Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 51 Who Wrote It

Su Zaifang firmly disagrees with the theory that not suppressing bandits is also politically correct. He said that he had paid attention to Miss Cai before, and deliberately bribed a moderate cottage to try to play a bitter trick, intending to cause big news in Chizhou, and then open Chizhou. What about the bandits in the country?

It's just that facing a character like Cai You, the smell of gunpowder is so strong now that Su Zaifang really dare not speak casually.

Zhang Ji was not afraid of the people of the Cai family, but for the time being he acted very calmly, thinking about Cai You's words for a long time.

Objectively speaking, the Cai family's political thinking and official morality are really not flattering, and there must be problems.It's a pity that in this era of chaos, as far as Zhang Ji knows, what Zhao Tingzhi did was really unreasonable. As a traitor to Cai Jing's clique, he made a sweeping U-turn after coming to power. From a political and technical point of view, it was wrong in itself.

From a moral point of view, Old Xianggong Zhao's reforms were not for the benefit of the country, but to drag away and beat to death all the old master Cai Jing's clique, in order to get out of the shadow of the Cai family.So this inevitably brought Zhongshu's family, an official tool of national and dynasty policy, into the line of revenge.

Afterwards, Zhao Tingzhi cleverly enlisted the support of a group of prestigious Confucian scholars, and uttered the slogan of cracking down on corruption and protecting the people. For a while, it seemed that the momentum was huge, but it was on the verge of losing control.

Cai You may not be a good person, and what he said... is also suspected of shirking responsibility for the Cai family.But since it is a debate, he must be given a chance to defend himself. After listening to this, Zhang Ji was stunned for a while and felt that technically he had his own logic and reason.

"How can Master Zhizhou think this situation can be solved?"

This was the first time Zhang Ji spoke on this forum, and he looked at Cai You curiously.

This is really not an ordinary person, so Cai You was very polite and shook his head with a slightly wry smile, "Mr.'s question really stumped Benzhou. Chizhou is now the financial lifeline of the country and must not be messed up. I don't know how to deal with Benzhou specifically, but there is one thing I’m pretty sure. When you’re not sure, look more and move less. This is basically true in any field. Do you think so, sir?”

Zhang Ji hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, "There is some truth in what you said."

Su Zaifang felt bitter. He originally thought that Zhang Ji would refute Cai Zhizhou with his novel viewpoint and special prestige, so as to save face for the academy and the students who spoke.

In addition, Zhang Ji thought of Zhao Cheng's policy theory earlier. Zhang Ji didn't like the idea, but he didn't dislike it.So he didn't pay much attention to it before, but now after hearing some of Cai You's fierce complaints, Zhang Ji discovered that some of the ideas discussed by Zhao Cheng and some of Cai You's views converged and overlapped.

There are indeed problems with Cai You's ruling philosophy and thinking, but it is limited to his fresh perspective and his special identity. Since the two views converged and overlapped, Zhang Ji was quite surprised and looked at the distance where Zhao Cheng was.

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Ji took out the article he had not finished reading from his sleeve and began to read the second half.

Before this, it was limited to the influence of family education, and limited to the fact that his father Zhang Shuye was a cruel official with a big gun. Zhang Ji really liked the simple and rough thinking of guns in some aspects, so he liked the first course of "Guan Zi" very much. Zhao Cheng said directly and simply.

Later, after getting Zhao Cheng's homework, he found that his train of thought had turned into a curve. The guy seemed to intentionally start talking about things that the temple likes, and it turned into a nearly compromised mode of implanting political ideas.So from the perspective of the teacher's personal preferences, Zhang Ji's interest in Zhao Cheng's articles was greatly reduced.

But since she just thought that what Cai You said was reasonable, Zhang Ji was stunned after reading the two together, and looked at Zhao Cheng again in surprise. Now, his attitude towards this article really changed Quite a few changes.

Now Zhang Ji's understanding is different. Zhao Cheng's thinking cannot simply be regarded as the "coward" of a scholar. It is actually not much different from Cai You's thinking. It is a roundabout method that can't be defeated. It is better to cut off one of his ten fingers than to hurt him. Refers to fresh ideas.

Objectively speaking, now Zhang Ji thinks that if Zhao Tingzhi really has Zhao Cheng's thinking and insights, then he will not mess up politics, and maybe the Cai family will really be completely cold all at once.

After thinking so deeply, Zhang Ji looked at the article in a daze.

Of course, Cai You couldn't avoid the vulgarity, he had a preference and interest in Zhang Ji, so he moved closer and interjected, "What are you looking at, sir?"

Zhang Ji thought about it, and passed the article to Cai You as if recommending it: "It was written by a student. After reading it many times, it is quite interesting. If you are interested, you can read it. Maybe you will like it." .”

Cai You is usually not interested in reading such long speeches.It was mainly recommended by the great beauty Zhang Ji, and the atmosphere here has been destroyed. Cai You didn't plan to speak or listen to the lecture, so he picked it up and started watching it when he had nothing to do.

At the beginning, I felt that the calligraphy and grammar were unqualified, and I frowned.

However, because of Zhang Ji's dignity and the patience to read a few pages, Cai You's eyebrows began to relax and he felt that it was interesting.

Even if this is a forum now, the voices of many people are gradually falling.Surprised what was going on in this scene, Cai You actually had the time to watch that long-winded thing with relish?

As one of the few who knew the inside story, Su Zaifang's face became even more ugly. After observing the situation, he couldn't help it. He couldn't interrupt Cai You's train of thought again.Then he looked at Zhao Cheng in the distance and frowned, thinking, could it be that the treacherous minister and the traitor saw the same thing and cherished each other?
Cai You is very interested. This is indeed a very interesting perspective and insight. Let’s not talk about whether it can be successful. This initial idea itself is very appetizing to Cai You.

Almost Zhang Ji asked softly: "What do you think of this article, Mr. Zhizhou?"

Cai You has a certain city, so he won't applaud it in public, and he hasn't finished reading it yet, so he just pockets this article, "If you don't object, sir, can I take it home and read it slowly?"

"I can't object." Zhang Ji nodded slightly.

Cai You asked in a low voice: "Who wrote it?"

Zhang Ji looked at Zhao Cheng in the distance with his gaze guiding.

Following her gaze, Cai You was taken aback for a moment, seeing that Zhao Cheng was only fair and handsome like a scholar, but in terms of temperament and other factors, he was just a down-and-out scholar?
In this regard, Cai You was quite disappointed in his heart.

Because this is a very practical issue for Cai You, and those who can make such an argument, if they can be as famous as Su Zaifang, have their own resources and fame, then it is a real match made in heaven for Cai You , in addition to solving some problems, it can also introduce camps to gain great gimmicks and divide the opposition.

Even if you are not a person of Su Zaifang's level, you should at least have a more solid foundation. You should be able to quote scriptures and write articles that are worthy of recognition in the temple. It would be best if you can win the happiness of today with your literary talent and calligraphy.This represents plasticity.

Or someone who has already passed the Jinshi examination and became an official, even if he has no foundation, wouldn't the Cai family be able to help him?
But facing Zhao Cheng, who is not even a civil servant. He is nameless and has no foundation. He writes good articles with novel ideas, but it can be seen that the accumulation of allusions and classic meanings is not enough.

From a philistine and practical point of view, even if Cai You likes such a person, he understands that it will cost too much resources to support such a person, and he also faces the risk of wasting resources if he fails to support such a person.If you have this in mind, it will be faster and less risky to praise other people with more plasticity.

(End of this chapter)