Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 251 Boil the Frog in Warm Water

"The minister obeys the order!"

Hai Wenren opened his mouth, and finally sighed silently in his heart.

At this time, he also understood that today's officials are no longer the high-spirited and enterprising officials they used to be.

"Stay back," the official said.

"I resign!"

Hai Wenren bowed and retreated.

The sun is shining brightly today, which is a rare good weather.

At this time, the sun was in the west, shining just in the direction of the gate of Longtuge.

The winter sun was not dazzling, and it still provided some warmth on the body. However, this warmth could not dispel the haze in Hai Wenren's heart.

Haiwenren admired Wang Anshi very much and even taught him personally for a period of time.

"Why don't you notify me in advance when Ming Gong comes, so that the students can greet him?" Wang Anshi saluted.

Hai Wenren nodded and walked in under the guidance of the old servant.

Hearing this, Hai Wenren was surprised and said, "If that's the case, then why do you have to perform so many times?"

The attendants waited for Hai Wenren to get out of the car, then went up to call the door. After a while, the door of the house opened a little, and an old servant stuck his head out.

Before Wang Anshi passed the Jinshi examination, he got acquainted with Hai Wenren's students and was introduced to Hai Wenren.

Looking at Hai Wenren outside, the old servant quickly opened the door and saluted, "I've seen Academician Hai."

"I came here on an impromptu basis. I want to talk to you about something." Hai Wenren said.

Wang Anshi heard this and invited Hai Wenren to sit down in the hall. After the servants brought tea and dismissed him, he asked: "Ming Gong came to visit this time because of the student's report to the officials?"

"Students have been local officials for many years and have seen many shortcomings. As a minister, if you do not advise the officials, you will be sorry for the officials and the people." Wang Anshi said seriously.

The plaque above the door is engraved with two large characters: Wang Zhai. The handwriting is elegant and elegant, which shows that the person who wrote it has considerable attainments in calligraphy.

Although he did not have the title of master and disciple, Wang Anshi always called himself a student in front of Hai Wenren.

As soon as they passed the outer courtyard, Wang Anshi came out after learning the news.

The front door of the house is old, even a tile in the eaves is missing, and all the paint on the door has fallen off.

Hai Wenren stood at the door of Longtuge and paused for a moment. He wanted to turn around and persuade the officials several times, but finally gave up the idea.

Hai Wenren smiled bitterly and said, "I still can't hide it from you. It is indeed the officials who asked me to be this lobbyist."

After leaving the palace and getting on the carriage, Hai Wenren ordered the coachman to go to Wang's house, then leaned on the carriage and began to think deeply.

About half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of an old house in the north of the outer city.

"Is Jiefu at home?" Hai Wenren asked.

Wang Anshi laughed at himself: "The students have already expected this, and the officials have no intention of reform."

"Back to Academician Hai, my master is at home, please come to Academician Hai." The old servant said sideways.

Hearing this, Hai Wenren couldn't help but sigh: "If all the officials in the world are like Jiefu, reporting to the king and being worthy of the people, why worry about the country not being strong?"

"Ming Gong, there is no need to be discouraged. Students always believe that there are many loyal and patriotic people in the world. The official family has only lost confidence because of the failure of the last New Deal. As long as we persist, the official family will naturally regain their confidence and carry out reforms." Wang Anshi said firmly.

"I'm not discouraged." Hai Wenren shook his head and said: "It's just that when the officials summoned me today, I heard from the officials' tone that they have no intention of reform at all and are only focused on establishing the throne. .”

He has been an official for many years, with ups and downs, and has seen all kinds of storms.

He was not discouraged by the official's attitude. He was just worried that it would hurt Wang Anshi.

Now seeing Wang Anshi's attitude, he felt that his worries were unnecessary.

Wang Anshi had a firm mind. When he recommended Wang Anshi to the officials, the officials wanted to promote him, but Wang Anshi refused because he did not want to stir up the trend of extraordinary promotion. How could such a person be defeated because of a little difficulty.

"The crown prince is related to the foundation of the country, so we should be cautious. When the official family decides on the candidate, reforms will naturally occur. Even if the official family does not do it, the future new king will do it, and the students will not give up. In fact, the students prefer to do it locally. Officials, only in this way can we better sort out the shortcomings of the imperial court and prevent the fate of Mr. Fan from happening again." Wang Anshi said.

The Song Dynasty once restructured the functions and powers of the imperial departments.

The Household Department, which controlled the world's money and food, was divided into the Salt and Iron Division, the Duzhi Division and the Household Division, collectively known as the Three Divisions.

Today, Wang Anshi is the Duzhi Judge. This official position is only at the sixth level, which is not high.

However, in the official system since ancient times, there have always been some officials with small positions and high power.

And Judge Duzhi is one of them.

The duty of Duzhisi is to "control the amount of wealth in the world, check whether it is available every year, control its comings and goings, and plan the use of the country."

To put it simply, it is similar to the finance department of later generations.

All the ministries of the imperial court need to spend money, and they must submit it to the branch office for review and approval before they can get the money.

The duty of the Duzhi Magistrate is to review and plan the allocation of national financial expenditures.

But for Wang Anshi, he was obsessed with reform. If he was not allowed to preside over the reform, he would rather serve as a local official and improve his own reform measures.

"Jiefu's words are wrong. Although the lower levels are full of disadvantages, how about the upper levels of the court?" Hai Wenren said.

Wang Anshi cupped his hands and said: "Thank you very much for the reminder. However, students still feel that reform is very difficult. They should proceed step by step to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Reforming the bottom layer first will not only have less resistance, but also achieve results faster. Not only does this It can strengthen the government's determination to reform, and the opposition it encounters will not be too great."

Hai Wenren was startled and said with a smile: "Jie Fu's idea is quite similar to the comment about boiling a frog in warm water that I heard from another person this morning."

"Boil a frog in warm water?" Wang Anshi looked at Hai Wenren doubtfully.

Hai Wenren explained with a smile: "The so-called boiling a frog in warm water means putting the frog in a pot of cold water and heating it slowly. The frog will not sense the danger and will naturally stay in the pot. When the frog reacts, , and no longer have the ability to leave the pot.”

Wang Anshi felt as if he had found a confidant when he heard this, and asked: "I don't know who has such insight. The student would like to meet this person and have a good chat with him."

"This person's name is Li An, and his courtesy name is Ziqian. Today..."

Hai Wenren briefly introduced Li An's identity, and then repeated Li An's remarks.

After hearing this, Wang Anshi became more curious about Li An.

Because he found that some of Li An's ideas coincided with his.

The reason why Wang Anshi was obsessed with reform was not because he was influenced by Xianggong Fan.

After all, when Fan Daxianggong's New Deal failed, he had just started his education, so how could he understand this.

He wanted to reform the law because he was an official in the East and saw too many shortcomings.

Therefore, unlike those reformists, he could not tolerate negative remarks about the New Deal.

On the contrary, it was precisely because he wanted to change the law that he deliberately studied the reasons for the failure of the New Deal.

That's why he wanted to reform some systems for the people at the bottom first.

"Although Ziqian is only a child, he is very talented and has extraordinary knowledge. You can really have a good chat with him." Hai Wenren said.

"That's exactly what the students meant."

Needless to say, Hai Wenren said that Wang Anshi was already preparing to meet Li An.

Hai Wenren did not continue to talk about this topic, but told Wang Anshi not to play the memorial for the time being.

Nowadays, the officials are very disgusted with his constant reports.

Otherwise, he would not have been sent to persuade him. If Wang Anshi continued to report, the officials would be angry and might demote Wang Anshi.

Instead of doing this, it is better to keep it useful and wait for the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)