Zhao Xu's worries are not unfounded, because since he stood up to the Empress Dowager, the old party has revived. The pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info is Su Zhe, who has been demoted, and they all have the intention of returning to the court, and there are also people on the New Party side who have been co-opted by the Queen Mother.

Due to the common outline of ethics, Zhao Xu can't do anything to the Empress Dowager, and can only face off on policy. Only by proving that the change is right, the ministers of the DPRK and the people of the world will continue to support him, of course, a master like Ji Yang is also very important.

"The emperor doesn't mind saying something offensive." Ji Yang smiled slightly.

He thought that it would be good for Zhao Xu to suffer some setbacks, at this time he was young and vigorous, and if he was not frustrated, he might not be able to listen to other people's opinions. Especially if you say something unpleasant, you say it when Zhao Xu is full of ambition, it is difficult for him to accept it.

"Don't mind, just say it." Zhao Xu waved his hand and said, he didn't use the words of forgiveness for your innocence.

"I can only see that the reason why it is so difficult to change the law is that the root cause is still in the first emperor." Ji Yang said, daring to say that his father was not in front of Zhao Xu, it is estimated that Ji Yang is also the first.

"I want to hear about it." Zhao Xu was not annoyed, and he couldn't see what he thought.

"When the first emperor changed the law, he single-handedly suppressed the opponents and spared no effort to support Wang Anshi. But I don't know that doing so has laid the root of the curse for the Great Song Dynasty, and now the two parties in the DPRK and China are fighting, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, how to change the law? Ji Yang said.

It is not an exaggeration to spare no effort, and when the history books record that Song Shenzong was still a prince, he admired Wang Anshi's talent very much, and even worshipped it. Later, Song Shenzong became the emperor, and the first thing he did was to make Wang Anshi an official, and he was promoted very quickly.

Later, Wang Anshi changed the law, and there was an old minister who had served several generations of emperors and put forward some suggestions. It stands to reason that Song Shenzong should give some face to such an old minister, but he didn't, but killed the chicken and set an example for the old minister to belittle.

At that time, whoever opposed the change of the law and who said something was not degraded.

It is conceivable how great Wang Anshi's power was during the reform of the law, and he was even more cruel and ruthless to the old party. Wang Anshi can't be blamed, because there is historical proof that those who have always engaged in law changes have not ended well, such as the famous Shang Yang Law Change.

Shang Ying's reform was successful, and the benefits to Qin were self-evident, but as soon as Qin Xiaogong, that is, the emperor at that time, died, Shang Ying was divided by the class faction. Taking into account the lessons of history, Wang Anshi naturally wanted to take advantage of the power to kill all those oppositionists.

This radical approach angered the old party, buried the hidden danger of failure to change the law, and even the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. After that, the dispute between the two parties has continued, Zhao Xu died to support the old party to the empress dowager, and Song Huizong supported the new party after succeeding to the throne, over and over again, do you say that such a dynasty can not perish.

Empress Dowager Xiang frowned slightly, it seemed that what Ji Yang said made some sense.

Zhao Xu also frowned, but he didn't want to listen to these words of accountability, but the way to solve the problem, so he replied: "Mr. Ji, I think you must have a solution, just tell me what to do." ”

Ji Yang shook his head and said, "If the emperor doesn't understand the root cause of the first emperor's failure, I just tell you the method, and it's useless." ”

Zhao Xu took a deep breath and said, "Okay, you tell me in detail." ”

Empress Dowager Xiang also pricked up her ears, wanting to hear what Ji Yang had to say.

"Your Majesty, let me ask you a few questions first, why did the first emperor spare no effort to support Wang Anshi?" Ji Yang asked.

"Wang Anshi is talented, and I will spare no effort to support him." Zhao Xu admired both the first emperor and Wang Anshi very much, otherwise he would not have changed the law wholeheartedly. The reason for his change of law is that the son inherits his father's business, and no one can say that he is not.

"Let me ask the emperor again, is Wang Anshi smart, or is the people smart?" Ji Yang asked.

"Naturally, it is Wang Anshi, how can the people be compared with the talents of Tianzong." Zhao Xu said.

"Naturally, the people can't, what if it's the people of the world, what about the people of the world?" Ji Yang continued to ask.

"Shhhh That's it. Zhao Xu couldn't answer.

Empress Dowager Xiang thought that Ji Yang would belittle the first emperor and Wang Anshi and others, but she didn't expect him to ask like this, and she asked Zhao Xu down. She looked at Ji Yang with interest, and from his ingenious question, the Empress Dowager felt that he was not simple.

Ji Yang smiled and said: "I'll answer for the emperor, the talent of the sky is not as good as the talent of the world." No matter how much Wang Anshi reads, he can still read all the books in the world, and he can see a hundred truths without mentioning a book. ”

Although Zhao Xu was unhappy, he had to admit: "It makes sense, but what does this have to do with changing the law?" ”

Ji Yang smiled and said: "Of course it matters, the emperor changed the law in order to change the world, and if you want to change the world, you have to work together with everyone in the world." But the first emperor put the heavy responsibility on Wang Anshi alone, how can he afford the world alone? ”

Zhao Xu's heart was shocked when he heard this, and his mind suddenly brightened, and he finally understood what the problem was.

Empress Dowager Xiang couldn't help but fall into deep thought, Ji Yang's words were amazing, which made her a little admired. Hearing Ji Yang say this, the problem seemed to become clear, and the Empress Dowager began to reconsider the dispute between the two parties.

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years." Zhao Xu looked at Ji Yang with burning eyes, he knew that this guy was so talented, why did he bother to do it, just let Ji Yang supervise the matter of changing the law. Then he had another problem and asked: "But the two parties in the DPRK and China are fighting, the local gentry and officials are in disobedience, and the people are complaining, how can we let the people of the world work together for me?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiang also looked at Ji Yang again, the previous sentence was just a big word, and it was not so easy to implement specific problems.

Ji Yang smiled confidently and said: "This change is like supervising the construction of a palace, Your Majesty, do you say that it is built from the top down, or from the bottom up." ”

Zhao Xu said without hesitation: "Of course, it is built from the bottom up, do you mean that the law should also be changed from the bottom up?" ”

Ji Yang nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor must not regard the change as an overnight thing, if you want to build this palace, you must firmly lay the foundation." Using the divine dog to guide the direction of the folk wind is only temporary, and if you want to completely make the people the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, you must let them recognize you. ”

"In fact, the people's requirements are not high, as long as they are well fed and clothed, they will agree with you. The top priority at the moment was to develop the economy of the Great Song Dynasty, not to think about expanding armaments to fight wars. Starting a war at this time will undoubtedly make the finances of the Great Song Dynasty even tighter, and the people's lives will be more miserable, so how can they support you to change the law. I know that the first emperor and the emperor are unwilling to be oppressed by the barbarians, and they want to breathe a sigh of relief, but the big man can bend and stretch, and the same is true of the big country. ”

The economy of the Northern Song Dynasty was originally very prosperous, but in the period of Song Shenzong, it fell to a low point. After the failure of the reform, it was even more difficult for Zhao Xu's generation to become economic, so it was said on the Internet that how prosperous the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty was, it also depended on which emperor period.

"The reform law is precisely to promote economic development, so it is said that the green seedling law is beneficial to the country and the people, but in the end, it is a mess because of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, gentry and nobles. In my opinion, if you don't suppress it, it's useless to use any method! Zhao Xu was angry with those local officials and gentry and aristocrats.

"No, if the emperor doesn't use the Qingmiao Law, how can the magistrates and gentry and nobles do everything they can." Ji Yang said with a smile.

"If you don't use the Seedlings Law, how can you promote economic development?" Zhao Xu was puzzled.

Speaking of this, it is a bit troublesome, it is difficult for Ji Yang to make an ancient person understand the planned economy and the market economy. To a large extent, Wang Anshi's reform was to allow the state to control private trade, that is, a failed planned economy.

Of course, it is unlikely that a market economy could be realized in ancient times, after all, the national conditions are different. The feudal society engaged in a market economy, which may promote the development of commerce, but at the same time, it will also make the power of the gentry and nobles greater and completely suppress the imperial power.

Even in China, it has not completely engaged in the Western system, and the state still monopolizes some important fields. Unlike Western countries, where almost everything is a free market, and the country is controlled by arms bosses.

If Ji Yang said this, Zhao Xu would definitely not agree.

"In my opinion, Wang Anshi's new policy has failed, and it can only be changed again." Ji Yang said.

"If you change again, do you have a better Fa?" Zhao Xu asked.

At the beginning of Wang Anshi's reform, he tried the green seedling method in a region, and achieved very good results. Because he personally tried it in the region, there was no interference from the gentry and nobles, and there was no interference from other officials, so the effect was naturally good.

Later, the nationwide implementation failed, and Wang Anshi and Song Shenzong were stunned, and they couldn't figure out the reason at all.

At this time, Zhao Xu didn't know the root cause of the failure, and the Qingmiao Law was good in his eyes. And the reasons that Ji Yang said before were actually summed up by later generations, how could Zhao Xu know so clearly.

"If we want to change again, we have to discuss it carefully." Ji Yang has some ideas.

"Okay, let's go to the study and talk." Zhao Xu said.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Yang, Zhao Xu, and Empress Dowager Xiang came to his study, while Ding Chunqiu and the two were waiting outside. When the maid was pouring tea, Ji Yang was still thinking about how to make Zhao Xu accept the side effects of the state's control of the economy.

If the economy wants to develop well, it is natural that the more free it is, the better, but too much freedom will cause contradictions with the country. Especially in feudal society, it is impossible for the state to make a group of businessmen a pillar, or even a huge class, to influence state decision-making. (To be continued.) )