“…… Li Boji, you are wrong! I am in the imperial examination, not all for the sake of talent, but for the sake of taking scholars and raising scholars! Scholars are the heads of the four peoples and the pillars of the country. Scholars are safe, the world will be peaceful, and my Great Song Dynasty will be eternal! ”

"Nonsense! Zhao Yuanzhen, you are a famous person in Jiezhou, why is your knowledge so short? Scholars, things also. The name of Ren is also. A scholar who can do anything is a scholar, how can a useless scholar be a scholar? For example, today it is not unified to the north, there are Khitan in the north, Uighurs and Tubo in the west, Dali and Annam in the south, and Goryeo and Japan in the east, all of which are not in Wanghua, and the situation is like that of the Warring States. If the Son of Heaven wants to mix with the sea and establish a unified system, he must choose to be idle and free. How can you use all incompetent scholars? ”

"Lu Juren's words are ridiculous! Now that the four seas are peaceful and there is nothing to do in the world, how can it be compared with the troubled times of the Warring States? Moreover, the Warring States all use poisoners, blindly use energy, and do not cultivate benevolence, so they will fight endlessly, so that the people cannot establish their lives, and the world will not be safe. This is exactly the result of using energy without virtue! ”

"The Western Thief was pacified, is it because of energy or virtue?"

"Use energy! However, the method of pacifying the western thieves is not the right way, and it can only be used occasionally, otherwise the world will be plunged into chaos! ”

"What is the right path? Do you want to give more money to the enemy? ”

"No, it is the right way to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, cultivate morality, enrich the country and strengthen the army! Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and being strong is fundamental. Only by cultivating virtue can the court get benevolent ministers. Only then can the country be rich, and those who are rich must curb the huge merchants and workers, so that the profits of industry and commerce can be returned to the imperial court, so that the country can be rich and the people can be safe. After the country is rich and the people are safe, they can serve the soldiers in the people and take them as idle doctors. In this way, the country can be rich and the army strong......"

"Isn't it whimsical that a bunch of nonsense, useless corrupt people, still want to run government businesses and businesses, and want to drive away tigers and wolves from the militia?"

In front of the main hall of Qingcheng School Palace, a mouth cannon battle is being staged. On both sides, you say a word, I say a word, each does not give in, and it seems that no one can convince anyone.

This is a contest between Li Gang and Zhao Ding! On both sides are masters who can speak and write,

As soon as Li Gang came up, he held high the banner of "choosing leisure and appointing ability", the imperial examination should be a meritocracy, and only those who have the ability can be raised, what are useless people for?

And Zhao Ding also knew that his ability on his side was not as good as others...... On my side, moral articles are better, but there are also two courses on "Confucianism" and "Literature" on my side. It's possible to be a little worse, but it's not too bad, and it doesn't affect your work.

But compared to financial management, compared to construction, compared to leading troops to fight, compared to law, compared to agriculture, etc., there is no one on my side.

Therefore, Zhao Ding talked about "benevolence" as soon as he came up, and put morality first in employing people. Of course, this "virtue" is not personal ethics and morality, but a feudal ethical program, respecting the inferior and inferior. It also put forward the ideal line of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, cultivating morality, and enriching the country and strengthening the army......

"How is it whimsical?" Zhao Ding, who was kneeling on a futon, said loudly, "The people of the world do not buy good land, do not build high-rise buildings, do not buy cars and horses, and devote themselves to farming and reading to run their families, and take the imperial examination as the way to heaven, the benefits of industry and commerce are all owned by the country, and the affairs of the military are also controlled by scholars. Li Boji, do you dare to say that the official family is also whimsical? ”

Zhao Ding's words were actually extended from Emperor Zhenzong's "Encouragement of Learning"! At first glance, it seems to encourage everyone to read, but in fact it is constructing an ideal social form with the imperial examination system as a means of distribution.

"Ridiculous, don't buy, don't build, don't buy, don't buy, where does the field come from? Where does the house come from? Where did the horses and chariots come from? Falling from the sky? ”

"You're wrong!" Li Guang, who was kneeling beside Zhao Ding, laughed and said, "You are really a giant businessman and a big worker, and your mind is full of copper smell." You must know that this money is really a bad thing that messes people's hearts, messes up and down, messes up and down, messes up the dignity and inferiority, and messes up the family and the country! ”

"Why do you want to be hypocritical? If you Li Taifa don't love money, you can cultivate yourself at home, why do you want to come out to take the imperial examination and become an official? ”

Li Guang just shook his head with a smile and said, "What I don't love is just money, not that I don't love Golden House, Su Qianzhong, Che Maduo and Yan Ruyu." ”

"Haha, what's the difference?"

"It's different!" Li Guang said with a smile, "First, the Golden House, Su Qianzhong, Che Maduo and Yan Ruyu should not be obtained with money. ”

"No money? Do you want to grab it? ”

Li Guang looked at Liu Zhengyan who asked with disdain, "In addition to buying, do you know how to rob?" ”

Liu Zhengyan is the son of Liu Fa, the natural god general in the Northwest Army, and now he is the inner student of the Biyong Academy, he has long followed his father to the battlefield, and he also has an official body. The reason why he went to Biyong Academy to study was because Liu Fa felt that Wu Haogu and Gao Yu's art of war was too powerful, and asked his son to learn from others. This kid is actually a material for reading, with excellent grades in the Biyong School Palace, and he is very loved by his classmates, and like Qu Fu, he is a student leader.

"Humph!" Liu Zhengyan snorted and pointed at Li Guangdao, "You rotten Confucian, you don't spend money to buy it, and you don't rob it, where can you get the Golden House, Su Qianzhong, Che Ma Duo and Yan Ruyu." ”

"From the book!" Li Guang looked at Liu Zhengyan, "It seems that you still read too little, and you don't understand the deep meaning of Emperor Zhenzong's "Encouragement of Learning"!"

Emperor Zhenzong meant that if you read the book, you will be humbled and humbled, and the upper and lower will be humbled and humble, and the Golden House, Su Qianzhong, Che Ma Duo and Yan Ruyu will be honored!

Not buying, not building, and not buying means that you can't buy low and sell high by the businessmen, get rich by luck, break the dignity of the upper and lower, and make the people more and more impoverished! ”

Of course, Li Guang is talking nonsense, and Emperor Zhenzong's "Encouragement of Learning" is just encouraging everyone to study to the death, and it has not yet reached the point of "social revolution". However, Li Guang's performance is quite in line with the ideal social form of a group of scholars.

The distribution of wealth in society is completely determined by the imperial examination! How much Xiucai takes, how much people take, Jinshi is one step to the sky - this ideal society was not realized in the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty only won the Jinshi to have the Golden House, Su Qianzhong, Che Ma Duo and Yan Ruyu, and if you don't pass the test, it is a big move. Therefore, the social wealth distribution of the Song Dynasty was still very diverse.

Liu Zhengyan glared at Li Guang, "It's still nonsense, no one does business, who will sell the rice and grain grown by the peasants?" ”

"Wrong! You are wrong again! Li Guang shook his head, "Farmers don't grow grain to sell, but for their own use...... If grain is grown to sell, then what is the difference between a farmer and a merchant? Isn't farming a business? ”

"Isn't farming a business?"

Li Guang said with a smile: "If it is a business, there will be many people who will lose money, and few people who will make money...... If this is true for all industries of industry and commerce, will agriculture be an exception? But how many farmers are there in the world? If 78 out of 10 go bankrupt and 23 out of 10 become big farmers, won't there be people everywhere and the world in chaos? Therefore, all dynasties will take industry and commerce as the end and agriculture as the foundation, and this is the reason.

As far as our dynasty is concerned, if we want the world to be safe, we must use the imperial examination to determine the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels, take the small peasants as the foundation of supporting the people, and take the government-run industry and commerce to make the country rich. In this way, the country will be rich, the army will be strong, the people will be safe, and the scholars will be virtuous. ”

It's really the head...... And it's not without a little truth.

His reasoning is to understand the essence of the small-scale peasant economy - the purpose is to feed the people, but it will always go down the wrong path of the commodity economy! And once farming becomes a business, it is necessary to make profits. The bankruptcy of small peasants and the merger of large peasants inevitably appeared.

Running land is also a business! And when doing business business, there are always more people who lose money and fewer people who make money...... And to avoid this situation, the only way is to eliminate private businessmen, all official businesses, and then use the imperial examination to determine the dignity and wealth of the upper and lower levels, and use the imperial examination to supervise the official industry and commerce! As a result, an economic system was formed in which the small peasants were completely dependent on the government and industry and commerce were completely controlled by the government.

This system was the ideal of Confucianism as early as Wang Mang's time, and Wang Anshi's reform also pursued this aspect, but unfortunately it could not be realized for various reasons.

However, there is no way to achieve it, nor can it negate the political correctness of this ideal.

The route of Yuntai Xuegong to serve industry and commerce, although feasible, is politically wrong......

……

"Good! This Li Guang said it well! ”

applauded Li Guang was the official Zhao Ji who came from Weifu. Of course, Zhao Ji did not enter the Qingcheng Palace, but under the escort of more than 1,000 imperial warriors, he climbed the Nanxun Tower (the city gate tower of Kaifeng Mansion) with Cai Jing, Su Zhe, Zhang Kangguo, Zhang Shangying, Zhao Tingzhi, Cai Bian and other important ministers. Then Zhao Mingcheng copied down the defenses of both sides, and then sent someone to ride a fast horse to Nanxun Tower.

Zhao Ji paused, and said again, "Although with his method, most of the Great Song Dynasty is going to lose the country, but the reason is good!" What do you think? ”

"Your Majesty Shengming ......"

The ministers replied like worms.

Whoever doesn't know this truth is impossible to get into the current position.

Zhao Ji smiled: "Then let's see how the people from the Yuntai Academy Palace demolish him." ”

At this time, another panting little yellow door sent Zhao Ji a new defense. This time, it was Zhang Zhifeng on the side of the Yuntai Academy who counterattacked.

Zhang Zhifeng asked Li Guangdao: "If small farmers are the foundation of supporting the people, why are there people in the world who have countless fertile fields, but some people have no inch of land?" According to Jun, shouldn't it be necessary to implement the practice of equalizing land, according to the merits of the imperial examination and official positions, the amount of land is regulated, and all land that exceeds the regulations will be confiscated, and then distributed to small peasants who have no land and little land free of charge? Since scholars are virtuous and don't love money, it is better to start with the civil officials who came from the imperial examination in the DPRK and the central government, and confiscate the excess land in their families!

If there are virtuous scholars and doctors who refuse to practice it, it means that the virtues of the scholars are not enough. ”

"Hahaha," Zhao Ji was also naughty, read Zhang Zhifeng's words out loud, and then said to the ministers, "This Li Guang has really been exposed!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming ......"

The ministers responded. Or is it Shengming—or how to put it? Who stands up and says they don't want their land?