"King of the county, did His Majesty really reject Mr. Linchuan's change of law?" Under the willow tree on the bank of the Bianhe River, Su Shi asked Zhao Yan with a fishing rod in one hand, although he came to Zhao Yan to fish in name today, but the whole person's mind was not on fishing at all.

"That's right, hasn't this matter spread all over the capital?" Zhao Yan suddenly lifted the fishing rod and fished a half-foot-long carp out of the water, and then took the fish off the hook with a smile while answering Su Shi's words. It has been two days since Wang Anshi met Zhao Shu, and there has been a lot of rumors outside about Wang Anshi's change of law, but he was rejected by Zhao Shu, so Zhao Yan was not surprised that Su Shi came to him to inquire about this matter today.

"It's hard to tell whether the rumors outside are true or false, although I heard some, but I'm not sure, so I came to the county king to inquire about the news." Su Shi didn't shy away from it, and admitted his purpose very frankly.

"Hehe, in fact, although the rumors outside are a little untrue, most of them are quite correct, for example, Mr. Linchuan did propose to his father to change the law to become stronger, but his father thought that the change was too risky, so he refused." Zhao Yan hung up the bait very leisurely, and then threw the hook into the water again with a flick of his hand, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

"But I also heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very supportive of the change, and even expressed his support for the change in front of His Majesty, is this also true?" Su Shi asked anxiously again at the moment, he seemed to be unusually concerned about this matter.

Hearing Su Shi ask about Zhao Yan's attitude towards changing the law, Zhao Yan finally couldn't fish leisurely anymore, only to sigh and put down the fishing rod in his hand, then turned his head to look at Su Shi and said, "Brother Zizhan, before I answer your question, I want to ask first." Do you think Mr. Linchuan's change is really feasible? ”

"This ......" Su Shi couldn't help but show a hesitant expression on his face when he heard Zhao Yan suddenly ask this question, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said, "Although the outside world agrees that only by enabling Mr. Linchuan's change can it be possible to eliminate the shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty, but in my opinion. It's really risky to start changing the law rashly, at least in my opinion, there is no time when the Great Song Dynasty has to change the law, so it's best to be able to slowly try it, start small, and unconsciously eliminate the accumulated disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yan also glanced at Su Shi with some surprise when he heard this, in the original history, Su Shi was also a firm reformer, but later after seeing with his own eyes the heavy disasters brought by the change to the people at the bottom. I also had some wavering in my heart, so I put forward the famous "Theory of Cold and Summer" in history, which was between the reform of the law and the old school, hoping to ease the contradiction between the two factions, and of course, the main thing was to change the radical attitude of the reformers.

It's a pity that with Wang Anshi's character, he is either his friend or his enemy, and Su Shi was also suppressed because of this, and invited himself out of Beijing for him. But even so, it still hasn't escaped the revenge of the law-changers. As a result, the Wutai poetry case broke out in the end, and the director lived in prison for more than 100 days, and was almost killed in the end. After this incident, Su Shi completely changed his attitude towards the change. It's just that Zhao Yan didn't expect that now Su Shi would change his attitude towards the law change in advance, which was unexpected.

"Do you think my ideas are a bit old-fashioned?" Seeing that Zhao Yan didn't open his mouth when he heard his words, but looked at himself with an inexplicable gaze, which made Su Shi smile bitterly.

"Haha, Zizhan misunderstood. Actually, I'm just very surprised, because your attitude towards the change is actually similar to mine, and I also think that it is a bit too risky to implement the change now. Zhao Yan suddenly laughed at this time and said, first there was Shen Kuo, and now there is Su Shi, although their opinions are not the mainstream among the readers, but they are the elite among the scholars, so Zhao Yan can also see from them that some elite scholars in the Great Song Dynasty are not completely confused by the bright prospects of changing the law.

"I didn't expect the county king to have the same opinion as Zaixia, it seems that we are really heroes who see the same thing!" When Su Shi said the end, he couldn't help laughing, he did have some different views on the change, but now all the people in the world are very supportive of the change, even the friends around him, so he usually tries to hide his true thoughts, but today he told Zhao Yan the truth, but he didn't expect Zhao Yan to have the same opinion.

Seeing Su Shi's happy appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, it seems that Su Shi has been holding back very hard during this time, after all, he obviously has a different opinion, but he doesn't dare to say it, it must not be very comfortable. Then he thought of another question, and immediately asked again: "Brother Zizhan, you have traveled extensively, what do the scholars outside now, especially those young scholars, think of the Fa change?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan ask about other people's opinions on the change, Su Shi couldn't help but show a worried look on his face and said: "Mr. Linchuan claims to have enjoyed the world's fame for thirty years, this is not an empty word, his appeal among the scholars is absolutely beyond imagination, originally for his entry into Beijing this time, the vast majority of the scholars have great hopes, and their attitude towards the change is also very supportive, but the official family rejected Mr. Linchuan's idea of changing the law, and only arranged a noble official position for him, This made the world's readers very disappointed, so during this period of time, most of the readers have been talking about the imperial court! ”

"This is similar to what I expected, but it's a pity that they only thought about the possible benefits of the change, but forgot the huge risk of the change itself!" Zhao Yan couldn't help but show a sneer when he said the end, now these scholars are shouting for the change, but when the change really starts, most of them have become staunch opponents, which is a bit ironic to think about.

"What the king of the county said is that it is actually easy for scholars to be encouraged, especially when they see a bright prospect, so that they all ignore the difficulty of the process." Su Shi also sighed at this time, and then spoke again, "As for the young scholars you mentioned, they are mainly students from Guozijian, Taixue and Gewu Academy, and these students are even more impulsive, and many of them are the backbone of supporting the change, and even because the imperial court did not adopt Mr. Linchuan's reform, these students are excited, and they are likely to block the palace gate again." ”

Sure enough, Zhao Yan also said secretly in his heart when he heard this, what he was most worried about finally happened, after seeing Zhao Shu reject Wang Anshi's mention in the Vertical Arch Hall before, he thought that with Wang Anshi's fame, those impulsive young students are likely to petition again, after all, they have tasted the sweetness of the last year's coin, so this time it is likely to be done according to the law, but this time is different from the last time, after all, the change is not a small year coin so it can be compared, so they gather to petition, I am afraid that it will not be possible to force the imperial court to agree, and if there is a stalemate, it is likely to lead to bloodshed.

Thinking of the tragedy caused by those student movements in later generations, Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel chills all over his body, fortunately, those students were only a sign and were not really agitated, which gave them time to find a way to solve this hidden danger, but this was not an easy task.

"It seems that the king of the county has also anticipated the danger, if those students go to petition again, I'm afraid the court will not be so easy to agree this time!" At this time, I saw Su Shi smile bitterly again and said, the reason why he came to Zhao Yan this time, in addition to inquiring about the news, was mainly worried that those students would have conflicts with the imperial court, so he wanted to ask Zhao Yan to think of a way, after all, Zhao Yan was in charge of the Gewu Academy, and he also had great prestige among the young scholars, so if he came forward, he would definitely be able to persuade some scholars to give up the idea of petitioning the imperial court.

I saw that Zhao Yan was frowning when he heard this, he naturally wanted to prevent the students from clashing with the imperial court, but this matter was very difficult, at least now he couldn't think of any feasible way.

"King Jun, can you publish an article in the newspaper to explain the risks of changing the law to the students, so that some people may understand the difficulties of the imperial court?" At this time, Su Shi suddenly opened his mouth and said, the newspaper was originally specially formed because of the last student petition, and it was also a tool for the imperial court to control public opinion, and Su Shi was also very clear about this, so he thought of the newspaper first.

"It's easier said than done!" Zhao Yan smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Although the newspaper can control the direction of public opinion, but now Mr. Linchuan's fame is too great, especially among young scholars, and has an incomparably strong appeal, but our newspaper has just been created and has not yet formed its own appeal, so even if we explain the reasons for the court's refusal to change the law in the newspaper, I'm afraid few people will be able to listen to it, but will think that the newspaper is a lackey of the imperial court, and the reputation we have accumulated before will be in vain. So now newspapers don't come in much use. ”

When Zhao Yan said this, he couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, if he knew that this was the case, he should have made the newspaper out earlier, so that after a few years of accumulation, the newspaper would form a strong appeal, even if the students wanted to gather to petition, I am afraid that as long as the newspaper published an article, it would be able to wake up many students.

Su Shi actually knew that the influence of the newspaper was still too immature, and now he couldn't help but sigh when he heard Zhao Yan's words. But at this moment, suddenly someone hurriedly came, and then handed over a letter to Zhao Yan, and when Zhao Yan opened the letter and read it for a while, he suddenly patted his thigh and smiled: "Brother Zizhan, it's like God helping me Da Song, we have a way!" (To be continued......)