The seals were affixed, and the wooden shackles and shackles were secured. In a secluded place outside Lin'an City, the messenger gave Xia Jing the commander to take up the full set of escort prisoners.

Because of the money, Xia Jing did not carry heavy things along the way, but walked briskly to Lin'an. He was so anxious that he wanted to hurry to Lin'an to find his backer, and someone above him could solve the problem. Xia Jing has neither gone any more than the previous commander of the Left Wing Army over the years, nor has he done anything more excessively, and the Left Wing Army has already institutionalized to make money.

Unexpectedly, he was yin by Zhao Jiaren, and Xia Jing's anger can certainly be imagined. However, he had to solve his own problem before he could turn around and deal with Zhao Jiaren, a dog thief.

After handing over the prisoner to Dali Temple, the messenger happily stepped on the ship home. With Rentong Express, the fastest journey from Fujian Road to Lin'an is by boat. However, escorting the prisoner has to see the dead and the corpse, and if the ship sinks, or if the prisoner throws himself into the water, the corpse will not be found. If this happens, does the officer mean to indulge? There's no way to say for sure. At this time, Rentong Express has a reputation, and if you take a boat, you can probably return to Fuzhou before New Year's Day for the New Year.

Not to mention that the errand returned home with the money, Xia Jing quickly regretted it after entering the prison of Dali Temple. The prison room was cramped, wet and cold. When he was on Fujian Road, Xia Jing lived a good life, with a large yard to live in and a few concubines. Even on the road, Xia Jing had servants waiting, and it was only more than a month before he arrived in Lin'an. However, as soon as he entered the prison of Dali Temple, Xia Jing realized that his life had really reached the bottom.

When Commander Xia Jing lamented his life in the dark prison, in the painting boat of West Lake, Bu Ruyan was drinking with several officials. He Mengran, Chen Yaodao, and Cao Xiaoqing, all three of whom were leaders in opposing the Gongtian reform, saw that the Gongtian reform had been officially implemented, and their request for Zhishi had been approved, so the three of them and several other officials who opposed the Gongtian reform came to the painting boat to drink goodbye.

Bu Ruyan has long been accustomed to hearing those words that curse the reform of Gongtian, and he is also accustomed to cursing the words of the anti-Gongtian reformers. If you talk about the elegance of the words used by the two schools, Bu Ruyan thinks it can probably be described as a raccoon dog. At this separate banquet, the officials still scolded vigorously. Bu Ruyan cleverly presented himself with a sense of transparency and did not make these guys feel restrained. Until Cao Xiaoqing mentioned Zhao Jiaren.

Jia Yidao's wishful thinking is to use the public land reform to get the fields to collect grain, and use cotton to collect money. On Jia Rudao's lackey, Zhao Jiaren is the culprit who aids the abuse! Because of his emotional excitement, Cao Xiaoqing's voice was high-pitched. Bu Ruyan raised his eyes and looked at Cao Xiaoqing, and he didn't understand whether this person's anger was because of Jia Nidao's perverse behavior, or because Jia Rudao's perverse behavior had the possibility of success.

Someone took the lead, and the spearhead of these anti-Gongtian reformers was pointed at those who supported Jia Nidao. Liu Lianggui has already scolded too much, and everyone is too lazy to scold. And Zhao Jiaren rarely mentioned it before, but now he scolds it with a fresh feeling.

After cursing, Cao Xiaoqing asked, "He Gong, why did you not let me impeach Zhao Jiaren at that time." If he was impeached at that time, I am afraid that he would have lost his official position at this time. ”

"Lose office?" He Mengran, who had never participated in the swearing, raised his eyelids and looked at Cao Xiaoqing, "The official family has the most important credit, how much credit Zhao Jiaren has made since he became an official." In particular, the Battle of Ezhou cut off Mongolia on both sides of the Great River in one fell swoop. He didn't rebel, so why did he lose his position. ”

This is quite decent and in line with the facts. However, Cao Xiaoqing was even more angry after hearing this, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "If it weren't for the immorality of the official family, he would have stayed in a courtesan for thousands of miles, where would it attract Mongolia to the south!" ”

In their opinion, all problems can be attributed to 'disaster', and what causes disaster is 'heaven and man induction'. At least Cheng Zhu Lixue is very keen on this thing. This was true not only in the Great Song Dynasty, but also in Mongolia in the north.

Kublai Khan once asked Li Zhi, a former minister of the Jin State, many questions, one of which was 'Why was the earthquake yesterday?'

Li Zhi replied: "The crack in the sky is due to the lack of yang, and the earthquake is more than yin." The husband is authentic, the yin is also, and the yin is too prosperous. If there is an earthquake today, or if evil is on the side, or if a woman is prevalent, or if slander is handed over, or if the punishment is missed, or if the conquest is sudden, one of the five will be here. The husband loves the king, as he loves his son, so he shows this as a warning. If you can distinguish between adultery and evil, go to the woman, screen the slander, be cautious in punishment, be cautious in requisitioning, go up to heaven, and agree with the people, then you can turn the blame into a rest. ”

The gist is that the cause of the earthquake is a warning from heaven that the monarch can be vigilant against himself.

From this point of view, Confucius's tradition of 'silence and confusion' has not been inherited in Confucianism at all.

Of course, these Confucian scholars didn't care about that. But as soon as Cao Xiaoqing's criticism of the official family was released, some officials next to him felt that it was very inappropriate to say so. It's not that the Great Song Dynasty can't criticize the official family, but the owner of the painting boat at this time is one of the courtesans of the official family. What everyone wants to scold is the official family, and Bu Ruyan is involved, and everyone feels that it is not the original intention.

Bu Ruyan also noticed this change on the wine table, she smiled slightly, stood up and poured wine for everyone, and the atmosphere on the wine table eased down like this. There is no change on the face, and the step is like smoke in the heart. She is not in the second grade, and she is listed as a target who can cause disaster, and of course she will be unhappy. However, what makes Ruyan more vigilant is the attitude of these people towards Zhao Jiaren, with Zhao Yong's help, Bu Ruyan has already invested 200,000 copper coins in Zhao Jiaren's shipping, if Zhao Jiaren falls, she asks who wants the money?

After pouring the wine, Bu Ruyan got up and left. With her, the officials couldn't continue to speak. On the top of the boat, there is a darkroom for listening. Bu Ruyan wanted to hear what those people had to say when no outsiders were present. When Bu Ruyan entered the listening room, he heard those officials praising Bu Ruyan's knowledge. No wonder it will be loved by the official family.

Bu Ruyan felt that these men were really boring. The relationship between her and the official family is no different from the relationship between ordinary people in the painting boat, some pay, some provide services, and that's it. And the official family gives the most money, and it is natural to provide the highest level of service. As for pampering, pleasing or whatever, it's just a blind guess by uninformed bastards.

After listening for a while, I heard Cao Xiaoqing say indignantly: "I am about to leave Beijing, and I ask you to continue to impeach Zhao Jiaren." Jia Yidao's treacherous plan must not be allowed to succeed. ”

"Yes. We will definitely take care of the cotton business. "The officials should be in peace.

sent the gang away that night, and Bu Ruyan wrote a letter and sent it to Zhao Yong the next day. Zhao Yong sent the letter to the ship of Rentong Express. On board the ship was an errand escort to Xia Jing.

At this time, Xia Jing saw the family members who came to visit the prison. Looking at the expressions of his family, Xia Jing's heart was cold. Sure enough, the family told the bad news, and Xia Jing's backer was dismissed because of his opposition to the reform of public land. Officialdom is that county officials are not as good as being in charge, and there are people who can speak, even if it is a big thing, someone is responsible for it. There is no one who can speak directly, and Xia Jing, who is in the prison of Dali Temple, is equivalent to being in hell.

At this time, Xia Jing began to regret it. Since this is already the case, it is better to kill the errand officer who escorted him at that time and escape by himself.

The messenger didn't know that he should thank Xia Jing for the grace of not killing. They set off from Lin'an by boat with Bu Ruyan's letter, and soon transferred to the sea ship in Qingyuan Mansion. Then he kept going down the wind day and night, and arrived in Fuzhou before New Year's Day. The errand officer is reunited with his family and ready for a good New Year. Zhao Jiaren got the letter and had a basic understanding of the situation in Lin'an.

Seeing that there was such a vote of people who wanted to attack the cotton business, Zhao Jiaren was quite unhappy in his heart. But this is a political dispute, and the so-called political enemies are often not because of private affairs, because private affairs are called private enemies. The contradiction between political opponents stems from politics, and like the new party and the old party of the Northern Song Dynasty, their relationship was not bad at the beginning. But then I didn't die.

However, this time around the issue of public land reform, what is the position of these people, Zhao Jiaren asked Xu Yuanzhi to ask.

After listening to Zhao Jiaren's question, Xu Yuanzhi did not answer, but asked Zhao Jiaren first, "But I don't know how Zhao Zhizhou thinks of the reform of public fields?" ”

"I personally advocate that all land is owned by the state, and if someone wants to farm, then they can rent land from the state and farm. Every year, the state buys grain grown by farmers. Zhao Jiaren told Xu Yuanzhi about his position. Like most of China's normal new generation, Zhao Jiaren agrees with the state ownership of land and the system of land ownership by the cultivators.

After hearing this, Xu Yuanzhi did not get angry, let alone accuse Zhao Jiaren of deviance, he said calmly: "It seems that Zhao Zhizhou supports Gongzhuang." ”

The Great Song Dynasty had its own national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was only in the Ming and Qing dynasties that the official fields basically disappeared due to the sudden increase in population. At least by the time of the Song Dynasty, Guantian still existed. In a sense, Jia Yidao's public land reform is 'the state advances and the people retreat', hoping to restore the numerical advantage of the official land through redemption and purchase, and rely on the official land to establish a public farm. The land of the Gongzhuang is state-owned, and anyone who is willing to cultivate it can go to the Gongzhuang to rent land to cultivate.

In the Great Song Dynasty, there were not many officials who held this view. Zhao Jiaren asked Xu Yuanzhi, "Does Mr. Xu not support Gongzhuang?" ”

"I don't ......, I just think there are a lot of problems with the operation of the bank." Xu Yuanzhi replied.

Hearing this, Zhao Jiaren felt a feeling of nostalgia. This is just like discussing state-owned enterprises in the 21 st century, with the Soviet Union's Yin Jian in front, those who dare to nakedly say that those who divide state-owned enterprises are people with ulterior motives, and those who criticize state-owned enterprises start with management. However, having spent a long time in the United States, Zhao Jiaren feels that the management level of most American private enterprises is probably inferior to that of Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Naturally, there was no way to talk about these words with Xu Yuanzhi, so Zhao Jiaren simply told the truth, "I have friends who say that some officials in Lin'an want to impeach me. But the real reason was that I received an errand for cotton, and the result was that I supported the reform of public land. ”

Zhao Jiaren felt very aggrieved, he finally gave up his selfishness and was ready to do something practical for the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that he would become the target of many people's attacks. The guys who attacked Zhao Jiaren did not provide the Great Song Dynasty with millions of copper coins a year. Their sum up is about a million copper coins a year.

Perhaps seeing the grievances, Xu Yuanzhi smiled and said, "Why should Zhao Tiju be angry about this." My big Song rules, this kind of impeachment is actually useless, at most it will disgust you. If you can do a good job, everyone will have nothing to say. ”

The words 'disgusting you' made Zhao Jiaren nod slightly, he knew that these words clearly pointed out the characteristics of the Great Song Dynasty. Dong Songchen, Ding Daquan, these people have been impeached countless times, and all kinds of slanderous statements are overwhelming. And Zhao Jiaren himself couldn't help but be affected a little. In fact, recalling his contact with Dong Songchen and Ding Daquan, the two are not as unbearable as the outside world says.

Including Jia Nidao, who was characterized as a traitor in history, his biggest stain was the battle of Dingjiazhou. Except for the battle of Dingjiazhou, everything Jia Rudao did can be called 'Wang Mang's second' at most.

But even if he knew this, Zhao Jiaren still couldn't let go. He didn't think he was morally immoral and had no reason to accept such treatment. What's more, the purpose of these guys who attacked Zhao Jiaren was completely harmful to Da Song. In essence, the guys with moral deficits incarnate justice, and this is what really annoys Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Jiaren's annoyance was interrupted by Xu Yuanzhi's laughter. Looking up at Xu Yuanzhi, I saw that he showed a very simple smile, and said while laughing: "Haha, Zhao Zhizhou, I think you are young and old." I didn't expect you to be a young man. Hahahaha, good, really good! ”

gave Xu Yuanzhi a roll of his eyes, and Zhao Jiaren said angrily: "Mr. Xu, I was impeached by a traitor, what's so funny about this." ”

Xu Yuanzhi finally put away his laughter, and still couldn't help but say: "It's not funny, but Zhao Zhizhou is still a young man, and I feel envious." At my age, I can't get angry. ”

However, after a while, Xu Yuanzhi put away his smile and returned to the calm and composed Xu Zhizhou in Pingsuli, "Zhao Zhizhou, after this incident, I think you should also understand what the political dispute is all about." If you can understand this, you will probably understand why you must not be tolerant of political opponents, and you must act when you can. You are a smart man and extremely capable, but you are too soft-hearted. ”

was told by Xu Yuanzhi, Zhao Jiaren couldn't fight back. He couldn't help but sell a cute thing in his heart, 'I'm also desperate to be told like this'! However, Zhao Jiaren did admit that what Xu Yuanzhi said made sense. His own problem is probably that he is too soft-hearted.

Of course, soft-heartedness is only part of the problem. Zhao Jiaren felt that he could make huge profits, and he should be able to come in. He didn't expect the political struggle to be so brutal. A lot of interests simply have nothing to talk about. As long as the political interests are different, it no longer matters whether those policies benefit the country and the people.

After determining this matter, Zhao Jiaren found that he really had no other way than to use the same ruthless means to deal with political opponents. 21010