"In a country with ten thousand chariots, soldiers should not be without a boss, land should be vast, and officials should not be without officials. The people should be powerful, officials should not be without a long-term position, and the court should not be without politics... Your Majesty, this is Guan Zhong's words to a great country. This has been the case since ancient times, and it can be said that it will not be easy for generations!"

When Yang Xiu, a Grand Secretary of Zhaowenguan, said this, his eyes were so bright that he was scary. At least Zhao Zhen felt that this was the subject of today's lecture on the Seminar Day, and the lecturer was responsible for Yang Xiu of Zhaowenguan, who was responsible for detailing the pictures and teaching students.

Since Zhao Zhen ascended the throne and took power, he has been talking about the lectures every day. Even though he has understood these great principles, it is still the case. Yang Xiu can always tell the boring things out of "new ways" it is like helping Zhao Zhen understand and analyze.

Zhao Zhen is respected by such a literati. They can seek the truth hard in the sea of ​​books and eliminate falsehoods and retain the truth. This persistence alone is admirable. Perhaps his ability in government affairs is a little worse, but no one can compare with his studies. Zhao Zhen planned to obtain from him the good or bad colonization of the Song Dynasty.

The Grand Secretary of Zhaowenguan is Zhao Zhen’s Bachelor of the Pavilion. Like a senior secretary and assistant, you can always get answers when consulting him.

"What do you have any insights about the reopening of the Protectorate?"

Yang Xiu did not directly answer Zhao Zhen’s question, but continued to speak: “Your Majesty, Guan Zi has already given an answer: Those who want to be the world must value their country; those who want to be the country must value their people; those who want to be the people must value their people’s strength. If you have no way to liven, you cannot stop going; if you have no way to shelter them, you cannot make it; if you have far away people come and don’t go, you can liven it.”

Zhao Zhen was shocked for a moment. Yang Xiu was really a bookworm. His thoughts from a thousand years ago were used by him for the past and the present. This is very simple. Guanzi means: If you want to cure the world, you must cherish your own national strength;

If you want to cure the country, you must cherish the people in the country. If you want to cure the people, you must cherish the exhaustion of people's power. If you cannot support the people, people must flee and cannot stop them; if you have no way to govern the people, you cannot use them even if you stay.

Yang Xiu meant to make himself cherish the people's strength, but this did not mean to be kind to the people and love things to the people of Japan, but to focus on governance, that is, control!

If you can't control Japan, then there will be no point in reopening the Protectorate. Zhao Zhen looked at Yang Xiu's slightly gray temples and said, "So you want me to treat Japan with the laws of the Song Dynasty?"

Yang Xiu shook his head slightly: "Reopening the Protectorate is an extremely important thing for our Song Dynasty. It is excellent to promote our Song Dynasty's prestige and use the land of Japan. But one thing is that Your Majesty's Protectorate should be different from the Han and Tang Dynasties. I heard that Your Majesty did not want to interfere with the Japanese dynasty, and I think this is inappropriate."

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Although I am not involved in the affairs of the Japanese state, I ask the Queen of Japan to come to the Song Dynasty. In this way, the laws of the Song Dynasty can be respected as the best. Japan must be like this..."

Zhao Zhen's words surprised Yang Xiu and nodded with satisfaction: "Your Majesty's words are great. Japan should not only respect the Great Song Dynasty as orthodox, but also govern the laws of the Great Song Dynasty. Only in this way can it be returned to the Great Song Dynasty. Your Majesty can even send officials to "assist" the Queen of Japan."

Yang Xiu bit the word "support" very heavily, as if he was about to chew the Japanese chew it. Zhao Zhen was shocked by his thoughts. Unexpectedly, his words made his original worries disappear without a trace. That's right! As long as officials from the Song Dynasty were arranged in Japan to assist the Japanese emperor, there was no need to worry about the changes in the Japanese Congress.

"Equally important to civil and military affairs, govern Japan?"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Zhao Zhen stared at Yang Xiu. It was really surprising that this scholar who seemed to be a good man said such a thing for the first time, but Zhao Zhen did not think that this was his own idea. There must be "help" from his husbands behind it.

But this kind of thing cannot be pointed out. Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "I suddenly became clear and shocked with martial arts, educated with culture, shocked with martial arts, obedience with literature, subtle influence, and Japanese countries returned to education. This is a good move!"

Yang Xiu nodded with relief: "Of course, even if the reopening of the Protectorate's Mansion can be stable for a while, if it takes a long time, it must be based on the transformation of literature and Taoism. This is the case if the troops of the Protectorate's Mansion in the Han and Tang Dynasties do not work hard."

Zhao Zhen agreed with him very much. The best literati in the Song Dynasty was to summarize, summarize the knowledge of predecessors and summarize the experience of predecessors, so as to learn from it and obtain better methods. This idea is probably the result of discussion between the husband and the courtiers.

"Today's Day of the Sutra Festival, I have gained a lot. I heard that you had a grandson the day before yesterday. I happened to have a protective jade talisman here and I gave him."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

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The dialogue between Zhao Zhen and Yang Xiu was actually a dialogue between him and his two husbands. This situation is common and it is not difficult to speak out directly, but why not do it if you can say it cleverly?

To be honest, Zhao Zhen likes this kind of change of direction and there is no burden to adopt or reject, and he is not afraid of anyone's face. There is no need to be a tense between the two sides.

When Zhao Zhen left Zhaowenguan, the sky was gradually dimming. What Zhao Zhen was most worried about now was not Japan, but whether Cai Boqi had arrived at the East China Sea Jurchens. This was a very big gamble.

The main reason why the Song Dynasty established a Protectorate in Japan was to use Japan as a springboard and then use the East China Sea Jurchens as the way to advance. If it weren't for the grand plan, Zhao Zhen would not have paid any attention to Japan at all.

You should know that in this era, the biggest harm is to ignore those barbarians who have transformed themselves into foreign affairs.

Now there is a springboard, just a short time for the Jurchens to join forces with the Jurchens. The Jurchens have had a hard time during this period, otherwise they would not have sent envoys to disguise themselves as Liao people and detours to the Song Dynasty from Goryeo...

The envoy's intention was very clear. Even the generals in the court knew that they were here to open up trade routes. This year's spring disaster caused great harm to the Jurchens. The Liao Dynasty's exploitation of the Jurchens became even worse. They resisted, but in the end they failed.

For some reason, the Liao people violated the Jurchens this time. They often slaughtered all the people from the entire tribe, and there was no survivor, including women and children...

The Jurchens did not have much food, especially the Jurchens. They had to pay more food than those mature Jurchens, but they were not good at planting, but were good at grazing. However, these cattle, sheep and horses were the sources of their survival, and once lost, they were almost the same as death.
Chapter completed!