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Huang Peisheng's voice was loud, and the recitation of the article was clear and powerful, and word by word was sent to the ears of the ministers, but the faces of the ministers became more and more ugly, and they gradually became like pins and needles.

After a few moments, all the six or seven thousand words of the article were read, and the Wende Hall fell into a dead silence.

Su Jin's article is called Acupuncture and Disadvantages, in fact, the whole article is a change measure, and according to Su Jin, if the change is really carried out, it is an earth-shattering event, the personnel involved are complicated, and the interests touched are huge, and it will have a huge impact; Whether it is good or bad is not yet possible to assess.

Take the second article as an example, suppressing luck, that is, restricting the ways of becoming an official and being promoted by chance. Su Jin clearly pointed out that every year the members of the imperial court had to recommend their children to serve as Beijing officials, and he estimated that after 20 years, there were 20 people in a family whose descendants became Beijing officials. Entering the imperial court one after another not only increased state expenditures, but also most of the children of these officials and eunuchs did not do their jobs, but they shielded and colluded with each other and formed parties for personal gain.

Su Jin meant to limit the privileges of the officials' favor and prevent their children from filling important positions in the pavilion; If this move is successful, it will naturally make the government affairs clear and reduce the supply pressure of the Great Song Dynasty's finances, which is naturally an excellent suggestion for the imperial court. However, as everyone knows, if this move is really implemented, it will inevitably touch the interests of officials large and small.

In fact, the children of officials participating in the scientific examination are just for show, not to mention that even if they are not admitted, they will try their best to be inserted into the yamen as officials, and they will be able to accumulate qualifications and officially confer officials after a long time.

This piece of big cake has long been a natural benefit in the minds of officials since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and now this Su Jin actually proposed to move this benefit, isn't this asking for self-satisfaction?

All of you here are old court ministers, all of whom have been officials for more than 20 years; Taking Yan Shu as an example, except for the youngest Yan Jidao, the youngest of the seven sons in his family is still in infancy, the rest are all adults, and all of them are not worthy of their fathers.

Although Yan Shu hated his adopted sons, he couldn't ignore them, and with his own identity and the emperor's favor, he asked the saint to install his sons in the three divisions of the yamen and the important places in the capital; Although the official position is not big, they are all officials; Yan Shu also has four nephews who are also installed as officials through connections; Therefore, when Yan Shu listened to Su Jin's policy, the first thing that came to his mind was that once the emperor listened to Su Jin's words and implemented this article, he was afraid that his ten sons and nephews would all be deposed and go home.

How could Yan Shu allow such a thing to happen, what is the purpose of loyalty and patriotism? Isn't it just to be able to share the benefits? If the courtiers follow the emperor and can't get any benefits or privileges, then what's the point?

Du Yan is the same, Su Jince said that a bachelor has been an official for 20 years, and his nephew Meng Zuyin will have 20 officials, Du Yan roughly calculated, his children and nephews are at least twice as much as Su Jin said, not to mention more than 40 people; Even Du Yan couldn't tell the specific number, because he himself hadn't counted it in detail, and there were enough impressions to exceed forty; After listening to Huang Peisheng's recitation, Du Yan hated the root of his teeth, this Su Jin was simply vicious in cutting off his children and grandchildren, and he actually came up with such a bad idea, and he could not allow this matter to be fixed in the emperor's mind.

Zhao Zhen secretly observed the reactions of the ministers, he was a smart man, at least four or five of the ten articles directly involved the interests of officials, although it was beneficial to the imperial court, but the reactions of the officials could not be ignored; He is the emperor, but he still has to be done by the officials, and without the help of these people, he will become a loner.

"Zhong Aiqing, why don't you speak? How is Su Jin's strategy? Zhao Zhen asked slowly.

The ministers did not speak, secretly speculating about the emperor's thoughts, Zhao Zhen alone took out this article and read it to everyone, you can guess that the emperor actually has an appreciative attitude towards Su Jin's suggestion, when reading it before, the emperor said several times 'amazing', which is definitely not sarcasm, but a real compliment.

Du Yan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Su Jin is the person recommended by Yan Sansi, and I would like to hear Yan Sansi's opinion." ”

Du Yan knew Yan Shu's situation very well, rather than firing the first shot himself, it was better to let Yan Shu fire the first shot, he knew that Yan Shu would never approve of Su Jin's suggestion.

"It's okay, Yan Aiqing will talk about it." Zhao Zhen smiled.

Yan Shu reluctantly got up and saluted, and said, "Since the emperor has named him, the old minister will talk about his views; Su Jin's policy is indeed well written, and it is indeed difficult to summarize these ten points with his age and experience, and come up with corresponding strategies; As a lifter, he can write such an article in a short period of time, and the old minister admires it very much, even if the old minister goes into battle, he may not write as well as him. ”

Zhao Zhen was quite surprised, although Su Jin was Yan Shu's person, but Zhao Zhen expected Yan Shu to be so open-minded and open-minded in this matter, which was rare.

"But ......" Yan Shu's words changed and shattered Zhao Zhen's surprise: "However, after all, Su Jin is too young, and he doesn't know much about the government affairs of my Great Song Dynasty and the details of the people. ”

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Yan Aiqing means that the article is good, just look at it, and it must not be adopted, right?" ”

Yan Shu thought for a while and said: "It can't be completely adopted, or it can be partially adopted, and if one of the ten articles can be adopted by the imperial court, it will be the glory of Su Jin." ”

Zhao Zhen pondered: "So, according to what do you think Su Jin can be preferred?" ”

Yan Shu said: "The old minister and Su Jin have some to do with each other, and they should avoid suspicion, and it is better for the emperor to call the shots in this matter." ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Okay, you step down, what is Du Shumi's opinion?" ”

Du Yan was happy in his heart, it was rare that he and Yan Shu could stand on the same front, and the object he met turned out to be Su Jin, which shows that under the interests, even Su Jin will eventually be abandoned by Yan Shu; Since Yan Shu expressed his attitude and said that Su Jin was talking nonsense, of course he wanted to add the icing on the cake and refute it fiercely.

"The minister thinks that Su Jin's strategy is almost useless, what he said seems to be reasonable, but it must not be adopted, the Spring and Autumn Zhao Kuo talked about the soldiers on paper, and finally pitted the 400,000 male soldiers of the Zhao State, which is the harm of those who can only talk."

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Du Shumi's words are serious, I just think his article is well written, but I didn't say that I want to implement it according to his words, you only say how well this policy is written?" ”

Du Yan scratched his head and blushed, the emperor obviously meant to ask everyone to comment on the content, but at the moment he changed his words and said no, which made him a little embarrassed, but who called him the emperor, now that he and Yan Shu continue to disagree with him, I am afraid that the emperor will not be happy in his heart, it is better to say two words of pandering to confuse the past.

Thinking of this, Du Yan arched his hand and said: "Putting aside the correctness of the content, Su Jin can come up with ten self-righteous disadvantages in a short period of time, and cite scriptures to prove it, but the minister thinks it is not simple; Compared with the dozens of empty articles just now, it is obvious that the grade is not a little higher, and the minister thinks that the ranking can be high. ”

Du Yan can be regarded as a favor, knowing that Su Jin's strategy has won Zhao Zhen's heart, even if he tries his best to belittle, he will never depose Su Jin; Since Su Jinzhong Jinshi is already a sure thing, there is no big difference between the tenth and the hundredth.

Zhao Zhen made a mistake, he shouldn't have shown special attention to Su Jin's article at all, these ten suggestions are like a sharp sword that pierces the weakness of the court, even if it does not involve the interests of the officials themselves, as a ruler, for the sake of face, he will never admit that there are so many drawbacks, doesn't it seem that the ministers present are incapable?

Zhao Zhen asked a few more people, and everyone's remarks remained consistent with Du Yan and Yan Shu, and strongly opposed the content, but praised Su Jin's attitude towards the country and the rhetoric and language of the article; It's like someone asks someone if the pearl is precious, but others talk about how delicate the box containing the pearl is, and the attitude towards the pearl itself can be seen.

Zhao Zhen's heart is cold, it seems that some things are not taken for granted, he has been standing on a high place and watching the two factions fight, and he plays the role of a coordinator and balancer, but as everyone knows, these two factions also have common interests, once they move their interests, they will put down the mustard, point the finger at themselves, and begin to fight against the same enemy.

Zhao Zhen knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, but he didn't want to admit defeat, and after retreating everyone, he decided to use the ranking to vaguely explain his attitude; Zhao Zhen stayed up all night, read the answer sheets of all the candidates, and finally decided the ranking.

In the early morning of 17 May, three gold lists were displayed on the notice board in front of the Imperial Palace, in which 11 of the 232 provincial high school applicants were deposed and withdrawn from the ranks of Jinshi, and the remaining 221 were high school Jinshi.

As soon as the gold list came out, the people flocked to the square in front of the palace, and the list was divided into three first, the third one had a total of one hundred and fifty-three people, giving 'the same Jinshi background', the second class sixty-five people, giving the 'Jinshi background', Wei Songhe ranked the thirty-sixth place in the second class, and the results were quite good.

However, people are not concerned about these second-class and third-class figures, although they also have an enviable official body from now on, and will soon become officials in various state capitals and yamen, with the same bright future, but compared with them, the three names of the first-class gold list are the focus of everyone's attention.

In anticipation, the list of the first class came belatedly, and people flocked to it, stretching their necks and kicking their legs to look at the list carefully, and there was an uproar; The third place in the first class: Wang Anshi, the second place in the list: Han Jiang, the first place champion: Su Jin!

Su Jin Sanyuan and the first! The real big three yuan Quanzhong, this is the second three yuan and the first in this dynasty, the second year of the Tiansheng Song Zhen Lianzhong three yuan is because his brother Song Qi gave up the position of the champion, some are not worthy of the name, and this Su Jin's three yuan and the first are really out-and-out.

The people rushed to tell each other, and Su Jin, who was originally quite famous in the capital, once again became the focus of public opinion, and people in the streets and alleys happily talked about him. Insiders kept breaking the news, revealing Su Jin's family background, age, appearance and various privacy, when people learned that Su Jin was only the identity of the son of a Luzhou businessman, and even Yingtian Academy had only been studying for two months, so he had to call it out.