Cai Yi took a sip of tea and said lightly: "What Zichu said is exactly, if you want to say that the minister's money for the busy ministry of the fourth grade will reach 1,500 guan, and even the official of the fourth grade of the Qingxian Yamen has 1,200 guan." Although the imperial court strictly controls the number of officials, and confirms that it has increased unabated, how many permanent officials are in service, and how much minister money is needed every year, let alone the county officials."

The military state and county supervisors and officials do not have much money, but they can't stand the lot of local cats, and even if a county is as clean as water, it is obvious to the government and the opposition how much they can earn just on the surface.

"Having said that, the involvement is too great, and it is not as simple as the merger of the three provinces and the re-determination of the ministry." Shen Mo glanced at Cai Yi and said lightly, there is a long way to go, he is not so optimistic.

The convergence of the three provinces is the general trend, and the gradual formation of a ruling cabinet, of course, no one opposes it, on the contrary, it is also beneficial to them. Everyone is a smart person, and if you weigh it carefully, you can understand that strengthening the power of civil officials will do them no harm.

"Every ministry of the imperial court must be determined in the form of a law, and it cannot be changed at will without reason, and the officials must be responsible for the affairs of the yamen, and they will never judge the affairs of the yamen by other officials. No matter how difficult it is, we will never back down, from Kaifeng to Jiangning, where else can we retreat, do you really want to go to Bowangjun?"

Wang Xiuqing was a little excited, he decided to change the world, the Great Song Dynasty, no, the Han family retreated too much, and in the end even the blood turned into a cloud of smoke, he wanted to fundamentally change, the official system or the minister's money was just an important link, and he didn't even take it to heart.

Li Gang looked at Wang Xiu in astonishment, and felt the passion that Wang Xiu burst out, and he said unequivocally: "For the world, wouldn't it be a small effort." At that time, Fan Wenzhenggong's new policy, Emperor Shenzong's reform, all ended without a problem, if there is no trick, you must not be rash. ”

Wang Xiu's face stretched a lot, although Li Gang's words were ambiguous, but after all, he made a promise, and this step was indeed not easy.

He could feel Li Gang's goodwill, when Fan Zhongyan and Emperor Shenzong were determined to reform the official system, facing the entrenched resistance of the entire Great Song Dynasty bureaucracy, Fan Zhongyan presided over the new policy, which can be described as thousands of rivers and mountains, and needed the support of the Son of Heaven sparelessly.

It's a pity that Emperor Renzong's retreat came to an end in just three months, making people with lofty ideals sigh tactfully.

After the failure of Wang Anshi's reform, Emperor Shenzong single-handedly pushed forward the reform of the official position of the Great Song Dynasty with great difficulty, but after all, there were many obstacles, and the reform of the official system finally ended without touching the interests of the bureaucracy, leaving a deep regret to people of insight.

The fundamental reason for this is that there has been a certain deviation in the heavy policy of raising scholars, which has caused the policies that were originally conducive to the development of the times to produce factors that hinder social progress.

If you want to change, it will inevitably touch the entire vested interest class, even if you are the Son of Heaven, even if you are a famous Confucian all over the world, in the face of the huge bureaucratic class, it is beyond your power.

In fact, it is nothing more than over-the-top and extravagant, which is beyond the scope of the country's strength, and the minister's money is the bulk of it.

People are not sages, once the minister's money is at the disposal of the yamen, it will damage the minister's personal interests, and even Li Gang can't let go, let alone silence them.

As far as the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty is concerned, the minister's money is a part of the income, or a considerable part, ten years of bitterness and dancing with chickens, it is nothing more than for the sake of glory and wealth, and the princes of Wenda, since it is their own interests, why give up

"I think the minister's money is still temporarily released, and now the captives seem to be unfavorable to the imperial court, and the top priority is to prevent autumn." Lu Yihao also realized the deadlock, he had to divert his attention, the minister's money was wasted, he didn't want to play, it was hard for everyone to finish playing together, Wang Xiu was his favored junior, and he couldn't fall on this.

Wang Xiu also understood Lu Yihao's good intentions, the reform of the minister's money is one of the three main points of the reform of the official system, the absolute top priority, not something that can be solved in a while, he also said: "The captives will definitely take Hebei, and then send envoys to negotiate peace, there is nothing new." ”

Li Gang glanced at Zhang Qiyuan and gently bowed his head to indicate that he and Wang Xiu had some differences in strategic guidance and leaned towards Zhang Qiyuan.

Zhang Qiyuan understood, and said slowly: "Wenshi, I really want to give up Hebei"

Wang Xiu glanced at Zhang Qiyuan, and replaced his answer with silence, giving up Hebei was already a secret decision of the two governments, Zhang Qiyuan must have a deep meaning when he put it forward, and he needs to deal with it carefully.

"Abandoning Hebei will blow the reputation of the two governments too much, I don't know if you can consider it" Zhang Qiyuan said very sincerely, whether he is selfish or impartial, Hebei's loss again will be a heavy blow to the two governments, this is the truth.

"That had to be abandoned." Wang Xiu can feel Zhang Qiyuan's sincerity, and he can say the truth, no matter how vigilant he is in his heart, they all have a common enemy.

Zhang Qiyuan's eyes were complicated, but he said without any hesitation: "Wenshi is also experienced in a hundred battles, can't you see a little hope?"

Wang Xiu was a little puzzled, what else could he hope for, hundreds of thousands of troops were waiting for him, all roads in Hebei were the Great Plains, what was the Great Song Dynasty going to fight for the Northern Expedition of hundreds of thousands of infantry troops, and it was a joke to let people slaughter them on the Great Plains.

"Zichu can have a good strategy," Li Gang asked lightly.

Zhang Qiyuan's eyes flashed with a faint light, and he said very calmly: "There is a plan, I don't know if it will succeed." ”

"Since everyone is here, why don't you talk about it?" Li Gang smiled and said.

Wang Xiu felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite understand it, so he simply said: "Brother Zichu has a good plan, and I hope to teach him." ”

"Don't dare." Seeing that Wang Xiu's attitude softened, Zhang Qiyuan raised his eyebrows, seemed to enjoy it, and said loudly: "Since the captives can attack my Hebei, the imperial court can also recover Hedong, and they will draw back and forth." ”

"Wonderful" Lu Yihao stroked his palms and laughed, and said happily: "The main force of the captives is gathered in Hebei, and the imperial army will go up from the northeast of the river, and they will definitely be able to take the second road, one gain and one loss, and the princes of the two prefectures will not be blamed again." ”

He looked at the overall situation, but he could not ignore the criticism of the people, and the loss of Hebei was likely to cause chaos, and it was not a good way to attack Hedong. Hebei is a flat river, but Hedong is a dangerous mountain, and the Great Song Dynasty is likely to achieve heavy results.

Li Gang twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Zichu's strategy is good, as long as the Western Army and the Jingxi Army cooperate properly, they can completely recapture Hedong." ”

"There are tens of thousands of captives in Hedong, and their main force will soon enter Hedong to reinforce when it goes south." Cai Yi didn't agree with sending troops to Hedong, it was too risky, and he treated the Jurchens as fools, can't they send the horse army west