"These are all trivial matters, I'm afraid they have nothing to do with the overall situation of the imperial court, right?" Ouyang Xiu said lightly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Hahaha, the old man has no worries about food and clothing, so he naturally thinks these are trivial things, but the people often say that there are seven things to call the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. What do the people want for the court to change course? It is nothing more than higher incomes, more stable prices, less tax burdens, less forced labor, fewer unjust prisons, fairer judgments, less officials and more family savings...... At the end of the year, the children can put on new clothes, and the family can eat a meal of dumplings with thin skin and big filling. The boss thinks that the new policy of Qingli really takes into account the needs of the people? Can your measures really win the support of the people? ”

"Why not?"

Qingli's new policy was a pain in Ouyang Xiu's heart, and now he can't turn around and refuses to bow his head, otherwise with his reputation, he would have returned to Beijing to become an official.

"There are ten new laws in Qingli: Ming dethroned, suppressing luck, fine tribute, selecting officials, Jungongtian, thick agricultural mulberry, repairing military equipment, reducing conscription, Qin Enxin, and heavy orders." Ouyang Xiu finished speaking in one breath, "Let me ask which one is not for the benefit of the country and the people, and which one is not for the good of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Frankly speaking, the Qingli New Deal, like many changes, had good intentions, but very few could be implemented, and it ended hastily because it angered the bureaucracy. Wang Ningan had no time to debate right and wrong with Ouyang Xiu, he smiled faintly, "Boss, since the new deal is so good, why has it only lasted for more than a year?" Can't continue? Could it be that my Song Dynasty is all upside down, black and white? are all traitors and villains, all of them want to watch the Great Song Dynasty fall into the country, and they don't want to save the country? ”

"This ......" Ouyang Xiu really wanted to say that this was indeed the case, but admitting it, wouldn't it mean that the emperor was also a villain? If you don't admit it, then why did the New Deal fail?

After reading the books of sages for so many years, the old master of course believes that there is still righteousness between heaven and earth, and there are still many good people, but there are many good people, so why can't the new deal be implemented? Could it be that the bad guys are too powerful, or the good guys are too stupid?

Wang Ning'an's question hit the dead knot in Ouyang Xiu's deepest heart for several years, and the old master's expression became more and more solemn.

"Young man, the old man wants to ask for advice, why do you think the new deal will disappear?"

"The Elder wants to hear the truth?"

"That's nature!"

Wang Ningan grabbed the wine glass, took another sip, and laughed heroically, "Boss, what you should ask about learning is whether you should or shouldn, but what you ask about doing things is whether you can do things!" Take the 10 decrees just mentioned, five of which are aimed at rectifying the rule of officials, and cutting the knife at the bureaucrats. ”

"Isn't that right? The great disadvantages of the world, the first priority is the rule of officials, the rule of rectification officials, and the people rejoice! ”

"Wrong!" Wang Ningan shook his head and said: "What the people are asking for is that life is getting better and better, your new policy has not really benefited the people, and the rule of the officials is rectified, in the eyes of the people, it is nothing more than a few immortals in the sky fighting, and the fight is lively, slap the face, and call it two times!" If the change is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, you will not be defeated overnight. Your changes are like duckweed on the water, which has no foundation and cannot withstand the wind and rain. If you continue to persist for three or five years, the world will be boiling at that time, even if the boss is famous, it will be difficult to protect himself, harm others and himself, the country will be ruined, and the family will be ruined, just in front of him! ”

Wang Ningan was right, the Qingli New Deal was stopped in time, and the impact was relatively slight, and decades later, Wang Anshi changed the law and tossed indiscriminately, which not only did not save the Great Song Dynasty, but made the Great Song Dynasty fall into party struggle and could not extricate itself. The characters of the old and new factions, as long as they are involved in it, will all become a stain on their lives, and by that time there will be no right or wrong, only opposition for the sake of opposition, tilting against each other, and even the filthy means of literary prison have been used...... It wasn't until a group of barbarians broke the capital, robbed two generations of emperors, and plundered countless women's wealth that a farce ended......

"Boss, if you want to succeed in changing the law, you must at least know yourself and your opponent, right? How many people have benefited and how many have been harmed by each of your decrees? Of the many drawbacks, which one is the most fundamental, which one is ripe for reform, and which one cannot be moved for the time being? Have you carefully evaluated it? Don't think that under the banner of serving the country and the people, you can be unscrupulous, and countless people will support you in whatever you do! ”

The more Wang Ningan spoke, the happier he became, but he suddenly found that Old Ouyang's face had darkened, Wang Ningan was startled, because he was disgusted with Zhao Zhen sending Ouyang Xiu over, he was angry in his heart, and there was no door on his mouth, Ouyang Xiu was a waste, he was also the world's famous literary league leader, his old comrades-in-arms were all famous ministers in the world, and he sprayed these people to nothing, in case the old gentleman was angry, wouldn't he be able to eat and walk around!

Wang Ningan thought of this, and also regretted it a little, he simply pretended to be drunk, slurred two sentences, leaned back, and fell to the ground.

Wang Liangjing looked ashamed, hurriedly apologized, and dragged his son away.

Bao Zheng's face is also not good-looking, in the past, Wang Ningan dared to deny the new policy of Qingli, he would definitely turn his face, but after the matter of the Cui family, Bao Zheng felt that Wang Ningan said some truth, there are too many things to do in the world, but there are too few things that can be done, the gentlemen of Qingli grabbed their eyebrows and beards, imperial examinations, favors, election of officials, field endowment, conscription, and military system...... Which one is not a very fatal thing that involves countless people.

None of the scholars agreed, and they all did it, which was tantamount to challenging all the scholars. It was enough to offend the bureaucrats, and after all kinds of opposition arose, in order to suppress the opposition, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others actually suggested expanding the power of the prime minister and giving them the power to promote military power and officials.

What are you kidding, starting from Zhao Kuangyin, in order to prevent officials from becoming bigger, they made the most complicated official system in history, weakened and restrained officials, and the gentlemen of Qingli actually wanted to seize power, which undoubtedly angered the imperial power.

At this point, the New Deal has come to the precipice.

Xia Wei casually forged a letter, and easily drove several ministers out of the court...... Bao Zheng had been an official for a few years at that time, and he saw very clearly that the gentlemen of Qingli may have good hearts, but the means are too clumsy, and failure may be really inevitable.

"Drunkard, Wang Ningan is just a yellow-mouthed son, drunk and arrogant, please don't mind."

Bao Heizi persuaded a few words, confessed and left.

There was only one Ouyang Xiu left, and the old master didn't say a word, and returned to the pavilion, where he sat all night. The next day, before dawn, he asked people to lead the way, found Wang's house, and blocked Wang Ningan in the bed.

"Boss, you don't have to be so anxious to ask for guilt, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ouyang Xiu said with a dark face: "You kid scolded and scolded, the old man only asked you, our change is not successful, what good ideas do you have?" If not, you are just a balm that will curse others, and you will be quick to speak! If the old man doesn't kill you, I will give you to Gansuo! He has a way to make your kid worse than dead! ”

Gansu is Han Qi's number, among the gentlemen of Qingli, the one with the strongest combat effectiveness, once killed Di Qing's general Jiao Yong in front of Di Qing, and said the famous words: The one who sings the champion outside the Donghua Gate is a good child!

Han Qi's prejudice against military generals is deep-rooted, can he still have a good end if he falls into the hands of this old man?

It is said that Ouyang Xiu is generous, but that's it!

Wang Ningan was resentful, and his words were even more polite.

"Of course I have a way, any reform and change of law must be based on enriching the people first, Shang Yang to cultivate and fight to establish the country, the three Qin men are brave to fight, one is the title, the other is the acre, the war is meritorious, there is the first emperor to rule the world. The same is true of the reform now, if the liquor business is started, in less than five years, Cangzhou, Hebei and other places will have at least 2 million mu of saline-alkali land planted with sorghum, and 100,000 households will be able to live a good life. Craftsmen are needed for winemaking, Liba is needed for trafficking, and jars are needed for wine...... And these craftsmen and ordinary people need food, clothing, shelter, transportation, food, drink and clothing, and conservatively estimate that they can feed millions of people by selling wine. Provide hundreds of thousands of taxes to the imperial court. ”

Ouyang Xiu narrowed his old eyes and said slowly: "Boy, where is your method better than the old man?" ”

"I have two lines of poetry for the old man, asking the canal to be as clear as possible, for there is a source of living water." Wang Ningan said with a smile.