Seeing that Ouyang Bian changed the subject, Ouyang Xiu smiled and sat down next to Ouyang Bian.

"Monk, you won't lie. Tell me, Dad is old, but it's okay to give you advice."

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile.

Ouyang Bian's expression suddenly collapsed, and his shoulders were drooping.

"Dad, how did you maintain your mentality when you were demoted several times back then?"

Ouyang Xiu laughed in silence and said, "Aren't you doing very well in the past two years? You are much better than your father. When I was relieved, I was just traveling around and drinking to pick up girls. You are better than your father.

You did a great job in Gyeongju, the Fortress Forward Plan, Gyeongju Industrial Park, Modern Animal Husbandry Group, and what tariff contracts are there? Although the fathers you mentioned don’t understand very well, this is the whole plan, right? Once the critical moment comes, these will become fatal ropes that tighten Xixia’s neck, right?”

Ouyang Bian smiled on his face: "Well, Xixia is no longer a threat. In a few years, Xixia will become the horse farming land of the Song Dynasty. Dad, my goal is to be in the north!"

Ouyang Xiu nodded with a smile and said, "I, Ouyang Xiu's youngest son, are particularly proud of me. Your future success will be much better than mine, but what are you worried about now?"

Speaking of this, Ouyang Bian was a little sad again.

"Dad, you can also see that you have been doing reforms for so many years, and you also know that reforms are imperative, and this country cannot do without reforms."

Ouyang Xiu nodded: "Yes, this country is indeed unchanged. Although it is in full swing now, it is like a three-year-old child holding gold to the market, which is simply arousing covetousness."

Ouyang Bian said: "Yes, the civil service group is all focused on their own interests, and as soon as they open their mouths, they are moral articles. When facing foreign enemies, they only have one trick to pay money. They use the land to deal with Qin, and they still hold firewood to put out fires. The fire cannot be exhausted.

Now in our Song Dynasty, we used money to serve Liao and Xia, and we still held firewood to put out fires. The fire was not exhausted, and the fire was not extinguished.

The land of Yanyun is not in his hands, just like a sharp blade hanging above his neck. Once... the Liao Kingdom intends to go south, the prosperity of the land will bring about wars and turn into ruins!

We want to reform, but those moral gentlemen who speak kindness and righteousness may not be immoral, but it is really a hindrance!"

Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly: "Monk, poetry, governance, economy, planning...well..."

Ouyang Xiu was a little stuck.

What he originally wanted to say was that I was not as good as you, but I was not as good as me, so he extended his experience, but Ouyang Xiu found that no one could compare to his son in poetry, songs, governance, or economic planning.

However, Ouyang Xiu is also an open-minded person. He smiled and said, "...You are better than me in these, but my father still has some experience. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the literary style has been overwhelming, so your father and I followed the path of pioneers, Liu Kai, Wang Yuxiu, Mu Xiu, Shi Jie and others, and resolutely opened up a new path. Anyone who is in front, no matter how respected he was before, is wrong or wrong, and there is nothing to say."

Ouyang Bian nodded thoughtfully: "Dad, do you mean, whoever follows me will prosper, and whoever defys me will perish?"

Ouyang Xiu couldn't smile bitterly: "I mean, don't care too much about those people. As long as the path is right, just keep going."

Now it was Ouyang Bian's turn to smile bitterly: "At most, you make other people's poems and articles inappropriate, but I am a political struggle. If I crush them, these people will be ruined at the least, and will be exiled for thousands of miles, or even sacrificed for their lives."

Ouyang Xiu looked at his youngest son in surprise, and then smiled bitterly, "I'm kind and ruthless. I shouldn't have let you slept in this muddy water back then."

Ouyang Xiu said: "Monk, you must remember that from ancient times to the present, there has been no bloodless reform. In recent years, I have lived in West Lake. I have reflected on the Jingyou Reform, the Qingli New Policy, and the Jiayou Reform several attempts to change the reforms, and found that the reason for our failure was that we were too naive.

We always want to convince others in a friendly manner and convince others to hand over their interests for the sake of the country, but how can we hand over the benefits we have obtained to the country?

So, Jing Younian and I were demoted, Qingli Nian was demoted again, Jia Younian... Haha, I was not demoted, but I was unable to protect you. In Xining Nian, this fate also came to you...

I figured it out that revolution cannot be accomplished by treating guests to dinner or being harmonious. So, let go of luck and prepare for battle, or give up the change and be buried with this country, at least you can have fun for decades!”

Ouyang Xiu's voice was cold and solemn, which surprised Ouyang Bian.

He could not have imagined that such a bloody word would be heard in his words, and his father, who was romanced when he was out, could hear it from his mouth.

There is no bloodless reform. Its personality is not about treating guests to dinner, letting go of luck and preparing for battle... Haha, is this still my father, the leader of the literary world?

However, it is logical to think about everything my father has experienced over the past few decades.

The reforms of Ouyang Xiu and others are really gentle and too reasonable, and they are even a bit like a joke. They want to do national affairs through poetry, songs and essays. Isn’t this a joke?

When he returned to the mountains and rivers and reviewed carefully, he realized that these principles were indeed very reasonable.

Seeing Ouyang Bian's expression, Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "I have been thinking a lot in recent years. What should I do for you to decide for yourself? You are not like your father and me. If your father is demoted, that means you are really demoted. If you are demoted, you can build a paradise wherever you go, so just do whatever you want.

As for you to worry about hurting those moral gentlemen, haha, they won’t worry about hurting you. Han Zhigui was beaten and killed by them, and my father was beaten and killed, and you, the same is true. Those people are full of moral articles, but they are really not that moral.

You know the truth. The people in the world are wailing in pain. They regard themselves as clear streams under the breeze and clear moon, but privately collude with gentry and exploit the people. They eat fat and greasy food, but they are not satisfied.

When someone speaks for the people and touches their interests a little, they will attack them in groups and throw shit and pee on those who want to reform...haha."

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but sneer when he remembered Qian Mingyi's slander for him.

Ouyang Bian knew that his father remembered the nephew thief case.

Ouyang Bian recalled Lu Hui's accusations of ten crimes against Wang Anshi, and couldn't help but feel cold.

These are the righteous gentlemen of the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!