Chapter 113: The Willows and Flowers
Qin Hui had already been rubbed by Zhao Huan for some reason, and he heard the emperor's tone slow down, as if he had been amnestied. The chick pecked the rice and nodded, and replied: "Yes, the minister knows, His Majesty's love is unforgettable......
"Well, it doesn't have to be that way."
Zhao Huan interrupted Qin Hui's words of gratitude, patted a few times on the case in front of him with one hand, and asked casually: "Have you read Wang Anshi's "Emperor Shangrenzong's Book of Words"? ”
His words turned very much, and later generations said that it was extremely "jumping".
Qin Hui was ignorant and didn't know what the emperor's intentions were. Fortunately, he was born in Hanlin Jinshi, so he naturally read this note, and immediately replied respectfully: "This minister has read it." ”
He didn't know whether the emperor praised or depreciated Wang Anshi, and replied carefully: "This book is ten thousand words, and the minister once copied it when he was young, but he felt that when Wang Anshi wrote this book, he already had the intention of reforming." Renzong was tired of politics in his later years and never paid attention to it. Shenzong occasionally read it when he was the prince, and he praised it, which was the cause of the enlightenment and change. ”
This is ambiguous, neither praise nor depreciation, and there is no attitude at all.
After Qin Hui finished speaking, he let out a breath of air, secretly glanced at Zhao Huan's face, and waited for him to speak.
Zhao Huan didn't talk nonsense to him, and said directly: "Wang Anshi is really the same through the ages, and I really admire it."
It has written 10,000 words, from military equipment to official selection, to upbringing methods, to raising honesty, the way of the first king to rule the world, all kinds of things, I have read it many times, and I really feel that Wang Jinggong is really a rare talent. ”
Wang Anshi's coffin closure theory had already been greatly disputed at that time. After Sima Guang took power, presided over by the Empress Dowager Gao, Sima Guang started to abolish Wang Anshi's law. After the death of Empress Dowager Gao, Zhang Dian was in power, and all the old parties were rejected, and when Cai Jing arrived, he even engraved the monument of the Yuanyou party. The old party is all listed on the list, and future generations are not allowed to be officials.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Prime Minister Yuan Cheng took off his major in "History of the Song Dynasty" with ulterior motives, and denounced Wang Anshi as worthless, and since then, public opinion has been quite depressed on Wang Anshi with the records of Song History, and it is not until modern times that the fog is lifted, and Wang Anshi's true value is gradually reflected.
And Zhao Huan didn't want to overturn the case for Wang Anshi at this time. Wang Anshi's change of law naturally offended a large number of officials. However, in the Song Dynasty, its reputation was not bad, and it was also a fact that its reform failed. Zhao Huan mentioned this person at this time, but he actually had ulterior motives.
As soon as Qin Hui heard his praise, he didn't think twice, and immediately replied: "When Wang Jinggong was in power, the treasury of the world was full, and he recovered Hexi, which was a good appearance. ”
Zhao Huan was very happy, looking at Qin Hui's sincere face, he knew why he was in a position of power. I like to be a villain. I don't like the so-called gentleman.
The topic of suitable talents, changed to Li Gang and Zhang Jun and others, and they must have a debate with him. I definitely don't think of words to reply with my own topic.
At that moment, he coughed a few times, and ordered Qin Hui: "You go back and carefully study the book of Emperor Shangrenzong." ”
"Yes, the minister must be a good student to study."
"It's nothing else, what is done now, Wang Anshi may not have done it back then. It's just that he mentioned it: Fang Jin is a scholar, only strong and well-read, and a little familiar with words, so he thinks that Mao is different and virtuous. Mao Cai is different and other virtuous and upright. The choice of the minister. And if you don't remember it well, you don't have to be well-read. It's this paragraph, think about it. ”
What he said is Wang Anshi's analysis of the talents in the imperial examination. Tang takes the Jinshi, the candidates are more than 100 people a year, and the considerable officials are selected by the family, while the Song takes the scholars more than 300 to 1,000 people a year, and the content of the examination is only limited to the scriptures and poems, and the imperial examination is carried out until this time. Already doing more harm than good. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was difficult to select real talents.
Zhao Huan naturally knew the harms and disadvantages of the imperial examination, and if it was suddenly abolished, it would definitely be in turmoil in the world, and compared with other reforms, this one was the most difficult. He restored the Ming Jing and Ming calculations in the Tang system and used them to remove lower-level officials and officials, which was already a great reform. Wang Anshi's meaning is to completely change the method of the imperial examination system, and to combine the imperial examination system with the imperial examination in the Han Dynasty to reform the disadvantages of the imperial examination.
Qin Hui is such a smart person, as soon as Zhao Huan spoke, he already knew what the emperor meant.
Zhao Huan looked at him coldly, but saw that he was drenched in cold sweat and his face was colorless.
Reforming the official system and eliminating prefectures and counties only offensives the interests of some of the gentry, and according to Wang Anshi's reform strategy, it is bound to be the enemy of the Jinshi officials all over the world. With such pressure, Qin Xuan naturally couldn't bear it.
Without waiting for him to speak, Zhao Huan said again: "There is also the Juntian tax law, so I can study it." ”
These words finally became the last straw that pressed Qin Hui's thin body.
Qin Hui's face flushed, and he jumped out of a sentence that he couldn't believe either, and protested: "This ...... Don't dare to give an edict during the minister's period! ”
Such a reaction was expected by Zhao Huan.
He didn't make a sound, just looked at Qin Hui with a cold face, and was silent.
Qin Hui trembled, and had the heart to defend again, but he only felt that there was an overwhelming coercion, which made it difficult for him to confront the person in front of him again.
Zhao Huan is the emperor, the ninety-five supreme, the original identity plus the imperial career in the past few years, in addition to playing martial arts with the front of the palace and the Mongolian knights, there is also a little vulgar interest, on weekdays are sitting upright to manage the government, and the reception of his subordinates is also harmonious and warm, but there is always an inexplicable distance, which makes people dare not play, dare not approach, and dare not treat him as an equal friend.
And he himself has gradually become accustomed to his current identity and role, and it is difficult to tell if he blends into it.
Qin Hui didn't dare to defend himself, but he definitely didn't dare to do such an edict. Of course, he is an official and prosperous, but if he is ruined, and even spends the rest of his life in open guns and arrows, it will be really uncomfortable.
He left his seat, fell to the ground, and prostrated repeatedly, but could not speak.
Zhao Huan originally had the intention of persuading and humiliating this great traitor through the ages, but seeing the other party like this at this time, he was soft-hearted for no reason.
He sighed, and said secretly in his heart: "Recently, I have gradually felt that there is no smell of life, and today's things are too much. ”
With a long sigh, he held his right hand weakly, and said comfortingly: "Qin Qing is like this, hurry up." The attendants next to him were in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Qin Hui up, but saw that his face was already full of tears.
Zhao Huan laughed dumbly, and actually got up and handed over a towel to Qin Hui to wipe it, and then said with a smile: "You are also a prime minister, so you don't have the body of a minister." ”
Qin Hui had already come back to his senses at this time, hurriedly wiped his face, handed the scarf back to the servant, and then said to Zhao Huan: "The virtuous and good Fangzheng finally became the nine-grade Zhongzheng, and the two Jin Dynasty were destroyed in the world, and there was a method of selecting scholars for the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty." If Your Majesty wants to restore it, the minister will never approve of it. The tax on the Juntian square is a bad law, Wang Jingsong can't do it, and the world's corporal doctors oppose it. Your Majesty is going to fight with the Kingdom of Jin today, and you must not use this method again. ”
Although he has a poor character, this passage shows his ability. The good prescription is to nominate officials, and the magistrates will inevitably nominate local powerful family candidates, and the longer the time, the greater the family power.
The average tax on Fangtian is to measure the land of the whole country and collect taxes based on the amount of land. More than half of those who opposed the new law were the most disgusting.
Zhao Huan smiled and returned to his seat, and after a slight gesture, the waiter behind him took a box, Zhao Huan nodded slightly, and the waiter handed the box to Qin Hui.
Seeing Qin Hui looking at him, Zhao Huan said: "It is not possible to be virtuous and square, and it is not possible to use the imperial examination alone." I asked you to study the book of Emperor Shangrenzong, but it was not for the sake of restoring the virtuous and upright. Wang Anshi mentioned that the ministers should not use the imperial examination purely for the imperial examination, but should do their best to teach according to their talents, and then elect and use officials, so that they can use all the talents in the world. You will study it, and then write a book according to the method I have come up with. As for Fang Tian's average tax, since you said that you can't do it for the time being, it's okay.
When the world is decided, let's talk about this matter. ”
Qin Hui listened to what he meant, but he didn't want to abolish the imperial examination immediately, but to improve it, and half of it was already set in his heart, and when he heard that Fang Tian's tax law was no longer restored, his heart was even more happy. He immediately got up and said, "In this way, the minister will act according to the edict." ”
"Okay, you go, you don't have to resign, local affairs have already begun, and you don't have to work hard in the future, just stay in Chang'an and participate in politics."
This is also excellent news for Qin Hui, who immediately agreed, and when he saw that Zhao Huan had nothing else to say, he immediately withdrew.
Zhao Huan only felt exhausted at this time. When he met Qin Hui, he always felt that he was in a trance and could not help himself. The sense of dislocation and absurdity of the times is difficult to suppress in my heart.
To Yue Fei, with pure trust and respect. For Qin Hui, there is an inexplicable sense of disgust, and Qin Hui himself was born under his training to become a capable minister, which is really funny, but it is an ironclad fact.
He stood up and stopped dealing with politics. Squinting his eyes and looking out the window, he saw a round of red sun emitting its last rays.
Zhao Huan got up and went to the outside of the hall to see the remnant sun like blood. After a long time, I only felt an indescribable pride in my chest.
He himself felt strange, and only remembered that before seeing Qin Hui, he met Yue Fei for the last time, and asked him to return to Xiangyang to reorganize the army, ready to enter the Central Plains and fight with the Jin soldiers at any time.
And Yue Fei generously stated, although Man Jianghong was a forgery by later generations, he didn't say anything to break through Helan Mountain, but he was also fierce and full of confidence.
When Zhao Huan thought of hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers, elite soldiers and strong armor, and beat the Jurchens, who occupied half of China's country in history, back to the white mountains and black waters, he only felt his heart stirred and excited. And all of this is under his control, how to make him not excited.
"That's how a husband should be."
Yue Fei left Beijing to prepare for the battle, the Jin cavalry of Taihang Mountain Wang Yan and Shi Ziming had no way, Zhang Xian, Yao Duan and others guarded Taiyuan, and could go straight to Hebei at any time, Han Shizhong advanced step by step, pointing directly to Shandong.
Jingkang six years are about to pass, the history of the Song Dynasty has turned the heaviest page, next year at this time, but I don't know what kind of world it is.