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Chapter 161 Dragon and Snake Dance (thirteen)

"The Book of Documents is the name that is used to listen to by scholars. The Minister is the name that is used to listen to by those who have never read books. For those who have never read any books, the most effective way to express their meanings is to read the text."

This sentence came into Wen Tianxiang's ears and made Wen Tianxiang confused. Zhao Jiaren's words were simple and clear, and easy to understand. But why should people who have never read books know about the imperial system? This is something that Wen Tianxiang is more difficult to understand.

After chanting the words just now three times in his mind, Wen Tianxiang felt that he had not misunderstood the sentence, so he asked: "Why do the official family care so much about people who have never read books?"

"I want to educate them to read, let them learn science, use science, and new science, so that they can be cultured. But I don't want them to be literati. So everything now must be beneficial to these people approaching the court."

"Why do the officials think so?" Wen Tianxiang was completely confused. But Wen Tianxiang was Wen Tianxiang after all, so he quickly continued to ask: "Is this the so-called government and workers who rule the world together?"

"Song Rui, you are right. You have read a lot of history and know the dispute between the new and old parties back then. The so-called old party is the spokesperson of the landlord class. You have been a landlord and you are very clear that the landlords never farm in person. A worker makes a living by his own hard work, but in the end he has no hope. How could they agree with the world?"

After Zhao Jiaren said this, Wen Tianxiang was temporarily silent. He followed Zhao Jiaren to carry out land reforms out of loyalty and wanted to increase the grain output of the Song Dynasty. After doing so for a while, Wen Tianxiang found that the stirred water was hidden under the water that he had never imagined. What constituted this undercurrent were countless monsters, monsters and monsters.

"Song Rui, I'm not polite to say that the literati are all from the landlords. If the landlords move, they will oppose it. If these people do not object, or even support them, they are people with the court in their hearts. You are a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, you are a loyal minister of the Han people. Let's fight away the Mongolians and regain the old rivers and mountains, and when will the literati rely on the literati?"

Wen Tianxiang remembered that such words that cannot be said publicly had been said privately several times by Zhao Jiaren. At first, Wen Tianxiang himself was still a literati and felt uncomfortable. Now, he admitted the facts. So Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but joke, "There will definitely be people who say that the official family is the number one literati in the Song Dynasty."

"We won't talk about this." Zhao Jiaren lost his joking mood. His tone became serious inadvertently, "The situation has not been peaceful recently. So I decided to change the names all."

When talking to Xiong Shang today, Zhao Jiaren's nerve to struggle was not tense. At this time, his struggle became a little bit tough, and Zhao Jiaren thought of some representative meaning of Xiong Shang's resignation. In the past, the time when the Jinshi of the Song Dynasty was 70 years old, but now Zhao Jiaren forced the resignation to 55 years old, which led to the officials who were purely Jinshi in the Song Dynasty who began to enter the resignation stage on a large scale.

From the perspective of struggle, this is exactly the situation Zhao Jiaren expects. The number of landlords among the new generation of officials and cadres plummeted. If the current struggle is compared to the dispute between the new and old parties in the Northern Song Dynasty, the power of the old party who was born in the landlords will undoubtedly shrink greatly. All the Jinshis were out of order, which means that all kinds of science and engineering men have the opportunity to take on leadership positions. History has proved that engineers have great advantages in governing the country in China.

"That's what it's decided!" Zhao Jiaren said to Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang didn't expect that he had just insisted on his feelings about the text. In addition to receiving some ideological education, Zhao Jiaren also decided to completely abolish the title of Shangshu. This change was really not his original intention. Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but regret that if he hadn't insisted at that time, the title of Shangshu could have been left behind.

Zhao Jiaren didn't like procrastination. The day after talking to Wen Tianxiang, he announced at the morning meeting that he would carry out this official system reform. The clerks were all confused. Wen Tianxiang thought that someone would firmly oppose it. Unexpectedly, Mei Yougan, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, immediately said, "Our Ministry of Works firmly supports the official family!"

Minister of Agriculture Jiang Ying also immediately stated, "The Ministry of Agriculture supports the officials!"

All the ministers expressed their support. Among the six ministers, no one was appointed for several years, and the army was managed by Zhao Jiaren himself. The Ministry of Justice was changed to the Ministry of Justice because the word "punishment" sounded too unfriendly. Now the Minister of Personnel Wen Tianxiang did not object, and the Minister of Rites Xiong Shang happened to go through the resignation procedures. There were only two left in the remaining Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works. They were not from Jinshi and did not know how to object.

Wen Tianxiang watched everyone express their support for Zhao Jiaren's point of view, and he himself was at a loss by the situation. When the issue ended, Wen Tianxiang suddenly realized that Zhao Jiaren's power in the court was far beyond Wen Tianxiang's own imagination.

The news of the imperial restructuring was quickly passed to all parts of the Song Dynasty through newspapers and private news. 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 this, but the people also knew this big news.

As a big city, the landlords received the "Da Song Daily" no later than the government. Duan Tiande only saw half of it and shouted to his servants: "Go and call someone!"

The servant was stunned. He didn't know what Duan Tiande was asking people to do. Now there are more and more police stations in Jiangning City. As he whistled out of the besieged enemies like before, he would be severely attacked by the police. Just when he didn't know how to ask, Duan Tiande shouted: "Go and invite the elder."

Just after being sent out to the family branch Jia, Duan Tiande had a new idea and said to the family branch Yi: "You go to the street to buy a copy of the family branch Lu, the in-law Lu, brought to my "Da Song Daily" today, and ask him if he has read the news about the reform today. After he has read it, he will invite him to have lunch together tomorrow."

Ding Yi quickly went out. After going out, he felt a little anxious and did not dare to go home. He walked straight forward. There was a public toilet a hundred meters away. Not long after, he came out happily. There was a wooden spoon inside the wooden bucket outside. He picked up the wooden spoon and scooped two spoons of water into a porcelain basin filled with a funnel above. He put his hand under the water outlet and washed it. Then he walked towards the newsstand.
Chapter completed!
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