Chapter 452 Persistence
But change also requires courage. For him, the change is to let the Zhao family rule the world longer. If the change will shake the Zhao family's rule of the world, it will naturally be shaken.
And this is why he ultimately canceled the New Deal.
Later, he reflected on it and understood what Zhao Xing just said.
But the turmoil caused by Zhao Xing this time was too big. There were more than thirty officials, and these people were all in the imperial court.
Although the officials above the court are called hundreds of civil and military officials, there are actually more than a hundred.
But moving so many people at once would also affect the functioning of the court.
The most important thing is that if so many people are involved, other officials will definitely be involved, which will increase the number of people.
"If you do this, it will affect the stability of the world." The Supreme Emperor said.
"Father, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said that history can be used as a guide to determine gains and losses. Although I do not fully agree with this statement, it still makes sense. It has been a hundred years since the Song Dynasty was founded. Those dynasties that have been established for a longer period of time have all kinds of disadvantages and hidden dangers. "But which dynasty was as serious as the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Xing said.
The reason why Zhao Xing said he did not completely agree is because the Song Dynasty was the one who learned from history the most.
The most common phenomena in the past dynasties were eunuchs and relatives taking over the power, and clan generals committing rebellion, none of which existed in the Song Dynasty.
Why not? We haven't learned from history and formulated a strict prevention system.
"Other dynasties mostly had various drawbacks due to the fact that the emperor was fatuous, the powerful ministers were in power, or the generals were self-respecting, and those systems were used for too long.
But from the Song Dynasty to the present day, were all the emperors mediocre? Except for a few emperors such as Emperor Qin and Han Wu, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were not worse than other emperors. However, there were obviously no very mediocre emperors in the Song Dynasty, but the shortcomings became more and more serious.
The reason for this appears in the system of the Song Dynasty.
Erchen is not saying that the system established by Emperor Taizu is wrong. Based on the situation at that time, there was no problem with the system formulated by Taizu. "Zhao Xing said.
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, rituals and music were in ruins, and loyalty was unknown.
Although Taizu had some selfish motives for placing great emphasis on scholars, it was indeed beneficial to the stability of the world at that time.
Although Zhao Xing does not agree with the Confucian approach, it cannot be denied that after the world is unified, the Confucian approach will be of great benefit to the stability of the world.
"Then what's the problem?" the Supreme Emperor asked after a long silence.
"It's true to emphasize culture, and it's true to suppress force, but both are a bit too much. Since ancient times, many policies and rules are still used today, but these are a minority after all. Most policies have no obvious disadvantages at the beginning and can be used for a long time. The disadvantages will become more and more serious.
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were few scholars, so it was no problem to give high priority to scholars, give them preferential treatment, and encourage them to study.
But now there are too many scholars, and these people blindly suppress military generals, which has led to the military weakness of the Song Dynasty. Facing Liao and Xia, they are always at a disadvantage.
What's more, these scholars talk about benevolence, justice and morality, but in fact most of them have selfish motives.
My father asked himself, if the new policy implemented by Grand Prime Minister Fan could be fully implemented, would it be able to solve the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty?
But the New Deal, which was obviously able to solve the long-standing shortcomings, encountered great resistance and had to be stopped in the end.
Where is the loyalty of those ministers? "Zhao Xing said.
The Supreme Emperor was silent when he heard this. He never felt that there was any problem with Xianggong Fan's new policy.
The reason for the suspension was that many people criticized Mr. Fan for using the New Deal to win over cronies.
In fact, this incident cannot be regarded as a complete frame-up.
Before becoming prime minister, Prime Minister Fan once impeached Prime Minister Lu.
It is said that he controls the government and has countless cronies in the country.
But he also won over many people during the impeachment process.
In the eyes of the emperor, isn't this also a manifestation of cronyism?
It is said that the authorities are blind to the beholder, but in fact, when looking at ancient issues, we cannot look at them through history, but must look at them from the perspective of others.
Xianggong Fan gathered a group of people to impeach Xianggong Lu at that time. In his opinion, he was serving the country and the people, and those people were not his cronies, but like-minded people. If it were any emperor, he would be extremely worried.
However, the Queen still reused Fan Daxianggong, but in this regard, few emperors in history could compare.
But the Emperor is generous, but he is not generous enough.
What happened back then still left a thorn in the heart of the Supreme Emperor.
When Grand Prime Minister Fan implemented the New Deal, all his like-minded people naturally participated.
Therefore, Mr. Fan was impeached for allegedly taking advantage of the New Deal and cultivating cliques, and the thorn in the Emperor's heart arose.
In fact, in Zhao Xing's view, the failure of Xianggong Fan's new policy was only due to resistance. The most important factor was that he was not alone.
Literati all have a common problem, that is, they never think of themselves.
If others stick together, they are cliques; if you stick together, you are like-minded.
But in the eyes of those in power, they are all the same.
It was precisely because of that thorn that the New Deal failed in the end.
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"I heard that the Prime Minister resigned?"
The Supreme Emperor was silent for a long time and said: "The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, including the Grand Prime Minister, do not support it. Have you ever thought about the consequences?"
"Father!"
Zhao Xing smiled slightly and said: "Although the system of the Song Dynasty has led to the current situation of serious disadvantages, this system also has an advantage."
"What's the benefit?" The Supreme Emperor asked doubtfully.
"Rights are dispersed. The rights of both civil servants and military generals are very dispersed. As long as the ministers are determined enough, no matter how much trouble these people make, they will not be able to shake the rule of the Song Dynasty." Zhao Xing said lightly.
If you take a closer look at the Song Dynasty, you will find an interesting phenomenon.
Although the Song Dynasty had powerful ministers, their rights were all dependent on the emperor.
To put it simply, it means gaining the emperor's trust.
However, these powerful ministers cannot make the emperor afraid. If the emperor wants to deal with them, it is just a matter of words.
This was completely absent in other dynasties.
The fundamental reason is the dispersion of power.
Neither civil servants nor military generals have absolute power.
Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. In the middle and late period, the power of civil servants was also very strong.
Although it is not to the point where it can completely control the imperial power, it can still make the emperor very afraid.
Even if the emperor had enough courage, he would not dare to suppress them by force. He could only use various means to suppress groups.
However, the Song Dynasty had no such concerns at all. As long as it had enough courage, it could suppress and promote it by force.
The Supreme Emperor heard from Zhao Xing's words his determination to move those officials. After thinking for a long time, he sighed: "That's all, let you do whatever you want. Now that I'm still here, even if I can't end it in the end, I can still do it for you." Clean up the mess ”
"Father, don't worry, I can handle this matter. I won't let you clean up the mess for me." Zhao Xingxin said.
"I hope so." The Supreme Emperor looked at the confident Zhao Xing and sighed silently.
Zhao Xing chatted with his father for a while before leaving.
(End of chapter)