It has been half a year since Song Renzong Zhao Zhen issued an order to the world to implement the Tianyuan reform, and this great earthquake that shook the entire imperial court bureaucracy began to gradually radiate to all parts of the country.

Through Zhao Zhen's unremitting efforts, the new cabinet became the central part of the power of the Great Song Dynasty. After half a year, Zhao Zhen finally replaced these important positions with historical celebrities screened by Guoan Temple and talents cultivated by himself.

At this point, the entire DPRK-China forces were basically divided into two forces, namely the reformists headed by Fan Zhongyan and the moderates headed by Yan Shu. This is also Zhao Zhen's intention, not to let the DPRK and China become a hall of words, but not to affect the pace of his own reform, only to add some conduct can also be more moderate and aging ministers, in order to reconcile the aggressive trend of the new reformist officials. At the same time, he also took this opportunity to sweep out those guys with a bad reputation in history from the power center of the Great Song Dynasty.

After all the main officials of the academies and departments arrived, Zhao Zhen convened everyone to convey his core ideas for the current political reform of the Song Dynasty. In particular, the establishment of the Supervision Yuan is the top priority, and the officials of all states and counties will be evaluated, screened and filed by the Guoan Temple, and finally Zhao Zhen will personally screen and appoint them.

There are 18 roads in the entire Great Song Dynasty and nearly 250 states, let alone at the county level, and it is a big problem just to choose so many suitable officials. In view of this situation, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to divide the local restructuring into three stages, first adjusting all the institutions of the 18th Road, placing competent personnel, and then gradually developing to the state and county.

Although the emperors of the Song Dynasty have adjusted the political framework, none of them have made such a big stance this time, and the entire state system has almost been plowed over. In particular, Zhao Zhen's enthusiasm for new learning since he was a child made those who only knew how to gnaw the Analects and vainly say that half of the Analects ruled the world felt panicked.

The Northern Song Dynasty court admired Confucianism and Taoism, at the beginning of the establishment of Taizu, he immediately went to Qufu to worship and worship, and issued an edict to increase and repair the temple, Jianlong for three years (about 962 years), and issued an edict to sacrifice to the Confucian Temple, with a product ceremony, the temple gate column sixteen halberds. In the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu (about 1008), Song Zhenzong visited Confucius Temple in Qufu, and added Confucius as "Xuansheng Wenxuan King", and the following year "awarded Confucius Temple Huan Guiyi, crowned Jiuhan, served nine chapters, and served from the metric system", in the fourth year, he ordered all states to build Confucian temples, and in the fifth year, Confucius was changed to "the most holy Wenxuan King".

The Song Dynasty clan has always regarded Confucianism as a weapon to educate the people, and many scholars have acted as the vanguard, always going forward without disadvantage. However, over time, such a genre that has been pushed to the altar has slowly reflected its shortcomings. Although they did improve the economic and cultural prosperity of the Song Dynasty to a certain extent, they also cultivated the Song Dynasty into a weak scholar, whoever beats me, I will give money! completely lost the domineering spirit of the local tyrant.

The hometown of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong, as the birthplace of sacred learning, was changed to Xianyuan County during the Song Dynasty, where a large number of Confucian diehards gathered. And there is also a "heavyweight" figure here, that is, Liu Chengqi, who made great efforts for Song Zhenzong Taishan to seal Zen, and later called one of the "five ghosts" of the Northern Song Dynasty. As one of the ministers of the Song Zhenzong period, although he has not joined the center now, he is still very marketable in this realm. It was precisely because he was not in the central position that Zhao Zhen ignored his existence for a while and was not washed away.

However, this guy who was very mixed in the Song Zhenzong period thought that it would be difficult for those who were old to meet the emperor, and he would be able to soar to the sky. Unexpectedly, the young little emperor in the court completely ignored his own existence, and actually brought Yan Shu, an old man, out of that place, and replaced many young guys in charge of the center. In his opinion, this little emperor is just fooling around, his mouth is hairless, and he can't do things well, so at this time, he should stand up and support the society as a pillar of the country!

So, this old and sturdy guy was unwilling to be calm, and began to run around persistently brushing his sense of existence, trying to attract the attention of the one in the court. Although he was a state envoy and looked like a very big official, he had no real power in the Song Dynasty, and most of them were used to provide for ministers.

On the Si River outside Xianyuan County, a boat drifts on it, and the two old men in the boat play tea and seem to be leisurely.

"Yuan Lu, you are good at chess!" Liu Chengqi put down the chess pieces in his hand and said that he would admit defeat.

"It's just a fluke, Brother Dafang is restless today, and the younger brother was able to steal half of the son!" Kong Daofu arched his hand at him, and his tone was very modest.

"Hey~" Liu Chengqi looked compassionate, and sighed long before saying: "What Yuan Lu said is true, since the new emperor ascended the throne, I have been deeply anxious and often restless!" ”

"Why?"

"Looking at today's court, there are many mediocre people, Uncle Yan Tong entered the test at the age of fourteen as a prodigy, and gave him the same Jinshi background, which is not orthodox and has no achievements, but steals a high position, which is really a great misfortune for my dynasty! What's more, Sun Fu, the old man has never heard of it, and he actually won the bachelor's degree of the Guanwen Palace with his white body, and he is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites, which is really a big joke in the world. What annoys me the most is that the position of the secretary of the military department is actually a martial artist, when will those Qiu Ba be able to be on the same level as me! Such a thief, everyone will be punished! The more Liu Chengqi spoke, the louder he became, looking upright, as if he was the embodiment of justice at this moment.

"Yikes! Brother Dafang, if you hadn't woken up today, the little brother would still be in the dark! These days, the court and China are overwhelmed with all kinds of things, and the younger brother has not paid attention to these, but listening to what the brother said today, it is really true. However, when I heard that the situation was all from the top, what could I do in vain? ”

"Yuan Lu's words are wrong! Although the saint has been smart since childhood, but he ascended the throne not long ago, the foundation is still shallow, if it is not for the traitors in the court, Yan Shu Sun Fu's generation, why is it fortunate to enter, I am afraid that Sun Fu is still spinning on Mount Tai at this moment! ”

Kong Daofu nodded and said: "Sun Fu, I have heard of it, he has raised the Kaifeng Mansion Jinshi four times, and all of them failed in the scientific field, and he was rumored to be a laughing stock for a while. I heard that he later gave up the scientific examination, and hid like Mount Tai to open an altar to give lectures, and I never heard that he had any dealings with the ministers of the court, but for some reason the Holy Lord suddenly issued a decree to invite him back to Beijing, and awarded him the important weapon of the country, I am very puzzled! ”

"The reason for this is indeed unpredictable, and the sages have passed away one after another, which is my sorrow. At this time, the saint vigorously reformed the system, and many young people were able to steal high positions, and did not want to persuade the monarch to be diligent in political affairs, and became ministers in vain. At this time, it is my generation, stand up, Kuang Fu Sheji, how dare you spare your body, what is the intention of the virtuous brother? Liu Chengqi faced him with a generous statement and bewitched him.

"But these measures are all proposed by the Holy Lord, let's do this, ......" A trace of hesitation flashed on Kong Daofu's face, this question seems to be a bit conflicting in the perspective of the holy science he admires, if he opposes it, it is against the emperor, and if he doesn't oppose it, it is a bit suspicious of ignoring the country's society and water and fire.

Seeing that he was retreating again, Liu Chengqi hurriedly added a fire: "I wonder what Yuan Lu knows about the new learning initiated by the Holy Lord?" ”

"Miscellaneous ears, not enough to worry about!"

"And don't be careless, when the saint was still the prince, he vigorously developed new learning, founded the Royal Academy, and recruited students.

"The ancestors' sacred learning is broad and profound, and it is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in our dynasty, how can it be shaken by one academy." Kong Daofu was full of confidence in Confucianism, and did not agree with Liu Chengqi's words.

"Yuan Lu's words are wrong, you must know that the reason why sacred learning can be popular in our dynasty is also because the emperors of our dynasty have touted sacred learning. However, I look at the current Shengshang seems to be more enthusiastic about new learning, after the restructuring of the six departments of the State Council, the household department absorbs the original three departments, which can be said to be the most important department, you think about it, should this household department be concurrently served by the prime minister is more reasonable? Liu Chengqi tried to use words to guide him step by step towards his own train of thought.

When Kong Daofu heard this, he thought about it carefully, and found that what Liu Dafang said was not unreasonable, such an extremely important department actually let a superintendent who had no political achievements but had been in charge of the Royal Academy to serve as it, which was really meaningful. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "What does Brother Dafang want?" ”

Seeing that Kong Daofu had signs of taking the bait, Liu Chengqi was very happy, stabilized his emotions, and said quietly: "Although the Holy One may have the idea of Xingxinxue, after all, my Holy School is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are thousands of students in the world, and it is impossible for the Holy One not to consider the impact of this matter." Therefore, I guess that the Holy Scholar should subtly reduce the status of the Holy School and raise the status of the New School, as long as we break this point now, it will inevitably cause an uproar. When the time comes, will Yuan Lu's worries be solved soon? ”

"But will you be directly confronted with the Holy One soon?"

Liu Chengqi looked at this stupid baby who was reading and reading, and was speechless, so he had to explain: "Why do we want to point the finger at the saint? Isn't Fan Xiwen the best target! Isn't it the best of both worlds that I will not be directly confronted with the Holy One, but at the same time I can be heard by the Holy One? ”

"Huh...... Brother Dafang is really quick-witted, I am ashamed of myself! Kong Daofu said embarrassedly when he heard this.

After that, Liu Chengqi felt that Kong Daofu was too generous and did not understand this way, so he had to pour his own thoughts into him, and with the help of his special status as the heir of the Confucian family, he longed to spread all kinds of rumors, or publicly comment on the virtue and integrity of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

At this time, Liu Chengqi retracted to his hometown, closed the door all day long, drank alone, and did not ask about the world.

"Have you ever heard that the Holy One is going to make a new study today?" A student-like man in a restaurant said to the rest of the people at the table.

"Can't! This is a betrayal of the ancestors, the saint can't do this! One of them interjected with a look of disbelief.

"Come to think of it, it's been almost two years since the Holy Lord was in power! According to the usual practice, it is long overdue to open Enko, but there is no news on this matter yet. The previous student snatched the conversation back.

"That's right!" The rest of the people commanded.

"There's something more serious! Presumably you have also seen from the Times that the Holy Lord has reformed the imperial court system. I don't know if you have noticed that after the restructuring, the household department has incorporated the rights of the three divisions and has become the most important department of the State Council, but have you noticed who this household department secretary is? ”

"I remember, isn't it Fan Xiwen? What's wrong? One of them replied.

"What's the matter! Do you know what this Bachelor has been doing until now! He is the one who founded the Royal Academy with Shengshang, and he has been in charge of the Royal Academy, even if he is now a Tobe Shangshu, Shengshang has not taken away his position as the superintendent of the Royal Academy. And now that the Holy Lord is the dean of the Royal Academy, don't you think there's a problem? ”

"That's true!" Everyone nodded and said.

As a result, the matter has been reported, causing an uproar, spreading rapidly among many students and radiating to all parts of the country. In the end, there are different opinions, and it is not uncommon for the saints to overthrow Confucianism today.

Seeing this, someone drank alone in the courtyard, laughed, and fell asleep with a satisfied smile......

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