Seeing that Li Di was really coming, Xu Ping and Li Shen hurriedly stepped forward, greeted him, welcomed him to the table, and sat down. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

took off the big on his body and handed it to the entourage beside him, and Li Di sat down. Waiting for Xu Ping and Li Shen to sit down, he said: "It's okay tonight, I heard that Li Tongju is here to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you, so I will come over to have a look." ”

Xu Ping hurriedly gave up his hand: "How can the lower official be deed, and the minister of labor will come to the door?" After these two days, I will go to visit the minister! ”

Li Di said with a smile: "You are the capital of Benlu, and according to the rule, the officials of Benlu Prefecture and County are all under the rule, and they are under your investigation." When I arrived in Mengzhou, it was natural that I should do my best to be a landlord and catch the wind for you. ”

"When the prime minister says so, the lower officials are really embarrassed!"

Li Di said: "Okay, don't talk about these false etiquette tonight, sit down to eat and drink, and gossip." ”

Xu Ping sat down again, and Li Shen was on the left and right, accompanying Li Di on both sides. Because there are these old and important ministers under the rule, often the official positions are far away from the transfer envoy, in order not to affect the official business, the imperial court has a special will, and the official affairs are headed by the transfer envoy. The pleadings sent by the state and county to Caosi specifically stipulate that no matter what the status of the governor is, it must be written in the format of his subordinates. In this sense, in terms of errands alone, Li Di, the former prime minister, is really a subordinate official of Xu Ping. However, with Li Di's identity, he will become the prime minister at any time when he re-enters the court, and the transfer envoy is only a middle-level official with low power and heavy responsibilities, and it is impossible for him to directly enter the two governments anyway. From this sequence, Li Di's identity is far above Xu Ping.

This is the ancestral family law that gradually matured from the Great Song Dynasty to Taizong Zhenzong, that is, "things are prevented, and music is systematized", which is manifested here, that is, "up and down rolling". That is, in the local area, the petty officials hold the big power, and the important ministers are contained, so as to prevent the emergence of local powerful factions. In fact, the civil affairs of Mengzhou are mainly based on the general judgment of Li Shen, which is also to implement this principle.

After drinking a few rounds of wine, Li Di said to Xu Ping: "I heard Li Tong's judgment, you are going to sort out the new policy of Jingxi Road for a year recently, so as to refer to future generations, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"What the minister said is right, I am about to take advantage of the free time near the end of the year to finish this."

Li Di nodded: "Du Cao has done a really good job on Jingxi Road this year, I have been an official for decades, and I have never seen anything like Jingxi Road last year." What is even more commendable is that the money and food in the hands of the government have increased, but the people have not suffered, but have also improved their lives. As the saying goes, there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world, and if it is not in the government, it is in the people, in other words, if it is in the government, it is not in the people, and if the government has more money and food, it will inevitably strip the people. Last year, Jingxi Road was not like this, there must be something different from the past, the old saying before, I am afraid it is useless. ”

Li Shendao: "Xianggong's words are to the point, the states and counties on Jingxi Road are full of government treasury, but they have not carved the people. Even our Mengzhou has actually benefited. In terms of money and silk, I don't know how much more money has been put into storage this year than in previous years, but the price of silk has fallen, so it seems that there is no increase in the income of money and grain. I also visit the state from time to time, and not only is the people's life not more difficult than before, but their hands are much more active than before, and many things that they couldn't afford before are now used. ”

"In fact, where does the wealth of the world come from? In ancient times, the people wore animal skins, ate wild vegetables, drank blood, and could only think about a full meal. Up to now, even if it is a poor family, the life is actually much better than when the sages were blue. If there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world, where does our excess wealth come from? ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Li Di smiled and said: "Although the way of heaven is constant, the world is impermanent. Xu Ducao, you are indeed rarely compared to others, but in terms of scriptures, don't find someone to write it. ”

After drinking for a long time, Xu Ping's face turned a little red, just to hide the embarrassment after listening to Li Di's words. Li Di is straight, after his death in history, Zhao Zhen's stele specially inscribed for him is "Legacy", and he is really not polite at all. Although Xu Ping is also familiar with the scriptures, he has the knowledge of his previous life as the foundation, and he cannot really sink his heart to study these sages, and the scriptures are his shortcomings. If only one or two sentences are extracted from the books of the sages, Xu Ping can give full play to them and write articles freely, which is the strength of his strategy. However, due to the fundamental differences in world outlook, outlook on life, and values, he cannot understand the subtleties of the sages' theories, which is the shortcoming of the scriptures. wants to use scriptures to explain his theory, in front of Li Di, the champion, Xu Ping is really an axe.

After taking a sip of wine to hide his embarrassment, Xu Pingcai said: "What Xianggong said is that what we are doing this year is to ask for ancient books, and it has been decided that Wang Gongchen of Yingtian and Li Ji of Fangcheng Zhixian will do it. ”

Li Di nodded: "This person can say it, Wang Gongchen is the champion, and the article is naturally good." Li Jing, the magistrate of Fangcheng County, I have also heard his name and read one or two of his articles, which is indeed insightful. When it comes to scripture skills, Li Jing is no less than Taishan Sun Fu and Suzhou Hu Ming, and his participation can make your ideas stand. ”

In fact, most of the founders of academic schools and famous figures of this era have not been in Jinshi. Sun Fu, the founder of the Taishan School and the pioneer of the two Song Dynasty science studies, failed in four moves, and Sun Ming, the founder of the Suhu School and made Jiangnan an important place of science, fell seven times. Their scholarship and ideas were disseminated through lectures, and they were equally famous.

This is the characteristic of the times, and the imperial examination is not about the scriptures. In the final analysis, the imperial examination is a selection examination, as long as suitable talents can be selected, it is not an ability examination. Passing the imperial examination does not mean that you have the ability to be an official, most officials who are born as jinshi are actually doing nothing. However, there is no ability test for the selection of officials, and whether it is appropriate or not is still decided by the evaluation at work. Because the great Confucians often fall off the list, they indignantly say that the imperial examination system is unfair, which is actually unreasonable. The great Confucians who were in Jinshi, such as Zhu Xi in history, were actually not very good officials. The selection examination was forcibly changed to an ability test, from emphasizing poetry to emphasizing scripture and righteousness, and finally evolving into the Baguwen of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which had no positive significance.

It is precisely because of this that Li Jing's reputation is far more important than his official position, and among the officials of Jingxi Road, he is much more famous than the average Zhizhou. Xu Ping's choice of Li Jing has already given this matter a strong theoretical color.

In order to establish the law of eternity, it is far from enough to rely on the extra money and food collected by Xu Ping on Jingxi Road, and it must also be supported by a widely recognized theory. For example, Sang Hongyang of the Han Dynasty, Fifth Qi of the Tang Dynasty and Liu Yan all made revolutionary contributions to financial ideas and measures, but none of them formed a systematic theory, and they often died in government. Another extreme example of the Legalist school, with the practice of Shang Ying's reform of the law, coupled with Han Feizi's theory, no matter how much later generations belittled and opposed, it has always been circulated, and even ideas such as "respecting the original and suppressing the end" have been absorbed by later generations. In fact, many of the financial management ideas of this era came from Legalists. Han Fei listed industry and commerce as the "five beetles", and Shang Ying believed that scholars, merchants, and skilled people were useless people, which was the theoretical basis for valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce.