Regarding the etiquette of the Northern Song Dynasty, there is only a few words in Tokyo Menghualu, and some can also be found in the Song Dynasty, if it is not intense, look at the Song novel "Zhang Haohuaxia and Li's Daughter Married", both of them are big families, and they actually won the lawsuit with a private agreement, so that the marriage contract proposed by their parents was invalidated. It is a case, if Cui Xian comes to the capital in the name of accompanying a few mothers, it is okay, there is criticism but it will not be very serious, compared to Zheng Lang, it is possible to refuse to kiss, it is worth paying. Hugh said the Book of Rites, the gentleness and humility of Confucianism, but look at Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Bao Zheng, Shijie, how they played, it will be written soon. Besides, the one who went out really explained it that way? Or put all the princesses and county lords of the Li Tang clan and Liu E into the pig cage? It's really illogical, it's a novel, it's allowed to be fictional, and the heroine is changing it according to everyone's opinion. Her bright spot is that in the future, it happens that this surname makes up for Zheng Lang's shortcomings. If I continue to entangle, it is really sad, I have to read so many words every day, and I have to read some very boring scriptures and history books, which is really a headache. Sometimes I can't move in my bed, like I'm dead. If not, please forgive me. Don't argue with all book friends, peace is precious. I read the book review, and it's already a civil war, and I'm really sweating.

==================== there was no court meeting the next day, but the little emperor excitedly called several prime ministers into the palace.

Zhao Zhen handed the conversation of Zheng Lang recorded by Yan Wenying yesterday to the prime ministers.

A few bigwigs were surprised when they saw it.

The imperial examination is set to a three-year system, which is not uncommon for future generations, isn't it not that it has not appeared, starting from scratch, no matter what happens, it is very difficult. Don't look at the triennial imperial examination system that was implemented later, but at this time, the bigwigs discussed it for a while.

For example, in the spring of this year, the old lady died, and she was doing a funeral here, so she couldn't come to a palace on that side to test the title of the gold list, ride a horse and hang flowers, what kind of system did it become. But God knows what will happen that day? Zheng Jiazi's suggestion is good and can be adopted, but it should be carefully discussed.

There is also a strong preference for encouraging the host and guest to be lenient with the tenant farmers. It may not work for everyone, some subjects and guests are harsh, even if the emperor persuades him face-to-face, he may not listen, but it will have an effect on many of them. Although there are few people to receive them, just like Jinshi, who are only admitted once in a few years, and there are only a few hundred people, there are hundreds of thousands of students in the whole country who are screaming.

It is not the same that many people have bravely participated in the imperial examination in order to win the first prize.

Can alleviate the contradiction, although the population is increasing, it has resisted part of the role, and if it is not launched, wouldn't there be more displaced people? I can't see it, but I can see the invisible effect. As for the moderation of redundant officials and redundant government in the future, everyone understands it.

Without Zheng Lang's advice, the little emperor was also ready to do it. It stands to reason that decades have passed since the Abyss Alliance, and if there is no war, there will always be money, right? No, the army is still expanding, I don't know what it's used for? After asking Lu Yijian, I learned that the ancestors' decree was to collect the displaced people, otherwise these people would rebel and revolt if they had no food to eat. This is where the bulk of state spending lies. Got it, do you dare to move? Even Jiang Xing'er is listening to it now, and she can hear that this redundant soldier is very troublesome.

Either pay tribute to the Khitan and comfort the party members, do you dare to move?

I had to move the remaining two, Song Zhenzong gave the gods a lot of money, this year is not good, is preparing for a new atmosphere after the New Year, issued an edict to let the whole country stop building temples, monks and Taoists are all reduced, the country can not afford to raise so many immortals who do not do things.

Over the years, the officials have been white and fat, and even their children and grandchildren have enjoyed various benefits.

Once implemented, several measures will save a lot of redundancy, at least far more than the money he has cut from the palace. However, his surname has prevented the measures from being well implemented. Knowing that the phenomenon of redundant officials and redundant government in the country is very serious, but when he climbed the city tower during the Lantern Festival, he saw that there were so many gray-haired people crowded in the crowd, and his heart softened again, and he immediately issued an edict that he had passed the examination five times, and those who had passed the palace ceremony three times over the age of fifty or more, and those who had passed the six examinations in the past sixty years, and those who had passed the imperial examination in advance after five examinations, although the examination was not qualified, was not allowed to be dismissed. At least, there are nearly dozens of old scholars and scholars, which also means that dozens of more officials have come out with an edict. Later, it became a rule, and every time I took the test, I had one more time. But most of the time the kindness was doing good things, and soon after, he issued an edict to pick and pick again, and pulled out twenty horses of silk from the inner palace to help the victims of the Jiang quasi-disaster.

At present, a few bigwigs don't know his thoughts, but the phenomenon of redundant officials and redundant government in the country is indeed very serious, and Zheng Jiazi has used a gentle method to control it, and he is also very much in favor of it.

But all eyes are focused on the continuous surname disaster.

Zheng Lang's words are ambiguous and cannot be taken as evidence. Hugh said that in this era, in another thousand years, said that the Yellow River will burst in a few months, who will believe that the god stick is coming. However, Zheng Lang brought it up, and the prime ministers had to think about it.

If you don't bring it up, even if the Yellow River bursts in front and the Huai River floods in the back, they will not be responsible, and even if they are in a hurry, they can still push it on the little emperor, you are immoral. But Zheng Lang mentioned it, and they all became cautious.

Even the prime minister is afraid of officials. If nothing happens, as soon as something happens, the Zheng family has already said about it, and they all use their private property to prepare food, what do you prime ministers do? In particular, Lu Yijian may be surrounded by these officials and throw stones into it.

After pondering for a while, Li Di said: "Your Majesty, anyway, the north has been short of grain in the past few years, so if you are prepared, you really can't squeeze out two million yuan from the treasury and build a granary in Songzhou, so you can be prepared." ”

"Okay." The little emperor thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The first is that the finances are tight, and more money cannot be withdrawn, and the second is that this matter is quite mysterious, if there is not one, there are too many preparations, the year is not very good, and the price of grain is even stronger. For this reason, Fan Zhongyan also wrote a book, not only did not let the state prepare grain, but asked the country to reduce the grain reserve and stabilize the price of grain.

Therefore, only two million taels can be drawn.

Zheng Lang was overjoyed when he heard this.

Now it's two million, and in a few months it's four million five hundred, how many people will be saved because of this?

Is it really up to him alone? These weaver girls are resources, and they can be turned into income from resources, at least for more than three months, together with the family's savings, until July comes, and they can raise 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, which is good. Thirty or forty thousand yuan is not a small number in that family, but what is it in the future catastrophe?

And he didn't expect that this was the most difficult, but he became the first to pass. It can be seen that the officialdom of the Song Dynasty was wise enough to protect himself, and the psychology of not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, has penetrated into his heart. Even a few prime ministers can't get rid of this custom.

Most of the bigwigs are officials, and it only takes a while to make decisions and put aside the disputes, and the four things are discussed. Then looking at the record again, Cai Qi said: "This son really has a great appetite. ”

It's time to get down to business, and it's time for the big guy to chat.

Song Shou asked, "What's the solution?" ”

"See, this son wants to use the righteousness of Confucianism to replace the law of Legalism, so that the law is more benevolent. However, in this way, it is necessary to carefully interpret the benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism and form a systematic theory in order to truly replace the Legalist law. This project alone is not trivial, as well as "The Mean", his way, the country's throttling and open source ......" Cai Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"But I see his gentle side."

Cai Qi was silent, even if this son was mad at the Eight Kings, he was still very gentle. Seeing the scene of madness, have you ever seen him standing in front of the body of Empress Dowager Liu, standing motionless all night? sighed and said: "This son is like some scholars and doctors in ancient times, whose surname is Gwen Run, and he values love and righteousness. ”

What an evaluation!

But Cai Qi has it in his heart.

"Cai Qing's words, I also agree. This son is affectionate and righteous, not because he is so repulsive as he looks. ”

"Your Majesty, Zheng Juzi is right, you should also take care of your dragon body."

"I inherited the trust of the previous emperor, the fate of the people in the whole world, in my thoughts, where can I dare to enjoy it?" Zhao Zhen said seriously.

"There's a degree to that, too."

"I know." However, this sentence was obviously taken by him as the wind in his ears, from Lu Yijian to Zheng Lang, and then to Cai Qi, there is kindness, but how can I let it go?

Only Lu Yijian lowered his head and didn't say a word, and it was only at this time that he made up his mind and let the third son of the family follow Zheng Lang. As long as he still cares about his father in the future, it is worth it to say a few words. The whip was not drawn, and the candle did not drop, but for this, he scolded a few words, which scared Lu Xiaosan so much that he didn't dare to say a word.

But it's a headache, the eldest son is like himself, the second son's heart is not stable, where is the third son? Could it be that in the future, there will be five different political concepts in a family of five fathers and sons?

…… Official, that's how to do it, Zheng Lang walked out of the palace and thought to himself.

is different from what Lu Yijian thinks, he is the art of power, and Zheng Lang thinks of the art of politics. Look at the officials, what are you fighting for? A long chasm has emerged. But as for himself, he only said a few words, and several practical things were quietly implemented.

As I said before, if it weren't for this year's catastrophe, most of them would have arrived in Khitan, and as long as they went through several successful visits, the Khitan that began to decline would have declined even more. It was a headache for the party item, but he was familiar with the history books and knew that the gap between the real party item and the Song Dynasty was not so big, and if he did it properly, the Song Dynasty had a great chance of winning. can't be in a hurry, the main reason is that he is too small and has no authoritative surname to speak.

Cui Xian poked her head out of the ox cart and asked curiously, "Zheng Lang, what about people?" ”

"People, it may be tomorrow, it may be the day after tomorrow, but I promised Your Majesty to take them in."

"You're lying."

"I don't believe you're asking the eldest lady to go."

"Auntie, is it true?"

The eldest lady didn't react and said, "It's true." ”

"......" Cui Xian's small mouth pursed, and after a while, she said, "How many?" ”

No, it's them, there is a word, and this time it's a big trouble.

"There are a lot, there may be dozens, there may be hundreds."

"You're a liar again."

"I don't believe it, you ask the eldest lady to go."

"Auntie, is it true?"

"It's true."

"Huh......" It's not right, even if it is given to the palace maid, it is impossible to give dozens or hundreds, what is the problem? I didn't think of it and asked, "Why are there so many?" ”

The eldest lady said: "Your Majesty, the clothes are still old linen, alas, they don't look like the emperor anymore, so the weaver girls in the palace were released together." ”

Cui Xian almost fell down, looked at Zheng Lang with a pair of phoenix eyes and said angrily: "It turns out that you already knew that you deliberately made me angry." ”

Zheng Lang stretched out his hands and said, "I am not a worm in Your Majesty's stomach, and I don't have the palace attendants to report to me, how can I know." ”

"You just know!" Suddenly, he stretched out his little hand and pinched the back of Zheng Lang's hand. Although I have said it several times, this is the first time that my skin has touched in the real sense, and my face immediately turned red after pinching, and my heart began to beat wildly.

Shamefully asked, "Auntie, what's the matter?" ”

Where did the eldest lady know what they were doing, and honestly told what had happened.

"Zheng Lang, don't talk nonsense, what if the wind and rain are good in the next few years?"

"I never say anything, and my instincts tell me that there is a chance that there will be big trouble."

The people of the Song Dynasty were still very superstitious, and Cui Xian couldn't get rid of this custom, too many incredible things happened to this little husband, she blinked her eyes wide, and said, "Then Your Majesty will be even more pitiful." ”

Zheng Lang was silent, not only the future is more pitiful, but these two words will accompany the little emperor's life.

Cui Xian doesn't care, she only cares about Zheng Lang's attitude towards her and Zheng Lang's fate. A few ladies were going back, and Cui Xian had no choice but to go back to the inn with her. After all, he has not yet married, and he is forced to enter Beijing this time, but there must be criticism. Under the pretext of accompanying a few mothers, it is filial piety, and he can still talk, but he can't stay alone.

But on the way back, thinking of Zheng Lang's teasing of himself, he was angry and funny, and thought in his heart that he was not so close to people, sometimes it was quite cute. So this night he kept smiling, and he actually left Huan'er to sleep with him, and talked to Huan'er in bed in the middle of the night.

New Year's Day is coming.

Zheng Lang continued to study.

It's also a sprint.

didn't expect Lu Gongshu to come again, and solemnly offered a gift.

Zheng Lang was stunned and asked, "Lu Sanlang, are you ......?"

"My father agreed, and he asked me to ask you again, if you really pass the palace exam, where do you want to go?"

The two juniors immediately came to the spirit, Lu Yijian, do you really let your son be our little junior brother? glanced at each other, I understand, let's not fight about who is big and who is small, this Lu Xiaosan has to press him down. Can't be ranked by age, otherwise he's the oldest.

After glancing at each other, they walked over nervously.

Zheng Lang glared at them fiercely, and then said, "Jiangnan." ”

This is a good thing, that is, the emperor will go through the back door for himself, if several prime ministers do not agree, he may not be able to go to Jiangnan as he wishes. With Lu Yijian's help, then Jiangnan will be decided.

"Why Gangnam?" Lu Gong was at a loss in his eyes, it was not that Jiangnan was bad, but that it was too far away from the capital.

"Lu Sanlang, take a look, Jingdong Road, Henan and Hebei, there is no land and property of the powerful or their descendants in that state and county? Jiangnan also has, but much less. I'm only a little older next year, seventeen years old, if you want to have qualifications or no qualifications, if you want to be old without age, trouble is not necessarily afraid, but is it better to avoid trouble? People must clearly position themselves, otherwise Zhao Kuo's fate will be a lesson from the past. You can't look down on yourself, so the Master said that a gentleman wants to be quick to his words and quick to act, to speak carefully, and to be diligent and courageous. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of Zhu Xi's comment on this sentence, and those who are sensitive to things are reluctant to do enough. Those who are cautious in their words do not dare to do everything they have. So it was harmed for a thousand years. Confucius only objected to rhetoric, not to teach people hypocrisy. It's not that you don't dare to do what you do! It's min, not what it lacks! Does talking less equals being restrained?

This kind of Confucianism of the Zhu family is the real harm to future generations.

In fact, after studying Confucianism for so many years, and then using the concepts of later generations, think about it seriously, Confucius left the weak Lu State, and the turbulent war years brought him some limited surnames, as well as some theoretical contradictions, most of them still have practical surnames.

As long as it is systematically organized, not distorted, and then some corrections are made, it will bring great help to future generations, and even have greater positive significance than formulating one or two major national policies.

So he said: "If I pass the examination and really go to Jiangnan, I plan to stay for a long time, by the way, I will annotate Confucianism and synthesize Confucian theories, first of all, starting from "The Mean", you can follow me, you can discuss with each other about the rule of officials, the country and the people, or learning, you can also assist me in carrying out this work. ”

It will be a safe haven in Jiangnan, and there is no need to rush back to Beijing, because of the young age, there are many troubles in returning to Beijing, and it is possible that nothing has been done, and you will be scratched. Then I will have more free time, and I will also have time to write books.

"Xie Yuan, is it true?" Wang Anshi and Sima Guang's eyes lit up and jumped up happily.

Even Lu Gongzhu, an honest young man, became excited, rubbed his hands, and said, "My father is really prescient, no wonder he asked me to follow Xie Yuan." ”

"Lu Sanlang, no, he is paving the way for your future," Sima Guang, who has a good belly and black talent, said unceremoniously and directly.

"Don't talk nonsense, you forgot what I said?"

"Yes."

But when the words came out, he couldn't take them back, and Lu Gongzhu's expression became very depressed.

Zheng Lang can't comfort him, is it possible to let him go home and rebel against his father? Dare to say it yourself, does Lu Gongzhu dare to do it?

But soon the joy and frustration were dissipated, and Lu Gongzhu did not dare to delay Zheng Lang's time, and returned home to tell what had happened. Lu Yijian just smiled, he already knew it, otherwise he would have wiped this face?

I don't expect Zheng Jiazi to become a figure like Meng Xun, as long as he can barely reach half of Kong Yingda's height, it is worth paying this face.

And the height of fame brought by this book repair and the strength of his own family will make this third son quickly enter the political arena in the future. That's what he values. Besides, that Zheng Jiazi is really good at educating people, not only teaching knowledge, but also being a man and governing a person.

However, Lu Yijian's other three sons, Lu Gongxuan, Lu Gongbi and his youngest son Lu Gongru, were very enthusiastic when they heard it.

Lu Gongru took Lu Yijian's hand and said, "Daddy." ”

"No, it's just your third brother, I guess someone will talk about me again. And you are young and can't keep up with your knowledge, even if Zheng Jiazi cultivates books, what can you help? Then he said to Lu Gongshu: "Not necessarily, after the scientific examination, if he fails the examination, everything is empty talk." ”

In the examination, the name matches the reality, and the prestige of Zheng Jiazi has reached a higher level. If he fails the exam, the Zheng family's reputation will plummet, and it is not worth his son to wipe his face and follow behind.

This is Lu Yijian's concept of life!

Or is this really practical?

Cui Xian soon heard the news, and was also surprised, Lu Yijian actually agreed? Why can't you agree, in Lu Yijian's heart, the word cheeky is very worthless, and Guan Jian is the difference between worthiness and unworthiness.

Then his eyes blinked, thinking, this matter is helpful to Zheng Lang, but also harmful, help is the strength of the Lu family, with this relationship, the little husband will have a stronger backing. The disadvantage is that it will arouse the disgust of some officials. The head of the melon seeds moved, and when he returned to the inn, he was still thinking, and when he saw the two brothers who were studying hard, he suddenly thought of the qualifications of the three little third sons, and sighed in a low voice. Those little three sons may study for one day, and they have to study for three or four days for their two elder brothers.

The two uncles didn't know what their sister was thinking, and they also felt that it was strange. His mouth opened and he said, "Repair the book." ”

I don't even have a little grasp of the scientific examination, and the little brother-in-law is ready to revise the book, and this gap is not a little bit. And the revision of books is not the cultivation of ordinary books, but the sorting out of Confucian scholarship! Surprised and shocked, the two uncles neglected the fact that Lu Yijian's son joined his brother-in-law as a teacher.

Cui Xian suddenly said, "Yes." ”

Looking at her two older brothers, she came up with a great idea.