Chapter 5 Mischief
Mao Zheng and Wen Yuan were also very panicked when they saw someone coming in front of them, both of them were afraid of being caught by the shouts in the temple and then shaved their heads. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info hid in the grass, and the two of them didn't even dare to gasp, for fear of being discovered.
It's just a person who walks in front of him, but he is not a monk in the temple, but a layman. Mao Zheng looked at the man's face through the grass, the man's beard was white, and he was not young, but there were two eyes embedded in the old face. It's just that this kind of look is not a pride, not an arrogance, but a strong force that is oppressed because of sadness and pain.
I saw the old man, walking in front of a plum bush, but he couldn't walk.
It's already spring, and even on a plateau like a mountain temple, the plum blossoms have already fallen completely. Only lush foliage remains, and although it looks vibrant, it is much less beautiful than the flowers blooming around it.
"Yes, yes, the plum blossoms are withering, but the plums are still growing. As long as the plums can grow, there will be many plum blossoms when they are planted. Although I have failed to bear the trust of the present, I have not been able to carry out the changes to the end. However, the heart of the law has not changed, as long as it takes a few years, the world will inevitably change. The old man said a few words to Lamei Cong, the sadness and pain in his eyes disappeared, and only a little confidence in perseverance remained, and that kind of look was really attractive.
This old man is Wang Anshi, who was dismissed and returned to his hometown, ten years ago he started the reform with a whole body of ambition, but ten years later because of various disappointments, he gave up the grand vision of the reform. The only comfort in his heart now is that after he left, Shenzong continued to implement the reforms, and he believed that as long as the changes continued, the Great Song Dynasty would inevitably change the status quo of poverty and weakness.
just thought of his son Wang Yan's untimely death, and his self-confidence was replaced by sadness. Wang Anshi stayed with his wife all his life, and did not often take concubines like other scholars, he put the sustenance of his life on his son, so the old man Sangzi can be said to be very sad.
When he was a child, someone put a roe deer and a deer in a cage for him to identify, and Wang Yan said: "Next to the roe deer is the deer, and next to the deer is the roe deer." The guest was surprised and passed on this incident as a good story.
Wang Yan entered the court as an official at a very young age, assisted his father in implementing the reforms, and became a pillar of the reformers. But God was jealous of talent, but he left the world at the age of thirty-three.
It turned out that Lu Huiqing formed a party for personal gain and assassinated Wang Anshi, and his father was framed, which made Wang Yan angry. After Lu Huiqing dismissed the prime minister, Wang Yan united several people to expose Lu Huiqing's crimes. However, Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi used to be good friends, and the two sides had many correspondences about changing the law, and the content of the letter also involved some things that could not be said to outsiders.
Lu Huiqing learned that Wang Yan was going to denounce him, so he preemptively sent several letters from Wang Anshi to Shenzong. Shenzong was also shocked when he saw these letters, which put Wang Anshi on the cusp for a while.
Wang Anshi didn't know these things, and when he knew, things were already out of control. He reprimanded Wang Yan, saying that he should not expose Lu Huiqing behind his back.
Wang Yan and Wang Anshi are both straight and stubborn. He didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, and when he heard his father's reprimand, Wang Yan fell ill when he couldn't think about it for a while, and finally collapsed and died.
In the end, Shenzong chose to believe in Wang Anshi, hoping that he could continue to preside over the reform. But after losing his only son, Wang Anshi's heart was also cold, and despite Shenzong's many retention, he left the court that once made him complacent, but now makes him heartbroken.
"Fujian!"
Wang Anshi was sad in his heart, remembering that everything was because of Lu Huiqing, and slapped his palm on the flower tree in front of him, and the tears of sadness remained.
Mao Zheng was hiding in the grass for fear of being discovered, but when he saw the old man in front of him holding the flower tree and crying bitterly, he was also a little unbearable in his heart. Seeing that although the old man was in tears, but his face was full of stubbornness, Mao Zheng could feel that in the face of a helpless fate, this old man wanted to straighten up.
"Don't cry, old man. I used to sing when I was sad, and when I sang, I was all right. I'll sing you a song if you want. Mao Zheng walked out of the grass and walked behind Wang Anshi and said.
Wang Anshi knew that the backyard of this Zen temple was very quiet, and he just wanted to stay alone for a while, but he didn't expect to feel it in his heart, and he actually cried. To cry in front of people and to show weakness in front of people is really a bit of a shame for a stubborn person. When Wang Anshi heard the voice coming from behind him, he also endured it, and wanted to return to his normal state.
But when he turned around and saw a ten-year-old boy, Wang Anshi remembered what Wang Yan looked like when he was a child, but he was even more sad for a while.
"Grandpa, why are you still crying, is it that your family treats you badly. Don't be sad, there are still good people in this world. Mao Zheng persuaded.
"No one treats me badly because I don't have any family around me anymore. There are good people in the world, but I used to treat the wicked as if they were my best friends. It's really hateful. Wang Anshi turned from sadness to anger and scolded Lu Huiqing.
Mao Zheng didn't know much about the major events in the world, of course he didn't know who the Fujian son in Wang Anshi's mouth was, but when he heard Wang Anshi say that he no longer had a family, Mao Zheng also felt the same way, so he comforted: "If you want to come to the old man, you don't have a family, and I am the same." Sometimes I cry when I think of relatives I've never met, but fortunately I have the Virgin Mary and Wen Yuan, and I don't feel sad to think of them with me. We have a saying in the White Lotus Society: all brothers in the four seas. I will treat my grandfather as a relative. ”
"All brothers in the four seas?" Wang Anshi was originally sad in his heart, but looking at this immature child, he was full of serious words, and he was amused for a while.
"If it's not a brother, how can I call my grandfather a brother? In short, I will treat my grandfather as a relative, just like I treat my elders with filial piety. Mao Zheng also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly changed his words.
"You are so kind, you child, though you are young. As long as you adjust it a little, you will be a good person in the future. The White Lotus Society was founded by Master Huiyuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with the purpose of teaching people to be good. Although some of the tenets of Buddhism are somewhat contrary to some of my Confucian views, the word "goodness" is still the same. I only hope that you will grow up to be a talented person in the future. Wang Anshi listened to Mao Zheng's words, and was also impressed by Mao Zheng, and said with approval.