In the first month of the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, in 1067 AD, Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne.

The Privy Council promoted Gan Daojian to the rank of Pingzhang under the Tongzhong Shumen, at the age of 28.

Zeng Gongliang served as a servant and secretary of the ministry, and was named the Duke of England. This is still the prime minister, mainly responsible for the selection and dispatch of the province and officials.

Ouyang Xiu and Zhao Zhijin Shangshu Zuocheng, participating in the position of governor of political affairs, this is the deputy prime minister.

Fu Bi sealed the Wuning Army Festival as an envoy and entered Zheng Guogong. lost real power, won the country, and still went to the court.

Chen Shengzhi is the head of the household department, and Lu Gongbi is the head of the criminal department......

Sima Guang served as the middle of the imperial history, and there was no change, and he was the head of the gossip official.

Han Jiangjin is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Those who can use it must continue to use it.

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In the political hall, Gan Qi sat at the head, still with such an incongruous feeling, Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang sat under him, Ouyang Xiu also sat under him, the room was full of white hair, and Gan Qi was the only one who was young.

This is the first time Gan Qi has presided over the deliberations of the political hall, he himself is a little unaccustomed, he looked left and right, cleared his throat, and said: "Your Majesty is in the court, you want to forge ahead, and I hope that all the princes will work together!" ”

After Gan Qi said this, he looked left and right again, but no one echoed the answer, which was quite embarrassing.

Fortunately, Zeng Gongliang would not embarrass Gan Qi for too long, so he replied: "Your Majesty has the demeanor of Renzong, and you will be a Ming Jun, Your Majesty has an enterprising heart, and as a courtier, you must work hard to work together. ”

Gan Qi can feel that many people here don't seem to really take him as the prime minister too seriously, not that these ministers have any bad intentions, probably subconsciously, it is also that Gan Qi is too young and too young, even if everyone knows what kind of meritorious deeds Gan Qi has made, it is inevitable that there is a little less respect.

For example, Ouyang Xiu, this is the second time that Ouyang Xiu has been Gan Qi's subordinate, in the past, when Gan Qi was promoted to the Privy Council, Ouyang Xiu was the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, which was also quite embarrassing at that time. The world is impermanent, when Ouyang Xiu debuted, Gan Qi had not yet been born, and when Ouyang Xiu was in a high position, Gan Qi had not even been tested for fame.

In the past, Ouyang Xiu also wooed Gan Qi, and had the intention of accepting Gan Qi as a disciple. Ten years have passed, and now Gan Qi has become Ouyang Xiu's boss.

Therefore, even if Ouyang Xiu did not mean to look down on Gan Qi, he felt a little less respect in his heart at this time.

Obviously, Ouyang Xiu is not alone, the old men in the room are all like this.

This kind of atmosphere can be felt by Ganchi himself.

But it doesn't matter, everything has to have a process.

Gan Qi spoke again: "Your Majesty has the intention of innovation, so we have to discuss where to start first." ”

"Innovation? Innovate what? Ouyang Xiu asked.

Gan Qi looked at Ouyang Xiu and replied: "Both military and civil affairs must be reformed. ”

"The law of the ancestors is about to change?" Ouyang Xiu asked again.

Gan Qi nodded: "To change, it must change, the law of governing the army must change, the law of financial management must change, the law of taxation must change, and the law of managing people must also change." ”

"This ......" Ouyang Xiu looked at the others, noncommittal, but he was thinking about the new prime minister and the new emperor in his heart, his heart was high, but he couldn't help but be a little unpragmatic, such a change, wouldn't it have to be messed up?

"I have written an outline of the reform plan here, and when the time comes, I will teach people to transcribe it, and you will have a copy, go back and read it first, and discuss it in detail when the court meeting comes. Gan Qi prepared a detailed outline, ranging from military reform, to tax reform, the financial system, the method of expenditure, the official evaluation system, and even the establishment of the new yamen.

Gan Qi said politely, but he was not polite at all in his heart, these things must be done, and no one can stop them. It doesn't matter if these old ministers don't take him seriously, Gan Qi wants to say something, and everything must be carried out according to his ideas.

Gan Qi also has to form his own team, and there are many candidates for the team, Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Cai Qu, Li Ding, etc., these people will also be transferred to Bianliang one by one, just to be implemented step by step.

Gan Qi is in power, and he is also quite ruthless, and now that the Privy Council is vacant, Gan Qi even directly controls the Privy Council, and after the meeting in the political hall, he will immediately go to the Privy Council to continue the meeting, and the Privy Council will also have personnel changes, Han Jiang is already the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and Gan Qi is also ready to transfer Feng Jing to the Privy Council as a deputy envoy, so that the Privy Council will be firmly in control.

The military and the government grasped it.

In order to avoid some people saying that this war must continue to be fought, as long as the war is being fought, there will be no problem in grasping the military and the government.

Recently, the Liao State has finished fighting with the Naiban people, but it has not started a war with the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, which is a bit strange. If it is said that the Liao people swallowed their anger? Scared? Gan Qi didn't believe that nine times out of ten he was preparing for a battle of national fortunes, and strategically speaking, waiting for the Liao people to be ready to go to war again was not a good choice. Therefore, we have to take the initiative to find the Liao people to start a war, and someone has to do this.

A group of editors copied the outline of Ganch's reform plan, and Ganchi did not wait for much, and went directly to the Privy Council.

But it was those ministers who were already talking about it in the political hall, and Gan Qi's action was too big.

In fact, the organizational framework of the government, since the Sui and Tang dynasties began to truly establish the system of three provinces and six ministries, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, all changes are the same thing.

The State Council, ministries and commissions, the judicial system, the supervision system, the military system. There is no problem with this administrative system of the Great Song Dynasty, but the difference in the way it is used.

Gan Qi's changes are much deeper and more cumbersome than Wang Anshi's changes in history, and these ministers may not be able to digest it for a while.

Just waiting for tomorrow's court meeting, Gan Qi will teach them a good lesson.

After Gan Qi went to the Privy Council, he had other things to do, and he was stunned, and the official position of Xihe Lanhuang Jing to appease the envoy was implemented. After the implementation, it is necessary to allocate funds to support the implementation of Ganqi's Hetao plan.

Di Yong was transferred to Yanyun and served as the commander of Wanshengjun. Shi Honglei served as the commander of the mighty army. It's time for the mighty army to come to Yanyun, and it's time for Di Yong to find a way to start a war with the Liao.

However, this money, food and materials is also a problem, and now that Gan Qi is in charge, firewood, rice, oil and salt are a big trouble.

But this court really has no money. Gan Qi has to find a way to make money, and the prime minister is not so easy to be.

Di Qing was crowned a privy envoy and retired.

Personnel promotions, some Gan Qi can handle it by himself, and some have to write a good report to the emperor for approval.

It is also necessary to recommend Wang Anshi to participate in political affairs, which is the top priority, and attach the "Letter of His Majesty Shangrenzong" written by Wang Anshi in the past to Emperor Zhao Xu, in order to prove that Wang Anshi can be worthy of important tasks.

Then Su Shi and others have to be transferred to the capital, arranging official positions is also a troublesome matter, there are not many people around Gan Qi, so Su Shi also has to work, Su Shi can know the Academy, Su Zhe can go to Shangshu to walk around, Shangshu Province can be simply compared to the State Council, Zuo Shilangzhong, Wupinshang.

Li Dingyou Shilangzhong, Cai Quyuan Wailang, Confucius Xiangxiang went to the Yushitai and served the Yushi......

These things must be implemented one by one, and these transfers do not have to be reported to the emperor, but they have to be discussed with Zeng Gongliang and Zeng Gongliang to help them.

With power in hand, Ganch could not afford to waste a single thing.

On his first day as prime minister, Gan Qi arrived home in the middle of the night, exhausted and asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, enter the palace for a court meeting.

Above the court, everyone's eyes were on Gan Qi, and everyone's wat board was full of writing.

The real test has just begun.

The Emperor sat upright, and he also read the outline of Ganqi's reform plan, and he also had countless questions.

Gan Qi is going to talk about the crowd today, just waiting for everyone to ask questions one by one.

The first to ask questions was Fu Bi, and now in the imperial court, Fu Bi is the oldest qualified, even if he is already just a national prince, but he is also at the forefront, standing next to Gan Qi.

Gan Qi knows many things about Wen Yanbo, and Fu Bi is the real mastermind behind it. But this kind of thing, knowing is knowing, but it can't be how rich and virtuous, the three dynasties and virtuous ministers, not a word and a doubt can solve the problem. If you really want to solve Fubi, you have to come up with a reason that everyone in the world can convince.

Just like Yingzong Zhao Shu in the past with Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo to solve Gan Qi, what is missing is an excuse that everyone can trust.

Now that Ganchi wants to solve Fubi, the situation is the same thing.

So Gan Qi could only watch this obscure old man still standing at the front of the court.

Fu Bi did not go to the political hall yesterday to participate in the deliberations, but he still got Gan Qi's reform outline, and he studied it all night yesterday, so he naturally came to question today, and he said: "Gan Xianggong said that he would abolish the ban on people, can you know what the problem is?" ”

"Rich minister, please say." Ganchi waited.

"Now that this is the time of great war, if you cut off men and horses, won't you cut off your own arms?" Fu Bi asked.

"Rich and public, the removal of people and horses, is the way of elite soldiers, soldiers are not expensive and expensive, and now in the forbidden compartment, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, rather than waste money and food, it is better to remove, can relieve redundancy to raise elite soldiers. Moreover, this reduction is also in order, and the non-border places are cut first, and those below 15 and those above 50 are all abolished. In this way, it can save at least 20 million yuan a year. "If you don't have money to fight, you have to find a way, and disarmament is the most direct and effective.

The Great Song Dynasty has reached now, the forbidden army alone has raised seven or eight hundred thousand, the box army is not counted, and there are regimental training yamen in various places, although the regimental training is already a false name, but there are also officials waiting for salaries, what is this thing going to do? If we want to say that the territory and the people are safe, the army of the inland state capital is completely unusable, and in a few decades, what Song Jiang, Wang Qingtian, Hu Fangla, and other bandits, one by one, occupy an area as kings, and the millions of troops raised by the inland state capital are all fictitious, and I don't know how many empty salaries there are, and if these are not abolished, it will really be a waste of money and food.

Fu Bi heard Ganqi's words, and laughed: "It's all abolished, so won't the inland state capital become an empty city?" ”

"It is enough to leave some young people to defend the city, if it is insufficient, you can recruit some more."

Fu Bi really wanted to get along with Gan Qi, and he asked a fatal point: "What about these people who have been laid off?" Among the army, most of them were displaced by the disaster, homeless and landless, and they were able to survive in the forbidden compartment. If hundreds of thousands of people are laid off, and these people will not be able to make a living, do you know what the consequences will be? ”

This is the key point, recruiting disaster victims and displaced people to join the army, just because they are afraid that they will rise up and gather in the mountains and forests, which is the stability maintenance strategy of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty has only grown from about 200,000 in the founding year to 780,000 today, not counting the number of the Xiang army, and most of the taxes in the Great Song Dynasty are used to support these people every year.

"Don't worry about the rich minister, I have a plan to keep it safe."

"Really? Gan Xianggong is rich, don't you want to pay for them yourself? "Fu Bi really doesn't believe that Gan Qi has any way to keep it safe, and put hundreds of thousands of people who have no food to eat in society, and it's no wonder that there is no chaos.

The emperor on the high platform also asked: "Gan Xiang really has a safe strategy?" ”

Gan Qi nodded confidently: "The place of the Hetao, surrounded by the Yellow River, the water system is developed, and it is a land of ointment, and there is a shortage of manpower to open up the frontier, send these people to the land of the Hetao, change the pasture into fertile land, and raise tens of millions of people." ”

"Gan Xianggong isn't joking, right? The land of the Hetao, the land of the party, how can the party people allow hundreds of thousands of Song people to open fields there? ”

"Rich Xianggong, whose land, the sword soldiers have the final say, and now the Xihe Lanhuang Jingluo Mansion is constantly driving the party people to the west, and the party people have moved the capital to the Gobi, and they are no longer able to come east. If the loop is not occupied, when will it be waited? How could these people not want the newly acquired land to be given free of charge to those who had been dismissed? It's a match made in heaven. Just yesterday, a stunned letter came to the east of Xingqing Mansion for 200 miles, and there was no party within these 200 miles. If it goes on like this, it won't take two days, and the Hetao will be under control. There is land outside the iron gate, and there is a shortage of people. ”

Gan Qi's words shocked the audience. The ministers of the court have all read the covenant made by Gan Qi and the party members, and the covenant is not written like this, how do they know that Gan Qi is so ruthless.

Emperor Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, if this is the case, the ban can be cut, so that you can kill a few birds with one stone, and Gan Xiang has done this very well." ”

Fu Bi said, "Isn't this a departure from the covenant? It's not a gentleman's doing! ”

Gan Qi squinted at Fu Bi and smiled without saying a word.

Fu Bi also looked back at the crowd at this time, he hoped that someone would follow his words, but he was disappointed, the national interests are current, betraying the alliance or something, it is a child's trick, and it is not ridiculous to say it in front of the court politicians?

Gan Qi ignored Fu Bi and only asked, "Since everyone has no opinions, then this matter will be done." ”

Fu Bi looked back again, and there was really no one who had any opinions, so he could only shake his head and said: "This method of spreading into acres looks simple, but if you really want to do it, I'm afraid it's ......."

"What's so hard? There are many kinds of taxes. Which of the taxes paid by the people did not come from the fields? Instead of making it so complicated, it is better to directly summarize them all together and only collect the land endowment, isn't it the best way? Whoever has as much land as he or she has will pay taxes on as much land. In this way, it is simple and convenient, and it is the most just, and there will be fewer people who can't survive and fall into the grass. It's also a way to kill several birds with one stone. "Gan Qi wants to put all the agricultural taxes into the fields, and there is no need for a poll tax, so that the tax is paid according to the acres of the field, and whoever has the land pays the tax, and then legislates to set a bottom line for the landlord to draw rent from the tenant farmers.

There are many advantages to this, one is to ensure social justice, and the other is to liberate a part of the productive forces, so that the productive forces can flow. Third, it can really alleviate the rebellion of the Great Song Dynasty almost every year.

But there is also a problem, which is that the propertied class will pay more taxes, and who is the propertied class? Naturally, it is the scholar class, that is, these people standing in the court.

What Gan Qi said made sense, and even Zhao Ji nodded again and again.

It's just that the officials in the audience are all unsightly. An official who can rank in the court is already the person at the top of this society, not to mention these people themselves, but to say that the families behind these people and the relatives who are related to each other are all propertied and big landlords. Ganch's reform touched everyone's interests.

Gan Qi asked what was the difficulty, Fu Bi looked at the emperor, and couldn't say the real difficulty, so he could only say: "Gan Xianggong, I'm afraid this matter is difficult to achieve!" ”

"Why?" Gan Qi asked rhetorically, pretending to be confused.

Emperor Zhao Ji also asked: "Rich Xianggong, this is a way to simplify the complex, why is it difficult to do it?" ”

Fu Bi looked back again, and saw that everyone's faces were ugly, but no one came out to speak, he shook his head, too lazy to say more. On the contrary, he is a little optimistic, Gan Qi is so messy, this is to isolate himself from the people, and when the time comes, the sky will be angry and resentful, and Gan Qi will suffer.

After thinking about it like this, Fu Bi replied: "It's not difficult to return to Your Majesty." ”

"That's good, then do it according to Gan Xianggong's wishes, if this matter is changed, it will benefit the country and the people." Zhao Ji didn't seem to realize the key to it yet, but it didn't matter, Gan Qi would still talk to him again.

The matter was then discussed, and Emperor Zhao Ji was flipping through a large stack of papers, turning it over for a moment, and asked: "Gan Xiang, I still don't know much about your method of support, and I think there are many people who don't know much about it like me, so you can also talk about it." ”

Gankey nodded and began to speak. It is nothing more than the final budget accounts, and here it is necessary to involve the establishment of the new yamen, the key audit yamen......