Zongwu: Give you a chance and get a 10,000 times critical hit return!

As the chief examiner of the imperial examination, Su Shi gave a question.

Some unique examples in history were given, and candidates were asked to write an essay based on them.

He then had someone report to the emperor that Su Shi had used the excuse of making the exam questions to satirize the emperor and act dictatorially, and was subsequently impeached.

In order to avoid the limelight, Su Shi asked to leave the capital to take up a post and was appointed as the magistrate of Lin'an.

When Su Shi arrived in Lin'an, he met Shen Kuo who was on official business there.

When old friends meet again, it is inevitable to drink and chat happily.

After eating and drinking, it’s time for cultural and artistic activities.

As a great poet, Su Shi naturally wanted to show off his talent.

So I wrote a poem.

Shen Kuo took this poem and made careful notes.

The poem is annotated to mean slandering the emperor.

Then he handed it over to the emperor and reported Su Shi, which eventually led to the Wudai Poetry Case, which resulted in Su Shi being demoted to Huangzhou.

From then on, Shen Kuo and Su Shi became enemies and had no further contact with each other.

Of course, this was not the only thing Shen Kuo did.

When Wang Anshi was carrying out reforms, he had no one to use.

So I thought of my fellow townsman Shen Kuo.

He knew that Shen Kuo was talented, so he recommended him to the emperor.

At the beginning, Shen Kuo firmly supported Wang Anshi.

Later, Wang Anshi went downhill.

When Wang Anshi was condemned, Shen Kuo became a fence-sitter.

He took the lead in exposing the "drawbacks" of Wang Anshi's new policies, stabbing Wang Anshi in the back, hoping to atone for his mistakes.

As a result, he was caught in a dilemma.

He was despised by countless ministers and the emperor and was banished from the capital.

Song Shenzong even commented that Shen Kuo was a complete villain.

He also swore that no matter how powerful Shen Kuo was, he would never use him again.

Therefore, Shen Kuo was like a rat crossing the street in the government and among the scholar-officials, and everyone wanted to kill him.

No matter whether it is the New Party, the Old Party, or the Emperor, they all look down on him.

Because this guy's character is really bad.

He is an expert at stabbing people in the back and selling out his friends for fame and fortune.

The key point is that every time you stab or backstab someone, you will not end up in any good situation. You will hurt the enemy by 800 and yourself by 1,000.

It can be seen that he has a serious problem with his brain when it comes to power struggles.

Therefore, scholars and writers throughout history, while praising his works, also did not forget to despise his character.

Shen Kuo knew that he could not make it in the officialdom, so he retired to the countryside, devoted his attention to learning, and wrote "Mengxi Bitan".

Originally, Shen Kuo's desire to rise again was already dead.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Wuxian suddenly extended an olive branch and invited him to come out of retirement.

But Su Shi also came to Suzhou, which made Shen Kuo uneasy.

Could it be that Zhao Wuxian wanted to avenge Su Shi?

Shen Kuo was hesitant.

"Father, in my opinion, Prince Jing is just a prince after all. If you enter the palace, the government will..." Shen Zhong advised.

Shen Zhong knew about the grudge between his father and Su Shi, and he was also worried that Zhao Wuxian had ulterior motives.

Moreover, he had heard that several major families in Jiangnan privately did not think highly of Zhao Wuxian.

The memorials impeaching Prince Jing from officials of various prefectures could be piled up into a small mountain.

He was often scolded for competing with the people for profit, being lustful and greedy for money, having gangster habits, and destroying the business environment in the south of the Yangtze River.

Some of the scholars who interacted with Shen Zhong also looked up to Zhao Wuxian.

They talked privately.

It is believed that the current government officials and high-ranking officials were simply overwhelmed by Zhao Wuxian's money and had to compromise for financial reasons.

But Zhao Wuxian is rich, so do those families in Jiangnan have no money?

Is Zhao Wuxian's accumulation in one or two years equivalent to those families' hundreds of years of plundering?

As long as the treasury in Jiangnan is full and the emperor wins a victory in Tubo, he will definitely turn around and deal with Prince Jing.

Until then.

What should the Shen family do?

The Shen family, which was already unpopular, was probably not even qualified to be a poor family and was directly demoted to commoners.

After listening to his son's words, Shen Kuo felt that they made sense and sighed, "Forget it, let's not bother. Go and tell Gongsun Po that I am old and cannot move around easily. I just want to enjoy my old age and not worry about worldly affairs. I have to disappoint the prince."

Set it!

Old Shen, I’m lying down!

He waved his hand, asked Shen Zhong to leave, and sat down to think about what name to give the new book and present it to the palace.

If he could please Zhao Xu, perhaps he could go to Beijing again.

Then he told the emperor about how Zhao Wuxian tried to win him over. Tsk, telling tales, that's what Old Shen is best at!

Shen Zhong came to Gongsun Po's residence and told him Shen Kuo's original words. Gongsun Po, who was full of confidence, was suddenly stunned.

He also planned to meet Shen Kuo again.

As expected, Shen Zhong refused and ordered his servants to drive Gongsun Po and Shen Huchan out of Mengxi Garden.

"Back then, Mr. Shen and I had a very pleasant conversation!"

Gongsun Po didn't understand why Shen Kuo would turn against him just like that?

"A man of letters, huh!"

Shen Huchan spat, glanced at him, and said, "What should we do now? Should we go back and report to Prince Jing?"

Gongsun Po had a gloomy face.

Before I came here, I promised myself that I would invite Shen Kuo to Suzhou.

If you break your promise.

Isn't that a slap in the face?

Moreover, the rewards promised by Zhao Wuxian were too tempting. He must get the Earth-grade elixir and the innate realm.

He exhaled, looked at Shen Huchan, and said, "Do you have a solution?"

Shen Huchan shrugged and said, "With the knife in hand, follow me and rob him!"

"Robbery? This, isn't a good idea. The prince said that we should be polite..." Gongsun Po scratched his head.

Shen Huchan chuckled.

"You said that it would be better if you were polite enough and returned empty-handed, disappointing the prince."

"Or, don't be polite, just take the people back and let the prince scold them?"

Chang Sun Po was stunned, as if thinking about something.

Shen Huchan walked towards the gate of Mengxi Garden and said, "As long as you achieve your goal, the process is not that important."

His eyes were fierce and fierce.

He didn't even draw his sword. Instead, a ten-meter-long sword energy condensed from his body and he chopped down directly, splitting the Shen family's gate into two.

Shen Huchan has been a man of both good and evil since his debut. He is extremely courageous and hates evil, but he is not bound by principles and laws.

His decisions were neither pedantic nor hesitant.

Seeing Shen Huchan, he rushed in and killed him.

Gongsun Po was stunned and hurried to catch up.

After a few breaths.

All the servants of the Shen family lay on the ground, groaning in pain.

Shen Kuo's face turned livid.

"Is this the way things are done in Prince Jing's Mansion?"

Shen Huchan calmly put the knife on Shen Zhong's neck and asked Shen Kuo, "One more question, are you going or not?"

Shen Zhong felt the sharp blade piercing his skin, and his face turned green with fright.

How could he, a scholar who couldn't even kill a chicken and had never seen blood, have ever been threatened like this?

He thought of what some of his friends had said, about how cruel the Prince Jing's Mansion was and how they kept all kinds of thugs.

"Dad, save me!"

Shen Zhong was scared.

"Let them go, I'll go!"

Shen Kuo gritted his teeth.

Although he was red and warm, he chose to compromise when it came to his life and property.

In fact, he is not a person who can stick to his own opinions.

In the face of power, there is almost no backbone.

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