The result of the new Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi surprised the internal and external courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, Xia Zhu, who was originally victorious, was not elected to the post of prime minister, but the unknown Pang Ji became the new Pingzhangshi of the Great Song Dynasty.

Xia Zhu's exploits are there!

From the envoy to the Wa Kingdom to win three silver mines for the Great Song Dynasty, to the Ryukyu Kingdom in a storm, and then to the Liao Dynasty, a series of events have reflected his outstanding talent, which no one can deny.

But when the prime ministers of the two governments reported the candidates to the official family, the official family vetoed Xia Zhu, and instead appointed the second candidate, Pang Ji, as the prime minister of a country.

Since the beginning of the court meeting in the Daqing Palace, the courtiers have whispered, and Yan Shu, who was standing in the forefront, was slightly dissatisfied, and looked back at the courtiers who were speaking: "Although the official family has not arrived, how can you whisper above the hall?" Where is the imperial history in the palace! ”

In fact, Yushi originally wanted to listen to the conversation of the courtiers, but as the governor of Yan Shu's speech, they could only ring the court board in their hands to warn.

The hall was quiet again, Yan Shu looked at the head of the Pang Ji, today is the day of his Xuan Ma worship, according to the process, the official family should be preparing the edict on yellow, white linen paper and the imperial pen, and cover it with a jade seal.

The wait was long, Xia Zhu stood next to Pang Ji, but there was no dissatisfaction on his face, as if everything was no different from the past, which made people a little strange, Xia Zhu in the past was not so indifferent to fame and fortune......

Of course, Xia Zhu is not indifferent to fame and fortune, he was originally involved in political affairs, and it is still the case, this identity is easier to participate in government politics than the position of Pingzhangshi, and he does not have to bear so much responsibility......

No one Xia Zhu can see clearly, in his eyes, the post of prime minister will become a fictitious title after the official family is in power, at least it is a fictitious title for him Xia Zhu, but he is only responsible for a small part of the politics of the Great Song Dynasty, the appointment of low-level officials and simple political affairs.

The governor, the privy envoy, and the three envoys divided the prime minister's administrative power, military power and financial power, and such a prime minister Xia Zhu did not want to be the prime minister, but the governor's political affairs could be more reused by the officials, which was the means for the officials to concentrate the imperial power!

Today's imperial pen, the imperial tie is even more frequent than the edict, because these two things do not need to be sealed by the prime minister, and become the highest order of the Great Song Dynasty, no one can change it, and the official family will only be promulgated in the situation of the edict on some insignificant decrees, what rights does the prime minister have in this case?

So at this time, Xia Zhu didn't feel that there was anything wrong with not being elected prime minister, but he was very happy, at least the official family would not empty his rights, nor would he limit his desire to serve the country, which was enough for him Xia Zhu.

In this glorious hall, perhaps only Ding Wei beside him can best understand Xia Zhu's thoughts, why is this not the case with Ding Wei? He was once only one step away from the post of Pingzhangshi, but the official family was reluctant to move him to the post of the third envoy, and only he understood the secret.

Those who are old and serious are most suitable for ordinary affairs, and those who are capable are suitable for other important positions in the two governments, which is the employment strategy of the officials.

When Zhao Zhen appeared on the throne of the Daqing Palace, the whispers in the court were collected, the officials did not like the whispers in the hall, and many people had been reprimanded by the officials in front of the civil and military officials, and their faces were naturally ugly......

But this silence did not last long, when Zhao Zhen announced in the main hall that the Great Song Dynasty would conduct a large-scale military exercise, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military exploded instantly, and only Cao Wei Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu, who had already received the news, were unknown.

As a freshly baked Pingzhang matter, Pang Ji naturally had the responsibility to admonish, and went out of the class in order to complete the whole court uniform: "Your Majesty, this military exercise is often tens of thousands of people, and this is only the required soldiers, plus labor and helpers, the number is no less than 100,000, so it is unwise to spend money and effort!" ”

His words were approved by the courtiers, and even Lu Zongdao's duties as a retainer were taken care of.

Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "The weight of the military exercise should not be underestimated, hundreds of thousands of troops are kept in captivity in Tokyo City, wouldn't it be a waste of combat power to do nothing, and wouldn't the imperial court's military salary become a luxury?" However, north of my Great Song Dynasty Tokyo City, located in the plain, there is no danger to defend, if there is no strong soldiers to practice tirelessly, how can we defend my Great Song Jinou? ”

Zhao Zhen's words are really no problem from a military point of view, but from the perspective of financial planning and internal affairs, it is a little out of place, after all, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty has just carried out a large-scale redress, and has formed two strong troops, the difference between the treasury and the treasury has been used a lot, and the money consumed by a large-scale military exercise is even more huge!

Pang was worthy of the name of old man, and he listed precedents for hard work and money, which in the eyes of him and many courtiers was a thankless task.

And Ding Wei didn't say a word, and when Zhao Zhen asked him to list the needs of the treasury, Ding Wei came out and said: "Now the money of the three divisions of the Great Song Dynasty can support the officials to carry out three military exercises, if there is a large amount of taxes available after the two taxes in the summer and autumn next year!" Unless there is a famine in the land of several states. ”

Ding Wei has always been like this, the courtiers have become accustomed to his official affairs, he is only responsible for the affairs of the three divisions, and the rest is the official family asks him to say one thing and one thing, and he is loyal to the duties of the prime minister and never says much irrelevant political affairs.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "The tax is put in the treasury for no other purpose than being bitten by insects and rats, and now my Great Song Dynasty can't use the grain stored in the country at all, so it is better to propose to send it to the soldiers as military food, and the military exercise has been decided!" ”

Since the emperor has decided, and it will not affect the financial revenue and expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty, the voice of opposition will naturally be extinguished, but Lu Zongdao said: "Official, even if the army goes out to fight even if it is a military exercise, it will consume people's power, how to properly arrange the army's accommodation and labor transportation?" ”

Zhao Zhen pointed at Xia Zhu and said: "At this time, Xia Zhu, the governor of the political affairs, is in charge, and Xia Zhu is the supervisor of the army during the military exercise, so he must be thorough in details, and there must be no exhaustion of the people's strength, nor can the horse trample on the farmland, and the army will disturb the people's livelihood!" ”

Xia Zhu bowed and said, "Obey the order!" ”

A great court meeting has become boring because of Zhao Zhen's military exercise plan, and many people are thinking about the purpose of this official military exercise, after all, the military exercise of tens of thousands of people is not a joke, the horses, food, armaments, and people needed are not only huge!

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army has also had a lot of wars in recent years, the party in the west, the destruction of Dali in the south, and the invincible soldiers are invincible, and now they are going to conduct military exercises, which is really worth the loss.

Pang Ji, who was a member of Pingzhang, insisted on staying in the game, and Xia Zhu also stayed as a supervisor, and at the same time, there was also a group of ministers from the two prefectures, and they must understand why the official family did this.

The two mansions are the center of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen doesn't plan to hide it from them, after all, the three Cao Wei of the Privy Council already know that the rest are the civil servants of the center, so it is better to stay and hold a high-level meeting together, so that they can be prepared and cover well.

Sancai led the two ministers to the maze behind the Chongwen Academy, which was originally a place to collect the original books of the three museums and the ink of ancient palace paintings, because there was no inner servant here, except for an old official, there was no one else, and the secret pavilion itself was also processed, and it was very quiet and stable.

Except for the time when Zhao Zhen secretly summoned loyal ministers to discuss and punish the rebellious Zhao Yuanyan, it was never opened......