Prime Minister

Chapter 322
Li Deyu was an accomplished prime minister in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, his seizure of power also caused him to be stigmatized by many later generations.

But Zhang Yue remembers hearing that Cai really looks like Li Deyu more than once.

Once, Huang Haoyi told himself that his elder brother Huang Haoxi and Cai Que were from the same hometown and were born in the same age. When Cai Que was studying, he was so poor that he often went to Huang Haoqian's place to eat.One day when they went to dinner, they happened to meet a man who saw Cai Que and said to him, "You look like Li Deyu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty."

This person said to Huang Haoqian who was on the side: "He will support you when he develops in the future."

Another time, when Cai Que was traveling with his classmates in Taixue, he happened to meet a Taoist priest.When the Taoist met Cai Que, he stopped him and said, You also look like Li Deyu.Cai Que heard this more than once and asked with a smile, will I also be a prime minister?
The Taoist said yes.

Cai Que asked again, would he be demoted to Lingnan and die of old age like Li Deyu?
The Taoist said it would.

Cai Que fell silent.

Anyway, Cai is indeed like Li Deyu's name, which is very popular in Taixue.Zhang Yue also felt that the other party's ability and courage to act were indeed a bit like Li Deyu's demeanor of a famous official.

Speaking of the problem, the emperor's mention of Li Deyu was not aimless.

In the Song Dynasty, Duzhi was assigned to the envoys of the three divisions to divide the power of the prime minister.However, the dispute between Xiangquan and the three envoys has a long history.

Nowadays, the fiscal deficit of the Song Dynasty is a huge problem. Fan Zhen and Sima Guang both advocated that the budget should be under the management of the prime minister to solve the current financial problem.

Therefore, the officials asked this question.

Zhang Yue feels deeply that if the above is the problem that the country is facing, the bottom is the real solution, from fiction to reality.

The official's face was a little pale, so he paused. After reading a long paragraph, he felt that his strength was a little weak, so he immediately ordered Hu Su, who was at the side, to finish reading.

Facing the edict, Hu Su continued to ask: "Preparation for floods and droughts? The way to defend the frontier? The law of the court has the name of the nine houses; the language of music has the meaning of the five equals."

The Jiufu Won Law was created by Tai Gongwang, which is the money law.

Each of the following items is a matter of practical governance. Of course, the answer can also be answered from a pragmatic or pragmatic perspective.

In the end, Hu Su said: "The rich make the country strong, respect the king and respect the government. Eliminate disasters and bring prosperity, and change the thin to the thick. These are the urgent affairs of the past life, but the current priority. The three officials, the son and the doctor, express their intentions, and do not mourn for future harm. "

The policy questions of the imperial examination have been read.

Zhang Yue, Su Shi, and Su Zhe all saluted and said, "I understand."

Seeing Hu Su nod his head after reading, Zhao Zhen smiled gently and said, "It's good for you to answer carefully."

After speaking, Zhao Zhen left the palace to rest.

The imperial examination is different from other examinations. After the on-the-spot examination, the examiner presents the imperial examination papers and finally decides who is superior.That is to say, the result will be issued as soon as the test is completed.

As for Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Ouyang Xiu and other officials from the two governments also resigned after meeting with the officials.

Zhang Yue Ersu sat down in the Chongzheng Hall.

For this imperial examination, a person must write an essay of more than [-] words, which is based on the questions and answers of the officials just now.But this strategy is not easy to write.

Zhang Yue raised his head after sitting down, but saw Hu Su, Sima Guang and other examiners standing on the left and right.

The examiner for Jinshi is Sima Guang, and the examiner for Palace Examination is Wang Anshi.

The previous court test was Wang Anshi, and the imperial test was Sima Guang. Anyway, this pair of good friends is inseparable from anywhere.

Zhang Yue focused on the topic, first copied the topic on policy theory on the answer sheet, and then started the answer sheet with the words "I would like to talk to you".

Zhang Yue was brooding in his chest while copying the topic, and so was Su Shi on the side.As for Su Zhe, he folded his hands on his chest without copying a single word, and was sitting in front of the desk with his eyes closed to conceive an article.

But when Su Shi finished copying the topic, he thought for a while and wrote it down. Zhang Yue saw this and his heart trembled.

Su Shi has already used that peculiar posture of holding the pen to write down his own policy and theory without adding a pen.

"I would like to say to you, if you hear that there is nothing wrong in the world, the words of the ministers are less important than a feather;

"Fang Qi has nothing to do. Although Qi Huanzhi deeply trusts his ministers and Guan Zhongzhi wins his lord deeply, he shakes hands between Ding and Ning and expresses his deep sorrow for death, but he can't go to the three verticals. He has something to do and is urgent. Even though Emperor Zong of the Tang Dynasty was mediocre, Cheng Yuanzhen used his affairs, and Liu and his wife were humble and sloppy, but a single word to them will not get rid of their heart disease in the end."

"Those who speak in a world of nothingness are enough to change, but often suffer from unbelief. Those who speak in a world of events are easy to believe, but often suffer from failure to change."

Su Shi's articles are like mercury pouring down the ground, and they have an atmosphere of waiting for the ocean, if others see it, they will definitely be overwhelmed.

However, Zhang Yue still put his pen aside to conceive of the topic.

First of all, one principle must be grasped. Zhao Zhen criticized himself as useless in policy questions, but as a courtier, he must never criticize the emperor in this way.

The leader first reviewed at the meeting and said that I did something wrong, and I would like to ask everyone to give me more advice in the future.The person on the side stood up and said, yes, the leader has one, two, three mistakes, and I hope you will correct them more in the future.

Such employees are probably...

Even if the virtuous Fangzheng speaks bluntly and extremely admonishes Ke, he still has to grasp the size.

Zhang Yue thought that half an hour had passed here, but he saw that Su Zhe was already writing.

Su Zhe first copied the topic, and then wrote down the words of the minister, saying that the minister is not flattering, your majesty has listened, and advised the minister in court, so that he will do his best to serve the great right...

... Your Majesty's strategist said: "I inherit the great lineage of my ancestors, and the strength of my first emperor, but I am ignorant and unreasonable." He also said: "Aspirations and diligence have a long way to go. Here are the three records." This is also the word of His Majesty's fear. "

"Your Majesty said, "Your Majesty has no sincerity to worry. Between Baoyuan and Qingli, Xiqiang was in trouble. Your Majesty can't sit during the day and sit at night. At this time, everyone in the world says that Your Majesty is as worried and careful as King Wen of Zhou." .However, it has been 20 years since your Majesty abandoned his fear and never thought about it after the troops were disarmed in the West..."

Different from his elder brother Su Shi's policy, Su Zhe's policy is a breath of fresh air.

However, such sharp rhetoric shocked people all over, and made cold sweat drip down their backs.

Now that Su Shi and Su Zhe started writing, Zhang Yue still hasn't started writing, so he really fell last in this imperial test.

Zhang Yue is different from Su Shi and Su Zhe. He conceived a five-hundred-word imperial examination and could answer it easily, but for a three-thousand-word imperial examination, he had to first think about where the questions he planned to ask were.

In his opinion, the best science-making strategies throughout the ages are the three strategies of heaven and man presented by Dong Zhongshu to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This policy asked him to read it several times.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also sincerely asked for advice like Renzong of Song Dynasty today, and said to Dong Zhongshu, I want to hear the essentials of the Dao, and discuss it to the extreme.

The more Zhang thought about it, is it the emperor's fault that the Song Dynasty has fallen to this point?

No, to take a step back, emperors, generals and ministers are not the determining factors of history. Is it a system issue at a deeper level?It seems to be one step closer.

However, the system goes a step further and is determined by the country's science, technology, and culture.

The king's virtue and immorality, the official family accepted a few more concubines, and built a few palaces. This is the Confucian way of thinking, and it spares no effort to restrain the monarchy.

The money is not enough for the emperor to save more.Soldiers cannot fight, let the emperor choose his generals carefully, and the officialdom is corrupt, so choose a wise man as prime minister.

Reform lies in focusing on personnel.

Such policy theory is naturally a first-class argument and cannot be denied hastily.

At least compared to criticizing the system one-sidedly, without exploring the customary reasons behind the system, it is easier to talk about it on paper.

Therefore, it is still the most error-prone way to discuss from the virtue of the highest person.

So why Dong Zhongshu's Three Strategies of Heaven and Man can be appreciated.

Because his policy is not a policy to deal with contingencies, but a summary of historical lessons to solve the current problems facing the Han Dynasty.

But now that the official policy has brought Zhang Yue to the same position as Dong Zhongshu back then, what should he say?

Zhang Yue has already thought about the topic clearly, and is the last one to start writing.

The minister would like to say.

His majesty asked his ministers about policy in the court, and asked for direct advice and advice. This is beyond the stupidity of the ministers.In the ten years of Chen Hanchuang, I have been focusing on the history and chaos of the ancient and modern cycles, snorkeling the metabolism of personnel, discussing the system of three generations, and watching the destiny of the destiny. The hearts of the people have long been against it.

The way of observing the sky, the way of holding on to the sky, why?

……

Zhang Yue talks about it in detail in the article.

What is Heaven?
The world is not benevolent, the world is not benevolent and treats all things as straw dogs.

To put it bluntly, everything will perish, from order to disorder, this is the law of entropy increase.

But humanity, to go against entropy, to put it bluntly, is to live, from disorder to order.Disorder is in nature, I don’t want to work, I want to lie down, but order is to live, the stronger the people, the country, the more orderly the civilization.

Therefore, if the country wants to cheer up, it is the way from disorder to order.

How orderly?The first is that the 'zhuang' must be strong.

Here Zhang Yue can first answer the question asked by the officials, "Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty honored Lao Tzu and made the world rich and prosperous."Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty used Confucianism to waste at home.Is it not because there are disadvantages in governing the way, but because governing the world is different? '.

Why did Emperor Wen of Han use Huang Lao to make the world stable?Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used Confucianism, wasted at home?
Without Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there might be Huizong of the Han Dynasty.

The Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty and the Xixia and Liao Kingdom in the Song Dynasty mean the same thing?
The Han Dynasty did not need so many troops to defend the Xiongnu, and the peace here was maintained. If the Song Dynasty defended Xixia, if the heavy troops on the Liao border were withdrawn and the annual tribute stopped, the country would perish.

So why didn't the Song Dynasty learn from Emperor Wen of Han?

It is because the governance of the world is different, so the way of governance is different.

Zhang Yue wrote that Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty used Huang Lao to govern the country with leniency, so that the power of the people could be cultivated and the treasury could be enriched. Take the Xiongnu South Vietnam.Its contribution also lies in the lenient policy of Emperor Wen and the people to rest.

The Song Dynasty had the defeat of Gaoliang River, and the Han Dynasty also had the siege of Baideng, but why did one become strong and the other decline?

Can the Song Dynasty learn from the Han Dynasty, first resting with the people with leniency, and then using the method of strict violence across the country, and finally defeated the Xixia and Liao Kingdoms?

No.

The idea of ​​Zhang Yue's policy theory is still on the basis of "strengthening Zhuang".

It's like playing stocks. The dealer only does two things, attract money and raise the stock price.

Accumulate funds, increase the chips in your hands, and become a strong banker, and then the stock price can be raised.

Whether this conclusion is right or not, let alone.

But this is the topic, and the whole article revolves around this topic, so there will be no mistakes.

(End of this chapter)