Two months ago, Jiang Chengyi had proposed the reform of the new policy in view of the trend in the DPRK and China, and wanted to persuade Emperor Wei to reform the system of filial piety and inspection, abandon the selection system of scholars and scholars, and set up four sections, which are divided into civil and military affairs, so that all the well-educated people and those with strong martial arts have the opportunity to participate in the selection of talents in the court and become officials in the court.

Now that the Great Wei Dynasty is in power, it is very rare for a bachelor from a poor family who has read poetry and books to enter the court as an official. And often only the children of poor families who have experienced the hardships of people's livelihood can put themselves in the shoes of the people of the world and think about the people's livelihood and people's livelihood.

Nowadays, although there are also people with lofty ideals among the children of the scholar clan such as Dou Yueqi, Yin Liming, and Chengzhi; There are also Li Chengyi, who is also the Taifu and Situ, such a talented and loyal veteran of the Three Dynasties as Emperor Wei is always mentioned. However, there are only a few honest and honest officials who are for the country and the people and can really understand the people's feelings in a timely manner compared with the rest of the children of the scholars who are all over the government and the opposition. This led to the fall of the imperial power of the Great Wei Dynasty and was controlled by relatives and imperial relatives.

If the Great Wei does not change this trend, I am afraid that it will intensify the ambitions of the major scholars in the future, resulting in local division and separation, and the situation of the court will be turbulent and collapsed. Then the people of the world will be plunged into endless wars again.

Jiang Chengyi's book was strongly supported by the crown prince, who had seen Emperor Wei painstakingly balance the power of the scholars since he was a child, and had long regarded the growing power of the scholars as a cancer, and he had a warm heart and wanted to change this state.

However, Emperor Wei believed that the new policy was indeed necessary to be implemented, but it was not suitable at this time.

Jiang Chengyi knew what he was worried about, the reason why Emperor Wei was able to compete with Ning Zheng now was precisely because of the strong support of half of the scholars in the court, and he would never easily move the scholars until he failed to take power from Ning Zheng's hands.

Therefore, Jiang Chengyi proposed in advance in the new policy strategy to postpone the reform, and without touching the interests of the scholars, set up a moderate selection system for the children of poor families in various localities, starting from the lowest level of the local government or military camp, and through monthly performance verification and annual performance inspection, to introduce bachelors with good performance into the DPRK and China as officials. This repetition allowed the children of the poor family to slowly infiltrate into the trend of the scholars, and in the long run, they could also quietly carry out the reform of the New Deal.

However, even so, Emperor Wei refused.

The implementation of the New Deal can only be abandoned. The crown prince once expressed his righteous indignation in front of Jiang Chengyi, believing that his father was too afraid of the power of the scholars.

Jiang Chengyi could only persuade first, and put aside the new policy for the time being.

Now, Jiang Chengjia found out in Guangxin that the various scholar clans had recruited soldiers and horses, and the situation of separatism became more and more severe, and he also learned that Fu Bo and Ma Yue had grown ambitions and wanted to use the handles of the various scholar clans that Song Zong had privately found over the years to control the government and the opposition. As you know, the New Deal had to be implemented.

After he handed over the account book to Emperor Wei, the crown prince also took it and read it carefully, and his heart was horrified that his father did not need to be missing.

After Jiang Chengyi explained everything mentioned in A Luo's letter, including the fact that there was a secret room under the trading base of the dark village, where the handles of the various scholars were stored, he would report to Emperor Wei as usual. The prince, who was still a teenager, was already full of sadness at the moment.

I thought this was a good time to persuade Emperor Wei to implement a new policy. After thinking about it repeatedly, Emperor Wei still vetoed Jiang Chengyi's proposal.

Jiang Chengyi's heart was too anxious, and he said: "Your Majesty... Now that Guangxin is a matter of surprise, the account books of the soldiers and horses of the warrior clan are also in our hands, and now the Fu family and the Ma family will definitely hide their edge, in order to avoid you being aware, and the soldiers dare not act rashly. At this time, it is a good time to implement the new policy, with the trend of water dissolution, with a three-year state, and quietly resolve the situation of the scholars controlling the soldiers and horses... You..."

Emperor Wei's dark and sharp black eyes like a vulture swept over the young man in front of him, and at this moment, his expression had already recovered from the surprise when he learned that the Fu clan and the Ma clan wanted to jointly control the court, and they had already conspired against him, and then said coldly: "Jiang Qing's new policy to slow down the infiltration of the reform is indeed a good strategy to stop the momentum of the scholar clan from continuing to expand, but... This strategy still needs to be overridden, and the most difficult to pass the checkpoint must be the regent Huaiwang. I'm an imperial uncle, calm and cautious, do you think he can't see... Is the new policy that I and you want to implement actually a powerful medicine to encroach on the power of the nobles? ”

Jiang Chengyi naturally knew about this, but when he decided to enter the court, he thought he was fully prepared, so he continued: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the regent Huai Wang, the minister has already prepared all measures. The trend of land annexation in various places is intensifying. In the three years of Jiankang, the 'policy of dividing land' implemented by His Majesty has not been fully implemented to this day.

Although this matter concerned the rights and interests of the scholars, however, the land annexation seriously affected the autumn harvest of tenants and the circulation of coins and goods in the dynasty, resulting in a deficit in the state treasury, a great reduction in grain reserves, and a frequent rise in prices among the people. In this way, when the regent Huai Wang was dispatching the treasury, he also felt that the wind of annexation was not conducive to the royal family and even his Huai State, so he would support His Majesty in this policy.

Ministers can use the 'land division policy' to go to various places to implement new policy reforms, elect poor scholars to take charge of mergers, and recommend talents to local governments to jointly assist His Majesty in implementing the strategic policies of the 'land division policy'. As a result... This law can be implemented without the regent Huai Wang knowing the new policy... The power to encroach on the nobles. ”

He had already spoken to this point, and looked at Emperor Wei with a sincere face. city

The young man who was sitting on a high seat, holding a black cube treasure and paused, frowned, stared at Jiang Chengyi, a trace of doubt appeared in his deep eyes, and said, "Jiang Qing... In such a hurry to implement the new policy, don't you want to be like Deng's... Install your own people...? ”

He asked tentatively.

Jiang Chengyi was stunned suddenly, staring at the Son of Heaven motionlessly, and then said with a disappointed and cold look: "If Your Majesty thinks so... When the minister Mao recommended himself, His Majesty should not have ordered the minister to take up the post of secretary of the Eastern Mansion..."

Emperor Wei continued to probe and said: "Jiang Qing's talent should be matched with the post of Dongfu Division, and my decision at that time was also to test the attitude of the scholars towards a poor man like Jiang Qing. However, to my surprise, King Huai was of the same heart as me, suppressing the opposition of all the courtiers for you, although I knew that this was probably a ploy by my imperial uncle to deliberately provoke you and me.

But I didn't expect that not long after, the sergeant clan of the court had no opinion on your appointment as the secretary of the Eastern Mansion... I'm really curious... Although Jiang Qing is a talented Confucian in the literary world, and his protégés and scholars are all over the world, he is still a humble person, why did the scholars accept you as an official so quickly? ”

This series of questions made Jiang Chengyi's dark and clear eyes darker and darker.

He knew that Emperor Wei had never completely trusted him, and he also knew that Emperor Wei was full of doubts about himself, but now that he was a minister, he was not only cold for the loyal and righteous people in the world, but also felt worthless for those talented people who came because of Emperor Wei's reputation abroad. How can such kings be entrusted with their trust, and how can they carry out their ambitions?

Jiang Chengyi sneered, his eyes were pure and unscrupulous, he looked at Emperor Wei's probing gaze, and said coldly: "Your Majesty is suspicious, since Jiang is incompetent, he has never made His Majesty let go of his doubts and let others use him." This is Jiang's fault. If Your Majesty thinks that Jiang has the intention to go around the situation in the DPRK and seize power. Now, Jiang can be abolished from the post of East Minister. Jiang also returned to the mountains and rivers and went happily. ”

He already called himself Jiang, not a minister, and his tone was faintly unhappy.

The prince was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Mr. say such a thing, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Afraid of his father's anger, he really agreed to Jiang Chengyi's request and let him go to the mountains and rivers, no longer caring about the affairs of the court.

Seeing this, Emperor Wei was sure in his heart, his eyes sank, and he smiled slightly: "Look? I just said a few jokes, how could Jiang Qing be so childish and serious? ”

Jiang Chengyi bowed to Emperor Wei with an expressionless face, and said lightly: "Jiang Mou is courageous, since His Majesty does not want to believe in Jiang's loyalty and sincerity. Jiang also felt that there was no need to continue to waste time, so he resigned from the post of Dongfu Secretary today and bid farewell to His Majesty. In this way, it is also cheap. ”

The atmosphere in the southern palace was awkward for a while. The prince stood aside, a little anxious, and was about to step forward to say a few words to persuade the two of them to resolve the conflict. Who knew that Jiang Chengyi, who had been kneeling in the hall and never got up, raised his eyes and glanced at him, and there seemed to be a warning in his eyes.

The crown prince paused suddenly, frowned slightly, then held the words in his heart, and continued to stand beside Emperor Wei without saying a word.

Emperor Wei had long been accustomed to Jiang Chengyi's iron-faced and rectumous speech, and now he raised his eyebrows slightly, turned the good ink in his hand, and said lightly: "That's it, it's me." Jiang Qing is dedicated to the future of Great Wei and thinking about the world. I'm so suspicious..."

He didn't doubt Jiang Chengyi's intentions, just a temptation.

Now he was relieved and apologized to him in person, so he made another promise: "Jiang Qing's new policy... I and the crown prince think it's feasible. However, now that the scholars are in power, their power is too large, and the hasty implementation of the new policy may anger the scholars, even if the new policy is slow to infiltrate, there is no guarantee that the scholars will not notice the abnormality.

As Jiang Qing said, since Song Zong used the secret transactions he had made for many years to collect the unknown handles of the scholars, and colluded with the Fu family and the Ma family to recruit troops and buy horses, if what was recorded in this account book was true, now that the matter has been exposed, the Fu family and the Ma family will temporarily close their edge.

But Sikong Fubo and Qinghe Gongma Yue are both important ministers of the three dynasties, and their ancestors are the founding fathers who have made great contributions with their ancestors, and their two are cunning. If something goes wrong when the new policy is implemented, it will inevitably provoke Fu and Ma to take risks and raise troops to rebel.

Right now, it's better for you to join forces with the two of you, first deal with the regent Huai Wang, and then vigorously rectify the situation of the scholar clan in power. ”