Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 205 Life is so tiring

The literati of the Song Dynasty all had a strong sense of ownership.

It was Emperor Taizong who said that the Song Dynasty would share the world with the literati and officials.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang may have learned the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty and even the Yuan Dynasty, which were not very fond of managing things.

As the saying goes, overcorrection is the last straw. So he simply turned the whole world into slaves of the Zhu family.

be honest!

Zhao Xin now wants to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang.

This is probably a historical inevitability.

Imperial power will inevitably become centralized.

You have to concentrate!
Fu Bi's relationship with Zhao Xin seemed to have become colder, and Zhao Xin must have been able to sense it herself.

But Zhao Xin is not bragging. After all, he is a person from later generations. He is definitely much better than Fu Bi in managing the Yellow River.

The reason he is suffering a loss now is that the management of the Yellow River is not a matter of one or two days, but a very long process that will only produce results.

You won't be able to convince others by just explaining things to them.

But now, relying on the establishment of the Scholars, Farmers, Merchants and Industrialists Institute, Zhao Xin has gradually been able to recruit a large number of talents.

Therefore, things like whether or not he could get the approval of the ministers in the court were no longer that important to Zhao Xin.

not to mention……

Nowadays, even the imperial examination is in our own hands.

This year……

Another imperial examination was held.

The first essay question in the exam is whether you have any good ideas for punishing corrupt officials.

Of course!
Whether this is a solution or not is not important.

What’s important is that he needs to express his ideas to scholars all over the world through this question.

The Song Dynasty will continue to fight against corruption.

If you are not afraid of being caught, then come.

In fact, they have taken some actions now.

But to be honest, what has been exposed is probably just a drop in the bucket.

This is especially true for the military.

Why are there so many mutinies in the army, especially among soldiers?

This is because some local officials and generals in the army are not human beings.

When Fan Zhongyan was talking about Zhao Xin with Fu Bi.

Zhao Xin was also recruiting talents while trying to see how to get the talents he selected into the court.

Even if he couldn't become prime minister right away, at least he had to get into the lower levels of the two ministries and three departments.

I never had that thought before.

That’s because Zhao Xin doesn’t really want to affect his father’s power.

And what belongs to his father will be his sooner or later.

but……

Now, he slowly realized that he had no choice but to do so.

After all, everyone in the court is like Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi, who will only become stumbling blocks on his road to success.

What they identify with is totally different from what I identify with.

In fact, it would be better if they could keep their mouths shut more, talk less, or to be more precise, question less.

mainly……

Zhao Xin thinks they are sometimes annoying.

I kind of miss his teacher.

Although his teacher Yan Shu was a bit of a mess, at least he would never refuse to do anything he wanted.

Even if they have any opinions, they will definitely discuss it with you. Not like Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi, who make it seem like doing something is like killing their entire family.

It seems as if the world does not belong to the Zhao family, but to the literati and officials.

That's why Zhao Xin said that he really wanted to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang.

I don’t know how Li Shimin could tolerate Wei Zheng at the beginning.

However, in fact, it can be seen from historical books that since the tenth year of Zhenguan, or several years ago, which was just after the death of Empress Zhangsun, Li Shimin actually did not like to listen to the advice of his ministers.

But if the ministers really didn't speak, Li Shimin wouldn't know what was wrong with the country.

and so……

He repeatedly issued decrees, asking his ministers to speak their minds.

But after summoning a group of people, he found that these people couldn't even speak clearly in the court.

Someone told Li Shimin that it was because Li Shimin's imperial aura was too strong.

Others were so scared that they dared not speak.

In fact, it’s not that the imperial aura is too strong. To put it bluntly, some people are afraid of saying the wrong thing and getting punished, so they simply don’t say anything.

And I was worried about whether I would say something wrong, so my speech became halting.

One thing to say!

In fact, Zhao Xin originally wanted to be Li Shimin.

But later he discovered that he probably couldn't be Li Shimin.

The reason why Li Shimin developed such a character, or formed such a result, was entirely because Li Shimin still needed some smart ministers, and Li Shimin himself could fully mobilize the abilities of these ministers, and even make the achievements and fame of these ministers as great as possible.

But the problem is...

Zhao Xin can’t do it!
Zhao Xin doesn't need so many smart ministers at all, because if you all just do what I say, the Song Dynasty will never perish.

therefore……

Sometimes, Zhao Xin wondered whether he should pretend to be stupid on purpose on some issues so that the people below him would have the opportunity to perform.

Otherwise, all the credit would be his, and they wouldn't seem to have any sense of accomplishment being his subjects.

"What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"

Every time I come back from the court.

What Chen Yuanyuan always saw was Zhao Xin with a frown on his face.

When he saw that it was his wife who came, Zhao Xin finally revealed the slightest smile.

He replied: "Life is so tiring."

Immediately afterwards...

He then told the other party about his recent thought about whether or not to play dumb in front of his subjects.

Chen Yuanyuan also forced a smile and thought to herself, That really puts a lot of difficulties on your side, Your Highness.

But Your Highness, how can you be so shameless as to say that everything you think and do is right?
Then...

Zhao Xin hugged Chen Yuanyuan and fell asleep soon.

Seeing His Highness so tired, Chen Yuanyuan could only hug him and pat his back gently with her hands.

It's like coaxing a child.

One thing to say!

There is actually no difference!
After all, she is three years older than the other person.

Fan Zhongyan naturally started arguing with Fu Bi.

Originally, Fan Zhongyan wanted to speak nicely on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu, but as they were arguing, he suddenly lost his temper and the two of them almost came to a fight.

Although Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi did have a good relationship, one thing is one thing, and this is the code of conduct of these gentlemen of the Song Dynasty.

It’s not possible to go through such a small river.

They said, if you don’t try, how do you know it won’t work?
Afterwards, both sides quoted from scriptures.

But in the end, no one could convince anyone.

(End of this chapter)