Do we have such ideals and fighting spirit?

Fan Zhongyan's question made everyone stunned.

They didn't expect that Fan Zhongyan summoned everyone over to ask about their ideals.

For a while, except for Ouyang Xiu, who was high-spirited, the rest of the people fell into deep thought.

Fan Zhongyan didn't urge them, just looked at them and waited quietly.

After a while, Fu Bi asked, "I don't know what the constitution of Xiwen Gong is?" ”

"Hmm."

Fan Zhongyan nodded: "That master showed me some books and said some thought-provoking words, which touched me a lot." ”

As he spoke, he handed out the papers in his hand to everyone one by one.

These are the "Anthologies" of great men, most of which are quotations, modified by Zhao Jun and Fan Zhongyan, and conform to the current social environment.

From some perspectives, it is even unashamed to say that the theories of the five great teachers are neither complete, nor perfect, let alone perfect. Anyone who holds their theories as the Bible will only make them shake their heads and sigh.

But their theory is that it is a thunderbolt, a torch, a lighthouse, and plays the role of guiding the way.

Zhao Jun firmly believes that we must move forward along this right path, constantly think about practice in the process of moving forward, and then continue to improve it so that it can adapt to the current environmental situation.

First read the theories of our predecessors, then think, the most important thing is practice, then think and then practice. Don't be dreamers, don't think of them as Jesus, saints, the farther you go in their theories, the happier they will be.

Therefore, Zhao Jun is also practicing these days, and he is also continuing to read their theories, while groping, while carrying out his own thinking, to see if he can come out of a road of characteristic doctrine that belongs to the Great Song Dynasty.

And it is definitely not possible for him to complete the ideological change and the groping of system progress alone, so he has already found Lao Fan and hopes to unite with him.

It's just that in a sense, Lao Fan can't be his companion.

Because Lao Fan is only slightly more advanced than those conservative interest groups, he is still a feudal bureaucratic ideology in essence, and he does not have the consciousness of the new era.

But in this era, as long as Lao Fan can help him find a group of companions who go a little further, it is already very good.

Everyone works together to put Da Song on the right track before we can continue to move forward.

The paper was handed out, and everyone studied it carefully.

Ouyang Xiu saw it quickly, and just saw the sentence, "Throw those extremely bad guys who feel high above and have no one in their eyes when they become officials into the dung tank, because no one who is upright likes it." What every upright person prefers should be the way of the people, that is, the way that every ordinary peasant likes to accept. "Just let him shoot the case.

"Is this what the master wrote? It's so in line with my heart, now that many people have become officials, they immediately raise their heads to the sky, thinking how powerful they are. But I forgot that my ancestors were also farmers, farmers and industrialists, who was born to be a doctor? Who was born to be an official? ”

Ouyang Xiu sighed and said: "Even those who have been officials for generations, most of the generations, are not also from farmers. It's a pity that most officials have forgotten their roots now, and after becoming officials, they have intensified their efforts to make money and gain fame for themselves, and most of the officials in the world are like this, so won't the lives of ordinary people become worse? ”

Fan Zhongyan's current idea is to reform the rule of officials, so many of the "Selected Works" copied are about pointing out the problems of bureaucratic thinking, and if they are seen by Lu Yijian and others, they must be regarded as poison. For these people to see, it's a treasure.

Because everyone here was later the vanguard of the Qingli New Deal, they were also like Fan Zhongyan, trying to change the rotten and outdated atmosphere of the current Great Song Dynasty officialdom, hoping to make the Great Song Dynasty look new.

Therefore, everyone watched it with relish and loved it. I feel that the thoughts and kernels inside are extremely profound and thought-provoking.

"We have to not only come up with tasks, but also solve the problem of how to accomplish them. Our task was to cross the river, but we couldn't do it without a bridge or a boat. Without solving the problem of bridges or boats, crossing the river is an empty word. If you don't solve the problem, the task is just nonsense. ”

When Fu Bi saw this sentence, he was deeply touched and said: "This sentence is really good, if you encounter a problem and don't want to solve it, then everything is just an empty slogan, which is of little use to us." ”

"Xiwen Gong, what do you think?"

Cai Xiang asked.

Fan Zhongyan groaned: "I am determined to reform the shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty, if I rely on myself, I will not be able to achieve great things." Therefore, I would like to gather all of you to participate in this grand event. ”

"What about the master?"

Ouyang Xiu asked, "Isn't he able to say that the official family is moving?" Wouldn't things be better if there were officials to help them? ”

"Official."

Fan Zhongyan's face was slightly weird, judging from the current situation, if the official family is reliable, the sow can also go up the tree.

It's just that the official family is the official family after all, and he didn't have much to say, after a while, he shook his head and said bitterly: "That master is just struggling to move forward, our enemies are too powerful, they control the entire court, as well as the entire Great Song Dynasty, and the master is also difficult to support alone." ”

Zhao Jun and Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian talked a lot, about the future ending of the Great Song Dynasty, about the great thoughts of the teachers, and many things they should do and change.

But now every step of Zhao Jun is forcing Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian to them, and he can't give full play to their subjective initiative at all.

Because the sad thing is that Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian don't want to betray their class.

In other words, Lu Yijian didn't want to betray his class, and Zhao Zhen didn't want to anger the scholar class, afraid that something would happen and affect the stability of the Great Song Dynasty.

Even Zhao Jun did not want to overthrow their group immediately, but wanted a gradual process.

For example, the officialdom should be reformed first.

At least we must clean up the officials who are now rotten to the roots of the Great Song Dynasty.

Only when the administration of officials becomes better will it be possible to better carry out new reforms and concentrate efforts on doing great things. It is not that the official organization is bloated and the individual is superficial, and there are obviously so many officials, but the efficiency of the government's operation is pitiful.

But these people still just want to increase the productivity of the Great Song Dynasty on the basis of the original, and they have to get by, and they don't want to change the bottom at all.

Therefore, Zhao Jun can only move forward with such difficulty first.

Fan Zhongyan naturally knows Zhao Jun's situation, so he also needs to change, and after knowing what will happen to him in the future, he needs to sublimate his thoughts even more.

"How can you say that it is difficult to stand alone?"

Ouyang Xiu was dissatisfied: "Since this master has the intention to change the Great Song Dynasty, we are not mediocre people, and we must also make a modest contribution." ”

"Yes, Xiwen Gong, we also have the heart of fists. Why don't you find a time and invite the master to show up, I am willing to be the owner in Fan Lou, let me wait to talk to him? Hear for yourself what this master has to say. ”

"Yes, since you want to do great things, such a Coat, as a model for our generation, should create a great career with us."

"We also want to pay homage to the masters, Xiwen Gong, what do you think?"

Several people read some of the documents given by Fan Zhongyan, and felt that the ideas in them were really profound and sobering. For a while, his spirit was bright, and he really wanted to meet the master in Fan Zhongyan's mouth.

But Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said: "The master said that he still feels that he is shallow now, so he needs time to complete the precipitation, he plans to go to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty after a period of time to see, and let's talk about the things we met later." ”

"Such a master still thinks he is shallow?"

Ouyang Xiu was stunned and said, "If he is shallow, then what are we?" ”

"Huh."

Fan Zhongyan smiled and said: "The master naturally has the idea of the master, and it is not a bad thing for him to have an in-depth understanding of the Great Song Dynasty." The purpose of my convening here is actually to discuss the new policy together. ”

"Oh?"

Fu Bi was surprised: "Xiwen Gong, do you already have an idea?" ”

Historically, Fan Zhongyan's new policy will not start until six years later, but it does not mean that he has not had this idea for a long time, but it has not yet reached that height.

Now with Zhao Jun's help, he has been able to summarize a lot of things.

"Hmm."

Fan Zhongyan nodded and said, "If you want to make my Great Song Dynasty look new, you must first rectify the rule of officials." Now that the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the Great Song Dynasty are rampant, Kaifeng Mansion alone does not know how much dirt is hidden. That's why I'm going to start with that! ”

"Okay!"

Ouyang Xiu immediately responded: "Although the Imperial City Division arrested people a little roughly, but looking at the evidence of those people's crimes, it is really better than pigs and dogs!" I blamed Zhao Jun before, but now it seems that the official family should have eradicated these filthy people a long time ago. ”

Fan Zhongyan laughed a little mockingly, these filthy people are not connived at by the official family? If it weren't for Zhao Jun forcing him to give the authority of the Imperial City Division, Kaifeng Mansion wouldn't know how many people he would be killed.

But he didn't say these words after all, but turned his head and said: "That master once said that there is no right to speak without investigation. It would be nice to have a detailed signature. For example, how many officials are there in the Great Song Dynasty now, how many things they deal with every day, and how many practical things they do, with a co-ordination, they can work hard to find problems. ”

"We can do this"

Fu Bi pondered: "I am in the Imperial Court, so naturally I can inquire about many official documents. ”

"Then I'll be in charge of proofreading!"

"I'm in charge of the Ministry of Works!"

"I can read official documents from all over the country in the Secretarial Department."

"Me"

The history museum reviews Wang Zhu left and right, all the brothers are people from various key departments, and they can access key data, what can they do as the history museum?

Wang Zhu had no choice but to say: "Then I. . . What can I do? ”

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "You can help transcribe some things, and when the time comes, count them together and see the situation in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Yin Zhu hesitated: "Xiwen, although it is common for officials from various departments to take important official documents home and even lose them, will they be impeached for such a blatant theft of signatures?" ”

"No, you don't need to steal it, just read it yourself and write it down and tell me the situation."

Fan Zhongyan said: "Now is only a preliminary stage of investigation, since you want to reform the Great Song Dynasty, you must understand all the things, and when the time comes, when the court plays the right game, and when you explain it to the officials, you can also have a charter." There are too many problems in the Great Song Dynasty now, and the rule of officials is only the first step, and we need to work together to solve more problems in the future. ”

"In that case, why don't we form a society."

Ouyang Xiu felt that Fan Zhongyan was really a person who did great things, and immediately said happily: "Now that the wind of non-governmental associations is prevalent, we are waiting for the style of a gentleman, if we want to support the society, why don't we call it the Gentleman's Society?" ”

Fan Zhongyan's face changed suddenly, and he said: "No, we are also for the sake of the official family and to solve problems for the people of the world, and we must not have the heart of a friend association for the sake of private name." You must remember that we are for the Great Song Dynasty, for the officials and the people of the world, not for ourselves! ”

"Okay."

Ouyang Xiu was puzzled, not understanding why Fan Zhongyan wanted to make a big fuss.

The trend of non-governmental associations is quite popular, and isn't it more cohesive for them to make a community come out?

Only Fan Zhongyan knew that he was killed by the association of friends in the history books, and now he must not repeat the mistakes of the past, so he resolutely cannot claim friends and the like to the outside world.

It's just that the court has their own political opinions, and they have the same political views, so they support each other, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the officials.

"Come, guys, there's something going on, let's talk and eat."

Fan Zhongyan saw that the hot pot had been boiled and the dishes were all ready, and began to persuade everyone to eat.

Everyone is still unsatisfied.

Ouyang Xiu said, "Okay, let's eat first." Anyway, what the master said won my heart, and I am willing to follow the master and participate in the grand event! ”

"Here, have a drink!"

Everyone raised their wine glasses, obviously expressing their worries about the country and the people to Fan Zhongyan today, and felt very satisfied.

For these young Zhuang faction with ideal officials, this is also the best age to make friends (flicker).

Although in the future they may part ways due to differences in philosophy, at least today, they are united by a common ideal.

I hope that everyone will also have like-minded companions to participate in the grand event and create a great career with themselves! I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a good full moon!

(End of chapter)