The Chaotang faction is a very strange thing.

From the perspective of war, there are warring factions, peace-making factions and even surrender factions. From the perspective of reform, there are reformers and conservatives.

However, what’s more damning is that the militants are not necessarily reformists, and the peacemakers are not necessarily conservatives. In addition, there are a large group of fence-sitters.

However, this fence-sitting faction also has its own tendencies. It is not just squatting on the wall to watch the scenery. Moreover, these officials of the Song Dynasty can seamlessly switch between these factions, as easy as pressing Alt+Tab.

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As for the current court hall...

Ever since Zhao Huan proposed using the Four Grids and Eight Methods to solve the problem of redundant officials before he personally conquered Xixia, many peace negotiators and fence-sitters who did not want to have their cake and eat it passively became conservatives, even among the main war faction.

Many people fell over.

As a result, the reformists in the entire Song Dynasty only had two or three big cats and kittens headed by Li Gang and Li Ruobing——

The reformists had few people, but they occupied the two high positions of Dazai and Shaozai. They were both promoted by Zhao Huan. They could only follow Zhao Huan's footsteps closely, so they were relatively united.

The conservatives and the fence-sitters control the six departments and a lot of other large and small yamen, and control most of the say in the court. However, because of the complicated reasons of the members, they are still in a state of face-to-face and heart-to-heart relationship most of the time.

A state of discord.

The two groups had a lively fight over this.

Now Zhao Huan suddenly ignored the large-scale rebellion caused by Liang Wenchang, Ge Renjun and others, and instead directly focused on the large area of ​​unowned land in Xixia. Naturally, the reformists headed by Li Gang and Li Ruobing saw a

An opportunity to re-establish the land system and even gain the right to speak in the court.

For the remaining conservatives, the large tracts of land in Xixia are also an opportunity. In addition to being a good opportunity to make a fortune, it is also a good opportunity to win over the country's sages and gentry and increase their voice.

As for the rest of the talk about recruiting people to open up wasteland, these conservative officials have basically ignored it——

Because terra incognita basically means that whoever occupies it belongs to whomever it is. Whether it is passed on to future generations or sold, it is up to you to be happy.

But when people are recruited to open up wasteland, who owns the land? It belongs to the people!

If you can't reap the benefits, why should the people be allowed to open up wasteland?

Land system? Not to mention that there is basically no discussion of land system in the "Song Xingtong" of the Song Dynasty. Even if there is, a land system that can facilitate people's occupation of people's land is a good land system. What is a good land system that cannot facilitate people's occupation of people's land?

So in some respects, these officials in the Song Dynasty are not even comparable to the officials in the Ming Dynasty——

Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not take the "Hongwu Dagao" and the "Daming Code" seriously, the Ming Dynasty still had the "Hongwu Dagao" and the "Daming Code" there, and the effort to save face still required

Do it.

However... these conservative officials in the Song Dynasty couldn't even do anything to save face, and they were too lazy to do it. It was only serious to take this opportunity to kill the reformists first. After all, it was a strife between factions. This was terrible.

No joke.

Just like the sweet and salty parties dislike each other, only heretics who have been burned at the stake are good heretics.

Of course, Zhao Huan cannot be classified as belonging to any faction, because Zhao Huan is the organizer + league chairman + on-site football witness. Even if Zhao Huan likes to play football in person, it cannot be calculated according to faction.

The real main force on the field is still the reformists headed by Li Gang and Li Ruobing, plus the conservatives and fence-sitters.

Then Zhao Huan was very disappointed.

Look at the court of old Liu's family, look at the court of old Li's family, look at the court of Ming Dynasty, they can turn a person's brain into a dog's brain with just one disagreement.

Turn around and take a look at the court hall of the Song Dynasty——

Well, apart from exchanging insults, we basically still insult each other. In addition to accusing the other party of not doing his job properly, he also accuses the other party of failing in his personal ethics. Basically, it is a friendly atmosphere where you can force others to do nothing but don't do anything.

Even the reformists headed by Li Gang and Li Ruobing could not tear down the conservatives, so that Zhao Huan, the football card, had to leave the game: "I already know the thoughts of all the ministers. Since all the ministers agree to recruit people to go to Gansu to govern,

If you ask the Secretary to open up wasteland, then I will present it with a statement."

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"You see, you are too kind-hearted."

Zhao Huan smiled and said to Empress Dowager Meng: "Isn't this completely honest? Facts have proved that no matter when officials are in need of training."

"Whatever the officials want to say, then let it be. The Ai family has no control over many matters in the court."

Empress Dowager Meng also smiled and said: "But, the officials must listen to my opinion on this matter of draft girls, right?"

When Zhao Huan heard that it was about the draft girl again, he immediately felt a pain in his head——

As an emperor, even if you can't be like Shiquan Laogou and be romantic everywhere, you can't be like Zhu Youtang who is a seed of infatuation. That is an expression that is responsible for the harem but irresponsible for the country.

This is the so-called selfless thing in heaven.

But then again, the thing about drafting girls is not that if you select them this year, you won’t select them next year, but it is a normalized political behavior, and you always have to select them once in a while.

This also made it difficult for the emperor to know how many concubines he had in his harem.

As for the so-called rain and dew spreading evenly, it is even more nonsense.

Just like now, Empress Dowager Meng and Empress Zhu agreed to select girls according to the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Huan didn't even know what the selected show girls were like.

"Otherwise, we can discuss this matter another day?"

Zhao Huan tentatively said: "The autumn period of Kaifeng Mansion is approaching, and there are still many roads in the Song Dynasty that are already full of wars. As a current official, my nephew can't be a high-profile draft girl, right?"

"Why can't we show off the talent show girls in a big way?"

Empress Dowager Meng asked back and said: "Not only does the selection have to be done with great fanfare, but after the selection is over, the world must be well informed, so that everyone in the world knows that the officials have chosen a beautiful girl!"

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Meng persuaded her earnestly: "The Ai family knows that you are busy, and also knows that you are not willing to go through such trouble, but the rules left by the ancestors should be observed and should not be left to you.

Random temper.

To tell you the truth, if it weren’t for the Yang family, the Zhe family, and the Cao family, the Ai family would have wanted to directly choose their daughter to enter the palace."

"Then you, old man, just take care of the arrangements."
Chapter completed!