Drinking to relieve sorrows cannot solve the problem. Zhao Zhen walked to Ouyang Xiu's big locust tree. Since Wang Hu planted three locust trees at home, except for Wang Dan, the famous prime minister, the civil officials liked to plant locust trees at home to achieve a bright future and meaning.

But he had no idea that Wang Su was still a fourth-rank official now. Wang Dan was the imperial teacher, the elder Zhao Zhen admired the most, and was one of the few ministers of the Song Dynasty.

It is because of this that it is impossible for the Wang family to have another such minister, otherwise the Wang family's status in the Song Dynasty would become unshakable.

One Wang family will produce one Sanhuai Wang family and one Wang Dan will be enough. If the next successors have a glorious existence for the eternal period, it will be difficult for Zhao Zhen to do it.

Ouyang Xiu was already a little drunk. The white wine in the Song Dynasty is as fierce as a fire, rather than the fruit wine that was originally low in the past, so the drunkard was drunk...

As the king of the Song Dynasty for many years, Zhao Zhen naturally knew the pursuit and ideals of his subordinates. This was as important to him as a good boss who should understand the lives of his subordinates.

Perhaps understanding the lives of subordinate ministers may not necessarily be a good emperor, but not understanding them.

This is not a paradox, but a must-answer question. Only by understanding the psychological and physiological problems of the ministers can these ministers be effectively controlled.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen has always linked Zeng Gongliang with the Academy and the Academy of Jujube, and pressed Bao Zheng tightly in the position of the Sansi Envoy. He is a good at managing wealth, but for criminal investigation... there is no case that can be taken to the table except for a Niu Tong case.

Ouyang Xiu is not very good at politics, but he is an admirable scholar and fighter in culture.

"When I heard that you had deposed the Imperial College, a group of Imperial College students planned to go to Zhuque Street to find you for an explanation, and some people even spoke up to beat you up. I was sweating for you at that time!"

Zhao Zhen casually sat under the big locust tree. He pressed Ouyang Xiu, who was about to get up and salute, and spoke to him in the most relaxed tone. What he needed most now was encouragement, not comfort and blows.

"I received the earnest help from His Majesty, and even Liu Ji and others finally changed their names to participate in the imperial examination."

Zhao Zhen smiled and recalled quite a bit, "Yes! I remember that Liu Ji's article started with ancient Ao, heaven and earth were crushed, all things flourished, and the saints were born. The meaning was nothing more than that, heaven and earth intertwined, all things were produced, and then the saints came out.

Who would have thought that you could use the rhyme to say "Scholar" and tester to beat the tester! At that time, you had the courage to reform the imperial examination. Now, you, the Minister of Rites, would you also want to bring out the hundreds of schools of thought, right?"

Ouyang Xiu nodded and looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "Officials, it's a good time now. If you miss it, you don't know how long it will take to wait. All kinds of schools are recovering, especially those that focus on investigating things. Although there are not a great success, they will shine brightly in time. This is not only a reform of culture, but also a foundation for the future! Without these complete and meticulous school support, those who seek learning and learning will inevitably become confused. Your Majesty..."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand to stop Ouyang Xiu from continuing, but said with great emotion, "I am visiting your house privately for this matter. I want you to stop the reform. There are too many people who oppose it now, and they are gradually being surrounded by emerging schools. Sooner or later, they will also be called the benefiting ones, and it will not be too late to change at that time."

"The opportunity is rare for the official family. If you give up now, it would be a pity. You should also see that Guan Xue's lineage has begun to attack Confucianism. If you want to protect Confucianism, you must cut off your arm. Otherwise, the unlucky one will be Confucianism that has not made any progress in the end!"

Zhao Zhen smiled, his smile full of ridicule, "Who could have thought that the people in the court who tried their best to pull Confucianism down the shrine were actually those who were truly protecting Confucianism. Those people don't think of you like this, and some even said that you deceive your master and destroy your ancestors, which is contrary to the ambition of Confucius..."

"Officials, I am open-minded and not afraid of being petty!"

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath, "What if the minister objected?"

"Then I will convince the priest!"

"What if I object?"

"His Majesty?!"

"I think this is a reform that will definitely fail. Cultural reform is not as easy as you think. It is no less harmful than the reform I carried out on the army back then, and it is even more than that. If you have to be together, the other party's counterattack may be very strong, and everything will be used!"

"I am not worried!"

Zhao Zhen knew that he could not persuade Ouyang Xiu, and as an emperor, there was no need to persuade him so hard, just treat it as a heart-to-heart talk between superiors and subordinates.

Zhao Zhen believes that those conservative forces will soon unite to deal with Ouyang Xiu. This is inevitable. Perhaps many of them are not opposing Ouyang Xiu's reforms, but just don't want to make changes.

But it is no longer important at this time. Look at the current courts of the Song Dynasty, most of the officials were still those who passed the traditional imperial examinations and then served as officials.

In addition to the Jinshi subject, there are also Mingjing subjects, Mingfa subjects, Mingzi subjects, Mingsuan subjects, and Mingsuan subjects. Of course, the others are almost difficult to take on major responsibilities, which is why the Jinshi subjects are valued.

Except for Zhao Pu, the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty were almost all the students who came from the Jinshi class. Once Confucianism was pulled down from the only altar, the final result would be that the big men in the court would lose their "foundation of their own life".

This is naturally a very terrible thing, but to reform, you need to wait for these courtiers to slowly push them down from the political stage.

This process is very long, because there was no retirement system for age in the officialdom of the feudal era. That is to say, even if you are in your seventies and eighties, as long as your physical conditions allow, you can continue to work in the official position and die of old age.

Therefore, there is almost no possibility for Ouyang Xiu to carry out reforms at the moment. When all the court officials die of old age, he may not be able to do it himself.

The ultimate result is that cultural reform can be carried out, but it must be left to future generations to do it.

"Your Majesty, if we cannot complete this innovation, it will be even more difficult for future generations to take action. I have been constantly changing the annual imperial examinations, but I am still a favorite at the Jinshi University of Science and Technology!"

Zhao Zhen smiled and stood up and said, "Then continue to change! I think that you can also be proficient in mathematics and knowledgeable about studying things. Otherwise, even if you are not a minister of the Song Dynasty, do you still remember the score system I proposed to you? Different questions occupy different scores. Of course, policy theory must account for a large proportion. I should not only remember the nerd who can only memorize rote!"

"I will not give up!"

Ouyang Xiu knew what Zhao Zhen meant, but he still insisted.
Chapter completed!