The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

Wang Pangpang simply told Zhao Yang about the reform proposed by his father, "Your Highness, what do you think of the reform proposed by my father?"

After listening to Wang Pangpang talking about the reform proposed by Wang Anshi, Zhao Yang looked very calm, but his heart was not at all calm.Although he knew the content of Wang Anshi's reform a long time ago, he was still uncontrollably surprised when he heard what Wang Pangpang said.

Wang Anshi's reform is really too avant-garde, which is very suitable for later generations, but it is not suitable for the Song Dynasty.

To come up with such an avant-garde reform, Wang Anshi is really different from ordinary people.

After Cao Xu heard this, he opened his mouth wide with a surprised expression.

"This... this reform..." Over the years, Cao Xu has grown a lot.Although he was inferior to Wang Pangpang and Zhao Yang in terms of reading, he was much smarter than others.

Wang Pangpang saw that Zhao Yang was silent, and his heart sank slightly: "Your Highness, do you think my father's reform is not good?"

Zhao Yang smiled slightly at Wang Pangpang: "Pangpang, although you just gave a general idea, I can hear that the reform proposed by your father is very good..." Before he finished speaking, he saw Wang Pangpang A smile appeared on the fat face.

"but……"

When Wang Pangpang heard this, the smile he raised just now froze immediately.

"unrealistic."

"Impractical?" Wang Pangpang was a little unconvinced, "Your Highness, why is it unrealistic? The reform proposed by my father is all the experience he has accumulated from working in other places before, and he has carefully studied the people's sentiments." summed up."

If Zhao Yang said other comments, Wang Pangpang could accept it calmly, but if he said it was unrealistic, he couldn't accept it, and even got a little angry.

"Pangpang, what I said is unrealistic, not that the content of the reform proposed by your father is superficial." To be honest, the reform proposed by Wang Anshi is very good, but it is really not suitable for the Song Dynasty.

Hearing what Zhao Yang said, Wang Pangpang felt a little better, but he didn't quite understand what Zhao Yang meant.

"Your Highness, what are you talking about that is unrealistic?"

"Fatty, what I say is impractical is that it is impractical to execute."

"implement?"

"Yes, implementation will be a big problem." Zhao Yang said, "The reform proposed by your father was originally good, but if it is implemented step by step, it will deteriorate. It was originally a good thing for the common people, but it will end up harming the common people. the culprit."

"What do you mean?" Wang Pangpang was startled by Zhao Yang's words, "Your Highness, how could the reform proposed by my father harm the common people?" His father proposed the reform for the sake of the common people.

"It's not that your father's reform will harm the people, but the people who implement the reform will harm the people." The reason why Wang Anshi's reform failed was because of the people who implemented it. "For example, if the yamen lends cattle to farmers for farming, can farmers voluntarily borrow them?"

Wang Pangpang was a little at a loss when he said this, but he still nodded: "Yes, that's right."

"Your father originally meant to let the peasants borrow voluntarily, but when they arrive at the local government office, they will force the peasants to borrow cattle to cultivate for political achievements." Zhao Yang frowned and said, "Some farmers have the ability to borrow cattle to cultivate. Raise the cattle in the yamen well, but some farmers don’t have the ability.”

"If the local yamen forcefully lend cattle to these farmers who have no ability to raise cattle, what will happen to the farmers?"

"Your Highness, you can issue a decree to prohibit the local yamen from forcing farmers to borrow cattle to farm for political achievements."

"Pangpang, you are too naive." Zhao Yang shook his head and said, "Even if it is clearly decreed that the local yamen cannot force the farmers to borrow cattle, but if the local yamen is obedient, how could the court know?"

"Also, there are many farmers borrowing cattle to cultivate in other places, and they have been praised and recognized by the court, so what do you think the yamen in other places will do?" Zhao Yang said in a deep voice, "For the sake of political achievements, what are the local officials doing?" It can be done. But my father and I are far away in Bianjing, how could we know these things. Besides, most people will not reveal this matter because of the protection of officials. It was borrowed voluntarily."

Wang Pangpang became silent after hearing Zhao Yang's words.

Cao Xu on the side agreed with Zhao Yang's statement very much: "Those officials who are for political achievements can really do things that force the common people to borrow cattle to farm."

"Some officials don't care about the life and death of ordinary people for the sake of political achievements." There are a lot of such officials, no matter which dynasty they are in, and even in later generations. "If the local yamen forces the people to borrow cattle to farm, it will really lead to the destruction of the people's homes." Zhao Yang was not trying to scare Wang Pangpang, but such things really happened.

Historically, Wang Anshi's reforms ran for a period of time, and as a result, the local yamen that Zhao Yang just mentioned forced the common people to borrow money, which led to the destruction of many common people's homes.This result also led to the failure of Wang Anshi's reform.

Wang Pangpang knew that Zhao Yang was right.After hearing this, he felt chills in his heart.

"Your Highness, is there really no way to stop these officials?"

Zhao Yang looked at Wang Pangpang, shook his head slightly and said, "There is no way, that's why I said that the reform proposed by your father is unrealistic." After speaking, he added, "If it is really implemented Come to think of it, I'm afraid the consequences will be more serious than what I just said."

Cao Xu nodded in agreement and said, "Your Highness is right."

Wang Pangpang felt very heavy.He knew in his heart that the reform proposed by his father was for the good of the people, but just after hearing Zhao Yang talk about the consequences of implementing it, he felt that the reform proposed by his father had turned into a bad thing instead.

"Pangpang, please talk to your father carefully." Zhao Yang sighed quietly and said, "The reform proposed by your father is not suitable for Da Song for the time being."

Wang Pangpang nodded slightly: "I will tell my father well." He and his father thought of everything, but they didn't think of carrying out what His Highness said.

"Whether it's reform or reform, it has to be in line with the actual situation." Zhao Yang thought that Song Dynasty still had many internal problems that had not been resolved, and his face became dignified. "However, the reform proposed by your father is really advanced. How did your father come up with it?" Wang Anshi was born in the wrong era. If he was in the later generations, the reform he proposed could be successfully implemented.

"Your Highness, my father proposed the reform based on the actual situation."

Next, Wang Pangpang told Zhao Yang in great detail how his father came up with the content of the reform bit by bit.

After Zhao Yang and Cao Xu finished listening, they both looked dumbfounded.

"Your Highness, I just briefly talked about my father's reform, but I didn't mention the specifics." Wang Pangpang thought for a while and said, "The reform proposed by my father may be applicable in some places."

"That's right, let your daddy tell my dad about it in detail tomorrow." Wang Anshi's reform is not useless at all, some things can still be used.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The reform was his father's painstaking effort for half his life.For it, his father suffered a lot in other places in those years and spent a lot of thought.He didn't want his father's hard work to be wasted like this.

"You don't need to thank me. If your father's reform is useless, even if you are my good friend, I will not use your father's reform." Zhao Yang has always been clear about the distinction between public and private.

"Your Highness, if my father's reform is useless, I won't tell you."

"It is."

After chatting for a while, Zhao Yang asked Wang Pangpang to go to Yushuyuan to find his father.

After Wang Pangpang found Wang Anshi, he told his father about Zhao Yang's attitude towards the reform.

After Wang Anshi heard his son's words, he was very surprised at first, and then his expression became very serious.

"Daddy, Your Highness wants you to talk to the officials about the reform tomorrow."

Wang Anshi nodded lightly: "Okay, I will report to the officials tomorrow."

Wang Pangpang could tell that his father was in a bad mood, "Daddy, Your Highness said that the reform you proposed is very good, but some parts are not realistic, but some contents are still usable."

Wang Anshi knew that his son was trying to comfort him, "Your Highness is right, I didn't think of carrying it out." In terms of execution, His Highness really pointed out the shortcomings.Thinking of what His Highness said would happen, Wang Anshi was shocked into a cold sweat.

"Daddy, it's not your fault."

"I'm fine, you go back to the East Palace." Although Wang Anshi was in a bad mood, he was not hit.Besides, His Royal Highness is very right.

Seeing that his father was really fine, Wang Pangpang returned to the East Palace with peace of mind.

"Is your father okay after hearing this?" Zhao Yang asked with concern.

"Daddy said you were right, it was because he didn't think carefully."

"It's not that your father didn't think well, it's that your father didn't expect the local yamen to do this." Wang Anshi is not only talented, but also a good official. It's normal for him to be unexpected.

"Your Highness, if you don't tell me, I wouldn't have thought of it." Wang Pangpang sighed and said, "I still don't know much about officialdom."

Zhao Yang was amused by Wang Pangpang's words: "You haven't entered the officialdom yet, so of course you don't know anything about it. When you pass the exam, you will enter the officialdom, and you will know a lot of things by then." After finishing speaking, he patted He patted Wang Pangpang on the shoulder, "Don't worry about official affairs for the time being, and focus on the provincial examination in April first."

The exam is over.Results will be announced after seven days.Next, is the country test.

After the Ching Ming Festival, the township examination starts on time.

The difficulty of the rural examination is much more difficult than the three examinations of the children's examination.

Some people used the college examination as a threshold before.In fact, the township examination is the most important and the most difficult threshold in the imperial examination.It is not an easy thing to pass the provincial examination.

"His Royal Highness, from your tone, this year's provincial examination will be difficult?"

"Of course it's difficult. After all, it's the first time to take the provincial examination." Zhao Yang said meaningfully, "The previous provincial examination was not even half as difficult as the provincial examination. Do you think it is difficult?"

Cao Xu was startled by these words: "Is it so difficult?"

Both he and Wang Pangpang had done the previous provincial examination papers before.To be honest, there is a certain degree of difficulty.I didn't expect the township test to be twice as difficult as the provincial test. This...

"It is not an easy task to pass the exam." Juren's fame is greater than that of a scholar.If you pass the examination as a scholar, you can't directly become an official, but you can.Although raising someone to become an official, the official position will be very low at the beginning, but if you do well, you will be promoted in the future.

Wang Pangpang still said very confidently: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely win the exam." He didn't have much confidence in winning Jieyuan in the exam, but he was very sure of winning in the exam.Besides, he didn't think about passing the exam.No.1 in the provincial examination is called Jieyuan.

After returning to the East Palace, Wang Pangpang was still studying with Zhao Yang as before.

A few days later, Zhao Yang knew Wang Pangpang's college examination results immediately.