However, Su Shi felt relieved now. He took the preface and opened it. The first letter was an edict for Lu Gong.

After Sima Guang's death, Mr. Lu repeatedly wrote letters asking for his illness. The preface of this letter was that the royal family appreciated his hard work and decided not to bother him with servant affairs, but also wanted to express their desire to stay, so they would avoid him as prime minister and remove him. He was awarded the title of Sikong and managed the state affairs of Zhangjun.

Su Shi's heart skipped a beat. After Sima Gong passed away, Lu Gong wrote the letter "Sikong". The three letters written down must be the prefaces for appointing the left and right ministers and ministers.

I opened the next letter anxiously, and sure enough, Su You, the Duke of Situ Shu, was the minister, Zuopushe, and the minister!

Uncle Yao became the Prime Minister! The thirty-nine-year-old Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty!

Su Shi's heartbeat accelerated for a moment and his heart was filled with joy, and his hands holding the words were trembling.

At this moment, he just wanted to fly to Yiqiumen, Zhongmou, and Kelongli to tell all his relatives in the world the news.

It's a pity that I'm locked in the museum, I can't go anywhere, and I can't tell anyone.

Although Su Song left Yangzhou and Su Che entered the family, anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was to pave the way for Su You to become the Prime Minister. But now that the official news has come out, the Empress Dowager has specially written the edict through herself. This is really a great favor and a big surprise. Got it!

Then open the remaining two letters, one with Fan Chunren as his right servant, and one with Lu Dafang as his servant.

It was all a good friendship. Su Shi gave a long laugh, threw the prefix aside, and started eating and drinking happily.

Unconsciously, when he was half drunk, Su Shi held the wine bottle in one hand and a writing brush in the other and began to write an article.

People are in high spirits when happy events happen, and their literary thoughts surge like diarrhea. Su Shi seems to have found the feeling he had when he wrote "Red Cliff Ode". The four articles are almost written in one go.

After finishing the article, his thoughts continued to rise, so Su Shi simply stopped sleeping and went to his house, reciting poems and composing poems until he became drunk.

In the midst of his madness, the old army suddenly came again: "Bachelor, Your Majesty wishes to see you."

"Ah?" Su Shi was already a little drunk: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

After waiting, he followed the young lieutenant to the small hall at the inner east gate. Zhang Shiliang came over and asked, "Oh, why are you so drunk?"

Su Shi was still embarrassed: "Your Majesty's reward is a bit large, and I am not a good drinker..."

Zhang Shiliang quickly asked Xiao Huangmen to rinse his mouth with new water to relieve the hangover, helped Su Shi tidy up his clothes, and then brought him into the palace.

Behind the curtain was Gao Taotao, and outside the curtain was Zhao Xu. After Su Shi saw the courtesy and asked to stay, Gao Taotao said: "I have to prepare four edicts tonight. It's hard work for Nei Han, but there are also relatives of Nei Han among them, so I should be very happy, right?"

Su Shi bowed and said: "I am happy not because my little uncle has been promoted, but because the country has gained talented people to serve the country."

After he finished speaking, he added: "I'm not working hard either. I've already finished the four articles and also written a few poems as a gift to Uncle Yao tomorrow. I won't delay important matters because of rewards from saints."

Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly widened. Situ had said that Da Su's literary talent was immense and inversely proportional to his drinking capacity. But... is this still a human being?

There was silence in the curtain for a long time, and then Gao Taotao said quietly: "Unexpectedly, Bachelor Mingmin is like this."

Su Shi quickly thanked him.

Gao Tao said: "I have something to ask Nehan. Did he hold any official position in the year before last?"

Su Shi answered honestly: "I am ignorant of Ruzhou."

"Why are you official now?"

"Preparatory member Hanlin becomes a bachelor."

"Why this?"

Su Shi said: "I met His Majesty."

Gao Taotao: "It's none of my business."

"Must be from an official family?"

"It has nothing to do with official family affairs either."

"Does the minister recommend it?"

"It's none of the minister's business either."

Su Shi's claws were numb and he said in astonishment: "Uncle Yao wouldn't do this. Even though I have no status, I must not have any other requests. Otherwise, Uncle Yao will not tolerate me."

"Where did Neihan go?" Gao Tao said: "I have long wanted to tell the bachelor that this is the will of Emperor Shenzong. I once saw him stop eating and eating to read the writing, and asked around, and the people on the left and right said: 'This must be the writing of Su Shi'

also.'"

"Already Shenzong got up and called him, 'Wizard, wizard!' But he didn't reach the level of Immortal Ear with a bachelor."

After saying that, I started to cry.

Su Shi was actually slightly resentful towards Zhao Xu. Today, when he heard the Empress Dowager say that Zhao Xu had always cared about him, he couldn't help but feel guilty and burst into tears.

Zhao Xu admired his father the most. When Gao Taotao and Su Shi cried, they started to cry profusely.

After a while, Gao Taotao calmed down and ordered people to bring warm water to Su Shi and Zhao Xu to wipe their faces, and then gave them tea.

Gao Taotao asked: "The officials have been fond of military strategy recently. They often go to the military aircraft office to consult a few veteran generals, which is quite beneficial. However, when it comes to poetry and meaning, they are a little slow to understand. Is this due to nature?"

This brought up the issue of Zhao Xu’s education. Su Shi was also serving as a minister, and this issue was within the scope of his duties. He said: “In fact, the methods of learning in the world are the same. Officials are wise and wise. Since science, engineering, and military strategy can all make progress, poetry and poetry

It’s also a matter of course.”

"The so-called sincerity only depends on learning or not learning, it is not easy to do one thing or difficult to do the other."

"Your Majesty, the late emperor's "Poetry of Fengzhuangku" says: The five seasons are lost, and the harpoon and the hole are burning. The ancestors of art built the country, and thought of punishing Ai. They set up the internal government, and the foundation was to recruit soldiers. The great-grandson protected it and dared to forget it.

Chi."

"There is also "Yuan Feng Ku Shi": Every day, I am pious and alert, and I will follow my inheritance without thinking. How can I achieve military success if I don't have the military skills?"

"These are all top-notch poems. They are based on meteorological analysis. They are just like a heroic and military king. Their literary talents also make the officials look up to them."

"The Code of Yao says that poetry expresses aspirations, and the late emperor must fulfill his purpose."

"The restoration of Rongjie is a military-inspired plan, and singing and chanting it inspires the hearts of the soldiers. Among them, 'great-grandson protects it, dare not forget the ambition', which is an exhortation to Your Majesty to keep in mind the ambition of the ancestors to restore the country."

"Whenever I see that Your Majesty wants to emulate the late Emperor, he not only wants to imitate the late Emperor's ambition, but also the late Emperor's fortitude, the late Emperor's care and hard work, the late Emperor's magnanimity, and the late Emperor's education."

"The late Emperor must make all efforts for his ambitions, otherwise it will be that his ambitions are great but his talents are not enough, and the results are not real."

"I am working on a "Grammar" at the Faculty of Literature of the University Hall. After it is completed, I will send it to His Majesty for your royal reading. After reading it, you can follow the pictures and learn from it, and you will no longer find the ancient texts difficult."

Zhao Xu immediately felt that his father was a good role model and he had to work hard to catch up with him. He nodded seriously: "The bachelor is right, I have remembered it."

Gao Taotao listened silently behind the curtain and kept nodding. The Su family was really good at educating people.

Master Cheng talked about great principles for a few days, but I'm afraid he couldn't be like Master Su who said these few words.

It was late at night, and Gao Taotao warned again: "Nei Han must do his best to serve the officials and repay the late emperor's knowledge."

Su Shi bowed again and choked with sobs: "Although I am despicable, I dare not be sincere."

Gao Taotao ordered Zhang Shiliang to remove the golden lotus candle in front of the emperor and send Su Shi back to the hospital.

This allusion is called "Golden Lotus Torch", which originated from Linghu Zhuo in the Tang Dynasty. It is a very high honor, and the recipient must be a leader of the Imperial Academy, a noble poet who is in charge of imperial edicts.

As far as the Song Dynasty is concerned, the only people who had received this honor before Su Shi were Wang Qinruo, Wang Gui, Chao Bo and Zheng Xie.

…

Needless to say, Su Shi's articles, four of which were composed, once again dominated the third page of the Times.

When Su You entered the phase, the young and old in Kaifeng Mansion didn't feel anything at all, everything was as natural as eating and drinking.

On the other hand, it was Da Su who got drunk all night and made four edicts, and sent golden lotus candles in front of the emperor. Such literary talent made them crazy, and it was very expensive to print paper for a while. That issue of "The Times" achieved another good sales performance.

In accordance with the rules, Su You returned to the capital on Gengwu Day in September to pay his respects and formally accepted the appointment.

The same is true for the emperor and his ministers, so every time there is a change of ministers, it is a time of major personnel adjustments in the court.

The euphemistically called recommending talents is the first thing every prime minister does when he takes office.

But Su You broke this convention and wrote his first letter to Gao Taotao, saying that the DPRK had changed too frequently in the past year. New officials arrived and things changed, and then they left, and the next official came to share the house.

Erecting a house and having to leave before it can be put to use is very detrimental to the stability of the court.

Story: Officials in three provinces are not subject to performance appraisal, and their general terms are three to four years.

Therefore, I requested that it be solidified. Now the officials in the three provinces of the court remain unchanged, and he will recommend them after their term of office has expired for three years. It would have been easier not to do so before.

In fact, Su You had already deployed his own manpower when Sima Guang became prime minister, and made full preparations for research in more than a year. Therefore, his appointment was completely different from that of other prime ministers such as Sima Guang.
Chapter completed!