Because Zhao seems to have ascended the throne, this year is the year of Dabi, and Taoli Lane in front of Taixue has gathered a large number of scholars again; Because the champion of the last imperial examination and the exploration of flowers were all from the champion building, this year's champion building is even more difficult to find.

The imperial examination is a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops, in addition to their own talents, sometimes luck is also very important; For example, if someone's talent is average, but because he happened to do the test questions not long ago, he is familiar with the road, then he is very likely to be on the list, and this kind of good luck is not something that no one has encountered; Since there is an element of luck and coincidence, everyone enters Beijing to rush to the exam and rush to move into the champion building, and it is normal to want to touch the joy of the champion building.

Nong Shi sent people to Beijing before the autumn, and finally grabbed a room in the Zhuangyuan Building, and it happened to be the room where Yang Yi lived at the beginning, which was enough to make him full of ambition and high spirits.

In the lobby on the first floor, Nong Shiqiu seemed to have become the focus of a group of scholars, not only because he grabbed the room where the previous champion lived, but also because he had learned the praise of Su Dongpo and Yang Yi.

Song Ping, who was sitting next to him, sighed: "It's been less than a month before the date of Dabi, and I still don't know who the examiner is, I'm really anxious!" ”

The soldiers surrounding him responded one after another: "Yes, yes, yes!" Now that you know who the examiner is, it's good to think about the test questions, alas! ”

"That's it, that is, the imperial court has not selected the candidate for the main examination for a long time, I'm afraid there will be no change, right?"

Nong Shiqiu smiled and said: "Don't worry, the examination room at Wucheng Wang Temple has already begun to prepare, as for who the main examiner is, I think this is not the key." ”

"What does Brother Nong mean by this? Didn't you always know who the examiner was, so that you could ponder the exam questions according to the examiner's temperament and preferences? ”

Nong Shiqiu didn't sell Guanzi either, knocked on the table and said, "Don't forget, now Shangshu Zuo is still Zhang Xianggong. ”

As soon as Nong Shiqiu said this, most of the people understood what he meant, as long as the prime minister is still Zhangdun and the new party is still in charge of the government, then the self-promotion of science and technology should be based on current affairs and practicality.

Song Ping had a different opinion, he retorted: "Brother Nong, don't forget, now the Ministry of Rites is Fan Xianggong, and the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the opening of the department. ”

Someone immediately said: "The imperial court has not announced the list of examinees for a long time, I am afraid that it is because of this stalemate, it seems that the variables of this subject are unpredictable!" ”

Nong Shiqiu thought for a while and said: "Everyone, please listen to me, in the next two years of studying around, from what I have seen and heard, the new law is still good, at least the benefits outweigh the disadvantages; Mr. Yang, Zhang Xianggong and others, taking Wang Jinggong's previous car as a reference, made great improvements to the new law, and abandoned the methods that harmed the people more seriously, such as green seedlings, horse protection, equal loss, and hand solidity; Today's unified taxation and the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry have hurt some of the interests of the gentry class, but it has indeed made the people's livelihood much richer and the treasury much richer. ”

A scholar surnamed Du next to him interjected: "It is true that the imperial court's annual income has increased by more than 10 million yuan, but this increase does not come from ordinary people, and it does not mean that the people have become rich because of the new law; This part of the income is just a windfall profit from plundering the homes of the gentry, since ancient times, there has not been a gentry to pay grain and taxes, the court has done such a thing, there is a suspicion of perverseness, may not be able to last. ”

Nong Shiqiu was not convinced, and immediately refuted: "Brother Du's words are wrong! It is true that the new law has harmed the interests of the gentry, but it has not hurt its roots. However, if the new law is not implemented, the land will become more and more concentrated, the imperial court will not be able to make ends meet, it will be unsustainable, and the landless and displaced people will flock to it, and unless the gentry rebel with the displaced people, I am afraid that more than part of the interests of the gentry will be harmed. ”

What Nong Shiqiu said is the truth, in fact, since ancient times, vested interest groups usually don't care about your change of dynasty and blood, and they don't care who you will be the emperor, they will only follow the "interests" and will only be loyal to the "interests".

But although everyone knows this situation, they can't say it, otherwise you will be a naked rebellion, so the scholar surnamed Du is not easy to refute Nong Shiqiu for a while.

Qiu Shiqiu continued: "Not to mention anything else, from the perspective of the implementation of the new policies in Huanzhou, the effect is extremely significant, under the governance of Bachelor Yang and Bachelor Su, the new laws in Huanzhou are gradual and orderly, the people are abundant, and the interests of the gentry have not been greatly damaged, but more comfortable than before......

"Brother Nong's words are ridiculous! Huanzhou is located in the border wilderness, even if it can be ruled in the hands of Su and Yang, it does not mean that the new law is suitable for the entire Great Song Dynasty, and the actual situation is different in various places, how can it be generalized. Doesn't the peasant brother hear the slightest difference, and call out the error for a thousand miles? ”

"The situation may vary from place to place, but it is the same, and the problems caused by the concentration of land are not too different; Moreover, there is no perfect law in the world, and no matter what kind of policy is implemented, it will always hurt the interests of some people; As the rulers of the imperial court, they consider not to benefit everyone, but only to benefit as many people as possible, which is cruel to a small number of people, but there is no way to do it; Today's new law has harmed the interests of a small number of people, but it has preserved the interests of the Great Song Dynasty and the majority of people, and has achieved this effect, then it is a good law. ”

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The controversy in the champion building is becoming more and more intense, in fact, such a controversy is staged almost every day in the capital, and now the policy of the Great Song Dynasty is still in the stage of alternating between the old and the new, and it is inevitable that there will be a fierce collision between the two, especially among the scholars, this collision is particularly strong.

Han Wei sat in the corner and listened for a long time, and secretly sighed in his heart, it seems that the main exam of this subject is the top priority! He called Xiao Er to pay for the wine, and then quietly walked out of the champion building, got in the car and drove to Fan Chunren's mansion.

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The place of the negotiations between Song and Liao was chosen to be carried out in the buffer zone outside Waqiao Pass, Song Liao was bounded by the Baigou River, but the Baigou River was not wide, so in order to avoid military conflict, both sides set aside more than ten miles of land on the border as a military buffer zone.

This 20-mile-wide military buffer zone has not been cultivated for more than 100 years, overgrown with towering ancient trees, before the Liao State was strong, the Liao army often crossed the Baigou River into the Song Dynasty to cut wood, but since the first year of Shaosheng, this phenomenon has been extinct.

Yang Yi and Qin Zigui traveled for three days, and when they arrived at Waqiao Pass, a camp for negotiations had already been set up on the border; Under the escort of Bao Yi's 200 iron cavalry, Yang Yi and his party rushed out of Waqiao Pass with the festival flag, and the 200 iron cavalry soldiers listened to Bao Yi talk about how they escorted Yang Yi to Liao; After listening to Yang Yi leading 200 people to kill Zhuozhou City, fight Yishui, pounce on Beijing, and gallop across the vast grassland. These soldiers were all enthusiastic, and their eyes looked at Yang Yi with a look of fanaticism; Although they were unable to participate in such a feat, it was enough to make them proud to follow Yang Yi to negotiate this time, and the two hundred iron cavalry army held their heads high and ran north with Yang Yi; The high morale and the momentum of the eyes were as if Yang Yi was not taking them to a peace talk, but to a war to destroy the country.

This time, the main envoy of the Liao State is Yelu Yan, Yelu Yan is known as a talented person in the Liao State, and has a "poetic friend" friend with the Liao lord Yelu Hongji, and now he has an official residence to know the Privy Council and seal the Yue Guogong; Yelu Yan's original surname is Li, the word Ruosi, a Han from Youzhou, and the surname of the country was given in the sixth year of Xianyong. This time he was even more lucky, because he won by rolling the dice, and the position of Privy Council was won with a light roll.

To say that Yelu Yanwen is really good, but let him know that the affairs of the Privy Council are used in the wrong place, which is the same as using Su Dongpo as the "Minister of Defense", it is not the same thing at all, which shows that Yelu Hongji is really old.

Yang Yi and Yelu Yan are old acquaintances, and when they meet, they are extremely harmonious, as if they have been old friends for many years.

After entering the camp, Yang Yi found that the deputy envoy of the Liao State for peace talks turned out to be the princess of the Yue Kingdom.

She wears a small fire fox hat on her head, a sable robe on her upper body, and a crimson tunic with narrow sleeves inside, which hides her infinitely beautiful figure, and a pair of black trousers underneath, which makes her legs more slender and straight; The eyebrows are delicately drawn, and the slightly plump lips are still moisturized and moving without rouge, and it is difficult to see her real age from the outside, but the mature charm is as intoxicating as alcohol.

The two of them once had a night of fish and water, and now they meet again, it is on such an occasion, when their eyes meet, the two of them can see extremely complex emotions in each other's eyes.

Yang Yi couldn't guess why she was the deputy negotiator, but as she once said, the interaction between the two had nothing to do with state affairs.

The big tent used for negotiation is set up between several ancient trees, the tent is covered with a luxurious carpet, the east and west are set up a few cases, Song Judong, Liao Juxi, after the two sides sit down, they are still a little polite at the beginning, as soon as they enter the formal negotiation procedure, there is no more affection to talk about, they are all-for-tat against Maimang, every inch of land must be fought for, and an inch is not conceded.

First of all, the banner of general morality was contested, and the two sides engaged in a fierce debate over this.

Yelu said: "In terms of righteousness, your country secretly supports the Divination Department, which is clearly maliciously provoking a war between the two countries, and the righteousness is the first to be lost. ”

Yang Yi sat cross-legged, wearing a red official robe that made him look extremely upright and solemn, and he replied with ease: "Wrong, Lord Yelu, Song and Liao opened up a field for each other and allowed the people of the two countries to trade freely, which is a clause clearly stated in the peace agreement between the two countries; Your country has never officially informed my Great Song that the Divination Department is a rebellion, and even if there are really merchants in our dynasty who trade with the Divination Department, there is nothing wrong with it; What's more, our merchants only traded with the Hengshan Qiang people, and the goods finally flowed into the hands of the Divination Department, so we can only blame the noble people for not being strictly prepared, how can they put the blame on my Great Song Dynasty? ”

The princess of Yue Kingdom had wide eyes, and refuted with a cold face: "Joke, which merchant in your country will have a large amount of ordnance in his hands?" This is obviously the official act of your country, and Lord Yang is hiding his ears and stealing the bell again, but it is just a joke. ”

Yang Yi immediately said with a color: "Princess, you can't blame me for the Great Song Dynasty, your country prohibits the people from selling horses to our country, and if our country wants horses, we can only buy them from the Hengshan Qiang people at a high price; If people want armaments, our country can only trade them, and even the 'thunderbolts', which are regarded as top-secret weapons by our country, are also forced to be traded. Your country has harmed others, who is to blame? ”

Yelu Yan was originally a beautiful appearance, but at this moment, his face was blue and white, and to put it simply, all the mistakes became the fault of the Liao State.

The collusion between the Great Song Dynasty and the Divination Department, with the Hengshan Qiang people as a cover, and then entangled in the affairs of the Divination Department, the Liao State could not take any advantage at all.

Yelu Yan was about to change his strategy, Yang Yi's face turned cold, and he counterattacked first: "Last time, this official sent an envoy to Liao, Song Liao had just signed a peace treaty, and the ink had not yet dried, but your country used our country's support for the Divination Department as a guise to unite with Western Xia to invade our Great Song Dynasty under the guise of our Great Song Dynasty's mourning; Lord Yelu is proficient in all learnings, and he wants to ask if he is raising troops to invade when the country is in mourning, but is it a benevolent and righteous act?

Your country is unkind first, don't blame me for the injustice of the Great Song Dynasty, the land of Wuzhou is going to be determined by the Great Song Dynasty, which will be used as a punishment and compensation for your perfidy. ”

Qin Guizi, who was sitting next to Yang Yi, didn't say a word, he knew that Da Song would eventually make some concessions in the end, but he could still understand the truth of asking for a price and paying back the money on the ground, Yang Yi suddenly became tough, just to get more benefits.

took advantage of the Great Song Dynasty to invade at the time of the mourning, and in the final analysis, this matter was indeed the fault of the Liao State; Yeluyan could only argue as much as possible: "The Song State supported the rebellion of the Obstruction Department, and my country had already sent envoys to Bianjing to protest, but the Song State turned a deaf ear and insisted on going its own way; At that time, the Song lord died suddenly, and he did not send an envoy to our country to report the funeral. Your country took advantage of the civil strife in our Great Liao to capture Wuzhou, which is a real unkind and unjust act. ”

I have to say that Yelu Yan's eloquence is really superhuman, and Liao Guo is obviously taking advantage of the danger of others, but he can speak righteously.

Yang Yi sneered: "Lord Yelu really lives up to his reputation, these three inches of incorruptible tongue can really make the iron tree bloom, but the facts are the facts, at that time, the envoy of my Great Song Dynasty had not yet arrived in the Liao Kingdom, and after Xiao Temo, the king of the Southern Court of your country, found out that my lord had died, he brazenly raised troops; This ironclad fact, no matter how clever Lord Yelu is, can not erase it, your country has done such an unkind and unjust thing, so that countless villages on Hebei and Hedong roads in our country have been destroyed in the flames of war, and countless lives have been destroyed, if your country does not apologize and compensate, my Great Song Dynasty will never give up. ”

The air in the hall condensed suddenly, and Yang Yi's tone was tough, which aroused the anger of the princess of Yueguo; She scolded coquettishly: "What if you don't give up? Does Lord Yang think I'm a good bully? Last year, my Daliao only raised the troops of Nanjing Road, and easily broke through the three passes, and the troops pointed directly at Hejian Mansion; In line with the principle of moderation, my Da Liao timely collection of troops, to avoid the Song State disaster, if I Da Liao to do the country's troops, I am afraid that the Song State would have perished a long time ago, why come Lord Yang here to make a big statement! ”

The princess of the Yue Kingdom did not let her shave her eyebrows, in the original history, when the Jin soldiers attacked Liao, Emperor Tianzuo had asked her to serve as the chief logistics officer, not for nothing. She shot the case like this, and the big tent suddenly became tense, and there was a tendency to explode; Yang Yi also got up, looked down at her and said coldly: "Since the princess said so, then our two countries might as well fight again, and talk about it when the victory or defeat is really decided." ”

"If you want to fight, you will fight, why should I be afraid of it?" The princess of Yue Guo also glared at him angrily, and the fire in her apricot eyes was blazing, and she didn't let it go at all.

(To be continued)