Good wine and food, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu were having a good chat, while Sun Yue was honestly holding a wine pot and serving like a waiter. Although he didn't dare to interrupt, it would be beneficial for him to listen to such a high-level conversation.

After chatting about the big and small things that happened in the court these two days, Zhao Kuangyin finally got to the point: "Now, I have taken back most of the military power of the imperial guards. Although the military reform has not been completed, it has been considered to have initial results. However, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the world has collapsed. There have been more than 40 people who have become emperors and kings in decades. I have often read historical books recently. It seems that there has never been such a chaos since the Xia and Shang dynasties. Among these kings, there are also many people with great talent and strategy. However, the world is still difficult to pacify. What if it is done?"

Zhao Pu heard this and said, "When I returned to the government, I thought that the reason why the world was stable before the Central Tang Dynasty was because the Tang Dynasty established a country with a strong army in Guanzhong, and the inside was more important than the outside. After the Central Tang Dynasty, the division of the country was because the outside was more important than the inside. If our Song Dynasty wanted to continue the past, we must collect elite troops from the world into the ban, and return to the situation where the inside was less important than the outside, which was called a strong trunk and weak branch."

As he said that, Zhao Pu talked about his famous method of "strong and weak" and "strong" one by one. Zhao Kuangyin nodded while listening, which was obviously very suitable for his wishes.

With a sudden thud, Sun Yue suddenly heard the four-character mantra and accidentally shook his hand and spread the wine outside.

"The official atones for sins, and the master atones for sins."

As he said that, Sun Yue quickly wiped the wine sprinkled on the table with his sleeves, but his heart was already filled with storm.

The strong trunk and weak branches were the national policy of the Song Dynasty for 270 years. I didn’t expect that I was lucky enough to listen. I couldn’t help but feel excited and my hands trembled.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at him with his eyes squinted, and suddenly said, "Boy, what do you think?"

Sun Yue hurriedly said, "This is a major event in the country. How can the officials speak for themselves? The officials are not talented and knowledgeable, and they are also nonsense when speaking. It is really not worth the officials and masters when they hear it."

Zhao Pu said, "It's up to you to say it or not to listen to us. The so-called stones in other mountains can be used to polish jade. You kid have always been smart. If you really think about it and understand it, it may not be useless. Even if you just say it, it's just that, why? Do you think your master will hate you for stealing my limelight?"

"The disciple dare not."

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and said, "If you have some understanding, even if Zhao Pu just said, it is very consistent with my heart. Do you have different opinions?"

"This..." Sun Yue looked at Zhao Pu, then at Zhao Kuangyin. He knew very well that this was definitely not a place where he could speak.

But he also knew how important this conversation was. If his words really played a slight role, it would not only affect the present, but also the three hundred years of national destiny of the Song Dynasty and even the thousand-year history of the entire Chinese civilization.

It is better to change from the root than to change the troubles of Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi a hundred years later.

So bear it, endure it, finally, Sun Yue couldn't help it, and bowed to the big ceremony and said, "The official family atones for sins, the master atones for sins. I absolutely agree with what my master said just now, but I have some additional words, and I really don't want to speak up."

"Oh? What are some additional words? Let's hear it?"

"I think that if according to what my master said, the Song Dynasty can indeed be stable and long, and within at least a hundred years, it can be avoided internal rebellion and there is no need to worry about the harassment of other places. If the official acts this way, he will ensure that the country will be fine for a hundred years and end the chaos in the world since the end of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Pu stroked his beard and smiled, "Just telling you directly, can I use you to flatter you? Is there any more behind it?"

Sun Yue smiled and had to say, "It's true."

Zhao Kuangyin said with interest: "Let me tell me."

"My minister thinks that if you follow this method, the strong and weak branches, and the internal and external control system will be stable, and there will be no problem within a hundred years. However, after a hundred years, once the imperial guards are abandoned, they will not be used to war for a long time, and there will be no strong guards outside. Once the foreign enemy comes, they can only continuously expand the number of imperial guards to deal with it. Over the years, it will inevitably lead to a dilemma of redundant soldiers. Similarly, when I read historical books, I have never set up more and more official positions, and I have never seen fewer and fewer. The power and duties in the court are separated. Now it seems that there is no big problem, but after a hundred years, it will inevitably lead to a redundant official situation. If the trunk of the tree is simply strong and weak, once the nutrition of the tree is not kept up, it will be a situation where the tree falls and scatters. Therefore, the officials dare to ask the official family, whether the official family wants to become a king's business for a hundred years or create peace for all generations."

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes for a moment. If they said this from the old minister of the prime minister, they would not take it seriously, but if they said it from such a child, it would be terrible.

This requires not only intelligence, but also vision. A person who can see clearly the direction of the next three years is already a talent. Those who can see clearly for ten years are pillars of the country. Those who can see clearly for thirty years can be called the unparalleled national savages. This little baby has a hundred years of mouth. Why don’t they surprise them?

Of course, he and Zhao Pu have been thinking about this kind of national policy for two years. Can't they really see the problem of many things? Of course not, they just selectively ignored them.

If you choose to seize military power, restrict money and grain, and collect their elite troops, you will fundamentally suppress the spirit of the country and the nation, and eventually get worse and worse until the essence is exhausted. As Sun Yue said, when this powerful trunk consumes all the nutrients in the land, no matter who can't use three axes or two axes, the big tree will collapse, but what if you choose to be strong?

If we use the ministers and vassal kings with confidence and make the country stronger and bigger, will we not repeat the mistakes of the Jin and Tang dynasties? Is it not difficult to see the death of the Jin and Tang dynasties, and the people will not suffer?

How can we obtain the law of both worlds? In the eyes of both of them, all of this is just a choice. Since human beings have developed to this day, no matter how many people praise me, they must admit that the dynasty in the world will perish sooner or later, why not choose a safe family and no way to die in civil unrest?

More importantly, the change of dynasties in the past few decades of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is really scary. To be honest, Zhao Kuangyin has not even had confidence in his 20 years, so how can he talk about a hundred years?

"It's not easy to see so far. What you said makes sense, but compared to a hundred years later, I value the peace and stability of the past ten or twenty years. In other words, what can you do to take care of both worlds and balance the past hundred years?"

When they said this, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu both laughed. When they thought, Sun Yue was just a scholar who was fucked. Although this was already amazing, for the country, what was really important was not the eyes that discovered the problem, but the brain that solved the problem. Zhao Pu's method could at least solve the disease of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and to remove the root of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms. Can you still have a prescription for the disease of the Song Dynasty for a thousand years?
Chapter completed!