The Imperial Guards opened the way, pedestrians stopped on the street, and every household closed its windows. Chao Gai's ban on entry and exit is much stricter than Chao Yong's, not only because Chao Gai is the Ninety-Five, but also because Chao Gai can't dodge the crossbow like Chao Yong, so he has to be careful.

It was already evening when I came out of the barracks, and the smoke of cooking in the city was curling and the smell of food was fragrant, but there was also a puff of black smoke in the city.

The people of Tokyo use charcoal to light fires, and although the charcoal solves the firewood problem for more than a million people, the resulting smoke is still larger. Except for the palace and some large households who could afford smokeless coal, the people in the city still used good and bad charcoal.

Of course, Chao Yong knew that even if the palace used anthracite, it breathed the same air as the people in the city, but he had nothing to do, and the stoves of more than one million people, if they didn't use charcoal, the Central Plains would soon become bare.

The lesser of two evils may be an inevitable process of human development.

Chao Yong also did not want to ride a horse in the smoke and dust, but hid in Chao Gai's chariot, in order to prevent assassination, Chao Gai traveled in a chariot, and the back and left and right were protected by steel plates. Of course, this also makes the weight of the chariot much larger, but there is no shortage of good horses in the palace, and the horses that pull the chariot for the emperor are all good war horses in the army, and there are six horses in the chariot of the Son of Heaven, that is to say, "the Son of Heaven drives six", even if the steel plate is used, it cannot affect the speed of the chariot.

Yesterday, Chao Yong had just been a teacher, and Chao Gai understood Chao Yong's hard work all the way, and let him go back after the banquet, and he didn't ask the right questions alone. Today, they are busy rewarding the three armies, but the two of them have not had time to be alone.

Chao Gai asked Chao Yong about some things about Western Xia, and also affirmed Chao Yong's decision to merge with Shaanxi Sixth Road.

"After the Western Xia is wiped out, Qingbai salt can be supplied to the country, otherwise we will have to buy salt from Jiangnan at a high price, and the imperial treasury will be tight. It won't be long before you'll have to withdraw money from your ticket number, so you'll have to prepare for it. lest he fail to cash in when he gets it, and he will be impeached by the minister. ”

Chao Yongqi said: "There were still tens of millions of yuan in the treasury before, so it bottomed out?" ”

Chao Gai said helplessly: "This year, Zhulu first had a big drought and locust plague, and then a water village, plus the war continued, and many places were not harvested. In order to prevent the generation of displaced people, Jingxi Road and Gyeonggi Road, which were originally planned to slow down, can only set up nursing homes, and Ningxia Road and Hedong Road, which you have recently laid, must also follow up immediately. In June, the Yellow River burst in Enzhou, poisoning several states. Millions of refugees, and a lot of money and food have been wasted in relief and resettlement. ”

Chao Yong has never done farm work and does not care about farm work. Hearing Chao Gai say this, he remembered that when he led his troops to reinforce the northwest, he almost didn't encounter rain, and even if it rained, it only stopped for a moment. Later, he also saw locusts on the marching road from time to time, and he only thought that the ecological environment was good in ancient times, and he did not expect the locust plague. In June, when he was preparing for the class in Xingqing Mansion. It was blocked by the heavy rain for three days in Xingqing Mansion, and the river water in the Tanglai Canal swelled, so it is no wonder that the Yellow River burst.

When he was fighting on the front line, Chao Gai was also fighting with God in the back. Of course, there are also those corrupt officials in China. Although there are no swords and swords in the rear, the battle in the shadows will never be easier than the front line.

"Father is tired."

Chao Gai smiled: "As long as you are undefeated, there will be no big mess." Occasionally, there are some small thieves, just kill them. Now the imperial court has allocated 10,000 stone of grain. When you get to the ground, you must still have 10,000 stones, and there will be no shortage of stones. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "My father is wise, and he uses heavy codes in troubled times." The Song Dynasty raised the officials with fat brains, and if they didn't let them bleed, they would also suck the blood of the court and the people. ”

Chao Gai also remembered the days in Dongxi Village, shook his head and said: "The world is like this, when I went to Yuncheng County, I had to spend some money. Now we prohibit officials from eating and taking cards, how much hatred has been aroused, but if I have you, they will not be able to turn the sky. ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Although those officials hold grudges, the people of the world must be grateful to the court." With their support for the imperial court, my Liang will be able to pass on from generation to generation. ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said: "The Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty only lasted for hundreds of years, and I don't dare to expect the Great Liang to be eternal and solid." However, let the people live better, and my Chao family can always be passed on for a few more generations. Besides, I couldn't change the world before, but now that I have the ability to change the world, how can I not make some attempts. In the past, we could only kill some corrupt officials and corrupt officials for the sake of heaven, but now that we have the country and the ability, we should naturally sweep away the world and return the world to a prosperous world. ”

Chao Gai originally read a lot of books, and after becoming the emperor, he knew that he needed knowledge to govern the world, and he used it to read after dealing with the government, and it was not without harvest after a few months.

Chao Yong hated corrupt officials and corrupt officials, combined the emotions of the two worlds, and now saw that Chao Gai also supported him, and said happily: "My father is far-sighted, my Chao family sits on the world, and the greatest wealth is the people in the world." As long as we have the support of the people, we will not lack soldiers and horses, nor will we lack officials. Officials are only the ones we have selected to help us govern the world, and they are the least valuable. Even if they were all replaced, new officials would always be found. But without the people of the world, the court has no foundation. The emperor of the Song Dynasty was stupid, believing that the emperor ruled the world with scholars, and was generous to scholars, but treated the people like pigs and dogs. Especially in Zhao Ji's dynasty, all the scholars and doctors such as Cai Jing and Wang Hao were reused, in order to satisfy their personal desires, they raided the world. forced the people of the world to rebel, and it was not the Zhao family who was unlucky in the end. Some of those scholars were willing to accompany the Song Dynasty to live and die together, and if we pardoned Cai Jing, Wang Hao and others, they would definitely submit to us one by one. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "You're right, I have read some history books recently, whether it is the previous big clan or the later literati, they are not credible. These people rely on their talents, no matter how they change the dynasty, they can be reused, so they will not be loyal to any dynasty. These people have harmed the country, and once they see that the situation is not good, they immediately change their doors and join a new lord to keep their wealth. Fortunately, in the past few hundred years, there have been more and more scholars, and the implementation of the imperial examination system has defeated the big clans, but the literati are still a small group after all. ”

Chao Yong heard Chao Gai talk about this, so he also took the opportunity to say: "There are still many flaws in today's knowledge inheritance, and I have recently sorted out some disciplines, and when the world is unified, it will be enough." ”

Chao Gai naturally knows his son's ability, in addition to his natural divine power in martial arts. There is nothing outstanding about it, in terms of literary talent, although he has invited a private school professor since he was a child, but Chao Yong has not liked to read since he was a child, and in the end he can only read and write.

Chao Gai thought about it for a while, then reacted, and asked in surprise: "Taught by the Nine Heavens Xuannu Niangniang?" ”

What Chao Yong is preparing to sort out is mathematics and physics, many things that are not available in this era. Chao Yong in the past obviously can't create his own. And in order to better promote, Chao Yong also nodded and said: "Father is wise, it is the inheritance of heaven, one is mathematics, and the other is physics." Mathematics has more content than arithmetic, and physics is the study of everything in the world. ”

When Chao Gai heard Chao Yong explain physics, he was also aroused by curiosity and asked, "Everything in the world?" You've written it and sent it to me first. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "The math has been written, and I will send it to my father when I go back." Physics has just begun. As soon as it is written, let my father look at it. ”

"Good, good, you can always surprise Dad. If you write these two disciplines, you will be like the saint. I can inherit it for a few more generations. ”

Chao Yong thought for a moment. Shaking his head, he said, "I'm afraid it's not as good as those saints." ”

Chao Gai wondered: "Why? ”

Chao Yong said seriously: "My two studies are both practical studies, which can make people handle affairs more easily and understand the world more clearly, but they cannot educate the world like Confucianism." Although Confucianism has many unreasonable things, it is undeniable that they have an educational effect on the world. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "You mean that with these two studies, you can't break Confucianism?" ”

Chao Yong thought of the afterlife. The overthrow of feudal ideology also overthrew many cultures worthy of inheritance, resulting in moral decline and a declining world. No matter how rich the material is, the lack of spiritual civilization is undeniable, and all kinds of things that undermine human ethics are not uncommon. Therefore, later generations have repeatedly mentioned the building of spiritual civilization.

"Well, these two sciences can be turned into productivity, that is, they can create more wealth for our beams. However, it cannot affect the spiritual world of people, and the Confucian benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith are still very necessary. Otherwise, the son is unfilial, the minister is disloyal, the gang often collapses, and my Liang will become a sinner. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "From then on, there will be three parallel studies, but I'm afraid that the people in the imperial examination will be older." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "The imperial examination is to elect people who can govern the government, not to select people with high knowledge. In the past, Su Dongpo and his ilk were able to rely on literary talents to become scholars, but let them be officials, but they may not be able to do anything beneficial to the world and the people. Wang Anshi, who arrived, changed the law and changed to the imperial examination, which can be regarded as a great progress. After I began to sort out mathematics, I also learned some things about the imperial examination, which is just something that Wang Anshi wants to unify the thoughts of the people in the world, and it has nothing to do with being an official. Since my Liang has opened up the world, we might as well make drastic changes in reform, reduce the examination of Jingyi and focus on the examination of current affairs. In this way, people don't have to spend too much time memorizing the contents and commentaries of the scriptures. ”

Chao Gai was also quite interested in changing the world, and asked, "Don't you have to reopen your new mathematics and physics courses?" ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "No, isn't there a Ming Law Department in the imperial examination?" ”

After seizing Tokyo, Da Liang held the first imperial examination for the scholars gathered in the Song Dynasty, and Chao Gai naturally learned some things about the imperial examination, and nodded: "The Ming Law Department is a school examination decree. ”

Chao Yong said: "Erchen thinks that the power of the world should be separated by the imperial examination, the Zhongming Law Department can manage the case, the Zhongjinshi can manage political affairs, and then restore the Tang Dynasty's Ming Calculation Department, and the middle can manage money and food." Divide the officials of the world into three systems, and let them specialize in their skills. ”

Chao Gai thought for a while and said, "It's naturally good to specialize in art, but there still needs to be a subordinate between them, right?" ”

Chao Yong said: "Zhizhou is in charge of political affairs, and he can also govern officials in the territory, but the money and food and the judgment of cases on weekdays are in the hands of people from the Ming Law Department and the Ming Calculation Department. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "This idea is good, it can not only allow them to specialize in the arts, but also divide the power of the governor and the governor." These literati won't make any trouble, and the old brothers of Liangshan are in charge of the military, but I'm not worried about the military, but the political affairs are handed over to those literati all the way, but I'm not at ease. It would be good to divide the powers, and I will discuss the reform of the imperial examination with the prime minister and the governor of the political affairs department when I go back. ”

Chao Yong frowned when he saw Chao Gai talking about the prime minister, and said, "They assisted their father in taking charge of the government, so they should have consulted with them." ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't do it without discussion." ”

When Chao Yong heard this, he frowned and said: "This world is the world of my Chao family, and my father is the dictatorship of Emperor Qiangang, and they also have to listen, when my Emperor Daliang must discuss with them." ”

"After Uncle Zhang came out of office, he has been letting me give up most of the rights in my hands. The Prime Minister and the Governor of the Council handle political affairs. These days, Wu Yong and Uncle Zhang have also stood together, although Zhao Mingcheng did not make a clear statement, but they did not help each other. ”

Thinking of Wu Yong, Chao Gai's face couldn't help but flash a trace of pain. He and Wu Yong have known each other for many years, and it was Wu Yong's idea to rob the Birth Gang at the beginning. If there was no Wu Yong, maybe he would not have gone to Liangshan, and there would be no current Liang. But the friendship between the two for many years is no match for the erosion of power. Even if Wu Yong is already the first Chinese official in the DPRK. But he still stared at the power in the hands of the emperor and wanted to make the prime minister's power greater.

When Chao Yong heard this, he thought of the royal family that would become symbolic in later generations, and said angrily: "Could it be that they still want my Emperor Daliang to become a stamp." They make decisions, and the emperor stamps a seal? Then won't the world of my Chao family become theirs? ”

As soon as Chao Yong became angry, his voice was a little louder, and the royal forest army outside heard the prince angrily. I don't know who the prince is angry at, or slowing down the horse, or speeding up the horse. Stay away from the carriage, for fear of provoking the prince's thunderous anger.

Chao Gai shook his head, signaled Chao Yong not to be angry, and said: "It's not so serious, Zhang Shuye just wants to imitate the system of the Song Dynasty, weaken the power of the emperor, and strengthen the power of the prime minister." They are not without reason, according to them, with restrictions, it is not easy for future generations to lose the emperor. ”

Chao Yong sneered: "Constraints must have constraints, but the system of the Song Dynasty is obviously not perfect, otherwise there will be no emperor like Zhao Ji." And the power of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty is too great, Cai Jing covers the sky with one hand, and the Song Dynasty perished, he should have half of the credit. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "As long as this world is the royal world, no one can restrain the emperor." What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. The prime minister is also appointed by the emperor, and it is very difficult to restrain the emperor. ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "Since they want to divide power, they can also divide it." The six ministries of the Song Dynasty were in vain, and the power was concentrated in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, which greatly increased the power of the prime minister. My Daliang can restore the six-ministry system, divide all the powers, directly abolish the prime minister, and let them also do the six-part Shangshu, and see if they dare to make an inch. ”

The system of Daliang is not perfect, there is a serious shortage of civil officials, the six ministries are also hastily established, there are not enough officials, and the authority is also insufficient, only the god operator Jiang Jing runs the household department in an orderly manner.

Most of the power is still concentrated in the hands of the prime minister and the governor, so Chao Gai is very dissatisfied with Zhang Shuye and Wu Yong's struggle for power and profit.

"There have been prime ministers in all dynasties, and it is a little inappropriate to abolish the prime minister, right?"

Chao Yong remembered that the prime minister had been abolished in the Ming Dynasty, and only six ministries exercised their functions, and he said: "As long as the functions of the six ministries are clearly divided, all political affairs can be dealt with by the corresponding departments, and each ministry also specializes in arithmetic, and they deal with it more professionally than the prime minister, right?" The emperor makes the final decision, and it doesn't matter if there is no prime minister in the middle. ”

Chao Gai thought for a while and said, "Your idea is to separate the power of the imperial court in the same way as before, so as to avoid concentrating in the hands of one person. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "Father is wise, in this way, only the emperor can govern all government affairs." The six Shangshu can only manage one department, and it is difficult for them to make trouble or cover the sky with one hand. ”

"Okay, that's a good idea. Then we will abolish the prime minister and reset the six ministries. ”

Chao Gai made a decision loudly, thought for a while, and said: "Yong'er, how do you think the six parts should be ordered, and how should Wu Yong, Zhao Mingcheng, and Zhang Shuye be arranged?" ”

Chao Yong also did his homework, and said with a smile: "There is the order of the six officials of heaven and earth, spring, summer, autumn and winter in the Zhou ceremony, the heavenly official department, the local official household department, the spring official rite department, the summer officer and soldier department, the autumn official punishment department, and the winter official work department. There is generally no problem, but Erchen thinks that the six departments can be completely unsorted, and the six Shangshu are not subordinate to each other, and there is no high or low, so that power can be divided. Otherwise, if there is a high or low, I am afraid it will just change the name of the prime minister. As for Wu Yong's three people, Zhao Mingcheng has a family history and can be in charge of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Yong is an old man in Liangshan, and he can be in charge of the most important officials. ”

Chao Gai nodded and said: "That is the six ministries and one department, the local officials in charge of money and grain can be attributed to the household department, and the officials who judge the case can be attributed to the criminal department, that is to say, the local state government is in charge of the three systems of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs." Tobe Jiang Jing did a good job, he could not move. Wu Yong of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Mingcheng of the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War are left to you for consideration, and the rest is the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry. ”

Chao Yong originally didn't plan to take care of political affairs, but he has said so much today, and the household department and the military department are already his people, so it is difficult for him to speak again. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "The officials and ministers of the DPRK and China are not familiar with it, but the father is wise and can always find a suitable person." (To be continued......)