Chapter 472: First Sight of Wang Anshi
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Looking at Liang Huaiji's hazy drunken face, Chen Yuan really didn't want to argue with him anymore, and no sane person would argue with a drunk person. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info I finally came back for a trip, there are a lot of things to do, and there is no time to waste here.
At the moment, he said: "Brother Liang, it's not up to me to let you go on the expedition, so let's explain it to the emperor for you, as for whether it will be successful, it depends on the emperor's meaning." Now I'll let the carriage take you back. ”
Liang Huaiji's head was not very clear at this time, so he just thought that Chen Yuan had agreed to him, and a smile appeared on his face, but he didn't get into Chen Yuan's carriage, and he shook away.
Chen Yuan put down the curtain of the car: "Let's go, go find Liu Yong." ”
Liu Yong has Wang Anshi's address there. Wang Anshi belongs to that kind of poor student, and Su Dongpo Sima Guang is incomparable, Sima Guang can immediately ask Pang Ji to recommend him to the court as an official after being admitted to the emperor list, Su Dongpo is not yet old enough to take the imperial list, just to see the excitement, Ouyang Xiu can take care of his life, Wang Anshi is not good.
Wang Anshi's father was only a local petty official, and his income could only support the family. Writing for Chen Yuan's newspaper is to say what he wants to say, and secondly, because he can get a manuscript fee to improve his life.
Therefore, Wang Anshi can only rent a private house when he enters Beijing. Although the conditions are much stronger than Chen Shimei, who was in arrears to the Linghua family, he never expected any court official to take care of himself.
At least in this part of fighting for his father, he has already lost to Sima Guang.
A few days ago, Ouyang Xiu came to see him, which really made Wang Anshi look a little frightened, although he did not have the same family status as Sima Guang, but Wang Anshi followed his father and mixed with officialdom, and talked freely in front of Ouyang Xiu, which won Ouyang Xiu's favor.
When Ouyang Xiu left, he warned Wang Anshi that he must study with peace of mind, and wait for next year's scientific examination to be able to enter the high school emperor list, show what he has learned in his chest, and benefit the society.
Ouyang Xiu's encouragement is the greatest support for Wang Anshi, so he has been staying in the house to read books for the past few days, although the money on his body is very tight, but he still subscribes to every issue of the newspaper. Wang Anshi knew that from this, he could see what the court wanted to do and what it was going to do.
"Excuse me, is there a scholar surnamed Wang here to borrow it?"
Chen Yuan knocked on the door of the landlord rented by Wang Anshi, this courtyard was not big, Wang Anshi heard that someone was looking for him again, he immediately put down his book and pushed open the door, and saw that Chen Yuan was dressed in a long shirt, and there was a follower, and there was a carriage that looked very beautiful outside, and he immediately knew that the person who came was either rich or expensive, and immediately hugged his fists in return: "My surname is Wang, my name is Anshi, I don't know if the driver is coming to me?" ”
Wang Anshi's first impression of Chen Yuan was not very good, at a glance, I saw that Wang Anshi's hair was very messy, and his beard must have not been combed for some days, and the long shirt was neatly worn, but a belt was exposed on his pants, but he didn't realize it.
Chen Yuan is a person who pays a lot of attention to appearance, and when he saw that Wang Anshi was originally this image, his brows immediately furrowed, but after thinking about it, many really talented people are also raunchy, and he also hugged his fists and said at the moment: "This official Chen Shimei, seeing the article you wrote, I came to pay a visit." ”
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly walked down.
Now although Chen Yuan's official position is smaller than Ouyang Xiu's, his reputation is not weak at all. He and Ouyang Xiu are the leaders of the Shaozhuang faction in the implementation of the New Deal, and they were entrusted by the emperor with the important task of pacifying the party.
"The student is rude! I don't know if it's the horse lord coming, and I hope the adults won't be surprised. ”
Wang Anshi was very polite, and Chen Yuan said, "Let's go into the house and talk." ”
It stands to reason that Wang Anshi should lead the way at this time, but he suddenly looked embarrassed, as if there was something unspeakable. The inside of his house is too messy, and when a man lives alone, he always doesn't pay attention to some details, let alone a person like Wang Anshi who is not very particular about it.
Chen Yuan thought crookedly, and secretly thought that his words might be abrupt, seeing that Wang Anshi looked like this, although he didn't repair his appearance, he was also dignified, and it was difficult to guarantee that there was no good woman in Bianjing for so long, maybe he was in this house, and it was difficult for him to excuse himself when he said this, so he was really embarrassed.
immediately said: "If it's inconvenient, how about you go to the teahouse outside with me?" ”
Wang Anshi was relieved: "My lord, please wait a while, the students will go back and clean up the house, and they will come immediately." ”
Chen Yuan nodded: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you in the carriage outside." ”
But after a while, Wang Anshi ran out of the house, Chen Yuan noticed, he changed his clothes, combed his hair, and changed into a new pair of shoes.
Han Qi opened the curtain of the carriage and let Wang Anshi in.
Chen Yuan didn't look for any good teahouse, so he found a nearby one and sat down in the middle of the lobby. The man added tea, served a few snacks and retreated, Chen Yuan said: "The views you wrote about Shandong in that newspaper seem to have not been written yet, for example, if you talk about Wang Lun, the people can level Wang Lun, but after pacifying Wang Lun, you didn't mention anything about those who followed Wang Lun's rebellion." ”
Wang Anshi clenched his fists: "My lord, the student thinks that it is a matter of the imperial court, so there is no need for the student to talk too much." Moreover, the emperor is a benevolent king, and he will inevitably deal with it with a tolerant mind. ”
Chen Yuan smiled and nodded: "Don't be so polite, let's just talk casually, I want to hear your opinion, if you are asked to deal with this matter, what are you going to do?" ”
Wang Anshi did not hesitate at all: "Replace crime with servitude!" The students thought that those who were accomplices should be imprisoned. And those who follow evil shall be punished with hard labor according to the size of their wickedness. ”
Chen Yuan was very appreciative after hearing this: "It's a good way, but if you catch Wang Lun, do you plan to deal with it like this?" ”
Wang Anshi said: "Kill one and make an example, and make a decision." ”
Chen Yuan took a deep breath, Wang Anshi is just a student now, and his attitude does not represent the attitude of the imperial court, but at least it shows that the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty cannot accept Wang Lun, whether it is those children of the family or students from poor families.
He now knows the whole process of Wang Lun's rebellion, and in Chen Yuan's opinion, Wang Lun's rebellion is wrong, but his rebellion is very reasonable!
Although the Song Dynasty was rich, the internal contradictions were also very serious, and the biggest problem was that those scholars and doctors controlled most of the country's wealth, but did not make any contribution to the country! They are well paid and occupy a lot of so-called official land.
This is Zhao Guangyi's policy of cultivating scholars and doctors, and the result is redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses.
In order to solve the problem of these scholars and doctors, and to be able to support them, the Song Dynasty put all the burdens on the heads of those merchants and commoners. The businessman said that as long as the imperial court gave them some convenience, it didn't matter if they paid more taxes.
However, the peasants are not able to do this, and in addition to the normal two taxes on land, disguised land taxes such as "harmony," "harmony," "harmony," and "folding" have emerged one after another, and the endowments have been exceedingly harsh and brutal to an astonishing degree.
Taxes on commerce, salt, and liquor also increased. In addition, the miscellaneous taxes of the five dynasties, which had been abolished in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, were gradually restored during the reign of Renzong, and there were dozens of them.
From time to time, the nameless accumulation, resulting in rich people selling houses and land, and moneyless people selling wives and children, there is really no way, so the family went into exile in a foreign land, in the Renzong Dynasty, the peasants have been forced to a dead end.
That's why Fan Zhongyan wants to implement the new policy, to equalize the public land, and to let the scholars who don't do anything with food go home!
It is a pity that Fan Zhongyan's policy has not yet been implemented, and the overwhelming locusts have flown over more than a dozen states in the Great Song Dynasty, and the crops are difficult to stay, and Li Yuanhao's war has involved the energy of the Great Song Dynasty.
Before people could come to their senses, the price of grain in the entire Great Song Dynasty skyrocketed. The hungry people starved and looked at each other on the road. Although Renzong had begun to provide relief to the victims, some desperate people began to rebel.
It is rebellion, not rebellion. They just gather together as a group of people and go to those places where there is food to grab some food, and this kind of behavior is not a rebellion.
When a group of displaced people rushed into Shandong, the hungry people rushed into the granaries of the government and the homes of the landlords with sickles and hoes, and distributed the grain and property to everyone. Zhu Jin, the inspector of Shandong, named these people as rebels without asking for reasons, and led the "thieves and tiger wingers" to exterminate them.
Most of the tiger-winged soldiers were born in poor peasants, and they were forcibly conscripted as pawns, abandoning their families, and their military salaries and food salaries were often usurped by military officers. Wang Lun is in this team, why is he here Chen Yuan doesn't know, it's just that he is righteous and often helps those soldiers solve some practical difficulties, although he is only a soldier, he is quite prestigious.
Along the way, Zhu Jin and other military officials also used leather whips and sticks to urge the soldiers from time to time, and when they were a little sluggish, the leather whips hit their bodies like raindrops.
Looking at the wolf-like officials, and then at the people seen along the way, all of them were yellow and thin, and they were in pain. Many tiger winged soldiers were already angry in their hearts, and Wang Lun stepped forward at this time.
Under the leadership of Wang Lun, forty or fifty tiger winged soldiers rushed into the camp tent, and before Zhu Jin could react, Wang Lun took up the knife and cut him under the tent.
The uprising, that's how it broke out, and now it's really an uprising.
Chen Yuan always felt that Wang Lun had gone too far, but he still had credit for the Great Song Dynasty. At least he used his actions to tell those scholars that the common people were no longer willing to endure it!
This is a good opportunity to implement the New Deal, and the policy of caring for scholars and doctors must be changed!
After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, some people summarized the reasons for the fall of the Song Dynasty, one of which was that the soldiers were unwilling to fight, and they were unwilling to use their surnames to protect the court that made their families have no enough to eat! The second is that the people's grievances are too deep, and ordinary people are unwilling to fight for the Song Dynasty, and they are alive to say that they are simply not capable of fighting for the Song Dynasty. In their opinion, even if there is a change of master, the worst-case scenario is nothing more than that.
Thirdly, and most importantly, the scholars are shameless.
Not all doctors are shameless, but most do. They think that the people should support them, and the soldiers should protect them, and the only thing that shouldn't be is that they do something for the country.
When Lin'an was surrounded, Empress Dowager Xie cried and begged the ministers to stay, but one of them ran faster than the other, and some stayed, such as Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu.
Let's just say that there is a food crisis now, Renzong is raising money everywhere to buy food, and the hungry people are starving. Those businessmen all took out the money, but in addition to Fan Zhongyan and others who were helping refugees, such as Pang Ji, such as Xia Zhu, such as Lu Yijian, and Han Qi, they were all enjoying their lives with peace of mind.
Chen Yuan believed that Wang Lun had at least found a good excuse for the implementation of the new policy, and he wanted to save Wang Lun's life, but it was very difficult, very difficult.
(To be continued)