Zhao Xi's signed article first aroused strong reactions among young officials.
With the response of the Gongfang City and the Martial Arts Hall, officials from all states, counties, and the six ministries and ministers of the country also successively carried out activities to study articles signed by officials...
As a person of later generations, Zhao Xi knows the role of ideology very well, and also knows how to use ideology to form a general trend and let an idea take root in the minds of ministers.
There has never been a shortage of people who flatter their superiors, even among the literati of today's dynasty. After all, the official family is an official family, and they are ministers. If there is no desire, then it is just an ideal.
Therefore, more and more ministers began to respond to Zhao Xi's signed articles.
There are no words of sages in Zhao Xi's articles, but when it came to the writings of the learned men of the country, they were mechanically linked to sages in official remarks...
At first, they were just low-level officials who wanted to show their face and leave an impression to please the king. Later, it spread to the entire Shilin... Concern for the country and the people was still the mainstream of Shilin on the surface, even if behind the scenes men were stealing and women were prostitutes.
After Sima Guang wrote an article analyzing the origin of official articles, there was finally a huge discussion in the country about the relationship between personal interests and collective interests.
Being pragmatic and seeing the truth on the pen is what officials of the imperial court and even scholars are good at.
At this time, the newspapers arriving from the imperial court were far unable to accommodate the number of articles written by court officials, so those private scholars and low-level officials began to use Cuju Express to explain their opinions on articles signed by officials.
An article about the relationship between personal interests and collective interests was extended by the officials and scholars of the entire dynasty to the sages, to the clan, to ethics, to the core essence of Confucianism...
Zhao Xi never thought that he could be related to this. However, he really liked to see such a situation.
Even if this was purely a retreat and empty talk, he knew the significance of such empty talk.
A nutritious advertising slogan from later generations can still be remembered by people under continuous bombardment. What's more, this kind of big discussion involving both Shilin and the government?
Several requirements for evaluating market changes made civil servants who were accustomed to talking but not practical actions at a loss. Official articles on collective and personal relationships gave them a place to use.
From the family, the country, the world, to self-restraint and propriety, the three obediences and three rebelliousnesses of ministers serving the king, sons serving the father, and wives serving their husbands, to the point where people do not only kiss their own relatives, nor only their children their children, but also the old and the young.
As a child, as well as the children of others, when I come to see a person's country, I regard him as his country, and I regard a person's home as his family.
Drag out the sages one by one to demonstrate the relationship between the individual and the collective.
Someone even compiled Zhao Xi's original speech about his country and his family, and forwarded the full text on the court's arrival report...
Zhao Xi really didn't expect this to happen.
Originally, he just wanted to remind the courtiers not to always consider government affairs based on their own interests, but he did not expect that it would eventually turn into such a collision of ideas.
This scene almost exceeded the scale of the previous court debate. With the participation of various schools of thought, it completely turned into a movement for the purification and baptism of national thought.
This left Zhao Xi speechless, and he finally understood the meaning of the King of Chu having such a slim waist that the harem would starve to death.
Fortunately, I don't have any special hobbies.
It's really a bit baffling. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have had to instruct Gongfangcheng and Jiangwutang to play tricks...~
It definitely has a good effect, but you really can’t do this every day.
Zhao Xi could imagine that there must be some encouragement from the princes, otherwise there would never be such a big momentum.
At the very least, Zhao Xi was a little surprised that Sima Guang wrote the article.
To be honest, even Sima Guang personally doesn't believe it when it comes to Sima Guangmei. As for why he responds to himself with articles, in Zhao Xi's opinion, the first reason is because his article tends to his opinion that sincerity is the key to everything.
Fundamental concept.
The second one should be that he revealed the reasons for changing the official system, especially the reminder about rewards, punishments and demotion, which alerted Sima Guang.
Maybe Zhao Xi had some malicious assumptions, but it's not impossible.
It turns out that when court officials are demoted, they are basically promoted to another level. When they return to the court again, they will inevitably be promoted to another level.
Especially at the executive level, every time they are demoted, they will receive an additional post and an additional salary.
Therefore, the officials don't mind inviting themselves out, let alone arguing with the officials.
After all, Sima Guang had just handed over the invitation to go out on his own. Although Zhao Xi persuaded him to come down, all Zhao Xi left him was a living promise, which made him very embarrassed.
Echoing his own article, easing the relationship, and adding some private goods to incorporate his own academic ideas. This is definitely beneficial to Sima Guang without any harm... Maybe he is overthinking it,
Sima Guang's temperament, who knows if that's the case.
However, Zhao Xi was very satisfied. The effect of an article even exceeded his expectations. Even though he almost forgot to praise or criticize the market change law during this period, Zhao Xi was not anxious at all.
This article originally meant to praise and criticize the legal principle of market transactions.
"Too much is never enough. Although this discussion is positive and useful, it still needs to be done in moderation."
"The key is whether the Market Change Law is suitable for implementation, which still needs to be judged by the courtiers. What I mean is to determine a deadline. What do you think?"
Because of the momentum of this big discussion and the opening of the government office soon, the government was a little slack.
When Zhao Xi convened a meeting, he simply talked about the recent government affairs, and almost always focused on big discussions.
This is inappropriate, Zhao Xi needs to stop.
"Your Majesty, I think it would be a good idea to cut off the two-month deadline!" Wang Anshi wished that it would be cut off now. They are all busy in discussions, and there have been few announcements about the market change law in recent times.
"No. The matter of market exchange affects the entire territory of the country. And the matter of barter in the southeast is even more serious than that in the Central Plains. Even if there are rail and water transports thousands of miles away, it will be difficult for local officials' memorials to reach Bian in two months.
Liang Chen thought it should be at least three months."
Han Qi seems to be active.
"I think Mr. Han's words are very good!"
Oops, Wen Yanbo actually spoke.
"As the official said, praising or criticizing the Market Change Law needs to be demonstrated based on facts. This requires ministers to investigate with practicality and use examples to judge the pros and cons of the Market Change Law. Two months is indeed a bit tight."
Han Jiang supported Wang Anshi's reforms in most cases, but he also felt that Wang Anshi was a bit excessive.
If it is really a good law, why worry about being praised or criticized by ministers? Besides, the officials have set the principles for judging market changes and are already very biased towards the new law.
Reducing the time for ministers and workers to conduct investigations will only lead to baseless attacks again.
Even if the officials tend to favor the new law and push it against the opposition of the ministers, it will eventually lead to a change in the local implementation.
"Then I'll give you four months! In this way, it will surely give the ministers and workers time to do a solid job in the investigation. Please send the report immediately. It will be until the first day of May. If it is overdue, we will not wait!"