Yang Yi answered the celestial phenomena in exchange for Zhang Dun's laughter. The two of them were in the pavilion with the pine wind and sun shadows, the lake and mountains, and the wine came to drink. Zhang Dun had a straightforward personality. He only asked the purpose of everything, without any vain rituals. In addition, Yang Yi heard his embrace from the sound of the piano, and comforted Han Yu's "Yilan Cao" and felt very happy to meet a soulmate.

More importantly, Zhang Dun was the leader of the reformist faction, and Yang Yi, the former party member of the state school, denounced Zhu Guangting, and even regarded Sima Guang as a traitor. Now all the new party has been demoted, and the court has been dominated by the old party. At this time, Yang Yi dared to denounce Sima Guang, the soul of the old party, as a traitor. This courage is rare in the world. This is the fundamental reason why Zhang Dun took him as a confidant when he saw him.[]

The two drank slightly and were very happy. Zhang Dun suddenly said, "I heard my friend’s remarks in the state school and I dislike the old party. So what do you think of Wang Jinggong and Princess Wang Jinggong's reforms?"

Yang Yi smiled, is this going to test me? I dare not say anything else. If we talk about our knowledge, at least we will understand the historical development of nearly a thousand years. If we can't even talk about this, we really don't have to mess around!

"When people in the world discuss the affairs of the world, I have always adhered to this mentality. If you continue to discuss it deeply, you will be disrespectful to your predecessors. Please don't be surprised by your sages!"

"The green mountains are faint and the green water is worry-free. What we are talking about today is the wind, but please tell me!"

Yang Yi no longer refused. Regardless of whether Zhang Dun can make a comeback in the future, dating such a straightforward person is always a great pleasure in life. So he said, "Only Wang Jinggong can do it after three generations!"

Zhang Dun didn't expect that Yang Yi's evaluation of Wang Anshi was so high, far higher than his expectations! He didn't say anything and signaled Yang Yi to continue talking.

"Of course, the late life refers to Wang Jinggong's ethics. Wang Jinggong is in power and never attacks political enemies with personal grievances. He can talk to others about everything. Such ethics are worth learning from by every ruler."

"So what do you think of the new policy implemented by your friend on Wang Jinggong?"

"Half and half!"

"How do you say this?"

"In other words, Wansheng thought that Wang Jinggong's new policy was half desirable and half inappropriate."

Yang Yi's statement surprised Zhang Dun again. With Yang Yi's remarks in the province and his personal admiration for Wang Anshi, he should be strongly supporting Wang Anshi's new policy. However, after hearing Yang Yi's words, he actually cut Wang Anshi's new law in half. Is this still a supportive attitude?

"Can you tell me in detail?"

Yang Yi poured another glass of wine for the two of them, and then said with a smile: "The new laws that Wang Jinggong has implemented need to be many, but the young student summarized them. The most core is nothing more than the exemption method and the Qingmiao method. The young student first talks about the exemption method.

The corvee law originally implemented in the Song Dynasty was exempted from labor between the upper and lower households, and all labor was suppressed by the middle households. The servicemen often went bankrupt or even died. This is an indisputable fact. I heard that a father and son were serving together in Jingdong. Because of their suffering, the old father hit the wall to make his son exempt from labor (a single household did not need to serve labor). There are countless such tragedies.

The corvee law also caused a catastrophic consequence. In order to avoid labor, many people dare not farm and would rather lose their wasteland. In short, they dare not make a living, because the rich are not as good as the poor. The poor dare not seek wealth. They order mulberry, sell more cows, stock up on some food, and hide a few pieces of cloth at home. The neighbors say that you are a rich family, so you have to serve labor, and the result is that you often lose your entire family and your family will be destroyed.

In this way, unless you can skip the middle household and become a home of officials and gentry that can be exempted from service, the people would rather bask in the sun in the corners and catch lice every day than work more. In this way, most of the rural households are extremely poor, and the productivity of the entire Song Dynasty was stagnant, the people were poor, and the court was poor.

In response to these disadvantages, Wang Jinggong first introduced the law of exemption from service. The main content of the law of exemption from service was to abolish all labor service and to pay the money for assisting service. The family of officials and gentry must also pay the money for service. The government then uses the money for service to serve as service. This good method that benefits the people and can promote the development of productivity in the entire Song Dynasty should naturally be vigorously promoted.

As for the Qingmiao method, this method itself is very good, but the implementation method is not advisable. The Qingmiao method implemented by Wang Jinggong uses the stored grains of Changping Warehouse and Guangji Warehouse as the principal to distribute the Qingmiao money to the people, which is not worthy of promotion;

The main function of Changping Warehouse and Guangji Warehouse is to purchase a large amount of grain in a bumper period to prevent low grain from hurting farmers, and to save grain in a deserted period to stabilize the market grain prices, so as to prevent people from purchasing high-priced grain, causing bankruptcy.

Changping Cang and Guangji Cang can be said to be institutions used by the imperial court to rescue the people. Every dynasty and generation should try their best to maintain the operation of such a benefiting organization.

The Qingmiao money occupied the grain storage in Changping Warehouse and Guangji Warehouse, which meant that the court gave up the assistance to the people. This is the first point that is undesirable.

Secondly, during the implementation of the Qingmiao funds, the Qingmiao funds were completely distorted, and almost all the funds were forcibly loaned to those households, middle-aged households and urban workshops. However, the extremely poor family that really needed the loan did not receive the assistance of the Qingmiao funds.

This method of implementation is actually the court plundering wealth on wealthy households, which is of no benefit to the poor people. Wang Jinggong probably wanted to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor and curb land annexation through this form.

But those rich families don’t pay you some loan interest, but they have made it difficult for those middle-aged households and handicraft workshops. They didn’t need a loan, but they forced them to levy them. They may also go bankrupt and become a poor family. The imperial court carried out disguised plunder through the Qingmiao money, and the treasury became richer, but forced more middle-aged households to become lower households.

The court used Changping Warehouse, which should have been used to help the poor, to lend to the rich households. This will not only hurt the rich households, but also hurt the poor families. It will only make the imperial court rich, but will eventually lead to the anger of heaven and people and will not get a trace of support. It is better not to have such a new law!"

Yang Yi's analysis of the exemption law was okay, but his analysis of the Qing law shocked Zhang Dun. Indeed, if a law offends all the people in the world, no matter the rich or the poor, he will not receive the support of any class, and if such a law is forcibly implemented, then the court will be in danger!

Zhang Dun has always been a staunch supporter of the new law, but after hearing Yang Yi’s words today, he was shocked. The unrestrained and free manner just now disappeared, and he actually stood up cautiously and bowed to Yang Yi!

"The Master said, if three people walk, there must be my teacher. This is true that I will not deceive me. Today, I am in this countryside. How lucky I have heard of my friend's words that have turned the world into a warning! I have been committed to promoting the new law for half my life. Today I know what happened in the past. It's really like a enlightenment. Please accept my worship!"

Yang Yi didn't even move his body and smiled indifferently: "Sir, I'm holding my face! Who said it just now? The green mountains are faint and the green waters are worry-free. What we are talking about today is all about the wind. Is it actually a person who is insincere? That really disappoints young students!"

"Hahaha!"

In the mountains and forests, Zhang Dun's extremely cheerful laughter suddenly echoed. The two of them snatched each other's wine pots from time to time, scrambling to pour wine for each other, and drinking in front of a lake.

Zhang Dun also wanted Yang Yi to talk about other new methods in detail, but Yang Yi answered the question irresponsible: "Sir, let's forget it today, it's not allowed to do this in the future. Just a pot of wine, I'm so unhappy to grab it. I'm lucky to have more cups in the future. What cup do I need? The silver man is a spoon, so I can drink it so happily!"

Zhang Dun laughed again. Yang Yi's outstanding knowledge, free and easy personality, and arrogant behavior can be said to be too suitable for his spleen and stomach! He kept shouting that he had met too late, and he kept calling Yang Yi's little friend, but he claimed that he had changed from me to old man. The difference is a word, but the meaning is very different. I have some rude intentions, so I seem very humble.

The two of them drank in the Pavilion for nearly two years. Zhang Dun asked where his family lived and invited him to walk around Dongxiao Palace frequently before letting him down the mountain.

After Yang Yi returned to the city, he immediately ran to inquire about Miao An's background. On the grounds of thanking him for revealing the news to him that day, he invited Zhang Long and Zhao Chai to the restaurant for a drink. The three of them drank happily during the meal. Yang Yi whispered Brother Zhang and Brother Zhao called out, as close as brothers. Zhang Long and the other two saw him, a juren, were so polite with him, and they had a greater impression of him. Moreover, making friends with talented men like Yang Yi would not only be ashamed, but in the future, when Yang Yi was really on the list, he might be able to stand up with the high branches.

In such a harmonious atmosphere, Yang Yi quickly gained more knowledge about Miao An's affairs. This guy not only corruption and abused the law, but also often took human life. This not only made Yang Yi's sense of crisis stronger, but also strengthened his determination to overthrow him.

With Yang Yi's intentional guidance, Zhang Long and others learned two things. The first thing was that yesterday Miao An had asked the county's chief Li Tao to ask about Yang Yi. The last lawsuit was over, Miao An asked the chief Li Tao to ask about his situation. This is very intriguing. From this point of view, it can be proved that Miao An should not let him go.

The second thing was that I learned that Miao An and the governor Lu Xiyu, and Yu Yingxian, had a rift, but I had a good relationship with Feng Guoshun, the governor of the government, and was considered to be Feng Guoshun's lineage in official relations.

Hangzhou is not only the capital of the prefecture and the Liangzhe Road. There are many yamen in the city. Compared with Miao'an, the magistrate of Qiantang, is just a small shrimp. But he is even less powerful. If he wants to defeat him, he has to borrow from his political enemies. He heard that Miao'an had a rift with the two officials in Hangzhou. Although he was surrounded by his strategic support, Yang Yi felt that his plan could be implemented smoothly.

After drinking with Zhang Long and the others, Yang Yi found a shop to sew shoes and socks and squish them, and asked someone to reorganize Gaobang's boots according to his requirements. After he finished, he took them home and tinkered with them for another hour. He put them on and tried it. His whole person instantly increased by a few centimeters. The first pair of height-enhancing shoes in the Song Dynasty was finally completed.

Seeing that his cheap mother, Yang, saw that he was a little unemployed, he hesitated for a moment and still advised him: "Yi'er, what's wrong with you? The affairs of the state school have just stopped. You haven't studied hard these two days. Why are you fiddling with these miscellaneous things? Yi'er, my mother begs you, go back and study hard!"

Yang Yi was a little funny and somewhat moved when he heard this. It was said that a kind mother would defeat her son. Yang was more than just a "merciful". Rather than saying that she was teaching her son, it was better to beg for it. No wonder Li Yi was romantic and happy outside before. Yang Yi looked at the shallow crow's feet at the corners of her eyes and felt a little unbearable. If Yang Yi had a tough and violent attitude, he wouldn't care, but when everything was in the wind, her weak appearance would make people unable to feel rebellious.

Perhaps, weakness is the same power!

"Mom, when your child is growing up, you don't have to worry too much. Children are very responsible for doing things. In fact, reading also emphasizes a combination of labor and leisure. If you read books all day long, you will get half the result with twice the effort."

Although Yang was soft-hearted, he was not stupid. He said, "It's enough for my son to behave himself. My mother saw that you haven't been able to study for the past two days, so she said a few words to you. My son should stop fiddling with these, go upstairs to study! My mother made a bowl of lotus seed soup to replenish your body."

Yang Yi was speechless! He was completely defeated by Yang's meticulous care and maternal love as deep as the sea. Yes, she was very weak, but she was omnipotent. Yang Yi believed that she still had a little conscience, so she could not have the idea of ​​resisting.

He quickly took off his height-enhancing shoes, ran upstairs a few times!

Yang Yi was thinking upstairs alone. Now he could basically confirm that Miao An would take action against him, but he didn't know when he would take action. In Yang Yi's guess, there should be some time. However, this is just his own guess. If he is trapped at home, Miao An takes action and grabs each one accurately, and he doesn't even have a chance to respond.

As the saying goes, "There are three nests of cunning rabbits, but it seems that I have to build another nest and move it out for a while before talking about it."
Chapter completed!