The weather in early summer is changing, and it is still good when you go out of the city, but it doesn't take long for the clouds to be overcast. There was a thunderclap after a thunderclap, and when Wang Anshi took refuge in the pavilion on the side of the road, a torrential rain poured down.

Wang Anshi's clothes are a little dirty, he has gone out of the city to play in the mountains and rivers in the past few days, wiped it, and forgot to change into a clean one. The old horse he was riding was tied outside the pavilion by his companion, and the other companion was shaking a raincoat that Wang Anshi had just taken off.

Leaning the hat against the corner of the wall, Wang Anshi looked at the rain outside by the railing. With green robes and shoes, wooden hairpins and gray hair, it is completely impossible to tell that it is the current prefect of Jiangning, the former Zhongshu Sect under the Ping Zhangshi.

"Railing to watch the rain, can the prince have a poem?"

An old man in his fifties took off his coat beside Wang Anshi. Twisting his gray beard, he asked Wang Anshi with a smile. He was a Taoist priest who lived in Zhongshan Dinglin Temple, and was called Uncle Li. Wang Anshi often goes to Zhongshan, and he is familiar with it after coming and going.

"There is no poetry today." Wang Anshi, "But last night I made a poem with a snow poem - 'If there are crows in the wood at the end of the dusk, the frozen thunder will close the incense car.'" The clouds are scattered as crumbs, and the water is like a flower. The broom is still pitiful in the north and south lanes, and the cup can be happy with two or three. Playing and losing children, the lamb sleeve dragon is alone. ’”

"Rhyme with a cross word...... Uncle Li frowned and thought about it, and immediately suddenly said, "Xianggong is talking to Su Zizhan in "The North Wall of the Snow Queen"? ”

"Exactly! I flipped through "Meishan Collection" last night, and I was interested for a while. ”

Su Shi's "Meishan Collection", a book that took Xining seven years to complete. But now it's all over the world. This collection of poems, in particular, focuses on two of the seven rhythms of 'sharp and forky'.

Uncle Li sighed for a while: "Once a poem is published, it will be recited all over the world." Su Zizhan is no longer the Liutuntian of the year. ”

"This metaphor is not good, Su Zizhan is much stronger than Liu Qiqing." Wang Anshi looked at the pavilion outside the pavilion like a waterfall and heavy rain, covering the sun and clouds, "Su Zizhan has been out for several years, and the style of poetry has changed greatly." Reading the new "Meishan Collection" seems to be reborn. ”

Su Shi was confused for a while, and he made a mistake in a sentence, and he was not allowed to leave Beijing or go out. This public case has long been rumored in the world. Although Uncle Li is only a Taoist priest, he can communicate with Wang Anshi, and his knowledge is naturally not bad. Why Su Shi went out, of course he knew the truth. But in front of the father-in-law of the other party, the sentence 'This is all the credit of the son-in-law' is difficult to say.

When Wang Anshi turned his head to look at Uncle Li, he saw a little bit of the inside story, and said with a smile: "Su Zizhan is a sparse person, and what he has learned is not to my liking, but his poetry is excellent, which is better than my son-in-law." ”

Uncle Li was inconvenient to answer, so he smiled and said: "Summer and snow poems, Xianggong is also Yaxing." ”

"Yaxing?" Wang Anshi sighed, "'Although the food is suitable when you return, you can also mourn if you still have the head', where did Yaxing come from!" ”

The normal prime minister is released, and basically he will not deal with the practice. If you can sit in the hall every three or five days, you can call it diligent and hardworking. Just like Wen Yanbo ignored everything in the Daimyo's Mansion, he was reported by the transfer judge who came to inspect, but it was the transfer judge who was loyal to his duty who was eaten and hung up.

Wang Anshi didn't cause trouble to the people below, and he only came out to sit in the court every once in a while, but when he came out to look at things, it didn't take too much time to deal with the accumulated official business. Wang Anshi's talent is also ranked first among the previous prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is easy to use the talent of the prime minister in a county.

On weekdays, he reads books and history, or examines the book "Zishuo", which has been written by heart for 20 years, and in his spare time, he also brings friends and friends to visit the Jinling landscape outside the city. Wang Anshi now makes friends, just casually, and his identity and status are not taken to heart at all, and Uncle Li, a Taoist priest who lives in a Buddhist temple, is one of them.

A rainstorm ended in half an hour, and Wang Anshi took advantage of the sunny sky to walk around the front lake at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. After nightfall, he rode his old horse, said goodbye to Uncle Li, and slowly returned to Jiangning City, back to his home in the backyard of the mansion.

Looking down and seeing that the hem of Wang Anshi's robe was covered with mud, and his boots were soaked, Wu Shi, who was making a female red, was half distressed and half blamed: "Why don't you know how to hire a shoulder fight?" Whoever went with you, don't take them with you next time! ”

Wang Anshi shook his head: "How can you use people as animals...... He never rode on his shoulders, even when he went up the mountain and crossed the river, and when he couldn't ride a horse, he only relied on his own feet, "There is no place to hire on the other side of the lake." ”

"It's ...... with Daoist Li again," Wu Shi lowered his face, "Take a closer look at your boots, don't pollute the ground at home." ”

Wang Anshi knew that his wife couldn't listen to the Taoist priest surnamed Li, so he asked the two maidservants to pull off the boots stuck to their feet, and said with a smile: "Uncle Li is not Li Shining. ”

"Li Shining, that Taoist priest, said that his mouth was like honey, and when he heard what he said, I knew that Lu Dao was not a good person, and you still let him live at home." Wu stopped the needlework in his hand, recalled it, and immediately added fiercely, "Write poems for him!" ”

"'It's not useless for me to sing, but I hate the poor family's empty wine'. For his husband He had believed Li Shining's strange crazy words, but he saw that he was rare to write poems, so he gave him a poem. What's more, it's not his fault that he made friends with the clan, and Wang Jue is also related to the clan. Wang Anshi sighed gloomily at this time: "It's not that he is burdening me, it's me who is burdening him." ”

How Wang Anshi didn't understand that Li Shining's involvement in the rebellion case was just someone using the topic to play. The flow of Buddhism walking in the homes of the eunuchs has never been less. Li Shining is just getting close to Zhao Shiju, how can it be regarded as a crime? It's just because he is also close to Wang Anshi that he was targeted.

After changing into dry clothes, Wang Anshi asked again: "Is there any letter from Tokyo today?" ”

Wu replied to him: "When you were the prime minister, you were busy with the government. Now that they are back in Jiangning, who are they working for? ”

Wang Anshi stepped forward and smiled at his old wife: "After waiting for Zhishi, I will buy a house outside the city for my husband and live a leisurely life...... It is on Xie Gongdun between Jiangning City and Zhongshan, seven miles away from the city and seven miles away from the mountain. The name is given to the husband, and it is half a distance away from the mountain, so it is called the Banshan Garden. ”

Wu sighed, "I don't know how many years it will be......

People have returned to Jiangning, and their hearts are still in Tokyo City. Touring the mountains and rivers is leisurely, but when you come back, your mind is not in the mountains. Not only the husband is like this, but the son is also the same. As soon as he thought of his eldest son, who had just recovered from his illness and sat at the desk, Wu was very distressed: "You, the father, don't persuade the eldest brother, work hard, stay up late, and be so tired that your body and bones are ruined." ”

Wang Anshi nodded, and frowned worriedly for his son: "When the eldest brother comes over, I'll talk to him." Thinking about it, he smiled again, "The second brother has been doing well recently, and he has grown more and more in the Fujie Mention Division. Let him follow Yukun to learn to do things, it is indeed the right thing to do. ”

"You also read the second sister's letter, how well does Yukun treat her? You've been fighting with him in the past. Wu said Wang Anshi, and sighed, "Poor eldest sister doesn't have that blessing." ”

The old couple was chatting, and the secretary of the house reported outside: "Xianggong, the official family has sent an envoy again." ”

Wu Shi was a little puzzled: "It's all at this time, why is there still a lieutenant envoy coming to the door?" ”

"Maybe it's late to enter the city...... Wang Anshi commanded, "let him in." ”

But Si Yan, who came in to pass the message, said: "The envoy is outside, and he must go out to receive the order." ”

"What?!" Wu exclaimed.

The Jiangning Mansion, the Chinese envoys from Tokyo often come and go. Visiting the elders and important ministers is the grace of the imperial court and a means to buy people's hearts. But Wang Anshi's favor is one of the best among the important ministers who go out, similar to Han Qi. Basically, every few days, a team of eunuchs with gifts and oracles came over. However, these envoys only brought gifts to inquire, not to announce edicts, and they did not need to put out incense cases, sprinkle and sweep the courtyard, and it was impossible for Wang Anshi, an important minister, to kneel and lead. But as soon as today's envoy came, he directly asked Wang Anshi to go out to receive the order.

Wu grabbed Wang Anshi's wrist, so nervous that his hands were trembling: "It won't be Li Shining's business!" ”

"Mother rest assured, this matter will never happen." Wang Yan slowly walked out of the inner room, a serious illness made him lose a lot of weight, his cheeks were sunken, and his robe was empty, as if there was only one hanger in it, but a pair of eyes were even deeper, "When the Son of Heaven thinks of his father." ”

Wang Anshi nodded, he, the prime minister, would not be implicated in an irrelevant rebellion case.

After changing into court clothes and placing incense cases, Wang Anshi went out to greet the holy decree. The whole mansion, together with the officials in the government outside, gathered in the lobby, and listened to Lan Yuan, who came to deliver the edict, read out the edict in frustration.

After Lan Yuanzhen finished reading the edict, he waited a little nervously for Wang Anshi's reaction. He also had an edict in his hand to recruit Wang Anshi into Beijing, if Wang Anshi wanted to resign from the edict of worshipping the prime minister, he would take out this edict, first recall people back to Beijing, and then complete the formalities of three resignations and three concessions. It is necessary to let the chamberlain carry the holy decree of worshipping the prime minister, and run back and forth between Tokyo and Jiangning.

But Wang Anshi did not refuse, and after bowing, he respectfully received the order. He never likes to do those false texts, he accepts them if he wants to, and he doesn't accept them if he doesn't want to, and he never gives them to others.

Holding the edict, Wang Anshi sighed to Wang Yan: "'The first year of the year, the special teacher'." Just for these eight words, I have to go to the capital! ”

The resentment at the time of resignation has gradually dissipated for more than half a year, and Wang Anshi is no longer resentful in his heart. Hearing these eight words in the edict, recalling the early years of Xining, Zhao Ji respected him as a teacher, and when he treated Zhao Ji like a disciple, Wang Anshi's heart also softened. has been around for a year, how can there be any past grievances, and Zhao Ji is also full of admiration for Wang Anshi in these two sentences.

Let's go to the capital again, and the great cause of changing the law is only halfway through, and there is still half of the more arduous road to be completed.

Anyway, Wang Anshi is still reluctant to send his life's work.