"I can only use Fan Zhongyan now......"

Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "If the official family wants to use Zhang Fangping's words, no one will stop them." ”

After the Great Song Road reformed the government system, the chief official at the level of the Great Song Dynasty Mansion was almost equivalent to the feudal officials at the previous road level.

The appointment of this type of official is no longer something that can be decided by the ministry.

Whether this type of official is promoted or demoted, it is discussed by the political hall and adjudicated by Zhao Zhen.

In other words, the appointment and dismissal of this type of official is Zhao Zhen's final say.

At most, the government hall and the ministry are for reference.

If Zhao Zhen had to promote Zhang Fangping to Beijing, no one would be able to stop him.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji, shook his head and smiled: "Zhang Fangping's qualifications are still a little worse, and his age is also a little worse. The head of the tax department is an important errand that requires an experienced and serious person to take charge.

Just Fan Zhongyan. ”

Kou Ji nodded and asked, "Where does the official family plan to settle Fan Zhongyan after he is sent back to Beijing?" The tax department can't be put on the surface right now, so everything has to be done in secret.

However, officials like Fan Zhongyan should always arrange an important post after returning to Beijing, otherwise it will be easy to attract the attention of others. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered and said, "For the time being, put it in the word Jiaozi shop." After Cao Tong left Beijing, the head of the Yizi shop has been vacant, although I am looking for a candidate, but his qualifications are too shallow to suppress people.

Let Fan Zhongyan be the head of the Jiaozi shop, just enough to suppress people and provide convenience for him.

In this way, it will be very convenient for Fan Zhongyan to do things on his own. ”

Kou Ji nodded with a smile and asked, "Then the official family can consider a candidate to replace Fan Zhongyan?" ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, stared at Kou Ji and asked, "Fourth brother still has a recommendation?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and shook his head.

Zhao Zhen sighed: "I thought that the fourth brother still had candidates to be promoted. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The minister just thinks that Fan Zhongyan's political achievements in Shaanxi Mansion are not easy. So when choosing a successor, it's best to pick a more moderate one. In this way, it will not greatly change the decree implemented by Fan Zhongyan in Shaanxi Prefecture. Shaanxi Prefecture can also continue to develop in accordance with the current decree.

If the selected candidate is too outstanding and has many ideas of his own, after arriving in Shaanxi Prefecture, it is inevitable that he will have to revise the decrees implemented by Shaanxi Prefecture according to his own ideas.

The development time of Shaanxi Prefecture is still very short, and if we do not make any attempt to revise the decree implemented by Shaanxi Prefecture, it is very likely to undermine the current development trend of Shaanxi Prefecture. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "When I choose people, I will carefully consider this matter. I will also summon the man I have chosen, and tell him a thing or two when the time comes. ”

Kou Ji nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Zhao Zhen chatted with Kou Ji about some interesting things in the palace, and then got up to say goodbye.

Kou Ji sent Zhao Zhen to the gate of the bamboo courtyard and returned to the mansion.

A few days after that.

The wind and waves in Bianjing City are calm.

The recruitment of troops in Jiangnan and Hexi is in full swing.

With Lu Gongshu taking the lead in opening up the situation, and others taking medicine according to the prescription, the matter of recruiting troops was much easier.

Although some people used the method written by Lu Gong, they did not recruit soldiers and horses in the future.

But most of them still followed the plan and completed the task assigned to them by Lu Yijian.

After the completion of the recruitment, the letter was sent to Bianjing City.

Lu Yijian smiled very heartily.

Inside the government hall.

Lu Yijian laughed, handed a document in his hand that had completed the recruitment to Wang Zeng, and said with a smile: "The thirteenth letter...... The number of recruits has exceeded one million, and counting the previous recruits of the official family, the total is 1.6 million.

There is still a gap of 400,000 from the 2 million allocated by the government.

I estimate that in less than a month, all the two million soldiers and horses needed by the official family will be fully recruited.

When the time comes, I'll be able to make an account to the officials. ”

Wang Zeng took the recruitment document from Lu Yijian's hand, and while watching it, he sighed with emotion: "In order to help the official family gather two million soldiers, you have offended people, right?" ”

The smile on Lu Yijian's face instantly became a little stiff, and he said in a somewhat stiff tone: "I am a dignified and honest scholar under the sect, and the Great Song Dynasty is still afraid of offending people?" ”

Wang Zeng put down the recruitment documents in his hand, pointed to a pile of notes not far from him, and said, "These are all notes of the impeachment of officials from Jiangnan and Hedong.

In a few days, when the wealthy families in Jiangnan and Hedong are connected with some of the in-laws behind them, I am afraid there will be more.

There are a lot of people in the middle of them.

There's no way we can stop it.

After the officials have seen their recitals, they will inevitably reprimand you. ”

Lu Yijian said disdainfully: "Reprimand, reprimand, if I am afraid of being reprimanded by the official, I will not be an official." Everything I did was dictated by the officials, and it was of no use to them impeaching me in front of the officials. ”

Wang Zeng smiled bitterly and said, "Having said that, your Lu family has been injured a lot in this turmoil. It is said that the big merchants in Jiangnan and Hedong have secretly connected together and refused to do business with your Lu family's caravan.

Your Lu family's current business income is less than forty percent.

I'm afraid there will be more in the future.

Don't the people of your people complain? ”

Lu Yijian snorted coldly and said, "To do great things, there is always something to be done." Recruiting 1.4 million troops for the official family, my Lu family only lost 40% of the annual harvest, which is nothing at all.

The official family will remember my merits, and they will also see the loss of my Lu family. ”

Wang Zeng saw that Lu Yijian had said this, so he did not continue to discuss this issue, he advised: "You let the people below fill the remaining troops as soon as possible, and hand over the errand to the official family as soon as possible, and when the limelight passes, your Lu family's business may pick up." ”

Lu Yijian hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, and wrote to a few people who had not yet completed the recruitment task.

After writing the letter, Lü Yijian sent someone to send it out of Bianjing City as soon as possible.

Just when the servants of the Lu Mansion rode their horses away from Beijing to deliver the letter.

A man in his forties, dressed in green clothes and with two entourages, quietly entered Bianjing City.

After arriving in Bianjing City, he did not rush to the Ministry of Officials to deliver the book, but inquired a little and went straight to the bamboo courtyard where Kou Ji lived.

When I arrived at the gate of the bamboo courtyard, I let the door in and said goodbye.

Kou Ji appeared at the gate of the bamboo courtyard.

People in their forties, when they saw Kou Ji, hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

"Student Fan Zhongyan, I have seen Mr. ......"

Kou Ji stood at the gate of the bamboo courtyard, looked at Fan Zhongyan in front of him, and said in disbelief: "How did you make yourself like this?" ”

Fan Zhongyan looked a lot older, there were many silver strands in the middle of his hair and beard, there were two clouds of redness blown by the northwest wind and sand on his face, and there were many wrinkles in the corners of his eyes.

The most striking thing is on the hands, which have a lot of calluses and cracks.

Fan Zhongyan heard Kou Ji's words, and said with a smile: "The students obey Mr. Church, and take the people of Shaanxi Mansion to make a fortune, and they have been running between the fields and acres, and they are naturally old a lot every day. ”

Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and sighed, "I'm afraid you're not just running between the fields?" ”

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "In my spare time, I also go to the fields of the Lonely Garden to help with farming. The lonely garden is mostly lonely, and many people do not have the strength to plow the fields.

When the students were busy with farming, they would ask the officials of the Shaanxi government to go to the fields of the Lonely Garden to help with the work.

One is to reduce the burden on the imperial court.

The second is to let the officials of the Shaanxi government know the suffering of the people.

The students felt that only when they were allowed to taste the sufferings of the people, and when they reached out to the people, would they be restrained. ”

Kou Ji praised from the bottom of his heart: "You are really a rare parent official. If my parents and officials in the Great Song Dynasty can be like you, then my Great Song Dynasty will reach an unprecedented heyday. ”

Fan Zhongyan shook his head and smiled: "The student is just a herdsman, but you are seeking the country, sir." Compared to you, sir, the student is more than a star and a half behind. ”

Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan again, "Look at your dress, I'm afraid that the Yulu issued to you by the imperial court is also used by you to help the people, right?"

I'm not as good as you at this point. ”

Fan Zhongyan can give up all his family wealth for the people, but Kou Ji can't.

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "The students did not help the people. The students just took advantage of their background to invite a few gentlemen from Yingtian Academy to Shaanxi Mansion to open Shaanxi Academy.

The students' money was used to build the college and to help the poor.

Today, Shaanxi Academy has 132 students, of which 41 are funded by students. ”

Fan Zhongyan studied at Yingtian Academy that year.

The predecessor of Yingtian Academy was Suiyang Academy.

Suiyang Academy used to be the first academy founded by the people.

Its founder, Yang Wei, is a well-known Confucian and a very well-known gentleman, and among the disciples and grandchildren he has educated, there are fifty or sixty Jinshi and first.

Because the Great Song Dynasty established Shangqiu, where Suiyang Academy is located, as Yingtianfu, Suiyang Academy was renamed Yingtian Academy.

When Zhao Heng was in power, he promoted Yingtian Academy to a school of government, and personally wrote down the five characters of 'Yingtianfu Academy'.

Yingtian Academy became the third official academy of the Great Song Dynasty after Taixue and Guozijian.

As an officially recognized academy of the Great Song Dynasty, it is also a academy that often produces high-level talents, and the gentlemen in it are not ordinary people.

Fan Zhongyan can invite Mr. from it to go to Shaanxi Mansion to set up Shaanxi Academy, I am afraid that it is not enough to brush his face, and he will have to pay a great price.

You must know that when Kou Zhun set up the Wenchang Academy, in addition to attracting Confucianism through his own reputation, he also gave Confucianism a very high treatment.

In this way, there are many great Confucians who teach in the Wenchang Academy.

Fan Zhongyan didn't have as much face as Kou Zhun, and he invited Mr. Yingtian Academy to go to Shaanxi Mansion, probably spending a lot of money.

"It's better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and you can be regarded as working hard for the people of Shaanxi Province."

Kou Ji sighed.

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "The student just did a little thing, which is not worth mentioning. ”

Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said, "You should understand that when people are poor, you can't help Shaanxi Academy all the time. ”

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "If a student can be an official for a few years, he will receive help for a few years." When the students can't be officials, the students will no longer be able to help them.

At that time, the students from Shaanxi Academy will be needed to give back to Shaanxi Academy. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "You should be able to see the fate of Zhang Gong." After a long period of helping students, few people know how to be grateful.

When the time comes, if you cut off the help, I'm afraid many people will scold your mother.

The most important thing is that the students who come out of Shaanxi Academy will not necessarily give feedback to Shaanxi Academy after leaving Shaanxi Academy and soaring.

Over the years, Zhang Gong has helped thousands of students.

However, there are less than 100 people who help Zhang Gong to help other students.

I have passed Zhang Gong and seen the future of Shaanxi Academy. ”

Fan Zhongyan's face was straight, he stared at Kou Ji, and said very frankly: "Students are not afraid of being scolded, students only need to have a clear conscience." ”

"Hahaha...... A good sentence with a clear conscience. ”

Kou Ji suddenly laughed, "You Fan Zhongyan dare to be infamous for the sake of the imperial court, how can the imperial court fail you." From now on, you don't need to help Shaanxi Academy anymore.

I will make this matter clear to the official family, and let the official family set Shaanxi Academy as a government school.

One should be spent, from the local tax revenue of Shaanxi Prefecture.

If the Yamen of the Shaanxi Prefecture felt that it was too much of a loss to pay this money, then let them take the students in the academy to work and help them make money when they were suspending their studies.

If the student can put down his body, then the Shaanxi government can bear all the expenses.

If students can't let go of their bodies, let them bear all the expenses of their studies. ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he was first overjoyed.

It's just that the look of joy didn't last long on his face, and then it turned into sorrow.

He stared at Kou Ji and said, "Sir, in this way, those poor students will probably be teased by other students, and it will be difficult to hold their heads up." ”

Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said: "You are also from a poor background, you should understand that it is not terrible to be poor, but it is terrible to be poor in your heart."

The imperial court covered all the expenses of their studies, but they couldn't even let go of their figures, what did they take to fight for a brilliant future?

What is the value of the imperial court in cultivating them?

We can save those who are poor.

But those who are poor in their hearts can only save themselves.

If they refuse to save themselves.

No matter how much effort the court makes, it is useless. ”

Fan Zhongyan listened to Kou Ji's words and muttered, "A person is more valuable than knowing himself...... And not vanity......"

Kou Ji nodded solemnly, "Vanity is also a kind of desire, and it is never satisfied. So we need to let them know and improve themselves, not give them short-term vanity.

If we had given them vanity, they would have had nothing during their time at the college.

But once you leave the academy, you are likely to harm others and yourself.

Fuxue, that is the place to cultivate Jinshi and cultivate talents.

But those who can enter the school are almost over the age of fifteen.

We can't treat them like Mongolian children. ”

Fan Zhongyan gave Kou Ji a solemn salute and said, "The student has been taught...... After the Shaanxi Academy, it will be handed over to Mr. ”

Kou Ji laughed, "Leave it to me, I'm afraid it will be wasted." I can't take care of anything other than making Shaanxi Academy a school school.

If you still want to do something for Shaanxi Academy, you should work hard to make contributions, work hard for the imperial court, and strive to be promoted to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

After the Great Song Dynasty, many institutions of learning will be attributed to the Ministry of Rites.

If you serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you can also irradiate the first or second of Shaanxi Academy. ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh: "When the time comes, students will have to control the world's schools, but there is no way to help." ”

"Hahaha......"

Kou Ji laughed again.

This is what he likes about Fan Zhongyan.

No matter what position Fan Zhongyan is in, he does his best and is impartial.

"The official family has summoned you back to Beijing this time, but there is a heavy responsibility entrusted to you. Whether you can serve as the Ministry of Rites depends on whether you can fulfill the important tasks entrusted by the government.

Let's go and talk in detail. ”

Kou Ji invited with a smile.

Fan Zhongyan looked at the bamboo courtyard and couldn't help but sigh: "Such a mansion, I'm sorry for your identity and merits." ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and scolded with a smile: "You Fan Zhongyan haven't made great contributions to the imperial court, but you are worried about the treatment given by the imperial court to high-ranking officials."

Is your high pretend? ”

Fan Zhongyan smiled dryly and said, "The student just thinks that those people who can't do anything live in a big mansion, but sir, you are really a little aggrieved to live in such a small courtyard." ”

"A house that can accommodate more than 100 people is not small."

"At the beginning, the Kou Mansion could accommodate nearly a thousand people."

"I don't have so many people to settle in, it's useless to ask for a big house."

"A big house is an identity!"

When Fan Zhongyan said this, Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan in amazement.

He finally understood what Fan Zhongyan meant when he said that his house was too small.

Fan Zhongyan was saying that he had a small house.

is clearly saying that his current status and power are small.

He was insinately hinting to Kou Ji that only high status and great power were worthy of Kou Ji.

After Kou Ji heard the deep meaning of Fan Zhongyan's words, he didn't pay attention to Fan Zhongyan anymore, he put his hands behind his back, left Fan Zhongyan alone, and stepped into the bamboo courtyard.

Fan Zhongyan didn't say a word, and chased after him.

All the way to the corridor of the bamboo courtyard, when there were only the two of them.

Fan Zhongyan shouted unceremoniously: "Sir, you should be appointed as the subordinate of Tongzhongshu!" We all know you're on the big side, and we're all looking forward to doing it with you.

All of us want to follow you in history, and the past and the present! ”

Kou Ji paused, turned his head, and said with a dark face: "You believe me like that? ”

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly trotted in front of Kou Ji and said with a straight face: "All of us know that only by following you can we do that kind of big thing that shocks everyone."

Only by following you can we make everyone look up to us throughout the ages.

I came to Beijing for this purpose.

If it weren't for the fact that Mr. You had the hope of serving as the Pingzhang of Tongzhongshu, the student would not have been ordered to enter Beijing by any order, and the student would definitely try his best to stay in Shaanxi Mansion for another term, so as to completely make the people of Shaanxi Mansion rich. ”

Kou Ji also had a straight face, and he said in a deep voice: "To do big things, you need to put on a lot of things. What can you, or you, do? ”

Fan Zhongyan said solemnly: "Bao Zheng said that he could give up his life, Su Xun said that he could give up his family, Ouyang Xiu said that he would give up what Mr. wanted, Han Qi wanted fame, Wen Yanbo wanted to enter the political hall, Fu Bi begged you to leave him half of the family wealth, Zhang Fangping wanted to be in power, and the students and Liu Yong could give up everything, including their lives." ”

Kou Ji stood in place in a daze, and after carefully digesting Fan Zhongyan's words, he said with a smile: "In this way, Zhang Fangping is the most unpromising one among you?"

He's not my student either, so why did he get mixed up with you? ”

The reason why Kou Ji said this is because Bao Zheng and others did not mention the right, and only Zhang Fangping mentioned the right.

This shows that Zhang Fangping is not very confident.

Unlike Bao Zheng and others, they are confident that they can hold power, so they don't mention power at all.

He didn't want to think about it, how could he have no power to become one of the strongest Kou party cores in the court?

Fan Zhongyan heard Kou Ji's question, and laughed in a low voice: "That guy came up with a dead face. When he went to Langxie Mansion, he saw Wen Yanbo and Su Xun, so he took the initiative to get together and make friends.

After learning our thoughts, they took the initiative to join in. ”

Kou Ji was stunned and asked, "This kind of thing, you can all blatantly say it?" ”

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly said: "It's mainly Su Xun's kid who thinks that Zhang Fangping is a different class and can get into the position of the prefect of a prefecture at this age, and he is a capable person, so he revealed some things to him and led him to take the bait." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly looked at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Just now I praised you for being a virtuous person, why did you suddenly become a traitor who formed a party for personal gain." ”

Fan Zhongyan said with a straight face: "Sir, what you said is serious. We only form a party, not a private business. Besides, we formed a party because the people who are now in power above are too pedantic and can't manage the current good situation of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since they can't, then we should go up.

We can't watch them toss the current Great Song Dynasty into four dissimilarities. ”

"Four don't like that?"

Kou Ji asked.

Fan Zhongyan nodded and said: "It's not like the four, after my Great Song Road changed the government system, there have been huge changes in the local area, and half of the previous decrees are no longer applicable to the local government."

However, those in the court still governed the local area in the same way as before.

Every time Han Qi saw the unreasonable decrees issued by those in the court, he stood in the government and scolded his mother.

Wen Yanbo felt that his father was better than those guys.

Bao Zheng felt that they were bringing disaster to the country and the people.

Su Xun hadn't read their decree from beginning to end.

Liu Yong wrote a mocking fu on the decree issued by the imperial court to the local government, and sent someone to send it back to the imperial court quickly.

If it weren't for the official family who reprimanded Liu Yong after learning about this, Liu Yong would probably have been relegated to a certain corner now. ”

After listening to Fan Zhongyan's story, Kou Ji couldn't help but sigh: "You guys are really daring." ”

Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly: "It's really some decrees issued by the imperial court, which are childish and ridiculous. If a few members of the court had gone to the localities and had a good understanding of the localities, it would have been impossible for them to issue such a naïve decree. ”