Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Lin Xun, who came from Guangxi, also closed his book at this moment, crossed his legs and closed his eyes to listen to the lecture.

His grandfather, Lin Jingyuan, was a poor man and had only passed the Jinshi exam twelve years ago. He lived in Quanzhou when he was a child and moved to Hezhou with his father. (The Xiao Lin scholar Lin Jingmo in "Shao Song" is Lin Xun's third uncle. He is already over sixty years old at this time. If he could meet Zhao Jiu, he would probably be seventy-five or six, so he should be called Lao Lin Xue Shi.)

Lin Xun agreed very much with what Chen Yuan said, and he was even more radical!

Qin Hui was also fascinated by what he heard, and gradually squeezed into the crowd until he reached the front.

The scholars all came to take the exam, and they were all the best in the country. They were all proud of their talents. "I" is in line with their aspirations. "I" is the foundation of the country, and "I" can assist the king to create a prosperous era!

The common people prefer the "Tao Yong Theory" because it is in their interests.

Everyone agrees with the "square-moment theory" and feels that their own ruler is square, while the rulers of those who oppress them are curved.

"Spread out, spread out, don't get in the way!"

Here comes the urban management officers in green uniforms. They belong to the Street Department and are called "Street Department Soldiers". They also work part-time as sanitation workers and firefighters.

These guys usually bully small vendors, but at this time, the people listening to the lecture were scholars taking the exam and Kaifeng citizens.

They yelled at the top of their lungs for a long time, but no one paid any attention to them.

In desperation, the city management could only ask his father to sue his grandmother and try to clear a road.

However, it was no use. He saw a wealthy businessman passing by in a sedan chair. He was also attracted by Chen Yuan's lectures and asked his servants to stop the sedan chair in place, completely blocking the road by the river.

Chen Yuan was so popular not only for what he taught, but also because no great Confucian scholar had ever lectured directly to the public on the street.

It was an unprecedented first time, and most of the citizens were watching the fun!

After trying hard for half an hour, the city management officials gave up completely.

Anyway, there are other bridges that can pass, and the other side of the river is not blocked. Pedestrians in a hurry can go elsewhere.

After speaking for a full two hours, Chen Yuan could not continue because there were more and more questions. As soon as he said one sentence, more than a dozen people asked questions, and the voices one after another sounded like being in a vegetable market.

"What a great scholar!" Lin Xun sighed with emotion.

Ju Ming smiled and asked: "Brother Lin agrees with these remarks?"

Lin Xun said: "There are many mediocre people in the court. It is time for us, the scholars, to rise up and help the country. Today, when I suddenly heard the theory of 'I am', it was as if Hong Zhong Da Lu shocked people's hearts!"

Zhu Ming deliberately said: "Our Song Dynasty is full of flowers and is quite prosperous. How can we help the country?"

"Confused!"

Lin Xun criticized: "You only saw blooming flowers, but you didn't know that the Song Dynasty was already in danger."

Ju Ming asked: "Where is the crisis lurking?"

Lin Xun said: "One is farming, and the other is soldiers. Nowadays, farmers are poor and many of them have lost their jobs. Soldiers are arrogant and unable to drive. This is why hungry people flee, and they are like thieves. If agriculture is not prosperous, and soldiers are not prosperous, where will it come from? Fengheng Yuda?"

Ju Ming smiled and asked: "How to solve it?"

"Restore the well-field system!" Lin Xun said suddenly.

Ju Ming was almost knocked out of his way and asked, "How can the well-field system be restored?"

Lin Xun elaborated: "This dynasty cannot help but annex, and it is of course impossible to suddenly restore the well-field system. However, you can choose to abandon the abandoned land, or redeem it from the landlord and distribute the land to the farmers. A male can be divided into fifty acres of land. . Big landowners with land are no longer allowed to buy and sell land. Landless peasants and idle people are allowed to cultivate the land. Taxes must also be reduced, and the official tax should be reduced to a tithe. Sixteen men should be organized into one Wells, there are 3,400 wells in a hundred miles, which can collect 51,000 dendrobium of tax grain and 2,000 taels of tax money. With two soldiers and one horse in each well, 6,800 soldiers can be collected One hundred men and three thousand four hundred war horses..."

The more Lin Xun talked, the more enthusiastic he became. He must have had this idea for a long time, and even calculated the data on money, food, soldiers and horses.

Ju Ming listened for a long time. This is not to restore the well field system. This is to restore the imperial army system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties!

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin Xun really gave advice to the court in this way.

I guess Zhao Gou also thought it was too outrageous, so he sent him to Guizhou to be the secretary of Jieduzhang, out of sight and out of mind.

After hearing what he said, Ju Ming asked: "How much land does your family have?"

Lin Xun said: "Not much, just over a thousand acres."

In his hometown in Quanzhou, the master was very wealthy, doing business and accumulating land.

But Lin Xun and his son had already moved to Hezhou, and they really didn't have much land. His father was mainly engaged in business.

Ju Ming asked again: "If people with thousands of acres of fertile land are prohibited from buying and selling land, will these people give in easily?"

"Catch if you need to, kill if you need to kill!" Lin Xun gritted his teeth.

Ju Ming asked again: "Aristocratic families often collude with local officials. Will local officials listen to the court?"

Lin Xun was stunned for a moment and said: "First of all, we should rectify the administration of officials and deal with corrupt officials according to law!"

Ju Ming felt very pleased. Although this person was talking nonsense, at least his thoughts were radical.

If you don't even dare to think about it, that's just a pool of stagnant water.

Guessing that it was almost noon, Ju Ming decided to order takeout and ask the restaurant to deliver food to everyone. He said to Bai Sheng: "The price increased in the afternoon, and someone came back to ask about the price of mushrooms, and they said 200 yuan per catty."

"Didn't we sell 80 Wen in the morning?" Bai Sheng said confusedly.

Zhu Ming said: "There were not many people who asked about the price in the morning. The 80 wen price was tempting to buy back, which attracted the neighbors. People who come here to buy things mainly buy salt and cloth, and there are very few people who even buy tea. How can we attract targeted customers without offering low prices?”

"Then someone asks why the price has increased, what should I say?" Bai Sheng asked.

Zhu Ming said: "It is said that things are rare and expensive. Haven't we already sold three kilograms? The more we go, the less we have left, so the price has to go up."

Bai Sheng scratched his head: "Can you still do business like this?"

"Never mind it, if you can't sell it, just sell it to restaurants." Ju Ming is here to express his life, and he has no intention of doing business to make money.

There are about a hundred kilograms of dried mushrooms in total. How much money can you make by selling them all?

It was sold cheaply before, and I just wanted to sell it out as soon as possible. But I found that there were very few people asking about the price, so I just raised the price and waited.

Zhu Ming ran to order takeout for his friends. The delivery boy hadn't arrived yet, but several people from the Imperial College came.

The Imperial College and the Imperial Academy were nearby. Chen Yuan lectured for two or three hours, so it would be strange if he didn't alarm them.

Chen Xun, the Si Ye of the Imperial Academy, and Gao Shu, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy, took a few teachers and walked silently outside the crowd.

After listening for a while, Gao Shu said confusedly: "Which theory is this?"

Chen Xun didn't understand either: "I don't know."

Both of them are young talents promoted by Cai Jing, and they are also knowledgeable. After all, they are from Jinshi background.

But the first, second and third grades are not Jinshi, and their knowledge is really limited.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no strict distinction between A, B, and C subjects. The main thing was to divide the grades. Most of the time, there were fifth-class Jinshi, and sometimes sixth-class Jinshi emerged. The situation was so chaotic that historians couldn't sort it out. Even Su Shi's rank was divided.

Before the Baoyuan period of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Jinshi Department even used an elimination system.

If you don't pass the poetry test in the first round, you will be directly eliminated. Don't take the next few rounds.

Chen Xun and Gao Shu continued to listen, but still didn't understand.

An Imperial Academy teacher behind them said: "I know this person, Chen Yuan, the son of Nanjianshi. His teacher is called Yang Shi, and he studies Yichuan school. His uncle is Chen Guan."

"Heir of Luo Xue? Or Chen Guan's nephew?"

Chen Guan offended Cai Jing severely, and Luo Xue was also a thorn in Cai Jing's side. Isn't this an opportunity to please him?

Chen Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately made an angry gesture: "You are so audacious, you dare to spread Luo Xue in Tokyo, tell the governor of Kaifeng quickly, and have this person arrested and punished!"

Gao Shu asked: "Is this matter under the control of Kaifeng Mansion?"

"Even if Kaifeng Mansion doesn't care, Sheng Zhang will." Chen Xun said.

"Indeed." Gao Shu agreed.

Sheng Zhang is the current governor of Kaifeng, and he will do whatever it takes to gain advantage, and he will never let go of the opportunity to please Cai Jing.

After Cai Jing came to power, he ordered a ban on "Yuanyou Shu", that is, a ban on Luoxue and Shuxue. Even Cheng Yi was forced to move out of Luoyang and announced in a high profile that he would no longer give lectures, telling scholars from all over the world not to come again.

Of course this thing cannot be suppressed. Apart from the strict inspections of official schools, who will take care of private academies?

In the past, no one would dare to come to Tokyo to spread the "banned education", but now they don't know who to arrest Chen Yuan.

Yin Shengzhang of Kaifeng Prefecture is not sitting in the hall at the moment, but is listening to the Taoist priest's sermon.

Wang Laozhi, a Taoist priest from Shandong, faced a bunch of officials and dignitaries, and he preached Taoism with great fanfare. Listening to his sermons, there were relatives of the emperor, civil servants and military generals, and even eunuchs. More than two hundred people were sitting there.

An assistant minister of Kaifeng Prefecture crept in, walked up to Sheng Zhang and whispered.

Sheng Zhang's eyes lit up, he stood up, held his hands in his hands, and left with his waist bent.

This guy ordered the Qifu government officials to personally lead the men to the Cai River, shouting menacingly: "Arrest them!"

The scholars and common people were listening with great interest, but they were frightened by the officials and quickly got out of the way.

Qin Hui also ran away in panic, fearing that he would be implicated. But feeling embarrassed, he took a few steps back and stopped to observe the reactions of the other scholars.

Chen Xun and Gao Shu exchanged a few words with Sheng Zhang, and then both pointed at Chen Yuan.

"This man is deceiving the public with his evil talk. Catch him quickly!" Sheng Zhang shouted.

Ling Gu Xu and Bai Chongyan were the closest, and they both protected Chen Yuan. Li Hanzhang, Min Zishun and others were also rushing here.

Chen Yuan asked: "I am spreading the knowledge of sages here. Is it illegal here?"

Sheng Zhang sneered: "The imperial court banned Yuan You's book. If you promote Luo Xue here, aren't you violating the king's law?"

Chen Yuan and Ju Ming had discussed the plan a long time ago, and now they asked: "Who said that what I am spreading is Luo Xue? What I am spreading is obviously the new learning of King Shu (Wang Anshi)!"

Gaoshu, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy, stepped forward and scolded: "You still dare to quibble!"

Chen Yuan pointed at Ju Ming: "This is my chief disciple. Let him tell you separately, but I don't bother to argue with Xiao Xiao."

Ju Ming's imperial examination and classics were "Zhouyi". If you want to do well in the exam, you must read Wang Anshi's "Yiyi" and use "Cheng's Yi Zhuan" to answer the questions 100%.

Chen Yuan knew Ju Ming very well and knew that he was good at sophistry and was the best person to deal with emergencies.

"Who are you?" Gao Shu asked.

Ju Ming cupped his hands toward the north and said, "I am a scholar from Yangzhou, Ju Ming and Zhu Chenggong who declined your Majesty's conquest!"

The scene was shocked. Especially the scholars who came to Beijing earlier and had been in Kaifeng for many days had heard of Ju Ming's eight poems.

Even if they had never heard of Ju Ming, they all looked at him with respect when they learned that he had refused to conquer the country.

Chen Xun, the son of the state, looked at it carefully and said: "If a saint dares to refuse the conquest, he must be an arrogant person!"

Zhu Ming said: "I have little talent and little knowledge, and I happen to be a classic in the Book of Changes, so I used King Shu's Book of Changes to prove that what Mr. Chen is talking about today belongs to the new learning. It can't be that you even ban the new learning, right?"

Min Zishun, who had already run over, couldn't help but look at Chen Yuan after hearing this. Isn't their sect a branch of Luo School? Why have you become a new student again?

Bai Chongyan also has a question mark on his head. Can this school of thought make leaps and bounds again and again?

Of course it wasn't possible before. Betrayal of the master's sect was very serious.

But now it is possible, because Cai Jing has completely turned the academic circle into muddy water.

No matter which school you belong to, you have to use new learning to answer questions. There is no need to learn something new, you can do it reluctantly, but it cannot conflict with the new views.

Therefore, many scholars first learned new learning, and then switched to Luo or Shu studies after becoming Jinshi. Even the disciples of Luo School must avoid the contradiction between the theory of their school and Wang Anshi, otherwise it will be difficult to pass the Jinshi examination.

It even happened that Taixue students studied Wang Anshi during the day and secretly watched Er Cheng and Su Shi at night.

Locally, schools are clearly divided because no one cares about them. But in Tokyo, official schools and examination rooms, there has long been a state of academic chaos, and Chen Yuan and Zhu Ming were fishing in troubled waters.

Chen Yuan stood with a smile, waiting for Ju Ming's performance. The time has come for Taoism to become famous!