Chapter 306: Rise and Fall

The most important reason why Zhao and Ju lost his temper was his sense of powerlessness.

Nowadays, the officials in the hometown of the Central Plains, for the sake of balance, roughly come from three batches, and the most trusted group of Zhao Heju is from Liuqiu, a group of officials who have undergone ten years of training and internship in Liuqiu, they are familiar with new management methods, understand the future development trend, and are full of confidence in the national situation of the Great Song Dynasty. The second group is the Great Song Dynasty Rite Department examination, the Ministry of Officials selected by the Jinshi, they are full of poetry and books, full of the heart of saving the people through the world, out of office, one day for the secretary is their ideal. Zhao and Ju understood that if they wanted to get the support of the remnants of the Central Plains, the original officials of the Jin State could not give up all of them, and they must quote one of them, only in this way could the contradictions be reduced to the greatest extent and the humiliation of the remnants of the Central Plains being the "conquered".

However, to Zhao Heju's extreme disappointment, in Wang Qinian's recital and the envoy's last recital, it was not only those former officials of the Jin State who colluded with those black-hearted coal factory owners, on the contrary, their number was the smallest among the degenerate officials, and the plot was the lightest, which may have something to do with their caution as the "newcomers" of the Great Song regime. As for the other two batches, they are even more occupied, with the officials from Liuqiu being the most cunning and clever in their methods, while the officials from the imperial examination are the most greedy and the most justifiably corrupt.

It has only been two years since the fight was fought, and the rulers were so depraved, which made Zhao Youju feel an unprecedented despair. Especially the officials from Liuqiu, he worked very hard to cultivate them, through various means to improve their treatment, but the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the snake, under the strict supervision system of Liuqiu, they behaved in accordance with the rules, but in the Central Plains region where they were defeated, the officials of other factions regarded them as the descendants of the Son of Heaven, their power lost the necessary supervision, and their personal desires swelled irrepressibly.

It is the most unreliable to place the clarity of the rule of officials on the personal ethics and morality of officials. But with Zhao Youju's experience, wisdom and ability, he didn't know how to establish a system that could restrain these officials in this era. Only people who are so stupid that they have changed positions with their hips and brains will think that the introduction of the so-called Western system in later generations can solve all social problems, and only those who are even more stupid than such people will believe that the so-called Western culture must be superior to Chinese culture.

Those people never imagined that one of the very important and core elements of the Western system they admired, that is, the civil service system, was simply the product of the combination of the Chinese imperial examination system and Western civilization.

If before, Zhao and Ju could also rely on their wisdom as a traverser to guide all aspects of the Great Song Dynasty, then now, he is no different from any official, Confucian scholar, or scholar in the Great Song Dynasty today, he is groping and exploring what kind of system can make this society more just, and what kind of method can make the industrialization achievements of the Great Song Dynasty shared by the vast majority of the people.

This is a principle, Zhao and Ju will not allow the kind of people who monopolize the wealth of society, relying on their own administrative, public opinion and other privileges, wantonly embezzle the fruits of the people's hard work and wisdom, in Zhao and Ju's view, that kind of person is the cancer cell of the entire China.

Therefore, after facing Cui He alone for a long time, Zhao Youju finally spoke.

"Cui Qing, I read history books well, and I have read all the histories and general exams several times. I feel that this long history is nothing more than a cross, 'its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden'. ”

"One person, one family, one place, one country, no one can jump out of this circle. At the beginning of the rise, everyone worked together to overcome the difficulties, and only in this way could they survive the death. Later, when the situation improved, there was gradual slackness, and there were those who died in politics and those who sought glory and humiliation. Every time I think about this, I secretly wake up, and now my Great Song Dynasty has reversed its decline within eight years, the Central Plains has been restored, and the country is getting stronger and stronger. Even so, will there be a day when Anzhi will die in the future? ”

"I originally thought that even if there was a day when he died, it would be a hundred and ten years later, when I and Zhuqing had passed away, and future generations would not be worthy of their descendants, and they would not know the people's livelihood and suffering, and there would be a social replacement. But he never thought that if there is no peace today, and the Central Plains has only been recovered for two years, the signs of his demise have already come out. I placed the lord of Goryeo, Dali, and Jin in Lin'an, knowing that he would not be placed somewhere in the future? ”

Hearing these words, Cui He was shocked, and after a while, he reluctantly said: "Relatives and virtuous people are far away, good at accepting loyalty, blaming oneself for oneself, rewarding others for meritorious service, and his country will prosper." Your Majesty......"

Speaking of this, he couldn't say it anymore, Zhao Youju looked at him, just smiled faintly, and after a while, the smile turned into a bitter smile. Even Cui and his face were all smiling bitterly.

Is it their generation of gentlemen and ministers, and they safely guarantee that future generations will not jump into this strange circle?

"This matter is not achieved overnight, Cui Qing just admonished that I am too anxious, and it is not a stable way to hold the country." Zhao Youju said slowly: "I just forgot in a hurry that those corrupt officials and corrupt officials can't be controlled by me and Zhuqing alone...... Don't make a noise about this in advance, I want to put on a good show, and you will explain to Yuan Shao and the others when you go back...... Well, I'm afraid it's too late at the moment, how dare they slack off when they see me have such a big temper, and now I'm afraid that the city is already full of storms......"

Zhao Youju felt a little remorse in his heart at this time, this matter could have been done more beautifully, introducing another force other than the public power of the imperial court, so as to form a more complete supervision system for the local government, and further increase the cost of their corruption and illegality.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Cui He has not yet reacted.

"The newspaper, I asked Deng Ruoshui to run the "Great Song Times Weekly", which was originally intended to make up for the lack of imperial historians, but now the newspaper is full of academic and political disputes, and there is too little supervision of the feelings of hundreds of officials and the people, and it has lost its original intention. It's not that the debate over academic and political discourse is bad, but it is not because of this that we should relax our attention to the suffering of the people. I originally wanted Deng Ruoshui to send someone to investigate the matter, but he sent only a reporter from the newspaper, and no one would pay attention to it...... Well, it's okay to have a few pieces of music now. ”

Cui He nodded again and again, he has seen the power of newspapers in public opinion in the past few years, if he can really mobilize dozens of newspapers of all sizes or even nearly 100 newspapers all over the Great Song Dynasty, this power of public opinion and discussion is indeed very lethal to scholars who pay attention to reputation and prestige.

"Cui Qing retreat first, I already know my mistake today." Zhao Youju finally said.

Cui He withdrew from the Boya Building, and he knew that it would be too late, so he left in a hurry. Only half an hour after he left, Zhao Heju wore a Guards uniform and a large-brimmed hat unique to the Guards, and left the palace through the side door. There was already a carriage prepared at the palace gate, and he was about to get on the carriage, when he suddenly heard a "official" behind him.

He looked back, but Xie Daoqing was standing there with a strange expression. Zhao Youju knew that she was the most square, smiled and waved her hand, and without saying much, she got into the carriage.

Seeing Zhao and Ju swaggering out of the palace under the escort of more than a dozen guards, Xie Daoqing shook his head and sighed softly. Although she was accepted by Zhao and Ju in the harem and gave birth to a daughter for Zhao and Ju, she was self-aware and knew that she had the least influence on Zhao and Ju. She kept her duty, but she never thought about the rest of the things, Zhao Heju dressed up like this, she was really worried about Zhao and Ju's safety.

Because he often participates in some large-scale activities such as suburban festivals, many people in Lin'an City know Zhao and Ju, so Zhao and Ju can only give up riding a bicycle or riding a horse to sit in this carriage. However, the window panes of this carriage are specially made so that you can see clearly from the inside out, but you can't see anything from the outside in. He looked at the shops and pedestrians on the side of the road through the window glass, and his heart was not as happy as usual.

Although in front of Cui He, he can be regarded as regaining his calm, but in fact, the worry in his heart has not weakened at all because of this. He knew that incidents like this time when officials were collectively corrupt and colluded with profiteers would happen in the future. He was just very disappointed in himself, he originally thought that he could rely on his ability to find a debut for Huaxia, but in the end, the law of the rise and fall of the ages was not something he could break alone.

"A paste-maker......" he laughed at himself in his heart.

Lin'an City's transportation system is now very developed, Yu Tianxi used all his wisdom and wisdom on how to make a city more comfortable and pleasant, and even some things that Zhao and Ju had not thought of, Yu Tianxi thought of first. The carriage traveled through such a transportation system very smoothly and in a timely manner, and it only took twenty minutes for the carriage to stop in front of the editorial office of the "Great Song Times Weekly".

With more than 20 newspapers in Lin'an seizing the market, the "Great Song Times Weekly" is now also facing a serious problem, that is, the pace of expansion is stagnant. In the fifth year of Yanhuang, because of the recovery of the Central Plains, the circulation of "Great Song Times Weekly" exceeded 100,000 copies in one fell swoop, thus becoming the first newspaper in the entire Great Song Dynasty with a circulation of more than 100,000. But since then, the number of subscriptions to the weekly has not increased, hovering around 100,000. Deng Ruoshui thought of many methods, including changing the "Weekly" into a semi-weekly and a bi-daily, and issuing additional supplements containing some legends written by literati, but the results were not satisfactory.

However, "Secret News of Martial Arts", which was originally far behind the "Great Song Times Weekly", jumped from 50,000 to 90,000 in circulation, only one step away from "Weekly". This made Deng Ruoshui very embarrassed, and always felt that he had the hope of disappointing the Son of Heaven, and for half a year, he was full of liver fire, scolding the young students in the "Weekly" office one by one.

When Zhao Heju stepped into the courtyard gate, he heard Deng Ruoshui roaring: "I want good articles, good articles, we are not tabloids that spread rumors like "Secret News", we are "Song Times Weekly", we are the scholars who dare to be the first in the world, we are the eyes and mouthpieces of the Son of Heaven, you know, what the official family uses to accompany the meal every day at breakfast is our "Weekly", not the rest of the tabloids that do not enter the stream!" Don't give me such a garbage article, which is only worthy of being read to the drunks in the barn of the sword camp, not in our "Weekly"! ”

Zhao Heju stopped, signaled the concierge of the weekly magazine who was about to speak quietly, and stood outside quietly listening to Deng Ruoshui's roar.

After a roar, Deng Ruoshui quieted down, and then the sound of paper rustling could be heard inside, Deng Ruoshui said again: "Take it back, rewrite it, your kid's writing ability is good, but you have to remember, follow the preferences of the laity, of course, you can make your kid famous quickly and earn more polishing pen, but the article is eternal, and one day you will be ashamed of your article, and you just wish that you had never written these things - this is the old man's experience, if you don't like it, forget it." ”

Then, there was the voice of a young man saying goodbye from inside the door, and then the door was pushed open, and a person who looked like a Confucian came out, and saw Zhao Youju, who was dressed in a straight military uniform, was slightly stunned, and then showed a shocked face, and hurriedly saluted: "Long live the student who has seen my emperor!" ”

Taixue was a place where Zhao and Ju often went, and there he would give a lecture on fame, ambition, people, and monarchs every other month, so most of these Taixue students recognized him. Zhao Heju smiled and patted the man's shoulder: "Honor and disgrace are not shocked, Fang is the prime minister's bearing, and those who take the world as their own responsibility must first tolerate the affairs of the world, and listen to Mr. Deng's teachings, and they will achieve great things in the future." ”

This was just a cliché of ordinary words of encouragement, but because the person who said it was Zhao Heju, the scholar was so excited that he burst into tears, these students have not really faced the gray area of the world, they are full of longing, they are also full of expectations for their future, and they have been encouraged by the Ninety-Five Supreme, which is a great thing for him. He choked up and said, "The student understands that the student must study hard and dare not live up to the hope of the saint!" ”

"You're a student?" Zhao Youju asked again.

"No, the student is just studying in Taixue, and he was fortunate enough to listen to the holy sound and listen to a class from the official family." The man said again.

"Oh......" Zhao Heju didn't say much when he saw Deng Ruoshui coming out when he heard the voice, but just asked again: "Your surname is from your hometown, can you tell me about it?" ”

"The student is from Qingyuan Mansion, surnamed Wu, named Wenying, and the word Junte." The scholar said.

"Oh." Zhao Youju was just coping with it, but when he heard this familiar name, he couldn't help but stop and looked back at the scholar: "I heard a poem, I wonder if Qing can comment on my taste?" ”

Wu Wenying was happy in his heart, he was good at poetry, especially in words, the Son of Heaven asked him to comment on words, wouldn't it be exactly what he wanted!

"Jiang Yan's words are said goodbye, the water splash red is like a spring break, and the west wind Wujing leaves are worried." Zhao Youju chanted that sentence, and then smiled: "I only remember this last sentence, you can tell me, how about this word?" ”

Wu Wenying held his breath, but his heart was churning, although the Son of Heaven said that it was "listening", but since the Song Dynasty, most of the officials are elegant, Xiaoyin rhythm, good at painting, good at poetry, and Anzhi This sentence is not self-made by the Son of Heaven, and it is taken out to show off to others, so it is not difficult to comment on this word, but the difficult thing is that it is not only good to evaluate, but also not to be thought to be flattered. Rao is Wu Wenying is smart and clever, and he can't help but be stunned at this time.

"You think about it here, I still have something to discuss with Deng Qing, and I'll ask you after I finish speaking." Zhao Youju put aside this sentence and stepped into the door of Deng Ruoshui's office.

Note 1: The sentence that its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden, comes from the "Eleventh Year of Zuo Chuan Zhuang Gong", the original sentence is "Yu, Tang sinned himself, his prosperity is also perverse, and the sinners are also sinners, and their death is also sudden", but it is known to the world at the time, it is actually a dialogue between Mr. Huang Yanpei and Taizu of this dynasty in Yan'an in 1945, and the sentence used in the sentence is changed from Mr. Huang's original words.

Note 2: There are three theories about Wu Mengchuang's birth year, and the statement used in this article is Ms. Wu Bei's statement, that is, she was born in the eighth year of Jiading (1215 AD), so Wu Wenying was seventeen years old when she first appeared, and the "Huanxi Sha" quoted in the article should not have been written at this time.