As Kou Ji guessed, after Han Yang was suspended, the impeachment of Han Yang drifted into the palace like snowflakes, and the people of Yushitai listed eight major sins for Han Yang, one of which was to mistreat his subordinates.

Zhao Zhen took advantage of the situation and dismissed the position of the secretary of the Hanyang Criminal Department.

After Han Yang was deposed, Song Qi reported sick leave to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen took the opportunity to give Song Yi a false title of prince and prince, and relieved him of his actual position.

Since then, the old ministers in the court have gone, and among the remaining civil and military personnel, the oldest is Fan Zhongyan.

When young and middle-aged people completely occupied the dominant position of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the government and the opposition of the Great Song Dynasty were aggressive.

If the Great Song Dynasty in the past was like a ring ruler, then now the Great Song Dynasty is more like a sword out of the sheath.

When the sword is unsheathed, it will naturally have to be captured.

Under the guidance of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, the first blow of the sword slashed at the Great Song Dynasty.

The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials, as well as many yamen such as Yushitai, Dali Temple, and Honglu Temple, have carried out an innovation.

All ministries, Taiwans and temples are under the control of the Political Affairs Hall, which has established the Imperial History Division, the Administrative Affairs Department, and the Criminal Law Department under the jurisdiction of the Political Affairs Hall.

There are nine sub-departments under the jurisdiction of the three divisions.

The political affairs of the Great Song Dynasty were further promoted and subdivided.

The name of the government office was changed to the government affairs center.

The Imperial Court also added the Capital Academy.

Together with the Privy Council, it is called the Three Chambers.

Each of the three courts has one chief officer of the second grade and two auxiliary officers of the second grade.

The nine divisions under the jurisdiction of the three courts each have one chief officer of the three grades and two auxiliary officers from the three grades.

There are 27 departments under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Division, each of which has one chief officer of the fourth grade and two auxiliary officers of the fourth grade.

In addition, each court, department, and ministry yamen all have a number of subordinate officials.

The rank is high and landed, and the highest subordinate officials shall not be higher than the fourth rank, and the lowest shall be from the ninth rank.

In addition, the imperial court has a special prime minister, who is ranked above the three courts from the first rank, and assists the official prime minister Chaogang.

The post of prime minister was created by hundreds of officials.

At the beginning of its establishment, Zhao Zhen had already consulted with the new Prime Minister Kou Ji and the envoy of the main house of the Three Chambers, and the Prime Minister was like the chief regent in the political arena of the Great Song Dynasty, which was a flash in the pan.

When Koji leaves office, the post of prime minister will be abolished and will no longer be created.

Kou Ji is the first prime minister, the last prime minister, and the last first-class official in the DPRK.

After Kou Ji leaves office, there will be no more ministers in power in the DPRK.

is a product, from a product, will become the old minister after leaving the court.

It's just an honor, and it doesn't have any real power.

The four seasons of the imperial court will not be broken, and they will be supported until death.

But their performance could not appear in the court again, and they could not affect the political situation in the court.

After they left the court, the only thing they could play was the death advice when they were dying.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen sat in the Shishitang, watching Chen Lin take the palace ladies and eunuchs in the palace to take off the signboard of the Shishitang at the entrance of the Shishitang and hang the signboard of the Shishitang.

Kou Ji looked helpless, "The official, the minister thinks that the minister can serve as the official of the government." There is no need to get a minister to the post of prime minister, which will only add to the trouble.

If the descendants of future generations grasp this point and use the words of the prime minister again, then the power that Taizu and Taizong worked hard to weaken will probably be weakened in vain. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Fourth brother, if you want to serve as a member of the political court, have you considered whether the hundred officials will agree?" ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and said nothing.

Zhao Zhen laughed.

Why Zhao Zhen laughed, Kou Ji knew it in his heart.

The reason why the officials asked Zhao Zhen to set up a special prime minister from the first rank was to hold Kou Ji high, so as not to let Kou Ji sit in any of the three houses and affect the other two houses.

After all, with Kou Ji's current power and majesty, it is still easy to sit alone in one courtyard and control the other two courtyards remotely.

The officials obviously saw the benefits of the three courts, and they didn't want Kou Ji to destroy the situation of the three courts, so they asked Zhao Zhen to set up a special position to give Kou Ji a high offering.

Kou Ji knew the mood of the hundred officials, and he also understood the actions of the hundred officials, so he could only smile bitterly at this, "A group of little rabbit cubs, for fear that I will mix in among them and bully them......"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Jiaolong is mixed in the pile of tigers and wolves, isn't that bullying?" People just think that you, the dragon, mixed in their tiger and wolf pile, will affect the situation that the imperial court has created so hard, so they pushed you out. ”

Regarding Zhao Zhen calling him Jiaolong, Kou Ji did not refute it.

Although he has passed the throne to Kou Tianci, in the eyes of Zhao Zhen and the Manchu Dynasty, he is still the king of Han.

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "They have to offer the minister, and the minister also admits it, but you have to keep the minister in the palace to accompany you to review the recital, isn't it a bit undesirable?" ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Outside the palace, there is a yamen of the Privy Council, a yamen of the government court, and a yamen of the capital council is being built, but there is no prime minister's yamen."

Since there is no room for you outside the palace, then you can only stay in the palace with me.

In the future, this council hall will be the place where you and I will review and sparse, I will be in the center, you will be on the left, and the affairs of the three courtyards and the courtyard will be on the right after they arrive.

When they come, you and I will accompany them to discuss politics, and if they come or not, we will have the final say in the council hall. ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "As a foreign minister, the minister has lived in the deep palace for a long time. ”

Zhao Zhen laughed, "If others have lived in the deep palace for a long time, I will still be worried." But fourth brother, you have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and I am not worried at all. ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Zhao Zhen approached Kou Ji and asked with some curiosity: "Could it be that the fourth brother has more lust after he gets older?" ”

As soon as Kou Ji was about to speak, he heard Zhao Zhen shouting at Chen Lin: "Chen Lin, Chen Lin, go, replace all the people serving in the council hall with beautiful palace ladies." If the fourth brother takes a fancy to that, let the fourth brother bring it when he returns home. ”

Chen Lin agreed with a smile, "The slave obeys the order......

Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen with a smile.

Zhao Zhen squeezed his eyebrows at Kou Ji and said, "If the fourth brother thinks that those women in the palace are not spiritual, I can select some beautiful girls to enter the palace in my name and let the fourth brother choose." ”

Kou Ji hurriedly waved his hand, "No, the official family can't come nonsense." ”

Zhao Zhen waved his sleeves and said: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I am now in the prime of life, and I will select some show girls to enter the palace, and no one has said anything yet." ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "If the official family is chosen, then all of them will stay, anyway, the minister will not want one." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he sighed: "Fourth brother, in two or three years, you will be almost forty." Don't you want to add another brother to God? Don't you think it's too lonely for a god-given person?

I heard that Liu Heng had hooked up with all three of the Oiran of the Fairy Pavilion, and two of them were pregnant with his children.

I don't think there is any affection between Liu Heng and those dusty women, I think he is just to add two more brothers to his son, so that his son will not be lonely.

Liu Heng knows that he knows that he will spread his branches, doesn't the fourth brother want to? ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "It is enough for the minister to have a son from heaven, and the official family is worried about me, so it is better to worry about Run'er." Run'er's age is also up, so the official family doesn't plan to help him choose a show girl? ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry......"

Seeing this, Kou Ji had a smile on his face, but he was scolding his mother in his heart.

The dog's heart is obviously not dead, and he is still thinking about Kou Hui.

Kou Ji didn't want to discuss this topic anymore, for fear that Zhao Zhen would be involved with Kou Hui again, so he accompanied Zhao Zhen to talk about some gossip.

Chen Lin led people to quickly decorate the conference hall.

After everything was arranged in the council hall, everyone in the courtyard of the three courtyards, the highest yamen in the court, entered the council hall with a thick stack of music.

"Minister Ouyang Xiu ......"

"Chancellor Fan Zhongyan ......"

"Minister Yang Wenguang ......"

"See the official family, see the prime minister......"

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji waved their hands, and the three of them got up.

Zhao Zhen didn't say anything, Kou Ji stared at Ouyang Xiu with a smile and said: "Ouyang Xiu, the Political Council has just begun to reform now, and the resistance below is very strong, are you still used to it?" ”

Ouyang Xiu arched his hand and said: "Back to Shangguan, although the burden of the Political Yuan is heavy, but with the help of Bao Zheng, Tang Jie, Pang Ji and others, Xia Guan is quite used to it." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said: "That's fine, if you meet some tough people or pedantic people, don't be polite, and don't be merciful when it's time to start." ”

Ouyang Xiu bowed his hand again, "Xia Guan understands. ”

Kou Ji looked at Yang Wenguang again, and said with emotion: "You are a general immediately, and now you are buried in the middle of the case all day long, I'm afraid it's uncomfortable, right?" ”

Yang Wenguang looked bitter and said honestly: "The subordinate is a military minister, and he is indeed a little unaccustomed to dealing with those complicated official documents. ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "When you have nothing to do, you can learn more about how to deal with complicated official documents, and it's not too late to learn." Now that there are no strong enemies around my Great Song Dynasty, even if one suddenly appears, it will not be your turn to personally lead the troops into battle, so it is very likely that you will have to spend a long time on the case in the future.

If you don't learn, you will be easily fooled by your subordinates, and it will be easy to affect national affairs.

That's what your dad was back then.

He sat on the border and made remarkable achievements, but he was very lacking in government affairs, so that he was fooled by his subordinates and reprimanded by Taizong many times.

You can't follow in your father's footsteps.

People say that the tiger is not only on the battlefield, but also in the court. ”

Yang Wenguang bowed deeply to Kou Ji, "The lower officials understand ......"

Kou Ji nodded, and looked at Fan Zhongyan again, "You are in charge of all the money and food in the Great Song Dynasty, and you have a great responsibility. You need to be cautious in case of trouble, and no matter how cautious you are, if you have a slight mistake, the court may have countless money and food. ”

Fan Zhongyan said solemnly: "Xiaguan understands......"

After Koji nodded to the three of them, he leaned back in his chair and said no more.

Zhao Zhen slowly sat up straight, and said with a smile: "What the fourth brother said is what I said, and I hope the three Aiqing will remember it." ”

Yang Wenguang, Fan Zhongyan, and Ouyang Xiu all gave salutes.

"......"

Zhao Zhen pointed to the seat on the right side of the council hall.

The three of them bowed and walked over to sit down with Song Shu in their arms.

After sitting down, Zhao Zhen asked, "What are the major matters in the court that need to be dealt with by me and the fourth brother in recent days?" ”

Ouyang Xiu put down the note in his hand and arched his hand: "Back to the official family, except for the nine prefectures such as Kaifeng Mansion, Shaanxi Mansion, Sichuan Mansion, and Jiangning Mansion, the remaining prefectures are in defiance of the restructuring.

What does the minister mean by punishing them a little, then changing their positions, and giving them a warning to see the after-effects, what does the official think? ”

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Restructuring, there is no bloodshed." I don't have the heart to fight with those pedantic people.

According to your intentions, give them a warning first, if they still dare to disobey the yang and the yin, then those who should be demoted will be demoted, and those who should be killed will be killed.

You don't have to keep your hands on, and you don't have to care who is behind them.

If someone makes things difficult for you with a backer or something, you tell me, and I will deal with it with his backer. ”

Ouyang Xiu nodded slowly and said, "......"

Kou Ji opened his mouth and asked, "How are the border provinces?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a bitter face: "The border provinces are now full of a large number of crimes, and many local yamen are not sound, it is easy to implement the new policy, but if you want to achieve results, I am afraid that you will have to wait until all those crimes become my Great Song people." ”

Kou Ji groaned: "In the future, you can find a way to slowly introduce the crimes of the border to the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, but all the people of the border who have left their nationality can move some of them into the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty."

At the same time, some poor people in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty can find ways to move out to make up for the lack of people in the border areas.

At the same time, we should invest more in education. ”

Ouyang Xiu nodded and said, "The officials have also considered this matter. However, now that the fourth batch of Mengtong of my Great Song Dynasty Mengxue has graduated, they have a big gap compared with local scholars, so they can't enter Guozijian, Taixue, Wenchang Academy, and Yingtian Academy and other major academies.

The current situation is very awkward.

Those who have no intention of continuing their studies have entered a hundred industries and become the mainstay of a hundred industries.

Those who have the intention of continuing their studies are now at a loss.

If they continue to study, they don't know what to learn, and if they don't continue to study, they will be unwilling.

Except for some children from large families who have schools at home to continue their studies, students from poor families now have no place to study.

Therefore, the students asked whether it was possible to carry out prefectural and prefectural schools in accordance with the plans set by the government and the prime minister. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed: "The conditions for the opening of county schools and government schools are ripe, and the location of the college and the school building are easy to solve, but the key is that it is difficult to find a husband."

After the establishment of the prefectural school and the prefectural school, students will be taught not only the inherent Six Classics, but also other subjects.

There are eight subjects in the county, and the score of the government school is probably two colleges, and each school must have eight subjects.

So the number of gentlemen needed is huge.

The imperial court has no way to solve it now. ”

Ouyang Xiu was a little stunned when he heard this.

After pondering for a while, Ouyang Xiu asked with some surprise, "Is the official family planning to pass on some of the knowledge of Da Shi?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and shook his head again, "Some of them are great food knowledge, but most of them are books written by the fourth brother and other erudite doctors.

For example, the arithmetic that the fourth brother and the gentlemen of Taixue, Guozijian, and Wenchang School jointly sorted out, some of which are derived from the inherent arithmetic of my Huaxia, some of which are derived from the arithmetic of Dashi, and some of which are the arithmetic summarized by the fourth brother according to the teachings of his ancestors.

Compared with the previous complicated arithmetic, the new arithmetic is more organized, progressive and extended.

The doctors of arithmetic of Taixue and Guozijian have said that once the new arithmetic is launched, a large number of arithmetic masters who will not lose to them will emerge.

But at present, only the fourth brother is proficient in new arithmetic.

Taixue and Guozijian's doctors of arithmetic can only be regarded as rough.

There's no way I'm going to let a prime minister go down to the counties to give lectures, right? ”

Ouyang Xiu heard Zhao Zhen's words, and said in a deep voice: "The official family, it is difficult to promote the knowledge of a family, and only by becoming everyone's knowledge can it be widely taught."

Therefore, the official family should not have shelved the establishment of county schools and government schools because of a family of learning.

The minister thought that the county school and the government school should be established first, and the existing disciplines that could be promoted should be incorporated into it.

Later, new subjects such as arithmetic were slowly added. ”

Zhao Zhen said faintly: "I also know this truth, I am afraid that after the establishment of the county school and the government school, new disciplines will be added, and those gentlemen in the county school and the government school will not agree."

If they take advantage of this to make trouble, it will be much more powerful than that of the wealthy.

I won't be able to handle it then. ”

When Ouyang Xiu heard this, he frowned, and after muttering repeatedly, Ouyang Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "Then set up a national school on top of the school of government." Sinology was directly under the control of the imperial court, and new disciplines were established within Sinology, and scientific examinations were established. However, those who cannot pass the scientific examination will not be allowed to enter the national school.

If you don't enter the country, you can't go out for life.

If the local prefectural and prefectural schools want their students to excel, they must establish new departments.

Otherwise, you won't be able to enter the Chinese Studies. ”

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji glanced at each other, and Zhao Zhen said to Ouyang Xiu: "In this way, the time for students to study will probably become very long. ”

Ouyang Xiu said in a deep voice: "At the age of five, he entered the Mongolian school, the eleventh year old he entered the county school, the fourteenth year old he entered the government school, and the seventeenth year old he entered the national school, which is just right." ”

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji glanced at each other again, and there was a hint of a smile in their eyes.

When Ouyang Xiu saw this, his heart jumped.

He had a feeling that he had been tricked.

He felt that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji might have already thought of setting up a national school, but they didn't say it, they were waiting for a wronged boss to come to the door and tell him about it, so that they could take the infamy of offending people.

He seems to be the wronged man.

Zhao Zhen asked Kou Ji with a smile, "What does the fourth brother think?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "The minister thinks Ouyang Xiu's words are reasonable. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Then do as Ouyang Aiqing said, and the matter will be handed over to Ouyang Aiqing." ”

Ouyang Xiu's face was a little bitter.

Listening to the conversation between the two as if they were acting, he could be sure that he had fallen for it.

Kou Ji saw Ouyang Xiu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Relax, you don't need to carry the infamy." It's just that education is a thousand-year-old plan, and it must be carried out persistently.

I won't stay in Bianjing City for too long, and it is impossible for the official family to keep their eyes on education all the time, so someone needs to keep an eye on this matter all the time.

When the time comes to implement a new subject, I will do it in my name.

If others want to scold, they will scold me, but they can't scold you.

You just need to help me and the officials keep an eye on this matter a little more.

In addition, go to Guozijian more often to see if you can persuade Jia Changchao to become the head of the Ministry of Education.

He is a person with great potential to become a university scholar, and he has contributed a lot to the compilation of the Tiansheng Dictionary.

He also attaches great importance to education, so he should be able to achieve something if he becomes the head of the Ministry of Education. ”

When Ouyang Xiu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he smiled very frankly and bitterly: "Xiaguan is really worried that he will be scolded to death by the world's scholars. ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "Do you think that a simple Chinese culture can force those people to be soft?" Before the new school door was completely opened, it was estimated that the mountain chiefs of each academy were filled by Confucians who were proficient in the Six Classics.

If they lose their temper, they can fight with their lives.

So just relying on Chinese culture can't stop them. ”

Fan Zhongyan, who had not spoken beside him, said in a deep voice: "The official family and the prime minister plan to take the new examination in the imperial examination? ”

Ouyang Xiu's face was shocked.

The inclusion of Xinxue in the imperial examination system has a much greater impact than the reform.

The Six Classics, who have dominated the imperial examination for hundreds of years, suddenly have to go to the examination room with the new school that has just come out, can those great Confucians and scholars who have studied the Six Classics hard?

Kou Ji glanced at Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, and smiled indifferently: "I know what you are worried about, so I will ask you a question." How can a person who is not proficient in arithmetic become an official in the Council of Ministers? ”

Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu fell silent.

Fan Zhongyan, as the head of the Yuan, knows very well how complicated the accounts of the Institute are and how much money he controls.

A person who is not proficient in arithmetic, accounts, or government affairs of the Council has no way to be an official in the Council.

Arithmetic is just one of the simplest requirements for an official in the Council of Ministers.

If you can't even meet this, then it will be a disaster to enter the capital office.

A small wrong decision, or a small omission in the accounts, is likely to cost the court a lot of money.

Although Ouyang Xiu did not serve in the Institute of Ministers, he had a good relationship with Fan Zhongyan, and often heard some government affairs of the Institute from Fan Zhongyan's mouth.

He had a rough idea of how large the money was now in the hands of the Ombudsman, and how complicated the accounts of the Counsellor were today.

Those who are not proficient in arithmetic and accounting can only do some errands and miscellaneous work when they enter the capital office.

To be an official or a chief official is to harm others.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Kou Ji continued to ask: "How can a person who does not understand criminal law become an official in the Criminal Law Department?" ”

Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan still didn't speak when they heard this.

Kou Ji said frankly: "You have also served as magistrates, and you should understand that accounts, criminal laws, etc., must be presided over by people who are proficient.

Those who are not proficient will be blinded when they go.

Every year, because the imperial court is not proficient in various government affairs, there are many officials who are deceived by their subordinates.

In the future, we can no longer elect officials according to the Six Classics.

Some extremely demanding official positions must be sat by proficient people.

Therefore, it is imperative to add something new to the imperial examination.

Not only do we have to add something new to the imperial examinations, but we also have to put the elected officials in their proper positions.

In this way, the imperial court can achieve the accessibility of government decrees and avoid omissions. ”