Zhao Yan opened the window of the carriage, called a newsboy on the street, took out five cents to buy a copy of today's newspaper, and then asked people to buy a cage of soup dumplings, sitting in the carriage while eating and reading the newspaper, this morning he didn't get up, he was woken up by a messenger sent by Zhao Shu, and called him to enter the palace immediately, which made Zhao Yan not even have time to eat breakfast, so he could only eat casually on the road.

"Wang Linchuan is visiting the official family today, will he bring up the matter of changing the law back then?" As soon as Zhao Yangang opened the newspaper, he immediately saw a line of bold black characters on the headline, which made him a little surprised, and looked at the following content at the moment, and found that it mentioned that Wang Anshi proposed to Emperor Renzong to change the law but did not understand it, so he guessed that Wang Anshi would propose a change again when he entered Beijing this time, and also made some analysis of Zhao Shu's possible attitude towards the change.

When he saw the end of this article in the newspaper, Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, because the author of this article expressed some of his views on the change at the end, and the words were full of approval and expectation for the change, which also represented the attitude of the vast majority of readers in the Great Song Dynasty towards the change, so Zhao Yan was a little worried.

In the history of later generations, Wang Anshi's reform seems to have suffered great resistance, especially Sima Guang and others have been described as stubborn old-fashioned factions, and they are very opposed to the change, but few people know that at the beginning of the change, the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty have already formed a consensus on the change, thinking that the Great Song Dynasty has reached the moment when it has to change, which is also the main reason why Wang Anshi has gathered such a great reputation in just a few years, because they all think that only the change presided over by Wang Anshi can eliminate the domestic shortcomings. Among them, Sima Guang is a good friend of Wang Anshi, and has publicly promoted the idea of changing the law for him many times, and it can be said that a considerable part of Wu'anshi's fame was passed on through Sima Guang.

However, not long after the change of the law, Sima Guang and the others, who originally supported the change, suddenly all changed the direction of the wind and were resolutely opposed to the change. Even in the end, even Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang and other ministers couldn't sit still, and wrote to Zhao Ji one after another, asking to stop the change, this is because they also saw the risks taken in the change, coupled with Wang Anshi's somewhat impatient personality and improper use of people, the possibility of success in this change is extremely small. Therefore, their attitude towards the change of law will have a reversal, but it is a pity that Wang Anshi got the complete trust of Zhao Ji at that time, plus Wang Anshi forced Zhao Ji under the pretext of illness, and finally the directors Han Qi and Sima Guang were demoted out of the capital, and the court and the central government also completely became Wang Anshi's Yiyantang, so that the change could finally be carried out smoothly.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh, the real reason for the failure of Wang Anshi's reform was not actually because of the opposition of the old school, with Han Qi and Sima Guang and others being demoted out of Beijing. There is no one who can oppose Wang Anshi in the entire court, but it is a pity that the change did not achieve the desired effect, but because of too impatience and improper use of people, it was angry and resentful, and finally even Zhao Ji had some dissatisfaction with Wang Anshi, and finally this led to the failure of the change, as for the suppression of the old school duì Wang Anshi and other reformers, it was all when the change was bankrupt. The liquidation of the old-fashioned school is just a liquidation of the law-changing faction.

"Wang Anshi is going to see his father today, and it just so happens that my father announced me to the palace at this time. You don't want me to watch from the sidelines, do you? Zhao Yan suddenly said to himself at this time, this is also what he suddenly thought, speaking of which, although there are not many people who know about the things he has had contact with Wang Anshi, he must not be able to hide it from Zhao Shu, with Zhao Shu's attention to him, it is normal for him to enter the palace to help refer to it.

When I think of this. Zhao Yan couldn't help but have a headache again, he actually didn't want to get involved in Wang Anshi's matter, because no matter what he did, it would be no good, for example, if he clearly expressed his opposition to the change. That will definitely offend the scholars in the world, after all, those scholars regard Wang Anshi as the savior of the Great Song Dynasty. But if Zhao Yan supports the change, but he knows that Wang Anshi will not be able to eliminate the disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty through the Guò Change, but will plant the seeds of destruction for the Great Song Dynasty, so this is definitely a dilemma for him.

At that moment, Zhao Yan rushed to the palace, and when he entered the vertical arch hall, he immediately saw Zhao Shu sitting behind the dragon case, and Zhao Ji was still standing next to him, and Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Zeng Gongliang and other ministers were also there, which made Zhao Yan's heart sink, because he felt that his previous guess must be right, and being able to make Zhao Shu lay down such a big formation must be related to Wang Anshi's entry into the palace.

"Son-in-law, see father!" Zhao Yan walked a few steps hurriedly after coming in, and then saluted Zhao Shu.

"No courtesy, Yan'er, just stand next to Yan'er!" Zhao Shu smiled and said, but as soon as his words came out, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and the others all looked at Zhao Yan with a meaningful gaze, because although Zhao Shu's words were only unintentional, it also showed that Zhao Yan's position in his heart was second only to Zhao Xu, to put it mildly, if anything happened to Zhao Yan, the prince, then Zhao Yan would probably take over the position of prince.

Zhao Yan didn't think about it so much, and immediately straightened up and came to Zhao Shu's side, but at this time, he inadvertently glanced at the dragon case in front of Zhao Shu, and unexpectedly found that there was a newspaper in front of Zhao Shu, which was today's Da Song Daily, and seeing that even Zhao Shu was reading the newspaper, this also made Zhao Yan secretly happy in his heart.

"King Xuan, Anshi, come and see you!" At this time, Zhao Shu spoke again, and it seemed that he was waiting for Zhao Yan.

With the communication of the inner attendant, Wang Anshi, who was waiting outside, quickly entered the main hall, and then saluted Zhao Shu and said, "Long live the minister Wang Anshi to see my emperor!" ”

"Flat!" Zhao Shu said with a majestic face.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" Wang Anshi did not stand up straight as he said, but took out a book from his sleeve and said in a loud voice.

Seeing that Wang Anshi had just come up, there was a book of folds, Han Qi and the others were also stunned, and the attendant next to him immediately stepped forward to take the folds, and then sent them to Zhao Shu, Zhao Yan, who was standing next to the dragon case, glanced at the folds, and found that the cover was written "A Hundred Years of Nothing to Do in this Dynasty", which made Zhao Yan sigh in his heart, sure enough, it was a very famous twist and turn in history, and Zhao Ji in history also read this book, and finally made up his mind to change the law, it can be said that this small book actually marks the opening of Xining's change, It's just that now it's Zhao Shu who opens this book.

I saw Zhao Shu open the fold and read it seriously, there was nothing at first, and he even nodded slightly in agreement, because the previous paragraphs of this book are very normal, and there are even praises for the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, but in the fourth paragraph, it is a change of words, and he began to point out all kinds of shortcomings in the Great Song Dynasty, and in the fifth paragraph, that is, the last paragraph of this recital, it is bluntly pointed out that the Great Song Dynasty has reached the point where it is unchangeable, if you listen to his advice, then it is a blessing for the people of the world, etc., The wording can be very sharp, and when Zhao Shu saw this, his face had become very ugly.

Wait until Zhao Shu finished reading this very famous recital, and then glanced at Wang Anshi standing in front of him with deep eyes, he is not Zhao Xu, and he has no respect for Wang Anshi, but he just thinks that he is a very talented courtier, but now the recital on this courtier is not in front of it, and he also sees the disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty in all aspects, but the wording of the change in the back makes him very dissatisfied, because he always feels that there is an aggressive attitude in Wang Anshi's words, It seems that if Da Song does not change the law according to his words, then he will perish at any time, which makes Zhao Shu very unhappy in his heart.

Although Zhao Shu was a little angry, he didn't show it too much, but still said to Wang Anshi in a calm tone: "Wang Aiqing, you analyzed the shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty in all aspects before this twist, and I agree with this very much, but you said later that the Great Song Dynasty has reached the moment when it is necessary to change the law, which makes me a little suspicious, is it possible that my Great Song has reached such a bad situation?" ”

Hearing Zhao Shu's words, Han Qi and the others also roughly understood the content of Wang Anshi's compromise, and they were all shocked at the moment, and then everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Anshi, with admiration, anger, and so on.

Regarding the reaction of the people around him, the expression on Wang Anshi's face did not change at all, and he saluted Zhao Shu again: "Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, and all kinds of domestic shortcomings have accumulated to a very dangerous situation. ”

Wang Anshi didn't say anything too ugly in the end, just summed it up with a sentence "the national fortune is worried", but everyone here knows that the meaning of the national fortune is worrying is actually that if you don't listen to his Jianyì law, the Great Song Dynasty is likely to decline and even perish, of course, this kind of thing can't be said in front of Zhao Shu, but the meaning is clear.

Zhao Shu naturally understood the meaning of Wang Anshi's words, but he was annoyed in his heart, this time he was able to destroy Xixia in one fell swoop, it was the moment when Zhao Shu was very proud, and even ambitiously wanted to expand the territory again, surpassing the achievements of Taizu and Taizong, but now Wang Anshi poured a basin of cold water on him, although he also knew that there were many shortcomings in the country, but in his opinion, these shortcomings were not strict, as long as he was in power, there was always a way to solve them, But now Wang Anshi said the problem so strictly, and said that he had to change the law, which made Zhao Shu naturally very unhappy.

"Father, the son also thinks that Mr. Linchuan's words are very reasonable, all kinds of shortcomings in the country have been highlighted, if the law is not changed, I am afraid it will really endanger the society of the country!" Just when the atmosphere in the main hall fell into a dull place, suddenly Zhao Ji stood up and said solemnly. (To be continued......)