Wang Yinglin's words, in terms of advantages, are golden and good words, and are a reminder to Zhao, asking him to pay attention to his work methods and not to do excessive behaviors, which will cause turmoil in the court. If Zhao is a little bit narrow, it will be understood as a threat to himself and not become a foolish monarch who has been infamous for thousands of years as written by scholars. If other emperors have taken this into consideration, they may be worried about the defilement in history books.

It is not that some people say that the reason why Emperor Taizong of Tang created a prosperous era was because his seizure of power was against the enemy. When the imperial court compiled the Book of Jin, some discussions came to his ears, making people know that they were talking about the Zhenguan governance and the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Emperor Taizong of Tang sighed for this and said that he really didn't understand why the human heart was like this. He would remember such a bad thing to a person, but he did a lot of good things but could never remember it. And he wanted to change the history of his own records, and the only way was to govern the world and establish a monument for himself.

But Zhao Buyan knew that there was no perfect person in the world, and it was impossible for him to do good things in his life, and he would not be supported by everyone. He also knew that no one would be forgotten by history. In his previous life, Emperor Taizong of Tang might have only appeared in history textbooks. He might not be famous for his stupid brother, but the treacherous slander recognized in history was rehabilitated and mentioned frequently by people. So he really didn't care how to evaluate himself in history books. How could a wise monarch or a fool be judged by a few so-called famous scholars?

Zhao also did not deny the contributions of Confucian scholars to Chinese culture, especially the achievements made by scholars in the Song Dynasty. Confucian scholars once again started the movement of tracing the origin of history and culture. This movement showed many extremely intelligent and radiant great scholars, that is, the Song Confucian Tiantuan represented by the Five Sons of the Northern Song Dynasty. The history they created was a bully of Confucian scholars. Compared with Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty, they could only appear more brilliant and outstanding.

However, Zhao thought that the Song Confucians seemed to have gone a little bit, and they went further and further, gradually deviated from the original purpose of Confucianism's practical application. The characteristics of systematization and ontology emerged. In other words, the Neo-Confucianism of Song Confucianism were more like Plato's thoughts, rather than the thoughts of Laozi, Zhuangzi, Confucius and Mencius. Although their work was excellent, they seemed to have tried their best to cut off the root of the source. So that in the later dynasties, they could no longer launch a movement of cultural tracing, causing Confucianism to lose its vitality, become self-consistent, and move towards narrow-mindedness.

However, as Confucianism occupied the dominance of the country and society in the Song Dynasty, Confucian scholars also began to expand, with the idea of ​​"respecting myself as the only one". They used their influence to influence the formulation of national policies, participated in the struggle for power, even challenged the emperor's authority, and began to exclude the ideas of other schools. They had become the behind-the-scenes group that controlled the country, and wanted to blur the emperor.

Zhao said that the Confucian scholars at this time had the idea of ​​ownership as a social progress, but they were also acts of dying. They forgot who their power came from, and they forgot that they are still a monarchical society. And there were many outdated ideas in their thoughts, such as the ethics mentioned by Confucianism rely on human self-discipline, which is of course necessary and very important, but there are many problems and situations that cannot be solved by self-discipline, because people have the instinct to seek profit, so there is a legal system to limit and monitor the behavior of bureaucrats in the administrative process.

It is common sense to survive the fittest. After the turmoil of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Confucian scholars also realized that they had to adapt to the development of history to reinterpret Confucianism and integrate the theories of other sects. In the early Song Dynasty, they did not deny Sima Tan's view that "the world is consistent but has a hundred thoughts, and the same ends are different, and they realize that the two schools of Confucianism have different perspectives in social governance, and the objects of service are the same. There are differences in concepts between them, and their respective focus is different, but they have the same ends.

Zhao thought this was right. The Confucian and Legal schools only had different perspectives and different concepts, but the goals were consistent, and from the perspective of results, they were also complementary. From the perspective of the ruler, there were only some emphasis in different periods. In chaotic times, in order to govern chaos, there must be emphasis on the thoughts and magic of the Legalists. In governing the world, it focuses on Confucianism and emphasizes people's moral cultivation. All of this varies from time to time. Going to extremes is just a temporary need, and it will return to the right after passing.

Confucian scholars forgot that as rulers of the country, they are also well aware of this. When they become more powerful and have more weight, they often cannot command it. It has its own system and can cover the sky with one hand. The situation of the superiors is unknown, so how can they control it? When a king cannot deal with so many important figures with incumbent weight, his approach supports the small figures to rebel, let the small figures use a pry stick to observe the trends of the big figures.

If the big man is restrained and obedient, then it will end; if he is disobedient, then let the little man do his best to interfere and suppress the big man's majesty. If the little man has the support of the king, he is also fearless and can understand the king's intentions and do his best. The king can use this relationship to seek a balance of the power structure; if there is a problem with the little man or the authorities are facing an uncontrollable situation, then the little man can abandon it as a waste or as a scapegoat, which will not hinder the overall situation. The reason why the king uses the little man is helpless because the big man does not obey the orders and commands, while the little man would rather be trampled on by the monarch, which also provides the possibility of using the small man to control the big man.

What Zhao has done over the years can be said to be trying to use this to restrict the excessive expansion of the scholars' power and try to transform Confucianism. But this is so difficult. It took him more than ten years to cultivate his own team and gradually gain the upper hand. But it is only because he can implement his edicts. However, the improvement of Confucian thought is almost in no time. Of course, except that the current Confucian viewpoint has too deep influence. His own knowledge is too poor, and it is difficult to introduce a new ideological system. If he copied modern thoughts, he would be killed by himself.

Therefore, at present, Zhao can only slowly plan to avoid causing greater chaos. He also found that although the rule of law has been criticized, in the case where the rule of law is difficult to implement, he also realized that if the existing personnel can be fully mobilized and the ruling group can rationally use power, it can also reach a very high level of governance. The important thing about rule of man is to transform the people with virtue and govern the country with virtue. After going back and forth, he returned to what Confucius said, "If the body is upright, he will do it without orders; if the body is not upright, he will not do it even if he is not upright, he will still be inseparable from the fundamentals of Confucianism's rule of law...

Long-distance marching was really boring for Zhao. He was worried about where to rest, where to camp, how much to walk on a day, and so on. Although he was anxious to go to Yingtian Mansion to complete the ancestor worship ceremony and then rushed to Xiangyang to take charge, he knew that he was impatient. Now he marched for 60 miles a day, which was already a very fast speed. If he speeded up, he would drag down the entire team. After all, there was still a thousand miles to go.

These days, Zhao was sitting in the car every day. In addition to talking to Wang Yinglin and other officials, he spent more time reviewing official documents. Although he didn't walk a few steps at the end of the day, his butt hurt. He could only move his legs and feet and stretch his waist when camping at night. Today, it was raining, and the road was muddy and difficult to walk, and the team had to camp in advance.

Because Zhao is unwilling to disturb the people and does not like officials to take far away, he will not notify local officials in advance, and he will also walk around the city when encountering prefectures and counties. However, in order to facilitate water withdrawal and replenish supplies, he usually chooses to camp in open areas near the town. However, today he missed the pre-selected camping site and could only camp in wild areas.

When the drive arrived, the baggage team at the front station had already set up a camp and set up a tent. When Zhao got off the car, the soldiers were digging trenches and building fortifications. At this time, the rain had stopped. The sunset was half-closed and half-exposed. The sky to the west was bright red, like a sea of ​​fire. It was already summer. Although it had been raining for half a day, the rainwater was steaming again under the scorching ground, so it was still stuffy, and the tent would be even more unbearable, and he was unwilling to go in to take a sauna.

"Don't fan!" Zhao saw Wang Dere's clothes were soaked in sweat when he followed him, and waved his hand to stop fanning himself.

"Your Majesty, there are so many mosquitoes in the wild. How can you get good if you bite them?" Wang De did not stop. It was the time when mosquitoes were reproductive. It had just rained again. The mosquitoes slammed into the face. He still waved his fan to drive away the mosquitoes.

"So many soldiers are outside, but am I afraid of bites?" Zhao glared at him angrily.

"Then your Majesty hung the sachets. This was sewn by the empresses and sent people to deliver them to you." Wang De then stopped and asked Xiaohuangmen to take a sachet for the little emperor to hang it on his waist.

"This place is not as good as Jiangnan. Mosquitoes are prone to malaria after biting. Just ask someone to pick some artemisia later!" Zhao said, raising his arm and letting him fiddle with him.

"Your Majesty, you must be more careful. Everyone can do it now, but Your Majesty must not pretend. Otherwise, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will not spare the old slave, and everyone will drown the old slave in one spit!" Wang De kept nagging.

"You are not old, and you are becoming more and more verbose!" Zhao put down his arm and looked at Wang De who was still chattering and said with a funny look.

"Oh, Your Majesty doesn't know how to take care of your health. The young one can only remind you at all times!" Wang De sighed and complained.

‘Bang, bang…’ Just as the two of them were talking, several gunshots suddenly came.
Chapter completed!