To the Shangqing Palace, the old Chen and Zhanzhao, who had not been seen for a long time, were called out by Zhao Zhen.

This is the first time I have seen Lao Zhao since I left the capital that year.

Zhao Zhen looked at Wang Yan for a long time with a strange gaze, and said softly: "You have finally grown up, and you are no longer the little slippery head you were back then." The wind and sand in the northwest blow your face very clean, but you always feel that there is a lack of child's unique aura. ”

Da Yan suddenly snorted and cried, and threw himself on the ground and hugged Lao Zhao's legs: "The minister has seen the big official's family, and the big official's family is mighty." The minister may have made some mistakes and offended some people, but the official family has to understand that the minister is only dedicated to doing things for the country. But they were thinking about persecuting the ministers all day long, and there was news that they wanted to get me into the trumpet to kill me...... Ouch. ”

Speaking of this, he was slapped on the back of the head by Lao Zhao, and Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Okay, okay, how can it be so serious as you say?" You have caused such a big disaster, and half of the people under your command who presided over the reform have now been investigated, and so far one-third of them have found out that the problem has been found, and the impact is not small. It's not too much for them to ask you for questioning, you are at least controlling your subordinates, and you can't know how to make good use of it, so you can't run away from this joint responsibility, am I wrong? ”

Wang Yan covered his head and didn't dare to pull the calf.

Seeing that he didn't find a reason and acquiesced to this mistake, Lao Zhao's complexion softened slightly: "Of course, I can't blame you entirely, I know that you have your difficulties." Speaking of which, they're all spoiled by me. ”

He looked endlessly booed.

Wang Yan pretended to be loyal and said: "Don't blame yourself for the big officials, it's because those guys don't know how to sympathize with the Sacred Heart, and don't know how to judge the situation and share the worries of the officials, how can they blame you." ”

When Zhao Zhen saw this kid, he seemed to feel that his brain was more sober, so he pointed to his nose and said: "Child, you are suspected of bewitching the sacred heart, if they are Bao Zheng Ouyang Xiu and they will inevitably talk about you again, fortunately, I have the emotional need to listen to good words, however, now none of these people say good things to me, as if it is popular to do with me, so they are really spoiled by me." ”

"Uh, okay." Wang Yan stopped at the right time, and didn't want to add to the snake.

Lao Zhao smiled slightly, he loved this clever prodigy very much. It's a pity that sometimes he has a problem with his thinking, and it is easy to poke a hole in the sky.

The momentum of the battle in the process of this time, Zhao Zhen was really frightened. Because at the foot of the Son of Heaven in the capital, the momentum is more infectious than every previous reform, just because the prodigy swept away the leaves in the wind, as if he was slid by a fast knife, and he was bleeding before he felt the pain, and then he kid actually had the ability to scar the wound in a short time?

Lao Zhao couldn't stand for a long time, so he sat down and instructed the little Taoist: "Give a seat to Xiao Wangqing's family, otherwise he will throw himself on the ground and hug my thigh, which is not decent." ”

So, Wang Yan also sat down obediently.

Zhao Zhen said again: "You did it in time this time. After reading Han Qi's newspaper, he said that there were 5 million acres of illegal black fields registered in one go, and this process did not require officials to take the time to verify, but the landlords and officials took the initiative to report it. And afterwards, you took away nearly 40 million yuan of their account fees......"

After a pause, Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "Even if it has passed now, I still feel cold in my heart now." ”

"Frightened to the officials, the ministers are guilty." Wang Yan said something kind.

I didn't know that Lao Zhao pointed at his nose with a very treacherous appearance and said: "Okay, it's best if you take the initiative to admit guilty, and I can rest assured." Otherwise, you rudely brought in tens of millions for the imperial court, and pulled hatred for my hard work, and if you don't admit your guilt, I am really embarrassed to punish you. ”

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Wang Yan couldn't help but face like the bottom of a pot, it seemed that he was about to cross the river and demolish the bridge?

Seeing that he wanted to speak, Zhao Zhen stopped and said, "Okay, don't say it." I am reluctant to let you go, but there are so many people you have offended, I don't want you to build the Fukang Canal anymore, and your way of doing things is destined to be an untold struggle. There will always be mistakes in doing things, and in this incident, one-third of the officials under your command were found to have problems, which has had a great impact on your reputation. After I revealed the plan to a limited number of people, there was a big backlash, and except for Han Qi, almost no one supported going to the Fukang Canal now. Even if you are biased towards your Fubi, you don't think you can build the Fukang Canal anymore......"

"But." Wang Yan couldn't help but intervene.

Lao Zhao interrupted again: "Don't, but." Maybe it is really possible for you to complete the Fukang Canal before the rainy season, but this is another rush work, and anything that is done in a hurry will definitely have to be out of the basket. I can still withstand your misemployment and negligence this time, but if Fukangqu is in a hurry, I can't protect you if there are any problems. ”

Wang Yan was silent, because objectively speaking, Lao Zhao is not nonsense, but there is indeed this hidden danger.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Two, although the wound caused by this time is scarred, it takes time to heal. If you just take away the fields of the outsiders, and so many officials under your command collect the landlord's black line in the process, and in the blink of an eye, you immediately make a big news to start the Fukang Canal, so that the value of the fertile land that you have snatched away will appreciate significantly, this is to stimulate the landlords who have lost their land, and they are sprinkling salt on their wounds. Even Han Qi and your father were a little hesitant about this, Fu Bi, Han Jiang, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Gongchen, Lu Gongzhu, Sima Guang, including Zhang Fangping of Hebei did not support this, and almost formed a forced palace. They told me to abandon the Fukang Canal project and not exacerbate the conflict. Sima Guang, Lü Gongzhu, Wang Gongchen and others believed that the remaining funds should be incorporated into the weak treasury to participate in the filling, and should not be spent indiscriminately. Han Qi and Fu Bi took a step back, thinking that they could repair the Fukang Canal, but not this year, so they could keep the money and put it aside for one to two years to see the situation. I hold this view as well. ”

has already said this step, Wang Yan knows that this time is really no fun. Lao Zhao is so virtuous, Toda reformed because he was fast and accurate, otherwise he would not escape the fate of being stopped by him, he is such a person, all his life.

And this means that Wang Yan's fate has been decided, Lao Zhao is a very obscene person, and the next sentence should be "Before you are denied by them for a reason, leave Beijing".

"Before you are denied by them, leave Beijing and go to North 1 Beijing to study behind closed doors. Let Zhang Fangping protect you and come back for the exam next year. Regarding your exam, Han Qi has specifically approached me for this matter, his way of speaking is sneaky, I know what to expect, and I will give you an explanation when the time comes, and give you some care and favoritism. ”

Wang Yan cried and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Zhao Zhen slapped the back of his head again and said, "Don't cry with a face, I can't give you any appointment for the time being because of pressure." ”

"Ahh Da Yan jumped up in fright, "If it's a dismissal again, you don't necessarily need to drive the minister away to North 1 Beijing, right?" Dismissal and getting out, this is almost equivalent to distribution? ”

Lao Zhao said embarrassedly: "Going to the Daimyo's Mansion was asked by Zhang Fangping to go, even if you don't have a specific position, he will let you do things and won't let you be idle." ”

Wang Yan was depressed for a while, it was really obscene, and he needed to release it and bite it, but he didn't finish biting it, and he gave my big Yan a cold mix.

"Well, in short, Xiaochen is not the kind of person who looks at the wind and sighs all day long, he does things when he should do, he reads books when he has nothing to do, and by the way, he can also update the "Iron Head Light" that has been broken for a long time." Wang Yan said.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but pat the chair and laughed: "I like you like this." He also said: "I also heard Han Qi say that you instructed the Funing County Machinery Factory to sell flintlock pistols to Western Xia and Liao, is there such a thing?" ”

Wang Yan couldn't help but panic.

Zhao Zhen didn't look like he was observing, he twisted his beard and said, "I have reservations about this matter, but Han Qi thinks it's feasible. Considering your diplomatic maneuvers in Western Xia at that time, it really can't be done without giving some conditions. In the past, every time I negotiated, I gave money to get peace. This time you are in turn, temporarily calming down the situation and making money. It is true that the Great Song Dynasty has not yet said anything, but I have already regarded the flintlock pistol as a weapon, and Han Qi said that selling guns to the Western Xia and Liao States can slow down the progress and pace of their own guns. And the flintlock pistols sold by my Great Song have been castrated, even if there is a war in the future, my Great Song can still occupy the advantage of equipment. ”

"In general, I think this statement may be debatable, but it is not impossible to move." Zhao Zhen finally said.

"Xie Guanjia understands." Wang Yan nodded.

Zhao Zhen turned to say: "So the flintlock gun can be moved, and it can be sold to the Western Xia Liao Kingdom, but the transaction and technology of the gun are in the hands of others, I am a little worried after all, and Han Qi can't accept this." ”

Wang Yan waited for him to continue.

Lao Zhao continued: "So Han Qi plans to take the jurisdiction of Funing County Machinery Factory under the pretext of 'being able to make flintlock pistols' to the Privy Council, which is considered a military industry directly managed by the imperial court and independent of the ordnance superintendent. ”

Wang Yan said: "This is okay, sooner or later it will have to be changed like this, and this is supported by the ministers." ”

Lao Zhao finally showed the fox's tail and said with a smile: "I and Han Qi are not at ease when this industry is handed over to others, and they plan to appoint you as the 'Governor of the Machinery Industry Bureau of the Privy Council, Tongxiazhou', as the competent director of the machinery factory, what do you think, child?" ”

"......" Da Yan really admired Lao Zhao and Han Qi's brains.

This is a compromise at the time of rights, which is just a better call. In fact, it is equivalent to getting Da Yan, an administrative official engaged in politics, to run a state-owned enterprise. This is also considered to have dived back from the first echelon to the second echelon in many later generations. So in this Confucian-dominated ancient world, officials went to business, and under the sage quotation that "those who have machines must have scheming", the reputation is difficult to hear.

But the good thing is that in this way, there is no pressure on the emperor and Han Qi, and those conservatives will think that this is a derogatory rebuke, which is already between officials and businessmen.

It doesn't matter if it's a big bird, it's actually similar to the initial form of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. It's just that Han Qi has a big brain now, so he counts this as a Privy Council department. In the future, it will become bigger, and the establishment of the Machinery Industry Bureau will definitely be able to surpass Sinong Temple, and it is normal to become a minister. After the examination is over, it is natural for Dayan to return to the first echelon to engage in politics.

"Okay, the minister thinks it's feasible." Wang Yan simply agreed.

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, slapped the chair again and said: "Just your little kid, I will add you a first-class official title, and you will be named from the sixth rank of Feng Zhilang." ”

"The minister has thanked the big official's family for their love." Wang Yan said sincerely.

Basically, people who don't pass the exam, this is already the ceiling, Wang Yan reached the ceiling when he was sixteen years old, and he was already almost crazy. The average person who does not take exams and does not make mistakes, and who rely on the recommendation of the shade supplement, will reach this position at least after the age of forty.

From this point of view, the new department "Machinery Industry Bureau" created by Lao Zhao and Han Brain Shell is half a level lower than the ordnance superintendent directly under the Ministry of War.

If Wang Yan does a good job, and his scale and strength greatly surpass that of the Ordnance Superintendent, when he reaches a certain size, he will definitely merge the Ordnance Superintendent, and these structural reforms will begin gradually.

As for offending people and being promoted from the sixth grade, it is not on merit, but on political rules: quitting the first echelon and being promoted to half a level, ordinary people will not object too much to this. There are a lot of such things in the Great Song Dynasty, and many people are actually not too high in rank when they are prime ministers, usually after the resignation of the prime minister, they are promoted to the top Kaifu Yi and the third division, which is normal......