In the residence of Wang Anshi of Zhongshan in Jiangning.

"Goose goose goose, bent neck to the sky song, white hair floating green water, anthurium plucking clear waves. A crisp voice sounded.

Wang Anshi smiled from ear to ear, touched the child's head and nodded: "Okay, I memorize it very well, this poem is a poem written by Luo Bingwang when he was seven years old, and my little Wu Yu would be happy if he could write poems at the age of seven." ”

"Grandpa, I'll do it. The little boy cried out unconvinced.

"Oh?" Wang Anshi was surprised, "Okay, you make the first to tell grandpa." ”

"Listen up. The little boy coughed and looked at a flock of chickens chasing not far away, and groaned, "Chicken, chicken, chicken!" turned around to protect the chickens, saw people giggling, pulled down a piece of, and everyone laughed. How's it going, Grandpa, I'm not doing any worse than Luo Bingwang, right?"

Not far away, a middle-aged man smiled and watched Wang Anshi tease his little grandson.

"The new newspaper should be coming soon. Wang said to himself in a low voice, Wang Anshi had already gone out across the donkey at this time in the past, and the real reason for being able to tease his little grandson today was to wait for the newspaper, more precisely, to wait for the answer to the homework question to be announced.

The little boy composed a poem, and was so excited that he ran out to show off to his parents, Wang Anshi shook his head slightly, and came to the king's side.

"Aren't you here yet?"

"It's almost over, after a cup of tea, the new newspaper should be home. Wang Bianlian said, looked at Wang Anshi and said: "Father, the letter written to you by Uncle Sima uploaded in this newspaper, could this be Uncle Sima himself......?"

Sima Guang's "Book with Wang Jiefu" written to Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi did not show it to anyone except Wang Yan and Wang Bian.

But now it's in the newspapers.

Wang Anshi groaned slightly: "No, Sima Jun is a sincere and honest person, this kind of person shrinks his head and tail in everything he does, for fear of accidents." Newspapers, which are unconventional and will subvert all the normal order of the world, are too late for him to avoid them, where will they get up, this newspaper, this "Theory of Tools" if it says who in the world wants to ban and ban the most. This person is Sima Junshi, this letter is impossible for Sima Junshi to leak, but where did Qin Xianao learn the original text of this letter, this is a strange thing. ”

"Then this Qin Xianao used that letter to make a fuss, will this matter make people suspicious of us?" said Wang Bei again.

Wang Anshi smiled faintly: "I, Wang Anshi, are ruined all over the world, and my reputation is all over the world, but with my conscience, these letters are not leaked to Qin Xianao by us, as long as I have a clear conscience." Who cares so much about the rest? It's Qin Xianao, who is really a newborn calf. ”

"Newborn calf?" Wang Bean wondered, "Father, didn't you say that he had the support of Cihang Jingzhai? With the support of Cihang Jingzhai and making a fuss about Sima Guang's letter, what was he afraid of?"

"You don't understand. Wang Anshi shook his head, "Although Qin Xianao has the support of Cihang Jingzhai, but Sima Guang is easy to provoke? Does Cihang Jingzhai support Sima Guang more, or Qin Xianao's more? Sima Junshi has accumulated contacts over the decades. and everyone's confidence in him, which is not comparable to Qin Xianao. Qin Xianao is good, but after all, he is young, as the saying goes, he has no hair on his mouth, he is not good at work, and he is young and has little experience. Naturally, if there is the right time, place and help, you can often do great things, which is incomparable to the elderly. ”

"However, Yundao is not there. Often, young people die faster and older people survive. ”

"Now the way of the world, is the way of fortune in Qin Xianao, or in Sima Junshi? Who can say? At least I don't see that he Qin Xianao really has any favorable time, place and people. ”

"Then what does my father think of Sima Junshi's letters?"

"Sima Junshi is the same as his brother Sima Dan, he is a good general rather than a good appearance, there are generals but no handsome talents, it is good to be able to cure a county, and it is ...... to be the prime minister" Wang Anshi shook his head, "Sima Junshi's letter seems to be reasonable, and it is true everywhere, but it is not a forest for seeing trees, and there is no distinction between primary and secondary, I still remember that some of the sophistries in the serialized articles of Ruyue and Miaoyu are like this, the details, every sentence is right, but it is wrong when it is connected together." ”

"The same is true of the letter Sima Junshi wrote to me, so he sprinkled thousands of words of "The Book with Wang Jiefu", and I only used the "Answer to Sima Jiefu" in three words to leave him speechless. Wang Anshi said that he was very proud of this, and now that he thinks about his "Answer to Sima's Advice", Wang Anshi still feels that it is extremely well written.

Ruyue and Miaoyu used his letter as an example, and apparently they also saw this, knowing that flies don't bite seamless eggs. ”

"What will happen to Uncle Sima now?" said the king.

Wang Anshi's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Yes, what will happen to him, I am afraid that I will also have a headache, Qin Xianao did a little inauthentic this time, but who made Sima Jun really the prime minister of the dynasty and the leader of the literary world." How easy it is to be the prime minister. Wang Anshi was very emotional, the appearance of a country, above 10,000 people and under one person, seems to be beautiful, but behind this scenery is endless pressure.

Wang Anshi and Wang Bi chatted like this, not for long.

"Sir, the newspaper has been bought. ”

"Bring it quickly. ”

Wang Anshi and Wang Bi connected to the new newspaper, opened it and found the front page, and with a sweep of their eyes, their faces changed, and they saw a line of big words on it: "Answer Sima's advice." ”

Wang Anshi took a slight breath and continued to look down.

You must know that just now the two of them father and son were still laughing at Sima Guang being entangled by Qin Xianao, Sima Guang's "Book with Wang Jiefu" was not well written, and he couldn't see the forest when he saw the trees. In the blink of an eye, he also became Qin Xianao's target.

Wang Anshi read it quickly, and it didn't take long to read all of this one.

Wang Bi also read it quickly.

"Father, this Ruyue and Miaoyu are never so bold, they will not only take Uncle Sima but also you, it must be Qin Xianao's main point. The king said.

"So what?" Wang Anshi said lightly, "Everyone knows that it is Qin Xianao's mastermind, this "Tool Theory" is Qin Xianao's doctrine, and this doctrine is nothing, but no matter from the literary style and breadth, this article is destined to have an impact, but it is far inferior to the hundred schools of thought, so he wants to go to the side. ”

"Father, the most hateful thing is that this person has the newspaper in his hands, and he can fool the people at will. The king said.

"Don't care, we have a headache, Sima Junshi has a headache even more, and I, Wang Anshi, change the law. The world has already had a mixed reputation, and you still care about such a letter?" Wang Anshi smiled faintly.

"I'm afraid there's something ...... in this letter," Wang said worriedly.

"Impossible. Wang Anshi smiled faintly, "The letter written by my Wang Anshi is full of reasoning and impeccable, Sima Jun can't say anything after reading this letter, let alone outsiders? What are we afraid of? What is there to be afraid of." On the contrary, I look at Qin Xianao, and see how Ruyue and Miaoyu step down. ”

Wang Anshi put the newspaper in his arms and looked at the servant next to him.

"Go and lead the donkey. ”

"Yes. ”

Soon Wang Anshi straddled the donkey and went out leisurely.

"Qin Xianao's talent is very good, it's a pity. Wang Anshi sighed lightly.

"Sir, what is the pity?" said the servant next to him.

"It's a pity that there are some problems with my character, didn't Sima Junshi's "Book with Wang Jiefu" say that I changed the law 'too hard' and 'too much self-confidence', in my opinion, Qin Xianao is also guilty of this big mistake now. I was too careful, it was nothing more than a hurry to change the law, and something went wrong, but he actually used Sima Junshi and my Wang Jiefu as stepping stones to complete his reputation, this road that harms others and benefits himself cannot be taken, I am afraid that he will go farther and farther. In the end, if you follow Shen Kuo's old path, it will be hopeless. ”

......

Sima Guang and Wang Anshi didn't expect Ruyue and Miaoyu's homework to really use Sima Guang's letter as an example. And not only his Sima Guang's letter, but also Wang Anshi's letter is also placed in it as an example. Cheng Yi, Wen Yanbo, Lu Gong, Han Zhongyan, Su Shi...... They all felt different.

"What Sima Junshi and Wang Jiefu wrote, although not all of them are correct. Cheng Yi shook his head, "But these letters have been sorted out completely, and I can't find any mistakes or omissions." I don't know if Qin Xianao walked away, or on purpose, this time the essay, you ordered the following, don't mix it. ”

"Is it really impossible to find a mistake or omission?

"There are no mistakes. No matter how good the tools and methods are, you can't find them. Cheng Yi said lightly, "Look at it, this time the essay is Qin Xianao filming Sima Junshi and Wang Jiefu's sycophants, but unfortunately, he was wrong, how can Sima Junshi and Wang Jiefu be able to help you by patting the sycophants? These two people are both wood, they only recognize death, not sycophants, not to mention that this Qin Xianao is young, I don't know that Sima Junshi and Wang Jiefu's two factions are on the same page, irreconcilable, if Qin Xianao is just a person on the back, he can still start to work, but at the same time, Qin Xianao is still too young!"

......

"These four letters, as a model for the ages, are well attacked, answered skillfully, and the reason, qi, spirit, and rhyme are all complete, and the younger generations of children learn literature, these four texts must be read, and they must be studied, no wonder Qin Xianao will choose them. Wen Yanbo shook his head.

"I don't know whether to laugh at Qin Xian's arrogance and young wisdom, or laugh at Ruyue and Miaoyu's planlessness. These four letters, the words are all incorporated, use them as examples, to analyze sophistry, such as using sages as examples to explain what is lacking in virtue, it seems that Qin Xianao also realized that the matter of running a newspaper is unpopular, so he wants to win over Sima Gong and An Shigong, but unfortunately he will eventually draw water from the bamboo basket......" Han Zhongyan shook his head in his heart.

"Qin Xian is very terrifying. Lu Gongzhu only said one sentence to the newspaper without explanation, and turned into the study.

"Thank you to the wine-colored son, so that Su someone can get a glimpse of such a heroic article. Su Shi laughed and drank.

......

Although it was very unexpected, the older generation of Confucian scholars and scholars almost unanimously agreed that the level of these four letters was very high, and the qi, reason, and spirit were complete, and they were almost impeccable. In this way, it is natural not to think that there is any real logical error or sophistry in the letter. As for using the methods in "Tool Theory" to dissect, no one can afford to lose that face.

The court officials, Hongxue Confucianism is afraid of losing face, "The Theory of Tools" is just a fresh picture, look at yourself, and will not really use the methods described in it to do scholarship and study the truth, because they have self-confidence, and they also look down on the "Theory of Tools" from the bones, but the people are another matter.

"Really using these letters as examples, it seems that there is definitely something wrong with the letters. ”

"Then why didn't we find out?"

"If you don't find it, doesn't it mean that you don't? How many examples in Ruyue and Miaoyu's books didn't we know they were wrong until she pointed out the fallacies?"

......

Ordinary readers, ordinary academy students, and many literate people in the folk were excited.

If you can find the mistakes in the letters between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, and write an article, and make a name for yourself in the newspaper, this honor is enough to make people crazy.

What's more, this time Qin Xianao has implemented a prize-winning essay on it, once he wins the prize, he can get a free copy of any book published by the New Youth Daily in the future, and there are also a large number of silver rewards, although these money are nothing to the rich, but for some poor people, it is worth ten years of family use.

Material rewards.

Plus supreme glory.

In addition, the people of Li Min are not officials, and they do not have so many fancy intestines as readers, and they are easy to be gullible, and many people believe that the fairy kingdom really exists, and naturally they also believe that "The Theory of Tools" is really a book of the fairy country.

No matter how powerful you are Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, you can compare to the great sages of the Immortal Kingdom?

Ordinary scholars and young students do not have the fetters of fame like Confucianism, and think that "The Theory of Tools" is just a tool for stupid people, and they do not use it, do not study it, and avoid it.

On the contrary, the younger you are, because you are younger, the easier it is to be gullible and try.

What this brought with it was a storm of analysis of the four letters. (To be continued......)