Zhao Yunrang was shocked and took a breath of breath. He was undoubtedly disappointed with Sima Guang! Even if Zhao Yunrang was politically illiterate, he knew that there was no reason to talk to the gang of Dangxiang's barbarians, let alone use ethics to influence them. The first thing Li Yuanhao did after he took office was to vigorously remove the sinicization and restore the various old systems of their Dangxiang people. In their eyes, etiquette was not as good as a piece of cow dung that could burn fire! Sima Guang was a completely ignorant and preaching remark of scholars!

How much blood did the Zhao family use to exchange for the sake of an inch of the country? Taizu Zhao Kuangyin has always regretted that the Northern Han Dynasty had not destroyed the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were not recovered. In order to get back the land of these ancestors of Han people, he even established a small inner treasury himself and saved money to redeem these prefectures!

Well, in this kid's mouth, isn't it easy to give it to someone so easily?

Who are the people in Xixia? There is no word polite or trust in their bones. The reason why they can establish a country is to make all kinds of tricks, cheating, cheating, and cheating. They wander among the Liao, Song Dynasty and Tubo people. They will hold anyone who gives benefits. They will be faster than turning over books when they turn against each other. They will beat them to death today, and they will be able to lick them tomorrow!

Shamelessness is their rule of survival. As for etiquette, it is not as useful as a piece of cow dung on the grassland and desert!

Liang Chuan said: "These lands are not fertile, but for more than 1,200 years of Emperor Wu of Han, they are all places where our Han family members live. Do you know how much the price our Song army spent to earn back these lands?"

"Emperor Wu of Han was very happy to be successful in his military and military service. He was poor in the national treasury of three generations. Is the land he captured useful? Didn't it make the national strength of the Han Dynasty weaken?"

Liang Chuan put away his smile: "You are born in Shaanxi, you should know that when the Dangxiang people crossed the border, the people on the border were helpless, and there was only destruction and killing. The brutality of the Huns was a hundred times more serious than that of the Dangxiang people. The Dangxiang people were at least sinicized. In the eyes of the Huns, the Han people were no better than the cows and horses! Emperor Wu was poor for three generations to fight the border peace of the Han Dynasty for more than 300 years. Is this what you call the military and military force?"

Liang Chuan just wanted to know that Sima Guang would make a fool of himself to cede land and return it to Xixia in the future. As a master of historian, he really didn't understand these political routines, was he still got old, or was he wrong, or was just trying to suppress Wang Anshi's reforms...

Liang Chuan was both happy and sad.

What I am happy about is that Sima Guang is not the kind of villain who suppresses and restricts Wang Anshi's new policy for personal gain. Wang Anshi's new policy will take decades later. However, this kid has had this idea of ​​dressing people with dress since he was a child. What he insisted on was what he always insisted on, although this is not correct in the eyes of the world. He has always been worthy of what he said. He is a true gentleman. He has never told a lie in his life.

Sadly, Sima Guang's stubborn personality has really affected his life. His personality affects habits, and habits create behaviors. Whatever he will do in the future is already destined.

When we were young, our parents always told us some lessons they had gained with blood and tears. We should not look at our wife's appearance, and we should not make friends with those who have no credit. We must work hard to study. We always disgusted our parents' preaching. We will not know our parents' good intentions until we grow up with our own experience of our parents' "learning" once again. Unfortunately, we will grow up without any if in life.

"The Emperor Wu is in poverty and has nine out of ten families. This has proved to be wrong. Only the etiquette system can educate the people and influence these aliens!"

Forget it, what's the use of fighting again?

Liang Chuan only knew that cede land was a humiliating thing. Although the Ming Dynasty was corrupt, it also earned countless fans because of a word that he did not cede land and did not seek to defend the country. The Qing Dynasty had reached this point in order to maintain its rule, which had been cursed by the Chinese people for hundreds of years. The Song Dynasty faced the Xixia, which was far inferior to its own national strength, and its purpose was also for peace, but was this achieved?

Xixia was honest in the first few years, but it was because of the war with the Song Dynasty that it was too badly injured and had to stop fighting to recover. Once this shameless country had the strength in its hands, it immediately picked up the sword and gun again. The annual currency system that Sima Guang abolished after the Shenzong was restored. It turns out that the land they sent had to be regained with the blood of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty!

Xixia has never been a trustworthy country. They have gained benefits but will not do things according to regulations. The Northwest is too poor. For the sake of their people, they can live a good life and for their own rule, they should fight and fight against what they should fight against! This is politics!

"If reasoning is useful in this world, why did Confucius become a rat crossing the street when traveling around the countries? How about you compare yourself to Xiao He, Cao, Chen Ping? How about you compare to Wu Hou? How about you compare to Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui? If the ritual system is useful, why don't they use it? Are you the only one who understands the beauty of etiquette and law? What is the legalist criminal law that unified the six countries, and it is not the etiquette and law that destroyed the Qin State. Although a unified country can use etiquette and law to restrain the people, etiquette and law to make them obedient and easy to control, but look at which of our Song Dynasty is weaker than the seven heroes of the Warring States Period? They are all tigers and wolves. If you are not careful, you will be at risk of destruction of the country and the seeds. Will you talk about etiquette and law to tigers and evil wolves?"

These words were undoubtedly a critical blow. No matter how powerful Sima Guang was, he dared not compare himself to Zhuge Liang and Xiao He. His face turned pale. He didn't know whether it was a speechless rebuttal or a shock to Liang Chuan's words. He murmured his lips, but he couldn't say a word.

Zhao Yunrang only knew that Liang Chuan was not an ordinary civilian. He almost let him deceive him in the past. He had too many colors. Ding Dang and Xia Qian's confidants, merchants and military personnel were stacked up one by one, ordinary but extraordinary, making people unable to see his true face. He just didn't expect that Liang Chuan was so hidden. Looking at the government and the country, how many people have his knowledge? In addition to the retired Xianggong Lu, there are also Fan Xiwen today, I am afraid that he will not be able to find a third person!

Liang Chuan's words shocked Sima Guang and Zhao Yunrang! I thought Meng Liangchen was a master, but it turned out that the real master was him!

Liang Chuan looked at Sima Guang's expression and was very satisfied. Well, he said one more time.

"I'll give you an example."

Before the three of them came to their senses from Liang Chuan's continuous beads, Liang Chuan said, "The promotion of generals and school in the army is clearly stipulated!" Sima Guang seemed to have not yet come to his senses, Liang Chuan continued, "According to our Song system, the Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the performance evaluation of military officers, promotions and dispatches, etc., and there is a minister of the Ministry of Personnel in charge of the performance evaluation of young envoys and military officers and the unranked rank wei Yong. One year later, it was the critical moment of investigation and promotion, and the front line reported the military merits."

"I don't know whether it was intentional or faulty, but after receiving the meritorious report, the minor official of the Ministry of Personnel deliberately painted the heads of the military newspaper one by one, filled in again, and then submitted it to the minister for approval."

It's interesting! Meng Liangchen also listened carefully.

"This minor official was still talking to the minister. If the handwriting is changed according to the rules, it must be thoroughly investigated to prevent anyone from making excuses! The minister of the Ministry of Personnel has also heard of the trend of these big-headed soldiers claiming to beheadings, so he sent this minor official to investigate the matter strictly!"

Seeing that they were all listening to the lectures, Liang Chuan said: "Military merit report is not a matter of one person. At one time, dozens of people often report together. If one person is checked, others must check together. There are many people who really take the blame! In fact, in any army, there are behaviors of killing good people. The head is not an enemy, but local people. When checking these generals and schools will not only have hope of promotion, but will also be in prison!"

"The generals and officers in the army could only curry favor with this minor official when they saw the situation. When he received enough bribes, they would report to their superiors that although the word had been changed, they were obviously one word, and there was no possibility of two words, and there was no fraud! The officials of the Ministry of Personnel signed the approval after obtaining this investigation result!"

After Liang Chuan finished speaking, he looked at three people, especially Sima Guang. The three people looked at Liang Chuan in confusion, and they did not understand the intention of Liang Chuan to tell this story.

This seems like a simple story of asking for bribes, but it seems not that simple.

"Sima Guang, to put it bluntly, this story is whether it is feasible to manage these people by relying on etiquette and law. These people can use some simple means to disrupt the imperial system and principles. Many generals and schools are not at fault. They just don't want this minor official to harm themselves and have to spend money to buy peace. The minor official said it is correct. He did not make fraud, but just changed it and wrote the same word. However, this process was not wasteful of the imperial government's national treasury, but also to make it disinterested. Who did you think there was a problem here?"

Sima Guang firmly believed that the belief that had been 20 years had been shattered by Liang Chuan today. The ruthless crushing was like Meng Liangchen back then. He replied unstoppably: "I...this..."

Liang Chuan smiled and said, "Do you see how to deal with this matter and how to prevent this phenomenon?"

Sima Guang said: "Of course, we will investigate thoroughly. As long as the school is guilty and punish it according to law, the corruption of minor officials will be strictly dealt with without any evidence. As long as one is killed, it will naturally be a warning to a hundred!"

Zhao Yunrang and Meng Liangchen were also thinking about Liang Chuan’s questions. When they heard Sima Guang’s answer, they still agreed with it. It seemed that there was only one way.

Liang Chuan said, "The stricter the laws, the more powerful the officials are, the more numerous the death penalty, the more public the bribery, because these laws have become their rights! Let me tell you how to eliminate this matter. You only need to make a simple rule. In the future, no changes are allowed for military merits. If the changes are reported, all problems will be solved!"

Sima Guang's face turned red, Meng Liangchen and Zhao Yun made both of them blush as well. Yes, it seemed that simple.

Liang Chuan said: "Whether it is etiquette or punishment, it is a power of governing power. This is like a medicine. If the tyrant Qin is seriously ill, he can only use punishment to control the world. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, he was mild, but he had to use inaction to cure the world. One medicine can cure the same disease. The disease of our Song Dynasty is different from that of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. Our system is too dense and complicated, so our medicine is destined to be different from that of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. Etiquette and law can cure the disease of the Zhou Dynasty, but cannot cure our disease! We must use the knife, and we must use the determination of a hero to cut off his arm!"

"A good system will also become a tool for personal gain when it comes to people who have bad intentions. Those who govern must understand and adapt. Politics are not static. Politics must change according to the times and change according to the people. Only by prescribing the right medicine can the cause of the disease be cured. A great man once said a famous saying that truth is the only criterion for testing truth. To look at problems from a developmental perspective, we must emancipate our minds and seek truth from facts. We can only understand problems under the conditions of our times, and we must also look at problems under the conditions of our times. The ancients advocated etiquette and law, which does not mean that they were borrowing them completely. What you have to do is take the essence and remove the dross! Sima Guang, I hope you can remember these words today!"

Regardless of whether they could understand or not, Liang Chuan's responsibility for education had been fulfilled. After saying that, three people were stunned and left with medicine and vegetables.

Many people often like to use the same character when looking at historical figures. For example, people who contribute to the country and the people will infinitely raise their historical status and regard what they do as justified and reasonable. But in fact, everyone is a complex individual and it is difficult to define it with pure good or bad. Sima Guang's achievements as a historian are undoubtedly very great, but Sima Guang's performance in many things is actually not qualified.

Thanks to Sima Guang's death early, otherwise all he had appointed villains in his political career. He was also mediocre in politics and even had the hard-earned land to Xixia. If he hadn't written the masterpiece of qualifications, he would have been punished by the court for a few more years!

Liang Chuan's words were not his own original. These words were said by Zhang Juzheng, the first person in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Juzheng, as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, was also a contradiction, but his superb political art perfectly solved the evil diseases of the Ming Dynasty, and even extended his life for fifty years. When he was alive, his opponents appeared and he solved the other one, and the problems of the court appeared. Sima Guang had no choice. He was just a good official, but not a clerk.

Sima Guang is more like another great man of the Ming Dynasty - Hai Rui. If people like them are allowed to sit in the position of chief minister, it would be a disaster for the court. They can implement the decrees assigned by their superiors well without giving a slight discount, but they have not treated the diseases caused by this political system. Unfortunately, fate has brought Sima Guang to the position of prime minister. From this point of view, Jiajing is much stronger than Zhao Suo, at least it is relatively accurate to look at people.

I don’t know why it was Zhao Yunrang, but Sima Guang kept his political career in the two dynasties of Renzong Yingzong, and it was not until the Shenzong Dynasty was in progress. However, it was also after the death of Shenzong. Liang Chuan didn’t want me to harm Sima Guang himself. He could say so much but hope that this young man could change. If he really could change, it would be a blessing for the people of the Song Dynasty. The political career was also growing slowly. If Sima Guang really listened to today’s words, he would benefit endlessly!

Meng Liangchen looked at Liang Chuan's leaving figure and smiled, "He is the master of being a gentleman!"
Chapter completed!