At the end of 19, Song Zhenzong wrote a political paper that will last forever. As everyone knows, Zhenzong is an arty person with a good writing style, and the phrase "There is a golden house in the book" is his famous saying.

However, this political paper is by no means written casually by the true Sect on a whim, but a good way to govern the country after careful consideration. This is the Seven Articles of Wenwu, which influenced the development of officialdom in the Northern Song Dynasty:

"First, be pure in heart, do things with an equal heart, and do not influence decision-making with your own likes and dislikes;

Second, be fair and just in handling affairs and keep clean;

Third, Xiu De, who ruled the public by virtue and avoided bullying others;

Fourth, be pragmatic, and don't cheat for honor;

the fifth is to observe clearly, and the grass-roots units can observe public opinion;

Sixth, attend classes frequently. Besides daily government affairs, we should pay attention to farming and mulberry.

Finally, it is to rectify the shortcomings, and the three provinces themselves will correct them if they have made mistakes. "

These seven simple rules are the golden words to warn the officials of the DPRK to be honest and honest. In the year when the Seven Articles of Wenwu were promulgated, although the territory and population of the Song Dynasty were not comparable to those of the Tang Dynasty, the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty soared, far exceeding that of the Tang Dynasty by more than seven times. Even in the years of frequent disasters, the revenue of the national treasury in the Northern Song Dynasty was still three times that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In addition, in the Song Dynasty, serving officials were allowed to continue to take part in the imperial examinations, which is a bit like the current "selection". Those who are famous on the list can be promoted according to their achievements, but if the official has a criminal record of corruption, he is forbidden to take part in the imperial examinations. For the official position in charge of money, the Song Dynasty adopted the principle of "once investigated, it will not be used for life".

Any official with a dirty foundation will have a difficult career in the future.

the song dynasty was the most economically developed dynasty in the feudal history of China, and it was also the dynasty with the highest urbanization rate. If we take material life as a benchmark to measure happiness index, then the people in Song Dynasty must be much happier than those in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and their average living standard is about four times that of the people in Ming and Qing Dynasties.