It's a pity that Zhang You's body is inhabited by souls from later generations, who are not only proficient in medical skills, but also have a lot of research on history, so he was not stumped by Zhu Yijun's question, but smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, do you really think that these people you said are faint monarchs?" Xia Wei Shang Emperor Jin Hui Emperor Sui Yang Emperor will not talk about it, since you mentioned the two monarchs of this dynasty, then let's talk about them. Let's talk about Emperor Yingzong first, what is the biggest criticism of him? ”

"Naturally, the eunuch Wang Zhen was reused, and the light army advanced rashly, which led to the change of the civil fort, and was finally captured alive ......"

"That's right, Your Majesty is right, these are the accusations that those literati gave Emperor Yingzong An."

"Oh?" Hearing what Zhang You said, Zhu Yijun couldn't help frowning: "How can you say this?" ”

The atmosphere was very harmonious, so Zhang You had no worries and talked eloquently: "Let's not talk about the literati, don't talk about Wang Zhen, Emperor Yingzong will also put it aside for the time being, and Weichen will first tell Your Majesty about Emperor Taizu of this dynasty." From ancient times to the present, Weichen believes that there are two emperors who are particularly great, one is Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the other is the Taizu of this dynasty. Why the two of them, because they are the only ones who started from scratch and ascended to the throne from the bottom, especially Taizu, before he started the army, he was even often hungry. ”

"Some people may say that Taizu is great, but he is too small-minded, and after ascending the throne, in order to consolidate the imperial power, he will kill all the ministers of the dragon, and the means are too ruthless...... Wrong, Wechen doesn't think so......"

"Why?" Zhu Yijun finally couldn't help but interrupt Zhang You, because although no one had told him clearly, it was inferred from the words of those ministers that people in the world were indeed a little dismissive of this.

"Because the people who say these are all those civil ministers, in the minds of the common people, Emperor Taizu is definitely a well-deserved king of Yaoshun."

"Do the people really think so?" Zhu Yijun asked, he rarely goes out of the palace, and the farthest is to go to the Xiannongtan for spring ploughing, or go to Tianshou Mountain to pay tribute to the ancestors, even if he occasionally contacts the people at the bottom, they are all carefully selected by the ministers, and what he says is to sing praises of virtue, and the voice of the real bottom is to listen to it from the mouths of those eunuchs who are close to him.

To be honest, in his bones, he doesn't think much of those castrations, there are too many lessons from the past, and he has been careful to watch out for them.

But he couldn't do it without them, which made him very confused.

Zhang You nodded affirmatively: "Because Taizu came from a hard life, he knows the people's sufferings best, and because of this, he also hates corrupt officials, at that time, corruption can be peeled for sixty times, Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu, Guo Heng...... There is merit, but corruption is also real, which is the fundamental reason why Taizu must kill them. In the final analysis, in addition to hating corruption, Taizu is actually a kind person, otherwise, he would not be kind to the descendants of Chen Youliang, the biggest opponent in this life. ”

Chen Youliang's descendants were named Hou and died well, this matter is seen in the annals of history, Zhu Yijun naturally knew it, and couldn't help but nod when he heard the words, and said: "When you say that, it's really true." It's just that what does this have to do with Yingzong? ”

"This brings us to the relationship between the emperor and the minister." Zhang You said: "The emperor is ordered by the heavens to be the lord of the world, but the emperor does not have three heads and six arms, to govern the country, he also needs his ministers, ministers to help the emperor formulate national policies, take care of the country, at the same time, the problems of the people are truthfully reported to the emperor, and then the emperor according to these problems, revise the policy of governing the country, and those ministers study the good policies for governing the country, the two complement each other, is for the prosperous era." ”

Zhu Yijun had never heard such a straightforward analysis, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more it made sense, he couldn't help nodding slightly, and urged: "Go on!" ”

Encouraged by it, Zhang You became more and more energetic, and said: "However, this is only an ideal state, or rather, it is the state that every dynasty has at the beginning of its establishment, and with the stability of the political situation, there will gradually be problems in the minister's ring......"

"Why can't it be the emperor?"

"Because after the emperor dies, he is a slave of the country, but after the minister dies, he may be able to continue to be his minister!" Zhang You said word by word.

Zhu Yijun was stunned, chewed this sentence several times, and finally sighed: "Yes, I finally know why you said that most emperors want to be a good emperor, because if he doesn't do a good job, waiting for his end, there is only ......one way to perish."

"Well," Zhang You nodded, and said a little heavily: "Yes, from this point of view, the most difficult errand in the world is to be the emperor, for example, Emperor Yingzong, who was made the crown prince by Emperor Xuanzong soon after he was born, and all he received was the best education, and it was impossible not to want to make a difference, but why did he not become a wise monarch as those ministers hoped for, but would *favor* believe in Wang Zhen, and drive the imperial conquest in person, resulting in the loss of power and humiliation of the country?" ”

This is also where Zhu Yijun is puzzled, but through what he said just now, he knew that since Zhang You asked, he would definitely be able to give himself a satisfactory answer, so he did not speak, but waited quietly.

Sure enough, Zhang You only paused for a moment, and then said faintly: "Because, something is wrong with those ministers, because, after years of corruption, those ministers who are full of loyalty, patriotism, benevolence, righteousness and morality are no longer safeguarding the interests of the emperor, but the huge interest groups behind them. Just like what happened to Chen Peng, they only wanted the emperor to see what they wanted to see and hear what they wanted to hear. In this case, Wang Zhen, who was born at the bottom of the society, suffered from the people's suffering, was jealous and hateful, and dared to speak the truth, naturally became Yingzong's biggest helper to understand the truth, and the eunuch took power, which came from this. As for Emperor Wuzong's *favor* letter to Liu Jin, it is almost a similar situation. ”

"That's right, why haven't I figured this out, it's because those ministers can't be trusted, that Emperor Taizu set up the Jinyi Guard, and then the Jinyi Guard, as you said, gradually became corrupt, and there was an East Factory, a West Factory, and even an Inner Factory...... I finally understood why those ministers tried their best to suppress the eunuchs from taking power, because the existence of the eunuchs made it impossible for them to coax the emperor as they wished. ”

"Your Majesty, it's really a little thorough." Zhang You praised him from the bottom of his heart, and said: "So the minister has always felt that Yingzong and Wang Zhen are wronged, there is no way, the pen is in the hands of those Wenchen, and it is not how to write it if you want to?" For example, the Tumubao Incident, although there is no evidence to prove that there is any conspiracy behind it, but, at least, when Emperor Yingzong was driving his own expedition, the supply of grain and grass was not timely, and when he was under siege, the surrounding troops were unable to rescue effectively, and those ministers were also responsible, right? Why did Dudu put all the sins on Wang Zhen's head? ”