"Water can carry a boat and can also capsize a boat, this is from the former Tang Emperor Li Shimin!" Mr. explained with a smile, "The former Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was a generation of Ming monarchs, creating the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, summing up this sentence, highlighting the importance of the people, and the people win the world." ”

"The people, the people! The rise and fall of the world, the hearts of the people, that is prosperity; If the hearts of the people are abandoned, they will surely decline, and the people will be dissatisfied, and the heroes will compete for each other, which is the fundamental reason why the former Sui was replaced by the former Tang Dynasty. No policy can be divorced from the people, nor can it endanger the people. ”

"The luck of the people, the prosperity of the world; The suffering of the people, the death of the world! With a population of millions and no feasible system to restrain it, I am afraid that the world will already be in chaos. As a king, he has the way of kingship and the way of balance. ”

"However, as a king, the king of a country, the honor of the ninety-five! How can one person rule the world? Only the selection of talents can be in charge of the world, everything is impossible, there will always be dark places. And the royal system is to respect the king, and so on, hierarchical management, this is the royal way. ”

"In terms of titles, there are dukes, marquis, uncles, males, scholars, and a total of five ranks; There are also six rites, seven teachings, and eight politics! These are the most common institutions in the world, which have been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times. In terms of titles, if the officials in the world are not divided into 369 levels, and they are treated equally, the world is really the same, how can they be self-reliant and have enough food and clothing? ”

"People need to be positive, not enterprising, will sail against the current, do not advance or retreat, with such meritorious titles, as well as rewarded fiefs, etc., these can be matched to reflect the outstanding achievements of the ministers, and to make the etiquette more rigorous."

"The six rites refer to the crown ceremony, wedding, funeral, sacrifice, township drinking ceremony, township shooting ceremony, and meeting ceremony; The so-called seven religions refer to the seven kinds of human relationships, that is, father and son have relatives, brothers have love, husband and wife have differences, monarchs and ministers have righteousness, the elders and young are orderly, friends have letters, and guests have courtesy. As for the eight politics, it refers to the way of eating, the system of clothing, the standard of craftsmanship, the type of utensils, the regulation of length, the unit of capacity, the carry of the number and the width of the cloth. ”

"China has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, and the rites cannot be abolished or stopped, and they need to be passed on, such as in funerals and sacrifices, if you make a mistake, or the same etiquette system, what do you think? Wouldn't that be a great chaos, and the people who were finally enlightened, and there was no distinction between etiquette? ”

"The Seven Religions are often between human beings, that is, the names and relationships between each other, if these are missing, wouldn't it be terrible? Not to mention the eight politics, it is more according to the different titles, enjoying different treatment, it is not a matter of fairness, but a fact. ”

This is the most basic, and the current system of the Great Song Dynasty is a system born under the combination of this foundation and the history of previous dynasties. In every dynasty there will be different politics, and if it really does not change, it is the path to destruction. ”

Zhao Gou lowered his head thoughtfully, Mr. has already elaborated in great detail, and the gentleman in front of him is not an ordinary person, he is Han Jiayan, the sixth son of Han Qi, the virtuous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. If it is according to seniority, Zhao Gou needs to call him uncle.

Because Han Jiayan is Han Qi's youngest son, and Han Qi is the emperor's important prime minister, he has a lot of prestige, but he is talented and learned, Song Shenzong married his third princess to Han Qi's youngest son, worshiped the captain of the horse, and finally won the navy's envoy.

There are six sons under his knees, all of whom are well-known local talents, and Han Jiayan also came to the academy funded by his family to become a teacher in his spare time. Among the gentlemen of this college, he is the most noble and knowledgeable man.

Han Jiayan was a little stunned before seeing that Zhao Gou would ask such a question, but he still smiled with relief. Because he rarely entered the palace and had never seen Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou did not call him a colt or an uncle, and respected him as a gentleman.

"If there is no system to restrain behavior, the world will be in chaos, and the system is only adapted to the conditions of the time, not immutable. If the Great Song Dynasty was completely pre-Tang Dynasty system, then for a long time, it would be difficult for the people to make a living, and ten years of hard work in the cold window would be the title of the gold list. ”

"There is a big difference between being an official in the court and being an official in the locality, there are many officials and nobles in the capital, and the officials of the local government can run rampant, but in the capital, they are holding their tails and being a man, and they don't know how much they have done, and only the system can restrain these people."

"The system is like a ruler and a standard, and if you exceed the standard, you will be punished, so this is what is talked about in the article 'Monarchy'. Whether it is the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, or the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, they all understand what the standard is, and everything is decided by the emperor. ”

Zhao Gou nodded solemnly, after Han Jiayan's puzzle. Suddenly, Zhao Gou understood the vague meaning of his words, that is to say, it is not impossible to change the law, and it must be done according to the actual situation, not how you want to come, no matter how much you do, it will hurt the interests of the people, and everything is not to be discussed

The Great Song Dynasty needs to change, but it can't be as quick as him. If you do that, you are afraid that it will backfire. In the hearts of the people, the highest status is the scholar, and finally the businessman, most of the literati and writers entered the officialdom, and gradually learned the ability to serve the yang and the yin, and the ability to slap the horse.

Officials who were originally kind-hearted and dedicated to realizing their ambitions, in the land of the miasma of the DPRK and China, no matter how well they maintained, there was no way to keep their hearts unchanged, and they would still be contaminated after a long time, that is to say, if they want to change, the best way is to open up the road of literati, not the people.

In troubled times, the people are better than the literati, and in peacetime, the literati are better than the people, and the people do not understand the way of management, nor do they know how to get the respect of others.

If someone is unwilling to read and practice calligraphy and get the first place in the examination, then they are sorry for the ancestors and ancestors, especially those who have been idle at home all the year round, and finally won the fame, and suffered all the poor days, and suddenly went from hell to heaven, how can they refuse the temptation of money?

It is only now that Zhao Gou understands that the essence of the Great Song Dynasty is to emphasize literature and suppress martial arts, and the world of literati. If you offend the world's scholars, in their fixed thinking, if they really remove or do other things, it will be difficult to control, and this matter has never been thought of by Zhao Gou, and he realized that he was wrong.

Even if the court has the upper hand, how many scholars in the world see that behind this matter, they just look at the present, and the literati in front of them are like this. If it weren't for Han Jiayan's well-informed, knowledgeable, and secret pointing, I was afraid that Zhao Gou would be difficult to understand the meaning, and he wouldn't be able to really recognize himself, if he couldn't even recognize himself, it would be the most terrifying, thinking of this, Zhao Gou couldn't help but be afraid for a while.