Qin Yuzhen took a sip of iced tea and looked at her husband again. After more than 30 years of marriage, Qin Yuzhen can still see the twenty-year-old Zhao Jiaren. It is only Zhao Jiaren's body that has begun to enter old age, not Zhao Jiaren himself. The piercing gaze, as well as the passion and introspection from the heart, are no different from those of thirty years ago.

The mood of admiration and the mood of anxiety were intertwined in Qin Yuzhen's heart. For more than 30 years, Zhao Jiaren has always had a kind of arrogance in politics that ignores the existence of others, and Qin Yuzhen sometimes likes it, sometimes hates it. The concept of the modern nation-state that Zhao Jiaren is now telling Zhao Qian about is clear and cold, which makes Qin Yuzhen feel strongly disgusted.

With such a mood, Qin Yuzhen interrupted Zhao Jiaren's words, "Official, if you put the official family under the constitution, it is to give the rebellious ministers and thieves a chance." But all systems are feared by rebellious ministers and thieves. Is there a doctrine for giving authority to a man? ”

Zhao Jiaren looked at his wife a little and said indifferently: "Su Xun wrote "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms", isn't he accusing the officials of betraying national interests? ”

Qin Yuzhen's still beautiful eyes looked at Zhao Jiaren without giving in, and said firmly: "Su Xun is a courtier of the official family, and he is a courtier of Sheji. He can say what he wants to say, he can write what he wants to write, he can resign from the government and not do it, but he can't use this to blackmail the official. The system you are talking about is to make the officials and everyone in the world the ministers of the society. And the official family is the lord of the society, and such a reversal of the master and the subordinate is the source of calamity. ”

Zhao Qian looked at his wife blankly, stunned by such a high-level exposition. Although the old lady strictly supervised his studies, she would not use such sharp judgments to tell him about the relationship between the 'country, society, and the government'. So much so that Zhao Qian always thought that the old lady was just a queen under the dazzling halo of his father.

Zhao Jiaren was very unimpressed by this, and said a little unhappily: "If that set of things works, how can Kaifeng fall into the hands of Jinren." When Lin'an surrendered, the officials did not rise above the officials. ”

Qin Yuzhen didn't back down in the slightest, she immediately scolded back, "Qin Shi Huang is so wise and powerful, he abolished the division and the second emperor of the Qin State died." If he had divided the world back then, the Qin State would have no eternity, and there would have been two or three hundred years of national ancestry. Li Si betrayed Qin Shi Huang and changed the edict, and the Qin State broke out in civil strife. If Qin Shi Huang knew about it, he was afraid that he would feel inexplicable. How did the Qin Dynasty be blinded by lard. The elite majesty of the annexation of the Eight Wilderness and the unification of Liuhe is gone. Official, you love to read "Five Worms", Han Fei said, long-sleeved good at dancing, good at money, this is easy to work. Therefore, it is easy to plan for the strong, but it is difficult to plan for the weak and chaotic. Therefore, it is used for Qin, ten changes and seek loss; For swallows, a change and a plan to de. Those who are not used for Qin must be wise, those who are used for Yan must be foolish, and the resources for governing chaos are different. With your talents, don't talk about a nation-state, even the imperialist country of Mongolia, which is certainly ten times and a hundred times stronger than Kublai Khan in your hands. But you have to plan for your children and grandchildren, and under such a big change, you can be like a finger, and if your children and grandchildren have the slightest misfortune, it will immediately be an unforeseen disaster. ”

Qin Yuzhen actually knew that she couldn't say anything about her husband at all. After Zhao Jiaren relied on the Jinshi at the age of thirteen, he relied on his peerless talent to dominate the world for forty years, which is the reason why Qin Yuzhen admired Zhao Jiaren. But such talents often see the benefits of the world's heroes, but forget that it is the norm to have unscrupulous descendants. So after Qin Yuzhen finished speaking, she looked at her son Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qian was thinking about the old lady's words, "Long sleeves are good at dancing, and more money is good." This means that the better the material conditions, the easier it is to achieve results. Therefore, if the country is stable and strong, it is easy to succeed in seeking things; When the country is weak and chaotic, it is difficult to realize the strategy. Therefore, the strategies used in the Qin State rarely fail even if they are changed ten times; The strategy used in the Yan Kingdom is difficult to succeed even if it is changed once. This is not because the people appointed by the Qin State must have high wisdom, and the people appointed by the Yan State must be stupid, but because the conditions for governing chaos in these two countries are very different.

Han Fei's words are always correct and irrefutable, but the meaning of the old lady when she quoted this is that an unscrupulous son like Zhao Qian cannot inherit Zhao Jiaren's ability, so the system that can be carried forward in the hands of Zhao Jiaren is afraid that in the hands of Zhao Qian, it will become the source of the turmoil in the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing the old lady come over, Zhao Qian felt a grievance in his heart. Could it be that he is so incompetent, because he implemented his father's system, so he lost the Great Song Dynasty? However, Zhao Qian also knew that Lao Niang didn't mean this, not to mention Lao Niang, even Zhao Qian also felt that there was a part of Lao Dad's modern nation-state system that made him very uneasy and even alert.

Zhao Qian had not considered the issue of 'legitimacy of power' before, his father Zhao Jiaren was an official family, and as the eldest son born to Zhao Jiaren's only wife, he should inherit the throne. It would be strange not to do that. However, once the system of the modern nation-state was established, the imperial power did not collapse with a bang, but there was also a question of 'legitimacy'.

Why can the old Zhao family monopolize the Great Song Emperor. If the old Zhao family can monopolize the throne, then can the 'old X family' monopolize the position of the prime minister, and can the 'old O family' monopolize the power of the minister of civil affairs.

There is no such crisis of legitimacy in the imperial state, and the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. The old lady keenly grasped this key issue. The Great Song Dynasty belongs to the old Zhao family, and the old Zhao family cuts the land and pays compensation, and pays tribute to the New Year's coins, which are all the housework of the old Zhao family. If the old Zhao family produced an unborn genius like Zhao Jiaren, the Tatars would be expelled and China would be restored, and the people would be able to live and work in peace and contentment. This is the green smoke coming out of the grave of the old Zhao family, which caused the good luck of the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty by the way. If the emperor of the old Zhao family is mediocre and incompetent, and the people are living a miserable life, then the subjects will carry their backs and go home by themselves and endure honestly.

The imperial power system determined that the Great Song Dynasty was the private property of the old Zhao family, and at most some scholars and doctors ruled the world together. The courtiers and the people were located under the Great Song Dynasty, and the old Zhao family was located above the Great Song Dynasty.

Once the modern nation-state was established, the old Zhao family lived under the Great Song state together with the ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty, which was a earth-shaking change. The Great Song Dynasty has also experienced various popular uprisings and rebellions, and in fact, there are many challengers to the old Zhao family. The modern nation-state gave all the Song people a reasonable excuse to challenge the old Zhao family, and with a reasonable excuse, there must be people who want to use this tool.

Zhao Qian thought quickly in his heart, and finally looked at his confident father. Zhao Qian began to feel that his mother was right, that is, people like his father could ignore challenges, and even like to be challenged. If you change to other officials, nine out of nine will not dare to give up the supreme power in your hands and fight the enemy head-on.

Zhao Jiaren is also thinking about the problems pointed out by his wife, Zhao Jiaren has indeed thought about it. But I didn't expect to be educated by my wife this time. The alternation between the imperial state and the modern nation-state, as long as it is a decent state, is accomplished through brutal struggle.

Thinking about this, Zhao Jiaren found himself looking forward to a revolution without a full-scale civil war. The coolness of the change of imperial power in history is recorded in the history books with blood-colored words. Cromwell's revolution in England, killing heads rolling. The king's body was exhumed and hanged. Later, the King's army won, and also came to Cromwell.

Not to mention the French Revolution, which broke out on July 14, 1789, sent the king and queen directly to the guillotine. After that, the various revolutionary factions came again and again to brutally purge each other.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiaren felt a little depressed again. He said, 'I'm hungry, go get something to eat.' Brushed his sleeves away. Just now he thought about the results of the revolution, but as a result, a very thick cloud immediately hung over his heart, and he was not even interested in debating with his wife and children.

The Russian Revolution, the Chinese Revolution, and the war paid a very painful price. With the exception of New China, the revolution seemed to promote social progress, but what happened in the end?

The thoroughness of the Chinese revolution was unprecedented, and probably unprecedented. France is in second place in terms of the degree of radical social transformation. Beginning in 1789, the French Revolutionaries found that they could not solve the problem, so they dealt with the revolutionaries who did not think they were revolutionary or could not carry forward the revolution. When the revolutionaries were almost cleansed, on November 2, 1795, the Directory came to power, declaring that 'all the bad things that had happened before have nothing to do with us, and that we are pure and unbeaten'. Since the French Revolution had nothing to do with the Directory, which in turn seized state power in France, the French Revolution was already over at that time.

The revolution lasted only six years.

Zhao Jiaren also traveled to France in the 21st century, and the streets were full of blacks and greens, and thieves and bandits were rampant, specializing in robbing Chinese people. Or rob the Chinese in front of the police who were close by, and then disperse in a hurry. The Chinese immediately reported the case to the French police, but the French policeman earnestly persuaded them, saying, 'Those knights who are thieves or something are very poor, and they live a very hard life. You Chinese are so rich that you have been robbed, but you can let the thief have a meal. They eat and take drugs, and they can stop for a while. You have to care for the disadvantaged in society, and your sacrifice has brought stability to society...... 'don't pull it......

This is still the case at the bottom of society, and it is even more inexplicable in the political arena. In France in the 21st century, all kinds of morally strange political scum have appeared in turn, and a considerable number of them have no children of their own. This made Zhao Jiaren feel that the country was finished.

Having a child is a hard job, and raising a child is even harder. The upper classes were content with pleasure and indulged in their own behavior. They just don't have children. Zhao Jiaren even speculated very maliciously that the upper-class people saw with their own eyes the true appearance of the fallen continent of Europe, and who would have children.

France, which was once the beacon of mankind, has fallen to this point, which shows what can be done if it is a beacon? Isn't it depravity in the end?

With a depressed mood, Zhao Jiaren went to the kitchen. He pressurized the fuel supply cylinders of the diesel stove, poured some alcohol on the mesh stove surface, and lit it. The blue flame of alcohol scorched the pipes in the middle, and Zhao Jiaren washed his hands and took out the iron pot and eggs. At this point, the fire heated the pipes and began to make a low whirring sound.

Today's industrial technology is not yet able to process gas tanks, let alone gas pipes. Zhao Guanjia felt that the gas was too slow, so he got rid of the oil-fired stove. This thing works like an alcohol blowtorch. The oil is heated by heat to volatilize it, and the volatilized gaseous diesel can be fully mixed with air.

In the time before the oil stove was fully burned, Zhao Jiaren processed vegetables, diced ham meat, beat eggs, and took out some ingredients such as green onions, ginger and garlic. Also cut half an onion.

At this time, the oil stove finally entered a stable burn, and in the whirring sound, the blue flame burned very well. It also allows Zhao Jiaren to put his mood on cooking. As soon as the iron pot was put on the fire, with the sound of footsteps, Qin Yuzhen walked in. She quickly found three bowls of steamed rice and put them on the stove. Then he smiled and said, "Make three bowls." We were hungry too. ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't say much, put oil, shredded green onion and ginger and stir-fried until fragrant, and then began to make Yangzhou fried rice. In this era, there was no Yangzhou fried rice dish. Rapeseed oil and iron pot were basically popularized in the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhao Jiaren has greatly advanced the popularization of these basic cooking ingredients and tools, he has not been able to give birth to this dish in Yangzhou. Now this fried rice also has a name, called 'Zhao's fried rice'.

According to the customary method of getting the fried rice out, Zhao Jiaren fried two more green vegetables, and the family sat down at the dinner table. Just looking at the signs of harmony in eating, you can't see the previous antagonism at all.

Qin Yuzhen saw that Zhao Jiaren was unusually quiet, so she went to get the wine and came out. Only then did Zhao Jiaren speak: "I don't want to drink." ”

Zhao Qian was also worried that his father was really angry, so he hurriedly said, "Dad, your fried rice is really good." ”

"If you think it's delicious, concentrate on it." Zhao Jiaren also accepted Zhao Qian's overtures.

Thinking of the three mountains today, Zhao Jiaren realized how true the saying 'all history is contemporary history'. The action of overthrowing the three mountains of the Great Song Dynasty was born. It is also thanks to him that he first talked to his wife and children about the basic theory of the modern nation-state, and as a result, Zhao Jiaren found that in the face of huge power and interests, he could not even convince his wife and children.

Now I think what his wife said may not be unreasonable, Qin Shi Huang abolished the division of feuds and set up counties and counties, which is a great revolution for China. Since then, China has parted ways with the agrarian feudal system. Although there was a bit of back-and-forth in the middle, it never allowed the land to be restored.

Although China itself has had various civil wars and divisions since then, the division of the country is a status quo, and land division is a system, and the two are incompatible.

If you promote a modern nation-state yourself, and start implementing it. Zhao Jiaren is in his fifties this year, which is almost ten years older than the average life expectancy of the Great Song Emperor, and also exceeds the per capita life expectancy of the Great Song Dynasty at this time. If Qin Shi Huang could be given 20 more years back then, the Qin Dynasty would only last for a few hundred years. If God doesn't give Zhao Jiaren twenty years, will the Great Song Dynasty really want to 'die in the second place'?

After thinking about it, Zhao Jiaren put down his rice spoon and said to Zhao Qian: "I want you, as a representative of the working group, to go to Luoyang to see what is happening in the local area." ”