"Shangshu is a name for those who read it. Minister is a name addressed to people who have not read a book. For those who have not read any books, it is the most effective way to look at the text. ”

This sentence came into Wen Tianxiang's ears, making Wen Tianxiang stunned. Zhao Jiaren's words are simple and clear, and they are easy to understand. But why should people who have not read books know about the imperial court system? This is something that Wen Tianxiang is more difficult to understand.

After repeating Fang Cai's words three times in his heart, Wen Tianxiang felt that he had not misunderstood this sentence, so he asked, "Guanjia, why do you care so much about people who have never read a book?" ”

"I want to educate them to read. Let them learn science, use science, and new science, so that they can have culture. But I don't want them to be literati. Therefore, everything now must be conducive to the approach of this gang to the imperial court. ”

"Why do officials think so?" Wen Tianxiang was completely stunned. But Wen Tianxiang is Wen Tianxiang after all, and he quickly continued to ask: "Is this the so-called official family and laborers ruling the world together?" ”

"Song Rui, you're right. You have read a lot of history and know about the struggle between the old and the new party. The so-called old party is the spokesman of the landlord class, and you have been a landlord, and you know very well that the landlords never cultivate themselves. A laborer earns a living from his hard work, and in the end he ends up with no hope. How could they identify with this world. ”

was told by Zhao Jiaren, and Wen Tianxiang was also silent for the time being. He followed Zhao Jiaren to carry out land reform out of loyalty and wanted to increase the grain production of the Great Song Dynasty. After doing so much for a while, Wen Tianxiang found that there was an undercurrent hidden under the stirred water that he had never imagined. Composed of this undercurrent are countless cows, ghosts, snakes, gods, and ghosts.

"Song Rui, I'm not going to say politely, the current literati are all from the landlords. If you move the landlords, you will move their roots. If you touch their roots, they will oppose it. Among these people, those who do not oppose it, and even support it, are all people who have the court in their hearts. You are a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and you are a loyal minister of the Han people. Let's beat away the Mongols and recover the old rivers and mountains, when did we rely on the literati. ”

Wen Tianxiang remembered that this kind of thing that could not be said in public had been said by Zhao Jiaren in private several times, and at the beginning, Wen Tianxiang himself was still a literati and felt uncomfortable. Now, he's admitting the facts. So Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but make a joke, "Some people will definitely say that the official family is the number one literati in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Let's not talk about that." Zhao Jiaren was no longer in the mood to joke, and his tone became serious inadvertently, "The recent situation has not been peaceful. So I decided to change the names altogether. ”

When talking to Xiong Sheng today, Zhao Jiaren's nerves of struggle were not actually tense. At this time, the struggle rose, and Zhao Jiaren thought of a certain representative meaning of Xiong Shang Zhishi. In the past, the time of Song Jinshi was 70 years old, and now Zhao Jiaren forcibly reduced the time of Zhishi to 55 years old. As a result, the officials in the Great Song Dynasty who were born as pure jinshi began to enter the stage of Zhishi on a large scale.

From the point of view of the struggle, this was exactly what Zhao Jiaren was looking forward to, and the number of landlord-born officials and cadres of the new generation plummeted. If we compare the current struggle with the dispute between the new party and the old party in the Northern Song Dynasty, the power of the old party from the landlord has undoubtedly shrunk greatly. The Jinshi are all gone, which means that all kinds of science and engineering men have the opportunity to take on leadership positions. History has proven that the rule of engineers has great advantages in China.

"It's decided!" Zhao Jiaren said to Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang didn't expect that he was just insisting on his feelings about words, and in addition to receiving some ideological education, it also triggered Zhao Jiaren's decision to completely abolish the title of Shangshu. This change was not his intention. Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but regret a little, if he hadn't insisted at that time, probably the title of Shangshu could have been kept.

Zhao Jiaren did not like to procrastinate, and the day after talking to Wen Tianxiang, he announced at the morning meeting that he would carry out this official reform. The scholars were stunned, and Wen Tianxiang thought that someone would firmly oppose it. Unexpectedly, Mei Youqian, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, immediately said, "Our Ministry of Industry firmly supports the official family!" ”

Jiang Ying, Minister of Agriculture, also immediately said, "The Ministry of Agriculture supports the official family!" ”

All the ministers expressed their support, and among the six Shangshu, no one was appointed to the military department for several years, and the army was managed by Zhao Jiaren himself. The Ministry of Criminal Justice was changed to the Ministry of Justice because the word 'criminal' sounded too unfriendly to the people. Now the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Wen Tianxiang is silent and opposed, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Xiong Shang is just going through the formalities of Zhishi. There are only two people left in the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and they are not from Jinshi background, so they don't know how to oppose it.

Wen Tianxiang watched everyone express their support for Zhao Jiaren's point of view, and he himself was overwhelmed by this situation. When this topic ended, Wen Tianxiang suddenly found that Zhao Jiaren's power in the court was far stronger than Wen Tianxiang's own imagination.

The news of the reform of the imperial court was quickly transmitted to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty through newspapers and private news, and the imperial court has always adhered to the principle of information disclosure for these major events, and will not delay and remain silent. Not only did the government know about this, but the people also knew about the big news.

Jiangning is a big city, and the landlords got the "Great Song Daily" no later than the government. Duan Tiande only saw half of it, so he shouted to the family: "You go and call someone!" ”

Jia Ding was stunned. I don't know what Duan Tiande is going to do. Now there are more and more police stations in Jiangning City, and they will be severely cracked down by the police if they roar out to besiege the enemy's family like before. Just when he didn't know how to ask, Duan Tiande shouted, "You go and invite the elders." ”

As soon as he was sent out to Jiading Jia, Duan Tiande had a new idea, so he said to Jiading Yi: "You go to the street and buy a copy of my in-law Lu Yuanwai brought to my in-law by the "Da Song Daily" today, and ask him if he has read today's news about the restructuring. After he has seen it, I will invite him to eat together tomorrow at noon. ”

Jia Ding Yi hurriedly went out with a cigarette, and after going out, he felt a little urgent, and he didn't dare to go home, so he walked straight forward. There is a public toilet 100 meters away. It didn't take long for me to come out of it refreshingly. There is a wooden spoon in the wooden barrel outside, and you can pick up the wooden spoon and scoop two spoonfuls of water into a porcelain basin filled with a funnel on it. I washed my hand under the spout. Then I walked to the newsstand.

Duan Tiande's in-laws, Lu Yuanwai, and Duan Tiande's family live on both sides of the Qinhuai River. Originally, you had to take a boat to cross the river, or take a long detour. Several temporary pontoon bridges have now been built on the Qinhuai River. Crossing the river has become much easier. The bridges are threaded with huge chains, each as thick as a child's arm.