Four horses in parallel, hooves clicking.

Today's small gathering is an invitation to practice state affairs.

He and Yang Sichang are now in the same Hanlin Academy, and they will be colleagues in the future, so they naturally hope to have a closer relationship.

Besides, in the past two years, the two academies have had a lot of contacts, so they are also familiar with each other, so the two of them each invited one person, Feng Ziying was invited by Lian Guoshi, and Yang Sichang naturally invited Hou Sui.

After passing the first exam, everyone can feel the great change in each person.

It was as if after going through a meeting test and a palace test, everyone had been reborn.

This is not Feng Ziying's feelings alone, but the feelings of almost all these three hundred and eighty jinshi.

Although this period was only a short month, during that time, I was able to receive things that I would not be able to access in my lifetime in the academy almost every day.

Everyone will quickly distance themselves from the original circle because of the change in their own status and the difference in the group they are exposed to.

For example, those students who have not been admitted to the Jinshi will gradually distance themselves from these students who have passed the Jinshi examination, and there will be some gaps between the second and third grades, the second class and the second class, and the first class and the students.

If you don't handle this subtle change in relationship well, then maybe the friendship that you have built up over the years in the college will fall apart or become colder.

Everyone is constantly observing and adjusting to this relationship, which also tests everyone's IQ and emotional intelligence, well, this is Feng Ziying's heart.

Among the four people, Feng Ziying felt that apart from herself, practicing state affairs was undoubtedly the highest EQ, and Hou Sui was second, and Yang Sichang even had to be ranked last.

Xu Zheng was not invited to practice state affairs, which is also a signal in Feng Ziying's opinion.

To practice state affairs, if he could, he would definitely invite Xu Ji, but he didn't invite him, which means that in his opinion, maybe Yang Sichang, Hou Xun and himself and him can have more common language, at least in some aspects, and joining Xu Ji may not be so harmonious.

Invited to practice state affairs, Feng Ziying of course responded gladly, it was originally a spring outing, but Feng Ziying simply suggested that it was better to ride a horse and shoot a hunting trip, and said that the family had a number of healthy horses purchased from Yulinkou for riding.

I was also very generous in practicing state affairs, and I happily accepted the suggestion, so I had a visit to this iron net mountain.

In fact, the iron network mountain is located in the north of the Jingshi City two hundred miles away, belongs to the remaining veins of Yanshan, the forest covers the sky and the sun, the mountain is steep, and the mountain is rich in forests, there are many birds and beasts, among which there is also a place of Ze, the name is called Huanghai, rich in wood, it is an excellent thing to make beds, chairs and cabinet doors.

Surrounding, if the horse riding is intensified, you can get to it within one day, if you are more relaxed, two days are easy, but the iron net mountain has always been the favorite place for the royal family and nobles in Beijing to go hunting, and Emperor Yuanxi is especially great.

There is also a royal hunting garden in the iron network mountain, and the royal summer palace is located, but the outer area is vast, but it has become a good place for the dignitaries in the capital city to go in spring and autumn, that is, in the summer, it is also a place to take advantage of the cool and summer heat, but the distance is slightly farther away.

The Lian family is a famous family in Henan, and some of their ancestors have been admitted to the Jinshi as prefects, but their father's generation is only from a rising background, and they have only been an official in the local area, so they have little influence in Beijing, and Yang Sichang and Hou Sui's father both hold important positions in the court, and Feng Ziying is a son of Wu Xun.

To be precise, this is a small gathering of a group of second-generation officials, of course, this second-generation official has to be labeled, that is, they are all admitted to the Jinshi and want to enter the Hanlin Academy, or they may want to enter the Hanlin Academy.

The change of identity has also brought about a change in mentality, whether it is Feng Ziying or the other three people, they have begun to observe, analyze and judge every aspect of the situation and policies of the Great Zhou court from the identity of a Great Zhou official.

This kind of mutual exploration and discussion is actually a process of forming ideas and ideas, and in Feng Ziying's view, this stage is the most important.

Those officialdom oilmen who have been in the court for many years have many of their views and ideas, and it is ten times more difficult for them to change their course than for the younger generation who have just stepped into the official career, unless they themselves agree with these views and concepts.

At present, these people have just stepped into their careers, and they are all full of enthusiasm, and they all have the beautiful idea of changing Da Zhou and making the situation of Da Zhou better.

Convince them that even if they don't play a substantial role now, as long as this seed takes root in their hearts, then the future belongs to the younger generation, and when this group of people grows up in five, ten, or even twenty years, they can share the same views on many issues, and they can promote cooperation in many things.

"Ziying, it is said that you have a broad vision and far-reaching thinking, so tell us what is the biggest dilemma facing Da Zhou?" Yang Sichang glanced at Feng Ziying and couldn't help asking.

Although this guy is the youngest among the four people, and he is also ranked last in the palace exam, he always gives Yang Sichang the feeling that everyone's thoughts are revolving around him, which makes Yang Sichang very uncomfortable.

Although practicing state affairs is the champion, but Yang Sichang does not recognize it very much, whether it is literary or classical, Yang Sichang feels inferior to himself, maybe it is to practice state affairs in the examination and the palace test to better grasp the wind direction of some imperial courts.

However, although this Feng Ziying is not good at words and scriptures, only this understanding of current politics and court affairs is far beyond others.

Even when his father was talking to Qiao Gong, Qiao Gong said that Feng Ziying's sense of smell and comprehension talent in this area were the strongest he had ever seen.

In the past, the two academies had been studying many times, and Feng Ziying actually showed signs of taking the initiative to retire in the later period, and Yang Sichang also knew that this guy's main focus was on the shortcomings of Jingyi, and he also deliberately avoided being too strong.

Now it's different, everyone is standing at a different height, so it's time to reveal some of their views and ideas.

Seeing that Lian Guoshi and Hou Xun's eyes were cast over, Feng Ziying also knew that this topic could not be avoided.

Since you want to persuade others, or even to pull them into your camp, you don't even show some of your basic views, how can you recruit and persuade these people?

Feng Ziying was also weighing and considering.

From the Marxist philosophical point of view, this means that when the class contradictions accumulate at a certain stage, they will inevitably explode, be destroyed in a drastic way, and be reconstructed.

From the point of view of political economy, the old relations of production no longer meet the factors of development of the productive forces, which need to be adjusted, and the productive forces and relations of production can hardly meet the growing social needs of the present, then the internal and external factors accumulate to a certain extent, and drastic changes will occur.

As the saying goes, break and then stand.

But the cost of breaking is too great, especially under the premise that there are still external enemies outside, then it may make the entire people of the Great Zhou Dynasty martyred.

As a last resort, you can't take this road, and this is also not in the personal interests of Feng Ziying and her family.

He can no longer think about things with the solitary mentality of the beginning, he needs to be responsible for himself and his family, and even the people he cares about and care for.

"Brother Wen Ruo asked this question well, the biggest dilemma, well, it is estimated that those who know something about the government will feel that it is a serious shortage of financial resources, which has brought great danger in the defense of the Nine Frontiers, but to trace back to the source, what caused the lack of financial resources? Of course, some people may say that this is a problem left over from many reasons, and freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and these statements are true. ”

Feng Ziying felt that this question was really not easy to answer, and it was necessary to see the essence through the phenomenon, and the problem was that there were some essences that he could neither explain or explain thoroughly.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the imperial court has no money, military salaries, military rations, and armaments are all lacking, and the nine sides are all short of Denglai, Fujian, Zhejiang, and even the coastal defense of Liangguang, and this is only one aspect.

The water conservancy is not repaired, the post road is seriously damaged, and all in all, there is a shortage of silver.

"Why is it that eighty years ago, the Great Zhou wealth was enough, but now it is not enough?" Feng Ziying asked herself: "The younger brother thinks that there may be many reasons, one is that the population has increased too much, but the land and grain have not increased so much, and the other is that the external environment is deteriorating day by day, well, eighty years ago, we only had to face the Tatars, and the Japanese plague was not serious, but now we not only have to face the Tatars and the more rampant Japanese trouble, but also a greater threat - the Jurchens, and even in a decade or two we may have to face the Xiyi, which is not counting the attacks of those Tusi and Annan Dongwu in the southwest,......"

"Huge military expenditures have become an important reason for the lack of financial resources,......

"There is another point I want to say needless to say, everyone knows that 80 years ago, how much official land was there, and how much is now the official land being rewarded and occupied? And how much land was entrusted to the gentry and royalty who could be relieved? How many court officials were there eighty years ago, and how many are there now? It's not surprising that one subtraction and one increase have become what they are now, and this is not counting some consumption that is not enough for outsiders,......"

It's not enough for outsiders, but everyone knows that the Emperor Taishang's six visits to Jiangnan left a lot of holes, but who can pursue this?

"The dilemma is actually three brothers, but it is not so simple to find a solution, otherwise why has our court not seen any movement for so many years?" Feng Ziying chuckled, "Wen is weak, Qiao Shi and Ling Zun set off a storm in Zhejiang last year, and the imperial court increased its income by at least two million taels of silver, right?" But for the arrears of money and food on the nine sides, as well as the replenishment of armaments and materials, I am afraid that it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, right? ”

Yang Sichang was speechless.