Han Shizu

Chapter 1013 The Way of Governing the World
In Kaifeng in the early winter, it is far from the freezing cold, but the temperature has dropped significantly, people are wearing thicker clothes, and the heat and fog permeating the sky over Tokyo are more obvious. It is also the prosperity of the dynasty.

In order to supply the Pingnan war, it is a big business opportunity for some craftsmen in Tokyo. As long as it is used by the Pingnan army and does not require special production by the public workshop, the Ministry of War will purchase in large quantities.Of course, compared to the Northern Expedition of that year, it was nothing but a big witch.

The weather is getting colder, but the breath of life in the city is getting stronger. The prosperity of the imperial capital has opened up a new atmosphere for a hundred years.In recent years, some literati who praised the rule of the Han Dynasty and praised the prosperity of Tokyo have begun to compare today's Kaifeng with Chang'an during the Kaiyuan period.

Liu Chengyou has also heard about this, and this kind of public opinion that actually praises his achievements is very happy in his heart.However, Emperor Liu still has self-knowledge. As an empire that has just emerged from the 70-year schism, it is still far away from governing the world. Kaifeng is certainly prosperous, but let alone compare with the imperial capital in the Kaiyuan period. Chang'an during the Zhenguan period was not bad.

If you look at the entire empire, the gap with the Kaiyuan era is even greater. It will take a long enough time to accumulate and ensure a sufficiently reasonable and stable political management system to move forward before it can be achieved. A monarch who is wise enough and broad-minded enough.

Therefore, the rule of the world has not yet come, so how can we talk about the prosperity of the world.

Of course, Emperor Liu doesn't need to belittle himself, just focus on his achievements in bringing order out of chaos, flattening separatist regimes, and unifying the world. He is already a leader among the emperors of all dynasties.Moreover, he is still young, there is nothing wrong with his body, and he still has enough time to govern the world. If he lives long enough, it is not hopeless to create a prosperous world.

In fact, at the end of the 15th year of Qianyou, when the Pingnan War was still going on, Emperor Liu had been constantly convening his officials to discuss policies and propose solutions for how to govern the world in the future.

Moreover, there is a basic goal, to see the rule of Zhenguan. For a long time, Liu Chengyou has always yearned for and admired the era of Zhenguan.From a macro point of view, to govern the world well, there are two points, one is to govern the officials strictly, and the other is to treat the people leniently. The governance of the past dynasties has always been like this. Of course, it is easy to say, but it is not simple to do.

As far as the management of officials is concerned, it does not simply refer to anti-corruption and anti-corruption. That is only one aspect, and more importantly, it is related to the reasonable improvement of the system and the national management system, and can ensure long-term stable operation.

In this regard, the big man has a lot of problems.Today's Liu Hantianxia is not the real Kaiyuan country. It has inherited and inherited too many things from the later Jin Dynasty, the Later Tang Dynasty and even the Later Liang Dynasty. Although redundant officials, redundant staff, and redundant tasks have improved, they are not thorough. The officialdom atmosphere has indeed been reformed. However, there are still many old drawbacks. The entire country's management system also has many complexities, contradictions, and even mistakes. There are also many ambiguities in terms of authority.

Therefore, compared with the three dynasties, the politics and official administration of the Han Dynasty are gradually improving and improving, but there are still many areas that can be improved. On the whole, there are not many complicated and chaotic areas.

During this period of time, Liu Chengyou had asked Xue Juzheng to gather people to systematically compile a "Han Hui Dian" based on the "Tang Liu Dian", combining the political, official, and power systems since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the three dynasties, combined with the current national system of the Great Han Dynasty. "To be used as a guiding political code for governance.

Speaking of the former Prime Minister Xue Juzheng, during the past few years when he stepped down as the third envoy, with the support of Liu Chengyou, he invested a lot of energy in compiling books and achieved several results.For example, the completion of "History of Three Dynasties", re-editing of "Records of Gaozu" and "Book of Tang", supervising the revision of "History of the Country", and recently, writing a political strategy called "Qianyou 15 years".

Obviously, in the eyes of many people, once the 16th year of Qianyou is entered, the Han court will enter a brand new situation and enter a glorious era.And in fact, it is.

As for the governance of the people, in fact, you only need to adhere to one principle, that is, don't mess around, especially those affairs and projects that consume a lot of people's material resources. Time, naturally can get rapid recovery and development.In that way, the society will progress and the people will be rich.

As far as Liu Chengyou himself is concerned, if he wants to emulate Zhenguan, he will still copy his homework. Of course, he will copy selectively, at least in line with the current development of the times and social demands.

However, in Liu Chengyou's consciousness, Tang Taizong's most worthwhile learning point, and also the most important point, is employing people.The more I understand, the more reasonable I feel. How can the emperor alone manage such a huge empire?It is also necessary to bring into play the wisdom and talents of bureaucrats and ministers, and let them create a great cause under their leadership.

In the past few years, Emperor Liu consciously delegated power to lighten the burden on himself, and there were also reasons for learning from history and imitating his predecessors.

In the era of Zhenguan, a large number of outstanding talents emerged to contribute to the glory of Zhenguan's rule of the world. In his Qianyou era, how many people will stand out and become his good ministers?

For this point, some people have long been in the heart of the emperor, or in the center, or in the local training, but Liu Chengyou believes that there are more people who have not been discovered, and he also looks forward to them emerging.

The weather in Kaifeng, in the eyes of different people, has different understandings. For example, Xu Xuan, the prime minister of the south of the Yangtze River who came here for the first time, felt very heavy in his heart because of the prosperity of the north. .

At first, Xu Xuan was ordered by Li Yu to come north. After crossing the river, he packed lightly and chose to come north on horseback.Fortunately, although they were both warring parties, as envoys, except for the necessary monitoring along the way, there was no embarrassment. With a speed of [-] miles a day, they arrived in Tokyo in less than six days. For Xu Xuan who is a literati, this is a very hard journey.

After arriving in Kaifeng, without taking a break, he prayed to see the Emperor of Han.Liu Chengyou seemed to be very interested in Xu Xuan, the leader of the Jiangnan literary world, and chose to meet him.When meeting Emperor Han, Xu Xuan was neither humble nor overbearing, with an upright face, detailing Jiangnan's respectful service to the imperial court over the years. Although he was sincerely praying for peace, he actually pointed to the Southern Expedition of the Great Han.
In terms of lip service and citing scriptures, ten Yoo Seung-woos are not Xu Xuan's opponent.However, Emperor Liu represented power, and the sentence "unity is justice" made Xu Xuan speechless.

And for Xu Xuan's verbal offense to him, Liu Chengyou was not angry, but showed his generosity, let him go back to the hotel, and ordered people to wait on him and treat him politely.However, after Xu Xuan asked to see him several times, he was rejected.

"It's already winter!" The courtyard was cold, looking at the apricot trees with sparse branches and leaves, Xu Xuan murmured to himself, feeling as depressed as the environment: "I don't know how the battle is going."

Xu Xuan was very bookish. If it was normal, maybe he would show off his literary talents, but at this time, he really has no interest at all.

"Grand Xu, congratulations, the palace replied, His Majesty has agreed to summon you, please prepare a bit, and enter the palace to face the saint!" Under the guidance of the entourage, the concierge was walking in, with a warm smile on his rich face. With a smile, he arched his hands.

Hearing this, Xu Xuan was overjoyed at first, and then returned to seriousness. This is not something to be happy about. Emperor Han is determined and determined to make peace with the South, so how could he give up just because of his few words.

Therefore, after re-entering the Chongzheng Hall and saluting, Xu Xuan looked extremely solemn when facing Emperor Liu's questioning, and cupped his hands and said, "I am here to bid farewell to Your Majesty!"

Xu Xuan's seriousness fell in Liu Chengyou's eyes, as if he had suffered a lot of grievances, and it was quite interesting.Liu Chengyou smiled slightly, and said: "Why? Is Tokyo not good enough, or the court reception is not polite enough?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xuan said solemnly: "Your Majesty has no intention of stopping the army, and I have no reason to stay for a long time. I wish to return to Jinling in the south, and wait with my lord for the attack of the army!" "

"Haha!" Liu Chengyou laughed again, the laughter was very soft, but his attitude was very strong, he waved his hand casually: "So many troubles? Breaking the city and being taken captive together with Li Yu will take a lot of trouble and hurt your face, so let's stay in Kaifeng and wait for Wang Shi's triumphant return with me."

(End of this chapter)