Everyone only said that the emperor summoned the minister today to discuss the selection of the new minister, but Zhao Heng said a few words, but he re-divided the central government's functions and powers.

If it was only a change in the central government, it would be fine, according to what the emperor said, along with the local envoys and powers, it would have been readjusted a lot.

The distribution of power between the local and central governments, the use and handover of finance, and the establishment and use of a vertical system are still unclear in today's China, and the distribution of finance and power between the central and local governments has undergone many changes.

Pity in the Song Dynasty, although all the people present were the elites of this era, how could they have such a clear analysis and prediction in their heads.

Zhao Huan only said a few words, but what he did was he thought deeply, after more than a year of polishing his confidant appointable officials, after further control of the army, after the realistic consideration that Zhao Gou was dead, before he made this move.

The financial power was taken back and directly subordinate to the central government, and then some of the powers in the army were stripped of and directly submitted to the central government, and then the law enforcement and judicial powers were separated, and the central government was also taken back to the central government, and the vertical system, and even the military and peasant things such as camps and fields were also taken back to the central departments.

As a result, the power in the hands of local officials has been weakened to the limit, and the army has become only responsible for warfare, and even after the reform of the Xiang Army, the local garrison army has been controlled by the central government.

Zhao Huan knew in his heart that it was not a good thing that the central government was too centralized.

However, under China's specific conditions, the greatest centralization of power tends to hollow out a scattered local government composed of Confucian doctrines and clan forces. If everything is in the hands of the central authorities, everything will get twice the result with half the effort.

In the Song Dynasty, local officials had very few local affairs, and the big things were handed over to the clans, and the water conservancy and sanitation were rarely concerned. Public security and justice are not clear. The place was too large to have scientific and effective management, and under the conditions of transportation and communication in ancient times, the country was established by Confucianism, and the Son of Heaven ruled the scholars, and the scholars relied on their own moral authority to suppress the localities, and the localities were governed by clan elders and gentry. Everything pays attention to the big things into small things, and the small things into nothing, and more things are better than small things. Such venting and perfunctory things gradually became a dysentery entangled in ancient China. There is no cure.

The failure of the Qin Dynasty was that it originally used a delicate and strict legal system in Guanzhong, Sichuan and Shu, on a small scale. It can be formulated and implemented, and put it in the country. It shows the serious drawbacks of its inflexibility and inability to implement.

In addition, the first emperor was so happy, so after Qin. Since the Han Dynasty, the governments of all Chinese dynasties have given up real control over the localities and turned to the general purpose of ruling by inaction. In such an overall ideological atmosphere, changing the law, which means political change and progress, is difficult.

The progress of science and technology is regarded as a strange skill, which will destroy the overall structure of society, and even if it makes small profits, it will also make the world more unstable.

As for the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has become a trend and a conventional rule for officials to replace their political achievements with qualifications, and this is the reason.

Zhao Huan is well aware of the disadvantages of this, and he knows that if there is no fundamental change in this point, if he wants to make Chinese society get out of the quagmire of going down, and turn it into a healthy body and mind, and gradually become stronger, instead of relying on one or two talented emperors, he can only start from the whole system.

He is not a savior, but he is confident that in his own hands for decades, so that the centralized policy can play its due effect, as for the aftermath, history is involved in the whole body, he started, then naturally someone continued.

Zhao Huan's considerations, even if the people in the venue are extremely smart, they definitely don't know why.

Although they felt that the change of the authority of the household department and the three divisions was a bit troublesome, everyone could not know the deep meaning, and immediately leaned over one by one to agree, and there was no difference to these decisions of the emperor.

Zhao Huan laughed secretly, and immediately ordered that the details of this matter should be handled by several prime ministers, and the financial rights and powers of various places must be taken back in the shortest possible time.

After the matter was decided, Zhao Huan was refreshed, and immediately passed Yue Fei's book to the ministers.

After reading it, several prime ministers read it, but it was inconvenient to talk first, so they had to wait for Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun to finish reading it first, and the privy councillor said it first.

Zhang Jun frowned and read it, and only said: "Wu Chen dares to talk about the emperor's family affairs, it is a big rebellion, although His Majesty's reply to him is categorically rejected and reprimanded, the minister just thinks that he needs to be slightly punished in order to put an end to this trend." ”

Zhao Ding is also a clan, and this time it is about the authority of the emperor, but it is rare to agree with Zhang Jun, and he immediately said: "The same is true of the minister's will, Your Majesty is too lenient." ”

Zhao Huan didn't think so, and replied: "The ancestors have always been lenient and benevolent, and now is also the time for the military ministers to serve, this Yue Fei is also out of loyalty, and it is just a few words of reprimand." ”

Zhao Ding's red head turned up, and he said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, what you said is not right. I have always been lenient and strict with military ministers, but military ministers have never studied, do not know the righteousness, and have heavy troops in their hands, and the slightest carelessness is a catastrophe. Moreover. The ancestors were lenient and benevolent, and they also knew how to deal with people according to the law. In those days, Taizu treated the ministers and the people with great mercy, once there was a fire in Tokyo, Taizu was furious, and ordered the pawns who caused the fire to be tied up in the downtown and thrown into the fire to be burned alive. On the day of the execution, Taizu couldn't bear it, and the screams of the pawns made the people of Tokyo terrified. Taizu Dao: Only in this way can we prescribe for those who come! ”

He paused for a moment, and finally concluded: "Taizu will not be training for a long time, I hope that Your Majesty can think about this matter carefully and give Yue Fei a punishment before he can be the ring of the comer." ”

After the two privy councillors finished speaking, the prime minister and the ministers also stepped forward to speak, and unanimously requested that Zhao Huan give Yue Fei a punishment.

Zhao Huan didn't expect things to come to this.

In his opinion, it was him, the emperor, who Yue Fei offended, and after his edict was refused, he reprimanded him, but he showed leniency, and the ministers must have nothing to say.

Unexpectedly, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty were so wary and hostile to the military ministers. Although the emperor rejected it, they still did not give up, and they must be punished before they are willing.

"That's what I mean, I don't have to say it anymore." Zhao Heng endured it for a while, and finally attacked.

His face turned pale, and he said to the ministers: "Of course Yue Fei is not, but I know that he is loyal, and besides, Jinghu is in turmoil, and I have decided to let Yue Fei go to quell the chaos." The privy councillor also had no objection to this matter, how could the soldiers at the front deal with the commander with their lives, and disappointed the three armies. ”

If it was something else, Zhao Frame would have had such an attack, he would have shocked the ministers, and no one dared to step forward again. How can this matter be more important than the reform of the three divisions in the hearts of these civil officials, and the court meeting is all promoted officials, all of them are important officials trusted and reused by Zhao Frame, the prime minister and the privy counsel have the same opinions, and the rest of the officials are also stepping forward, scrambling, still chattering.

Zhao Huan smiled bitterly, only feeling like a bee stinging his head, which was really distressing.

The tradition of the Song Dynasty is to never scold people with words, although Zhao Heng has frequent tricks, which makes the ministers jealous, but the power of tradition is amazing, and today's court will make such a fuss, maybe it is also these ministers who have been suppressed for a long time.

Seeing that Zhao Huan just ignored it, Zhao Ding has always been known for his uprightness and violent temper, and immediately said to the emperor without thinking: "Your Majesty, on the day Tokyo fell, Your Majesty's sons fell into the army, and they cannot be investigated, and now Your Majesty has no heirs, King Kang is also a child, if Yue Fei is not punished, no matter the ministers or ministers, they can discuss Your Majesty's family affairs, how will Your Majesty deal with yourself in the future?" ”

He said smoothly, and then continued: "Your Majesty is urging you to govern, it was good, but Queen Zhu died in the chaos, and the rest of the concubines did not exist. Although there is no shortage of people serving in His Majesty's harem today, there is no name, how can the people of the world be respected? ”

Zhao Ding only followed his own meaning and said, but he never saw it, Zhao Huan's face was ugly, his face was cloudy, and he was about to have a seizure.

Zhang Jun knew that it was wrong, although he and Zhao Ding had always had a disagreement, and the two of them had no friendship at all, and even had a bad relationship, but in front of this matter, he respected the other party's courage to speak, and saw that Zhao Huan's face was wrong, so he had to cough repeatedly, wanting to interrupt Zhao Ding's speech.

Zhao Ding was happy when he said it, and when he heard him cough loudly, he glanced at Zhang Jun to show his disdain.

Zhang Jun was furious in his heart, and he couldn't care about the minister's style anymore, so he leaned forward and said that he would not advance or retreat with this person.

Not only did he feel that it was too much, but the ministers present also felt that Zhao Ding was too excessive.

Jingkang's change, although it was a sad thing for the ministers and the people, but the first person to bear the brunt was Zhao Huan.

was forced to kneel to the Jin people, the father and son were abolished, and the emperor's respect was imprisoned in the wild land of the northern country. In addition, his wife committed suicide for fear of being humiliated, and the rest of the concubines were scattered, either dying in the ditch or being plundered by the Jin people as concubines. And when the city was broken, several children were also separated and did not know where to go, and how could outsiders know the taste.

Because of this, Zhao Heng refused to change his name after he came back, and he no longer canonized the queen and concubine, and all the ministers understood in their hearts that Zhao Ding directly exposed the emperor's scars because of Yue Fei's incident, and it was really a little too much.

Zhao Heng was not as miserable as the ministers guessed, but he was just hugged by this group of ministers and confronted in public, which was extremely unhappy.

Fortunately, he also knew that the Song Dynasty was like this, if it weren't for Cai Jing's twenty years of destruction, he was afraid that it would be much tougher and more straightforward than now.

After enduring and forbearing, he finally turned his face and said to the ministers: "Since Zhuqing is so insistent, then give Yue Fei a small punishment, and then Jinghu will ask for a position, and you can't change others, just let others know, don't be so rash, that's it." ”

His face was still covered with thick clouds just now, and at this time, he actually bowed down to everyone's invitation.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what kind of calculation the emperor was making.

Zhao Heng agreed to this, and there was no frustration in his heart.

Yue Fei really needs to be knocked a little, or everyone's thoughts, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Moreover, it is not important for them to dispute him on such matters, as long as they do not obstruct political affairs too much.