Ning Jiang's words made Song Shao silent.

Don't let Han Xi stay in the court anymore... The meaning of this is to let him stop looking.

If you stop the prestige for no reason, it will inevitably cause controversy between the government and the public. This is a major event that will inevitably be recorded in history books. Even as the emperor and he is determined to revitalize the China, which fell on a cliff after the collapse of Confucianism and Taoism, he can't help but worry.

However, recalling that Han Xi always said that he was for the country and the people today, but in fact he ignored the difficulties of the country, he had to admit that it was almost imperative to stop the reform if the reform continued. Otherwise, under the leadership of Han Xi, what would be blocked in the future would not only be the issue of imposing commercial taxes, but even those that had been implemented would have problems.

Unless he does not intend to continue the reform, it will be inevitable that the king will fight against each other. The fierce conflict between the king's power and the king's power is originally a taboo for the country.

He was above the stairs and said, "It is easy to say that the matter of rescinding the prime minister is easy, but even I cannot mention the matter of rescinding the prime minister for no reason in the court. First of all, we must find a trusted censor, and the censor will draw the fault of Prime Minister. If the rescinding fails, the censor who accuses the prime minister will inevitably be dismissed. This is a convention. It is not easy to find a censor who dares to fight against the prime minister's power for a while. Besides, Han Xi himself is a great scholar and has always cherished his reputation, so his faults are not easy to list..."

Ning Jiang said: "There is no need for a censor!"

Song Shao was stunned: "No need for a censor?" Han Xi was the right servant and the subordinate of the Secretariat. As the head of all officials, according to the truth, other officials could oppose his decision, but could not directly accuse him of himself. If there was no censor, he could not think of how to stop the precepts.

Ning Jiang said, "Just like this..."

***

On the morning court of the next day, Song Shao summoned all officials, and the first sentence was to clearly state that the matter of levying commercial tax was cancelled, and Han Xi and others were all happy.

As Ning Jiang said, although the Great Zhou Dynasty always valued literature and neglected business, over the past few hundred years, which large business club and business group did not have the support of court officials? Officials had power, merchants had money, collusion between officials and businessmen, and even the integration of officials and businessmen was inevitable. Especially the emperor had to even move salt taxes, salt mines and salt transportation, which one was not in the hands of a large family? This was real and touched their interests.

Moreover, even if this issue is not considered, it is a great victory for them to avoid controversy over the past few days and ignore the power of the emperor to eat a turtle. In many cases, the court disputes are not a question of right and wrong, but a position... or factional issue.

Sometimes, even if you know that you are wrong here, you have to persist in your own momentum and prestige for your own side and defeat your political enemies.

Similarly, if the power of the monarch is large, the power of the prime minister will inevitably be restricted. In this era of loss of literary energy, they are increasingly unable to give up the power in their hands.

I originally thought that there must be another dispute today, but I didn’t expect the emperor to compromise directly, and all the officials were overjoyed. The emperor compromised, which means that their victory and that at least this time, the power of the prime minister has the upper hand.

So they shouted that His Majesty was wise and wise... Although he won, the emperor's face was important.

On the Your Step, Emperor Song Shao coughed a lot and sighed, "My great Zhou Dynasty, which has been passed down to my generation for nearly a thousand years, was a chaos in all directions. The Western barbarians occupied Bashu and the Northern Barbarians cut off the four states. This is a shame that has not happened in eight hundred years. I am always unfit for the hearts of heaven, causing the Chinese to be uneasy and the people to be uneasy."

Han Xi bowed his hands and knelt down: "It is an old minister who is incompetent and has served as a prime minister. He has failed to help Your Majesty support the world and eliminate the barbarians. He also asked Your Majesty to let the old minister retire and wait for the wise."

Other officials also bowed one after another: "I am incompetent."

The lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the lord is humiliated to die! The emperor said that he had no virtue, and the prime minister led all officials to follow him and bear the sins for His Majesty. This is the "responsible meaning" formed by the entire Confucian system. Then, after the emperor and the officials competed to "take responsibility for the fault", everyone determined to "correct punishment and virtue". This can be said to be a routine that has been repeated countless times over the past few hundred years.

But this time, after the ministers bowed to him, the emperor who should have continued to reflect on himself was silent. The entire hall suddenly became quiet, and the emperor on the stairs suddenly stopped talking. The officials who were kneeling down at the stairs were all confused for a moment, lowered their heads and looked at each other... Why didn't His Majesty follow the routine?

After waiting for a long time, the emperor's voice came slowly from the top of the stairs: "Yes, my king and his ministers are always incompetent, which has caused the anger of heaven and people. For this reason, I must hold a fast for three days to punish and be virtuous and serve the heavens. As for the right servant Han Xi, although you say you are incompetent, you have done a lot of things for the court in the past, and you have worked hard without any contribution. Now you are voluntarily retiring... it is not impossible!"

After saying that, Emperor Song Shao got up and left the seat and left the hall. Soon, the shouts of "The Emperor's Arrival" came from outside.

However, after a moment of confusion, the ministers in the hall suddenly realized... The Lord was stopping the preface.

Han Xi suddenly raised his head and looked at the empty dragon throne above the steps, his body softened back... What about the promised routine? What about the routine passed down for hundreds of years?

Your Majesty is not playing according to common sense!

The ministers were also in an uproar. His Majesty actually used this method to stop his appearance. This was unprecedented. For a moment, everyone looked at Han Xi, but they didn't know what to do. Han Xi was so miserable. The clean and neat thunder attack outside the plan was even at a loss, even he, a veteran of the dynasty, was at a loss for a moment. Could he say that his retirement just was just a gesture? Could he say that his self-incompetence just was just modest?

"There is hard work without credit"... The emperor's words are simply to confirm his incompetence in public.

He stood up tremblingly, staggered, and turned around and walked out of the hall.

In the palace behind, Song Shao was sitting in the sedan chair. When Ning Jiang said yesterday that he could stop being able to stop without the censor, he was still thinking, how could this be possible? When Ning Jiang said his idea, his first reaction was... This was simply a hooligan!

At noon, the officials gathered here in the palace of Shangshu's Right Pushe cursed. His Majesty's method was too sudden and no one could react at first. However, immediately afterwards, everyone thought that this must be the idea that Ningjiang's treacherous villain gave for His Majesty.

Your Majesty's sudden withdrawal of precepts made some officials silent. Your Majesty, who had always seemed indecisive in the past, actually used this kind of thundering method, forcing many people to start pondering the emperor's determination and the consequences of opposing the emperor. The court has never been a solid piece of solid. With Han Xi's withdrawal of precepts, a group of people will inevitably fall down, and at the same time, many people will definitely get opportunities.

Some officials who had already had some grudges with Han Xi or wanted to take this opportunity to climb up have begun to quietly prepare memorials to support the emperor in resuming precepts.

On the other hand, the officials who originally gathered around the right prime minister were already in danger and wrote to the emperor.

Han Xi was too big. On the one hand, he began to prepare a memorial for revenge. At this point, his memorial was forced to be written. Although he was fooled by the emperor, he said the words of revenge in person in front of all officials. Even if everyone knew that this was just a "routine", even if he was acting, he had to do it at this point. Otherwise, the word "loving power" would undoubtedly be attached to him. This is an untolerable thing for him who has always cherished his feathers. It is also a laughing stock in the future in history books.

On the other hand, he indulged the officials who were dependent on him and the students in the court to write letters together, advising His Majesty to keep them, and even find the relationship in the palace. However, all the letters were kept by the emperor.

In the end, he could only hand over his memorial to retire. Soon, the approval of the memorial was already coming, and the result was two words in vermilion...the music was correct.

Han Xi was so angry that he vomited blood.

In the next few days, the court was in turmoil. After confirming Han Xi's rescinding, the memorial that reported him flew into the air like a feather, as if overnight, everyone recognized his true face. In the court, many people who used to stand on Han Xi's side suddenly changed their positions, and more people supported the emperor's reforms suddenly became. At the same time, Ning Jiang, who was soon appointed by the emperor as the left prime minister of the Shangshu, was also crowded with people.

Lu Zhisi, who was originally the Left Pushe of Shangshu, moved to the Right Pushe and became the leader of all officials, but he no longer served as the Minister of the Central Secretariat. Instead, Ning Jiang, the Left Prime Minister, also served as the Minister of the Left Prime Minister, and the Left Prime Minister, was vacant. In this way, the power of the prime minister was weakened to the extreme, and the power of the monarch was greatly expanded. Since Ning Jiang also served as the Minister of the Junior Minister, the emperor issued a new edict, so he did not have to worry about being refuted again. All new policies were also introduced step by step...

***

By August, the weather in the north has gradually become colder, but the south is still hot.

With Han Xi's rescinding the prefecture, the emperor's determination to rectify the court and implement the new law at all costs also made officials from all over the world see more clearly. Some enlightened people also realized that with the collapse of Confucianism and Taoism, many things should indeed change. Even those who are dissatisfied with the new law dare not easily anger the increasingly tough emperor at this time, for fear that Han Xi would follow.

Although the new law was continuously introduced, and the Baojia system was still regarded as the top priority, it was still the Baojia system. A large number of low-level military generals were promoted to regiment training and distributed to various places to train militias convened by the baojia method. In addition, the court was unique and allowed to hold military exercises on its own. Those who had no records of the case were allowed to participate. After the selection, they were allowed to take on important positions in regiment training in various places, and the court issued rice and salary to the juren, which was equivalent to that of the juren.

Now that Confucianism has been respected for eight hundred years, this system naturally encountered considerable opposition as soon as it was introduced. However, the determination of the court to implement any opposition was invalid. In addition, the literary spirit is still losing, which has gradually reduced the status and role of "scholars". The new concept of "literary can maintain stability and martial arts can stabilize the country" has also spread slowly under the deliberate promotion of the court.

The status of military generals has gradually improved. The promotion of "first military merits" has made these military generals who were always suppressed by civil servants begin to see their own future. And the fact that military generals led the army alone has gradually become the norm. In the past, the situation where generals did not know the soldiers and soldiers did not know the generals is gradually turning around.

Ning Jiang, as the Left Prime Minister of the Shangshu and the Minister of the School of Education, has been described as a city in these days. Many high-ranking officials and nobles came to visit, and his wealth increased by multiples when he did nothing, but he donated it to "righteous and self-disciplined". Some people say that he is honest and self-disciplined, and more people say that he is seeking fame, but no matter what others say, it cannot affect his actions.

In order to implement the new law, some cruel officials with ruthless means gathered around him, and severe cases should be treated with fierce medicine. As this crisis approaches, Ning Jiang naturally did not have the mood to delay with the officials. Anyway, as long as the Baojia method can be implemented, he will be at least half of the success this time. The rest is to reverse the trend of the Great Zhou Dynasty's emphasis on culture and over military affairs as much as possible, and prepare for the next crisis.

As for the fact that he wanted to change the malignancy of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty for more than 800 years in a short period of time, he was not blindly confident enough to this extent. On the contrary, as long as he could stop the invasion of barbarians, there was time to slowly change in the future. If he could not stop it, then everything was nonsense. For this reason, after discovering that the resistance to collecting commercial tax was too great and it was difficult to do it in a short period of time, he gave up it directly, and only while promoting business, he levied some taxes at the same time.

For example, things like deposits and stakes acres, and those who are both officials and businessmen who are beneficial to the country and the people in the long run, but they will inevitably cause fierce internal disputes in a short period of time, and he did not even intend to touch them. His purpose was to allow the Great Zhou Dynasty to prepare for war against the barbarians in the best state.

As for the Southwest Seventh Route, he began to gradually withdraw the officers and soldiers, and recruited some mobs who were indeed unable to survive. Even those truly ambitious forces would be willing to continue to respect the emperor and the court on the surface, and would be given nominal titles and rewards.

Such an approach naturally led to attacks from the government and the public. However, from Ningjiang's perspective, it was simply an unrealistic delusion to think about pacifying the southwest at this time. On the other hand, even if the court ignored the southwest, the various rebels would still kill each other without the oppression of officers and soldiers, and then face the attacks of the Miao soldiers.

Of course, as a time traveler, if there are really heroes in the southwest who can emerge from the chaos by raising a Gu, and then force the Miao soldiers to retreat and enter the capital, then he might really consider sending the capital out to help that person unify China and fight against the barbarians. Unfortunately, facing the wolves' ambition, even the match of the Miao and the Ghost Military Advisor is extremely difficult.
Chapter completed!