Two days later, Jingwen was going to go to the political hall in the palace to discuss the rise and fall of the palace with those small officials. And this time they are working overtime, even the emperor can rest, but they have to work. As for the few women in the family, they also have opinions about this, but Jingwen insists on going overtime, which makes them a little helpless. But since Jingwen has already decided, then they have to support it, otherwise how would they do Jingwen's woman. And Jingwen was surrounded by Dugu Xin's service and protection, and Jingwen came to the relatively deserted political hall.

"Your Excellency!" The little officials are coming.

"The emperor has arrived!" The voice of a eunuch came from the door.

Jingwen and the officials hurriedly went to greet Emperor Li Shimin, and Jingwen did not expect that the emperor would arrive at this time.

"I've seen the emperor!" Everyone salutes together.

And those little officials were excited, they were all small officials who worked at the bottom, and they usually didn't have the opportunity to meet the emperor at all. But now I can see it, and this is something that can be bragged about for a lifetime. In ancient times, the people at the bottom didn't know what the emperor was like, so they were of course quite excited to see it now.

"Flat!" Li Shimin said.

And Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, you are not resting in the palace, why did you come here?" ”

"I heard that you are going to discuss the rise and fall of the ages in the government hall, so I came to listen. The rise and fall of the ages, taking history as a mirror, this is as it should be. Since you are here to discuss, it is only natural that I should come and see what I can learn from it. But why did you choose some of the petty officials instead of the loyal ministers of the court? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately replied: "Your Majesty, every policy of the imperial court must be implemented on the grassroots people. And these small officials are the executors of any policy of the imperial court, so they are the people who feel the most deeply about the imperial court policies, and they are also the people who are most familiar with the changes in the imperial court policies. Since ancient times, the policy of the imperial court has been related to every common people. Therefore, we plan to analyze each policy, so that we can judge how much the impact of the policy change is on the people, what the impact is, whether it affects the good or the bad. And they are the grassroots officials, and they are also the people who understand the truth best. From this we can know what policies are."

"Well, that's right!" Li Shimin agreed with Jingwen's opinion.

"Next, we first need to analyze and figure out the inevitable elements of prosperity. And to understand the inevitable elements of these prosperous times, it is necessary to find out what prosperous times have been since ancient times. And it is recognized as a prosperous age. Jingwen said.

Next, these small officials were listed one by one, and in the prosperous era since ancient times, even Li Shimin, the emperor, began to participate. And everyone quickly listed the prosperous era of ancient times, what was the prosperous era of Yao Shun, and what was the Shaokang Zhongxing of the Xia Dynasty. The more middle period is the reign of Wenjing, the prosperous era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is relatively close to the Tang Dynasty, that is, the opening of the emperor Yang Jian of Emperor Wen of Sui.

"Then you think, these prosperous times. What causes it? Jingwen asked.

Then, everyone spoke their minds. What emperor is wise, what minister is capable, what is diligent and loves the people. All the loyalty of the people has been spoken. And Jingwen listened to these contents, all of them were good-sounding words, and there was no real in-depth analysis. These guys didn't all see some nice words from the history books, and then added the general evaluation of the prosperous era by people from all dynasties. So that's how we got this theory. This assessment is too general and misses the real core. This is the problem of the ancients, who did not look at history from the perspective of God. It's about putting yourself in it. And this kind of substitution is very fatal. People say that the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, but they do the opposite and substitute themselves into it. Once you put yourself in, then you already have your own feelings when you look at the problem, so how can you see it clearly?

Moreover, there is a strict lack of knowledge in ancient economics. Ancient China did not pay attention to the economy, but to the so-called education. On the contrary, some people think that by educating the people, they can prevent the people from rebelling, which is obviously very absurd. Hasn't every peasant uprising since ancient times been caused by economic reasons? However, the emperors and ministers of ancient times knew about economics but did not know why. Although they may have a certain law of summarization, this is based on the summing experience of ancient dynasties and dynasties, knowing what can be done and what cannot be done. These are not analysed from the point of view of economics, but are an experience that has been passed down from ancient times to the present. And many emperors and ministers relied on this experience to govern the country, not on accurate numerical analysis. This is completely different from the later generations, which rely on accurate numbers and the development of all walks of life, and then as a number of decisions, and then you can see the development of the country at a glance. Although some people in later generations scolded these theories of numbers, at least relying on numbers is much more reliable than relying on so-called historical experience in ancient times. At least until there is no better way, the only thing is very appropriate.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that your analysis is not very good, and the level is too high. None of you have been able to analyze the specific reasons for this. You say that the emperor is virtuous, but what does the emperor do to be considered virtuous, I'm afraid there is no unified standard for this, right? Rong Chen said something unpleasant, since ancient times, many people have scolded King Shang for being a lustful faint king, but we can't find specific evidence of his lust from any of the classics. However, judging from the fact that he only has two sons, there should not be many women in him. However, there is also a legend that King Wen of Zhou had a hundred sons. Although there may be an exaggeration, it may not be groundless, and there should be many sons of King Wen of Zhou. There are many sons, and there should be many daughters, so how many women does he have to give birth? It can be seen that there are many of them, but why is one a virtuous monarch and the other a faint monarch? Therefore, whether the emperor is virtuous or not, there is not an absolutely identical answer. Therefore, whether the emperor is obvious or not, we cannot judge from the history books. ”

When everyone heard that Jingwen actually dared to use the king as a basis for comparison, this had already led everyone to break out in a cold sweat. Is the king something that you, a courtier, can be judged casually? Since ancient times, there have not been many people who have been able to judge kings. Either it is a special status, that is, only a historian can evaluate it. Or he is a king himself, so that he can casually evaluate the king. But Jingwen is a courtier, not a historian, and he actually has the courage to evaluate the king, although this is not an absolute sin, but it is also very taboo! (To be continued......)