"Ahem!" Zhao Guan's family couldn't bear it anymore and had to interrupt Zhao Mengqi's chat, "What do you think of what King Zhong just said?"
Only then did Baiguan remember that there were still things to discuss.
A member of the Ministry of Etiquette, Wai Lang, came out and said, "I don't agree with what His Royal Highness King Zhong said. The clan members are all nobles. It is too degrading to be polite to wield swords, guns, and horseback archery. In private, it is just a personal hobby. This is It is really inappropriate for the imperial court to establish schools to teach openly."
Zhao Mengqi raised his eyebrows and looked straight at each other, "It's inappropriate, it's disrespectful, and it doesn't matter if you're a member of the royal family. Taizu was born in the army, and he relied on swords, guns, bows and horses to pacify the world and unify the Central Plains. Do you mean something is wrong with Taizu?"
"Your Highness... you are trying to confuse the public by adding another thing to the story! I have absolutely no intention of disrespecting Taizu. In short..."
After waiting for a long time, I couldn't think of what to say next. I was afraid that whatever I said would be blamed by King Zhong for being disrespectful to Taizu, I had no choice but to return to the class train angrily.
Then Siye of the Imperial Academy walked into the palace and said, "Your Highness, I am not saying that martial arts are useless, but those who work hard will govern others, and those who work hard will govern others. In any school, the teaching should naturally be how to work hard, read the classics, poems and books, and study the learning of the saints. Why waste energy on meager skills? We in the Song Dynasty have no shortage of warriors and craftsmen who can be driven."
Zhao Mengqi retorted unceremoniously, "The study of saints? Aren't the six arts of the gentleman advocated by saints? As far as Xiao Wang knows, the saint is more than nine feet tall and powerful. He is not only proficient in archery, but also drives a car himself when traveling around the country. , there was no army to protect him at that time, and there were many bandits encountered along the way. Could it be that a saint could repel the bandits with just a mouth and using scriptures, meanings, poems and rituals, and then be safe and sound? In the future, I, the Song Dynasty, will also Can we rely on the poems and songs of the Four Books and Five Classics to resist the Mongolian cavalry, and even regain the territory of our ancestors!?"
"this……"
Another civil servant came forward and said, "It is the ancestral system of our dynasty to use civil society to control military affairs. Your Highness, if you promote the skills of warriors, isn't it against the ancestral system?"
"Haha, Xiao Wang remembers that when Taizong summed up Taizu's system, his original words were, 'The emperor has been in business for twenty years. Things have been prevented and things have to be controlled. The disciplines have been established and things have their own course. I sincerely respect this, Don’t dare to cross.’ There is nothing about using civil force to control force. To say the least, even if there is such a meaning, the system should be ‘control’, not ‘suppression’.”
Zhao Mengqi was a little thirsty when he spoke. He saw a cup of tea on the imperial desk. He didn't want to think about it, so he walked over and picked it up and drank it. Zhao Guan's face twitched when he saw it.
Putting down the tea cup, Zhao Mengqi continued, "The little king believes that in governing a country, civil and military forces must not be neglected. Indeed, the lessons of history tell us that force without restraint will bring disaster to the country, subvert the country, and cause devastation to all living beings. Some people say that this is because of warriors. Most of them are illiterate, do not read poetry, do not know etiquette, have no loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice in their hearts, and are short-sighted and only focus on immediate benefits, but is this really the case?"
"Xiao Wang has heard a saying that most people who are unfaithful are scholars, and those who are righteous are mostly dog-slaughters. It can be seen that whether this is loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness cannot be completely determined by reading. Even if it is, if the literati are allowed to practice martial arts more and the warriors study more, it will Isn’t it a better way to use civility to control military force? In fact, Xiao Wang feels that everything has a degree, and the way of civility and military affairs lies in a balance. This is the ancestral system!"
The civil servant was silenced by Zhao Mengqi's large number of words. It took him some time to organize his words to refute, and he stood there stunned.
At this time, a supervisory censor walked up to him, saluted on the jade steps, and said humbly, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I have something to say. The children of this clan are already in a rift. If they are involved in the military again, if there are any individual ambitions among them, I am afraid that those who are angry will continue to rebel and conspire against us. This is not a blessing to the country. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
Zhao Mengqi was really numb. He finally realized the helplessness on Zhao Guan's face when he returned to the palace in the past. He basically actually sat on the throne, but it was still a situation of one person versus hundreds of thousands of people. No matter what you think, the civil servants always There are various reasons to block you back.
"The worry of the censor is not unreasonable, but Xiao Wang feels that he cannot give up eating because of choking, especially in today's world. Mongolia in the north is suffocatingly powerful. On the Kyushu continent, even within tens of thousands of miles, except for a few remote small countries, now Only the Song Dynasty and Mongolia were left to fight against each other."
The ministers are somewhat aware of this fact. The Dali Kingdom was destroyed last year, but many people have an ostrich mentality and deliberately don't think about it, otherwise it will be difficult to sleep.
"Don't imagine that the Mongols will stop at the current boundaries like the Jin Kingdom. Mongolia has now expedition to the Europa continent tens of thousands of miles away. Do you think that the Mongols, who are so barbaric and greedy and fight endlessly, will let us go? Is that a big fat thing under your nose? I heard that the princes and generals of Mongolia often say that every inch of land in the Changsheng world should be turned into pasture."
The eyes of all the officials jumped. Most of them thought so. After all, the Song Dynasty had been coexisting with the Liao Kingdom of the Khitans since the founding of the Song Dynasty. Later, with the rise of the Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty lost its land and was humiliated. In the end, It also saved half of the country. In this way, it seemed that it was accustomed to standing side by side with the Northern Kingdom.
At this time, Zhao Mengqi reminded them that the emerging Mongolia in the north had no intention of giving them such an opportunity and only wanted to eat them all.
"Are we still obsessed with the civil and military struggle, and then wait for the Mongols to destroy our country, destroy our ancestral temples, and dig up the tombs of our ancestors? The little king hereby appeals that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of every man, let alone Clan? However, if you don’t practice martial arts, how can you withstand the rolling cavalry in the near future with your weak body!? Civilization and martial arts should not conflict, but complement each other. If a man cannot lift his shoulders or lift his hands, even if The Donghuamen roll call is not a good man. A real good man should be brutal in his body and civilized in his spirit!"
Many people think that King Zhong's words are a bit exaggerated. It is common for dynasties to change, but they have never heard of any dynasty digging up the tombs of the previous dynasty. This is simply not something that humans can do.
But what they didn't know was that after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, all the tombs of the previous emperors were dug out, and even the skulls of Zhao Guan's family who sat on the throne were used to make wine vessels.
Whether a country rises or falls, everyone is responsible for the words, which makes them feel fresh. It makes sense when they think about it carefully. It makes people feel excited when they read it. This loyal king is worthy of being a person who can write wonderful words. .
But the rhetoric about good men really touched the hearts and lungs of many civil servants, making them very disgusted with Zhao Mengqi.
But the last sentence has also aroused many people's thoughts. If it is vague, they just feel that this sentence makes sense.
"Besides, if these clans are gathered together, even if someone has the intention to rebel and incites rebellion in his own capacity, the others are also clansmen, so why should they help him? They will probably report him immediately. Doesn't this count? Is it also a kind of supervision?”
this? It seems to be the case. To put it into detail, they are actually competitors. There should not be many people who are stupid enough to help their opponents.
"Xiao Wang is here, I beg you all to put aside your verbal disputes for the time being and let Xiao Wang make some small attempts. Even if something goes wrong, I believe that it will never be broken. With your talents, you can easily solve it. Problem solved, isn’t it!?”
Chui Gong Hall became inexplicably quiet again. King Zhong's words forced them to think more. Even if they wanted to refute, they had to find loopholes first.
