Ying Jieyan was very surprised by the little emperor's words, obviously trying to restrain Wu Shuo to death, and this was contrary to the compromise reached by the Wu family secretly, and the two sides completely tore their faces, and a fight was inevitable. As a result, no matter who wins or loses, it will be a catastrophe for the Great Song Dynasty, which he does not want to see, but he also sees that as the little emperor grows up, he wants to centralize power and dictate the trend of the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, since the Wu family has made a compromise, they still have to keep their previous promise!" Ying Jie said sternly, "This time, the Wu family promised that all the children of the clan would not participate in the imperial examination within ten years, which is equivalent to cutting off their promotion path, and they will not be able to pose a threat to Your Majesty in two years, so why do you need to kill them all!" ”

"Don't worry, sir, I didn't say that I would kill him right now!" Zhao Hao replied with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there are many people in the Wu family, how can they not know the twists and turns, once it is leaked, it will be another turmoil!" There has always been a saying in officialdom that 'the county order of the broken family and the prefect of the door are destroyed', and it is easier for the emperor to secretly kill a person than to crush an ant. And at the moment, the little emperor can pardon Wu Shuo according to his promise, but who dares to promise not to attack him in the future, the Wu family once again emphasized that His Majesty should keep his promise, in fact, he is also worried that he will assassinate him.

"Sir, even if I don't kill him, can he survive the hard labor in the army with his pampered appearance? Why should I be such a wicked man! Zhao Hao said with a wry smile.

"As long as Your Majesty doesn't interfere in this matter, the Wu family will be able to dredge the joints and keep them from worrying about their lives!" Ying Jieyan was still a little uneasy when he heard it, the little emperor didn't say anything, but the people under his eyes could understand it, and there were 10,000 ways to kill him silently, so he mentioned it again.

"The Wu family can't trust me, but I can't trust them either, they think that as long as the imperial history will not be impeached, they can ensure that the queen is worry-free, so they secretly instigated people to silence the hundred officials, what is the intention of this!" Zhao Hao snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the Wu family is also very kind!" Ying Jieyan also secretly scolded the Wu family for not knowing death, the little emperor was afraid of them and wanted to kill them, but wouldn't they be coerced by doing this, this can only strengthen the little emperor's heart to get rid of them, but it will not help, but what he wants to do now is to put out the fire, not add fuel to the fire, thought about it.

"Kindness?! I only saw threats, but no good intentions, do I really think that I dare not touch them! Zhao Yu rolled his eyes and said, obviously dissatisfied with his statement.

"Your Majesty is clear about his wishes and restores the heart of the Central Plains. But you can't be in a hurry, the Wu family's forces are intertwined, how can they be eliminated in one day, and they need to be slowly planned. And the fact that he can secretly exert influence on the government also shows that His Majesty's worries are true. But in this matter, it should be beneficial to His Majesty, without the impeachment of the ministers, Your Majesty can push the boat with the current, and you don't have to deal with the queen seriously, but you can seize her power! Ying Jie said sternly.

"Sir also knows that I don't like to be coerced, and if I stop here, I feel like a wretch!" Zhao Yu was a little angry.

"Your Majesty, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. Besides, in this battle, although the Wu family did not suffer any damage from the outside, the Wu family was all the officials, and the recipients were demoted to the first rank, and the children of the Wu family were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for ten years, which was actually a serious injury. In the officialdom, there have always been people who go to the tea and cool, and there are many people who fall into the well, and the Wu family will fall in two years, and they will no longer be able to pose a threat to the emperor. Therefore, His Majesty seems to be a little angry, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty is actually victorious, and it will also alert the officials of the DPRK and China! Ying Jieyan saw that the little emperor was still not convinced, and persuaded with good words.

"What the gentleman said is true, but I'm in a hurry!" Zhao Yu said and stood up and said, "Sir, we have been lying in Qiongzhou for ten years to recover a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, there are still several states on the West Guangnan Road in the hands of the enemy, Dali and Sichuan and Shu are also occupied by Mengyuan, and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops are facing us across the river, ready to go down the Jiangnan again, the situation is even more dangerous than in Qiongzhou." But the internal instability is unstable, and I don't dare to move freely, do I have to wait another ten years before I can make a northern expedition to the Central Plains? ”

"Your Majesty's thoughts, the minister understands very well. But now there are strong enemies on the outside, and elbows everywhere inside, making it difficult for His Majesty to pay for his ambition! Ying Jieyan nodded, as an old minister of the Four Dynasties, he naturally knew that what made the little emperor feel constrained was the power structure formed since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

There is no doubt that the Song monarch was at the very top of this power structure and had the most revered position. The prime minister's institutions under the monarch, including the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, are the ruling team that rules the world with the Son of Heaven and holds the actual governance power. And the legal power of the ruler is very great, where "the Son of Heaven with the gains and losses of all opportunities, the advance and retreat of hundreds of officials, the safety of the community, the weal and woe of the people, the close and the order of Zang no, the distant and barbarian rebellion, the big and yin and yang of the peace, the small and the wealth of the valley, all the officials have their own affairs, things have their names, all of them are appointed and entrusted to the prime minister." ”

Therefore, the prime minister is all-encompassing in the world, not just a famous official. Although the edicts of the imperial court are issued in the name of the emperor, according to the legal procedures, the drafting, examination and promulgation of the edict must go through the prime minister's agency and be countersigned by the prime minister. Therefore, such a power structure is a positive force to contain the imperial power, so that the monarch's arbitrary attempts are contrary to this power structure, thus making it difficult for the imperial power to develop in such a power structure.

"Sir also knows that I have always been lazy and not a greedy king, but most of the courtiers are people who keep their careers, lack of enterprising spirit, and even have the idea of peace after being stationed in Jiangnan." Zhao Yu frowned and paced the trail anxiously in the hall, "In such a situation, the Northern Expedition is almost hopeless, and as long as Zhenjin stabilizes the interior, he will be able to quickly free up his hands and transfer the Northern Army to the south to invade Jiangnan again." At that time, even if we had the Yangtze River as our back, the front was long, there were always omissions, and if one was breached, it would be passive everywhere, and the entire defense line would collapse! ”

"In addition, in the long run, if we want to hold the defense line of the Yangtze River, we must mobilize hundreds of thousands of standing troops to the south of the Yangtze River, and the military expenditure is tens of millions per year, even if the enemy does not attack, we must also be unremittingly prepared, and this money is indispensable, and it will inevitably make the country have no savings in the long run, and once there is something, we will increase taxes, so that the country will be poor and the people will be poor. And after a long time, not only will the soldiers be slack, but they will no longer have combat effectiveness. It will also breed corruption and ruin years of hard work. ”

"Your Majesty's worries, the minister thinks it is extreme. But in the end, the rice must be eaten in one bite, and it is always necessary to stabilize the government and accumulate money and grain before it can be taken down in one drum and recover the Central Plains. Ying Jieyan chuckled.

"How can you not be in a hurry, sir? My heart is on fire, and I have to help me get an idea! Zhao Yu saw the old man stroked his beard and drank tea, and he was even more annoyed in his heart, so he sat down again.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the monarch, you must be steady, and Mount Tai will not change its face when it collapses in front of you. At this moment, the situation is complicated, and Your Majesty can't mess up first! Ying Jie Yan poured tea for the little emperor and said in a deep voice.

"Well, what the gentleman taught me is that I'm a little impatient these days!" Zhao Hao felt that he was cheap, and as soon as the old man changed his face, he felt empty and honestly admitted his mistakes.

"The minister knows His Majesty's intentions, but this matter is not urgent, and even if it is suppressed by the threat of swords and guns, it is difficult to convince people, and it is unknown if they will make a comeback when they have the opportunity." Ying Jie said sternly, "In addition, what His Majesty has done not only involves a wide range of things, but also involves the family law of the ancestors, which can not be changed overnight. ”

"What does the gentleman think is the most important thing at the moment?" Zhao Hao thought about it, the rules of three hundred years have long been engraved into the bone marrow, and they are deeply ingrained in his thoughts, especially those who have vested interests, how can they easily succumb, he arched his hand and asked the old man for advice.

"The minister thinks that the most important things at the moment are the three things of the country, the compilation of the edict and the imperial examination, followed by the military affairs!" Ying Jie Yan said in a deep voice, "The country is determined, and then the facilities are implemented in a timely manner, there is a plan for a fixed plan, and there is no confusion about the trend, and it is not difficult to raise things in the world; Compile and revise the code, and everyone in the world will abide by it; The imperial examination can select talents from all over the world for His Majesty's use. If these three things are completed, the people's hearts will be stable, the world will be stable, and Your Majesty will have a long-term plan. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true, but I think that in order to complete three things, it will take three years at least and five years at most before the initial results can be established. I have been awake for too long, can I borrow the Qin system and apply the method of Shang Marting? Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and tried to ask.

In fact, at the beginning of the recovery of Jiangnan, Zhao Yu also wanted to hold a public discussion with the ministers to discuss the state of the country and set long-term strategic goals and short-term development plans. Through the codification, we broke the shackles of the ancestral family law, and used it to reform the political system and build a new war system. As for the imperial examination, of course, it is also within the scope of his consideration, in order to absorb a wide range of talents and complete the replacement of the old and the new. At this moment, he felt that the old man's intention was to implement the 'rule of law' and use this as a basis to build a new political structure, and he felt that the Qin system was dominated by Legalism and had incomparable advantages in war mobilization and execution, so he took the opportunity to put forward his own ideas.

"Your Majesty must not, the Qin system of benevolence and righteousness is not applied and the offensive and defensive forces are different, which is not the way to build a country. The law of Shang Yang seems to be able to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but it is the law of the destruction of the country, and it is also the root of the death of Qin II.......

Zhao Yu didn't know why the old man was so excited at first, but it was not unreasonable to listen carefully, and the meaning was probably that for a country, all the people were soldiers in a special period is a powerful thing, because the war mobilization ability is strong, the war efficiency is high, the national system is war-oriented, all wealth and class are for the war, such a country is invincible in the war, it can only be the winner, because it puts all the pressure on the war, and it can't lose, and can't afford to lose.

According to Zhao Hao's understanding, if he loses, like the defeated Japan, he will parachute a management CEO to dismantle it, dismantle the parts of militarism, and reorganize a normal country according to the "will of peace". If we win, the disadvantages will be equally great, because the wartime system will inevitably be transformed into a peaceful system, and the contradictions that are hidden in wartime, the real game of interests between classes, will erupt at the moment the war ends.

Therefore, the essence of Qin's political system is a militaristic state, it was born for war, and the reason why Qin's rapid rise to become a terrifying force for the Six Kingdoms was that the Qin army's black clothes were thought to be the coming of death. And the reason is very simple, the Qin State made a living from foreign expansion, and every subject of the Qin State was born for war, and the class division did not rely on honest labor to operate legally, nor did it rely on "fighting fathers", but completely relied on military merit - the number of beheading levels.

Wealth and land are obtained through the number of killings, promotion and knighthood are made through beheading, and a large number of cultural and artistic works of the Qin State, including folk art, are all singing praises for the soldiers, and the whole society has been brainwashed. Therefore, long after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, it was actually still in a state of war, and it relied on military unification without a complete political system, nor a feasible "law", let alone a unified culture, the power of the nobles of the six countries was still there, and the power was not small, these old nobles, especially the old nobles of the Chu State, urgently needed to share power, and the Qin Dynasty certainly did not allow it.

The county system of the Qin Dynasty achieved centralized power, which was the earliest centralized power in China, and it was immature, because there was no imperial examination system at that time, not only the common people, but also the nobles with a certain strength did not have a way to enter the core of power, so the rule of the Qin Dynasty was in jeopardy. A mature state system must take into account the balance of interests in all aspects, especially the group of people with a certain degree of strength, and let some of them stand at the core of power, so as to contribute to the stability of the country.

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much, things are not as difficult as Your Majesty thinks. Although the power to govern the country is vested in the ruler, the power to appoint and dismiss the ruler is in the hands of His Majesty. And Zai Zhi has had his own impeachment and hundreds of officials to participate! Ying Jieyan looked at the little emperor with a worried face, frowning, obviously on fire, and said with a smile.

"Alas, Jiang is still old and spicy, I'm really busy and confused!" Zhao Yu smiled and patted his head. The Great Song Dynasty is the separation of the government and Taiwan, and people are also accustomed to comparing "governance" and "Taiwan", which can be seen that there is a very clear sense of separation of powers: "All the affairs of the world are entrusted to govern"; "Once the official lists his crimes, the imperial history counts his mistakes, although the patriarch is famous and Confucian, it is also called illness and given."

The monarch, on the other hand, is in a transcendent position, "often making the two (ruling and admonishing) equal, enough to control each other, but not enough to win", and if so, "the lord of man can be crowned and do nothing". The monarch should not be autocratic, which was passed down as a constitutional practice of the Song Dynasty. But he can't help but admit that this is an exquisite political structure that embodies the beauty of the Chinese style of separation of powers and checks and balances – who says there are no good institutions in traditional politics......