Zhao Huan did not greet Li Gang, Wen Huanzhang and others in Tokyo in advance, he thought that now it was only a change in North Jingzhou, that is, the original Jingnan Road, which had little involved, so it was implemented in North Jingzhou in a resolute manner, and after appointing Li Huai, Liu Min and other governors of the seven divisions of North Jingzhou and officials from more than 50 subordinate counties, he ordered a one-year tax reduction, and North Jingzhou did recover relatively quickly, at least it was roughly stabilized in less than half a month, and the officials, civilians, and military performed their duties.

In essence, there is no problem with changing the state from road to state, it is just a name; However, it turned out that the roads or roads of the Great Song Dynasty were only a supervisory duty, and later the authority became more and more important, in fact, there were two levels of prefectures (prefectures) and counties, but each state only governed a few or a dozen counties.

Now, the state government has been abolished, the functions and powers of the state government of one road have been merged, and a series of official positions such as the prefect and the governor have been abolished, which can save a lot of officials and a lot of expenses.

The problem, however, is that the number of officials in Northern Jingzhou has shrunk dramatically.

How many officials are there in the Great Song Dynasty now?

According to the Ministry of Officials, there are about 50,000 people, and there are 17,000 in Tokyo alone!

How many roads are there in the Great Song?

Twenty-eight roads (roads), more than 1,200 counties. That is, on average, there are 1,200 officials per road.

How many officials did Zhao Huan use in Northern Jingzhou after the restructuring?

There were only more than 100 officials and more than 300 officials, for a total of less than 400.

This is the real situation after the redundant personnel of the Great Song Dynasty were eliminated.

And this number is basically similar to the prediction of the imperial court: 43,000 redundant members of the Great Song Dynasty in the second year of Zhenghe (1112), and 48,000 redundant personnel in the first year of Xuanhe (1119). According to the employment estimation of North Jingzhou, the redundant staff is about 45,000.

Of the more than 50,000 officials in the Great Song Dynasty, less than 5,000 people were actually needed, and more than ninety percent of them were redundant people who ate dry food.

Of course, there is still a big gap between this data and the more than 640 officials in the Tang Taizong period and the total number of officials in the country of 7,000, but the population of the Great Song Dynasty is much more than that of the Zhenguan Dynasty, and the total population of Zhenguan is only 30 million, and the current Great Song Dynasty has exceeded 100 million.

So, in general, the Great Song only needed a maximum of five thousand officials.

So what to do with 45,000 redundant personnel? Unemployed!

It's worth it!

Therefore, Zong Ze reminded Zhao Huan more than half a month ago that he should be careful of the "change of officials", and it is advisable to "slowly plan it", and not to be in a hurry. At that time, Zhao Huan thought that the Great Song Dynasty did not have a big family to control the government, and the only powerful ones were the families of Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Fan Zhongyan and other famous ministers and the generals of the Zhe family, the Chong family, the Yao family, and the Yang family.

But when Zhao Huan received Dai Zong's urgent report and returned to Tokyo with Wang Qing's family, he was still startled by the piles of music on the Qinzheng Palace.

"Your Highness! There are a total of more than 48,000 copies of the recitals here, and almost all the officials of the Great Song Dynasty have rushed to the recitals for 600 miles, only more than 500 copies are supported, and the rest are all to dissuade His Highness from changing the law easily......"

Song Qing followed behind Zhao Huan, his face was very ugly.

The problem of the three redundancies of the Great Song Dynasty has lasted for nearly a hundred years, causing the whole world to be in turmoil. Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is cutting redundant personnel for the good of the Great Song Dynasty, this has not yet begun, hearing a little wind in Northern Jingzhou is like digging their ancestral graves, such an official can cure the Great Song Dynasty?

It's too easy to be the emperor, it's not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who works so hard and has to go to the battlefield in person!

So he became angrier and angrier ever since he received them one after another.

Zhao Huan was also startled when he looked at this pile of songs, he knew for the first time that the forty-eight thousand pieces of music were so spectacular together.

Gee! Enough to see for yourself for three months!

However, he was not as indignant as Song Qing, and he had been mentally prepared for this situation.

Especially when I heard that there were more than 500 people supporting it, it was a surprise. He thought it would be nice to have a few dozen people!

Da Song, there are still those with roots!

He glanced back at Song Qing and smiled.

"Angry? No need! It's all a normal reaction, Prince Ben ......"

"Your Highness! It's time to call it lonely! In the past, in order to suppress His Royal Highness, the official family did not allow you to be called lonely, but only allowed you to call the palace, but you created your own prince; Now that you're in prison, no one can control you, and you should change your self-profess, otherwise you will always feel indecent......"

"Change?"

"Change!"

"Good! Solitary...... Solitary! I'm not used to it, but I'll be fine in a few days! ”

Zhao Huan shook his head and smiled.

"Lonely...... smashed other people's jobs, if you don't let people call twice, you always feel a little too bullying, and it is not in line with the truth. Now that I know it, I'm more steady. ”

"Your Highness! So many people are on the ...... It's unprecedented! Since the opening of Pangu, there has never been a sudden receipt of 48,000 books! ”

"There's never been so much redundancy, has it? The more they are distant, the more proof they are afraid! I'm afraid, at least they want to be officials! ”

"What does Your Highness mean...... They can't make trouble? ”

"That's right! If it is like the Han and Tang dynasties, the big family controlled the world, and if they insisted on going their own way, their five surnames and seven wangs would be able to make a big resignation in the world as soon as they closed the door. But now is not the time after all, the five surnames and Qiwang have been killed by Huang Chao's horseman, and now there are only a few of the largest families in the Great Song Dynasty, and their influence is very small, which annoys the prince of Ben, and it will be fine if he sends a few hundred people to arrest him-"

"You see, there are soldiers and generals in your lonely hands, so you don't have to be afraid of anything! Except, of course, for Liaojin in the north! ”

Song Qing pondered silently for a while, It seems that the prince is really right, everyone wants to be an official, but they are reluctant to do this, and in the case of no one taking the lead, no one can just be the prince.

When the official family was in power, almost all the central high-ranking officials were cut down, and the current high-ranking central officials have only been in office for two or three months, and the foundation is not deep, and there is really no resistance to changing the law at this time.

Thinking about it like this, he was no longer angry, and secretly laughed at those officials who were sparse in his heart.

Zhao Huan pointed to a corner of the Songshu Mountain: "Find out the more than 500 copies of the support of the Song, and hand them over to Li Gang and Mr. Wen to have a good look, to see if they are here to speculate or really support the elimination of redundant personnel, pick out the real talents, and reuse them!" ”

"The two gentlemen have seen it, and they have all been sent away with bad intentions, and these more than 500 people really support the elimination of redundant personnel!"

"That's easy!" Zhao Huanxi said, "The 28th Road of the Great Song Dynasty can be directly changed to 28 states, and the name of the state can be discussed again." These more than 500 people were asked to be the governors of the seven divisions of various roads, so that almost 200 people were settled; There are probably two hundred people needed here in Tokyo, and they will be filled into the central levels; There are still more than 100 people who want those who are loyal enough, and they must be sent to the army to do ideological work! ”