The institutionalized "legislative democracy" mechanism of the Song Dynasty was unique in ancient Chinese history, and no similar system was found from other dynasties. It shows that legislation must follow the procedure of "discussion among the people", which is a practice that has been implemented in the Song Dynasty. The "people" here not only include hundreds of officials in the court, but also ordinary civilians. The court approved a motion proposed in the detailed formulation of the imperial edict: officials, civilians, etc., if you see that the rules of conduct have not been completed, the changes in the implementation, or there are other benefits and harms without treaties, and you will make a statement. Therefore, if a legislation has received a lot of criticism, it can still prompt the court to revise the law.

Therefore, although there has not yet been an elected legislative body such as parliament, there are no legislative lawmakers. However, the Song people have established a relatively complete "legislative democracy" mechanism. The Song people believed that Zilai had set up the bureau first, and then allowed everyone to make suggestions, and the deletion must be made for everyone to discuss. The word "Zhilai" indicates that legislation must go through the process of discussion among the people, which is a practice that has been implemented in the Song Dynasty. In this way, legislation is not written by the emperor, nor is it the literati and officials behind closed doors, but must go through full debate by "people" and choose the good ones to follow.

On the other hand, Zhao Bing thought that although it could not be said that the Song Dynasty had judicial independence in the modern sense had appeared, the separation of administration and justice was not particularly clear. However, it would be fine if the Song Dynasty had already developed the awareness of the rule of law. The Song people clearly proposed that when the law was formulated, everything from the monarch to the subjects needed to abide by it, and the monarch's power could not become a shield for illegality. And they made clear provisions:

The prefectures and counties conduct independent trials, and no inquiries shall be requested and the opinions of the superior judicial department shall be sought; if the Criminal Department issues instructions to interfere with the judicial trials of prefectures and counties, the prefectures and county courts may ignore them and act in accordance with the law; the superior judicial department that interferes with the independent trials of subordinates shall be held accountable by violations of the system; the censor accepts the emperor's appointment and forms a special court to hear the case without being interfered with by the prime minister and the monarch.

Therefore, Zhao Bing felt that modern people thought that the ancient Chinese monarch "followed the words and rewards and killings were based on the heart", and they thought that the ancients did not have the spirit of "judicial independence". This was also a deep misunderstanding. Even if he wanted to personally examine Qin Linfeng, it must be handled by the judicial department. However, he could supervise and others could impeach, but he could not participate in the trial.

The complexity of procedures will inevitably lead to a long time. Even if we start doing it now, it cannot be completed in a short time. Zhao Bing thought that several major events had come to a time to resolve, but the empress dowager was reluctant to ‘hand over power’, and the days of returning to Beijing seemed to be shaking. He could not sit still, and now he could only write a letter to the empress dowager as a supervisor, greeting him, and then expressed his longing. Finally, he analyzed the current situation, from the difficulties in front of him, talking about the peace talks currently underway, and the upcoming imperial examination, and then turned to the "Imperial Examination".

Here, Zhao Bing abandoned some of his writing and ink, saying that the current "ancestral system has become a twilight and the old laws are unsustainable". He must re-enforcement and unify laws, determine the national system, and maintain the ruling status of the Zhao family through laws, so that the Song Dynasty will be stable and the country will be prosperous for thousands of years. At the same time, he also suggested that he had been in good health recently, and now it is early autumn. He wants to go to Taihu Lake to hunt and move his body.

After sending the letter, Zhao Bing suddenly remembered something and issued an edict to the Secretariat, which was ordered to open the imperial examination to all clerks and allow them to participate in the imperial examination. The reason why he did this was that the court officials reiterated the division of officials, which might have been caused by his dispatch of Lin Zhiwu, Lin Ruoshui and others to serve as officials. You should know that although the three of them were their confidants, in the eyes of scholars, they were still clerks who could not stand up.

At this moment, the three people were directly appointed as officials, and the officials were worried that once a system was formed, it would threaten their status. However, Zhao Bing, a person as dark as he had figured out the links, how could he give up? Not to mention that the three people followed him by opening their own government, they would not be able to interfere even if anyone around him promoted him. So aren't you afraid that those clerks would snatch jobs and worry about being on an equal footing with you? I might as well let go completely. See what you can do, can you still make a big splash?

A few days later, the empress dowager issued an imperial edict, ordering the supervisor Zhao Bing to compile an imperial edict, Liu Fu and his recommendation, Deng Wen was originally a detailed official, and Ying Jieyan organized an imperial edict to delete the official. At the same time, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to inform the prefectures and counties to allow his subordinate clerks to take the imperial examination. This result was not as unexpected as Zhao Bing, and the empress dowager would block such a big matter, so how could he refute himself for such a small matter?

At the same time, there was also an edict issued, which ordered Xie Ao, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, to go across the river with officials from Honglu Temple to go to Jiangbei to Yingbei for the crime, and ordered the supervisor Zhao Bing to go to Pingjiang to welcome the waiter. This decree was a bit interesting. The level of the Yingling Envoy sent was not high, and he only asked him to welcome the waiter in Pingjiang, indicating that the court still had no pardon for the treason of the Empress Dowager, and in disguise informing the people that the court had not stopped prosecuting the traitors. On the other hand, it was announced that the review of Xie Ao had ended and he returned to the court and was still valued.

Besides, Zhao Bing knew that the Empress Dowager asked him to preside over the imperial edict, but it was just a nominal person. It was just to find something for him to find something for him depending on his idleness. He didn't have to do those trivial matters by himself, and he had people from below to help him take care of them. The coffin of the Empress Dowager was just a disguised contact with "house arrest" and let him go out of the wild, as long as he didn't leave the ground in Jiangdong!

Zhao Bing received the imperial edict and was like a bird out of a cage. He could no longer stay on this lonely mountain. While asking Wang De to pack up his things and inform the queen mother of the trip, he asked Zheng Yong to prepare for a boat to Suzhou. In the early morning of the next day, he took a boat to Qiantang River and took an imperial boat north along the canal, and was accompanied by the guard camp and a group of personal guards to protect him.

The standard configuration for traveling on the water is always the imperial boat as the core, with six dragon boats guarding and two baggage ships accompanying to ensure the supply of materials. Even if there is no ceremonial guard or the dragon flag is raised, anyone with discerning eyes knows that it is the little emperor's journey. So in order to avoid trouble, the fleet had entered the canal at dawn, and after a day of sailing, it arrived in Jiaxing, Xiuzhou in the evening. Xiuzhou is the base of the First Brigade of the Imperial Guards. Tian Zhong was already ready to take the boat after receiving the news.

After two days in Panheng in Jiaxing, the Shengjia and his party continued north to Pingjiang. After the expansion of the original imperial guards, the three divisions of the First Army were stationed in Jiankang, Dantu and Jiangyin, the military headquarters and the direct team were in Pingjiang to set up a yamen with the Jiangdong East Road Control Department. Zhao Mengjin had already learned that the young emperor came to Pingjiang to welcome the Empress Dowager, but he did not expect that he would come so quickly, so he hurriedly gave up his government office to connect the yamen.

"I learned that Your Majesty was in danger, and I was extremely anxious. I immediately wanted to lead my army to Lin'an and chop off all the treacherous gangs!" After the greetings, Zhao Mengjin said after a few greetings.

"We need to use General Zhao's army to deal with those thieves. We really think we are having a good meal!" Before the little emperor could speak, Chen Dun took over and said.

"You guy still have the face to say, "Your Majesty will be in danger if you have dereliction of duty. If the family was by your side at that time, I would definitely beat you up first!" Zhao Mengjin shook her fist at Chen Dun and said.

"You..." Chen Dun pointed at him, knowing that he was losing money, but his face turned red but couldn't speak.

"What, I'm not convinced, do you want to be beaten?" Zhao Mengjin rolled up her sleeves and said with a smile.

"I don't care about you either!" Chen Dun was naughty when he was young. He was inevitably taught a lesson by the generals in the mansion. Besides, these people also took great care of him. Of course, they did not dare or could not attack them. He snorted and turned his face and said.

"Okay, the assassin hid the hidden weapon between his fingers, and then something happened suddenly. It was not all his fault. Fortunately, there was no danger!" Zhao Bing felt extremely friendly when he saw the two of them quarreling, as if he was back to the general's mansion that day, and interrupted with a smile.

"Your Majesty pleads for you, let you go for the time being. If there is any mistake, see how the Sa family will deal with you!" Zhao Mengjin was half a joke and half a serious warning.

"The older I get, the more verbose I'll go to the kitchen to see what delicious food I prepared!" Chen Dun actually couldn't let go of the assassination of the little emperor. Of course, he was most afraid that others would mention it, but he couldn't help but muttered and went out.

"This kid is still annoyed!" Chen Fenglin, the commander of the army, pointed at Chen Dun's back and said with a smile.

"Chen Dun is so strong. After this incident, I always feel that I can't raise my head. If you lift it up again, his face will naturally become hot!" Zhao Bing said to the two softly.

"Your Majesty is already very happy? When I heard that Your Majesty was sick, I was anxious. The empress dowager rejected the orders several times, and I was unable to visit them!" Zhao Mengjin asked again.

"I have already gotten better, but the Empress Dowager is worried that I have to let me cultivate for a while, which makes everyone worried." Zhao Bing smiled.

"Your Majesty is so good that I am at ease. There are many rumors now. It is said that the Empress Dowager believed the rumors and put His Majesty under house arrest. I am…" Chen Fenglin said in a long tone.

"Don't tell me the truth, can those rumors be believed?" Before he could finish his sentence, Zhao Mengjin scolded him.

"The general is widely circulated, and all the generals in the army are worried about the safety of Your Majesty. The last general is also worried about the safety of Your Majesty and has no disrespect to the Empress Dowager!" Chen Fenglin quickly explained.

"Your Majesty, don't blame him. He is just a rough man, and he has no other intentions!" Zhao Mengjin sighed secretly and said to His Majesty.

"Haha, there is no need to say much. How did our monarch and ministers not know your feelings for many years? Chen Dutong is just concerned about it. If I have trouble, I have to count on you to save you!" Zhao Bing said with a smile. He was also secretly shocked. It seemed that Wen Tianxiang's concern was not groundless. If he did not show up again, these generals would really go to Beijing to serve the king.

"Your Majesty, was your Majesty personally allowed this peace talk with the Mongolian Yuan? Since the beginning of the peace talks, the generals in the army were worried that Your Majesty would be held captive and forced to agree!" Seeing that the little emperor had no intention of blaming him, Zhao Mengjin hesitated and licked his lips. In fact, he was also very suspicious, especially his situation, because he was even more worried about His Majesty's situation, because he knew very well the truth of a gentleman and a minister, and everything he and his life and death were closely related to the little emperor.

"I really agreed to the peace talks!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, are we going to stop in Jiangnan and stop attacking the Central Plains in the north?" Zhao Mengjin asked anxiously after hearing this. You must know that when the Emperor's Mansion was opened, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains was their goal. Now Your Majesty personally admitted the peace talks, which made it difficult for him to accept for a while.

"The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains was my lifelong wish. How could I give up? Peace discussions are just a temporary solution now." Zhao Bing flatly denied, "You know that the battle to recover Jiangnan has almost exhausted our accumulation in Qiongzhou for ten years. At present, we have expanded our army by more than 300,000, and the daily money and food consumption has increased several times. The military weapon supervisors are working day and night, and the weapons produced are not enough for military use, let alone accumulated. How can we fight this battle?"

"Oh, Your Majesty agreed to the peace agreement, but he was just fooling the Tartars, but blinded his subordinates!" Zhao Mengjin said with a scalp. He was no longer an ordinary general who was in charge of the army of ten thousand people and only knew how to lead troops to fight, but also a senior general who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiangdong. He not only had to worry about how to fight, but also focused on supplies, food and grass, considering the changes in the situation between the enemy and us, and inquire about the daily army's expenses. He knew that the current situation was as His Majesty said, until the end of the new training in May, the troops barely made a musket, and the artillery could not meet the needs of the organization, and the ammunition was only enough to fight a small-scale defensive battle.

"There are many rumors about peace talks at the moment, but you must not have the idea of ​​letting the horse go to the south mountain. You must still step up your training and prepare for war at all times, and you must not relax at all." Zhao Bing said solemnly.

"Your Majesty's intention is that peace talks are just a delaying strategy, not a stop to the Tartars. Once the troops are sufficient, they will attack the Central Plains in the north!" Chen Fenglin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"It can also be said that even if you want to reach a peace agreement at the moment, it will be difficult, and it will not be possible to just rely on your words!" Zhao Bing said.

"In this way, you may have to use troops in the near future?" Zhao Mengjin's eyes lit up.

"Haha, you'll be excited when you talk about war." Zhao Bing looked at the two of them with an urgent look and smiled, "You must remember that peace is fought, not achieved through reasoning. However, the possibility of a large battle here is very small, but small-scale battles cannot be avoided. Therefore, you must not relax and prepare for war because of peace talks, and always focus on fighting!"

"I understand!" Zhao Mengjin said with all respects after hearing this.

"So you don't have to think about all kinds of rumors in the court. I will arrange them freely. When I wait for you, I will not forget you!" Zhao Bing reminded again.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, but there is a summoning. Even if the swords and mountains are thousands of miles apart, my subordinates will definitely arrive!" The two of them bowed again.
Chapter completed!