Wen Yanbo leaned on a few sticks and led Sima Guang and Sima Kang slightly tremblingly into the back house of the mansion and into a side room.

The guests and hosts were seated, and Wen Yanbo ordered someone to bring tea and snacks.

Then he pretended to be confused and asked: "Jun Shi came to the door specially today. Why?"

"Master, don't you know?" Sima Guang asked thoughtfully.

"What happened?" Wen Yanbo asked: "I have been recuperating at home recently and have not been interested in foreign affairs for a long time."

Sima Guang immediately said: "In order to let the grand master know that the good news has been sent back from Guangxi, King Yun's division decided to attack the pass in one day and captured all of Jiaozhi, Sumao, Men, Julang, Silang and other prefectures. The troops surrounded Guangyuan and Jiuyuan.

Source, the pioneer goes straight to the north."

"Presumably, Master Wang will have gone to the north by now."

Wen Yanbo was surprised, looked at Wen Jifu, and scolded: "You are such a traitor, why didn't you tell me about such a big matter?"

Wen Jifu immediately knelt down.

He didn't quite understand. He had obviously reported the matter to his old father in the morning.

At noon, many copies of Guangxi memorials were sent from the capital hall.

However, after being Wen Yanbo's son for decades, Wen Jifu had already learned well.

Thousands of mistakes are all your own fault!

He immediately kowtowed sincerely: "My lord, forgive me! My lord, forgive me! I just don't want you to be distracted by foreign affairs."

Sima Guang also helped to plead for mercy: "Zhou Han is very filial, and I hope the grand master will not be angry."

But the look on his face has become much colder.

He could tell that Wen Yanbo didn't want to get involved in this matter at all.

No matter good or bad, he is willing to participate!

Nothing like the Wen Yanbo in Luoyang!

But how did Sima Guang know that Luoyang is Luoyang and Bianjing is Bianjing?

In Luoyang, Wen Yanbo could say whatever he wanted to say without any cost.

Even if the officials in Bianjing heard this, they would laugh it off.

But in Bianjing, if you casually participate in military affairs, you may accidentally encounter some taboos.

No matter how good-tempered an official may be, he may still get angry.

Perhaps, the officials will not punish him.

But what if he is going to die?

The wealth and power of hundreds of people in the Wen family would be lost in one day!

The current one is known to hold grudges and has a good memory!

Look at what happened to Zhang Qi’s descendants not long ago.

It was just that he had not paid back the money he owed to the city affairs, so he took charge of the place and took back the rewarded mansion.

The Zhang family will be removed from now on!

When he was young, the top noble family that could make half of Bianjing tremble by stomping their feet in this city, was simply finished.

Besides, the Wen family is in great shape now!

Seeing that Thirteenth Niang's status in the palace was increasing day by day, how could he hold back his granddaughter?

As long as a queen is born, at least three generations of wealth can be guaranteed!

Wen Yanbo looked at Wen Jifu and said: "For Sima Gong's sake, I will spare you this time. If there is another time, I will not forgive you lightly!"

Wen Jifu could only bow again and said: "No."

Then he led the others obediently and retreated.

He doesn't dare to stay here anymore.

Sima Guang saw Wen Ji just exiting and said to Wen Yanbo: "Grand Master, Zhang Zihou quickly attacked the pass and conquered several states in Jiaozhi in one day. This is a rare achievement. If he can destroy Jiaozhi again and return,

, I’m afraid there will be one more prime minister in the capital who has great achievements in destroying the country..."

Wen Yanbo looked at Sima Guang and asked, "What's wrong with this?"

"Being a general and a prime minister, a model for a scholar!"

In the Song Dynasty, why were there so many civil servants who insisted on dictating the military even though they knew nothing about it?

The reason is very simple - every scholar-bureaucrat feels that he is excellent in both literature, Taoism and military strategy. At the same time, they all yearn for the tradition of Tang Dynasty scholars who served as generals and prime ministers.

So, although countless fools were made.

However, as long as someone succeeds, there will be countless imitators.

During the reign of Xining, Wang Shao succeeded in opening the border. In just a few years, he paid homage to the Privy Envoy with a chance to write.

Cai Ting reformed the military tactics of generals and appointed generals to be trained and appointed as deputy envoys to the privy council.

Zhao Xi, Lu Bing, Lin Guang, and Xiong Ben were all representatives of civil servants leading troops.

As for the current Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dun, they are potential figures who have the opportunity to become prime ministers with their merits.

Inspired by these people, there are people who devote themselves to side affairs every year.

Sima Guang knew that Wen Yanbo was playing Tai Chi with him, so he could only say: "However, the country has not yet had a prime minister who could destroy the country."

The last time the Song Dynasty was destroyed was the Northern Han Dynasty during the Taizong era.

If Zhang Dun returns from Jiaozhi now, he will surely become the most authoritative prime minister in history!

Wen Yanbo listened and laughed. He said: "Jiaozhi is nothing more than a clown in the south."

"If you destroy it, what can you boast about?"

He pointed at himself and said proudly: "My achievements in quelling Wang Ze's rebellion in Beizhou back then were even greater than Zhang Zihou's!"

"Come on, our ancestors have already established the rules, and there will never be any meritorious deeds in our country that cannot be rewarded!"

This is a fact!

No matter whether it was civil servants or military generals, there was no problem in the Song Dynasty that their merits were too high and they were not rewarded.

Honors, titles, official posts, layers of matryoshka dolls.

There is absolutely nothing that cannot be rewarded.

In addition, honoring fathers and ancestors, praising wives, and showing favor to clan members are also very effective means of comfort and motivation.

As for the master with great achievements?

That would be too simple.

It will be fine to return to the court and serve as prime minister for a year or two, then go out to rest and recuperate, and then use it when the country needs it.

Let's take Wen Yanbo as an example. Before he became an official, he was already serving as the governor of two towns. He was worshiped as the official Jin Ziguanglu, transferred to the Zhu Kingdom, and was given the title of Duke of Lu.

However, he still has a lot of room for improvement.

And he is already eighty years old.

After spending his whole life, he went to the court four times, used hemp to pay homage to the prime minister twice, and changed his ax seven times, but it was still the same.

Where did Zhang Dun go?

After he has collected all these achievements, let’s talk about the issue of whether he may be so great that he can’t lose the title.

Sima Guang listened and sighed: "The Grand Master has a noble character and is loyal to the country, but Zhang Zihou is different from the Grand Master."

"He is a treacherous and frivolous person, has no integrity, and behaves wantonly and rampantly. He speaks many slang and common sayings, does not express clear opinions, and does not uphold the righteous words of a gentleman. When he was in the capital, he often used the capital as a marketplace and invaded and insulted others.

Le..." Sima Guang said slowly: "How can such a minister be worthy of the prime minister?"

Zhang Dun made Sima Guang feel in danger!

Because his use of troops, strategies, and methods in Jiaozhi showed that this person, once he returned to power, would do anything, break conventions, and break through institutional constraints.

Now that the two palaces are in charge of politics, my ears are already soft.

Zhang Dunruo continued to misbehave in the capital, and even interacted with Wang Jiefu of Jiangning.

Can things in this world continue?

Wen Yanbo listened and flicked his fingers gently.

He knew that although Sima Guang's evaluation of Zhang Dun was a bit harsh, his words were also ruthless.

But, some of these things are true.

Zhang Dun and Zhang Zihou are such a person.

Wen Yanbo had also heard of Zhang Dun's many great achievements.

For example, when he was in the capital hall, the junior officials below dared to call him "Ms. Zhang Qi".
To be continued...