With the change of Ying Jieyan's words, Zhao Yu already understood their painstaking efforts, and they used the historical central government's local supervision and supervision system as an entry point to advise themselves. Think about the two years since he became the leader of Jiangnan, those military generals who had followed him have all been promoted to high positions, and in the name of strengthening the defense of the river, they have been entrusted with important tasks, and they have always led the military government, while those state officials are like their staff, and their status has greatly declined.

In addition to rewarding meritorious deeds, Zhao Hao's actions are nothing more than the intention of suppressing civil servants and elevating the status of military ministers. But there is also a risk in doing so, because they are in charge of tens of thousands of troops and occupy strategic points, and in the long run, their position is not difficult to collude with those civilian officials, so the monitoring system is like a fictitious for them, and it is out of the supervision of the central government.

However, Zhao Yu did not fail to take into account this risk, he has always firmly grasped the financial power and personnel appointment power in his hands, no money, no one, even if they want to rebel, they will not succeed. In addition, he also monitored the various ministries through the affairs bureau, and contained them through the marquis Yu in charge of military affairs, so that once there was a disturbance, he could be informed in time and dealt with decisively. But he also knows that this is not a perfect solution, and it is impossible to plug all loopholes, but it is the most effective method at the moment.

In order to stir up the troubled waters of the imperial court, Zhao Yu also used newcomers in the same way as the emperors of previous dynasties. He first assigned several cronies of the Imperial Front Office to important positions in various important places, and then installed a group of officials recruited and trained in Qiongzhou into the imperial court and localities to serve as grassroots officials, especially in counties and townships. In order to break the monopoly of local forces and implement their own policies, they further strengthened their control over the localities as they moved to the localities to take charge of the armed forces at the grassroots level and powerful departments.

While consolidating local power, Zhao Yu also infiltrated the imperial court, using Chen Yizhong's rebellion case to start installing his own cronies in various ministries, and promoted Jiang Xuan and Chen Zeweng brothers into the cabinet to strengthen his voice in the court. And took the opportunity of transforming Lin'an City to suddenly promote Zhou Yi to a high position, breaking the rules of employing people in the DPRK and China, and warning those who are half-hearted. And Zhou Yi really competed, comprehended his intentions, gave himself a long face, successfully opened up the situation, and laid the foundation for his next move.

Now that the two old men have pointed out these two things openly and secretly, Zhao Hao feels that what he has done has disagreed with the ministers, and letting Ying Jieyan and Liu Huang come together also shows that the situation is very serious. Of course, he didn't think that the two of them had been distracted from him, and he would remind him just out of concern for himself, but how to solve this matter gave him a little headache!

After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Zhao Yu stood up and walked to the window, and a cool autumn breeze blew in, which lifted his spirits. At this time, the flowers in the flower garden outside the window are still vibrant, as if they are showing their last fragrance before the arrival of winter. Looking up at the sky, the sky that is always gloomy in summer suddenly opens up with the arrival of autumn, which is in line with the old saying that autumn is high and cool. Take a look at a pool of autumn water in Xiaoxi Lake, where the wind blows and ripples, pushing the waves to the shore.

Zhao Hao looked at the autumn scenery outside the window, and his dull mood seemed to be much better. He knew that the perfect system of supervision and supervision by the central authorities over the localities was beneficial in safeguarding the unity of the country, the smooth implementation of government decrees, and the rectification of the administration of officials. As far as the supervision system itself is concerned, if this issue is to be carried out vertically, it can become a special history, and if it is carried out horizontally, it also involves the functions of the central supervision system and the entire imperial history platform. From a local perspective, it involves the evolution of the entire local administrative system, and it is necessary to understand not only the history but also the practical significance.

At the same time, its development history also tells us that in the process of formulating the system, it will naturally vary with the relationship of interests, and the purpose and effect of the system design will often run in reverse, so the formulation of laws and systems is important, but how to implement it is more important, and the system must be constantly revised with the changes in the situation. However, Zhao Hao thinks that in addition to the system, it is fundamentally a human problem, and after the change of people's values, his attitude towards the system is not how to follow the design of the perfect system, but how to exploit the loopholes of the system, that is, the so-called policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

Then any system has its variations, and the form and substance can go in reverse, and the form often becomes a cover for the corrupt behavior that violates the system. Therefore, strict supervision of the entire administrative process has become an indispensable condition for the implementation of the system. There are so many lessons to be learned not only in history, but also in real life. Although there is no complete Song law today, the imperial edicts inherited and promulgated are not numerous, but the effect and implementation status are still a big problem.

Therefore, don't think that everything will be all right if you have the law, because the actual implementation of the law varies greatly from person to person, from time to time, and from place to place. Because the system is dead, people are alive, and in the minds of some people, the system is for people to see, and there are unspoken rules for doing things. However, relying solely on the system to govern people has its limitations, and the most fundamental thing is to manage officials well, to set the social atmosphere right, and to be able to suppress evil in terms of concept.

Zhao Yu sighed with Ying Jieyan and the two of them, and after combing it out, he felt deeply, but he also had another understanding. He is well aware that the establishment of a state system is inextricably linked to the cultural and ruling ideology and social changes of the era.

After the transformation of the Tang and Song dynasties, through the strong promotion of the imperial examination system, a scholarly bureaucratic class rose rapidly. The elite among them claimed to be the actual bearers of the safety of the world and the welfare of the people, and issued an appeal to the emperor to "rule the world with scholars", showing a consciousness that was very different from that of the previous generation of scholars. That is to say, in terms of the emphasis of science on the "way of the inner sage and the outer king", it is aimed at the "inner sage" kung fu that aims to pass the "inner sage" kung fu of studying things, enlightenment, sincerity, righteousness, and self-cultivation, and finally falls on the way of the "outer king" of the Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world.

Therefore, the culture of the Song Dynasty is essentially a WTO type culture, which pays attention to practice, emphasizes the economy, and fundamentally pays attention to how the people survive and develop, and how the country is peaceful and strong, reflecting the sentiment of "taking the world as its own responsibility". Fan Zhongyan's famous words of "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", and Zhang Zai's call of "establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a life for the people, continuing to learn for the saints, and opening peace for all generations" are all classic expressions of this concept and feelings.

In the late Tang Dynasty, after the five dynasties, loyalty, righteousness and honesty were swept away. In the process of the reconstruction of Neo-Confucianism, no effort was spared to commend the integrity of the famous festival, and by the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, "the Chinese and foreign gentry were known to be high in the name and festival". The integrity of the name urges outstanding scholars and bureaucrats to "seek progress in vain", and consciously believe that "punishment and reward are temporary honor and disgrace, and its power lies in the ruler of the time; The name is the honor and disgrace of eternity, and its power is in the clear discussion", and the evaluation of the present and future generations regards themselves as an eternal value that is higher than rewards and punishments and transcends life.

Of course, there are deep-seated reasons for social changes in the cultivation of the independent personality of the scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty, but the role of the policy protection and ideological orientation of the supreme ruler cannot be ignored. In particular, most of the monarchs of the Song Dynasty boasted of "admonishing Taiwanese" and "those who do not sin their words" as "admonishing Taiwanese" who were responsible for the function of supervising power, "using the power of bullets to nourish their courage to speak". It was precisely because the supreme ruler was able to "tolerate rumors and cultivate the vigor of his subordinates" and prompted the scholars and bureaucrats to "treat themselves more lightly, and to treat each other with each other, and to prosper day by day" that they were able to discuss and discuss politics relatively fully and realize their political ambitions.

Looking at the system of the Song Dynasty, the perfection of its top-level design and the progress of the ruling ideology also complement each other, promote each other, and unfold simultaneously. The ruler's thinking has reached the point where "the law of the world should be shared with the world." There is a division to die, although the Son of Heaven is not allowed to be private, and then the great prince of the world is established. Consensus. While establishing the basic national policy of reusing civil servants and suppressing military generals, the founder of the country made a special oath not to kill scholars and ministers, as a system guarantee that future monarchs must abide by.

This level of political tolerance was unprecedented in the Chinese imperial era, so the Song Dynasty government was the most enlightened and tolerant of all Chinese dynasties. As a far-reaching political legacy, it is inherited by future generations. Until the imperial era before modern times, except for the time of the dynasty's Ding Revolution, there has never been a great chaos of the overthrow of imperial power and local separation, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Qize was used by later generations.

There are no absolute things in the world, and there will be no perfect system, and naturally the legacy left by the Great Song Dynasty also has negative factors, and the pros and cons are often entangled and symbiotic. But in Zhao Yu's experience, the Great Song Dynasty is not such a wonderful golden age in the eyes of later generations, nor is it such an unbearable 'weak Song Dynasty', it is more of a choice of the times.

It is undeniable that the Song Dynasty did have a new atmosphere in the political, economic, social, and cultural fields, but the social changes during the Tang and Song dynasties did not depart from the framework of absolute monarchy and landlord economy. Misreaders tend to detach themselves from the premise and look at those who over-glorify the Song Dynasty regardless of time period and region, and misread them with partial generalizations, but there are also those who are extremely beautifiers who equate the politics of the Song Dynasty with the current Chinese model. Absolute, universal, and consistent certain new elements, and then use them as a supporting basis for excessive exaggeration, the result is inevitably contrary to historical facts.

As far as the political legacy is concerned, although the design of its system ensures the centralization of the monarchy and the eradication of separatism, it is always and everywhere "to prevent things and to bend them." In the military, the malaise of fragmentation, lack of coordination, and difficulty in overall planning has been closely followed, which has seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the army. Administratively, it is not uncommon for there to be multiple government departments, redundant officials, and inefficiency. As a result, when a strong enemy is pressing the situation and the situation is chaotic, it is inevitable that there will be a lack of vitality and a shortness to deal with.

As far as the spiritual heritage is concerned, Neo-Confucianism, as the core of spiritual culture, has indeed injected many new elements into the times, but with the pressure of the external environment and the strengthening of internal autocracy, since the Li Sect, science has been respected as the mainstream of Song studies, and has been promoted to official learning.

The Song Dynasty scholars and bureaucrats did enjoy a certain degree of freedom of speech, which was relative to other autocratic dynasties, but even the Song Dynasty was limited to a period of benign political ecology. After the southern crossing, the political ecology deteriorated significantly, and Qin Hui, under the acquiescence of Song Gaozong, repeatedly imprisoned the opposition to death; It is well known that Han Yanxuan fell into political enemies with "pseudo-learning against the party" and strictly banned Taoism and Taoism. Regardless of the premise and time period, it is obviously a big mistake to judge the Song Dynasty as "an era without a forbidden area for thought" and "an era without a prison of words".

Neo-Confucianism has indeed made great efforts to strengthen people's hearts, and a group of scholars and doctors such as Fan Zhongyan, Bao Zheng, and Wen Tianxiang have also appeared. The elite has the power of example, but morale always interacts with the political style. Under the good political style, during the celebration of the calendar and the Jiayou, the morale was relatively uplifted, and the ethics were naturally high. Once the political situation is dirty, although there are still a few scholars and doctors who are not aggrieved, but when Qin Hui, Han Yanxuan, Shi Miyuan and Jia Yidao were dictatorships, their morale was defeated, and Sven was swept away. It shows that the general assertion that the Song Dynasty was the "era of gentlemen" is undoubtedly a misreading.

Some people say that there was a dispute between the old and new parties during the period of Song Shenzong and Song Zhezong, and that "the reform party with Wang Anshi as the idol and the conservative party with Sima Guang as the idol took turns in power", which was used to prove that the Song Dynasty had "republican elements". This argument confuses the rotation of the two parties in the ancient imperial system with the rotation of the two parties in power in the modern sense. The crux of the one-word difference is aimed at erasing the essential difference between a democratic republic and an absolute monarchy.

Both Song Xiaozong and Song Lizong entered the throne as side branch clans, which some have misinterpreted as "the openness of 'anyone can be emperor'" in politics. Throughout the Chinese dynasties, the practice of supporting the ruler because of the absolute heir of the monarch was not unique to the Song Dynasty, and it would be inconceivable to beautify it as the Song Dynasty already had the "concept of opening up imperial power". You don't see it, the imperial power is still privately granted and received among the descendants of the emperor surnamed Zhao, where to talk about the "opening of imperial power".

Some people interpret the relative constraints of the Song Dynasty on imperial power and its decision-making process as "imperial power became a symbol of the highest public power". As everyone knows, the relative constraints of the Song Dynasty must ultimately be premised on the emperor's conscious acceptance of power checks and balances. This also determined that the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who represented the imperial power, could not be completely hypothetical like the modern constitutional system, and it could not be said that the Song Dynasty "guaranteed that the public power of the state belonged to the whole society to the greatest extent with the system".

Therefore, the Song Dynasty made great progress in political civilization, but all its progress was relative and operated under an autocratic regime; The emperor is still the supreme decision-maker of the country, and all the top-level designs under the ancestral family law serve the absolute monarchy and centralization. To say that the state power of the Song Dynasty has transcended interest groups is groundless and contrary to historical facts.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hao felt that his current correct approach should be to rationally distinguish the newborn and bath water in the Song Dynasty inheritance......