"Ten Discussions on Current Affairs?" Li Zhang took the fold handed by Zhao Zhen, opened it and saw the name of the fold, and then read it one by one, Zhao Zhen also put down the fold in his hand at this time, and seemed to look at Li Zhang's reaction with interest, only to see Li Zhang nodding sometimes and shaking his head, which made Zhao Zhen also confused what Li Zhang meant?

waited until Li Zhang finished reading this recital, and finally found out that the person who played the recital was Li Shu, the so-called Zhihu system, in fact, it was the minister who drafted the holy decree for the emperor, it seemed that he had no real power, but it was a very noble position, and he was a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he could usually fold things, and it would be easier to be promoted in the future.

"Cousin, what do you think of Li Shu's performance?" Zhao Zhen saw that Li Zhang finished reading it, and immediately asked a little impatiently.

"Some of these ten suggestions are very pertinent, some are bullshit, or he has other intentions, Your Majesty can choose those pertinent suggestions to consider." Li Zhang put down the music in his hand very calmly at this time.

Li Shu also knows this person, Li Zhang, and has met several times, but he doesn't like this person, in fact, other ministers in the court don't have a high evaluation of this person, because this person belongs to the kind of person who acts insidiously and does whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and he has offended many people for this.

For example, Li Shu likes to collect books, if you use normal ways, it will be fine, but sometimes for the sake of a book collection, he will use his officialdom to forcibly seize it, for which he was once sued to Kaifeng Mansion, fortunately, it was not a big trouble, and finally was reprimanded by Zhao Heng, who was still alive at the time, which restrained a little.

However, Li Shu's private morality is not good, but he can't deny his talent, in fact, Li Shu is also a prodigy, when Zhao Hengda engaged in the Tianshu Movement, he had been to Maozhou, but Li Shu, who was only twelve years old at the time, presented his article to Zhao Heng, and was personally received by Zhao Heng, so he was given a boy by the students, and tried to be the secretary of the provincial school Shulang, and later he was admitted to the Jinshi by himself, because he was erudite and talented, practiced the allusions of the imperial court in detail, and the article was well written, so he has been sitting on the official position of the Zhiyu system, Even after the three dynasties of Zhao Heng, Liu E and Zhao Zhen, he is still immovable.

"Oh, I don't know which one you think is pertinent and which bullshit doesn't work, cousin?" Zhao Zhen asked with a smile again at this time, in fact, he and Li Zhang's views are similar, although Li Shu's character is not very good, but he writes good articles, and his views on current affairs are also quite sharp, of course, sometimes mixed with too much selfishness.

"The first, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh are quite insightful, while the second one is bullshit, and the other ones are old talk, so don't talk about it." Li Zhang also put down the recital in his hand at this time, and said calmly.

"Huh? Cousin, do you think Li Shu's first proposal is very insightful? Zhao Zhen couldn't help but show a shocked expression when he heard Li Zhang's words.

Li Shu's five, six, seven and three articles are all about the selection of officials and scholars, the general meaning is to get rid of some old and incompetent officials, to make way for outstanding young officials, in addition to some reforms in the imperial examination, as for the fourth article is to say that the power of the minister is too great, and the power of the weakened monarchy, Zhao Zhen also agrees with these articles. As for the second article, it is said that the reason why the common people have left their homes is because the imperial court is against the will of heaven and is the punishment of the monarchs and subjects in the world, and no one believes this kind of nonsense.

However, the first article of the discussion is very bold, because Li Shu pointed the finger directly at his relatives and eunuchs, and he said in his recital that when Liu E was in power, eunuchs and relatives successively dictated power, such as Luo Chongxun's power was very large, and there were also relatives Liu Mei, Qian Weiyan and other relatives who also participated in the government, which also had a very bad impact on the court.

On the surface, Li Shu is accusing Liu E of indulging the dictatorship of his relatives, but if you think about it deeply, this is not a reminder to Zhao Zhen, because Zhao Zhen now trusts Li Zhang too much, and some people in the court have already said that although Li Zhang does not have the name of the prime minister, he has the fact of the prime minister, so Li Shu's current discussion can also be regarded as directly pointing at Li Zhang, because no one in the entire relatives is worth using the word "autocracy".

Li Zhang's face did not change at this time: "Of course, Li Shu's first article is actually very pertinent, the dictatorship of relatives and eunuchs in all dynasties is a major problem, but his recital is only written on the surface, but he does not say the real reason for this situation." ”

"Cousin, please speak!" Zhao Zhen also sat up straight at this time and said, he knew that whenever this time, Li Zhang would express some extremely profound opinions, which he usually couldn't hear from other ministers, not that those ministers didn't understand, but that they didn't dare or want to say it.

"In fact, this first article should be combined with the fourth article to look at together, Li Shu said in the fourth article that the power of the ministers is too great, and it has seriously weakened the monarchy, which can be described as a word, it is no exaggeration to say that the power in your majesty's hands now is too different from the previous Tang Ke, and your majesty should also understand this, right?" Li Zhang also sat up straight at this time, looked at Zhao Zhen and said with a smile.

"This ......" Although what Li Zhang said was the truth, Zhao Zhen was still a little embarrassed when he was directly said that the imperial power in his hands was not as good as that of the emperor of the former Tang Dynasty, but he quickly adjusted and nodded in agreement, "This is the truth, at the beginning, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong were worried that our descendants would go their own way, so they deliberately limited the power of the emperor and increased the checks and balances of the ministers on the emperor, so if it comes to the power of the emperor, my Great Song Dynasty is indeed inferior to the former Tang Dynasty." ”

In fact, Zhao Zhen's words still beautify their Zhao royal family, if possible, no emperor is willing to give up the power in his hands, but when Zhao Kuangyin raised troops to seize the throne, he no longer trusted the generals under him, so he used the civil official group to suppress the generals, which also led to the rise of the civilian official group, and finally even threatened the imperial power.

For this reason, the two brothers Zhao Kuangyin split the power of the prime minister, which greatly weakened the power in the hands of the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but this practice only reduced the threat of the prime minister to the emperor, and the impact on the entire civil official group was not great, but because of the split power, more ministers participated in the government affairs, and the emperor faced so many ministers alone, it was difficult to keep the power in his hands from being lost, and finally it led to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty being relatively weak in the face of ministers.

"Your Majesty understands this, the imperial power is restricted, if a mediocre emperor, the impact on him is not too great, but for an ambitious emperor who wants to do something, the restrictions of the ministers are like shackles tied to the body, and if you want to break these shackles, the emperor alone will definitely not work, someone must help the emperor and the ministers seize power, and for the emperor, the closest people are naturally the eunuchs and relatives around him."

Li Zhang didn't say anything more when he said this, Liu E did rely on relatives and eunuchs at the beginning, she was mainly to seize power, and at the same time enhance her control over the court, three years after Tiansheng, Liu E's control of the court reached its peak, and there was not even a person in the court who dared to oppose her at that time, of course, this is not only achieved by relying on relatives and eunuchs, but also related to Liu E's own ability.

Zhao Zhen also pondered for a long time after listening to Li Zhang's words, and finally looked up at Li Zhang and said: "Then according to your meaning, cousin, if I want to make a big difference, I must rely on my relatives and eunuchs to seize power from the ministers, otherwise I can't do anything?" ”

"Your Majesty misunderstood what I meant, in fact, for the emperor, whether it is a relative, a eunuch or a civil and military official in the court, they are all His Majesty's courtiers, even if the power in the hands of the ministers is great, they must obey Your Majesty's will, and compared with relatives and eunuchs, the ministers are not ordinary relatives and eunuchs in terms of knowledge and talent, so if Your Majesty wants to do something, the ministers are not all opposed, if Your Majesty can integrate the power of the ministers and let them help them realize their ambitions, Wouldn't that be the best way? Li Zhang said with a smile again at the end.

"This ...... It's a good idea, but it's too hard to do. Zhao Zhen said with a wry smile at this time.

Although the ministers in the court are their own ministers, they sometimes do not understand their own ideas, and these ministers also have their own selfishness, and the interests of the court are even more complicated, unless it is the founding emperor, few emperors can integrate the power of the ministers, in fact, many emperors are to contain the ministers with the ministers, the so-called head of the monarch is actually to play balance in the court.

"The emperor is the most powerful person in the world, as long as the imperial power is involved, there is naturally no simple matter, Your Majesty wants to make the ministers come to heart, this matter is difficult to say, and it is simple to say." Li Zhang smiled again at the moment.

"What's the easy way?" Zhao Zhen asked eagerly.

"Your Majesty, please think about it, usually you have the most contact with nothing more than a few prime ministers, and the prime minister is the ruler of hundreds of officials for Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty can let the Prime Minister support you, then other people naturally don't have to worry about you." Li Zhang pointed out sharply that there are so many ministers in the court, and the position of prime minister originally existed as the emperor's assistant, and it is precisely with the prime minister that the emperor can rule hundreds of officials more easily, so as to rule the huge empire through hundreds of officials.

Zhao Zhen was also confused just now, and when he heard Li Zhang's words, he immediately came to his senses, and immediately clapped his palms and said: "Yes, if several prime ministers are of the same mind as me, the opinions of other ministers will not be afraid, but Lu Xiang ...... him."

However, Zhao Zhen stopped again in the end, the current prime minister is Lu Yijian, although he looks very competent, but he was promoted by Liu E after all, before when Zhao Zhen was just in power, some people had already criticized Lu Yijian as Liu E's person, and even hoped that Zhao Zhen would replace Lu Yijian, but Zhao Zhen had just become pro-government and didn't want the court to change too much, so he didn't move.

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