Chu You used to be the commander of the front division of the palace, but he was later dismissed and has been idle recently.

Tong Guan is the big eunuch next to Zhao Xu, these two people are close to Zhao Xu, so with this arrangement, Xu Jiang naturally understands the intention.

Xu Jiang responded and did not say anything more.

Zhang Qi also didn't speak, his identity and relationship were special, and he didn't want to give Zhao Xu a feeling that he and Zhang Xuan were in the same breath.

Zhao Xu drank tea, his face was thoughtful, and he didn't show them what he had just written.

After the two left, Zhao Xu took the teacup, looked outside, and thought slowly.

The armed forces and government affairs are two legs, but they cannot walk at the same time, and the reform of the armed forces must take the first step.

But when it comes to the restructuring of the army, it will not be as easy as restructuring the imperial court. Su Song's opposition is actually a good phenomenon, if he doesn't speak, it will be terrible.

The army of the Song Dynasty was not only complicated in terms of system and relationship, but also huge in number. The forbidden army, the Xiang army, and the fan army, plus their associated families, inheritance, etc., may be as high as four or five million people!

Moreover, the imperial court did not have that strong control over the army, and if there was a rebellion, it could cause some deep-seated problems and chain reactions.

Zhao Xu pondered silently in his heart, and after a long time, he put down the teacup. We will take out the draft of the 'Fangtian Average Tax Law' and continue to revise it.

Zhang Qi returned to the Privy Council, Xu Jiang left the palace, these things can't be hidden from Su Song.

Su Song sat in the duty room, his face sinking like water. He was waiting for Zhao Xu's summons, and he was also organizing his words.

He knew that he couldn't stop Zhao Xu, but he wanted to exert influence on this reform as much as possible, minimize the possible consequences, and consider the long-term peace of the Great Song Dynasty.

But until the evening, Zhao Xu did not summon him, and the vertical arch hall a few steps away was very calm.

Shen Qi in the dormitory, in and out, kept observing Su Song's room, and saw that he didn't make any moves, he was curious, but he didn't ask more.

"Sheren, these are new transcripts, all about the impeachment of Dazhang Xianggong and Cai Xianggong." A scribe held more than 20 notebooks and said to Shen Qi.

Da Zhang Xianggong refers to Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Qi is privately called Zhang Xianggong.

Shen Qi glanced at it and said, "The official family means to leave all of them in the middle, write them briefly, and send them to the Vertical Arch Palace." ”

"Yes." The scribe answered, leaving with his plate.

The house receives dozens of impeachment letters every day, and Cai Bian and others never stop when they started.

This level is not far behind Wang Anshi at the beginning.

Inside the blue-tiled house.

Zhang Dian looked at the list sent by Cai Bian and groaned.

This is a list of prefects of high-class prefectures such as 'Fu, Xiong, and Wang', which was drafted by the Ministry of Officials and Cai Bian, and there are more than 20 of them, as well as a list of some transit envoys.

These are the important financial and tax areas of the Song Dynasty, and the blue-tile houses are laid out in advance and the manpower is placed.

Zhang Dian pondered for a while, and said: "The power of the transfer envoy is too large, which is not conducive to the implementation of the new law, I want to assign the transfer department to the household department, only do the duty of transfer, not involve local affairs, what do you think?" ”

Cai Bian was stunned when he heard this, and did not speak immediately.

This reform is naturally beneficial, strengthens the real power of the local prefect, can effectively promote the implementation of the new law, and curbs the oppression of the local government by the Department of Transshipment. However, without the Transit Division, the imperial court's control over the local government may be further reduced, and the imperial court's finances and taxes will lose their security.

Cai Bian paused for a while and said, "This matter still needs to be cautious, we can't just make a decision verbally." Let the household department do an investigation first, carefully scrutinize it, and make a plan. ”

Zhang Dian nodded and said, "Do this first." ”

Cai Bian saw that Zhang Dian didn't seem to be as eager as last year, and said thoughtfully: "There is too much opposition outside, shouldn't it be cooled down, let's go out for a walk and say something?" ”

Zhang Dian is not a reckless man, although he is full of anger at the 'old party' for misleading the country and the people, he can still distinguish the pros and cons.

After thinking about it, Zhang Dian said: "I'll go to the Ordnance Prison, the official family attaches great importance to this place, and the political hall should have a statement." ”

Cai Bian said: "Zhang Xianggong of the Privy Council is preparing to build several large horse farms, and the people below are a little perfunctory, so I'll take a trip." ”

Zhang Dian sat still, his face was serious, he was silent for a long time, and said, "That one is still stuck?" ”

Cai Bian knew who 'that' was, sighed in his heart, and said, "Su Xianggong has his concerns, I still hope you can sit down and have a good talk." ”

Zhang Duan snorted coldly and said, "Do you think he agreed when I went to bow his head to him once?" ”

Cai Bian's expression moved, and his eyebrows were silent.

Zhang Dian saw that Su Song was not in a 'party fight' with Zhang Tun, Su Song was a person who had long wanted to leave, and he was now standing up to be embarrassed by Zhang Tun, and the root cause was a difference in governance.

Zhang Dian didn't climb on this, and said, "There is no movement in the official family? ”

Cai Bian's expression froze for a while, and said: "After Zhang Xianggong and Xu Shangshu left, the official family has been hanging the arch hall, although they have seen some people, they have not mentioned the military restructuring, nor have they summoned Su Xianggong. ”

Hearing Cai Bian say this, Zhang Dian also looked a little solemn, and said: "Ignore him first, according to the plan, on the twentieth day of the first month, promulgate the 'Fangtian Tax Law', order the household department to prepare, and then order the ministries to prepare manpower, and the Yushitai must arrange manpower to supervise." ”

The imperial court has been preparing for this matter for a long time, Cai Bian has no objection, and said: "There seem to be some ideas on the official side, but in more than ten days, it can be roughly decided." Someone should always take the lead in doing this, and Liang Tao, the head of the household, is inseparable, and the prestige and ability of the other servants are insufficient......"

Zhang Dian had been considering the candidates, paused, and said, "Don't be in a hurry first, order all the departments to prepare." Over there in Kaifeng Mansion, I will go to it myself later, as a test site, I must make a good start. ”

Cai Bian thought about Han Zongdao, this person is very similar to Su Song, with similar personalities, similar resumes, and similar backgrounds - the person left by the Empress Dowager Gao!

"I'll have to find another person to do it." Cai Bian said. If Han Zongdao is as opposed as Su Song, or if he treats it negatively, it will be very detrimental to their revival and implementation of the new festival.

"Cao Zheng!" Zhang Dian said.

Cao Zheng was transferred to Kaifeng Prefecture and took office last year.

Cai Bian was not surprised, Zhang Dian had obviously been prepared for a long time, and then said: "The official family said before that it is necessary to set up a cross-door joint command organization for execution, supervision, and inspection, and the household department and the local prefecture and county are executed, and the supervision is the Yushitai, who will the inspection be handed over?" ”

Zhang Dian actually thought about this problem carefully, but there was no suitable one, so he stood up and said, "I didn't think about it, let's do today's things first." ”

Cai Bian nodded, didn't say anything more, and went out with Zhang Tun.

There are a lot of things in the court now, and they can't be decided in a few words.

Heungin House.

Cai Qu has been here for almost a few months, looking at Kaifeng City day and night, waiting for the edict to announce the recall to Beijing.

But he couldn't wait and waited, and later understood that it was Zhang Dian who stopped him from going back.

After several temptations, seeing that Zhang Dian was iron-hearted, he turned to attack Zhang Dian instead, the means were very clever, not directly attacking, but 'seeking truth from facts' on the book, if it was Shenzong who said that he would recall Cai Cheng back to Beijing, Zhao Xu did not react at all.

Cai Qu was sitting in front of the window at this moment, looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, his face was a little pale.

"Ahem, cough, cough"

Suddenly, he coughed violently, forced himself down, held the pen, and continued to write the recital.

A housekeeper came in and said with a worried face: "Lord, you are all sick like this, just take a rest, it's not too late to write later." ”

Cai Qu waved his hand and continued to write.

"Ahem, cough, cough"

As a result, he coughed every time he wrote a few words, and his pen could not be steady.

The housekeeper was a little worried, and hurriedly said, "The villain went to invite Langzhong." ”

Cai did not respond, his face flushed, and he was still writing forcibly.

This is a comprehensive 'analysis', or rather 'attack', of Zhang's reforms, and he coughs, his eyes are red, and his eyes are full of indifference.