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The fire in the room was gradually about to go out.

The cold and thin air made Wang Anshi suddenly feel cold and silent.

Compared with Sima Guang's anger and excitement, his reaction was indifferent and strange.

It's even more worrying.

Wang Anshi stared at Sima Guang silently.

In the eyes, it is clear.

There is also a faint, deep pain.

Long.

For a long, long time.

"You say I don't know how to use words, I don't know how to use words......"

Wang Anshi also stood up and stood up against Sima Guang: "What about you?" Confucius's 'benevolence', Mencius's 'righteousness', Mohist's 'love'...... How much do you remember about these? ”

He paused, looked around at everyone, and said solemnly: "How difficult is the process of seeking and doing knowledge, and how bitter is it, how can Wang not understand?" But it is precisely because I understand it too well that I don't want others to endure the same hardships when they are studying. 'Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you', isn't this exactly what Confucius taught to students all over the world?

"'There are thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy', isn't this the compassion that a scholar should have?"

Sima Guang's face stiffened slightly.

In an instant, a light smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

"The Tao is different, and it is useless to talk too much. If the debate continues, it will only be a matter of saying its own thing. ”

The roots of the differences are too deep, and the respective views are too stubborn.

Across them is not a stream or a river, you take a step forward, or I can cross it a few inches forward.

There is an ocean between them.

Even if you sail a huge sailboat, you can't get to the other side.

Wang Anshi nodded heavily.

This is the only consensus that the two can reach today.

In the Hanlian Pavilion, silence returned again.

Liu Xin took a sip of tea slowly, thinking about everything.

Chai Jue looked at Sima Guang in a daze, and after a moment, he turned his head to look at Wang Anshi.

What is fairness?

For the first time, he pondered the question so seriously.

Is it fair for everyone to have a house to live in?

Or is it fair for the wise and diligent to live in a bigger house, and for the lazy and ignorant to live in a very small house, or even to have no place to live?

Thoughts are like invisible wings, and they are out of control.

He couldn't help but think of another, more in-depth question.

Are people born with such differences?

Smart, wise, hardworking, long-term...... Or they are ignorant, reckless, lazy, short-sighted, and unambitious.

Are these innate?

……

Chai Jue frowned, looking like he didn't know the essentials.

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

As usual, he looked at "Lelang" next to him, wanting to get some inspiration from "him".

saw Le Lin looking at the teacup on the case, slightly trance-conscious.

Probably, "he" is also confused about this question?

Chai Jue guessed.

In the porcelain pot, the brown color is getting thicker, and the tea leaves in the cup float and sink.

Lelin reached out to support her cheek and sighed unconsciously.

Shi Chang on the side thought that the owner was tired of the long silence of the meeting, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Everyone, what should be done with the budget of this 'staff dormitory'?" ”

He didn't dare to ask Liu Xin directly about them, so he had to look at Zheng Youliang on the right. Zheng Youliang moved his gaze to "Lelang", and "he" was still staring at the tea leaves in a daze.

Chai Jue asked Liu Xin, "Elder Ge, what do you think?" ”

Liu Xin pondered for a while, but he couldn't make up his mind.

Suddenly, he realized that Wen Yanbo seemed to have not said a word. So he asked, "Kuanfu, what do you think?" ”

No response.

Liu Xin felt strange, looked sideways, and found that Wen Yanbo was engrossed in reading the "Chongning Eighteenth Annual Plan and Budget".

"Kuanfu?" Liu Xin nudged him gently.

It's still unheard.

"Kuanfu!"

This time, Liu Xin's volume increased, and the strength in his hand became heavier.

Finally, Wen Yanbo raised his head as if he had just woken up from a dream, and asked blankly, "Huh?" What's wrong? ”

"What do you think about this?"

Wen Yanbo slapped the case and said loudly: "Okay! ”

Liu Xin frowned: "Okay?" ”

Everyone was also puzzled, this applause came inexplicably.

"Not only good, but also wonderful!"

Wen Yanbo said while flipping through the "planned budget" in his hand and showing it to everyone: "Look, in this 'planned budget', 'sales budget', 'fixed asset investment budget', 'labor budget', 'profit budget' and 'capital demand budget' have clearly and clearly preset for future planning, expenditure and profitability, which is really wonderful and wonderful!" ”

Liu Xin shook his head and sighed, and pouted: "Didn't you hear what Junshi and Jiefu said just now?" ”

"Huh?" Wen Yanbo was stunned and asked, "What did they say?" ”

The crowd was silent for a moment.

Wen Yanbo had to touch his beard and said excitedly: "Wouldn't it be better and better if this 'planned budget' was used in the income and expenditure of the imperial court?" ”

"How much does the imperial court spend on revenues and expenditures?"

Sima Guang had a flash of inspiration, if he was inspired.

"Yes!" Wen Yanbo nodded heavily, opened a few pages, and said: "You see, the 'sales budget' is put into a country, that is, the tax revenue; the 'fixed asset investment budget' can be regarded as the expenditure budget for building dams and roads; The 'labor budget' is the money of the officials, and the 'profit budget' is the ......money and silver left in the treasury after deducting the above expenditures."

He smiled so hard that his eyes widened, and he said to Liu Xin: "Pavilion Elder, how to dispose of the additional money and silver, and the solution is all here!" ”

"Hmm."

Liu Xin also felt that what he said was reasonable.

But......

"After all, it is a major event of a country, and it affects the whole body. I don't know what the effect of this 'planning budget' method is, and it is too child's play to rush into the government? ”

"Isn't it child's play that there is no 'planned budget' now?" Wen Yanbo asked him rhetorically.

Le Lin was intrigued by his words, and interjected curiously and asked, "Isn't the country...... Didn't the imperial court have a similar plan to use money before? ”

Although Wen Yanbo was reluctant, he had to say truthfully: "No, this kind of clever trick is the first time the old man has seen it." ”

Lelin asked again, "Is there a long-term plan?" ”

"Long-term plans?" Wen Yanbo asked rhetorically.

"It's a five-year plan or a ten-year plan or something like that."

Wen Yanbo frowned and asked, "That's something?" ”

"It's the big plan that the country has for the next five years – things like the concept, the vision, the goals and the direction of major construction projects," Le Lin explains.

"For example, in the next five years, how many rivers, dams, and roads will be built in the Great Song Dynasty, and how many will be completed each year on average...... First investigate, count, and then after all parties deliberate, finally formulate a detailed plan......

Another example is how much the population of the Great Song Dynasty will increase, how much land reclamation will increase, how much will the academies and schools increase in the next ten or twenty years, and how much will each state and prefecture increase, and how much is the respective growth expected to be...... None of these long or short national plans? ”

Wen Yanbo didn't have time to answer her, he listened and took notes as he stinkered.

Liu Xin shook his head lightly, and his gaze at "Le Lang" became more and more full of appreciation.

Le Lin couldn't help but ask sincerely and curiously, "So, how did you manage Da Song before?" ”

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