Zhao Ning's volume was not loud, but everyone could clearly hear every word he said.

"Your Majesty, I don't mean that."

"Then what do you mean?"

"I just feel that the current border consumption is very huge, which is really..." Luo Ruji said.

Zhao Ning sneered and said: "Luo Qing, you said that the consumption on the border is very huge. Can you point out to me where the consumption is very huge?"

"Hebei is currently recruiting a large number of troops..."

"How much more?"

"This..." Luo Ruji was immediately speechless, "I am only the Minister of Rites, I don't know how much I have increased."

"Since you don't even know how much it has increased, how dare you brazenly say how much it cost in the court?" Zhao Ning's eyes suddenly pierced Luo Ruji's voice like a sharp sword, and he held the scabbard with his left hand slightly more forcefully.

road.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's my servant Meng Lang." Luo Ruji immediately admitted his mistake.

This kind of suggestion is not very serious, at most it comes out of mouth.

Leaders who encourage people to speak will generally think that this person is a bit frivolous and should not be entrusted with important tasks. However, if they are severely punished for this, it will easily cause collective panic.

Zhao Ning did not hold on to him, at least with this sentence, he blocked the minds of those who wanted to use border military expenditures.

Of course, with Zhao Ning's character, this matter has just begun.

The Zhao Guan family's attitude suddenly changed subtly, which surprised some people.

Zhao Ning suddenly asked: "What is benevolent government? Chen Zhengxian, come and tell me, what is benevolent government?"

Chen Zhengxian said: "Mencius said: benevolent government must begin from the realm of economics."

"what for?"

Chen Zhengxian said: "What Mencius means is that benevolent government must start from dividing and determining the field boundaries. If the field boundaries are not straight, the wells and fields will be uneven, and the land rent income as salary will be unfair. Therefore, tyrants and corrupt officials must mess up the fields.

If the boundaries of the fields are correctly divided, then allocating the mine fields and formulating the salary standards can be easily completed."

“Then is my new agricultural policy considered a benevolent policy?”

"His Majesty's new agricultural policy is naturally a benevolent policy through the ages."

"Then why do you come to persuade me to implement benevolent government?"

"I believe that a benevolent government should promote benevolence from top to bottom, with the king treating ministers, ministers treating local officials, and local officials treating the people."

"What is the purpose of benevolent government?" Zhao Ning asked.

"It's for peace in the world."

Zhao Ning asked again: "What is peace in the world?"

"The people live and work in peace and contentment, and have adequate food and clothing."

"In this way, peace in the world means that the people are prosperous. This is benevolent government, right?"

"That's right."

"What does that have to do with officials?"

Chen Zhengxian was stunned for a moment and immediately said: "Officials are the emperor's herdsmen. If the people want to achieve benevolent governance, they must first start with the governance of the officials. Only by applying benevolent governance to the officials can the people have benevolent governance."

"You mean, my new agricultural policy has failed?"

"That's not what I meant. Your Majesty's New Agricultural Policy is an unprecedented benevolent policy. With your Majesty's hard work and the dedicated assistance of all the court officials, the New Agricultural Policy has achieved unprecedented success."

"During the past period when the New Agricultural Policy was implemented, did I implement what you call benevolent policies towards officials?"

Chen Zhengxian was shocked: "This..."

Zhao Ning's question can be said to have directly locked Chen Zhengxian to death, causing his logic of benevolent government to collapse on its own.

"Your Majesty, minister..." Chen Zhengxian obviously wanted to change the concept again and continued.

Because many officials have stepped forward today. The general trend is coming and they must take advantage of it.

Then, Zhao Ning said calmly: "You should think about it carefully first and give me some time to say a few words."

Chen Zhengxian's words were forcefully pushed back.

Zhao Ning continued: "Benevolent government refers to letting the people live in adequate food and clothing. There is no other explanation. If you insist on adding benevolent government to officials, I would also like to come and discuss this matter with you."

"On the roads in the south and in the north, local officials reported to the court and asked the court to give lighter sentences and follow the example of Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty. I am very pleased with this. Our officials in the Song Dynasty all know benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and virtue, which are the best in the world.

Blessings to the common people."

When everyone heard Zhao Guanjia's words again, their hopes were ignited again.

But as a leader, if you don’t know how to speak big words and speak high-level words, how can you still be a qualified leader?

Zhao Ning continued: "However, I will never allow it. Some people use benevolent policies to do one thing in front of me and do another thing behind my back!"

As soon as he said these words, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

"Are you talking about Chen Zhengzheng?" Zhao Guanjia's eyes fell on Chen Zhengxian, and his tone was as cold as the ice of the twelfth lunar month.

Chen Zhengxian was shocked and immediately said: "I am stupid, I don't know what your majesty means?"

"Why don't you ask your nephew who is in the Party?"

Upon hearing these words, Chen Zhengxian felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

Naturally, he still didn't know that Wang Chong had done something to the Yi people, but he knew that Wang Chong had robbed 200,000 yuan from the bank, and the man behind this was Chen Zhengxian.

As soon as other officials heard the conversation between the monarch and his ministers, they immediately realized something was wrong.

Wang Ciweng and Luo Ruji looked at each other. They had been senior officials in the capital for several years, and this scene was indeed familiar.

Their hearts sank, and they quickly stepped aside, trying to keep as far away from Chen Zhengxian as possible.

Seeing that Chen Zhengxian fell silent, Zhao Ning did not intend to let him go. Instead, he said: "Why, stop talking. Tell me about your benevolent politics when you were in Hedong, and how you came to be in the position of Chief Secretary on Hedong Road.

, instigating the local government to take out money from the bank and give it to your nephew. How did your nephew deceive the people into building roads, but distributed the money borrowed from the bank to build the roads, and gave it to those officials? Let’s talk about you

How much did you get?"

"Your Majesty, I must not dare!" Chen Zhengxian knelt on the ground with a bang, and was so frightened that cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"Hey, you knelt down so quickly?" Zhao Guanjia still had a smile on his face, "Come and tell me, tell everyone present, what did I say wrong?"

"Your Majesty, I would never dare to do such a rebellious thing."

"Oh, you also know that this matter is treasonous?"

"minister……"

"Come on." Zhao Ning gently poked Chen Zhengxian's shoulder with his scabbard, "Get up and tell everyone how much money you can make in a year through this way of making money?"

"minister……"

"If you have money, let's make it together."

"Your Majesty, I absolutely..."

"You dare to talk nonsense in front of me!" Zhao Guanjia suddenly turned against him, and his roaring voice resounded throughout the Chui Gong Hall. Wang Ciweng on the side was so frightened that his legs almost gave out and he knelt on the ground.

Chen Zhengxian put his forehead on the back of his hand and shivered.
Chapter completed!