10. Imperial Blueprint I

In April of the third year of the lunar calendar, the air of Bianliang suddenly became dull and dull, and even the insects did not want to chirp, which made people suspect that the empire had fallen asleep and made people suspect that the storm was being conceived somewhere.

Zhao Ze and Renzong sat quietly by the stove in the palace. They had been silent for a long time. In their eyes, there was a light from their experience.

"It's been a month!"

Li Shun, the attendant, raised his head and sighed outside the window. He was really worried that your majesty would get sick. He said that Zhao Ze was really thick-skinned. Your majesty just asked him to live in the palace temporarily. He actually lived shamelessly until now. The queen has been alone in the empty room for more than half a month. I have to find a way to drive Zhao Ze away.

The next day,

The sun rose, and a new morning came to Bianliang. Birds flew up in the sky, the white fog brought the light wet fragrance of vegetation, the blue sky was bright and flawless, and the dew climbed through the new green leaves.

Spring is getting stronger and stronger...

The earth is full of vitality...

"Your Majesty, there should be no problem with this proposal!" Zhao Ze excitedly dropped his pen and dried the handwriting on the rice paper.

Renzong stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hand and yawned against the warm sunshine. He said leisurely, "I'm so tired. I didn't expect the draft of national reform to be so complicated. I used to think it was too simple."

"Your Majesty is in a good mood, but it is difficult to straighten out the intertwined personnel of the court, and the reduction of officials should not be rushed for a while, otherwise it is difficult to implement the new law. Today's urgent task is to appoint capable people and establish your majesty's absolute authority. There is an old saying that education should start with dolls. Now we The county school in the Song Dynasty has just started, and the court can't afford to support the county school all over the world, so your majesty has to preside over the overall situation for this private establishment of county school.

"This is easy to do. Today, I can order Lv Xiang to draft the fold of 'folk-running county schools'. The difficulty is the 'Royal University' and 'Royal Military Academy'. Last year, border wars were frequent, and the generals of the court suffered great losses. Although many brave people fought bravely, they did not know the strategy of military tactics, and there are very few people who know poetry and books. Even in the repeated defeat of the war, a Hanlin bachelor proposed to set up a martial arts school in Beijing to let martial arts people read more poetry and books. However, after there were signs of peace in the Western Xia at the beginning of this year, the ministers began to oppose the establishment of martial arts. For example, ancient famous generals such as Zhuge Liang, Yanghu and others had not specifically learned Sun Zi and Wu Qi's Art of War, and this dynasty specially opened martial arts. It's really unnecessary to learn. I'm quite distressed. I know that there will be a military academy in the future, and I have trained many famous generals. Not only are they subduing, but there are few traitors even if they are warriors. However, you know when it is now, so I have a lot of worries..." Renzong said what he was worried about in one breath.

"Your Majesty, this is inevitable, because the education of the people is still very limited. Some martial artists who have not read poetry and books are easily affected by the outside world. Whether it is power or wealth, it can corrupt an excellent person. It is inevitable in any dynasty." Zhao Ze took a step back and then said, "After all, those works There are a few people in chaos. The original intention of the establishment of the Royal University and the Royal Military Academy is to make the vast majority of people believe in His Majesty, whether they are literati or martial arts. I think it will be said for one more year. As long as there are outstanding people among the graduates from these two universities, things will be much more easy to do in the future."

"What the Qing family said is that I am too worried. I have discussed this problem many times. Since it is the general trend, let's do it like this. I will tell Lv Xiang to do this well. However, in the matter of the early instructor, I don't have too many candidates. At the beginning of Wu Xuexing, there is only one professor Wu Xun. Once you start to work, I'm afraid that the number of people will not be indispensable. I plan to select outstanding people in the Forbidden Army to study in the Military Academy, and the martial arts students in the former Guozi Prison may also transfer to the Military Academy. In this way, I'm afraid that the number of people will be as many as 1,000, and the land in the capital is limited, and the National Prison can't be removed immediately, otherwise there are many old ministers. I will fight with me desperately to hinder the establishment of the military academy."

"Your Majesty, as for the military academy, I think that the Huangzhuang near Xiangfu occupies a wide area, and it is close to Langshan and convenient to set up a school site. As long as your majesty says a word, the work can start on the same day."

"So good" Renzong walked to the case, reached out to pick up the reform draft written by Zhao Ze, looked at it again, and stayed for a while under each countermeasure. He felt very satisfied, and then turned back to mention something else to Zhao Ze.

Only half of what he said, the waiter said loudly outside the door: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lv Yijian, Wang Zhengong, the Prime Minister of the Imperial History, Ouyang Xiu, if you have something to see, you have arrived outside the Donghua Gate!"

"These people really know how to find the time," Renzong sighed and replied, "Let them wait in the arch hall, and I'll be there in a moment."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the waiter left, Renzong smiled at Zhao Ze and said kindly, "What I just said, Aiqing will go back and think about it. This matter is related to your participation in politics in the future. I only have this good way. If it hadn't been for this, I couldn't stop those idle people. Well, you have been tired for a month. Go back home. I will pass it in a few days. You go to the palace and explain the specifics."

"Well, Your Majesty, I will leave. Your Majesty, you have also worked hard for a long time and take care of your dragon body."

"I know Aiqing's heart. Go back, I'll wait for your good news." Renzong picked up the tea bowl.

Zhao Ze agreed, and after a deep bow, he withdrew from the imperial study.

Later, Zhao Ze wrote in his memoirs:

Celebrate three years in April.

His Majesty Zhao Zhen and I jointly drafted a top-secret draft of imperial reform.

This draft covers several areas and takes more than a month. Among them, industry, agriculture, commerce, education, military, official governance and diplomacy are the focus of this reform. I wrote, led by His Majesty Zhao Zhen, and wrote down the major issues involved in each field. Because it is a draft, His Majesty Zhao Zhen and I can only make plans in the general direction. As for the details inside, we still need In the future, the capable people of the Chinese book province will carefully scrut it.

However, Your Majesty is very eager. When I left the palace, he began to implement the plan. First of all, we have discussed the draft education reform many times.

This draft deals with the issue of faith. His Majesty Zhao Zhen is very clear about what faith means. He knows the role of Confucianism in the future. He will never allow the people to lose their faith, nor will he allow those messy thoughts and bad habits to destroy the etiquette of the whole empire. He will build it on the original basis. Set up a more perfect set of Confucianism, which I call: the study of the king!

This knowledge requires the establishment of a perfect education system. The empire needs to have: universities, state studies, and county studies. Such a simple and effective school that can effectively cultivate useful talents. For the needs of the future, it is also necessary to set up a highly professional technical college. His Majesty Zhao Zhen called it: Royal Institute of Technology.