After bidding farewell to Su Song, Du Zhongxiao walked back to the inn slowly. When I arrived at the door of the inn, I stopped, glanced at the bright moon in the sky, and breathed a sigh of air. This time I went to the capital and bought the books I urgently needed, but the communication with other readers, except for one Su Song, Du Zhongxiao was not satisfied. For some reason, Du Zhongxiao always felt that there was a gap with the scholars at this time, including Ouyang Xiu and others.

It's a time of much-needed change, and everyone knows it. Although the opponents of the Qingli New Deal in history were called conservatives, in fact, they did not oppose change, but their thinking was different from that of Fan Zhongyan and others.

In Du Zhongxiao's view, in order to reform the government, it is necessary to have a profound grasp of social reality, so as to put forward targeted reform policies. But the contact with Ouyang Xiu and others these days has given Du Zhongxiao the feeling that he has talked too much and done too little in a down-to-earth manner. As soon as I talk about politics, I talk about politics from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the politics of all dynasties, and then I think how to do it. What is the current social reality, no one can really ask, but no one can explain clearly.

How can there be no problem in setting a goal and then cutting it down? But Du Zhongxiao also understands that it is Ouyang Xiu and others who have the right to speak in history, and it is very dangerous to be inconsistent with their thinking. It's not that Du Zhongxiao doesn't want to do something for this era, but the reality is that Mingzhe is the best choice.

The first issue of reform is why and how to change it, and the core issue is who is responsible. Do not assume in general terms that the bureaucracy is accountable to the emperor, so that there will be no ideological struggle between reformers and conservatives. The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and most of the time he actually represents the whole of politics, and his role can be switched calmly. Reuse reformers today, reuse conservatives tomorrow, and the emperor has no burden.

This is something that Du Zhongxiao himself has not thought about, so whenever he encounters the discussion of political issues, he wisely avoids it.

If you participate in politics in the future, you will inevitably have a political policy, or ideology, and this cannot be avoided. Pragmatists may be able to be high-ranking officials, but they don't leave much of a mark on history. This era is the most obvious, if you say that the impact on realpolitik is deep, it will not be until the generation of Wang Anshi and Sima Guang that it will surpass Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and others in this era. But when it comes to historical influence, Lu Yijian is far inferior to Fan Zhongyan, and it is even likely that Ouyang Xiu is beyond reach, although Lu Yijian has always been in a high position.

If you want to make your mark on the course of history, it is inevitable to choose a path and raise a flag. This is exactly what makes Du Zhongxiao walk on thin ice and tremble. There are several roads in front of Du Zhongxiao. Like Ouyang Xiu and others, looking for an example from history is nothing more than restoring the ideal rule of three generations and putting forward some reform proposals that are absolutely correct in theory but almost not feasible. Or like Lu Yijian and others, they are good at dancing in real politics and maintaining the situation. The most different choice is to develop the productive forces, reform the relations of production, and move from feudalism to capitalism according to what we learned in the history textbooks of the previous life. Even directly learn from the experience of Europe, the constitutional monarchy, the parliamentary president, and even the political system and development line have been arranged. But in the classical era of China, did this really work?

Du Zhongxiao looked at the bright moon in the sky, smiled wryly and shook his head. In fact, the more clearly the history and politics textbooks say, the more it shows that this path is absolutely unworkable. The summary of later generations is often to explain why we are lagging behind, rather than to guide how not to fall behind. If we really follow what the textbooks say and learn from the European experience, nine times out of ten we will be on a precipice. Not only themselves, but even the entire country and nation probably can't find a way out. The final ending, which is nothing more than leading the way for other peoples, will not be better than the historical ending.

Sighed deeply. Du Zhongxiao at least understands this, if you can't even figure out this truth, it's best not to get involved in politics in this era, it's better to be a rich man with peace of mind. The productive forces determine the relations of production, but the relations of production are not fixed templates. Supporting the capitalists, according to the division of powers, capitalism flourished? Because history can't go back, it's only said in textbooks. Those who really believe in this set, from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China in history, to the large and small countries in the world, are almost all victims.

In Du Zhongxiao's previous life, most of the countries that have developed successfully have several common characteristics, but there must be some aspects that are different from the standard template. If you keep this difference, you move on, force yourself into the template, and it will fall apart.

Without him, the template summarized in the textbook has an ideological and philosophical premise. Without the same ideological foundation, it is like an elephant drilling into the eye of a needle, and it will not be able to get over it no matter what. This is the dialectical relationship between universality and particularity, and if it is not clear to distinguish between it, it will be cut to fit the foot. History textbooks summarize the development template, which is indoctrinating ideology. The burgher revolution in Europe, and thus the capitalist revolution, would not have arisen in China, nor would the struggle between the big planters and industrial capital in the Americas have arisen in China in this era. History is the memory of civilization and cannot be washed and restarted.

The jinshi has to be examined, and the official has to be done, otherwise he will not be comfortable in this era. But what route to take after becoming an official, Du Zhongxiao has always been a little at a loss, which is the reason why he is inseparable from the scholars of this era. Du Zhongxiao's life principle for himself is to look at the road steadily and move forward cautiously, but this road is too difficult to walk, which makes him tired from time to time. I am at a loss, and when I get along with readers, whether I talk about the understanding of the classics or about realpolitik, I can't talk about it.

Shaking his head, Du Zhongxiao was about to go back to the room, but when he turned around, he saw a few shadowy shadows in the distance. If you look closely, it is a few people sitting at the tea stall next to him when Wu Kejiu is looking for him in the evening.

The figure saw Du Zhongxiao staring at this side, and suddenly left quickly, and he didn't know where he went.

Du Zhongxiao had a faint bad feeling in his heart, and he couldn't tell why, he stood there for a while, and he had no clue, so he had to return to the inn. According to his thoughts, after completing the booklet of steamed wine in the past few days, he returned to his hometown to prepare for the imperial examination. But going back here is always a little unwilling. When I went to Beijing, I was taken care of, and I saw a lot of big people, and I only brought a few books back, didn't I go in vain?

On the edge of the Bianhe River, several big men flashed out of the dark shadows, and when they saw that Du Zhongxiao's figure was missing from the door of the inn, they sighed.

The leader of the big man said: "That young man who can steam wine is very troublesome, and he is still looking left and right outside when it is late!" ”

Another said: "This guy has a booklet of steamed wine, we touched it back, and it is a credit to offer it, and it is a way to make a fortune by steaming wine ourselves." Since you encounter it, you can't miss it. ”

Another humanitarian: "We were instructed by the prime minister to pick up his family, but we still don't want to make trouble." ”

As soon as these words came out, several people did not speak. After being silent for a while, the leader said: "Naturally, the affairs of the prime minister cannot be delayed, but the money at hand cannot be pushed out in vain." We have watched the people of the Zhang family closely, and we will also watch here. The guy I met today surnamed Wu, since he also wants this booklet, it is just for us. Inquired about the news, in the past two days, Peng Ti took Xianggong's family on the road, we waited for them to leave Kaifeng Mansion, then went to get the booklet of steamed wine, and took all the way to the west, who knows? As long as the kid surnamed Wu is brought with him, everyone thinks that he is looking for someone to take it, where will he think of us? I've made up my mind, so I want the two of you to stay here, and we'll see what happens! ”

The rest of them agreed together.