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Chapter 906 How pleasing the scholars are now, how many boards will be laid in the future
"The glasses, the blackboard, and the chalk are all cultural and educational tools!"

In Zhongshu Province, Cai Jing put down the crystal lens and was amazed.

Zhu Wu and Wu Yong are young and strong, with excellent eyesight, they can't understand the difficulty of seeing things when they are old, but he has long been deeply troubled by it.

The ancients had a lot of "eye diseases", that is, myopia and presbyopia, especially literati who read all day long, such as Bai Juyi, who also wrote "Two Poems on Eye Diseases": a thousand pieces of snow in the scattered sky, and a heavy gauze on a caged object.Even if it is sunny, it is like seeing fog, and if it is not spring, you can also see flowers.

Ouyang Xiu is also famous for myopia. It is recorded in "Stones of the Stone Forest": "Ouyang Wenzhong is nearsighted, and it is often difficult to read books, but he can only make people read and listen to them." he listens.

If myopia is still a disease that can be avoided, then basically everyone will get presbyopia. This is a physiological disease and cannot be completely prevented.

Where there is demand, there is innovation. In the Southern Song Dynasty in history, there were glasses. At first, crystal stones, quartz, topaz, and amethyst were ground into lenses, which were embedded in tortoise shells as frames. , You can also tie the string to your ears to enlarge the font when reading.

This thing is precious, and it is not something that ordinary scholars can enjoy. It was a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty more than [-] years later. The distance depends on the location, and the suitable lens will appear.

What Li Yan provided was a similar idea, asking craftsmen to grind it with crystal stones, and now the pair of glasses that appeared in Cai Jing's hands was already a finished product with quite good effects, which surprised him greatly.

Cai Jing tried again and again, and said sincerely: "The blackboard and chalk are promoted everywhere, and the glasses are released again. The scholars must be grateful, the culture and education are flourishing, the scholars return their hearts, and the martial arts are prosperous, the army is mighty and the soldiers are prosperous. Why worry about not being able to rule the world? A prosperous and powerful country?"

Carefully put the crystal lens into the box and put it close to the body, Cai Jing frowned slightly, showing a tired look: "I am really tired, I hope you two will take care of it!"

Zhu Wu and Wu Yong were full of energy, and they were happy that the Right Prime Minister went to rest and sleep for a long time: "Send Cai Xiang!"

Cai Jing left the palace and returned to the mansion in a carriage. The study room was brightly lit. When he came to the front of the house, Liang Shijie greeted him immediately: "Father!"

Liang Shijie is also working in the Ministry of Rites now, but he does not hold an important position. Most of Cai Jing's other sons are also in idle positions, and none of them has been placed in an important position.

With Cai Jing now under one person and above ten thousand people as the prime minister, he is so high-spirited and upright that he is immediately praised by the world.

But in fact, Liang Shijie and other sons often came to report work. Cai Jing, as the prime minister, never showed any impatience when he asked every time.

At this time, he took Liang Shijie into the study, came to the inner room, first asked about the recent work, and then took out the wooden box: "Look, these are the glasses that His Highness designed for us, for eye diseases."

It's not a secret that craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry built this object. Liang Shijie had heard about it for a long time, but when he saw the finished product and put on the crystal lens according to Cai Jing's instructions, he immediately exclaimed: "I can really see...the strange thing clearly. , Strange thing! I didn’t expect that eye diseases can be cured by foreign things!”

This one is also a little short-sighted, so I am very happy to get this thing. Who wants to see things blurry, and most of the fun in life is lost!
After playing around for a long time, seeing that Cai Jing's gaze was not right, Liang Shijie put the crystal lens back into the box embarrassingly, and then said in a low voice: "As my father said before, His Highness arranged the former courtiers into the Ministry of Rites for a purpose, but as you can see now, Your Highness is really good to the scholars!"

Cai Jing caressed his beard and said, "It's precisely because of this that the old man is more and more convinced that the disaster of scholar-bureaucrats is not far away!"

During the more than [-] years of the Song Dynasty, the status of scholar-bureaucrats was raised to an extremely high level, occupying huge social resources, and they could not be pulled down overnight.

In addition, Wenzhi and martial arts are indispensable. No matter how prosperous the martial arts virtues are in the new dynasty, there will always be civil servants to govern all over the country. Even if this group of scholar-bureaucrats is eliminated, new scholar-bureaucrats will appear. How good can the change be?
Therefore, in order to reform the bad government, we should not completely offend one class, but divide the class and divide and rule.

Just as Yan Ting did not classify all landlords and tyrants as "bully" to criticize, but singled out the heinous ones from among them, and publicized the grievances of the common people and announced them as an example.

In Cai Jing's view, after His Royal Highness King Yan finished preparations, the scholar-bureaucrats would also be divided, and the "bully" among them would be selected and severely punished!

How pleasant you are to the scholars now, how many boards you will lay down in the future!

It would definitely be unacceptable to change to another prime minister. After all, the prime minister is the leader of the world's scholar-bureaucrats and most represents the interests of this class.

But Cai Jing has already started thinking about which gentry to sell. He has always valued only his own interests, and then the family. As for the other gentry, heh, he is not that great. At most, he will be lighter when he is hit...

But these words, he will not speak very clearly, even in front of his parents and son-in-law who he has set out to train.

Liang Shijie obviously didn't understand it. After pondering for a while, he could only change the subject: "Father, these six departments are getting more and more powerful. Can the Ministry of Education have jurisdiction over them?"

Cai Jing said as a matter of course: "Of course you can. Your Highness raised the authority of the six ministries in order to change the lazy government of the previous dynasty. The Zhongshu Ministry is the foundation of the government and governs the six ministries. Why can't it be managed?"

Liang Shijie was a little unwilling: "But today's officials in the Ministry of Rites are full of lies. Some even ridiculed my father, the right minister, for not being worthy of his name. They only listen to Li Shangshu..."

In the past, Liang Shijie didn't dare to say that, it was Cai Jing who told them not to hide it, and the family just wanted to be open and honest.

After hearing this, the right chancellor smiled disapprovingly: "A foolish villain who harms others and himself, why bother? I am the prime minister of a country, and I do not dare to slack off. On the contrary, I feel that the old man is not worthy of his name, which is really ridiculous, may I ask which prime minister can monopolize the power under the founding monarch?"

Liang Shijie opened his mouth: "This is..."

Cai Jing made a very clear point about this, anyway, even if it is listened to, it doesn’t matter anyway: “The powers of the various ministries are originally arranged by His Royal Highness. Those who are not from the Ministry of Education cannot be greedy, and those who are not from the right can’t be seized. The way to be an official, no matter where you live Everyone, you must abide by your duty, understand?"

Liang Shijie hurriedly cupped his hands: "My son-in-law understands!"

Cai Jing then asked: "Is the Ministry of Rites gossiping so much now? Who else is dissatisfied with?"

Liang Shijie said in a low voice: "There are so many dissatisfaction, especially Gao Shangshu and Ding Shangshu!"

Cai Jing sneered: "It's not surprising..."

The Ministry of Rites does not rank high among the six departments, but due to the gathering of a large number of scholars and bureaucrats from the Song court, it brought the most bad things, especially the targeting of Gao Qiu and Ding Run.

The scholar-bureaucrats used to hate Ding Run the most, and looked down on Gao Qiu the most, so they were quite displeased with these two capable officials.

But on the one hand, he dared not speak out, and on the other hand, most of the officials in the Ministry of Rites were ex-officials, so they didn't want to talk too much. They only hoped that these two would make mistakes, and then they would attack in a legitimate manner.

Cai Jing looked on coldly, thinking it was ridiculous.

Not to mention Gao Qiu and Ding Run's personal relationship with that person, their contribution to the new dynasty in the restoration of Yanyun and Liangshan is remarkable in terms of their current performance.

In the position of Shangshu, it is more about controlling the overall situation of affairs, reconciling the relationship between all parties, and the most important thing is being able to keep one's heart.

Gao Qiu and Ding Run are average in government affairs, but they have firm beliefs and abide by their duties. Coupled with gradual promotion and progress, it is impossible to say how competent they are as ministers, but it is really better than those who rely on the old to sell the old , Selfish courtiers should be suitable.

From this, Cai Jing also came to the conclusion: "If it is not bad, the scholar-bureaucrats will suffer in the future, and it must start from the Ministry of Rites. Your Highness will let the father-in-law of the country be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he will protect him invisibly and help his arrogance. When Li Shangshu is transferred, Or retiring from old age and resigning from office, it's time to deal with the pain..."

This is also the reason why he disperses his son-in-law into the six departments. Even if he is taking a casual job, it can help him watch the fire from the other side and seize the opportunity.

Just as he was about to instruct Liang Shijie again, the sound of footsteps approached, and the housekeeper reported outside: "Fang La's minister Wang Qing came to surrender, and brought Fang Jie and Fang Yuye along with him, sending a message from the palace to invite Alang into the palace to discuss matters!"

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Inside Mingde Hall.

All the purple-robed officials took their seats.

The news of Wang Qing's surrender came from Luoyang Babaili Express. After the officials circulated it, it was confirmed that it was correct, and they were immediately very happy.

Lu Junyi smiled and said: "Fang Jie is Fang La's nephew, Fang Yuye is Fang La's biological sister, and was named a princess. Although these two are not his wife and direct son, they are also direct relatives. They both voted for my Dayan. This person has It's the betrayal of relatives..."

Hua Rong, Shi Qian, Ding Run and others also nodded.

However, Wu Yong frowned slightly, but he held an objection: "Fang La is valued by His Royal Highness, unlike ordinary rebels, he has no restraint on his family, which is really strange... If only one person escaped, it would be fine, but Both Fang Jie and Fang Yuye came here with Wang Qing, I am worried about fraud!"

This remark triggered a discussion, and most people thought it would be impossible: "The price of such deceit is too high. Just wait for the news to come back. Isn't it true that Fang La's subordinates have lost their hearts, and how can they compete with our Yan army?"

There are also some people who think: "Perhaps this Fang La knows that there is no reason, and he heard that His Highness is benevolent and trustworthy. In order to save the life of his family, he deliberately asked Wang Qing to make this arrangement. That's why it's so awkward..."

Cai Jing remained silent.

In the previous discussion on the Jianghuai defense line and the first civil and military contest, he almost made a fool of himself. He also realized that he was used to defending the city and lacked a strategic arrangement for taking the initiative to attack, so he naturally did not dare to express his opinion easily.

Just instinctively, he began to observe the figure in the python robe behind the table.

And from the brows of His Highness, Cai Jing seemed to see... a touch of appreciation?
(End of this chapter)