In the middle of March, Luoyang was just in spring.

Peony flowers are blooming.

This rich and graceful flower bloomed all over the city and outside of Luoyang City.

Ordinary yellow oiran, splashed purple ink, and red in the first case can be seen everywhere. A rare little Yao Huang and Wei Zi can also be seen in several well-known gardens. There is even a golden belt, which is a unique variety of peony in Yangzhou, but this year, at the Luoyang Peony Flower Fair, another flower farmer brought out a book, double petal color to make red and purple, and flowers. The core is surrounded by astragalus, just like the chief minister who is dressed in vermilion and purple and has a golden belt around his waist. It caused a sensation in the city.

Yangzhou's golden belt around, it is rumored that the hairpin flower can be the prime minister - when Han Jiang guarded Yangzhou, the golden belt around the flower bloomed four, Wang Jue, Wang Anshi was in the city at the time, all invited, only one person was missing. Han Jiang said: If there is a visitor today, I will invite them to enjoy it. In the evening, a person came to visit, but it was Chen Shengzhi, so he was invited to watch the flowers together. So far, three of the four people present have become prime ministers, and I don't know if Wang Qi, who is currently participating in political affairs, has that luck.

I don't know if this gold belt peony in Luoyang has the ability to show the prime minister.

And this is also the season to go out of the city.

On the shore of Luoshui, in the tent surrounded by a green cloth, the sound of silk and bamboo slowly came out. It attracts visitors to stop for it, but the curtain that can't be blown through the spring breeze, and a circle of family members who are eyeing each other, can only be enjoyed outside.

Fu Bi, the former prime minister who lived in Luoyang City, was among the accounts.

Fu Bi has served as several prime ministers, and he is extremely rich. The music class raised at home is also very famous in Luoyang City. With the warm spring breeze, looking at the dancing graceful and graceful posture, the prime minister reclining on the soft collapse was leisurely, already beyond the rolling red dust, with a bit of ease.

"Your Excellency." As soon as the curtain moved, Fu Bi's son Fu Shaoting walked in.

"What's the matter?" Fu Bi asked, waving his hand, motioning for Leban to retreat outside.

"The gold list of Jinke has come out."

Fu Bi didn't say anything, and he wouldn't be busy informing him about this little thing. Something else will happen, and he will wait for his son to tell himself.

"The champion is called Yuzhong, Yixing people. The eyes of the list are Zhu Fu and Shao Gang. These three people are nothing, and they are indeed qualified. is only ranked ninth and tenth, one is Wang Anshi's son-in-law, and the other is Wang Anshi's nephew. The two of them were at the same time, and as soon as the news came out, I heard that the scholars in Tokyo were angry for a while. ”

The rich family was bullied by the former Henan prefect Li Zhongshi the day before yesterday, and the money collected and exempted was actually received from the prime minister's family, and Fu Shaoting couldn't wait to bite off a piece of Wang Anshi's meat. Now that I hear that Wang Anshi is going to be unlucky, I can't help but be excited.

Fu Bi said with a smile: "I thought it was the champion and the leader, but Wang Jiefu's vision was a little smaller." Just saying that, he felt a little wrong, and groaned, "When did Wang Jiefu become like this?" ”

"Han Gang and Ye Tao are not talented enough, presumably Wang Anshi doesn't dare to let them win the first ......."

"Han Gang, Ye Tao?" Fu Bi interrupted his son's words for a moment, "The Wang family recruited them as sons-in-law?!" ”

Ye Tao, who has a thin literary name in Shilin, is not enough. But Han Gang is quite famous among important ministers like Fu Bi. Suddenly heard that the Wang family had found him as a son-in-law, Fu Bi couldn't help but be shocked.

"Yes! Han Gang is Wang Anshi's son-in-law, and Ye Tao is Wang Pingfu's son-in-law. The two of them were able to rank among the top ten at the same time, who can believe that Wang Anshi didn't do anything?! ”

"Pingfu and Wang Jiefu are not of the same mind." Fu Bi didn't have time to listen to his son's nonsense, so he spread his hands: "What about the rolls, they should have been sent by now, right?" ”

Fu Shaoting hurriedly took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them over with both hands.

Fu Bi took it and looked at it carefully. Neither article was long, but he had been reading it for a quarter of an hour. After the last hand, Shu handed it back to his son. "This Ye Tao is also at the third-class level. There is nothing to say, it's just beautifully written. ”

Sure enough, there was indeed a disadvantage in it, Fu Shaoting nodded violently, and asked again: "What about Han Gang?" ”

Fu Bi half-narrowed his eyes, recalling the words he had just seen, and chewed for a long time. After the last, Fang said slowly: "He's not bad, he deserves the position of ninth." ”

Why do you say that...... Han Gang's volume is much worse than Ye Tao! Fu Shaoting asked in surprise.

Fu Bi glanced at his son and sighed secretly.

Any official with a little vision will not say that Han Gang's article is inferior to Ye Tao. Han Gang's insight and talent in the text were enough to amaze Zaisuke, who was so old at work. That is, those who read and read stupidly will think that Han Gang's articles are not worthy of the top ten qualifications. And his son still echoes this statement, it's really confused!

Cleaning up his mood, Fu Bi shook his head: "This volume is very well written, and the text is a little stronger, which is enough to qualify for the champion." ”

“…… Is this article really that good? ”

Fu Shaoting still couldn't believe it and asked in a low voice. He is not good at learning, but as the son of the prime minister, he has seen a lot of celebrities with the literary name Gai Jinghua, and he always has a vision. In his opinion, Han Gang's writing is really not very good.

"Sima XII recently dug a cellar in the Paradise and hid in it to write a book. Most of them don't know about the Tao of the Present Branch. You disguised the article, go ask him and see what he has to say! Fu Bi snorted, "Writing is always a stubble, and it is enough to be easy and error-free, Han Gang's policy is just right, and it is not a text that Gongsheng can write at all!" ”

Fu Shaoting's eyes suddenly lit up: "My lord means that someone is catching a knife for Han Gang?!" ”

"Catch a knife?" Fu Bi raised his head and glared at his son fiercely, "Is Han Gang an ordinary Gongsheng?" Look at how much he has done in Shaanxi and Xihe. The things mentioned in the volume are all things he has seen, heard, done, and judged in his daily life, and he has long known it in his heart, so why should others catch the knife?! ”

Fu Bi trained his son, angry in his heart.

His son doesn't even know how to find fault with people. If you bite down on the blade, you will break your teeth, and you will be stabbed with your backhand! I can't even make a royal history, and I really don't know what to do in the future. After his death, who will protect the rich family?!

The sweet and glutinous Jiang rice wine, Fu Bi drank it but his mouth was full of bitterness.

Think about his wife and brother Xiaoshan [Yan Jidao], since the death of his father-in-law [Yan Shu], in addition to drinking and writing poems, he can't do a serious thing, and the good family business will fail in a blink of an eye.

And his own son can't be an official, and he can't even do poetry, so he can compare his ability to drink, how can he get it in the future? Do you really have to rely on the son-in-law [Feng Jing] who is now doing political affairs but is not the same heart as himself?

"But Han Gang is only a weak crown, just a lucky ......" Fu Shaoting still wanted to argue, but in Fu Bi's stern eyes, his voice became lower and lower, and he gradually did not dare to say more.

Fu Bi snorted coldly.

At the beginning, when he said that the New Party was all new and fortunate, it was meant to be heard by many officials who had been grinding and climbing step by step, and it was necessary to arouse their hatred and hatred for the enemy. But if you really think that you are young and your ability will be insufficient, then it is too stupid - if you change it to him Fubi, as well as Han Qi and Wen Yanbo, which one is not moving step by step, grinding for three years and one year, and the last step to the sky? There are some things to say, but you have to know in your heart that you can't be confused by yourself.

"Unless you can find fault in it, you can't say he's bad!" Fu Bi taught his son, "No matter how good the poetry is, if you don't have the talent to manage things, it is just a life to enter the Hanlin Academy to be edicted." And those like Han Gang, who have great talents in military and political affairs, will be eligible to enter the academy in the future, let alone a frontier minister, and even Xuan Ma may not be able to worship the prime minister [Note 1]. ”

His father's evaluation of Han Gang was so high that Fu Shaoting read his article again. After reading it for a while, I still didn't think it was good, so I looked up and asked, "In my opinion, what is wrong with this article?" ”

"Han Gang grew up in Qinzhou, and he has been an official in Xihe for three years, and all the things he has experienced, the peace official's son has never met the last time in his life, and the matter of Hehuang is all in his heart. If the father is in the political hall, it is easy to say, but in the past few years, he has not been involved in political affairs, and he can't find out if he wants to. Fu Bi raised his eyes and glanced at Fu Shaoting, "If you can find out what is wrong, you don't have to stay in Luoyang with your father." ”

Fu Shaoting's color changed when he heard this, he laughed dryly twice, and said, "My son is not successful, it is better to serve the adults at home." ”

After a long day of saliva, Fu Bi waved his hand impatiently and asked Fu Shaoting to leave.

Of his three sons, none of them could reassure him. Wang Anshi was lucky and found a good son-in-law......

However, the better Han Gang is, the more dangerous he is, and it is not only Wang Anshi and himself who can see his potential. Now there are not too few people who want to find fault with him, and they don't need to do much on their own.

Picked up Ruyi, knocked on the four corners of the mat, and the Leban family who retreated outside approached and continued the song and dance that had just stopped.

As long as he is not bullied, he doesn't have much to think about, the decent son of heaven always has to give a little bit, and the reason why Li Zhongshi was transferred is because the son of heaven gave him rich face.

As for the annoyance of intrigue in the court, it gives Wen Yanbo, who is still an official, a headache.

"If you don't go, you deserve a headache!"

In the spring breeze, on the bank of Luoshui, Fubi has white hair and silver hairpins, Taoist robes follow the wind, and there is a fairy wind of Taoist bones. Gently high-five, accompanied by music, began to enjoy the wonderful singing and dancing of the prostitute again.

Note 1: In the Song Dynasty, the Hallym Academy and the Hallym Academy were two different things. Bachelor of Hanlin lived in the academy, as a two-system official, as the 'private of the Son of Heaven', and had the power to draft edicts, which was an important step for the important ministers of the imperial court to leap to the position of ruler. The Hanlin Academy, on the other hand, serves the Son of Heaven with piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, and the official name is to be edicted, that is, the Qing guest raised by the Son of Heaven.