Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu opened his eyes weakly on the imperial desk. Seeing Wang Jinghui standing proudly, admiring the autumn rain outside, the expression on his face changed with the shaking candlelight, as if he was still moving. He recalled that the ministers had just passed through the hall with expressionless expressions, and Fu Bi even helped Tang Jie, who was a little limp, and his heart was empty, confused, and he shook his head dejectedly.

Although Zhao Xu stood firmly on Wang Anshi's side just now, determined to launch the reform movements that Wang Anshi had explained to him countless times, he seemed extremely haggard and weak behind his back. Looking at the same young prince-consort in front of him, although his firm expression was a hint of confusion, he was as firm as the sycamore tree that showed royal wealth in the wind and rain outside, and he grabbed a little straw in his heart.

Half a day later, Wang Jinghui turned around and saw Zhao Xu with a tired look on his face, and walked to him with a smile, "Master! This rain is a difficult test for my Song Dynasty!"

After hearing his pun, Zhao Xu also sighed: "Change it, it should be as you said at the beginning: It's difficult to walk! It's difficult to walk!"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "Why has the emperor already reached this point and feel regretful again?"

Zhao Xu stood up and walked to the door of the hall to look at the world of lightning and thunder outside. He turned around and said to Wang Jinghui: "I first ascended the throne, and I am passionate and devoted myself to governing. I think of eliminating the ills of the past, and strive to improve my extraordinary achievements and be determined to innovate, in order to change the situation of poverty and weakness in the Song Dynasty since the Renzong Dynasty. Although there are some ministers who have disagreements and the serious confrontation that have made me feel a little sad, I have never shaken my determination to reform and strengthen my strategy!"

Wang Jinghui walked up to him and bowed and said, "Sage. A country and an imperial court want to innovate the old system but have no internal opinions. This is a very normal thing. The Saint should not be hurt by this. The key is to accumulate strength and prepare to take a longer and more bumpy road in the future, which is serious!"

Zhao Xu said: "How did you think of Wang Xiang presided over the reform? I remember that you opposed such reforms in front of your father and I, why didn't you care about it today?"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "I do have some opposition to Wang Xiang's reforms in my heart, but I do not oppose changing the existing systems and policies of the court in order to keep pace with the times and better adapt to the development of the Song Dynasty. Mr. Anshi's talent. I have always admired him very much. Although we have differences in our views on the current situation of the Song Dynasty and political views, as ministers, we are all thinking about the future of the Song Dynasty and hope that the people of the world can live a peaceful and stable life, the Song Dynasty can sweep away the barbarians, restore our hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and boost our prestige of the Song Dynasty."

"Then why don't you object?!" Zhao Xu asked, staring at Wang Jinghui, hoping to see something from the clear eyes of the prince-consort.

Wang Jinghui also stared at Zhao Xu without any retreat and said, "Master. In this world, no way we can prove ourselves is to solve the only correct way of the Song Dynasty. Chen and Mr. Anshi cannot prove that we are correct, at least that's what I think! Chen and Mr. Anshi both agree to reform the existing system. The differences and differences between us are just different in strength. The ministers who oppose simply oppose it for the sake of opposition, because 'what benefits are to be profitable', and reform will naturally touch them. They will naturally oppose it! Mr. Anshi and I have the right method. This is not important. The important thing is to be brave enough to try and do it! Sit and talk about it can never replace real work. However, Mr. Anshi and I have differences, but they are all different in their actions. Therefore, I can express my disagreement on this, but it is also not considered true!"

Zhao Xu thought about it and said, "I'm my beloved, this is my opinion on planning the country!"

Wang Jinghui said: "I dare not! I am just talking about the matter. I am just obeying the duties of a minister. In my opinion, it is not necessarily a good thing to have only one voice in the court. The emperor should listen to different voices widely and not make choices because of his own preferences. This is a taboo for the king!"

Zhao Xu said: "The prince-consort said this! But did he mistakenly recommend it to listen to it?"

"A person cannot always be right. Even Zhuge has made Ma Feng's mistakes. Even if the suggestions made by the ministers seem to be wrong, they have put forward them from different positions and angles. It is not bad to look at them from another perspective! I have read history books, and there are many things that are kind to do wrong things in history, so Your Majesty should analyze the pros and cons more and see the reactions of the people in the world."

"The prince-consort is very good, but it is not easy to know the true thoughts of the people! When I was the prince in the vassal residence, I saw that the situation in the local area was very different from the soberness of the court officials who wrote to the emperor. As the emperor, I could not travel around. Even if I could leave the palace, I was just me alone. How could I take it into consideration?! Sima Guang impeached Han Qi some time ago to block the way of speech, and Zhang Fangping was also greedy. I had no idea about this before the imperial case!" Zhao Xu knew that Wang Jinghui's words were correct, but he was strong but unable to exercise, which made him a little discouraged.

Although Han Qi is a famous prime minister of the Song Dynasty, I think that if a person stands at the peak of power for too long, he will eventually change. Whether it is Wang Jinghui's autocracy in this era or in the original history books of time and space, there are some records of Han Qi's autocracy, and this has also become the main contradiction between Han Qi and Fu Bi.

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "The Emperor's worries are indeed reasonable. The system established by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong a hundred years ago is very clever and reasonable. The censors are used to remind all officials to make them have some concerns. But how many censors are there in the court? What about the wise and foolish? This is a problem after all. However, I have thought about a plan recently and don't know what the effect is, so I just make some preparations below slowly. After I am ready, I can implement it. Perhaps this can enable Your Majesty to be in the palace and know the situation of the people under the rule of the Song Dynasty and the mainstream opinions of the people in the scholars."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu smiled and said, "The prince-consort is really my Zhuge! I can get very good advice and solutions from the prince-consort at any time. I also ask the prince-consort to teach me!"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "This is just some cleverness in the ministers. How can you compare to the great wisdom of Your Majesty and Wang Xiangru!" After flattering Zhao Xu, he sorted out his thoughts and said, "Since ancient times, there have always been villains in the court. There are also four evil people in the three generations. The existence of villains is inevitable. So later, there were important positions for Qing officials such as the censors to supervise all officials, but Your Majesty can read history and know that the role of the censors can play is still very limited. There are even things that the two are in harmony! I do not deny that there are loyal ministers like Wei Zheng, but how many Wei Zhengs have been there for thousands of years?!"

Zhao Xu knew that this was Wang Jinghui's typical way of talking, so he calmed down and listened carefully. In fact, he knew that Wang Anshi's mouth was unparalleled in the world. However, since he met Wang Jinghui, he had never taken advantage of his words. He often maliciously thought that if Wang Jinghui and Wang Anshi were put together and let them argue about a question, I wonder who would have the upper hand?! There was such an opportunity today, but Wang Jinghui's performance also clearly told Zhao Xu:

The prince-consort would not publicly argue with Wang Anshi on a question, but instead made sufficient preparations from the side to fill the other party's loopholes. This style is what Zhao Xu admired the most, but what he didn't know was that Wang Jinghui was also afraid of Wang Anshi's mouth - it was Anshi who understood the Six Classics, which was the evaluation of Wang Anshi in the scholars. His vision might be better than this stubborn old man, but if he debated based on the Confucian classics, he would probably lose it very ugly.

Seeing Zhao Xu nodding while listening to his speech, Wang Jinghui was very satisfied - it seemed that this young emperor had indeed made much progress. "I am preparing to order the Commercial Press to publish newspapers to the world to become a bridge between the saints and the people of the world and the Shilins. In this way, even if the small and medium-sized people in the court are connected to the sky, they cannot turn the saints into blind or deaf people!"

Wang Jinghui had already planned for newspapers and had entered the actual preparation stage. Newspapers can play a great role in promoting social development, but they are also explosives, especially when they encounter Wang Anshi. In history, Wang Anshi once cleaned the Censorate and established a spy agency to suppress public opinion at the suggestion of Wang Yun. Although now, due to his appearance, under his protection, the possibility of newspapers being banned is almost zero, but we must not be wary of it. At least we must gain the power of the emperor, so that Zhao Xu or other rulers cannot think that he is using the power of newspapers to incite the clarification to threaten the emperor.

Today, the Funing Palace talks about Wang Anshi's reforms to the front stage. Wang Jinghui knew that it was useless to block them. Things have developed to this point. In addition to killing Wang Anshi with a pistol, it was destined that Wang Anshi would go to the historical stage to start reforms. Even if he killed Wang Anshi, it would be even more a bad idea to kill Wang Anshi in the womb. Could it be that the Song Dynasty was euthanized?! He was also a son-in-law and did not have the opportunity to dominate these things directly. So in addition to the reason why Wang Anshi was one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Wang Jinghui still hoped to take the Li from the Fire to control Wang Anshi's destructive power to open the way for the Song Dynasty to revive.

Zhao Xu asked with great interest: "Change it, what is this newspaper?"

Wang Jinghui smiled while comparing his hand, saying, "The emperor, the newspaper is somewhat similar to the imperial newspapers of the imperial court. They are several sheets of paper with relatively large layout area, and they print the imperial court's decrees. However, the difference from the imperial newspapers is that newspapers can send articles of various subjects to the editorial department of the newspaper through scholars scattered around the world, and the editors will select suitable articles and publish them in the newspaper."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "I understand a little. This is just a copy of "Mei Xue" hosted by my dear!"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "Yes, newspapers have some similarities with "Mei Xue", but newspapers are cheaper, and the distribution cycle is much shorter than that of "Mei Xue" monthly magazine. This is mainly because of the financial resources of the buyer and the effectiveness of the news in the newspaper."

Zhao Xu said: "When I started to publish "Mei Xue", I started to consider the release of newspapers?"

"I dare not deceive the emperor. Yes, I really wanted to publish newspapers at that time, but at the same time, I must consider that newspapers are aimed at the world and can be understood by anyone who is literate. At that time, I did not have the strength to bear such a heavy burden. Besides, I established my country with cultural governance and education. The articles published in "Mei Xue" are mostly excellent articles from talented men in the Song Dynasty. "Mei Xue" is very literary. The people cannot understand it. Even if you ask someone to read it to him, you cannot understand those things that are spread throughout the text..."

"Haha...you'll give Wang Jianzhi! It's true that you are doing every step and have a deep plan! When you wrote "The Legend of Bao Gong", the censor wrote a chapter to his father, impeaching you to use vernacular Chinese to write Bao Zheng's politeness that insults scholars. When you expressed your guilt, you said that you would let the people in the world know Bao Zheng's achievements. If you use classical Chinese, the people would probably not understand it. That's why you use vernacular Chinese. This is also for the newspaper!" Zhao Xu said with a smile beside him.

Wang Jinghui said with a little embarrassed expression: "The Master Mingjian: I am not a god. I really thought so at that time, and I didn't think about it in the promotion of the newspaper..."

Zhao Xu smiled and waved his hand and said, "No need to explain it too much. I also understand your hard work. People like this in the Song Dynasty can be said to be my blessing, the blessing of the court, and the blessing of the people!"

Wang Jinghui hurriedly bowed and said, "The emperor is too proud, but this will kill the ministers! In fact, newspapers are too different from "Mei Xue". In terms of subject matter, even the lives of the people in the streets and alleys will be moved to the newspaper. If any official commits a crime and commits a traitor, a scholar who can't stand it and writes it and throws it into the newspaper office. It will be published to show the world. Even if the emperor sits upright in the court, he knows the affairs of the world. This has added countless censors to my Song Dynasty, and the style of officials will also improve a lot."

"Awesome! If this is true, I'm afraid this official will not only be as simple as losing his official position, but will be scolded by the people of the world. This is even more uncomfortable than killing him. When I was the crown prince, I knew that you would change it in Chuzhou to rectify the affairs of the officials in Chuzhou, and I have read your memorial. But in the end, it was still not possible that every magistrate in the world would change it, but this newspaper can do this, and my Song Dynasty officials would also change it!"

Wang Jinghui had long wanted to deal with the issue of the administration of the Song Dynasty, but this issue involved too many forces and interests. I believe that Wang Anshi had noticed in history, and probably he still didn't dare to take action. He did not have as much concern as Wang Anshi. It was not that he was bolder and more decisive than Wang Anshi, but that he was young and had more time to chew this bone. What he wanted to do was not to improve the administration atmosphere at the moment, but to learn from the experience of later generations to form a new system that could effectively solve this problem.

Wang Jinghui took the opportunity to say, "Master, whether it is reform or not, I have two words that I don't know whether to say it or not?!"

Zhao Xu said: "Change it, you don't have to be so irresistible between you and me. If you have anything to say, it's okay!"

Wang Jinghui said: "Just like the sage said that the sage once said the principle of 'what profit is the way to benefit', the major policy of reform is naturally formulated by relevant ministers such as Wang Xiang, but the specific implementation of the lower level is completed by officials. I believe in Wang Xiang's personality and sentiment, but if I expected it, since most of the court are controlled by ministers who hold conservative opinions, if the sage and Wang Xiang want to start the reform, they will inevitably use a large number of new people. Officials are divided into wise and foolish officials, and I hope the sage can be very cautious about this. This is just a little personal idea in my heart, but I don't want the sage to benefit the people carefully planned by Wang Xiang and other ministers. In the hands of local officials, they have become a sage sword for the people in the hands of officials. At that time, it may damage the sage and the sage. Please think twice!"

After hearing this, Zhao Xu was silent for a long time. He thought in his heart that what the prince consort said was not impossible, but it was extremely likely. He thought that the officials who committed the crime in Chuzhou dared to even greed for money for building the embankment without authorization. This was money to save lives. No wonder the prince consort gave such a heavy and ruthless move to deal with those officials at that time!

Zhao Xu said: "In order to change it, you should speed up the preparation of the newspaper you mentioned. If there is any shortcomings, just write a memorandum and submit it. I will make the decision for you. Now the treasury has been much more abundant. Even if the treasury does not have this spare money, I will broadcast the money from the treasury! I hope to see your censor's newspaper that can be converted into a supply of the imperial court as soon as possible!"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't be impatient. This matter has been planned for a long time. At that time, newspapers will appear and become popular soon. I think I want to ask the emperor for leave after returning to Biandu. On the one hand, the eldest princess is about to give birth, so I need to take care of it; on the other hand, I am here to deal with the newspaper matters, and I also ask the emperor to give me some free time for the time being!"

When Zhao Xu saw Wang Jinghui mentioning the eldest princess of Shu, the worry between his eyebrows was immediately reduced. At this time, the most important bond between them - the eldest princess of Shu and the baby that was about to be born immediately filled the hearts of both of them.
Chapter completed!