Liu Haojia continued: "But Taizu cannot conquer the world alone, so there is a group of people like Xungui! And everything Xungui has is given by the royal family, and they live together with the country, so they naturally look forward to this The longer the country lasts, the better! But the civil servants may not be grateful to the royal family, because they feel that their positions are obtained through imperial examinations and decades of struggle in the officialdom, so they don't care when they hollow out the country. ! On the contrary, according to them, governing the country can never be separated from civil servants like them, even if the emperor is changed, or even the court is changed! In this case, how can they care about the life and death of the court? Of course they want to pay for it. Special catch!"
Then Liu Haojia told Zhang Shi the principle that a court should pay equal attention to civil and military affairs, balance each other, and supervise each other, and then the emperor should be in the middle to regulate.
He also made an analogy, that is, the emperor is the head of the family, and the nobles are the relatives of the family head, and they are the real masters of the family. And those civil servants are just housekeepers and accountants. But now they openly occupy the greatest power and oppress Huang Quan and Xungui! If this continues, this country will eventually be hollowed out by them!
At the end, Liu Haojia sneered and said: "These civil servants always say that the country's demise must be caused by a foolish emperor, and the nobles are the minions of the foolish emperor! But you don't even think about how many people there are in the royal family and how many nobles there are. ? Even if we eat gold and drink silver every day, how much money can we use? And how many civil servants are there in the world? How many gentry are there? They evade taxes and extort the people, but they blame all of this on the royal family and nobles! When they finish the country, all they have to do is write in the history books that such-and-such emperor is fatuous and his nobles oppressed the people, making the people miserable and finally revolt! Then they can pat their butts and pledge allegiance to the new master!"
Liu Haojia's words made Zhang Shi break out in cold sweat! He felt that many things Liu Haojia said were in conflict with his previous ideas. In a daze, he subconsciously said: "But it is indeed impossible to effectively govern a place without civil servants!"
Liu Haojia chuckled and said, "It is said that the Han and Tang Dynasties were powerful, but could they distinguish between civil and military officials at that time?"
Zhang Shi is also an outstanding person from the inner study room. Although he cannot say that he is familiar with history books, he definitely has a good understanding of them. After being reminded by Liu Haojia, he immediately remembered many things! I couldn't help but subconsciously said: "That's true! There seemed to be no difference between civil and military affairs back then!"
Liu Haojia said: "That's natural! One of the reasons why the Han and Tang Dynasties were so powerful was that they were not divided into civil and military officials, and only those who were able were promoted! Eunuch Zhang, look at the Song Dynasty. They shouted all day long about sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, but in the end everyone You can bully them! You can’t even solve the internal rebellion!”
Zhang Shi wiped his sweat hard and said: "But the nobles of our country are indeed, well, they are indeed not very lively!"
Liu Haojia laughed and said, "Eunuch Zhang, don't forget, ever since the civil servants became more powerful, they have fooled the royal family into raising these people like pigs. Do you still expect two unicorns to escape from the pig's nest? You can only raise them like pigs." Only by raising them as unicorns can they really raise unicorns!"
When Zhang Shi heard this, the beads of sweat on his forehead became even denser! Because these words already related to national policy, he really didn't dare to interrupt anymore. Liu Haojia also accepted the decision and said, "Eunuch Zhang, it's useless for the two of us to talk about this here. All these need to be decided by Long Live Lord!"
Zhang Shi nodded repeatedly when he heard this and let out a sigh of relief! However, he had already made up his mind to tell the truth about Liu Haojia's words when he saw the Queen Mother after returning. As for comments, he doesn’t dare to comment anymore!
At this time Liu Haojia said: "Eunuch Zhang, you have been walking around Tianjin these days, and you can see everything clearly inside and outside. How do you feel?" Kanshu La
Zhang Shi felt much more relaxed when he mentioned this topic. He smiled and said: "Okay! Very good! Very good! The so-called peace and prosperity of the country and the people are nothing more than this!"
Liu Haojia immediately held up his hands and said, "In that case, when my father-in-law goes back, he must say a few kind words for me in front of the Queen Mother and Long Live Lord!"
Zhang Shi laughed loudly and said, "Also, with what you have done, there is no need for us to give you nice words! Just tell the truth as we see it!"
What to say
From here the conversation becomes more relaxed. Liu Haojia picked up some anecdotes from the construction of Tianjin and told them as jokes. Listening to Zhang Shi laughing, it was considered a great time for the guests and the host!
When the two had chatted enough, Liu Haojia said: "I think after today's fuss, this account can no longer be investigated! I will host a banquet for Eunuch Zhang tonight, and we will arrange your return tomorrow. There are really too many things going on here in Tianjin. I really can’t afford to spend time with these people!”
Zhang Shi nodded and said: "That's fine. Anyway, this farce has indeed come to an end. But there is no need to hold a banquet. After all, we are here together. The Marquis entertains our family alone to show their respect." It doesn’t look good!」
Liu Haojia snorted and said, "What qualifications do they have to comment?"
Eunuch Zhang said with a smile: "Master Hou just thought about it for our family and asked us to have someone to talk to on the way back! Otherwise, if our family had eaten the banquet hosted by Master Hou, we would not even have the people to talk to on the way back." No!"
Liu Haojia laughed and said, "Well, let's just follow my father-in-law. I have to go back to the capital anyway. When I get back to the capital, I will make an appointment with Zhang Banban to sit down with me."
Zhang Shi naturally agreed, then got up and left. Liu Haojia naturally stood up to see him off.
When Zhang Shi returned to the room, he heard He Xianli say as soon as he entered the door: "Eunuch Zhang, you just came back! We discussed it and concluded that there is nothing to check in the accounts here in Tianjin. How about we return tomorrow?"
Zhang Shi nodded and said, "Okay, okay! Our family just happened to be tired from traveling around Tianjin, so it's time to go back to the capital to recuperate!"
In just a few words, a few people decided on a date to return to Beijing and sent someone to notify Liu Haojia. Since the two sides were at odds, Liu Haojia would not give them face. He simply replied "I know!" without even intending to give it away.
But a few people are also interested. I honestly returned to the inn to pack my luggage, and left Tianjin in despair with a large group of people early the next morning.
The journey back to the capital this time was naturally smooth, but their mood was completely different from when they came. A few people had a brief discussion on the road and rushed back to the capital in a hurry. It was just in the evening when they entered Beijing, and the city gate was about to close.
