I became the son of Renzong

Everyone is used to Zhao Xi's straightforwardness.

"But because of the sudden incident in the workshop city, I carefully considered it last night. I have a few requirements for the invitation to the workshop city this time: to put it bluntly, the workshop city still focuses on armaments, even if it is selling crafts. , and most of them are also products extended from armaments.”

"For example, carriages are no different from chariots; biscuits are related to military rations; cement is a sharp weapon for building walls and other fortifications. Boilers are also closely related to armaments due to salt and iron control."

"I don't want other countries to use my Great Song's chariots to fight our army when fighting other countries, and I don't want other countries' fortifications to be built by my Great Song's cement."

"So, even if Workshop City sells the craftsmanship of various products, it must be ensured that these products and craftsmanship are not stolen by other countries. Regarding the sale of Workshop City's product craftsmanship, it must be based on this. This is the bottom line."

"The sale of the products and crafts of the workshop city shall be in the form of authorization, and the workshop city shall not lose its dominance. In addition, the market exchange law is currently under discussion, but a consensus has been basically reached on the disadvantages of Guochao barter monopoly. The authorization of many product processes in the city will put an end to the occurrence of monopoly.”

"Considering that some products are related to armaments, I decided to use government-run private assistance as the main form for the authorization of the workshop city's product technology. As for how it works, let's discuss it based on this bottom line today."

"After discussing and reaching an agreement, after signing by everyone here, hand it to me in the form of a memorial..."

Zhao Xi didn't want to listen to their excuses to sell dog meat, and if he stayed here, he couldn't let them put their interests on the table.

After stating the basic principles and the bottom line, Zhao Xi left the council hall, leaving behind a group of confused and messy officials.

Yesterday's political discussion, because the incident happened suddenly, after the political discussion ended, everyone quickly got together with each other, and formed the intention of how to carve up those crafts in various exchanges, which also reserved enough interests for the royal family.

Originally, they were full of confidence, thinking that today's discussion can completely finalize the sale of crafts in the workshop city.

But in the end... this has not even started yet, the officials' principle and bottom line messed up the things that everyone had worked so hard to decide on.

Proposal?How to discuss?It must be based on the official request, which is equivalent to overthrowing and starting over, and there is no reason to refute it.

One is monopoly, even the ministers and workers who opposed the Market Change Law realized the damage to the imperial court caused by the monopoly of big merchants.

The second is armaments. Since the celebration of the calendar year, the country's dynasty has turned from defeat to victory. Everyone knows that it is because of the improvement of armaments.

No one can find a suitable excuse to refute the officials on these two points.

Although everyone is essentially for the benefit, but if you really want to make a move and say something, you still have to have a reason that can be put on the table.

Zhao Xi has a complete plan. The reason for milking the cows in this way, squeezing out little by little, is to let the elites focus on doing things for the country.

Because of the Market Change Law, Zhao Xi pretended to be angry once in the court, and also raised the selfishness of the ministers and workers.

But he didn't expect that that time would make the ministers and workers completely wake up, or that a few words would make those old foxes change their ways and serve the country loyally.

Some things need to be done slowly, whether it is changing the old man's original style or establishing his own prestige, it cannot be done overnight.

Maybe this is a bit of a deliberate intention to torment the ministers, or maybe he really has this intention.From Zhao Xi's point of view, only by tossing around like this a few times can the servants really put their heart into it and gradually change to a style that suits them.

Chapter 497

Set a proposition, and the ministers and workers will solve the problem, solve the problem, and finally announce the answer.Such a process will be very impressive to the scholar-bureaucrats who have passed the imperial examination.

Every time he goes through such a process, it is equivalent to Zhao Xi's preaching of his ruling philosophy.

Judging from the five or six years of pro-government experience, Zhao Xi believes that the initial results have been achieved.

Perhaps it was clear to the onlookers that Zhao Xi received Fu Bi's memorial to the sale of the products and crafts of the workshop city before the ministers and workers who were discussing the government had come to a conclusion...

Whether Ding You, a courtier of the state, will return to the court after the time is up is up to the court to recall him, especially a courtier like Fu Bi.The main issue is the position after returning to the court. He doesn't want those low-level officials to rely on Bianliang and so on.

Fu Bi expressed deep concern about the sale of the products and crafts of Workshop City, and analyzed the consequences of the sale of the products and crafts in detail.There are also suggestions that it should be led by officials.

If you are not in the court, you can put aside those messy interests and look at the problem from the perspective of a real minister.

This is also telling Zhao Xi that it's time for him to be rich, but Ding worried.

This matter... Ouyang Xiu seems to have forgotten his idea of ​​leaving the Political Affairs Hall during this time. Now that Fu Bi is going back to the court, Ouyang Xiu no longer mentioned the matter of asking him to go out.

During this period of time, Manchaotang was in Shiyifa and Gongfangcheng, and there was not even a single impeachment.In addition, I mentioned the reform of the official system, and the architectural pattern of the Palace of Qinzheng...~Old Mr. Ouyang doesn't want to leave the Zhengshitang, right?

In view of the impression of Ouyang Xiu in the two lifetimes, Zhao Xi was really embarrassed to demote him casually.

In fact, Zhao Xi valued Ouyang Xiu's role in the lecture hall...

"The proposed purpose..."

Originally, there was only Wang Zhongzheng alone in the Palace of Qinzheng, but a group of people appeared in an instant, from the inner eunuch who was grinding, to the Hanlin who made edicts, to the people from Zhongshushe who recorded daily notes...

It was an imperial edict about Fu Bi's recovery...Zhao Xi had no choice but to choose this way.

The edict needs to go through the Political Affairs Hall, and Ouyang Xiu will definitely see it.Zhao Xi can decide what to do next based on Ouyang Xiu's reaction after seeing the edict.

According to Zhao Xi's plan, the three-level decision-making system of the cabinet, the ruling and the court, the number of cabinet members is not the current number of political affairs halls.But in Zhao Xi's case, Ouyang Xiu was defined as the ruling level, not the cabinet level. Even if it was the cabinet level, he didn't want Ouyang Xiu to occupy the seat of the Political Affairs Hall.

I misunderstood Ouyang Xiu, the old man is really not greedy for power, it's just that he didn't want to bother the officials by inviting him out all the time during the troubled times of the court.

No, as soon as the edict arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, Ouyang Xiu asked for an audience.

Ouyang Xiu had a memorial in his hand... It seemed that the old man was always ready.

"Mr. Ouyang, there are some things I still need to clarify with you. Since I came to the throne, the stability of the court is the first need. Therefore, the political affairs hall and even the court have not changed much."

"The purpose of this is to prepare for the reform of the official system in the future, and I am not going to add officials to any officials who have left the political affairs hall or the court. I want to change some of the customs."

To deal with a gentleman like Ouyang Xiu, Zhao Xi didn't want to deceive, and told the truth, explaining the possibility of leaving the Zhengshitang first.

"Your Majesty, the old minister respects His Majesty's words, and frequently lectures in the martial arts hall. The old minister has some opinions, which should be stated to His Majesty..."

"I read all the rules and regulations formulated by Your Majesty in the lecture hall, including the courses and handouts prepared by Your Majesty for generals, captains, and soldiers in the lecture hall. Veteran ministers can read them all. I want to ask, does your majesty intend to educate the generals? Conquer the world with generals?"

This is not surprising, Zhao Xi set up the Lecture Hall for the purpose of arming the minds of generals with loyalty.It is not surprising that Ouyang Xiu can read these from the copywriting he wrote over the years.

"Forgive me for being rude. I don't know why Your Majesty left civil servants aside in such a huge plan? After five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the Taizu's ancestral law of civil and martial arts can't be wrong. I don't deny that the martial arts hall can condense the loyalty of generals, but In what way is Your Majesty going to change the civil and military distinctions in the court? How to stop the courtiers' Youyou's mouth?"

Perhaps Ouyang Xiu was about to leave the core layer of the court, but he was able to open up like this.

"Mr. Ouyang, in view of this situation, it is also a helpless move. I also know how difficult it is to change the differences between the civil and military dynasties. Because the previous dynasty perished due to martial arts, and experienced the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it will take another hundred years. The civil-military gap is deeply ingrained in the state structure of civil and military affairs."

"I'm afraid today's scholars began to instill the idea that scholars are above all else when they were enlightened? But in my opinion, loyalty is the core quality of a minister. I still have confidence in educating generals and instilling the concept of loyalty. ...What does Mr. Ouyang think about the country and the court?"

"Nowadays, scholars admire Feng Dao. He is a man who has lived through the thirteen dynasties, but who would have thought that Feng Dao would assist the thirteen dynasties and be a world of several families and surnames?"

"I'm not prejudiced against civil servants. In fact, I think civil and military are both fundamental, and there should be no difference. The key lies in what kind of thinking they use to arm their minds, and what kind of understanding they can have about the state is the key. "

"But Mr. Ouyang must be very clear about what courtiers are like, and what the entire class of scholar-bureaucrats is like. The martial arts hall is not the guard camp in the early years, nor is it the prince's pro-army. The civil servants are not attractive, not because I want to put them aside, but because I can't grasp the thoughts of the civil servants."

"Ouyang Xianggong should have seen it too. Since my early years, all industrial layouts have been accompanied by the intention of the ministers and workers to return to their hearts. I even separated the workshop city, the martial arts hall, and the rail transportation from the court hall. Appropriate talents who are loyal to the state and the Song Dynasty, not courtiers who have a thousand-year-old family and a thousand-year dynasty!"

Zhao Xi answered Ouyang Xiu's doubts very bluntly, pointing out that Wenchen's words were dirty and mischievous.

Ouyang Xiu is a gentleman, and only when facing such a gentleman can Zhao Xi speak freely.