Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Yang Wenguang listened to Kou Ji's words, and they all hugged their fists and saluted Kou Ji, "I will be taught......"

Kou Ji's words are not only applicable to the Political Council presided over by Ouyang Xiu, but also to the Privy Council presided over by Fan Zhongyan and Yang Wenguang.

Put the right people in the right places.

This has been said for thousands of years, but very few can really do it.

The literati of the Great Song Dynasty were proud enough and conceited enough.

always thought that they could do anything after reading a few books, so they tried their best to control all the power of the Great Song Dynasty in their own hands, but they managed a Great Song Dynasty with strong capital to govern a mess.

Now is the time to get back to the roots, and there's no time to wait.

If you miss such a good opportunity, I am afraid that you will regret it for the rest of your life.

After Kou Ji finished speaking, the national school, the government school, the county school, and the subsequent new scientific examination system that will be gradually introduced according to the third-level schools are decided.

After Ouyang Xiu kept everything in mind, he arched his hand and said: "There is one more thing to inform the Prime Minister, after the restructuring of the Political Council and the Capital Yuan, many idle officials have been dismissed, and many idle officials have been replaced.

Seven hundred and eighty-six in all.

These 786 people, all of whom have official status, and there are no major mistakes during their official years, I don't know how to place them? ”

Kou Ji said faintly: "The imperial court has sent thousands of officials to the border areas, but the officials in the border areas are still in short supply, if they are willing to go to the border areas to become officials, they can be promoted one or two levels as appropriate."

It is assigned according to their wishes.

If they don't want to, they will stay in Bianjing City first, and after Taixue and Guozijian are reorganized, they will be filled into them as Mr. or Doctor.

If you still don't comply, you will be sent to the local government to serve as the head of the school.

If you don't follow it, stop it. ”

Ouyang Xiu arched his hand and said no more.

Kou Ji's words can be regarded as determining the fate of those people.

After Ouyang Xiu gave up, Kou Ji continued: "Then the local restructuring will also clean up a large number of officials, and when the time comes, they will be placed nearby, and if there is a shortage of people in that yamen, they will make up for that yamen first."

The rest were sent to the border areas as officials.

Those who do not follow are sent to the border areas to serve as the head of the government school or the county school mountain. ”

To send is to send.

Hair is distribution.

Kou Ji's meaning is very simple, those who are obedient will be treated well, and those who are disobedient will be forcibly distributed.

If the forcible distribution is still not complied with, then there is no need for Kou Ji to say more.

Ouyang Xiu would naturally punish him according to the law.

After solving Ouyang Xiu's problem, it was naturally Fan Zhongyan's turn.

Fan Zhongyan arched his hand at Kou Ji and said: "At present, there is a shortage of people who are proficient in arithmetic in the Shishitang, and there are a large number of officials in the Shishitang who are not proficient in arithmetic at all, let alone proficient in accounting.

The old accounts are barely understandable to them, but the new accounts reported by the Great Song Qianzhuang are almost black-eyed.

For example, the accounts of several already large-scale money banks such as Tianci, Rongsheng, and Delong under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Qianzhuang are even more complicated.

Not only do they have accounts for saving, but also accounts for many loans.

The accounts are very complicated and cumbersome.

Almost eighty percent of the officials in the Shishido Hall could not read their accounts.

Therefore, the imperial court must find a way to enrich the Shishido.

Otherwise, the operation of the capital hall will be very slow.

If you want to completely control the world's money, I am afraid that it will take decades of hard work. ”

When the imperial court relaxed the constraints on the opening of money houses by the people, the money houses of the people naturally bloomed.

Since private banks have mortgage lending business, the accounts are naturally very complicated.

Those officials who have been promoted from the household department in the Shishitang can read the running accounts, but looking at other accounts is no different from reading the book from heaven.

The problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage can be regarded by them as a profound problem in arithmetic, and expecting them to see clearly the complicated double-entry accounting method is tantamount to a fool's dream.

So far, the only people in the government and the opposition can understand the double-entry bookkeeping method are the big shopkeeper in the Great Song Dynasty Money Village, and the steward who went out from Koufu.

For example, the Tianci, Rongsheng, and Delong under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Qianzhuang all have the shadow of the Kou clan steward behind them.

The Heavenly Gift is the Kou family's property.

The owners of the Rongsheng and Delong used to work under the Kou family, and when the Kou family first cut the industry, they took advantage of the situation to quit the Kou family, and with the help of the connections accumulated in the Kou family's business, they made a fortune in the family business.

When the Kou clan cut the industry again, they took a lot of people close to the Kou clan.

After the imperial court liberalized the business license of private money banks, they decisively joined it.

Now it's a mixed human being.

But neither Zhao Zhen nor Kou Ji will pay attention to the small money houses under the three big Song money houses.

They are more concerned about the operation of the Council.

After listening to Fan Zhongyan's narration, Zhao Zhen pondered slightly, "How about recruiting some stewards of the Great Song Dynasty Qianzhuang to become officials in the court?"

They are also considered to be my people, although their background is lower, but as long as they don't serve as the chief official and have been in the deputy position, there shouldn't be any irresponsible remarks, right?

It takes four or five years to train newcomers, to say the least, and another four or five years when newcomers grow up.

So it's impossible for me to clean up the officials in the Council who can't do anything in one go.

Can only pinch the nose and use them first for a few years.

Wait until the new people are trained, and then transfer them elsewhere. ”

Kou Ji pondered for a while, shook his head, and said, "If you transfer too many people from the Great Song Qianzhuang in one go, it will be harmful to the Great Song Qianzhuang.

It is better to transfer some elderly shopkeepers from the Great Song Dynasty Qianzhuang to enter the court, and the elderly shopkeepers will enter the court, even if the officials in the court look down on them, it is not easy to humiliate them, and they can also take root in the court in front of them. Then some young officials in the capital office were sent to the Great Song Qianzhuang to study.

If the two prongs are taken together, it will not take eight or nine years for the imperial court to get applicable officials. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered Kou Ji's words, nodded and said, "The fourth brother is still thoughtful, so do what the fourth brother says." ”

Fan Zhongyan arched his hand, "......"

After Fan Zhongyan finished playing the matter, Yang Wenguang arched his hand and said: "Please reduce the number of local soldiers and horses......

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were stunned.

Kou Ji asked: "At present, the imperial court is at a critical moment of restructuring, and various localities still need soldiers and horses to suppress ammunition, and it is not a good suggestion to reduce the number of local soldiers and horses." ”

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji reformed the system, putting a knife on everyone's neck and forcing everyone to listen to them.

Now that the restructuring has not been thoroughly implemented, if some of the knives are taken away, it will lose great deterrence.

Some people who have ill intentions or whose interests have been violated will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble.

The restructuring has now gone through the most intense stage, and then it is to gradually implement all the systems and thoroughly integrate all the systems into all aspects of the Great Song Dynasty.

There is no need to kill people on a large scale.

If it is because of the reduction of local soldiers and horses, some ill-intentioned people make trouble and force the court to use knives, it is not beautiful.

Yang Wenguang solemnly bowed his hand to Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen and said: "Now I have nearly thirty-six prefectures in the Great Song Dynasty, each of which has 30,000 local soldiers and horses, and each province has more than one million local soldiers and horses.

The number of forbidden troops also reached more than 900,000.

More than 2 million soldiers and horses are spent every year, as much as more than 50 million.

It is 10 million more than when the official family ascended the throne.

The forbidden army is the most important weapon of the country, needless to say.

Each one has a big role to play.

However, the number of local soldiers and horses is huge, and there is not much use.

The minister carefully checked the previous orders of the military department to transfer local soldiers and horses, and found that the scale of local soldiers and horses has always been around 30%.

Therefore, the minister thought that the remaining seventy percent should be abolished.

In this way, it can save 13 million yuan of money and grain for the imperial court every year. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered Yang Wenguang's words without words.

Kou Ji said to Yang Wenguang: "The disadvantages you talked about, I and the official family can naturally see it. But now, whether it is the maintenance of the border land or the suppression of local heroes, it is inseparable from local soldiers and horses.

You said that the transfer of local soldiers and horses has always been around 30 percent, but in fact, the remaining 70 percent has always been responsible for deterring everyone.

They don't need to be transferred, they just need to sit firmly in the place, which is enough to make the young people in some places dare not act rashly.

Since the founding of Taizu, there have been many people who have risen up from the people, and there are countless people who occupy the mountain as the king.

Since the imperial court strengthened the number of local soldiers and horses, and let them be stationed in various places.

The people who rose up from the pole are almost extinct.

The king of the mountain was also cleaned up.

The people no longer have to worry about robbing their homes and houses.

Travelers, merchants, and even inns in the wilderness do not have to worry about suffering any more trouble.

It can be seen from this that the local soldiers and horses are in charge of the local advantages. ”

Yang Wenguang said with a straight face: "The benefits of local soldiers and horses sitting in the local area, the lower officials naturally know. But seventy percent of the soldiers and horses in the place have not moved for a long time, and in the long run, I am afraid that they will be reduced to the former van army.

Therefore, instead of keeping them in the camp to spend their time, it is better to let them return to their hometowns to marry wives and have children, and take care of the farmers. ”

Kou Ji groaned, "Who is the heavy responsibility of shocking the place?" ”

Yang Wenguang said without hesitation: "Forbidden Army!" When the imperial court reformed the military system, it once established a service system, and those who reached the age of fifty, or served for more than ten years, could be released to their hometowns.

Previously, there was still a war between the DPRK and China, and the new recruits had not been trained, so it was not implemented for a long time.

Now the recruits have begun to see their strength, and they have gradually joined the forbidden armies.

There was no war in the Great Song Quartet, and it was a good time for them to return to their hometown. ”

When Yang Wenguang said this, he bowed his hand to Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen: "Don't hide it from the officials and prime ministers, in recent years, all the forbidden armies have reported to Beijing, bluntly saying that some older soldiers in the army, as well as some homesick veterans, frequently ask for resignation.

The soldiers in the north who have their families by their side are okay, and the forbidden troops in the east, south, and west can be said to be homesick.

Now it is getting more and more intense. ”

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were stunned.

After a long time, Kou Ji smiled bitterly, "This matter is the fault of the imperial court, it was the imperial court that made a promise to them when they reformed the military system. Now it is reasonable for people to ask the court to fulfill its promises.

After all, if you don't give people hope, people won't be staring at it.

gave people hope, but did not fulfill it, and people naturally resented. ”

According to the military system before the Great Song Dynasty, if you enter the military, you will be a military for life, and you will die in the barracks.

In order to avoid the tragedy of the battalion full of white-haired soldiers, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen stipulated the length of service and gave the soldiers a hope.

Now that the four seas are peaceful, it is reasonable for people to let the imperial court fulfill their hopes.

Except for the natural talent of killing, few people like to be soldiers for life.

Returning to the field and returning to their hometown is the most desirable thing in the hearts of every soldier.

Now that the people have used their lives to help the Great Song Dynasty fight for a huge territory, they have won meritorious services and countless rewards, so it is naturally time to return to their hometown to rest.

Even some soldiers who have won officials and knighthoods have the idea of returning to the countryside.

Some people fight wars, and the plan is to be crowned a marquis immediately.

Some people fight wars to get rich.

Some people are forced to fight.

There are also some noble people who go to the battlefield to fight for their lives, purely for the sake of their family and country.

When the family is prosperous, the country is safe, and the world is peaceful, people naturally have to withdraw.

Such a loyal and righteous man is very rare in a foreign country.

But in China, there are countless of them.

If it were not for the new laws of the imperial court, anyone with an official title would not leave his post without permission and would be responsible for killing without mercy.

I'm afraid that people have already hung up their prints and left.

Kou Ji is also a person who has led soldiers, and he knows what virtues the soldiers are.

So he also knew that this matter was unstoppable.

The soldiers can go into battle to kill the enemy in order to stabilize the country, or they can make a fight with the court in order to unload their armor and return to the field.

They are all people who have contributed to the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no need to force them to stay in the camp and increase the trouble.

Kou Ji stared at Yang Wenguang and said: "Do you want to tell me and the official family that after those soldiers in the forbidden army return to their hometowns, they can hide among the people and help the imperial court stabilize the place and sit in the place." ”

Yang Wenguang nodded solemnly and said: "The last article of the Great Song Dynasty military system: All the children of our army, no matter where they are, no matter how old they are, whenever there is a war, they will be recalled."

This military system is also the only military order that has never been withdrawn in my Great Song Dynasty, and it is still written by you yourself, and it is also an order personally issued by you when you left the Privy Council.

Therefore, the lower officials thought that after the soldiers returned to the place, as long as the court needed it, they would obey the order.

Decades later, under a paper order, millions of tigers put on armor and went into battle, who would dare to be the enemy of my Great Song Dynasty? ”

Yang Wenguang's words were impassioned at the end.

The few people present who listened were enthusiastic.

Decades later, when all foreign enemies felt that Da Song was gentle and elegant, and it was easy to bully.

Under the order of the Great Song Dynasty, the folk men put down their farm tools and businesses one after another, put on their armor and went into battle, and millions of troops appeared in an instant.

That scene was enough to scare to death all the enemies who coveted the Great Song Dynasty.

At that time, the only one who could defeat the Great Song was the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji took a deep breath, suppressed the blood in his heart, and said with a smile: "The reason why the number of years of service was set in the first place was to avoid the tragedy of the battalion full of white-haired soldiers, and the second was to hide the soldiers from the people.

The advantage of hiding soldiers in the people is that my Great Song Dynasty does not need to raise too many soldiers and horses, but it can ensure that when my Great Song Dynasty encounters a strong enemy, there will never be a shortage of soldiers and horses.

Of course, I also have some selfish motives.

I want to make the gentle and elegant Da Song have a more fierce atmosphere.

I want everyone outside the Great Song Dynasty to know that I, the Song people, can not only recite poems, but also step on the company camp. ”

Zhao Zhen and the others laughed when they heard Kou Ji's words.

Yang Wenguang said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's a little difficult for the horse to step into the company camp. Every time Di Qing, Wang Kai, Du Yi, Yang Yi and others wrote to the imperial court, they would mention that they woke up every night, drew their swords and looked around, but they couldn't see a single enemy, and they always felt stunned, afraid that they would go on for a long time and waste their martial arts.

When I replied to their official letters, I told them that if there was no enemy to fight, then I would train my soldiers fiercely.

If you run into a horse thief or bandit, you can also show your skills. ”

Yang Wenguang's words landed, and everyone laughed louder.

The laughter was unprecedented.

Kou Ji smiled and remembered Xin Qiji, the person who dismounted and waved a thousand articles, got on the horse and stepped on the company camp.

The song "Breaking the Array, Giving Strong Words to Chen Tongfu to Send It" is full of sadness.

Kou Ji also remembered Lu You, Lu You's song "Shi'er" made people break their hearts.

That word and poem, I'm afraid I will never have a chance to come out again.

If he could live longer, he would have told the two little ones a little one when they came to see him.

I am a great Song, invincible.

I don't know if I'll live to that time.

"The soldiers in the army have returned home, and it is urgent to do so. Let's follow the military system that was previously established. However, ask the soldiers as much as possible to see if they have any intention of moving to the frontiers.

If so, we will strongly support it.

If not, then properly arrange their life after returning to their hometown.

Let them not be troubled, and let no one insult them.

As for the financial care, forget it.

One by one, they can live to the age of the end of their service, and I am afraid that all their money and wealth will be enough from the battlefield.

Some officials and knights can be placed in the nearest local military affairs yamen.

Make up for the shortcomings of the lack of combat effectiveness of the local military affairs yamen.

The problem of the reduction of local troops and horses cannot be rushed, let alone done in a big way, because it is easy to change.

Although it is said that the court will increase the cost of raising a group of idlers, the court can afford it.

Today's court does not lack those three melons and two dates.

Therefore, the reduction was replaced by reassignment.

Recruit a percent of local soldiers and horses and transfer them to the border areas to serve as guards, or agricultural soldiers.

Those who are willing to go will retain their military status and be given preferential treatment.

Those who do not want to go are to be expelled from the army for not obeying the military order, and all the files of their military service are burned.

The last article of the Great Song military system, they don't have to abide by it.

It is best to dismantle the soldiers and horses in the localities within five years, and it is enough to reduce them to 50 percent.

Although there are still two percent of idlers.

But you can't do things absolutely, you must leave room for them. ”

Kou Ji thought twice and gave his own advice.

Zhao Zhen added: "I don't want to go to the border to report on work, I just want to stay in the hinterland of the Central Plains and enjoy happiness, I don't need them." After they are fired, they don't have to be hired again.

I don't have much faith in those who don't want to die for me.

Hiring them, my back is cold. ”

Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and Yang Wenguang glanced at each other.

Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan's expressions were a little solemn.

Fan Zhongyan hesitated and said, "The official family, will it implicate his family?" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "They just don't want to die for me, it's not that they don't want to be used by me, and they're not disloyal, how can I implicate their family?"

The matter stops at them, and they are not implicated, let alone explicitly written.

Think of it as an implicit rule. ”

Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan breathed a sigh of relief.

They are really afraid that Zhao Zhen's head will be hot and implicate the families of local soldiers who are unwilling to serve in the border.

In that case, the impact area is too wide.

It is not conducive to the development of the imperial court.

After Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Yang Wenguang threw out the tricky government affairs to discuss, they played some local trivialities with Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.

A few people discussed how to deal with the music played in the local area.

Until the afternoon.

Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Yang Wenguang held the notes that Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen had reviewed and walked outside the meeting hall.

When he was about to go out, Kou Ji suddenly stopped Yang Wenguang.

"Where is Di Qing? It's been a few months, and I haven't seen him return to Beijing to report on his work, does he feel that his wings are stiff? ”

Kou Ji asked Yang Wenguang with some dissatisfaction.

Wang Deyong's acceptance of Liaodi military affairs has been sent to Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji's desks for more than three months, and Di Qing still has not been seen to return to Beijing to report on his work.

Others are not good at mentioning this matter because of Kou Ji's face.

But Koji can't pretend he doesn't know anything.

Kou Ji can protect Di Qing for a while, but he can't protect Di Qing I.

If it weren't for Kou Ji standing in the way, Di Qing's move would inevitably be impeached and demoted.

Yang Wenguang heard Kou Ji's dissatisfaction, and said with a wry smile: "Di Qing passed through the Daimyo's Mansion on the road, and was stolen by thieves, burned the horse pen, and lost a few imperial horses, and now he is recovering for it, so he has lost time." ”

"Mima?"

Zhao Zhen said with a puzzled face: "I never gave Di Qing a royal horse, let alone ordered him to search for a famous horse for me, how can I say that I came to the imperial horse." ”

Yang Wenguang arched his hand and said: "Back at the official's house, when Di Qing was leading the soldiers and horses to inspect the border, he ran into some tribes entrenched outside the territory of the Great Song Dynasty outside the Wei Dynasty.

Those tribal leaders were grateful for the strength of my Great Song Dynasty, so they specially offered some horses and asked Di Qing to present them to the official family instead of them.

That is, the horses of the official family, naturally they are royal horses.

But those tribes did not have a state, and they did not even have a written language.

So there is no diplomatic instrument.

Therefore, there is no way to directly report this matter to the imperial court.

can only wait for Di Qing to bring the envoys of those tribes to Bianjing, and the official family will give them a name. ”

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said funny: "When others become emperors, they are all from all countries." I'm good, there is only a group of grass kings around me. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "That's because I am a neighbor of the Song Dynasty and don't need to have Wanbang." Some will be exterminated by us. So all that's left is a few grass kings running around. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded with a bright smile.

Kou Ji said to Yang Wenguang: "Since there are extenuating circumstances, then give Di Qing another month." I must report to the Privy Council in a month's time.

The soldiers of the forbidden army are about to return to their hometowns, and he is not the head of the forbidden army, how to let the soldiers return to their hometowns safely? ”

Yang Wenguang arched his hand and said: "After the official goes back, he immediately sent someone to send a message to Di Qing. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "It's just a few horses offered by the grass king, don't take it so seriously." In my eyes, a general is worth more than a few horses, and I will not blame him for a few horses.

So you tell him not to be nervous about the horses. ”

"......"