With the cooperation of the ministers, the military, economic, and political system has been restructured, especially the abolition of the prime minister system, and at the same time the concentration of imperial power has been greatly strengthened, which will be conducive to the development of future work, and the advantage of the high degree of centralization of power in the central court is that it can concentrate on doing great things, especially it can effectively organize human, material, and financial resources to carry out thorough military construction and economic development, and at the same time, it can effectively issue and implement the decrees of the central court of the imperial court. Before the reform, the center of power of the Great Song Empire was the prime minister, although the emperor could appoint and dismiss the prime minister, but for the court officials and specific administration are in the hands of the prime minister, which will not be conducive to the emperor's rule over the grassroots and middle level, which will greatly weaken the authority of the imperial power at the bottom, and the revocation of the prime minister's position will completely reverse this situation, especially in the face of the fact that the Great Song Empire is now surrounded by Jin people and internal and external troubles due to financial shortages, it is even more necessary to have a strong centralized power to lead the Great Song Empire.

And there are many reasons why the restructuring will be so smooth. And the key is that as a traverser, he has a full grasp of the shortcomings or handles of many ministers in the imperial court. In this way, they have a great deterrent effect, so that they succumb or form an exchange of interests, and there is a very critical historical node, that is, during the reign of the old man Song Huizong, it happened to be the most corrupt time in politics, so that the imperial court gave birth to many mercenary, greedy eunuchs and ministers, the most famous of which is Cai Jing, Wang Huang, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Mian, Tong Guan, Li Yan, these six people formed a party above the temple for personal gain, corrupted the law, excessive immorality, and excluded dissidents. He privately abused his power and took pleasure in the common people, and made the people miserable and full of misery, which led to the uprising in the south of the Yangtze River and the invasion of the Central Plains by the Jin State.

The question now is why so many traitors appeared in the imperial court during the period of Song Huizong, and they also held the power of the imperial court, which is a question worth pondering, and the first major responsibility is of course caused by the decadent rule of Song Huizong. He is a very controversial figure, although politically incompetent, but has an amazing talent in art, proficient in almost every art, has a very high cultivation, it can be said that among all the emperors, Song Huizong's artistic talent is called the second, no emperor can claim to be the first, but it is a pity that history chose him to be the emperor, and this is the beginning of all the tragedy.

In the dark historical moment of the six thieves of the Great Song Dynasty rampant in the imperial court, it has greatly damaged the political ecology of the imperial court, and has seriously affected the development of the national economy and the normal life of the people, and caused a professional situation, the main problem is the three redundant problems of the Great Song Empire, first of all, redundant soldiers, spending huge money to raise a group of old soldiers with low combat effectiveness, followed by the problem of redundant officials, a large number of officials have formed a number of imperial court politics, although there are more constraints between each other, but it has also led to a great bloated administrative system, This not only caused administrative inefficiency, but also made it easier to cause mutual blame in affairs, and coupled with the high salaries of officials, it also seriously increased the financial burden of the imperial court. The last one is the problem of redundancy, the front of the redundant soldiers, redundant officials led to a lot of financial pressure, so the problem of redundancy was formed, it is precisely because of the increasingly tight financial situation of the imperial court, coupled with the extreme luxury of Song Huizong in terms of life, a large number of civil engineering projects, including the royal garden - Genyue, on the luxurious dormitory Yanfu Palace, etc., plus its construction of Taoist courtyards in various parts of the capital, etc., it made the already tight central finances even worse, which led to the later appointment of whoever was appointed as the prime minister to take charge of the imperial court, In order to gain the emperor's favor, the prime minister squeezed the merchants and peasants below extremely much, so as to obtain wealth to fill the financial gap of the imperial court.

Since the prime minister and other imperial courts are the main policy makers and implementers, it is natural for the officials and the common people to blame them completely, and the emperor is always not wrong, only the ministers. This led to the breeding and origin of the six thieves, and on the other hand, they are just the spokesmen of this deformed dynasty, in this case, no matter who comes to power as the prime minister, it will be the same ending. If there are no above six thieves, there will be other seven thieves or eight thieves, this is just a historical choice. And we need to look at the problem with an objective eye, combined with the historical conditions at the time to comprehensively analyze the problem, as for how to evaluate the so-called six thieves of the Great Song Dynasty, it is only a matter of the benevolent and the wise and the wise. It depends on which angle you look at. After a comprehensive analysis of the various political figures, historical background, environment, economic situation, military strength, social situation, etc. of the Great Song Empire, this will help the development of the later content, and all this is not imagination, it is based on a certain historical realization, let us return to the Great Song Empire that countless people envy and hate.

On the ninth day of the seventh month of the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124 AD), after a series of restructurings, I was thinking about how to carry out the next step of refined practical administration in the Funing Palace. After a while, I saw Wang Hao dragging his tired body slowly, and after a simple salute, watching this middle-aged man who was only forty-five years old suddenly aged a lot, I was also very touched, a person's spirit does determine the external appearance. I then instructed the chamberlain to give Wang Huang a seat, and after Wang Huang thanked him, he said: "Your Majesty, after the recent processing of the lower officials, the family business of the old minister has almost been sorted out, please read the emperor." As he spoke, he took out a list from his bosom and presented it with both hands. I picked up the document and looked at it carefully, and saw that it listed gold, silver, copper coins, and many properties and treasures, and after cashing in, the total below was a list of 62 million coins and attached jewels, calligraphy and paintings, and even his ancestral house was also on the list. It seems that this is all Wang Hao's belongings.

After reading it, I put the paperwork aside, thinking that this is consistent with Wang Hao's total assets in the Imperial City Secret Report of about 80 million yuan, and it is also similar to the rumored figures in Beijing.

When I said this, Wang Hao replied without thinking: Your Majesty, the emperor's recent new policy moves, the ministers are very understanding, and they are also supportive without hesitation. All this is for the prosperity of the Great Song Empire, and the restructuring of the administrative system is very in line with the current situation of the imperial court, and it should also be necessary to make up its mind to do some politics, after all, the old minister always feels that the external environment at this time has undergone obvious changes, especially the rapid rise of the Jin State, beyond the expectations of the lower officials. The old minister has nothing else to ask for, as long as the Great Song Dynasty can make the people rich and the country strong, and the military affairs are strong, the old minister will be content. After saying that, he bowed deeply to me.

I am very satisfied with Wang Hao's attitude, maybe after experiencing the prime minister's turmoil, he also slowly figured it out, and I said to him: In view of Wang Aiqing's court for many years and rich ability to deal with government affairs, I decided to crown Wang Aiqing as the Taibao, so as to supervise and guide the court affairs at all times, and among Wang Aiqing's descendants, I will choose a person who can be used for exploration, and I will include it in the Jiaozi Yuan to be responsible for the economic restructuring policy and implementation.

The Great Song Empire has three princes and three divisions, the three princes are both Taibao, Taifu, and Taishi, and the three divisions are Situ, Taiwei, and Sikong, although it is a nominal position, but it is also the same as the prime minister, which is higher than the prime minister in name. Based on Wang Hao's cooperation with the new policy and the handover of his property, and rewarded him with the nominal position of Taibao and his descendants, Wang Hao knelt down and thanked me for my grace: "Old minister, thank the emperor for his holy grace!" After speaking, I kowtowed, looked at Wang Huang who was kneeling, and I asked him to get up and talk back. It is also a reward for the right decision he made after seeing the situation clearly. Enwei and grace, Hu stick and sweet radish have always been very good.

Then I thought about Zhu Mian, the envoy of Weiyuan Jiedu, who was the culprit who caused the Fangla uprising, after all, Wang Hao had a close relationship with him in the later period, so I asked Wang Huang and said: What does Wang Aiqing think about Zhu Mian's troubles in the southeast? This is a topic that he can't avoid, and the situation that Zhu Mian reported to me before was that most of the Huashi Gang offered to Wang Hao had been corrupted in private, and at this time I wanted to know Wang Mian's opinion of Zhu Mian.

Wang Hao hesitated for a moment and then said: Qi Huang Emperor, Zhu Mian and his son are from the homeless people, and they have no bottom line and rules to do things, and they have been relying on the grace of God for many years, under the banner of Huashigang, and poisoning the roads in the south of the Yangtze River for evil, and the people hate them to the core, calling the Zhu family a small court in the south of the Yangtze River. In particular, the special funds allocated by the imperial court for the purchase of Huashigang have all gone into Zhu Mian's private pocket, and the people below have always been forcibly plundered, and even the freight has to be borne by the people. Such an act is indeed intolerable to the world.

Wang Hao obviously has selfish intentions when he says this, although it is all true, but he has always held a grudge against Zhu Mian's complaint in his heart, which may also be a kind of revenge psychology at work. After listening to Wang Huang's evaluation of Zhu Mian, I nodded slightly, and then said: I have instructed the Imperial City Division to thoroughly investigate Zhu Mian's father and son in Jiangnan, in view of the fact that there has not yet been a detailed report, and the Emperor Taishang in Hangzhou still needs Zhu Mian's father and son to assist in some matters, after all, I have just arrived in Jiangnan, and I have been favored by the Emperor Taishang before, and after my father is a little accustomed to it in Hangzhou, I will deal with it again in combination with the specific report of the Imperial City Division.

At this time, Wang Hao's face was already much better-looking, and it seemed that the haze in his heart had gradually dissipated, so he saluted and said loudly: "The emperor is sage!" I said: Wang Aiqing went back and prepared to recommend one of his children and grandchildren to me. Wang Hao bowed down again to thank him, and then bowed and left. When I saw him go away, I handed the document to the chamberlain and told him to hand it over to the Taifu Temple, which was specialized in the management of the royal gold and silver treasures, to sign and put it in the treasury.