manynovel Chapter 1184 Rebuilding Zhongxing
Chapter 1184 Rebuilding Zhongxing
Chapter 1184 Rebuilding Zhongxing
According to Maslow's five needs.
When Zhang Yue first traveled through time, he was living a precarious life, and his family was threatened by Zhao Yasi. Zhang Yue only thought about how to protect the safety of his family.
Later, he spent some time without food or clothing.
Apart from this, he had no other considerations.
This is the underlying physiological need and sense of security.
In the future, in order to make his family live a good life, to get married, to find a suitable match, and to not be looked down upon by Zhang Dun.
When you become an official, you move up one level at a time. The higher the official position, the more resources you can mobilize and the more respected you are.
This is the social and respect needs of the middle class.
Now that he has reached the position of prime minister, all of the above is enough for him.
Now I have reached a higher pursuit. In fact, people have certain pursuits at all times, and they are not unchanging. Zhang Yue did not have the idea of taking the world as his own responsibility for a long time, whether before or after the time travel.
There is a saying that if you have no power and no money, regardless of the situation, survival is the only thing that matters.
Without people and power, let’s not talk about feelings, pragmatism is the fundamental thing.
People are already at the bottom of society, and it is definitely not feasible to force yourself to learn the rich people's thinking by listening to chicken soup all day long. You can have a sentimental pattern, but everything should still be based on your own interests. You must fight for what you should fight for, and you must absolutely take the lead.
Now as the prime minister, Zhang Yue once thought that he might as well just lie down and do nothing.
But when things really came to the fore, he couldn't just ignore it. For example, Wang Gui's son and a group of yamen used insider information to short the salt notes and changed their identities. He must have felt bad about offending people because of this.
But when you become the prime minister, you really can't stand it and have to intervene.
Just like an ordinary person, you will get really angry when playing a game. What's more, all this is happening right in front of you. So many people are being played around by you and your guys, being ripped off for nothing, and their life's hard-earned money is wasted.
So when I got angry, I offended those who deserved to be offended.
At this time, I am not really thinking about myself, but from the perspective of the country and the world.
Otherwise, I'd rather quit being the prime minister. Don't let me meet you again in the future, or I'll take care of you every time I see you.
It's just a very natural thought.
So what is self-realization? It is enlightenment that comes naturally.
This is also what the government needs now, and this is also the time when the relationship between the monarch and his subjects is most harmonious.
Before the destruction of the Tanguts, the relationship between the ruler and his subjects was the closest. This is also what every subject dreams of.
Now I truly live with my country!
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the Xining regime was about reforming the law, while the Yuanfeng regime was about opening up the Western Regions, destroying the Tanguts, and revitalizing the country."
A minister who can’t write a PPT is not a good minister. A prime minister who can’t shout slogans is not a good prime minister.
Just as Zhuge Liang's slogan for the Northern Expedition said, the Han and the traitors cannot coexist, and the kingdom cannot be half-hearted.
The slogan must be put forward and must be loud: rebuild ZTE!
The emperor was no longer the emperor during the Xining period, and Wang Anshi's few words could make him lose his appetite and unable to sleep at night.
The emperor said calmly, "I am the seventh emperor of this dynasty. I have thought about rebuilding the century-old foundation."
"But now my ambition remains unchanged, but I feel that I should take a long-term view."
Feng Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Yue's words sounded very much like Wang Anshi's. Fortunately, the emperor was not the same emperor as before.
Cai Que saw through Zhang Yue's intention at a glance, and at the same time, he tried to guess the emperor's intention and said, "Your Majesty, the policies of Xining are already a great success. It is not easy to change them."
The emperor nodded slowly. He felt that the Xining Reforms were good enough, but Zhang Yue's insistence on the Yuanfeng New Deal made him somewhat worried.
Zhang Yue said, "Your Majesty, Xunzi once said that in times of chaos, the people wear silk, tolerate women, have lewd customs, are greedy, behave in a mixed way, play dangerous music, hide their writings, live without measure, die in poverty, despise propriety and morality and value courage and strength, and the poor become thieves and the rich become robbers. In a well-governed world, it is the opposite."
Zhang Yue quoted Xunzi's words, what is a chaotic world like?
Clothes are luxurious and extravagant, men dress like women, social customs are unbridled, everyone is greedy for profit, behaviors are bizarre, music is non-mainstream, articles are empty but with gorgeous words.
The rich pursue immortality and hold funerals in a sloppy manner. They do not value etiquette but brute force. The poor steal and the rich exploit the common people. The opposite is true in a well-governed society.
Zhang Yue also advocated diversity of values before, but now as prime minister he realizes that this is not the right approach.
When Zhang Yue said this, not only Feng Jing, but also Wang Gui understood it. Isn't this Wang Anshi's "one morality"?
Weren’t you, Zhang Yue, the one who was most opposed to this at the beginning?
Why are they doing this now?
You, Zhang Yue, look more and more like Wang Anshi.
After becoming prime minister, his temperament changed drastically.
The government praised him, saying, "First change the customs, then change the laws. This is good."
It is like a class. If the atmosphere is very corrupt, students compete with each other, and some people bully their classmates, then the academic performance will definitely not be good.
Feng Jing asked: "So, Master Zhang, do you think that governing the country should be done with leniency or with severity?"
Zhang Yue replied: "Fire is strict, so people are rarely burned; water is weak, so people often drown. Therefore, it is better to be strict when governing the world and regulating customs."
Fire looks powerful, but few people are burned to death; water looks weak, but many people are drowned. In governing the world, strictness is better than leniency in regulating customs.
"The virtue of a gentleman is like the wind, while the virtue of a villain is like grass. The wind bends the grass."
The virtue of a gentleman is like the wind, while the virtue of a villain is like grass. As long as the wind blows, the grass will fall.
So how can we correct the trend? We need to set an example. We need to use this example to suppress all unhealthy trends.
The official asked, "How should we do this?"
Zhang Yue said: "This time the Guiyi Army can just return east!"
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, everyone suddenly understood why the other party had to take risks, go against the majority opinion, and even at all costs to bring the Guiyi Army back to Lanzhou.
Everyone has seen the political significance behind it, but no one sees it as deeply as Zhang Yue.
At this point, Zhang Yue combined what Cai Jing had said before with his own ideas, and through the subtle methods of folk storytelling and drama, he exaggerated the brutality and bloodthirstiness of the Dangxiang, the worship of the Han people by the Guiyi Army, and the benevolence and love of the officials for the people. He made it clear that the Song Dynasty was the ancestral country of the Han people all over the world and created the centripetal force of a first-class nation.
Remember the military achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties that conquered the Western Regions, and the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty when all nations came to pay tribute, and recreate such a prosperous era.
Finally, through these measures, the correctness of attacking the Dangxiang was established among the people, and all voices opposing the use of military force against the Dangxiang were completely suppressed.
Even if there are Yuanyou reforms in the future, the people's will has been formed, and you cannot change it even if you want to.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, this time the Tanguts will definitely send someone to question us as to why we tore up the peace agreement and sent troops into Tangut territory without authorization."
"In this matter, we not only do not want to explain, but we should also ask the Tanguts why they killed our fellow countrymen in the interests of the nation."
Feng Jing asked, "What if the Tanguts raise an army again?"
"Then let's fight!" Zhang Yue said, "It will remain the same as before. After half a year of recuperation, Xihe Road has become as solid as a rock, Jingyuan Road is even more solid, and Fuyan Road has also been reorganized."
"How do we know that the Tanguts haven't prepared their troops?"
Zhang Yue said: "Of course, I can't say that I will win, but I am confident."
"But the current prime minister of the Tanguts, Li Qing, is friendly to our Song Dynasty. If we were to fight, he would be the first to refuse."
After Liang Yimei was killed, the position of prime minister of Dangxiang became vacant.
Queen Mother Liang wanted to take charge of the country herself and pass the throne to Liang Yimai's son, that is, his nephew Liang Yibu. However, the Dangxiang leader Li Bingchang refused and appointed his confidant Li Qing as prime minister in recognition of his contribution to the peace talks between Song and Xia.
In order to check the power of the Liang family in the court, Li Bingchang appointed the royal family member Weiming Awu as a general, Renduo Yading as the commander of the right wing, and Renduo Baozhong as the supervisor of the Zhuolu army.
Therefore, the conflict between the royal family and the descendants of the Tanguts still exists. On the surface, it is a conflict between sinicization and Tangutization. If the war with the Song Dynasty is restarted, Li Bingchang will have to rely on the prestige of the Liang family among the tribes.
Zhang Yue saw this point clearly, so he advocated a tough approach against the Dangxiang in the matter of the Guiyi Army.
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After listening to Zhang Yue's words, Feng Jing and Wang Gui realized that once the political correctness of waging war against the Tanguts was established.
Then Zhang Yue's power as prime minister will be as stable as a rock, and he can remain prime minister for at least another ten years.
This is the same as the national conditions of the Dangxiang. If Li Bingchang wants to fight against the Song Dynasty, he must use the Liang family. If he wants to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty, he can use his own confidants at will.
Similarly, if the Song Dynasty negotiated peace with the Western Xia, people like Feng Jing and Sima Guang would be used. If the war against the Xia continued, Zhang Yue would have to be relied on.
Similarly, if the emperor can continue to win victories in foreign wars, his authority will be unparalleled, not to mention the great issue of rebuilding the country.
During the palace discussion, the emperor undoubtedly supported Zhang Yue's proposal.
The emperor said, "More than 60,000 people who were loyal to the Han were killed by the Tanguts. How can I sit back and watch this happen? If I don't punish the Tanguts, how can I rule the world?"
The emperor immediately summoned Cao Zhongshou and more than a dozen leaders of the Guiyi Army to the capital, and asked them to bring the token of the governor of the Guiyi Army, which would be presented to the emperor in the Golden Palace in front of all the officials.
It will be a huge ceremony.
It is inevitable that Cao Zhongshou will be reappointed as the Jiedushi of Guiyi Army at that time, which will once again confirm the Cao family's ruling position over the Hexi Corridor.
Of course, this is not a real seal, but a remote county.
You are the governor in name only, but you, Cao Zhongshou, have always lived in the capital.
Incorporating the territory of Hexi into the Song Dynasty, reopening it to the Western Regions, and recreating the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the underlying proposition was to rebuild the country's revival.
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After the palace meeting, Wang Gui and Feng Jingdu discussed with Zhang Yue. Since the matter had been approved by the emperor, it was useless to oppose it. Both of them were very mature and had already discussed the specific matters of the leader of the Guiyi Army entering the capital.
After the discussion, Zhang Yue walked up to Lu Gongzhu with a serious look on his face, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
Lu Gongzhu said to Zhang Yue: "Prime Minister, this time the peace talks with Xixia were facilitated by me and Li Qing. If the court decides to use military force against Xia in the future, then what exactly have I done? Please explain clearly, Prime Minister!"