Zhang Dun paused every word, for fear that Su Shi would not understand.

"Why... If Zhou Dunshi succeeds, we will have no life. No matter what, we must ask our master to come out!"

“Is this important?”

Zhang Dun nodded vigorously, "It's very important!"

"Is it more important than a brown panda?" Su Shi said casually.

"What brown panda?" Zhang Dun was puzzled.

Su Shi explained, "It's like that. My sister said that half a year ago, a brown panda was born. Amid a large pile of black and white rolls, there was a colorful one... Do you know? My brother-in-law was so happy. He stared at it every day and wrote records. He was going to study the mystery of the brown panda... So, the court has nothing to do, so don't bother him. Actually, I also want to go and see, Brother Zihou, are you going?"

"I'll go ahead!"

Zhang Dun was crazy, "Su Zizhan, is your mind flooding? Neo-Confucianism has introduced Zhou Dunshi, and they are not kind-hearted. If they were asked to take the Political Conference this time, it would be a bad thing. How many times do I have to say it before you can understand?"

Su Shi rolled his eyelids and said, "It's strange if I can understand it. Zhang Dun, four years ago, my brother-in-law handed over the power to you and formed the New Politics Society. Now the Political Affairs Hall, six ministries, all provinces, all the provinces, all the people... Zhou Dunshi is just a bad old man. What is his ability? You are even afraid of him. My brother-in-law is really blind. How can you cultivate a bunch of waste food? Tell me, what can you do? Do you have the face to sit in the position of the Heavenly Officer? I think you get out as soon as possible, don't embarrass him!"

This scolding made Zhang Dun stunned.

It seems to make sense!

Zhou Dunshi is no longer an official, and at the same age, what's so great about it... No, no!

Zhang Dun shook his head repeatedly, and his expression was solemn, "Brother Zizhan, don't pretend to be confused. The Song Dynasty is different from before... In recent years, the number of scholars alone has increased by 30 million. You should understand that if you read more books and know more principles, it will be hard to deal with them!"

"Isn't it easy to bully?" Su Shi sneered.

Zhang Dun didn't argue with him, "What do you say casually? There are so many scholars, from bottom to top, this force is too great. If Neo-Confucianism masters the people's hearts, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

...

Su Shi has been in the local area for so many years and has witnessed too many changes with his own eyes. Can he not know what he wants?

Many things are unexpected.

For example, Wang Ning'an promoted universal education and Su Song's succession continued to increase investment. Now the annual expenditure on education is as high as 80 million, which is not considered local investment.

The result was that the literacy rate of the Song Dynasty exceeded 60% in one fell swoop, approaching 70%. According to the population, the number of people who read literacy should be about 100 million.

What is this concept?

At present, in the world, except for the Song Dynasty, all the people who know literacy together may be less than 10 million, or even lower!

For example, many Arab princes are illiterate, who manage territory and handle official documents, rely on the specially trained Mamulik.

As for Europe, English has only been born for more than a hundred years, and it will not take until three hundred years later that the British royal family’s library has three books!

Let’s just say that, we have Tang poetry, and English appeared in the West. We practiced Emperor Yongle, and the King of England only had three pampered scrolls. The difference between civilization cannot be used with reason.

Of course, no matter how great the ancestors are, if their descendants do not use them, they will ruin their family business... It is just that Wang Ning'an's appearance has widened the already huge gap.

Education is prosperous and everyone can read and understand the truth. Isn’t this the state pursued by sages?

It should be a big book and celebrate happily!

Don't be busy!

Things are not that simple.

There are many people who are literate, and even if only one percent are interested in the law, they study criminal laws, find out various rules, and protect themselves... The officials in the court will never want to arrest people casually, nor will they be arrogant.

If anyone does it, someone will immediately publish it in the newspaper, and then there will be a sensation in public opinion... Of course, this does not mean that there will be no recklessness. In some remote places, including conservative villages, people are still afraid of the court and those who become officials, but in big cities, the situation has obviously changed a lot.

In a nutshell, it means that the governance is difficult, and it is countless times larger! It is so big that it is going to the sky!

When you face a group of illiterate people, you can beat and scold them and force them to be obedient... But when you face a group of scholars, you have to reason and convince them... But the problem is that people are better than you, which is embarrassing!

Zhang Dun was helpless, "Brother Zizhan, the court has done a lot of things in recent years, but it has done a lot of mistakes, and it has done a little mistakes, and it is not good to do it... Since we have done things, it is inevitable that we will be controversial. Those newspapers are accustomed to talking nonsense, perplexing, and sarcasm. You know, our situation is quite difficult."

Su Shi sneered twice, "What's so hard, to put it bluntly, it's just that the people's hearts are not on your side, you're afraid!" Su Shi criticized bluntly, "I've said a long time ago that I would find officials who can do things in the past few years, but then I'll find officials who can do the best... But the problem is that you don't listen. You closed the door and feel that you are great, with a high position and a powerful person, and you have nothing to say. Your Majesty is outside in the battle, and my brother-in-law is not in the capital. No one can take care of you, so you just want to make trouble... This time, I'm going to cause trouble, right? I want my brother-in-law to come out and take the blame for you, just dream! Even if I can help, I won't help! I'll find a way for my own sin!"

Zhang Dun's face turned red and white, and the muscles on the corners of his mouth kept shaking. After a while, he put on a sentence: "Su Zizhan, you are not as good as before!"

"It's not as easy to fool before! See you back!"

After saying that, Su Shi picked up a chopstick of mutton, soaked it in the sauce, swallowed it all, not leaving any left, and turned around and left. When he left, he even had the urge to sing a song. It was so happy that he finally got angry!

Zhang Dun was left with tears.

It made him cry even more. After Zhou Dunshi entered Beijing, he only had two days off before he went to the forum to give lectures.

The old man's voice was loud and organized.

On the first day, he mainly talked about his articles such as "Tai Chi Diagram" and "Tongshu", and explained a lot of concepts such as Wuji, Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Movement and Stillness, Mastery of Stillness, Sincerity, No Desire, Hue... and so on.

To be honest, there are not many people who are interested in these things, but they can't resist the old man's reputation, so they can only listen.

But on the second day, the exciting ones came. On the basis of the first day, Zhou Dunshi began to explain the kingly way, benevolent government, love for the people, simplify government, and there were many criticisms of the court's practices in his words.

By the third day, the old man shook his arms directly. He attacked strongly, believing that the court did not follow the changes in the laws of nature, he acted freely, robbed people's wealth, abused people's strength, and harmed living beings... Under Zhou Dunshi's attack, the entire political affairs hall was almost useless.

Fortunately, the old man was quite restrained and did not count Zhao Shu's foreign military use... Obviously, he also knew that he could attack the Zhengshi Hall, but the emperor would never touch it!

Not only can't be touched, Zhou Dunshi also praised Zhao Shu for expanding territory, better than Qin Emperor and Han Wu... His Majesty is wise and wise, and should also take over the power, appoint wise ministers, be polite to the people, take care of the people, rectify the court's principles, and turn the tide.

Zhou Dunshi's insight spread rapidly under the guidance of those who are interested, and the speed is unprecedented.

Many people also wrote articles to expose various problems and pointed the finger at the Political Affairs Hall and the New Politics Society.

Su Song saw this wave very clearly.

"Over the years, our governance has indeed not been delicate enough. Sometimes we are eager for quick success and instant benefits, and always rely on our strength to promote... Also, we ignore propaganda and education, thinking that if we do things well, we can cover up all the ugliness. Little do we know that there has been too much resentment and dissatisfaction among the people. They may not support Neo-Confucianism and Zhou Dunshi, but they hope that someone will stand up, scold us, and vent their anger for them!"

Zhang Dun was helpless, "The Prime Minister was right, but the problem is that if Zhou Dunshi and Neo-Confucianism grasped this popular spirit, our situation would be very difficult."

At this time, Lu Huiqing spoke, "Your Majesty's meaning is to set up a meeting on the Parliament... But who can command the meeting on the Parliament and how much power is there, is not yet determined... But no matter what, the meeting on the Parliament must conform to the people's hearts and spirit. If Neo-Confucianism grasps the public's intentions and trends, they stand on a moral high ground and criticize them wantonly, and our governance will be very difficult and even affect the overall situation."

"This is why I suggest asking my master to come out. Only he can suppress Zhou Dunshi!" Zhang Dun suggested again.

Sima Guang waved his hand, "Impossible. At the end of the year, I went to visit my master. He even wanted to push back on the matters of the New Politics Society. How could he take over the Political Affairs Meeting? Isn't this asking for trouble?"

Sima Guang did not say it clearly, but everyone knew that the representatives of the Political Consultative Conference were born rivals to the emperor and the court. Wang Ning'an, Zhao Shu, and everyone present were teachers and students. Can he come over and go against his students?

"Oh, if the master doesn't come, who can succeed? What about Mr. Jiefu?" Zeng Bu suggested.

Su Song shook his head, "My husband Jiefu has always been in poor health, and he is focused on legislation and policies, and is unwilling to wade into the muddy waters."

Everyone looked around, but there was no suitable candidate.

At this time, Lu Huiqing, who had the most ideas, suddenly thought of someone.

"What do you think of Mr. Wen?"

"Wen Yanbo?"

Look at me, look at you... This old guy can suppress Zhou Dunshi, but will he raise a tiger to cause trouble?

...

"Erlang, this is my latest learning experience, look."

Wen Yanbo delivered a thick stack of paper to Wang Ning'an.

Wang Ning'an held the brown Gungu in his arms, and simply used the little guy's round back as a desk. Looking at what Wen Kuanfu wrote, the little guy made a choking sound from time to time, as if expressing protest.

"I said Brother Kuanfu, I can't even stand it. You are so old that you have to join the New Politics Society. What is the purpose of?"

Wen Yanbo looked into his body and said seriously: "I used to be an official and ruler, but I had too many omissions. I joined the New Politics Society to start from scratch and become a new person!"

"What if I disagree?"

"I will persevere!" Mr. Wen became even more determined.
Chapter completed!