Xin's body slowly froze in place.

What exactly do you want to do? What the hell do you want?!

This question is very simple, because in simple terms, what he wants to do is only to avoid the end of Chinese civilization being cut off by barbarians more than a hundred years later.

And to put it more complicated, what he wants to do is really complicated, if he really tells everything he wants to do, Xin Xi feels that no emperor will not feel worried, and he can't even sleep at all!

Think about it, without the emperor's knowledge, Xin Xi had already made contact with Rome, and even Khotan and the countries of the Western Regions began to lay out, preparing to establish the Western Regions Protectorate!

To put it mildly, even in the Tang Dynasty, it was a territory almost the size of the Central Plains, and such a large territory was more than enough to establish itself as the king's capital!

In particular, the Western Regions Protectorate, in a sense, is an administrative level similar to the integration of military and political affairs, that is to say, once the Western Regions Protectorate is established, Xinxi will truly become a force that the Northern Song Dynasty cannot control, and may even set off a situation of feudal towns again......

But if he didn't, he really didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to avoid the catastrophe of the Central Plains a hundred years later!

Shaking his head slightly, Xin Xi said indifferently: "Can Your Majesty trust the minister?!" ”

Zhao Shu's face was extremely serious: "Half-believed!" ”

Hehe!

Xin Xi smiled bitterly in his heart, no one will understand your inner thoughts, what they see is always your external performance, and then speculate on your mind based on your external performance.

The problem is, the answer obtained in reverse, although it is often right, often at the critical moment, it is actually always wrong!

In that case, I can only say a simple statement!

"What the minister wants to do is to leave a name in history!" Xin Xi suddenly spoke, and then looked directly at Zhao Shu, letting the carriage bumse, but still motionless.

"The situation that the Great Song Dynasty is facing now, in the eyes of the minister, the internal reform is bound to fail, and even completely intensifies the internal contradictions of the Great Song Dynasty, causing the empire to fall apart, so if you want to save the Great Song Dynasty, the minister thinks that you can only seek a way to save it from the outside!"

"Oh?!" Zhao Shu was slightly interested, about solving the problems of the Great Song Dynasty, but it has been haunting his heart, but he has not been able to come up with a suitable solution.

"Tell me what you think!" Zhao Shu's tone softened a little.

Xin Zhen nodded, and then said: "The problem within the Great Song Dynasty lies in the irrational use of money, that is, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, redundant soldiers are caused by natural disasters to collect displaced people for officers and soldiers, and this case has been started since ninety-seven years ago, after nearly a hundred years, now the sudden disarmament, I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising, so the problem of redundant soldiers can only let him continue to exist, and there is no way to solve it!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shu nodded slowly.

Xin Xi continued: "The same is true for redundant officials, since the three years of Taizu Chunhua, after more than 1,300 scholars were selected for the imperial examination, after that, there were no less than 1,500 scholars in the imperial examination every year, and in the third year of the Qingli of the first emperor, there were more than 2,000 scholars in the imperial examination every year!" In this way, there will naturally be a lot of redundant officials, but if the officials are reduced, it will inevitably cause a backlash from the scholars, and it will also cause chaos! ”

"And redundancy, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it has implemented high salaries and incorruptible pensions, which has indeed made my Great Song Dynasty no longer as corrupt as the Tang Dynasty, that is to say, it is probably useless to cut officials, but it will lead to a large number of people starting to embezzle!"

"Therefore, the minister thinks that once the reform starts from the inside, then the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably fall into complete chaos."

Zhao Shu nodded and said, "But that's the case, so when Wang Anshi wrote to ask for a change in the law two months ago, I directly refused!" ”

Xin Xi nodded and said: "Since the internal reform will not work, then, we may be able to think of a way from the outside, not only can the things I get be sold outside the Central Plains at a high price, but at the same time, we can also collect foreign money into my Central Plains through the war, just like this time!" Moreover, the war can be used to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled in the forbidden army, and at the same time, the problem of redundant soldiers can be solved! ”

"Yes, that makes sense!" Zhao Shu nodded in agreement, but then said: "But your practice of demanding reparations from the empire with war has caused the disdain of most people among Confucianism!" ”

Xin Xi was slightly stunned: "Disdain?!" ”

"Well, Confucianism pays attention to the outer saint and the inner king, and pays attention to benevolence, and you have been criticized by the Confucian students for being unkind when you commanded the Western Army this time!" Zhao Shu opened his mouth with a smile, wanting to see how Xin Shiyi would react.

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Confucianism has misled the country!" In the past, there was Qin who burned books and pit Confucianism, and the country was peaceful for 20 years, and then there was the Western Han Dynasty, the subset of death and history, and then there was the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism was corrupt and incompetent, so that the world was divided into three! The reason why Han Wu is prosperous is the accumulation of Huang Lao's technique by Emperor Wenjing, and the reason why the Tang Dynasty is prosperous is because of the Li family's Chongdao! ”

"When the Han and Tang dynasties were worshipping Taoism, all schools existed, so the country was stable, and after the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died, and the world was in chaos, and then, it was usurped by Wang Mang and Confucianism, and immediately after, Wang Mang was destroyed by Liu Xiu and Confucianism because he touched the interests of Confucianism."

"So, Your Majesty!" Xin Zhen looked at Zhao Shu directly, and said with burning eyes: "Please suppress Confucianism and re-support the hundred schools!" ”

Zhao Shu shrank his neck back in shock, inhibiting Confucianism?!

He thought that Xin Shiyi was at most complaining about Confucianism's various incompetences, but he never thought that this guy would directly want to do Dong Zhongshu's trick again? !

Depose Confucianism and re-respect a hundred schools?!

"Xinzhen! Don't talk nonsense! Zhao Shu drank lowly.

Xin Zhen smiled, he didn't talk nonsense, Gewu Primary School had already beckoned more than 200 students, and the parents of those 200 students trusted the education of Gewu Primary School very much after comparing what their children had learned.

The foundation is already there!

At this time, it is time for Gewu Academy to be launched!

Moreover, if the momentum of Confucianism's development is not suppressed, even if the Great Song Dynasty resists the catastrophe of civilization, I am afraid that in the end it will still be taken by Confucianism to the pit that binds people's minds with the three outlines and five constants.

"The minister is not talking nonsense!" Xin Zhen said indifferently: "The minister founded Gewu Primary School before, presumably His Majesty knows, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the telescope presented by Shen Kuo is also the product of a hundred skills, as long as a hundred schools are supported again, things like telescopes will definitely appear in a steady stream!" ”

"This ......" Zhao Shu hesitated a little, the power of Confucianism is too strong, as long as the interests of Confucianism are really touched, it won't take three days for this group of Confucianism to disrupt the entire country!

However, the role of that telescope is indeed very powerful, and if there is such a steady stream of such things, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely completely crush the surrounding countries!

Moreover, his youngest son Zhao Hao studied in Gewu Primary School founded by Xin Shiyi, and the little guy who was stunned at the beginning has now become much smarter and more lively, which is also what he can see!

"But Confucianism is powerful, once the entire Confucian group unites, if one is not handled well, I am afraid that I will be forced to abdicate and make way for Xian!" Zhao Shu opened his mouth slowly, although he was moved, he had too many concerns, and if he couldn't win, he wouldn't really act because of his heartbeat!

Xin Zhen laughed: "It's okay, Your Majesty will hand over this matter to the minister!" ”

Saying that, a touch of murderous intent flashed in Xin Xi's eyes, if that group of Confucian students was too much, Xin Xi didn't mind following Qin Shi Huang's example to pit Confucianism again!

"This ......" Zhao Shu hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "That being the case, this matter is all your own opinion." ”

"Yes!" Xin Xi was speechless for a while, and said: "It's all the minister's own opinion, and it has nothing to do with Your Majesty!" ”

"In that case, you can do it!" Zhao Shu opened his mouth indifferently, and then asked: "Back to the previous topic, how to solve the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty from the outside?!" ”

Xin Zhen shook his head, stopping the true thoughts that were about to blurt out in his heart, it was really Zhao Shu's responsibility was not enough, it was a plan to support hundreds of schools, and he had to put aside the relationship, if he really told all his true thoughts, maybe he would have to run away immediately!

The victory of the Battle of the Daimyo's Mansion had all kinds of pressures, money pressure, and official setbacks, so Zhao Shu chose to reconcile, but if Zhao Shu was suspicious at this time, Zhao Shu, who had just gotten 150 million yuan in money, was afraid that he would not directly mobilize a million forbidden troops to destroy him!

Therefore, Xin Xi did not mention any external solutions, but shifted Zhao Shu's focus to the inside.

"If the officials are redundant, the minister suggests that the imperial examination be changed from an examination every year to an examination every three years, so that the redundant things of the officials can be slowly improved, and if the soldiers are redundant, the minister intends to open the workshop all over the territory of the Great Song Dynasty with the assistance of the Yang family in Luoyang, and the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army can be repulsed and sent to the workshop, which can also be regarded as giving them a livelihood, but they can only take their time!"

"Yes!" Zhao Shu nodded indifferently and said: "Repel the old and weak in the army, after this is set up in your workshop, you can just give it a shout." It's just that this imperial examination system has been restructured...... If the imperial examination is to be reformed, it must be implemented slowly, and it must be in a hurry! ”

"It's all up to Your Majesty!"

"What about redundancy?" Zhao Shu slowly spoke.

"As for redundancy, there is nothing the minister can do." Xin Xi spread his hands, about those extra expenses, he couldn't say that it was the work of the royal family, the high fortune of officials, he felt that this strategy of high salary and incorruptibility was actually very good.

"How can there be nothing that can be done?!" Zhao Shu snorted dissatisfiedly, and continued: "Do more business, make more money, and enrich the treasury, won't the redundancy be solved?!" ”

Is it that simple?!

Xin Zhen shook his head: "The minister thinks that among the hundred schools, the first to support the farmers, after all, money is not how much money can be made, the money of the whole world is equivalent to the productivity of the whole world after all, and business and export can indeed bring foreign wealth to the Great Song Dynasty, but after all, it is only a temporary measure!" If we want to last for a long time, we must rely on ourselves to produce more wealth, for example, if the yield of rice per mu is doubled, the Great Song Dynasty can have double the money! ”

"Farmer?!" Zhao Shu was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that it was indeed as Xin Xi said, money is equivalent to property after all!

If the items do not increase, no matter how much money there is, it is useless, it is nothing more than a hundred yuan of money at the beginning, and I have always bought rice, but now it has become 10,000 yuan ago, and 100 yuan once rice.

"What are you going to do to support the hundred families?!" Zhao Shu was rarely concerned about this problem.

"Gewu Academy!" Xin Zhen's face was full of confidence: "The minister plans to create an academy similar to Guozijian, and the students of Gewu Academy are oriented to hundreds of schools, and even the minister plans to open a class of generals to train qualified generals for the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"Okay, there is a mansion in Dongcheng, which was Di Qing's back then, covering an area of about five hundred acres, and it can set up an academy for you!" Zhao Shu waved his hand.

Xin Zhen shook his head, he didn't plan to be really like Guozijian, if the school was in the capital, there would be some strange political atmosphere, and besides, the city was noisy, and it was not suitable for study and research!

After thinking about it, Xin Zhen said: "The minister plans to reopen the Underground Academy in the Beicheng Forest District!" ”

“…… Can! Zhao Shu nodded.

"If it's okay, you can go back, Ah Xue came to your house early this morning!" Zhao Shu's face softened slightly, and the doubts in his heart faded a lot after this conversation.

Xin Xi paused and said, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing for the minister!" ”

"Say it!" Zhao Shu slowly leaned against the wall of the sedan chair, soothing his body.

Xin Zhen's eyes flickered, and said: "The minister thinks that the attack on Dali must be fast, the best, before this year, Dali will be completely defeated, and the elephant will be bought from Tianzhu, otherwise, next spring, the Great Song Dynasty is afraid that it will face the attack of the three kingdoms of the Liao State of Western Xia in Tubo, but if there is an elephant cavalry to restrict the Liao State from going south, the minister is sure to defeat the Western Xia and Tubo again, and even, I can expand the territory of 500 miles for my Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Dali?

Zhao Shu glanced at Xin Xi obliquely: "The weather is cold in winter, so it is not suitable to send troops!" ”

Xin Xi looked directly at Zhao Shu: "Your Majesty, Dali is known as the Spring City, its climate is like spring all year round, and there will not be too much inconvenience in using troops in winter!" ”

"Really?!" Zhao Shu nodded, and after doubting the statement that the four seasons are like spring for a while, he had another idea in his heart.

Xin Xi served as the commander-in-chief of the Western Army before, and he already had a monstrous achievement, the reason why he was not rewarded was just a tacit understanding between the two monarchs and ministers, but if the credit for attacking Dali was made to Xin Xi, when the time came, the reward for Xin Xi must not be lower than that of the second-grade official, but Xin Xi himself has no merit, in that case, it will cause some trouble.

Moreover, if it really becomes like that, the situation of high merit and shocking the master, plus Xin Xi is different from ordinary martial artists......

Zhao Shu gritted his teeth and said indifferently: "Regarding the attack on Dali, I will go back and discuss it with the four ministers and the privy envoy!" ”

Having said that, I have already made up my mind in my heart, even if I want to attack Dali this year, the commander must not be hard!

"Then, the minister retires!" Xin Zhen saluted respectfully.

Zhao Shu nodded: "Go!" ”

After getting out of the car, it was only a mile away from home, Xin Xi looked at Zhao Shu's carriage and turned to leave, and then walked towards home.

After walking for only a few minutes, he saw in the distance that in front of his house, there were five figures of three tall and two short waiting for him.

It was Sima Yun, Xin Yi, Xiang'er, and Adam and Eve.

The corners of his mouth unconsciously curled, and he strode towards the door.

Homecoming!