After Kou Ji finished speaking, the hundred officials in the vertical arch hall frowned one by one and remained silent.

Wenchen is not like a military minister.

When the military minister was on duty, if he hung up the seal and left, he would have to lose his head, and if there was a major mistake because of this, he would not be able to be razed by the three clans.

Wenchen is different, when Wenchen is on duty, he hangs the seal and leaves, and the court generally does not pursue it.

If there is any major mistake caused by this, the court will rarely pursue it.

Wenchen was accustomed to acting like this, and he was also accustomed to hanging his seal and leaving to avoid punishment when a major mistake occurred during his duty.

Kou Ji now moved the matter to the court and said that he wanted to deal with Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, which could be regarded as touching the interests of Wenchen.

Therefore, the ministers knew that Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, was wrong, and no one opened their mouths.

Kou Ji saw that the hundred officials in the vertical arch hall were silent, so he snorted and said: "I want to leave the court, and I still have to go to the scribe's department, the inner court, and the secretary's house to ask for permission."

He, Yan Renyi, is a small magistrate, and he is actually bigger than the shelf I am waiting for?

If you want to be an official of the court, you can be it, and if you don't want to be it, you shouldn't be it.

What is the face of the imperial court? ”

Speaking of which.

Kou Ji saluted Zhao Zhen with a straight face, "Kou Ji, I implore the official family to condemn Yan Renyi and set the record straight." ”

When the officials saw this, their hearts jumped.

The officials knew in their hearts that Kou Ji rarely spoke seriously in front of the Manchu civil and military forces.

Once he speaks seriously, it means that Kou Ji will keep an eye on this matter.

As Kou Ji, staring at a Yan Renyi, Yan Renyi will die.

"The minister agrees with Kou Shumi's words, and the minister also feels that the official family should condemn Yan Renyi."

Someone stood up in support of Kou Ji in this matter.

The officials followed the prestige and saw Jia Changchao appear outside the train, waiting for Zhao Zhen's instructions.

As soon as Jia Changchao opened his mouth, some officials who were swaying from side to side and hesitant also spoke.

There are civil ministers, and there are military ministers.

They all spoke up in favor of Koji's words.

is just a Yan Renyi, in their eyes, he is just a small official the size of a sesame mung bean.

For the sake of a petty official's life, it is too stupid to go to Kou Ji.

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly after nearly half of the officials in the Vertical Arch Hall expressed his position, "I know ......."

After saying this, Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on Lu Yijian and the three of them, who had not spoken.

"What do the three Aiqing think?"

When Lu Yijian heard this, the three of them glanced at each other and smiled bitterly in their hearts.

The reason why they have not taken a position is because they have guessed something that the officials can't guess.

In their eyes, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen wore the same pants, and what Kou Ji said in front of the Manchu Dynasty was what Zhao Zhen meant.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, an emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and a privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, specially moved the life of a minor official to the court, and said that the purpose behind it is probably not just as simple as wanting the life of a junior official.

With the two of them, asking for the life of a petty official is like crushing an ant to death.

Whether Zhao Zhen sent someone to catch up with Yan Renyi with his will and strangle him to death on the road, or Kou Ji used his power to kill Yan Renyi, no one in the court would say anything.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji moved Yan Renyi's matter to the court and said that there must be a plan.

The three guessed that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji probably wanted to move a similar official system, and wanted to completely stifle the bad habits of officials who were printed at every turn.

This matter did not affect the three of them in the slightest.

Because with the identity of the three of them, if they want to leave the court, they must ask Zhao Zhen for permission.

The ones who will really be affected are those civil servants with relatively low official positions.

This matter can also be regarded as a good governance for the Great Song Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Lu Yijian and the three felt that they could agree.

So after Lu Yijian and the three of them heard Zhao Zhen's question again, they all said in unison: "Everything is up to the official family!" ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them decisively handed over the decision on this matter to Zhao Zhen.

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and then looked around at the ministers and said, "I think that Kou Shumi's words are reasonable. The local magistrate, as well as other local officials, are the officials of the herdsmen. He is the lowest official in the governance of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is also the most important group of officials in the Great Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Taizu, he attached great importance to the officials of the herdsmen.

Every herdsman's official, Taizu will personally inquire and personally select.

This shows the importance of pastoral officials.

Such an important official position cannot tolerate those officials who hang up and leave at every turn.

There is no room for those officials who make mistakes and hang up their seals to avoid trouble. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen paused for a moment and continued: "Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, committed murder by bandits, left his post without permission, and had no court or king. From today onwards, he will depose his identity as the magistrate of Xiangfu County, escort him back to Beijing, and ask him to be beheaded after the autumn.

All the family wealth was confiscated.

The rewards given by the imperial court to his ancestors were recovered together. ”

Zhao Zhen's punishment of Yan Renyi is not heavy.

But none of the officials stood up for Yan Renyi.

"This matter will be handed over to the Criminal Department ......"

Zhao Zhen glanced at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and said lightly.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department hurriedly went out of work and agreed.

After Zhao Zhen finished disposing of Yan Renyi, Kou Ji went out of class again and said: "Qi Guan family, the minister thinks that it is far from enough to deal with one Yan Renyi. The herdsmen of the local yamen are left with their seals at every turn, which has a great impact on the livelihood of the local people, and is also very harmful to the prestige of the imperial court and the governance of the local area by the imperial court.

Therefore, the minister thought that the imperial court should implement some restrictive decrees to restrain local officials from hanging up the seal without informing the imperial court. ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, the officials were slightly stunned.

When Zhao Zhen was stunned by the officials, he nodded thoughtfully and said, "Aiqing is reasonable...... A Yan Renyi hung up the seal and left, harming more than 1,000 people in Xiangfu County. If there are ten or a hundred Yan Renyi, then there will be no way to govern my country.

Although it is convenient for the officials, it endangers the court and the people, so it is not advisable......"

Someone among the hundreds of officials reacted, and just as he was about to argue, he heard Zhao Zhen snort coldly and said: "The imperial court officials are aimed at working for the herdsmen of the court and the people. It is not for one's own selfishness, one's own convenience, and wanton behavior.

The food eaten by the officials of the imperial court is the tax paid by the people.

For the sake of one's own selfishness, disregarding the lives of the people, then he deserves to die. ”

As soon as Zhao Zhen's words came out, no one in the officials dared to speak again.

Zhao Zhen's words blocked all the words that the officials wanted to refute back into their stomachs.

Although there are few officials in the government and the opposition who really dedicate themselves to the country and the people.

However, it must be recognized externally that they are good officials who have selflessly contributed to the country and the people.

Zhao Zhen's words occupied the righteousness, and the officials had no way to refute it.

Lu Yijian and the three of them glanced at each other silently after Zhao Zhen's words landed, and the faces of the three of them showed such expressions.

Zhao Zhen saw that no one among the hundred officials opened his mouth to refute, so he asked Kou Ji out loud, "Aiqing thinks that what should be done with those officials who ignore the people under their rule, regard the court as nothing, and hang up the seal at will?" ”

Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "As an official of the herdsmen, there is no people in his eyes, and as an official of the court, there is no court in his eyes, so he should be killed." ”

When Lu Yijian heard this, he couldn't help but speak, "Wouldn't it be a little hasty to kill directly?" ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "Most of the local officials hold important positions as herdsmen, and if they leave for a while, it is very likely that something will happen that harms the people. Therefore, even if they ask to go, they should go to the scribe's department, and then the ministry will report it to the inner court, which will make a decision.

They could not leave until the court gave permission and sent a successor to take office.

In this way, we can not harm the people and the imperial court. ”

Lu Yijian was about to open his mouth, but he heard Kou Ji say again: "The officials of the imperial court, to help the imperial court govern the Great Song Dynasty, and to bear the lives of thousands of people in the world, there must be rules."

It can't be like those academic societies and poetry clubs in the market, you can come when you want, and you can leave when you want, so there are no rules at all.

The folk green-skinned gangsters, when they formed a gang, still knew what the gang rules were, and they still knew that if they joined the gang, they should not be easily betrayed.

Are the officials in the government and the opposition not as good as a group of green-skinned gangsters? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the hundreds of officials in the Vertical Arch Hall were not good-looking.

Kou Ji's words were tantamount to pointing at his nose and scolding, but they couldn't talk back.

A servant gritted his teeth and said, "What if the official is worried? Do you have to wait until the successor sent by the imperial court arrives before you leave? ”

Kou Ji's face turned slightly straight, and he said: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve. If you are really filial to your parents, why don't you take the initiative to return to your hometown to support your parents when they are seriously ill?

It's like Bao Zheng.

In order to support his parents, even if he is an official, he is not willing to do it.

One by one, when their parents were seriously ill, they did not go back to guard their bedside to fulfill their filial piety, and waited until their parents died, and then returned to their hometowns to pay tribute to the future generations, and guard their tombs for three years.

Is that filial piety?

That's made for people to see.

In his eyes, the future and official position are more important than filial piety.

Before his death, he was not filial to his parents, and he only knew that he was blindly running for the future.

After the death of his parents, he cried for them, kept filial piety for them, and preached his filial piety.

If you are so filial, don't do it. ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji looked around at the hundred officials in the vertical arch hall and said, "There are also many elders among you, and there are also children and grandchildren. If you compare your heart to your heart, you should understand what true filial piety is.

My Great Song Dynasty advocates filial piety in order to make the people of the world filial to their parents.

It's not for show.

If it's just for the sake of show, then what filial piety does my Da Song still advocate. ”

Kou Ji's eyes fell on the squire Yushi, "Therefore, Ding Wei is not enough to be an excuse for local officials to hang up the seal at will. I don't have the kind of officials who hang up the seal at will. ”

Kou Ji finished speaking.

The officials were silent.

Kou Ji can be regarded as a lesson to the officials, and by the way, the false filial piety promoted among the officials has been cleaned up.

Zhao Zhen saw that the officials were silent, so he coughed and said: "There are exceptions to everything, local officials are in office, and there are always parents who suddenly fall seriously ill and die suddenly.

The sudden death of his parents may not have been known to local officials in advance.

Therefore, I can give some convenience.

However, when leaving the local yamen, it is necessary to hand over the recital to the imperial court and state the reason. ”

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, no one in the officials spoke, and the matter was settled.

Immediately.

Zhao Zhen said to Lu Yijian: "The inner court will discuss this matter and organize this matter into specific articles. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them all bowed their hands together.

"......"

Zhao Zhen continued: "Where is the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture? ”

The prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture is out of class.

"The minister is here!"

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Send someone to bring some grain to Xiangfu County to have a look, and ensure that the people who have destroyed their crops have food to live." At the same time, the terada of the Great Buddha Temple was distributed to those people as compensation.

Then check where the monks of the Great Buddha Temple have gone.

After the investigation was carried out, he was convicted as a Qin offender, and a sea fishing document was issued to the local yamen at all levels, and he was arrested and brought to justice. 、

After being caught, there is no need to interrogate.

They were also sent to northern Xinjiang. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen slowly stood up and said loudly: "I can't tolerate those who take the lives of the people as child's play." ”

"Scatter!"

"Congratulations to the official!"

Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves and left, and the officials left the vertical arch hall in twos and threes.

Lu Yijian and the three of them staggered to Kou Ji's side.

Wang Zeng sighed with emotion: "You and the official family have a good calculation. ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "I don't understand what you're talking about. ”

Wang Zeng snorted and did not speak.

Zhang Zhibai smiled and said, "I have something serious to tell you." ”

Koji made a look that he wanted to hear.

Zhang Zhibai said: "The land properties found by the temples in Bianjing City exceed 100,000 mu, and many of them are outside Bianjing City. The old man and the three of them discussed it and decided to distribute those fields to the poor people all over Bianjing.

The three old men have already obtained the register of the people from the household department and Kaifeng Mansion respectively, as well as the register of the really poor people.

In a few days, the land will be distributed.

In order to avoid the people fighting for land and property, it is necessary to send some soldiers and horses to assist. ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned for a moment, and muttered, "How much do you need?" ”

Zhang Zhibai said frankly: "Three thousand! ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "When I go back, I will mobilize 3,000 soldiers and horses from the Japanese army to assist you." But when the soldiers and horses leave the camp, you must explain this to the officials. ”

Zhang Zhibai nodded and said, "The old man knows the severity. ”

The reason why Zhang Zhibai found Kou Ji to dispatch troops and horses instead of Li Zhaoliang, the secretary of the military department, was because there were not many soldiers and horses in charge of the military department in Bianjing City.

In Bianjing City, the soldiers and horses in charge of the Ministry of War are only the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Inspection Division, as well as the soldiers of Kaifeng Mansion.

The soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Inspection Division have the responsibility of guarding Bianjing City, and they are not easy to use.

The number of soldiers in Kaifeng Mansion was only one thousand, which was not enough for Zhang Zhibai to need.

That's why Zhang Zhibai borrowed troops from the forbidden army.

After all, the Japanese army guarding outside Bianjing City has been idle now.

It can also easily mobilize 3,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no need to bear other expenses.

What's more, the forbidden army can control the field.

If the soldiers and the soldiers and horses of the inspection department go to participate in the work of dividing the fields, the number of people who make trouble is too large, and they may not be able to fight it.

The forbidden army is different, the forbidden army stops there, the neat military appearance, and the breath of slaughter are enough to suppress those people, so that they dare not move.

After Zhang Zhibai finished what he was going to say.

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "What are you and the official family going to do, the three old men know it in their hearts. The three old men are not Ding Wei and the like, you and the official family don't need to be wary of the three old husbands.

As long as what you do is beneficial to my Great Song, the three old men will support it. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "What if the official family implements the decree that lasts for three generations among civil officials? Three also support? ”

Hearing this, the three of them glanced at each other and raised their eyebrows in unison.

Lu Yijian snorted and said, "The three old men have long expected it, and they have also discussed this matter in private. The official family implemented the decree of three generations among the emperor's relatives and military ministers, and naturally could not leave the ministers behind.

If the official family really wants to implement the decree of three generations among the ministers, the old man and the three will support it. ”

Kou Ji laughed, "The consciousness of the three is quite high. ”

Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji viciously.

Kou Ji smiled: "But this matter is not in a hurry. When the world's officials and temples are cleared, it is time to change the official system and the jurisdiction of each locality.

Among them, the jurisdiction of each place is the most important.

If the three of you have leisure, you might as well refer to this matter in detail. ”

Wang Zeng frowned and said, "You have told the three old men about this matter before, and the three old men have also discussed it with you. Now that we look at it again, is there a variable? ”

Kou Ji smiled: "It's not that there are variables, but I just discussed it roughly before, and it wasn't detailed enough." Now to put it into practice, it is natural to refer to some details thoroughly. ”

Wang Zeng muttered: "Find a place to talk carefully. ”

Kou Ji didn't refuse, nodded and said, "Go to the Shishitang, if the official family is here, you can take a closer look together." ”

Immediately.

The four of them went to the capital hall together.

Zhao Zhen is not there.

The four of them each found their own place and sat down.

The palace and eunuchs who stayed behind in the capital hall prepared almost for the four of them.

After they brought the refreshments to them, Koji ordered them to leave first.

After they left, Kou Ji spoke slowly, "We discussed before, my Great Song Dynasty local government system and jurisdiction are very complicated and cumbersome. There will always be the kind of thing where three yamen in one place are under the jurisdiction of the three yamen, and the three yamen pass the buck to each other and are unwilling to take care of it.

Therefore, the functions of the local yamen and the jurisdiction of the local yamen must be clearly divided. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them nodded together.

The three of them have seen the most troubles caused by the unclear functions and unclear jurisdictions of the local yamen, so they have a deep understanding of this.

Kou Ji continued: "First of all, the road and the yamen. The overlapping powers of the road yamen and the government yamen are the most. There are road yamen without government yamen, and there are government yamen without road yamen, and it is easy to say that there are government yamen and no road yamen.

In places where both the Kefu and the road yamen are there, the two yamen fight with each other and pass the buck to each other, which is very harmful.

Therefore, I originally proposed to change the road to a prefecture and set up a prefecture to govern the whole territory under my rule.

In this way, there will be no more fighting and passing the buck between the two yamen.

However, the question of how the local soldiers and horses should be governed was not properly discussed.

Therefore, this matter needs to be carefully discussed. ”

Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "Since it has been changed to a mansion, the mansion is the largest yamen in the region, and naturally the prefect should be in charge of the soldiers and horses of the mansion. ”

Wang Zeng frowned and said: "There are twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses in Yifu. Can the prefect manage it? ”

Lu Yijian said: "There are soldiers ...... Cao"

Wang Zeng shook his head, "Even if there are soldiers, it is difficult to govern. Moreover, if the prefect has evil intentions, or is used by people with ulterior motives, it is easy to gather 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses.

The purpose of the existence of local soldiers and horses is to protect the place, not to cause harm to the place. ”

When Lu Yijian heard this, he also frowned.

Kou Ji smiled, "This is where we need to go into more detail. ”

Kou Ji continued: "The same is true for the state and county yamen. Large counties, comparable to a state, also have overlapping functions. Therefore, the state yamen and the county yamen must also be refined.

Under the rule of the government, it should be the state.

Under the rule of the state, it should be the county.

In this way, the imperial court governs the government, the prefecture, the county, and the county governs the villages, towns and townships.

From top to bottom, at a glance.

There will be no overlap of powers and functions in the middle.

Who's the thing, who's doing it.

Whoever is responsible, who bears.

When it comes to accountability, it can be specific to each individual.

That's the benefit.

But there should be several states under the jurisdiction of a government, and there should be several counties under the rule of a state.

The situation is different in each prefecture and prefecture, so it must be discussed in detail according to each prefecture, prefecture, and prefecture.

We've only talked about it in general terms.

But now that the time is really coming to implement it, it must be discussed properly.

Moreover, how to divide the provinces and where the cities are located can be convenient for the people, and it is also necessary to discuss properly.

In addition, with the division of the yamen of various prefectures, prefectures and counties.

All transshipment yamen, each transport, must also be sorted out.

Whether it should be proposed separately or integrated into each province must be carefully discussed.

In addition, after the local yamen has made changes, the local official system and functions must also be changed to a certain extent. After the change of route to the government, it is also necessary to discuss in detail how to resettle the transit envoys, pacification envoys, and solicitation envoys in various localities. ”

The local yamen has made changes, not only in the local bureaucracy and functions, but also in the interests of the local government.

There's a lot to discuss, and there's a lot to discuss.

The benefits that need to be reconciled are also numerous.

You have to be cautious.

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Lu Yijian and the three of them were silent.

The question asked by Ko Ji had all been thought about before.

However, there are many differences in the middle, and they have not been discussed.

Some issues concerning the bureaucratic system, functions, and the adjustment of interests have not been refined.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, Kou Ji smiled and said, "We must solve all the problems we can think of in advance, so that when we implement the road reform government, we will encounter fewer troubles." ”

After Wang Zeng was silent for a long time, he said, "This matter should indeed be discussed carefully. ”

Zhang Zhibai glanced at the three of them left and right, and said, "This is a big deal, and it can't be discussed in a moment. At the moment, our main task is to distribute to the people the land that has been cleared from the temple.

When we're done allocating the land, it's not too late to discuss the matter. ”

(End of chapter)