According to the rules, Jiang Tian could have rested for a few days after handing over the errand, but the next day happened to be the first day of the eighth lunar month, which belonged to the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting. So Jiang Tian, who didn't have much rest, could only rub his sleepy eyes and get up early in the morning and rush to the Forbidden City. According to his position, even if he usually doesn't have to go to the court, but today he has to put on his court clothes and stand in the middle of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, moving forward with steady steps. Don't look at his movements and dress, it's quite standard, but in the eyes of the imperial history on duty, it looks like some kind of silent provocation, so he simply turned his head away from looking at him. As for the eyes of other officials, it is much more complicated, and there are envy and jealousy, and it doesn't matter, after all, the position of a deputy examiner was considered beautiful in the past, and now it is not clear whether it is good or bad, and everyone in the world is still staring at you with wide eyes, and if you are not careful, you will be greeted by the eighteenth generation of ancestors.

Corresponding to this is the secretly happy expression of some new-school officials, although once the son of heaven and a courtier, it can be nothing more than the intrigue among the saint's disciples. Now it is a real change of dynasty, not only the emperor and the name of the country, but also the concept of governing the country has changed greatly. This is not counting, those wealthy families who used to rely on monopoly scientific research have really ushered in the end, unless the children and nephews in the family study science, they will be eliminated by society sooner or later. Correspondingly, there may be some new families, especially the Song family is the most eye-catching, in addition to Song Yingxing, the old man is appreciated by the emperor, the Song family also has a high-achieving student, Song Yi has no fame, but he has become famous in the scientific community, just the identity of Jiang Tian's first assistant, has become a new official recognized candidate for the prime minister. As for his teacher Jiang Tian, people naturally classified him into the ranks of honorable relatives, and he has long been out of the civil service system.

Whether Jiang Tian wants to or not, he has become a special existence in the officialdom. Everyone also felt strange that he would go to the court today, the most fierce thing in the officialdom recently is the two reforms, that is really your singing and I appear, almost all the officials have been involved in endless quarrels, the key is that the emperor is not tired of this endless war of words and stopped, but the old god is listening to the scolding of people from all walks of life, especially this big day, you just don't want to quarrel, the emperor will take the initiative to provoke all kinds of words to let you continue to quarrel. Originally, those imperial historians who followed the glorious tradition of the former Ming Dynasty had already quarreled to the point that they didn't want to speak anymore. In the past, no matter who they scolded, even if they pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded the faint monarch, at least there was an opponent and object, but now they found that Emperor Zhang was not only not annoyed, but also seemed to like their tradition of scolding and opposing only for the sake of opposition, anyway, with the military power in hand, it doesn't matter if you can say that the dead are alive, it doesn't matter if you quarrel and don't need to spend money, what a good entertainment! So today's hall is quiet......

Zhang Tao also felt strange after seeing Jiang Tian, thinking to himself, didn't I take this kid a few days off to prepare for school? Why did you come here to join in the fun? No one can leave the court without me saying that I have been scattered in these courts, and last month I let the ministers stay up all night here, if it weren't for my brother coming forward to intercede, I would like to let them die here. I thought I would continue to take the medicine according to the prescription today, but as soon as your kid appeared, I could only accompany and tie up. Zhang Tao is not the only one who has this thought, in fact, since the last dynasty, don't look at the silence of the hundred officials, in fact, everyone's eyes are all glancing at Jiang Tian, this first-class master who has disappeared for two months, is finally standing here, can he bring a turnaround to the stalemate situation? Even if it is a complete victory for the reformers, the conservative officials really don't have the energy to quarrel any longer.

Of course, Jiang Tian knew that he was on the cusp of the storm, and it was precisely because he understood that he got up early in the morning to come here to suffer, because he knew that this unprecedented farce in Chinese history should come to an end. In just two months, the emperor issued countless edicts, and the local authorities also tried all kinds of tricks in order to confront the central government, from writing letters to resist the decree to disobey the yang and the yin, from "being willing to serve the people" to alarmism, in short, all the tricks that could be thought of were tried except for rebellion, but the emperor did not enter as if he had nothing to do with himself, and it was always a group of reformists who were unorganized, fighting against the united old guards. In the history of China, there have been countless quarrels due to political disagreements or conflicts of interest, especially the former Ming Dynasty, which is the culmination of various political cannons, and what makes those officials depressed is that the new imperial court seems to be born not afraid of court battles, even if the emperor's edict is not seriously implemented, it doesn't matter, just like a group of people are doing their best in front of the emperor, but the other party is indifferent, so Jiang Tian sees this as a farce. This dynasty is different from the previous situation, China is a revival that has not been completely chaotic and dilapidated, and the old and new interest groups are vying for the same chair at the same time and place, so Zhang Tao cannot design his country as he wants like many founding monarchs in history. But one thing that those who obstruct reform may not notice is what the military has taken in the midst of this farce.

In fact, this question is also a false proposition, the Chinese army at this moment is not an army that is completely in the hands of the emperor like other founding monarchs, this army also contains a lot of local troops left over from the Ming Dynasty, and all kinds of former puppet armies and warlords who defected, anyway, and surrendered, Zhang Tao failed to establish an efficient political commissar system like his hometown, so in addition to the direct line of the hundred battle heroes, most of the garrison troops were only intimidated by Zhang Tao's prestige, on the cusp of reform, Local officers originally belonged to a part of the landlord class, but they didn't dare to really fight against the emperor, so this group of talents is the key to breaking the existing balance, and this problem has long been in Zhang Tao's calculations. Now that the net is almost gone, the fish that should be caught basically can't run, and it's time to close the net.

In the calm before the storm, Jiang Tian looked left and right at the civil and military ministers, and saw that no one was going to speak first, so he stood up and knelt down: "Your Majesty, the minister ordered to reorganize the shipyard and establish a research institute, and now Xiao Chengte has come to return to his life." ”

Only then did someone remember that Jiang Tian's job was to build ships, and transporting ancient books back was just incidental. Zhang Tao also nodded on the dragon chair: "Brother Xian is still at ease, just two months have been fruitful, you have worked this trip, but the future work must not be stopped, until those students can think on their own and design on their own and no longer depend on you." ”

The emperor's expectations are very high, but this expectation is a bit ironic to listen to other people's ears, they don't know what ship Jiang Tian designed, but listening to the emperor's tone, it seems that the ship design institute is still inseparable from Jiang Tian, so that means that this Jiang Lord has shown his value in a new field, in other words, Jiang Tian will have an unshakable position in the navy in the future.

"Your Majesty, according to what you see, if you want to let students take charge of themselves, there is still a long way to go, if you can't improve their existing scientific knowledge, I'm afraid you won't be able to complete Your Majesty's entrustment in a hundred years!"

This sentence has the meaning of underestimating the heroes of the world, and the court that originally pretended to be deaf and dumb was also constantly talking, but not only did the emperor understand the words here, but even some smart people secretly sighed, it seems that this comprehensive popularization of science education is imperative. Only some blind people who can't see the general trend of the world will think that this is a performance of the two brothers singing and harmonizing.

Of course, Zhang Tao understood what Jiang Tian was thinking, so he pretended to be surprised and asked, "Where did the virtuous brother say this?" Could it be that someone dares to disobey and disobey his duties? ”

As soon as the emperor said this, many people chuckled in their hearts, could it be that the excuse for the Great Purge was coming? But shipbuilding has little to do with the local area, so what excuse can be found?

Jiang Tian said unhurriedly: "It's not that someone violates the yang and yin, but the craftsmen and officials of our dynasty have poor knowledge and the foundation is too poor, a very simple thing will be explained repeatedly before there are one or two smart people to understand, explaining that a simple truth needs to be tongued, and the minister meditated hard and found that it was caused by my students' previous contempt for natural science, so that the originally smart students were taught to be stupid cows and trojans, only knowing how to study the eight strands without dividing the grains, only reciting poems and answering correctly but not knowing how to eat, drink, live and travel, If this goes on for a long time, the country is in deep twilight, and if it encounters a foreign enemy, how can it defend its home and country? The disaster of the former dynasty is not far away......"

In normal times, a large number of people would naturally stand up against his speech and accuse him of being alarmist and misleading the public. But in the past two months, those officials who make a living by quarreling have not bothered to open their mouths again, not to mention that now that fools have understood the emperor's intentions, who will stand up and be bored? Besides, Jiang Tian is also notorious, he was a hypocrite when he accused others that the six arts were not all in the court, and now if he is scolded in the court, wouldn't it be even more faceless?

The expected court dispute did not appear, and Zhang Tao felt a trace of regret in his heart. But this also proves that the previous strategy has worked, at least now no one is noisy: "Brother Xian is reasonable, what should you do with it according to your opinion?" ”

Jiang Tian is also a bamboo in his chest, after all, he is also a traverser, knowing that the main reason why Zhang Tao allows people to quarrel is to let those diehards do it themselves, and now the goal has been achieved, as long as the country is not in chaos, how to reform it will be implemented quickly, even if there is any problem, it can be corrected in time.

"In the opinion of the minister, although the four books and the five classics cannot be completely abolished, it is difficult to govern the world with only half of the Analects, it is ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, if you want me to be safe in a hundred years, this educational reform is the only way, and the most important thing is the education of scientific knowledge."

Speaking of which, in the end, it is still about religious reform, and most people think that this is what the emperor and Jiang Tian have discussed, as long as they go to court today, they will take advantage of the fatigue of hundreds of officials to thoroughly promote reform. In fact, they didn't know that although Zhang Tao had talked to Jiang Tian about this matter, it was by no means so fast, according to Zhang Tao's idea, at least after sweeping out some of the dirty things hidden in the corners, he would start the reform smoothly. But after Jiang Tian listened to Song Yi's explanation, he also understood that although Zhang Tao's idea was attractive, it was not so good in the end, and it was very likely to be used by some well-intentioned people to turn it into a means of attacking political opponents or even taking revenge for personal gain. There is a lot to be learned about this lesson, both in the past and in the future.

Therefore, a group of smart people who have already been connected will naturally not oppose Jiang Tian's education reform proposal, or they know very well that their net worth and life are better than the rise and fall of Confucianism, and it is better to abandon the so-called sage learning. This is naturally unexpected by those conservatives, and the education reform, which was originally the most resistant, was actually approved, which can be regarded as a phased victory for the reformists, because in Jiang Tian's view, as long as the education for all is really implemented, it will not take a hundred years, and the accumulation and improvement of the people's morale will inevitably give birth to other political reforms, so as long as the education reform is successful, it can be concluded that China will never continue to sink. As for whether other people would see this, he was not too worried, after all, who had the ability to know the historical trajectory of three hundred years as the travelers?

Don't look at the education reform is quite smooth, but when it comes to taxes, land, commerce, etc., I still debated for a long time, and I spent the morning in a ruffle. Seeing a group of ministers arguing with businessmen like each other, Jiang Tian also felt very funny. These people keep saying that businessmen seek profits, but they don't know what courtesy, righteousness and shame are. However, when it comes to their own interests, their cousins are not much better than the hawkers in the vegetable market, and sometimes they even have to fight repeatedly for the fraction of a few tenths of a decimal at the back of the land tax, and the clause that the officials and gentry are on an errand is even more bitter. In the end, the emperor had no choice but to throw out the solution that had already been formulated, and it was okay to be an errand if he didn't want to, as long as he paid a certain amount of fine. It doesn't matter if you think the land tax is too high, or you think that the public grain is too much, the state is responsible for buying the land in your hands at an equal price, and if you don't want to sell it, you can pay the tax obediently. In short, the privilege of the scholar is completely gone, and in the future, all school-age children must receive at least three years of primary school education, and after six years of primary school graduation, they are eligible to participate in the township examination to obtain the junior high school qualification, which is the former so-called Xiucai. Only those who have passed six years of secondary school education can be regarded as a person in the past, and such a person is eligible to take the civil service examination. However, in view of the irrational distribution of educational resources across the country, in addition to the north-south division of the previous dynasty, starting from three years later, as long as you pass the junior primary school education and reach the age of 18, you can be admitted to the low-level civil service, and after six years, you will be changed to graduate from the upper primary school, and so on. And next year's Enke admission will remain unchanged. This can be regarded as giving candidates a certain buffer time, lest they say that the imperial court intends to block their careers.

After a morning of quarrelling, Jiang Tian's hungry eyes were full of gold stars, but today's court meeting was still very fruitful, and the reform that had made no progress was jointly promoted by him and some smart people, this is not counting the initial results of the reform of ministries and commissions that have been somewhat chaotic, at least the previous situation where a large department was in charge of everything, and many policies were brand new and had no historical experience, so simply let a group of newly established yamen be specially managed, and wait for a period of time in the future, and then rectify the problems when they are found. Anyway, in the end, these scattered departments will be gradually integrated, which can be regarded as an inevitable law of historical development.

Just thinking that the matter had come to an end, Jiang Tian, who was about to go home, heard a eunuch shouting: "The prince and the prince Jiang will see you in the imperial study, and the others will wait to retreat!" ”

Get! Can't go again, under the complicated eyes of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, Jiang Tian had no choice but to walk cheekily towards the imperial study, today he originally disrupted the emperor's plan, and it is said that he should be reprimanded, but Zhang Tao didn't blame him, just looked at a map with a sad face. Jiang Tian took a closer look, and it turned out to be a map outside the gate, and the various forces were clearly marked.

Jiang Tian sighed: "The internal worries have not been solved yet, and the external troubles are coming to find trouble again?" ”

Zhang Tao threw away the pencil in his hand after marking the map: "Even if we use a pencil when pointing the map, our overall situation has not changed much. ”

Jiang Tian knew that he was complaining, and the pencil was one of his own inventions, and it was also an important invention that was quickly and widely used, but even if the traveler knew the importance of the pencil, it could not change the status quo of the infestation of the nomads in northern China, at least not now.

"Actually, this picture is still different from the first time I saw it." Jiang Tian pointed to several strongholds on the front line of the Great Wall: "This place has become a trade hub because of our trade policy, and in a few years, their blood transfusion effect will strengthen the connection between the surrounding tribes and the Central Plains, and the weak tribes will be strengthened, balancing the power on the grassland......"

Zhang Tao interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "I know what you said, the key is that we don't have so much time, if we don't hit it hard, who will do business with you in a proper manner." If the army goes out on an expedition......"

Don't look at the words before he finished speaking, Jiang Tian understood the meaning, the reform has just begun when various forces are ready to move, and without a powerful army, it is inevitable that some people will take risks. But thinking about Zhang Tao's deployment all along, in order to escort the ancient books, he actually used the border army guarding the mountain customs, on the surface, he attached importance to this batch of cultural relics, but in fact, the implication is obvious, if the border army enters Beijing, if there are no subordinates, they will be captured immediately! Could it be that he doesn't even trust the Praetorian Guards in Jingying anymore?