Fan Zhongyan was still busy with his own affairs in the next two days. Fan Ning stayed in Ouyang Xiu's mansion to practice calligraphy. Fan Zhongyan was afraid that he would make mistakes and could not explain to his parents, so he was not allowed to go out again.

Although Fan Ning wanted to go shopping in the trunks and tiles again, Fan Zhongyan had an explanation that he would not let him go out, and Ouyang Qian refused to take him out.

Fortunately, I had already bought the gifts for my parents when I went home. I bought my mother a few colors of rouge and two bottles of rose perfume from the ancient shop, and two bottles of Qianrichun wine from the Zhongshan Yuanzi shop.

Fan Ning gave up the idea of ​​going out for a trip and focused on practicing calligraphy in the mansion.

That afternoon, Fan Ning finished writing the words and wandered around the mansion alone. When he passed by the living room, he saw a young man sitting in the living room, as if waiting for Ouyang Xiu to come back.

Seeing that the man's tea bowl was empty, Fanning ran to the kitchen and asked someone to order a pot of tea.

"Who is the young man in the living room? I've been sitting for a long time!"

The butler laughed and said, "He! He is also the master's disciple. Every time he returns to Kyoto, he has to come to visit him. The master values ​​him very much."

"Who is he?" Fan Ning was a little curious. The person who could make Ouyang Xiu respect him must not be an ordinary person.

"He seems to be calling... By the way, his name is Wang Anshi!"

"What's the name?" Fanning took his ears, and he suspected that he had heard it wrong.

"A little official, his name is Wang Anshi. He passed the Jinshi exam in the last term. I heard that he had just been promoted to county magistrate."

Fan Ning suddenly understood, no wonder his grandfather said that he would meet Wang Anshi. It turned out that Wang Anshi was Ouyang Xiu's disciple. This was no coincidence!

At this time, the refreshment was ready. A servant picked up the teapot and was about to deliver it. Fanning quickly smiled and said, "Let me do it!"

He took the teapot and quickly walked towards the living room.

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The young man was Wang Anshi. He came to Beijing to attend the birthday of his husband Pang Ji. Pang Ji valued him very much and specially sent someone to send him a birthday letter.

Wang Anshi just got off the boat today and rushed to visit his mentor Ouyang Xiu. Unexpectedly, Ouyang Xiu was not at home, and he had been waiting for most of the hour.

A bowl of tea had already been drunk, and he was dry-mouthed. When he saw a young man bringing a teapot in, Wang Anshi quickly stood up to thank him.

"Are you waiting for Senior Ouyang?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

When the young man heard Fan Ning's tone, he seemed not from his mentor's mansion or a student. He did not dare to be rude and quickly clasped his fists and said, "I just came from Yin County and went to Beijing to work."

Yin County is Ningbo today. Fan Ning smiled and said, "Then we are half a fellow villager! I'm coming from Wu County."

"It turns out that Shaolang is from Pingjiang Prefecture, where there are outstanding people and beautiful places, and Xianggong Fan is from Wuxian."

"Mr. Fan is my grandfather, I will go to Beijing with him!"

The young man suddenly realized and saluted again, "It turned out that it was Duke Fan who was rude. Wang Anshi, who admired Mr. Fan's new policy very much!"

It was indeed Wang Anshi. Fan Ning looked at this young man a little. He was a very simple young man in the countryside. Where did he have the style of being famous?

"So you are Wang Anshi!"

"Fan Shaolang also knows me?"

"I heard it for a long time... it's famous!"

Fan Ning almost told me about the long-term reputation of "Adjust Your Majesty". At this time, Wang Anshi had just started working for a few years, and he was still far from his Majesty!

However, after looking closely, Fan Ning still felt Wang Anshi's unique temperament.

I saw him have a square face, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, and his eyes were bright and bright, and a kind of righteousness emerged from his bones.

Fan Ning couldn't help but secretly praise him. He is worthy of being a famous reformer in history. His indomitable personality can be seen from his temperament.

Wang Anshi sighed softly, "It's a pity to Lingzu's new policy on Qingli!"

The reason why Fan Ning had a special interest in Wang Anshi was because he had read several discussions about Wang Anshi's reform.

Although Wang Anshi accurately hit the stubborn disease of the Song Dynasty, he did not find the cause, which led to his inability to reform and his ideas.

It was like a headless fly running around, wasting a lot of time and resources, and finally everyone betrayed their relatives and failed.

It makes people angry that they do not fight and mourn their misfortune.

Fan Ning always closed the book and sighed, if he returned to the Song Dynasty, he would definitely wake up this aggression husband and tell him the correct way of reform.

Today, sitting in front of Wang Anshi was like standing on the long embankment of history. Fan Ning did not want to dig the embankment and completely change the river of history. This was not his mission.

But he hoped that Da Song would become better because of his arrival, which was also his greatest wish.

Fanning picked up the teacup and blew it, took a sip to calm her heart down.

After a long time, Fan Ning smiled faintly and said, "The new policy is launched in a hurry, without foundation, and cannot be understood. It is like a castle in the air. It would be strange if it does not fail!"

"Is this what Ling Zu summarized?"

Fanning shook her head, "This is what I said!"

Wang Anshi was surprised. He savored Fanning's words carefully, and the more he savored, the deeper he felt.

The Qingli New Deal was too hasty to introduce, and there was no consensus reached in the court. It failed in just one year because there were too many opponents.

Wang Anshi was nicknamed Wang Reform among his peers, and it was not that he had the intention to reform after he was middle-aged.

When he was studying, he had great ambitions and was determined to do a career, which changed the situation of poverty and weakness in the Song Dynasty.

When Fan Zhongyan implemented the new policy the year before yesterday, he only hated that he was too young to follow him.

So he was very excited whenever he mentioned the new policy of reform, especially the grandson of Mr. Fan, who, although he was young, must have had extraordinary knowledge.

Wang Anshi didn't know that more than a month ago, Fan Ning was called Fan Daidai in the village. He couldn't leave the village and had only been to a small town at the farthest distance.

Wang Anshi hurriedly asked, "Can Shaolang tell me why it is said that the new policy has no foundation?"

Fan Ning knew that Wang Anshi took many detours later, which led to many setbacks and ultimately failed, so he wanted to give him some advice, and perhaps the fate of the reform would change a little.

Wang Anshi is still young and has a strong plasticity. Now he can change his ideas and principles. If he waits for more than ten years to teach him, he can only go in the left ear and the right ear. His personality is not ordinary stubborn.

Fanning filled his tea bowl again and asked with a smile: "Then let me ask you first, what is the essence of reform?"

Wang Anshi pondered: "The essence of reform is to promote profits and eliminate disadvantages, and to change all the old rules and regulations that hinder the prosperity and strength of the Song Dynasty!"

Fanning shook his head, "That is the direction of reform, not the essence."

"Then what is the essence of reform?" Wang Anshi began to become stubborn and argued with Fan Ning very seriously.

Fanning reached out to dip his hand in a little tea, drew a circle on the table, and made a cross in the circle, and said lightly: "This is the essence of reform, in layman's terms, it's just a piece of cake!"

Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment and murmured: "Split the cake?"

"Yes! Divide cake."

Fan Ning continued: "The wealth of the world is this big pie. The powerful and powerful occupy too much, and the people and the court occupy too little, so there are many disadvantages. The country is weak and the people are poor. The essence of the so-called reform is to cut off the wealth of the powerful and distribute it to the court and the people."

Fanning used the most popular language to tear the appearance apart and reveal the essence. Wang Anshi was stunned as if he was struck by lightning.

He always believed that the Song Dynasty became weak and poor because various old customs and habits hindered the Song Dynasty from becoming prosperous and strong.

For example, the imperial court discriminated against the army, the government had too deep control over resources related to people's livelihood, etc.

As long as we can break various old rules and customs, streamline military and government administration, and sort out various relationships clearly, the "three redundant" dilemma of the Song Dynasty can gradually be reversed.

But today he heard a completely different theory of splitting cakes, and he suddenly realized that he had thought too superficially in the past.

But it was not so easy for Wang Anshi to be persuaded. He immediately retorted: "It's not right, then the military reform should have nothing to do with the splitting of cakes!"

Fan Ning shook his head, "The biggest drawback of the army is redundant soldiers. The Song Dynasty raised a million troops, and the imperial court was overwhelmed by the financial resources. I'm right!"

"It's true!"

"Have you ever thought about how many greedy people are hiding in this million army that are desperately sucking military expenses?"

Fan Ning stared at Wang Anshi with bright eyes and continued: "If you want to reform the military system, reduce redundant soldiers, reduce military spending, or use military spending to truly use soldiers, then whose interests will it violate? Isn't it just a cake?"

Wang Anshi's heart was like a flash of lightning. He became silent and stopped arguing, but humbly listened to Fanning's Dun Dun teachings.

"Where is the foundation of the reform? It lies in supporters. The more supporters, the stronger the foundation will be. But don't expect the powerful to support you, that's a trick with the tiger.

The true supporters are the people of the world, the emperor of real power, and countless middle- and low-level officials who are as eager to make the country prosperous and strong through reforms.

This requires you to unite all those who can unite, even the old country peasants or eunuchs in the palace, as long as they all say that the reform is right, then countless voices will shake the world together.”

Wang Anshi sighed softly, "It's simple to say, but it's not easy to do!"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "It's simple to say, but it's not difficult to do. This is what I just said, and I can't figure it out."

Wang Anshi had completely forgotten Fan Ning's age. He stood up and gave a tribute, "Please teach me!"

"If the reform is to get everyone's support, we need to let everyone see the benefits of the reform first. This requires a pilot project, a state or a county.

If a pilot is successful and then promoted, it will gain everyone's recognition and support.
To be continued...