Zheng Lang's statement is also a little biased, even if he wins the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it can't be said that there is no crisis in the north. The main thing is internal affairs, if it were not for Zhao Ji and Cai Jing, or the rise of the Jurchens, the Song Dynasty would not necessarily perish. It is the internal affairs that matter. And if the border is not urgent, it is impossible to exempt all the two taxes, and even the two major franchises are exempted, and the commercial tax can be reduced.

This is just a big cake that Zheng Lang composed in order to have a dream in the future Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, the Song Dynasty will go into decline.

As for what conditions can be met to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, Zheng Lang didn't say any more, and as his voice changed, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister said a few things before leaving, one is education, patriotic education. In the past, when old ministers read history books, they often wondered why the five surnames and seven families were above the royal family, but in fact, the reason was very simple, that is, resources and education. In order to maintain the stability of the country, especially after the decline of the royal family in the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang royal family had to reuse the talents of the five surnames and seven families, but these talents grew up and received education from their own families. Therefore, they put the interests of the family first. ”

The rest is not said.

The Song Dynasty did not have the soil for the existence of five surnames and seven families, but there were also many families, including the family of scholars, the family of foreign relatives, and so on.

Many of them were listed in the court, and for this reason it was impossible to put the interests of the family under the interests of the state.

Zheng Lang's voice changed and said: "Therefore, the old minister thinks that the imperial court can allocate some funds in the future to build schools, subsidize poor children to go to school, and strengthen their concept of national supremacy, then there will be more Fan Zhongyan." Under the nest, will there be no eggs? Only when more scholars put the country above their families and families and are loyal to the country, can the country be immortal! ”

Some people have a slight discoloration of their faces. But it can't be denied.

Zhao Ji was foreheadd.

Zheng Lang didn't make it clear, turned to another thing, and said: "Your Majesty, the second thing the minister said is the separation of powers and dictatorship. ”

Zheng Lang seems to be talking about it relatively lightly, but it is a great event, it is not a separation of power and dictatorship, but two systems: centralized dictatorship and democratic supervision.

If some of the ideas of feudal society were not very backward in the Song Dynasty, at least the country still needed a strong force and the title of a king. Use this to maintain the unity of the country. However, since the Song Dynasty, it has also begun to gradually fall behind, including the Song Dynasty's initiative to decentralize power, and the heavy constraints on the overthrow, all of which are a progressive pseudo-democratic system.

But it was not very successful, and its goal was only to prevent the creation of powerful ministers, so it was not so advanced in thought.

Zheng Lang has been trying to find a way out since he was a teenager, and there are two ways out in later generations, one is the centralized dictatorship. The second is democracy. However, after careful analysis, each has its own shortcomings and advantages, and the centralized dictatorship is undoubtedly a hotbed of corruption. If it is carried out for a long time, the gap between the rich and the poor will be serious, and there will be all kinds of unfair phenomena in society, but it will be very efficient. This is something that a democracy cannot have. The democratic system is better supervised, in any case, if it is of the same race and the same race. It is certainly superior in terms of human rights, but it is procrastinating, and it is difficult to have continuity in policies, and at the same time, if you want to implement true democracy, you need very high conditions, otherwise the consequences will be worse than that of Dongshi.

Therefore, Zheng Lang wanted to find a third way, such as the parliamentary system of officials he implemented in Hehuang, which was a bolder attempt at pseudo-democracy. But the more I think about it, the more confused I become, in fact, the Song and Ming dynasties have implemented some pseudo-democratization systems, but what about the two countries? The Han doctors in the Qing Dynasty were not even as good as a slave, but without the invasion of foreigners, it was possible that the Qing Dynasty could still exist for one or two hundred years.

If he does find it, he may surpass Confucius and become China's greatest thinker.

After searching for a lifetime, I didn't find it, but I found a truth.

The truth is not in democracy and dictatorship, but in the I Ching. Whether democracy or dictatorship, they are only the difference between yin and yang, the former is to divide power in order to form mutual supervision, and the latter is to centralize power in order to reduce constraints. It's just a democracy and a dictatorship, and they are concretized and detailed. That's what they are.

In fact, Zheng Lang has already done it, further decentralization, including cutting off part of the prime minister's authority, so as not to make the country go into decline immediately. At the same time, the rights of various ministries and departments will be clarified, so that the rights and responsibilities of various ministries and departments will be relatively centralized. A number of departments have been established to strengthen the oversight function. In addition, it is necessary to prevent the independence of various ministries and departments from hindering national affairs, and to expand the scale of the metropolitan council, so that the ministries and departments can understand each other and better handle government affairs.

But it's not the best way to do it.

First of all, the responsibilities of various ministries and departments are clearer than before, and the rights may have increased, but they cannot be arbitrary, and with the addition of the supervision system, it is more difficult to do things. In particular, the two governments and the three divisions. If he is not there, the weak and stubborn prime minister will not stay long, and the strong prime minister will be troubled by it, and he will concentrate power again step by step like Wang Anshi and Han Qi.

However, the concentration of power is even worse, the I Ching emphasizes yin and yang regulation, and the same is true of the system, the state with centralized power must emphasize supervision and reduce injustice, and the country with public power must pay attention to administrative continuity and reduce all kinds of constraints.

In the Song Dynasty, even if the so-called pseudo-democratic mechanism appeared, the supervision system could not be ignored, but its responsibilities had to be stated.

So before leaving the court, Zheng Lang simply explained this issue clearly. Of course, Zheng Lang will not say democracy, the people are the masters, where will the emperor go? Therefore, we only talk about decentralization and autocracy.

Zhao Ji said: "Gong Zheng, please speak." ”

"Your Majesty, dictatorship is the concentration of power, and it is easy to produce power ministers to mislead the country, and because of the lack of supervision, officials behave recklessly, and the society is unfair. Therefore, the ancestors imposed layers of restrictions on the functions and powers of various ministers and supervised each other. However, it is easy to say black and white, but it is so difficult to say right and wrong. In fact, in the final analysis, it is the complexity of human nature, the old minister and Fan Zhongyan had a conversation before, and the old minister said that how can human nature be distinguished by black and white, just like the color of the world, there are red, orange and green, which constitutes the brilliance of the world. The same is true of human nature, if you use a simple good and evil, black and white to distinguish between it, it is a big mistake. It is precisely because of the complexity of human nature that people are the spirit of all things. The ministers have considered the separation of powers and dictatorship for a long time, and have also implemented some regulations in the restructuring. But there is no such thing as a pure color, let alone a perfect system. In particular, the purpose of expanding the Metropolitan Council is to have a horizontal understanding, work together, cancel and make up for shortcomings, make up for omissions, and make decision-making more perfect. But there is a good side, and there must be a bad side. Coupled with the expansion of the monitoring mechanism, the metropolitan associations are prone to mutual constraints. Procrastination. Therefore, the old minister finally proposed that if the decisions of the ministries and departments were opposed by other ministries and departments, they should be handed over to His Majesty for decision-making. Your Majesty cannot make decisions, and on the premise that the ministries and departments do not harm the interests of the state, and the decisions are within the scope of the responsibilities of the ministries and departments, then the decisions of the ministries and departments must be implemented. ”

This is also Zheng Lang's usual style, it is better to do than to say, and when there is a dispute, you can't delay it. Otherwise, all kinds of government affairs will be ridiculed.

"Then there are the various supervisory bodies and ministers. Their function is to supervise the integrity of officials and the pros and cons of the implementation of state affairs, rather than to be a decision-making and executive body. Ministers have the right to impeach, but they cannot interfere with the decision-making and executive power of ministries and departments. The various supervision departments have the right to supervise the moral integrity and administration of officials in all prefectures and counties, but they are also not allowed to override the officials of each prefecture and county and grossly interfere in the politics of each prefecture and county. ”

Zhao Ji nodded.

Zheng Lang is fine, gone. The importance of this must be made clear. Otherwise, some ministers are also lawless.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, the third thing that the old minister said is Yi. There is no such thing or thing as perfect, and there is no system that lasts forever. Let's just say that His Majesty, the old ministers, and the Xining reform initiated by the ministers have dealt with all kinds of ills since the founding of our dynasty. Nowadays, whether it is the economy, or the military, or the conduct of officials, it is a little better than before. However, in order to reduce disputes, there are too many concessions, and the implementation of various reforms is not thorough. Maybe in a hundred years, as long as the monarch is wise and virtuous, it can still be a law and policy for governing the world. But after a hundred years, there will be new drawbacks, even if it is the deed share system of the prisons. However, restructuring is more difficult. Xining's restructuring was barely successful, what if it didn't succeed? The country is divided! ”

Zheng Lang said solemnly.

It can't be said that the Song Dynasty is fine, but there are still some crises at the moment, but Zheng Lang doesn't dare to touch it.

And the reform was successful, Zheng Lang used the golden finger to make a profit, does the latecomer have this golden finger? And Zheng Lang stands at the height of history, are there any latecomers?

"Future generations want me to establish the country for thousands of years, and we must constantly adjust, but each adjustment will implicate a wide range of people, so we must be careful. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to establish a country or to govern the country, and the old minister said here that it is difficult to establish a country, but it is even more difficult to govern the country! ”

This is also Zheng Lang's last confession.

I talked about the military, I talked about the system, I talked about reform.

Then he said: "Renjun is the top priority of the country, one is afraid of cruelty, the second is afraid of ignorance, and the third is afraid that the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty will be distracted by the small road, but the queen of Li is unparalleled in the world." Lin Hua thanked Chunhong, too hurried. Ladies and gentlemen, the old man has been a minister since he was seventeen years old, and he is deeply favored by the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, Renzong and Her Majesty the Queen Mother, so the old man is afraid that something will go wrong. Now the state affairs are handed over to you, and I hope you will work hard. ”

Zheng Lang resigned, this time he really resigned as prime minister, and the rights of the two governments will be reshuffled.

And Zheng Lang is positive and peaceful, and there are three explanations, which may not make everyone unanimously agree, but at this time, none of the ministers spoke, looking at Zheng Lang together, and many people suddenly had sentimentality in their eyes.

……

When April arrives, the barley is yellow.

The weather in the capital is starting to get hotter and hotter day by day.

The Zheng family is busy, Zheng Lang is going with the army, but there is still one person who wants to go to the northwest, Si'er, she is a maid who has served Zheng Lang since she was a child, Yue'er is a young lady, she is the eldest lady, and because of her status as a mother, she is a good candidate to be a "hostage", so in the end, Si'er went to Xiaoguan first.

After Si'er left, Zheng Lang prepared and quickly left the capital.

The Song Dynasty invaded the summer, which was extremely exciting news, but at this time, many people were not happy. (To be continued......)