People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 20 Allocating Student Places
"Fake a nini village?"

"good."

Yan Shu nodded and said: "Based on my testing of Zhao Jun, I found that he doesn't seem to know much about the situation in Nini Village. He doesn't know how many people there are in the village or what the children look like. We can build a project based on this." A nini village comes out.”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "This is what Zhao Jun said about the movie script."

"Yes."

Yan Shu nodded: "Didn't Zhao Jun talk about Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan music, Ming and Qing novels? But he probably didn't know that our Goulan already had operas, and there were also writers who wrote music. They imitated the music and wrote a Nini Village. Maybe it should be possible.”

Lu Yijian couldn't help but ask: "But can opera be the same as reality? Do we understand their situation? What if flaws are exposed?"

Yan Shu smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I have collected a lot of information. As far as I know, the place where Zhao Jun goes to teach is at the junction of Dali and Tubo, southwest of Chengdu Fulu Road. The residents there are Tubo and southwestern Yi." After 1000 years, they will be called Tibetans and Yis, two of the 56 ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China."

"Is that all? What else?"

Lu Yijian asked again.

"The people in the village are Tibetan and Yi people. If there are ten children in the village, then there must be at least five pairs of families. Plus the elderly and families with adult children, the village population should be around 200 people. .”

Yan Shu continued: "We can write names and make up life stories for these people. They live in the mountains and forests all the time. It is normal for them to not know much about the outside world. There should be no loopholes."

"Are you looking for 200 people? Even if you can find that many people, it would be too difficult to write names and life stories for each of them, and ask them to read and memorize them skillfully. Besides, there are many people and their eyesight is complicated. Once exposed, it will be very difficult for everyone. Song Lai is not a good thing."

The crowd frowned.

Zhao Jun's matter is now the top secret of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen issued a hush-hush order. Except for the three highest-ranking monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan were given special exceptions.

Even Zhao Zhen's most trusted and close eunuch Wang Shouzhong didn't know the specific situation, and the guards and imperial doctors were even more secretive about the other party's origins.

How could such a secret be known to outsiders?
"No, because I have made some insinuations and learned that in later generations, villages in remote mountainous areas had a large population flow. Young people and middle-aged people often went out to work, and those left behind were basically the elderly and children. So I thought I would choose ten children, plus ten Just one or twenty adults will do. As for confidential matters."

Yan Shu paused and then said: "Then we can only let them live in the palace first, and the old people will take care of themselves in the palace. As for the children, if they can learn some knowledge under Zhao Jun's knees, they may become the pillars of the Song Dynasty in the future. Their talents are of great use to the country. When they grow up in a few years, they will naturally know what to say and what not to say."

Lu Yijian thought: "Well, this way the confidentiality problem is solved. Are they just old people and children? It's okay for the old people, we old guys can come and make up the number, but for children..."

"Don't we all have children in our families?"

Wang Sui said something.

Lu Yijian looked around and said, "Our families do have some descendants, but let's not talk about whether our families can find outstanding children of the right age. Even if we can find them, how can we teach them not to reveal their secrets?"

"As for Zhao Jun's secret, your children should be watched by yourself and must not be leaked. As for what you say in front of Zhao Jun, say less and ask more."

Yan Shu said: "We must give you many instructions and don't talk too much. We are all present. We can pretend to be parents and ask questions on behalf of the children. If it doesn't work, there are good ventriloquists in Beijing. Just ask them to answer in children's voices."

"No."

Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "Zhao Jun's matter is top secret. Only a few people know it. How can outsiders know it? If he is silenced, how can he deserve it?"

Yan Shu said: "Then we can only let the children talk less. But as far as I know, primary schools in later generations are equivalent to elementary schools. It should be enough to find children between eight and 14 years old. Let them live in the palace for a while. If you can Being successful in your studies is also a good thing for the country.”

Hearing these words, Lu Yijian's eyes suddenly rolled.

Zhao Jun is now a hot commodity. Not only does the emperor value him, his own value is immeasurable.Not only being familiar with the history of future generations, but also having the knowledge of the future in your head can make the country strong.

The most important thing is that Zhao Jun is a descendant of the Zhao family. Even though he dislikes his ancestors, to Zhao Zhen, he is also one of the descendants of Taizu, equivalent to his own nephew.

People say they are related by generations, dozens of generations apart. Zhao Zhen must regard himself as an ancestor and has a certain natural affection for Zhao Jun, his younger nephew.

Even though Zhao Jun insulted Zhao Zhen several times before, the officials finally tolerated it and promised to reuse Zhao Jun in the future.

Such a person is likely to soar into the sky after his eyesight is restored in the future, and he will even become a pivotal figure in Renzong's dynasty, with unlimited potential in the future.

If his nephew could be allowed to worship Zhao Jun as his teacher and form such an alliance of interests, the Lu family's status would probably last forever in the future.

Although the power of the aristocratic families has been weakened after the Song Dynasty, it does not mean that they do not exist.

The most typical example is Lu Yijian himself, who has been an official for generations, his uncle Lu Mengzheng, the prime minister during the Zhenzong period, and his descendants and nephews are all officials in the court.There is also the Han Qi family, which has been officials for generations from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the Han family can only be regarded as a middle-level official family, such as the Jia Changchao family, the Zhang Dexiang family, and the Wang Dan family, all of which were high-ranking officials starting from the late Tang Dynasty. Disciple.

It can be said that from the beginning of the Song Dynasty to the present, there have been very few people from humble civilian backgrounds who have been able to serve as prime ministers, and there have been many people who came from officials and aristocratic families. It cannot be said that all high-ranking officials are monopolized by children of aristocratic families, but at least they still have influence.

It's just that like the Tang Dynasty, the phenomenon of five surnames and seven looks, with one surname producing several prime ministers and dozens of middle- and high-level officials no longer exists, and the aristocratic families have been weakened more.

Even families such as the Han family and the Lu family, known as the prime minister families of the Northern Song Dynasty, only had three to six members, and the time span was very long, making it basically difficult to form a power monopoly.

But it is undeniable that there is a bond of interest between these senior officials and the children of the official family, and the bond is often in the form of marriage.

For example, the Lu family is related by marriage to the Zhao Anren family, the Wang Dan family, the Ma Liang family, the Zhang Shixun family, the Lu Zongdao family, and the Ding Du family.

Even later, Han Qi's son Han Zhongyan married Lu Yijian's granddaughter. It can be seen that such a political marriage was still a community of common interests among senior officials in the Northern Song Dynasty at that time.

It was this kind of political alliance that led to the failure of Fan Zhongyan's future reforms.

After all, what these official families want to ensure is that their heirs can still become high-ranking officials in the future. If Fan Zhongyan wants to break the system where the children of high-ranking officials enter officialdom through their family background, it will undoubtedly destroy their jobs.

From the perspective of interests, Lu Yijian actually did not want Fan Zhongyan to reform and break the power of their official family.

But judging from the current situation, Zhao Jun's existence will make officials determined to reform.

Then the scheming Lu Yijian had to consider the family.

If you want your family to prosper for a long time, you have to embrace someone with potential in the future.

Who else has thicker thighs than Zhao Jun?

If his grandson is Zhao Jun's student, and his daughter or granddaughter is Zhao Jun's wife, wouldn't that mean the Lu family's status in the future?

It's a pity that I only have one daughter, she is already married, and my eldest granddaughter is only nine years old...

"Your Majesty, I have three grandchildren who are of appropriate age."

Lu Yijian immediately recommended him. His third son Lu Gongzu, his fourth son Lu Gongru and his youngest son Lu Gongqi were not married and had children. However, the eldest son Lu Gongchuo and the second son Lu Gongbi both had children, so it was time for them to be Zhao Jun's students.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zeng immediately said: "In the official family, I also have four grandchildren."

"Your Majesty, I have you too."

"Although I don't have as many children as Duke Lu, I still have two grandchildren, and I am willing to give them away."

Wang Sui, Cai Qi, Sheng Du, and Song Shou also followed immediately.

They are all old foxes who have been in officialdom for many years. How could they not think of things that Lu Yijian can think of?
Everyone knows that building a good relationship with Zhao Jun at this time will only benefit and not harm your family. How can you enjoy the cake all to yourself?
Therefore, several people are scrambling to let their children get some glory at this time.

Zhao Zhen is not stupid. He probably understood it after thinking about it for a while. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "Well, the less people know about Zhao Jun's affairs, the better. It would be appropriate to let the descendants of the ministers come."

As he spoke, he looked at Yan Shu again, but said with some confusion: "Didn't Duke Yan have any descendants to send?"

Yan Shu grinned: "I think it is not good for the young masters to have too many heirs and too many people to talk nonsense to their families when they go back. Therefore, I think it is best to let these people all come from the same clan, so that everyone can live in the same place." It is easy to keep secrets when we are together. I am not talented. I have more than 20 grandsons, and I am willing to select ten people to be Zhao Jun's students."

What the hell!

As soon as these words came out, including Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others, they almost peed.

You Yan Shu, you want to eat alone, right?

Is this what people do?

I'm playing tricks on you. If you don't beat me until your face is full of peach blossoms today, you won't know why the flowers are so red.

Everyone looked fierce, staring at Yan Shu, eager to try.

(End of this chapter)