After listening to Cai Dao's first comic book, Zhao Xu understood the meaning of his words.

Poor door, take a scholar.

This is the true meaning of Song Zhenzong's "Persuasion Poem"!

"Your Majesty, look at what Renzong has done, this Ming Jun let the palace test be a formality, and after the palace test, he actually did not dismiss a candidate who had passed the provincial test. In this way, which of the candidates who won the Jinshi is not considered a protégé of the Son of Heaven. In the long run, how many candidates in the world will still remember that they are protégés of the Son of Heaven, and when the time comes, most students will only recognize the examiner at the time of the provincial examination, but forget you, the emperor who gave them the identity.

Also, in the Renzong Dynasty, the position of prime minister was almost all held by the Lu family and the Han family.

The factional struggle has gradually taken shape, and the first person to cause the party struggle is Fan Zhongyan and their gentlemen's party.

Lü Yijian is indeed a bit authoritarian, but he has been in the phase for decades, and he has been a stable assistant to Emperor Renzong to maintain the stability of the world. Fan Zhongyan is an exaggeration of words and deeds. What Poor Dao just said is also true. On the border of Western Xia, if there is sufficient money, food and manpower support, even Poor Dao himself can destroy the Western Xia Kingdom according to his strategy.

However, Emperor Renzong's subordinates fought three major defeats in succession, ostensibly because the generals did not listen to the dispatch of civilian officials, but in fact, they were all mistaken and underprepared for war. And the reason why they are so desperate to decide the winner of a battle. It is because even if Lu Yijian is in the center, he is gradually unable to support Fan Zhongyan's endless construction of a fortress on the border.

Your Majesty, think about it, what if Li Yuanhao at that time didn't attack the area guarded by Fan Zhongyan at all? What kind of result will it be! If it weren't for Lu Yijian's strong support all the time, if it weren't for Li Yuanhao being carried away by a momentary victory, would he Fan Zhongyan be able to make such a feat on the border?

You may not know that after the death of Emperor Renzong, what was left to your grandfather and the former emperor was a mess. The treasury is empty, the forbidden army is rotten, and the government has gradually been controlled by civilian families. Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi are not surnamed Han or Lu, but don't forget, Fu Bi is Yan Shu's son-in-law! Just like the poor himself, my father is the son-in-law of the awkward father. The civil servants are again using marriages to recruit henchmen.

Of course, Yan Shugong and my grandfather just appreciated the two of them. But you can't guarantee that all officials will be as selfless as the two of them.

What's more, Sima Guang is just a white-faced scholar who can play tricks, whether it is in the local area or in the center, he has no political achievements at all.

In the year of Yuan You, Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongshu, with the support of the Empress Dowager, abolished the new law, but they themselves could not come up with a way to solve the problems of the imperial court. The reason why they have been able to barely maintain it for so many years is that they have always been the fruits of Emperor Hua Xian, my grandfather and Cai Qu's ministers! Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can send people from the Imperial City Division to the northern prefectures and counties to investigate and secretly visit to see how much grain is left for you and the people in the treasury of these places. ”

In this regard, Zhao Xu actually felt more deeply than anyone else, he had already sent someone to secretly investigate this matter at the beginning of his pro-government, and he naturally knew the situation to Cai Dao, since the other party had mentioned this problem, he asked eagerly: "Cai Dao, I know this in my heart." Not to mention anywhere else. Even in the Gyeonggi area, because of the heavy rain and flood, the food in Bianliang City has begun to run out. Once the people of Jingdong and Soo began to flee to the Gyeonggi area to find food, the situation in Gyeongshi was critical. Cai Dao, do you have any good ways to help me get involved in this crisis? ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, as long as you get through this year's difficulties, according to the minister's method, after that, the northern land will no longer be threatened by food. The Guanzhong region is the best example, and the crux of the matter is how to deal with the predicament this year. Your Majesty, there is no way, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not allow it, and besides, even if Your Majesty allows it, the princes in the court will not agree. ”

For Zhao Xu's anxious mood, Cai Dao naturally expected it, because he was the second culprit in this matter, and the Shuo Rat plan was implemented very smoothly today, although the Seven Color Collar Organization had only been bribing local officials or soap officials in the east of Gyeonggi and privately embezzling the grain in the treasury. But this kind of atmosphere gradually spread to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty.

If corrupt officials and corrupt officials do not get the punishment they deserve, then the officials who originally wanted to stick to their past years are nothing more than three endings, either go with the flow and gradually be corrupted, or stay in their positions, keep their own lives and turn a blind eye to corruption, or they will be elevated, expelled, or even assassinated by their subordinates. In the past eight years, more than 100 officials at all levels have been secretly rescued by the Seven Color Collar Organization alone.

In this regard, Cai Dao has always instructed the Seven Color Collar Organization to adopt a strategy of treating everyone equally, whether the other party is a conservative, a reformer, or an official of the middle faction, but if he encounters an assassination, he will save him if he can, and if he can't save it, he must also take care of his family. If it is not even possible to protect the families of these assassinated officials, without Cai Dao's own orders, the diamond leader himself will take action to deal with the person directly responsible for this matter and the relevant clerks.

"Cai Dao, don't worry about it! Don't forget, there is only one prime minister in the court now, and if he dares to disobey my wishes, he will be replaced. Sometimes I think about it, if only the old man Wang Qi was still alive. As soon as Zhao Xu heard that Cai Dao had a solution, he was immediately overjoyed, stepped forward, and patted Cai Dao's shoulder with his dragon hand to show intimacy.

"Your Majesty, there are two solutions. First, within His Majesty's territory, find a divination. The second is to depose those corrupt officials and corrupt officials and steal the money and food they have embezzled over the years. Your Majesty, the first method of the poor road can cope with the problem of food shortage in the Gyeonggi region this year, and once the second method is implemented, Your Majesty, your national treasury and inner treasury will not only accumulate grain reserves for three years. As long as you're not splurging on it, you'll have no problem eating it for 10 years. But, Your Majesty, do you have such courage? Cai Dao did not continue to sell Guan Zi this time, but bluntly stated his idea.

Bu Shi, a native of Henan during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. His family was engaged in farming and animal husbandry, and he was particularly adept at raising livestock. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent a large army to conquer the Xiongnu who had been threatening the frontier of the Han Dynasty for many years, and at this time, it was this Bu Shi who actually wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, bluntly saying that he was willing to use half of his family resources to fund the border affairs.

After that, this legendary sheep breeder first became Langzhong, the county commander, and the prince of Qi, and finally became the prime minister.

Cai Dao continued: "Your Majesty, you must also know the people and things of the Bu style. At that time, the rich people in the world were vying to hide their family's property, but they were unwilling to help the imperial court. How similar this is to today's situation! ”