Zhao Zhen was not stupid and was diligent in government affairs. This was to implement the emperor's rights. There was nothing wrong with it, but it would cause friction with civil officials. This kind of friction was inevitable. In any dynasty, the friction between the king and the ministers existed, but the intensity was different.

Zhao Zhen suddenly laughed. He was really concerned about something, such as imperial power supremacy and imperial dignity, and these things were given by others! For thousands of years, have the civil officials just used such slogans to safeguard the imperial power? The other side of safeguarding the imperial power is to safeguard himself.

The relationship between these literati and themselves is mutual dependence, and neither side can do without each other. Zhao Zhen believes that if he does not rely on civil officials, even the Beijing city under his feet cannot be managed well, let alone the glorious Song Dynasty?

These civil officials are testing the suppression of imperial power over ministerial power, and testing the extent to which ministerial power can be achieved without causing a rebound of imperial power. It is like a friendly match. Neither side can let themselves lose, nor can they let their opponents lose too ugly.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Song Dynasty today, except for a few special periods, the contest between prime minister and imperial power has been held all the time. The so-called prime minister is general, it is a collective embodiment of the rights of civil officials. It is much more gentle than military power. This is also the reason why emperors of all dynasties like civil officials and value civil officials.

Since Zhao Zhen took power, everything he did can bring benefits to the Song Dynasty, and he also valued civil officials, which brought new hope to civil officials. But gradually, Zhao Zhen himself did not feel that he was becoming more and more arbitrary, and he really achieved the so-called golden words and words, and his words became constitutional.

Although this is what civil officials like to talk about the most, it is the most terrifying and worrying thing. Once this is the case, the imperial power can control the country at will, which makes the imperial power far beyond the ministerial power in the hands of civil officials and cannot be restrained.

The ministers of the Song Dynasty knew very well that once there was no limit on the imperial power, the prime minister would become a decoration, and the same civil servants would also become a decoration. No, it was just something slightly better than the decoration.

They could feel that the reason why the students who failed the exam made trouble in the end caused a stampede was not to criticize Zhao Zhen’s imperial examination reform, but to attack the imperial power, but the result was very ugly.

Zhao Zhen could feel these metaphors changes, this undercurrent hidden under the harmony between the monarch and the ministers. If he had originally been a slight compromise, he would not be able to do it now. After being an emperor for a long time, he would be a little determined to do it. He would always feel that what he did was to benefit the country and the people, and that the court officials should implement it.

The palace candle in Qinzheng Hall was slightly swayed by the wind, and the swaying of this small flame made the drinks on the wall dance wildly. Only this one in the hall held it and burned, but it made the shadows of everything sway, like a group of demons dancing.

Sancai saw the Guan family staring at the dancing shadows in a daze, and immediately stepped forward to lit another gilded crane lamp. After igniting it, the shadow in the hall finally shaking less powerfully.

Zhao Zhen suddenly appeared and reached out to destroy the candle that Sancai had just lit. The room continued to "dances danced randomly." Zhao Zhen couldn't help but murmured: "Only when the two forces balance each other, can the environment be kept stable? So I was wrong..."

The two candlesticks in front of Zhao Zhen figured out something. The imperial power and the prime minister should not be hostile, nor should it be completely calm. It is normal to rub against each other, and the balance of power between the two sides is the best. Just like the two candles in front of him, only after they are lit can the entire palace be brightened.

A good emperor can make these two rights complement each other and eventually become what he uses to serve the entire country. Zhao Zhen suddenly realized that he had always managed the country from the perspective of a savior who had been above the emperor, not from the perspective of an emperor.

Perhaps it was because he had the accumulation of knowledge that the ancients did not know, which made him quickly lost in the essential difference between the emperor and the god. Now he suddenly realized that although he hated others to deify him, he had been deifying himself unknowingly.

It was the court officials who suddenly pulled him back to the world, letting him know that he was not omnipotent and needed the assistance of civil officials. One of the two candlesticks in front of him represented the imperial power and the other represented the prime minister’s power, but it did not represent the military power, because the power in the hands of the military generals of the Song Dynasty was greatly restricted.

Even after Zhao Zhen took power, he did not relax his military power. It was just a slight leniency in the use of military power, and it was limited to those who Zhao Zhen trusted himself. The Privy Councilor Di Qing is an excellent example.

Zhao Zhen, who figured everything, suddenly felt that he should be grateful. If he ran down the road to "becoming a god", who would know what the Song Dynasty would look like in the future?

I picked up the gourd leaf soup sent by the queen. This thing is a rare delicacy. It was recorded in the Northern Wei Dynasty's "Qimin Yaoshu": five pounds of gourd, three pounds of mutton, two liters of onion, and five combinations of salt and ants, and the taste was adjusted.

The mutton was stewed very badly. After the filtering of the gourd, the smell of mutton almost disappeared, leaving only the deliciousness of the mutton. The bright red wolfberry has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys. Zhao Zhen looked at Sancai and said, "Is this the queen sent it?"

Sancai replied with a smile: "Yes! The official family, this was specially ordered by the Queen to make the imperial chef and asked me to send it. Look tonight..."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Why, I don't even have any privacy now? Who else in the palace doesn't know that I'm sitting in this diligent hall? If you bring reinforcements to the harem in the future, I will never give up! It's a taboo for the palace people to talk too much, be careful of committing verbal karma!"

Sancai nodded repeatedly and said aggrievedly: "I am wrong, but I am for the sake of the official family. Even if I commit verbal karma, the King of Hell will not blame him. At least I am the same as my husband, and I will do my duty as my ministers!"

How could Zhao Zhen not hear the outspoken voice? He waved his hands repeatedly: "Get out! Summon Tongpingzhang to serve Pang Ji, the assistant to the political affairs Xia Shu, and Yan Shu came to see him!"

Since the emperor was laughing at him, it was a turn of things. As everyone in the palace knew, he should have stood on the emperor's side, but the matter was far more complicated than he imagined, and even the queen had something to do. In the end, the person in the central palace explained clearly, letting himself do what he did, which made the official let go of his heart.

Sancai lowered his head and stared at the two gilded crane candlesticks slowly away. This is the wonderful method taught to him by the Queen. Sancai didn't know why the official family could understand the relationship after seeing his simple two simple movements of dotting wax.
Chapter completed!