The next day, the news that the two Jinshi of the Ma family were arrested caused a sensation in the entire Bianliang.

Han Zong got the news on the same day and was completely panicked.

Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu are not small people, they are descendants of the Ma family in terms of origin, they are born in the Jinshi in the imperial examination, one is to supervise the imperial history, and the other is to judge the three divisions.

In the Song Dynasty, the punishment of the doctor did not actually refer to the door shade or the kind of officials who were born with the same jinshi and gave the same jinshi.

Because this kind of official was caught a lot in the Song Dynasty.

During the 17 years of the reign of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, more than 4,000 officials of all sizes were executed.

In the Song Renzong period, although officials were not killed much, there were also several ways to punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, such as dismissal, suspension, replacement, replacement, dismissal, deposition, demotion, and dismissal.

But there is a common denominator in it, that is, even if officials are severely punished, they are generally punished by officials with low official status such as Menyin and Tongjinshi.

And the first, second, third, and third-class jinshi and officials from wealthy families are often not severely punished.

Even if the government and the opposition criticize, the forced punishment is only symbolic, basically demoted for a few months, at most a year and a half, and then Zhao Zhen will be brought up again.

This phenomenon was not particularly prominent in the era of Zhao Kuangyin, so the rule of officials in the era of Zhao Kuangyin was the best.

In the era of Zhao Guangyi, it was slightly relaxed, and then it reached its peak in the late Song Zhenzong period and the Zhao Zhen period of Song Renzong, and since then the Great Song Dynasty has not been able to punish doctors at all.

But now something is different.

Born in a wealthy family, and the two Jinshi of the Ma family who are still Jinshi and No. 1, were arrested like this?

And what about yourself?

Han Zong was flustered for a while, he asked himself that he had worked in Kaifeng Mansion for so many years, and had done a lot of dirty and bad things, if Zhao Jun found out about him, how would it be good?

So when the news of Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu's fall came, Han Zong hurried and went straight to Han Yi's mansion.

Although Han Yi's family wealth is not as good as the Lu family, he also owns a mansion, Han Zong arrived at the door of the mansion, regardless of the servants at the door and the maids in the mansion calling "Erlang" and "Xiao Yanei" all the way, and went straight to the backyard.

At this moment, Han Yi had just returned home, Zhao Jun copied the Ma family on the fourth day after copying Kaifeng Mansion, and copied it at noon, and Han Zong got the news in the afternoon and came to find Han Yi.

So at this time, not long after Han Yi was disbanded from the Privy Council, he was in the wardrobe in his backyard, with the help of the maid, he changed the court clothes on his body into a regular dress, and was tidying up his clothes, when he heard a voice outside the door, "Father!" ”

Han Yi didn't look back, looking at his appearance in the bronze mirror, he continued to take care of his collar slowly, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and Han Zong shouted again: "Father, something is wrong." ”

"What kind of system is it to shout in the mansion, how many times have I told you, if you want Mount Tai to collapse in front of you without changing your color, what is so panicked?"

Han Yi was slightly dissatisfied, and was still sorting out his sideburns.

Han Zong said with a sad face: "Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu were just taken away by the people of the Imperial City Division. ”

Han Yi's movements froze suddenly, then he was silent for a moment, put his hand down, and said to the maid beside him, "You guys go out." ”

"Yes."

The two maids bowed and withdrew.

"Father, what should I do?"

Han Zong stepped forward and said: "I didn't expect that Zhao Jun to be so rampant, even the people of the Ma family were arrested, I am afraid that sooner or later he will catch me." ”

"Ugh."

Han Yi let out a long sigh, turned around, put his hands behind his back, and walked into the courtyard.

Compared with Zhao Jun's simple two-in-out courtyard, Han Yi's mansion covers an area of seven or eight acres, with more than ten towering trees in the courtyard, and the red and green flowers in the flower garden and grassland are full of beauty, and the gentle breeze brings a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

There was a rockery pond on one side of the backyard, Han Yi walked to the pavilion by the pond, sat on the chair by the pavilion, looked at the goldfish swimming in the pond next to him, and fell into deep contemplation.

"Father."

Han Zong followed, lowered his head and asked, "What should we do now?" ”

Han Yi didn't respond, just thinking.

Han Zong asked twice, but seeing that he never spoke, he had to wait.

After a while, Han Yi suddenly said, "Zhongwen." ”

Han Zong hurriedly said: "Father." ”

"You have also taken a lot in Kaifeng Mansion over the years, if you hand it in now and ask the official family for guilt, you may be able to get a light sentence."

Han Yi said.

Han Zong's face turned pale in an instant, and he said with a sad face: "Father is going to treat his son as an outcast." ”

Han Yi shook his head: "I don't want to do this, but these days, I've been watching the actions of the official family." Do you know? If it had been before, the official family would never have given the Imperial City Division such authority. ”

Han Zong said silently: "So what? Could it be that the officials really want to do something to us? If that's the case, wouldn't it be enough to find an excuse to dismiss our official position? ”

"But the official family didn't do this, and the father was thinking, maybe there were some other reasons for this."

Han Yi thought for a long time, and finally sighed: "That's it, let's test the official family again." See if you can link up with Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu's colleagues, as well as the protégés of the Ma family, and then go to the book to find the official family to make trouble, if the official family is willing to let go, there may be room for maneuver in this matter. ”

Han Zong said: "I'm afraid it's not enough to just find these people, isn't it enough to make trouble with the Imperial Shitai and the Imperial Court these days?" Maybe we should find Lu Xiang and them, the official family gave the Imperial City Division authority, and now the Imperial City Division has taken Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu, this is to kill the Shi doctor. ”

"What do you want to do?"

Han Yi asked.

"In the three years after Yizu was ordained, a monument was erected in the mezzanine room of the Taimiao dormitory, and the oath on the tablet was three lines, one cloud: 'The descendants of the Chai family are guilty and cannot be punished. If a person conspires to rebel, he shall be given all in prison, and shall not be tortured or killed, nor shall he sit in a subordinate position. Eryun: "You must not kill the scholar or the doctor, or the person who writes to the person." 'Sanyun: 'Descendants who have sworn by Yu will be destroyed by heaven'. ”

Han Zong's face sank like water and said: "The official family is doing this to betray the law of the ancestors. I thought it was necessary to contact the princes of the Manchu Dynasty and ask Prime Minister Lü, Prime Minister Wang, and all the officials in the Dynasty to petition the official family together. Even if there is dereliction of duty in Erma, it should be judged by Dali Temple, not the Imperial City Division! ”

According to Lu You's "Summer Resort", this incident is the source of the Song Dynasty's refusal to kill scholars, and Zhao Kuangyin did erect a monument in the era to say that he would not kill scholars. But he himself did not comply with it and killed many corrupt officials.

But through the efforts of Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng, and Zhao Zhen, Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen finally fooled Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen into a cripple, and let them get better and better to the scholars.

Basically, except for the military power and the power to appoint and dismiss high-ranking officials, all other powers were vested in the scholars. So now that Zhao Zhen has given the authority of the Imperial City Division, he is robbing the power of the scholars, which has made the Manchu scholars very dissatisfied.

But this matter was not engraved in the Taizu stele after all, so no matter how much trouble it was, under the suppression of the imperial power, it barely caused too many consequences.

But once the precedent of killing the scholars and doctors, the scholars and doctors have to fry the pot.

After all, everyone wants that they will not be liquidated after they are corrupt and pervert the law and do all the bad things, even if they are just a degraded official, it is better than being killed.

Therefore, once Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu are killed, it will inevitably cause serious consequences.

Han Zong felt that he could encourage all the scholars and doctors to unite and put pressure on Zhao Zhen, even if he couldn't immediately force the emperor to withdraw the Imperial City Division, he should also let the Imperial City Division transfer the people to Dali Temple for trial, as long as Dali Temple took over the case and the officials protected each other, then wouldn't it be easy to say anything?

But what Han Zong didn't expect was that Han Yi glared at him fiercely and said: "Confused, the official family hates those who form parties for personal gain, if the Manchu officials oppose it together, do you know what the consequences will be?" ”

Han Zong stubbornly said: "The law does not blame the public, no matter what, this is a matter of life and death for the world's corporal doctors, I don't believe it, everyone puts life and death out of the way?" ”

"Okay, you do what I say first, test the official family first, and don't do this."

Han Yi is quite sensible.

The Great Song Dynasty scholars were able to receive preferential treatment because the scholars were not united, so the emperor was willing to give them preferential treatment in exchange for their infighting with each other, so as to stabilize the imperial power.

If once all the scholars and doctors are united, the official family will probably feel frightened, and once he feels that the imperial power is threatened, no matter how good the person is, he will raise the butcher knife in his hand.

After all, the position of the official family is the emperor, and the emperor's position is the worry of the regime. Han Zong couldn't figure it out, but Han Yi, as the deputy prime minister, had to understand this.

Therefore, whether it is the three ministers and three counselors, or the three envoys, the Privy Council and other senior officials, there are few alliances, and they are all threes, threes, twos. More than twenty or thirty high-ranking officials, forming seven or eight gangs to be hostile to each other, this can reassure the emperor.

Now if you really want to do what Han Zong said, then even if the emperor doesn't want to take the Han family, I'm afraid he will have to take the Han family. As a last resort, Han Yi didn't want to take this risky move, so he would never agree to Han Zong.

"Remember, a companion is like a tiger. No matter how lenient the official family is, it is still a tiger, there are some things that can be listened to and seen, but they must not be done, understand? ”

Han Yi was a little uneasy, and told his son again.

Han Zong said helplessly: "Yes, the child knows." ”

"You can come back and live these days."

Han Yi thought for a while, "No matter how rampant Zhao Jun is, as long as the official family doesn't speak, he shouldn't come to the old man's mansion to get people." ”

"Yes."

Han Zong should be down.

Immediately, the Han family's side began to operate, sending people around to contact the protégés of the Ma family, as well as the friends of Ma Yuan and Ma Zhongfu, so that they could continue to study.

These are the more conventional means of the court, the Song Dynasty was in charge, and many high-ranking officials had officials under them, relying on these people to attack and bite each other, and later the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reform of the law, they all participated in it.

It's just that when the Han family continued to use the old routine to continue tossing, on September 1 of the third year of Jing You, Zhao Jun, who had only arrested the second horse yesterday, did not rush to interrogate them at this moment, but went to Fan Zhongyan's house.

Zhao Jun stayed at Fan Zhongyan's house until the afternoon before leaving.

When Zhao Jun came in the past, there were no people in the mansion, except for a few hired servants and officials, it was the two old servants brought by the Fan family themselves.

But today, Fan's Mansion was lit up, and in the afternoon the sky was getting darker. The sedan chairs stopped outside the gate of the Fan Mansion, and one by one the young officials stepped down from the sedan chairs and entered the mansion.

Lao Fan invited guests to dinner, and he specially prepared a large table with hot pot on it, using rabbit meat as the main ingredient, which was called "Paxia Offering" at that time.

Secretary Cheng Yujing, Prince Zhongyun Yin Zhu, Ministry of Industry Langzhong Wu Zunlu, Pavilion Proofreader Ouyang Xiu, Cai Xiang, Longtu Pavilion Straight Bachelor Li Hong, Jixian School Manager Wang Zhen, History Museum Review Wang Zhu, Zhiyuan Fubi and other more than ten friends came to cheer.

Because Ding Du of Kaifeng Mansion was dismissed and demoted and transferred to a foreign governor, Zhao Zhen was forced to let Lao Fan temporarily come up to stabilize the situation, so everyone thought that today's banquet was to celebrate the reinstatement of Fan Zhongyan.

But I didn't expect everyone to say that they were celebrating him, but Fan Zhongyan said that today was not a banquet to celebrate his return to Kaifeng Mansion, which was confusing.

"Xiwen Gong, congratulations, this time I brought two bottles of wine to celebrate your official reinstatement."

"Today is something else, not a celebration."

"Really? That's okay, I have to drink anyway, and I can't waste my bottles of old flowers. ”

"Sit down first."

"Xiwen Gong, look at what I brought you."

"Yo, these pieces of bacon are good things, Brother Andao, how do you know that I am good?"

"That's, this is my treasure, and I would like to congratulate you on returning to Kaifeng Mansion."

"I'm not here to celebrate, it's something else, but let's sit inside."

Fan Zhongyan greeted everyone.

Everyone is curious, since today is not a celebration, what is it going to do?

Suddenly gather everyone, are you planning to do something big again?

However, since Lao Fan didn't say it when he greeted the guests, he naturally couldn't suppress his curiosity first, waiting for him to reveal the answer.

Soon everyone arrived one by one, and after the last history museum reviewer Wang Zhu arrived, the banquet was finally opened.

It wasn't until this time that everyone noticed that there was a thick layer of paper on Fan Zhongyan's seat, which was two or three feet high, no wonder it was placed on the seat.

"Xiwen Gong, what are these?"

Ouyang Xiu said curiously: "Could it be your newly published poetry collection?" Ready to split up with me? ”

Fan Zhongyan shook his head with a smile and said, "No, there is indeed something to do when I convene you today. I have something to say to you, and I have some questions for you. ”

Everyone looked at each other, looking quite puzzled, and Fu Bi asked, "Why should you be so grand, and specially summoned me and others to talk?" ”

Fan Zhongyan didn't speak immediately, but turned his gaze to the papers, he put the thick stack of papers on the table, and said to everyone: "Do you remember the master I once said? ”

"Does this have anything to do with the master?"

Yoon-so asked.

"Hmm."

Fan Zhongyan groaned and said, "That master once asked me what I wanted. ”

"Oh? How did Xiwen Gong answer? ”

The crowd was interested.

Fan Zhongyan still didn't answer immediately, and after waiting for a few seconds, he had already organized the language in his heart.

Then he looked around and said to everyone solemnly: "I told him that what I hope is that there will be no more suffering in the world, and that the country will be prosperous and healthy." I only wish that "the worries of the world are worried, and the joy of the world is happy", if it can't be a good appearance, it must also be a good doctor, cure the disease and save people, and save the people. ”

"Good! A good sentence "the worries of the world first, the joy of the world after the joy"! ”

Ouyang Xiu immediately exclaimed: "This kind of great ambition is the style that my generation should have!" I should take Xiwen Gong as the guide of the way forward, and hesitate to walk towards this great wish all my life, no matter how difficult it is, I will not change my heart! ”

"Uncle Yong can have this heart, I am very pleased."

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "The master told me that if you want to fulfill your great wish, you can't rely on me or him. ”

"So who should we rely on?"

"We!"

"We?"

Everyone was surprised.

"Not bad."

Fan Zhongyan pointed to the crowd: "We need a group of like-minded partners, who must have the same ambitions and ideals, have the spirit of being willing to struggle, and have the fighting spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, so I called you today to ask, do you have such ideals and fighting spirit?" ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at them with sincere and blazing eyes, and waited earnestly for everyone's answers.

Zhao Jun's current situation is actually not good.

He thought that after arriving in the Great Song Dynasty, he had given lectures to the emperor, including all the ministers, to have lofty ambitions and aspirations.

In the end, it turned out that they had not changed their minds at all.

Some are just superficial rhetoric, they just want to use the knowledge of Zhao Jun's later generations to improve productivity.

They are decadent and backward, stubborn and old-fashioned, will not accept the reform of the system of social progress, do not want their own interests to be damaged, and will not accept the reality that the imperial power and the power of scholars and doctors are on the side.

They still want to be a mountain of oppression on the heads of the people.

According to the great man, they are a group of conservative interest groups who do not want their vested interests to be destroyed.

Therefore, they will do everything possible to obstruct Zhao Jun and prevent the progress of the social system at all costs.

And to bring down this mountain.

Zhao Jun found that relying on himself was far from enough.

Because the other party's power is very strong, they still firmly hold the power of this era, and even want to win him over, assimilate him, and corrupt him.

At least Zhao Jun is now fighting alone, whether it is Kaifeng Mansion or the Ma family and the Han family, it is just a compromise again and again when there is no threat to the imperial power and the scholar class.

When Zhao Jun really wants to change their lives one day, everything Zhao Jun has today will be turned into ashes.

So he can't fight alone anymore.

He needs more companions.

Even these companions do not fully embrace the ideas of the new age.

But just going one step further than the old conservative interest groups is already a huge step forward.

After all, the ideas of the five great teachers were pioneering, brilliant and visionary.

If it is placed in the future generations, it is naturally advanced.

can be placed in the Great Song Dynasty, that is, a hundred years ahead is a genius, a thousand years ahead is a demon, and a genius and a madman are only in one thought.

Therefore, Zhao Jun can't immediately spread the thoughts of the mentors, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the steps can't be too big, he can only take one step at a time.

Now it is only under the old social system, it is difficult to fight out a path of its own, grasp more power, get more social resources, and improve their own right to speak.

But the Great Mentor once said that it is necessary to create a large number of people, who are the vanguard of the revolution. These people have political foresight. These people are full of fighting spirit and sacrifice. These people are open-minded, loyal, positive, and upright.

These people do not seek personal gain, but only for the liberation of the nation and society. These people are not afraid of difficulties, and they are always firm and courageous in the face of difficulties.

These people are not arrogant or limelight-minded, but down-to-earth and practical. If China needs a large group of such vanguard elements, the tasks of the Chinese revolution can be smoothly resolved.

One day, Zhao Jun gets more things under the old system and creates a group of such people, even if it is only every ten or even twenty years, to create a group of people who are more progressive in their original thinking, then the future of China is full of glory.

(End of chapter)