Wang Yan is arrogant and never willing to admit defeat. Ding Yang had dealt with him before, so he knew a little better.

It's just that Wang Yan himself didn't know that the Eight Miao True People in front of him and the earliest Seven Star Dao Masters were actually the same thing, no difference.

However, after meeting and talking for a while, not only did I feel Ding Yang's support for the change, but more importantly, his attitude was also very radical and sharp.

Wang Yan had already advised Wang Anshi several times that in the process of changing the law, he should first kill several leaders of the opposition party, and then he could ensure the normal operation of the reform plan.

It's a pity that Wang Anshi won't listen to his advice at all, and Wang Yan can't stand up and do it himself.

But with the sudden death of Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang, Wang Yan was indeed overjoyed - the old party has not been able to recover for a long time, which is the best proof.

The conscription law promulgated this year has aroused a large number of attacks from the old party as usual. But without the leader, there will be no original momentum. Especially with the violent death of the three leaders of the old party, some old parties have begun to waver in their positions.

After all, the old party also included a lot of political speculators, who originally saw the old party's great momentum, and the new party was almost supported by Wang Anshi, so he joined the old party camp to oppose the change.

However, now several leading figures of the old party have died violently at the same time, and rumors are spreading privately in Beijing.

Anyway, the causes of the deaths of these three old party leaders are linked to news such as God's curse.

Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division inquired around, but there was no source to catch it. Even if he tried his best to eliminate the impact, he still couldn't stop the crowd in the end.

Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi don't have any good heirs, they just rely on their father's shadow and spend their time drinking.

Only Sima Guang's adopted son Sima Kang is outstanding, and he was admitted to the Jinshi at the beginning of this year. As a result, before he could be happy, Sima Guang suddenly died violently.

No matter how talented Sima Kang is, he can only go home first to keep filial piety, and then return to the court to be an official three years later.

As a result, the current leading figures of the old party have almost become scattered collectives with Wu Yun, Lu Gongshu, Han Wei, Lu Dafang, Fan Chunren, Liu Zhi, Han Zhongyan and others as the backbone.

In terms of prestige and talent, they are much worse than Wang Anshi. As a result, the political winds of the New Party changed almost drastically. The former political minority is now slowly turning the tide.

During this period, however, the power of the new party expanded, but it was mixed with many political speculators. Including many people who came from the old party anyway, and in fact they were politicians who changed sides when they saw that the situation of the old party was not good.

Wang Anshi and Wang Yan can actually see it, but in the current situation, they are not prepared to oppose the expansion of the new party.

Although Ding Yang has been busy with various matters these days, he is also very concerned about the changes in the court. In his heart, he has already decided that he wants to divide the universe of this time and space into private ownership, how can he not be concerned?

After all, he has a lot of historical evaluations in his hands, so he can distinguish those people who are politicians who sincerely promote the reform of the law, and those people who are just politicians!

Now that we have made up our minds to cooperate with the New Party, it is indispensable to remind Wang Yan a few words.

But Wang Yan didn't care at all: "...... Why should real people worry? Although his generation has no talent and no virtue, he can not achieve enough, but he has more than enough failure. If they refuse to allow their peers to change their courts, they will inevitably provoke new changes. For today's plan, as long as the law change is successful, why be afraid of the sincerity and hypocrisy of the other generation? Nothing more than ears, Si Ke name? ”

Since Wang Yan was so sure, Ding Yang didn't have much to say. After all, his fame is not high enough to be unparalleled in the world now, and the best way is to cooperate.

However, after some exchanges, each other's intentions for both parties are basically clear. As for future cooperation, Wang Yan still believes that there is a common ground, but it should be dominated by the New Party.

Ding Yang did not explicitly oppose anything, after all, scholars and doctors never really recognized the status of religious gods.

It's okay for the gods to cheat money, but when it comes to politics, it's pure nonsense. A theocratic dynasty has no foundation, at least in the country, and Confucianism will not do it first.

Ding Yang also knows that there is room for solving many things only when they are really encountered, and now it is useless to talk about anything.

It can be said that the meeting was a great one, and both sides felt that their goals had been achieved. However, Ding Yang also felt a headache for the first time, and the talents available under his hands were still a little too few.

There is no good way to solve this point at present, and we can only take it slowly step by step.

Before officially agreeing to Xiao Chaoqing's trip to Liao, Ding Yang first notified Zhang Yi and asked him to buy back children who were preferably over 6 years old and under 1o years old.

“…… Real people, it's not difficult to buy children, but I don't know how many people real people want to buy? Do you want boys? Are there any external conditions? Are there any requirements for origin or hometown? ”

"No, I don't just want boys, in fact, no matter what boys and girls are, as long as they meet my conditions. Be in good health, have normal intelligence, and preferably have no other relatives at home, that is, orphans. ”

Zhang Yi was very puzzled by these requirements, and bought them back with a child between the ages of 6 and 1o, no matter what he did. It takes at least a few years to develop it to be useful.

It can be said that in the end, it may not cost too much money to buy people back, and it is not cheap to feed these people.

Everyone knows the so-called "half the size, eat the poor" saying. Children at this age are at the stage of physical growth, and the nutrients they need in their bodies are not small. It is not uncommon for you to get hungry again after a while after you have eaten your stomach, and the amount of food at this age is not small, and even as you get older, you will be more and more able to eat.

Once you Zhang Yi wanted to persuade Ding Yang and ask clearly what he wanted to do? Wouldn't it be more convenient for us to buy adults directly? It is directly the labor force, and there is no delay in doing things and eating!

But Ding Yang shook his head and said, "No, I can only have children if I have to." What's wrong, isn't there any difficulty? ”

Difficulty? Zhang Yi shook his head again and again for the first time, but it must not be difficult to buy children.

In the agricultural era, all parts of the country basically relied on the weather for food, and any disaster would definitely lead to a wave of refugees.

When the imperial court encounters this situation, it usually chooses the strong men among them to be used as box soldiers, so as to give them a bite to eat, so as to prevent these people from taking risks and finally choosing to rebel.

Judging from the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, although it is much smaller than that of the Tang Dynasty, the population is not large at all.

The Song Dynasty in the third year of Xining had a population of more than 80 million. As long as you want to buy someone, you can have the opportunity to buy anytime, anywhere. Whether it's adults or children, different parts of the country are affected every year.

As long as there is a disaster, there will definitely be displaced people, and there will never be a shortage of families who sell their children and daughters.

There are also many families who choose to sell their girls for money early because of the financial burden of the family. After all, when a girl in the Song Dynasty got married, she needed a very rich dowry.

The custom is like this, without a rich dowry, even the girls of the royal family will be looked down upon.

There are also many families who give birth to daughters who either abandon them casually or simply throw them into the river and drown them because of the custom of marrying too much. Therefore, Zhang Yi wants to buy a child, and it is not limited to men and women, so it is not difficult at all.

Especially when he explained his worries, Ding Yang laughed loudly at all: "Hehehe...... Shiro, do you think I'm going to be short of money? Don't worry, it's just a child, I can't eat enough! ”

Zhang Yi originally thought that it didn't matter, Bamiao Dao Chang Renxin wanted to save some children for adoption, even if it was all paid by him, he could support them.

But when it came to the back, I realized that Ding Yang didn't just need ten or eight pretenses at all, and he couldn't be satisfied with one hundred and eighty people, and the original words were simply "...... Han Xinbing, the more the merrier".

If you calculate it like this, it's a bottomless pit at all, and no amount of money can fill this pit.

What's more, Ding Yang refused to say what he wanted them to do when he bought these children, only that he was going to raise them until he reached adulthood at the age of 18. During this period, they should not only eat and drink well to survive, but also teach them all kinds of knowledge.

In this way, Zhang Yi couldn't find the right adjective to express the shock in his heart anyway.

This is no longer the category of kindness, it seems that there is some kind of big plan in it.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yi was still determined to ask clearly. Although the Eight Miao True Person in front of him is the apprentice of the Seven-Star Dao Master, there is not much difference to Zhang Yi, and they are all his benefactors.

Maybe he didn't have much contact before, but after he really came into contact, he soon found the feeling of being a real person at the beginning.

Even Zhang Yi believes that the Seven Star True Man and the Eight Miao Dao Masters are really worthy of being masters and apprentices, and there is almost no difference in their attitudes towards him. They were all as caring and caring as ever, and at some point he almost overlapped the impressions of the two.

So after getting along again recently, he has also regained his original cordiality, no longer has to worry about it, and can communicate normally. So after hesitating for a moment, he still asked, I don't understand what Ding Yang is doing to buy so many children?

After all, the cost and energy required must be indispensable, if it is just for kindness, Zhang Yi doesn't believe it anyway.

Ding Yang didn't mean to hide it, and directly told him the ultimate answer: "Poor Dao wants to teach a Taoist sect of theology that has been studied for many years, so that it can help the Son of Heaven in the future." ”

Zhang Yi was not interested in helping the Son of Heaven at all, he only cared about the core part: "Zhenren, you plan to teach these children theology?" ”

This is the rhythm of cultivating an heir from an early age!

After Ding Yang's admission, Zhang Yi asked to join it as soon as possible. No matter what price he is asked to pay, he is willing. As long as you can join in and teach theology, you don't care