Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 247 Too urgent
"Mingyun!"

Li An followed Su Shi and his son into Haijia. As soon as he walked around the screen wall and came to the corner door of the outer courtyard and the middle courtyard, a man in his sixties came out.

The man was dressed in dark gray robes, with a square face, an elegant expression, and a gentle smile on his face.

Su Xun cupped his hands and said, "I've met Academician Hai."

Su Shi and Su Che behind him quickly followed suit, and Li An also followed suit.

Haiwenren was already very familiar with the Su family and his son. He smiled and nodded in response, and his eyes stopped on Li An.

"This should be Ang Lee and Li Ziqian who said four warning words, right?"

"Li An, a junior student, has met Bachelor Hai." Li An bowed.

"Zizhan has often praised you in front of me. I also read your county examination article. The nine strategies for promoting agriculture in it have benefited me a lot." Hai Wenren praised you.

"It's all Zizhan's false praise. I'm just a boy, so I don't deserve such praise from Academician Hai." Li An said modestly.

In "Three Character Classic": Su Laoquan, twenty-seven. Begin to get angry and read books. I’m talking about Su Xun.

But in fact, Su Xun had already started studying hard after his mother passed away.

When Su Xun was moved after hearing this, he felt even more guilty.

Even because of his great enlightenment, he had a very calm temperament, which Su Shi and Su Che did not possess.

"Thank you, Master Hai."

It is said that the prodigal son never changes his fortune, and Su Xun can be said to be the most typical example.

Hai Wenren not only admired Su Xun because he liked his articles, but also admired his perseverance and mind.

It wasn't until I failed the imperial examination for the first time that I truly realized my enlightenment. I burned all the poems and articles I had written to show off my literary talents over the years, dug out the Four Books and Five Classics, and started studying from scratch.

But at that time, he was relying on his intelligence. Looking at his peers, none of them were necessarily smarter than him, so he thought that studying was not difficult.

Although Su Xun failed again in the national examination a few years ago, Hai Wenren did not think that his literary talent was inferior to that of his two sons.

"Humility is a good thing, but young people must also have the courage to give up to others. I know Zizhan's temperament. Although he seems to be approachable, he is actually arrogant. He has never praised his peers in front of me, let alone you. It's smaller than him." Hai Wenren smiled.

He really didn't know how to answer this, but Hai Wenren didn't continue to say anything, but smiled and invited Ji Ri in.

He was exactly twenty-seven years old at that time.

Hai Wenren waved his hand and said, "Okay, I can understand."

Li An was startled. It seemed that there was some kind of story in this.

In fact, although Hai Wenren admired all three of the Su family, Su Xun was the one who admired them more.

Su Xun came from a good family and studied since he was a child. However, he gave up after not studying for long.

After entering the central courtyard and coming to the living room, when the maid brought tea and left, Hai Wenren looked at Su Xun and said with a smile: "Mingyun, I thought you would always avoid me."

"Xueshi Hai, I..." Su Xun was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say for a while.

After getting married, Su Shi did not restrain his temper and traveled around.

Li An: "..."

Hai Wenren recommended Su Xun to officials many times. Officials also saw Su Xun and thought he was a rare talent.

However, officials in the Song Dynasty either entered the official position through the imperial examination or were granted the title of Yin Feng.

Su Xun failed the examination and was not qualified to be granted an official title. Even if the officials admired him, they could not grant him an official title directly.

For this reason, the officials specially prepared a Shirenyuan examination and called Su Xun to take part in the examination, hoping to get Su Xun into an official position.

However, Su Xun refused to participate due to illness.

The reason why Su Xun was unwilling to participate was because he was arrogant. In his opinion, entering an official position in this way was no different from taking the back door.

He has been strict with his two sons since they were young. If he joins the officialdom in this way, what will his two sons think of him? Not long after, news came that his wife had died of illness, and Su Xun left Bianjing with his two sons.

Su Xun didn't regret this. The only person he felt sorry for was Hai Wenren.

Hai Wenren worked hard for him without any selfish motives, but he failed to live up to Hai Wenren's hard work.

Even after his wife's mourning period ended and she came to Bianjing, he never came to see Hai Wenren.

This time, if Hai Wenren had not recommended his two sons to participate in the system, he would have had to come to thank them, and they would still avoid him.

Hai Wenren waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't feel guilty. I didn't think carefully about this matter."

Hai Wenren just felt that Su Xun was talented and did not want to bury the talent, so he recommended him to officials many times.

Su Xun refused to take the Sherenyuan exam, and he was a little angry when he found out.

But then he thought about it carefully and felt relieved.

If it were him, he wouldn't be willing to join the officialdom in this way.

Hai Wenren turned his head to look at Li An, who was sitting at the bottom, and said with a smile: "Your nine policies to promote agriculture and the new policy implemented by Grand Prime Minister Fan coincide in some places."

Li An still knows some of Fan Zhongyan's "Ten Things in Answering the Imperial Edict".

Among them were Jun Gong Tian and Hou Nong Sang, but he didn't know the details.

When he first answered the question, in order to appear novel and not be seen as supporting reform, he only made some additions to some of the existing agricultural regulations in the Song Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, it was somewhat consistent with the New Deal implemented by Fan Zhongyan.

Li An didn't think that Hai Wenren mentioned this just to praise him, so he followed Hai Wenren's words and said: "I have indeed borrowed some of Fan Wenzhenggong's ideas."

Hai Wenren nodded and said, "So you agree with Mr. Fan's new policy?"

Hearing this, Li An didn't know how to answer for a while, but he wasn't worried that Hai Wenren was deliberately testing him.

To put it bluntly, I am just a small person. With Hai Wenren's status, there is no need for such trouble.

Hai Wenren asked this question, obviously wanting to test him through this.

Although he had thought about it yesterday and felt that it was unlikely that Hai Wenren would use the New Deal to test him, but since Hai Wenren had asked the question, he naturally had to answer it.

However, this question is difficult to answer. Hai Wenren undoubtedly supports the New Deal.

But if he just praises the New Deal without saying anything new, it will be difficult to impress Hai Wenren.

Seeing Li An deep in thought, Hai Wenren didn't urge him and just looked at him with a smile.

The Su family, father and son, did not make a sound, quietly waiting for Li An's answer.

Li An pondered for a long time and then said: "The Song Dynasty has had long-standing shortcomings, and the purpose of the New Deal is to get rid of the long-standing shortcomings. If the Song Dynasty is compared to a person, the long-standing shortcomings are the disease, and the New Deal is the medicine. If you look at it from this perspective, There is no problem with the medicine of the New Deal being used to treat the diseases of the Song Dynasty."

There was a trace of disappointment in Hai Wenren's eyes. After the failure of the New Deal, those who supported the New Deal carefully thought about why the New Deal failed.

Hai Wenren has been studying this issue for so many years.

He originally thought that the New Deal was implemented too hastily and that there might be some problem with the New Deal itself.

However, after careful study, we found that there was nothing wrong with the New Deal itself.

If it can be implemented thoroughly, it can indeed solve the long-standing disadvantages of the Song Dynasty.

Hai Wenren never thought that Ang Lee could say anything too novel, but everyone knew the basics that Ang Lee said, which obviously did not satisfy him.

"So why did the New Deal fail?" He Wenren asked.

Although he was not satisfied with Li An's answer, Hai Wenren still wanted to give Li An another chance.

Li An was silent for a while and said, "It's too urgent."

(End of this chapter)