The news of the Duan family's land sale caused a huge sensation in Jiangning, and this was a thousand-acre land transaction, which was not common even in the past. Many people were looking forward to the fierce struggle between the Duan family, who was facing the heaviest fine, and Wenzhang, but they didn't expect the Duan family to be cowardly.

The people who hope that Wen Zhang will fall are not limited to Jiangning, and there are more people in Hangzhou who hope that the three brothers of the Wen family can be completely wiped out from the earth, so the news spread to Hangzhou like a fly. It didn't take long for even Jia Yidao to hear about this major event from his eldest grandson, Jia Weixin. Jia Yidao touched his beard, which was already completely white, and couldn't help laughing. Jia Weixin next to him was a little uneasy, his grandfather was 75 years old, and he was so excited that he was afraid that it would not be good for his health.

Jia Rudao didn't care at all, he just laughed. When the smile passed, Jia Yidao's expression was indifferent, as if he had never laughed at all. Jia Weixin asked, "But I don't know why Azu is so happy." ”

Jia Rudao replied: "I'm not happy, I just think it's funny." It turned out that the key to government was the rule of officials, and sure enough, the ancients were honest and did not deceive me. ”

"Rulers?" Jia Weixin didn't understand.

"What the cadres who came out of the department did were all things that the officials did in the past. Do you think that the people who are admitted to the Jinshi will read the books of agriculture, but after they are admitted to the Jinshi or the fame of the examination, they feel that they are very bad, just as Han Yu said in "The Teacher Said", the witch doctor and the musician are not ashamed of the teacher. The family of scholars and doctors, who are called teachers and disciples, gather and laugh. When asked, he said, 'He is similar to his year, and the Tao is similar.' If you are humble, you will be ashamed, and if you are prosperous, you will be close. 'Zhao Jiaren rectified the rule of officials, abolished the small officials, and let you wait for the system to start from the small officials. That's what it really means. It is worthy of the style of the First Empire of the Qin and Han Dynasties that Zhao Jiaren always loved to write. ”

Jia Weixin pondered carefully, and then asked: "Azu, if there are no cadres who understand agriculture, mathematics, and policy implementation, no matter how capable Wen Zhang is, he can't compete with more than 90 local heroes. ”

"That's right. At that time, with the merit of Ezhou, and many ministers who were saddened by the sinking of the government, I first donated 20,000 acres of fertile land to our Jia family, so as to promote the reform of public land. However, it didn't take long for the policy to be implemented out of shape. He Wenzhang is just a local prefect, and he can make people willing to sell a thousand acres of land to the government, why should he. ”

"But Wenzhang may not be able to win." Jia Weixin is still skeptical.

"Whether you can win or not, it's hard to say. But Wen Zhang had the ability to fight the local landlords. If he does this, someone will follow suit. And if Wen Zhang can win, his official career is unlimited. You don't have to deliberately associate with this person, but you don't have to provoke him. ”

Jia Weixin still agreed with his grandfather's judgment, and he immediately replied: "Yes." Azu. ”

Just as Jia Weixin was about to end the meeting, he heard Jia Rudao say: "Da Lang, you go to the drawer of my study and take out the letter to Zhao Jiaren and see if you can hand it over to him." ”

"Yes. Azu. Jia Weixin agreed without hesitation. Since it is the arrangement of Grandpa Jia Yidao, it will naturally make sense.

After that, just as Jia Weixin believed, Zhao Jiaren's office really accepted the letter. Two days later, when he returned home, he saw the Royal Guards wearing a black uniform and a red armband at the door. Jia Weixin approached and was immediately blocked out. Jia Weixin didn't dare to claim who he was, the first task of the guard regiment was to protect Zhao Jiaren's safety, even if Jia Weixin went to sue because he was stopped outside, in addition to touching his nose, there was probably only the possibility of being recorded in the file.

However, since the Zhao official family is a former subordinate of his grandfather Jia Yidao and a friend of the world, Jia Weixin really wants to serve by the side and listen to what the two have to say.

Zhao Jiaren was talking about the old things at this time. The two haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and the only thing left between them is the past. Talking about the past, Jia Rudao was very emotional: "I still remember that Brother Zhao had just been admitted to the Jinshi at that time, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, he should have gone to Hangzhou to receive errands, but he went to Yangzhou to find me first. At that time, where did you have the money to operate in the officialdom, but you knew that the money had to be paid. So he wrote me an IOU, and the payment was borrowed by Zhao Jiaren, the county governor of Putian County. ”

Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile nostalgically after hearing this, and he also sighed: "At that time, Brother Jia was willing to lend me money and help me find an errand, I am really grateful." ”

"No thanks. You also helped me a lot back then, the battle of Ezhou and the battle of Xiangyang were so great contributions, and I didn't thank you. But I didn't invite you for these old things. At such an age, there is only one thing I can't let go, and that is the Battle of Dingjiazhou. In the battle of Dingjiazhou, if I saw the defeat at that time, I would have committed suicide in shame, of course, I didn't have the troubles I have now. But I am the prime minister, and I shoulder the responsibility of the Great Song Dynasty. I really don't want to die, but after the defeat, Chen Yizhong in the court took the opportunity to seize power, otherwise how could there be a result of Lin'an's surrender. Brother Jiaren, I don't have long to live, I just want to leave the name of a traitor behind me. If I can do so, I will repay my brother's kindness in the next life. ”

Zhao Jiaren is not interested in bullshit in the afterlife at all, and Zhao Jiaren is more disbelieving about whether Jia Rudao really signed a secret contract with Mongolia in history. So he didn't think that Jia Yidao was really a traitor. If it was a traitor, there would be no public land reform.

But Zhao Jiaren still said with a straight face: "Brother Jia, one thing is one thing. Although I don't think Brother Jia is a traitor, I don't think Brother Jia is a traitor. But the defeat of Ding Jiazhou is difficult for the prime minister to stop the prime minister. ”

Hearing this accusation, a painful expression appeared on Jia Rudao's face. Zhao Jiaren did not have the slightest consolation, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the prime minister assumed the power to formulate policies, and also had the corresponding personnel and financial powers. The defeat of Ding Jiazhou means that Jia Yidao's overall policy has failed.

Even if the Gongtian Reform did solve the problem of grain and grass supplied to the Lü brothers' corps in Xiangyang and the Great Song Forbidden Army, the cotton service also solved the problem of paying military salaries. This can be regarded as the success of Jia Yidao's own execution. But these successes did not achieve the strategic goal of stopping the Mongol invasion. Therefore, Zhao Jiaren believes that Jia Yidao has failed in his administration. And history is not tolerant of losers.

Zhao Jiaren was silent, and Jia Yidao was also silent. After a long while, Jia Rudao suddenly choked up. But after only a few choked sounds, Jia Rudao actually returned to normal. He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said in a cheerful voice as much as possible: "If it is according to what Brother Zhao said, if you record the old events in the future, you will say that I am the prime minister who misled the country, but not the prime minister who betrayed the country. ”

"If I were asked to write it, I would write that you are the prime minister who failed to govern, and the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty will step down whenever he fails to govern." Zhao Jiaren replied.

Jia Rudao nodded slightly, "If you can have this evaluation, it's enough!" ”

Just as Zhao Jiaren was about to leave after a few more words, Jia Yidao asked Zhao Jiaren's secretary to help him drag a small cart out of the cabinet in the living room. He pointed to the car and said, "Brother Zhao, there are hundreds of Jinshi families in our Great Song Dynasty officialdom. Although they are now in decline because of the science system, I think they will be more connected because of this. These are the little things I collect. It's probably a little bit of rumor from the various Jinshi families. I don't have a day today, so I'll give it to Jiaren as a souvenir. ”

“…… Thank you. Zhao Jiaren said.

"No thanks. I don't have the strength to entertain Jiaren anymore. Let's leave it at that. ”

"Brother Jia, take care."

Returning to his residence from Jia Nidao's house, Zhao Jiaren asked the secretary to invite Liu Chong, the current vice chairman of the Anti-Rape Committee, to come over, and he picked a few packages sent by Jia Nidao to open them. Some of them are rumors of impeachment, some are letters, and some are ledgers. It can be seen that Jia Rudao did not completely give up intelligence gathering when he was prime minister. For his political enemies or allies to watch out for, Jia seems to be no pure and flawless little white rabbit.

It didn't take long for Liu Pet to arrive. Zhao Jiaren pointed to those things and told Liu Pet, "These can be archived and used as auxiliary materials for the database." ”

Liu Pet simply responded. The Commission has now begun to shift towards intelligence gathering, and in some ways it can be said that it overlaps with the Intelligence Bureau. Compared with the two units, the Intelligence Bureau is engaged in brighter intelligence gathering, while the Anti-Traitor Committee is a quieter department.

Zhao Jiaren asked again: "What is the reaction of those landlords?" ”

"So far, I haven't seen anyone dare to stand up to the government. I don't know what will happen after that, but if the rules can be established, I think the fight will be more fierce in the future. ”

"Then wait and see." Zhao Jiaren ordered.

Regarding Jia Yidao's matter, Zhao Jiaren has also let go. But he didn't expect Liu Pet to come again a few days later, and after seeing Zhao Jiaren, he reported: "Official, there are several lists of those things left by Jia Nidao, all of which are lists of those who supported Jia Nidao and opposed Jia Nidao before. There are also various relationships behind them. Now it's clear how the previous few people got in touch. Can this file be upgraded? ”

In the past, Zhao Jiaren used these archives as auxiliary materials, and the credibility of that one was relatively low. If it's upgraded, it can become a more credible source of information.

Zhao Jiaren shook his head after hearing this, "You don't need to upgrade now, first sort out a separate intelligence block of Jia Yidao, and upgrade them one by one according to the verification situation in the future." ”

Liu Pet felt that this was also feasible, so he went back and did what Zhao Jiaren ordered. Over the years, the Anti-Rape Committee has also developed a group of quite capable teams, and it is quick to deal with them. Liu Pet couldn't help but secretly look at the information about his father that he had sorted out, the Great Song Jinshi were intertwined, and the various relationships were very complicated. After searching for a while, Liu Pet found that his family had at least two lines that could be related to the Jiangning Duan family through only one person. This discovery made Liu Pet couldn't help but shake his head, and once again felt amazed by the power of intelligence.