Inside the Guanjia Palace, the atmosphere fell silent.

The rain has long since stopped.

It was three or four o'clock in the morning, close to the time of the morning dynasty.

It was pitch black outside, the bamboo shadow in the back garden was forested, and the rice seedlings in front of the hall were swaying with the wind by the breeze, and there was a rustling sound.

There was no one in the temple who spoke.

According to the usual practice, after listening to Zhao Jun, they would all come here to stay for a while.

Sometimes it's about the direction of the future, sometimes it's about thinking about how to solve problems, and sometimes it's about ...... It was Zhao Zhen who wanted to smash something to vent.

But today, the atmosphere of speaking freely has changed, and it has become very heavy, because the official family is now in a very bad mood.

"Your Majesty."

Lu Yijian spoke first: "The minister impeached Fan Zhongyan with ill intentions and deliberately guided Zhao Jun to frame Weichen. ”

Fan Zhongyan sneered: "I have ill intentions? Didn't you hear what Zhao Jun said? If you want the Great Song Dynasty not to perish, you must carry out reforms. If you obstruct reform, aren't you harming the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Lu Yijian immediately said: "The minister did not block the reform!" ”

At least not yet.

"Yes, you are not blocking the reform now, and that's because I haven't started the reform yet."

Fan Zhongyan immediately said: "The official family trusts you so much, but you want to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, Lu Yijian, you are the biggest traitor in the imperial court!" ”

"You talk nonsense! What does this have to do with me? ”

Lu Yijian was furious.

Fan Zhongyan retorted: "This is what Zhao Jun said, is it false?" ”

"Your Majesty....."

Lu Yijian was in a hurry and wanted to explain.

"Enough!"

Zhao Zhen slapped the table suddenly, looked at them with scarlet eyes, and said: "My Great Song Dynasty was harmed by your group of wastes, and in another ninety-one years, the Great Song Dynasty will perish, and even the emperor will be humiliated by the enemy, but you are still intriguing here, and no one takes me seriously!" ”

Everyone suddenly shrunk their necks unconsciously.

Renzong's temper has always been gentle and elegant, and he almost never gets angry. But today not only was he angry, but he also insulted them as waste, which was much more terrible than Zhao Jun's mouthful of waste.

Because Zhao Jun is a person from the next generation, he doesn't know his current situation, and secondly, he himself looks at the problem from the perspective of the future generations, so he thinks a little higher, and from God's point of view, it is reasonable to evaluate them.

But Zhao Zhen himself is a historical figure in Zhao Jun's mouth, and Zhao Jun is also to blame for the failure of the Qingli New Deal, so it stands to reason that Zhao Zhen should have accepted it with an open mind, and he is not qualified to lose his temper.

But the official family lost his temper.

The people present are all old monsters who have been up and down in the sea for many years, how can they not hear it?

This is Zhao Zhen's extreme dissatisfaction with their party struggle.

According to Zhao Jun, it was precisely because of the party struggle in the Renzong Dynasty that the failure of the Qingli New Deal and the failure of Wang Anshi's reform indirectly led to the failure of Wang Anshi's reform, so that the problem of three redundancies could not be solved, and finally the Northern Song Dynasty perished.

The Great Song is dying.

How can you not make Zhao Zhen angry?

After a long while, Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "The official family also heard it, if the Great Song Dynasty wants to last for a long time, the trouble of three redundancies must be solved." If you want to cure the three redundancies, you must first rectify the rule of officials, and there is nothing wrong with the reform of the ministers, what is wrong is that there are villains secretly blocking the new policy. ”

Although he did not name names, this is no different from naming names. Lu Yijian's face turned even red, and he wanted to refute, but the first thing Zhao Jun said on the list was him, and the refutation was powerless after all.

"Lu Xiang."

Zhao Zhen turned his head to look at Lu Yijian and said to him: "You often tell me about the disadvantages of the three redundant things, but why are you confused when it comes to major things?" ”

Lu Yijian's lips squirmed twice, wanting to say something, but he was stuck in his throat and couldn't speak.

Fan Zhongyan sneered: "Didn't Zhao Jun say it? How many disciples and grandchildren Lu Xiang has in the court, and there are countless high-ranking and powerful people under his disciples, if he supports the new policy, won't he wipe out his own faction of henchmen? ”

Wang Zeng took the opportunity to fall into the well and said: "This can't be blamed on Lu Xiang, Lu Xiang happened to be in charge of the 24th Division, and the 24th Division was relocated and replaced by Lu Xiang, and the elected officials were naturally virtuous, but if you want to be deposed on a large scale, wouldn't it be a waste of Lu Xiang's intention to select the pillars of the country?" Some resistance is also a reasonable thing. ”

The two sang and harmonized, which solidified the atmosphere in the hall.

Lu Yijian glanced at Wang Zeng, and Wang Zeng also glanced at him, the power struggle between the two did not start next year.

As early as the two were in the same dynasty, there was already an open and secret fight. It's just that next year, Wang Zeng couldn't bear it anymore, and finally broke out with the Lu party.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity now, when will you wait?

Zhao Zhen's face is really ugly, although Lu Yijian is indeed his mentor on the road of life, but compared to the Great Song Jiangshan, he naturally values the latter more, so if Lu Yijian becomes an obstacle on the road to reform, maybe he can't give up.

After a moment of silence, Lu Yijian arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is naturally willing to support the new policy. But the so-called matter has priority, Zhao Jun also said, Wang Anshi and Su Shi are both famous ministers through the ages, and they are not traitors, but they finally turned against each other, which shows that the new policy is not a minister who opposes it and will fail, but should gradually find a way to solve the problem. ”

"The rule of officials is the solution to the problem."

Fan Zhongyan said: "Zhao Jun also said that now there are many officials in the imperial court, the number is several times that of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and the amount of money that the court has to spend is dozens of times that of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. ”

Lu Yijian shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Jun only said some of the root causes of the problem. But this matter is extremely complicated, and it is far from being summed up by a sentence of opposition from the Manchu court. The inside story is far beyond our imagination. It is true that Fan Zhongyan is the restructure of the New Deal, but his failure also proves that he is not the right person for restructuring, and maybe we can still find the right method and direction. ”

"Lu Yijian, you just pretend to be confused."

Fan Zhongyan said angrily: "If you hadn't stopped it, how could the restructuring have failed?" ”

Lu Yijian smiled and said: "With me alone, I can make the officials and doctors of the entire Great Song Dynasty oppose you, Fan Zhongyan, you also think too highly of me." Zhao Jun said that you are offending the entire interest group. If you want to break such interest groups, the only way to use the army is to use the military, do you dare to use the army to kill people? ”

"I ......"

Fan Zhongyan was speechless for a while, because he saw Zhao Zhen's still expressionless face.

Use the army in the Great Song Dynasty?

Even the Privy Council does not have this right.

Although the Privy Council was nominally the highest military body of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact the Privy Council only had the power to send troops but not the right to command troops.

The power to command the army was in the hands of the emperor.

The Song Dynasty had a complicated way to mobilize troops, and if there was to be a war, the emperor appointed a general to lead the army, and then the Privy Council was responsible for recruiting soldiers to this general.

Generals have the right to command troops, but they do not have the right to send troops, resulting in the well-known situation in later generations that "soldiers do not know generals, and generals do not know soldiers".

So if Fan Zhongyan is given military power, it is obviously impossible.

Even if he goes to the northwest in the future, he can only carry out local administration, and the military verdict still depends on the emperor's face.

It's like before the defeat of Haoshuichuan, the dispute between Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan about whether to send troops or not, the final decision is still in Zhao Zhen's hands.

The Northern Song Emperor's grasp of military power was almost sick to the bone.

Zhao Jun said that when a conservative interest group becomes a burden to the state, what is needed is a strong and iron-fisted approach. But this obviously violates the ancestral system of Taizu and scholars ruling the world together, and it will also make the Manchu officials rumored, and if the officials are not done well, the Great Song Dynasty will already be in turmoil, is this something Your Majesty wants to see? ”

Old God Lu Yijian said on the ground: "So I think that if you want to solve these problems, you can't do it overnight. To reform the rule of officials, we should try it slowly, step by step, just as Zhao Jun said, we can first motivate officials, do a good job in the punishment and reward system, and then talk about the dismissal of officials. ”

Yan Shu echoed: "Yes, this is what Zhao Jun said, if you take too big a step, it is easy to pull the egg." Boil the frog in warm water so that the frog will not jump out of the pot due to the heat of the water. Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is better to go step by step. ”

"What about you?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Wang Zeng and Wang followed them, and asked, "Do you also think you should come step by step?" ”

Wang Sui and Sheng Du glanced at each other, and also suggested to Zhao Zhen: "Yes, the ministers also think that such a major event should be fully prepared, not in a hurry, and should indeed slow down." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi also responded.

It is very rare that there are almost three small groups of three small groups that all agree.

No, I don't agree.

In addition to Zhao Jun's comment that Fan Zhongyan's approach will definitely fail, there is another most important reason - that is, they are also members of the interest group.

If you really let go and support Fan Zhongyan to make drastic reforms, everyone's protégés and former officials will also suffer, so naturally they can't support it.

So in general, everyone has selfish intentions, but they are indeed thinking about the Great Song Dynasty, which is full of contradictions.

Fan Zhongyan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, how can the major matter of the country's life and death be delayed? ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while, shook his head and said: "After all, Fan Qing has failed in history, and Zhao Jun also said that Fan Qing's way is not advisable, so it is better to slow down." ”

Yan Shu saw that Fan Zhongyan's face was very bad, so he said with a smile: "Xiwen doesn't need to be worried, Zhao Jun will probably be able to restore his light in two or three months." With him here, is Xiwen still afraid that he won't be able to make it? ”

Will Zhao Jun regain his sight soon?

Fan Zhongyan was suddenly woken up, and suddenly felt a thrill, and then said: "What Uncle Tong said is reasonable, but the minister is anxious. But Your Majesty, the minister still plays. ”

"You say."

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes and kneaded his temples, he really hadn't rested well in the past few days.

Fan Zhongyan said solemnly: "The ministers ask to dismiss Lu Xiang's party, even if Lu Xiang can't dismiss the prime minister, they should also reduce their wings, otherwise they, as an interest group, Lu Xiangming said that he would not block the new policy, but he would be a demon behind his back, which would be a bad thing." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Zhen's eyes swept Lu Yijian's eyes.

Lu Yijian's back was cold, so he had no choice but to step forward and promise: "Minister...... Everything is up to Your Majesty. ”

"Then those who have been promoted by Lu Xiang, who are inactive and mediocre, let Fan Qing make a list. I will ask the Imperial City Division to cooperate, and if anyone stands in the way, I will not tolerate it. ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "Let's get here today first, and go to the temple first." ”

"Yes."

The ministers bowed.

Lu Yijian glared at Fan Zhongyan hatefully.

This.

He's planted.