In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

Chapter 41: Be a salted fish with dreams

After Zhao Zhen finished listening to Zhao Jun's words, he began to think about something again.

He was not stupid, so he naturally understood what Zhao Jun meant.

Zhao Jun was right. Throughout the dynasties, no dynasty could be eternal and passed down for generations.

Perhaps a natural disaster, an invasion by foreign enemies, a bad policy, or a foolish emperor could cause such a great dynasty to collapse.

As Zhao Jun said, the first worry of all countries is the security of the regime!

Now, Zhao Zhen is considering the issue of regime security.

There are still ninety years before the Song Dynasty will perish!

Ninety years is not long, nor is it short. If you replace an emperor without ideals, he can do whatever he wants. Anyway, he will not live to that time. When he dies, it has nothing to do with him if the Song Dynasty perishes.

But Zhao Zhen has ideals. His throne has only been passed down for three generations, and he wants to continue to pass it down.

The most important thing is that he has no son. He must find a way to get a son and let his son continue to be the emperor. He can't let the Song Dynasty perish like this.

What should he do then?

As long as they are not hopelessly stupid, they should naturally understand that they should listen to Zhao Jun and seek change and reform.

Although Zhao Jun always said that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were all brain-dead, Zhao Zhen is actually used to it now.

If one day Zhao Jun suddenly stopped scolding the emperors of the Song Dynasty, he would find it novel.

Now, after listening to Zhao Jun's profound analysis of the imperial power system of the Song Dynasty and what the industrial revolution needs, he has a lot of new insights.

For example, the feudal system cannot last long, the interests of all parties need to be balanced, the improvement of productivity is to make the cake bigger, and the Song Dynasty has entered the initial stage of capitalism.

This is due to Zhao Jun's broad vision and guidance, which allows Zhao Zhen to not focus on the situation in front of him, but to see the future development path of the Song Dynasty and the direction of the country's prosperity and hegemony.

In the past, Zhao Zhen would only think that the problem facing the Song Dynasty now is how to coexist peacefully with the powerful Liao Kingdom, how to stabilize the situation in the northwest, and not to conflict with Xixia.

There are also places with internal instability, riots and other unrests in various places.

But now Zhao Zhen saw that the Song Dynasty might be able to become rich and strong, and perhaps through the industrial revolution, it could move towards an unprecedented "broad road".

Although he didn't know whether the future Song Dynasty could rely on Zhao Jun's help to successfully move towards a bright future, he knew that he had no choice.

Because the sword of Damocles called "Jingkang Shame" was already hanging over his head.

After learning that the country would be destroyed in a few decades and the humiliation suffered by the Song Dynasty royal family, Zhao Zhen became extremely panic-stricken.

Not only was he panic-stricken about the country's imminent demise, but he was also panic-stricken about the loss of imperial power and the loss of the majesty of the emperor Zhao, and the Song Dynasty would eventually be submerged in the dust of history in the catastrophe.

The rulers of any country would fall into such anxiety and worry after learning that their future country and their descendants would soon perish.

They must find a way to stabilize the regime.

Even if you know this result and know what will happen in the future, if you don't change or stop it, you will still not be able to change the fate of the Song Dynasty's demise and the course of history.

Just as Zhao Jun said.

Even if the Zhao family produced an emperor like Li Shimin, what would be the use?

The roots are rotten. As long as there is another Hu Hai or Song Huizong, such a country will sooner or later fall, and the Song Dynasty will still be destroyed.

So the real change is not as simple as changing an emperor, but to carry out all-round reforms from top to bottom.

There is no best system, only the most suitable system.

He must find a new way out.

Not seeking to dominate the universe, just hope to become a powerful country in the East.

Even if it can only continue the Song Dynasty and change the fate of the Jingkang Shame.

Thinking of this, he looked at Fan Zhongyan and nodded slightly.

Fan Zhongyan understood, raised his head and looked at the sky and said: "Teacher Zhao, it's afternoon, the sun is very strong, go back and rest."

Unknowingly, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was shining brightly.

Zhao Jun also felt hot all over, so he said: "Okay then."

"I'll help Teacher Zhao go back first."

Fan Zhongyan pretended to greet the "villagers".

Lu Yijian and the others said things like "Teacher Zhao, take care", "Let's talk tomorrow", "Come to my house for dinner next time".

"Okay, okay, okay." "Okay, let's talk tomorrow." "Wait until my eyes are better before we go for dinner."

Zhao Jun also said polite words and responded one by one.

He actually didn't know who these people were. He only knew their names, not their appearances, but this didn't prevent him from building a good relationship with them first, and communicating with them familiarly after his eyes were better.

After all, he would not stay for one or two days in the future. If he wanted to complete the tasks assigned by the organization, he would have to stay in Nini Village for two years.

Soon Zhao Jun was supported by Fan Zhongyan and left.

Everyone kept watching his back disappear at the door of the room in the distance, and then followed Zhao Zhen into the Guanjia Hall.

Zhao Zhen entered the hall, sat on the Taishi chair, looked around at everyone, and slowly said: "My dear gentlemen, what do you think?"

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you.

In the past, everyone expressed their own opinions, but now they became extremely silent.

The first two things Zhao Jun mentioned, the scientific system and the natural environment, are things they can talk about.

But the last one, the system, is that a topic they are qualified to talk about?

Should they talk to Zhao Zhen about it?

Your Majesty.

For the sake of the Song Dynasty, I'm sorry to wrong you. We will make Zhao Jun the prime minister and you the mascot president, and change the family empire into a republic?

If that's true, even if Zhao Zhen didn't kill the literati, he would probably end up being imprisoned until death.

Fortunately, the silence didn't last too long.

After a while, Lu Yijian said, "Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty has its own national conditions. Zhao Jun only knows a few words from history books. Don't pay attention to his nonsense."

Wang Zeng also said, "There are also monarchs in the future. In the past, we didn't know how to get out of the cycle of dynasty demise in the future. Now we know, and naturally we know the path we should take in the future."

"Yes, as Zhao Jun said, the country's political power is not the system, but whether the country is stable internally, whether it can make the people live a prosperous life, and whether it can make foreign enemies feel fear. As long as these can be achieved, whether it is the emperor or the president and parliament mentioned by Zhao Jun, it is the same. . "

"Haha, I don't believe that the so-called presidential parliament has no power struggles and conflicts of interest. In the final analysis, it is still a question of whether the country is strong or not. Now we have long been at the forefront of history. Knowing the subsequent development, we may be able to make our country stronger, thus changing the so-called feudal dynasty that Zhao Jun said is a reincarnation. "

"Yes, sir, although Zhao Jun's words are not pleasant to hear, for our Song Dynasty, this is a gift from God. If there was Zhao Jun in the Han and Tang Dynasties, how could we have the Song Dynasty today. "

Everyone talked about it, but in fact they still avoided the core issue that Zhao Jun said.

Whether it is a presidential system, a parliamentary system or an electoral system, they are inseparable from one problem, that is, avoiding the family rule, and the family rule is the key to the problem.

It's just that this thing is the reliance of the imperial power of the Song Dynasty. These ministers just want to reform to make the Song Dynasty strong, not to move their heads, so they are very tactful and directly ignore what Zhao Jun said, and no one mentions it at all.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Of course I understand these principles. Zhao Jun, this kid, was too harsh in scolding his ancestors. Although his words are unpleasant to hear, if I want to revive the Song Dynasty, I still have to rely on him. I understand these principles, but he is talking about the family system."

I don't know if it was a casual question or he had ulterior motives, but Zhao Zhen brought it up himself.

Lu Yijian immediately said: "Your Majesty, you should know that Zhao Jun hated the Song Dynasty system because he felt that the emperor of the Song Dynasty had no vision. However, now there is a person from a thousand years later. Are you still afraid that the emperor in the future will have no vision?"

"Yes, what people fear most is that they have no lofty ideals and live in a muddle. We used to worry about the country but could not see the future. Now that we have seen the future, what are we afraid of?"

"I think Zhao Jun is rash, but what he said is still very insightful. He said that Fan Zhongyan's Qingli reform was only reckless and ignored the interests of officials all over the world, and was attacked by everyone. Doesn't this show that he is a meticulous person? If he comes to reform, how can he not be able to cope with it?"

"If Zhao Jun can complete the scientific system , we will find a way to make up for the lack of resources. As long as the government has the knowledge and foresight of today, and has the support of the government, it is possible to trigger the industrial revolution and produce the firearms that Zhao Jun mentioned. With firearms, are we still afraid of the Liao people and the Western Xia? "

"Although Zhao Jun hates the feudal system of family rule, it does not mean that it is necessarily backward. Although there may not be wise rulers from generation to generation, as long as the future is well planned, even if the emperor is mediocre, the country can develop according to the orderly plan. "

"That's right, the emperor cannot rule the world by himself, don't he still have ministers? Many ministers should be wise, know how to go in the future, and act as the emperor's think tank, so that they can lead the country. "

The ministers opened the chat box one after another.

The first sentence at the beginning of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is the general trend of the world. After a long period of division, there will be unity, and after a long period of unity, there will be division. The ancients knew that history is a cycle, but they didn't know how to jump out of this cycle.

Now Zhao Jun has given the answer, they are like they have found a life-saving straw, and everyone has a new goal.

However, it is still the core problem.

Zhao Jun actually didn't hate the autocratic system, but hated the family-run state.

Because he also said that the Mao Bear had once blossomed with great glory in the hands of his benevolent father, and turned from an agricultural country into the world's first heavy industrial power in just a few years.

This shows that if there is a visionary emperor who leads a group of capable ministers, it is possible to achieve great things.

It's just that Zhao Jun hates the family-run state because not every generation of emperors is wise and powerful. Once the emperor is stupid and incompetent like Song Huizong, it will lead to the demise of the country.

So the core of this problem lies in how to solve the problem of the family-run state.

And Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng cleverly avoided it and didn't answer directly. They just said that the family-run state is afraid that the emperor will not be good in the future, so wouldn't it be enough to teach this emperor?

After all, Zhao Jun has a vision for the next thousand years. How many years can an emperor live?

Just like the two five-year plans made by the Mao Bear, as long as the tasks for the next few hundred years can be arranged well and the country completes them step by step, no matter how incompetent the emperor is, he can always keep the country stable.

Zhao Zhen listened to everyone's words, nodded slightly, and felt a little relieved.

He actually said this on purpose just now.

If Zhao Jun's words really wake up these ministers, and they want to do something like Huo Guang during the Han Dynasty to evade the emperor's power, it will be great fun.

Moreover, there is the sword of Jingkang Shame hanging above his head, which is always uneasy.

But he couldn't just say what he was thinking.

Because Zhao Jun said that the interests of the ministers were not consistent, but they temporarily abandoned their positions in front of Zhao Zhen and united together.

If you do something detrimental to their interests in the future, it may cause troublesome consequences.

For example, they could expose Zhao Jun's affairs, or secretly create obstacles to hinder reform and development.

Therefore, he needs the ministers to express their stance, which can be regarded as a test.

Moreover, Zhao Zhen has already understood the meaning of dividing the cake after listening to classes for so many days.

He was considering the future and after Zhao Jun's eyes recovered and successfully captured Zhao Jun, he began to discuss the Qingli New Deal reform.

By then, he hoped that Zhao Jun could come up with a plan to see if he could persuade Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Fan Zhongyan and others to form an interest group.

Now these people actually only relied on the appearance of Zhao Jun and the influence of Zhao Zhen to stand together briefly.

In fact, it can be seen from these Tianchaotang struggles that they are just superficially in harmony with each other.

Last year, Li Di's group and Lu Yijian's group had a fight. Not long after Lu Yijian kicked Li Di out of the court, there was a new internal fight this year.

Fan Zhongyan Group and Lu Yijian Group did not deal with them.

Wang Zeng Group and Lu Yijian Group also refused to deal with them.

Wang Sui and Sheng Du were watching the show nearby.

Zhao Zhen was not stupid. As a famous wise emperor in the Song Dynasty, he could barely be ranked among the top thirty emperors in the entire Chinese history. He just had a softer personality and was kind-hearted, which does not mean that he was a real fool.

He hoped that his group of ministers could put aside party disputes and put national interests first, so he wanted to see if they could pool their interests to solve the problem.

It's a pity that he feels that he can't see clearly as Zhao Jun, nor does he have the ability.

We can only wait until Zhao Jun's eyes recover.

"I also agree with you guys. If the Song Dynasty wants to have long-term peace and stability, it must make the country strong. Zhao Jun said that at this time, the West is far behind us. Our scientific and technological level ranks first in the world."

Zhao Zhen looked around the crowd and said: "If you want to be strong, you first need to have a plan. Like the loving father Zhao Jun said, if you want to change the country's system, let's first discuss how to carry out system changes and develop. stand up."

At this moment, Zhao Zhen had a dream in his heart.

If a person has no dreams, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?

And once a person has a dream, he is no longer a salted fish, but a salted fish with a dream.

Zhao Zhen plans to be a salted fish with dreams.

He wanted to make the Song Dynasty strong, so that the Song Dynasty would no longer be reviled by future generations, and let the flag of the Song Dynasty be planted all over the world!

Yesterday's chapter was harmonized and rectified. The new content has been 4,000 words per chapter per day for the past two days. Because my cousin got married and went back to his hometown to drink, it may be delayed for a few days, so I will slow down by saving the manuscript first, and then continue to write 6,000-8,000 words per day, and wait for it to be published in a few days. The new book issue will start bursting with updates, which must be thousands every day.

In addition, there are really not many manuscripts in the archive, only 30,000 words, reserved for the new book issue that will be updated soon. Don’t worry, because the new book issue will be released soon, and there is still about a week or so. If everyone works hard and catches up to 2800, there will be a small speaker, and the update will be huge by then, so don't keep it, and you must continue to chase it.

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