The news of Wang Anshi's entry into Beijing soon spread, and the whole capital was shaken for a while, in fact, this is not surprising, because when Wang Anshi entered Beijing for the first time during the Renzong period, his fame was not as big as it is now, but even so, it still made countless scholars and doctors run for it, and now Wang Anshi's fame is better than in the past, so his appearance has simply become a grand event for scholars in the world.

"Selling newspapers ~ selling newspapers ~ Wang Linchuan, who has enjoyed a reputation in the world for 30 years, arrives in the capital, and will soon meet the official family ......" A tabloid carried a backpack cross-carry, which was full of newspapers, and shouted while waving the newspaper in his hand, when someone waved to him, the newsboy would immediately rush over, take the five cents handed by the other party and then send out a newspaper.

"The king of the county, I didn't expect that the newspaper would not only give readers a place to express their opinions, but also give these poor children a way to make money, which is really a big deal!" Looking at the newsboy running around, Shen Kuo smiled and said to Zhao Yan next to him.

The newspaper began to be issued a few days ago, because of the fame of Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi and others, coupled with the special role of the newspaper, so that readers can express their views on current affairs, so it caused a huge sensation at the beginning of the issue, and the readers of the entire Tokyo City are rushing to buy it, which also makes the Great Song Daily quickly famous, and even the readers of the Great Song Dynasty do not get up every morning to have breakfast, but to read the news in the newspaper first.

When Zhao Yan heard Shen Kuo's words, he couldn't help but show a smile on his face and said: "The newspaper is originally a thing that is accessible up and down, and it is not harmful for most people, and it can also open the eyes of more people and understand some changes around them, so I spent so much effort to get the newspaper out." ”

"The king of the county, don't say anything else. It is said that now the imperial court is preparing to print Buddhist scriptures and sell them to Liao, on the one hand, you can make some money, and on the other hand, you can also use the spread of Buddhism to weaken the financial resources of Liao! Shen Kuo said with admiration at the moment. At the end, there was a malicious smile on his face.

Buddhism has a good side to guide people to good, but everything has two sides, Buddhism is good and bad for those in power, for example, if Buddhism flourishes, it will occupy a lot of land, and monks do not produce, the more monks there are, the greater the pressure on society. Therefore, if the development of Buddhism is unlimited, it is absolutely disastrous for a country, which is why the emperor destroyed the Buddha in the history of the Central Plains. It can be seen from this that Buddhism is terrible, so the Great Song Dynasty definitely did not have a good heart for the Liao State to send scriptures.

"Haha. I've also heard about this matter.,It seems that the people of the Taoist Gate built yì to the imperial court.,In addition, I also asked the Buddhism to send more senior monks to the Liao State.,For this reason, the Buddhism has suffered a dumb loss! Zhao Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

He also heard Cao Tong mention this matter, and Cao Tong was extremely proud at that time, after all, Buddhism sent a large number of senior monks to Liao. The influence in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was naturally weakened, and in addition, this incident could also be used to remind the imperial court that Buddhism was dangerous to the country, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The weather is good today, and Zhao Yan came to Gewu Academy idle and bored. It just so happened that Shen Kuo was fine, so the two of them left the academy and walked and chatted on the street, but today Zhao Yan came to Shen Kuo not completely without purpose, I saw him say a few words of gossip, and finally asked: "Brother Cun, what do you think about Mr. Linchuan's entry into Beijing?" ”

Shen Kuo was not surprised to hear Zhao Yan's question, after all, the capital has been full of discussions about Wang Anshi in the past few days, and he has often talked about this issue with some friends during this time, so he quickly replied: "King of the county, Mr. Linchuan claims to have enjoyed a reputation in the world for thirty years, this is not a vain statement, for his talent, Shen also admires it very much, so the court can recruit Mr. Linchuan into Beijing this time, which is a good thing for the people of the world!" ”

Hearing Shen Kuo's evaluation of Wang Anshi so high, Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled clearly, in the original history, Shen Kuo was the law changer under Wang Anshi, and it is said that he also resigned because of Ding Wei at home, and when Ding Wei was over, he was reused by Wang Anshi as soon as he returned to the capital, so it can be seen that the relationship between Shen Kuo and Wang Anshi is definitely unusual, so it is normal for him to have such a high opinion of Wang Anshi.

"Brother Cunzhong, I have already met Mr. Linchuan before, but at that time he proposed to me to change the law, and wanted to use the change to eliminate the shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty over the years, I don't know what you think?" Zhao Yan asked again at the moment, the reason why he asked like this was to see how deep the relationship between Shen Kuo and Wang Anshi was, did he know about the change in advance?

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Shen Kuo frowned obviously, and at the same time showed a little hesitation on his face, and after a while, he spoke: "King of the county, Mr. Linchuan mentioned the change of the law in his book as early as when he was Renzong, and at that time my view of the change was the same as that of Mr. Linchuan, thinking that only the change of the law could eliminate the accumulated disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty, but now that I think about it, the original idea was a little too simple, especially in the past few years, I have served in the court, and I have seen with my own eyes the depth of the impact of all kinds of accumulated evils. It can't be said that there is no possibility of success, but the risk is too great! ”

"Huh? Brother Cunzhong, this idea of yours is different! Zhao Yan was also very surprised at the moment, but he was not surprised by Shen Kuo's words, but surprised that Shen Kuo was different from history, and put forward different views on Wang Anshi's changes, and this view was similar to his own, which was what surprised him.

Shen Kuo didn't know what Zhao Yan was thinking, and when he saw Zhao Yan's surprised look, he also smiled bitterly and said: "I know that the county king will definitely be surprised, but this is indeed the true thought in my heart, and I have to thank the county king for this kind of thought, because it is the county king's approach to the military academy that made me have this idea." ”

"Oh? Why is that? Zhao Yan was surprised again when he heard this, Shen Kuo is the vice president of Gewu Academy, Gewu Academy is not far from the military academy, in fact, the two schools often carry out some interactions, such as a juju competition or something, and even often send some exchange students to each other, after all, the students of the military academy also need students to learn physics and the like, and the students of the Gewu Academy need to do some necessary sports, so the relationship between the two schools is also very close.

"The Great Song Dynasty army has been defeated repeatedly, in addition to some of the above reasons, in addition to some of the shortcomings in the army are also very strict, this has long been a well-known thing before, presumably the king of the county also wanted to change the status quo of the army of the Great Song Dynasty, originally if I was the king of the county, the first thing that must have come to mind was to use my identity to persuade His Majesty to reform the army, which is probably also human nature."

Shen Kuo glanced at Zhao Yan with a look of admiration when he said this, and then he spoke again: "But the king of the county, you didn't do this, and you didn't even plan to change the army at all, but opened a military school that was not very noticeable at the time, and trained some students who were not on the stage at that time, but after these Western Xia battles, the students of the military academy became famous in one fell swoop, and now they have become middle-level generals in the Western Army. Moreover, in the future, more and more students of military schools will enter the army, and when the students of military schools completely replace the original veteran generals, then the reform of the army will naturally be completed. ”

After listening to Shen Kuo's words, Zhao Yan couldn't help but look at him a little impressed, and said in great surprise at the moment: "I didn't expect that Brother Cun also had such a deep study of the military academy, and he could see our layout completely thoroughly, which really made this king feel admired!" ”

"Hehe, don't praise me, the king of the county, I have had too much contact with the military academy during this time, plus Brother Zihou is also a generation of Confucianism, and there are some exchanges between them, so I can also see one or two about the layout of the military school, and it is the reform of the military academy that makes me understand one thing, that is, it is not necessary to use thunder means to eliminate accumulated shortcomings, maybe some milder means can achieve unexpected goals!" Shen Kuo heard Zhao Yan's praise, and couldn't help but smile at the moment and said, Yang Huaiyu has gone to serve in the Western Army in the military academy, and the old general Yang Wenguang has not come back, so he can only rely on Zhang Zai to provoke the beam, Shen Kuo and Zhang Zai are good friends, so his understanding of the military academy is deeper than others.

"That's true, in fact, speaking of this king's view of the change, in fact, the same as Brother Cunzhong, a few days ago Mr. Linchuan wanted to persuade my father to achieve the goal of changing the law, but I refused, but unfortunately, my eldest brother happened to break in at that time, and the result was the same as Mr. Linchuan, which made me very worried!"

"The prince is ......" Shen Kuo was also shocked when he heard the news, Zhao Wei was the future emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, even if Zhao Shu did not agree to change the law now, but when Zhao Wei ascended the throne, it would not be able to stop the arrival of this change.

"Alas, this is also fate!" Zhao Yan sighed and said something that Shen Kuo didn't understand, but then he asked a little sternly, "Brother Cun, presumably the students in the academy are also discussing Mr. Linchuan's affairs now, I don't know what they think of Mr. Linchuan?" If we spread the word about the change, what do you think the students of the academy would be? (To be continued......)