Zhao Zhen was stunned, and Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, you really need to change it. When the two provinces and two systems officials arrive later, I will talk about the shortcomings of the country."

“What are the disadvantages?”

"I rushed to the capital without stopping, so I could breathe for a while."

Zhao Zhen had no choice but to sit there, waiting for the two palaces and the ministers of the Tai Pavilion to arrive. The ministers sat down, Zhao Zhen looked at Zheng Lang with his eyes, and Zheng Lang bowed to the people and said, "Your Majesty, you all say that you are here together, so I will talk about the shortcomings of the country."

That was said with countless golden fingers open. Many disadvantages were not solved later. Zheng Lang could not explain the solution, but he knew the disadvantages, from all the three redundant ones, not only were the redundant soldiers, the government and officials, but all the details of these three redundant ones, to military, salt, tea, alum wine, finance, land, ethnic minority issues, and even religion.

All are in big trouble.

After more than an hour of this talk, not only did Zhao Zhen feel cold sweat, but all the ministers are stunned.

Isn't you going to talk about the shortcomings of the country? Let me tell you how many of them are there? This is also the first time that Zheng Lang publicly said that all the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty were far beyond the scope of the discussion with Fan Zhongyan and Ye Qingchen. It can be said that this is the first time in the Song Dynasty that someone had analyzed the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty so carefully and comprehensively. Then he said: "Your Majesty, you must reform. But I want to say one thing: the collapse of the Tang Dynasty began in the Anshi Rebellion, and it also opened up bad examples of the separatist rule of the vassal states. But the root cause is not the autocracy of the generals, but other things."

It's a shocking word.

Zhao Zhen asked: "What is it?"

I felt relieved. I had never heard of so many serious disadvantages of the Song Dynasty. When I heard it, my heart was so cold that it was almost frozen. Zheng Lang finally finished talking and changed the topic. If he continued, he was about to faint.

"It was the corruption of the military and the military field. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang wanted to wipe out Wu Zetian, Zhongzong, and Ruizong were defeated by the Turks, Khitan, Mohe and Tubo. So he reformed and worked hard to achieve his goals. However, he wanted to go to the border. The military was corrupt, and for the sake of the military source, he had to let go and give the military governors the military and political power to collect a large number of strong troops. This led to the Anshi Rebellion and even the separatist rule of the vassal state. The national strength of the Tang Dynasty was weakened. The corruption of the equal land system was also destroyed. The country was weakened, and a large number of poor people lived in poverty. The drought broke out again. So Huang Chao rose up, and the country collapsed first, and then the land collapsed. This was not what the ministers wanted to say, but about the famous ministers of Yao Chong, Song Jing and Zhang Shuo, who were famous in the early Kaiyuan period, with their ability, could not see this? Why not move?"

This argument is very powerful.

But if the argument continues like this, the gentlemen will be very sad.

"Why?" Zhao Zhen asked curiously. He had never heard of this novel argument.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing else. These two disadvantages are very wide. Once they move, the world is full of disputes. No matter Yao Chong or two Zhang, they dare not move. They can only fine-tune them. Once they move, they did not come up with better and more perfect strategies to avoid disputes. It is not beneficial to the country, but harmful to the country. Later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very happy about his achievements and was arrogant and complacent, and asked Li Linfu to control the government, let alone the two disadvantages of reform. Even the continuous fine-tuning was gone. However, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was still opening the border one after another, and the national crisis came! Now our crisis in the dynasty is far worse than that of the Tang Dynasty. If it does not change, it will be even worse than that of the Tang Dynasty. If it continues for a long time, it will be subject to internal troubles or external aggression. The country will be weakened step by step."

After saying these words, Zhang Dexiang showed his eyes to admire him, and Yan Shu seemed to think about it. As for him thinking about the wind, flowers, snow and moon, and still in the pavilions, only God knew that, Jia Changchao showed joy, but Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi's expressions changed drastically.

Zheng Lang didn't care about their expressions and continued to say: "Everyone, how many people can match Yao Chong's ability? How many people can match Song Jing's ability? Yao Song didn't dare to move. Your changes were from kindness, but I thought about the consequences of failure? The national crisis was serious, you are changing, and I am also changing. The warehouse law and regulations were formulated, but this year there was no food or money to be implemented. The horse law was lucky enough to get some war horses from Xixia, and vacate part of the herds and prison to the people. In fact, they are powerful and powerful! So they support more than oppose. The method of laying off troops is moving, but the results have not been seen yet. I thought it very carefully, and I did not dare to touch elites, that is, the powerful and powerful people have too many interests.

, but there are no drawbacks? Still, there are many people in the army who are grateful to serve as generals, and there are few who are qualified, and there are many who are not qualified. The termination will inevitably lead to disputes. If there is no termination, no more vacancies will be retained. If there is no termination, there will be truly capable generals who are on the throne. Some have ways to make a living and want to withdraw from the ruling army, but they are not in the field of retirement, and some do not want to withdraw from the ruling army, but they are forced to be cut off immediately. There must be disputes. However, there are few interests that affect the powerful, so I guess I can barely implement them. Your Majesty, but what I am most worried about is the general problem. One is to lay off those people, and the other is to raise those people. We cannot tell the advantages and disadvantages, which is difficult to distinguish. For example, the two, Lu Yijian and Xia Shu. Everyone, let me tell you."

Jia Changchao was even more happy.

A hint of pessimism appeared in Fan Zhongyan's eyes. If Zheng Lang turned against him, the consequences would be very serious. He was not Lu Yijian, and if there were serious problems with Decao, he could attack him. If Zheng Lang Decao had problems, there were still a few people in this temple who had no problem with Decao.

The world says that gentlemen are oneself and Zheng Lang.

Then he stared at Ouyang Xiu with an unhappy expression. Now he felt that one Shi Jie and the other Ouyang Xiu would ruin his own affairs.

Zheng Lang gave a small overturn for Xia and Lu, and said, "Their moral character is a problem, but I suddenly thought of a sentence from Emperor Taizong of Tang. Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang were too far away, and their deeds were true and false, and they could not be used as reference. I only said that since the feudalism, there were several emperors who could reach the height of Emperor Taizong of Tang and achieve full achievements in civil and military affairs. Under his command were civil officials such as Du Weizheng and Wang Gui, as well as military generals such as Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, and Li Daozong, as well as powerful relatives such as Changsun Jingde Wuji. Civil and military relatives were all first-class talents in history. If it were not Emperor Taizong of Tang, how many people could dare to control it? Not only the way to control it, but how many people could use it? At the beginning of Zhenguan, a letter from the Tang Dynasty asked the Tang Dynasty.

Taizong removed the slander. Taizong said that what I had asked was all about was a wise man. Who knew the slander? He replied, "My ministers lived in the grass and did not know the slander. Please ask Your Majesty to deliberately get angry to test the ministers. If you can not be afraid of thunder and speak out for advice, you are a righteous man. If you follow the order, you are a slander. Taizong did not take it and said to Feng Deyi that whether the flowing water is clear and turbid is at the root. People are like water. The king is doing a deceitful test, but he wants his subordinates to act straight, which is like the source and the water is clear, and the reason is unavailable. I think that Emperor Wu of Wei Cao is too deceitful and despises him deeply. If I do this, how can I teach the ministers? So he told the letter that I want to make great believers in the world, and do not want to use deceitful teachings to the common people. Even if you speak well, I will not take what I do."

I looked at Ouyang Xiu with a despise, would you dare to say that Li Shimin is not a good emperor?

He also said: "How did Emperor Taizong of Tang use people to open up the road of speech and accept advice with humility. When used in the current dynasty, he could listen to Ouyang Xiu's advice, but he could also listen to Xia Shu's advice, complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. Ouyang Xiu could not give up Xia Shu's advice, and Xia Shu could not give up Ouyang Xiu's words. This is broad, this is acceptance! His Majesty did a good job of being strict with himself and conquering others with virtue. But these two points alone are not enough. The most important thing is to be the most important thing.

To be more vigorous is to select talents and appoint talents, not to be confined to one style, to use people without doubt, to doubt people, and to use them as the core point, to use them as the most important point. The wise take their plans, the foolish take their strength, the brave take their power, and the timid take their cautiousness, without wisdom, stupidity, courage, and timid, and use them both. Therefore, good craftsmen do not abandon their talents, and wise rulers do not abandon their good. Do not forget their goodness with one evil, and do not cover their achievements with small flaws. Use their strengths and give up their shortcomings, which is the core of using people."

"It's so insightful, it makes me feel enlightened," said Zhang Dexiang.

"For example, Lu Yijian and Xia Qian really have no talent? The northwest has fought hard for four years. From the beginning of the war, the treasury was empty, but there was no major chaos. Did Lu Yijian have no credit? Lu Yijian withdrew from the East Prefecture last year. The drought this year was severe. The expenses were just relief, but the war began to stop. Can the cost of disaster relief be higher than the cost of war?"

Yan Shu couldn't bear to face anymore.

It's okay, today Zheng Lang is simply preparing to uncover all the problems.

Otherwise, it would be very uncomfortable to go home or stay in the court. Ouyang Xiu and others used their good writing skills to wear big hats on themselves, and sooner or later they would be made black ink by him. Either deal with Jia Changchao, but those little tricks made people fearless when they think about it.

None of that party is easy to mess with, so they simply sneer and put it on the table to talk.

"At the beginning of the battle, Xia Feng tried his best to disagree and asked the court to be prepared in Shaanxi. Isn't it that he had advanced wisdom, but Yang Kai and others laughed at him. Yes, both of them have great problems with moral integrity, but who can deny it? The court does not even use such a person, dare not use it, and who should use it? Should he ask the Master to govern the country? Even if the Master is resurrected, there will be times when he makes mistakes. The court uses his talents and speaks about his ministers and supervises his actions, why don't he dare to use it?"

"Xingzhi, the court is like this, all because of Lu Yijian's actions in charge of national affairs. Why did you turn black and white?" Ouyang Xiu retorted.

"I know, in the future, I don't want to argue, but I just want to say one thing. Emperor Taizong of Tang did not like to use villains and slanderous ministers to evaluate ministers throughout his life. It's nothing more, it's not small or slander, but it's useless. Pei Ju was a famous slanderous minister in Sui, but he was loyal to Taizong. Why? Guo Guan and Yang Kai were cowardly and impeached the country, but I have seen words such as evil and filthy behavior in the end. You all, you have grown up by studying the books of the Master, you have also obtained the imperial examination through Confucian righteousness, and you have also governed the country with Confucian knowledge. The Five Contemporary Ethics of Confucianism.

The way of reason is benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, trustworthiness, and the way of the five virtues is gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and frugal. In the past, I taught Wang Anshi and Sima Guang many times and said gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and frugal. But since the new policy, what I have seen is the overwhelming storm, suppressing dissidents, and often treacherous, slanderous, villain, and dirty ministers. I don’t know where the Master’s gentle, kind, frugal, frugal, and frugal? Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Yu Jing, Wang Su, and Cai Xiang, you are all masters of the world’s literary world, and everyone of the classics. Please tell me what kind of gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and frugal. I really can’t understand it.”

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