Now, Zhao Jun has removed several huge mountains that weighed on the people. From a general perspective, more than 99% of people have been freed from the trouble of hunger.

The rest are due to illness, accidents, poverty and other reasons, and the vast majority of them are illness.

Because as long as there are male adults in a poor family, at the moment when the entire Song Dynasty society is in an era of comprehensive infrastructure construction, having male adults means labor force, and they can work to support the family and prevent the family from starving.

But if an illness or accident occurs, the pillar of the family is gone, or most of the family's wealth and resources have to be used to treat the illness, it will drag down the entire family.

So the Song Dynasty that Zhao Zhen sees now is more than ten times better than before, but even so, it still makes people feel deeply.

Compared with their luxurious living, most people were just at the stage of having enough food to eat. Such a gap allowed anyone who could look at the problem in depth to clearly see the class differences and why people always rebelled in ancient times.

"It's a very good thing that the government has such an understanding. If so, they should love the people like their own children and govern with leniency and benevolence."

Fan Zhongyan immediately said, "The Song Dynasty today has not been easy to come by. We must not indulge in pleasure and indulge in lust just because the Song Dynasty is prosperous and the people are living a better life. If we think this way, the country will be in danger."

"Yes, the Song Dynasty now has a way out. We no longer have to worry about the people not having enough food to eat. But precisely because of this, we still have to work harder and do better."

Yan Shu also said: "If there is something wrong, we should correct it; if there is nothing wrong, we should strive to improve it. Now is the time for us to work hard and make the Song Dynasty reach a higher level."

"Well, I understand what you're talking about. From today on, I won't be staying in the palace all the time. Besides conducting experiments in the palace, I'd also like to visit various ministries more often to see how they're developing. I'd also like to visit the people and understand their wishes."

Zhao Zhen looked at everyone and saw that everyone looked unhappy. He quickly added, "Of course, I will not interfere with the planning of the Constitutional Council and the various ministries. I am aware of the consequences of an outsider interfering with the affairs of the government. You need not worry."

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Yan Shu spoke again, "Your Majesty is wise. Although Han Long once said that the Holy Emperor's rule was a conspiracy by the civil service to force the emperor to relinquish power, Han Long also said that not every emperor has the ability to rule the world. I'm not doubting your ability, but your talent isn't displayed in governing the country, but in science. Isn't this a gift from heaven? If you don't make good use of it, develop more technology, and benefit the people, you're wasting your talent."

It must be said that this statement was rather harsh. If it were another emperor, he would definitely be unhappy. But for Zhao Zhen, it was acceptable.

First, the establishment of the Zhao Zhen Award was enough to establish his position in the scientific community.

Secondly, he really likes scientific inventions. The sense of accomplishment of creating history is not something that can be experienced while sitting in the Chuigong Hall and looking at the civil and military officials below.

So Zhao Zhen was not angry, but very happy. He smiled and nodded and said, "Of course I know."

"Let's talk about politics."

Zhao Jun suddenly interrupted their conversation.

It would be rude to go into this further.

Now their relationship with Zhao Zhen is very harmonious, so there is no need to talk about some things in such depth.

Zhao Zhen is not a fool and understands many principles.

Now is not the time anymore.

At the beginning, there was a conflict between Zhao Jun and the civil service group. The two sides fought against each other, and Zhao Zhen held the real power.

But over the years, Zhao Jun not only gained a firm foothold, but also used the group of prime ministers to control the entire civil service group.

Even the entire civil service group has formed a new interest community headed by the Constitutional Yuan.

This community may have internal conflicts and different factions, but on the basic foundation of maintaining the governance power of the Constitutional Yuan, an alliance of interests has basically been reached.

Even if the emperor wanted to seize the power of governance from the Constitutional Court, he would be resisted by them.

The same is true for military power. Fan Zhongyan and Zhang Kang are both powerful military figures within the civil service group. Di Qing was also taught by Zhao Jun personally and has a great influence in the entire army.

In addition, when he purged the army, Zhao Jun also planted a lot of people in it and made many arrangements in the army.

It has nothing to do with whether they are loyal subjects or not.

The consensus they reached was the national strength represented by Zhao Jun, which was also the supremacy of national interests that Zhao Jun emphasized many times.

Even the royal family must make concessions in the face of national interests.

Compared to an emperor who knows nothing and wants to dictate to the currently thriving Song Dynasty, they believe more in the ability of themselves and the Political System Council represented by Zhao Jun to govern the country well.

So to some extent, the current Song Dynasty is no longer the original Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen's authority in the entire civil service group is no longer as great as that of the Constitutional Council.

Although he can mobilize the army, if Zhao Zhen wants to mobilize the army to wipe out the Political System Council, I am afraid that all the three armies will have to think twice.

It’s not that they are afraid of Zhao Jun, but as long as Fan Zhongyan and Zhang Kang are there, the army will not be able to make any waves.

Therefore, it can be said that the power of the Song Dynasty is no longer a complete monarchy, but a semi-monarchy and semi-prime minister system.

Power was not concentrated in the hands of Zhao Jun alone, but in the hands of the Constitutional Yuan.

However, these things were not made public. On the surface, the emperor was still the main person in charge of the Song Dynasty, and the Political System Council was only an assistant.

A lot of things exist in the dark.

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