When I returned home, the family members had all had dinner, and those who had something to do were busy, and those who had nothing to do went back to their rooms to rest. Zhao Qianru was sitting in the room reading a book, and when she saw Yang Yan coming back, Zhao Qianru put down the scroll in her hand and said, "Yanlang, you are back." Then he got up and helped him take off his official uniform and change into his home clothes. She has fully integrated into the role of being Yang Yan's wife.

Yang Yan said with some humility: "I couldn't go home to eat with you today, it's my fault." ”

Zhao Qianru smiled slightly and said: "What did Yan Lang say, officials are naturally inevitably going back and forth to socialize, and Yu Xianggong is naturally looking for Yan Lang to go for something, not to mention that Yan Lang sent someone back to tell me, it can be seen that Yan Lang still remembers me all the time in his heart." I'm so happy, how can I blame Yanlang? Don't say anything like that again. ”

Yang Yan couldn't help but be deeply moved by his wife's empathy, kissed her lightly on the cheek, and said, "I am really lucky to be able to marry a wife like Qianru in my third life." ”

Zhao Qianru said: "What is Yu Xianggong looking for Yanlang to do?" Is it difficult to do Quang Nam again? ”

Yang Yan shook his head, repeated what Yu Yunwen had said to them to Zhao Qianru, and then said: "When I think about it now, I don't understand why Yu Xianggong said these words, I always feel a little weird. ”

Zhao Qianru said: "I understand a little bit when I say this, and Mr. Chen is probably clear." ”

Yang Yan gently hugged Zhao Qianru, sat on the edge of the bed, hugged her in his arms, and said, "Tell me, what do you understand?" ”

Zhao Qianru said: "You should always understand the matter of King Jing Gong and Sima Xianggong of the previous dynasty, right?" ”

Yang Yan nodded, Wang Jinggong is Wang Anshi, Sima Xianggong is Sima Guang, and the two of them are famous ministers in the era of Emperor Shenzong, and they have also been prime ministers and are in charge of the government. However, one is the new party, the other is the old party, the political views are different, Wang Anshi was in power to implement the new law, so Sima Guang moved to Luoyang, compiled the [Zizhi Tongjian], did not allow him to participate in the government politics, and later when Sima Guang was in power, all the new laws formulated by Wang Anshi were abolished regardless of good or bad, almost like fire and water. However, the two have a very good personal relationship, everything is public-to-public, and they have never made any attacks on each other in private. And they respect each other very much, and they are really gentlemen's friends.

Yang Yan was a little puzzled: "Yu Xianggong mentioned Wang Xianggong, but he didn't mention Sima Xianggong, but what does this have to do with us?" ”

Zhao Qianru smiled slightly: "It doesn't have much to do with you, but it has something to do with Mr. Chen, I think Mr. Chen should also see it." Do you remember Zhu Xi? ”

Yang Yan said: "Of course I remember." ”

Zhao Qianru said: "I know that you don't treat Zhu Xi very well, but you can't deny that Zhu Xi is a great Confucian of science today, and he has a wide range of knowledge, and he is also well-known among scholars. ”

Yang Yan nodded, although he didn't have a good impression of Zhu Xi, he had to admit that Zhu Xi had a high reputation among the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhu Xi was not a bad person, he was also quite upright after serving as a few magistrates, and he had presided over several disaster relief events, and he had done a lot of practical things for the people. But he didn't know what Zhu Xi and Chen Liang had to do with it.

Zhao Qianru said with a smile: "Mr. Chen probably knows that you don't want to see Zhu Xi, so I didn't mention him in your face." In fact, it is very simple to say, their guan is similar to Wang Jinggong and Sima Xianggong, with different points, one advocates 'heavenly principles and human desires, intolerable coexistence, the reality of cultivating virtue, caring about removing human desires, and preserving heavenly principles' while the other advocates 'both benefit and righteousness, and the king and tyrant are used together'. It's just the opposite, but the two have a very good personal relationship, and they also respect each other very much. ”

Yang Yan said: "I understand, Yu Xianggong was afraid that the two of them would go to the step of Wang Jinggong and Sima Xianggong, so they said these words. ”

Zhao Qianru nodded, and sighed softly: "The dispute between the old and new parties back then was really a misfortune for the Great Song Dynasty. Since the two became ancients, the dispute between the two parties has completely degenerated into a struggle of will, suppressing each other, and ignoring the major affairs of the imperial court, so that Cai Jing's treachery can take advantage of it, and the country's situation is also untidy. Yu Xianggong said these words, on the one hand, he didn't want the same thing as Wang Jinggong and Sima Xianggong between Zhu Xi and Mr. Chen, and on the other hand, he also warned you not to let the main battle and the main battle become a senseless dispute between the two parties, and the current Great Song Dynasty could not afford such a toss. ”

Yang Yan was a little puzzled, and said: "I also know some about the dispute between the old and new parties back then, but now it is the responsibility of my people in the Great Song Dynasty to restore the Central Plains, and how can the main battle and the main harmony become a dispute between the two parties?" ”

Zhao Qianru stared at Yang Yan and sneered: "When the old and new parties were in dispute, how many people sought their own policies, but there was only one person who always said that the new law was feasible, and only Sima Xianggong was the only one who always said that the new law was not feasible. You take it as your responsibility to restore the Central Plains, but do other people really think that way? Is it true that the speaker must be to restore the lost territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and must the speaker be Gou An's stealing generation? Some people clamored all day long for the imperial court to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and last year's Northern Expedition was carried out only after several years of dismal operation by the officials. You know how it turned out. Fighters, the great plan of the country, how can it be child's play, let alone an excuse to invite a false name or seek high-ranking officials. ”

Yang Yan couldn't help but be awe-struck in his heart, he had traveled all over the world in the past two years, experienced more things, and matured his thoughts a lot, knowing that although many people were also fighting with one force, they were actually just using this to raise their value, if they were really asked to go to the battlefield, they would definitely do everything possible to prevaricate.

In the second year of Longxing, the Jin State sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty to demand the cession of Tang, Cai, Ying, Si, and Hai Wuzhou, and restore the New Year's coin. At that time, Zhao Chuanxue, a member of the Ministry of Rites, advocated the Northern Expedition and recovered the Central Plains on weekdays, and every time he talked about it, he would cry and make an impassioned state, but Zhao Yan issued an order, as if he was an envoy, and sent an envoy to negotiate with the Jin State, Zhao Chuanxue was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he fell down in the court, crying bitterly and saying that he did not dare to send an envoy to the Jin State. Zhao Yan had no choice but to change to Fan Chengda. This incident has been a laughing stock since then, and it can be seen that although some people keep saying that they are fighting the main battle, they are actually just an excuse to save their voices or official positions.