The pavilion where Cai You sang was newly built and extremely bright, except for the bamboo curtain facing the afterglow of dusk, the bamboo curtains on the other three sides were closed. On three sides, the water features are the most prosperous in early summer. The green leaves are green, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, and there are a few small boats rippling in between. There are a few girls on the boat, all of whom are dressed as Vietnamese women in the south of the Yangtze River, with narrow sleeves and light Luo, secretly revealing Jin Chuan, picking flowers in the shadows, and picking lotuses in the boat.

Zhao Ji, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, dressed as a scribe, sat on a rose chair and held a folding fan in his hand. He was accompanied by a beautiful woman dressed as a Taoist aunt, who was Zhao Ji's imperial sister-in-law, Empress Liu, who was also lazily reclining in a rose chair.

There was also a rather tall woman, dressed in a lean short shirt, and holding a long sword in her left hand, the hilt and scabbard were unpretentious, and there were many signs of wear, apparently in regular use. This woman is probably Zhao Ji's new favorite Zhou Feiyan.

Pan Xiao'an was also in this pavilion, dressed as an outsider, with a smile on an increasingly obese face, sitting on another rose chair. Beside Pan Xiao'an, there were a few empty rose chairs, which seemed to be prepared for Wu Haogu, Gao Yu, Cai You and others.

Wu Haogu hurriedly stepped forward, sang and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoyi, Qingjing Sanren, the two of you are really excited today!" ”

When Zhao Ji and Wu Haogu and others played together, they often called themselves "Zhao Xiaoyi", and today Wu Haogu saw him dressed in Confucian clothes, so he knew that he should be called "Brother Xiaoyi". As for "Qingjing Sanren", it is a commonly used Taoist name for Queen Liu, Taoism is the state religion of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the first queen concubine likes to pretend to be a female Taoist priest when she has nothing to do. Zhao Ji himself also likes to cultivate, so Empress Liu often dresses up as a female Taoist priest to play with him.

At this time, Zhao Ji found Zhou Yunqing, a strong man who was following behind Wu Haogu with his mouth wide open, and felt interesting, so he asked, "Da Lang, who is the strong man with you?" ”

"This is the famous wrestler Zhou Yunqing and Zhou Zhuang in Kaifeng Mansion."

Lux usually refers to fighting, although Zhou Yunqing can fight, but he has never been on stage to compete with others, and he is not a professional wrestler, but an officer of the forbidden army. However, today's situation is special, the emperor pretends to be a scholar, the queen mother (alternate) plays the aunt, Cai You plays a play, Pan Xiaoan is an outsider, Gao Yu seems to be a pillar of the Keju Society, and Zhou Feiyan is like a woman. Wu Haogu and Zhou Yunqing are also wearing civilian clothes, so they are naturally not officials. So Wu Haogu casually made up the identity of a wrestler to Zhou Yunqing.

"Zhou Yunqing? Feiyan, is he your brother? ”

"It's the brother of the slave family," Zhou replied with a smile, "He has been following the martial artist to work in the Jiehe." ”

"Okay, all sit, sit down!" Zhao Ji smiled at the few chairs that had been empty, and said to Wu Haogu, "Da Lang, but I've been waiting for you for a long time, why did you only arrive today?" ”

"This time I came with Mr. Dongpo, so I walked slowly." As Wu Haogu spoke, he sat down on a rose chair. Cai You and Bai Feifei also stopped singing, Cai You smiled and sat down on another chair, and did not participate in Zhao Ji and Wu Haogu talking, but looked at the Yue Nu who was picking lotuses outside.

Bai Feifei came out of the pavilion, and after a while, he brought hot cloud tea and a few delicate snacks to Wu Haogu and Zhou Yunqing.

Zhao Ji smiled and asked, "How is Su Dongpo?" Are you still in good health? Can you do things for the imperial court? ”

Wu Haogu knew that Zhao Ji had something to say, and the key to whether Su Dongpo could do things for the court was whether he could do things for the officials......

"Let's take a look," replied Wu Haogu, "we must settle the matter of the Tao first." ”

"Oh." Zhao Ji nodded, Wu Haogu's answer was completely expected. Su Dongpo is not Cai Jing...... He is half as well-behaved as Cai Jing, and the prime minister has already become the prime minister!

"The topic of the Dao has been decided," Zhao Ji smiled and told Wu Haogu all the four questions, then looked at Wu Haogu, and asked with a smile: "Da Lang, can you discuss it?" ”

Wu Haogu sighed lightly: "The questions of those two Mencius were made by Mr. Yi Chuan, right?" He's in trouble! ”

"What's going on?" Zhao Ji smiled and asked, "Many people say that Mr. Yi Chuan's knowledge is fake, what do you think?" ”

"Falsification is also knowledge!" Wu Hao Ancient Road, "And there is quite a place to use." ”

"Really?" Zhao Ji smiled, "But the new learners say that his knowledge is useless?" ”

"He's not a practical learner," Wu Haogu explained, "not for governing the country, but for governing the mind." It's just that the people of Guan Luozhixue always like to confuse the governance of the country and the heart, so this Tianli people's desire is a little annoying. ”

Zhao Ji frowned, "Cai You, tell me about it." ”

Cai Jing's son is still watching the Yue Nu Cai Lian, these Yue Nu were dedicated to the palace by Pan Xiao'an, that is, the girls in the Jiangnan water towns who have not been trained, they are extremely young and astringent, compared to the kind of women who are full of charm, they have a unique flavor.

"Ah, Brother Yi...... That, that ......" Cai You didn't know if he was pretending to be confused or who he was really obsessed with? was called by Zhao Ji, and I didn't know what to say at all.

Zhao Ji smiled, "You can choose one of those Yue girls, Da Lang, Gao Yu, Zhou Yunqing, you also have one for each of you." ”

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

Wu Haogu and Gao Yu have seen a lot of this kind of thing, and it is not surprising, but Zhou Yunqing is completely stupid.

What's going on? The women in the palace, one by one......

Zhao Ji also ignored Zhou Yunqing, but continued to ask Cai You, "What do you think of Guan Luozhixue's art of governing the country and governing the heart?" ”

"This," Cai You said with a smile, "I really don't understand how Guan Luozhixue can cure the heart, but I understand the way they govern the country, which is a feudal manor." The soldiers of Jingtian Jiafu must have a feudal family, such as the Lantian Lu clan and the Xiangzhou Han clan. ”

Empress Liu on the side interjected: "If the whole world is full of the kind of big clan that can gather government soldiers, what else do you want the court to do?" ”

What do you say......

Wu Haogu just smiled bitterly, and Zhao Ji asked when he saw his expression: "Da Lang, what do you think?" ”

"The method of Guan Luo's study will make the big clan swell, and it may reproduce the situation of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is not a good way. The method of the new school is that it cannot be implemented as originally intended, and it is also a nuisance to the people. In fact, Wang Jinggong had seen this a long time ago, so he reformed the imperial examination while implementing the new law, and wanted to elect officials who could do things and implement the new law as he intended. It's just that this scripture is not a practical study, and the cultivators are pulling out seedlings to help grow, so the new law has been implemented so far, the western thieves are there, the Khitan also exists, and the imperial court still does not have many available soldiers. ”

Zhao Ji asked with interest: "Do you and Mr. Dongpo have a way?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "Let's try it, Brother Xiaoyi might as well go and listen to the Tao." ”

"Good!" Zhao Ji stroked his palms and smiled, "Today and do your best, prepare for a few days after you go back, and you will discuss in Guozijian on the tenth day of the fifth month!" I'll hear it too! ”

"Then my mentor Mr. Dongpo and I will be waiting for you in Guozijian."

Zhao Ji clapped his hands and asked with a smile: "Okay, now don't talk about mundane affairs...... Da Lang, are you with Feifei or are you going to pick a Yue girl? ”

……

When Wu Haogu returned to the Pear Flower Courtyard, it was already noon the next day, and he came back with Bai Feifei. Now Pan Qiaolian, Ximen Qing, Du Wenyu, and Olga are not by Wu Haogu's side, and only one Luohan maid follows, so he took Bai Feifei back to the Pear Flower Courtyard......

When he arrived home, Su Dongpo was discussing with his two disciples about the tenth day of the fifth month.

To a certain extent, this discussion is another collision between the old and new parties, and the competition is for Taoism! This is no small matter. The matter of Taoism, to put it mildly, is the dominance of education, which is equivalent to the "syllabus problem" of a certain island in later generations.

If the Taoist system is returned to Sumen Shixue (the study of positivism is referred to as Shixue), then even if Su Dongpo can't be the prime minister now, then in the future, when Sumen's disciples are all over the world, his three sons and a group of disciples and grandchildren can also have a time to worship the prime minister.

So this Dao system must be fought for!

"Teacher," Wu Haogu also joined the discussion, "I think the focus of our new learning should be the scripture cultivator...... I tried it out yesterday, so I think I can talk about it. ”

"Critic of the scriptures?" Su Dongpo's disciple Zhang Lei frowned and asked, "Chongdao, you don't need to be a scholar by scriptures, do you still need to use poetry to make scholars?" ”

"I'm afraid that poetry is not as good as scripture, right?" Chao Buzhi also said, "I think it's right to take the scriptures, but the mistake is that Wang Anshi's scriptures shouldn't be used!" ”

When Wu Haogu heard this, he sighed secretly: It seems that the imperial examination has become popular, either poetry or scripture, don't you want to learn practical learning? All of them are like Wen Tianxiang's poems, and they are all like in Wen Tianxiang's poems, and in the end, they are not in vain! Seriously, this kind of education is not as good as the six arts of the Western Zhou Dynasty, do people work hard to get a bow, and they don't shoot those dog Tartars?

Su Dongpo looked at a few apprentices, and then smiled and said: "The intention of criticizing the scripture maker is to be a teacher, the new law is approved by the first emperor, and the approval is too fierce and taboo, the old man doesn't want to go to the ends of the earth anymore." So if this is not approved, let's criticize those crooked-mouthed monks! ”

Of course Emperor Shenzong is a good emperor! He is Zhao Ji's father, how can he criticize someone's father in front of Zhao Ji? Therefore, Emperor Shenzong's scriptures are all good scriptures, and the fault lies in so many incompetent and mediocre officials below!

For example, why was the Battle of Lingxia, which made Emperor Shenzong so angry that he vomited blood, defeated?

That's definitely not the right decision of Emperor Shenzong, Shenzong is so magical, how can it be wrong? That, of course, is the wrong officer who commanded the operation. A woman can't beat it, how can she be worthy of the military books she has read and the formation map awarded by the officials? If all of them had the ability to fight under the command of the "mediocre king" Li Shimin, the ten Empress Dowagers of Liang would have also captured Kaifeng Mansion, and the Great Liao Kingdom would probably have been destroyed for a long time......