Wang Anshi remained unmoved, his will has always been strong, and he would go on resolutely as long as something had been decided.
He looked at Yun Zheng and said, "Do you think the officials of the Song Dynasty are as bad as you think?"
Yun Zheng smiled and handed the wine pot to Wang Anshi. When he didn't accept it, he took a sip of wine from the spout and said, "Do you think the officials of the Song Dynasty are as good as you think?"
"How can I see it?"
Yun Zheng looked around and found that many people were looking at him, but the distance was still relatively far away, so he lowered his voice and said: "A person like me who doesn't care about money can hide more than 3,000 acres of land and deliberately not pay taxes. I'm afraid other officials
It will be even more unbearable.”
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "That's true, but I have sent six patrols to inspect various places. If anyone is found to be corrupt, he will be severely punished."
Yun Zheng suddenly realized: "No wonder I have to see your attaché, Mr. Jiefu, do you think the six-way inspection is enough? Or do you think that the six-way inspection can personally complete all the magistrates and prefectures in the world in a short period of time, which would take a year?"
Something accomplished?"
Wang Anshi sighed and said: "Reform is inevitable. I came to Li's Mansion today to persuade Chang Li to support the reform. Even if he does not support the reform, I want to ask him to remain on the sidelines."
Yun Zheng drank wine and said with a smile: "Dealing with people has never been your strong point. You should find someone else."
Wang Anshi glanced at Yunzheng with disdain and said, "Your method of dealing with people is not very good either. All you have is your fists and knives. How can you be better than me?"
"I don't need to change my ways, so I don't have to deal with people who don't know what they mean. If you want to succeed, you have to bite the bullet and deal with those people you hate.
But I think this is a good thing. In politics, it means you give in, I give in, and everyone finally finds a suitable scale to do it together, so the hope of success will be much greater."
Wang Anshi sneered and said: "Reform is inevitable. Every regulation is the result of careful consideration. How can we give in? If we really make concessions as you said, then the reform regulations will have no effect.
Yunzheng, does your military order allow others to dictate?"
"No, I will chop off the head of anyone who disobeys you."
"Hehe, the regulations established by me don't allow others to dictate."
"Mr. Jiefu, the Li family has started celebrating their birthdays, but no one has come to invite you. In my opinion, you should go back. It is not worth suffering such humiliation for no reason."
"Didn't I have you with me? I didn't invite you either."
Yun Zheng laughed and said: "I have already gone to the back house just now, and I have finished what I need to do. If I hadn't seen you too lonely alone, I would have gone home by now."
Wang Anshi stared at Yun Zheng's eyes for a long time and sighed: "Hide in the small building and become a unified body, and don't care about winter, summer, spring and autumn.
Haha, in this world, there are indeed few people who work and many people who are idle. Yun Zheng, tomorrow the Kaifeng Prefecture officer will go to your farm to re-measure your family's acres. You are one of the few discerning people in the Song Dynasty. I hope you will not obstruct it.
"
"Sure enough, you are picking persimmons and picking soft ones. You are determined to eat, and I will help you, right?"
"Since you want to hide and relax, why don't you give up completely and wait for the war between Song and Liao to break out. By then, you can go to Yanyun Sixteen Provinces to seek your kingship with ease!"
"Have the Pang Ji family's acres been checked?"
"We have done an inventory and the number of acres of land in Prime Minister Pang's home is consistent with the records!"
"Have you checked the fields in Han Qi's hometown in Hebei?"
"My son-in-law Cai Bian personally visited Hebei. Mr. Han was very cooperative. Although there was something wrong, he has corrected it."
"Where's the one at Wen Yanbo's house?"
"Meng Wen doesn't allow it!"
After listening to Wang Anshi's introduction, Yun Zheng said with a smile: "Then you can go do the investigation tomorrow and find someone with a higher official position to give me some face. As long as I have the face, you can do the investigation as you like."
"A gentleman's word!"
"Hurry up and whip your horse!"
"Okay, after checking your house, I will personally check the number of acres of the Li family's land. If there is any discrepancy with the account books, I will definitely wash away the shame of today!"
Yun Zheng laughed so hard that he pointed at Wang Anshi and said with a smile: "I thought you were really not angry, but it turns out that your black face can get angry sometimes."
"It's just killing chickens to scare monkeys. If necessary, I will kill monkeys to scare chickens!"
Yun Zheng said sternly: "Li Chang is also a second-grade Huangmen Shilang. You, a second-grade counselor in political affairs, shouldn't be able to do anything to him... Forget it, just pretend I didn't say that."
Seeing Wang Anshi take out a gold medal, Yun Zheng had to change his mind. It seemed that Wang Anshi was already planning to completely break up his face. With this gold medal, Wang Anshi had a reputation as a teacher. With his character, he came to the door in person today with shame and humiliation.
By wishing Mrs. Li a birthday, it was considered as a favor to the eight Li Chang brothers.
After missing today, Yun Zheng has no doubt about Wang Anshi's determination to use the gold medal.
"You mean for me to tell Li Chang that you plan to use the imperial gold medal to mess with him?"
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "It's really pleasant to talk to the military commander."
Yun Zheng smiled and said: 'If I were not Li Chang's friend, I would definitely hide in a safe place and watch you guys fight, or even be used by you once."
Wang Anshi smiled without saying a word, took the jug from which Yun Zheng had just drank, and drank the remaining wine without hesitation mouth-to-mouth. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve boldly and said: "Tell Li Chang
, Wang Anshi drank the old lady’s birthday wine.”
Yun Zheng watched Wang Anshi pass through the crowd calmly, and suddenly felt that this slovenly man was indeed a man. Regardless of whether the things he insisted on were right or not, his determination to do things alone made Yun Zheng admire him.
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As soon as Wang Anshi walked out of the courtyard, Li Chang appeared next to Yun Zheng and watched Wang Anshi leave. Yun Zheng coughed and said, "You are going to be in trouble."
Li Chang smiled as usual and said: "I know, with the gold medal in hand, it is natural for me to be unlucky."
"You know he has a trump card, but you still dare to offend him like this?"
Li Chang smiled bitterly and said: "I am even more afraid of offending all the nobles of the Song Dynasty."
Yun Zheng laughed. Fortunately, his status was transcendent. Whether he agreed with Wang Anshi's inventory of his family's acres or not, it was the Yun family's own business, and no one else had the right to make irresponsible remarks.
Li Chang was different. Their eight brothers were already closely connected with the scholar-bureaucrat class of the Song Dynasty. Each of the eight brothers married a lady from a high-class family. Because of the marriage relationship, they could only marry those who were unwilling to
The scholar-bureaucrats who carried out the new law fought together to the end.
In the final analysis, they and Wang Anshi are running on two different paths, and there is no possibility of them merging. On the contrary, high-ranking officials with aloof status such as Pang Ji, Han Qi, Di Qing, Yun Zheng, and Wen Yanbo, because they have no one to hold them back, can actually talk about it.
And decide many things.
"Have you anticipated the consequences?"
"It is estimated that when it comes, I will probably be sent to Junzhou, my family will probably lose part of the land, and the career of my younger brothers will be temporarily frustrated."
Yun Zheng said in surprise: "The investment you made is big enough!"
Li Chang said with a grimace: "How can we escape?"
"Since you are destined to be transported far away from Junzhou, why not flee further away? What do you think of Lanzhou?" Yun Zheng looked at Li Changdao.
Li Chang said strangely: "The sound of the golden drum has not been heard in Lanzhou for five years. I heard that Fu Bi's power has covered Lanzhou. It is very safe there. A trade route through Xixia is headed towards the capital with Lanzhou as the forerunner."
Zhaofu extends, and given time, I would not be surprised if the end of this business road reaches Kaifengfu."
"It's too quiet without hiding anything. It's too quiet. Xixia is now in seclusion. Our team Xixia knows too little.
I have been beating drums in my heart. I always feel that the thoughts of the Xixia people are very difficult to fathom. I have laid a hidden thread in Lanzhou. I need someone with a sharp eye like you to keep an eye on it in person and discover the unusual behavior of the Xixia people from some clues.
dynamic."
Li Chang hesitated for a moment and said: "I can't promise you now. I need proof of progress. If I can't make achievements in a short time when I go to Junzhou this time, as long as Wang Anshi serves as counselor and political officer, the entire dynasty will be affected."
Don't forget that I exist and let me rot in the Frontier Army State."
Yun Zheng sighed and said, "Yeah, I'm not sure either. I'm not sure."
Yun Zheng said goodbye and went home. Neither he nor Li Chang were in a good mood. Yun Zheng could ignore Wang Anshi's reform, but this person, Wu Zhengpang, had never been forgotten in Yun Zheng's mind.
There are many merchants from the Western Regions leading camels in Tokyo. They have brought the dances of Qiuci and the bold Persian dancers from the far Western Regions. Yunzheng even found some gypsies and bought a cart.
Good grape wine made Yun Zheng feel even worse.
The emergence of the tribes at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the Gypsies means that the entire Western Region has been unified. Only in this way can those Western Region merchants and Persian dancers make it possible to cross the bandit-ridden Western Region to the Central Plains.
The appearance of the Gypsies shows that the territory controlled by the Xixia people has reached the Tocharian area. This ethnic group that has just begun to wander can only pass through the Shule River, and finally enter Hexi from Yumen Pass, and finally reach Tokyo via Lanzhou.
It seems that Pang has not been idle at all in the past few years...
The atmosphere at home was very strange. Sounds like playing cotton came from the backyard. Ge Qiuyan was holding Yun Zhang, Qin Guo was holding Yun Xin, and Yun Ting and Yun Qianqian were covering their ears. They were all standing at the entrance to the garden, far away.
Looking inside from a distance.
Yun Zheng stood at the back and stood on tiptoes to take a look. He saw his eldest daughter playing the guzheng timidly. Lu Qingqing stood aside holding a bamboo stick in his hand. As long as the eldest daughter made a mistake in playing the bamboo, the bamboo would be broken.
Landed on the eldest lady’s ass... (To be continued)