Cai You's pavilion was newly built and very bright. Except for the side facing the afterglow of the dusk, the bamboo curtains were lowered, and the other three sides were put away. The three sides were all filled with the most prosperous waterscapes in early summer. The green waves and green leaves, lotus flowers bloom, and a few small boats rippling among them. There are several girls on each of the boats, all dressed as the women of Jiangnan Yue, with narrow sleeves and light silk, dark golden bracelets, shadows and picking flowers, and boats and lotus.

Zhao Ji, an official from the Song Dynasty, was dressed as a literati, sitting upright on a rose chair, holding a folding fan in his hand. A beautiful woman dressed in a Taoist nun was accompanied by Zhao Ji's sister-in-law Empress Liu, who also leaned lazily in a rose chair.

There is also a very tall woman, wearing a delicate short-skinned dress, and holding a long sword in her left hand. The hilt and scabbard are simple and unpretentious, and there are many signs of wear and tear, which are obviously used frequently. This woman is probably Zhao Ji's new favorite Zhou Feiyan.

Pan Xiao'an was also dressed in the pavilion, with a smile on his increasingly obese face, sitting on another rose chair. Next to Pan Xiao'an, there were several empty rose chairs, which seemed to be prepared for Wu Haogu, Gao Qiu, Cai You and others.

Wu Haogu hurried forward, sang and smiled, "Brother Xiao Yi, Qingjing Sanren, you two are so interested today!"

When Zhao Ji and Wu Haogu and others played together, they often regarded themselves as "Zhao Xiaoyi". Today, Wu Haogu saw him wearing Confucian uniforms, and knew that he should be called "Xiaoyi Ge". As for "Qingjing Sanren", it is a Taoist name commonly used by Empress Liu. Taoism is the national religion of the Northern Song Dynasty. The first empress and concubines like to pretend to be a female Taoist priest when they are free. Zhao Ji himself also likes to practice Taoism, so Empress Liu often pretends to be a female Taoist priest and plays with him.

At this time, Zhao Ji found Zhou Yunqing, a strong man following Wu Haogu and with a big mouth open, and found it interesting, so he asked, "Dalang, who is the hero with you?"

"This is a famous strongman Zhou Yunqing and Zhou hero in Kaifeng Prefecture."

A strong man usually refers to a fight between a pounce. Although Zhou Yunqing can play a pounce, he has never competed with anyone. He is not a professional strong man, but an officer of the imperial guards. However, today's situation is special. The emperor plays a scholar, the queen mother (substitute) plays a Taoist nun, Cai You plays an actor, Pan Xiao'an is a member of the official, Gao Qiu seems to be a pillar of the Cuju club, and Zhou Feiyan looks like a female hero. Wu Haogu and Zhou Yunqing are also wearing casual clothes, so they are naturally not an official. So Wu Haogu casually made up a strong man for Zhou Yunqing.

"Zhou Yunqing? Feiyan, is he your brother?"

"It's my brother," Zhou Nuxia replied with a smile, "He has been following the martial artist to work in Jiehe."

"Okay, okay, sit all the time!" Zhao Ji smiled and said to Wu Haogu, "Dalang, I have been waiting for you for a long time, why did I arrive today?"

"This time I came with Mr. Dongpo, so I walked slowly." Wu Haogu sat down on a rose chair while talking. Cai You and Bai Feifei stopped performing. Cai You smiled and sat down on another chair. He did not participate in Zhao Ji and Wu Haogu's conversation, but instead looked at the Yue girl who was picking lotus outside.

Bai Feifei left the pavilion, and after a while, he brought Wu Haogu and Zhou Yunqing the hot Yunwu tea and a few exquisite snacks.

Zhao Ji asked with a smile: "How is Su Dongpo? Are you healthy? Can you do things for the court?"

Wu Haogu knew that Zhao Ji had something in his words. The key to whether Su Dongpo could do things for the court was whether he could do things for the officials...

"Let's take a look," Wu Haogu replied, "We must solve the matter of discussion first."

"Oh." Zhao Ji nodded, Wu Haogu's answer was completely expected. Su Dongpo was not Cai Jing... He wanted to be half well-behaved as Cai Jing, and the prime minister would have been a long time ago!

"The topic of discussion has been well developed," Zhao Ji smiled and told Wu Haogu all four questions. Then he looked at Wu Haogu and asked with a smile: "Dalang, can you discuss it?"

Wu Haogu sighed softly: "These two Mencius questions were created by Mr. Yichuan? He is causing trouble!"

"Come on the wrong side?" Zhao Ji asked with a smile, "Many people say that Mr. Yichuan's knowledge is fake. What do you think?"

"Fake off is also a knowledge!" Wu Hao Ancient Road, "and it is quite useful."

"Is that true?" Zhao Ji smiled, "But those who are new to learn say that his knowledge is useless?"

"He is not a practical learning," Wu Haogu explained, "It is not used to govern the country, but to govern the heart. It is just that people in Guanluo's studies always like to confuse the governance of the country and the heart, so this kind of natural principles and human desires is a bit annoying."

Zhao Ji frowned, "Cai You, tell me."

Cai Jing's son was still watching Yue girl picking lotus. These Yue girl were presented by Pan Xiao'an to the palace. They were girls from the Jiangnan water town who had not been trained. They were extremely immature and had a unique flavor compared to those women with a full range of charm.

"Ah, Brother Xiao Yi... that, that..." Cai You didn't know if he was pretending to be confused or was really fascinated by whom? He was called by Zhao Ji and had no idea what he said.

Zhao Ji smiled, "You can choose one of those Yue girls, Dalang, Gao Qiu, Zhou Yunqing, you are one of them."

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

It is not surprising that Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu have seen such things many times, but Zhou Yunqing is completely stupid.

What's the situation? The women in the palace, one person...

Zhao Ji ignored Zhou Yunqing and continued to ask Cai You, "What do you think of Guan Luo's learning of governing the country and the art of governing the heart?"

"This," Cai You smiled, "I really don't understand how Guan Luo's learning can govern the heart, but I understand the way they govern the country, which is a feudal manor. If you add troops to the Ichita, you must have a feudal family, such as the Lu family in Lantian and the Han family in Xiangzhou."

Empress Liu, who was standing beside her, interrupted: "If there are such a big clan who can gather troops in the world, what else should the court do?"

This is what I say...

Wu Haogu just smiled bitterly, and Zhao Ji asked when he saw his expression, "Dalang, what do you think?"

"The method of Guan Luo's learning will expand the great clans, and may recreate the situation of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is not a good idea. The method of the new learning is to implement it as it was originally intended and to disturb the people. In fact, Wang Jinggong had seen this a long time ago, so he reformed the imperial examination while implementing the new law, using classics to create scholars, and wanted to select officials who could do things and perform new laws and implement new laws and their original intentions. However, this method of sutra is not practical, and the creation of scholars is also used to encourage growth. Therefore, until the new law is implemented, the Western thieves have been in existence and the Khitan has existed, and the imperial court still has not many soldiers available."

Zhao Ji asked with interest: "Do you and Mr. Dongpo have any solutions?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "Let's try it out. Brother Xiaoyi might as well go and listen to the discussion."

"Okay!" Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Today, please do your best. After you go back, you will prepare for a few days. On the tenth day of May, you will discuss it in the Imperial College! I will go and hear what it is!"

"Then my mentor Mr. Dongpo and I will be waiting for the imperial examination at the Imperial College."

Zhao Ji clapped his hands and asked with a smile: "Okay, don't talk about civil affairs now... Dalang, are you going to choose a Yue girl with Feifei?"

...

When Wu Haogu returned to the Lihua Villa again, it was noon the next day and he came back with Bai Feifei. Now Pan Qiaolian, Ximen Qing, Du Wenyu, and Oliga are not around Wu Haogu, and there is only one Arhat maid following him, so he brought Bai Feifei back to the Lihua Villa...

When he got home, Su Dongpo was discussing with his two disciples about discussing the Tao on the tenth day of May.

This time, the discussion of Taoism is to some extent another collision between the old and new parties, and the competition is for Taoism! This is not a trivial matter. Taoism, in the minority, is the dominance of education, which is equivalent to the "curriculum issue" of a certain island in the later generations.

If the Tao belongs to Sumen's practical learning (the abbreviation of positivism is called practical learning), then even if Su Dongpo cannot become the prime minister now, then in the future, when Sumen's disciples are everywhere, his three sons and a group of disciples will have the time to become Xuanma to be the prime minister.

So this Taoist tradition must be fought for!

"Teacher," Wu Haogu also joined the discussion, "I think the focus of our new study should be on the creation of scholars and scholars... I tested it yesterday, and it should be something to say."

"Criticize the classics and techniques to create scholars?" Su Dongpo's disciple Zhang Lei frowned, "Chongdao, if you don't use classics and techniques to create scholars, do you still need to use poetry and essays to select scholars?"

"I'm afraid that it's not as good as the classics to recruit scholars, aren't it?" Chao Buzhi also said, "I think it's right to recruit scholars, but the mistake is that Wang Anshi's classics should not be used!"

After hearing this, Wu Haogu sighed secretly: It seems that the imperial examinations have become a great success in people's hearts. They are either poetry or classics. Do you want to learn practical learning? Everyone is like Wen Tianxiang's poem "thought to be met with one classic", and it is not in vain in the end! To be honest, this kind of education is not as good as the Six Arts of the Western Zhou Dynasty. They have worked hard to get a bow, but they still shot those dogs and Tartars to death?

Su Dongpo looked at several disciples, then smiled and said, "I mean to criticize the scriptures and make the scholars and masters. The new method was approved by the late emperor. It was too fierce and it was a taboo. I don't want to go to the ends of the world anymore. So if you don't criticize the scriptures, just criticize those crooked monks!"

Of course, Emperor Shenzong is a good emperor! He is Zhao Ji's biological father. How can he criticize his biological father in front of Zhao Ji? Therefore, Emperor Shenzong's classics are all good scriptures, and the mistake is that there are so many incompetent and stupid officials below!

For example, why was the Lingxia Battle, which made Emperor Shenzong so angry that he vomited blood, defeated?
Chapter completed!