"this."
Zhao Zhen hesitated and said, "Can you please not leave Bianliang? I feel uneasy without you."
Zhao Jun frowned and said, "This is what we agreed upon. I do need to go and see the people. Governing a country is like treating a patient. Only when you know where the problem lies can you find a solution, right?"
"That's true."
Zhao Zhen looked at Lu Yijian and the others.
Today, Lu Yijian and others came to see Zhao Zhen and persuaded Zhao Zhen to establish a department to coordinate the whole country and let Zhao Jun take charge of it to promote the great cause of reform.
In this way, all the affairs of the world will pile up in front of Zhao Jun, and with all the complicated affairs, Zhao Jun may not have enough energy to deal with the literati in the future.
But now it seems that Zhao Jun has made some plans for the future. He is a man with firm execution and ideas. If Zhao Zhen relies on himself alone, he may not be able to convince the other party.
Then Lu Yijian coughed twice and said, "Jun boy."
"Um?"
Zhao Jun looked at Lu Yijian.
Lu Yijian said calmly, "Actually, you've misunderstood us. We wanted you to take the imperial examination and become an official, which was also a test for you."
"oh?"
Zhao Jun said with great interest, "I'd like to hear more about it."
"You know, every move in national affairs has far-reaching consequences. If you had been an experienced official when you first came here, we would have gladly let you take charge. But you're just a young man, barely out of school. Who would dare to entrust you with state affairs right away?"
Lü Yijian stroked his white beard and said, "Zhao Kuo's father wasn't well-educated, but he loved to talk about military strategy. The Battle of Changping cost 400,000 lives. Ma Su was so skilled in strategic planning that even Zhuge Liang sought his advice. The loss of Jieting cost Shu many soldiers and generals. We are a little worried that you can't handle this heavy responsibility, so it's understandable that we're testing you first to see what you're capable of."
Although people in later generations often said that Zhao Kuo was a capable general, it was a pity that he met Bai Qi as soon as he came out of the mountains. Judging from his deeds, this may be true.
However, success and failure often determine a hero's worth, leading ancient historians to give him relatively average evaluations. For example, Ouyang Xiu, in his "On the Difficulties of Being a King," described him as "empty talk without substance and unfit for service." In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Sanwu said of him, "Eyuan only had the territory of southern Hunan, yet the government and the people still boasted about their paper armies."
Therefore, Lü Yijian used Zhao Kuo and Ma Su to illustrate the dangers of only knowing theory but not practice, and thus told Zhao Jun that it was not that they did not want Zhao Jun to do great things immediately after leaving the mountain, but that they wanted Zhao Jun to accumulate practical experience before entering the officialdom. This was also the main reason why they had always allowed Zhao Jun to take the imperial examination.
Zhao Jun didn't refute after hearing this, but just nodded and said, "Oh, really?"
"yes."
Lu Yijian spread his hands and said, "Is there anything wrong with this?"
"Well, okay, it's not wrong."
Zhao Jun then asked, "What about now? Do you think I have the talent to get things done?"
"Of course!"
Lü Yijian pointed at Zhao Jun and said seriously, "You have passed the test. We all think you are very talented, so we are proposing to the emperor that a new department be established to coordinate the affairs of the Song Dynasty. All other government offices will be under the command of this department, and you will be the head of this department. How do you do that?"
Zhao Jun did not agree immediately, but looked at Lu Yijian with a half-smile.
No one said anything and continued to look at him.
The two sides looked at each other.
After a while, Zhao Jun started laughing.
Laughing.
He laughed recklessly.
you.
So soon, it’s time to ask me for help.
I thought you could hold on a little longer and give me a reason to take action in the future.
Unexpectedly.
It's only been a few months, not much better than France.
The scholar-official class is indeed weak.
How boring.
Zhao Jun shook his head and suddenly felt that it was all meaningless.
(End of this chapter)
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