At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 380 Double Happiness

Many people after Wang Anshi can probably guess what the story is.

"Haha, I roughly know what it is," Zhang Juzheng laughed twice and stroked his beard. Apart from that story, what else was there?

This couldn't help but make Shang Yang and Wang Anshi curious. What kind of story was this that could be passed down for so long?

"When you, Senior Wang Anshi, were 23 years old, it was the time for the imperial examination.

You went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and lived in your uncle's house.

On the day of the imperial examination, Senior Wang Anshi passed by the east gate of the city and saw two large lanterns hanging on the gate of a wealthy family's house.

The upper half reads 'The Jade Emperor marches his troops, with winds, spears and rains of arrows, flags flashing and drums thundering, and the heaven is his witness', and it states that whoever can come up with the second half of the couplet can be chosen as the husband.

However, at that time, Mr. Wang Anshi was busy taking the exam and had no time to think about it. He just took a quick glance and memorized it.

After entering the examination room, Mr. Wang Anshi handed in his paper very quickly, so the examiner gave you another couplet to interview you.

The first line of the couplet reads 'The Dragon King holds a banquet, with moon candles and star lights, mountain food and sea wine, and the earth as matchmaker'. Alas, isn't this a coincidence?

Then you remember the first couplet on the lantern you saw when you were rushing to take the exam in the morning.

I read it out immediately.

After leaving the examination room, you saw that the first couplet of the Yuanwai family had not been matched yet, so you used the first couplet given by the examiner to match the second couplet of the Yuanwai family.

Just like that, you became the son-in-law of the wealthy family.

Just when you, Mr. Wang Anshi, were preparing to marry your bride, you heard the good news that you were named on the list of successful candidates.

That would be double happiness.

Mr. Wang Anshi, you wrote two Chinese characters for "囍" side by side and pasted them on the door.

Since then, there has been a custom of pasting the word "double happiness" in red on weddings.

Don’t mention it, Senior Wang Anshi, you still have some luck,” Li Wu laughed.

Marrying a beautiful wife and being named on the imperial examination list, these four great joys happened to Mr. Wang Anshi all at once.

"I'm really lucky," Shang Yang was shocked. How could such a thing be possible?

Many candidates in front of the sky were extremely envious.

Wang Anshi also nodded happily and ate.

"Senior Wang Anshi, I have finished talking about your story. You just need to remember to be careful when hiring people and listen to other people's suggestions. I think the ministers during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song would support your reform and work hard to think of ways," Li Wu chuckled.

All the ministers during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty nodded. Yes, even the opponents now fully supported Wang Anshi's reforms.

Didn’t you hear what the little immortal said? Only by reforming can the Song Dynasty survive and become strong.

If we don't reform, will we be captured like Emperor Huizong of Song as the immortal said?

They cannot accept that kind of humiliation. The ministers here must have their descendants.

So, reform, reform, everything is for the purpose of making the Song Dynasty stronger.

The barrage was full of Song Taizu's words, asking them to quickly reform, as his Song Dynasty could never again suffer such humiliation.

It's embarrassing enough, but it's also embarrassing among all dynasties. It's true that he was called a coward by the Ming Dynasty.

Sky

"What the little immortal said is true. Thank you for your reminder. I will definitely change the Song Dynasty," Wang Anshi said, his eyes full of fighting spirit. He couldn't wait to go back and reform the Song Dynasty. Now that he already knew his shortcomings, he would definitely change them.

He had been stubborn and too impatient in the past, but the immortal had already pointed it out, and he already knew it, so he would not be the same as before. This time, Wang Anshi would definitely succeed in his reforms and make the Song Dynasty better and better, becoming a unified dynasty that would no longer be laughed at by other dynasties.

The Song Dynasty has always been the object of ridicule by other dynasties in the barrage, especially the Ming Dynasty. The mockery made the people of the Song Dynasty very unhappy.

But what can we do? We can’t even refute it. The fact is that the Song Dynasty is too weak.

There is no other dynasty like their Song Dynasty, where money is given for winning a battle and money is given for losing a battle. Wang Anshi felt ashamed of it.

As for someone saying that the Jin Dynasty was worse than them, bah, what is the Jin Dynasty? It is a dynasty that no one in history wants to mention, so how can it be compared with their Song Dynasty.

If they compare themselves with the Song Dynasty, they are also comparing themselves with powerful dynasties!

"Senior Wang Anshi, you don't have to be polite. Let's eat," Li Wu said. Shang Yang and the other two naturally also ate.

If you don't eat so many delicious foods, you simply don't know how to enjoy yourself.

They have never been so extravagant in their lives and could not eat so much meat.

After eating for a while, Li Wu stopped again and said, "Now it's time to talk about your deeds, Senior Zhang Juzheng."

Zhang Juzheng smiled and nodded to everyone.

The barrage was full of criticisms of Zhang Juzheng. Those who liked Zhang Juzheng said he was a traitorous minister. Look at the things he did, they were all things a traitorous minister would do.

All the affairs of the court were in the hands of Zhang Juzheng, and he also accused him of corruption. After all, when the Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty confiscated Zhang Juzheng's property, he found ten thousand taels of gold and more than one hundred thousand taels of silver. The salaries in the Ming Dynasty were very low, so it was impossible for him to save so much money.

So people who don't like Zhang Juzheng think that he must have obtained the money through corruption. In short, the barrage of comments was very heated, with all kinds of comments being made.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had a dark face. "Did this little immortal choose the wrong person? Zhang Juzheng is actually corrupt. I hate corrupt people the most in my life. How can such a person be worthy of the sky curtain?"

The Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty looked at Zhang Juzheng on the sky curtain fiercely. He didn't like this man.

When Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, came into contact with corrupt officials, and he would skin them alive.

When the ministers saw the furious Zhu Yuanzhang, they lowered their heads and dared not look at him, for fear that Zhu Yuanzhang would cause trouble for them.

"Zhongba, calm down, calm down. These are all things said in the barrage. There must be some misunderstanding. If the other party is really a treacherous minister, how could the little immortal let him go to the afterlife? Besides, didn't the barrage say that Zhang Juzheng extended the life of our Ming Dynasty for more than 50 years? Isn't he a good minister? Listen to what the little immortal says before making any conclusion," Queen Ma advised.

It was obvious that Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang had calmed down a lot.

That is indeed the truth. Let’s wait for the immortal to finish speaking and then see what happens.

You can't just easily conclude that Zhang Juzheng was not a good minister based on what the comments said.

The others looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Sky

"Speaking of you, Senior Zhang Juzheng, there is something to be said. Many people think that you are not a good minister. They think that a good minister should be like Senior Yu Qian, who is incorruptible.

If you are like Senior Yu Qian, then you are not. You monopolize power and indulge in pleasure. Some people also say that Senior Zhang Juzheng is a loyal minister who is more treacherous than treacherous ministers. However, the Ming Dynasty has indeed become better under your leadership." Therefore, Zhang Juzheng is a very complicated person.

Shang Yang and Wang Anshi both stared at him with wide eyes.

No, what did the little fairy say just now? Is there something wrong with their ears?