The royal family of Zhu Ming is having a meeting, and the royal family of Zhao and Song are also having a meeting. Now not only the world of Ming Dynasty has increased, but the world of Song Dynasty has also increased. The addition is the era of Song Renzong, which makes Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen a little embarrassed.
This is really called dad. Why is it really unprecedented in such a recent era? Don't accept the brother emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This is not exciting to call dad when you meet.
But this is not important. What is important is that when Zhuo Qun opened this world, the time and place he opened it were a bit too exciting. It was the spring palace of the Ministry of Rites in 1057. This may not be familiar to everyone, so let’s change the time to the spring palace of the second year of Jiayou. Ceremony.
This is a bit familiar. If there were two idols in the ancient Xia Dynasty, one was Li Bai, who spoke out half of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the other one was Su Shi and Su Dongpo who participated in the scientific examination in the second year of Jiayou but did not become the number one scholar. .
One of these two is a Tang poet, and the other is a Song poet. They are both representatives of an era.
When Zhuo Qun opened up the world, it was the examination room for this year's Ministry of Rites Chunwei.
When we figured out where this place was at that time, the entire alliance was in a sensation. It was ranked first in the imperial examination through the ages. This time was really cruel.
The imperial examination system lasted for more than 1,300 years from its inception by Emperor Yang of Sui to its abolition in the 31st year of Guangxu. It selected countless talents for the ruling class in the feudal era. Countless well-known historical figures came through the imperial examination. Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years. The most glorious list among them must be the Jinshi and No. 1 list in the second year of Jiayou, Renzong of Song Dynasty.
There were too many talented people in the Jinshi list in the second year of Jiayou's reign. According to later generations, a total of 24 people were recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty". Nine people in this term have served as prime ministers, namely Wang Shao, Zheng Yong, Liang Tao, Lu Huiqing, Su Che, Lin Xi, Zeng Bu, Zhang Hong, Zhang Dun, etc. There are three people named among the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, namely "Su Shi, Su Che and Zeng Gong".
The examiner of this subject was Ouyang Xiu, and Su Xun, the father of the Su brothers, also came. This exam brought together five members of the Song Liu family among the eight famous families of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Except for the unsociable Wang Anshi, most of them The best writers in the Song Dynasty are all here. It can be said that this is a list of gods fighting.
However, in this ranking, none of these people became the number one pick. Not only the number one pick, but also the second and third picks. The number one pick this time is Zhang Heng. Su Shi commented on him: "Zi Ping's talent. No one can compare to him for a hundred years." Zhao Ji, Huizong of the Song Dynasty, commented on him: "He is gentle and pure in inner virtue, solemn in appearance, a great poet in Hanyuan, and a pillar of the country." No. 1 Dou Bian was an honest and upright official. As for Tanhua Luo Kai, he is also indifferent to fame and wealth, and does not care about luxury. People praise him for his integrity wherever he goes.
How should I put it, Zhuo Qun and the others really shocked everyone when they appeared. These Jinshis in the second year of Jiayou were all confused, and Zhuo Qun and the others were also confused. This time is really cruel.
However, things were handled well later, and the exam was completed normally. Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen also recognized each other as father and son, which was quite gratifying. When King Pu heard the news in his prime, he suddenly If you accidentally catch it, you will die immediately.
There was nothing else, but what made Zhao Song happy was that there were many capable people in the Renzong Dynasty, but they didn't want to see Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, so they sent Sima Guang away. After being released, as for Wang Anshi, let him continue to live up to the expectations of the world. The Zhao and Song royal family did not want to use any of these "big talents" with no practical ability.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't kill the scholar-bureaucrats at will, Zhao Heng would have killed them directly.
It's a pity that Zhao Song and Zhu Ming are different. They don't kill, and they don't have the supreme imperial power like Zhu Ming.
Zhao Heng once asked Kou Zhun, what would you do if you, the prime ministers, had real regent power like Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng, with financial power, personnel power, and military power all vested in you?
Kou Zhun thought about this question for a long time, and finally said that for himself, he would not care about the throne, but those under him would wear yellow robes for him, because once the powerful officials reached that level, they would We can only advance but not retreat, because taking a step back is a cliff. Therefore, even when Zhao and Song Dynasties were carrying out reforms with the support of the emperor, there were always people who would hold them back.
This is not because of any political disagreement, but because no one can take sole control of the government. This is an unspoken rule. During the Qingli New Deal, everyone abided by this rule, but when Wang Anshi's reform came, neither party abided by it. To be precise, Wang Anshi drove away all the opponents for better reforms.
Then when he resigned as prime minister, the backlash came, and those people he recommended did not understand this unspoken rule, or pretended not to understand this rule. Anyway, the party struggle for actual rights began, and then until After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, party strife never stopped.
However, it was precisely because of this party struggle that Zhao and Song Dynasties did not have any powerful ministers who acted inappropriately. Otherwise, the events of the Five Dynasties would not be far away.
Zhao Heng didn't know what to say when he said this. He knew that Kou Zhun was right, but the words sounded a bit harsh.
However, before the Zhao and Song Dynasties, there were five generations where the emperor was the one with strong soldiers and horses, so it was acceptable to have the idea of suppressing his own people.
However, Zhao Song could not accept Zhu Ming's actions. In their opinion, neither Yu Qian nor Zhang Juzheng were willing to die, but they were killed by the Zhu Ming royal family. What was even more terrifying was what those ministers did to the Zhu Ming royal family. They all agreed.
Zhao Song understood that the person who murdered the emperor was killed. After all, this was regicide, a heinous crime. There is nothing to say about it.
They can also understand that Zhu Yuanzhang killed corrupt officials. Such people were doing evil to harm the people, and they were not innocent at all when they died.
Both Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng can only be said to be good at power, but they have no thoughts of rebellion, nor do they want to be emperors. They are honest officials, but they were killed by the Zhu Ming royal family. This makes Zhao Song feel a little bit. It’s beyond comprehension.
More importantly, these people are very capable, it would be a pity to die.
If on their side, as long as it is not a serious crime that cannot be refuted, such a person will absolutely not be killed, and at most, he will be exiled. In short, the royal family cannot be stained with the blood of important ministers. This is very important.
Because everyone pays attention to what Mencius said: If the king treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as his countrymen; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit. .
So it is completely impossible to understand this point, but those in the Qing Dynasty would easily understand this problem, because there is a sentence in Journey to the West that is right.
That is, if the king teaches his ministers to die, it would be unfaithful for them not to die; if a father teaches his sons to die, it would be unfilial to them not to die.
To put it bluntly, after the Zhao and Song Dynasties overthrew the world, the traditional concepts of the Xia Dynasty changed, and the relationship between monarch and ministers changed from equality to breeding hawks and dogs.
Zhao Song and Zhu Ming have different views.
Of course, if you want to talk about Zhao Heng's killing of Jingkang, you can't say that. The people who were involved in the Jingkang Incident and those who were killed all had their own ways of dying.
It was just that Zhao Heng was stimulated by Zhuo Qun at that time and took action directly without going through any procedures.
Zhao Heng also regretted this incident very much later, because the initiator had no repercussions.
