Chapter 1262: It Doesn't Matter
The greater the power of Zhao Hao, the greater the responsibility, and the corresponding things will be more. And he knew that he was not a diligent person, and he changed the court to a five-day dynasty every day, and sometimes he really couldn't figure out how those emperors who were unruly in the morning relied on to persevere, so that he suspected that they had mental illness, just to enjoy the bad taste of being high up and accepting the worship of the ministers.
Now Zhao Yu has to review a large number of official documents submitted by Shangshu Province every day, and also browse the documents collected by the army and local governments and bureaus sent by the Imperial Front Office. Not to mention that these massive documents all need to be carefully read and reviewed, it is not a small amount of work to browse and read through, not to mention those official documents that are still not interesting at all.
So Zhao Hao somewhat understands why those pro-government emperors don't live long, and even emperors like Yongzheng who died on the book case, they are all tired to death. Think about looking at the endless pieces of music in a day, and those pieces will definitely not be all good, and even some of them give their own opinions, first of all, the mood is not good. And some self-motivated emperors, who will inevitably not be able to eat and sleep in the mountains of official documents, can only work overtime to complete, and there is no overtime pay, not to mention that the cervical spine and lumbar spine can't stand it for a long time, and high blood pressure and heart disease will definitely come to the door.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu quickly stood up, turned his neck, twisted his waist, did a few more chest expansion exercises, and jumped on the spot. If it is abolished, there will only be more of those official affairs, not less. Therefore, to be an emperor must not only be energetic and experienced, but also have a good body, a strong heart, and thick nerves, otherwise if you don't die in the mountains and seas of literature, there will definitely be all kinds of deviations.
Therefore, Zhao Yu is a little worried about whether his children and grandchildren can keep this family business after the abolition, although it is still a little early to think about this, after all, I don't know if a son can be born in this wave. But people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries, as long as they don't carry so many wives, they will have sons sooner or later. In addition, the emperor is also a high-risk profession, and the position under the ass is always coveted, and he may die inexplicably one day. And if you want to complete the great cause of recovering the country, it will be common for you to drive in person for a long time, and if you often walk by the river, you will inevitably have wet shoes.
Thinking about it again, he is also a person who wants to be a father, and his position will be given to them sooner or later, whether he can be like himself' is really hard to say, if there is a faint monarch, and there is no prime minister to assist in handling official affairs, it is not impossible to mislead the country and the people, make a mess of the whole country, and even lose the country and lose the family, and it is not impossible for his body to be dug up and his bones and ashes scattered.
There are also emperors who have ascended the throne in previous dynasties, and according to statistics, the frequency is quite high. And how many of those children can be as lucky as Zhao Yu, they come with the memories of their previous lives, and they have such rich experiences. Taking a step back, those heirs who were born in the deep palace, grew up in the hands of women, and were taught by the corrupt Confucian sect may be even more incapable of completing the heavy administrative work.
Therefore, for the sake of the long term, Zhao Yu can only endure it, and the waste phase is just a circle in his mind. In fact, there are still mainly lessons from the past, although the old Zhu Qian of the Ming Dynasty instructed that future generations should not be allowed to re-establish the prime minister, but sooner or later his children and grandchildren will again invite the prime minister back to the center under any other name, such as the chief palace scholar or something.
Of course, this so-called "prime minister" has lost the legal power of the system, and in later generations, whether it was Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu in the early stage, or Yang Tinghe, Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng in the middle and late periods, they could only exercise power in a new way, and in other words, they continued the legend of the prime minister. And Zhao Hao naturally didn't want to toss anymore with the lesson from the previous one, and he really couldn't afford to toss.
In addition, Zhao Yu has a very close relationship with several current rulers, and he really can't do anything to them, and these people have come from the storm of the country, and they have a very deep understanding of the people of the country, and they have deep thoughts about where the country is going. They wholeheartedly considered state affairs and wanted to build the country well, and they accomplished the great cause of restoring the country.
The other is in line with Zhao Yu's governing philosophy, that is, the importance of the people, in traditional Chinese terms, that is, "people-oriented". People-oriented is people-oriented, although the main design still does not jump out of the shackles of feudal society, or to the emperor of the imperial court, the purpose of attaching importance to the interests of the people is also the same to be able to better use the people, govern the world, so as not to violate the long-term interests and fundamental interests of the imperial court.
However, Zhao Yu also believes that they can learn from the lessons of the Great Song Dynasty that almost all of the reasons why they failed were because they failed to handle the relationship between the court and the people, or ignored the interests of the people, and finally lost the support of the people and died under the iron hooves of foreign races. Therefore, they supported his people-oriented policy, and tried to manage the relationship between the court and the people, and did not hesitate to make enemies with the gentry.
At the same time, Zhao Yu felt that Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang and a group of scholars were also reflecting on why the scholar class failed to govern the country well, which led to a serious political crisis, and why so many officials violated the teachings of the saints and betrayed the imperial court when they were in danger. And they also saw everything Zhao Hao did in Qiongzhou at the beginning, joining forces in the prefecture and county, compressing the royal treatment, saving wealth for the people, ensuring the survival of the disadvantaged groups in society, and making the people turn their hearts to the court. Thus, when the land policy of combining the equalization system and the official land system was introduced, they sided with the gentry despite the strong opposition of the gentry.
When Zhao Yu suppressed the capitulation faction politically, activated the main battle faction, strictly enforced law and order, cracked down on corruption, and eliminated incompetent officials. At the same time, it will reform the state institutions, improve the efficiency of their operations, and improve the remuneration of grassroots officials in order to strengthen their control over the state; It is necessary to carry out a thorough transformation of the armed forces, reorganize the military structure, enhance the status of military generals, strengthen ideological education, and ensure the interests of soldiers. Lu Xiufu and others did not object, and stood on his side. So that Zhao Yu was able to eliminate the situation of the army out of control, and build a strong army that obeys the command and takes the responsibility of safeguarding the interests of the country.
In terms of Zhao Hao's change of traditional official appointments, he has actually touched the fundamental interests of the scholar group. In particular, he raised the status of officials and opened up promotion paths for them, increased room for promotion, and treated officials equally, which can be said to have moved the cake of the scholars. At that time, Lu Xiufu and others also took a wait-and-see attitude. However, they soon discovered that the ability of the officials to handle government affairs was much better than that of the children of officials who relied on blood and nepotism to enter the government and the Confucian scholars who entered the imperial examination, so they also changed their attitude and consciously implemented the new system.
In the selection of talents for the imperial examination, in fact, many people of insight in the court and the central government also realized that Confucian classics were constantly crowding out other disciplines in the course of development, especially after the decision to use Zhuzi to select scholars, which had caused cultural development to stagnate, and the scholars and the common people were rigid in their thinking, which affected social progress. Furthermore, when reforming the imperial examination system and the Taixue education method, they maintained a tolerant attitude and did not resolutely resist.
Of course, Zhao Hao also has contradictions with several rulers, but he thinks that it is normal for disagreements to occur at work, and a group of harmony is worrisome. And his opinions and methods are not always correct, and he also needs someone to pour cold water on him to sober himself. You must know that to be a Ming Jun and create a prosperous era, you still need Wei Zheng.
Therefore, Zhao Hao thinks that the current contradictions between himself and several prime ministers are only internal contradictions among the people, and they cannot rise to the contradiction between the enemy and me, and there is no need to make trouble to the point of life and death. That 'waste phase' means that they think too much, and they are simply imaginary, and they are completely scared of themselves. But at this stage, you must also stay strong so that your strategy can be implemented smoothly. And now that they have 'seen through' and feel threatened, it is not without benefit, at least let some people know that they are away from their earth, and don't pick on them at every turn......
After a few days of entrenchment in Xuzhou, Zhao Mengjin sent news from Yingtianfu, saying that the enemy in the city had been cleared and the Hongqing Palace had been renovated. The Mengyuan side has also sent a prayer envoy to Kaifeng, and submitted a letter of state requesting an armistice and peace. After receiving the news, Zhao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he had decided to truce, but he also needed a decent reason, otherwise it would provoke the chatter of the radicals. And the forced Meng Yuan took the initiative to sue for peace and cut the land and pay tribute, which was the first time in the two-hundred-year war of the Great Song Dynasty against the nomads, which was enough to give an explanation to all parties before stopping in the old capital.
But what made Zhao Yu anxious was that he issued several orders urging Jiang Cheng to conquer Xiangyang as soon as possible, end the offensive in the west and turn to the defensive, so that he could have an advantage in the negotiations with Meng Yuan, and the Line of Actual Control could be used as the basis for demarcation. And if the war in Xiangyang drags on for a long time, then Meng Yuan is not willing to let go easily, so that his own side will fall into passivity, and he must have this idea now in his eagerness to seek peace.
But Xiangyang is too important for the current Great Song Dynasty, as long as it is in the hands of the enemy for a day, Jiangnan will not be able to sleep peacefully, and Zhao Yu is even more inevitable, which is also destined to be carried out in the negotiation of fighting. However, he does not want to participate in the negotiations himself, so it will be difficult to have room for maneuver, and he just needs to formulate policies and control the rhythm.
However, after the victory, Zhao Yu also had to go to Yingtianfu to pay tribute to the next few ancestors, and report to them that he had fought back. But just as he was packing up and preparing to move, news suddenly came from Xiangyang that Jiang Cheng, the commander of the West Group, was attacked by the enemy and was seriously injured when he visited the camp a few days ago, and it was difficult to ......