The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

** and dictatorship have always been criticized, but sometimes they need **. Although Zhao Qiong has lived in this era for many years, he still has memories of his past lives, which is inconsistent with some aspects of this era.

What he knew was something that did not exist at the moment but needed more. And if he wanted to realize the new thing, he had to force it to implement it, and he needed to use his iron wrist and be a singular husband. The emperor's identity also gave him such an opportunity and

platform.

Years of operation gave Zhao Qi a group of loyal subordinates, but what they lacked, like themselves, was the experience of governing and the means of governing the country. When they first ascended the throne, they also needed the assistance of old bureaucrats in the court. Therefore, the court was vaguely divided into two parts.

A faction can also become an old party and a new party. The new party has followed Zhao Xiao for many years. Under his influence, he often breaks the old rules and dares to act. The backbone of the old party who remained in office was also selected by Zhao Xiao, such as Li Gang.

Zong Ze and others were honest, loyal, patriotic, and had a high prestige and influence in the court and the opposition, including advocates of the past reformists.

As the saying goes, "It is easy to share hardships, but it is difficult to share wealth and honor." In the early days of Zhao Qiong's ascension, strong enemies were eyeing him outside and turmoil inside but not calmed down. If you want to achieve the revival and settle down, the two parties must unite and overcome difficulties together, otherwise everyone will be

We have to capsize together, so although there were conflicts at the beginning, under the banner of Dayi, both sides could still work together and do everything well.

But with the stability of the political situation, Zhao Qiong found that a harmonious atmosphere in the court had changed. When he went to court and scattered the court, he found that he had begun to divide the group. This was not only the civil and military division, but the new and old division.

People immediately investigated. It turned out that some people from the old party looked down on those local buns who came out of the countryside with them. In fact, most of the people around Zhao Qi were frustrated politicians who failed the imperial examinations in the past. They were also from family slaves and people from the old party.

They thought they had just lost their luck. The master became emperor, and they also ascended to heaven with the chickens and dogs, and were given a Jinshi. Now they are in the same palace as them, who have studied hard for many years, and are unhappy.

Zhao Qi figured out what happened and thought it was normal. They were just because of the different interests of life and ideas of dealing with things. People in the city still disliked the country people, let alone these arrogant and arrogant people.

The scholars thought that these were just small things. As long as they did not affect the overall situation and did not bring those emotions to work, they would no longer care about them.

However, after the navy army that assisted the Battle of Goryeo, Zhao Qi's eyes and ears responded to him some private gossips by the scholars. What had always been dissatisfied with the scholars was that the emperor changed the "civilization and military governance" to "equal emphasis on both civil and military affairs."

, so that the warriors could be on an equal footing with them, which made the scholars feel really unhappy. The celebration banquet on Xuanhe’s building broke the hearts of many scholars. The Jinshi Banquet they once proud of was

Compared with it, the limelight of parading on horseback in red is no longer enviable. The emperor's various behaviors make them very uncomfortable.

When Zhao Qi heard about this new trend, he became alert. This was not a good sign. If not done well, it would turn into another battle between civil and military officials. But the following Song and Jin peace talks will attack Gaochang and welcome the Liao Dynasty.

The Wang returned to Beijing and the subsequent arrears of the storm and other family affairs made him dizzy. He had no time to investigate. Until he decided to personally conquer Seljuk, he suddenly found that he opposed his personal conquest in the court and actually retaliated.

Confront yourself in a passive way of slacking off.

At that moment, Zhao Qi realized that the situation was serious. All the ministers in the court vented their anger, causing the central government to fall into a state of paralysis. Although it was not so serious that it was out of control, he already knew that his personal expedition had been ruined. Maybe he could

In two or three years, once someone is in a bad mood and establishes a new king on the grounds that he is killed or missing, even if the army is still loyal to him, a civil war will break out, and the results of his hard work for many years will be gone.

However, Zhao Qi did not "submit" at this moment, and still expressed his tough attitude that he wanted to fight in person. He also commanded the various tutors and local prefectures to issue edicts through his own secret system, which was explicitly preparing for the fight in person, but secretly it was once the capital lost control.

They followed the orders to go to the capital to serve the king and clear the king's side. At this moment, the abnormal situation in the court also aroused the alertness of Zhao Ren and other military generals. They realized that their kindness had been used and found that the emperor was in danger of being undermined. They immediately secretly entered the palace.

He showed his loyalty to the emperor and had no intention of betrayal. He only wrote a letter to him if he was simply worried about the emperor's safety.

At the same time, everyone found that the emperor could not change his determination to personally fight through a "strike". The emperor could still command the local army through imperial orders. They realized that the emperor was not afraid of throwing the rakes themselves, but instead

Putting themselves in an embarrassing position and in danger of being unable to end, they changed to cooperate with the emperor, hoping to take the initiative again through 'soft means'.

Zhao Qi had a clear mind at this time. As long as the army was not in chaos, he could control the situation. He didn't believe that those scholars would oppose him. Some of them must have been together with the old party because they were concerned about their own safety.

.So he went with the flow and announced that he would give up his personal expedition and lift the alert. The scholars who forced the emperor to take back their orders cheered and encouraged their victory, but did not know that their actions had attracted the attention of the emperor...

Although this incident ended with Zhao Qi's "rejection", he knew that this might be just an occasional event and his reaction seemed to be a bit overly high, but he knew that this incident had set a precedent for the dynasty to advise the emperor. If he did not find a way to correct it,

There will be more and more types of incidents. If they don’t agree, they will use the same trick again to confront themselves, which will not only cause their dream of dictatorship to break down, but if someone raises opposition, it may trigger party disputes.

The harm of party struggles is self-evident. It can be said to be a disaster for a country. In the Song Dynasty, a major event was Wang Anshi's reform. According to the freedom of writing to speak about things before, some scholars and officials raised various doubts about the reform and were arguing.

The middle part was divided into two parties. Under the reform system, the government often became confident and arbitrary, and the new party brought the old party Su Shi to the prison with the Wutai poetry case. Conversely, when the Yuanyou changed, the old party was in power,

He also fabricated the Chegai Pavilion poem case, exiled the New Party Cai Que to Lingnan and demoted him to death.

This kind of life-and-death political ecology can no longer be compared with the Renzong Dynasty, and it also set a precedent for later literary inquisitions and cultural standards. The struggle between the two parties lasted for three dynasties, and almost all the political elites of the Song Dynasty were inevitable.

Being involved in it, losing all losses in mutual struggle, only then can there be the opportunity for treacherous slandering such as Cai Jing to take power. The national strength also declined from prosperity in the dispute, and there were many internal contradictions. Even if there was no Jurchen invasion, the Song Dynasty had already reached its death

The edge.

Everyone understands the consequences of the party struggle, but why are scholars still happy and get involved in it? Zhao Qiong has been thinking about the reasons for so many years.

In the feudal officialdom where absolute utilitarianism is supreme, eunuchs, relatives and scholars are often three irreconcilable forces. Among them, eunuchs are indispensable and must be used for the royal family; relatives are natural for the royal family and are fait accompli.

, attachments that cannot be denied and removed. The literati and officials had their natural political weaknesses in the feudal officialdom. The political concepts they could only rely on were in line with the ethical display of feudal etiquette and the ability to govern the country that could be used by the emperor to win status and achieve their own realization

the purpose of power and political ideals.

But the moral talents and knowledge that the literati and officials possess are elastic after all, and they appear thin, even empty and empty in front of the generals who conquered cities and plundered land and expanded territory. For the emperor, both this and that are available;

They can be used both of them, they can also fight against each other, and even discard them as garbage. They can be used now or in the future. In order to reduce failure and strengthen their power, scholars and officials must find strength beyond moral talent.

Forming cliques is the most likely political choice for scholars and officials to think of and operate. They try their best to win over, use, and support the scholars and officials who are inclined to their own side, and implement cruel persecution and ruthless attacks on dissidents. In order to gain political power and status

Its interests are further strengthened and consolidated with political benefits, expanded and expanded relations, formed a huge and solid power network, satisfying oneself, facilitating oneself, and ultimately realizing oneself and benefiting future generations. This is the feudal political struggle

The ultimate purpose of

Although I figured it out, how to avoid party struggles is still a difficult problem. Tell them the truth, Zhao Qi believed that his half-bottle of jealousy was definitely not the opponent of those scholars who were full of knowledge. They all understood it! Punishment of several people to serve as a warning to others, although

It is a solution, but it does not cure the root cause. With the umbrella of the family law of the ancestors, they are not afraid of being demoted, downgraded, or imprisoned. High-pressure policies are not conducive to the development of the country, driving good people out of the court, leaving those flattering people

He followed his father's old path again.

After thinking about it, Zhao Qiong thought of what a great man said in later generations: There will be struggles in places where there are people, and there will be left and right in three people. This shows that it is impossible to eliminate party struggles from the root, and it can only be achieved through the balance of power.

To restrict, and to achieve balance, there must be an arbitrator. The best referee is of course him, the emperor. As long as the imperial power is unique, he can control the situation, reconcile the conflicts between them, and avoid the two parties' ties. This is exactly the same as

Zhao Jie's idea of ​​strengthening the implementation of "democracy**" in imperial power is consistent.

Zhao Qi's behavior during the Spring Festival seems absurd, but it is his temptation to all the important officials, waiting for an opportunity to seize the braids of these moral models, so that they can understand that they should not mess with themselves just because of trivial matters.

If you have shit, it is not difficult to ruin your reputation. Although this method is despicable, it sometimes works miraculously, especially for these scholars with great face... (To be continued...)