After ninety-three days, Fanning finally returned to the capital, it was the beginning of December, the north of the Huai River was frozen, and the last leg of their journey was to return by horse-drawn carriage.

The family was finally reunited, Fan Zhen'er and Fan Jing both became dark and thin, which made their mother feel very distressed, and at dinner, the family collectively counted Fan Ning's meal.

Fan Ning was full of joy, his mood was not affected at all, just half a month ago, Cao Xiu gave birth to a son, this is his sixth child, the name has long been given, to commemorate Fan Ning's father, with the homonym of the boat, named Fan Zhou.

Now Fan Ning has four sons, Fan Jing, Fan Chu, Fan Qi, Fan Zhou, according to Fan Ning's idea, the eldest son Fan Jing is going to Beidao to inherit the throne, the second son Fan Chu studied and stayed in the Great Song Dynasty as an official, Fan Qi took the business route, followed Mingren and Mingli.

Fan Zhou hasn't thought about it yet, but he is the grandson of the Cao family, and it is not surprising that he is taking the military route.

When eating, there is a Fan Linger on the left and a Fan Zhener on the right, sandwiching the father in the middle, making everyone cry and laugh.

After dinner, Fan Ning sat in the room and slowly flipped through the newspaper, and knew some important things when he ate, such as Ouyang Qian's father, Ouyang Xiu, who served as the governor.

Speaking of which, Ouyang Xiu also has to thank Fan Ning, his son-in-law, when Fan Ning arranged for someone to make telescopic glasses, he made a pair of high-count glasses by the way, which greatly solved Ouyang Xiu's myopia problem.

In fact, glasses were available in the Yuan Dynasty as early as the Yuan Dynasty, and it was recorded in "Marco Polo's Travels" that Qiu Ying's "Southern Capital Fanhui Tu" in the Ming Dynasty was full of people wearing glasses.

Another major event was a serious conflict between the Song and Liao countries.

Fanning was holding a newspaper and poring over the transcript of the conflict.

The incident happened in mid-September, when the Liao envoys to the Song Dynasty proposed to the imperial court to ask for one million sheep from the Western Xia, on the grounds that the Western Xia had borrowed from the Liao State and had not repaid the debts, and they needed to use these sheep to pay off the debts, which was naturally rejected by the Song Dynasty.

Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was annoyed and angry, and ordered 10,000 garrisons of Datong Mansion in Xijing to attack Yulin County, trying to take away the grain that the Song army had hoarded in Yulin County, and the two sides had a fierce battle, the Song army lost more than 3,000 people and held Yulin County, and the Liao army also left nearly 3,000 corpses and withdrew to Xijing.

Article 3 of the armistice agreement clearly states that the Song and Liao sides will be null and void if there is a clash of more than 500 men anywhere.

It's just that both sides are not clear about this, and they seem to be pretending to be confused, maybe winter is coming, and the ice and snow are covering everyone's emotions.

At this time, Aya walked to the door and said, "Official, there are guests visiting outside the door." ”

Fanning was stunned, he just came back today, did anyone visit?

"Who is it?"

Aya handed a prayer note to Fanning, and Shangshu's left servant shot Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi came to visit him, which was really a bit unexpected by Fan Ning, he thought for a while and said, "Please ask him to wait in my outer study!" ”

"Official, the outer study is very cold, and I'm afraid it will take a long time to warm up."

"That.... Then invite him to the Noble Guest Hall. ”

Fanning thought for a moment and said, "Let Jing'er go and invite him in." ”

Although Fan Jing is only twelve years old, he is very sensible and polite, and has won the praise of everyone.

Wang Anshi is indeed uninvited, he is very anxious, there are several changes that have always been passed in the court, not to mention the queen mother's pass, even within the Zhizheng Hall.

Fan Ning was not there, and the six members of the Zhizheng Hall, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, Sima Guang, Zeng Gongliang, and Ouyang Xiu, lost 3 to 2 in the three votes, Han Jiang abstained, and Fu Bi, Sima Guang, and Ouyang Xiu voted three times against Wang Anshi and Zeng Gongliang.

Now that Fan Ning is back, if you can convince him, plus Ouyang Xiu is Fan Ning's father-in-law, then the situation will be reversed.

Wang Anshi knew in his heart that Fan Ning was not quite the same as Fu Bi and Sima Guang, Fu Bi and Sima Guang were conservatives, while Fan Ning was reformist, and Ouyang Xiu was also influenced by his son-in-law and transformed into a reformist.

Although there are differences between my own reformers and reformists, as long as we can talk well, I believe that we can also seek common ground while reserving differences.

What's more, he and Fanning have a deep relationship, they were friends in the past, and later colleagues, Wang Anshi hopes that tonight's visit can be fruitful.

At this time, a young man walked out of the mansion and bowed to Wang Anshi, "Little nephew Fan Jing see Wang Xianggong!" ”

Wang Anshi was stunned, "You are ......"

"My father, Fan Zhiyuan, specially asked my little nephew to invite Wang Xianggong into the house."

Zhiyuan is Fan Ning's table name, or Song Renzong gave it to him back then, but it is rarely used, Fan Jing can't directly call his father's name, so he uses the table word to call him.

Wang Anshi was full of emotion in his heart, he turned out to be Fan Ning's son, and he was able to greet guests on behalf of his father at a young age.

He nodded hurriedly, "It turned out to be a virtuous nephew, I'm really sorry to disturb your father's rest." ”

"Where! My father wanted to change his clothes, and he couldn't go out of the house to greet him in person, so he asked the prince to forgive him. ”

"Not bad! Your father gave birth to a good son. ”

"Xie Xianggong praised, Wang Xianggong, please come with me."

Fan Jing carried a lantern to lead the way in front, and Wang Anshi couldn't help but ask, "How old is the virtuous nephew?" ”

"Back to the father-in-law, the little nephew is twelve years old!"

Wang Anshi nodded, if he was a few years older, he would definitely marry Fan Ning, but unfortunately his youngest daughter had already been promised to this year's new science and technology practitioner Cai Bian.

After a while, the two came to the Guike Hall, Fan Ning was waiting in front of the hall in person, he stepped forward and smiled apologetically: "I didn't know that the elder brother came, the younger brother was rude." ”

"Hey! It was I who came uninvited, and the virtuous brother Kurama was tired, but I disturbed the rest, and it was my rudeness. ”

"Since you're here, you don't have to be polite, brother, please sit down in the hall."

Fanning said to his son again: "Go study!" ”

"Farewell child!"

Fan Jing bowed deeply to Wang Anshi again, and then turned to leave.

Wang Anshi kept looking at his back and disappeared, and said with emotion: "At the age of twelve, he is so knowledgeable and polite, and he has the demeanor of everyone, and the virtuous brother gave birth to a good son!" ”

Fanning smiled slightly, "I thought my brother would feel that time passed like flowing water. ”

Wang Anshi was stunned, and immediately laughed, the two of them went to the hall to sit down separately, and a maid came to the hall to offer tea.

Wang Anshi sighed and sighed: "When I was the county magistrate in Yin County, the virtuous brother was still a student of the county school, and he brought a group of classmates to Yin County, and twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and time is really passing like flowing water." ”

"My brother is only fifty years old! Just in the prime of life, it is the time to make great progress. ”

Wang Anshi smiled bitterly, "The interests of all parties are too involved, and there are Fu Bi, Sima Guang and others who are constrained, making it difficult for me to move an inch, and I have a heart to serve the country, but I can't display my ambitions." ”

Fan Ning took a sip of tea and said lightly: "In fact, everyone has their own ambitions, when the rich Xianggong and my cousin grandfather jointly promoted the Qingli New Deal, he also hoped that the Great Song Dynasty could reform and work hard, why has he become a conservative now, has my brother considered the reason for this?" ”

"People's minds change."

Wang Anshi stared at Fan Ning sharply, "Back then, you taught me how to change the law, and told me that the essence of changing the law is to divide the cake, in Yinxian County, you supported me in implementing the Qingmiao Law, but now you are resolutely opposed to the Qingmiao Law, isn't this your change?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head, "The original intention of the green seedling law is to solve the heavy burden of farmers buying seeds and borrowing usury when the green and yellow crops are not harvested, and the original intention is very good, I agree with this starting point, but I am against specific ways and methods, I did not approve of my brother's one-size-fits-all approach in Yinxian County." ”

"Then what do you say the Seedlings Method should do?"

"If I implement the Qingmiao Law, I will set up an official money shop directly under the Ministry of Households, and shop it in every county, and the imperial court will stipulate that the interest rate on the money will be borrowed, and the money shop will lend money to the farmers at a low interest, without the need for a guarantor, and the farmers will use their own land as collateral ......"

"Wait!"

Wang Anshi interrupted Fan Ning, "You are talking about having a land mortgage, what if he doesn't have land?" ”

"If he doesn't have land, he is a tenant, and shouldn't his landlord solve his problems if he has difficulties? If the proprietor also has no money, it means that the proprietor uses the land to borrow money to buy seeds, and it must not be guaranteed by the rich in the Baojia. ”

Fan Ning didn't give Wang Anshi a chance to refute, and continued: "If you want to implement the Qingmiao Law now, it's still okay, but the Baojia Law has been replaced by the militia law, and the Baojia Law can't be implemented anymore. ”

Wang Anshi sighed for a while and said: "Now farming is not profitable, everyone goes to work in the workshop in the city, it is difficult to recruit tenant farmers in the countryside, the squire and landlords are coaxing tenant farmers, the land rent is very low, there is no basis for the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, with the militia law, the exemption law and the armor protection law, I can only give up." ”

Fan Ning smiled again: "In fact, I also support several changes implemented by my brother, such as the Shiyi Law, which restricts the monopoly control of the market by big businessmen, the farmland water conservancy law, encourages the construction of water conservancy, the Fangtian average tax law remeasures the land, determines the fertility of the land, and the art of war, we have already implemented it, as well as the establishment of Taixue, etc., I support these, but there are some changes, I still hope that my brother will be cautious, not to mention the Qingmiao Law and the Baojia Law, and I do not approve of the Even-Lose Law, there is too much room for manipulating interests. There are hundreds of thousands of people up and down, and every official must be a good official, and all of them can benefit the country and the people, but is this possible? ”

Wang Anshi didn't want to argue with Fan Ning today, he came for a special matter today.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "I want to change the education method of the Great Song Dynasty, change the students of the world only study for the imperial examination, learning is useless, I hope to apply what I have learned, but the opposition of the imperial court is very strong, many scholars have scolded me for being contemptuous, and I have not been able to pass the three votes in the Zhizheng Hall, I hope to get the support of my virtuous brother." ”

Fan Ning happened to be reforming education in Beidao, and he suddenly had a strong interest, and said with a smile: "Brother, you might as well talk about it in detail, how to change the law, I am willing to listen to it." ”

Seeing that Fan Ning was interested, Wang Anshi suddenly perked up, and hurriedly said: "First of all, I want to implement the law change from the setting of the school.........