After returning home from duty, Lu Yijian had a rare drink. Not only that, he also invited his second son Lu Gongbi over.
Lu Gongbi was not surprised when he saw his father with a happy face.
What happened to dad today?
Why are you so happy?
After a while, Lu Yijian noticed his son's gaze, then put down the wine bottle and said.
"Baochen, are you curious why you are so happy to be a father?"
"kindness."
Lu Gongbi nodded.
"You should have heard about the Liao Dynasty's withdrawal of troops. Dad will give you a test. Why do you think dad is happy?"
In later generations, the Lu family was able to stand still, half of which was due to the Lu family tradition, and the other half was due to the example of Lu Yijian.
If Lu Meng is the key figure who made the Lu family in Donglai become a powerful family, then Lu Yijian is the core figure who made the Lu family an evergreen tree in the political arena.
No, during the celebration, Lu Yijian did not forget to take the exam for his son.
It is said to be a test, but in fact it is a guide.
After hearing his father's question, Lu Gongbi pondered for a moment.
Since dad asked this, the reason must not be that simple.
The Liao Dynasty's withdrawal of troops was probably just a prelude.
The subsequent impact is the key.
What will happen if the Liao Dynasty withdraws its troops?
Is the North completely at peace?
Before the return of Liao and Song Dynasty?
it's out of the question!
Yang Wenguang led his troops to break into the Liao territory and harass the rear of the Liao army. This alone was tantamount to breaking the contract.
Moreover, it was Song Ting who took the initiative to break the contract.
Although the Liao Dynasty sent 50,000 troops southward, these troops were only stationed at Qigou Pass and did not invade the Song Dynasty.
In this way, the Liao Kingdom could find countless reasons to prove that it had no intention of joining the border.
Based on this matter alone, the country and the DPRK are the ones at fault.
To be fair, Lu Gongbi was very puzzled about this matter. Why did the officials issue a secret order to invade the Liao Dynasty?
Is it necessary to actively undermine the hard-won peace?
Are there any benefits?
The renewed war between Song and Liao is a thing that has no benefits at all. It has only disadvantages and no benefits. Why should the officials do it?
In the past, his father often mentioned the official family in his ears, and the most talked about was that the official family would be a powerful leader in the future, and seemed to have the aspirations of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty.
Only when your skills and ambition match can you be worthy of being called a hero.
Looking at the performance of the officials after they ascended the throne, it is clear that the officials are indeed very clever. Even outstanding figures like my father and Ding Xiang cannot understand the thoughts of the officials.
a long time.
Lu Gongbi, who was thinking hard, still couldn't figure it out, so he couldn't help but look at his father for help.
Seeing his son's gaze, Lu Yijian smiled slightly and said slowly.
"Why did Yizu (Taizu) create the position of participating in politics?"
Hearing this, Lu Gongbi had a flash of inspiration, and he finally grasped the core of the problem!
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the three prime ministers Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu were all old ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty. At that time, Taizu retained these three as prime ministers, which was just a temporary measure.
After all, the Song Dynasty was established on behalf of the Zhou Dynasty. In order to win over the old officials of the later Zhou Dynasty, this was a necessary means.
After the political power was stable, Taizu dismissed the three prime ministers of the early Song Dynasty, and then promoted his confidant Zhao Pu to prime minister.
However, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhao Pu alone was completely unable to handle the important military and political tasks of the country.
Therefore, Taizu established Zhao Pu as an assistant to participate in politics.
At first, participating in the political position was just to assist the prime minister and had no intention of decentralizing power.
wrong!
It should be said that Taizu had the intention to decentralize power from the beginning!
However, due to the situation, I had to conceal my original intention until the time was right. I immediately made a plan and personally promoted my political participation to the position of deputy prime minister.
This is decentralization!
The power of the prime minister has become smaller, and the power of the monarch has naturally expanded.
After Taizu, Taizong and Zhenzong also inherited the purpose of weakening the power of the prime minister.
When it comes to the official family, the power of the prime minister is suppressed to the extreme. The frequent bypassing of Zhongshu is the most obvious sign.
Location determines the idea.
Lu Gongbi was born in the Lu family of Donglai and came from a family of officials, so he naturally sided with the scholar-bureaucrats.
How should the monarch's power be limited if it is too powerful?
In traditional Confucian concepts, rebellion is definitely not the right answer.
Admonition is the right way!
How to admonish?
Of course, it is to unite hundreds of officials to put pressure on the court, or the officials!
Although the emperor is the co-owner of the world, it is the scholar-bureaucrats who carry out the emperor's will.
If there were no scholar-bureaucrats, could the emperor's will be carried out as expected?
I'm afraid I can't.
Thinking of this, Lu Gongbi's doubts were suddenly resolved. Then, he thought for a moment and spoke cautiously.
"Dad, has the war between the North and the South come to an end for the time being?"
Lu Yijian nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.
Children can be taught!
With just one sentence, "Why did Taizu establish political participation?" Baochen directly got to the core of the problem.
At the same time, the word ‘temporarily’ is even more wonderful.
The struggle between the North and the South is, to put it bluntly, a struggle for the right to speak, or a struggle between the advanced and the latecomers.
As long as a balance point is not reached, the struggle between the North and the South will never stop.
The current convergence is just the effect of 'external forces'.
Once the "external force" disappears or weakens, the struggle between the North and the South will inevitably resume and will never end.
In the future, even if there is no longer a war between the North and the South, there will still be fights between other factions.
After all, the pie is only so big. If some people get more, some people will get less.
And the greed of the human heart is endless.
The party with more will only think about taking more, more.
Faced with such a 'dilemma', how could the smaller party be willing to give in?
So, the struggle comes.
As for that balance point, it only exists in theory. In reality, there will never be that balance point.
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Funing Hall.
Li Jie did not know the information that the northern and southern scholars were about to merge because the matter was too secretive.
Neither Lu Yijian nor Ding Wei are fools.
For something as big as this, the more secretive it is, the better.
They have never met in private at all. After all, their position is too sensitive. If they really meet in private.
Even if your whereabouts are secret, they may be exposed.
Therefore, even in the political hall, they did not discuss this matter when they met.
Some things are just left unsaid.
Just like the tacit goal in a football match, both sides seemed to be playing fiercely, but no one took the lead to break through the opponent's goal.
Until the end, it may be zero to zero, one to one, two to two, but it will definitely end in a draw.
evening.
Li Jie was watching the latest military situation in the northwest region, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
Lei Yungong was seen running in in a hurry, fell to his knees with a plop, and then immediately reported the movements in Liaojing.
"Guan family, the latest information has come from Zhongjing."
"The Emperor of Liao woke up, personally took charge of Yong'an Palace, and summoned all his ministers."
At this time, Lei Yungong had only one thought in his mind.