A proposition is set, the ministers and workers solve the problem, and finally publish the answer. This process will have a very deep impression on the scholar-bureaucrats who have passed the imperial examination.
Every time he goes through such a process, it is equivalent to Zhao Xi's preaching of his governance philosophy.
Judging from the experience of being in charge of the government for the past five or six years, Zhao Xi believes that it has achieved initial results.
Perhaps it was clear to bystanders, but before these ministers and ministers came to a conclusion, Zhao Xi received Fu Bi's memorial on the sale of products and crafts in Gongfang City...
It was up to the imperial court to recall Ding You, a minister of the imperial dynasty, whether he would return to the dynasty after the time was up, especially ministers like Fu Bi. The main issue was the position after returning to the dynasty. He did not want those low-level officials to rely on Bianliang.
wait.
Fu Bi expressed deep concerns about the sale of products and processes in Gongfangcheng, and analyzed in detail the consequences of the sale of products and processes. He also put forward suggestions that should be led by the government.
Before you are in court, you can put aside those messy interests and look at the problem from the perspective of a true minister.
This also tells Zhao Xi that it's time for him, Fu Bi and Ding, to worry.
This matter... Ouyang Xiu seemed to have forgotten his intention to leave the political hall during this period. Now that Fu Bi was about to return to the court, Ouyang Xiu no longer mentioned the matter of his own invitation to leave.
During this period, the whole court was in the city of Yifa and Gongfang City, and there was not even an impeachment. In addition, he mentioned the reform of the official system, and there is an architectural pattern like the Qinzheng Hall...~Old Mr. Ouyang, is it possible?
Don’t you want to leave the political hall?
In view of his impression of Ouyang Xiu in two generations, Zhao Xi was really embarrassed to demote him so casually.
In fact, Zhao Xi attaches great importance to Ouyang Xiu's role in the martial arts hall...
"The proposed decree..."
In the Qinzheng Hall, where Wang Zhongzheng was originally alone, a group of people appeared in an instant, from the internal eunuchs who were grinding, to the Hanlin who wrote imperial edicts, to the Zhongshusheren who recorded daily notes...
It was an edict about Fu Bi's resurrection... Zhao Xi had no choice but to choose this method.
The edict needs to go through the political hall, and Ouyang Xiu will definitely see it. Zhao Xi can decide what to do next based on Ouyang Xiu's reaction after seeing the edict.
According to Zhao Xi's accusations, the three-level decision-making system of cabinet, executive and court meetings, the cabinet personnel are not the current number of people in the political hall. But in Zhao Xi's accusations, Ouyang Xiu is defined as the ruling level, not the cabinet level, even if it is the cabinet level,
I also don’t want Ouyang Xiu to occupy the quota in Zhengshi Hall.
I thought Ouyang Xiu was wrong. The old man was really not greedy for power. It was just that in the troubled times of the court, he did not want to bother the officials by inviting him out all the time.
No, as soon as the edict arrived at the Political Hall, Ouyang Xiu asked to see him.
Ouyang Xiu had a memorial in his hand... It seemed that the old gentleman was always ready.
"Mr. Ouyang, I still need to make something clear to you. Since I came to the throne, the stability of the court has been the top priority. Therefore, there have not been many changes in the political hall and even the court."
"The purpose of this is to prepare for the future reform of the official system, and not to promote any ministers who have left the political hall or the court to become officials or nobles. There are some trends that I want to change."
When dealing with a gentleman like Ouyang Xiu, Zhao Xi did not want to deceive, he told the truth and made it clear in advance the possibility of leaving the political hall.
"Your Majesty, I respect your Majesty's words and frequently come to the martial arts lecture hall. I have some opinions and should be made clear to your Majesty..."
"I read through the regulations and rules formulated by Your Majesty in the Military Academy, including the courses and handouts formulated by Your Majesty for the generals, captains and soldiers in the Military Academy. The veteran has read them. I would like to ask, does Your Majesty intend to educate the generals? But you want to
Conquer the world with generals?"
This is not surprising. The purpose of Zhao Xi's establishment of a martial arts lecture hall is to arm the minds of generals with loyalty. It is not surprising that Ouyang Xiu can read this from the copywriting he has written over the years.
"Excuse me for being rude. I wonder why Your Majesty left the civil servants aside in such a huge plan? After five dynasties and ten kingdoms, Taizu's ancestral law of using civility to control military affairs is correct. I do not deny that the martial arts hall can condense the loyalty and will of military commanders, but
In what way is Your Majesty going to change the distinction between civil and military officials in the court? How will you stop the courtiers from talking?"
Ouyang Xiu may have to leave the core level of the court, but he can open up his relationship like this.
"Xianggong Ouyang, given this situation, this is a helpless move. I also know how difficult it is to change the distinction between civil and military affairs in the country. Because the previous dynasty perished due to military force, and experienced the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and there will be another hundred years.
With the dynasty pattern of civil and military forces, the gap between civil and military forces has become deeply ingrained."
"I'm afraid that today's scholars began to instill the idea that scholars are above all else when they were enlightened, right? But in my opinion, loyalty is the core quality of a minister. I still have confidence in educating military officers and instilling the concept of loyalty to civil servants.
…What does Mr. Ouyang think about the fact that the dynasty of the country is now in the court?”
"Nowadays, scholars respect Feng Dao. He is a person who has gone through thirteen dynasties through the ages. But who would have thought that Feng Dao would help the thirteen dynasties and be governed by several families and surnames?"
"I'm not biased against civil servants. In fact, I think civil and military affairs are both fundamental, and there shouldn't be any difference. The key lies in what kind of thoughts they use to arm their minds and how they understand the country and the dynasty.
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"But Mr. Ouyang must be very clear about what the courtiers are like and what the entire class of scholar-bureaucrats is like. The Jiangwu Hall is not the guard camp in the early years, nor is it the prince's personal army. I am still in my prime years. The Jiangwu Hall is for people who seek advantages and avoid harm.
Wenchen has no appeal. It’s not that I want to put him aside, but that I can’t grasp the context of Wenchen’s thoughts.”
"Xiangong Ouyang should also have seen that since my early years, all my industrial layouts have been with the intention of returning the ministers to their hearts. I even made the workshop city, lecture hall and rail transportation independent of the court, just to cultivate a people.
Criticize talents who are loyal to the country and the Song Dynasty, rather than ministers who have a difference between a thousand-year family and a thousand-year dynasty!"
Zhao Xi explained Ouyang Xiu's doubts very straightforwardly and unceremoniously pointed out that Wen Chen's innermost thoughts were dirty and Xiao Jiujiu.
Ouyang Xiu is a gentleman, and only when facing such a gentleman can Zhao Xi speak freely.
"Why does your Majesty send an old minister to the martial arts lecture hall?"
What the officials said made Ouyang Xiu ashamed as a member of the civil servants. This is true, and it is also the reason why he has no intention of going to court.
It's just that he needs to understand the official's purpose of sending him to the martial arts hall. At his age, his values are fixed and difficult to change.
"Because Xianggong Ouyang himself has the quality of loyalty. More importantly, I think that simply emphasizing culture or military force is not a normal dynasty state."
"Jianwu Hall is not attractive to civil servants now. I want to use Ouyang Gong's position in the literary world to bring the trend of scholars to Jiangwu Hall. If things cannot be done, I don't mind starting from children."
"For me, as long as I am loyal to the Song Dynasty, there is no boundary between civil and military affairs. Therefore, I place my hope in Ouyang Gong and work hard to achieve such a result."
From every dispute in the court in the past few years, Zhao Xi saw clearly that Ouyang Xiu always stood in a position without a position, whether it was court debates, green crops law or market change law.
This may be because he was hurt by his early friends, or he may be sad about the court's stubbornness, but it does not prevent Zhao Xi from using Ouyang Xiu's influence in the scholarly literary world.