Zhao Jin burst out laughing, "Master Gong, are you threatening me?"
"I don't dare." Gong Jie said he didn't dare, but his expression didn't show the slightest fear.
"From Master Gong's attitude, I can get a glimpse of the attitudes of other aristocratic families."
Zhao Jin stood up and looked at Gong Jie, "Master Gong, do you think you are alone and unprepared?"
Gong Jie's expression changed slightly, and he stood up, his attitude softened a bit, and he bowed to Zhao Jin, "Your Highness, why bother to offend the public?"
"If one of you takes a step back, I will be willing to act as a lobbyist for His Highness in this matter."
"Take a step back?" Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows, as if he was interested, "Master Gong, why don't you tell me how to take a step back?"
Gong Jie breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Zhao Jin was interested.
"The recommended number of people can be appropriately reduced, and more people from poor families can participate."
Gong Jie pondered for a moment, "How about adding five people to each county and ten people to each prefecture and county?"
"Hahahaha!" Zhao Jin seemed to have heard something extremely funny and laughed loudly.
"Master Gong, your calculations are really loud."
The smile in Zhao Jin's eyes did not dissipate, but he said: "However, Gu has no intention of taking any step back, let alone taking this step to the end of the world."
"Your Highness, everything can be discussed."
"Really?" Zhao Jin took two steps closer to Gong Jie, "Master Gong, a wealthy family wants to be prosperous for generations, but they don't want to pay some price. How can there be such a good thing in this world?"
"I once heard that a dynasty lasts for a hundred years, and a family lasts for a thousand years."
"But even if a family lives for thousands of years, it cannot really prosper forever."
Zhao Jin said in a deep voice: "You must not forget that those who control the royal power in this world are not aristocratic families, and those who control the army are not aristocratic families."
"If you insist on doing this in the Gujian Kingdom now, you are disobeying the decree and having evil intentions. Or do you think you can resist Zhao's army?"
Gong Jie's expression froze, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, aren't you afraid of arousing public anger? If the aristocratic families unite, I'm afraid His Highness the Crown Prince will not be able to bear it."
"Although the local governor has the formula for explosives, you don't have the latest cannons and muskets."
"I'm a little curious, who can be the one who can't bear it?"
Gong Jie bowed his hands and clenched them into fists. He also heard about cannons and firecrackers.
It is said that General Qi relied on these two things to beat the shit out of the King of Thailand who had explosives in his hands.
"Gong Jie, the aristocratic family wants to live long, but also wants to have great power and control the court. How can such a good thing be possible?"
Zhao Jin said quietly: "Who do you think the emperors in the past could tolerate the existence of such a noble family?"
"If we break up, will the royal family be the only one who suffers?"
Zhao Jin asked three questions in a row, leaving Gong Jie speechless and speechless.
"Since you want it to last long, you have to pay something. Think about it carefully."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Jin flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out.
Qing Yi, who was guarding the door of the lobby, followed Zhao Jin and left.
Zhao Jin knew clearly that Gong Jie must have understood what he meant.
Either they will break up, and both sides will suffer losses, and the one most likely to suffer a disastrous defeat is the aristocratic family.
Or, the aristocratic family would release part of its power in exchange for longer survival.
Zhao Jin was not in a hurry to get Gong Jie's answer.
After talking with Gong Jie, Zhao Jin took time to talk to the ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment one by one.
At this time, almost everyone in the aristocratic family knew about this matter.
What's more, some people came forward one after another demanding that Zhao Jin not reform the scientific examination.
Zhao Jin suppressed all these memorials.
These aristocratic families could not restrain themselves and began to mention this matter in the court.
Zhao Jin looked at the courtiers below who were asking for orders, "My lords, the decision-making of a country is in the hands of us, and you have not been able to come up with any reason to persuade me."
"How to make me agree with you?"
"Your Highness!" The Minister of Civil Affairs raised his head and said sternly: "This is something passed down from our ancestors! How can we modify it at will?"
Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows, "But times are changing. In the past, did we use explosives and cannons to fight?"
"It can be seen that these things are not static. Sticking to the old will only make the Zhao country doomed."
"Is it possible?" Zhao Jin's tone became much sharper, "Can you all bear the responsibility for the decline of Zhao State?"
The courtiers below were immediately confused by Zhao Jin's words.
Zhao Jin's sharp gaze swept across the kneeling courtiers below, and continued: "Are you going to bear the consequences with your lives?"
Just when these courtiers were about to bite the bullet and agree, Zhao Jin's voice rose a little higher.
"Thousands of ordinary people of our Zhao country, thousands of soldiers who fought bloody battles on the battlefield, can you exchange the lives of a dozen of you for the lives of hundreds of thousands or millions of people with just one word?" ?!"
Cen Qianyi did not get involved in this muddy water. He raised his head and glanced at Zhao Jin, then lowered his eyes. He neither supported the wealthy family nor Zhao Jin.
And Zhao Jin's words left those courtiers with no reason at all.
However, although they could not convince Zhao Jin, as soon as Zhao Jin brought up the reform of the imperial examination, they all stood up to oppose it.
Unless Zhao Jin really wants to use force and use bloody methods to force these people to agree and implement it by force, Zhao Jin will not be able to implement this reform.
It is true that Zhao Jin can directly attack these aristocratic families, but in this case, the hidden dangers are really not small.
Before a scholar from a poor family can grow up, Zhao Jin will be unable to move even in the court.
Zhao Jin would not use this move until the last step.
The two sides were in a stalemate for several days, but Zhao Jin still took his time and brought up the matter when he found an opportunity, and then the courtiers jointly opposed it.
There were a few people from poor families among the court officials, but they tried to support Zhao Jin based on their reasons, but they could not stand up to these officials who came from aristocratic families.
Not only that, their life in the court became increasingly difficult.
Zhao Jin would occasionally help them out to prevent them from being misled by these wealthy families.
As a result, these poor scholars became more and more loyal to Zhao Jin.
When the other courtiers came to their senses, they found that not only did they not let Zhao Jin give up the idea, but he still mentioned it frequently. On the contrary, he even made several high-ranking officials from poor families in the court completely fall to Zhao Jin's camp.
As for Zhao Jin, every time he was opposed, there was no expression on his face, which was obviously what he expected.
However, he continued to mention it next time.
As time went by, those officials became exhausted, and the originally strong alliance between the various aristocratic families gradually became looser as time went by.
Many officials have even become accustomed to such a stalemate between the two sides.
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