Zhao Yan sat in the carriage with a lonely expression, habitually opened the window and looked at the bustling streets of Tokyo outside, although the streets of Tokyo are still so noisy and busy, but Zhao Yan keenly found that since the promulgation of the new law, the ordinary people in Tokyo City have also obviously been affected a lot, especially the promulgation of the equalization law, which has had a great impact on the small and medium-sized businessmen in Tokyo City, and many businessmen have increased a lot of burdens.

Feeling the obviously different atmosphere on the streets of Tokyo, Zhao Yan in the carriage couldn't help but sigh, during this time he persuaded Zhao Ji no less than a hundred times, but unfortunately Zhao Ji was very resolute in his heart to change the law, and he couldn't listen to his persuasion at all, and even the two brothers quarreled for the first time, which has also affected the relationship between their brothers.

In fact, during this time, it was not only Zhao Yan who persuaded Zhao Xu, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were almost persuading Zhao Yan to change his mind except for those new parties, after all, since the implementation of the new law, it not only touched the interests of ordinary people, but also damaged the interests of almost all strata, especially the big nobles and businessmen, these people expressed their dissatisfaction with Zhao Ji through their own channels, and even heard that even the Empress Dowager Gao and the Empress Dowager Cao came forward, but unfortunately Zhao Ji was still unmoved, and sometimes Zhao Yan was also suspicious, What is the purpose of Zhao Ji's resolute support for the reform? Is it really just to achieve the goal of changing the law and strengthening the country?

With full doubts, before the sun set, Zhao Yan's carriage finally rushed back to the house, and as soon as he entered the inner house, he saw Siyue, who was almost eight years old, running up with a group of younger brothers and sisters, shouting that his father pounced on Zhao Yan, which made Zhao Yan laugh, and hugged his children one by one for a few circles, and then took them to the restaurant to eat.

In the past few years, Cao Ying, Xue Ninger and others have given birth to several children to Zhao Yan. Now the number of his children has reached nine, if it is the one that Ouyang Wanling is pregnant with, it is ten children, this is also the most proud thing Zhao Yan has been in recent years, you must know that in the future life, let alone ten children, it is already very rare to be able to give birth to two.

It's dinner time. Cao Ying and they were also waiting for Zhao Yan in the restaurant, and when he came in with the child, Cao Ying immediately announced the start of the meal, and now with the increase in children, it is a little unrealistic to sit at a table again, after all, the table is too big and it is inconvenient to take the food, so the restaurant is divided into two tables, in which Zhao Yan and Cao Ying and the adults eat together, and the children are taken by their nurses to eat. However, children are never honest when they eat, especially with Siyue, the mischievous sister, taking the lead, so often halfway through the meal, the children have already run to Zhao Yan's side, and any meals that can't be eaten or don't like to eat are poured into Zhao Yan's bowl, Cao Ying teased him and said that he didn't need to prepare food for him at all, just the children's meal was enough for Zhao Yan to eat.

After a lively dinner, Zhao Yan accompanied the children to tell stories and play games. With great difficulty, they were put to sleep, and watched the children be carried away by their nurses to rest. Zhao Yan also showed a warm smile on his face.

"Husband, did you quarrel with the official family again when you entered the palace today?" At this moment, Cao Ying suddenly walked over and said softly.

Zhao Yan's face changed when he heard Cao Ying's words, and then he nodded a little heavily: "Yes, I didn't expect that the eldest brother's determination to change the law was so great, and he said everything." Even those people who had self-harmed because of the new law I sued him, but he was still unmoved, and I really didn't understand why my eldest brother became like this? ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, the look on Cao Ying's face obviously moved, as if she wanted to say something. However, it seemed that he was worried about something, and in the end he didn't speak, Zhao Yan was only angry at this time, and he didn't notice the change in the expression on Cao Ying's face.

Today, it was Zhao Yan's turn to rest at Cao Ying's place, so after accompanying Xue Ning'er and them to talk, he and Cao Ying went back to the room to wash, but just when he wanted to rest in his clothes, Cao Ying spoke again at this time: "Husband, I think you should stop persuading the eldest brother, because no matter how you persuade him, I'm afraid he won't listen!" ”

"Oh? Why is that, lady, did you think of something? Zhao Yan couldn't help but be very surprised when he heard Cao Ying's words.

I saw that Cao Ying did not answer Zhao Yan's words immediately, but walked out of the bedroom and instructed Mi Xue outside to watch, not to let anyone near the bedroom, and then closed the door and whispered to Zhao Yan: "Husband, I always thought that the eldest brother supported Wang Anshi to change the law in order to strengthen the country and enrich the people, but during this time, I saw something different!" ”

"Lady, what do you see?" Zhao Yan also said a little eagerly at this time, he has always admired Cao Ying's political vision, and he himself was a little confused about Zhao Ying's desire to implement the new law regardless of a single qiē, because from common sense, coupled with Zhao Xu's previous character, he could not be as stubborn as he is now.

"It seems that the husband is also confused by the appearance of the new law, but husband, think about it now, since the change of the law, what is the biggest change in the imperial court?" Cao Ying did not directly tell Zhao Yan what she saw, but asked a heuristic question.

"The biggest change in the imperial court?" Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this question, Cao Ying asked about the biggest change in the imperial court, not the biggest change in the Great Song Dynasty, that is to say, it was mainly a change at the level of the Great Song Dynasty, and it had little to do with ordinary people.

"I thought about it, what the lady said was that the officials of the court and the central government were demoted out of Beijing one after another!" Zhao Yan suddenly had a flash of inspiration at this time and said, since the change of the law, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu and other old ministers handed over the position of prime minister for various reasons, and then after the implementation of the new law, the old party officials in the court competed against each other, and as a result, they were demoted out of Beijing one after another, and the queue outside the south gate of the imperial court was almost never broken, and even Sima Guang invited himself out of Beijing, which shows the number of these degraded officials and the weight of their positions.

"Fujun is right, with these officials being demoted from Beijing, what is the biggest change next?" Cao Ying asked again at this time.

"This ......" Zhao Yan was also silent when he heard this question, and only after a long time did he speak, "The officials who were demoted out of Beijing are all from the old party, and after they left, their positions were immediately replaced by the new party, which also led to a great increase in the strength of the new party. ”

Cao Ying didn't agree with Zhao Yan's answer, only to see her shake her head slightly and say softly: "Husband only sees the increase in power in the hands of the new party, but why doesn't he see the increase in the power in the hands of another person?" ”

"Someone else?" Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then looked at Cao Ying with wide eyes and said in a trembling voice, "Lady, do you mean...... Big...... Big brother he ......"

"Yes, I do suspect that the eldest brother is in the name of changing the law, but the fact that he is exercising power, you must know that since the founding of our Great Song Dynasty, there has been a saying that 'the king and the scholars share the world', this is not an empty word, the power in the hands of our Great Song Emperor has been suppressed by the scholars, especially the relative power of the imperial power is more strict, it can be said that the power in the hands of our Great Song Emperor is actually the smallest!" Cao Ying said with a stern face at this time.

Zhao Yan also gasped when he heard this, he naturally knew that the imperial power of the Great Song Dynasty had always been suppressed by the power of the minister, and the power in the emperor's hands was not only the smallest before the Song Dynasty, but also small compared with the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations.

In fact, this kind of political situation in the Great Song Dynasty is already somewhat similar to the cabinet system of some countries in later generations, and in Zhao Yan's view, there is nothing wrong with this kind of political pattern in which the imperial power is affected by the relative power, after all, with the containment of the relative power, it also avoids the imperial court from becoming the emperor's hall, so that even if there is a faint monarch in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as there are a few capable prime ministers, then the Great Song Dynasty will not become too bad,

This has long been proven, for example, the Song Zhenzong before Renzong, who was determined to seek immortality by alchemy and medicine, did even more absurd, and encountered the Northern Liao to go south, which can be said to be internal and external troubles, but it was under the auspices of Kou Zhun and other prime ministers that the Great Song Dynasty finally did not fall into the state of extinction.

"Big brother...... Does the eldest brother really want to take the opportunity to seize power? Zhao Yan still said to himself in disbelief at this time, in fact, he already had the answer in his heart, with his understanding of Zhao Ji, the other party wanted to be an emperor like Tang Taizong, and he was definitely unwilling to be limited in the power in his hands, so the first step after he ascended the throne was to take over the imperial power, and now Han Qi and other prime ministers have left Beijing one after another, leaving only Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi who are unbearable, and Wang Anshi only cares about changing the law, so that almost all the power in his hands has fallen into the hands of Zhao Ji, so that the power in his hands has also reached the peak of the Great Song Emperor, I'm afraid that only the two founding emperors of Taizu and Taizong can compare with him.

"With the husband's understanding of the eldest brother, he should know more about what the eldest brother wants to do than the concubine, but is this kind of concentration of power in the hands of one person really a good thing?" When Cao Ying said the end, she also showed a worried look on her face.

"No, I have to stop Big Brother!" Zhao Yan said and turned around and wanted to go to the palace to see Zhao Xuan, everything has two sides, and the same is true for the concentration of power, centralization can mobilize the energy that is far from the imagination of ordinary people, so as to do some things that could not be done before, but the disadvantages of centralization are also obvious, in case there is a problem with the decision-maker, then it may lead to the danger of the death of the country, it is estimated that this is also one of the important reasons why the Northern Song Dynasty died quickly after the change of the law in the original history. (To be continued......)