If you want to destroy something that must exist, the best way is to find another thing to replace them. Zhao Zhen wants to destroy the wealthy families, eliminate the threats from these powerful interest groups to the Song Dynasty, and at the same time, it cannot destroy the Song Dynasty's basic economy.

Zhao Zhen found that he could not do anything at all now. This was an emperor's helplessness. In the past, Zhao Zhen used great reforms to drive the Song Dynasty, but now he is not so radical, and the Song Dynasty does not need to be so radical now.

Imperial arts are actually a way to maintain it. When chaos is used, fierce medicine is used to treat chaos, and when peace and stability, we must use the means of treating a great country like cooking freshness to treat it well.

The safest way to deal with these wealthy families without damaging the economy of the Song Dynasty is actually to use the rights of the emperor to carry out targeted economic attacks.

But he was not prepared for this point. Zhao Zhen is a human being or not, and he cannot take into account both. Moreover, the methods of these wealthy merchants are too secret. If they are easily discovered, they will not have their current status.

These wealthy merchants are actually the prototype of a family family, and they are following the old path of a family.

The so-called family is actually a combination of family and family reading, referring to famous families who have been officials for generations, also known as family and family clans, aristocratic families, powerful families, etc.

The most famous one is the six ministers of Jin: the Zhao family, Han family, Wei family, Fan family, and had a special status during the Wei and Jin dynasties.

They were both landlords and ministers of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Their early days were powerful families such as the Confucian scholarship family. The prototype of the current clan of the Song Dynasty was not local tyrants or classical scholarship family, but merchants and old nobles, and even royal families.

The current Song Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties are different. The main reason why the classical scholars formed a family is the nine-rank Zhongzheng system. Although the nine-rank Zhongzheng system inherited the Han Dynasty's inspection system and initiated the imperial examinations in Sui and Tang Dynasties, in fact, it was just a continuation and development of the Han Dynasty's inspection system. The "rules of the game" have not changed, and the scope of candidates for officials is still limited to the special class Zheng.

The current imperial examination in the Song Dynasty has broken the rules of the game through the efforts of generations of emperors. The imperial examination is the foundation of the country and the best way to break the monopoly of officials.

But in fact, the wealthy families of the Song Dynasty were still following this old path. The families of the Wei and Jin Dynasties occupied a large amount of land, so they had an economic foundation. On this basis, they did cultivate talents. Only by ensuring the material foundation can they satisfy their spiritual pursuits.

Although it is contrary to morality, it is actually "there are no poor families at the top and no nobles at the bottom". Even now, this fact cannot be changed. Look at the officials in the court, how many of them came out of the poor families?

Even if the family is in decline, the family behind it is still incomparable to the poor family tomorrow night. When others mention it, they can always praise their ancestors and take the exam first.

The family even gradually formed a system, and many other factors became a system, and became a bargaining chip for mutual interests exchange between families.

Now the wealthy families in the Song Dynasty are also following this old path. The reason why the wealthy families in Dongcheng are so united is a very important part, and it is more convenient to exchange interests between each other after becoming relatives.

In fact, the family has disappeared almost since the turmoil in the late Tang Dynasty. Huang Chao's uprising caused a large number of casualties among the aristocratic people.

When the poor revolt, the hatred of wealth reached its peak. At this time, there is no difference between bad things. The mentality of hatred of wealth will not care about good fortune.

As a result, the rich homes and industries in the hands of the clans were tragically destroyed, and the ancestral genealogy that the North China clans were proud of was also lost. The clans declined and eventually there was no difference from the common people. The clan's status was replaced by landlords and gentlemen.

The biggest difference between landlords and gentlemen and family members is not big, but precipitation. Family families have accumulated over hundreds of years, not only wealth but also knowledge and culture.

The latter is something that is difficult to buy even if you have money, and it is these accumulations that have become their ability to monopolize the literati class. At that time, the clans were equivalent to the literati class.

At present, the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty completely shattered this possibility, but it cannot withstand that others have a lot of resources. Ordinary landlords and gentlemen do not have such resources. After all, they cannot hire the best teacher or Confucian master even if they have money.

But the wealthy families are different. Their reputation is not low, and the money and power they have are incomparable to those of landlords and gentlemen.

The academies opened by wealthy families have a large amount of educational resources. The teachers who teach are either experienced old men or great scholars in the classics. They are far beyond ordinary academies in their understanding of Confucian classics and their own knowledge.

How can such elite education not cultivate talents?

How can the talents cultivated by such academies not outstanding? The advantage is that they are like environmental theory. The cleaner the cleaner the cleaner. The more officials these wealthy academies produce, the more talents they get, and more young talents are entering these academies.

Bailudong Academy, Songshan Academy, Suiyang Academy, and Yuelu Academy, these four best academies in the Song Dynasty are all sponsored by wealthy families, and talents emerge to look up to them.

The most terrible thing is that these academies are still keeping pace with the times and are not at all pedantic. Zhao Zhen added research on things in the imperial examinations, and they also invited the best research scholars. Zhao Zhen advocated that all kinds of flowers bloom, so these academies began to study other knowledge.

To eradicate these problems, we must start from other places and completely solve this monopoly, but Zhao Zhen knew that it was impossible. Even in later generations, there was an unfair phenomenon of educational resources, which would be even more impossible to solve in this era.

The best way to destroy the wealthy families is to attack them in groups. Even the most powerful family is not worth mentioning in the face of violence.

The final problem is the aftermath issue. Once the wealthy family is uprooted, the ultimate consequence will be the turbulent business economy and the people's hearts.

How many officials from the Song Dynasty came from the rich family? How many officials came from academies funded by wealthy families? How many children from the rich family were funded by wealthy families?

These people have formed the Internet. Although there is no problem on the surface, who can discover the secret communication music?

The censor was the location of the inspectors of the Song Dynasty. Later, it was incorporated into the Supervision Bureau, which affected the Supervision Bureau. The children of wealthy families had already entered the Supervision Bureau. Among the inspectors, three of them came from the Qiang family, and five of them were funded by wealthy families.

Zhao Zhen felt scared when he thought about it. If the officials in the court were from wealthy families, then who would be the future Song Dynasty?
Chapter completed!