A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

The child is making a fuss, and the father is holding him around in the courtyard. Many fathers have memories of this scene, but most of them are women holding their children.

In this era, it was customary for men to earn money and women to take care of the house. And Shen An's behavior of staying at home to take care of her children seems a bit strange to the world.

"What happened to this child?"

Wen Yanbo walked over, and Shen An raised his head and said with a wry smile: "When his mother is at home, I can hold her without any problems. Once his mother goes out, I can't coax her. This kid is a genius."

Wen Yanbo frowned and looked, "This child is not too young anymore. Just leave him down and let him play by himself without his parents around. He will be fine after a while."

Um?

Shen An glanced at Wen Yanbo, and Maodou, who was choking in his arms, also glanced at Wen Yanbo.

"Try it." Wen Yanbo nodded.

Shen An called Zhao Wuwu, handed him the edamame, and then listened to the choking voice while talking to Wen Yanbo on the side.

"Why don't you let the navy build sea-going ships?" Wen Yanbo felt that Shen An's move was suspected of favoritism. "There are many benefits for the navy to build sea-going ships. It can supplement the cost of warships and is of great benefit to the country and the people."

"The Navy's building of sea-going ships is beneficial to the country and the people. Has Prime Minister Wen ever thought about it? If the Navy's shipyard also takes over the business of sea-going ships, ten or twenty years later, I dare to say that Song's warships and sea-going ships will surely make slow progress, or even get worse."

"Why?" Wen Yanbo frowned and said, "Don't be alarmist. Although I oppose the New Deal, I will not be biased."

Shen An glanced at him, "If it weren't for this... Prime Minister Wen wouldn't be able to enter the Shen family today!"

"Then I still have some dignity?" Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "What will you do if those people come?"

"Close the door and let the dogs out!"

"Huahua..."

The edamame over there was still choking, but he looked much better. Hearing Shen An say to release the dogs, he shouted.

With a swish, Huahua ran from the backyard. After arriving, it stared at Wen Yanbo, its eyes full of suspicion.

"Huahua!" Maodou waved, and Huahua slowly passed by, but still glanced at Wen Yanbo from time to time.

Maodou put his arms around Huahua's neck and rubbed his head against it.

Shen An felt soft-hearted when he saw it, "Does Wen Xiang know that those learnings have been passed down for thousands of years, so why are they holding back?"

"Young man is talking nonsense!" Wen Yanbo said solemnly: "In the past thousand years, there have been so many sages who have made things that no one has done before, and how many writings have made people sleep and forget to eat. How can we say that we are still standing still?"

"No one has ever published the theory of literature and art before it was published, so I would like to ask you, why do you study?"

"Cultivation of one's character, order of family, governance of country, peace of the world."

This is the goal of many readers.

"I won't talk about it anymore, let's talk about governing the country and bringing peace to the world. How many years have you been saying this? Do you have a proper strategy for governing the country?" Shen An said sarcastically: "You are a gentleman, so you dare to say something, such as what happened back then. Half of the Analects governs the world. I don't know whether it is true or false. If it is true, it is extremely ridiculous. If it is false, then someone wants to use this to incite the world.

Later, Emperor Zhenzong even used a poem to encourage learning, making the Song Dynasty regard learning as the door to wealth. How can there be any character? "

Wen Yanbo lowered his head and pondered, "Half of the Analects governs the world. This is a huge fallacy. Even if you are a great talent, you have to learn from scratch to become an official."

Lao Wen still has some integrity, and Shen An can't help but secretly praise him.

"As for encouraging people to learn poems..." Wen Yanbo said calmly: "I cannot comment on the emperor's words."

The emperor took the lead in telling everyone, brothers, why are you studying? For money and beauty, for eternal wealth...

Therefore, the moral integrity of the officials of the Song Dynasty became more and more bizarre.

When Huizong arrived, the ministers in the court could give people nightmares, and they were the ones who finally forced the emperor out of Bianliang City.

Starting from the time of Zhenzong when digging holes, until many years later, the price was paid by Zhao Ji and his son, as well as thousands of people, plus the decline of the Song Dynasty.

Wen Yanbo nodded and left.

All the way back to the Privy Council, Lu Hui was already waiting for him.

"Prime Minister Wen, that Shen An actually interfered in the naval shipbuilding matter. This is intolerable!"

Wen Yanbo worked calmly, and the opposition needed a leader who was eager for quick success, so Lu Jie tried to persuade him to take action several times, but Wen Yanbo refused to say anything.

"There's nothing intolerable."

Wen Yanbo sat down and stretched his body, and then said happily: "I got some heartfelt words from Shen Anbei today. It was a worthwhile trip."

Lu Hui said: "That thief is ruthless and cunning in his actions. What's on his mind?"

Wen Yanbo glanced at him and said, "Shen An didn't criticize Confucianism before, but today he said something from his heart to me. Do you want to know?"

Lu Hui's eyes lit up, "I still want to ask for advice..."

"Go and make tea for me." Wen Yanbo said, lowered his head and began to read the paperwork.

Make tea?

Lu Hui was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "I am so lucky to make tea for Wen Xiang!"

Wen Yanbo was seven or eight years older than him, and he was still an old official in the officialdom. Making tea was nothing.

After Lu Hui made the tea, Wen Yanbo took a sniff and said, "The heat is not good."

have to!

Lu Hui ran to brew it again.

"pass."

"The water is cold."

"Too hot."

Lu Jie was so tormented that he almost wanted to get angry, but Wen Yanbo nodded with satisfaction.

"I'm torturing you because you're too eager!"

Wen Yanbo took a sip of tea and sighed happily, "Shen An said that today's knowledge is at a standstill. I refuted it in person, but I felt the same way in my heart. A poem written by Emperor Zhenzong suddenly changed the academic style of the Song Dynasty, and everyone rushed to With money and power here, what else can this official do?”

"But Emperor Zhenzong is just encouraging students to learn, and they will naturally be restrained by their teachers in the future." Lu Jie didn't think this was a problem.

"Sir..." Wen Yanbo smiled, "I have been in officialdom for many years and have met all kinds of people. It's hard to describe people's hearts."

Lu Jie just laughed.

"Go." Wen Yanbo suddenly lost interest, "I have read books all my life, but I only know a little about the views of the sages. Recently, I have to study hard behind closed doors."

This is a closed door.

After Lu Ji left, Wen Yanbo called several officials.

"I went to Yulin Alley just now. What Shen An means is... if the navy's shipyard continues as planned, it will get worse and worse in the future."

Deputy Privy Envoy Chen Xu said: "Why? The navy was quite satisfied with the warship and praised it. What did Shen An mean by this? Could it be that Gao Yue was friends with him and wanted to build momentum for it?"

Wen Yanbo shook his head, "Shen An...I don't think he is this kind of person. Otherwise...let's change your clothes tomorrow and let's go and take a look quietly."

Chen Xu smiled and said: "It's a good idea, but if I am impeached for leaving my post without permission, please give me a kind word for me."

"Easy to say."

So on the next day, Wen Yanbo took several senior officials from the Privy Council, changed into plain clothes, and was led by a petty official who had dealt with both shipyards, and went all the way to the naval shipyard.

The clerk looked familiar and said that Wen Yanbo and others were here to see the warship and that they were sure to be guarantees that they were not spies, so the disciples were actually let in.

Chen Xu whispered: "Although the story of Xiliu Camp is impossible, it is so negligent... Sir, this is a warship! If we are spies, wouldn't we all be seen?"

The story of Xiliu Camp refers to the story that during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, general Zhou Yafu stationed troops in Xiliu. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty went to inspect and was turned away. Later, it was mostly used to refer to the strict discipline.

Wen Yanbo nodded with a calm expression.

All the way in, there were more than ten warships on the slipway. The craftsmen moved slowly, and some people even sat on the semi-finished warships to have breakfast, which looked very leisurely.

"Too lazy!"

Chen Xu frowned and said, "What time is it? Still having breakfast."

Everyone milled around and no one asked.

Started working later.

Several men pulled some wood in a cart. A piece of wood fell to the ground, was run over by the wheels of the cart, and then fell into a puddle.

Someone picked it up and said, "According to the rules, it needs to be left for a few days, otherwise it will not be easy to put it on if it gets wet."

"What are you afraid of?" A man turned around and said, "If you fall in, you will take it out immediately. It's not that particular."

The man who picked up the wooden board shook his head and said: "That's all, you can see water marks here, I'm afraid of being scolded."

"Swearing means scolding someone, bring it!"

The man shook his head and said, "I'll go get another one."

The men pulling the planks laughed, mocking the men for their cowardice.

Wen Yanbo moved forward with a calm expression.

We went all the way to see the Navy Shipyard, and then went to the Gaoyue Shipyard.

It's very troublesome to get in here, the doorman has to check your identity.

"This is a wealthy merchant who transports goods to the army. He wants to try sea trade."

After the clerk talked about it, the disciple warned them not to bring paper and pen.

"This is a rule, I'm afraid someone will learn it secretly."

The clerk took them into the shipyard smoothly.

"Is it easy to steal lessons...?"

Chen Xu felt that it was a bit overkill.

The clerk laughed and said: "When we built this shipyard, Shen Longtu spent a lot of money to hire big food craftsmen. At first, those big food craftsmen thought we couldn't learn it, but it didn't take long before we were able to build ships by ourselves, and later we were able to improve ourselves. Sea ships, and later..."

He smiled very proudly.

"What's next?" Wen Yanbo asked calmly.

"Later on, the ships we built were better than those of Da Shi. In order to keep it secret, Shen Longtu directly drove away those Da Shi craftsmen." The clerk was very proud, "We are much smarter than Da Shi people. As long as we are given a chance. , the sea will definitely be ours from now on, this is what Shen Longtu said."

Wen Yanbo nodded, and someone said: "Isn't this a little unkind?"

Wen Yanbo frowned and said: "What is benevolence and righteousness? This is an important weapon of the country. If the way of benevolence and righteousness is used here, it is pedantry!"

The official who spoke shrank his neck and hid behind him.

"Harder!"

On the slipway, the craftsmen were transporting wood. The crane played a big role at this moment, but labor was also indispensable.

"Send it to me quickly!"

Craftsmen were busy everywhere, and various sounds gathered together, making it very noisy.

"Ms. sir, there is no one to spare."

Every slipway was busy, and there was not a single person idle at all.

"Where's Gao Yue?"

Seeing this, Wen Yanbo already had some ideas in his mind, and he still needed to ask Gao Yue some questions.

"Go and ask, little man."

The clerk went over to ask, and someone shouted to a slipway: "Outside the high-ranking officials, a wealthy guest is coming."

After a while, Gao Yue appeared on the boat.

He covered his brow with his hand, glanced this way, and then slowly walked down the ladder.

"Is this Gao Yue?"

Wen Yanbo saw Gao Yue dressed in coarse cloth, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net, with a gray face and dirty hands. He was no different from the craftsmen next to him.

"Everyone..."

Gao Yue approached to say hello, and suddenly found that Wen Yanbo looked familiar.

"I'm Wen Yanbo."

Gao Yue cupped his hands and said, "I have met my husband."

Wen Yanbo nodded and asked, "Why do you work with the craftsmen?"

He thought this kind of thing was a bit strange.

But Gao Yue said matter-of-factly: "This is a villain's shipyard. When villains work, they work for themselves..."

"Work for yourself..."

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