Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 101: To Bianjing

"What does that have to do with the failure of the reform?" Gu Tingye asked confused.

"It has been nearly a hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. The so-called long-term disadvantages existed since the founding of the country, but they were not serious at that time. They have become difficult to recover by now. And how long did it take for the New Deal to be implemented from preparation to implementation? The New Deal has no foundation at all. There are castles in the air, and failure is normal,” said Ang Lee.

Many people say that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were too weak. Several generations of emperors wanted to reform the law, but were not tough enough. Those who participated in the reform basically did not end well.

It is a bit biased to say this. The biggest problem of the Song Dynasty was the problem of three redundancies.

Of these three issues, officials are most involved.

As a result, the opposition will naturally be strong. In the words of later generations, these officials are vested interests, and it is these vested interests that hold power. The so-called legal reforms harm the interests of those who hold power. How can they not oppose it?

In addition, the New Deal was too hasty, and when those people caught the slightest problem, they impeached it.

If the emperor really gives strong support, he might destroy the country.

Of course, Li An didn't think the emperor of the Song Dynasty did the right thing.

There was too much pressure at that time, and it was indeed possible to stop the New Deal, but it was a bit too much to demote the people who carried out the reform.

This compromise with those officials was too thorough, and it also greatly reduced the authority of the imperial power.

Later emperors and officials learned from this example.

When the emperor wanted to reform, officials came out to oppose it. The emperor couldn't withstand the pressure, so he demoted the reformers. This has become a template.

After doing it a few times, no matter how loyal the person is, they will not dare to change the method again.

When it comes to the worst dynasty in history, many people's first thought is probably the Song Dynasty.

In fact, the Jin Dynasty was definitely much worse than the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the faint kings of the Song Dynasty were not ranked among all dynasties.

But when it comes to the Song Dynasty, the impression given is that it was weak and incompetent.

Li An felt that the reason for such a situation was that, in addition to emphasizing culture over military affairs, the compromise of Song Renzong's Qingli New Deal also played a crucial role.

The emperors who followed later would compromise anyway when they encountered problems, and they were used to compromising.

Of course, these words were treacherous, and Li An could only think about it in his heart.

"What Zi Qian means is that as long as you plan it slowly, the reform can succeed?" Gu Tingye asked.

"Zhong Huai, it's windy on Class A, let's go back to the cabin." Sheng Changbai said.

He knew that if the conversation continued, he would have to discuss a very sensitive topic.

Although there are only three of them here and they can trust each other, it is better not to talk about this kind of topic.

"Haha, Shanda has a good son."

"Haha, Liu Xuezheng is overly praised. You are a student with quick thinking and extraordinary knowledge. You will become a great person in the future."

The three of them heard the voices and turned around quickly. They were so busy talking that they didn't notice that Sheng Hong and Liu Xuewen had arrived in Class A on the top floor.

"I've met the teacher, Shanda Ren."

"I met my father, Liu Xuezheng."

"I've met Mr. Shanda, Mr. Liu."

Sheng Hong waved his hand, looked at Sheng Changbai with a hint of relief, and said, "It's okay to talk briefly about the reform, but we don't want to talk about it in depth, and we don't want to talk about it too much. Do you understand?"

I had read Ang Lee’s article in Yangzhou Shenghong before, and I felt a little regretful.

He knew Li An earlier than Liu Xuewen.

If he had noticed Li An earlier and accepted Li An as his student, nothing would have happened to Liu Xuewen.

However, after hearing what Li An said just now, Sheng Hong suddenly stopped being envious.

Although the official family restored the position of Grand Prime Minister Han in the past few years, many people felt that the official family intended to change the law.

For a time, there was a lot of talk about the reform, and many people were talking about it.

But from Sheng Hong's point of view, even if the officials intend to reform, it is unlikely to succeed.

In addition, now that the official family is fighting with the court officials because of the appointment of the prince, it is normal for this kind of thing to continue for several years.

When the matter of establishing a new crown prince comes to an end, will the government still be interested in reform?

What Li An said is indeed very insightful, but it is too sharp-edged, which is not a good thing in officialdom.

In the officialdom, only dealing with things diplomatically is the long-term solution.

In the future, Ang Lee may even fail the imperial examination because he likes to talk about these sensitive topics randomly.

His son was smart and as smooth as him. He knew that such a topic should not be discussed too much, so he did not say more and stopped the two of them from continuing.

At this moment, Sheng Hong felt that his son was like him.

"Yes." The three of them responded quickly.

"Haha, Liu Xuezheng, how about we go and talk about it?" Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"Good." Liu Xuewen smiled and nodded.

"When did they come?"

Gu Tingye watched the two people go down and said doubtfully.

"You also said that you have been practicing martial arts since childhood. People came up to you and didn't notice you. You still had the nerve to ask." Li An said angrily.

"Uh...you're practicing martial arts, and I didn't find out." Gu Tingye retorted.

"How long have I been practicing?" Li An said.

"All right."

Sheng Changbai interrupted the two of them and said: "Zi Qian, Zhong Huai. I know you have great ambitions, but this kind of topic involves too many topics, so it's best to talk as little as possible. It doesn't matter if we talk in private, like what happened just now It's my father and Mr. Liu, if others hear about it and spread the word, it will be very detrimental to us."

Sheng Changbai stopped Li An from talking, not out of tact as Sheng Hong thought, but out of caution.

As Sheng Hong said, this kind of thing can be discussed briefly, but not in depth.

Once they are labeled as a reformist, it will be very detrimental to them.

"Brother Chengcheng, don't worry, I understand." Li An said.

"Let's go, it's windy up there, let's go down." Sheng Changbai said.

……

For the next nearly half a month, Li An was either reading in his room every day, or gathering with Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye to discuss some issues.

Of course, Li An and Sheng Changbai talked most of the time, and Gu Tingye listened.

There was a heavy rain on the way, the wind was strong and the visibility was not high, so we had to stop at the shore for a few days, which delayed some time.

We set off from Yangzhou on the fifth day of April, and it was not until noon on the 19th that we saw the Bianjing Pier in the distance.

Li An stood on the deck and looked at the crowded Bianjing Pier, showing excitement.

After holding it in for so many days on the boat, people are going crazy.

This means they are on the same boat. It would be even more boring if they were separated.

As the capital of the Song Dynasty, Bianjing was very prosperous. Dozens of ships were waiting to dock near the pier. They queued for nearly an hour before it was Li An's turn to board the ship.

The old man of the Sheng family was very discerning and bought a house in Bianjing in his early years.

When Sheng Hong received the appointment letter, he sent his subordinates to Bianjing to clean the house.

A message had been sent before setting off, and as soon as the ship docked, the servants who had been waiting at the dock in advance came to greet them.

Sheng Hong originally wanted to invite Liu Xuewen to stay at Sheng's house temporarily, but Liu Xuewen refused.

Although Liu Xuewen did not have a house in Bianjing, he sent his servants to rent a house in Bianjing in advance.

After getting off the boat, Liu Xuewen asked Li An to find a few helpers, rented a few donkey carts from the dock, and asked the helpers to help unload and salute.

"Zecheng, Zhonghuai, I will leave with the teacher first." Li An said.

"I know where Liu Xuezheng's rented house is. I will go find you tomorrow and take you and Zicheng around Bianjing." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Okay, I remember someone said that he came to Bianjing and wanted to treat me and Zicheng to a nice place." Li An said with a smile.

"Is there still such a thing? Then I want to see it. To be honest, I haven't really visited Bianjing a few days ago." Sheng Changbai said with a smile.

"Haha, there is no place in Bianjing that I am not familiar with. I will definitely show you around later." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Second brother!"

Just then, a shout came from the distance.

The three of them looked for the sound and saw a middle-aged woman in the distance with a seven or eight-year-old child looking over here.

The child who called out saw Gu Tingye looking over and waving his hands happily.

Li An took a look at the woman and already guessed her identity.

I saw the woman looking at Gu Tingye with a smile. The smile on her face was very genuine, and there was no trace of hypocrisy.

No wonder it's not easy to play around with the Gu family and his son.