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Chapter too honest

After all, Liu Yin already knew that the reason why the Southern Emperor insisted on refusing to give the Shi family privilege was that he had a belief in adhering to the world system and distrust the Shi family. He could understand this. After all, the sudden request of the three generations of aristocratic families who were favored by the Yuan Dynasty were suddenly surrendered. In addition to the situation, it is not difficult to imagine the reason, especially when the incident of joining forces with Baozhou to attack the Song army.

"Your Majesty, China is vast, and the Han and Yi people live in the Central Plains. The Hu tribes are all over the surrounding areas. The customs and customs of the people are different. It is difficult to implement various systems in a uniform manner, and it is even more difficult to be consistent with the Hu and Yi. Moreover, the situations are different in different places. Not all noble families are unforgivable. Your Majesty should also consider implementing policies according to the time and place, rather than being unchanged in all the articles." Liu Yin also wanted to make the final effort and advised him to change his attitude towards the Zhending Shi family.

"It is precisely because the fundamental social system is the foundation of the state and society that determines the nature of the state and society. The situations in different places are different, so that the social system must be consistent within the effective jurisdiction, so that basic social fairness can be achieved. This is the fundamental guarantee for maintaining "great unification" in the period of peaceful development." Zhao Bing said.

"On the contrary, the fundamental social system is inconsistent and people's lack of institutional consensus will inevitably lead to division. And the implementation of policies based on local and time must also be fine-tuned on this basis, rather than making large adjustments. Now, the Song Dynasty opened a side to Shi's net and granted privileges, which is unfair to other people and unfair to the people under his jurisdiction."

"If Shi refused to surrender, Your Majesty would definitely fight at all!" Liu Yin said with a dark face.

"Well, the Yang family of Bozhou has been entrenched in the southwest for hundreds of years and rebelled against Song and surrendered to Meng. Seeing that the Mongol Yuan was defeated, they still wanted to surrender to Song again on the condition of continuing to inherit the land of Bozhou. After being rejected by me, they had rebelled with troops. Our army completely quelled the Bozhou rebellion in just one year. The Yang family was killed, and all the remaining families moved inward. The wealthy families that had been hundreds of years were destroyed in an instant." Zhao Bing said, "If the Shi family is unclear about the situation, they will definitely follow in the footsteps!"

"Why is Your Majesty a prejudice against the Confucians in the Central Plains and cut off their path to officialdom? Isn't it also unfair to them and violate the national system?" Liu Yin asked again.

"Mr. Jingxiu, this is just the angry words of Your Majesty. As early as the New Year, Your Majesty issued an order to open a tribute to the Confucian scholars in the Central Plains. Now, the prefectures and prefectures in Jiangbei have begun to prepare for provincial examinations and prepare to hold provincial examinations in Kaifeng. The students will participate in the palace examinations in Lin'an after the autumn!" Lu Xiufu said with a smile.

"Oh, this is really a blessing for the scholars of the Central Plains!" Liu Yin asked again when he was excited, "Will all scholars be restricted by the enrollment of scholars this time? Even scholars from different races can refer to them?"

"Of course not, there are still some restrictions!" Deng Guangjian, who is in charge of this matter, said, "First of all, the scholars must have a clean family background and no bad record in daily life; secondly, I have never held a false post, the ancestor of the clan, and the father's two direct blood relatives have never served in the pseudo-dynasty; and then there are also needs to have a county school, a prefecture school, or academy school, or a recommendation for a senior citizen, and pass the review of the local government. Anyone who passes, regardless of family background, the clan and the profession they engage in can participate in the imperial examination."

"This is indeed fair!" Liu Yin nodded and said excitedly, "Since the Mongolian destroyed the Jin Dynasty and entered the Yuan Dynasty, it has not been opened for 40 years. It has cut off the path of the Central Plains scholars to enter the government. How many people are full of talents, but they have to bury the countryside!"

"It seems that Mr. Jingxiu only knows how to study the books of sages and does not hear about things outside the window. After learning the news, scholars from all over the Central Plains were extremely enthusiastic and even came for a long distance. There are more than 10,000 Confucian scholars participating in the provincial examination. Unfortunately, the Confucian scholars in Zhending City have missed the opportunity!" Deng Guangjian chuckled.

"Your Majesty, can you also give Zhending Confucian scholars a chance?" Liu Yin realized that the significance of this opening of the Confucian scholars in the Central Plains was related to their future and destiny, and bowed to the emperor for his request.

"It's impossible, the primary election has ended. If I give Zhending Confucian scholars a chance, it will be unfair to others. Once the special case is opened, will the Confucian scholars in the prefectures and counties who will be recaptured will also be allowed to participate in the imperial examination? Will this cause new unfairness?" Zhao Bing shook his head and asked back.

"But Your Majesty must know that Zhending's style of study is very prosperous. There are hundreds of Confucian scholars. They have studied hard for many years. Just because of a few days of delay, they have to wait for several years, and even have no chance to participate in the imperial examination again for life. Don't you feel sorry for your whole life? This will also be a loss to the Song Dynasty!" Liu Yin did not give up and said again.

"Mr. Jingxiu, hundreds of people are only a few. How could I miss the future of ten thousand people because of the lack of hundreds of people? And Mr. also said that the style of true determination is very strong, and there are many talents who can be used, which are very likely to stand out in the imperial examinations. But their participation will definitely make others fail. Isn't it a kind of unfairness? If Mr. is in my position, even though he will be a pity for losing his pillars, he will also make choices!" Zhao Bing said.

"Ah!" Liu Yin sighed and said, "What Your Majesty said is exactly. I will never wait for you because of the indecisive hesitation. It is just one of the thousands of cities in the Central Plains. Although it is important, it is indispensable!"

"Haha, Mr. Jingxiu has been trapped in Zhending for many years, so he should go out for a walk, especially to see Jiangnan today." Deng Guangjian said with a smile and suggested.

"I have long wanted to go to Jiangnan to enjoy the scenery of the water town. However, one is isolated from the north and the south for many years, and the other is short of money and has not been able to make it happen. Now I am even more powerless, and I am afraid I will regret it for life!" Liu Yin said with a wry smile.

"Today, Jiangnan can be seen that it is not just about beautiful mountains and rivers. After the restoration of the country, Jiangnan has become more prosperous and the people are at peace. There are many schools and academies everywhere, and the literary style is particularly superior to the Central Plains. Mr. is famous in the Central Plains. After visiting, he can also visit and discuss the ways of sages." Lu Xiufu advised.

"Yes, the saint said, 'Walking thousands of miles and reading thousands of books'. I have never stepped out of the Central Plains, and I am short-sighted!" Liu Yin sighed.

"Mr. Jingxiu has such a good understanding." Zhao Bing continued, "The sages admired the rule of Duke Zhou, which is called a model of eternal eternal style, but they do not know that the world has changed for thousands of years, China is no longer the only place in the Central Plains, and China is no longer the China of the past. If we still stick to the incompleteness and keep our complacent steps, we cannot reflect on ourselves and understand ourselves according to the times and keep pace with the times, and we can only be swept into the old paper pile and eliminated by history!"

"I dare not agree with your majesty's words." Liu Yin was stimulated by the emperor's words and took a sip of tea ceremony. "The words of sages are to educate sentient beings, to make people understand the truth and obey etiquette, and thus to have governance. Your Majesty respects martial arts and suppresses culture, abolishes agriculture and promotes commerce. This is the last way. In the future, it will be backfired, which will make the country unrest and the people will be resentful!"

"Mr. Jingxiu is so serious, Your Majesty..." Lu Xiufu said unhappily.

"Prime Minister Lu..." Zhao Bing waved his hand to stop him and continued to speak, picked up the teapot and poured tea ceremony for everyone, "I rule the world with kindness and filial piety and run schools to enlighten the wisdom of the people. How can I say I will reject the sages? But the sages are also ineffective. What's wrong with me in governing the times and implementing policies according to the situation?"

"The Song Dynasty has raised scholars for a hundred years, and there are more than one thousand Confucian scholars. If they reason with the Mongols, they can retreat their troops. Why did Jiangnan fall into the enemy and be trampled by the Mongolian iron hooves? Resisting foreign humiliation and restoring the country in the middle, it is naturally necessary to rely on the lives of warriors and countless soldiers to do so. Are these soldiers and generals fighting for the country worthy of respect? Is it wrong for me to give some preferential treatment?"

"Another, the court officials also need to support their families, and the court also needs to build bridges and roads, build water conservancy, and provide relief to the victims. They need to raise troops to defend the enemy, defend the country and guard the border. These all require money and food. Even the common people also need to communicate their existence and exchange income. If as long as I read the books of sages, I can turn stones into gold and make the country and the people safe, what if I read books every day!"

"I have a heavy industry to promote businessmen. I can convert the output from farmers' fields, yarns and cloths spun by farmers, craftsmen, fried tea, woven silk, boats and ships, etc., and sell them overseas through merchants to exchange for real money and silver, increase the country's taxes, reduce the taxes of the people, make the national treasury full and the people rich. Is this wrong?"

"The sages have also said that 'the granaries are sufficient to know etiquette'. What I have seen along the way are the people in the north that are not covered in their bodies and food, and they have no place to live. They are willing to sell their children and daughters for a day of porridge, and even rob them by robbery. They are morally degraded. But do they want to do this? It is not because of life, and they have to do such things that are worse than animals in order to make a living. Therefore, the biggest reason at the moment is to let the people eat and wear warmth and live in a place to live. What I need to do now is not to learn some sages to cultivate their minds and nature, read those moral articles, but to solve people's livelihood problems!"

"There are also many famous scholars and scholars in the Central Plains. Many of them also received the imperial edict to assist the Khan of the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai Khan also attached great importance to the Han law and entrusted them with important tasks, but why did they abandon them and reappoint Semu people, making it difficult for the Han law to be implemented? After all, these Han ministers are unrealistic, ambitious, not good at government affairs, not good at practical affairs, and do not know how to manage finances, which makes the national treasury empty, no money available, the people are in distress, the country is turmoil, and the court is turbulent!"

"This... this is sophistry!" Liu Yin was unable to defend himself after questioning it repeatedly, and the knowledgeable one could not answer, so he only wrote two words.

"Hehe, Mr. Jingxiu, Your Majesty's words are not malicious or contemptuous. Don't think too much." Seeing that he was embarrassed and annoyed, Lu Xiufu quickly smoothed out the situation. Seeing that his face was a little slower, he said, "Mr. Jingxiu, you have figured out a way out!"

"I have no intention of becoming an official, nor do I want to mislead my children. I just want to study and entertain myself, and I will live this life!" Liu Yin chuckled.
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