Now the system of the Song Dynasty is still after the 'Yuanfeng reform', and the previous one is even more complicated and difficult to understand, almost all departments have no chief officials, and all official positions are 'knowledge' and 'power', that is, agents.

All the functions and powers are divided into scattered places, from the central to the local, perfunctory, people are superficial, political affairs are erosive, corruption is endless, and the beacon fire of the people is everywhere, but the prosperous scene in the city of Kaifeng, the dancing pavilion and the song platform, the romance is still the same.

General Xu was well aware of the system of the Great Song Dynasty, but listening to Zhao Xu's words, he seemed to have something to say, and couldn't help asking: "Official, are you going to do something?" ”

Zhao Xu looked at General Xu, pondered for a moment, and said, "In this matter, I didn't tell Su Xianggong and Zhang Xianggong that I would give you a secret." I plan to abolish the three provinces and lead the six ministries and seven temples with the Political Affairs Hall to take charge of the political affairs of the whole country. ”

Xu Jiang's expression was shocked, he didn't expect Zhao Xu's change to be so drastic, and he directly wanted to abolish the three provinces.

Then he pondered.

The three provinces and six ministries began from the Sui and Tang dynasties, and although the dynasty changed three times and four times, the framework of 'three provinces and six ministries' is still there.

The abolition of the three provinces, this is not only the destruction of the 'ancestral system', the change in the imperial court, the local must also follow the change, this is a long, huge project, a little careless, the consequences are unimaginable!

Xu Jiang pondered again and again, and said: "Official, the three provinces involve a lot of money, and you need to be fully prepared before you can do it. ”

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "If I prepare slowly, those people will have a way to deal with me, not to mention the surging crowd, even if you see the stitches and insert the needle, it is annoying enough." Cut the Gordian knot. ”

Xu Jiang thought about the recent chaos in the three provinces of the Political Affairs Hall, and understood that this was the deliberate connivance of the official family, and he was waiting for the opportunity.

General Xu was also dissatisfied with the chaos of the court situation, and seeing that Zhao Xu had made up his mind, he thought about it back and forth like lightning in his heart, and said: "Official, the problem of Bianjing should not be big, and the minister is worried that there may be some instability in the local area. ”

Zhao Xu nodded, now the local situation is complicated, and the imperial court's control over the local area has been weakened again and again, thinking about Wu Juhou who he saw yesterday, he said: "The transfer envoy Zhang Xianggong and others are already arranged; The Privy Council has long been adjusting, and it will be almost the same in a few days. ”

The transshipment has now become the actual superior department of the state capital, and the transshipment can hold down the place for a short time. Waiting for the local government to react, Zhao Xu's side has already stabilized the situation, and they can't help it.

And the envoys of the various roads are temporary civilian officials in charge of military affairs along the way, and without the order of the Privy Council, they cannot move the army at all, and in principle there is no need to worry.

What's more, the most elite army of the Great Song Dynasty is actually near Kaifeng.

The so-called 'internal and external system, no serious trouble', Zhao Xu is not worried that there will be a rebellion in the army at all!

But you have to be prepared to make sure that nothing goes wrong.

Xu Jiang saw that Zhao Xu had been well prepared, thought about it, and said: "Official, the minister will first go to the manuscript to impeach the three provinces of the decadent Tang Dynasty, and make a full preparation, when His Majesty will issue a decree, the ministers and officials of the three provinces will be shocked, but it will not be too difficult to accept, and the backlash will be smaller." ”

Zhao Xu saw that Xu Jiang could think about it like this, and said with a smile: "It's still Xu Qing's family who understands me." Zhang Xianggong has already made a move, and he is going to Fan Chunren Xianggong, wait and see. ”

Xu Jiangden took back the heart he was still carrying in his stomach, and although Zhang Xianggong had always had a bad temper, he was not a reckless man, so he smiled and said: "That minister wishes the official family success!" ”

Zhao Xu has too many things to do now, so he can only come one by one and solve the biggest obstacle in front of him first-the three provinces!

Zhao Xu took a sip of tea, very satisfied with General Xu's attitude, if it was someone else, I was afraid that they would tactfully advise, stop, or even resolutely oppose it, and they would not obey or anything.

Putting down the teacup, Zhao Xu said: "The movement of your military department must be accelerated, and the number will be issued to you when you take shape, if necessary, I will go there in person." The Ma Army and the Infantry Division are all in command to keep me in the palace, and this time can't be too long. When you're ready, I'm going to let them out. ”

General Xu understood that the 'military system' was always the most important concern of the officials in front of him, so he got up and raised his hand and said, "The ministers obey the order!" ”

Zhao Xu waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and continued to talk about things.

The two monarchs and ministers conducted a detailed and in-depth discussion on the situation of the court and the reform of the army.

On the other side, Zhang Duan did not rest, and frequently took the 'prevarication of political affairs' in the three provinces, and in just half a day, he gave the two Lang officials of Shangshu Province and the 'knowledge system'.

Zhang Dian is a governor of political affairs, Zai Fu Su Song does not speak, Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province Xianggong 'Erfan' is on leave, these people are irresistible, there is no other way but to express anger in righteous words, and they were finally driven out of the palace by the guards.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that this is Zhang Dian showing his fangs and is about to make a move.

Without waiting for these people to fight back, Zhangdun's methods appeared one after another.

First of all, the Criminal Department received a complaint and openly took away two scribes in Shangshu Province, which seemed to be unimportant, but it involved various official documents in Shangshu Province.

Then Yushitai Yushi openly impeached Fan Chunren, criticized him as the mastermind behind the recent turmoil in the government and the opposition, and accused him of wanting to overturn the case for Lu Dafang.

In the evening, he sent people to the door and asked Fan Chunren to hand over some official documents and seals in Shangshu Province.

This kind of direct slap in the face is unmistakably a declaration of war, and the government and the opposition are in an uproar.

Fan Chunren is recognized as one of the 'Three Sages', while Zhang Dian is the will of the 'Three Traitors', and his identity position is clear and clear.

At noon the next day, Fan Chunren was impeached, and there were already more than 30 copies of Zhang Dan's recital, followed by various defenses and rebuttals, and the scuffle between the two sides was very lively.

Inside the government hall.

Dou Lin was furious, roared loudly, and said: "Zhang Zihou is deliberately retaliating and framing, he is a traitor!" ”

Opposite him was a neat official uniform, a bent waist, and an unusually calm little old man - Zhou Tao.

Zhou Tao put his hands behind his back, looked like an old-timer, raised his face, looked at Dou Lin, and asked with a solemn face: "What revenge?" What framing? What did Zhang Xianggong do? Dou Lin, I can tell you, slandering the prime minister is a serious crime! ”

Dou Lin looked at Zhou Tao coldly, sneered, and said, "What are you, where did you come from, and you are worthy of talking to me?" ”

Zhou Tao's hands behind his back suddenly put down, sorted out his official uniform, glanced around, coughed, and said: "This official Zhou Tao, the political hall appointed by the official family, do you have any opinions about the official family?" I'll take you to the official's house, what's the matter, tell me to your face? Or, behind your back? ”

There are not many people in the political hall who know Zhou Tao's origins, and when they hear him openly say that he is 'hand-picked by the official family', many people are suspicious.

Even Dou Lin's face was a little condensed, he dared to choke with Zhang Dan, that was to be sure that Zhang Duan could not do anything to him, at most he would be driven out of Beijing, but that official family might kill him with a cane!

Dou Lin stared at Zhou Tao, and immediately sneered disdainfully, and said: "How can I be dissatisfied with the official family, I'm saying that Zhang Zihou framed the courtiers, if you are dissatisfied, let him come out and explain!" ”

Zhou Tao's face was full of pride, he didn't pay attention to him at all, looked around with his head up, and said loudly: "You all listen well, political affairs can't be delayed, the orders from above should be done immediately, and no perfunctory responsibilities should be given, otherwise the official law will not be merciful!" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, this Zhou Tao was just a small official under the eighth grade, what qualifications did he have to teach them a lesson?

Thinking back to Zhou Tao's words 'hand-picked by the official family' just now, everyone twisted their eyebrows, too lazy to bother with him.

Seeing this, Zhou Tao nodded with satisfaction, put his hands behind his back, and Shi Shiran walked out of this room.

Dou Lin looked at his back, and his face gradually became indifferent.

He originally thought that by himself, he would be able to force Zhang Dian to deal with Su Song, but he didn't expect that Zhang Dian did not deal with Su Song, who was blocking his promotion to the rank of ruler, but turned to Fan Chunren, which made Dou Lin feel like stealing chickens and rice!

'Looks like we've got to find a helper!' ’

Dou Lin's face changed for a while, and he suddenly strode away.

When a group of people in the room on duty saw Dou Lin leaving, they began to talk about each other.

"This surnamed Dou is usually arrogant and domineering, but this time he kicked the iron plate."

"I think he's just cowardly, but he can't do anything to Zhang Xianggong, and now when he sees Zhang Xianggong making a move, he's scared, right?"

"Hey, you say, who instructed this surnamed Dou? It can't be Fan Xianggong, right? ”

"You woke me up when you said this, Zhang Xianggong suddenly shot at Fan Xianggong, it seems that it is not untargeted......"

"Shhhhh

A group of people immediately shrank their heads, and now there is a mixture of fish and dragons in the political hall, and no one can tell whose position it is.

On the other side, Zhao Xu, Zhang Dan, and Cai Bian were in the Vertical Arch Palace, discussing the candidates for the various transfer envoys, and in the twenty-three roads of the Song Dynasty, they selected sixteen people, many of whom worked part-time on one or two roads, or even three roads!

Wu Juhou was not sent to Beijing, but was appointed as the left servant of the household department, specifically responsible for sorting out the national transit department.

At the same time, Zhao Xu, Zhang Dian and Cai Bian were discussing the deployment of various routes across the country, such as economic strategies, observation envoys, and regimental training envoys, and the Western Army was the focus, and it was also a quiet prevention and supervision of all roads, which was also paving the way for future changes.

Zhao Xu is busy here, and all kinds of battles between the government and the opposition are still in full swing.

Just two days later, Pei Feng suddenly put on a notebook in the middle of the matter, which alarmed the government and the opposition.

In this notebook, the recent chaos is analyzed and criticized, and this chaos is attributed to 'the young lord is in power, there is no support, the people are uneasy, and the ministers are terrified', 'treacherous people are rampant, demagoguery of the king, the ancestral system does not exist, and the world is in turmoil'......

Probably speaking, Zhao Xu is a 'young master' and has no support from his elders, so the courtiers are panicked, and they say that Zhao Xu was bewitched by traitors and did things that violated the ancestral system, so the current chaos was created.

Finally, there is a sentence: 'Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future, it's not too late to know the way back'.

Zhao Xu sat in the vertical arch hall, looking at this recital with an expressionless face.

Chen Pi bowed to the side, his face was tense, and said: "Official, this Pei Feng is bold and reckless, criticizing the king, the villain, please punish him heavily!" ”

Although Pei Feng left Zhao Xu out in his notebook, everyone knew that he still came to Zhao Xu, asking Zhao Xu to change his evil and restore his ancestral law.

Zhao Xu stared at it for a long time, and suddenly said, "This Pei Feng is known as 'iron-faced direct advice'? ”

Chen Pi's expression became more and more tense, and he said, "Yes." It's because he confronted the first emperor back then, and was finally praised for such a sentence, which came from this. ”

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "I killed a palace tiger Liu Shi'an, and this is another iron-faced direct advice, which is interesting." Passed the decree and ordered this Pei Feng to enter the palace, Su Xianggong, Zhang Xianggong, Cai Xianggong, and Fan Chunren, by the way, and that Dou Lin, plus six Shangshu, to hang the arch hall. ”

Chen Pi took a deep breath, bowed with a solemn face, and said, "Obey." ”