The Sword Demon sighed and said, "Since Taizu, I have ruled the world with scholars...... Alas, success is also by Si, defeat is also by Si! ”

In the Song Dynasty, the centralization of power was strengthened, and the power in the center was divided into imperial power and relative power. As an individual, the emperor's ability, energy, and time are limited, and he must rely on a certain group or several groups to rule the country. ”

Historically, the emperor either trusted and was close to his ministers, or relied on his relatives, or relied on his relatives, or obeyed the orders of his concubines, and there were eunuchs, clans, relatives, and concubines in the central power organs who abused their power.

The founding emperor of the Song Dynasty deeply reflected on the lessons of history, made the choice of "ruling the world with scholars", and regarded the scholars as the only trustworthy object. This policy of governing the country was fixed as the "ancestral family law" and was followed by successive emperors. Taizu even made an oath that he was not allowed to kill scholars and doctors. The Northern Song Dynasty did not kill the ministers.

"Governing the world with scholars" is actually said by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, which is mostly inherited by many emperors after the Han and Tang dynasties, but during this period, the dynasty often still has the strength of the vassal kings and gate valves, and the power of scholars is still relatively weak.

In the Song Dynasty, after one of the darkest periods in Chinese history, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the power of the feudal kings and gate lords was basically destroyed and swept away.

Song Taizu trusted the scholars, on the one hand, because there was no vassal king and gate lord forces to stop them, and on the other hand, the so-called scholar rebellion, which failed for ten years, and the appointment of scholars was quite beneficial to the long-term stability of the country.

Song Taizu reused the Lu family who had the skill of following the dragon, at that time, he didn't know that behind the apparent Confucian family of scholars, the Lu family was still a family with a master's strength (congenital Dacheng).

By the time of Song Renzong, everyone in the world was headed by the Lu family, and the government was under the interrogation of the Lu family, and the imperial power was weak, so Renzong unveiled the new policy. However, the opposition was already too large to be promoted, and after a year and four months, it was suspended. The harm of the Lu family was well known to the emperor, and in order to restrain the Lu family, Renzong supported the Han family again.

How do you know that the Lu family does not regard the Han family as an enemy, and deliberately retreats, and in a few years, the Han family will not be able to lose the tail again, and the Han family is like a nouveau riche, and the number of scholars who take refuge is not very numerous, but it is uneven, "the corporal people in the world are not from Han, that is, from Lu", Han's name is still above Lu's at first glance. The strength behind the Han clan and the Lu clan was discovered by Renzong.

In his later years, Renzong regretted it and died of hatred. After Yingzong ascended the throne, he still reused the reformist ministers of Renzong in the court: Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Fubi and others. On the one hand, he discussed countermeasures with the Taishang Elder Sword Demon Dugu, who lived deep in the palace, and the Sword Demon explored the ancestral house of the Lu family at night, and was discovered by a mysterious master. Yingzong knew that he couldn't do anything, so he joined forces between the Lu family and the Han family, and became the trend of the three families.

Yingzong reigned for only five years, and died of depression due to anxiety. Zhao Ji was the eldest son of Yingzong, so he succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty, and the young emperor decided to attack Han and Lu under the hatred of his family. He reused Wang Anshi to carry out reforms, although there was considerable resistance, but the power of these two families in Jiangnan was extremely limited, and the changes were basically carried out smoothly in Jiangnan.

In fact, Zhao Ji didn't know that in Jiangnan, there were also masters of the Kuangshi level, but this master lived in seclusion and was not known to the world, but the ancestor of the Lu family had fought with one of them by chance.

After the reform was implemented in Jiangnan, it was about to start crossing the river to the north, and was fiercely resisted by Han and Lü, when the locust plague in Gwangju was displaced, and under a natural disaster, it was used by Han and Lü to counterattack, and finally ended with Wang Anshi being expelled from the court.

However, it is clear that the contradiction did not end because of this, and soon after, Zhao appointed Cai Qu as the prime minister and continued to preside over the reform of the law. Han and Lu also moved their minds to kill Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji listened to the sigh of the sword demon, and also felt the same way, although the credit clan avoided the disaster of eunuchs, clans, and relatives to gain power, but it also produced new disasters.

Not to mention the great force behind Han Lu, the influence in Shilin alone is enough to influence the speech of the world, the two families are prosperous, and the handsome men outside the clan form a union through marriage, not to mention the feelings of fellow villagers, the friendship of classmates, the grace of teaching, etc., in short, the corporal of the world, a little talent, want to be an official, and there is no way, unless luck is against the sky, otherwise you have to hand over the door to these two families.

Wang Anshi's reform has a special reform of learning, which opens the way for most scholars who have no way to enter the career, so Anshi's reform is also supported by some people among readers.

It's just that Wang Anshi and Han Lu are different, they have a deep heritage, and all Wang Anshi's power comes from Zhao Xu's trust.

Cheng Ye Shi clan, defeated Ye Shi clan, Zhao Ji also sighed with the sword demon, but he didn't think of any deeper meaning, he was still frowning and confused.

The Sword Demon didn't wait for him to ask, and said with some excitement in his tone: "The public trial outside the imperial city, the huge amount of corruption will inevitably cause the anger of the people, if they exonerate it, they will definitely refute the people's will in broad daylight......"

Hearing the word "people's heart", Zhao Ji's eyes lit up and said: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the hearts of the people can be used!" ”

The Sword Demon nodded and smiled: "Suppress the Shi clan with all the people!" ”

Suppressing the people with the people? Zhao Ji pondered again, and suddenly said in horror: "For a hundred years, I have shared the world with scholars and doctors, not with the people. ”

The sword demon said quietly: "The people are the country." ”

Zhao Ji's face changed again and again, countless thoughts flashed in his mind, his body trembled slightly, and said, "That's ...... What would it be like then......"

The sword demon showed a reverie on his face, and said in a fluttering voice: "I don't know, it hasn't been for a thousand years." ”

Zhao Ji panted heavily, his face was also a little flushed, and the colors of fear, excitement, hesitation, and longing in his eyes competed with each other.

The sword demon didn't bother when he looked at him, the palace was scaryly quiet, and after a long time, Zhao Ji breathed a long sigh of relief, and fell softly in the soft chair, his robe soaked in cold sweat.

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