Zhao Xu was very satisfied with Cai Jing's memorial, and he also had the idea of ​​popularizing education.

The Song Dynasty is relatively civilized today, not as extreme as the Southern Song Dynasty in history. Moreover, the court is rich, border wars are relatively controllable, and there are many things that can be done!

Zhao Xu was thinking quickly, and plans had already taken shape in his mind, especially when he thought that the talents that emerged after ten or twenty years of implementation had the impact and promotion of the entire society of the Song Dynasty. He felt a little excited.

Cai Jing was waiting quietly, not daring to raise his head, and could not see Zhao Xu's expression. But as Zhao Xu was silent, his anxiety became heavier and even regretted it. If he had known, he should have touched Zhao Xu's thoughts further, and at least he should have found the younger brother who had not been in contact for many years and talked about his brother's relationship.

After a while, Zhao Xu woke up and thought about this matter and who to hand it over to, while looking up at Cai Jing and said lightly: "Who else knows about this matter?"

Cai Jing's heart skipped a beat, and the more he bowed, he tried his best to remain calm and said, "This is my memorial... I will report to the official family as soon as possible."

Zhao Xu knew that the relationship between Cai Jing and Cai Bian was bad. After arguing the attitude of Su Song, Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others, he said, "Is it your true thought?"

If Cai Jing is just speculating, he must be excluded from this matter.

Cai Jing became even more uneasy and said with a stingy head, "Yes."

Chen Pi didn't go to read this memorial, and she was a little surprised. She didn't know what kind of memorial Cai Jing had posted.

Zhao Xu examined Cai Jing. If the Minister of Justice came to dominate this matter, it seemed a bit inappropriate. Others in the court were very busy now and could not get rid of themselves...

‘Who?’ Zhao Xu was thinking of names in his mind.

"Sir, Xu Xinglong meets with the official family." Suddenly, on Zhao Xu's left hand, not far from outside the coupling-shaped "wall", a young man suddenly raised his hand and said.

Zhao Xu was stunned and turned to look at it. It was one of the two young men who were playing chess in the room not far away. He was still the one who firmly opposed the reform and actively entered the government.

The other one has left at some point.

He is about twenty years old, with clear outlines, prominent facial features, and a firm and arrogant expression. He looks like a stubborn person at first glance.

The guards quickly dispatched him to surround him.

Zhao Xu glanced at Cai Jing, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay."

The imperial guards pushed away in response, allowing Xu Xinglong to come over.

Xu Xinglong walked around and came outside Zhao Xu's small room.

Cai Jing was nervous. Looking at Xu Xinglong who appeared somewhere, he frowned, and there was a hint of coldness on his mean face.

Zhao Xu looked at Xu Xinglong and said, "I didn't recognize me even when I was in the Tea House. How did you recognize me?"

Xu Xinglong stood straight, his tone was calm and powerful, and said, "If you can make Shangshu Cai bow again and again, except for the official, the villain cannot guess the second candidate."

Zhao Xu was amazed and said, "There are so many interesting people I met today. Have you ever thought that Shangshu Cai is a treacherous slander who is good at both sides of the snake and rat. He can do anything to get ahead. If I were a prince or a noble prince from the royal family, it would be not surprising that Shangshu Cai would curry favor with me, right?"

In the current Song Dynasty, from the beginning of its founding to the present century, countless nobles gathered in Kaifeng City, and almost every family has passed on the inheritance of the Lords.

Cai Jing felt cold when he heard Zhao Xu's words, and bowed and did not dare to breathe.

He knew everything about his affairs, and not only was he disliked by both parties, but his younger brother Cai Bian was also strangers.

Xu Xinglong did not hesitate at all and raised his hand and said, "With the age and demeanor of the official family, villains will not be the second person."

Zhao Xu felt more and more interesting. He picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea. He didn't care about Cai Jing who was bowing, and then said, "What are you going to say when you point out my identity?"

Chenpi suddenly approached and whispered in Zhao Xu's ear: "Official family, someone has been staring at us."

Zhao Xu nodded and said nothing.

Xu Xinglong pondered for a moment, raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "Officials, villains oppose the new law, oppose the resumption of new law. The harm of the new law exceeds all bad policies and harms the country and the people. It is a law of destroying the country. Please think twice!"

Even though Cai Jing was uneasy, he still had an instinctive reaction, raised his head and raised his chest, scolding: "Rampant! Reform is a major policy of the court. How can you just a little scholar interfere with it? You can't continue!"

Xu Xinglong looked at Cai Jing, his face was stern, and he said with neither humility nor arrogant: "The government affairs of the imperial court are related to the people of the world. As a subject of the Song Dynasty and the current rank, why can't he speak? Could it be that for the sake of reform, the imperial court wants to block the long-lasting mouths of the people of the world?"

Xu Xinglong seemed neither humble nor arrogant, but at the end he spoke, he still made an angry voice.

How could Cai Jing be refuted by a small disciple? Besides, he was uneasy and immediately said calmly: "You have become the world's mouth alone? It's just your own selfishness and your own opinion. Is your tone too big?"

Xu Xinglong was not afraid, turned to Zhao Xu and said, "The official family, Shangshu Cai is deceiving himself. Although the ancestors' methods are inappropriate, they are not useless. How can everyone shout to beat them? The 'New Law' seems to target current problems, but it is not a good prescription for saving the world. Instead, it is harmful. There have been countless evidences for so many years. The villain begged the official family not to re-launch the new laws. For bad policies, they should be prescribed for the disease and diagnosed according to the symptoms. There is no magic medicine in the world that can cure all diseases. Using the wrong medicine is more dangerous than not treating it..."

Cai Jing didn't expect Xu Xinglong to be so ungrateful, his face looked a little ugly. Just as he was about to scold him, Zhao Xu smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. I have a problem now. I want to ask you what I think. I raised millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and seven or eight out of ten national treasury are used to raise soldiers. This number is still expanding. If this continues, not only the national treasury will be unable to bear it, but the military combat power is still declining. Do you have any feasible solutions?"

Xu Xinglong opened his mouth and said, "The military system was decided by Taizu. We should weigh the world and eliminate the disasters of the vassal states. We must not act lightly."

Zhao Xu whined. Xu Xinglong's previous words still made some sense, but this sentence turned to the word "opposition". No matter what, he just wanted to oppose, but did not mention a solution!

In essence, it is still the conservative one, adhering to the ancestral law and unwilling to change.

Xu Xinglong was still young and couldn't even take out the repairs. Zhao Xu held the teacup and said, "How many of your merits and demerits do you think Shang Yang's reforms are doing?"

Xu Xinglong was about to take the exam, so he naturally read a lot of books and immediately said: "Shang Yang was a mean person and eventually he suffered from bad consequences."

Zhao Xu tilted his head and looked at him, and realized the verbal skills of scholars.

Xu Xinglong said that Shang Yang was a "meaning person". In fact, this is Ma Qian's evaluation of Shang Yang by Taishi Company. With Sima Qian's status, in many people's eyes, it is a "final conclusion".

And eating bad consequences was Shang Yang's final outcome, and he died under his reforms, which can be said to be quite ironic.

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "The laws I mentioned are not humans."

Xu Xinglong answered faster and said, "If it weren't for Shang Yang's method, Qin would not have died in the second lifetime."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he immediately understood why Wang Anshi had such a bad reputation in the Southern Song Dynasty and later generations.

The reason is that in the eyes of conservatives: Qin was destroyed by Shang Yang's reforms in the second generation, and the Northern Song Dynasty was also destroyed by Wang Anshi's reforms.

‘The scapegoat…’

Zhao Xu sighed softly in his heart.

"Reform" has always been a matter for a few people. Someone must take the blame for such a big loss of a country. It is not the emperor or the high-ranking officials and nobles of the current dynasty. It is the easiest and simplest to push the dead.

Some people will only remember the right and wrong, merit and demerit, ignore the "merit" while others will "no" the "evil" and all of them will be "merit".

But in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the word "need".

In different dynasties, different groups, and even different people, they will have different interpretations of the "two".

Xu Xinglong's answer is his position - the stubborn conservative.

Xu Xinglong is still young and has not entered the officialdom. He is not alone, he represents the ideas and attitudes of the new and younger generations.

The same lineage!

Zhao Xu held the teacup and thought for a long time. He looked at Cai Jing, who was sitting opposite him, and suddenly handed the memorial in front of him to Xu Xinglong and said, "Look at this."

Xu Xinglong was stunned and a little confused, so he took it and took it to come and see it.

Cai Jing's face was straightened. He didn't know the purpose of Zhao Xu doing this, but his heart shrank violently.

This memorial was passed on, but I am afraid that he will encounter countless impeachments tomorrow.

If anyone in the imperial court, especially in the Political Affairs Hall, talks, and the government in front of him, his fate will be extremely miserable!

Sure enough, Xu Xinglong's face changed drastically after just half of his eyes. At the end of the "abolition of the imperial examination", his eyes widened with a angrily look, his face full of shock and disbelief!
Chapter completed!