Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Not for officials! Mr. Sima is gentle, courteous, upright, loyal to the king, and has always abided by his duties as a minister. He was innocently removed from his posthumous title. Officials must not let the loyal ministers feel cold." Su Zhe also quickly advised after seeing this.

Although he did not object to the posthumous title given to Wang Anshi, since the deceased was a great person, it would be too much to cut off the posthumous title given to Sima Guang and destroy the monument given to him in the first place.

"'Loyalty to the Pure Virtue' was a stele given to Sir Sima by the official. Now if we want to destroy it, wouldn't it be an injustice to His Majesty?" Su Shi also came out to object.

Zhao Xu suddenly fell into a dilemma. Sima Guang was a model of morality in the Song Dynasty. If he wanted to remove Sima Guang's posthumous title, it would probably not be an easy task.

Zhang Dun sneered and said: "Sima Guang bullied the officials when they were young, ignored the officials in everything, and acted arbitrarily. I am afraid that the officials who gave the monument to them were not the original intention of the officials."

"You have no joke! The official family is the most respected one in the world. Even if he is young, he still speaks with eloquence." Yang Wei said solemnly.

Cai Bian sneered and said: "The Ninth Five-Year Plan? When Empress Dowager Gao listened to politics behind the curtain, the officials were just puppets on strings!"

Zhao Xu's face suddenly darkened, thinking that in the court hall, he could only see the backs and buttocks of the ministers. The origin of the officials' indifference to Zhao Xu began with Sima Guang.

"The deceased is the most important. Sima Xianggong was not at fault! How could he be liquidated after death?" Lu Dafang said firmly.

All of a sudden.

In the court, the fight over posthumous titles turned into a reckoning between the old and new parties.

Until the next court, the old and new parties continued to quarrel.

Yuhu!

Zhao Xu ran vigorously around Yuhu Lake, which was now a common way to vent his stress.

"Sima Guang!"

Zhao Xu sweated profusely and gritted his teeth and said that Sima Guang had abolished the reform that Shenzong had painstakingly worked on for sixteen years. If not, how could he have faced such a passive situation after he took charge.

However, Sima Guang was the moral standard of the Song Dynasty. Countless people regarded him as a role model, a person who was almost morally perfect.

Sima Guang became famous at a young age, and the incident of Sima Guang smashing a vat was known to the whole world. When he was young, Sima Guang became a Jinshi, which can be said to be unlimited glory.

Up to this point, Sima Guang had gone through four dynasties and was promoted to prime minister. However, he was honest and upright throughout his life as an official, and he never even bought a house in Kaifeng City.

In terms of private life, Sima Guang was a model of morality. He and his wife had no children. However, Sima Guang insisted on not taking concubines, and in the end he only adopted his brother's son as his adopted son.

As an official, he is a kind old man and often excuses others! He even took it upon himself, and his reputation as an official was excellent.

However, for such a perfect loyal official, Zhao Xu could not help but grit his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.

"Officials think twice and don't make impulsive decisions. This will often make things worse." Fan Zheng advised from the side.

"Is there really such a perfect person in this world?"

Zhao Xu took a deep breath, with a hint of helplessness on his face.

Fan Zheng asked instead: "Of course there are no perfect people in this world. Just like cold-forged armor, its defense is supreme, but it is extremely heavy. Cotton is light, but its defense is reduced. Sima Guang is naturally not a perfect person, and his sin There are four.”

"Oh!" Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows. Fan Zheng, who was considered a perfect moral model by the old party, actually had four major sins.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "The first crime is to use mother to change son. When the late emperor passed away, in order to abolish the new law, Sima Guang actually borrowed the name of the Empress Dowager and used mother to change son, reversing the secular custom of women following husbands and mothers following children. , What an ulterior motive this is.”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Sima Guang's idea of ​​changing his mother to his son seemed to make sense in name, but in fact it could not stand up to scrutiny.

"Sima Guang's second crime: being a little benevolent but being very unkind!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"What is small benevolence? What is great unbenevolence?" Zhao Xu asked.

Fan Zheng asked: "Sima Guang was an upright official and was indeed benevolent. However, this kind of benevolence can only be called small benevolence. Any reform will hurt the interests of some people. Sima Guang immediately opposed it as soon as he saw the people making noises. People, he protected the interests of the people who were making noises in front of him, but he didn't know that the silent people were the majority. Sima Guang abolished the new law and put the country's security at risk and ignored the interests of the majority of silent people. This was "greatly unkind" .

"Compassion does not control soldiers, and righteousness does not control wealth!" Zhao Xu said in his heart, and he immediately understood where his awkward feeling towards Sima Guang came from.

"That's exactly the reason." Fan Zheng nodded.

"The third crime is to offer land to Xixia. During the reign of the late emperor, although there were mutual victories and defeats in the war against Xixia, the Song Dynasty had a great family and a big business, and the foundation of Xixia was shallow. The Song Dynasty had almost exhausted the oil consumed by Xixia. And Sima Guang After he came to power, he actually offered up the four villages of Mizhi and restored the market and annual coins at the same time, bringing Xixia back to life and ruining the great situation of the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Xu looked embarrassed. Since he succeeded to the throne, Xixia has repeatedly attacked the Song Dynasty. In addition, the Song Dynasty used rice and fat for four villages and peace coins. Not only did it not bring peace, but it also made Xixia intensify its efforts. Sima Guang has an unshirkable responsibility.

"What about the fourth crime?" Zhao Xu asked.

"The Ayun case!"

Fan Zheng said with a hint of unbearability on his face.

"The Ayun case?" Zhao Xu's face suddenly became solemn.

The Ayun case was one of the most influential cases in the Song Dynasty. Ayun was a young girl who was still in the period of mourning, and was sold to a forty-year-old bachelor by her greedy uncle.

Ayun was unwilling to accept such a fate. On a dark and windy night, Ayun gingerly picked up a kitchen knife and touched it to the head of Wei Ada's bed. For the sake of the rest of his life, Ayun picked up the knife and chopped at random.

In panic, Ayun only cut off one of Weiada's fingers, and the rest were skin injuries. However, Ayun was convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to death according to the laws of the Song Dynasty.

Everyone sympathized with Ayun's experience. Both Wang Anshi and Song Shenzong wanted to pardon Ayun's death penalty. Sima Guang strongly opposed it. However, Song Shenzong finally exempted Ayun from death penalty and changed it to imprisonment and exile. While Ayun was serving his sentence, he encountered After being pardoned by the court, he finally got married, had children, and lived a peaceful life.

It stands to reason that this is the most perfect ending, taking into account both legal principles and rationality. However, Sima Guang kept this incident in mind for sixteen years. The first thing he did when he came to power was to re-examine the case and marry him and have children. Ayun was re-sentenced to death by hanging.

"Not to mention, Sima Guang's sixteen years of vengeance. On the surface, he only killed one Ayun, but in fact he killed countless Ayuns, causing women all over the world to suffer from blind marriages." Fan Zheng said sadly. .

Fan Zheng found it extremely incredible that Sima Guang, who was so stubborn and pedantic, was a role model in the hearts of scholar-bureaucrats.

"Small benevolence, but great unbenevolence!" Zhao Xu said softly.

At this moment, he truly understood what it means to be benevolent and unbenevolent, and the image of benevolence and righteousness created by Sima Guang disappeared in his heart.