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- "Right hand?"
Li Qi smiled bitterly and laughed at himself: "Your Majesty, how can traitors like Qin Hui and I have the nerve to say that we are the Emperor's right-hand man? If the Emperor is insinuating us, I will think this is a very good satire.šI"
"No, I am not sarcastic at all." Zhao Kai shook his head, "As for Qin Hui, there is no doubt about his ability. With him, he can help me deal with many difficult problems. It's a pity that this person is too ambitious. , and cannot tolerate others.¡±
Having said this, he smiled and then continued: "If you are here, we can work together to suppress him and prevent him from messing around. But if you leave, Zheng Yi and Mao Shu will not be his opponents." , then I will have no choice but to get rid of him, but this is easy to say, but very difficult to do. Qin Hui is too smart. He is very eager for power, but at the same time, he knows that too much power may lead to death. , so he has been working hard to manage his power. He has power in all major states and counties across the country, and he has also won the support of many people, especially those Confucian scholars. It is not difficult for me to kill him, but once I attack him If he picks up the butcher's knife, he will definitely kill a lot of people. Killing innocent people indiscriminately is inevitable. I'm afraid there will be another bloody storm in the country. This is the last thing I want to see, because I have experienced it once and don't want to do it again. There is a second time, so on the premise that you leave, it is undoubtedly the best result for me for him to leave in this way."
Li Qi gently turned the teacup, "That is to say, if I leave alone, the emperor will immediately pick up the butcher's knife against Qin Hui."
Zhao Kai nodded without any hesitation.
Although the emperor has supreme power, he cannot kill anyone he wants, especially those at the prime minister level. If the prime minister has too much power, he will be his accomplices in the court and in the court, and he will also have the support of the people. Once you use the butcher's knife, you will be killed. The situation may get out of control immediately. Now Qin Hui's wings are not yet full. If Li Qi leaves, Qin Hui's power will increase a lot. By then, if Zhao Kai comes to deal with Qin Hui again, even if he is the emperor, he will probably be tied up, so once Li Qi leaves , then Zhao Kai will immediately drive Qin Hui out of the government and the public, because he knows Qin Hui too well.
"As for your words."
Zhao Kai continued: "Let's put it this way. If Qin Hui left, I would never touch you."
Li Qi was flattered and said: "The emperor's words sound a bit hypocritical!"
"No matter how hypocritical you are, I can't compare to you." Zhao Kai cursed with a smile and suddenly sighed, "What do you think of my father?"
The Great Emperor? This guy won't settle old scores with me. Li Qi was stunned for a moment and said cautiously: "The Supreme Emperor is very smart, but he is not using it in the right place. In other words, he is not suitable to be an emperor at all. He is more suitable to be a traveling prince. In that case, at least he is You can go to Jiangnan to view the granite at any time instead of transporting the granite to Bianjing."
This implication is still criticizing Song Huizong.
Zhao Kai didn¡¯t understand why and smiled. "On the eve of my accession to the throne, I talked with my father for a whole night. During this conversation, my father mentioned you many times. Do you know what my father said about you?"
Depend on! It¡¯s definitely not a nice thing to say! Li Qi smiled and said: "Actually, to be honest, I am indeed sorry for the Supreme Emperor. I understand this in my heart, but even if I am given another chance, I will choose this way. After all, you can't have your cake and eat it too."
Zhao Kai chuckled: "So, do you think your father must be speaking ill of you?"
"Isn't it?"
Li Qi looked at Zhao Kai in astonishment.
Zhao Kai shook his head and sighed: "My father told me that as an emperor, you can be credulous or partial, but you can never believe everything. So whether it is Taishi Cai, Wang Fu, Cai You, Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan and others, My father might occasionally believe their words, but he never fully believed them. From beginning to end, they were just pawns in his hands. They had never threatened his imperial power for even a moment, but , My father has only trusted one person, and this is you, so that was why the coup happened. But even so, my father told me that you are the only one who can trust all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, and I will trust you without reservation. You will gain a stronger Song Dynasty."
Li Qi was surprised, "Your Majesty, are you trying to fool me?"
"It's now, do I still need to fool you?"
Zhao Kai rolled his eyes and said: "However, my father did not say the reason, but I still believe what my father said, because my father believed in you at the beginning. Although he lost the throne, it was he who was so devoted. Believe in you, we can defeat the Jin Army, right? You are indeed different, so when I learned that you wanted to go to Japan to become king on your own, I did not use the knife on you, but asked you to be honest. Until now, it is still the case, I still believe it very much?. "
Li Qi smiled playfully and said, "Isn't it because war is imminent, and we must first make peace at home before fighting against the outside world?"
Zhao Kai was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "There are reasons for this, but not all. In fact, if you can change your mind at this moment, I can also pretend that none of this has happened."
Li Qi was stunned for a long time, then lowered his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "Your Majesty, you know me. Once I decide something, I will not change it. I'm sorry."
Zhao Kai said slightly excitedly: "Why, now we have just defeated the Jin Kingdom and recovered the Hetao. Our Song Dynasty Empire has just begun. In the next ten years, the Song Dynasty will develop to an unimaginable level. What is your contribution to this? Of course, you have sacrificed so much, why would you choose to leave at this moment when you are about to reap the rewards? This is really puzzling to me."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you have to retire after success. This is just a lie to children. Success is like a bear's paw, and retirement is like a fish. You can't have both. If I want to choose to leave, I must choose to stay in the service." Before it happens. Yes, I know that the emperor trusts me very much, which I am very grateful for, but this is only the emperor at this moment. Ten years later, twenty years later, thirty years later, who can guarantee that the emperor will still trust me fully at that time? Who can guarantee that I will still be loyal to the emperor at that time?
No one can guarantee it.
If I were just one person, maybe I would choose to stay, but no, I still have my family. You know, in my heart, Da Song and my family have always been the most important. I have devoted ten years to The Song Dynasty. During this period, I missed a lot. I didn¡¯t see Zhengxi speak for the first time, nor did I see Zhengxi walk for the first time. My daughter even became very withdrawn because of having me as her father. This is something I owe Theirs, so I have to make it up to them.
¡°Perhaps in the eyes of many people, my reform was very successful, but they didn¡¯t know that I also offended many people. Most of the scholar-bureaucrats and big families hate me to the core, but now that I have great power, they dare to be angry and dare not say anything, so they can only obey me. But I will always die. Once I die, or I don¡¯t have great power, They will definitely not let my descendants go, because it was my reforms that caused them to lose their most precious power. It was the new law that transferred their benefits to the people, and it was the new law that deposed the exclusive respect for Confucianism.
"Why Qin Hui was able to gain the support of many scholar-bureaucrats in a very short period of time is not because Qin Hui is so powerful, but because they hate me so much. It's just that it hasn't been shown for the time being. Once it breaks out, even I can't imagine the consequences, and you also know it, Your Majesty. These scholar-bureaucrat families are very powerful, and they have a deep foundation. Some families are even inherited from the Han Dynasty. This is something I cannot have.
?????????????????????????? Since ancient times, those who have reformed the law have had many successes, but the law often survives, and most people do not end well.
I remember that during our last conversation, Your Majesty asked me when I planned to go to Japan. I didn¡¯t say it at the time, but I can tell you now that since the Emperor adopted my new method, I have already begun to prepare for my departure. I had planned to do it, but I hadn¡¯t chosen Japan yet. Why my new method was so successful was because I had no scruples. I wasn¡¯t afraid that those big families would settle accounts with me. Anyway, I didn¡¯t plan to stay here long, so I tried my best to do it. Draw the hatred in their hearts to me and make them feel that all this is caused by me and has nothing to do with the emperor or the supreme emperor. "
Having said this, he chuckled and said: "Your Majesty should know me very well. My biggest characteristic is that I am prepared for danger in times of peace. What I fear most is that my relatives are in danger, and I will never give the comfort of my relatives to others or others. God will decide. Although I cannot guarantee that after my death, my relatives will be safe for generations to come, but with my character, I will definitely help them do this as much as possible, and the safest way is. "
Zhao Kai was the first to say: "I want to be the emperor myself."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, whether you believe it or not, Your Majesty, in fact, I personally am very resistant to the Emperor. Once I am asked to shoulder this responsibility, it will be difficult for me to take it off. I will be walking on thin ice every day." , I am afraid that maybe at the age of forty, I will be as old as I am at seventy. This kind of life is not what I want. What I hope is to be safe, free, and enjoy breakfast every morning with my family. time, until death, instead of having to go to the street to buy two steamed buns before dawn, and then rush to the palace to attend court. But the advantage of the emperor is that fate is in his own hands.
In addition, even if I stay in the Song Dynasty, what I have done is just the icing on the cake. I have done everything I should do. The new method has matured and has reached a bottleneck period. But to break through this bottleneck, it does not depend on what I can do. What, it depends on the emperor and the people. "
Zhao Kai squinted his eyes and said, "How can I say this?"?¡±
Li Qi chuckled: "The emperor is a smart man, how could he not see that the new law has reached a critical point whether it is military, economic or institutional. Since ancient times, no one's reform can break through this critical point, because This critical point is the imperial power. If the new law continues, it will endanger the imperial power. Qin Hui never fights an unprepared battle. Since he has planned to destroy the new law, he has a 70% certainty of doing so. He What is the reason? The reason is that he also sees that continuing to promote the new law will definitely harm the imperial power. I don¡¯t know what you will think, Your Majesty, but he must have expected that the Emperor will take measures to prevent this in order to protect the imperial power. Then give him an opportunity to take advantage of it. It is not impossible to return to solemn Confucianism. If Qin Hui stays, I believe he can abolish the new law.
Therefore, the emperor said that you trust me now, but once I stay, I will definitely promote the new law. Then I will challenge the imperial power on behalf of the new law. Unless the emperor compromises, otherwise, only one of us can stand in the court. I don¡¯t think I will definitely lose, but once that time comes, if the two of us fight, it will always be the people who suffer. This will far exceed the harm caused to the people by the fight between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, so I choose leave. "
Zhao Kai was silent for a long time, how could he not see this. Said: "Actually, I have also noticed that in the past three years, your new law has been on the edge of the cliff. Every time you introduce it, other ministers will break out in cold sweats, but you have never crossed the line, otherwise If so, I don¡¯t know what to do, and the same is true now. I have been thinking about this problem, what should I do?¡±
Li Qi smiled and said, "Let nature take its course."
"Let nature take its course?"
Zhao Kai felt a little surprised.
Li Qi nodded and said: "Your Majesty thinks that the reason why I stopped here is just because I am worried about violating the imperial power?"
Zhao Kai said: "Isn't it?"
"Yes, but not entirely. This is just one of the very important reasons, but there is another reason."
"What?"
"Didn't I just say that apart from you, the emperor, we are the common people. The current quality of our common people in the Song Dynasty is simply not enough to meet the requirements of continuing to comprehensively promote the new law." Li Qi shook his head and sighed. Said: "Actually, I have thought about this issue for a long time, but in the process of reform, I found that no matter how brilliant the law is, it still needs people to implement it. As the same saying goes, if it's not the most expensive thing, it's the best. What is most suitable for you is the best. If a person's execution ability does not meet the requirements, no matter how good the law is, it will be useless.
? If a country is a big tree. No matter how lush the leaves are, it doesn't mean anything. A stable foundation is the key, and the foundation of a country is its people. A truly strong country is not about how powerful its military force is, nor how rich its treasury is, but how rich its treasury is. The quality of a common people and the level of quality of a country's people are the only criteria for judging whether a country is strong or not.
As we all know, the core of my reform is that if the people are prosperous, the country will be prosperous. In fact, there is another sentence, that is, if the people are strong, the country will be strong. No matter how strong the emperor, the privy council, or the prime minister are, they are just a mirage. It is very likely that they will disappear overnight. Time has collapsed. Only when the people are strong can this country be truly invincible. However, part of the new law is now beyond the limit of what you, the emperor, can tolerate, and some parts have reached the limit that the people can understand. If the people are unable to implement the new law, it will paralyze the entire country and everything will be at risk. We cannot rush for success. If we go too fast, people will fall behind. This will only be counterproductive. "
Zhao Kai thought for a while and said, "Then what should I do?"
Li Qidao: "It's very simple. Just prescribe the right medicine to improve the quality of every people in the Song Dynasty and let them learn to think, whether it is as small as their own future or as big as the future of the country. In fact, I have nothing against Confucianism, especially the etiquette and benevolence in it." , filial piety, honesty, and shame, these are the basic qualities that a good citizen possesses. What I object to is foolish loyalty, foolish filial piety, and foolish benevolence. In summary, it means stupid people. Foolish people do not refer to how much they read, but to their thoughts. They do not People who can think and often follow the wind will make any reform extremely fragile, no matter how good the new law is. This is the case now. As long as we give Qin Hui a little space, he may destroy the new law. This is because The people are not strong enough yet and do not know how to think about right and wrong.
Only when the people become truly strong, the new law will naturally follow their powerful and rich thoughts and continue to move forward. This does not actually require the emperor to think about it. It just needs time to settle and let nature take its course. Of course, if the emperor kills this , suppress the growth of the people, and maintain their own imperial power. In that case, the Song Dynasty will be regressing and unable to make progress, so I can do something practical for the Song Dynasty now.?Too few. We can only slowly improve the quality of the people step by step and wait for them to become stronger. This is the right way. "
This time Zhao Kai was silent for a longer time, then smiled and said: "I thought you would try every means to get me to make concessions to the new law."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "I am a more pragmatic person. Now that the emperor has given up too much power, the people will not be able to enjoy it. It will only give some people with evil intentions an opportunity. When the people become truly strong, the emperor will naturally do something Make concessions because people are making progress, but it takes time."
Zhao Kai nodded, raised his tea cup, and said with a smile: "Anyway, I have benefited a lot from your words. I should toast you with this cup."
Li Qi raised his glass and said with a smile, "I thought the emperor would give me some reward."
The two laughed, and then drank it all.
After putting down the tea cup, Zhao Kai smiled and said: "It seems that no matter what I say, you are determined to leave."
Li Qi nodded.
"Oh well."
Zhao Kai smiled lightly and said: "I agree to adopt the federal system you proposed and establish the Great Song Federation. Japan will become the first federal member of our Great Song Dynasty. I also hope that this system can help me open the door to the Western Regions. "
The implication is. The federal system will become the primary policy of the Song Dynasty's expansion.
And this system is also the reason why Zhao Kai and Li Qi can sit here and drink tea, because Zhao Kai also knows that Japan is alone overseas. Even if it is defeated, it will be difficult to control unless all the Japanese are killed. Before long, Japan will It may be possible to become independent again, which would be very troublesome to deal with, and he is not willing to pay such a high price for a small island country. The Jin Kingdom has not been destroyed yet, and this federal system may be able to solve this problem well. The most important thing is that Zhao Kai hopes to apply this federal system to some countries far away from China, such as Central Asia and Europe.
For the Song Dynasty, Li Qi's trip to Japan was more of an experiment to see if this system was feasible. It was also a kind of exploration, and it was constantly improved in the process of exploration. It will be easy to use in other countries in the future.
Li Qidao: "Your Majesty, the federal system will definitely help the Song Dynasty achieve great success and go further, because federalism will allow the Song Dynasty to gain maximum strength growth at the minimum cost. Especially for small countries, they will very much aspire to become Federation members of the great powers in the Central Plains, because in this way, they will no longer be afraid of being bullied. And they have the same right to speak as a great power. For the Song Dynasty, they will continue to absorb member states. The Song Dynasty will become more and more powerful, and it will develop slowly like this. Big countries like Byzantium will gradually be weakened and then be divided and absorbed by the Song Federation.
Conquering the world by force is only temporary. No matter how big the territory is, if it cannot be effectively controlled, it is better not to do it. Otherwise, it will make it difficult for the Song Dynasty to take care of itself. Sooner or later, they will be independent, because the power of the nation is bottomless and the sea is open to all rivers. , using the economy, culture, and system to achieve unification is the kingly way. I have always believed in the assimilation ability of the Song Dynasty. "
"Don't say it so nicely."
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "I heard that you were engaged in a blue movement in Japan. The content was to advocate the overthrow of landlords, wealthy businessmen, and nobles, and for farmers to stand up and take charge. I was not wrong, right?"
Li Qi nodded.
"This is completely opposite to our system in the Song Dynasty."
"I know this too."
Li Qi sighed and said: "But I have no choice. I am entering Japan as an outsider. I must first gain the support of the Japanese people. Moreover, if the Japanese aristocracy has too much power, it will also threaten me, so I I just did this, firstly, to win the support of the people, and secondly, to completely eradicate all threats. But please rest assured, Your Majesty, this is just the beginning, and there will definitely be changes by then. What I implement on Ezo Island is the system of my Song Dynasty. So once Japan's internal affairs stabilize, I will make the next change. I am a businessman, so I naturally put business first. And I also do this for the sake of the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Kai was surprised and said: "How do you say this?"
Li Qidao: "Has the emperor forgotten the currency strategy? Japan's gold and silver will be the currency that the Song Dynasty needs most in the future. And I estimate that Japan's food production will not be able to meet the needs of the people in the next few years, and the gap will become bigger and bigger. This It's because of the system, and I didn't stop him, but it also gave me a reason to exchange Japan's gold and silver for Song Dynasty's food to meet the needs of both parties."
"It turns out there is such a meaning." Zhao Kai nodded slightly and said: "My request is very simple, that is, the blue movement cannot spread to the Song Dynasty, otherwise, it will cause great harm to me. Trouble."
Li Qi nodded and said: "??Please rest assured, Your Majesty, since the internal affairs have not been completely consolidated, I will adopt a policy of seclusion. However, during the seclusion period, we can travel through Ezo Island. "
Zhao Kai hummed, and then said: "But I can't wait too long. You must solve Japan's domestic problems as soon as possible, return to our Song Dynasty system as soon as possible, and become a member of our Song Dynasty Federation."
Li Qi did not dare to guarantee this question. He was not a god, so he only said: "Just do your best."
Zhao Kai naturally knew that there were still some difficulties, and said: "There is also the Kingdom of Jin. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. The Kingdom of Jin has always been a serious concern for me. I hope that you can also help me eliminate the Kingdom of Jin in Japan. This is what you originally I hope you can fulfill your promise to me."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Of course, if the Wanyan regime does not fall, I will not be able to sleep well in Japan. However, Your Majesty, the Japanese are poor and have a small land, so the military expenses for the expedition must be fully paid by the Song Dynasty."
"no problem."
Zhao Kai smiled, how powerful can Japan actually be? The key is still Li Qi, because the Wanyan clan is afraid of Li Qi, who is his nemesis, so as long as Li Qi sends troops, it will be a great help to the Song Dynasty. No matter how much, he took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said: "I still have more A request."
"What?"
boom!
"What a fool!"
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