Stepping out of the dark hall, the breeze was in front of him, and Ye Zuqia, who had been suppressed for a long time, finally couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

He just exhaled so loudly that he startled himself. But when he came back to his senses, Ye Zuqia was shocked to realize that he was not alone, the courtiers before and after they all relaxed after leaving the palace, just like a boiler that unscrewed the stopper, and the breath held in his chest exhaled like this.

The sun overhead is still dazzling, there is no white rainbow traversing, there is no natural two days, except that the sky is a little dim due to smoke and dust, every qiē is a normal sunny day, but Ye Zuqia understands that from today on, heaven and earth are different.

"Happy to the world, worried about the world, unheard of, unseen."

A few sentences into his ears, Ye Zuqia's heart jumped, and he could hear it without looking at him, these words came from the mouth of Pu Zongmeng, who made a big mistake in the palace today.

Pu Zongmeng's voice was not loud, but it happened to be heard by Ye Zuqia and the surrounding ministers.

In addition to the word "heart", Ye Zuqia couldn't think of other evaluations.

'Whoever rejoices in the people, the people rejoice; Those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried. Happy to the world, worried about the world, but not the king, there is nothing. ’

Mencius's words were originally to persuade the princes to be benevolent, righteous and love the people, and naturally be good and rewarded, and they were used on Han Gang, a courtier, and they couldn't help but punish their hearts.

But Ye Zuqia had to admit that Han Gang's appearance today is almost like a saint - very much like Wang Mang in his early years.

Protecting the heirs of the first emperor can be described as righteousness; Nian Shengmin suffered from the suffering of the faint king, regardless of the reputation, and did the things of Yiyin, which can be described as benevolence; As for loyalty, the little emperor has committed so many rebellious things, and Han Gang, the prime minister, is loyal enough to keep the throne of him and his descendants.

In order to prevent the prime minister from making trouble in the future, he put a fifty-pound iron flail around his neck.

Han Gang, as the prime minister, and the youngest of the two governments, if he can maintain the past system of ruling the government, he will have a great chance to be Emperor Wen of Sui. But Han Gang just gave up the opportunity to become the founding king.

The popular science of Wei Wei in the Han Dynasty has long since declined, and has been greatly refuted by various families, among which Qi Science has even denied the Mandate of Heaven, if Han Gang wants to seek a great treasure, there is no other excuse except for the strong soldiers.

Is this intended sanctification?

With Wang Mang in front, even if Han Gang looks more like a saint now, there will be people who will learn from Pu Zongmeng, and come to a sentence of happiness in the world and worry about the world.

It was Ye Zuqia himself, if possible, he also wanted to ask Han Gang what he planned to do.

It's a pity that Ye Zuqia didn't dare. Not only did he not dare to speak, but he didn't even dare to listen, and after reacting, he immediately moved a few steps outside.

However, he only moved a few steps, and he couldn't move, and the courtiers on the left and right before and after Pu Zongmeng were avoiding him.

Pu Zongmeng, who said this, was like a dung bucket that had been knocked over to the ground, and there was no one around.

Originally, the train that was still neat after leaving the palace became chaotic after Pu Zongmeng's words.

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A bunch of cowards.

Pu Zongmeng snorted disdainfully.

Before, he said that he would abolish the emperor, but no one hid from him, but now he scolds Han Gang, and he is afraid of becoming like this.

Han Gang wanted to do Yi Yin's thing, there was no dispute in the court, Han Gang wanted to open a big council, and the parliament used the power of the Son of Heaven, and there was no dispute in the court, and when it came to the distribution of the members of the big council, there was finally some dispute, but Han Gang glared, and immediately there was no voice, and in the end, Han Gang was afraid that the people would not be convinced, so he sang and made a harmony with the queen mother, and made a decision on the discussion of the government and the elders.

Han Gang is so self-tied, what else is there to be afraid of?

Han Gang wanted to open a great council to clarify his intentions, and the more he said that he had evil intentions, the more he had to tolerate it.

This time he miscalculated, Pu Zongmeng was already ready to go to the south to be with Zeng Bu, Xue Xiang, and Su Shi.

Those few people have been to the south for many years, and they have not heard any bad news, they should not be evil, and they are not as unsuitable for ordinary people to live as they are said - before Han Gang said that he would hold a great council and act as the Son of Heaven, Pu Zongmeng was thinking about the issue of living in Lingnan.

But Han Gang wanted to make a big council, and Pu Zongmeng immediately saw a glimmer of life in it.

When I go back today, I will resign and return to my hometown to earn the status of a councilor.

Pu Zongmeng is sure that there are no people in Langzhou Township, even on Lizhou Road, and no one has ever fought for himself.

However, before that, Pu Zongmeng hopes that the distribution of members of the Grand Assembly and the specific election method can be determined as soon as possible.

At least you have to tell yourself, where is the place for the big council, otherwise even if you return to your hometown, what's the point of only getting the qualification of a state legislature?

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Pu Zongmeng is the Chengzhi of Hanlin, and it is not far from Hangang's position.

There were some words that Han Gang didn't pay attention to listen, but he still drilled straight into Han Gang's ears.

It can be seen that Pu Zongmeng has another confidence that comes from nowhere.

"This man is no one who is generous."

Hearing Wang Anshi's comment, Han Gang smiled, what kind of person Pu Zongmeng is, everyone knows it. He turned around and said, "Thank you father-in-law for today." ”

Wang Anshi's voice was hoarse, "I thought that Yukun would push the boat down the river." ”

He also jumped Pu Zongmeng over, this kind of clown, there is not much to talk about.

"How can Kaifeng Mansion be willing to sit on an equal footing with a small border state? How could the South not be demolished? ”

Wang Anshi shook his head, "Yukun, there is no shortage of smart people in the world. ”

Han Gang said, "The son-in-law is only afraid that there are not many smart people. ”

Han Gang really wanted to immediately make a plan for two members of the big council in each state, but reality did not allow it, even if he was temporary, he would be overthrown in the future.

It was originally something to bargain with, and it was also an opportunity to unite the hearts of the people in the northland - there are many people who can see this, especially after Han Gang didn't take the opportunity to finalize his plan before, there are not many people who can't see it, but when competing for seats in the parliament, who can the northerners rely on?

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"There are four hundred military states in the Great Song Dynasty, with a total of four hundred and seventeen, two people in each state, that is, eight hundred and thirty-four people. Even if Han Xianggong's mention is not used, the number of parliamentarians will not be less. ”

Hearing the whispered discussions around him, Zong Ze raised his eyebrows, this is an insightful person.

It has always been easy to increase officials, but it is difficult to reduce officials, and the number of officials is increasing, and how many can be cut? Han Gang showed the number of 800 councillors, and whoever dared to reduce it to 799 would be the public enemy of the people with lofty ideals in the world.

"It is up to everyone to decide what to do, 800 councilors are 800 mouths, if there is something to decide, it is not to wear out the skin."

That's a lot worse. Zong Ze said in his heart.

The total number of people in Beijing is only 37, a small but sophisticated number, and everyone has their own interests and stands, and if any prime minister has something to decide through the council, in addition to a few cronies and fellow party members, at least five or six other people must be persuaded to gather enough votes for 18 votes.

And with as many as 800 councillors, the value of a vote is greatly reduced. In addition, the 800 members of parliament come from all sides, and in the end, it is only possible to hold the party according to the region, and when the time comes, as long as a few leaders are contacted, they can guarantee more than half of the votes.

"Governing the country should be based on peace and stability, why do you want to make trouble, if there is no big council, can the prime minister do the opposite?"

"The prime minister holds the weight of the military state, and if there is no containment, there will be a danger of overturning. Isn't Taizu a loyal minister of the Great Zhou? Rather than pinning on the loyalty of the prime minister, it is better for him to be restrained at all times in exercising his power to govern the country, and he cannot rebel. The power of the prime minister is like that of the Son of Heaven, but if you want to become the prime minister, you must get the approval of more than half of the Great Council. ”

Nonsense.

Both of them.

Zong Ze glanced at it quickly, remembering the appearance of the two people.

In a few days, Zong Ze will go to the East Court of the Inquisitor, who is available, who is not available, who can only be placed in idle positions, and who can be paid a heavy responsibility, these things must be clarified now.

These two people, Zong Zeke has written down, and in the future, some key positions cannot be handed over to them. But the function of propaganda and agitation can be entrusted to the latter.

There are few people who know Han Gang's plan better than Zong Ze. Except that he didn't know the configuration plan of the members of the Great Council, he knew everything else. Han Gang didn't say it today, and he still knows a lot.

It's not enough just that the Great Council will restrain the prime minister, Han Gang even plans to make the power of the criminal name independent, set up, and set up a big one. Judge, large. The court, standing side by side with the Great Council, jointly guards against the Prime Minister.

It may seem like a tight and mutually constrained one, no matter how it may be exploited, but on the surface, it's a good solution.

But in Zong Ze's view, in fact, after the Queen Mother fell ill and the Son of Heaven was banned, it was inevitable that people's hearts would fluctuate in the local area. The most important thing should be to ensure that the central military force in Beijing can suppress the Quartet at any time.

In other words, if we really want to guard against local rebellions, we should continue to strengthen the central government so that local forces with sufficient strength to rebel will not emerge.

However, Hangang's Great Council seems to be a unified locality, but in fact it is an obvious constraint on the central government. When the central councilors are vying for the vacated prime minister and ruling position, it is inevitable that they will loosen their restrictions on the local government in order to curry favor with various forces. In this way, in order to win the support of a member of the council, the court is afraid that it will have to promise a lot of benefits.

In view of the story of the Tang Dynasty, even the finance and taxation were not placed in the place, and most of them had to be transported back to Beijing.

It's going to be a court that pulls each other back.

Zong Ze once asked Han Gang why he wanted to set up a big council, wouldn't this be to intensify the party dispute.

Han Gang said, however, that if the struggle was confined to the court, the party struggle would sooner or later become more intense, and there would be no lower limit. However, when the Great Council of 800 people is too large in number, and when the number is too large, the interests are mixed, and in the end it is difficult to succeed. Second, because of the large number of people, if you want to use force to eliminate the opponent, it will be difficult, no more than the parliamentary meeting, if you want to say a word, it is enough to kill three or five people.

The so-called parliament is a place where various forces are engaged in each other's affairs.

Han Gang's words were not in line with the gentleman's theory, but Zong Ze nodded in the end, it was better to fight in the parliament against the world than to end up in war.

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Han Gang's confident appearance made Wang Anshi swallow the words he was about to say again.

The ministers who came out of the palace were divided in front of the palace, and the important ministers were to the left, and the ministers were to the right.

Maybe a month later, Wang Anshi will have to argue with many elders and politicians over the ownership of a few councilors, but today, he doesn't have to go to the small hall of the inner east gate, and the queen mother, who will retire to the deep palace from tomorrow onwards, will have a final discussion, looking at Han Gang, Wang Anshi sighed for the last time, "Yukun, be careful." ”

Han Gang smiled and nodded in agreement, and when Wang Anshi walked away a little, he restrained his smile and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I will be careful." ’

Wang Anshi's worries, a few days ago, when he heard that Han Gang wanted to retire in five years, he had already made it clear.

Han Gang will not be unclear that in this imperial court, only power can protect itself.

The emperor has no power, and even his life is in the hands of his courtiers. If you lose your power, what will you have left?

In the Glorious Revolution of England, the parliamentarians were all nobles, and who did not have an army in their hands?

At the beginning of the founding of the United States, the first thirteen states, any state under the strength of the army was much stronger than the army in the hands of the state, and the senators and representatives of each state directly regarded the president as a wallflower, even if the founding fathers were Chinese. Shoton, Jefferson, there was nothing they could do about it.

The reason why Han Gang dared to promise to retire after five years was because he controlled the army in his hands. The officer corps of the Western Army, headed by generals such as Li Xin, Zhao Long, and Wang Sunchen, all took Han Gang as the leader. For Hedong and Jingying, Han Gang's influence is also incomparable to others.

Even if he no longer serves as prime minister, as long as Han Gang elects a puppet to go up, he can still maintain his control over the court. And with his influence on the army, it is enough to suppress the other Zaifu, and he can't go beyond Lei Chi.