In the following time, to Zhao Jun's surprise, the children had no idea that the universe is so vast and the world is so beautiful. In the future, I will study hard and go to the outside world to see the vast world.
Instead, they chased Zhao Jun and kept asking them what the solar system is and how big the universe is. They were all curious babies, just like when Zhao Jun was watching "One Hundred Thousand Whys" when he was a child.
The enthusiasm of the children gave Zhao Jun a headache. Loving to learn is definitely a good thing, but his main focus is on Chinese language and mathematics and other main classes, and he cannot focus entirely on extracurricular knowledge. Therefore, when giving formal lectures, he must not talk about astronomy every day. .
But the good news is that Zhao Jun remembers that when he was in primary school and junior high school, the school published a lot of science magazines. Shancun Primary School did not have such conditions. Although there were donated books, he had long considered that there were too many people and there was not enough books in Nini Village Primary School. So I brought some myself.
While he briefly explained the relationship between the sun and the earth and the moon, he told everyone that he would distribute the books and magazines he had brought with him when the class officially starts, so as to popularize scientific common sense about the universe.
And just when Zhao Jun was telling everyone about the popular science of the universe with the help of computer video in the room, Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian had already come out.
“I didn’t expect that everything in the world would be so vast.”
Zhao Zhen sighed, raised his head and looked up at the sky, and unconsciously said: "I don't know why, but when I think of the infinite time and world in the vast universe, I feel that life is meaningless. Even if the emperors, generals, and ministers have all the power in the world, , is just a speck of dust in the universe, and will eventually come to an end."
"Officials should not belittle themselves, didn't Zhao Jun say that? People of later generations have long known the vastness of the world, but they still work hard to learn knowledge, just to one day go deep into the universe, explore the universe, and understand the universe."
Lu Yijian patiently persuaded: "Although we are just a speck of dust in the world, when thousands of dusts come together, they can burst out infinite power. This is what Zhao Jun wants to express."
Wang Zeng also said: "Yes, officials, you only live once. The Master said that if you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening. Now we have learned about the way of heaven from Zhao Jun. Although the road is far away, we should at least pursue this far away We must make efforts to pursue our own path. Not only because life should have pursuit and meaning, but also to lay the foundation for future generations.”
"According to what Zhao Jun said, the future world will be full of technology, and that is all because of the changes made by people through their own efforts. We are just at the forefront of history. If even we are not willing to work hard, then future generations will How can we explore a wider starry sky?”
Yan Shu walked out of the room and happened to hear Zhao Zhen's slightly self-destructive words, so he walked over and said seriously: "Guan Jia, Zhao Jun told me before that the reason why people are human is because we have wisdom and complex thoughts. Emotion. Because of this, we can achieve some impossible things through the power of ants. Life has a limit, but we know there is no limit. We must not follow the limitless, but we must not abandon the knower because of the limitless."
"Um."
After being persuaded by them, Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Of course I know these truths, but I can't help but feel emotional for a moment."
It’s still talking about everything in the world.
Zhao Zhen and the others listened for a while and were about to go to court.
Whether Zhao Jun is giving lectures or talking about history, they may not always be there to listen.
Because Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan will record everything Zhao Jun said and compile it into a book, so that everyone can sit together and analyze it afterwards.
Even if Zhao Zhen had the identity of "Waza Muguo", he would rather stay less with Zhao Jun.
First, the state affairs are busy.
Second, if you stay here for a long time, you will easily get high blood pressure.
Soon before dawn, the emperor and the three ministers went to court. Today Fan Zhongyan stayed at Zhao Jun's place to take notes. Yan Shu finally had some free time and went to court with everyone.
In the morning, ministers from all walks of life entered the palace one after another. A hundred and ten people stood in the Chui Gong Hall and bowed their hands to Zhao Zhen in salute. After that, everyone came to report.
Although the land area of the Song Dynasty was not as large as that of the Tang and Han Dynasties, its population was larger than that of the Tang and Han Dynasties. There were about 12 million households and 26 million men. Counting women and children, Renzong was in power. The population was initially estimated to be around 60 million, and later in power it was estimated to be around 100 million.
Because of this, Bao Zheng boasted about the prosperous age of Renzong, saying, "Since the three dynasties, across the Tang Dynasty and Han Dynasty, there has been no one as prosperous as now." This means that even the Zhenguan Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Wenjing Mingzhang of the Han Dynasty and other prosperous times cannot compare. Now Renzong is in his prime.
With a large population, there are naturally many things going on. Local disasters, people's livelihood management, official impeachment, state capital affairs, etc. will be presented one by one and handed over to the Song Dynasty emperor and civil and military ministers for discussion in the political hall.
However, generally Zhao Zhen will take a look at it, and the specific handling method will be assisted by the prime minister, privy envoys and three secretaries. After the solution is approved by Zhao Zhen, the Hanlin Academy will draft the edict. In this way, the government affairs will be completed. In fact, The workload is not particularly large.
So in general, the early parliament was basically the place where various yamen reported their work to the emperor and submitted solutions. If the work was done well, the plan was good, and the emperor's consent was obtained, then the decree would naturally be issued.
Most of today's government affairs were quickly handled. At this moment, Quan Zhi and Sun Gai from the Bachelor's College stood up and said: "Officials, after seeing the reuse of Qian Law and Sticking Law, tea merchants from all over the country boycotted, and there were voices of opposition from both the government and the public. There is an endless stream of people coming in, does this matter still need to be discussed?"
Li Zhen, the minister of the Privy Council, lowered his head, with a bitter smile on his face. Then he walked out of the queue tremblingly with an old look and cupped his hands and said: "In the official family, I am old and frail and can no longer serve the country. Please beg for my remains."
"Zhongxun Gong!"
Zhao Zhen frowned and looked at him, then turned his head and asked Cheng Lin, the third commander: "Isn't this impossible?"
Cheng Lin shook her head and said: "After seeing the Qian law, the court may spend too much money..."
"this......"
Zhao Zhen rubbed his temples, then waved his hands and said: "Gong Zhongxun is less than sixty years old. It is the time to serve the country and the people. How can we abandon the country now? No!"
"minister......"
"Okay, let me put this aside for now and let me think about it carefully."
"yes."
Li Zhen withdrew sadly.
Zhao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little depressed, but he cheered up and continued to deal with government affairs.
Soon all the political affairs accumulated yesterday were completed. In the morning, all the officials dispersed and went back to their respective offices.
Originally, Lu Yijian and other three ministers and three ministers were supposed to return to their respective offices, but now they all left with Zhao Zhen.
The ministers are all used to it. The officials and several prime ministers have been mysterious and secretive recently. They stay in the palace every day and cannot come out. Even if they ask those close to them, they can't find out the reason, which is very confusing.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Zhao Zhen did not go directly to the rear garden, but held a meeting with several prime ministers in the back hall of Chuigong Hall.
"Nowadays, the imperial court's annual expenses are very high. In addition to the harm of three redundancies, the border defense military expenditure is excessive. In addition, Zhao Yuanhao is rampant and repeatedly provokes border troubles. The border troops cannot live without food."
Zhao Zhen was sitting on the Taishi chair in the back hall, looking at the three ministers and three ministers below, and said: "However, the false estimates of the Jiaoyin method are getting higher and higher. Businessmen came to Subian County to count tea, rhinoceros elephants, and money to make the false and true three blessings." , paid fourteen cents, and sat in three divisions with one hundred cents, more than six or seven times. The army of sixteen states along the Hebei border bought grain and grass in five years from the ninth year of Tiansheng to the end of the second year of Jingyou, and calculated that five hundred and sixty-six dollars was wasted. More than 180,000 strings."
Lu Yijian and others below looked solemn.
The annual military expenditure of the Song Dynasty was as high as 40 to 50 million guan, of which the bulk was occupied by the Xiang army, imperial army and rural army from various places, while the expenditure of the border army was only more than 10 million guan.
Because the Song Dynasty did not restrain land annexation, there were many landless refugees, and those who rebelled were like crucian carp crossing the river.
In order to appease the rebels, the court had no choice but to recruit and support them.
Not only are they supporting these refugees, the number of registered troops in the army currently exceeds 1.2 million, including 800,000 forbidden troops and more than 400,000 Xiang troops.
But there were countless generals living on empty pay. The imperial court had to support not only the refugees, but also the dignitaries living on empty pay.
As a result, military spending is ridiculously high.
In order to solve the problem of military expenditure, the Song Dynasty court had been thinking of ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and the tea-sitting method was one of them.
In the first year of Tiansheng's reign, the imperial court adopted Li Zhen's suggestion and adopted the method of seeing money to deal with the problem of false valuation.
Only one year after the implementation of the new law, the revenue of the capital's cargo services increased by more than 1.04 million guan, the border horses and grass increased by 11.69 million guan, and the military rations increased by more than 2.13 million guan.
However, the expenditure on tea, incense and Southeast Minqian decreased by 1.71 million yuan, and the total increased income and saved expenditure amounted to more than 6.5 million yuan.
It can be said that this is a good way to benefit the country and the people.
Unfortunately, because it harmed the interests of tea merchants and a large number of corrupt officials, there was too much opposition and it had to be cancelled.
Now that there is going to be another war on the northwest border, the imperial court is afraid that it will not be able to bear the expenditure and is preparing to restart the tea law.
But restarting the tea law meant that there were countless objections from both the government and the public. Even Zhao Zhen had to weigh the pressure from the big tea merchants, which made him very difficult.
Cai Qi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Officials, the money-seeking method is indeed a good idea in the long run, but the court also has its own difficulties. This method will make the treasury empty at once, and there are also constant voices of opposition from the Third Division. .”
Zhao Zhen sighed: "Oh, can't it be done? Zhao Yuanhao's rebellion has become settled, and war will break out in the northwest. If the border troops are so consumed, can the national treasury be maintained?"
"This tea method is also caused by three redundancies and the treasury is empty. It is not caused by one day and one night, but by various things added together."
Wang Zeng said: "Now the Song Dynasty is like a patient who is seriously ill. The disease comes like a mountain and disappears like a thread. It is impossible to cure it with strong medicine. We can only slow down step by step."
"Your Majesty, if you are in doubt, ask Zhao Jun?"
Yan Shu put forward his opinion.
"Zhao Jun?"
Zhao Zhen teased: "What good ideas can he have?"
"It's not a bad thing to ask."
Lu Yijian also agreed.
"Well."
Zhao Zhen stood up and said, "Let's go to the back garden."
Everyone went to the back garden.
By this time, Zhao Jun had already completed his first lesson for the students.
We didn’t teach formal Chinese, mathematics, etc., but we did teach a lot about popular science.
But this is something Zhao Jun is happy to see happen.
Because cultivating students' view of scientific history will help them understand mathematics, physics and chemistry.
The most important thing for students in mountain villages is to pass the exam. If they cannot be full of desire for the vast outside world, then studying hard will not have much effect.
When Zhao Zhen and others arrived, Fan Zhongyan had already taken everyone away.
The children cannot go home during this period and can only stay in the backyard. Before Zhao Jun's eyes recover, they come to class every day. No matter what Zhao Jun teaches, they will not suffer anyway.
"Teacher Zhao, you taught this class very well."
After Yan Shu entered, he first complimented and said, "The parents are full of praise. Although they can't understand what you are talking about, they all think you said it well."
Don't understand what you are saying?
Zhao Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to say: "As long as the parents are satisfied, I haven't regained my eyesight yet, so it's hard for me to teach real lessons. From now on, I will give the children two or three knowledge classes every day. I feel that the weather has improved a lot recently. Can you let me go for a walk?"
Yan Shu turned around and glanced at Zhao Zhen, who nodded. It had been raining every day a few days ago and he could still find excuses not to let Zhao Jun go out. But the weather has become sunny in recent days. It will definitely not be good to find excuses again.
After getting Zhao Zhen's approval, Yan Shu said: "Okay, let's have something to eat later, and then I will take you for a walk in the village."
"That's great, thank you Uncle Lari."
Zhao Jun was very happy, and then said: "By the way, the joke hasn't been told yet today, does Uncle Lari want to hear it?"
"listen."
Yan Shu said.
"After the Battle of Gaoliang River, a man cursed in Bianjing: "Zhao Guangyi is a stupid pig! "Soon he was tried by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Kaifeng Prefecture, and he was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, two years of which were for insulting the current emperor, and twenty years for leaking the top secrets of the Song Dynasty."
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, the entire audience fell into silence.
