"These are trivial matters, I'm afraid they have nothing to do with the overall situation of the court, right?" Ouyang Xiu said lightly.

"Hahaha, the old man has no worries about food and clothing, so he naturally thinks these are trivial matters, but the people often say that seven things come to the door: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. The people hope that the court will change its course, what do they want? It's just that the income is higher, the prices are stable, the tax burden is reduced, the labor service is reduced, the imprisonment is less, the case is fair, the officials are less, and the family is more savings... By the end of the year, children can wear new clothes and the family can eat dumplings with thin skin and big fillings. The old man thinks that the Qingli New Policy really takes into account the needs of the people? Can your measures really win the support of the people?"

"Why can't it?"

The Qingli New Policy was a pain in Ouyang Xiu's heart. Until now, he could not turn around and refused to bow his head. Otherwise, with his reputation, he would have returned to Beijing to become an official.

"The new Qingli law has ten items: explicit promotion and demotion, suppress luck, improve tribute and election, select officials and chiefs, all public land, enrich agriculture and sericulture, cultivate military preparations, reduce labor service, and pay close attention to orders." Ouyang Xiu finished speaking in one breath, "Which one is not for the benefit of the country and the people, and which one is not for the good of the Song Dynasty?"

To be honest, the Qingli New Deal is like many reforms. Its original intention is good, but very few can be implemented. Moreover, because it angered the bureaucratic group, it ended hastily. Wang Ning'an had no time to debate right and wrong with Ouyang Xiu. He smiled faintly, "My elder, since the new Deal is so good, why has it only been maintained for more than a year? Can't continue? Could it be that all of us in the Song Dynasty are inverted and indiscriminate, and we are all treacherous villains, and we all want to watch the fall of the Song Dynasty and not want to save the nation and survive?"

"This..." Ouyang Xiuzhen wanted to say that this is true, but if he admits it, does it mean that the emperor is also a villain? If he doesn't admit it, why did the new policy be defeated?

After reading the books of sages for so many years, the old master certainly believes that there is still righteousness between heaven and earth, and there are still many good people, but why can't the new policy be implemented? Could it be that the bad people are too powerful or the good people are too stupid?

Wang Ning'an's question touched the deepest knot in Ouyang Xiu's heart for several years, and the old master's expression became more and more serious.

"Young man, I want to ask for advice. Why do you think the new policy will disappear?"

"My elder wants to hear the truth?"

"That's natural!"

Wang Ning'an grabbed the wine glass, took another sip, and laughed boldly, "My master, what you should do is ask whether you should do it, but what you should do is ask whether you can do it! Take the ten government decrees mentioned just now, five of which are to rectify the administration and cut the knife on the bureaucrats."

"Isn't it right? The biggest disadvantage in the world is that the government is mainly focused on officials, and the government is rectified, so that all people can be happy!"

"Wrong!" Wang Ning'an shook his head and said, "What the people are asking for is getting better and better. Your new policy does not really benefit the people and rectify the administration. In the eyes of the people, it is nothing more than a few gods in the sky fighting and fighting lively. They clapped their hands and shouted twice! If the reform is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, you will not lose a lot overnight. Your reform is like duckweed on the water, without any foundation and cannot withstand the wind and rain. End early, the stirring of less wind and rain, and the old man can escape safely. If he continues to persist for three or five years, the world will be boiling, and no matter how high the reputation of the old man is, it will be difficult to protect himself, harm others and oneself, and the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, right in front of him!"

Wang Ning'an was right. The Qingli New Policy was stopped in time, and the impact was still mild. After decades, Wang Anshi's reforms went wild, not only did not save the Song Dynasty, but instead made the Song Dynasty fall into party struggles and unable to extricate itself. As long as the characters of the old and new sects were involved, they would become a stain on their lives. By then, there was no right or wrong, and they could only oppose and fight each other for the sake of opposition, and even the dirty means of literary inquisition were used... It was not until a group of barbarians broke the capital, robbed two generations of emperors, and plundered countless women's wealth that a farce ended...

"My elder, if you want to succeed in the reform, you must at least know yourself and your enemy? How many people will benefit from each of your decrees and how many people will suffer? There are so many disadvantages, which one is the most fundamental, which one is the time for reform is ripe, and which one cannot be moved for the time being? Have you carefully evaluated it? Don't think that you can be unscrupulous under the banner of serving the country and the people, and countless people will support you in everything you do!"

Wang Ning'an became more and more happy the more he spoke, but he suddenly found that the old Ouyang's face was already dark. Wang Ning'an was shocked. He was angry because he hated Zhao Zhen to send Ouyang Xiu over and said nothing. No matter how useless Ouyang Xiu was, he was also a famous literary leader all over the world. His old comrades were all famous officials in the world. He criticized these people as useless. If the old gentleman was angry, wouldn't he be in trouble!

Wang Ning'an felt a little regretful when he thought of this. He simply pretended to be drunk, and said a few words, leaned back and fell to the ground.

Wang Liangjing looked ashamed and quickly apologized and dragged his son away.

Bao Zheng's face was also bad. In the past, if Wang Ning'an dared to deny the Qingli New Policy, he would definitely turn against him. However, after the Cui family's affairs, Bao Zheng felt that Wang Ning'an said something, there were too many things to do in the world, but there were too few things to do. The gentlemen of Qingli grabbed the eyebrows and beards, the imperial examination, grace, selection of officials, land taxes, labor service, military system... which one is not something that is implicated and very deadly.

If a scholar does not agree to any of the scholars, they will do it all, which is equivalent to challenging the scholars. It would be fine to offend the bureaucrats alone. After all the oppositions began to swell, in order to suppress the opposition, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others actually suggested expanding the power of the prime minister and giving them the military power and the power of officials to promote them.

What a joke? Since Zhao Kuangyin, in order to prevent officials from growing bigger, the most complex official system in history was created to weaken and restrain officials. The gentlemen of Qingli actually wanted to take over power, which undoubtedly angered the imperial power.

At this point, the new policy has reached the edge of the cliff.

Xia Ze made a random letter and drove several husbands out of the court easily... Bao Zheng had been an official for several years at that time, and he understood very clearly that the gentlemen of Qingli might have good intentions, but their methods were too clumsy, and failure might be inevitable.

"Drunk, Wang Ning'an is just a son of Huangkou. He is drunk and talks wildly. Please don't mind it."

Bao Heizi persuaded him a few words and accused him of his crime and left.

Only Ouyang Xiu was left. The old master returned to the inn without saying a word. He sat down all night. The next day, before dawn, he asked someone to lead the way, found the Wang family, and blocked Wang Ning'an in the quilt.

"Sir, don't be so anxious to ask for crimes, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ouyang Xiu said with a dark face: "You guy is so happy to scold you. I just ask you, what are your good ideas if our reform fails? If not, you are just Miheng who can curse others, and you are just talking and talking! If I don't kill you, I will give you to Gansou! He has a way to make your kid live worse than death!"

Gansou is Han Qi's name. Among the gentlemen of Qingli, the strongest combat power, once killed Di Qing's general Jiao Yong in front of Di Qing, and said the famous bold saying: It is a good one who sang the top scholar outside Donghua Gate!

Han Qi's prejudice against military generals is deeply rooted. Will he have a good ending if he falls into this old hand?

It is said that Ouyang Xiu is generous, but that’s just that!

Wang Ning'an was full of resentment and was even more rude to speak.

"Of course I have a way. Any reform and reform must first enrich the people. Shang Yang established the country by farming and fighting. The men of the Three Qins were brave enough to fight, one for titles and the other for land and acres, and only then could the First Emperor dominate the world. The same is true for reform now. If the liquor business is started, it will take less than five years for Cangzhou, Hebei and other places to plant sorghum, and 100,000 households can live a good life. Brewing requires craftsmen, trafficking requires liba, and filling wine requires jars... and these craftsmen also need food, clothing, housing, transportation, food, drink, clothing and use. Conservatively estimated that by selling wine, one can support millions of people. It provides hundreds of thousands of taxes to the court."

Ouyang Xiu narrowed his old eyes and said slowly: "Boy, where is your method better than me?"
Chapter completed!