After chatting for a few more words, Zhao Si clapped his hands and stood up.
"I'm going to visit Li Shuyuan's house later to pay New Year's greetings. Mr. Yuandu, as the Chief Secretary, it's inappropriate for you to go to the Chief Sima's house to pay New Year's greetings. Please don't accompany me. Stay here and you two brothers will talk. This is a rare opportunity. .”
Zhao Si immediately ordered someone, "Cai Dalang will accompany me."
Cai You, who had been very low-key and silent just now, suppressed the ecstasy and excitement in his heart and said respectfully: "I obey the decree."
After bidding farewell to Zhao Si and his party at the gate of the house, Cai Jing and Cai Bian looked at each other and both smiled in unison.
"Yuandu, please!"
"Thank you, brother!"
Cai Jing led Cai Bian to the study and asked Cai Sui to lead Cai Wei and Cai Xiu to salute his uncle, and then left Cai Sui to serve tea. Cai Sui and Cai Xiu were kicked out to relieve themselves - they were too young. You won't learn anything if you stay in the study. Instead, you will worry about talking nonsense and saying things you shouldn't say.
"Brother, congratulations. You really have a great successor. Not only has Shiro caught the eye of the official family, but the eldest son has also been promoted to the left minister. He is still in the heart of the emperor and is highly favored."
"Yuan Du, please stop being sarcastic about my brother. Yuan Du knows why Ju An (Cai You), a scoundrel, has been promoted. Now that he is looking at the scenery, he is afraid that he will end up in vain in the end."
Cai Bian smiled and said, "Xian Nephew Ju'an has still contributed to the country, and he deserves to be promoted to an important position. But how he takes the road ahead depends on him. After all, officials like people who are down-to-earth, hard-working, and opportunistic. People who use it for a while will not use it for a lifetime."
Cai Jing turned to Cai Sui and said, "Silang, did you hear that? This is uncle giving you advice."
Cai Sui quickly stood up to thank him.
Cai Bian waved his hand indifferently, "There is nothing to say without giving advice. Silang, you must live a good life in the future and don't let down your father's hard work. The hope of Dafang's lineage lies in you. Already."
Cai Sui heard the strange meaning in the words and hurriedly looked at his father, only to see him with his head hanging down, listless and very depressed.
"Father, today the government has asked you to be the advisor of the Academic Affairs Department. Doesn't it mean that you are trying to retaliate?" Cai Sui quickly consoled him.
"Silang, you are still too young." Cai Jing sighed.
"Sanlang was young and ignorant, was deceived by an adulterer, and made a big mistake..."
When Cai Bian heard this, he sneered in his heart and continued to watch Cai Jing's performance calmly.
"If I don't check my father for a while, I should sit down. Firstly, the officials are thinking of my father's hard work and merits, and secondly, they can't bear to make everyone in the New Party feel cold, so they let my father retire. The consultant of the Academic Affairs Department is really just a consultant." , being pragmatic rather than pragmatic.”
Cai Sui was still thinking about the meaning of his father's words.
Cai Bian, who was sitting at the top, picked up the tea cup and drank a few sips of tea, and couldn't help but gurgling in his heart.
He is really a godfather, to put it so bluntly.
Indeed, the officials are worried about your hard work and achievements during the implementation of the New Deal for more than ten years. If you do it, you will lose the hearts of everyone in the reform and New Party passed down by Wang Jinggong and Zhang Jinggong (Zhang Dun later gave it to Jing Guogong). Otherwise, I'm afraid I want you to learn from Da Su Gong and taste the lychees from Lingnan.
Starting from Zhang Jinggong, the New Party lineage that supported Wang Jinggong's reforms became staunch supporters of the officials, and became reliable allies in the court with the New Thoughts faction that he personally supported.
Although the new ideological trend faction headed by Chang Sun Moli, Zeng Baohua, Lu Yihao, Ye Xun and others are growing in power, the New Party is still the dominant force in the court. If the new ideological trend faction wants to truly control the government, it still needs to go through Zhang Shuye During this period of Dazai's reign.
That's why the officials let you, a new party general, escape unscathed and spared your family, Sanlang, just for the sake of dispatching the Northeastern Army.
The three major bandits, the Western Zhejiang bandits, the Huaixi giant bandits, and the Taihang bandits, colluded with local central officials and bribed Confucian scholars and celebrities. How many people were killed?
A few days ago, at the cabinet meeting, Zuo Ducha Yushi Zongze reported that 247 officials above the sixth rank were dismissed and 795 were investigated; officials below the sixth rank, celebrities and local gentry were included in the report.
There are 6,175 investigators.
Now, in addition to the recommendation of removal from office (which is the lightest punishment), the Metropolitan Procuratorate has arrested most of the other people involved in the case and submitted them for public prosecution. The case is currently being tried in Dali Temple, and the verdict will be pronounced by the courts at all levels after the spring.
I don’t know how many people will lose their lives and their families and families.
It involves a wide range of areas and a large number of people. It can be said to be the largest case since the founding of the dynasty.
Cai Sui also heard something. He never expected that his father, a new party official, was actually related to the three major bandits mentioned in the official newspaper as being linked to the ultra-conservative elements, and was punished for it.
From this, we can imagine how harshly the officials and the court would deal with the conservative forces that colluded with the three major bandits.
This crime was not a matter of party strife, but directly a serious crime of rebellion. It was one of the three most severe crimes in the Song Dynasty. The lightest punishment was to displace the family for five thousand miles and confiscate all the family property.
There is still a chance to overthrow the party struggle, and you should never think about overturning the big conspiracy.
Cold sweat broke out on Cai Sui's forehead, "Father, uncle, when my son was in Longquan Academy, he received the guidance of Mr. Guishan (Yang Shi) and Mr. Guangping (You Zuo) and wrote several articles on the philosophy of Luo School.
Published in the Academy's journal - "Journal of Longquan Science". This... what should we do?!"
Cai Bian glanced at his brother, his eyes reminding him - your son, please wake up yourself.
Cai Jing coughed and said, "Don't worry, Shiro. The officials also approved of the moral articles of Mr. Kameyama and Mr. Guangping. They also instructed Sungkyun University and Hanlin Academy to invite them as lecturers."
Cai Sui didn't understand. What was going on? The officials used the three bandits to kill the conservative faction, but they also respected Yang Shi and You Zuo, the leaders of the faction?
Very contradictory!
"Silang, in the officialdom, it's all about fighting one faction after another, even when dealing with the conservative faction. Those who are stubborn and take risks will be severely punished. As for the rest, of course they can be used if they can be used. Among the Chengmen disciples
, there are extremes like Quan Zongyuan, and there are moderates like Yang Shi and You Zuo."
Cai Bian added, "In the past three years of Yuanfu, there have been several big blows, and the extreme conservatives have been beaten to death. This time, the three major bandits, their few remaining forces, together with the local forces that resisted the New Deal, were swept away. The Ministry of Rites
The Ministry of Academic Affairs and the Ministry of Academic Affairs adhered to the official will and revised the laws and regulations on missionary education and academic affairs. The old guard will never have a chance to recover."
"In the past two years, officials have repeatedly mentioned that the selection of officials must have both ability and political integrity. Since the implementation of the New Deal, the new academic administration and national examination systems have been able to ensure this. This virtue is exactly what the conservative Confucians are good at. If they can
If they follow the trend and correct their ideas, they will still have a place in the Great Song Dynasty."
Cai Jing nodded slightly to Cai Bian, accepted his brother's kindness, and then continued.
"Many conservative people with insight have also noticed this. Yang Shi, You Zuo and others have become active again in the past two years, and this is also true. Their academic thoughts have improved a lot along with the trend. The best is like water, and they will follow the trend."
Cai Bian sighed at the side: "That's right! The official family has almost reshaped a new Song Dynasty. If you can adapt to this thousand-year change, you will have a foothold. If you don't adapt, you will be left behind by the turbulent tide of the times.
The back of the head.”
Seeing that Cai Sui was a little confused, Cai Jing laughed and said, "Silang, are you a little uncomfortable hearing these new terms? Haha, slowly get used to it. When we were studying together in Chongzheng Hall, we listened to the officials describing these new terms.
I was not used to the words, but I got used to it gradually. Now from the center to the local level, everyone is getting used to it." This chapter has been completed!
