Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 317 Zhao Ceying

There is another point that Li An did not say. Even those common people may feel that the world is unfair before they are named on the gold list. After becoming an official, they must seek benefits for the people.

But after they become officials, how many of them can maintain their original aspirations?
In later generations, there was a theory of great corruption from poor families, which means that officials from poor families were more eager for wealth and power because of their poor families.

Corrupt officials are more likely to appear.

This view is polarizing and controversial.

Some people think that coming from a poor family is actually a kind of training. Officials from a poor family are more aware of the difficulties of the people and will hate corrupt officials even more.

However, those children from aristocratic families with privileged backgrounds are more prone to corruption because they are used to arrogance and extravagance.

Ang Lee has a relatively objective view on the theory of great corruption among poor families.

In Li An's view, no matter whether it is a humble family or aristocratic family, there are good and bad, and it cannot be judged based on one's birth.

But people are selfish. In ancient times, the imperial examination gave children from poor families the opportunity to change their destiny.

The so-called opportunity to change their destiny refers to making them from the ruled class to the ruling class.

Therefore, whether they come from a poor family or from a noble family, when they become vested interests, most people will oppose the reform once it touches their interests.

As a disciple of the Lord, Gu Tingye naturally knew what Li An meant and fell silent after hearing the words.

Upon seeing this, Li An said: "Let's not talk about this. It seems that Wang Tongpan is in a very difficult situation now. Let's go see him tomorrow to understand the situation and see if we can help him solve his current predicament."

Gu Tingye nodded after hearing this.

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It rained heavily all night, and it didn't stop until the sky got slightly brighter.

As a result, Li An had some insomnia last night and was still yawning when he woke up in the morning.

After washing, I felt a little more energetic.

After meeting up with Gu Tingye, they had breakfast at the inn, then left the inn and headed to Tongpan Yamen.

It's early summer now, and because of the heavy rain all night, the air is very fresh, with a hint of coolness.

The bluestones on the street were washed clean.

The prosperity of Yuzhou is not much worse than that of Yangzhou City.

Although it was early in the morning, the streets were crowded with people and the sound of hawking was endless.

"This Yuzhou is quite prosperous." Gu Tingye sighed.

Li An smiled and said: "Yuzhou is not far from the canal and connected by tributaries. It is only about three hundred miles away from Bianjing, so it is naturally prosperous."

The inn where they lived was not far from Tongpan Yamen. They talked all the way and spent about a stick of incense before arriving at Tongpan Yamen.

Li An stepped forward and communicated with the guard on duty at the door, handed over the greeting card, and the guard took the greeting card and went in to inform.

There was no scene of being looked down upon and made things difficult by the guards.

In fact, the lower the people are, the better they are at observing words and emotions.

Li An and Gu Tingye were dressed in extraordinary clothes and accompanied by their entourage. How could the guards dare to neglect them.

It's just a matter of going in and making an announcement. As for whether to see him or not, it's up to Lord Tong San and it has nothing to do with him.

Not long after waiting, Wang Anshi walked out quickly.

Seeing Li An smile and say: "Zichu, I've been waiting for you to come."

"Brother Jiefu!"

Li An returned the favor and introduced Gu Tingye to Wang Anshi. He only said that he was his classmate and came to study with him, but did not introduce Gu Tingye's identity in detail.

Wang Anshi nodded to Gu Tingye and greeted them both into the Tongpan Yamen.

The yamen is very old, but this is normal. There has always been a saying in official circles that officials do not repair yamen. After all, local officials all have terms of office, and the court will not allow an official to serve in a certain place for a long time.

Generally speaking, with a three-year term, you will either be promoted and transferred to another place, or you will be transferred to another place on a horizontal basis.

Let alone re-election, it is basically just one term.

For corrupt officials, after working for a short period of time, the money spent on repairing the yamen is not as good as the corruption themselves, and they can still leave a reputation for integrity.

Honest officials don't like doing such face-saving projects.

As a state city, Yuzhou's Tongpan Yamen is just old, not dilapidated, and is considered good.

In some county offices, the walls have collapsed and no one has repaired them.

Li An looked at the young man following Wang Anshi curiously.

The boy is fifteen or sixteen years old, but his eyes are calm and befitting of his age, and he looks like a scholar.

Based on his age and clothes, he couldn't possibly be a junior official in the general judge's yamen.

Li An guessed whether this was Wang Anshi's student.

Along the way, Wang Anshi smiled and chatted with Li An, but Li An could see deep tiredness in his eyes.

Wang Anshi took Li An and Gu Tingye to the back hall, sat down and ordered tea to be served.

"Zi Qian, have you settled down? Why not stay at my house temporarily." Wang Anshi said with a smile.

Because he didn't know Gu Tingye's position, although Wang Anshi was anxious, he didn't rush to talk about the New Deal.

"Thank you, Brother Jiefu. We arrived in Yuzhou yesterday evening and have already settled in." Li An said with a smile.

Wang Anshi nodded, pointed at the young man next to him and smiled: "Zi Qian, this is a member of the clan, Zhao Ceying, the son of the training envoy of the Zhao regiment in Yuzhou. Now he is studying with me, and he is considered half of my student."

Li An was stunned when he heard this and looked at Zhao Ceying in shock.

He hadn't thought about it. After arriving in Yuzhou, he would see if he could get acquainted with Zhao Zongquan. After Zhao Zongquan ascended the throne, he might be reused.

However, he never expected that Zhao Ceying would become Wang Anshi's teacher.

But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't matter.

Although the Song Dynasty had very strict restrictions on the clan, the clan titles in the Song Dynasty were downgraded.

The imperial court restricted only those with princes.

Although Zhao Zongquan is from the Taizu lineage, he doesn't even have a title now, he is just a sixth-grade regimental trainer.

The regimental training envoy seemed to be a genuine sixth-grade officer, but in fact, he was only training militiamen and had basically no rights.

If Zhao Zongquan and his son were not from the Taizu lineage and their identities were somewhat sensitive, it would not matter even if Wang Anshi officially accepted Zhao Ceying as his student.

Li An quickly came to his senses, suppressed the surprise in his heart, and said: "Zhong Huai is the second son of Marquis Ningyuan, and he admires Jie Fu very much. This time he heard that I came to see Brother Jie Fu, so he followed me. "

Wang Anshi introduced Zhao Ceying to tell Li An that Zhao Ceying could be trusted and there was no need to avoid him when speaking.

Li An naturally understood, so he explained Gu Tingye's identity in detail, also telling him that he didn't need to avoid Gu Tingye.

The smile on Wang Anshi's face faded when he heard this, and he sighed and said: "Zi Qian, before I came to Yuzhou, I thought of the difficulties involved, but I still underestimated it."

"Brother Jiefu, you are a little impulsive this time. I have reminded you before that the purpose of going to the local area to implement what you have in mind is just to test it first and see what shortcomings and resistance there are. Then find ways to solve these and prepare for future reforms. Prepare for reform. Now is not a good time for reform. You should not push it so hard that you become passive." Li An shook his head.

When he first paid attention to Wang Anshi, he wanted him to realize the problems and difficulties involved, so that when he implemented reforms in the future, he would be able to think carefully and not be so stubborn.

Who would have imagined that after encountering resistance, Wang Anshi didn't want to find a way to solve it and wanted to force it forward.

Wang Anshi smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I know what you are talking about. I implemented the Green Seedling Law in Yuzhou, and the effect was very good. However, when I implemented it in the subordinate counties, the effect was very average. The magistrates of each county found various reasons to violate it."

(End of this chapter)