Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 250 Ideal and Reality

Although the officials said that it was because of the establishment of the throne, they had no intention of reform.

But how could Hai Wenren fail to hear the negativity in the official tone.

He also figured out the official's intention of calling him here.

The official wanted him to persuade Wang Anshi not to submit any more memorials.

"Your Majesty, I met a very talented young man today. He said..."

As Hai Wenren, who has always supported reform, he can naturally hope that officials can regain their confidence and implement reforms again.

So Hai Wenren told the officials what Li An said.

The previous officials would still be interested in these things, but at this time, the officials have lost all determination and do not want to reform at all.

Waiting for Hai Wenren to speak, he said impatiently: "Since the Qing family praises this person's talent, it shows that they agree with this person's remarks. Then you also know that the reform is impossible to succeed. Nowadays, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all about establishing a prince. We can’t stand the turmoil anymore if we keep arguing, do you understand?”

It was this trace of fantasy that made him reluctant to determine the candidate for the crown prince.

If the reform could be easily implemented, then he would be willing to try it.

In fact, after the implementation of the New Deal, there were indeed many drawbacks.

Although he is over fifty years old, it is not uncommon for him to have children at this age.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel that it is not entirely right.

This is also one of the reasons why the officials could not withstand the pressure and had to call a halt.

"Your Majesty, I do agree with what he said, but after thinking about it carefully, what he said was actually not comprehensive. However, his words gave me great inspiration and made me think of a way for the New Deal to be successful." Hai Wenren said.

The reason why Mr. Fan did this was not because he was worried that the officials would not be able to withstand the pressure, but because he was starting to lose confidence.

"Oh?" The official said with great interest: "Qing family, please tell me."

He agreed with Ang Lee's idea of ​​dividing the pie at first.

It is obviously a policy that benefits the country and the people, but why does it lead to many disadvantages when it is continued to be implemented?

"Because there are too few lower-level officials supporting the New Deal, the old guard's excuse for criticizing the New Deal is that the drawbacks of the New Deal are reincarnated. I always thought it was because the New Deal was implemented too hastily and without thorough consideration.

Even Grand Prime Minister Fan, who presided over the New Deal, was a little disheartened. When the officials wanted to protect him, he demoted himself out of Beijing.

After listening to Li An's words, I realized that it was not that the New Deal had any drawbacks at all, but that local officials did not strictly implement it. In other words, local officials deliberately distorted the New Deal, which caused many drawbacks and gave the conservatives an excuse to criticize. "Hai Wenren said.

Although the official family was disheartened because he had no heirs, the reason why he never established a heir was because he still had a trace of fantasy in his heart.

On the contrary, many people are deprived of their livelihood because of this.

Even if the reform is compared to dividing a pie, those officials who do not want their interests to be harmed cannot say that they are opposing it for their own interests.

At that time, many reformers even had some self-doubt.

The so-called New Deal not only failed to bring benefits to the people, but also made the imperial court strong.

It was precisely because of this self-doubt that Fan Daxiangong was discouraged and demoted himself out of the capital.

In fact, the old guard's excuse for opposing the New Deal was that the New Deal had too many drawbacks.

He even died in depression because of this incident.

Hai Wenren carefully savored Ang Lee's words and finally understood the reasons for the many shortcomings of the New Deal.

Local officials also have vested interests and do not support the New Deal. How can they strictly follow the provisions of the New Deal?

Even many of the shortcomings of the New Deal were deliberately created by them to give those officials in the court who opposed the New Deal an excuse to criticize the New Deal.

"The Qing family just tell me directly how the New Deal can be successful." The official said impatiently.

He was not in the mood to listen to these long speeches by Hai Wenren. He only wanted to know the price of the success of the New Deal. If it's easy, he can try it. If it's troublesome, he won't even try.

"Your Majesty, if you want the New Deal to be successful, you need many local officials who support the New Deal. Only in this way can the New Deal be implemented. Your Majesty can select some officials who support the New Deal and arrange them to serve as chief officials in various places, and then implement the New Deal. It will definitely succeed," Hai Wenren said.

If Ang Lee heard Hai Wenren's remarks, he would definitely shake his head secretly.

How to put it this way, Hai Wenren's method is not impossible, but it is too idealistic.

In other words, he underestimated the complexity of human nature.

Take Wang Anshi for example. Unlike Fan Daxianggong who had few supporters of his reform, Wang Anshi had many supporters.

Many people say that the reason why the Song Dynasty's reform was unsuccessful was because the emperor was too weak.

However, Shenzong, who supported Wang Anshi's reform, was not weak at all, and even went so far as to obey Wang Anshi's words.

As a result, the reform failed.

The number of supporters is indeed the key to the success of the reform.

But this supporter refers to those who sincerely support the reform.

When Wang Anshi carried out the reform, there were many supporters, but that was because the officials at that time followed Wang Anshi's advice, and those who supported the reform would soon be re-employed.

Many people supported the reform because they wanted to please the emperor and gain re-employment in this way.

As a result, the reform movement was a mixed bag, with few sincerely supporting the reform, and many people even resorted to the reform to eliminate dissidents.

Su Shi almost died in the Wutai Poetry Case. In fact, it was because he had political disagreements with the reformists and was ostracized. Knowing that it was difficult to gain a foothold in the court, he asked for release.

When I arrived at the place, I saw many shortcomings in the implementation of the new law, so I wrote a poem to criticize it.

As a result, the reformers filed an impeachment petition, saying that he had ridiculed the New Deal and almost died.

The method mentioned by Hai Wenren is indeed feasible, but placing people who support the reform as local officials is useless if the number of people is small. Once the number of people increases, officials will be aware of it.

At that time, there is a high probability that it will be the same as Wang Anshi's reform. For the sake of the future, there will be many followers.

But when those officials gain power, they will use the New Deal to benefit themselves.

For example, the Green Crops Law in Wang Anshi's reform was actually intended to suppress land annexation.

Some people have no money to buy seeds during spring plowing, so they go to wealthy families for loans.

In ancient times, the interest rates on loans were very high, making it difficult for people to repay them.

Once the debt is repaid, the land can only be used to pay off the debt, and you will become a tenant of the powerful landlord.

The green crop law means that the government lends money to the people at very low interest rates to ensure that the people can plow normally and the fields will not be annexed.

As a result, in actual practice, officials not only increase interest rates, but even force people to borrow money from the government in order to make money.

The people are miserable and complain.

And because of the New Deal slogans used by officials during implementation, the people would only blame the imperial court for these.

The official didn't think so much. He pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "It will take a long time, and the effect is still unknown. Now I just want to choose a qualified prince to inherit the inheritance of my ancestors. When I get old, these things will be left to me in the future. The emperor will do it."

"His Majesty…"

Hai Wenren originally thought that the officials would readily agree to what he said, but he didn't expect that the officials would directly refuse.

I wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by the official.

"Okay, the Qing family will give Wang Qing a good advice and let him focus more on his duties." The official said.

(End of this chapter)