"Pour me a cup of tea." Jia seems to be fateful.

As soon as Jia Weixin stood up, he heard his grandfather Jia Yidao follow the advice, "Use mountain spring water, don't use that tap water." It smells weird. ”

"Yes." Jia Weixin responded. He felt that he didn't drink any strange taste, and the difference between the mountain spring water that cost ten cents and tap water was not obvious, but Grandpa Jia Yidao could always distinguish it very clearly. Before, Jia Weixin had to boil a pot of mixed water that was half mountain spring water and half tap water because the mountain spring water at home was exhausted. After drinking the tea leaves cooked in this water, Grandpa Jia Rudao frowned and asked, "How did this water mix?" ”

After telling the matter, Jia Weixin returned to the study. I saw my grandfather wearing reading glasses and began to look at the booklet.

"Azu, I've started boiling water. I would also like to ask, what do you think is the most important part of this? ”

Jia Rudao raised his eyes and cast a dissatisfied look at the eldest grandson from the frame of his reading glasses, and then he lowered his gaze and sighed: "Naturally, it is the right, responsibility, and benefit of the story. Zhao Jiaren, this kid is the best at buying people's hearts. ”

Jia Weixin was surprised when he heard this. After reading this, what he was most obsessed with was the description of the land system, which was in the Qin and Han dynasties, and all kinds of forest land and agricultural land had very clear plans. In the Han Dynasty, with the development of the Huai River Basin, dozens of canals were opened. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not dig a new Grand Canal, but communicated the canal opened up in the Han Dynasty. These canals were washed away or silted up after Du Chong dug up the Yellow River.

In addition to these enormous constructions, there are also unprecedented levels of detail. How to farm, how to sow seeds. Including the excessive use of cattle ploughing is not allowed when raising cattle, and the state provides iron farming tools, that is, the iron farming tools are damaged, as long as those damaged parts are taken to the government, you can replace them with new agricultural tools, and you don't have to lose money. The government simply recycled these tools and re-melted them into new iron tools.

This kind of system, which can definitely be called benevolent government, not only unveiled the veil of past history for Jia Weixin, but also gave him a glimpse of the scenery that he had never seen before. It greatly shook Jia Weixin's opinion of Qin and Han. But his grandfather's evaluation of the main points of this booklet was even more unexpected to him.

Jia Rudao did not sell Guanzi, he continued to explain: "What Zhao Jiaren did this time is to abolish private land and restore public land. If the public land is restored, there will certainly be many officials who will change their ways to become the landlords of the public land. Hmph, my public land reform was destroyed at the hands of these people. Zhao Jiaren didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he made the rights, responsibilities, and benefits clear first. Rights are divided into ownership and use rights, responsibility is supporting management, and profit is how to distribute the food and other products grown. As long as this distinction is clear, there is no place for those landlords. ”

“…… There is no place for the landlord anymore? Jia Weixin was a little puzzled.

"You think, where is it possible for the landlord to farm the land himself, but he owns the land and hires many people to farm it for him. Originally, the imperial court did not manage the land management, and in order to be able to collect taxes, the officials were separated. The black-hearted officials control the locality, so they naturally have to rely on the landlord in an all-round way. They rely on their own taxes, but they are afraid that they will not be able to collect the tax money at all. Now Zhao Jiaren wants to rebuild the Qin and Han systems, the imperial court and the government directly manage the land, and the official system is reunited. What's the use of landlords? ”

Jia Weixin still didn't understand after hearing this, but he knew that his grandfather Jia Yidao must know what was going on, so he hurriedly begged: "Azu, you must tell me more about this." I still don't get it. ”

"Let's see if the tea is ready." Jia seems to be fateful.

Watching his grandson Jia Weixin walk out quickly, Jia Rudao retracted his gaze and looked at the booklet "A Preliminary Study on Land Ownership and Land Management in the Qin and Han Dynasties". This powerful minister, who was once a very popular minister, sighed in his heart, and with his experience in the reform of public land, of course he knew that what was said in this booklet was insightful. The experience of Jia Yidao's failure back then is all here, and some of Zhao Jiaren's successful experience is also in it.

If this matter can really succeed, it will not only make Zhao Jiaren the greatest and most successful reformer of the Great Song Dynasty, but also fulfill Jia Yidao's long-cherished wish. However, will Jia Yidao's reputation and exploits really be remembered by future generations? What will future generations say about Jia Nidao, who was a traitor who led to the surrender of President Lin'an? Or was it a character who once promised the Battle of Ezhou and reversed the crisis of the fall of the Great Song Dynasty?

Thinking of the impermanence of the world, Jia seemed to be sad from it, and he was already in tears when he choked up.

Zhao Jiaren, who is 27 years younger than Jia Yidao, does not have such sentimentality as Jia Yidao. He first handed over Xie Daoqing and his concubines to the welfare institution for placement, and then announced Wen Tianxiang's new position, and Lianghuai Road was sentenced to prison.

Zhao Jiaren then wrote an article, first introducing the solar system, the earth-moon system, and then the latitude and longitude, the prime meridian, and the new standard of weights and measures for latitude and longitude. Finally, the southernmost, northernmost, easternmost, and westernmost part of the latest land of the Great Song Dynasty is given, and there is an approximate area.

Wen Tianxiang thought that Zhao Jiaren was going to publicize the 'rights, responsibilities, and benefits' of the land system, but he didn't expect Zhao Jiaren's temper to explode and start popular science again. But no one has ever appreciated the literati level of Zhao Guanjia, except for the admirable thin gold characters, he doesn't seem to write poems, doesn't fill in words, and only keeps coming up with things in natural science.

The next day, Wen Tianxiang had just finished visiting his son and was very happy about his son's recovery. As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw several Jinshi officials from Jiangxi sitting in the gazebo outside the door. Seeing Wen Tianxiang coming back, they hurriedly got up and greeted him. When Wen Tianxiang saw his fellow villagers coming, he knew that they were going to bring trouble to him, but he could only entertain them into the house. As soon as he entered the house, the Jiangxi Jinshi official headed by him immediately said, "Governor Wenfu." Have you seen the new article on the area of the Great Song Dynasty issued by the official family? ”

"See." Wen Tianxiang replied. Then he instructed the housekeeper to boil water for everyone to make tea.

Waiting for the official family to get busy, Jinshi said anxiously: "Wen Zhifu, the official family is going to re-measure the land!" ”

"Measuring the land?" Wen Tianxiang frowned at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly understood. Zhao Guanjia seems to have only described the latitude and longitude of the earth, and through latitude and longitude and a new system of weights and measures based on latitude and longitude. In Wen Tianxiang's view, this system is just a popular science, because Zhao Guanjia repeatedly emphasized that because the size of the earth does not change, the length unit can be constantly more accurate. Even if the original weights and measures standard is damaged, it can be remade.

However, in the eyes of these landlords, what standard weights and measures are not a problem at all, what they see is that Zhao Guanjia can measure the land area without going to the field according to the principle of the earth. How much land there is in the Great Song Dynasty has always been a big question. In the past, people went down to measure the land, and how accurate the final measurement was, God knows what you know.

When he was in Henan, Wen Tianxiang saw the army's survey department making various reference measurement points. Although it costs a lot of manpower and material resources, it is gradually able to have a means. In the new scientific mode, fiducial measurement is certainly a means, but there are many more auxiliary means. Land area is no longer an issue.

Thinking of this, Wen Tianxiang was happy in his heart. Then he saw that the Jinshi officials looked at him and his eyes became unfriendly. The one at the head said reluctantly with a kind expression: "Governor Wen, is this the official family going to repeat the mistakes of the public land reform?" ”

"The Mistakes of the Public Land Reform......" Wen Tianxiang repeated, and he really felt infinite emotion in his heart. At that time, Wen Tianxiang believed that Jia Rudao was a traitor to the country, and he was naturally firmly opposed to the reform of Gongtian, and he and Zhao Jiaren also had a big dispute because of this matter. From that time on, Wen Tianxiang knew that Zhao Jiaren was a staunch supporter of public land reform. Over the years, Wen Tianxiang has understood Zhao Jiaren's thoughts on the reform of Gongtian.

Looking at these Jinshi officials in Jiangxi, Wen Tianxiang first invited them to sit down, and said in Jiangxi's local dialect: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Zhao Guanjia only wants the land to be state-owned, and those who receive the land must pay the corresponding grain tax. The land did not become the Zhao family's own. We folks, I just want to tell you, why be so stubborn. ”

"Stubborn? Does the prefect think we are stubborn? Jiangxi's Jinshi official exploded when he landed, "No matter how the official family uses this place, he is the health of others." What have we done to anger and resentment of the heavens, but if we have a few acres of thin fields, we will have to confiscate the land! ”

"I know what you said, and I will definitely inform the official family about this." Wen Tianxiang reassured.

"What do you mean to inform? Governor Wen, I want Governor Wen to persuade the officials not to do this. Jiangxi's Jinshi official said decisively.

"I can only tell the official." Wen Tianxiang did not want to sell his life to others, and he himself supported the state-owned land.

"Governor Wen, if the official family is determined to do this. We can only die in front of the palace gate, and when the time comes, will the prefect of Wen have no pity from his fellow villagers? Jiangxi's Jinshi official said angrily.

"Death advice...... Wen Tianxiang sighed in his heart, and then said: "I know what you mean, I will inform the Zhao official family of your meaning." Now I'm going to go to the household department, so let's stop here. ”

As soon as this eviction order was issued, the Jinshi officials in Jiangxi could only get up and say goodbye first. When Wen Tianxiang sent them back, the housekeeper just brought the tea. Looking at the official family with a surprised look on his face, Wen Tianxiang smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm thirsty too." ”

Taking a sip of black tea, Wen Tianxiang felt ridiculous in his heart. In the old days, it was too easy to want to die. Before the surrender of Lin'an, the court had the least time, and after that, six officials went to the court, and at that time, people were needed everywhere to fight to the death. Those people didn't die.

After Zhao Jiaren established the small imperial court in Fuzhou, there were constant wars. Even if they did not fight with the Mongols, they also swept all the way south. If you go to the battlefield, you can die, but those people don't die.

Now that the imperial court wants to establish a system of state-owned land, these people suddenly have backbone and are ready to die. Wen Tianxiang really has no confidence in the backbone of these people who dare to use death to practice their ideas.

Do you want to tell Zhao Jiaren about this? When Wen Tianxiang drank the third cup of tea, he decided not to say it for the time being. For something that is simply impossible, telling Zhao Jiaren will only delay everyone's time.

After confirming this matter, Wen Tianxiang continued to start his preparations. He had already told Zhao Jiaren this time that he did not have many children and did not want to go to work before his son was discharged from the hospital. After all, today's officials want their children to stay in Hangzhou to study.

In the past, most of the purpose of this was because it was better for the families of officials to stay in the capital, but now it is because the schools in the capital Hangzhou can teach the latest knowledge. Although the imperial examination is still there, its influence has plummeted. The rise of the system of subjects was not the restoration of such a single subject, but the reintegration of officials into one. Now the Great Song Dynasty no longer has the title of 'official', because this name is too stinky, and all the clerks are collectively referred to as cadres. If you want to have the qualifications of a cadre, you must first have a corresponding academic experience.

The imperial examination department, which corresponds to the system of subjects, maintains the previous system. As long as each jinshi and other merits have to be re-examined in the next exam.

Wen Tianxiang is taking care of his family's affairs, and the political situation in the Great Song Dynasty is still moving forward. After Zhao Guanjia made a strong introduction to measurement technology, he finally began to promote his book.

In the newspaper, Zhao Guanjia took out 'power, responsibility, and benefit' and made a big article. On the surface, this article seems to be about the relationship between ownership, usufruction, taxation, and tax use of land. Wen Tianxiang noticed a passage inside, 'The Great Song Dynasty is the Great Song Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty laborers, and the Zhao Guanjia is the representative of the Great Song Dynasty laborers'.

Finally spoken! Wen Tianxiang let out a long sigh and stood up. The Great Song Dynasty is a very open country, and it is brave to discuss politics. For example, Wen Yanbo said, 'The Son of Heaven rules the world with scholars, not with the people'. These words became the foundation of the political system of the Great Song Dynasty. In the following hundreds of years, the Great Song Dynasty ran like this. That's why Xie Daoqing said that 'the Great Song Dynasty has been a scholar for three hundred years'.

However, now that a powerful person has finally come out to redefine the political system of the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is just to see it with his own eyes, Wen Tianxiang feels very excited.

There are many people who are also excited, such as Jia Yidao. The former prime minister was so excited that he didn't drink the tea brewed by the mountain spring water, and walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back for half an hour. In the end, Jia Rudao couldn't help it and ran to the study. But I saw a copy of "Historical Records" on the desk of the eldest grandson. Look at the bookmark made of sandalwood inserted in the "Chronicles". Jia Rudao put on his reading glasses and opened the page.

When you look at it, you can see the title of 'The Legend of the Cool Officials'. Jia Rudao smiled slightly and closed the book. However, he kept smiling, and finally simply laughed.

Cool official, this term that sounded a little creepy in later generations. In Sima Qian's "Historical Records", it is not necessarily a derogatory term. The biography of the cool officials describes the historical facts of more than a dozen officials who used torture as a tool of rule in the early period and were known for their ferocity and brutality. In particular, the ten cool officials of the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, namely Ning Cheng, Zhou Yangyou, Zhao Yu, Zhang Tang, Yi Zong, Wang Wenshu, Yin Qi, Yang Fu, Jian Xuan, Du Zhou, etc., made a concentrated and general description.

Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty liked to use cool officials, crack down on the powerful, restrain merchants, and punish noble relatives and traitors, so as to strengthen the centralization of power, accumulate wealth, and cope with their profligacy and the needs of foreign wars. As a result of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although he was able to strengthen the imperial power and maintain the unity of the country, the harsh punishment and cruel killing of the cool officials also caused people of all strata, especially ordinary people, to suffer unexpected disasters.

After laughing for a while, Jia Rudao only felt that he had a big heart. This Prime Minister Zuo was originally a talent, and he had even seen heroes like Zhao Jiaren. Jia Rudao firmly believes that without his help, Zhao Jiaren would never have come to this point. Therefore, Jia Nidao is very dissatisfied with his children and grandchildren, not to mention that they have the talent of Zhao Jiaren, they don't even have the level of Jia Nidao.

Now that his eldest grandson can finally grasp the key to the change in the court situation, at least Jia Rudao hopes that this eldest grandson can truly understand the meaning of the existence of cool officials.

Zhao Jiaren is the most capable emperor of the Great Song Dynasty so far, whether it is the south he conquered, or the recovered Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other places, Zhao Jiaren has declared that those places are all state-owned areas. In addition, the public land reform started by Jia Yidao and inherited by Zhao Jiaren, and the land nationalization was completed in Jiangnan and Fujian Road. Although Liangguang Road also has some private land, Zhao Jiaren has great power in Liangguang, and no one in Liangguang can rise up to confront Zhao Jiaren.

The only remaining are Lianghuai Road, Jiangxi Road, and Sichuan Road, which are still private ownership of land. The job of the cool officials was to deal with the landlords in these places.

Only in this way can Zhao Jiaren's ideal be fulfilled. Moreover, Zhao Jiaren was ready to overthrow the political system of the Great Song Dynasty, which was previously the spokesman of the old party, Wen Yanbo, who had previously served as the spokesman of the big landlords, that 'the Son of Heaven and the scholars ruled the world together, not with the common people', and instead implemented a new system of 'the Great Song Dynasty is the Great Song Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty laborers, and the Zhao official family is the representative of the Great Song Dynasty laborers'.

Although he doesn't know whether such a system can be completed, Jia Rudao at least knows that this statement returns to the political concept of 'the world is for the public'. Even Jia Rudao also thinks that this slogan is actually no problem, and it is also both legitimate and just.

Seeing that a new era was about to unfold, Jia Rudao only felt a burst of fire in his heart. Although he was forced to leave the political center of the Great Song Dynasty, Jia Rudao's heart did not cool. On the contrary, it became more blazing because of the frustration.

Come to think of it. Jia Rudao finally couldn't help but sit down, and he began to write letters. Although the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing hated Jia Nidao very much, she still wanted to use Jia Nidao's power when Jia Nidao was almost defeated.

Now, Jia Rudao still wants to work harder. It is obviously impossible to make Jia Yidao the core of the power of the Great Song Dynasty again, but there are still people who want to be motivated. That's when helping each other out becomes very attractive.