"Your Majesty, we have negotiated with the Western Liao, the two sides ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road, every year we exchange gunpowder and steel for the Western Regions of the oil and war horses and other items, the specific quantity is also determined, in addition, we and the Western Liao also agreed, the Western Liao operates the Western Regions, we operate the East, the two are not wrong, if we attack the Western Xia, they will not pay attention!"

Jiang Kui smiled and reported, obviously very satisfied with this result, Zhao Shu also nodded: "The gunpowder should be inferior, otherwise it will be easy to leak into the Western Regions, the war horses in the Western Regions are in demand, I once wanted to buy war horses from the big cannibals by sea, but I was a little delusional, but I can get the big cannibal war horses through the Western Liao, which is enough to be relieved! How about sending an observation group into the Western Liao to observe the war in the Western Regions?"

Zhao Shu is most concerned about this matter, now that the Western Liao and the Qarakhanid are fighting fiercely, the Huoluo Kingdom is in the Gongfa Seljuk Empire, and the Western Regions are about to change the sky, this is a good opportunity to observe the war in the Western Regions, and more importantly, it is important to explore the reality of the Western Regions, for hundreds of years, the Han people have rarely arrived in the Western Regions, and they just took advantage of this opportunity to go. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Kui's face was shocked, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Xiliao has agreed, but the number cannot exceed eight hundred, and this army can only go in the name of the envoy's return visit!"

"Although Xiliao is on guard, he also knows that we will not be able to enter the Western Regions in a short period of time, and there will not be much defense against these people, have the observer team and the candidates to lead the team been chosen?"

Zhao Shu didn't have any worries about this matter, his Nine Turns Yuan God sat in the Western Regions, and he knew it best, but Zhao Shu alone understood that it was always his understanding as the emperor, and he must let the military and even everyone in the Great Song Dynasty know about the Western Regions, and understand that the Western Regions have huge wealth.

Nowadays, fire oil is widely used, not only in the military, after refining, but also part of it as lamp oil, the Ministry of Heavenly Industry and some businessmen are using fire oil to make other things, this is what Zhao Shu strongly encouraged, when everyone knows that the Western Regions contain great wealth, then the Western Regions is the bag of the Great Song Dynasty.

And that's where these military observer missions come in.

"After the cabinet and the Governor's Office discussed, they were ready to select 500 officers who would lecture on martial arts, and among the remaining 300 people, the scholars of Taixue selected some of the great Confucians of the Hanlin Academy, merchants of the Ministry of Commerce, and ordinary people selected from all walks of life. When Jiang Kui said this, he hesitated slightly, and Zhao Shu smiled and said, "Is there any obstacle? Five hundred officers are already very few!"

"Your Majesty, Weichen originally wanted to let some Confucian scholars go, but many Confucians recently went to the Northland, preached education, lectured everywhere, and proved the name of Confucianism, which was present in all dynasties at this time, but this time there were more of these people, Wechen was afraid that it would lead to an increase in Confucianism, start academic debates, and affect the country!"

When Jiang Kui said, he was a little worried, because there were already many ministers in the DPRK and China arguing about this matter, and even ministers were directly involved in it.

Zhao Shu didn't know much about these academics, so he said directly: "I heard about this matter, the controversy between scripture and science, the ministers of the court and the central government are involved, and I heard that Zhao Ding, a newly appointed scholar of Hanlin, also went to the north, originally I didn't want to pay attention to this matter, since it has come to this point, then let's talk about it!"

Jiang Kui thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, my Song Dynasty Chongwen has made Confucianism develop extremely fast, inheriting the scriptures of the Han Dynasty, and developing science on the basis of it.

But when the science appeared, it was opposed by many people in Confucianism, in order to deal with the criticism of Confucianism, the science began to fight back, many Confucians in this era lectured everywhere, and successively created the Lian school represented by Zhou Dunru, the Guan school represented by Zhang Hengqu, the Luo school represented by the Cheng brothers, the Xinxue represented by Wang Anshi, and the Shushui school represented by Sima Guang.

But later, in order to change the law, Wang Jiefu used his own new school as a weapon to divide the party, and Sima Guang and these opponents used the theory of Lianshui to oppose it, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the school of science began to divide and was broken by Confucianism, but the science school already had a foundation, and established academies in various places to slowly develop their own theories.

Later, in order to deal with the increasingly arrogant Confucianism, the Emperor Taishang re-fostered new learning, which was a factor in Cai Jingquan's tilt towards the government and the opposition, and then later, His Majesty eradicated Confucianism, reused some unambitious literati, and a large number of disciples of the school of science were reused and entered the imperial court. ”

Zhao Shu listened to Jiang Kui say so much, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked: "Aiqing is a person who believes in science, right?

Jiang Kui heard Zhao Shu's words, smiled bitterly and said: "Weichen is Mr. Hengqu's Lianxue, while Su Zhiyuan is Jinggong Xinxue, and Yuwen Xuzhong is Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's Luoxue. ”

In other words, the three ministers of my cabinet each confidently follow one school of thought, and each of them supports one school, and now there is an academic battle. ”

Zhao Shu smiled bitterly in his heart, these schools, he only heard Zhang Zai's remarks about establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a life for the people, continuing to learn for the saints, and opening peace for all generations, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi vaguely knew that they were the founders of Cheng Zhu's science later, and the others were smeared.

When Zhao Shu smiled bitterly, Jiang Kui smiled even more bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's far more than that, Mr. Li Gang and Zong Ze Lao Shuai are Mr. Sima's Lianshui School, in addition to these, some great Confucians after the dissolution of Confucianism also want to re-prove Confucian scriptures, and they are also involved!"

When Zhao Shu heard this, when he smiled bitterly, he was even more stunned, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect the court to be so chaotic, Aiqing, as the first assistant, is derelict in her responsibility!"

"Weichen is guilty, if the Song Dynasty returns today, the four seas are leveled, the Great Song Dynasty is about to create an unprecedented prosperous era, many schools want to become the mainstream school of this prosperous era, with the help of local schools to teach and educate people, spread their own academics, and the minister is also helpless!"

Jiang Kui is really helpless, he himself is a representative of a school, especially in the first assistant, and he has become the leader of the Lian school, how dare he have any words.

Zhao Shu looked at Jiang Kui, and also realized the seriousness of the matter, he didn't have a clue about these academics, and he had to let them discuss with each other at the moment, and said at the moment: "Since it is an academic controversy, it is naturally good, but this matter cannot affect the imperial court, and the imperial decree of the Emperor cannot be spread, this academic controversy can only be in the north, and the traveling scholar can only be a respected Confucian. Academics to educate the people of the Northland, the traveling scholar cannot be an official of the imperial court, and cannot get the assistance of the official of the imperial court. ”

Zhao Shu's words made Jiang Kui stunned for a moment, and after savoring it, he was also happy: "This is very good, just so that these Confucians can go to the north to educate the people of the north and rectify the order there, but what is your majesty's comment on your majesty's achievements?"

"Obey my Chinese interests, identify with my Great Song Dynasty culture, and be willing to belong to the public, it can be regarded as an achievement, for a period of three years, three years later, I invite the world's Confucianists to personally inspect!"

"Three years?" Jiang Kui was a little worried, but before he could put forward his opinion, Zhao Shu said again: "Suspend the scale of immigration, only relocate the people of a few big cities and strategic places, and don't pay attention to the rest!"

Zhao Shu's words made Jiang Kui smile bitterly, in order to spread his own school, the Confucian scholars of various schools are afraid that they will have to go to great lengths to build the northern land and educate the people of the northern land, even if they can't support it clearly, they must also contribute secretly, otherwise not only will they not be allowed to join Shilin, but they will also be laughed at by the people of the world.

"Recall the northbound Changru, let him support and supervise this matter, and you don't want to get involved!" Zhao Shu's words came lightly, and Jiang Kui smiled even more bitterly. (To be continued.) )