In the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124 AD), on May 12, in the Funing Hall of the inner city of Bianjing, I and the crown princess had just finished asking the old man of Song Huizong to say goodbye, and then listened to the old man's lecture to the previous Kaifeng Mansion Yin. I saw the old man smile at me and said: In view of the emperor's recent outstanding artistic accomplishment, this time the addition of Kaifeng Mansion Yin is the tempering of the emperor's ability to engage in politics, and it is also the trust of me and the hundreds of officials in the government and the opposition. I knelt down and said: Thank you father and emperor Longen, my son will be diligent in government affairs, and shepherd the 1.5 million people of Bianjing for my father, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, so as to repay the long's grace of my father, and the emperor will also be diligent in government affairs, and create a peaceful and happy land for hundreds of millions of subjects in the world. The crown princess Zhu Lian knelt down together. The old man nodded slightly and said: The emperor's words are commendable, and I am very comforted and give me a seat. After I finished sitting down, the crown princess stood behind me, and I got up and arched my hand: "Father, I want to ask my godfather emperor about the sons and daughters of the last Kaifeng Mansion. The old man was slightly stunned and said: When it comes to government affairs, the emperor can ask questions if he doesn't understand, and the emperor is not guilty. Seeing this, the crown princess Zhu Lian knelt down and said: Report to the father, the daughter-in-law will retire first, the old man nodded and signaled, the crown princess Zhu Lian looked at me affectionately and slowly retreated outside the hall.

Seeing that the crown princess was so sensible, he was happy in his heart, after all, the harem does not interfere in politics, this is the ancestral system, and when it comes to government affairs, no one avoids this is the rule. Thinking of this, he gave his hand and said: the emperor is currently promoting the imperial city division and taking office as the Kaifeng Mansion Yin, a few days ago the emperor was in the Kaifeng Mansion for a few days, I feel that the atmosphere and environment there are more suitable, the sons want to be on duty in the south of the inner city Kaifeng Mansion Ya, about the inner court Imperial City Division of the government affairs of the ministers want to deal with it in Kaifeng Mansion on duty, after all, the Kaifeng Mansion is located in the southwest of the inner city, and is close to the people's livelihood and all things, so as to avoid the sons and daughters in dealing with government affairs behind closed doors and imagination, the sons want to be close to reality, so that they can deal with government affairs more scientifically and reasonably. Secondly, there are many imperial offices in the south of the inner city, which will greatly reduce the cost of policy implementation, implementation and communication, and the horizontal and vertical communication will be more efficient. The second is to facilitate the sons to inspect the actual and on-the-ground conditions of various places and industries in Beijing at any time. To sum up, Erchen thinks that it is most appropriate to be on duty in the Kaifeng Mansion, so please ask your father for instructions?

After hearing this, the old man said kindly: The emperor's words are reasonable, and the most taboo for officials is to rejoice in their achievements, and the eyes are low, the emperor has this down-to-earth, seeing is believing, close to the people's livelihood consciousness, I am very relieved, and the quasi-emperor plays! I immediately got up and knelt down and said: Thank you for your father's grace, my son has another thing to play, since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, I have advocated emphasizing literature over military force, reusing civilian officials to restrain military generals, and my son should abide by the ancestral system, but my son thought that this was not that time, and the powerful Khitan Liao State in the north lost all the great mountains and rivers in a few years, which deeply touched my son, especially at present, the Jin people have repeatedly made waves on the border of our Great Song Dynasty, endangering and plundering the cities and subjects on the border of our Great Song Dynasty. The so-called "be prepared for danger in times of peace, forget the war will be dangerous", the people of Beijing have not known military affairs for nearly a hundred years, and have no concept and consciousness of military affairs, in view of the fact that the ministers want to reorganize a new army, formed according to the standards of actual combat, in order to prevent the Jin people from preparing for the prying eyes of my rich Song Dynasty, this new army was selected from the forbidden army of the Beijing Division, and was called the first army of the Great Song Dynasty, which consisted of heavy cavalry, light cavalry, crossbows, bows, artillery, firearms and other arms, and conducted targeted training for the cavalry in the north to deal with emergencies. Take care of the safety of our Great Song Jingshi and the complete protection of the royal family. With that, he fell prostrate to the ground, his hands spread on the ground.

After a long time, I saw the old man breathe a sigh of relief and said: Since my Taizu, I have attached great importance to national defense, and after several dynasties, it is a pity that I cannot recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the same is true for my father, without the natural barrier of the sixteen states of Yanyun, my Great Song Dynasty is equivalent to opening the door to the northern nomads, and passing through the sixteen states of Yanyun is a flat river, and the northern iron cavalry can threaten the safety of the Beijing division at any time. And the father and the emperor tried their best, and they could only recover Yanjing, and now the emperor is very worried, and it is also the focus of the national defense of my dynasties, according to the report of Tong Taiwei's trip to the north, the Jin people do have a non-point thought about my Great Song Dynasty, but the Naiwu people are not able to use it, and the father is also worried in his heart, the emperor has such thoughts, and the father fully agrees, but this matter involves a wide range of affairs, not only the Privy Council, the three ya, the military department, the ministry and other government affairs, in order for the emperor to successfully form a new army, I decreed that all the courts, the government, the government, the ministry, the department, Supervisors and other supervisors closely assist and cooperate. The emperor can form a new army with peace of mind, and the emperor is flat.

I thanked him: Thank you for your father's strong support, and my sons will live up to my father's high hopes, and will die for the stability of the lives of hundreds of millions of people and my dynasty for all generations. Then he got up and continued: strong national defense is the premise guarantee of a peaceful residence, I think that the expedition of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu achieved its great cause, but also eliminated the external threat, resulting in a stable and stable development situation. The barbarian tribes in the north are like a wolf that can't be fed, there are a lot of coins every year, but they are still insatiable, and the sons are also very helpless, so they came up with this new army strategy, and the sons and daughters are not endless, this is just a policy of protection, the law of the jungle is called "the weak eat the strong", and I also want to develop peacefully and steadily, but the Jin people do not let it, since they do not let the soldiers come to block, and the water comes to spit and drown. The chairman of the board of directors smiled meaningfully and said: The emperor is ambitious, and the father is also aware of it, judging from the previous few times of the king's prelude answer, the emperor has won a lot, and I am very relieved, my father has always guarded the ancestral system and exchanged the "year coin" for peace, and today my son "is prepared for danger in times of peace, forgetting the danger of war" to me for thought, it is indeed necessary to be prepared for danger in times of peace, only a strong military has the capital to negotiate, so as to avoid being threatened and intimidated by foreign races. I have reached the age of not being confused, it's not that I don't want to change, its Shenzong Dynasty is also a large-scale reform, and in the end it is still halfway to give up, I have a heart and sometimes feel unintentional, I have a heart and sometimes feel inorganic, and now the emperor has this great ambition, my father will give full support, this is the blessing of the ancestors, but also the luck of the Great Song Dynasty, and the luck of the people.

Seeing this, he said: The sons have the intention to let the Great Song Dynasty restore the prestige of the Han and Tang dynasties, and they are more ambitious to make their father a model of "the rule of Wenjing". The chairman of the board of directors haha: Haha, my son is very generous, my father does have a great interest and hobby in pen, ink, Danqing, poetry, calligraphy, painting, printing, etc., so I see that the emperor also has the wind of inheriting his father, and he has the ambition of the bird, so he deliberately cultivates my son for his father, and hopes that my son can achieve a great cause.

I knelt down again and thanked: The sons thank their fathers for their deliberate cultivation, and the sons will live up to their father's expectations. Regarding the failure of the reform of the Shenzong Dynasty, Erchen thought that the so-called reform was not only a redistribution of interests, but also a process of class reshaping, and that governing a large country was like cooking a small fresh, first solving the problem of the interests of the powerful and powerful, so that they could perceive the benefits of the reform and the disadvantages of not reforming, and then the reform, if they did not do a good job in the redistribution of the existing interest strata, the hasty restructuring would encounter all kinds of obstruction from the existing interest strata, and it would definitely be abandoned halfway. With the support and understanding of the existing interest classes, the restructuring will be slowly promoted, and the demands of all strata can be taken at all times, and then continue to improve the details of the operation, strictly implement and implement in place, it is possible to succeed. Just like the process of chrysalis turning into a butterfly, after all kinds of hardships, it can break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, and finally spread its wings and fly high.

I saw the old man's eyes shoot a fine light and look directly into my eyes, and said later: The emperor's understanding of the restructuring is indeed refreshing to me, think about it carefully, it is true, the emperor can try the restructuring on a small scale in Kaifeng Mansion, let me see the effect, and let a city look at a country. In particular, if the three redundant problems of "redundant soldiers", "redundant officials" and "redundant expenses" that have plagued this dynasty for many years can be solved, then the big problems of this dynasty will be solved, and this dynasty will inevitably reach a new level, and I look forward to it.

Seeing this, I said: Obey the order, thank your father and the emperor's trust, on the issue of restructuring, Erchen is currently just an idea and theory, as for the specific implementation, it depends on the actual situation, Erchen

In the process of handling it, it may touch and cause some turmoil and bad things in a small area, and I hope that my father will be more considerate and supportive. After all, there is a folk saying that "robbing people of money is like killing their parents", in the case of touching interests, it is bound to encounter a backlash, and the sons try to control the rebound within a certain range, so as not to affect the current overall situation and make the father embarrassed.

The old man said solemnly: My father is mentally prepared, and my son can rest assured. If you don't experience wind and rain, you will see a rainbow. At this critical juncture, there is a real need to change to deal with the current complexity. The emperor let go of his hands and feet to do it boldly, and his father believed that the emperor could do it better. Emperor Xie's father's trust and support, the sons and daughters will live up to expectations. I was overjoyed and replied.

I saw the old man say worriedly: It's just that our dynasty has gone through more than 100 years, especially the scholars, generals, and magnates have an inextricable relationship with my Great Song Dynasty, and the situation is also complicated, and some of them are flesh and blood. The father means that the emperor needs to follow the ancestral system, and he must have a benevolent mentality towards those who oppose the reform, and he must not be murderous as a last resort. According to the principle of strict handling by the bandit leader and leniency for accomplices, the father will not have any worries. I arched with both hands: Erchen keep in mind the teachings of his father, always keep in mind, the occurrence and formation of anything has the objective historical conditions and reasons at that time, Erchen is not to investigate right and wrong, Erchen will only patiently persuade them to restructure the benefits and necessity of the current form, and for their long-term interests in the future, with the principle of wooden barrels, the principle of full water and high boats to persuade patiently, let them obey the overall situation. If in this case, you still have your own heart, fancy the interests of yourself and your family, and play your own little ninety-nine, then the minister thinks that there is no need to be polite, and he must set a model and set an example for the monkey. After all, if you don't take into account the interests of the Great Song Dynasty as a whole, damage the interests of our Zhao Dynasty, and compete with the overall interests of the royal family, it can only be an egg touching a stone, and you don't know the times, and you must use unconventional means for this.

The old man nodded and said, "Well, this is a very good word, and I am relieved." The emperor will handle it accordingly. I got up and knelt down and thanked: "Obey the order, thank my father and Emperor Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live." This is a sincere kowtow, so I bowed three times. I heard the kind voice of the chairman: The emperor is exempt from courtesy, kneel down, I want to go to Tianzhang Pavilion to appreciate the imperial books and treasures. I knelt down and slowly withdrew from the Funing Palace, and took the guards and maids to the East Palace.