Zheng Lang almost fell down in fright, sweat was on his forehead, he looked east and west, and made sure that the eunuch standing in the distance did not hear Zhao Ji's words, and looked at the screen again and asked, "Your Majesty, is the Queen Mother behind?" ”

It's rude to ask, but it's not okay not to ask.

"Not there."

"Your Majesty, how do you remember to ask this? If the message goes out, the minister will be killed by His Majesty. ”

Zhao Ji couldn't help but be happy, and said: "It's okay, I'm just a metaphor." ”

"Parables are also deadly."

"Okay, I won't mention it, but I've read a lot of Confucian books recently, and read your exposition of sages, although I know that it is impossible to really reach the sages in Confucianism, but I often wonder if there are people who are very close to this standard."

"Yes, Master, Lao Tzu, Shakyamuni, they can't meet the standard of true saints, although they are close, it is just the beautification of history books and legends, and I believe that if the real Master and Lao Tzu and Shakyamuni can find many shortcomings in them. Why they are called saints is not nitpicking, but refers to their hearts, which have the world in mind and want to benefit all people, and it is precisely because they have this white and immaculate heart that they are true saints. ”

"The bar is lowering?"

"Your Majesty, this standard is also very high, and there are only a handful of exchanges between ancient and modern times."

"Do I have it?"

Zheng Lang faintly felt that Zhao Ji was very wrong today, and still replied: "I have two people, one monarch and one minister, and the minister is Fan Zhongyan, although he has made many mistakes in his life, but in terms of soul alone, he has approached the standard that the minister said." ”

used the word very close, but it still can't be reached, Fan Zhongyan also has selfish intentions, but among the scholars of the Song Dynasty. If the heart is clean. Fan Zhongyan has no doubt. Number one. The first person in the past three hundred years, not referring to Fan Zhongyan's ability, is a military strategist but not a great military strategist, and that kind of strange fortification tactics actually has many drawbacks and flaws. A politician but not a great politician. Not to mention the various mistakes of Qingli's new policy, the usual ability to govern is too far from Zhao Kuangyin, Lu Yijian, Li Xin and others, and even Wang Dan is far behind. The reason why the first person in 300 years refers to this clean heart. Immaculate conduct.

Zhao Ji carefully recalled Fan Zhongyan's life, and finally sighed: "Fan Xiwen can be regarded as close to this standard, who is Jun, Renzong?" ”

"Yes."

"But I don't understand, you have analyzed many of Renzong's ways of controlling people, this is a trick of deceit, and it seems to have nothing to do with immaculate whiteness."

"Your Majesty, if you say that you are close to a saint, Renzong can be regarded as really close to a saint, and Fan Zhongyan is not good. Some things are too radical and violent, and they lack the gentleness of Renzong. As for the way to control people. It has nothing to do with the purity of mind. Although Renzong has a good way of controlling his ministers, especially after the Qingli New Deal, he quickly suppressed the momentum of his friends, but no matter how promoted, can he have a hatred for that scholar? Hugh said that the scholars, the chamberlains in the palace, and the people of the world, did Renzong love them as much as his parents? There is a drought in the country, rain falls from the sky, immediately rise from the couch, dance in the court, cold snow falls in the sky, barefoot in the court, pray to God, no one asks him to do it, just a beautiful heart, want the people of the world to live a happy life. ”

Zhao Ji pondered for a long time and said, "I might as well be it. ”

At least last year's earthquake and flooding, and this year's drought, he didn't think to pray in the court once.

Zhao Zhen is also a lover of the people, but compared with Zhao Zhen, he is indeed much worse. However, it's not easy to compare, ancient and modern, but there is a Zhao Zhen.

After a while, Zhao Ji patted Zheng Lang's hand and said, "Gong Zheng, I'm going to eat it." ”

You are too good to Renzong, I don't feel good in my heart. But after Zheng Lang heard this, he didn't feel good in his heart, how wrong he sounded. He said, "Your Majesty, not really." ”

Zhao Ji was happy, and said: "But I also seem to understand that it is precisely because of Renzong that a former Yachen who likes piano, chess, calligraphy and painting has become more and more responsible, and finally grows into a famous minister." "That's half right, without Zhao Zhen, if he met Zhao Zhen at the beginning, Zheng Lang would have worked hard, but not as hard as he is now. Even when he felt that something was wrong, he moved his family to the south and retreated. After all, it is too difficult to govern a country. How many ups and downs have you experienced along the way?

Zheng Lang didn't say anything, it was a tacit acquiescence.

Zhao Ji asked again: "Can Zheng Gong get close?" ”

"It's only purer than the heart, and the minister can't do it, and it's far from Renzong Xiwen. And something happened that had nothing to do with this purity. ”

Zhao Ji already knew what was going on, so he didn't ask, he thought about it for a long time, and then said: "Zheng Gong is also close, even if he is not as good as Xiwen, but his talent makes up for it, at least he is a good minister who is rare to see in the ages." ”

It's okay to be a good minister, but it's not okay to be a saint, Zheng Lang breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Don't dare, it's also difficult to be a good minister, a minister is just a wise minister, but work hard to be a loyal minister and a good minister of His Majesty." ”

A series of personnel changes followed.

Knowing that Sun Changqing of Dingzhou was old, when the Hebei earthquake, the Guocang in Dingzhou City collapsed, Sun Changqing was in danger, and sent people to repair it, and performed well. But there is no good vacancy transfer, Zhao Ji wants to let Kaifeng Mansion Yin Tengfu and Sun Changqing transfer, did not ask Zheng Lang, and it may not work, under normal circumstances, Zheng Lang in order to avoid suspicion, rarely care about personnel changes, for example, Sima Guang took more than 500 officials down, there are many personnel arrangements, one is not handled properly, it will cause a major event, and it is the grassroots official arrangement, Zheng Lang will intervene.

Therefore, Zhao Ji asked Wang Anshi how Dingzhou's status in the Song Dynasty was very important, but it was certainly not as lofty as Kaifeng's status. Teng Fu is not wrong, a swap is not very fair to Teng Fu. Here, Wang Anshi played a trick. Teng Fu is old-fashioned by nature, for example, when he was pacifying Hebei, before the earthquake was known, he slept under the private house to calm the people, in case all the people entered the city together, what if there was another night earthquake? Therefore, he had many disputes with Zheng Lang and Wang Anshi.

Zheng Lang doesn't care, there are all kinds of reforms, and it is impossible for people not to oppose it. But Wang Anshi was unhappy in his heart, and Zhao Ji replied: "Yes." ”

Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, let's discuss it with Xu." ”

Teng Fu knew that Kaifeng Mansion was still good, and he couldn't be demoted for no reason.

After retreating, I don't know what Wang Anshi said to Zeng Gongliang and Fu Bi, he will see him every day, and Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang have changed their words again. He said, "Adulterer." It is advisable to be outside. ”

actually let Wang Anshi bewitch him. Teng Fu became a traitor. However, Fu Bi didn't completely listen to Wang Anshi's words and recommended Li Suzhi. Zeng Gongliang had a good relationship with Sun Changqing and said: "Su Zhi is not as good as Changqing." ”

The two prime ministers had different opinions, and Zhao Ji looked at Wang Anshi. Fu Zeng and the others gave Wang Anshi face. What to do, Wang Anshi had no choice but to dilute the mud and said: "Li Suzhi is a good official, and Zheng Gong has reused it. However, Changqing is fine, and both of them can try Kaifeng Mansion Yin. ”

The decision was re-kicked to Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji let Li Suzhi know Kaifeng Mansion, Sun Changqing still knew Dingzhou, and Teng Fu knew Yingzhou. Under the edict, Teng Fu was puzzled, and finally asked the reason clearly, and he was angry in his heart, so he didn't mention it. It turned out that it was only because of Sun Changqing's transfer, but now Sun Changqing has not been transferred. But he delegated himself. Besides, how can Yingzhou be worthy of Dingzhou status? Before leaving, he said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, the governor of the minister, you can't be a party member." May Your Majesty return to the family of the day less, and if there is no envoy to be happy with the party, then the governor of the world will be gained, and the party will be useless! ”

After Zheng Lang heard about it, before Teng Fu left, he said to Teng Fu: "The change of the court, the rise and fall, is the story." If there is a promotion but no downfall, what will happen to the country when the official reaches the prime minister? Jun is at ease to go east, and with the rule of officials, Zhongshu will not ignore it silently. ”

In fact, the party members Teng Fu said, even Zheng Lang went around. What to do, there is no need to complain everywhere.

Then again, Zheng Zheng and Teng Fu have a good relationship, and they are unhappy for Teng Fu, Wang Anshi usually dislikes these two people the most, and his eyes are "Teng Tu Zheng Gu". Hearing Zheng Ji muttering in front of Zhao Ji, he said to Zhao Ji: "Zheng Ji is extremely dangerous, and it is not suitable to use it." ”

Zhao Ji still believes in Wang Anshi at this time, at least in terms of deeds, except for Zheng Lang, who is Wang Anshi, Zhongshu passed safely, and Wang Anshi's contribution is also very great. Since Wang Anshi said that Zheng Zheng is not good, let's change it again. According to the system, the difference between the two systems of officials must be written by the prime minister. Looking at the current reform of the three divisions, similar to this, the two systems deliberated the edict, and even returned the title of the emperor's edict, but the officials of the two systems could not draft the edict by the officials in the two systems, and returned it to the prime minister to draft the edict, forming a kind of balanced constraint. It happened that Fu Bi was sick again, Zeng Gongliang went to Luoyang on official business, Wang Anshi knew that Zheng Lang was disgusted with personnel transfers, so he took the initiative to snatch this right over and wrote this edict.

Zheng Zheng's good friends Lu Xu, Qian Gongfu, and Wang Gongchen were unhappy, and they quarreled with Wang Anshi, quarreled back and forth, and did not win, so Zheng Zheng knew Hangzhou in front, Wang Gongchen sentenced Ying Tianfu again, and Qian Gongfu sentenced Jiangning Mansion. Lu Zhi did not move, still not convinced, and still argued, Zhao Ji showed Lu Zhi to Wang Anshi and Zhao Luan, and asked: "Wang Gongchen is waiting for it, do you know the clouds outside?" ”

Due to Zheng Lang's strange restructuring, the prime minister of the two governments was impeached by Taiwan, and he was constrained by the two systems, and now there are many contradictions between the prime minister and the officials of the two systems, Zhao Luan replied: "I don't know." ”

Zhao Ji said: "In addition to Gongchen Xuanhui, the envoy is re-appointed, how can he be promoted? He was taught by others, but he didn't know his intentions. ”

Lu Zhi was summoned by Wang Gongchen as a gun.

Whether he really made a gun head, Zheng Lang doesn't know, this beach matter is all personal grudges.

Lu Yu was even more unconvinced, and took the officials of the Yushitai to impeach Wang Anshi many times, and implicated Zheng Lang. Of course, as a result of the fight, the new quarrel Wang Lu Zhi is not Wang Anshi's opponent. But Zheng Lang didn't want to make any more trouble, so he said at the Dutang meeting: "The sea is inclusive, and there is tolerance." This is especially true of employing people, the hated is to love and hate people, love is the strength of love, and hate is the shortness of hate, that is not the way of employing people, the way of employing people is just the opposite, love to see its short, hate to see its strengths. ”

As I said before, it is one of Zheng Lang's famous aphorisms. Speaking of which, he looked at Wang Anshi. That means that if you can't do this, how can I trust you with the position of prime minister when I go down that day?

It is difficult to actually do it, and it is impossible for Zheng Lang to really do it, but he must work hard to do it.

Then he looked at Lu Yu and said: "The harm of peace is because the number of ministers has decreased sharply, and there were only a few officials in Taiwan at one time. Therefore, many ministries and departments have been reduced in the restructuring system, and only the Taiwan Counsel has resumed its grand occasion, which is not enough, and more than a dozen newspapers have been added, and public opinion supervision has been increased since the beginning of the people's reign, so as to open up the way for speech. It also formally improved the system of the Supervision Department. However, have you ever wondered why Taiwan's admonition has been so sharply reduced? ”

Lu Yu didn't say anything.

This seems to have been done a little too much, no matter what, Zheng Lang single-handedly promoted the recovery of his vitality, and his own people were also recalled by Zheng Lang.

"Xianke, it's not just related to Han Qi's dictatorship, I haven't experienced it when I was in Zhenzong. I also stayed in the court for several years during the time of Renzong. What is a minister? Speak for the country. Loyalty to the country. However, since the time of Renzong, there has been a bad trend among Taiwanese officials, and they have not seen much public loyalty to the country, but they have mostly talked about personal grievances. At one time, he rotated the governor many times, delaying the national affairs, and even forcing Fu Bi to bow his head to Yanchen and dare not act. In order to seek peace, in exchange for the favor of the ministers. This is called the Gongzhong National System? ”

"The country has heavy drawbacks and huge debts, what is the meaning of the ministers, the loyalty, the politics of the country, the support of the king, and the correction of hundreds of officials. With such a heavy responsibility, how can we ignore the overall situation and blindly impeach with personal love and hatred? And you talk about forming a party. It doesn't matter, I don't dare to say that fame is as high as dung. But fame is just a tool for me to do things, and after the crisis, if you think that I am still a party and dictatorship, I will take the initiative to step back. Even if the country is safe, I don't need you to say it, I will resign and go to Zhengzhou to retire. ”

"Teng Wang, Qian Zheng and the four people have been released, and they have been released, so they must stay in the local government with peace of mind, the temple is important, isn't the place important? I have been in the local area for more than 20 years, and I have never felt any grievances. Why can't King Teng Qian Zheng stay in the local area as an official? Is the sky falling? If you do a good job, you will have a record in the book, and you can also transfer it back to the temple at any time. Besides, if you really form a party, Qian Gongfu has always respected me, why don't I protect it? Did the other three have a bad personal relationship with me? Dedication, I hope that the overall situation is important, and don't argue anymore. Otherwise, it will become the story of Jiayou Qingli, and I will think twice (referring to the dispute between Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian, who regarded Lu Yijian as a villain at that time, but at this time, Lu Yijian was in reverse, that is, Fan Zhongyan's battle was unnecessary or even wrong). ”

Each side will play 50 boards, and the third wave of reform will be launched soon, and there is no need to fight any further. He also said: "I know that since the reform, the interests of some people have been harmed, and this is also where you oppose it. But it's fine-tuning, isn't there anyone hurt? ”

picked up a piece of jute paper and said: "In the past, Fu Bi talked to Fan Xiwen and said that Fan Xiwen must be cautious when he demotes officials, and he cries in the Dao when he demotes an official. Fan Xiwen said that it is better for a family to cry than for people to cry all the way. In fact, every edict in the Chinese book is issued, is there no thousands of families laughing and crying? ”

"Yes, you must be cautious," Zhao said. When the decision of the imperial court came out, wouldn't there be many families who benefited and many families who were damaged, so didn't they issue an edict? So be cautious.

"Your Majesty is wise, dedication, my personality is relatively light, and what I hate the most is the quarrels, when I was the governor of the government or the prime minister of the two provinces, there were ministers who impeached me every year. Really inaction? Acting is a matter of governance, not a quarrel in the court. Although I am not talented, I can't be like Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Dai Zhide, who are quiet and do nothing for the world and govern it, but when the governance comes out, the world is turbulent, and I don't like it. It's just that the country's ills are too heavy, and they have to be driven away with the medicine of tigers and wolves. Zichan governs Zheng, and the people love it for three years, and I can't compare it with Zichan, and the Great Song Dynasty is not comparable to a candidate Zheng Guo. So five years, it's only two years, why don't you give me a little more time? Five years is not good, how about four years? ”

Lu Xue said: "The position of the imperial history is also the way to picket the hundred officials, and it is the words of Zheng Gong's talent, and the four are innocent and degraded, which is the loss of governance, I have to say." ”

Still didn't bow his head, but his tone softened.

He has no bad feelings towards Zheng Lang, even if he may not approve of all Zheng Lang's reforms, but if he really forces Zheng Lang down, what should he do with the big black hole of the country? Even if there will be a surplus in the fiscal balance this year, Zheng Lang will not be able to go down immediately, and there are still hundreds of millions of deficits that have not been resolved.

Zhao Ji explained, "This matter is over." ”

Lu Yu is so stiff that he can lower his head, it is enough.

Moreover, the third wave of reform was launched immediately, and under the guidance of Zheng Lang, Zhao Ji also knew that he could not do much at this time. Not many people in the Ordinance Department objected, and the three divisions were so redundant that they were really not like words, and they had already swollen to the point of seriously affecting government affairs. As a result, there was very little opposition to the establishment of the Department of Regulations. However, there are many opponents of the equal-loss law, including Xiaosu and Fan Chunren, who have nothing to do with Wen Yanbo's sentence, and think that once the even-loss method comes out, it will compete with the people for profit.

It is a fair statement, once implemented, not only will the interests of some large businessmen be affected, but also small and medium-sized businessmen will be damaged.

Therefore, before the execution, Zheng Lang first released part of the share deed of the second prison again to appease some people. The profits of the steel prison have not yet fully risen, but many weapons have been built for the imperial court, and there are some profits. And Zhengzhou is further improving the technology, once the technology is perfected, coupled with the increase in the output of iron ore mined by Ping An Supervisor, it will inevitably increase year by year. The share deed of the two supervisors is still very exciting.

Some veterans have also been re-integrated into the army to serve as military and political instructors. However, most of the veterans either worked in other professions or made it to the dart prison. After more than 700 veterans were selected, Zheng Lang released a message.

The state will also do some reforms, which will hurt the interests of many people, but also, the state will compensate in the future, Zheng Lang is planning a larger prison, which may be bigger than the bank, and it is more promising, and the benefits are immeasurable.

The news was released and spread quickly. It is not known what the final income of the bank will be, but it will be a staggering figure. It is unimaginable that the benefits are greater than those of bank supervision. Many people asked, even Fu Bi Zeng Gongliang asked several times, but Zheng Lang did not answer, only said that the idea was immature, and it was inconvenient to make it public now.

It will be very troublesome, once it is made public, there is a lot of controversy, and it requires some specific conditions, and if the conditions are not met, it will be more troublesome if it is made public. I can't even say it now.

The reason why it was released, as he said to Zhao Ji, was to exchange for the support of some people, so that they could take the initiative to compete with opponents on behalf of the imperial court, so as to reduce the opposition and let the reform be implemented smoothly.

The even-loss method begins.

A part of the merger was made, first the right of the shipping department, not to let it be in charge of all the financial power of the Southeast Sixth Road, but only to give it the right to mobilize the Southeast Sixth Road. After all, it can only be regarded as the second-level department of the three divisions, if it has the power to be in charge of the financial endowment of the six roads in the southeast, how can the transfer envoy and the prefects of the prefectures be embarrassed? There is no general power, but there must be the right to mobilize, which is the bottom line.

Secondly, in the case of a serious imbalance in supply, such as the shortage of the capital leads to incomparably high prices, and the southeast is prolific and the price is practiced, it is reported to the Department of Regulations, and the Department of Regulations and the three departments are negotiated and approved, and handed over to the Zhongshu for ruling, and then issued a procurement order. For the convenience of the people and to control the timing, the time from the arrival of the report to the Department of Regulations should not exceed 10 days until the issuance of the edict, so as not to cause delays. However, some restrictions have been made, which are limited to people's livelihood products, and luxury goods must not be inserted into them, and on this basis, there must be three conditions, one is that there is a real shortage, the second is the huge price difference, and the third is that it will have an impact on the lives of the people, so that the Ordinance Department can adopt the proposal of the Shipping Division.

It is these restrictions that have changed the nature of the shipping department, not to compete with the people for profit, but to benefit the people. In fact, it cannot be said that it is completely not competing with the people for profit, and sometimes the reason for the shortage is that some big guys deliberately monopolize, and the emergence of the shipping department has hurt the monopoly of big guys. In the future, at least in the area of people's livelihood, it is probably impossible to monopolize and seek high profits.

With these restrictions, there are still many opposing voices, but they are much weaker.

And longing for that ethereal huge prison, many people actually came forward to echo it. Zheng Lang successfully found helpers, and there are quite a few, there may be hundreds of thousands of third-class and above households with good conditions to send Qiu Bo to Zheng Lang.

However, the equalization law was only the beginning and a prelude to the third reform, and after a series of official positions were formulated with the issuance of the edict of the equalization law, the third wave of reform arrived at the end of July. It seems that the profit is very small, but in fact, it may be more controversial than when it was first restructured. (To be continued.) )