Chapter 113: Willows and Flowers
Qin Hui had been rubbed by Zhao Huan for a long time, and he could not understand why. He heard the emperor's tone slowing down, as if he had been granted a general amnesty. The chicken pecked at the rice and nodded, and replied: "Yes, I know that your Majesty's love is unforgettable..."
"Okay, there's no need to."
Zhao Huan interrupted Qin Hui's words of gratitude, patted him lightly on the tables in front of him, and asked as if nothing had happened: "Have you read Wang Anshi's "Ship of Emperor Renzong's Words"?"
His words were very vocal, and later generations said it was extremely "jumping".
Qin Hui was confused and didn't know what the emperor intended. Fortunately, he was a Hanlin Jinshi, so he naturally read this letter, and immediately replied respectfully: "This minister has read it."
He didn't know whether the emperor praised or criticized Wang Anshi, and he carefully replied: "I copied this letter from thousands of words when I was young, but I felt that when Wang Anshi wrote this book, he already had the intention of reform. Renzong was tired of politics in his later years and ignored it. Shenzong occasionally read it when he was the prince, and praised it, and thus the beginning of reform."
This statement is ambiguous, neither praise nor criticize, and has no attitude.
After Qin Hui finished speaking, he became generous and secretly glanced at Zhao Huan's face, waiting for him to speak.
Zhao Huan also disliked his nonsense and said directly: "Wang Anshi is a true figure for the ages, and I really admire it.
He wrote ten thousand words, from military preparation to selection of officials, to education methods, salary and integrity, and the way of governing the world in the past kings. I read it many times, and I really feel that Wang Jinggong is really rare to get talent."
There was already a great dispute at that time when Wang Anshi's conclusion was settled. The reform was repeated since the death of Shenzong. After Sima Guang came to power, Empress Dowager Gao presided over, and Sima Guang took action to abolish Wang Anshi's laws. After Empress Dowager Gao died, Zhang Dun was in power and repelled all the old party. When Cai Jing arrived, he even engraved the Yuanyou Party members' monument. All the old party was listed above, so that future generations were not allowed to be officials.
When the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Prime Minister Tuotuo had ulterior motives in studying "History of Song" and demoted Wang Anshi worthless. Since then, public opinion has been quite depressed by Wang Anshi with the records of the history of Song. Until modern times, Wang Anshi's true value has gradually emerged.
Zhao Huan was not trying to overturn the case for Wang Anshi at this time. Wang Anshi's reform naturally offended a large number of officials. However, his reputation was not bad in the Song Dynasty, and the failure of the reform was also a fact. Zhao Huan mentioned this person at this time, which was actually of ulterior motives.
When Qin Hui heard his praise, he did not think about it and immediately replied: "When Wang Jinggong was in power, the world's treasury was full, and He Xi was recovered, and he was truly a good prime minister."
Zhao Huan was very happy. Looking at Qin Hui's sincere face, he realized why those with high power and high positions like treacherous villains and not so-called gentlemen.
For the topic just now, if Li Gang, Zhang Jun and others have changed, they must argue with him. They will definitely not think of words and answers according to their own topic.
He coughed a few times and said to Qin Huiling: "Go back and carefully study the book of Emperor Renzong."
"Yes, I will definitely study hard."
"It's okay, but Wang Anshi may not have done what he does now. It was just that he mentioned: I only want to learn from scholars, and I only know the knowledge and knowledge, and I have a little knowledge of my writing. I think that those who are talented and virtuous and upright, are all chosen by the ministers and ministers. But if I don't remember well, I don't have to be well-known. It's this paragraph, think about it carefully."
His words were Wang Anshi's analysis of the imperial examination talents. The Tang Dynasty selected more than 100 Jinshi people a year, and a considerable number of officials were selected by aristocratic families, while the Song Dynasty selected more than 300 to 1,000 scholars a year, and the content of the examination was limited to the classical poems. At this time, the imperial examinations were already more harmful than good. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was difficult to select real talents.
Zhao Huan naturally knew the harm and disadvantages of the imperial examination, but suddenly abolished the imperial examination, which would inevitably cause chaos in the world. Compared with other reforms, this item was the most difficult. He restored the Mingjing in the Tang system and used it to take down subordinate officials and officials, which was a great reform. Wang Anshi's intention was to completely change the imperial examination system and combine the Han Dynasty's recommendation system with the imperial examination to reform the disadvantages of the imperial examination.
How smart Qin Hui was? As soon as Zhao Huan said that, he already knew what the emperor meant.
Zhao Huan looked coldly, but saw him sweating profusely and his face was no longer visible.
Reforming the official system and removing prefectures and counties only violates the interests of some officials and gentry. However, according to Wang Anshi's reform strategy, it would inevitably be an enemy of Jinshi officials all over the world. Qin Shuan naturally could not bear such pressure.
Without waiting for him to speak, Zhao Huan said again: "There is also the tax method of equal land, so it's better to study it."
This statement finally became the last straw that suppressed Qin Hui's thin body.
Qin Hui blushed and said something he couldn't believe, and said in a voice: "This... I dare not obey the order!"
This reaction was as expected by Zhao Huan.
He didn't say anything, but just looked at Qin Hui with a cold face, silent.
Qin Hui was trembling all over and wanted to argue again, but he felt that a huge pressure made it difficult for him to confront the person in front of him again.
Zhao Huan is the emperor, the supreme emperor. His original identity and his imperial career in recent years, in addition to his martial arts performance with the Mongolian knights in front of the palace, he also has a little bit of ordinary people's interest. He usually sits upright in governing politics and meets his subordinates in harmony and warmth, but there is always an indescribable distance that makes people dare not play, dare not approach, and dare not treat him as an equal friend.
And he himself gradually got used to his current identity and role, and it was difficult to distinguish it.
Qin Hui did not dare to argue, but he definitely did not dare to follow the imperial edict like this. Of course, he was wealthy and wealthy as an official. If he was ruined, he would even have to spend the rest of his life in open and secret arrows. It would be really uncomfortable.
He left his seat, lay down on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, but could not speak.
Zhao Huan originally had the intention of persuading and humiliating this great traitor for the ages. Seeing the other party like this, he was so soft-hearted for no reason.
He sighed and said to himself, "I have gradually realized that there is no smell of a life, and today's things are too much."
Because of his long sigh, he helped his right hand and comforted Wen Yan: "Why is Qin Qing so? Get up quickly." The eunuchs next to him were dazed and hurried forward to help Qin Hui up, but saw that he was already covered in tears.
Zhao Huan laughed silently and actually got up and handed over a towel to Qin Hui to wipe it. Then he smiled and said, "You are also a prime minister, so you have no ministerial integrity."
Qin Hui had already come back to his senses at this time, hurriedly wiped his face, handed the comb back to the eunuch, and then said to Zhao Huan: "The virtuous and honest ruler finally became the ninth rank of Zhongzheng, and the Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the aristocratic clans. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a method of selecting scholars in the imperial examinations. If Your Majesty wants to restore it, I will never agree. And equalizing the land tax is a bad method. Wang Jingsong cannot do it, and the scholars and officials in the world all opposed it. Your Majesty is to compete with the Jin Kingdom now, so you must not use this method again."
Although he has a bad character, this passage shows his ability. A virtuous and good deeds are the ones who recommend officials, and local officials will definitely recommend local powerful family candidates. The longer the time, the greater the family power.
As for the equal taxation of square fields, we need to measure the land across the country and collect taxes based on the amount of land. Once this method is released, the whole world is in a state of chaos. Most of the people who opposed the new law that day were the most hateful of this method.
Zhao Huan smiled and returned to his seat. After a brief gesture, the eunuch behind him took a box. Zhao Huan nodded slightly, and the eunuch handed the box to Qin Hui.
Seeing Qin Hui looking at him, Zhao Huan said, "It is not necessary to be virtuous, but to be honest, but to be purely imperial examinations. I will let you study the literature of Emperor Renzong and spread all the talents in the world. You can study it well, and then follow the method I think, and write a memorial. As for the tax on the square and field, since you say you can't do it for the time being, it's fine.
Let’s talk about this coronation after the world is settled.”
Qin Hui heard his opinion, but he did not immediately abolish the imperial examinations, but wanted to improve them. He had already decided half of it. When he heard that Fang Tianjun's tax law was no longer restored, he was even more happy. He immediately stood up and said, "In this way, I will act according to the imperial edict."
"Okay, go there, don't ask for resignation anymore. Local affairs have already begun. You don't have to work hard anymore. Just stay in Chang'an to participate in politics."
This was also excellent news for Qin Hui. He agreed immediately and saw that Zhao Huan had nothing to say, so he immediately withdrew.
Zhao Huan felt exhausted at this time. When he met Qin Hui, he always felt dazed and difficult to control himself. The dislocation and absurdity of that era were entangled in his heart and could not suppress it.
He had pure trust and respect for Yue Fei. He had an indescribable disgust towards Qin Hui, but Qin Hui himself became a capable minister under his training. This is really ridiculous, but also a firm fact.
He stood up and stopped dealing with political affairs. He looked out the window with his eyes squinted, and saw a red sun emitting the last light.
Zhao Huan rose up and went outside the hall to see the setting sun as blood. After a long time, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
He felt strange himself, and after a while, he remembered that before meeting Qin Hui, he met Yue Fei for the last time, and asked him to return to Xiangyang to reorganize the army and prepare to enter the Central Plains to fight the Jin soldiers at any time.
Yue Fei made a generous speech. Although Man Jianghong was a fake mantra from later generations, he did not say anything about breaking through the Helan Mountain Palace, but he was also full of strong and confident.
When Zhao Huan thought of hundreds of thousands of heroic soldiers and elite soldiers, and strong armor, and brought back half of China's history to the Baishan and Black Water, he felt his mind was inspiring and excited. However, all of this was under his control, so he was inexplicably not excited.
"A real man should be like this."
Yue Fei left Beijing to prepare for the battle. The Jin cavalry that was fighting in Taihang Mountain was completely helpless. Zhang Xian and Yao Duan and others guarded Taiyuan and could enter Hebei at any time. Han Shizhong made steady progress and pointed directly at Shandong.
The six years of Jingkang are about to pass, and the history of the Song Dynasty has turned the heaviest page. At this time next year, I don’t know what kind of world it will be.
Chapter completed!