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On the 27th of the month, Luoyang.,

That morning, Li Hu visited Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao and his wife.

Zhao Mingcheng is in his forties, with a thin figure, three long beards, handsome, elegant and gentle. He is obviously a scholar, and has a completely different temperament from those who spend all day in the officialdom.

Because the two families have a lot of connections, Zhao Mingcheng and Li Changhao are close friends, so after meeting each other, they felt very close to each other and the atmosphere of the conversation was very harmonious.

Of course, he had to reminisce about the past after sitting down. Zhao Mingcheng was very concerned about what Li Changhao had experienced after he fled Bianjing and asked very carefully. Li Hu was true and false, and he roughly told about his ten-year escape career. Zhao Mingcheng sighed, and Li Qingzhao was even more crying. Then Zhao Mingcheng asked about Li Hu's experience over the years. Li Hu started by chance with Ma Kuo, and it was unfolding layer by layer. Finally, Zhao Mingcheng and his wife realized that there were many people in the world who knew Li Hu's life experience today, and they were all very serious people. The current emperor, two princesses, Li Gang and Yuwen Xuzhong were the prime minister, and the Zhe family was a pillar of the northwest. Now there were Zhao Mingcheng and his wife. However, because Li Hu's identity was too special, this matter was still far from being disclosed, or it was impossible to be disclosed at all.

Li Hu asked Marshal Zhao Mingcheng's mansion to help him, and Zhao Mingcheng agreed immediately.

"A few days ago, I told my husband that I hope you can help me recruit some talents." Li Hu explained in detail the situation in the northwest, the current difficulties faced by the Hulie Prefecture and the Marshal's Office. "The foundation of the Hulie Prefecture and the Hulie Army is the Han and Fan in the north. If you want the Han and Fan in the north to integrate into the Song Dynasty and make the Song Dynasty recognize and accept the Han and Fan in the north, it takes a process. In this process of mutual integration, stability in the northwest is crucial. Judging from the current situation, if you want to stabilize the northwest, you must first have an effective set of policies to develop. The drafting of this set of policies must rely on the people of the Song Dynasty, so for me, the most urgent task is to choose and recruit suitable talents."

Zhao Mingcheng clicked on Li Qingzhao who was sitting beside him, "We have discussed for a long time and feel that it is very inappropriate for you to invite descendants of the Yuanyou Party to the northwest without the court lifting the ban."

Li Hu's eyes were confused and listened carefully.

"Your appearance has affected the future of the Song Dynasty." Mingcheng continued, "You are a northern vassal state, and now the Song Dynasty has many crises and revival has become a consensus. However, the premise of revival is stability. Stability requires force, and your force can just help the Song Dynasty revival, so the vassal state must intervene in the national affairs, but this is not allowed by the Song Dynasty's ancestral system, Song will never allow the vassal states to interfere in the national affairs and cause trouble to the country's destiny."

Li Hu thought for a moment and woke up. He couldn't help but look grateful in his eyes.

Zhao Cheng and his wife treated Li Hu as their childlike heart. That's why they said the truth but Li Hu benefited a lot.

The Song Dynasty's land plan was to use culture to build martial arts. Li Hu invited local people to be famous ministers from the Song Dynasty. Once these people joined forces, they were very powerful. When they regained their power to control their power, the first one to deal with local people was Li Hu. The vassal state was not allowed to exist in the Song Dynasty. The vassal state, Li Hu, threatened the security of the Song Dynasty. The facts proved that Li Hu did indeed threaten the strength of the Song Dynasty. So it is conceivable that the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty could still leave Li Hu?

"Please give me advice, uncle." Li Hu said respectfully.

"The current situation in the Song Dynasty is here. The domestic turmoil and the imperial regime has been frequently replaced. The authority of Bianjing has been severely hit. The Song Dynasty's destiny is even more in danger. At this time, the power to turn the tide is the vassal state." Zhao Mingcheng said. "You helped the Song Dynasty to guard the country. Then you, the king of the northwest, will become a fact. If Bianjing does not admit it, you must admit it. In this way, you will have the strength to interfere in the national affairs and promote changes with power and force. Revitalize the Song Dynasty."

The meaning of Zhao Mingcheng's words is actually to speculate that Li Hu might threaten the emperor and command the world. However, he did not say so bluntly.

The reason why Bianjing believes that Li Hu poses the greatest threat to the Song Dynasty is actually based on predictions of the current situation. It is obvious that Li Hu and the Hu Fiery Army have occupied the northwest and entered the Central Plains. Whether the Song Dynasty can be preserved depends on Li Hu. Because the Jurchens are invading, Li Hu dare not devour the Song Dynasty for the time being to avoid the Jurchen fisherman benefiting, so he must first fight against foreign invaders, then control Bianjing, and command the world with the emperor. Which emperor is willing to be a puppet? Zhao's family

The emperor can still protect the world by being a puppet? So it is not wrong to have Bianjing defended against Li Hu, and it is not wrong to discuss peace with the Jin Dynasty to attack Li Hu. Of course, Bianjing can also create miracles, that is, trust the Northwest Army, fully support the Northwest Army, and defeat the Jin army on the battlefield in Hebei. Unfortunately, the Song Dynasty rulers and ministers must stick to the strategy of using civilized martial arts until their deaths, and do not trust all military personnel. They would rather give their country to others than share power with military personnel, so they embarked on a path of no return.

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Li Hu frowned and pondered. Reform with power and force? So, what policies should be adopted? Who will formulate the policies? What should I do if the policy is wrong?

"After the Yuanyou Party's case, the new party led by Cai Jing controlled the government and implemented the new policy for more than 20 years. However, the result was not only that the country could not be prosperous and the people could be strong, but instead pushed the Song Dynasty into the abyss of defeat." Li Hu asked, "Uncle, who should preside over the reform now?"

Zhao Mingcheng smiled and pointed at Li Hu and said, "You must change your thinking on the issue of change, otherwise you must repeat the mistakes of Cai Jing."

"The Song Dynasty's reform began in the Qingli period of Emperor Renzong, and the debate over reform began with it.

The core of the debate over the decades is the concept of "national is".

What is the country? Li Hu was very curious when he heard these two words for the first time. What is the relationship between the country and the concept of reform?

A country is not an ordinary state matter, but refers to a major policy of governing the country. Behind the country is the issue of power distribution, that is, the emperor and the scholars and officials jointly govern the world and establish the country. The emperor and the senior officials have completely different views on what is the real "national matter" and how the emperor should establish the country with the scholars and officials, and even have serious differences.

The emperor decided to reform the law, but there was a dispute between the civil officials and the civil officials, and there was also a debate between the reformers on how to reform the law. Therefore, at this time, "determining the country is" became the primary problem to be solved, otherwise the reform could not be started. How to solve the problem of "determining the country is"? "determining the country is" is institutionalized.

How is the country institutionalized? It is very simple. For example, the new law is no longer a personal reform design by Wang Anshi, but a "national right" determined by Emperor Shenzong and the literati. The state right means the highest national policy reform and the emperor. The political life of the literati and officials is integrated into one and "different theories are taken together", which has also become an important basis for the common party and the literati to fight against differences.

The state is institutionalized and the highest national policy is established. Then the legitimacy of both imperial power and ministerial power can be provided by the "state" or the "state" or the "state" is not justified. All political struggles and party struggles also come from "state". If the "state" cannot be confirmed, political struggles and party struggles will not stop.

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"Do you understand now?" Zhao Mingcheng said, "The party struggles in the Song Dynasty came from the fact that the state is, and the state is uncertain. The two parties, the new and old, will inevitably fight for the power of decision-making. Why can't the state be settled? The literati and officials can only advocate reforms but not initiate reforms. They are only the driving force in the ideological field. Reform can only be initiated by the emperor, and the emperor is the driving force in the political field. Only when these two driving forces are combined into one can the reform begin, and the "national power" can formulate and institutionalize it."

"Look at my Song Dynasty reforms. Whether it was the Qingli reforms or the Xining reforms, they all ended in failure. The reason is that the emperors and scholars and officials could not 'determine the country'. To put it simply, it is impossible to reasonably distribute power."

"In the end, the reforms must be implemented with power. The specific implementation of the law will be operated by the prime minister and a group of civil officials. If the prime minister's power is too concentrated in the hands of the new party of the reforms, it will obviously affect the imperial power and the stability and development of the country. Cai Jing is an example. He and the new party members eventually took over the power, and the power is invincible. As a result, power has lost its constraints and supervision, corruption has spread all over the world, the new policy has rapidly transformed, and the country's destiny inevitably goes to defeat."

"The emperor and the literati have fierce conflicts in the concept of "country", which is normal. Emperor Renzong, Emperor Shenzong, Emperor Zhezong, Emperor Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Lv Huiqing, and Cai Que have their own opinions on the concept of "country is", which resulted in repeated reforms and intensified party struggles. Today, the Supreme Emperor and Cai Jing also have conflicts in the concept of "country is" and Cai Jing is very telling. Whenever the Supreme Emperor's reform ideas and Cai Jing's reform ideas have a fierce conflict, Cai Jing will step down. Therefore, the responsibility for the transformation of the new policy is not Cai Jing alone. The Supreme Emperor, Cai Jing and the ministers are all responsible."

Li understood a little.

The reform does not require a group of senior officials to draw up an effective strategy. It requires the combination of the two driving forces of the emperor and the literati. If the reform is to succeed, it must solve the problem of "national right", and the core of solving the problem of "national right" is the distribution of power, that is, the reasonable distribution of imperial power and ministerial power. Judging from the lessons of the failure of the Song Dynasty's reform, the ministerial power must be further expanded and the reform must be directly dominated.

As for Li Hu, using the emperor to command the world is a good way to implement reforms with power.

"Uncle, you said just now that after Cai Jing and the new party members took power, their power lost its constraints and supervision, resulting in the rapid transformation of the new policy." Li Hu asked, "If this problem is not solved, how can we ensure the success of the change?"

"This is the second question I want to tell you." Zhao Mingcheng smiled, "The dispute between the two parties in the Song Dynasty was on the surface a struggle between the country's governance strategy, but to the root cause it was an academic dispute, that is, a dispute between the ideological disputes of various Confucian schools."

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Notes:

The country is: "Biography of Huan Tan Feng Yan, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" originated from the Southern Dynasty:

When King Zhuang of Chu asked Sun Shuao, "I have not obtained the reason for this country." Shuao said, "The country has such a thing, and I am afraid that the king cannot be determined." The king said, "Is it not determined by the king alone? Is it also in the ministers?" He replied, "Your arrogant scholars say that the scholars are not me, but in wealth; a scholar arrogant scholars say that the king is not a scholar, and that the king is not a scholar, and that the king is not aware of it. A man may lose his country and fail to understand it, and a man may be hungry and cold and fail to advance. If the king and his ministers are not in harmony, then the country will be in a state of stability." King Zhuang said, "Good."

I hope that the prime minister and the officials will establish the country together.”

"National is" is not an ordinary state matter, but a major policy for governing the country.
Chapter completed!