Zheng Lang is a bit biased. Even if he takes over the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, he cannot just say that there is no crisis in the north. The main thing is internal affairs. If it were not for Zhao Ji and Cai Jing, even if the Jurchens rose, the Song Dynasty might not have perished. Internal affairs are the main things. And if the border is not in a hurry, it is impossible to exempt all two taxes. Even the two major franchises are exempted, and commercial taxes can be reduced.

This is just a big cake that Zheng Lang had a dream in the future of the Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, if you are satisfied with this, the Song Dynasty would decline.

As for what conditions were met to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, Zheng Lang did not say anything more. As he changed his voice, he said, "Your Majesty, I will say a few things before leaving, one is education and patriotic education. In the past, old ministers often wondered why the five surnames and seven families were above the royal family. In fact, the reason was very simple, that is resources and education. The five surnames and seven families controlled huge resources, including various books and educational talents. In order to maintain national stability, especially after the decline of the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang royal family had to reuse talents from the five surnames and seven families. However, the education that these talents grew up and received since childhood were given by their own family. Therefore, they ranked the interests of the family first."

Don't say the rest.

There was no soil for the existence of the five surnames and seven families in the Song Dynasty, but there were also many families, including the literati and official families, families of foreign relatives, etc.

Many of them are listed in the court, and for this reason, it is impossible to put family interests under national interests.

Zheng Lang changed his voice and said, "The old ministers thought that the court could allocate some funds in the future to build schools, fund poor children to enroll in schools, and strengthen their national supremacy concept, and then more Fan Zhongyan would appear. How could he be able to complete the eggs when the nest was destroyed? Only when more scholars and officials put the country above the family, and be loyal to the country, can the country last forever!"

Some people's faces have slightly changed color. But it cannot be denied.

Zhao Xu was on his forehead.

Zheng Lang did not make it clear, and turned to another thing, saying: "Your Majesty, the second thing I said is decentralization and autocracy."

Zheng Lang seems to be lighter here, but it is a major event, not decentralization and dictatorship, but two systems: centralized dictatorship and democratic supervision.

If some ideas in feudal society were not very backward in the Song Dynasty, at least the country still needed powerful strength and the title of kings to maintain national unity. However, since the Song Dynasty, it has also gradually lagged behind, including the active decentralization of power and the heavy constraints of the Song Dynasty, which are all progressive pseudo-democratic systems.

But it is not very successful, and its goal is only to prevent the emergence of powerful officials, so it is not so advanced in thinking.

Zheng Lang has been trying to find a way out since he was a teenager. There are two ways out in later generations: one is centralized dictatorship and the other is democracy. But after careful analysis, each has its own shortcomings and their own advantages. Centralized dictatorship is undoubtedly a breeding ground for corruption. If it is implemented for a long time, the gap between the rich and the poor will be serious, and various unfair phenomena will occur in society, but it is very efficient in doing things. This is something that the democratic system cannot have. The supervision of the democratic system is more perfect. No matter what, if it is the same race, it will definitely be a little superior in human rights, but it is slow to do things, and the policies are difficult to continuate. At the same time, if it is to implement real democracy, it requires very high conditions, otherwise the consequences will be worse than Dongshi's imitation.

Therefore, Zheng Lang wanted to find a third path. For example, the parliamentary system of Fanhou officials he implemented in Hehuang was a bolder attempt to pseudo-democracy. But the more he thought about it, the more he became confused. In fact, the Song and Ming dynasties had implemented some pseudo-democratic systems, but what about the two countries? The Han officials in the Qing Dynasty were not as good as a slave, but without foreign invasion, it was possible that the Qing Dynasty would exist for a hundred or two hundred years.

If he really finds it, he may surpass Confucius and become the largest thinker in China.

I searched for my whole life but couldn't find it, but I found a truth.

Truth is not in democracy and dictatorship, but in the Book of Changes. Whether it is democracy or dictatorship, they are just the difference between yin and yang. The former divides rights to form mutual supervision, while the latter concentrates rights to reduce constraints. It is just that one democracy and the other dictatorship concretizes them and details them. This is their essence.

It is not enough to just be democratic, and it is even more impossible to just dictatorship. In fact, Zheng Lang has already done it, further decentralization, including cutting off part of the authority of the prime minister, so as to prevent the country from giving birth to a Cai Jing and Zhang Jing, and immediately causing the country to decline. At the same time, the rights of each ministries and departments are clarified, so that the rights and responsibilities of each ministries are relatively centralized. Some departments have been established to strengthen supervision functions. It is also necessary to prevent the ministries and departments from hindering national affairs, and expand the scale of the Metropolitan Conference so that the ministries and departments can understand each other and handle government affairs better.

But it cannot be said that it is the best way.

First of all, the responsibilities of each department are clearer than before. Perhaps the power has increased, but we can't argue. In addition, the supervision system has been added, making it more difficult to do things. Especially the two governments and the three departments. The problem is not that serious when they use their strong prestige in the court. If they are not here, the weak prime minister will not stay for a long time. The strong prime minister will be troubled by it, and they will concentrate their power step by step again like Wang Anshi and Han Qi.

However, the concentration of rights is even worse. The Yi Jing emphasizes the regulation of yin and yang, and the same is true for the system. The state with centralized power must focus on supervision to reduce injustice. The state with public power must attach importance to administrative continuity and reduce various constraints.

Even if the so-called pseudo-democratic mechanism appeared in the Song Dynasty, the supervision system could not be ignored, but their responsibilities had to be expressed.

So before leaving the court, Zheng Lang simply explained this issue clearly. Of course, Zheng Lang would not talk about democracy and the people were the ruler, so where would the emperor put it? So he only talked about decentralization and autocracy.

Zhao Xu said: "Duke Zheng, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, autocracy is a concentration of power, which can easily lead to the power of the power of the country. Due to lack of supervision, officials act recklessly, and society is unfair. If the king is wise and virtuous, the country is ruled greatly, and if the king is stupid and evil, the country will quickly perish. Therefore, the ancestors restricted the power of each minister and supervised each other. However, it is easy to say black and white, but it is difficult to say right and wrong. In fact, in the final analysis, it is the complexity of human nature. The old minister had a conversation with Fan Zhongyan before, and the old minister said how human nature can be distinguished by black and white, just like the color of the world, red, orange and green, which constitutes the glory of the world. The same is true for human nature. If we use a simple good and evil, black and white to distinguish it, it is a big mistake. It is precisely because of the complexity of human nature that talents are

It is the spirit of all things. I have considered decentralization and autonomy for a long time and implemented some regulations in the reform. But there is no simple color in the world, and there is no perfect system. Especially the capital church, the old ministers expanded it in order to have a horizontal understanding, work together, cancel the shortcomings, make up for the missing, and make the decision more perfect. But there is a good side, there must be a bad side. The capital church and the expansion of the supervision mechanism can easily lead to mutual constraints and delays in doing things. Therefore, the old minister finally proposed that if the decisions of each department and department are made by other departments and departments, it will be handed over to Your Majesty for decision-making. Your Majesty cannot make decisions, and if the decisions are not harmed by the national interests, the decisions of each department must be implemented."

This is also Zheng Lang's usual style. He is better than to do. When there is no dispute, he cannot delay his work. Otherwise, all kinds of government affairs will be arguing.

"There are also the supervisory bodies and the ministers. Their power is to supervise the moral integrity of each official and the pros and cons of the execution of national affairs, rather than the decision-making and execution institutions. The ministers and officials have the power to impeach, but they cannot interfere with the decision-making and execution power of each department. The supervisory departments have the power to supervise the moral integrity of each prefecture and county officials, but they must not override the officials of each prefecture and county, and roughly interfere with the politics of each prefecture and county."

Zhao Xu nodded.

Zheng Lang is fine and is gone. The importance of this must be clearly explained. Otherwise, some polite ministers will be lawless.

Zheng Lang also said: "Your Majesty, the third thing the old minister said is easy. There is no perfect thing or thing in the world, and there is no system that can exist forever. For example, the Xining Reform initiated by Your Majesty, Old Ministers, and all the ministers have governed the various ills since the founding of our country. Now, whether it is economic, military, or the ethics of various officials are better than before. However, in order to reduce disputes, there are too many restructurings, and the implementation of various restructurings is not thorough. Perhaps within a hundred years, as long as the king is wise and the ministers are wise, it can still be a rule of governance. But after a hundred years, new disadvantages will arise, even if it is the system of contract for all supervisors. However, the reform is even more difficult. Xining's restructuring is reluctant to succeed. What if it is not successful? The country is divided!"

Zheng Lang said solemnly.

It cannot be said that the Song Dynasty is fine, but there are still some crises, but Zheng Lang dare not touch it anymore.

Moreover, the reform was successful, Zheng Lang used the gold finger to make concessions. Did the latecomers have this gold finger? And Zheng Lang stood at the height of history, did the latecomers have it?

"If future generations want our country to be established for thousands of years, we must constantly adjust it, but every adjustment will be very wide. You must be careful. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was said that it was difficult to establish a country or a difficult country to govern the country. The old minister said here that it is even more difficult to govern the country!"

This was also Zheng Lang's last explanation.

Talking about military affairs, systems, and reforms.

Then he said: "The king is the top priority of the country. He is afraid of cruelty, ignorance, and 3. He is afraid of being distracted by the path as the Queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, the Queen of the Little Lord is unparalleled in the world. The forest flowers fade spring red, which is too hasty. Everyone, I have been a minister since I was seventeen years old and have been favored by Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, Renzong and His Majesty the current Queen Mother. Therefore, I am afraid of making mistakes. I have worked diligently for decades and are old now. Time flies so fast. I am about to leave the capital. Now I will leave the state affairs to you. I hope you will work hard."

Zheng Lang resigned from his position as prime minister, and this time he really resigned from the prime minister. The rights of the two governments will be reshuffled again.

Moreover, Zheng Lang has three explanations for peace, which may not make everyone agree. However, at this time, no minister spoke and looked at Zheng Lang together, and many people suddenly felt sad.

...

April is coming, and the barley is yellow.

The weather in Beijing began to get hotter and hotter day by day.

The Zheng family was busy, and Zheng Lang followed the army, but there was still one person going to the northwest. Sier, she was a maid who served Zheng Lang since childhood, Yueer, and was born as a young lady. Because of her status as a mother's family, she was a good candidate for being a "hostage", so in the end, Sier went to Xiaoguan first.

After Si'er left, Zheng Lang prepared for a while and quickly left the capital.

The Song Dynasty's attack on Xia was an extremely exciting news, but at this time, many people couldn't be happy. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!