Zhao Zhen also felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, stood up, walked to the window, looked at the night outside, and said slowly: "The first emperor welcomed the book of heaven, and the east and the west worshipped, and the extravagance was a little too much. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Ten years of Tiansheng, everything has followed the precedent of the previous dynasty, and the shortcomings have been deep, and now it is impossible to change it. Now that the imperial court is in deficit every year, and the top and bottom are whitewashing the peace, how can it be a situation if it goes on like this? Since I became pro-government, I have repeatedly issued edicts to open up the way of speech, no matter the cloth clothes of scholars, as long as what is said is beneficial to the current government, I will not hesitate to reward. But only Li Shu waited for a few people, loyal to the king, and went on the chapter of reforming the current politics. Ugh—"

Xu Ping stood behind him, and he didn't know how to interface. When it comes to reform in this era, he really has to go to the sea of swords and fires, Xu Ping really doesn't have the determination to step in, and he is not even sure that he will be able to retreat with his whole body.

In fact, at any given time, major policy changes are earth-shattering and involve countless risks.

Because once this flag is erected, it can only advance and cannot retreat, and if it retreats, there is no place to bury. Reform and counter-reform are fighting to the death because there are too many involved.

Since Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, the Queen Mother has listened to the government for ten years, although she did not show it, she actually held back her resentment. This is also why as soon as he became in power, he replaced all the rulers, and he must abolish the queen, just to vent this anger.

After getting angry, it is the government, and the queen mother's policy must be abolished and her authority established. Since last year, he has issued several edicts asking his subjects to rule the world with good prescriptions, and each time he has become more earnest.

But what's the use of issuing an edict? I really think that the master is in the people! Systemic reform can only be carried out with the unity of the government and the great courage of the monarch and the ministers. Now he doesn't believe in the old bureaucracy at all, how can it have a practical effect.

Realistically speaking, Lu Yijian is not opposed to reform, and he has never been against the emperor. But the current situation in the government is the result of his years in power, how does he know how to change it? What can be changed has already been changed.

Lu Yijian doesn't care about policies, what he cares about is real power, as long as he doesn't move to his real power, he can change it.

But reform will inevitably lead to the redistribution of interests, how can it be possible to satisfy everyone, if you don't use Lu Yijian's real power, where can you find someone to help you do things. This is a dead knot, and you can't untie it without fighting.

Xu Ping raised his eyes and looked around, there was no prime minister to support him, and there was no foundation team of his own, what would he do to fight Lu Yijian? He was not naïve enough to think that with the support of the emperor, not to mention that the imperial power was not so strong, and the emperor did not have such a strong will, and when he encountered difficulties, he might retreat at some point.

Fan Zhongyan dared to fight to the death with Lu Yijian, that was with the support of Wang Zeng and the support of a large group of middle- and lower-level officials, otherwise he would be kicked to the remote state army that he didn't know, where would he be allowed to speak out in the capital.

Xu Ping believed that Fan Zhongyan and the others were not instructed by Wang Zeng, but what they did was supported by Wang Zeng. Wang Zeng is not Lu Yijian, he will not privately plant party henchmen, let alone engage in the collusion of small gangs. Wang was a real politician who had his own political opinions, and he would support those who supported his political views, although he may not have spoken to them in private.

After Wang Zeng, below Fan Zhongyan, no one has such ability, such a mind, and such a responsibility. No matter how bad Xu Ping's history is, he also knows the Qingli New Deal, knows the Gentleman Party and the Villain Party, and knows that Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian fought to the death. I also know that Wang Anshi changed the law after that, and the struggle between the new party and the old party even gambled on the fate of the world.

Such a surging tide of social change, wave after wave, is by no means because of the will of one person, let alone the whims of a group of people, but the inevitability of history.

To go deeper, from the time of Taizong to unify the whole country, and after several defeats against the Khitan and Jiaozhi and later against the party, the whole country entered a state of recuperation. It is said that Confucianism is the only respect, but in fact, it is the technique of Huang Lao, and the general direction of the policy is to be quiet and inactive, and rest with the people.

The sentence of Lu Duan, the former prime minister, "If the benefits are not hundred, the law will not change", is a portrayal of this situation.

In the later period of Zhenzong, this policy tendency became more and more unsustainable, and the period when Empress Dowager Liu was in charge of the government was just forcibly renewing this policy.

Now that the emperor is in power, all the people in the world understand that it will not work if it remains the same. Even Lu Yijian, who is considered the biggest obstacle to change, is actually not opposed to change.

This is the general trend of history, and no one can stop it.

The only problem now is that there are not enough people to lead the change, and no one knows how to change it.

Political ideas do not appear in a vacuum, but must be based on academic ideas. At this time, it is clear that this academic idea has not yet appeared to guide political practice, and everyone is at a loss. Xu Ping can't make it out of thin air, what he learned in his previous life is still a long way to go if it is combined with this era.

There is no absolute truth in the world that is always true in ancient and modern times, and any theory must be integrated with reality, and the closer this integration is, the more it will guide the country and society in the right direction. On the contrary, divorced from social reality, everything will become empty talk, and exaggerated theories will only bring disaster to the country and the people, and even lead to ruin.

Whenever the policy of quiet and inaction could not be carried out, Confucianism became an alternative. This was the case in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was also the same in this era. Fan Zhongyan and these people took the revival of Confucianism as a call to start from the academic point of view and carry out social change.

At this time, it was the time when the newly revived Confucianism was attacking the actual implementation of Huang Lao's thought. It was the struggle between Fan Zhongyan and a group of Confucian scholars and the old bureaucracy led by Lü Yijian.

Xu Ping is not a Confucian scholar, but he has been immersed in officialdom for so many years, has read so many books, and has memories of his past life, if he can't even see this, then he has to blame himself for being ignorant.

But Xu Ping still didn't dare to join the war group, because the emerging Confucianism had not yet ascended to the throne, and the infighting had already begun. Fan Zhongyan was able to transcend this infighting and become the co-leader of all parties, Xu Ping couldn't believe that he could be so lucky.

The infighting of Neo-Confucianism, in fact, did not go beyond the pattern of the pre-Qin period. The mainstream is the Han Yu Zun Meng faction, but there are also many scholars who respect Xunzi, and there is a new school of its own that quietly rises.

Mencius talked about the inherent goodness of nature, and everything started from this, and when it came to politics, it was to be lenient and love the people, and everything else was supplemented.

Xunzi stresses the nature of evil, and changes to the direction of serving the emperor is Legalism, and changes to the direction of Confucianism, which pays attention to etiquette, is the Three Principles and Five Constants. Because human nature is inherently evil, there must be strong rules to restrain it, which is fundamental.

The niche is the so-called sexual simplicity theory, that is, human beings are born without good and evil, and everything is taught by nurture. This requires Guangxing School to teach the people to be good, and the punishment is lenient and appropriate.

In addition to these views, because Mencius said that "it is better to believe in the book than to have no book", advocating "rebellion with will", so that future generations can have a different way of life in the scriptures, and even "the six classics note me", some scholars who were different from Mencius also admired Mencius, forming a huge Mencius promotion movement. Fundamentally, it is to prepare academic theories for change.

Xu Ping at least knew that when he talked about Confucianism at that time in his previous life, he actually put on the skin of Mencius and practiced Xunzi's practice. Who wins and who loses between these two factions? With the historical memory of his previous life, Xu Ping did not dare to jump to conclusions.

In fact, Sima Guang, who paid the most attention to the three outlines and five constants in this era, respected Xunzi ideologically. Wang Anshi, whom he regarded as his mortal enemy, respected Mencius ideologically, and Mencius also rose rapidly in status when Wang Anshi was in power. But history is so funny, in the end, the literati who regarded Wang Anshi as an enemy were respectful of Mencius and paid attention to the three outlines and five constants.

Even in later generations, the theoretical basis of early capitalism was that human beings were born selfish, and it was human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and all political and economic models revolved around this. The essence of electoral politics is a republic of the ruling class, not broad political power, and anyone who gets this wrong will be ruined.

On the other hand, it is "600 million Shenzhou Shunyao", firmly believing that the people are great and selfless.

In the end, the two sides clashed and collided, and finally found that neither side was right, and even the most basic theory was completely changed. In the end, you have me, I have you, and who knows which is right and which is wrong?

Now is the time to argue about the most basic issue, a fundamental problem that has not been solved for thousands of years, how could Xu Ping rashly join in? What he needed now was not to go into the water, just to watch quietly from the shore.

Reforms without theoretical support will end up being a farce that makes people laugh. And where is it so easy to form a theory that can support reform? How is it possible to make it clear in a few words?

The only way to do this is to go step by step, slowly grope in practice, and find out the theory. But Xu Ping's so-called exploration came together with Lu Yijian's maintenance of the status quo, and it was impossible to get rid of it in the policy direction.

People are all people who think that they have mastered the supreme truth of the universe, once they are in power, the world will be peaceful, how can they allow Xu Ping to take his time like this? Now that the firepower has not reached himself, thank God.

The wind in the spring night was still a little cold, and Zhao Zhen stood at the window, facing the wind blowing in, frowning.

After a long time, he asked in a deep voice: "You have been in the local government for five years since the fifth year of the Heavenly Sage, and you have served in the local government for six years, so you have no opinion on the current government and politics?" Don't feel the need to change course? ”

Xu Ping said: "The world knows that it needs to be changed, and Weichen also knows that it needs to be changed, but he doesn't know how to change it." ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head: "There are thousands of governments and politics, and there are always inappropriate places, why don't you see what you propose to change?" ”

Xu Ping was a little helpless: "Since Weichen entered the capital, the governance of the three divisions has been changing all the time. From the reform of the tea law, to the reform of the money law, to the reform of the rule of officials, these are all different from before. His Majesty said that Wechen did not propose to change anything, but it was because Wechen had not impeached the minister, had not counted the mistakes of his predecessors, and had not caught people's eyes and ears. But are these necessary? (To be continued.) )