"Yes, Your Majesty!" Fan Zhongyan replied: "If you want to do this, everyone must want to compete to be the prime minister, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will be messed up!" ”

Li Di also asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you think we should think about it again, and we should maintain the status quo for the first time?" ”

"Nothing to do!" Zhao Zhen said confidently: "Maybe there was some confusion at first, as long as you can wholeheartedly work with me to put this rule on the right track, so that everyone can play according to the established rules in the future, then everything will be fine!" Well...... If that day comes, I'll have time to play everywhere! ”

"Play?" Fan Zhongyan stared at Zhao Zhen and asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going to play?" ”

"Who said they were going to play? You must have heard it wrong! Zhao Zhen also found that his fantasies were a little too much, and he actually said that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly denied it.

Fan Zhongyan looked at Zhao Zhen's sharp eyes, swallowed his saliva, and nodded slightly: "Ying...... I guess so! ”

Zhao Zhen: "That's good! I'm back to business. In fact, my ultimate goal is one, that is, to form a party for the public and govern for the people, and strive to get rid of the bad habit of secretly forming a party for personal gain, and to create a fair, open, and fair atmosphere of the three publics. After careful consideration, I decided to choose three Aiqing to take the lead. ”

"We?" All three looked at Zhao Zhen in astonishment.

Zhao Zhen: "That's right! I thought about it carefully, and the three of you are more suitable. Let's talk about Yan Xiang first, in the more than ten years of his tenure, he doesn't need to think about it to know that there must be many protégés and former officials, and he meets the basic conditions for forming a party......"

"The minister is guilty!" Yan Shu slammed to the ground again, and the number of knocks this time felt more than he had in the past ten years.

Zhao Zhen had to stop and help him up first: "Aiqing, don't be so sensitive, I'm talking about business now!" I'll say hello first, and you don't just knock on the ground anymore. I went on to say Li Aiqing, as far as I know, Aiqing is profound, steady and talented, and has been praised as 'the talent of public assistance', since the second year of Jingde high school A champion, and has held many positions, has extensive knowledge, has a wide network, and is also the only remaining highly respected person in my dynasty, and also meets the needs of the party. Speaking of Fan Aiqing, I admit that he is a benchmark for a new school set by me, and after so many years of hard work, the new school also has a place in my Great Song Dynasty, and I tell you very frankly that I just want to make the new school popular, so ...... You get the idea! ”

Yan Shu: "Your Majesty, the minister dared to ask, this ...... This party ...... How are we going to get married? ”

"Bingo!" Zhao Zhen snapped his fingers: "Aiqing's question is to the point, what I want to talk about next is how to form a party." I hope that each of you will use your own connections and connections to choose a group of like-minded colleagues for yourself, and I will not limit the scope and number of people you can choose, but I would like to remind you that it is best to choose from within the officials for now, so that it will be more beneficial for you to carry out your work in the future. ”

Li Di hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also has a problem, I don't know ......."

Zhao Zhen: "Don't be rigid today, just ask if you have anything!" ”

Li Di: "Yes, Your Majesty!" The minister wanted to say, what if, the minister said, if we gather too many people, and some of them use this party to plot evil? ”

Zhao Zhen: "What Aiqing said is not unreasonable, this person, for the sake of status, power and interests, he dares to do anything!" In order to deal with this method, I have thought of several measures, and you can listen to see if there are any areas that need to be improved. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" The three of them arched their hands.

Zhao Zhen: "Before that, I would like to tell you about my vision for your three parties, according to my plan, when your respective parties mature, you will have the opportunity to govern for a period of three years through competition. In other words, the winning party will be in the cabinet, or simply the party in charge; The second place holder holds the deputy post of each ministry, referred to as the auxiliary party, and as for the last place, it can only be relieved of all posts and become a pure supervisory party of the people, referred to as the supervisory party. This is the terms of reference that I have assigned to your parties, and the details will be gradually discussed and refined in the coming years.

For this reason, I have also set a few big rules for your three parties.

First, you must have a clear program, or to put it more bluntly, there are three or six people in this world, and you must represent the interests of one side and strive to protect their rights and interests in the future. Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, the interests of the country must always come first;

Second, each of your parties will have the opportunity to govern for three years or more, and for a total of thirty-six months, I will give you thirty-six points, and the remaining points will determine the future of your respective parties.

Thirdly, I hope that each of you will carefully select your members, not only on their abilities, but also on their virtues, or rather more on virtue than on ability, because if one of them makes a mistake, your party will be deducted points;

Fourth, any member you develop must report to me, and a member is only allowed to have one party, and cannot be easily changed, and even if it is changed, it must be approved by me. At the same time, if a member of your party behaves in a way that conflicts with the ideas of their respective party, I will acquiesce to his violation, deduct points, and dismiss him. Although this rule is a bit unreasonable, in order to prevent the emergence of two-faced people between the three of you, and thus trigger a secret fight, thus consuming unnecessary manpower and material resources, I can only do this for the time being.

And finally, there is the punishment of non-compliance by the parties. If someone from each party violates the rules and vicious competition and makes any small moves in secret, once they are reported by other parties or found by me, the corresponding points will be deducted, and the person concerned will be severely punished. The above is a punishment for individuals, and the punishment for party violations is very severe, and any faction with less than half of the remaining score will be suspended, and once it is cleared, then the party must be dissolved. In other words, if the party in charge deducts more than half of the points, it will withdraw from the cabinet and become a supervisory party, while the original auxiliary party and the supervisory party will be promoted in turn. I don't know if I said that, can you understand? If you have any doubts, just ask! ”

The first time the three of them came into contact with such an advanced gameplay, they naturally couldn't get used to it in a short period of time, after all, it was not a simple thing to change the consistent concept. Zhao Zhen didn't urge them, after talking for so long, his mouth was a little dry, so he tasted tea on the side, watching the three of them ponder or talk to each other.

After a cup of tea, Yan Shu took the lead in raising his head and asked, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask, how do you say this competition?" ”

Zhao Zhen: "That's a problem! Broadly speaking, it depends on the merits of your respective parties. Of course, in the early days of the trial of the plan I envisioned, I had the final say on your performance. However, in the future, when I see fit, I will give this judgment to all the sages. Therefore, your immediate goal is to think of what you can do to satisfy me, and your long-term goal is how to satisfy the sages of the whole country. ”

At this time, Li Di also stood up and arched his hand towards Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, can the old minister understand it like this, is it true that in the future, the more sages that party will win over, the greater the chance of winning?" So what if someone makes a fuss about the sage? ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "I admit that the loophole that Aiqing said does exist, but any kind of system has its loopholes. Therefore, I need all of you to guide you together, try to bring everyone's thinking out of the habit of intrigue in the past, and put everything on the table, using more conspiracy and less conspiracy. As long as you are really for the development of my Great Song Dynasty and for the interests of the people, I can tolerate you playing with the conspirators, but I will not tolerate the conspirators!

I also know that there has always been no shortage of conspiracy theorists in our Chinese nation, and they are still popular in many cases, but this kind of thing that cannot be put on the table can only be rampant for a while, and cannot be rampant for a lifetime. In order to be able to plug the loopholes as much as possible, so that those who like to exploit loopholes have less chance, you will have to make more suggestions in the future, and I have thought of a few ways here.

First, the membership of each faction is fixed, that is, a person can only have the identity of one party, and even if he voluntarily withdraws, he cannot join other parties, except for those who are authorized by me.

Second, your factions are not allowed to recruit sages as members of their own party, and there is only one way to gain the approval of the sages, and that is to expound the ideas of your party at the sage congress and put forward a three-year work plan for your party.

Third, no matter which party it is, it is absolutely not allowed to recruit military generals, otherwise it will be punished as a rebellion, and this is not as simple as disbanding a party.

Fourth, all the sages are still selected by me at this stage, and I will try to avoid those who are involved with you, and try to make them fair and impartial in their judgment.

I've been thinking about such a few big frameworks for the time being, and you should think more about it after you go down, brainstorm ideas, and strive to plug the loopholes tightly! ”

"Obey the order!" The three of them said in unison.

Zhao Zhen: "Okay! After talking about it for so long, I think you are also thirsty, come, taste the good tea that has just been paid tribute from the south, and rest for a while before continuing to discuss! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After thanking each other, the three of them returned to their respective coffee tables, sipping tea while digesting the information they had just received. Although the ministers of the Song Dynasty in history have germinated the idea of restricting imperial power, in the end there is no relatively perfect method, only a simple restriction of imperial power, and does not play a significant role in the progress of social rules, otherwise it will not be destroyed by others.

After everyone drank tea and ate some snacks, Zhao Zhen continued: "I have said so much before, basically I am talking about the restrictions on you, and then I will talk about your rights. Once your party is established, you will submit your work plan for the next three years as a party unit, and explain your philosophy of governance to many wise men at the jury, and try to get them to agree with your plan.

I will determine the ranking of your parties according to the votes of the sages and my opinion.

The party that ranks first will be elected to the cabinet, and the leader of its party or a person designated by it will be the prime minister, and all other departments except the Ministry of War and the Privy Council will have their own nominees, and as long as they pass the examination of the ministry, they can take up important posts in each ministry.

Although the party in second place cannot be elected to the cabinet, its power is also not small, and its party leader can nominate a person from within his own party or outside the party to serve in the deputy position corresponding to the party in charge. As an auxiliary political party, it has two roles, one is to assist the political party in managing the country, and the other is to supervise the political party in charge and not allow it to act arbitrarily.

As for the third place, the power is naturally much smaller than the first and second, and there is basically no power to participate in the administration. Of course, it is not excluded that the Society will allow exceptionally good people to participate in political affairs. However, as a supervisory party, the main responsibility is to supervise the actions of the other two parties. The first is to see if they have violated the law, and the second is to urge them to act according to the plan they submitted. Speaking of which, I have also given the prison party a privilege, that is, the prison party has the opportunity to hold an accountability meeting once a month. Once the supervisory party decides to hold a party accountable, the leader of the party being held accountable must be involved in the answer, a process that will be made public by the Royal Times.

Therefore, be careful not to do as you please. I took the initiative to give you power, if you yourself can't support Adou, then I have to take it back. To tell the truth, I don't want to see that day, it will be the sorrow of my Great Song Dynasty, and it will also be the sorrow of you, I hope you will do it yourself! ”

"Thank you for the emperor's teachings! The ministers must pay attention to the king's affairs and never disappoint the emperor's expectations! The three of them said in unison.

Zhao Zhen: "I hope so! Now that these conditions are ripe, I will give you three years to form your own party, and in three years we will begin to experiment with what we are discussing today. In the past three years, Li Aiqing has been appointed as prime minister, and other positions will not be adjusted for the time being. ”

Li Di knocked on the ground: "Thank you for the emperor's love!" The old minister is full of liver and brain, and swears to repay the emperor's kindness! (To be continued.) )