Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

Cai Jing, Cai You, Li Yan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Jie and other confidants were all there.

Zhao Ji felt slightly relieved.

At least he did not lose the dignity of the emperor.

Sitting in the middle, the closest to him were the two government officials, and then the senior officials above the rank of assistant, the palace direct scholars, the three officials, the Hanlin scholars, the temple officials and many other officials.

Below, there were many middle-level officials, most of whom Zhao Ji did not know and could not name.

Once officials of this level were known by the emperor, they must have something special, either they had a big background, or they were famous for their talent, or they had some special skills.

There were really many such middle-level officials in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Fan Zhongan, who was a pacification envoy, worried about the world first and enjoyed the world later.

Wang Anshi, who was famous for his stupidity, stubbornness and talent.

Ouyang Xiu, the leader of the poetry world, was already a great writer before he ascended to a high position.

Sima Guang, who became famous at a young age.

The three Su family members, who were famous for their poetry talent and all three of them were Jinshi.

Shen Kuo, who was famous for his miscellaneous skills.

The entire Northern Song Dynasty, in terms of officialdom, was really brilliant in just over a hundred years.

Even the New Party, which was attacked as a gathering of evildoers, except for Wang Anshi, Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dun and others, which one was not famous when they were middle and lower-level officials?

Even among the Old Party, Fan Chunren, the son of Fan Zhongyan, and others were also famous for their time as civil servants.

But now...

All is in the past.

The civil officials headed by Zhao Pu, followed by Ding Wei, Kou Zhun, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dun, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Han Qi...

The famous civil officials of the Northern Song Dynasty all had real talents and knowledge, and there were many people who were really knowledgeable in governing.

Of course, there were also many who were just filling in the numbers, such as Sima Guang, a famous civil servant, whose narrow character, extreme personality, and poor knowledge were indeed a negative representative of the civil officials of the Song Dynasty.

However, even if Sima Guang was there, he would not allow Zhao Ji to make the government into what it is now.

The emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were all spineless, but there was one thing: most of them knew to sympathize with the people.

Song Renzong was hungry in the middle of the night and wanted to eat mutton. After thinking about it again and again, he finally did not eat it.

When the concubines asked him the reason, Renzong said: I am just hungry occasionally. I killed a sheep last night and ate a full meal. I don't eat it normally. However, there is a precedent. The imperial kitchen should kill sheep every night for backup. It is really a waste and unnecessary!

This is even further than Emperor Wen of Han who saved thousands of gold and did not build a terrace.

The emperor is not an ordinary person, and his way of thinking is not the same as that of ordinary people.

Many emperors save money deliberately for officials and the world to see.

Only Song Renzong's compassion and frugality are really considered from the perspective of ordinary people, rather than the so-called frugality of pretending to be virtuous.

Renzong's benevolence is just right.

A Kaifeng citizen lost a pig and ran to the palace gate to complain to the emperor.

The logic of the people is that the government is the emperor and the master of the world.

Then the government must be responsible if the people under its rule are robbed.

If it were Qianlong, the best outcome for this guy would be beheading and his family would be exiled to Ningguta.

Maybe he would be tortured to death.

Qianlong was cruel and ruthless, and what annoyed him most was that these people had no superiors or subordinates.

Qianlong went out of the palace many times to hunt in the north and tour in the south, and he also encountered people filing complaints many times. Without exception, he killed the complainants without leaving a single one alive.

Among the emperors of China from ancient times to the present, this one is really unique. In Qianlong's view, he is the grandfather, the local officials are the parents, and the people are the grandchildren.

How can a grandchild come to sue his parents?

First, it will disrupt the local area, making it difficult for local officials to govern, and will lead to disorder between the upper and lower levels.

Second, the trend of unruly people suing officials should not be allowed to grow.

Third, it is that the grandson sued his parents, which was neither superior nor inferior, and was disloyal and unfilial.

So no one who dared to complain to Qianlong would have a good end.

This is in stark contrast to Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude of issuing a great edict to allow the people to file a complaint in the capital.

It is even more incomparable with Song Renzong.

The one who complained about the pig, Song Renzong really compensated him with a pig.

This is also the only Northern Song emperor that Wang Lun respected.

Although Renzong was also timid.

The Qingli New Deal started well but ended badly, without perseverance, wisdom, or skill.

But when Renzong was in power, there were many decent civil officials in the court, and Di Qing was also a military general. The country at least looked decent, and the people under his rule lived comfortably.

At least he was much better than his father Song Zhenzong and his son Yingzong.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, considering the narrowness of the imperial palace, he planned to demolish more than a thousand houses of the people and expand the scope of the palace.

As a result, a large number of people were unwilling to move.

Considering that the will of the people cannot be violated, Zhao Er gave up this plan.

Although Wang Lun despised the God of Carts of Gaoliang River, this guy was not very capable, and his mind was dark, suspicious, stingy, and vicious.

For example, in order to get Xiao Zhou Hou, he poisoned the King of Southern Tang.

It was not caused by the so-called poetry and resentment.

Zhao Da was not a capable person, but Zhao Da still had the spirit of a hero.

Zhao Er was far behind.

But Zhao Er did not do the demolition. After all, he was somewhat tolerant. After all, he was not born into the royal family and knew the sufferings of the common people.

He also knew that the court was not able to settle more than a thousand households and tens of thousands of people. (To read the novels of Bao Shuang, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Including their relatives and friends, this influence is tens of thousands of people.

It is not a good thing that tens of thousands of people are resentful of the court.

After all, the country was founded not long ago.

Zhao Er gave up the palace renovation. The scale of the palace in the Song Dynasty is far from comparable to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

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Of course, the two Song Dynasties were rich after all. In terms of exquisite palaces and pavilions, luxurious decoration, rough and simpleThe palaces of the Han and Tang dynasties cannot be compared with those of the Song dynasty, let alone those of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties were not as magnificent as those of the Han and Tang dynasties, nor as exquisite and beautiful as those of the Song dynasty. They were completely useless.

After Renzong, Yingzong died early, and Shenzong initiated reforms, with countless civil officials and ministers in the palace.

Cai Jing, the current Grand Tutor, is not worthy of carrying Wang Anshi's shoes in terms of achievements, and Wang Anshi, a former important minister, is slightly inferior in terms of official rank when he was alive.

When the new law was implemented and Wang Anshi was prime minister, Cai Jing was also a member of the Yuanfeng Party of the new law. He was successful at a young age and became a member of the Beijing official early on, and was an extremely noble imperial censor. His career was bright in his early years.

However, Shenzong started out well but ended badly. When he saw that the treasury was sufficient and the military force was strong, he drove Wang Anshi away to retire. In his later years, he even began to appoint members of the old party to form a check and balance on the new party.

When Emperor Shenzong died, Empress Dowager Gao came to power and fully activated the New Party, using Sima Guang to sweep away the members of the New Party.

Cai Jing was extremely embarrassed during those years, his career was directly imprisoned, and he was suppressed quite severely.

After Emperor Zhezong's new policy, the embarrassment of the New Party was alleviated. After Emperor Huizong appointed Cai Jing as prime minister, Cai Jing also spared no effort to suppress the old party because of the old grudges many years ago.

Years of party struggles have prevented many people with real ability and integrity from gaining a foothold in the court.

Zhao Ji was frivolous, and many capable people would rather choose not to serve.

The current court is far worse than that of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Zhenzong, and Emperor Renzong, even compared with that of Emperor Shenzong.

As the saying goes, the Southern Song Dynasty produced generals, and the Northern Song Dynasty produced prime ministers.

Due to various reasons such as party struggles, the system of selecting and training talents collapsed at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.

It didn't recover until the Southern Song Dynasty.

Qin Hui, Han Tuozhou, Shi Hongyuan, Jia Sidao successively held great power, but each one was inferior to the other. If any one of them was at the level of a famous prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty would not have perished.

As for Zhao Ji, Cai Jing was barely above the standard, but he was too selfish and self-interested, and he had no bottom line to please the emperor.

The rest...

It's not worth mentioning.

There should have been some emerging officials among the middle and lower-level officials.

For example, Zhang Shuye, the governor of Haizhou, wiped out Liangshan and became an official in Beijing. Later, he was captured in the Jingkang Incident and taken to the north, where he died in depression.

There were also Zong Ze, Li Gang and others who became famous officials one after another during this period.

But at this time, the officials in Zhao Ji's eyes were almost all treacherous or mediocre.

Zhao Ji looked around and knew what was going on. []

He didn't want loyal and honest ministers. He was dissatisfied with many of his actions. If he didn't see them, he wouldn't be dissatisfied.

It was too late to regret now. He could only look at Cai Jing and wait for the powerful minister to give him advice. .