Ever since the Zhao family was able to separate molasses from sugar cane juice by centrifugation, rum has become popular. Xiong Shangshu brought Liu Jingwen a high-quality rum, sweet in the mouth with a citrus aroma. The two jinshi drank slowly and spoke highly of this latest flavor of rum.

Of course, the two also said something that they cared about each other. Although Liu Jingwen knew that Xiong Sheng was here to talk, and he didn't want to say too much to Xiong Shang, Liu Jingwen just told Xiong Sheng what he would talk about in the class.

Xiong Sheng didn't say much, and when half a bottle of wine was down, Xiong Sheng smiled: "I didn't expect Brother Liu to be a great expert in religious history." ”

Liu Jingwen was stunned, what he has been mainly doing in recent years is not religious history, but the sorting out of the Han Dynasty system. The literati of the Great Song Dynasty all had their own cultural specializations, or main collection directions. This engagement in religious history is also the result of a sudden rush to the shelves.

However, for Jinshi, most of the time it depends on feeling. After listening to Xiong Shang's words, Liu Jingwen felt that Xiong Sheng probably figured out something. Otherwise, Xiong Sheng would not have shown such a tranquil expression. Liu Jingwen couldn't help but ask: "But I don't know what Xiong Shangshu has figured out." ”

"Well, at least during the period when the official family is in power, there will be no ancestral officials." Xiong Shang spoke his mind.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, ministers who were too old to serve were often appointed as ancestral officials, ignoring political affairs and giving them gifts as a sign of good courtesy. After Shenzong Xining, he rectified the rule of officials, and all those who were tired and old and did not do anything were appointed as ancestral officials, and Wang Anshi also wanted to settle the opposition in this way, and the number of ancestral officials gradually increased.

Now that Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's family have asked for a purge of religious believers in the society, it is natural that they will not appoint any more ancestral officials. Although Xiong Shang was a little pretentious, there were some things he still didn't want to say. He originally thought that the Zhao Guanjia had only now remembered to take action against religious sites, but looking back, since the establishment of the small imperial court in Fuzhou, the Zhao Guanjia had already canceled the ancestral hall. At that time, Xiong Sheng just thought that the Zhao official family was very dissatisfied with the Song traitors and the irresolute elements, and did not want to give them retirement pensions.

Of course, Xiong Shang didn't want to say so many profound things. Moreover, in front of the irresolute element Liu Jingwen, it is too inappropriate to say that the official family's handling of the irresolute element is too inappropriate.

Liu Jingwen is not a member of the society, and of course he does not know about the internal discussions of the society. After listening to what Xiong Sheng said, he could only continue to talk about the matter: "If there is no ancestral official ......, you can only rely on the pension." ”

Saying this, Xiong Sheng was even more sure of Zhao Jiaren's mind in his heart. The Great Song Dynasty had already formulated a retirement system before, and if this factor was taken into account, there was nothing to doubt the core idea of Zhao Jiaren's decision.

Looking at Xiong Xiang's disapproving expression, Liu Jingwen couldn't help but criticize the policy of the imperial court, "The official family is determined to clean up the religious believers this time, will those monks and Taoists take advantage of the situation?" ”

"Messing around? What's the mess? Inciting believers to confront the government? Xiong Sheng began to play dumb. As a scholar, he certainly knew that the Zhao official family required taxes on the land of religious sites. It would be strange if those monks and Taoists could really swallow this breath. Many religious sites not only have tens of thousands of acres of land, but also land with several mountains. According to this area, Xiong Shang can only hehe.

After all, Liu Jingwen had been away from officialdom for so long, he thought that Liu Jingwen just felt that the imperial court now had a strong army in its hands, and that Zhao Guanjia, as the emperor immediately, would not hesitate in the slightest when using force. Liu Jingwen said: "Xiong Shangshu, if the official family blindly ignores the opinions of the people, I don't think it's appropriate." Those monks and Taoists have a high reputation among the people, and the officials can do it to them, but can they still do it to the people? ”

Xiong Sheng smiled slightly, first took a wine glass and gave it to Liu Jingwen, and then said after drinking: "If it is a common people, they will naturally abide by the law." If you are instigated and fight with the court, this is not the people, but the traitor. Why should my Da Song be kind to the traitor? ”

After hearing this, Liu Jingwen felt that he was very dissatisfied with Xiong Shang's smug attitude, so he said: "Is it difficult for Xiong Shangshu to believe in ghosts and gods?" ”

"Huh." Xiong Sheng was amused by Liu Jingwen's attitude. After laughing, he resisted the urge to explain. Originally, Xiong Sheng also thought that the Zhao official family wanted everyone to never believe in ghosts and gods. After training in the society, he realized that the Zhao Guanjia was against the ghosts and gods of religious propaganda. To put it more bluntly, the Zhao family would never accept the influence of religion in society.

If Xiong Sheng wanted to completely deny the spirit of his ancestors in the sky, of course he would oppose the Zhao official family. However, just letting Xiong Sheng not believe in the gods and ghosts made up by others is completely within the scope of his acceptance. But Xiong Sheng didn't want to say this to Liu Jingwen outside the system,

After drinking, Xiong Shang took his leave. The next day, he continued to attend the meeting of the head office of the society, and after a few days, the training of the head office of the school was over. It's time for everyone to get through.

The first person to come to power and express his stance was Sun Qing, the head of the household department. Whether it is the Ministry of Officials is the first part of the world, or the Ministry of Household as the first part, there have been many opinions before. However, at the moment when Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's family are in charge of power, the independence of the household department is stronger than that of the official department. Sun Qing Sun Shangshu was the first to speak, his expression was a little nervous, and his voice trembled slightly under the eyes of everyone, "Ghosts and gods can't be trusted, ancestors can't forget!" ”

After hearing this, Xiong Shang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but applaud Sun Qingshangshu. Some people took the lead, and a group of senior officials applauded. In the Great Song Dynasty, the official family and the scholars ruled the world together. Therefore, it was common for scholars to oppose the decisions of the officials. Now this kind of situation in which everyone has to obey under the order of the Zhao official family is absolutely different. This time, if someone dares to express their personal ideas, or if they are acceptable to everyone, they will naturally be supported.

Sun Qing saw so many people expressing their support, and his face was a little rosy. Turning his head to look at Zhao Guan's house, he saw that Zhao Jiaren's expression did not fluctuate, and he looked at Sun Qing quietly, waiting for his words behind. That calmness made Sun Qing shudder. Sun Qing was very aware of the difference in strength between himself and Zhao Jiaren, and he knew even more about how practical these scholars were. Where they agree, of course, they support Sun Qing. Once you leave the scene or have different interests, the friendship that has been built up in this support will collapse in an instant.

Cheering up, Sun Qing continued to make his own clearance report. The report that followed was boring, and Sun Shangshu attacked religion. Even the words 'religion is a spiritual anesthetic' have been plagiarized, and the whole thing is a reading note for the training. The Shangshu and important ministers who were whetted by the first classic remark soon listened to it boringly, and some even began to yawn.

But yawning when listening to someone else's report doesn't mean that you have something new when you write it. Except for Sun Qing, the others didn't even write the first sentence 'ghosts and gods can't be trusted, and ancestors can't forget'. Compared with ghosts and gods, official positions are obviously much more important.

The previous official who made it clear that he believed in Yuan Shi Tianzun was vague when he spoke, obviously because he didn't want to lose his official position and didn't want to lose face. After hearing this, Zhao Guanjia said: "There is a problem with your logic, go back and rewrite it." ”

"What's the problem?" The official couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Jiaren stood up and said to the general members of the society: "Logic talks about internal cause and effect. For example, if a person grabs a rope on a pulley, he farts first, and then someone pulls the rope, and the person who farts is lifted up by the rope. At this point, if someone farts, it rises. This is simply writing two things, but does this imply that there is a causal relationship between the two things? ”

"Haha", "hehe", "roar", the members of the society laughed out loud. Mixed into their position, have experienced many people trying to use this sophistry to confuse the public. They had also studied logic before, but Zhao Guanjia's logic was a bit too mathematical, so many people felt resistant. Now this application of logic is very popular with everyone.

Xiong Shang couldn't help laughing. Zhao Guanjia is sometimes very funny, and this example is very witty. If this logic is true, it means that someone is pushing themselves into the air by the reaction force of a fart. It's very funny, very nonsensical.

In the laughter of everyone, the face of the person on the stage was already like pig's liver. It can be seen that this person does not want to make any essential concessions on his religious beliefs, but he still expects Zhao Jiaren to be fooled. By the time he was hung in front of everyone like this on stage, the embarrassment had reached an unimaginable level.

"You go down first." Zhao Jiaren also felt that this person was quite pitiful, so he gave him a step.

However, this person was already stunned, Zhao Jiaren made a gesture to Liu Meng, a member of the study committee next to him, and Liu Meng, a member of the study committee, went up and walked next to this one, patted this person on the shoulder, and whispered to him: "Go down and prepare first." ”

Unexpectedly, after listening to Liu Meng's words, he suddenly became excited. He pushed Liu Meng away, Liu Meng didn't expect this person to be rough, his body shook, and he instinctively pushed back. The experience of fighting for life and death at sea made Liu Meng's body very strong, and this reversal, the official who was the first to fight was pushed aside. At this time, both of them were angry, and the one who pounced on him wanted Liu to push and shove. The situation was immediately chaotic.

"Stop me!" Zhao Jiaren shouted angrily.

Under this angry shout, the situation was suppressed. Zhao Jiaren stood up and shouted, "Guard, take that troublemaker out!" ”

Liu Meng, as a member of the study committee of the training course, of course can't do it. But one of the guards' jobs was to violently suppress the person who was causing chaos, and two guards quickly ran up to the man. Seeing these two sturdy young men staring at themselves, the troublemaker finally knew that it was powerful.

Openly beating up a member of the study committee in front of Zhao Jiaren is a big deal. If you can't pass the course of the head office of the school this time, you will be expelled from the school at most. Although there is a significant impact on the career, it is not completely finished. And there are many people who believe in ghosts and gods in the Great Song Dynasty, and if they are expelled from the school because of this, they can probably be regarded as heroes by these people.

But in the official family, he beat Liu Meng, the secretary of the ministry, and then was deprived of his official qualifications, that is, he was beaten to the end. Since then, he has been expelled from officialdom. So many people watched him do it with their own eyes, or did it under the condition of Liu Meng's friendly expression, and there was no chance to quibble.

At this time, this official, who regarded himself as a disciple of Yuan Shi Tianzun, only felt that all thoughts were lost, and suddenly choked up and shed tears.

When a big man cried in public, it made people feel stunned. Zhao Jiaren snorted coldly and continued to order the guards: "Take him down." ”

The officials no longer dared to resist and did not wait for the guards to make a move. He himself went away with tears in his eyes.

Looking at the figure of this official 'crying and running away', Zhao Jiaren had already made a decision in his heart to get rid of this person to the end. It would be a very bad example to continue to allow such a guy to remain in the court.

The other officials were still watching the excitement at first, but when things developed to this point, seeing Zhao Guan's family deal with the matter decisively, the officials knew that something was wrong. Zhao Guanjia was an immediate emperor, and he managed the imperial court with a style of governing the army. Generally speaking, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty hoped to live with 'benevolence', but Zhao Jiaren was an official family that was managed by discipline and system.

Xiong Sheng had put away all his expressions at this time and sat honestly. Seeing that the other officials around him were all acting like this, Xiong Sheng smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew before that officials wanted the official family to be incompetent, but Xiong Sheng used to think that if he could be an official under Ming Jun, it would be an excellent thing. Now Xiong Sheng finally understands why so many seniors before hoped that the official family was actually incompetent.

An incompetent official must not understand logic, nor does he know how to carry out government affairs. In this case, the officials will have to give the officials all kinds of comfort. And today's official Zhao Jiaren is undoubtedly a Ming monarch, so the Zhao official family does not necessarily need an official as smart as Xiong Shang, as long as the official can carry out the orders of the Zhao official family without being out of shape, the Zhao official family can run the court well. Very good operation of the Great Song.

Officials and officials are like tigers in a mountain, and if the officials are strong, the officials have to be obedient. If the officials are strong, the officials have to bow their heads. So for officials, Mingjun is like a tiger. There is a huge threat to officials. If you want to live a good life, it's best not to be a particularly wise gentleman. Officials and officials are like tigers in a mountain, and if the officials are strong, the officials have to be obedient. If the officials are strong, the officials have to bow their heads. So for officials, Mingjun is like a tiger. There is a huge threat to officials. If you want to live a good life, it's best not to be a particularly wise gentleman

But after having this idea, Xiong Sheng couldn't help but have other thoughts. What if the monarch is too mediocre and finally makes a general surrender of Lin'an?