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Chapter 121 Shen Kuo's Thoughts

Zhao Xu left the Chongzheng Hall and went straight to Kunning Palace.

Empress Dowager Xiang had been waiting for him for a long time, and when she saw him come back, she immediately asked with a smile, "Sixth brother, how do you feel when you summon the minister for the first time?"

At the same time, he also ordered people to bring tea soup.

Zhao Xu arrived in front of the Empress Dowager, greeted Ann, then sat down, and said to the Empress Dowager, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I met the minister today, and I feel fine..."

"That is indeed a capable person!"

After saying that, Zhao Xu picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip of the tea soup.

The pure white tea soup enters the mouth, after the spicy ginger, the sweetness of the fine tea foam itself begins to aftertaste.

This is the most accustomed way of drinking tea among scholar-bureaucrats today.

Even tea fighting has been developed as an entertainment with a gambling nature.

Also because of the prosperity of tea fighting, Jianyao, which was specially created for people to fight tea, came out at the historic moment.

Smiling to the Queen Mother, he asked, "Really?"

"What did Shen Tiju say to Sixth Brother?"

Zhao Xu replied: "Shen Tiju said that he should respect his father's will and try his best to be loyal to his son..."

Nodding to the queen mother: "This is a very interesting minister!"

But he didn't take it to heart.

Minister, I see the Queen Mother a lot these days.

Everyone said that they were more loyal than anyone else, but they really wanted to let them do things they didn't want to do.

That's another story.

"Did Sixth Brother entrust him with anything?" Asked the Queen Mother tentatively.

Zhao Xu said without hesitation: "Er and Shen Tiju, explained what the father asked him to do..."

"Ok?"

Zhao Xu clapped his hands, and Feng Jing immediately sent the clay type to Jun.

"Queen Mother, this is a movable type!" Zhao Xu put the clay movable type in front of the Empress Dowager Xiang: "Father Huang said, this thing can flourish my Song Dynasty culture, and promote the teaching of saints!"

"I entrusted Shen Tiju to work hard to perfect this thing, and to do my part for the prosperity of my Great Song culture!"

Since the founding of schools in Qingli, the political correctness of the Song Dynasty has been to promote schools and popularize education.

This rightness above all else!
The old party is learning, and the new party is also learning!
Wang Anshi's reform, the most important supporting policy is Xining Xingxue!

On the basis of establishing schools in Qingli, strengthen support and support for local education.

Increase the number of school fields of county schools and state schools in various places, and increase funding for poor scholars.

Reform Taixue, use the method of three rounds to recruit students from Taixue, take an exam every year, and survive the fittest.

In the Guozijian, specialized law disciplines and Mingshu subjects were specially set up.

At the same time, the imperial examinations specially opened up the subjects of mathematics and law, and recruited talents in criminal law and mathematics.

Of course, the political status and future of Jinshi who understand the law and calculate clearly are far inferior to those who come from a serious Jinshi background.

Of course, the most important one is to abolish the selection of scholars by poetry and prose, and change to Wang Anshi's "Three Classics and New Meanings" as the classic essay selection.

This is also the point that the old party is most dissatisfied with Xining Xingxue.

Everything else, even Sima Guang agrees, especially the part of increasing support for local education.

The Song Dynasty was the era of scholar-bureaucrats.

An era that emphasizes culture and inheritance.

The inheritance and development of cultural context will always be the focus of scholar-bureaucrats.

The queen mother looked at the clay movable type that Zhao Xu handed over. Although she didn't understand these things, she thought of engraving and printing, and she also liked it: "If this thing can really flourish my Song Dynasty culture, my son will be Yao and Shun!"

Although she is the queen mother, she is also the daughter of a scholar-official family.

This kind of thing is naturally supported.

As a result, Zhao Xu ordered Shen Kuo to "create movable type" to revitalize the context, and things spread like wildfire.

After the Empress Dowager of Baoci Palace found out about this, she couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear.

……

Shen Kuo walked out of the hall and took a deep breath.

He touched the bronze amulet engraved with his name and dispatch that he had just obtained from Nei Dongmensi.

He couldn't believe it.

On the first day of entering the palace, he was summoned by the young master alone, and after the first meeting, he was given the bronze amulet to enter the palace.

With this copper talisman, he will be qualified to enter the palace from now on.

It's just that you can't enter the inner east gate.

This made him a little dazed, but also deeply stressed.

The grace of the royal family has always been accompanied by poison.

If things are not done well, how much grace you have now will be how much you will be punished in the future!
Therefore, Shen Kuo knew that he had to go to Dutang as soon as possible, get the official official seal, and then take office immediately.

Strive to get results as soon as possible!

Yes!

Shen Kuo knew very well that he had to come up with results sooner!
Although the young master did not set a deadline for him, nor asked him to do so.

But Shen Kuo knew too well how much patience the Zhao officials had?
Why is Xining's reform so fast?Why are there so many problems?
The emperor above was eager for success, and Wang Anshi couldn't bear the pressure.

If you want to take your time, the emperor can't wait.

Therefore, many decrees and regulations were promulgated in a hurry without careful argumentation and discussion at all.

After Wang Anshi resigned and retired, such things became more prominent.

The defeat of Yongle City is the best evidence!

Recalling the past, Shen Kuo also sighed, he knew that he had to pick one of the three things that the young master told him to focus on, and get results as soon as possible.

"Store!"

Shen Kuo was thinking under the palace gate when a familiar voice sounded in front of him.

Shen Kuo raised his head and saw Zhang Dun's face that made people hate and be happy.

"Zihou!" Shen Kuo showed a formulaic smile, stepped forward and saluted: "I haven't seen you for many years, Zihou is already in power of the country, the emperor's share!"

Zhang Dun smiled. In the sixth year of Xining, the Military Weapons Supervision was discussed, and Zhang Dun was appointed to preside over the establishment of the Military Weapons Supervision.

Not long after, Shen Kuo became the supervisor of military weapons and presided over all matters related to the manufacture of military weapons.

During this process, the two had dealt with a lot, and they could be regarded as old acquaintances.

Zhang Dun returned a salute, and then whispered to Shen Kuo, "Does Cunzhong know?"

"Su Zizhan recovered just like Cunzhong..."

Shen Kuo's expression froze for a moment, and then he smirked: "Zizhan has also recovered...Congratulations...Congratulations..."

But in my heart, there is always some ups and downs.

Strictly speaking, the Wutai poetry case should be initiated by Shen Cunzhong first.

Now, Su Zizhan recovered with him.

It would be somewhat embarrassing if we met in court, right?

"Li Shisen has been imprisoned, does Cunzhong know?" Zhang Dun hit another heavy hammer.

"Is Senior Li imprisoned?"

"Because it's saved!" Zhang Dun smiled.

Shen Kuo suddenly panicked.

That is the representative figure of Yushitai in Wutai poetry case!
But what does it have to do with me.

Zhang Dun said softly: "Emperor Daxing asked the young master to focus on manufacturing military bureaus, which will be passed on from generation to generation... Li Shizui pretended to be smart, and dared to obstruct it... The two palaces were furious, and they used Li Shizui to talk about the father and son of the Tian family. There is no courtesy of a minister, and I am afraid that I will have ulterior motives and order the Yushitai..."

"So far, it is still under trial!"

Shen Kuo shrank his neck subconsciously.

The censors will not impose punishments in the trial of the case, but the censors will confiscate and collect all the writing and letters of the person under trial.

Then pick faults word by word.

In short, no scholar-bureaucrat can bear it if it falls into the hands of Yushitai.

I heard that when Su Shi was on trial, he almost thought he was going to die, and even wrote a suicide note.

It can be seen from this that the censors at Yushitai will exert mental pressure on the interrogated.

Now Li Senior is probably also facing the same treatment as Su Shi back then.

Zhang Dun observed Shen Kuo's expression, and said meaningfully: "It can be seen from this that Emperor Daxing and the young master have high expectations for Cunzhong!"

In order to let Shen Kuo come back, the young master sent a heavy minister to prison.

In order to leave Shen Kuo to the young master, Emperor Daxing abruptly left Shen Kuo in Suizhou and ignored him for a full three years in order to wear off Shen Kuo's edges and corners.

This kind of arrangement, this kind of encounter, is the standard configuration for important ministers in the history books.

"I don't know if I can give you face?" Zhang Dun sent out his invitation: "Come and have a drink in the command hall. First, come to reminisce about the past, and second, talk about the future!"

Shen Kuo looked at Zhang Dun warily.

Zhang Dun said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't dare to ask what the young master explained..."

Zhang Dun is self-aware of this.

If the matter of the royal family can be spread out, then he will definitely know.

If it didn't come out, then he, Zhang Dun, had ulterior motives to inquire without authorization. Once it was confirmed, it would not be impossible to blame the remote military state or even strip the hemp.

(End of this chapter)