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First Acquaintance with the Temple Chapter 285 Politics and Interests

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    Chapter 285: Politics and Interests Reform actually occurs in every dynasty and every generation, but the changes are just different in size.  As for the position of prime minister, it has gone through various ups and downs, and its real rights have not yet been determined.  The prime minister of the Warring States Period was responsible for both military affairs and government affairs.  During the Qin Dynasty, the prime minister felt that the prime minister had great power, so he appointed left and right prime ministers to control each other In addition to the prime minister, issues such as conscription or recruitment of troops, taxation by cadres or taxation by land, etc. were different in each dynasty.  Wang Anshi's reforms encountered great resistance. The main problem was that his reforms violated the interests of the landlords and sacrificed local rights and interests to enrich and strengthen the court.  Ouyang's political reforms did not essentially offend the interests of the gentry. Everyone had their own representative group, and if you had the ability, you could come and grab the position.  Even if the nobles are not in power, the superiors must take the opinions of the nobles into consideration.  Therefore, this political reform storm has not substantially touched the interests of any party.  It went much smoother than Ouyang expected.  Everyone benefits, but who made the sacrifice?  Many people think that he is the emperor represented by Zhao Yu.  But in fact Zhao Yu did not lose his rights.  The main power is still in her hands.  As for trivial matters, Zhao Yu is not a person who likes to hear nagging about trivial matters.  This policy also ensured that future emperors would stay out of the focus of conflicts.  If we must say that Zhao Yu made a sacrifice, it was that he sacrificed his right to rule on government affairs, both big and small.  This right is nothing important to the emperor, but to the ministers, it is of great concern.  They paid more attention to these things than to the frontier.  In the past, these matters were handled by ministers who were familiar with the business, and the emperor would make decisions based on whoever made sense.  Now it's the other way around, the emperor doesn't care, everyone is discussing it together.  For example, Ouyang's proposal to increase the retail price of rice and stimulate farmers' enthusiasm for production has been widely recognized by everyone.  However, many people had different opinions on Ouyang's proposal to amend the Tea Law. Ouyang's reasons could not convince them. Opponents also cited the negative impacts of amending the Tea Law. ?¡­ ?The Qing Council Hall in Taixue has become the most changed place in Tokyo.  Not only Taipei students but also officials expressed their views on the matter here.  For example, some people propose to increase taxes so that people with high incomes should pay more taxes. The reason is that rich people have too much money.  Some people also propose reducing taxes on outflows of silver and gold to stimulate overseas gold mining.  There are also various proposals to decentralize the right to sell salt to the states.  What shocked everyone was that less than half a month after taking office, Ouyang resigned from his position as supervisor under pressure.  The reason is a seal from the Ministry of Personnel.  The above lists the ¡®fines¡¯ issued to Ouyang by the Ministry of Civil Affairs over the years.  The two main crimes are not getting married and having children.  There is also Zongze¡¯s investigation report on Yangping many years ago, which pointed out that Ouyang was suspected of corruption.  Another report a few years ago pointed out that Ouyang's private life was very irregular.  Li Gang took these things and asked Ouyang to explain, and said that although Ouyang was a pillar of the Song Dynasty, his life was full of misdeeds.  Such people cannot serve as supervisors of the country.  Zhao Yu laughed for half an hour when he received the news, and then he told Jiu Gong very proudly: "It turns out that I don't want to care about him doing these bad things, and others don't care. But it's different now. I haven't wiped my butt clean.  I have no choice but to step down. " Ouyang has no experience in this area. Originally, finding a promiscuous woman and having children without getting married are all Ouyang's private affairs.  Ouyang has never been shy about Zhao Yu.  After all, Zhao Yu is looking at your abilities, not how many sows you can find and how many litters of piglets you can give birth to.  But when Li Gang brought it up to the court, Ouyang understood why Clinton couldn't have extramarital affairs. ??????????? Other state officials such as the Minister of National Defense, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, etc. must also do something 7856, but they are not the boss, so they don¡¯t need to go to the stage.  Ouyang doesn't appear on the stage, and no one talks about Ouyang's private life.  But since you are a prisoner, your moral standards must be acceptable.  After a long discussion with Bai Shi, Ouyang announced his resignation, but recommended Bai Shi to continue to serve as supervisor.  The vote will take place in three days.  However, everyone now understands that this supervisor is not only the person with greater power, but also the person who is most vulnerable to attack.  As soon as Ouyang's decision came out, he won the support of the courtiers and the people in Tokyo who had been paying attention to the court situation.  "Are you really unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness?" Tai Xuzi said with a look of disbelief: "But the old man just doesn't understand. Your trivial things won't make you lose your position as the supervisor of the country, right?" "You haven't done it before, you don't know how.  You know how embarrassing that is." Ouyang felt his face was still hot: "Do you know what your Li Gang said about me? There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the worst is not having children. He said that my father died early and my mother remarried, but I played with the world and was passionate.  It is extremely unfilial to be a woman. As a court official, I am loose and free, and I only have office hours a few times a year. How can I be put in charge of supervising the country with such a work attitude?  " Taixuzi asked: "What's wrong?" Ouyang WrinkleHe thought for a while and said: "Li Gang is not such a mean person, nor is he such a shameless person who is going over my old accounts." "Among the few of you, you are the one with the most handles. The others are at least superficial.  He is still honest. Li Gang, a former official, has a wife and children, is loyal to the king, etc. Ouyang, who has no wife and children, is probably as good as Long Yang.  The county magistrate has ignored government affairs for many years and has been hiding in Jiyuan all year round" Ouyang suddenly said: "The seal of impeachment against me was written by you." "Don't blame me. If you blame me, blame your policy towards the Qiang people for ruining my family.  Your Excellency is very worried. Your simple killing will cause dissatisfaction in the border area. But you have the most power and the emperor doesn't care. So, I can only pull you down." Tai Xuzi said.  I am more in favor of my family. But I also agree with your sending troops. Your black face has finished, of course you are white face." "Do you think white face is white face?" Ouyang asked.  Taixuzi chuckled and said: "Wu Min and my family have decided to support Bai Shi and completely drive you out of power. Bai Shi is very dissatisfied with your tough attitude." "" This regime changes faster than modern Japan.  Ouyang knew that these were just prototypes at present, and Zhao Yu did not want to use the law to restrain himself and his ministers, so there were many loopholes. It seemed that he had to sum up a feasible plan.  However, there is a big difference between the current prototype and the capital constitution.  The main body of voting includes some national functional agencies, such as the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials. All personnel have the right to vote. However, there are also some people representing various classes participating. It can only be improved slowly. Now the first step is to start from the imperial power.  Separating government power is already a very remarkable progress.  Ouyang was driven out of office, so he packed up and returned to Yangping.  How several groups and factions develop is beyond Ouyang's control.  Otherwise, if there is too much interference, Zhao Yu will not be satisfied.  Doctor Qing Yi is collecting a set of more feasible rules based on Ouyang Linzuo's speech.   "This is all we can do." Ouyang said to Jinniang on the road: "The emperor's prestige is too high. No matter what the rules are, as long as the emperor coughs, he will immediately return to his original appearance." Jinniang asked: "Your Excellency, you mean yourself.  Acted in a scene? " "To be precise, Wu Min and I acted in a scene. However, this old bastard, Tai Xuzi, is more sinister than I thought." Ouyang said, "You can't let me be safe anymore.  I didn't expect to step down so soon." Jin Niang said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the right minister has a lot of time. If he can't supervise the country, he will ask for leave." Ouyang shook his head: "If I stay there, the emperor will be unhappy with me.  There are still many taboos, and I am worried that I am too courageous." Less than ten days after Ouyang returned to Yangping, the court made a big move. Bai Shi sent a delegation headed by the Minister of Rites to Xiliao.  They will cooperate with Liu Qi and use carrots and sticks to deal with the resisting enemies.  At the same time, they adopted a relatively tough policy to appease the Jurchens in the East China Sea, instead of having a completely tough attitude towards the Jurchens in the southern part of Huanglong.  At the same time, the Jurchens of the Five Kingdoms once again petitioned the Song Dynasty to demand surrender.  Ouyang was dissatisfied with these policies. Although the imperial court's policy towards the Jurchens was still to disrupt their gathering, Ouyang thought it was too weak.  As for the Jurchen surrender, Ouyang even scorned it. It was either a delaying tactic by the Jurchens or a conspiracy by the Jurchens. Even if they really surrendered, the Jurchen group's threat of surrender would be great. It would be more expensive to disrupt, appease, resettle, and calm them down.  The cost of directly eradicating them would be many times higher.  Of course, there is also something that makes Ouyang more satisfied, that is, Bai Shi appointed Xue Bing as the negotiator for the Jurchens.  It can be said that it was a smarter choice to send Xue Bing, who was familiar with the Jurchens, instead of pedantic officials.  At the same time, Ouyang also feels that the shortcomings of this system are that once a decision is made, it is difficult to change it because of the opinions of one or two people.  For example, once the United States decides to attack Iraq, it makes no sense for all the countries in the world to oppose it.  As the large-scale war is coming to an end, the sales volume of Ouyang Military Factory is very pessimistic, and Zhan Ming is happy to have some leisure time and play with his children at home.  When winter comes, a few men gather to eat hot pot.  The first person to be criticized was Ou Ping. After a year of hard work, there were still only flowers but no fruits.  Then came Gan Xin, who wanted to get rid of Zhenniang, but Zhenniang got entangled with him instead, had no ability to resolve, and was despised.  Ouyang said: "I just learned the latest news from the Qiang people from Zhan Mingkou. The Qiang people have agreed to move inland to the area of ??South Jingxi Road, agreed to put down all their weapons, and agreed to become Han citizens." "Wow" Gan Xin was surprised: "This  Isn't there a big difference in attitude?" "Either say that a weak country has no diplomacy, or we can do it this way. Don't always think that we are cats who don't eat meat." Ouyang said: "The truth is that we have received internal information.  ?The minister proposed to mobilize the northwest military route to attack Tubo.  " Ou Ping looked down upon him: "What minister?  Fighting every day, it was easy to defeat the Khitans and Jurchens, and now he is thinking about Tubo. I guess Dali will inevitably be involved in wars in the future, right?  " "You brat, this suggestion was made by your young master and me.  Ouyang said: "The northwest road returns to the northwest, and then 300,000 people pounce towards the southwest. The chance of winning is very high."  "Gan Xin asked: "Can't the emperor agree?  "Of course not. The emperor is now thinking about Mount Tai's enshrinement."  She had already ordered the Ministry of Rites to issue letters of credence, envoys or ministers to more than 20 countries and regions not under the direct jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, including Japan, Goryeo, Tubo, Dali, Persia, Yuzhou, Changzhou, Siam, Jiaozhi, etc.  Let these countries and regions send people to arrive in Tokyo before October next year, and go out collectively in the spring of the following year.  Ouyang said: "I heard it's quite a waste of money. The road needs to be widened and a lot of sacrifices have to be made."  I remember that Emperor Zhenzong's trip to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen Buddhism cost the treasury a total of 160 million yuan.  "This thing is a bit like the World Expo. Although there are foreigners participating in the exhibition, the main money is from your country. Four hundred billion yuan, in an era when food and clothing have not been completely solved, what kind of high technology has been achieved? Gan Xin said: "  In ancient times, six emperors consecrated Mount Tai.  Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and our Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty.  " Zhan Ming smiled and said: "This Tang Gaozong and the next two are very watery.  " "But the current emperor does have such qualifications.  "Gan Xin said: "The military strategy is not inferior to that of the Han Dynasty, and the governance is not inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty.  " Ouyang whispered: "I suspect that after the emperor is granted the title of Zen, he will start to delegate power.  "    "oh?  "Gan believed it or not: "How is that possible?  " "The emperor is very worried about his successor.  Is Qin Shihuang great?  Unified the six countries, but the second generation died.  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu, but the people in the country were in dire straits, and the family fortune left by his father Emperor Jing was completely ruined.  Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty and even Li Tang's world were taken over by Wu Zetian. During the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty lost all his fame.  I won't talk about the parallel imports of Emperor Zhenzong, so if you look at Feng Chanzhi, except for Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, either the second generation failed to live up to expectations, or he had Alzheimer's disease.  The emperor was also very worried about this issue. From the emperor's point of view, she naturally wanted to protect the Zhao family for generations to come, but we all know that even the Shang Dynasty only lasted eight hundred years.  How can it be passed down through generations?  Decentralization is an option.  So if something happened to Mount Tai, the emperor would start laying out the ten thousand-year foundation of the Zhao family.  " Gan Xin nodded: "That makes sense.  Qin Shihuang, Qin II, which one of them as emperor doesn¡¯t want to pass on the legacy from generation to generation?  If power is delegated and coordinated properly, it may not be impossible to pass it on.  Oh, no wonder the emperor was so eager to raise taxes because he wanted to reform the court system as soon as possible.  " "Emperor Shenzong's reform was very difficult because there was a queen mother who gave guidance and her own prestige was not high.  " Zhan Ming has read many books and has his own opinion: "But the emperor is different. No one in the clan dares to challenge him, and his prestige in the court, the army and the people is the same.  She said how to change it, then it can only be changed how to do it.  " Jin Niang knocked on the door and came in, and then said: "Sir, the Ministry of Education has sent me.  " "Yes." Ouyang took it and opened it, took a look, put it aside and said, "Let me go to Beijing to discuss the matter.  It was a matter of Jurchens. Wanyan Wu begged for help and said that either the Jurchens would die in battle, or the Jurchens would be killed, or the Song Dynasty would have to come up with a negotiation charter that satisfies everyone.  It seems that Wanyan Wu was dissatisfied with the Jurchen policy in the south. In fact, not many people were killed in the south, most of them moved, and all the young people in the south were raided by them and moved to the north of Huanglong Mansion. Do we still have to help them?  Provide care for the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled?  " "Well Sir, in terms of benevolence and righteousness, it is the right thing to do."  "Gan Xin said: "Confucius said: repay evil with straightness and repay kindness with kindness.  Treat resentment with justice and repay kindness with kindness.  The kindness of the Jurchens cannot be said to be great, but I feel that it is not appropriate to treat resentment fairly.  " Ouyang asked: "How do you say this?  "Gan Xin said: "The southern Jurchen land has been stabilized, but the hatred between the Han and Jurchens can be considered settled.  Therefore, I feel that your Excellency must not agree to the peace talks. I am afraid that instead of letting enemies inside, it is better to eradicate them once and for all and completely destroy the Jurchen tribe.  " Ouyang thought carefully and said: "In that case, the current strategy to appease the East China Sea Jurchen" "Of course it would be best if it could be abolished. I have been in charge of Yangping for so many years and I have seen too many vendettas.  In order to take revenge, those people can endure suffering that others cannot endure.  I feel like these people are dangerous.  " Zhan Ming echoed: "Sir, if the Jurchens rebel again after the Hebei Military Route evacuates and expand the rebel forces, it will be more difficult for the Hebei Military Route to annihilate them.  " "Yeah" Ouyang nodded: "I will try to convince them.  "" The reason why the four brains held a meeting was that there were internal conflicts. Li Gang, based on Confucianism, said that he couldPromise some conditions to the Jurchens in exchange for them laying down their weapons.  Wu Min was not opposed to negotiating terms for peace with the Jurchens, but requested that the issue of ownership of the southern Jurchens and occupied areas not be involved.  Bai Shi didn't care about these issues. His only concern was to end the war against the Jurchens as soon as possible.  There seems to be no conflict, but the three people have many conflicts.  If Wu Min wanted to maintain the current security situation in which the Jurchens were occupied, they could not let the surrendered Jurchens in. In this way, Li Gang would not be able to negotiate terms with others.  Negotiating on different terms would take too long, and Bai Shi would not agree.  Ouyang stood up and held up his hands: "A few of them are older than me. Logically speaking, I should call everyone Big Brother." Three polite words: "Where, where?" Ouyang said: "That's right, because you are all working hard for your own interests.  . But I want to ask, can you think more about the country? No matter how we govern the country, can we think about what is best for the country instead of what is best for ourselves?¡± Li Gang frowned and asked:  , What do you mean by this? Is the sage's words wrong? " This is a big hat. Ouyang didn't accept it and replied: "Of course it is true, but is the story of the mountain wolf wrong? My army is on the side of them.  Surrender. But I want to ask, what if the Jurchens come back once the army withdraws? Khitan Tokyo turns out to be the land of Jurchens. Don't say anything else, it will be a waste of military power in Hebei.  The amount of military supplies and food is already frightening. Is it worthwhile to go there again? " Bai Shi shook his head: "Brother Ou, this doesn't make sense. You said that the Jurchens would rebel after surrender. How likely is this rebellion?  "Very big." Ouyang opened his leather bag It is a very popular men's style at the moment.  Ouyang put several documents in front of the three of them and said: "These are the results of research at Yangping University, as well as the letters written by Jin Si to me, and the letters written by Xue Bing on his views on the Jurchens. In addition, there are some materials I compiled."
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