In July, the weather is gradually getting cooler, but the city of Kaifeng is still surrounded by a cloud of heat.

The midday sun shines through the open window, making the otherwise shady study a little hot again.

Mrs. Han brought a cup of cold soup from outside and came into the house.

She was wearing a moon-white cardigan skirt with a touch of red corset inside, which was very cool. The exposed complexion is very white, as delicate as clotted fat, which is what Wu Haowen likes the most. However, her figure and appearance can only be regarded as mediocre, not as beautiful as the women around Wu Haogu, and not as beautiful as Wu Haowen's concubine Su Ying'er.

As soon as he thought of Su Ying'er, Wu Haowen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The woman who didn't know how much happiness he brought him when he was in Lantian had already given it away...... Only by sending Su Ying'er away can you invite back Han Niangzi!

This lady of the Han family in Xiangzhou is much more fierce than Pan Qiaolian next to Wu Haogu.

But it's no wonder that Han Niangzi is a descendant of the Han family in Xiangzhou and belongs to the daughter of a first-class scholar's family.

And Pan Qiaolian is a general, still a concubine, and there is no prime minister's father......

In my heart, I was comparing my wife with my sister-in-law, but there was a flattering smile on my face: "Lady, it's really hard for you." ”

Han Niangzi walked over, put down the cold soup prepared for Feng Erniang for her son, and looked at her somewhat lazy husband: "Official, why did you ask for leave again today?" ”

Wu Haowen smiled bitterly and was noncommittal.

It was only at the beginning of July that he took over the official position of storyteller in the Chongzheng Palace, which was the envy of everyone. What surprised Han Niangzi was that after Wu Haowen took office as a storyteller, he fished for three days and dried nets for two days, and he didn't go to tell the official family at all.

"This is what Uncle Yue meant," Wu Haowen smiled bitterly, "It's hard to say the book, it's better to ask for leave...... Say less and make fewer mistakes! ”

"How can it be so hard to say?" Han Niangzi blinked and sat down opposite Wu Haowen. Although she is a woman, she also studied and learned calligraphy when she was a child, and she also knows a thing or two about Confucianism.

"The official is a Jinshi, and the teacher and brother are both Confucians, how can they not speak of the books of the Chongzheng Palace?"

"It's not my big Confucian brother...... "Wu Haowen shook his head, "When his 'Empirical Theory' came out, it really shook Shilin, and everyone was excited. But as soon as the excitement passed, the problem came out. ”

"Questions?" Han Niangzi also read Wu Haogu's "Empirical Theory" and Wu Haogu's revised "Tianli Theory", and did not see any problems.

"A credible hypothesis, a proof by faith, confuses people's hearts." Wu Haowen shook his head, "I can't quarrel with Su Zhongyu, after all, he is a senior master, and he learns theory and practice." And the credible hypothesis and the belief that proves my eldest brother's ...... What do you think I can say? What a dilemma! ”

It turns out that these days, as the "Heavenly Doctrine" and "Positivistic Theory" have begun to spread, the voices of opposition have also begun to rise. There are those who oppose the "Theory of Heavenly Principles" and those who oppose the "Theory of Positivism", and more often oppose the two together.

Although the Theory of Heavenly Principles and the Theory of Positivism can round the road of Confucianism, these two theories, especially the Theory of Positivism, lack the strong support of Confucian classics.

Moreover, the "Positivistic Theory" also puts empirical evidence and practice above theory, and puts forward the theory of "seeking the road from the small road". That is, it greatly enhanced the status of "tricks" in the Confucian system.

And Su Dongpo's words in Guozijian's discourse on "practical learning" contradicted the "cheap technical thinking" that the scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty generally had. Therefore, after entering July, there were more refutations of the "Positivistic Theory". In addition, many scholars and officials published articles in the Xunbao published in Kaifeng Prefecture and Haizhou, criticizing the "Positivistic Theory" for violating the teachings of the sages. In the "Royal System", "all those who practice skills are based on the matter, do not do anything wrong, do not move officials, and do not go out of the countryside with the teeth" as the basis.

In addition, the reform of Guozijian led by Su Dongpo and the reform of the left and right lists of Jinshike have also led to a lot of controversy. Not only did the new party and the new school faction disapprove, but even the old party figures did not support the reform, and they all thought that this was Su Dongpo and Wu Hao's ancient master and apprentice "making trouble" and following Wang Anshi's old path.

Even the younger brothers of these two great Confucians, Wu Haowen and Su Zhe, have the same opinion!

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"Zizhan, you're making trouble!"

In the study room of Su Dongpo's Youcheng Mansion, Su Dongpo was sitting with his younger brother Su Zhe and nephew Su Shi discussing the ongoing "Su New Deal".

Su Zhe was recalled after Su Dongpo Xuan Ma, and he was waiting to enter the opposite side, and it is estimated that he will be sent soon. There is no chance in the political hall, but there is no problem in sending out to serve as a pacification envoy or a transit envoy.

And Su Shi entered Beijing for a visit to Goryeo. It was already July, only four or five months before the New Year, and the Great Song Dynasty was going to send congratulatory envoys to Goryeo as usual.

In addition, the Goryeo Kingdom will use troops against the Jurchens in the spring of next year, and the Great Song Dynasty will send an envoy to the Guanjun, so this time it will be necessary to form a mission that is much larger than the previous ones.

The candidate for the deputy envoy has been made, and the envoy is Liu Kui, the son-in-law of Lu Jiawen, who sent the envoy to Goryeo to make room for Su Dongpo's people - Su Dongpo wants to preside over the reform of the Guozijian, so naturally there must be a doorman to serve as a sacrificial wine or priest. As for the deputy envoy, of course, it is Tong Guan, and at the same time, he is also the envoy of the Guanjun Rong, and he has to stay in Goryeo for a period of time.

And Su Shi is the gift of the embassy and the envoy to send the Japanese, which was arranged by Wu Haogu, of which the sending of the Japanese envoy is a conspiracy, the purpose is to go to the Tamluo country by the way...... Of course, this is confidential, and even Su Zhe can't tell it, otherwise it will be a big trouble!

"What's going on?" Su Dongpo shook his head, "This is retro!" Isn't the source of Guozijian Zhou Tianzi's Biyong? Isn't the learning passed on by Biyong the six arts of a gentleman? Etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, mathematics, isn't that what the reform of the country is for? Moreover, serving swords and riding horses are ancient rituals, and the Qing, doctors and scholars who came out of Piyong in the Western Zhou Dynasty are also Yunwen Yunwu. ”

The reform of Guozijian is nominally a "resumption ceremony", that is, to carry out reform through retro. However, no matter how retro it is, it cannot hide the essence of reform.

"Zizhan," Su Zhe shook his head and said, "If you want to go back, 'Tianli Theory' and 'Positivistic Theory' shouldn't be added to Guozijian's curriculum." And after all, this dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and it has already entered the hearts of the people, so it can't be easily changed.

You are now going to engage in Yunwen Yunwu in Guozijian, and the right has turned Wuju into the right list of Jinshi, which is also equivalent to the left list of Wenju's evolution. What will the world's readers think? They will think that the reform of Guozijian and the left and right lists is just the beginning, and in the future, Jinshike may become a martial artist! ”

"Scholars should have respected ancient etiquette, Yunwen, and martial arts." Su Dongpo Zhengse said, "This dynasty has abandoned martial arts, so that the country has no generals available, and the forbidden army gradually collapses." Now that the reform of the government and military system is about to succeed, who will lead the hundreds of thousands of government soldiers in the future? The best way is not to honor the ancient rites and select generals from Biyong?

The current recruits are all Long March soldiers, and they have been in office for decades, so it is natural to promote the officers who lead the troops from the ranks. The current government soldier is five years of military service, how many ranks can be promoted in five years? Moreover, there is no wise man to lead the soldiers of this dynasty, where do you say that the future military officer will come from? ”

As soon as Su Dongpo said it, Su Zhe was speechless for a while. He won't lead soldiers, let alone know what non-commissioned officer system or volunteer soldiers are. Judging from the system of government and military system that is now being put on trial, it is indeed necessary to provide officers with "military exercises."

"Martial arts is martial arts," Su Zhe finally sighed, "What's the left and right list?" If you also want to reform the Guozijian, aren't you afraid of becoming a public enemy of Shilin? ”

"How did you become an enemy of Shilin?" Su Dongpo laughed, "Ziyou, you're too worried." ”

"I hope so!" Su Zhe shook his head. He knew that his brother was on the rise now—after being suppressed for so many years, he finally turned over, can he not toss a few times?

And the current official family also has to toss, although he still uses the era name of the founding of Yasukuni, but in his mind he thinks that he is already a rich country and a strong army.

It's just that the way of today's officials to enrich the country and strengthen the army is different from that of the previous emperors......

Su Dongpo saw that his younger brother stopped talking, and thought that he had persuaded himself, so he said: "Ziyou, the most important thing in the court now is to promote the government military system." The next step is to fully promote it in Jingzhao Prefecture, and to find a place outside Shaanxi to try it out. I would like to try it out at the same time in Henan Mansion (Luoyang) on Jingbei Road, Daimyo Mansion on Hebei East Road, Xiangzhou on Hebei West Road, and Taiyuan Mansion on Hedong Road. You might as well choose one of them to preside. ”

"I'll go to Luoyang!" Su Zhe said, "Luoyang Duo Gongqing, I still have a little face there, thousands of government soldiers can always be recruited, but this face can only be an official for a few years." ”

Luoyang is the Henan Mansion, which is now the Xijing of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the first choice for retired officials to live in seclusion. Because retired ministers like to buy land in Luoyang to build gardens and live for a long time, the yeoman farmers in Henan are basically extinct, and the farmers are tenants of wealthy families. Whether or not government soldiers can be recruited from Henan Mansion depends on whether these giant families can cooperate.

Su Dongpo smiled: "There is already a way...... Five hundred soldiers for one Guozijian and Yuntai Academy Students. When the ten places come out, there will be 5,000 soldiers. ”

"Another good way to martial arts?" Su Zhe frowned and asked.

"yes."

This bad idea is a good old martial arts when it hears it!

Guozijian has to recruit at least 200 people a year, and if one person can be exchanged for 500 government soldiers, there will be 100,000 government soldiers. According to the five-year service period of the government soldiers, it is 500,000 troops. Can you say otherwise, people can always make it up.

Su Zhe shook his head again and again.

"How?" Su Dongpo looked at his brother.

"You're replacing officials with officials!" Su Zhe frowned and said, "Of course the method is good, but after all, it is to give people a handle!" Guozijian is for the country to educate talents, how can he take scholars like this? The people who can make up 500 people are all wealthy families, will those poor and talented people have no chance with the national eunuch in the future? ”