Zhao Huan looked at Yue Fei beside him and knew that this was really rare for him.
This kind of thing is not something that can be explained by simple greed, like just now.
Is Yue Fei greedy? Of course he is not greedy.
Did Yue Fei do the right thing?
Of course, he refused the temptation, which even included the temptation that allowed his Yue family to stand firmly in the court immediately.
But will doing this make people sad?
One is the father who raised him, the other is his younger brother who has the same father and mother, two sons who have suffered a lot, and the heirs of his trusted generals.
Even Zhao Huan can say that it doesn't matter even if Yue Yun doesn't need the favor, he is no less powerful than Yue Fei.
But as for Yue Lei, Yue Fan, and the dead Yue He, Wang Gui's son was to be adopted by Wang Gui to continue the family line, and Zhang Xian's son was just a middle-aged man.
How this thing appeared is no longer important, but if you want to remove this thing, it will cost people's lives.
At this time, Zhao Huan couldn't help but sigh.
"As for the situation in the Song Dynasty, don't say that it has become extremely corrupt now. Fan Zhongyan and Fan Xianggong during the Renzong period wanted to change it, and so did Wang Anshi and Wang Xianggong of the Shenzong Emperor.
Fan Zhongyan is called the backbone of the Song Dynasty. He is both civil and military, and powerful. Pengju also knows this. "
"The general knows Fan Xianggong naturally. He is one of the two people whom the general respects."
"Yes, Xianggong Fan and Xianggong Wang, they all want to change this situation, but there is no way they can change this situation.
Which of the ministers in this dynasty would agree to such a thing? One or two of them all thought so.
The stupid sons of the seventh aunt and the eighth aunt in this family are all waiting for me to give them wives and wives. You have cut off this road, and you are going to tear down all the people who have already gone up.
Then can I still live in this house when I go back?
I can slap all the women in the family back. What about my mother, uncles and aunts? If I say a cruel word, I will be labeled as unfilial the next day.
Who is wronging me?
If you change this, will we still be able to survive?
Pengju, have you also thought of this? "
"Your Majesty, forgive me. It is indeed the case." Yue Fei did not deny it. He could reject Yue Yun Yuelei without hesitation, but he could not say no to his parents.
Especially this is not about seeking personal gain for oneself. This kind of thing happens all over the world in every dynasty and every generation.
Even if another thousand or eight hundred years pass, even if the dynasty is destroyed, the generals and subordinates who have great merits will not let their descendants eat chaffy vegetables.
Zhao Huan also nodded at this time.
"Pengju, you don't have to look like this. Let alone you, even if I were put in their situation, to be fair, I couldn't do it.
If this ordinary person has some power, he will find a way to find a good job for his children and grandchildren, and he will not let them live as hard as himself. This is human nature, let alone an official?
What's more important is the warmth and warmth of this human relationship.
For example, in your Yue family's army, not only is Prince Zhang Xian your direct descendant, but he is also the general you single-handedly promoted.
In the future, you Yue Pengju will have three advantages and two disadvantages, and leave the Yue family army to Zhang Xian.
And your sons Yue Yun Yuelei have also joined the Yue family army. It goes without saying if they have outstanding abilities.
If their abilities are average, neither good nor bad, do you think Zhang Xian should be in charge or not? "
After hearing this question, Yue Fei was stunned again. According to common sense, he should say that there is no mercy in the army.
But there’s another thing about this, and that’s the human heart.
"He had no choice."
"Yes, he just has no choice!" Zhao Huan smiled helplessly, "If he ignores your son, what will his soldiers think?
They didn't even care about the children of their benefactor, then how could they sacrifice their lives for Zhang Xian?
If something happens in the future, Zhang Xian may promise not to betray him and take the blame?
This is the human heart, human nature. "
Yue Fei was silent, while Zhao Huan continued to speak.
"It is because of this kind of human nature that most of the more than 100,000 officials in our Song Dynasty are from Enyin.
This power was so great that even Li Gang was so fierce that he did not dare to take action easily. Only 30 to 50 thousand of the 100,000 officials could riot together and cause something to happen.
You must know that a gentleman may not succeed enough, but a villain must be more than capable of failing.
They only needed to say that the family's taxes were the fault of the court, and they only needed to tell the people about this and that of the court. In the end, they would blame everything on the court, and even directly encouraged the people to rebel, deduct military expenses and surrender, and the Song Dynasty changed hands and disappeared. "
However, Zhao Huan also added a truth in his heart at this time. It is true that this Enyin system has your problem, but it cannot be beaten to death with a stick.
After all, Japan and the anti-war alliance were helping China resist Japan. Under this system of grace, there were really a few people who could resist. The most famous one was Lu You... Well, of course it was useless to have so many.
Moreover, Lu You himself took the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.
"In addition to Enyin, we in the Song Dynasty also have another way to become an official, which is called Zhengpi.
This...this is more mysterious than Enyin, this Zhengpi...in short.
If you have any flashy specialties, or if you have a very high reputation in some aspect among the people, then the imperial court will recruit you and let you become an official in the imperial court.
This thing sounds like there is no problem.
And it is true that it has indeed contributed a lot to quelling internal troubles.
But there is no qualitative standard for this. It depends very much on the officials responsible for expropriation.
In this way, public power has become private power in the hands of some people. The best example is the Taiwei who I killed with a knife some time ago.
Gao Qiu actually took the two paths of Enyin and Zhengpi.
There is a rumor among the people that this guy relies on his good ball skills... Does he have the skills to play ball?
He turned out to be Su Shi's sidekick, but later because he made Su Shi happy, he recommended him to Emperor Shenzong's brother-in-law, Xiaowang Du Taiwei Wang Shen.
Then this guy was good at flattering people, he could dance with a gun and a stick, and his handwriting was pretty good, and he finally got on the late emperor's ship.
But why is he said to be related to Zhengpi? Just look at the military exercises he hosted back then. What the hell is that! "
There were military exercises in the Song Dynasty, which were not only important but also important. However, it was such an important thing that Gao Qiu was so clever at it.
The military exercise presided over by Gao Qiu began with "four colorful boats lined up horizontally, with various military dramas on them, such as big flags, lions and leopards, swords, wild cards, gods and ghosts, dramas and other things.
After that, two boats were lined up, and they were all having fun." Before bidding, there was a lot of playing and playing, and in the subsequent bidding competition, various tricks such as "Xuanluo", "Haiyan" and "Jiaotou" were also played, which was quite lively.
Zhao Ji was so happy to see this. After directly rewarding him with a heavy reward, Gao Ji quickly recruited a group of generals around him.
Those are the jugglers.
So is conquest a good thing? Of course it is. For example, the scribe Guo Rong under Yue Fei was directly conscripted by Zhao Huan.
It was the little guy who painted Dong Cai's portrait for Yue Fei. He was originally an abandoned son abandoned by Liu Guangshi.
Yue Fei just thought that this guy was quite talented and intelligent, so he gave him some rights. However, Zhao Huan only found out who this guy was after chatting with him in detail.
Guo Rong, nicknamed Yuanshui Weng, was not well-known, but in the future he had a grandson named Guo Shoujing, who was evaluated by Kublai Khan of later generations as "a person who does things like this, people are not a vegetarian."
Guo Shoujing was an astronomer, mathematician, and water conservancy engineering expert. Of course, Zhao Huan could not count on him.
But Guo Rong also had a talent that Zhao Huan found extremely tempting, that is, he was good at water control. Like his grandson, he was very good at water control.
Now the Yellow River is completely rotten. After Jia Quan restored Taihu Lake, the Yellow River people were gone before he could deal with them. Li Hui and others also died one after another.
Although Guo Rong is not a particularly good choice now, it is better than nothing.
Guo Rong was appointed by Zhao Huan as the embankment visitor, and he had already begun to patrol the Central Plains, starting from the tributaries to solve the flood problems of the Song Dynasty bit by bit.
And Zhao Huan was about to start solving the problems of the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, since this situation is so difficult to resolve, what should we do?"
One of Yue Fei's biggest advantages is that he does something he knows he cannot do, and another advantage is that he is not impulsive.
He knows that the current situation is not easy to solve, but he will not feel any fear because of the current situation. As long as Zhao Huan gives an order, he will have no scruples, no matter the sword, mountain or sea.
"Such a situation cannot be solved by ourselves. Don't you see that Prime Minister Li is being held up there now?"
Just when Li Gang had just proposed to reform the court system and the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, he had not finished his words.
Almost 90% of the more than 100 officials in the court stood up to oppose Li Gang's idea.
As for those who did not come forward, apart from being silent, it was not that they did not support it. Not only did they exist, but there were more than one or two, but were these people loyal?
But not so.
Among these people, only half of whom Zhao Huan knew were opportunistic.
Don't think this matter is nonsense. Wang Anshi was deceived by this kind of person in the first place. His teammates were very strong, so strong that they made the entire Song Dynasty a mess.
The wealthy family was directly destroyed under the governance of these people. How powerful!
So why do these people support it?
Use a confession from someone.
"I don't have a family I care about. I have been withdrawn since I was a child and I don't really have any friends. I have a bad temper and no one wants to know me. So my biggest wish in this life is to become a master!"
This kind of thing is normal. People who support the elimination of redundant officials, or who don't care about it, have nothing to do with their own abilities.
Relying on one group of people to overthrow another group of people was the only way before the Song Dynasty, and it was also a way that kept failing.
So this time Zhao Huan decided to change his approach. As soon as he wanted to do something, this group of people shouted that they couldn't do it anymore, paralyzing the Song Dynasty.
Then simply change the approach and let them do their best for the Song Dynasty.
"Everyone of you who are working here are important ministers of our Song Dynasty. Every one of you has sacrificed your life and blood for our Song Dynasty, and worked hard for our Song Dynasty.
How can you be so wronged? Li Xiang, you are going too far! "
The appearance of Zhao Huan at the critical moment directly changed the stalemate situation again, and Zhao Huan's appearance was not just to simply solve some problem.
He is digging a hole.
Digging holes for all the officials of the Song Dynasty!
"Now that the Song Dynasty is in crisis, how could such a rebellion arise within the Song Dynasty? You have driven my ministers to the point of defeat, what should I do!"
The roaring sound made many people a little embarrassed, but they also felt that their Majesty was shrinking.
But immediately afterwards, these people regretted it because Zhao Huan said something.
"The Golden Man is coming soon, and I have decided to personally lead all the officials in the world to fight the Golden Man on the battlefield!"
The battlefield is the biggest litmus test. With more than 100,000 officials, Zhao Huan does not have time to screen one by one who can be used and who cannot be used.
Then let the battlefield screen it for him.
Those who survive can be used no matter what.
