If you want to talk about the entire Song Dynasty, you don’t know Emperor Zhao, but you can’t ignore Prince Wang!

There are many people with the surname Wang, including Wang Deyong, Wang Gongchen, Wang Yaochen, etc., but now the three words Wang Xianggong have become Wang Ning'an's exclusive noun.

When restoring Youzhou, Wang Ning'an's prestige reached its peak. If he revived Yunzhou again, according to the legacy of Emperor Zhenzong, he could be granted a king in a different surname, and some even made a gambling game. The gambling king Ning'an could be granted a king before he was thirty years old.

To be honest, Wang Ning'an is the most romantic figure today!

Sima Guang ran to the northwest and was always intent on comparing with Wang Ning'an, but this time it was the first time they met. Sima Guang was surprised that Wang Ning'an was younger than he thought.

He is very handsome, slender, and looks a little thin. If he wears a Confucian shirt, it is no different from a student. But this young man has made great achievements and is so angry that he compares others!

Sima Guang was stunned for a moment and quickly bowed, "The emperor has met the king and the prince!"

"Don't be polite." Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "Brother Junshi performed very well in Xixia, and it was not wasting my recommendation."

"It's you!"

Sima Guang was so shocked that he trembled all over. No matter what, he never thought that it was Wang Ning'an who recommended him. This is too much, right?

Guangguang's heart exploded. After a lot of effort, he could barely calm down. "Grandpa Wang, can you know the reason?"

"The reason?" Wang Ning'an was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "You are a talented person. You are the wise men of your country. What are your responsibilities? "

"But... the lower official did not know the adults, and the lower official lost the battle..." Sima Guang's face turned red. He remembered his whimsical thoughts and killed so many lives. He really wanted to slap them.

Wang Ning'an didn't rush to say anything, but told the coachman to leave the inn first.

As the carriage walked forward, Wang Ning'an chose a comfortable position, leaned against the car, and smiled and said, "Brother Junshi, how did you say something? God will forgive you if you make mistakes for young people! You are still young and have just entered the officialdom and are eager to make achievements. It is normal to make some mistakes, don't care."

Sima Guang almost vomited blood. Why don’t you look in the mirror? You kid are more than ten years younger than me! He actually taught me a lesson like an old man? He really angered me!

Guangguang could only complain in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "The emperor is grateful for his support for such a favor."

"Brother Junshi, you don't have to worry about it. You want to learn from Zhong Shiheng, but you forgot one thing."

"Oh? Please give me advice?"

"Well, I don't dare to give me some advice." Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "Brother Junshi has been good at reading since he was a child, and he is also a master of historians. He knows all the stories about the past, but... the more everyone is, the more books he reads, the easier it is to get stuck in. Take the veteran General Zhong Shiheng Xiu Qingjian City as an example. Everyone said that he recruited righteous people, had good command, was calm and witty, and was loyal and brave. He had only expanded the land for 200 miles and made great contributions to the court. I would like to ask Brother Junshi, where did the Zhong family army come from?"

"Of course it was founded by the veteran General Zhong Shiheng." Sima Guang blurted out, but after thinking about it for a while, his whole body trembled violently!

I understand, finally I understand!

Why are such a simple and easy-to-understand thing ignored?

Guangguang really wants to give himself two mouths.

Before Zhong Shiheng built Qingjian City, the Zhong family had a huge power and accumulated many useful soldiers, brave and brave, and were not afraid of the soldiers of the Western Xia. Wang Ning'an also learned this. When the Wang family was very inconspicuous, they also developed hundreds of useful functions and became the support for the rise of the Wang family.

The reason why Zhong Shiheng was able to build Qingjian City was because of his accumulation of strength. When Sima Guang first arrived in the northwest, he had no confidant of his own, so he pointed at a bunch of waste from the court and wanted to imitate the other Zhong Family Army. Isn’t this asking for death?

Seeing the light, his face turned purple and red, and his hands and feet had no place to put them on, Wang Ning'an smiled again, "Brother Junshi, our Confucius invented the Spring and Autumn style, and did something to whitewash history. With one word of merit and demerit, as long as he was a positive person, he would hide all the scandals he did and carry forward the good things infinitely... So the records of later books are often biased but incomplete, and it is difficult to see the full picture. What I said is correct?"

Sima Guang's brows frowned, "Mr. Wang, the saint did do this, but he is in order to correct people's hearts, calm the world, and punish evil and promote good. Is there any mistake?"

"Brother Junshi, history is right or wrong, only success or failure. If you don't believe it, compare Xiang Yu's character, knowledge, cultivation, civil and military skills, far surpassed Liu Bang, but why did Liu Bang win the world in the end?"

Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "So most of the time in this world, it is not the honest and kind good people who succeed, but after success, they embellish themselves as good people. You read a lot, think that you are omniscient and omnipotent, and half of the Analects of Confucius dominate the world... Little do you know that what you see is actually only a part, not the whole picture at all. If you do it according to the things in the book, you will definitely have problems. Do you think my view is right or wrong?"

...

If it were in the past, Sima would not even listen to a single word. Just saying that good people may not succeed is too much! Confucianism has always advocated that good people will be rewarded, and that they are not filial sons or loyal ministers. Even if they do not believe in them, they dare not talk about them.

But Wang Ning'an said it openly, but Guangguang listened to it. The more he thought about it, the more he made the more sense it made!

Isn't that? As the rumored, he wanted to learn from Zhong Shiheng, but ignored the fact that the Zhong family is a big family in the northwest and has strong strength.

He went on a mission to Xixia for peace in the Song Dynasty, but when he came back, someone called him a bandit!

What is even more subversive is Pang Ji. To be honest, Xianggong Pang is a good person, a clean official, and a capable official! He should have seen that the Northwest cannot fight at the moment, and peace talks with the Western Xia are inevitable. It is just that a little bit of green salt is introduced, which will bring the smallest loss for the Song Dynasty and can even benefit the people.

Then why did Pang Ji object?

The reason is very simple. Smuggling green salt and operating private salt are the jobs of many major families in the northwest. Pang Ji has been in the northwest for many years and has a close connection with him. A large group of northwest families are gathered around him.

Xianggong Pang had to speak for them.

Good people may not do good things, bad people may not do bad things, books may not be credible, and sages are also lying... These chaotic thoughts are like a heavy hammer to create a brainstorm for Guangguang, smashing the original concept!

He supported his forehead with his hands, and the carriage was jogging forward. Wang Ning'an took out a jade wine pot and took a sip. He thought he had been hit hard and Guangguang would take a while to recover!

But who knows that Sima Guang is Sima Guang!

When he was a few years old, he knew that smashing the tank to save people. The structure of his brain was different from that of ordinary people. In less than a quarter of an hour, he recovered and his eyes were brightened.

He clasped his fists at Wang Ning'an, very grateful.

"Listen to the Lord's words is better than reading for ten years! I finally understood that even the sages cannot be believed. Even if there are rumors in the market, there is a reason. How to choose depends on one's heart!"

"wonderful!"

Wang Ning'an stretched out his thumb, "I said a lot of things, but Brother Jun Shi said it in one sentence!"

Guangguang's old face turned red, "Mr. Wang is so polite. The reason is easy to say, but it is difficult to understand. Guang almost made a big mistake!"

After a conversation, Sima Guang became more and more respectful to Wang Ning'an, and he treated him as a teacher. He sat upright in the carriage, with his back straight and his head slightly tilted, like a primary school student.

Think about it, great man, Sima Guang!

Wang Ning'an was a little excited, and his smile became stronger and stronger.

"Brother Junshi, it's not that simple to open Qingyan this time."

"Please give me some advice!"

"Hahaha, although the imperial court opened 300,000 s, Xixia had long smuggled salt to the Song Dynasty. The amount was so large that it was beyond imagination, and there were countless people involved. This time, opening these in name was actually a convenient door, allowing the Xixia green salt to go straight in, and as much as it came in, they would become legal official salt and circulate normally on the market!"

"What!"

After hearing this, Sima Guang stood up excitedly and did it again the next second, covering his head, yelling and screaming. He forgot that he was still in the carriage and hit his head as big as an egg. Wang Ning'an was shocked and thought to himself that he should not smash his head, as no one will write "Zizhi Tongjian" in the future.

"Sir, isn't this going to be a tyrant in a place where no one can recover?"

Guangguang regretted his intestines. He suddenly felt that it was reasonable for Mr. Pang to be angry and blame him. Isn’t this opening to invite thieves?

Seeing Guangguang's face was full of annoyance, Wang Ning'an smiled, "Brother Junshi, we just talked about it. If you use your big head to think about it, is this matter harmful or beneficial?"

"this……"

Sima Guang really started to think about it. He quickly thought about putting the green salt from Xixia in, leaving a lot of salt to Xixia. His intuition was that it was beneficial to Xixia and was not good to the Song Dynasty.

Obviously, things won't be that simple.

How poor was in the Western Xia? Most of the nobles liked the products of the Song Dynasty. Sima Guang saw it with his own eyes. In recent years, the people of the Western Xia were not even equipped with pots and pans, especially the lack of iron tools, and more than a dozen families used a kitchen knife.

Take the most elite iron kite in Xixia for example. The armor has always been one after another between father and son. It’s not that I don’t want to change it, but that I can’t afford it!

If the Dashen market opened up and the people of Xixia made money, what would they do? They would definitely have to purchase the materials from the Dashen, but they would still go crazy!

The so-called benefits flow to the Western Xia is not valid, and the Song Dynasty might earn more! This is vividly expressed in the trade between Song and Liao.

This is true for Xixia, what about the Song Dynasty?

The influx of green salt in Xixia is high quality and low price, and the people are affordable. The only ones who are really at a loss are those fat salt merchants who are covered in oil and fart and the big families who make money by smuggling!

"It's not just that." Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "There are many tribes in the Western Xia Dynasty, but they are just robber groups that forcefully pinched together. They opened up salt. Who sells more and who sells less? If they are a little instigated, they will start to make trouble themselves. What does Brother Junshi think?"

Sima Guang's eyes lit up, and he bowed again and again, and was extremely pious. "The King of Xianggong was unparalleled in wisdom and strategy. Guang wished he could not follow his husband, and listen to his teachings sooner or later!"
Chapter completed!