Du Zhongxiao and Su Song sat in the shade of the willows, watching Tao Qiqi in front of them with a few workers and installing a newly made piston. The biggest problem now is to raise the pressure of the steam and connect the condenser to the outside to increase the temperature difference. This is all what Du Zhongxiao learned in junior high school in his previous life, and now it is verified little by little through experiments. Due to the uneven materials, everything in the instrument is simple. For example, thermometers, such as pressure gauges, all use some soil methods, and you can only see an approximate idea. Anyway, as long as you know the proportional relationship between the vapor pressure and the temperature difference and the power, you can do it.

Du Zhongxiao also wanted to make glass, but it didn't work. Now there is a glass-making process, but the development route is different, towards the direction of making similar jade and jadeite, only ornamental performance. To make transparent glass, it is necessary to select raw materials and do many tests. In the small place of Yongcheng, he can't afford to spend much money on these things, so he can only make a small fuss, and Du Zhongxiao can't pay for these things by himself.

With glass, many instruments can be made, such as mercury thermometers, manometers, and so on. These technical things, Du Zhongxiao is the beginning, and to really do it, it still depends on the smart people and skilled craftsmen of this era. Of course, in the future, when there are conditions, it is better to run a school. That's all for later, and now Du Zhongxiao doesn't have the energy.

Handing over the newspaper in his hand to Su Song beside him, Du Zhongxiao sighed: "Fan and Han entered the dynasty from the northwest, and they are in power, and they have the same spirit as rich and public, so it is a good thing to join hands to implement the new policy." However, it is really not a good thing that the officials and pavilion personnel of the DPRK and China have used this to attack the old ministers and make a lot of trouble. Shi Zhi said that the great Confucianism of the time, no one can say anything when he writes "Ode to Sainthood", but he can often accuse important ministers of treachery, alas——"

Su Song took the newspaper and saw it, put it down casually, and was silent.

Du Zhongxiao said again: "During the Jingyou period, Fan Xianggong was demoted, and Cai Junmo's "Four Sages and One Unscrupulous Poem" has caused endless turmoil. Now Shi Zhijiao has gone one step further and written "Sacred Poems", pointing directly at the important ministers as 'demons' and 'traitors', what kind of system has they become! Cai Junmo Zhiyuan, Ouyang Yongshu and Yu Andao are both officials, and Shi Zhijiao and others are in the same breath, with Fan, Han, and Fu Zhugong as great sages, what do other ministers in the DPRK and China think? ”

Su Song sighed lightly: "Is it different from Shi Zhijiao and others' political views?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Where are there any differences in political opinions, it's just that they claim to be friends of gentlemen, and they use Taiwan to advise and govern, which is a taboo of not forming friends in this dynasty." This matter is not beneficial to the government, and it may not be a good thing for Fan and Han Zhugong. ”

Su Song said: "However, Xia Taiwei has been in the northwest for several years, the rebels have not been pacified, and he has not made an inch, and he has not been convinced by the people. Even if the privy envoy is changed, it is still difficult to settle the public opinion. Xia Taiwei is in the two mansions, but he is afraid that he will not give up a certain rest. ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I think that Taiwei Xia is unworthy of the public office, just point to his lack of talent, why bother to accuse him of being a villain?" The knight is rewarded for merit, and the official is capable, this is an ancient precept. Regardless of the merits and abilities of officials, will officials who do things not have nothing to do? ”

Su Song smiled: "Waiting for Xiao to say that it also makes sense. But at this time, Taoism is open-minded, and what you are saying is not the right time. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head and stopped talking to Su Song about this topic. Su Song himself is not enthusiastic about party struggle, Du Zhongxiao is against it, and he is also not interested. However, he could see clearly that now was the time for the rise of Taoism, and it was useless for Du Zhongxiao to oppose it, but he complained. He was afraid that Du Zhongxiao would not be able to think about this matter and get involved in the party dispute, and if he said nothing in private, he would not be interested.

Xia Zhu is the envoy of the Northwest Economic Strategy, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi are the deputy envoys of the Economic Strategy, but after a few years of fighting, Xia Zhu returned to the dynasty and was accused of treachery, and even Shi Jie pointed his nose and scolded, but the two deputy envoys lived up to the expectations of the world and became the great savior of the government, so that Du Zhongxiao couldn't think about it. The difference between them made Du Zhongxiao determine his own views on the new policy of Qingli, the old and the new, the party contention, and the imaginary situation is hopeless.

The Qingli party struggle began with Fan Zhongyan being demoted during the Jingyou period, and by this time he had completely torn his face. However, at this moment and then, it was no longer Lu Yijian who had the upper hand, but Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others. They have the majority in the ruling circles, and they have the support of the officials outside, and they have an absolute upper hand in both power and public opinion. However, Fan Zhongyan at this time is not the Fan Zhongyan of the year, as a banner, his personal relationship with Lu Yijian has long been eased, and he also has a lot of complaints about Shi Jie and others' intensification of party disputes. However, he couldn't control the situation at all.

Cai Xiang, Ouyang Xiu, Yu Jing and others, which of these is a good match? The pen is like a knife, the mouth is more powerful than the other, and it is better to be targeted by them? This is because Wang Su was reported to have an in-law with Kong Daofu, and he was sent to Huainan Road, otherwise these people are more powerful. As the youngest son of Wang Dan, the prime minister of the former dynasty, Wang Su still has a personal relationship with the emperor.

Dividing the so-called Lu Party and Fan Party, Fan Zhongyan's subordinates are mainly young and strong officials, while the Lu Yijian Party targeted by them is mostly old ministers, and only Wang Gongchen and Zhang Fangping are a few young and strong. Moreover, the Fan Party took the initiative to form a party, and Lu Yijian and his gang were actually not united, many people were forcibly pinched by others, and they themselves did not have that consciousness at all. Xia Zhu, who was targeted at this time, was actually at odds with Lu Yijian, and he still thought that he should be the prime minister, and he didn't want to attach himself to anyone at all.

In the Northwest War, it was Xia Zhu, the official envoy, who was responsible for the war, which actually reflected many problems. That is, whether it is the emperor or the ministers, or even the people of the world, they are dissatisfied with the government of the previous ten years, and they are going to replace the old with the new. Lu Yijian has been in power for the longest time, who will take the blame if he doesn't come out? The war in the northwest has Xia Zhu behind the blame, and Lu Yijian in the court, and withdraws from the government with responsibility, which is the new situation of the government to be opened.

Fan Zhongyan has already spent his youthful years, and he probably has a relatively clear understanding of this. It's just that he has a bumpy career and has not formed his own team, just a nominal leader. Ouyang Xiu and others below are deeply involved in the play, unable to extricate themselves, and their future is really not optimistic. However, as the so-called success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, Ouyang Xiu is a generation of Wenzong, they lost the political struggle, but public opinion and history won.

Regarding this reform, Du Zhongxiao knows two things. One is that Fan Zhongyan and others lost, and the other is the conclusion in history, the Junzi Party was victimized by villains, which led to the government following the path and losing the opportunity for reform. This is a dilemma, whoever gets involved is unlucky, of course Du Zhongxiao complained.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing, Su Song said: "We are just the state and county positions, where can we manage the affairs of the court and the central government, don't worry about this." You wanted to set up some industries a few days ago, have you figured out how to do it? ”

Speaking of these, Du Zhongxiao cheered up again: "It's about a little eyebrows." Here, I decided to do it the same way I had done it. If you don't enter the official village, they will naturally go to them, and they will manage it according to the household. Here, the land of the official village is demarcated, and the industry in the village should be dominated by the village's own people, and it is established as a village community. The management method of the village community, with reference to ancient books, elects the elders of the community, and designates personnel. The guards and township scribes of the village community should be the county officials, and they should be issued to the county officials, urging money and taxes, and inspecting the localities, but they should not care about the affairs of the village. ”

Su Song nodded, and after listening to Du Zhongxiao's words, he only had a general idea. The village community is an ancient method, listening to the meaning of Du Zhongxiao, there are still some shadows of the well field system in it. The reform of the Togu system is the right path of China's traditional reform. Of course, in fact, Du Zhongxiao refers to the collective ownership system in his previous life, so there is no need to explain it to others. Because from the surface, referring to the classics, it can be said that it is the improvement of the village community in the pre-Qin period.

With the collective ownership system of the farmland system, the rural economy, including some field affairs, has sustenance. Clarity of property rights is the first thing to be solved in the development of the economy. In establishing a village community under the collective system, the property rights relationship of the village should first be resolved.