The principle of "responsible as king" seems very simple, but it is in Meng Jiucheng's view.

Putting aside vanity and becoming kings is of course beneficial, otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people.

Therefore, whether to be king or not depends on the specific situation. However, if the conditions for being king are not met, this approach is obviously unwise, and will only attract more opponents.

In fact, even Yang Miaozhen and Wang Min did not see this. Wang Min tactfully advised Meng Jiucheng to take over Yang Aner's banner to attract heroes from all over the world.

Obviously, they did not have the intention to follow the Southern Song Dynasty, nor did they have any good feelings for the Southern Song Dynasty.

Of course, Meng Jiucheng is the same. He is more at ease than enterprising, and he has reached an extreme point of emphasis on civil and military affairs. How can such a court be his long-term support?

But now, Meng Jiucheng needs to look like he surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty, and he must keep it for a long time.

Although he wanted to surrender to the Southern Song Dynasty, Meng Jiucheng still adopted many policies that were different from those of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was inevitable.

The demise of the Southern Song Dynasty naturally had its own reasons and shortcomings. If you dare not even correct these, wouldn’t you have the same fate when you wait for Meng Jiucheng?

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In addition to sea views, Haizhou also has many scenic spots. Meng Jiucheng and Yang Miaozhen took the guards and went to Taohua Stream outside Haizhou Prefecture the next day.

Taohua Stream is the largest stream in Yuntai Mountains. Thirty-six scenic spots are everywhere, with clouds and mists, flowing springs and waterfalls, steep stone walls, changing scenery, lush forests along the stream, green bamboos sprinkle green, wild flowers all over the mountains, leisurely grass and hair, like a fairyland in a painting.

Of course, it is winter now, so such a beautiful scenery is invisible. But the peaks flow thousands of times and turns into surging streams, passing through the tall trees on the mountain. The peach blossom stream and the exposed stone bones of the peaks form a very stylish Chinese painting.

Meng Jiucheng and Yang Miaozhen walked around, while the guards dispersed from afar.

Next to a stream, everyone was resting for a while. Meng Jiucheng found a stone to sit down, staring at the water in a daze.

The breeze came gently, striking his clothes, and the breath of the mountains made his mood much calmer.

He tried hard to think of nothing, but occasionally picked up a branch or stone, threw it on the water, spreading circles of halos, and scaring the timid little fish away.

In the past, Meng Jiucheng had a view that the good or bad of a country lies in the emperor. If the emperor is a wise monarch, the country can be good; if it is a foolish monarch, it is impossible for the country to think about it.

Now it seems that this idea is still too immature. Although the emperor lives a life of rich and beautiful women, it is also the ultimate goal that Meng Jiucheng yearns for and wants to achieve.

But at the same time, Meng Jiucheng also understood the emperor's loneliness. Just imagine, which minister dared to treat the emperor like a friend?

Everyone's approach is purposeful, because only the emperor is in charge of the power of life and death.

"If the king wants his minister to die, his minister has to die." Too many lies, too many deceptions, and even more terrible, even if you want to change this state, it is impossible to be alone with the emperor.

"Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger." Yes, everyone may not be able to guess what the emperor is thinking. But on the other hand, everyone is thinking about what the emperor is thinking. If you are the emperor, you don't know what so many people around you are thinking, are you even more anxious?

In history, "loyal words are unpleasant", but how did the emperor judge which ones are?

Every day, there are so many people who spread rumors in front of him. A lie will become the truth if it is said ten times. The emperor is also a human being. He is not a god and can tell which are true and which are false.

And what can more emperors who have been pushed to the throne of emperor by fate? Fate has made them emperors, and too many lies have whitewashed the world, making them feel that there is nothing wrong with their country and that everyone can live a good life.

The foolish emperor who asked the victims why they didn't eat meatballs in the deserted year was ridiculed by the world for hundreds of years, but was he really wrong?

The reason why he could ask this is that he is still kind and he wouldn't even take it seriously if he had a good life.

Ordinary people have sincere feelings, sincere friends, and real feelings. For Meng Jiucheng, these are precious things that can still be possessed. When he reaches a higher goal, even if he is not an emperor, it may become a luxury.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng realized that even an emperor, even a wise emperor, might not be able to govern the country well.

After all, the emperor is alone and cannot take care of everything and manage trivial matters. He still has to rely on the officials below.

In other words, relying on wise emperors is ruled by man, loopholes are inevitable; only systems and laws can ensure the stability of the country to the greatest extent.

This is not the true rule of law, and it is impossible to achieve the true rule of law now.

However, it can be emphasized that the governing method, system and operating mechanism of "rule of the country by law" and "doing according to law" gradually transitions from the rule of law in this formal sense to the rule of law in the substantive sense.

Moreover, this idea of ​​rule of law does not require originality, but can be learned from the ideas of the Legalists and can be implemented with slight improvement.

If you don’t destroy, you won’t establish; if you destroy small, you will establish small, and if you destroy big, you will establish big.

Meng Jiucheng has realized that it may be a good opportunity now. Under the banner of promoting profits and eliminating disadvantages, facing the pressure from the Jin army and even the Mongolian army, many troubles will be solved. When a habit is formed and a framework is established, it will not be so simple to change in the future.

Therefore, although military should be the main focus at this stage, the construction of the rule of law and system should not be relaxed.

Without a subordinate who is down-to-earth and responsible, the smoothness of internal affairs is just empty talk. Meng Jiucheng was able to turn the tide before he was arrogant.

To be honest, he now positioned his role as a banner, a slightly crappy guide.

Although we can still take advantage of our understanding of historical knowledge at this stage and take advantage of our mistakes.

But when history deviates too much, the foresight will eventually disappear, and a chapter that starts again will require a group or an advanced system to write.

This is not a very distant thing. Just like fighting the Mongolian army, Meng Jiucheng must prepare for the future so that the situation can still be under control in the future.

Although he has done a lot of work before, his current internal affairs can barely support the army and support the people's food and clothing. But this is far from enough, and it requires greater and more efforts.

It takes at least five years to build a government affairs college; to build a military school; to popularize education...

The sun is very big, the sky is blue, the air is fresh, and Meng Jiucheng's mood is getting better as he slowly straightens his thoughts.
Chapter completed!