Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On May 15th, Zhao Chen convened the fourth military aircraft meeting to discuss the reform of the education imperial examination.

Everyone sat together with different faces.

It has been a month since the first discussion of the education imperial examination. Zhao Chen originally thought that he could let everyone go back and think about it, but the disputes are getting bigger and bigger.

"Teacher, I did not deny the legitimacy of Confucianism! Confucianism will still occupy the mainstream position in the world's schools in the future! Why are you resolutely opposed to joining Shixue?" Zhao Chen looked at Li Gang and said.

"Your Majesty, real learning is magical skills! If you add magical skills, because these magical skills are really helpful to the world, the world will value the magical skills, and will despise the learning of the saints in the future!" Li Gang Tao.

"Your Majesty, Lord Li is right! If you implement practical learning, it is very likely that you will be overwhelmed in the future! Even if there is only a slight possibility, we can't allow him to happen! Therefore, the best way at present is not to run practical learning. Both in the school and the imperial examinations Only Confucianism, this is the right way!" Li Ruoshui said.

Zhao Chen frowned. He didn't expect Li Gang and Li Ruoshui to be so stubborn.

"Your Majesty, you and I have known each other for many years, and I have watched you step by step until now! My Da Song has unified the world, and the country has become more and more prosperous! Da Song is already very good, and we can adopt ancient systems for many things. , Why do you want to make a change?" Li Gang said.

"Teacher, I established the Military Aircraft Department and Staff Headquarters in Hanzhong and Guanshan, and implemented the rent reduction order. You were able to support me at that time. Why can't you support it now? It was also a change at that time, and now it is also a change!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, this is different! Confucianism is fundamental to the world, and it is the truth that has existed for generations to come! If Confucianism is moved, the world will have great turmoil. At that time, the country will not be the country, so Confucianism cannot be changed!" Li Gangdao .

"If I really forcibly reform education and imperial examinations, do you really want to resign from the teacher?" Zhao Chen remained silent for a long time, and said.

"Yes! If at that time, the country will not be the country, I would rather tell the old man to return home than watch the country become like that!" Li Gang said.

"Your Majesty, if that time comes, I will also accompany the Prime Minister and return home!" Li Ruoshui also said.

"Let me think about it again!" Zhao Chen frowned and said.

After this military aircraft meeting disbanded, Zhao Chen came to Li Gang’s residence and personally persuaded Li Gang, even agreeing to experiment with Li Gang in parts of the country instead of implementing education and imperial examination reforms across the country. Who knows that Li Gang now doesn’t even agree to this! Li Gang believes that "practical learning" is the source of cholera and cannot be implemented!

Not only that, in the next few days Li Gang and Li Ruoshui even joined hundreds of Confucian scholars in the Yanyun area to write a letter to Zhao Chen, claiming that the ancestral system was immutable.

It's the 21st of May in the lunar calendar. Spring has passed quietly and summer has arrived.

At dusk, Zhao Chen and Wang Shu were walking by the lake in the imperial palace.

There was a breeze, and it was cool.

"Wang Shu, if you are allowed to serve as the prime minister, will you be competent?" Zhao Chen had been thinking about it for a while before suddenly speaking.

"Ah! Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Wang Shu was taken aback and asked.

"Nothing! Many things are difficult to decide!" Zhao Chen shook his head, leaving Wang Shu to move forward.

After dark, he came to Li Gang's mansion again to persuade him, but Li Gang still refused to agree! Zhao Chen listed various reasons. Li Gang could not refute it, but he still insisted that Confucianism is the study of sages. The Tianxia Academy can only study Confucianism, and the imperial examination can only test Confucianism!

After Zhao Chen returned from Li Gang's mansion, it was already midnight.

He stood by the lake, looking into the distance, just at this moment a woman in white came to him.

"Does the emperor have anything to worry about?" a faint voice came over.

"The affairs of Chaozhong bother me a lot! Li Gang is my teacher. I have been with him for many years. I even treat him as a father in my heart. But now he is the first to oppose me. I really don't know what to do." Chen turned his head and said with a wry smile.

The woman in white clothes behind her was Qin Yuzhen, her eyes were extremely bright, with a trace of concern in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, if you are really reasonable, you should be able to convince him." Qin Yuzhen said.

"Now it is reasonable and unclear! No matter how much truth I told him, he wouldn't listen! He had a concept in his heart that no one could persuade him. I used to think that the teacher was wise and smart, but I didn't expect him to have it too. The stubborn side." Zhao Chen said.

"Anyone has something they insist on!" Qin Yuzhen said.

"What do you insist on in your heart?" Zhao Chen said.

Qin Yuzhen shook his head, with a confused look in his eyes.

She is an outstanding disciple trained by the Tianshan Sect. Back then, the master asked her to go down the mountain to save the world from disasters, but now the world's disasters are gone for a long time, and she doesn't know what to do. As for the monasticism, that is her way of life, there is not much difference between the earth and the mountains. If she insists that she insists on Taoism, it seems that something is wrong, at least she doesn't approve it very much in her heart, and sometimes she even feels that she can give up Taoism.

"Yuzhen,'Tao' is an illusory thing that no one can verify! Heaven and earth have yin and yang, and people have men and women! Since heaven and earth have created men and women, it is to unite with each other. This is the right way of heaven and earth, I don’t know. Do you agree?" Zhao Chen smiled suddenly and said.

"This..." Qin Yuzhen was stunned for a while and nodded.

"I have a lot of world truths in my heart! Do you know why humans are the spirit of all things? Why can humans enslav other creatures?" Zhao Chen smiled.

"Because human beings are favored by God!" Qin Yuzhen said.

"That's wrong! Human beings have only a million years of history as the spirit of all things! Before a million years ago, there were other species ruling the world, but not humans! Daomen tried to understand the origin of all things in the world by studying the Tao. I have never been able to agree with the truth of the world," Zhao Chen said.

"How do you know this?" Qin Yuzhen asked curiously and surprised.

"The natural selection of things and the survival of the fittest are the fundamental reasons why mankind has become the spirit of all things! As for why I know these things, I told you some time ago that there are fossils and antiquities in the world. Know a lot of things!" Zhao Chen said.

Qin Yuzhen nodded gently.

"Actually, I am also curious about your Taoism and Buddhism. I am curious about many things, including how I came into this world... It is too lonely to live alone in the world. Only when you are with the one you love can you feel it. Warmth. Yuzhen, in the future, you and I will be together, relying on each other, never leave, and explore the truth of the world together. Are you okay?" Zhao Chen took Qin Yuzhen's hand and said softly.

Qin Yuzhen's silver teeth lightly bit and nodded for a long time.

Zhao Chen was overjoyed, and immediately put Qin Yuzhen in his arms, and Qin Yuzhen cuddled him tightly.

The two stood by the lake like this, and did not separate for a long time.

"If you are in a position like me and can't convince others at all, what should you do?" Zhao Chen said.

"Quick knife to cut the mess! You know so much, what you said should be right, then do it according to your ideas." Qin Yuzhen said.

This time, Zhao Chen became silent. After a while, he said: "Li Gang is my teacher, so it is always difficult to make a decision! If it is someone else, I will dismiss it at all! Regarding the reform of the educational imperial examination, I have already figured out the stakes. Except for a few Confucian scholars who will oppose me, most people will not oppose me! Especially the army and the production and construction corps will not oppose! Central Plains, Yanyun, North, Liaodong The people everywhere just because I was able to eat, the education of the imperial examinations seems to have little to do with them on the surface, and they will not oppose me! And this matter is indeed beneficial to the world, so do it!"

On the morning of the second day, Li Gang was dealing with government affairs, and Zhao Chen called him to the imperial study room.

Li Gang sat there, looked at Zhao Chen, and said, "Your Majesty has something to say?"

The hesitant look on Zhao Chen's face flashed, he sighed and said: "Teacher, from Kaifeng to Tongguan, from Tongguan to Hanzhong, to Jiangnan and Yanyun, you have always been with me and escorted me. ! Without you, there would be no me now!"

Li Gang was listening. Gradually, Li Gang's expression changed slightly. He looked at Zhao Chen, but Zhao Chen turned his head and stopped looking at him. He suddenly guessed Zhao Chen's plan.

"Your Majesty, do you still want to change education and imperial examination?" Li Gang stood up abruptly and said.

"Not bad!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, you are forcing me to leave the court!" Li Gang said.

"Teacher, I hope you can still stay in the court and still be able to guide me! But education and imperial examination matters are related to the future of the country and the nation. I clearly know that it was wrong before, but I can't change it now. I can't agree to this!" Zhao Chen said. .

"Your Majesty, don’t say anything! In fact, I sometimes think that what you say makes sense. It’s just that I grew up reading the book of saints, and in any case, I can’t accept that the status of the study of saints has changed! It's time to return home! Many relatives don't know what happened after being away from home for so many years." Li Gang said with a wry smile on his face.

"Teacher, you and I are just different in political views. The feelings of mentoring and apprenticeship between you and me are still the same. The teacher should have taken your relatives to Yanjing long ago. From now on, I will provide the teacher for your retirement." Zhao Chen said.

"I can't see the status of Confucianism change, so I'd rather leave Yanjing! From now on, I will hide in an old house in the country like an ordinary old man. From now on, I will never see the world again!" Li Gang shook his head and said.

"Why is this the teacher? We can make a bet. Ten years later, after the complete reform of education and imperial examination, the country will inevitably surpass the past, and the situation in the officialdom will surpass the past. I wonder if the teacher believes it or not?

"I'm old, I don't care about what you said." Li Gang said with a cold face.

"Teacher, you have to stay anyway." Zhao Chen said.

"No need! Since your majesty has made a decision, the old minister will return home! Goodbye!" Li Gang left without looking back.

In the afternoon of the same day, many ministers of the Military Aircraft Department received news of Li Gang's dismissal. After that, Li Ruoshui, Li Chuwen and others also wrote letters to return to their hometown, Zhao Chen all agreed.