I studied in modern times

Chapter 64
Zhao Xu returned to the Palace of Funing from listening to the government under the Yingyang Gate.

Today's listening to politics is the Privy Council's performance, so it's no big deal, it's just that the Privy Council invited the story of Yiren Temple to give money to those whose clan has been transferred to foreign officials.

This matter was slapped by the two palaces, so it was dragged over.

After all, the two palaces just issued an edict yesterday, asking the three provinces to have divisions to agree on the orderly use of the emperor's seal money.

Today, just use the stake money to reward those so-called clans who have left their clans and are outside the five servers?
Isn't that slapping yourself in the face?
Whether it is the Empress Dowager or the Queen Mother, they are all people who want to save face.

Never do such self-defeating things.

In addition, Zhao Xu was at the side with a questioning look on his face, which also prevented the two palaces from acting rashly on the sealing of the pile money.

Therefore, Zhao Xu who returned to Funing Palace was very happy.

Because in his previous life, the Empress Dowager was always willing to spend money to buy people's hearts.

Especially in terms of money given to those relatives who have been expelled from their clan by Wang Anshi, they are very generous.

In just four years and one year of Yuanyou, 10,000+ guns were awarded!

It's as if money is blown by the wind.

And now, such things may still happen, but they cannot be so frequent and simple.

Zhao Xu, who was in a good mood, ate a cup of honey water brought by Feng Jing from the imperial chef after returning to Funing Hall.

Well, yesterday, Feng Jing had been officially dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and received the latest dispatch.

The emperor's palace is waiting.

From then on, he officially continued to serve as a close minister next to Zhao Xu, and continued to take care of Zhao Xu's daily life.

In the previous life, this assignment belonged to the old Zongyuan who only waited for Baoci Palace.

"Everyone..." Seeing Zhao Xu finish drinking the honey water, Feng Jing lowered his head and reported in a low voice: "I was just in the imperial kitchen, and I heard that Mr. Sima seems to have arrived in Bianjing!"

"Oh..." Zhao Xu nodded, indicating that he knew.

Feng Jing continued to report carefully: "It is said that Mr. Sima's official road outside Jinming Lake was surrounded by soldiers and civilians..."

"The people in Bianjing all shouted: the public will not return to Luo, the emperor will keep the emperor, and the people will live!"

"It is said that in the end, it even attracted thousands of people to watch, and the scene was so noisy that it alarmed the soldiers of Kaifeng Mansion..."

"Good!" Zhao Xu nodded with a smile.

Sima Guang studied in Luoyang for 15 years.

In the past 15 years, apart from revising books, he only did one thing - to criticize the new law and to repeal the new law.

Apart from this, everything else is not discussed, and everything else is declined.

So far, Sima Guang has declined at least six or seven ruling appointments by Zhao Xu's father.

And every time he wrote a book, the tabloids in Bianjing reported it, and every time he refused the appointment of the emperor, Bianjing boiled once.

Over the past 15 years, Sima Guang's popularity has grown to the level of world attention and admiration from all parties.

Apart from monarchy, there is no longer any power that can keep him out.

This is the trend!
It is also what people want!
Since the first year of Xining, when Wang Anshi published the "A Hundred Years of Nothing in This Dynasty" and sounded the clarion call for reform, Wang Anshi and his new law system have occupied the imperial court for 19 years.

It has been 15 years since all the opponents were driven out of the court.

In the past 15 years, the new law has achieved remarkable results.

Especially in terms of finance, it completely reversed Da Song's fiscal deficit.

Every year the treasury runs a large surplus.

Zhao Xu's father, the 52 sealed pile warehouses built in Da Nei are the best evidence.

However, everything that is beneficial has its disadvantages.

Not all new laws are good.

Many laws and policies were introduced hastily, and they were launched in a hurry without comprehensive discussion and demonstration.

In the process of implementation, there have been many simple and crude cases.

Therefore, the opinions of many opponents are not without reason.

For example, the Green Crop Law has become a kind of apportionment in many places.

The people have to borrow as well as borrow, and they have to borrow if they don’t borrow.

Naturally, there are many complaints, and the resentment is soaring!

The Baojia Law has caused a lot of trouble in the Jiangnan area where peace has long existed.

The law of protecting horses on Jingxi East Road has caused a large number of local people to go bankrupt.

But these are actually fine.

Because, as long as Bianjing does not move, no matter how noisy the local area is.

As long as the court has money, as long as the treasury is full, there is no big problem.

After all, the main customers everywhere, as long as they can still eat.

They can't turn the sky!
But the problem is that the market change method, equal loss method and exemption method have directly impacted the entire Bianjing.

Up and down, no one is not affected and affected.

These three laws are a combined punch.

The central idea is: if you (big nobles and merchants) can’t grasp the money, I (the imperial court) will come!

The idea is good, but it is inevitable that it will be out of shape during the execution process.

In particular, the market change method and the equalization method, like the young crop method, have changed from solving problems originally conceived to creating problems.

Soon there were officials who not only took food from the mouths of big merchants and nobles.

They also snatched food from the mouths of small merchants and small workshop owners in the middle and lower classes.

Even some officials forcibly apportioned for political achievements.

For loans with 20.00% interest, merchants have to borrow as well as borrow, and they have to borrow if they don’t borrow, which has happened countless times.

In Bianjing's major business affairs, merchants were forced to rent shops and warehouses from the government, and were even forced to buy raw materials and goods from the government, which also happened from time to time.

Who can bear this?
You know, Bianjing is a citizen city.

A super city completely separated from agricultural production and completely dependent on citizen economy and handicraft manufacturing.

Now, the imperial court has chopped down one knife after another, and each knife has been chopped on the arteries of countless people.

These people are not birds in the trees, and they dare not resist when they are stabbed.

Even if it is a bird on a tree, if someone pokes its nest with a bamboo pole, it will fly around, twitter and curse, and even fly over people's heads in protest.

Study abroad for ten years in modern times.

Following his teacher, Zhao Xu reviewed and verified countless historical materials, and also read countless cases of private notes and researches of later generations.

So, Zhao Xu knew about it.

Sima Guang entered the court and the old party came to power, which is what the people want and the general trend.

This point, even the leaders of the new law in the capital hall, are well aware of it.

Feng Jing looked at the smiling little face of the emperor in front of him.

He knew that this young master had his own ideas.

Moreover, it was hard for him to guess what this young lord was thinking.

He could only lower his head and ask in a low voice: "Everyone, in this way, Mr. Sima will be able to enter the capital soon?"

Zhao Xu smiled and shook his head: "It's very early!"

Although the Qingli Xingxue movement and the accompanying ancient Chinese revival movement made the literary world of the Song Dynasty completely and completely abandon the exegetical commentaries and classics of the old Confucianists in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

But the core of Confucianism has not changed.

Even if Zhao Xu ascended the throne, wouldn't he have to resign and make three concessions?
Let alone a minister like Sima Guang?
Besides, Sima Guang is not qualified enough!

Although his Jilu official has been promoted to Taizhong doctor, this Jilu official rank is entirely because he stayed in Luoyang for 15 years to stay at Xijing Yushitai and promoted Chongfu Palace.

Want to be worshiped as the ruler or even the prime minister.

Sima Guang still lacks a crucial qualification to know the state.

He needs to be a magistrate.

At least in name, it was removed as the prefect of an important place.

Only in this way, he is eligible to be worshiped!
Feng Jing swallowed his saliva and asked, "Will Mr. Sima enter the court immediately?"

"Who knows?" Zhao Xu glanced at Feng Jing meaningfully: "Sima Gong is the guardian of Emperor Daxing's care of his life!"

"He is one of the few civilized scholars in the country, and a model for scholars in the world!"

"Even I have to treat each other with courtesy!"

"If such a person can't enter the capital hall and worship him as the prime minister, the people of the world will definitely be disappointed!"

Feng Jing lowered his head deeply, not daring to test Zhao Xu's tone anymore.

Zhao Xu laughed inwardly.

For these courtiers, they are always thinking about testing the direction of the wind, always thinking about speculation, Zhao Xu's heart is as bright as a mirror.

and……

It's not just the minister who looks like this!
Zhao Xu turned his head to look in the direction of Xuanpingfang Yushitai.

He knows!

It is very likely that at this very moment, right now, the crows in Yushitai should have already flown to the treetops, watching the direction of the wind.

Speculation!

The nature of officials is also human nature.

Just like what Deng Wan, who was condemned by people all over the world in the era of the Xining Reform, said: let him laugh and scold, and I will be a good official.

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Shangshu Xinxing, on the Hall of Dutangling.

The cheerful atmosphere of yesterday has disappeared without a trace.

Now, from Zhang Dun to Li Qingchen to Zhang Yan, the faces of the three governors of the three provinces are full of anxiety.

Sima Guang has entered Beijing!
This news hit the entire hall like a bolt from the blue.

Hit every governing, wobbly.

Sima Guang!Sima Junshi!Sima Twelve!
The name of a person, the shadow of a tree!

People haven't seen it yet, but the shock wave of the news of his arrival in the capital has already made people crumbling and panicking.

That's Sima Guang!

Sima Guang who wrote Zizhitongjian!

Sima Guang, who opposed the new law for 15 years in Luoyang, has always been consistent!

Sima Guang's character and morality are unparalleled in the world, and his talent and knowledge are almost unmatched by Sima Guang!
For a long time, he could be Sima Guang's opponent.

Only Jing Guogong who lives in seclusion in Jiangning now!

Sitting in power, in front of Sima Guang, he is just a junior, a future generation, a lucky young man!
Not enough to see at all!
What's more, with the news of Sima Guang's arrival in Beijing.

There is another piece of news that makes everyone restless.

When Sima Guang arrived in Beijing, he was surrounded by thousands of people on the official road before entering the city.

According to the report from the Kaifeng Mansion, countless people were on the official road, surrounding Sima Guang's horse, crying and shouting to let him stay and not let him return to Luoyang.

It is said that Sima Xianggong's shouts continued from Jinming Pool to Xinzheng Gate in the outer city of Bianjing.

Along the way, Sima Guang was surrounded and embraced by thousands of people.

It is said that after entering the city, even the city gate guards, the shop soldiers of Kaifeng Mansion, and the subordinate officials who patrolled the left and right all ran to watch and support.

This is popularity!
It is also what people want!
Under this wave, every ruler in the capital knows it.

They are powerless to fight!

Because, such a situation has happened in history.

Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!
If An Shi refuses to come out, what will happen to the common people?
When the hearts of the people began to shift, when the people of Bianjing began to support an old party minister.

Now, even the staunchest supporters of the new law are beginning to lose heart and become depressed.

(End of this chapter)