The great morning meeting is coming again.

The little kid was named by the emperor to participate in accordance with the usual practice, but fortunately, this time it was not cold to get up early, and it was not as painful as the previous time.

The strange thing this time is that Ouyang Xiu appeared in the waiting room. There is no news about Wang Yan about this, but in terms of his official title, he doesn't need anyone to invite him to participate in the court.

"It's good that Xianggong is here."

"Yes, when you are away, this Jingshi, this court always feels that something is wrong."

A group of guys surrounding Ouyang Xiu's "reunion after a long absence" laughed and talked while looking at Zhang Fangping and Wang Yan a few times.

Ouyang Xiu enjoyed the feeling of being greeted by someone, but his mouth was also modest, and he twisted his beard and sighed: "It's back, but what's the use." Nowadays, young people are becoming more and more promising, and they always don't like to listen to what we old men say, they always think that the world is what they see in their eyes, and such differences and conflicts don't know how many variables to add to what will happen later. ”

After that, he looked over there.

I don't know if Lao Ouyang is watching Wang Yan or Wang Anshi, or both?

Wang Anshi looked very cute and looked at "Teacher Ouyang". In this way, maybe Ouyang Xiu was in a bad mood and thought that the young man Wang Anshi was provocative, so he walked over calmly.

When he came to the nearest place, Ouyang Xiu's demeanor was still a little, not to mention Wang Yan, and said to Wang Anshi: "Your son is so famous now. I also know your Wang Anshi's temper and general style, and I heard that your son made a mess of the coal market before he entered Beijing. I don't know what's going on, the emperor was bewitched by a group of people this time, and did a foolish thing, which led to a sharp increase in coal prices and damaged the interests of a large group of coal merchants. When you were younger, you were about the big picture, has it changed now? ”

Wang Anshi thought for a while and said: "People will evolve, my thinking has been adjusted a little, but the overall situation has not changed. As for the coal issue you mentioned, it is not my turn to take care of this matter, and it is only in his position that he seeks his own government, which is Zhang Fangping's business. ”

Ouyang Xiu was a little angry, and said loudly: "Wang Anshi, you are avoiding the important and light. As a courtier, you should be loyal to the king, how can you not seek a word if you are not in your position. At a time when military spending was already insufficient and the situation around the Great Song Dynasty was becoming more and more complex and changeable, being in the Privy Council did not consider the source of your follow-up military expenditure and did not control the emperor's willfulness. Or an unusual upheaval in the coal market? ”

Wang Anshi spread his hands and said: "But I have this attitude." Of course, I have to think about the source of military spending, but I don't think it's right to pin huge military spending on huge carbon taxes. Energy is for burning, not for frying. In the past, the fluctuation was small because it was already sky-high and could not rise again. In the past, it did not fall because the coal merchants saw the exhaustion of the imperial court's finances and used high carbon tax returns to maintain their monopoly position, which was a frenzied kidnapping and killing chickens and eggs. Such excessive extortion only fattened a small group of people, and for the imperial court, it was even more to drink salt water to quench thirst, and in the long run, it would greatly reduce the vitality of the Great Song Dynasty and the efficiency of production and labor. This time, Wang Yan's operation may be perfect, but it is probably the initial form of the "City Change Law" that I have been thinking about hard, and I think I can try it. ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "Your temper is not small. I'm just going to see how you end up. Before the summer tax arrived, this difficulty alone could kill some people. ”

"Ouyang Xianggong is wise."

Then there was a group of people who started the hindsight of what you said and what I said, and it seems that at this time, all of them were strategists, politicians and economists, and they all published their own opinions on how the coal market should work, and everyone taught Wang Anshi in a unified way.

They still have the demeanor, Wang Yan is a child, so they don't say it, so the big old king is back and set on fire.

Khan, of course, it was Zhang Fangping's pot to say this, but Lao Zhang sat on the side and drank tea heartlessly, too lazy to pay attention to them. There is a fearless look.

Everyone saw that Ouyang Xiu was embarrassed to question Zhang Fangping directly, of course, he didn't make a fool, and only came to chase Wang Anshi and pull the calf.

So before the dynasty officially began, Wang Anshi's very cute appearance fell into the situation of tongue warfare.

The whole environment was spitting and spitting, and in the end Bao Zheng also felt a little annoyed, Lao Bao didn't care so much about military spending or finance, but overall felt that the honeycomb coal in Dayan was very powerful, and Bao Zheng was not aware of the ups and downs of coal warrants, so he said: "Let's say a few words, Wang Anshi said nothing wrong, it's none of his business, why are you targeting him." As for Zhang Fangping and Wang Yan, they must have their own original intentions and ideas when they operate like this, and it is useless to quarrel with each other here. Be rational, and when the emperor goes to the palace, just summarize the key issues. ”

"Hey, good you pack black charcoal, who said you weren't witty? I see that you are more kind and clever than anyone else, and more witty than anyone else. ”

So they began to turn their heads and spray old bags again.

Bao Zheng looked like he didn't want to pay attention to them, and said with a biased brain: "I don't want to tell you, I think your attitude is problematic, and now I can't decide whether the fluctuations in the coal market are good or bad, so why do you have to win or lose?" You still say that Wang Anshi and Zhang Fangping are whimsical and blind operations, but now you are not whimsical and blind to open your mouth? ”

Many officials were distorted by the old bag's mouth.

Ouyang Xiu was stunned, twisted his beard and thought about it for a while, and calmed down a little. Lao Bao is not wrong, he doesn't even know Zhang Fangping's hole cards, and the emperor didn't come, so he made a noise here, which is indeed whimsical. Anyway, after waiting for Zhang Fangping's report, he was talking.

Ouyang Xiu's battle this time seems to be talking about Wang Anshi, but in fact, of course, it is aimed at Zhang Fangping. The reason is that during the last Ding Wei period, Lao Zhang was squeezed and said, "You continue to stay in the countryside, the Great Song Dynasty doesn't need you to strategize", so Ouyang Xiu's thoughts were not clear.

Sure enough, when people are impulsive and angry, their IQ is zero, so that they start to make muddy mistakes in advance before they get the real hammer. Thinking like this, Ouyang Xiu was a little speechless to himself.

Zhao Zhen's rule is to come late in the morning, so that these guys can quarrel enough first, and they will be relatively stopped. Otherwise, they will definitely be annoyed to death.

During this period of the Great Song Dynasty, the great dynasty would last for more than three hours, and the food could not be eaten, and there were people who stood with no blood, especially in winter.

The reason is that there is no one who does not like to show off in this era, and they are especially verbose, and everyone wants to tell all their thoughts, experiences, observations and affairs in front of the emperor in every detail.

When Zhao Zhen came this time, he was holding a copy of the document submitted in advance by Zhang Fangping, the third division.

"In recent days, I have been disturbed and not in good spirits, and this is not an annual summary, so let's make a long story short."

Saying this, Zhao Zhen looked around, handed the newspaper to Chen Zhizhong, and said: "This time, I will roughly summarize the results of the winter, and then summarize the results of the large fluctuations in coal and the intervention of the three divisions." I have limited energy, so I let Chen Zhizhong read it out on my behalf. ”

In addition to signing and sealing, Lao Chen's favorite thing is this kind of thing, so he took the newspaper over and unfolded it and read: "In the winter of the beginning of the second year, the royal treasury allocated a total of 350,000 yuan of silver for the charcoal fire expenses of the people of Kaifeng Mansion in Kaifeng Mansion, an increase of half percent over the previous year. There was not a single list of freeze deaths...... Your Majesty! ”

At this point, Lao Chen began to make a big fuss.

The others, including Zhao Zhen, were speechless, but some symbolic voices shouted with a little bit of a voice. There is definitely no such sentence "Your Majesty Shengming" in the newspapers of the third division, but Chen Zhizhong is also drunk if he wants to interrupt his train of thought and delay time.

Although this is good news, it is the most efficient and brilliant result of the previous royal grants. But because this is already old news, it has been circulating in the market for a long time, and this is done by Wang Yan's honeycomb coal, but the honeycomb coal has avoided the carbon tax of the imperial court.

So that's certainly good news, but the level of excitement is limited. It's a known positive. People are more concerned about the loss of this carbon tax.

Next, Chen Zhizhong said: "About the carbon tax ...... in the first quarter of the second year"

Looking at the data again, Lao Chen felt a little embarrassed, so he paused.

All the officials in the hall also stared at Lao Chen, waiting for his next sentence.

"Chen Xianggong, you can't say that the carbon tax is growing, then the water will be too big, it will not be able to convince the public, and it will lose the significance of summary and statistics." Wen Yanbo, the chief of staff and political affairs behind him, reminded in a low voice.

Chen Zhizhong glanced at the emperor worriedly, and found that the emperor was actually in a good mood? So he continued: "In the first quarter, the carbon tax from Kaifeng Prefecture fell sharply by as much as three percent compared with the same period last year. As a result, there was an uproar!

It is also said that Wang Yan's honeycomb coal is amazing, to put it bluntly, this is just a good people's livelihood data in exchange for taking away the large interests of the imperial court and coal merchants. Isn't it Fan Zhongyan's set?