Chapter 212 The Lessons of Anshi's Reform

"I once gave Liuqiu a pair of doors to the primary school."

After confirming that the three Zaifu really didn't know about this, Zhao and Ju only smiled bitterly, but they couldn't be completely blamed, there have been constant domestic affairs in the Song Kingdom recently, and no one can control that much, and the time for the Jin Kingdom to change the law is still short after all.

It's just that this also shows a mentality of the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, they are indifferent to foreign affairs, especially about other domestic affairs.

"That's what the door union said: the sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the family, the country, the world, everything is concerned." Zhao Heju said: "I am going to hang such a pair in the Guozijian, what do you think?" ”

Summoning the three Zaifu here, of course, is not an inconsequential matter such as hanging a couplet, and the three Zaifu all understand that this is actually the Son of Heaven reproaching them for not caring enough about foreign affairs, that is, the affairs of the world. Thanks to the "Great Song Times Weekly", these officials now know that outside the Great Song Dynasty, and even outside the neighboring countries of the Great Song Dynasty, there are still countless land populations and countless countries. Just knowing family and state affairs is no longer enough to meet today's needs.

"I summoned Zhu Qing this time for the matter of the Jin Kingdom's change of law, and the secret fold of the Ministry of Justice, please circulate it." Zhao and Ju handed over the secret fold to Cui He, and Cui He didn't have the tired look of Fang Cai at this time, he looked at it with his eyebrows, and then handed it to Ge Hong, who read it and passed it to Xue Ji.

"What do you think?" Seeing that the three of them had finished reading, Zhao Heju asked.

Xue Ji first said: "Your Majesty, this matter is quite worrying, although the change of the Jin Kingdom is just to pick up the tooth wisdom of the Son of Heaven and follow my Great Song Dynasty, but if the Jin Kingdom is rich and the people are strong because of this, I am afraid that it will be restless again." ”

"Exactly, the ambition of the wolf son of the Jin Kingdom, my old capital of the Great Song Dynasty has not yet been restored, if it is allowed to be strong, it will really be a problem for my Great Song henchmen." Ge Hong agreed.

"The minister thinks what the two of them said when they participated in politics is very true." Choi nodded with the end.

"I think so." Zhao Youju said: "Since this is the case, do the three of you have a countermeasure?" ”

This countermeasure is naturally difficult to say, although the alliance between Song and Jin is a blank piece of paper that can be torn up at any time, and there is always an excuse to go to war. But the three of them all knew that the Great Song Dynasty, which had just recovered some vitality, was actually not suitable to start another big war.

"Your Majesty, now the forbidden army in the country is waiting for training one after another, and it is impossible to gather troops to attack it." Ge Hong's heart moved, and he said quietly: "The guards are loyal and brave, and they have a great victory over Menghu, Your Majesty can send the guards to cut gold, order the flow to supply supplies, and the state capital along the way will fully cooperate with ......"

"Humph!" Zhao Youju suddenly snorted and glared at him fiercely.

Ge Hong's strategy seemed to be just a little excited, but Zhao Youju was not a fool and knew what he actually meant.

To put it bluntly, Ge Hong, even including Cui He, Xue Ji and other ministers of the DPRK and China, is still wary of the rapid rise of the Liuqiu forces, and after he saw the combat power of the Liuqiu Guards, this vigilance even turned into a kind of fear. In their opinion, such an army is not in the hands of the court, but simply relying on the personal prestige of the Son of Heaven to bind, which is really a hidden worry for the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, if there is an opportunity to weaken the Guards, they will definitely be happy to see it. Ge Hong's strategy seemed to be to make the Guards make new contributions, but in fact the people did not know, but they knew that in the Battle of Taizhuang, the Guards suffered heavy losses, almost two-tenths of the total number were killed in battle, and more than half of the wounded were wounded, so that when they came to sacrifice prisoners, they could only gather 3,000 soldiers who were still intact.

Ge Hong was silent, Cui He smacked his lips as if he was sipping tea, and Xue Ji's eyes were staring at his toes.

"I am not Gaozong, and the Guards are not the Yuejia Army." Zhao Youju emphasized: "Ge Qing, unless you want to be Qin Hui, don't move in the future with such thoughts!" ”

"Yes." Ge Hong was shocked.

The Son of Heaven in front of the tomb of King Yue in the West Lake, built the temple of the King of Hubei in the inner library, and cast Qin Hui with white iron, his wife Wang's and other traitors who defended Yue Fei's kneeling statue, and wrote the book "Qingshan is fortunate to bury the bones of loyalty, and the white iron innocently casts the minister", this matter is not long ago, the Son of Heaven even erected a monument in front of the temple, and there is a saying: "Those who are not mad do not make Qin thieves stand up".

If the Son of Heaven really used his strategy to weaken the Guards, he would be surrounded by sweat and sweat, and I was afraid that he would have to take out Ge Hong and compare him with Qin Hui. An knows whether he will kneel in front of the Guards Sacrifice Temple in the future!

"If the whole country is cut down, ......" Xue Ji came to his senses, and he said: "My Great Song Dynasty will win, and it will also hurt the vitality, so it is better to find another way." I thought it was ...... Or can you gather troops at the border to disturb it? ”

"No, now the monarchs and ministers of the Jin Kingdom are not stupid like Jin Xuanzong, if it is invalid, it is just to provoke hatred in vain. Your Majesty, what is the reaction of Menghu now? Cui and Zhidao: "Can you make Menghu cut it down?" ”

This is a headache for Zhao and Ju, because since the Battle of Taizhuang, Peng Yibin led the loyal army to pass the daimyo, and was attacking the city and plundering land in Hebei, and Menghu retreated on all fronts, giving up half of Hebei. The strength of the Loyal and Righteous Army reached its limit, so the two sides confronted each other across the Boundary River. Monhu blocked the border, and all the people near the border were driven away, so it was impossible for Xizuo to send back the news.

Until now, nearly two months have passed since the Battle of Taizhuang, and Zhao and Ju have not received accurate information about Menghu's interior, but they only know that Torre left Polu in Yanjing and went back to the grassland to fight for the throne.

"It's better to ask for others than for yourself, it is almost impossible to expect Menghu to weaken the Jin Kingdom for us, although I sent Hu Lu's first achievements to the Jin Kingdom and blamed him, but Menghu hates me and the Great Song Dynasty is only afraid of getting into the flesh and bones, and Hebei Road must be strengthened to prevent Menghu from going south again." Zhao and Ju vetoed Choi's proposal.

The three prime ministers looked at each other, this is not or that, it is clear that the Son of Heaven has his own idea, since this is the case, why should the three of them be summoned to discuss?

"I think about it, Jin Guo is just learning from our Great Song Dynasty, even Jin Guo is thinking about changing the law at this time, if my Great Song Dynasty does not want to forge ahead, I am afraid that I will inevitably be caught up." Zhao Heju said: "I invited Zhuqing to come to ask Zhuqing to offer advice and suggestions to see what other aspects of my Great Song Dynasty can promote innovation." ”

Ge Hong swallowed his saliva, his throat twitched violently, Xue Ji and him also had such a look, but Cui He seemed to have expected it, still squinting his eyes and smiling on his face.

"Official, now that my Great Song Dynasty is renewed, it seems, it seems that there is no need to change anything." After waiting for a while, Cui He and Xue Ji just didn't speak, Ge Hong sighed secretly, and at this time he could only stubbornly object.

"I think that my Great Song Dynasty has been suffering for a long time, although it has improved slightly, isn't Anzhi a return to the light?" Zhao Heju said categorically: "Change is the trend, the trend of the times, unstoppable, if I can't take advantage of the situation, then what will change is not the law, but the country!" ”

"Your Majesty is cautious, Your Majesty is cautious!" Hearing that the Son of Heaven raised whether to change the law to the point of changing the dynasty, Xue Ji hurriedly persuaded: "Ge is also dedicated to the country, not the way to block innovation......

Zhao Youju glanced at Xue Ji a little strangely, although Ge Hong had a good relationship with Shi Dang, but his friendship with Xue Ji was very ordinary, originally Xue Ji shouldn't have spoken for him, with Xue Ji's character, it was already good not to beat the water dog at this time. But the corner of his eye swept the smile of Cui and the old fox, and Zhao Heju immediately understood again.

No matter how different Xue Ji, Ge Hong, or even Cui and their political views are, they are all the same in restricting imperial power and safeguarding the rights and interests of bureaucrats and doctors, the difference is that Cui is more tactful and knows how to compromise with the Son of Heaven, Ge Hong is more forbearant and generally does not express his opinions easily, while Xue Ji is more on the wall and does not hesitate to stand on the side of the Son of Heaven when necessary.

And because Cui worshiped him, Ge Hong and Xue Ji were a little frustrated, and the two of them reached a tacit understanding to stabilize each other's positions and consolidate their power, which was also what it should mean.

"This matter cannot be held on for a long time, and it must be concluded quickly." Zhao Youju wanted to understand this, so he suppressed his anger, at this time, he should not force these scholars to be too much, so as not to cause a fierce backlash, anyway, he was convinced that with his prestige at this time, as well as the foundation laid in the past year, there was also a division among the Confucian scholars who had mastered the public opinion, as long as he used it properly, he could win the problem of changing the law after all, and there was no need to fight with Zhen Dexiu in person as he did at the beginning.

The three Zai Fu were silent for a while, Ge Hong looked at the two colleagues, no one knew what Cui was talking to, although Xue Ji said a word for himself, but it was impossible for him to rush to the front and contradict the Son of Heaven, and in the end, only he came forward.

Thinking of this, he felt a little remorseful in his heart, he didn't design to arch Xuanzhen at the beginning, but now at least Xuanzhen is in front of him, how can he expose himself to the anger of the Son of Heaven?

"Your Majesty, this matter is a matter of national capital, and the three ministers and others are shallow in their knowledge, so they can't make a conclusion suddenly. It is better to wait until the next time to return to the court, His Majesty asks the hundred officials, there are many people with wisdom, or there is something to gain. He thought about it and decided not to confront the Son of Heaven head-on, but instead made a detour, encircled Cui He and Xue Ji, and used a delaying tactic.

He was convinced that most of the officials in the DPRK and China would not approve of the drastic changes of the Son of Heaven.

Zhao Youju laughed slowly, Xue Ji's heart trembled violently, he remembered the time when he drove Xuan Xuan out of the court, and the Son of Heaven also smiled so slowly and softly.

"Cui Qing, Xue Qing, you two are also obsessed with this?" Zhao and Ju asked Cui and Xue Jidao.

"The minister thinks that the dynasty has come to this point, and it has to change." Xue Ji felt cold sweat on his back, and his legs were a little weak, so he hurriedly replied.

"The minister also thinks that the act of innovation has to be sent like an arrow on the string, but how to innovate still needs to be considered, so don't make it too hasty." Choi replied.

That's what the minister meant...... That's what the minister meant. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Ge Hong said.

It was not that he changed his position, but because he suddenly realized that whether to "change" or not was not the fundamental issue for him to argue with the Son of Heaven, and how to "change" was the key. Nowadays, due to the strong rise of Liuqiu, the Son of Heaven's preference for the study of Liuqiu, which is called "Xinxue", is already a well-known thing, and the impact of the rise of Liuqiu has also made the Great Song Shizi have a different understanding of "change" than before.

"What Ge Qing said about asking hundreds of officials for advice, I think it is extremely reasonable." Zhao Youju smiled and stared at Ge Hong, who also remembered the situation when he poured the frieze last time, and his face turned white.

"It's just that I think that although there are hundreds of officials, how can they be like my great Song scholars, and how can they be like the people of Li Shu in the world." Zhao Youju continued: "Naturally, it is impossible for me to let all the people in the world decide on national affairs, but it can always be done if I let all the literate people discuss whether my Great Song Dynasty needs to change, right?" ”

Ge Hong's face became more and more pale, after all, the Son of Heaven still avoided the question of how to "change", but grasped whether to "change" to make a fuss, as long as public opinion is clear, it is obvious that those who support change will account for the majority, and then the Son of Heaven will take advantage of this raging crowd and forcefully implement the change, who can stop it?

In the usual way, he could still be praised by Shilin, but in this case, unless the Son of Heaven failed in innovation, he would inevitably become the object of Shilin's spit, and for scholars, this was a more terrible result than letting him not be an official.

"Ge Qing, it's better to leave it like this, I let ...... Yelu Jinqing and Ge Qing argued in the "Great Song Times Weekly" to discuss the issue of whether reform was needed, and I ordered the State Information Department to also intervene in this matter, forcing Lin'an and the rest of the state newspapers to participate in the discussion. ”

"Minister...... The minister did not dare to obey the edict! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Ge Hong finally retreated from this question, and he smiled bitterly.

Let Ge Hong, a deep guy, also take a suffocation, Zhao Youju was happy in his heart, and smiled slightly: "If this is the case, then Ge Qing supports change?" ”

"Ministers support...... But by what ......"

"As long as you support the change of the law, Cui Qing, Xue Qing, Ge Qing, the three of you are the country's chief assistant, since you have reached a consensus on reform, then you have to work together to implement reform. When I often think about Wang Jinggong, Sima Guang, Ouyang Wenzhong, Su family father and son, all the sages are gathered, why can't they enrich the country and strengthen the army? Thinking about it, it's just because the sages don't have the same heart, so that Sima, Ouyang, and Sansu are all helping Wang Jinggong, how can Lu Huiqing and other villains steal high positions? How could my Great Song Dynasty plant the cause of Jingkang's national shame? ”

The Son of Heaven has a very deep understanding of Wang Anshi's reforms, but he has a lot of complaints about the sages who did not help to change the law at that time, and listening to his tone, he actually blamed the reason why the changes did not succeed at that time on the containment of Sima Guang and other opponents of the change.

"The consensus of today's reform of the law is recognized by me and the secretaries that it is no different, if any of the secretaries in the future disobeys the yang and the yin and secretly obstructs it, resulting in the failure of my innovation, no wonder I am unpredictable, this hat that has plagued the country and the people for thousands of years, he doesn't want to take it off!"

The three of them smiled wryly.

Seeing the three Zaifu eat a fly-like expression, Zhao Youju felt a burst of happiness, they were always forced to smile bitterly in the past, but today they finally made them smile bitterly.

"In order to express your support for innovation, I asked the three of you to write an article on the reform of the law after you go back, and I will also write one, and we will post it in the newspaper, what do you think?"

What is more uncomfortable than eating a fly is to find that there is only half a fly left in the bowl, Cui is better, Ge Hong and Xue Ji have a bitter look.

If we did, we would have lost an opportunity to express our views on change in the newspapers, but the publication of these three articles means that all three of them have expressed their support for change.