On 15 May, Zhao Chen convened the fourth military aircraft meeting to discuss the reform of the imperial examination in education.

Everyone sat together, their faces different.

It has been a month since the first discussion of the education imperial examination, and Zhao Chen originally thought that everyone could go back and think about it, but who knew that the dispute was getting bigger and bigger.

"Teacher, I don't deny the legitimacy of Confucianism! In the future of the world's schools, Confucianism will still occupy the mainstream position! Why are you so adamantly opposed to joining the school? Zhao Chen looked at Li Gang and said.

"Your Majesty, learning is a trick! If you join the tricks and tricks, because these tricks and tricks are really helpful to the world, the world will value the tricks and tricks, and in the future, they will look down on the learning of the saints! Li Gang said.

"Your Majesty, what Master Li said is right! If you implement practical learning, it is very likely to dominate in the future! Even the slightest possibility, we can't allow it to happen! Therefore, the best way at present is not to do practical learning, and there is only Confucianism in the school and the imperial examination, which is the right way! Li Ruoshui said.

Zhao Chen frowned, he didn't expect Li Gang and Li Ruoshui to be so stubborn.

"Your Majesty, you and I have known each other for many years, and I have watched you step by step to the present! My Great Song Dynasty has unified the world, and the country is becoming more and more prosperous! The Great Song Dynasty is already very good, and we can use the ancient system for many things, so why do you want to make a change? Li Gang said.

"Teacher, when I set up the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters in Hanzhong and Guanshan, and implemented the rent reduction order, you were able to support me at that time, why can't you support it now? It was a change then, and it's a change now! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, this is different! Confucianism is the foundation of the world, and it is the truth of the existence of thousands of generations! If Confucianism is moved, there will be great turmoil in the world, and at that time, the country will not be a country, so Confucianism must not be changed! Li Gang said.

"If I really forcibly reform education and imperial examinations, do you really want to resign from the teacher?" Zhao Chen was silent for a long time and said.

"Not bad! If at that time, the country will not be a country, I would rather return to my hometown than watch the country become like that! Li Gang said.

"Your Majesty, if that time comes, I will also return to my hometown with the Prime Minister!" Li Ruoshui also spoke.

"Let me think again!" Zhao Chen frowned and said.

After the military aircraft meeting dispersed this time, Zhao Chen came to Li Gang's mansion and personally persuaded Li Gang, and even promised Li Gang to experiment in some parts of the country, instead of implementing education and imperial examination reforms throughout the country. Li Gang believes that "practical learning" is the source of cholera in the world, and it must not be implemented!

Not only that, but in the next few days, Li Gang and Li Ruoshui actually joined hundreds of Confucian scholars in the Yanyun area to write to Zhao Chen, claiming that the ancestral system was immutable.

******

It has come to the 21st day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, spring has passed quietly, and summer has arrived.

At dusk, Zhao Chen and Wang Shu were walking on the lakeside of the palace.

A breeze blew and it was cool.

"Wang Shu, if you are asked to be the prime minister, can you be competent?" Zhao Chen had been pondering, and after a while, he suddenly spoke.

"Ahh What do you mean, Your Majesty? Wang Shu was taken aback and said.

"Nothing! Many things are hard to decide! Zhao Chen shook his head, left Wang Shu and walked forward.

After dark, he came to Li Gang's mansion again to persuade him, but Li Gang still didn't agree! Zhao Chen listed various reasons, Li Gang couldn't refute it, but he still insisted that Confucianism is the study of sages, and the world school can only learn Confucianism, and the imperial examination can only take Confucianism!

After Zhao Chen returned from Li Gang's mansion, it was already midnight.

He was standing by the lake, looking into the distance, when a woman in white came to his side.

"Does the emperor have anything on his mind?" A faint voice came.

"I'm very troubled by the affairs of the court! Li Gang is my teacher, I have shared ups and downs with him for many years, and I even treat him as a father in my heart, but now that he is the first to oppose me, I really don't know what to do. Zhao Chen turned his head and said with a wry smile.

The woman in white behind her was Qin Yuzhen, her eyes were unusually bright, with a hint of concern in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, if you are really reasonable, you should be able to convince him." Qin Yu really said.

"It's justified and can't be explained now! No matter how much I tell him, he won't listen! He had an idea in his mind that no one could convince him. I used to think that the teacher was wise and intelligent, but I didn't expect him to have a stubborn side. Zhao Chen said.

"Anyone has something to stick to!" Qin Yu really said.

"What is it that you insist on in your heart?" Zhao Chen said.

Qin Yuzhen shook his head, a confused look in his eyes.

She is an outstanding disciple cultivated by the Tianshan Sect, and her master asked her to go down the mountain to save the world from calamity, but now the calamity of the world is long gone, and she doesn't know what she should do. As for monasticism, it was just her way of life, and there was not much difference between it in the world and in the mountains. If she insisted on insisting on the Tao, it seemed that something was not right, at least she didn't approve of it in her heart, and sometimes she even felt that she could give up the Tao.

"Yu Zhen, 'Dao' is an ethereal thing, and no one can verify it! Heaven and earth have yin and yang, and people have men and women! Since heaven and earth have given birth to men and women, it is to unite with each other, this is the right way of heaven and earth, I don't know if you approve of it? Zhao Chen suddenly smiled and said.

"This ......" Qin Yuzhen was stunned for a while and nodded.

"I have a lot of worldly truths in my heart! Do you know why human beings are the spirits of all things? Why can humans enslave other living beings? Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"Because mankind is favored by the heavens!" Qin Yu really said.

"That's a mistake! In fact, human beings have only been the spirit of all things for millions of years! Millions of years ago, there were other species that ruled the world, but not humans! The Daomen try to understand the origin of all things in the world and understand the truth of the world through the study of the Tao, but I have never been able to agree with it. Zhao Chen said.

"How do you know that?" Qin Yuzhen said curiously and surprised.

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is the fundamental reason why human beings become the spirit of all things! As for why I know these things, I already told you some time ago that there are fossils and antiquities in the world, and you can know a lot of things through these! Zhao Chen said.

Qin Yuzhen nodded slightly.

"Actually, I am also curious about your Taoism and Buddhism, and I am curious about many things, including how I came to this world...... It is too lonely to live alone in the world, and you can only feel warm when you are with your loved ones. Yuzhen, in the future, you and I will be together, rely on each other, never abandon each other, and explore the truth of the world together, do you say okay? Zhao Chen took Qin Yuzhen's hand and said softly.

Qin Yuzhen's silver teeth bit lightly and nodded for a long time.

Zhao Chen was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately hugged Qin Yuzhen in his arms, and Qin Yuzhen snuggled him tightly.

The two stood by the lake like this, not separated for a long time.

"What if you're in my position and can't convince anyone at all?" Zhao Chen said.

"Cut through the mess with a knife! You know so much, what you say should be right, then do what you think. Qin Yu really said.

This time, Zhao Chen was silent, and after a while, he said: "Li Gang is my teacher, so it is always difficult to decide!" If it were someone else, I wouldn't give a damn about it! As for the reform of the imperial examination of education, I have already thought about the stakes, except for a few Confucian scholars in the world who will oppose me, the vast majority of people will not oppose me! In particular, the army and the production and construction corps will not object! The people of the Central Plains, Yanyun, the North, and Liaodong have just been able to eat because I have enough to eat, and the matter of the imperial examination of education has little to do with them on the surface, and they will not oppose me! And this matter is indeed beneficial to the world, so let's do it! ”

******

On the morning of the second day, Li Gang was dealing with court affairs, and Zhao Chen called him to the imperial study.

Li Gang sat there, looked at Zhao Chen, and said, "Your Majesty has something to say?" ”

The hesitant look on Zhao Chen's face flashed, he let out a long sigh, and said, "Teacher, from Kaifeng to Tongguan, from Tongguan to Hanzhong, and then to Jiangnan and Yanyun, you have always accompanied me and escorted me!" Without you, I wouldn't be where I am now! ”

Li Gang was listening, but gradually Li Gang's face changed slightly, he looked at Zhao Chen, only to see Zhao Chen turn his head and stop looking at him, he suddenly guessed Zhao Chen's plan.

"Your Majesty, do you still want to reform education and imperial examinations?" Li Gang stood up abruptly and said.

"Not bad!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, you are forcing me to leave the court!" Li Gang said.

"Teacher, I hope you can still stay in the court and still be able to guide me! However, the matter of education and imperial examination is related to the future of the country and the nation, and I know that it was wrong in the past, but now I can't change it, and I can't agree to this! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, say no more! In fact, I sometimes think that what you say makes sense, but I grew up reading the books of saints, and I can't accept the change in the status of the study of saints no matter what! I'm old, it's time to go back to my hometown! After so many years away from home, many relatives don't know what happened. Li Gang said with a wry smile on his face.

"Teacher, you and I just have different political views, the relationship between you and me is still the same, the teacher should have brought his relatives to Yanjing a long time ago, and I will also provide for the teacher in the future." Zhao Chen said.

"I can't see a change in the status of Confucianism, so I'd rather leave Yanjing! From now on, I will hide in an old house in the countryside like an ordinary old man, and I will never ask about the world again! Li Gang shook his head and said.

"Why is the teacher so bothered? Let's make a bet, ten years later, after the complete reform of education and imperial examinations, the country will inevitably be better than before, and the officialdom situation will also be better than before, I don't know if the teacher believes it or not? Zhao Chen said.

"I'm old, I don't care about what you say." Li Gang's face was indifferent and he said.

"Teacher, you have to stay anyway." Zhao Chen said.

"No need! Now that His Majesty has made a decision, the old minister will return to his hometown! Leave! After Li Gang finished speaking, he left without looking back.

In the afternoon of the same day, many ministers of the Military Aircraft Department received the news of Li Gang's dismissal, and then Li Ruoshui, Li Chuwen and others also wrote to tell them to return to their hometowns, and Zhao Chen agreed to all of them.