With the end of the reward, Zhao Zhen finally announced that he would rebuild the family temple in the palace. Over the years, the Song Dynasty had made a lot of money, but he was not good at any of his martial arts. The emperor's family temple could not be repaired at will. It needed to be repaired at will.
Based on political achievements.
The emperor's family temple is not the ancestral hall of ordinary people's homes. Every repair and every worship must be recorded in the history books, and there must be no falsehoods.
Over the years, Zhao Zhen has never had the opportunity to repair the family temple. Even if he saw that the vermilion paint on the door had peeled off in the wind and sun, and the tiles were mottled, there was nothing he could do. He could only ask the chamberlain to clean the courtyard, but even if it was spotless, there would be nothing left.
What’s the use? The more this happens, the more it looks like the family temple is dilapidated!
Ye An said nothing in the court. How could he not see Zhao Zhen's methods? Especially the rewards given to Ding Xiaoyi and Guan Wanshan cannot be described as rewards. It is simply a majestic favor from the emperor!
This method has almost reached the extreme of winning people's hearts, but fortunately, these two people were not transferred from Ganliang. This is Ye An's greatest relief. If Zhao Zhen starts to "dismember" the Xi Lie Army and the Huaiyuan Army now,
Then he will definitely choose to fall out!
Zhao Zhen didn't even look at him during the entire court meeting. Obviously he didn't want him to have any chance to express his opinion. Ye An also understood what Zhao Zhen was thinking. He didn't want to face the failure of the Song Dynasty.
The current Song Dynasty has basically failed in all aspects, and the problems have long been accumulated from top to bottom to the point of being irreversible. Unless Zhao Zhen has great courage and determination, there is no possibility of pulling the brakes.
Even if the Jurchens in the White Mountains and Black Waters had not risen, this dynasty was still rushing towards the abyss of the historical cycle.
As a "experienced person", Ye An is very familiar with the shortcomings of various dynasties. Almost all contradictions are irreconcilable, especially when power is given to one person, the reconciliation of such contradictions will become more and more difficult. Only a fool can
I will look forward to the emergence of a wise king and sage to turn the tide.
What's more, how many wise kings can a dynasty produce? Placing hope on him is like hanging a sword above your head.
Having never experienced the hardships and struggles of founding a country, it is considered good for future kings to be like Zhao Zhen. Ye An did not look down on him. On the contrary, he felt that he was a rare king in the Song Dynasty. Even compared to later generations of Shenzong,
It would be much better, at least there would be no such thing as Wang Anshi's paranoid attitude, which would lead him to drastic changes in his character.
He knows that any reform needs to be carried out from top to bottom, needs to consider reality, and needs to balance the interests of all parties, so as to prevent a dynasty from being shaken by the reform.
Walking alone in the corridor of the palace, the sky under the high wall seemed narrow and long. Ye An sighed but did not vent the frustration in his chest.
The reforms of the Song Dynasty were doomed to failure. Whether it was Zhao Zhen who planned it slowly or Zhao Xu who was determined to go his own way, there would be no effect. Maybe the results of the reform could be seen in small things, but the ultimate fate was the death of people and the demise of the government.
From the thoughts of the common people to the power structure of the empire, from the upper ruling class to the grassroots officials, they have formed the most basic understanding. The class is gradually solidified, the wealth is gradually harvested, the ideas are gradually stubborn, and all interests and
The structure of the empire has been finalized, and as long as it is reformed, it will affect the interests of everyone. Officials, relatives, generals, and clans do not want to change, but the people just hope that it will not become worse...that's all.
The only way, and the only way out, is to completely break the rule of the dynasty and smash the superior imperial power to pieces, but this road is more difficult than the road of reform.
Innate royal power!
This thing that goes deep into the bones of the Han people cannot be changed at all, and what the Chinese nation needs is the leadership of a centralized person.
Just like...just like...the "teacher" in later generations, at first everyone regarded him as a god-like existence and a supreme authority. His words were absolute "oracles" regardless of whether they were right or wrong.
, because China needs it, because only in this way can he twist everyone into a rope, because he can lead the people through the most difficult dangers.
After gradual development, gradual changes began, and eventually the rights were dispersed, and the position was no longer exclusive to a certain person or a certain family.
Ye An didn't know if he could do this well, but he knew that if he didn't try, everything would return to where it was before, even worse than this declining "prosperity".
The Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties were powerful and even spread the majesty of China to Europe. However, one was big but not long-lasting, one was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and the other was a retrogressive barbarian.
This is completely inconsistent with the development law of the times. Any civilization should become more powerful as it develops. However, the Chinese civilization is on the contrary. It reached its peak in the Song Dynasty and began a downward trend after the Song Dynasty. At this point, it happened to be
The West began to gradually move towards civilization from the dark Middle Ages.
At this point in time, the East and the West began to have completely opposite development trends. Perhaps this is also in line with the ancient Chinese wisdom that "the most prosperous must decline, or the best will be prosperous".
The strength of the Han civilization was actually limited by itself. Confucianism was originally a tool to make the Han Dynasty strong, but it also became a force that hindered the strength of China. He was not born like this, but generations of scholars and great Confucians made it
became so.
Some things have been changed beyond recognition. If Confucius were alive, he might be infuriated by those so-called decadent ideas.
Since we knew that there was no possibility of reform in the Song Dynasty, why did we persist? Both Ye An and Qin Mumu were people who had been influenced by the pragmatism of later generations. In their opinion, there was no need to try things that were destined to fail.
, even Qin Mumu knew that the reform could not be implemented in the Song Dynasty, especially after seeing the current situation of the Song Dynasty with his own eyes.
Qin Mumu didn't study history. Many things were more novel to her than Ye An, but it was this novelty that made her gradually discover the essence of the Song Dynasty. What was the essence? In feudal society, the interest class had long been solidified!
A noble son comes from a poor family? How many truly poor nobles were there in the Song Dynasty? How do you teach a person who can't even have enough to eat to learn the great principle of being a good person?
As for ordinary people, most of them cannot afford to read. Books are very expensive, and pens, inks, paper, and inkstones are all expensive. Although the factory of Puhui Company can also produce cheap pens, inks, paper, and inkstones on a large scale, it is a pity that this behavior has offended many officials.
benefits, and because the price difference is too large, a large number of Dow Jones and traditional craftsmen will lose their jobs.
The help from all walks of life is considerable. The real money making of Puhui Company is not in the Song Dynasty, but in the west. This is why Ye An must win Yumen Pass, which is the gateway to the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road.
starting point.
Land transportation is always safer than sea transportation, because the sea is full of too many unknowns.
The gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty is getting wider and wider, and the court of this era does not have a mechanism for redistributing wealth. The rich will only get richer, and the poor will only get poorer. Even a fair education
There will be nothing left. Is there any upward path left in this era?
The poor and ordinary people make up the majority in this era, and it is only a matter of time before conflicts break out, and neither Fan Zhongyan nor Wang Anshi touched this level in their reforms.
That's why Ye An completely lost confidence and hope, and Wang Mang, the short-lived reformer who wanted to publicize the country's land and distribute it equally, took too many steps, and eventually all his previous efforts were in vain.
With such a warning, Ye An is naturally more cautious...