Because last night Zhao Zhen flipped through a piece of music that made him difficult to let go, last year's military spending plus the officials' salaries totaled more than 60 million yuan, and the military expenditure accounted for eighty percent of it, and the figures at a glance but shocking made Zhao Zhen's originally a little shaken heart of reform instantly firm, no one expected that a great historical change was caused by a string of numbers.

The long-awaited storm of reform has arrived, and Ouyang Xian is reading a report impassionedly, The old school understands that this morning is a show between the reformers and the emperor.

Wang Lun's rebellion began in Luoyang, Beijing, and traveled thousands of miles without stopping, killing soldiers and civilians indiscriminately everywhere, burning cities, and everywhere they went, they were devastated, and their development was so fast that people were caught off guard, and in a short period of time across Jingdong, Huainan, Shaanxi, and western Beijing, thousands of miles of land, entering the state and county as if entering the realm of no one.

Wang Lun was killed, not to mention the strategy of the thief, but he didn't know that although the former thief was destroyed, there were more thieves in the back, and the strong thieves in Chizhou, Jiezhou, Dengzhou and other places formed a banner and beat the drum, entered the city during the day, and the officials greeted them, eating and feasting. ”

The voice of yin and yang paused, and Zhao Zhen said: "Is the situation that Cheng said in the imperial history true? ”

Yan Shu, the prime minister above 10,000 people under one person, looked at the steps in front of the dragon chair as kind as looking at his grandson who had just been born, and turned a blind eye to Zhao Zhen's gaze, Zhao Zhen scolded in his heart, what a beep dog, I knew that you were so uncooperative today, I won't engage in that set of balancing techniques, so that you are the prime minister and don't have the same heart as me, do I want you to be a decoration?

Du Yan, the No. 2 person of the reformers, stood up, he was as big as Fan Zhongyan in terms of actual power, and the grades of the two people were the same, but Zhao Zhen thought that only people like Fan Zhongyan could control all matters of reform, and Du Yan was also willing to be a green leaf to accompany Fan Zhongyan.

"Your Majesty, Ouyang Zhongcheng said that there is indeed something going on, and the minister also saw several pieces of music about thieves in the concert room, and the thieves swarmed, and the local forces of the state and county could not deal with it, so they chose to live with the bandits."

Zhao Zhen picked up the jade paperweight in his hand and threw it angrily in front of the ministers, and the fragments of the paperweight seemed to be very popular with everyone's hearts.

"I just want to ask who else can save this Zhao Song Wang Chao so that this high-rise building will not collapse in an instant."

Everyone could see that Zhao Zhen was really angry, and the old school led by Xia Zhu didn't dare to come out at this time, for fear that the emperor's anger would fall on them, everyone rushed to speak, each expressing their opinions, and the head of what they said was the way, and the appearance of the quail was usually gone, but it was empty talk and vernacular, and no one said a specific measure.

Fu Bi said: "The minister has no big opinions, the next thing to say is to pick up people's teeth and wisdom, Quanzhou City Bosi City Ship Envoy Song Qi years ago on a note, I read it, go back to check the information, found that the two have a lot in common, say it I hope to do a little bit." ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Aiqing, please say, don't ask for guilt with words today, you can say any good suggestions and ideas, what I need is pragmatic talents, not the kind of people who talk like they talk in the vegetable market." ”

One sentence knocked down a large area, and you mean that the people we spoke before were all selling vegetables in the vegetable market.

Fu Bi continued: "During the Zhenzong period, Wang Yu, the governor of Yangzhou, gave Emperor Zhenzong five 'advices', the main contents of which are: to do a good job in border relations and make the people in the border pass live and work in peace and contentment.

Reduce redundant soldiers and redundant officials, select excellent officials, rather than indiscriminate, deal with some monks and nuns, reduce the consumption of building monasteries, the Son of Heaven should be close to talented loyal ministers, and stay away from the villains of ministers, and use people without suspicion, and do not use suspicious people. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "I have also heard of these five admonitions, but they were not implemented in the end, you talk about Song Qi's suggestion again, and all Aiqing will listen to it, which is more suitable for the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty than Wang Yu's advice." ”

Fu Bi said: "Lord Song mainly pointed out the 'three redundant and three fees', the 'three redundant' everyone's ears have heard the cocoon, redundant officials, redundant fees, redundant officials, and Wang Yu's advice is no different, and the governor Fan has also emphasized this topic, I won't say more."

The "Three Fees" of Lord Song refers to: the establishment of many dojos on the grounds of praying for the blessing of the Son of Heaven and the blessings of the people, wasting money; there are too many monks in the temples in the four major capitals, which consumes food and clothing for the government; the deposed ministers still have the rank of Jiedu envoy, and the state provides them with money. ”

"Fu Aiqing has a heart, and the information is very clear, the crux of the problem is that the Great Song Dynasty treasury is getting poorer and poorer, and the people are suffering for a day haha, where does the money go, can it still disappear by itself? That Aiqing can stand up and explain to me. ”

Fan Zhongyan stood up and said with a clear attitude: "The minister is not willing to cut through all obstacles for the emperor, and the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty and the people have a clear sky, and the minister will die on the road of enriching the country and strengthening the army." ”

"The minister is also willing", "the minister is also willing", "the minister is also willing"

In the response to your comings and goings, Zhao Zhen said: "Aiqing has this determination, I can't lag behind, Fan Aiqing will preside over all the reform matters in the Great Song Dynasty from today on."

With the focus of reform on 'three redundancy and three fees', and the direction of reform to enrich the people and strengthen the country, all work and people must make way for reform. ”

Fan Zhongyan will have a feeling of indescribable and unclear in his heart, in the same year of the Jinshi, he was not outstanding, the first time for the young Zhao Zhen to speak up, entered the emperor's field of vision, and later offended the prime minister Lu Yijian and was demoted.

The second time the Empress Dowager Liu was in the matter, he chose to advise the emperor and give the Empress Dowager Liu the honor she deserved, he was demoted again, this time he reached the pinnacle of his life, don't be degraded again, and then degraded it means that his reform has failed.

After the next dynasty, Fan Zhongyan, Du Yan, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Shi Jie, Wang Su, Yu Jing, Cai Xiang, Lu Zifei's familiar Mei Yaochen, Su Shunqin They gathered together, Han Qi and Pang Ji who were far away in Shaanxi were not there, otherwise this team would be even larger.

Du Yan said: "Xiwen, which aspect are you going to start with, those are primary, and those are secondary." ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "Redundant soldiers and redundant officials are the main, the rest are secondary, solve the redundant soldiers and redundant officials, and the redundant money will be solved by the way, and I am ready to use the emperor's dragon power to start from the redundant officials." ”

Ouyang Xiu's heart tightened and said: "Brother Xiwen, the resistance to the officials will be very great, you can use the emperor's power to suppress them for a while, you can't suppress them for a lifetime, the officials are blocked, and it will be very difficult for you to start from other aspects later." ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "Uncle Yong, I know everything you said, but if you think about it, the root cause of all these contradictions is not in the redundant officials, the children and grandchildren of the big bureaucrats, relatives, and doormen are accepted by officials in the way of 'Enmeng', although they can't enter the center of the Great Song Dynasty, but they can't withstand the huge number!"

After the death of the hero, the grace was given to the next generation, how many official positions did the Great Song Dynasty have? You may not know that there are positions where there are several people sitting on the same page.

It is good to take the imperial examination, and it gives the children of the poor a way out, but how many children of ordinary people can read books, and there are only so many people who can become officials over and over again.

I asked Chunyou to count it, and now the number of officials registered in the imperial court is five times that of the early days of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and you think for yourself what kind of concept this is. ”

Shi Jie said: "If we want to start with the officials, we must first pass the assessment of our own relatives and children, otherwise those flies will stare at us all day looking for trouble, and we will start from ourselves when we go home!" ”

Shi Jiezi guarded the way, founded Taishan Academy and Culai Academy, the founder of Song and Ming Dynasty science, advocated 'benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and music for learning, the people for the foundation of the world', he and Zhao Zhen's teacher Hu Ming, Sun Fu, a scholar of the Imperial Palace, was called "Mr. Song Chusan" by later generations, Er Cheng and Zhu Xi are his next generation disciples, what about this person? is a pure scholar, an idealist.

Ouyang Xiu thought in his heart, who doesn't have one or two relatives anymore, in the face of the sorrow of his parents, the sadness of his wife, son and daughter, who can be ruthless, the nature of a scholar is to glorify his ancestors, and he will not have a face on his face when he finds a job for his family? It's really a pot that doesn't open and mention, you have the right not to use it, it will be invalid when it expires, and there will be no fish when the water is clear!

Du Yan said: "Xiwen has set the tone, let's write out the old slip overnight in the past few days!" We can afford to wait, but the people can't afford to wait, since you all think that Xiwen can afford this burden, then believe him and support him. ”

Fu Bi said: "I agree with Du Xiang's words, the snake is not good without a head, the soldier is chaotic without an owner, Xiwen is our snake head, and behind him we twist into a rope to carry on the cause we want." ”

Fan Zhongyan said movingly: "With you like-minded partners standing by my side, I am full of confidence in the success of the next work, the great moment is about to begin, comrades, are you ready?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "It will be the top of the mountain, we will stand here today, and our statue will stand here in the future, so let's rush forward for the sake of leaving a name in history!" ”

Everyone else smiled heartily, and the opportunity is always reserved for those who are prepared, and they have prepared for the next year.