Once people have lofty ambitions, they will work hard to achieve them, but this must be based on the possible, otherwise it will become too ambitious.

The ugly duckling will never become a swan, because it is a duck in the first place.

It is possible for the party to want to rise, but he has too many conditions, and the Great Song Dynasty is surrounded by tigers and wolves, and his party is not like this?

There is the Great Song Dynasty in the south, the Liao Dynasty in the northeast, and the Tubo in the southwest, and its expansion direction is only the vast Western Regions, but this former Silk Road has declined and fallen silent with the loss of contact with the Central Plains Dynasty, and there is no longer the prosperity of the past.

The party thought that cutting off trade between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions could curb the development of the Great Song Dynasty and easily take over the weak Western Regions states, but it was wrong, and the Western Regions obtained by the party were just the vast Gobi......

Just when Li Yuanhao began to reform his party, Zhao Zhen in the palace of the Great Song Dynasty also started a new round of reform of his Great Song Dynasty, which will be an unprecedented change, and the resistance is unimaginable, but Zhao Zhen is still persistent.

There is no other reason, this is an important measure to protect the long-term survival of the Great Song Dynasty, legislating for the country!

Law is a system of norms that reflects the will of the ruling class and is enforced by the coercive power of the state. To put it bluntly, law is a product of the state, and it is something that the ruler forcibly restricts the state within a certain scope through a certain legislative procedure in order to achieve the purpose of ruling and administering the country.

Through the study and analysis of the book "Han Feizi", Zhao Zhen came to the secret of the Central Plains Dynasty to maintain a long-term and stable rule, external Confucianism and internal law, and the learning of Huang Lao.

Picked up the book on the table that began to be compiled during the Taizu period, "Song Criminal Tong", this is the only law book in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the law that the Great Song Dynasty has been constantly editing over the years, but the content is still imperfect, there are many mistakes, omissions and irrationalities, and some even contradict themselves.

How can such laws be enforced by officials and obeyed by the people? Zhao Zhen felt that if it weren't for the fact that this "Song Criminal Rule" was ordered by Taizu to be edited, the Great Song Dynasty would not even use this thing.

In many places, officials in the state base judge things according to their own moral standards, which is called the rule of man, and its definition comes from Confucius. Confucius believed that "the government of civil and military affairs is laid out in the policy." If the government is in the people and the people survive, then the government will act, and if the people die, the government will rest".

Zhao Zhen slightly admired, this sage is very right in his analysis, the politics of the Central Plains Dynasty for many years have been like this, the death of people is an inevitable fact, the history of the Great Song Dynasty is like this, Fan Zhongyan's reform, Wang Anshi's reform, that is not the death of the people, or even the cold of the people when they go to tea.

However, the rule of man is a theory of governance advocated by Confucianism, and the main reason why it has been regarded as an orthodox idea by feudal rulers for a long time is that it puts power in the hands of a few people, such as emperors and scholars......

As the ruling class, the emperor and the scholars were originally a privileged class, and no matter how Zhao Zhen tried to balance power, this was an indisputable fact.

The opposite of the rule of man is the rule of law, why are the people of later generations freer than the ancients? Because everyone lives under the rule of law, all daily life is carried out according to the lines prescribed by the law, and if the law is violated, both officials and civilians will be punished.

But the Great Song Dynasty is different, unless the emperor Zhao Zhen orders the punishment of officials, they will not be punished much, and the people will be severely punished by the rule of man, this is the difference, this is injustice!

Zhao Zhen has been looking for theoretical evidence of the legal system, so that he has been recognized by the literati in the court, and now that the Legalist work of "Han Feizi" has been published, Zhao Zhen is of course like a treasure.

Touching the fluff on his chin, Zhao Zhen smacked his lips and muttered to himself: "How to balance the rule of man and the legal system, so that the law of the Great Song Dynasty is neither a principle nor a human favor?" ”

The young emperor was in trouble, because he saw the benefits of the rule of man, and he could look at the problem more humanely, for example, Bao Zheng sat down and sentenced Kaifeng Mansion to be quite good, because the people lived and worked in peace and contentment under his rule, and admired his judgment so much that the people were convinced, but if it was changed to another person, it would be different, which was the advantages and disadvantages of the rule of man.

Yan Shu, who had just stepped into the imperial study, said: "Why is Your Majesty so confused, set up a new law for the people of the world to abide by, as long as the people do not violate the law, they will not be punished, what does it have to do with human feelings?" ”

Zhao Zhen raised his head and smiled: "You have been influenced by Confucian classics since you were a child, but now you are alive with Legalist thoughts, and you are not afraid that the ministers and ministers in the court will say that you deceive your teachers and destroy your ancestors." Since you are here, sit down, there is no outsider here who does not have to adhere to Confucian etiquette. ”

Yan Shu's face stiffened, and the official's words really accused him of giving up Confucian etiquette, his face turned slightly red, and he stood aside and bowed and said, "The minister is wrong......

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Look, this is the disadvantages of the legal system and the rule of man, if everything is in accordance with the law, where is the human affection, I will read with you and Cai Boyu, and they can be regarded as half friends, don't be in a hurry to deny it, this is an indisputable fact." If you and I follow the legal system, you must worship every time you see each other, otherwise it will be disrespectful, so how many times should Cai Boyu and you be imprisoned? ”

Yan Shu stood in place with his mouth open, as if it was really as the official said......

Zhao Zhen looked at his tangled appearance and smiled slightly, he didn't expect that the shrewd and decisive Yan Shu could also be troubled by this question, maybe no matter what temple in the Great Song Dynasty, the ministers couldn't answer this question, right?

Fortunately, there are many people and great power, Zhao Zhen not only summoned Yan Shu, but also Cai Boyu and Ding Wei Xia Zhu and others. But only Wang Zeng was not summoned, this Zhongshu Men Pingzhang, who had worked hard for the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, was already dying, although he still had the name of prime minister, but Zhao Zhen basically did not let him go to the court, and he was old enough to cultivate at home, unless he encountered a major event, Zhao Zhen did not plan to let him go to the court.

Yan Shu was still thinking about how to balance the rule of man and the legal system, Zhao Zhen looked at him and smiled slightly, Yan Shu still loves to think so much, once he encounters a problem that he doesn't understand, he has to come up with an answer, otherwise it will be difficult to sleep and eat.

The way of the emperor is to be able to employ people, and leave the questions he doesn't understand to his subordinates, and lean his body slightly relaxed on the back of the chair, to be honest, the back of the chair full of dragons is not comfortable, but this is better than sitting in the seat with a straight stick all day.

The fragrance of tea overflowed, replacing the sandalwood in the imperial study, sandalwood made people refresh, but Zhao Zhen couldn't stand the smell, fragrant, deep, long, the smell of tranquility, holiness and restraint made Zhao Zhen feel that he was in a huge cage, which would make him more nervous than relaxed.

So the fragrance of tea replaced sandalwood as the smell in the imperial study and even the harem, which is the subtle influence of the emperor's will on the surroundings, this is the privileged class, this is the most subtle embodiment of the rule of man......