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One hundred and thirty seventh chapter temptation

Due to the huge risks of reforming the imperial examination system, Wang Jinghui simply gave up writing melodies. At this time, we must have a certain foundation. Moreover, the competition this autumn is about to begin. At this time, this time, the counter-tone is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire. It will definitely attract all the firepower to him. By that time, he will be in danger. Now Wang Jinghui's usual way is to write letters to ministers who are good at the court. Although it is getting worse and worse, he has no better way.

"It would be great if newspapers could be popularized in this era! In this way, we can use the power of public opinion to promote our own views and gain the world's people. The power in this era includes most of the scholars, but it should be much wider. There are only two ways for a commoner to enter the official career in this era: either take the Jinshi exam or take the system examination like himself. If we can broaden the channels for talent selection and give truly capable people the opportunity to take the lead, then the support will be much greater!" Wang Jinghui thought silently in his heart.

The wish is good, but it is too difficult to achieve "advanced" media tools like popularizing newspapers in this era: there is no universal education here, and the proportion of people who are literate and read in the total population is really low. Even if Wang Jinghui wants to lose money, it is impossible for the newspaper to be sold out - newspapers will most likely become packaging products for small vendors!

Although it is very difficult to let media tools open the way for themselves, Biandu's "Plum Xue" has been clearing the way for three or four years and has become a banner in the Shilin. Originally, "Plum Xue" prefers pure literature publications, but Wang Jinghui "deprived" Su Shi's leader of the "cold and summer school" and published a large number of articles written by himself in order to expand this idea to shaking the flag and shouting for the "cold and summer" discussion. The followers and opponents continued to follow up. This made "Plum Xue" a more commentary publication now.

"Mei Xue" was originally used by Wang Jinghui to please Shilin Real Estate, and also used it to explore the possibility of publishing newspapers in this era. Accumulating experience for further actions in the future, overall, the achievements of "Mei Xue" have made him overjoyed: because the founding of "Mei Xue" won a huge reputation in Shilin; "bound" the best literary tycoon of this era - Wang Anshi, who was the Hanlin scholar Quanzhi Kaifeng Prefecture, agreed to the invitation of his friend Sima Guang and joined the "Mei Xue" jury, which made Wang Jinghui turn this era

The top literary masters were all collected in one go. They completed the "great innovation" of the only remaining "six masters" in his mind to start a publication; they supported a large group of literati, which made Wang Jinghui overjoyed that there were even professional players. Several literati even could support their families by sending articles to "Mei Xue" with their generous royalties. This also slightly stimulated those scholars from relatively poor families. He believed that newspaper contributors and professional editors would be born from these people in the future, and literati would have a path of life besides the imperial examination.

The operation of "Mei Xue" is much better than Wang Jinghui's original design: in addition to the early investment, since the day of its creation, "Mei Xue" miraculously ran without losing money! "Mei Xue" is also distributed into two versions - domestic and foreign versions, which were executed at the instruction of Wang Jinghui. After publishing the "Hot and Summer" in this publication, he realized that "Mei Xue" is no longer a simple literary publication."

The literary man's speech and politics were the product of the enlightened policy of the Song Dynasty. He did not want the rulers of Xixia and Khitan to absorb the essence of their publishing policy and distributing it into two versions, which was imperative. This was not enough. In order to expand sales, Zeng Jiangui, who was in charge of the Commercial Press, also specially prepared printing machines for Xixia and Khitan. In addition to publishing the "foreign version" of "Mei Xue", he also vigorously published books such as "The Analects of Confucius" in the two countries!

The literati of this era have not yet accepted the concept of "repairing pen charges". However, with the release and influence of "Mei Xue" expanding, the replies of a selected article is very amazing - it can reach 40 or 50 cents, and the manuscript fee of a top "writer" like Comrade Su Shi can even reach more than 100 cents - this is much faster than Su Shi's official money! Now the three old and young talents of the old Su family have taken action together, and their residence and living standards in Kaifeng, Biandu have also improved greatly. It is said that they have moved into a new house, and even Liu Chanfang and Zhangguanwang, who had opposed the release of "Mei Xue", regretted it.

"Mei Xue" released in July of the fifth year of Zhiping of the Song Dynasty, respectively published articles by the son-in-law Wang Jinghui, the deputy minister of the magistrate Ouyang Xiu, the chief censor Sima Guang, and the Hanlin scholar Wang Anshi, and other influential figures - suggesting that the court reform the current imperial examination system! This is the result of Wang Jinghui's letters to the important officials of the court. His initiative has received great strength from some of them, but the prime minister Han Qi, who is the important allies of Wang Jinghui, remained silent unexpectedly at this time, which made Wang Jinghui feel extremely uneasy: Why didn't Han Qi, who had left with his baton before, stand on his side this time?!

However, the clear statements of Ouyang Xiu and Sima Guang made Wang Jinghui very pleased. According to the development of the original history, Ouyang Xiu was about to die in his life. He hoped to save the life of this great writer and allow the absolute leader of the world's scholar to live a few more years so as to play his role. As for Sima Guang and Wang Anshi's distinctiveness, this is the important thing: no matter what changes happen in history, as long as he is patient, these two people are definitely the most influential figures after Han Qi and Fu Bi. Whoever comes to power will make the current imperial examination system die.

According to Wang Jinghui's proposal, after this year's major exam, the proportion of talent selection in the future imperial examinations should be gradually increased by using policy-based opinions to select talents. It will take nine years to complete the old system of eliminating poetry and essays. This is also the reason why he was able to get Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu. However, Wang Anshi clearly expressed in his article that he hoped to implement the new system faster, and it would be better that there would be no poetry and essays next exam. After Wang Jinghui read the articles of others, he was silent for a long time.

Wang Jinghui didn't know that although Han Qi had survived the "Wang Tao incident" without any danger, his father-in-law's will was slowly changing: after important events such as the behind-the-scenes rule, Pu's arguments and fighting, and serious illness, Yingzong Zhao Shu was somewhat eager to hope that the empire could develop rapidly in his term. He changed the decline of the country's national strength in the past in the Song Renzong era. Especially recently, the news from Xixia returned to the local area: Wei Minglangyu finally died in his post - a humble official position. For Wei Minglangyu, who was once the leader of the Western Xia royal family, it was an extremely disgraceful ending. Although he himself had no power to change as a dead person, his followers were unwilling to accept this ending. The internal power struggle of Xixia had begun to begin and gradually headed towards a sharp climax of opposition - this was just as the prince consort wrote in the letter!

After Wang Jinghui's treatment and examination, Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu usually cared for the maintenance as the prince-in-law ordered. As expected, his self-confidence was getting better and better. This stimulated him to start to truly control the empire. He wanted to be an emperor who was as capable as Emperor Taizu in history!

If you want to be a promising emperor who has left your name in history, you can't do anything with Han Qi, who is about to settle down. He needs more officials of the right age and capable place to promote them to important positions. It turns out that Zhao Shu, the Yingzong, who had just seen Wang Jinghui's strategy, originally hoped to be the pillar of the empire for his son Zhao Xu to be a political affairs in more than ten years, but he did not expect to become his son-in-law and ended up. This made him turn his attention to the new generation of officials represented by the Su Shi brothers and the "big achievements" officials represented by Wang Anshi.

As for Wang Anshi's ability to hold a position like Hanlin Bachelor and Quan Zhi of Kaifeng Prefecture at an extremely fast speed, half of it was because Wang Anshi's reputation as "betrayed the world for 30 years", and the other half was because Zeng Gong was too incompetent when he was implementing the "Exemption Law" and gave him the opportunity to perform. Wang Anshi also gave Yingzong Zhao Shu a good impression. Quanzhi Kaifeng Prefecture was a route to the rule of the Song Dynasty, and thus advanced was important official positions such as the Censor General, the Chief Secretary of the Censor General, the Chief Secretary of the Privy Council, the Tongpingzhang State. If Wang Jinghui knew how his father-in-law was thinking, he would probably be speechless: in history, the Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi got the same thing at first sight, and it took only a year to promote Wang Anshi to the position of Chief Secretary of the Political Affairs, thus starting the reform!

The years of political experience of Han Qi and other important officials have told them that the emperor's direction has begun to change significantly. He must be cautious now, otherwise he will hit the gun at this time, which will affect whether the final outcome of his life will be glorious. No matter how outstanding Wang Jinghui is, he will be a son-in-law and a thorn in the eyes of the censors in the court who are eager to show his feelings. At this time, standing by Wang Jinghui will undoubtedly become a target for the censors. Under such a background, Han Qi remained silent about Wang Jinghui's claims.

In July, Wang Jinghui not only slowly ignited the reform of the imperial examination system to incite public opinion, but also waited for the emperor and the empress dowager's handwritten order: he was allowed to temporarily leave the territory for one month to visit his wife, Princess Shu. The princess of Shu has been five months pregnant. Although Wang Jinghui learned from his letter that his wife was in good health, he always felt guilty because he was not waiting by her side, so he wrote to his father-in-law and Queen Mother Cao, hoping that they could allow him to temporarily leave Chuzhou and go to Biandu to visit Princess Shu.

Wang Jinghui felt that he had been away from Kaifeng, Biandu for a long time, and he knew nothing about the specific situation in the court. Communication with ministers and father-in-law was also declining. In this era, reputation is of course very important, but if he wants to change the fate of history, the trust and views of the emperor and ministers in him become more important! By spending time with his wife, exchanged opinions with his father-in-law and ministers to contact each other, which is very necessary. More importantly, King Ying Zhao Xu, the future Emperor of Shenzong, must maintain the degree of intimacy between the two, otherwise Wang Anshi will take the lead, and it will be difficult to deal with in the future! What's more, the lifespan of Ouyang Xiu, Tang Jie and others has reached a warning moment. He cannot change a person's life and death, but he can do his best to extend their lives, which will play an unexpected role in the future development of history.

After receiving the instructions from the emperor and the empress dowager, Wang Jinghui summoned all the officials from Chuzhou together and explained all their responsibilities in detail. It is July, and the fleet of the Royal Sea Fleet of the Song Dynasty, which Wang Jinghui attaches the most, will not be able to return until the end of August at the earliest, just within the time period under his control, so as long as the daily work is arranged, the task will be completed.

After settled all matters in Chuzhou, Wang Jinghui hurriedly packed up and prepared to go to Kaifeng, Biandu to meet his wife. In addition to Guard Lin, the prefect of the prefect, he had to protect his place along the way. Therefore, he had to take away most of the guards in the land. Eunuch Zhao said he would be responsible for the safety of the documents in his study, so he refused the good intention of taking him into the capital.

As for Wang Li, Wang Jinghui was going to take him back to Biandu, but Wang Li refused. First, Wang Jinghui had only been there for a month, and second, he had become the teacher of these orphans. He didn't want to leave Chuzhou yet. Wang Jinghui didn't say anything after hearing this, but just left the medicines that had improved the formula again. Wang Li chose to stay in Chuzhou and was in line with his intentions. After he left, the students' homework should not be delayed. With Wang Li teaching them, he would be more at ease. As for Wang Li who wanted to take this opportunity to win over these future followers, he had made the wrong plan: he is the savior of these children, and his care for them is not something that Wang Li can compare with, as a "temporary teacher"!

Wang Li seems to be a little different from Wang Jinghui in the reform of the imperial examination system recently. The main reason is that Wang Jinghui once told him that he would be called to the emperor, but Wang Jinghui did not do this in order to avoid the risks. Although this is an wise choice for an official, Wang Li does not view it this way - one of the prince consorts and his father will definitely do it, but this is not a good thing. The potential risk is huge. If the prince consorts bear this risk, he will of course be happy. Wang Jinghui also thought about it at this time: Wang Li is just a boy, and it is absolutely impossible to compare with himself in terms of identity. There is no need to be so afraid of him, and do whatever he should do in the future!

After all this was arranged, Wang Jinghui asked the butler Wang Fu to use the communication channel left by the Privy Council in Chuzhou to send a letter to Liu Chanfang and Xu, who were guarding the Biandu capital, to prepare generous gifts so that he could arrive at Biandu and have appropriate gifts to ask him to visit officials with close contacts. After his subordinates had done their jobs, Wang Jinghui took his entourage from Chuzhou to Kaifeng, Biandu.

Just as Wang Jinghui went to Biandu. With the release of this issue of "Mei Xue", the topic of reforming the imperial examination system quickly became the main topic at the gatherings of literati, and various voices were also heard. This time, Wang Jinghui gave up on the booking of the emperor and made a wise choice: Even if there were Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, who were respected in the Shilin, stood up to express their approval, but the opposition was still very loud - this was linked to the fate of millions of students in the future, and it was natural for Shilin to react so much.

Although Wang Jinghui was on the boat, he was always concerned about the progress of this matter. He passed by some relatively large cities along the way. He could always grasp the general view of Shilin from the branches of Xu's family in these cities. By summarizing the materials in his hands, Wang Jinghui couldn't help but feel glad that he did not fight the hornet's nest alone this time. With the reputation of Ouyang Xiu and others, Shilin still responded very much to this: if such a topic was released during the big test, if it was adopted, the students in the world would have spent years of hard work, and this situation can be found!

However, Wang Jinghui was still a little worried about this at first, and he calmed down soon: these people who sang against him had not carefully read the articles in "Mei Xue". In addition to Wang Anshi's statement that he would solve it as soon as possible, Wang Jinghui, Ouyang Xiu, and Sima Guang both advocated a slow transformation in about ten years. It is also very reasonable to propose the reform of the imperial examination system: Emperor Taizu and Taizong used strategy to select scholars, and it was reasonable and well-founded to return to the original track at this time, and the political risks were not as great as before. However, this casting of stones and asking for directions also allowed him to clearly grasp the current view of the current imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty.

If you want to master the attitude of the real Shilin, you have to wait until you return to Biandu to know that it is the heart of the literati of the Song Dynasty. Almost all the literary leaders are there. Scholars who take the big exams from all over the country will slowly gather in Biandu as the examination period approaches. The mainstream view there is the mainstream view of the Song Dynasty. If a memorial is really sent to you, the mainstream concept of Shilin has been formed. Whether the reform of the imperial examination system is difficult or easy will be seen. However, Wang Jinghui decided to pay attention to the "Eight Years of War of Resistance" and make full use of patient waiting.
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