the society is relied on and retained, and the official insists on it because he cannot block the descendants, and repeats it several times, the emperor is no longer reluctant, and allows the official to return to his hometown to spend his old age in peace with preferential treatment. If the emperor does not allow it, it is natural that he can't do it, and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty has not yet been promoted to Shi in his eighties. However, those who do not invite themselves to the office when they reach the age will be corrected by the Imperial Historical Observatory. In a situation like his, the emperor must have retained him.

Wang Yanzhen waited for Chen Zhishan at the post house in Taishun County, Wenzhou.

Seeing Chen Zhishan, he wanted to ask the prime minister to do something, of course, it was not his personal business. He has an old friend, an old Confucian student, who has been repeatedly unsuccessful, forced by life, to be a private school in the countryside, with little income, just to make ends meet, almost seventy, always sick, and can't teach if he wants to. This time, I have to make a living, but also grab medicine, I am stretched, I can't make ends meet, and I am old and poor. Although, he helped out, and his life barely survived. Thinking of this, there are other places. Therefore, please ask the prime minister to come forward and think of a way, and the yamen will provide some money to help these old rural private school gentlemen, so that they can rely on their old age.

In this country, there are a lot of people, and it is a lot of expenses. Chen Zhishan is worried.

It's very easy to do, and you can set a standard based on your age and the time you have been in a private school. As soon as this is limited, the number of people will come down.

Chen Zhishan nodded yes, this method is good, these people are poor, they have been teaching and educating people all their lives, but they have no guarantee of life when they are old, it is indeed pitiful, my Great Song Dynasty has always been people-oriented, to solve the people's difficulties, and the yamen will pay some money, so that they can feel the emperor's grace.

In the end, he is the prime minister, with a lofty position and a big heart. What you do will benefit thousands of people, and it is a great good thing to accumulate virtue and do good.

Okay, after returning to Beijing, I will hand the emperor an excerpt.

If this is done, the merit is immeasurable, and the merit is immeasurable.

Chen Zhishan asked, Brother Zhizhen, I heard that you know Zhou Yi and can predict good fortune and evil, how about predicting it for me?

This is purely a joke when you are bored in your spare time, you don't need to take it seriously, and you don't dare to make a mistake in front of the prime minister. Wang Yanzhen smiled and declined.

Chen Zhishan is very persistent, can you just talk about it?

It's rare for the prime minister to look at it like this, it's really ugly.

He stared at Chen Zhishan, looking up and down carefully. Whisper slowly: Judging from Chen Xiang's face, he is a big instrument, he was in trouble in his early years, and after meeting a nobleman, he soared and enjoyed the glory and wealth of the world. As these people know, I want to tell you that you can be prime minister for another five years or so, and when you are in good condition, you can still die well.

Oh. Seems pretty good.

But there is a saying that it would be better if you understood it and followed it.

Which sentence?

If there is no desire, it will be rigid, and it will be retreated at the right time.

Since the old prime minister has this Yaxing, then he really has to say a few more words. Lao Tzu said: "To govern a big country, if you cook a small fresh." "Does the Prime Minister know?

Know. Han Feizi explained: "If you govern a large country and change the law, the people will suffer. It is a gentleman of the Tao who is noble and quiet, and does not change the law. Therefore, it is said: 'Those who govern a large country should cook small freshness.' "The Biography of Mao's Poems" is also cloudy: "Cooking fish is annoying, it is broken, governing the people is troublesome, and knowing how to cook fish is knowing how to govern the people." ”

The prime minister is really knowledgeable. In the end, I'm a class with an axe. Cooking fish doesn't bother the fish, but trying to spice the fish makes it taste more delicious. Because Brother Chen is in a high position, he has this remark.

I know what Yan Jinjun means. The great plan of the country is the policy of the saints, and our ministers are supplemented by the humerus.

Seeing that Chen Zhishan was still pondering, Wang Yanzhen said again:

You and I don't have to be so literate when we speak. I know that you have an excellent relationship with Master Han, and I would like to ask you to bring him a message.