"Su Dongpo has arrived in Jiangnan? It's so fast!"

After reading Mi Fu's letter, Wu Haogu muttered in a low voice.

He didn't expect Su Dongpo to go so fast. He arrived in Jiangnan only in the first year of Jianzhong Jingguo in history, and then died of illness (it is said to be dysentery) in Changzhou.

Now he arrived in Changzhou a year earlier. He probably wouldn't have suffered from dysentery and died there before he was diagnosed with dysentery.

Wu Haogu quickly took Mi Fu's letter from Bai Feifei. Mi Fu and Su Dongpo were old friends. Historically, when Su Dongpo was almost ill in Changzhou, Mi Fu, who was an official in the Shipping Department of Southeast Sixth Road, often visited him.

In recent years, Mi Fu has also maintained letter exchanges with Su Dongpo, who was stranded in Danzhou. When Qiao Jinniang went south to Danzhou, she followed Wu Haogu's instructions and deliberately stopped in the Lianshui army. She took letters and some Huainan specialties from Mi Fu and brought them to Danzhou together. Mi Fu was also worried that Qiao Jinniang, a woman, would be inconvenient on the road, so she specially sent a Mi family general to escort her all the way.

The Mijia family, who escorted the beautiful golden lady, will return to Kaifeng Prefecture in early July (Mi Fu is now the Cai Heba Transportation Commissioner, and the yamen office is in Kaifeng Prefecture). Not only did he bring back "a good story between Su Dongpo and the beautiful golden lady", but he also brought Su Dongpo's letters and Su Dongpo's recent situation.

Su Dongpo, who has lived in Danzhou for nearly three years, is not in good health. On the one hand, it is because he is old; on the other hand, it is because of the hard living conditions in Danzhou and the hot and humid climate, which makes Su Dongpo very uncomfortable.

In addition, Su Dongpo's three sons were in trouble with each other and were demoted to Lingnan, which also made Su Dongpo very depressed.

Although Su Dongpo pretended to be very calm on the surface, reading, writing, and singing poetry, how could he not be bitter in his heart? Especially Su Dongpo's third son, Su Guo, was clearly full of talent and knowledge, was always implicated by Su Dongpo. He only took the Ministry of Rites exam once at the age of 19 (failed). Later, because he was a filial son, he followed the old man all the way to Danzhou. Now he is 28 years old and doesn't even have the chance to take the exam. How can Old Man Su not feel sad?

The arrival of Qiao Jinniang added a bit of color to Su Dongpo's later life in Danzhou. In early March this year, the imperial edict that the imperial court moved Su Dongpo to Haizhou arrived in Danzhou. Then the Su family father and son set off from Danzhou and started north with Qiao Jinniang. First, they went to Xunzhou (also in Guangdong) and joined their two sons Su Mai, Su Meng and his younger brother Su Zhe (Su Che was demoted and placed in Xunzhou), and then the whole family went north to Haizhou. Following the coastline, they first entered Fujian, then Zhejiang, and in Hangzhou in early June. Now they are probably heading towards the Yangtze River.

At the end of Mi Fu's letter, he also mentioned the recommendation of Wu Haogu's worship in Su Jun. Mi Youren, who had already gone to Haizhou to take his post, was taken out of Beijing with him, and this fall should be handed over to Su Dongpo.

However, a letter of recommendation alone is not enough to show Wu Haogu's sincerity. Mi Fu hopes that Wu Haogu can go to Haizhou in person to become a disciple.

"Haizhou..." Wu Haogu put down the letter in his hand and said to himself, "If he can get there safely, the matter of becoming a disciple will always succeed.

As long as you can get involved in the tiger skin of Bachelor Sumen, a large academy can always support it.”

...

In August of the third year of Yuanfu, the sky was already high on both sides of the Bian River, and the clouds were clear, and the autumn was still strong.

The ancient city of Yangzhou has ushered in the best season of the year. The autumn wind means that sea boats filled with porcelain produced in the Central Plains can go down the wind and sail to a distant foreign land. Yangzhou is now standing with Haizhou, and it is a port for Chinese porcelain to be exported. On the Yangtze River Wharf outside Yangzhou City, there are ships of ships from various countries being shipped everywhere. On the canal wharf in Yangzhou City, most of the canal wharfs from Xuzhou and Kaifeng Prefecture are carrying exquisite porcelain and various things from the Central Plains and the North. Among them, the most novelty among the readers in Yangzhou City is the monthly magazine "Wenquxing".

In an upper room in Yangzhou Inn, there is a red mud stove with warm wine. A pot of old wine is burnt on the stove, which is emitting a strong aroma.

Su Che took a sip of old wine, held a book of the first issue of "Wenquxing" in his hand, and was chanting an article in a low voice. It was the "countermeasure" article of Jinke Tanhua Jiyi, and nodded from time to time.

This famous minister, who was ranked among the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, was 61 years old this year, but he still had a dignified appearance, showing a ministerial demeanor that had been with people for a long time, but he also had a literati elegance.

"Is this a good article?"

An old man who looked a little similar to Su Che, but was thinner and older. Although he had a gray beard, he still had a little less majestic and a little more free and easy talked suddenly.

The old man was wearing a white long gown and holding a folding fan in his hand, which showed a sense of elegance and freedom, but there was a hint of melancholy between his eyebrows.

Needless to say, this old man who looks a little older than Su Che is the famous Su Dongpo!

Su Zhe frowned and nodded, "Zhang Zihou has a good grandson-in-law."

An old face that was always angry and a bit lustful appeared in my mind.

Speaking of which, the Su brothers and Zhang Dun were old friends. They were both officials and their parents were friends. They were Jinshi who had been almost the same. If they had not encountered Wang Anshi's new policy, the two families belonged to the old and new parties, and now they might still make friends!

And so many years of party struggles and ups and downs have made the two brothers of the Su family want to retreat.

But now they have not recovered yet and are still "resettlement" and cannot even withdraw even if they want to!

However, Han Zhongyan has become the prime minister now, and Zhang Dun has been in the wrong team when it comes to supporting the decision, and his luck is a foregone conclusion, so it is a matter of time for the two brothers to recover.

Once they are exempted from punishment and regain their official position, they can ask for a retirement.

"Han Shipu's son-in-law is also good!" Su Dongpo said, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then placed the wine glass on the table. The one who served the beautiful golden lady was serving her. Seeing that Su Dongpo's wine glass was empty, she carefully picked up the wine pot warmed on the stove and poured wine into the old man Su's wine glass.

"The sixth-ranked martial arts good-written man?" Su Che frowned and glanced at Qiao Jinniang, "He has a good brother who is very good at doing things."

Su Dongpo smiled: "We are all old and no longer do things. It's time for them to be young people to do things and be officials...are you?"

Su Che snorted: "We have come to the two old bones, and we are really trying to cut our heads."

It turned out that Mi Youren, who served as the magistrate of Qushan County, had already visited Yangzhou a day ago and handed over Mi Fu's letters and gifts to Ersu. He also gave Ersu several newly published magazines of "Wenquxing" and told Ersu about Wu Haogu's "glorious deeds".

In fact, Wu Haogu has done a lot of things. Even a lucky villain is a lucky villain who is very capable.

"Ziyu, do you look down on him very much?" Su Dongpo asked his younger brother with a smile.

Su Che hummed again: "It's not that he doesn't like him, but this person..." He carefully considered the words, "This person is so good at tossing! It's like, it's Wang Banshan!"

Wang Banshan is Wang Anshi! After hearing Mi Youren talk about what Wu Haogu has done in the past two years, Su Che thought of his old rival Wang Anshi.

"He looks like Wang Banshan?" Su Dongpo sneered, "How is it possible? His path is the opposite of Wang Banshan... Have you read the "Republic Merit Treaty"?"

Su Che waved his hand, "He is just Wang Banshan... but Wang Banshan of the old party!"

"Wang Banshan of the old party?" Su Dongpo was a little confused. In terms of literary talent, Su Dongpo was better than Su Che. However, in politics, Su Che was far better than Su Dongpo.

Su Zhe said: "Wang Banshan's path, whether it is the Qingmiao Law, the equalization of the expiration of the labor law, the "Exemption of the Service Law", the "City Change Law", and the "Flat Field Tax Law", the starting point is to suppress wealthy families and fill the country's use. I hope to achieve the goal of "reducing heavy and conserving, slimming farmers, having enough national use, and not lacking in people's wealth."

Wu Haogu's "Republic and Commercial Agreement" is the opposite of this, which is a way of "not suppressing wealthy families, encouraging industry and commerce, and wanting everyone to seek wealth and enrich the country." If it is implemented in one place, it may be able to make a rich place, but if it wants to be in the world, it will inevitably lead to the same new law as Wang Banshan, which will cause public resentment.

So, he is Wang Banshan of the old party!"

After all, he was a great scholar who had been the deputy prime minister. Su Che could see through the essence of the ancient Wu Hao route at a glance!

If Wang Anshi wanted to solve the problems of excessive gap between the rich and the poor and the financial difficulties faced by the Song Dynasty through the "feudal planned economy". Therefore, Wang Anshi's reforms increased the power of the government, and also allowed the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, who were not at high levels and were not well-official, to take the opportunity to do something wrong.

Then Wu Haogu's approach was to develop the market economy and release the capitalist devil. Therefore, the route adopted by the "Republic Merchants Treaty" was to govern the Shang market, and to place the officials of Jiehe Shang market under the control of the Merchants Senate. However, there is no problem with similar routes in Jiehe Shang City, a small place... But if a similar route was implemented throughout the Song Dynasty, it would be to govern the country with wealthy families, which was similar to that of Emperor Yuan of Han, Liu Shi.

It can be said that Wang Anshi and Wu Haogu represent two completely opposite extremes! If they are in the same era, they must be tied up.

"Ziyou," Su Dongpo frowned, "Do you think I shouldn't accept this disciple?"
Chapter completed!