"I intend to propose to the emperor that a department be established to coordinate the state of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Jun will be in charge of planning, and we will assist him. He will plan the future development of the Song Dynasty and coordinate the development of industry, commerce, law, and other aspects."

"Everyone's energy is limited. Can Zhao Jun manage national affairs while managing the affairs of the world?"

"Furthermore, once he enters officialdom, he will inevitably have to deal with all officials. As long as he uses the right methods, he can protect the scholars and officials for at least twenty years without any major incidents."

After Lu Yijian finished speaking, he looked around and said, "Even after a few years, the Qingli New Deal might still be able to survive. At most, a large number of incompetent and corrupt officials will be dismissed. This is not a bad thing for the Song Dynasty, nor will it undermine the foundation of the scholar-officials."

After hearing this, everyone suddenly became thoughtful.

They understood what Lu Yijian meant.

The approach they had chosen before was actually somewhat confrontational.

He hoped to pull Zhao Jun into his camp and turn him into a scholar-official, thus preventing him from killing the scholars-officials.

But Zhao Jun obviously had no such intention. Even if he took the imperial examination, who knew whether this was a means to fool them?

At least he did not follow their arrangements step by step, nor did he obey their guidance honestly. Instead, he kept fooling the emperor and asked the emperor to bypass the officialdom and give him other powers.

So what can Lu Yijian and his men do?

There is no way.

Unless Zhao Jun is assassinated.

But this would be tantamount to a complete break between the entire scholar-official class and the government.

Given the current level of importance the government attaches to Zhao Jun, if something like this really happened, I'm afraid Song Renzong would become Ming Taizu.

Therefore, Lu Yijian and others did not dare to gamble, nor did they dare to really get into a life-and-death situation with Zhao Jun and the emperor.

Besides, they have been with Zhao Jun for so many days and know that Zhao Jun is a person who responds to soft words and does not respond to hard ones. There is really no need for both sides to fight to the death.

So.

Since Zhao Jun can't integrate with them.

Why can't they integrate into Zhao Jun?

If you can't beat them, join them!

As long as we build a good relationship with Zhao Jun and establish a deep friendship with each other, we can talk about a lot of things.

In many matters, they can also find ways to influence Zhao Jun.

Even if I am no longer around in the future, for their sake, I can't possibly not take care of my old friends' descendants.

Isn't this also a kind of human nature?

The only difference is that they used to be a bit superior.

Even though Zhao Jun was a later generation, they hoped that Zhao Jun would become their successor rather than be superior to them.

Comparable to self-interest.

Sometimes, lowering your posture may not be a bad thing.

At that moment, everyone's thoughts became clear.

The moment I thought of joining Zhao, I suddenly felt that the world was wide open!

(End of this chapter)

! __Military History Novel