Chapter 1050: Seems to be nonsense

Now that the official documents are full, and there are so many seemingly irrelevant recitals to deal with, Zhao Hao's 'workload' has greatly increased, and it can be said that he forgets to sleep and eat every day, which also makes the people around him, especially several wives, distressed, but very puzzled. Because these recitals are not written in the Chinese book, but are sent directly to the palace from the place, that is to say, it is contrary to the system of the Great Song Dynasty, and this kind of appearance of playing everything in every detail is more like the little emperor asking for trouble in the eyes of others.

But in the end, this trouble is really Zhao Hao's own fault. When he first arrived in this era, he caught up with this era of chaos in the world, and with his own cleverness and 'special status', he pulled up a team and fled to Qiongzhou. Among them, there are such high-level intellectuals as Ying Jieyan and Jiang Xuan, Deng Guangjian, and Chen Zeweng. There are also people from petty officials and small landlords such as Cai Wanyi, Cai Qiao, Huang Xianyao and Zhuang Siqi, but more people are from the military and reckless and low-level society.

In modern terms, the composition of the team is relatively complex, the overall quality is not high, and the cultural level in particular is generally low. However, it did not have any impact at the beginning, at that time, the number of people was small, and everyone lived together, whether there was anything to discuss in the court, or to discuss it in private, there was basically no need to write, even if the writing was simple and clear, just on the matter, it was nothing more than a lack of consideration in the use of words, and it looked unelegant.

However, with the growth of the team, especially Zhao Hao's inheritance of the unification, the Xing Dynasty moved to Qiongzhou, and Dingfu City was the queen, and he also lived in the palace. In this way, there are fewer opportunities for everyone to meet, and everything is formalized, and official correspondence must be customized according to the old times. The cultural quality of the officials who moved with them was much higher than that of the people in the Shuaifu, and they had more experience in officialdom, which was not a matter for them, but it would be fatal for the people of the Shuaifu!

According to the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, the Shangxing text of the people and ministers must meet the writing requirements of "Recital Yiya", that is, it must conform to the moral concept of the Three Principles and the Five Constants and the elegant and correct style norms of the language. Therefore, the author of the official document should quote more scriptures, which is to show that what he says is from the ancients, in line with the Taoist system, at least to ensure that he is not out of line, does not lose his norms, and is not easy to be picked on or refuted.

At the same time, when writing exhortation documents, he often cites ancient precepts to show that his views are within the framework of Taoism and conform to the "Great Dao". This prevents the monarch from feeling offended, and is a good way to be gentle and not offended. For a long time, the system was formed, and like the supreme directive, the words of the saints must be quoted at the beginning, otherwise it could not be written.

In addition, the literati of the Song Dynasty admired the ancients, and liked to quote the language of the ancients to explain the current problems and demonstrate their own views, which is undoubtedly more convincing. And it is precisely by quoting scriptures and classics and citing the past to prove the present, which is an unthinkable method of conception, so that the argumentation of the article is impeccable, although it is suspected of 'kidnapping', but it also achieves the goal of his own negligence.

As a result, the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty formed an inherent style of writing, and a large number of official documents quoted scriptures, almost to the extent that every article was necessary, and Confucian scriptures such as "Analects", "Mencius", "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu", "Spring and Autumn", "Book of Rites", "Book of Songs" and so on were repeatedly quoted. Completely abandoning the concise and neat characteristics of the Han Dynasty's scriptures, he likes to quote long texts, likes to lay out a lot, often repeatedly quotes scriptures when explaining the same argument, and at the same time expounds and interprets the quoted texts at will.

There are also some writers who deliberately quote obscure scriptures in order to make new ones, which forms a great obstacle to reading official documents. On the whole, the use of official documents in the Song Dynasty gives people a sense of cumbersomeness, and at the same time increases the difficulty of understanding official documents. This method of using scriptures has obvious drawbacks, not only harmful to the meaning of the text, but also hindering the dissemination of official documents.

In Zhao Hao's view, whether it is ancient or modern Kumon as a practical style, only when it is written in a simple and straightforward manner can it maximize its due role. However, on the other hand, the unrestrained way of writing official documents in the Song Dynasty made the official documents lose their inherent value and were not conducive to the effectiveness of the official documents.

From a realistic point of view, Zhao Hao's most intuitive feeling is that he can't understand it. In his previous life, he was just a science and engineering man, his writing level was not high, and he had little interest in ancient classics, and these notes seemed to him to be like famous articles, and their meaning was unfathomable, so he suddenly came into contact with such a 'profound' thing, in order to prevent misreading, at first it was done with the assistance of several teachers, and the biggest feeling in his heart after he understood it was nonsense.

'intellectuals' as big as Zhao Yu don't know what to do, and the illiterate and semi-literate guys under him see it even more foggy. At this time, the generals also went to all sides, even in Beijing, because he lived in the palace, it was almost impossible for him to talk together like in the past, so he could only follow the system to ignore things.

However, the cantata is an official document of the state, and there are also cumbersome regulations in terms of procedures, operational relationships, and scripted fonts, and violators will be punished. Their writing level could not pass the review of the Chinese Book Province at all, so they were directly rejected, and they could not reach him at all, and some words were inconvenient to state in official documents.

In this case, Zhao Hao was inconvenienced, and everyone also complained, he realized that if he continued like this, he would make a mistake. So he issued an edict that the upper sparse should be simple and clear, and the writing should be less difficult to understand, but the accumulated habits are difficult to change, and it is difficult to achieve results in a short time. In addition, the submission process of the recital is also very cumbersome, which seriously affects the administrative efficiency. He could only find another way, so that his cronies and generals could submit separate documents that could not be said directly to the imperial office in the palace, without having to go through the Zhongshu Province to report.

Zhao Yu had no choice but to do this, this kind of performance is more like a private letter document, without certain rules and procedures, and it is also included in the national document, just for the convenience of communication between monarchs and ministers. After the recital was sent to the palace, he would reply to it after reading it at first, but later felt that it was too troublesome, so he directly reviewed the reply in the blank space on the original recital, and then sent it back to the musician by the sender or poster.

Later, Cai Qiao, the director of the second office of the Imperial Front Office, felt that this was too casual, and he should copy a copy of the file for future reference, and then send it back to the performer. Zhao Hao thought about it and agreed. Therefore, the Imperial Front Office specially drafted a charter for this matter, and after all the recitals were approved by Zhu, before they were returned to the performers for compliance, they should be copied by the Imperial Front Office as a rule, so that they could be copied for execution and for future reference. Individual matters related to confidentiality, or due to the request of the performer, or the emperor deems it inappropriate to make public, the original is kept in the palace, and no transcription is made, and no instructions are given.

In addition, in order to facilitate transmission and storage, the Imperial Front Office also stipulated the style and presentation procedure of such performances, so that the form of an informal document became a semi-formal official document, which was called 'Miza' by 'insiders'. Zhao Yu also hopes to have an additional channel to understand the local situation and information, make up for the shortcomings that he can't know, and at the same time use this to contact the feelings of the monarch and ministers.

Later, with the recovery of Jiangnan, the people around Zhao Yu gradually spread, and this circle also expanded. These people, regardless of their official position or status, were allowed to perform through the Miza as long as they had his permission. In addition, the content of the secret is also included more and more, and in the early stage, it was just the content of local climate, folk customs and other contents to help the emperor better understand the people's feelings. Later, it developed into the exposure of officialdom fraud and other things. Now it has developed to those who are related to people's livelihood, and they can all be heard. If there's really nothing to say, say hello and say some ''!

However, Zhao Hao recently heard a mood from these nonsense, they thought that when the Great Song Dynasty was in Qiongzhou, there would be only a few hundred, no more than 100,000 soldiers, and there was not enough money and food, but they recovered the entire Jiangnan in just one battle. Now the Great Song Dynasty alone has more than 300,000 forbidden troops, and the taxes collected per year can reach Qiongzhou for ten years.

These words seem to be complaining, but Zhao Yu understands that this kind of emotion is very dangerous, especially when these complaints mostly appear among the 'young and strong' young ministers and military generals. They include low-level officials who were born in the old battalion and are now in the military and political departments of the DPRK and China, as well as officers at all levels who have come out of the new training camp, some civilian officials from the marshal government, and scholars who have crossed the sea to join the DPRK.

These people joined the army one after another after the reconquest of Jiangnan, and although their official positions were not high, they had become the backbone of the military and administrative system. Their thinking was influenced by Zhao Yu, hoping to get rid of bad governance, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and establish an empire that surpassed the Han and Tang dynasties. It can be said that his thinking is more radical, and he is also very enthusiastic and enterprising in his work, and he is also a loyal supporter of Zhao Yu, and he is a supporter of his goal in the future.

But Zhao Hao feels that this trend of thought is very dangerous at the moment, because looking at history from the experience of his previous life, a world power is not 'beaten', but 'boiled'. In his previous life, it was also a period when national strength was rising and national pride was increasing, and there was a saying circulating on the Internet that successful powers were all fought, such as MG won World War I and World War II, and then became a world power. As long as China dares to work hard, is not afraid of sacrifice, first kills FLB, then finds an opportunity to kill RB, and finally kills MG, and overwhelms ELS, then China will become a new world power.

At that time, Zhao Yu was also a supporter of this kind of thinking, and he also learned shipbuilding because he had a dream of a great power, thinking that one day the warships he participated in the design and manufacture could run rampant across the oceans and coerce all countries. But when he really became the ruler of a country, he understood a truth, and if he did it like this, he would die a miserable death.

As a nationalist, of course, Zhao Yu did not want others to destroy his prestige, but because of his different positions, he was able to re-examine historical facts, see the other side of history, and came to the conclusion that all the rising powers that tried to achieve their superiority by "fighting" were basically destroyed.

When we look back at the history of the world in the past few hundred years, some countries have risen violently at the beginning, but the end is often beaten by people, and the face is swollen and miserable. During the Napoleonic era, Napoleon tried to use his army to further expand his sphere of influence and influence in Europe and had a fierce collision with Britain, for which Britain organized six anti-French alliances, and finally defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, Britain maintained its position as the leader, and France collapsed from the nineteenth century onwards, and was reduced to a second-rate country throughout the century.

By the middle of the nineteenth century, Russia's power had developed and the conflict with Britain had risen, culminating in the outbreak of the Crimean War, as a result of which Russia was defeated. At the end of the 19th century, Germany rose to prominence, and Britain began to restrict Germany in various ways, resulting in the outbreak of World War I, Germany was defeated, and reparations were paid. After the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were eager to become world hegemons, each organizing its own sphere of influence and military blocs, the United States formed NATO, and the Soviet Union organized the Warsaw Pact, and the two fought a fierce Cold War that lasted for 44 years, as a result of which the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States won.

Looking back at the history of the modern world, only two countries have succeeded, one is the United Kingdom and the other is the United States. The United States has been recuperating and developing itself since gaining independence. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the development of the oceanic navy began during the time of Theodore Roosevelt. No matter how the war in Europe developed, the Americans took care of their own economic development.

It was not until the end of World War I that he joined the Allies to fight against Germany, and after winning the war, he quickly withdrew his troops to the United States and continued to develop. It was not until after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that the United States directly sent troops to get involved in the European war, joined World War II, defeated Germany, Italy and Japan, and finally became the new hegemon of the world.

Looking back at this period of history, we can clearly see that in the past 160 years or so, the United States has basically not experienced serious war damage and has been developing, and although there have been short-term conflicts and wars, its main energy is still focused on developing the economy and enhancing its strength. Therefore, watching the rise and fall of a country is like a tide, with its ups and downs. For a rising power, today's upward momentum does not mean that it lasts forever; When a country begins to rise, the pressure of international risks and challenges it faces is also expanding.

In Zhao Hao's era, the same drama is also being played. First, the Khitan and the Great Song Dynasty dominated East Asia, but as a result, the Jurchens rose, the Khitan fell to the country, and the Great Song Dynasty retreated to the south of the Yangtze River; After the Jurchens won the hegemony, they did not last for more than a hundred years before they were destroyed by the Mongols, and the once glorious Great Song Dynasty also came to the end of history. The Mongol Yuan also built a super-empire that spanned the two continents of Europe and Asia, and no other country has been able to surpass its achievements until modern times.

However, history is still moving forward according to its own routine, although he is struggling to change history, but the Mengyuan Dynasty, which has been established for less than 20 years, has been divided and declined, but he knows that even if he does not appear, Mengyuan will be difficult to maintain for a hundred years, and it will still be quickly drowned in the long river of history......