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Volume 5 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Looking Northward Chapter 216 Imperial Art

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    The emperor took a sip from the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Your approach to the imperial examination is quite clever and interesting. It will prevent many nobles from gaining too much power. Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism and Taoism have only been respected. After the Three Kingdoms, Wei  The Jin Dynasty also implemented the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and your approach should be to allow a hundred schools of thought to contend. " "It is not a hundred schools of thought to contend. I just respect the creation of heaven, and I want to give official status to all skilled craftsmen. I hate scholars most.  The five grains are ignorant of everything, and they are pedantic and unable to contribute to the people's livelihood. The purpose of Chen's martial arts training is to bring the low-level military talents into the royal power. Most of the soldiers who can pass the initial test will have the opportunity to become kings in the future.  Master." Lu Qi said gently.  The emperor nodded and said: "You use the endless stream of new nobles to weaken the power of the old nobles. It is indeed the best way to consolidate the imperial power. It is much better than my grading of the Forbidden Army. I selected the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army to establish the army, but the result was  It is inevitable to be controlled by military ministers, but what you do is to gather military elites to belong to various royal palaces, and use the financial resources of the royal palace to become the real private army of the emperor's family. " "What you do is to have a private army.  However, it will not make the palace's army look more noble than the military power of the foreign court. The establishment of an inner court by ministers is to form two sets of courts to deter each other and decentralize power. It is like the governance of adjacent states, each in charge of its own affairs, but the chief officials are all  Responsible to the emperor," Lu Qi replied.  The emperor nodded and said: "Tianfeng, does your royal palace include kings with different surnames?" "Originally, it was not included, but Mr. Zhao Pu and dozens of ministers strongly requested that the king be not allowed to have too many private armies, and the request was implemented.  I just accepted the merit-based salary system," Lu Qi replied with a smile.  The emperor nodded and said: "You should seize most of the military and political power of the king's ministers and give them salaries and guards according to their status. Otherwise, it will be very detrimental to the rule of your descendants." Lu Qi nodded, and the emperor said again: "I  I know that Zhao Pu has a lot of resentment towards me. At that time, he advised the country to shift to comprehensive internal governance and implement civilian supervision or leadership of the army. However, I did not want to be in the wrong situation of being beaten, so I insisted on marching north to conquer the Yan Kingdom.  , As a result, not only did I return without success, but I was also seriously injured and almost died, but I have no regrets." Lu Qi nodded and said: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I have also thought about whether I should lean towards Lord Li or the way to govern the country.  My decision is to lean towards Your Majesty, and I don¡¯t want to let future generations just seek peace." The emperor looked at Lu Qi and said gently: "So you established an inner court and established two sets of imperial rule, one to consolidate the imperial power and the other to use it.  "It's about governing the country and strengthening it." Lu Qi thought for a moment and nodded. The emperor smiled and said, "Actually, your approach to establishing the inner court is similar to your ruling strategy in Hexi. The difference is that in Hexi, you used Buddha to build momentum, while the inner court  The function is to build the power of the gods, and you are building your own authority as the emperor." Lu Qiyi was startled, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "I didn't think so much." The emperor said: "What you do is good.  It has caused strong dissatisfaction among the scholar-officials and nobles because you have broken the proud status of the scholar-officials and literati. However, you now have power and the military power of the new nobles, while the scholar-officials and nobles are in a state of dispersion and cannot form a class that can compete with you for a while. If you wait until the new nobles  If you become an old noble with deep roots, your actions will be met with many obstacles." Lu Qi nodded and said: "If the new nobles merge with the old nobles, the imperial power will be weak, and the interests of the nobles will be affected.  It triggered a fierce backlash." The emperor nodded and said: "I am a warning to you. When the tiger is raised, you will not dare to touch it. Your brothers, kings and close subordinates will become your confidant in the future.  , emotionally and worriedly, it will make you timid." Lu Qi nodded and said nothing. The emperor took a sip of tea and said gently: "Tianfeng, you want Xi Jin to enter the political affairs hall." Lu Qi nodded and said.  Xi Jin is very talented, and I can trust him as a person, so I don¡¯t want Xi Jin to become a wealthy and idle king. In the future, he can enter the political affairs hall, and in a few years when he is older, he will go to Jiangnan to become the minister of the Central Capital. If His Majesty has no objection, he can be allowed to do so for now.  Xijin will be the governor of Kaifeng." The emperor nodded and said, "Okay." Lu Qi said, "There is another thing that I have trouble doing. I want to deal with someone." The emperor looked at Lu Qi and said, "Zhao Kuangyin?"  " Lu Qi shook his head and said, "It's Zhao Kuangyi. I don't want to kill Zhao Kuangyin." The emperor nodded and said, "I also want to kill Zhao Kuangyi. The last poisonous pill and the subsequent poisonous food were probably ordered by Zhao Kuangyi."  People with evil plans cannot stay. " ***** At noon, Lu Qi stayed in the palace and had a family dinner with the emperor, the queen, the mother and son of Prince Ji, the mother and daughter of Yuwei, and the mother and daughter of Xiang He.  He left the palace with King Ji seeing him off.  The day after returning to Prince Yu¡¯s Mansion, Lu Qi went to visit King Wu, the former Crown Prince of Tang Dynasty. King Wu was obviously surprised when he saw Lu Qi.She was so happy and confused that she couldn't say anything at all, but it was Lu Qi who took the initiative to make it clear that in the future, brothers would be worthy of each other.  Talking at Prince Wu's Mansion, King Wu told Lu Qi that Jiangyin's grandfather sent him a letter, saying that Ruolan was still alive and waiting to marry him. He wanted to go to Jiangyin to get married and then come back to Kaifeng Mansion. Lu Qi  Qi promised King Wu to go to Jiangyin to get married, and then he could stay and live in Jiangyin.  Lu Qi also made it clear that he had promised General Yu to make him Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but he could not be canonized at present, and even if he was canonized as Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he could only receive the royal salary and guards, and he could receive 20% of the taxes from Jiangning Mansion.  And Jiangning¡¯s palace.  However, King Wu did not want to be granted the title of Emperor of Tang. He said that being granted the title of Emperor of Tang would make him uneasy. Lu Qiyi smiled and said without saying that he had to do the gesture of conferring the title of Emperor of Tang. Even if King Wu refused, he would still have to do so.  After being granted the title, he petitioned to take it back. If King Wu had not petitioned to take it back, then he would not want Jiangning¡¯s 20% tax. Without the huge income, it would be difficult to maintain Jiangning¡¯s palace. Now Lu Qi has a vast  In the country, one is willing to sacrifice some financial resources to show the image of a benevolent king, which is commonly known as persuading people with virtue.  After leaving Prince Wu's Mansion, Lu Qi visited Duke Wei's Mansion the next day. With Shi Zhongfei's relationship, it would not be rude for him to visit Duke Wei, and Duke Wei had a high prestige among the nobles of Kaifeng Mansion.  King Yu has a close relationship with him and serves as a weather vane. Lu Qi's approach is to unite the majority and minimize potential instability.  Shi Shouxin personally greeted Lu Qi's arrival. After greeting him respectfully, he and Lu Qi returned to the living room. Unexpectedly, there was a young man in the living room who Lu Qi knew, Zhao Defang.  As soon as Zhao Defang saw Lu Qi coming in, he hurriedly and respectfully said: "The guilty minister respectfully welcomes His Royal Highness King Yu." "De Fang, you are wrong to say that. I have already pardoned the officials who founded the Song Dynasty for the rebellion." Although Lu Qi  Unexpectedly, but a gentle correction, he and Zhao Defang had a harmonious relationship.  "I thank Your Highness for not committing any crime." Zhao Defang responded respectfully.  "Your Highness, please take a seat." Shi Shouxin said, and Lu Qi nodded and took the seat of honor.  After sitting down, Shi Shouxin and Zhao Defang sat next to each other in the guest seats. Lu Qi smiled and said: "I came to pay my respects to Duke Wei, but I met Defang. When Zhongfei got married, Defang and I were here.  It's good together." Shi Shouxin nodded and said: "To be honest with you, your highness, Defang came here to ask me to speak and ask you about his father. Now that the year is close, he cannot fulfill his filial piety."  "I understand what the Duke said. If Defang wants to fulfill his filial piety, he can only go to Jiangnan to visit Prince Zhao in the next year. I will not harm Prince Zhao, but he cannot be released in the past year. Even if he is released from house arrest, he will not be released.  He may not be able to leave Jiangnan to become an official, but he will most likely serve as governor in Jiangnan for a few years." Lu Qi made a promise.  Zhao Defang hurriedly stood up, knelt down, and said respectfully: "I thank the Lord for forgiving my father." "Get up." Lu Qiwen said gently. Zhao Defang thanked him, stood up, and sat back in his seat.  Lu Qi hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhao Defang, and said: "Defang, I can keep your father safe, but I spoke to His Majesty the day before yesterday. I'm afraid your uncle Zhao Kuangyi was not good, because Zhao Kuangyi ordered someone to poison His Majesty.  " Zhao Defang was startled and was about to stand up and kneel down. Shi Shouxin, who was on his left, reached out to stop him. He looked at Zhao Defang and said, "Just listen to what His Highness said. Don't ask for too much." Zhao Defang nodded silently.  Shouxin turned around and talked to Lu Qi about family affairs and some state affairs opinions. After a while, Lu Qi left the Duke of Wei's mansion. After Lu Qi left, Duke Wei gave Zhao Defang a few words. Zhao Defang left after being taught, but kept silent.  The matter of Zhao Kuangyi.
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