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When Yang Yi arrived in Luoyang, Fan Chunren personally greeted the ten-mile long pavilion outside the city.

He is in his sixties this year, with sparse temples, supported by his son Fan Youzhi, standing in the cold wind and waiting.

Now the government has not yet opened the seal, and Yang Yi has been very low-key along the way, and few local officials have gone out of the city to greet him, so when he heard that Fan Chunren personally welcomed him out of the city, he couldn't help but feel very emotional, and hurriedly jumped out of the car and walked into the pavilion to meet him.

"Why does Fan Xianggong need to be like this, the lower officials really can't deserve it."

Fan Chunren stepped forward to help him up, and said in a harmonious voice: "Ren Zhi drove thousands of miles for state affairs, braved the cold and dangers, and successfully persuaded the Liao lord to reduce the 100,000-year-old coin, which has made great contributions to the country, and what is the old man who welcomes ten miles!" ”

Fan Chunren greeted him in a private capacity this time, so he was not commensurate with his official position, and after a little greeting between the two, he asked his entourage to bring warm wine, and drank three glasses with Yang Yi in the pavilion;

Fan Youzhen then stepped forward to give Yang Yi a big salute, and said respectfully: "My father is old and frail, and he was demoted to the Southern Wilderness, fortunately Master Yang has helped, Bachelor Yang is very gracious, and you have nothing to repay, please accept my worship!" ”

"Brother Fan, please hurry up, I have heard what Ling Zun said: I know that there is justice, but I don't know that there is selfishness. Ling Zun is highly respected, everything is based on the public heart, it should not be a crime, I speak for Ling Zun, it is only a public speech, how can I ask for retribution? ”

Fan Chunren is indeed a fair and upright person, and when Yang Yi and Fan You finished answering correctly, he stroked his beard and sighed: "A few years ago, His Majesty entrusted the Liao affairs to Ren Zhi, and the old man tried his best to oppose it, at that time, he was worried that the matter was important, and Ren Zhi was too young and lacked experience; Now it seems that the old man is worried! It's no wonder that this matter is left unchecked! ”

Yang Yi didn't dare to say anything, Yang Yi also admired Fan Chunren's down-to-earth mind, and Fan Chunren was from Suzhou, and he spoke with a strong Jiangnan accent, which made Yang Yi feel very kind. The cold air in this long pavilion was very heavy, and it was not good for Fan Chunren to stay here longer, so everyone quickly boarded the bus and returned to the city together.

Luoyang is the Xijing of the Great Song Dynasty, the market is very prosperous, the pedestrians rub shoulders one after another, the cries of selling are endless, but also because the New Year has just passed, the shops along the street are set up with brand-new color buildings, people have new clothes and new hats, the face is also filled with the joy of the festival, among the various tiles hook the column, the crowd is surging, the troupe juggles everywhere, makes people linger.

At the same time, Luoyang is also the base camp of the old party, when Wang Anshi was in power, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and other thirteen people retreated to Luoyang, imitating the story of the nine elders of Bai Juyi, placing wine and poems, commenting on the government and government, building a hall and portrait, called the Luoyang Seniors Association, so far left as a good story in the old party, for many old party figures, Luoyang seems to be the holy place in their hearts.

As one of the important members of the new party, Yang Yi couldn't help but have a lot of emotion in his heart when he walked into this old party base camp, there were many factions of the old party, but Luoyang was undoubtedly the city with the deepest brand of the old party;

It seems that in order to erase the spiritual imprint of the old party, it is not enough to dig Sima Guang's tomb, and Luoyang must also do something!

What the Elders Association must brand as an illegal organization in the name of the official, otherwise it will become an example for those who come after.

Yang Yi changed into regular clothes in the post house, and then went to Fan Chunren's house, and when he entered the door, Yang Yi admired Fan Chunren's ethics even more, his house was extremely simple, and the interior furnishings were not as gorgeous as the Chinese house in the market. The dishes on the table are just a few ordinary home-cooked side dishes, and there is very little meat.

The salaries of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were extremely generous, even if they were not corrupt, they could live a very luxurious life with their salaries alone, although Yang Yi suggested reactivating Su Shi and Fan Chunren, but relatively speaking, he admired Fan Chunren more. Su Shi is greedy or not, Yang Yi doesn't know, but compared with Su Shi and Fan Chunren, there is definitely a sharp inverse ratio in terms of personal morality and life style.

Su Shi is a top person in terms of sound and lust, and when he was an official in Hangzhou, he traveled with thousands of prostitutes, and the scene was huge and spectacular.

When Su Shi opposed Wang Anshi's errand law, there was such a note: Since ancient times, servants must use villagers, and they must use grains for food...... Scholars donate their relatives to abandon their graves, so that those who serve in the Quartet want to have fun in addition to their strength...... If the chef is sluggish, it seems to be the ugly wind of the dangerous state, and I am afraid that it is not the holy view of peace. ”

The general meaning of this statement is this: ordinary villagers are born to serve hard labor, just like people must eat grains and grains, we scholars go around to be officials, and we don't even have time to go back to see the ancestral grave, which is very hard. If we scholars also have to pay for the service, I am afraid that there will be no rice to cook, and this will still let the scholars live? If the scholar does not live a luxurious life, how can he reflect the holy scene of the peaceful and prosperous world?

If you pay dozens of civil service money, you won't have rice to cook, I'm afraid that the concubine you give to someone else, and the high price you give to Wang Shu is worth more than dozens of yuan, right?

And this is actually the reason why Su Dacai opposes the law of errand service, and he plays the court in a grand manner!

If you engrave the chapter of Su Dacai and Fan Zhongyan's article of "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world" are engraved together, I believe everyone will admire Su Dacai who is the best in the world!

Yang Yi didn't know how Fan Chunren, who was famous for his simplicity, felt after reading this piece, anyway, Yang Yi felt very interesting!

Yang Yi has no objection to living a luxurious life on his own ability, and he does not think that paying a little money for errand servants can affect the privileged life of the scholars. Like Su Shi, he took a thousand young ladies on a trip, as long as he didn't spend public money, he was also happy to see such a beautiful scenery.

A person like Fan Chunren, who is strict with discipline, is destined to only be a moral model, so he sighed and said: "I used to hear people say that Fan Xianggong Festival was simple and honest, and he was mostly used to help relatives and friends in the township, help students and help the poor, but when I see it today, I believe it is true!" ”

Fan Chunren invited him to the table, and said with a smile: "Ren Zhi is so praised, the old man is really ashamed, the Yang family's pharmacy in Tokyo regularly administers medicine to the poor people, and the land rent is one percent less than that of other families, compared with Ren Zhi's righteous deeds, the old man is nothing!" ”

As Fan Xianggong said, only thrift can help honesty, and only forgiveness can become virtuous. In terms of forgiveness and frugality, the younger generation is not as good as Fan Xianggong, in case of giving a little favor to the people, why worry about it? ”

"Let this be wrong, don't take the evil as small, don't take the good as small and don't do it, as long as it is a good deed, what is the size?"

"Thank you Fan Xianggong!"

Chinese pay attention to food and sleep, but strangely, most of the communication between Chinese is done at the wine table, like this kind of banquet between friends or colleagues, everyone usually eats less and talks more.

Even Fan Chunren was no exception, the two of them moved their chopsticks slightly, and they both stopped, and the topic quickly turned to court politics.

Fan Chunren stroked his beard and said: "Song Liao has been without war for a hundred years, the change in Zhuozhou is an accident, although Ren Zhi has achieved a great victory in Yishui, but this does not affect the strength of Liao, the Liao policy, the old man still thinks that peace should be precious, good at swords, and the people of the two countries are not beneficial, Ren Zhi can successfully negotiate peace this time, it is really unexpected by the old man, and the heart of the heart is finally put down, come, I salute a cup." ”

Yang Yi smiled, Fan Chunren is very respectable in terms of personal morality, and he is also outstanding in internal political ability, but he is definitely weak in military diplomacy, he was an official in the northwest, and he lost again and again in the fight against Western Xia, and lost his troops and generals, so it is difficult to make him have a tough attitude towards the outside world.

But this meeting, Yang Yi did not simply see it as an ordinary private meeting between himself and Fan Chunren, perhaps, this was the beginning of the establishment of communication between the old and new parties.

"Fan Xianggong, the change in Zhuozhou is indeed an accident, it is a conspiracy carefully planned by the Maitreya Sect, but Fan Xianggong has ever thought that there are countless accidents between countries, no one knows when, where, what, a little touch, will cause a big war between the two countries;

The land of Hebei is all plains, always the weakness of my Great Song Dynasty, once the Liao army breaks through the first line of defense, the cavalry can go straight to the city of Tokyo, Fan Xianggong, the younger generation always believes that forgetting the war will be dangerous, this is the truest portrayal of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Fan Chunren couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard Yang Yi's words, he really wanted to achieve the purpose of influencing the foreign policy of the New Party by influencing Yang Yi, because in addition to the relationship between Yang Yi and Zhang Yi's old friends, he made this great contribution this time, and his right to speak in the New Party should not be underestimated.

"Don't forget, although the country is big, the truth that the warlike will die, Ren Yi once again emphasized that Hebei has no danger to defend, which is the weakness of my Great Song Dynasty, and there is a great intention of raising soldiers, and the old man does not dare to agree with this;

Meng Ziyun: Solidifying the country does not take the risk of mountains and streams, the people of the domain do not use the boundaries of the frontier, and the prestige of the world does not take the benefits of the military revolution.

As long as I cultivate morality and politics in the Great Song Dynasty, eliminate party disputes, and unite as one, how can Hebei still say that the Great Song Dynasty has weakness?

Nowadays, there are many internal disadvantages in the Great Song Dynasty, the people's livelihood is poor, and they urgently need to recuperate, so whether it is for Liao or Western Xia, my Great Song Dynasty should be in moderation;

Now the new policies of the imperial court are not very popular with the people, if you blindly show toughness to Liaoxia again, so that wars are frequent, I am afraid it will not be the blessing of the court and the blessing of the people! ”

Fan Chunren blindly emphasizes the harmony and ignores the factors of geographical advantages, Yang Yi is somewhat disappreciative of this, although it is said that the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people, but only there are people and there is no geographical advantage, if you want to ensure the stability of the country, you often have to pay a greater price;

If the Great Song Dynasty is really strong enough to 'solidify the country without the risk of mountains and streams', then it doesn't hurt to ignore the geographical advantages of Hebei, but the current Great Song Dynasty is obviously not so strong.

Yang Yi also understood Fan Chunren's original intention, he opposed the use of troops by the Great Song Dynasty, and he emphasized harmony and internal cultivation of moral politics, hoping to persuade the New Party to give up its aggressive external trend and develop internal affairs with peace of mind.

Fan Chunren's worries are justified, now the northwest is actively preparing for war, ready to slowly encroach on the Western Xia, which will inevitably lead to a strong backlash from the Western Xia, and Hebei has opened a precedent for a major war, although this time although it won, it also successfully subtracted 100,000 years of coins, but it also angered the Liao State to a certain extent, and the possibility of the Great Song Dynasty facing a two-sided war has greatly increased.

In view of this, Yang Yi did not intend to refute him, and said with a change of words: "Fan Xianggong can know that the Liao State, which has always had a tough attitude, why did he easily give in this time and agree to reduce the New Year's coins?" ”

This is exactly what Fan Chunren has always been puzzled about, if he suffered such a big loss according to the previous style of the Liao Kingdom, he would definitely not be able to swallow this breath, so Yang Yi's words completely hooked his curiosity.

"Please let me tell me carefully!"

"Fan Xianggong, in fact, the Liao country has been plagued by frequent disasters and famines in recent years, the national government has been eroded, the domestic chaos has been born, and the few tribes are in rebellion.

Fan Chunren was surprised, Yang Yi's assertion was too amazing, and he said in disbelief: "What Ren Zhi said, it is inevitably a bit exaggerated, right?" ”

Yang Yi did not defend this, and then said: "And what about my Great Song Dynasty, the country has been passed down for one hundred and thirty years, the serious land annexation has been unprecedented in all dynasties, redundant personnel, redundant expenses, and redundant soldiers have dragged the imperial court out of breath, the treasury cannot make ends meet, and various domestic contradictions are extremely acute, and the old state is gradually revealed. Fan Xianggong! The lower officials are not lying ......"

"Let it be!"

Fan Chunren couldn't help but interrupt Yang Yi's words when he heard the end, in the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Liao is still the two most powerful countries in the world no matter what, if someone can destroy these two countries at once, who would believe it?

Yang Yi smiled bitterly and said: "If Song Liao joins forces, there is indeed no enemy in this world!" ”

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