"Chen Xianggong has promoted Xu Xiaoyun to the rank of young superintendent of weapons, and he has added Dr. Chaosan."

"Weapons Chief? Three levels in a row? Zhao Xingde Shen 'groaned' and said, "Chen Shaoyang's employment can be regarded as eclectic. ”

They are people who are born in Taixue, and they are not as hard as the imperial examinations, and they are as clear as looking at the palm prints of the official system of the imperial court. Chen Dongshen felt that the system was 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', and he took the lead in resigning from the false title, and the central ministers followed suit, and the official system gradually became concise and clear, roughly divided into two ways: official and loose official. Officials determine the scope of the official's power, and the addition of a dispersal officer can improve the rank and rank of the official. In addition, the establishment of special ministers, the court also has a knighthood.

Xu Xiaoyun was the seventh grade of the imperial history first, and he did not have much real power. Chen Dong used him as the junior superintendent of the Ministry of Works, although the official was only promoted by one level, but the official of the Chaosan doctor was promoted by three levels to the fifth grade. Since the restructuring of Ezhou, the official positions of the central center and the prefectures and counties have been greatly reduced, the grinding of the officials is stricter than before, and the civil officials may not be able to move once in three years, and Xu Xiaoyun has been promoted once, and he has been at least nine years earlier than his peers. Among the younger generation, it was once known as a candidate for the wind pool. The ministers of the DPRK and the central government have promoted the disciples of the real 'gate' to this extent. The position of the young eunuch of the military flag is very important, and many famous ministers of the former dynasty have served as this mission. The nation's bows and arrows, firearms, armor, swords and spears, bullets and medicines, and tools for war defense are all under the management of the Ordnance Superintendent. In this position, Xu Xiaoyun burned the ship to test the power of iron, and he should have something to do.

"Eclectic?" Zhao Huan didn't have much of a concept, and said in his heart that he should find someone to ask clearly, and said, "Xu Shaojian's act of burning the ship and inspecting the iron has been applauded a lot, and some have scolded him, and even criticized Chen Xianggong for appointing cool officials." Some say that a few boats were destroyed like this, which is a pity. said that he pretended to be shocking to the world, if he was not pedantic and unkind, or he used the heads of his colleagues as a stepping stone for promotion. ”

"Is it a pity?" Zhao Xingde shook his head and said, "If a few boats burn, it's better than sinking a ship full of people and goods." ”

"Some people say that Chen Xianggong is making a big fuss about this matter, and there are enough death row prisoners in the Criminal Department."

"As the prime minister, what he thinks about is not the matter itself, but an attitude that tells the world about him."

Zhao Xingde said slowly with a solemn face: He thought about the fact that when he first fought in Hejian City, because of the explosion of the inferior firecracker, the firecracker would rather use the firecracker as an iron rod, and said with emotion, "It is impossible for the prime minister to see everything, what he gives to the people of the world is just an attitude." If he slightly 'reveals' the meaning of appeasement and accommodation, it will not only be that there will be a lot of unjust souls buried at the bottom of the sea in the future. If the attitude of the ruling ministers is ambiguous and unclear, and only blindly 'licorice' is used to save the evils of the times, and the two words 'hometown wishes' are only used to revitalize the dynasty, the other ministers in the court and the central government will have to get by, and the junior officials will dare to fool the officials. That's how the rulers are corrupted. Perhaps beheading is too cruel for those officials who follow the precedent and are greedy for mercy, but if they are really tolerated and accommodating, it will be cruel to the innocent. When a family cries, why cry all the way? ”

"Hmm." Zhao Huan also nodded, jokingly, "Chen Xianggong also really has the bearing of a prime minister." ”

Compared with Xu Xiaoyun, the praise and disapproval of Chen Dong by the Song government and the opposition are even more mixed. Sometimes in front of Zhao Huan, Zhao Qi would scold Chen Dong, and said with emotion, if there was no Chen Shaoyang's 'refinement', the Great Song Dynasty would not be able to prosper, and then said that this person is the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, but he is the thorn of me. The situation in the Great Song Dynasty was 'chaotic', and almost everyone complained. However, if you look at it fairly, if someone else is the prime minister, Chen Dong may not do better. The Song army repelled the invasion of the Liao army on the battlefield and also took advantage of the situation to recover the Daimyo's mansion. In the markets of various prefectures and counties, the price of rice has been stable, and the trade of other goods is very prosperous, even more prosperous than during the Xuanhe period.

The imperial court abolished most of the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and the increase in taxes required the approval of the academic council. This greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the gentry in various states and counties to set up industry and commerce, and in a short period of one or two years, the number of workshops in various places more than doubled compared with the previous "surge". Prefectures and counties are competing to set up checkpoints at their borders to restrict the movement of goods from outside the country into their own borders, or to impose heavy taxes. If it weren't for Chen Dong's mobilization of the forbidden army and the forced demolition of the 'private' checkpoints set up by the prefecture and county, he was afraid that he would 'provoke' a civil uprising.

"If this weren't for that," Zhao Huan said regretfully, "I'm afraid that Wu Shangshu wouldn't have so many allies now." In the abolition of checkpoints, none of the people who have gained benefits are 'excited', and those who have lost benefits have a grudge. Chen Xianggong should really look at them coldly and set up their own 'private' checkpoints, wait until the people's grievances in the world are boiling, and the situation cannot be maintained everywhere, and then come out to clean up, to see if these people are still white-eyed wolves. ”

"The previous dynasty said that if the current dynasty allowed the states and counties to set up checkpoints 'privately', it would be no different from playing with fire. If you let it go at the beginning, the court really can't clean up the consequences. Zhao Xingde shook his head and explained, "The gentry of this dynasty compete for profit through industry and commerce, and today, from all provinces, prefectures and counties, to small families, are no longer self-sufficient."

Zhao Xingde saw Zhao Huan's unbelieving look, and counted his fingers: "First of all, the southeast prefecture and county, Jiangning, and Hangzhou are rich in cotton, silk, and satin, which have always been called 'clothes by the world', and the silk cloth that is shipped out every year is worth tens of millions. However, the so-called Suzhou and Hangzhou were familiar with the world, but in this dynasty, it is completely the opposite. It is precisely because mulberry rice is competing for land and cotton rice is competing for land that Jiangning and Hangzhou provinces do not have enough grain to eat, and they have to buy a large amount of grain from Guangnan and Jinghu every year. As long as the grain road is stuck, there will be hoarding, soaring grain prices, and even starvation everywhere. In addition, the materials needed by the southeast workshop, such as indigo, wood, bamboo, paper, iron, charcoal, fuel, and tung oil, all had to be transported in from the outside. ”

"In recent times, Guangnan East Road textile, shipbuilding, iron smelting and other industries are thriving, and there is the demand of the South China Sea, but after all, the foundation is still shallow, the workshop can not make good raw silk, the raw silk and cotton thread required by the silk and satin workshop must be transported from the southeast, and the grain and charcoal are imported from the Guangnan West Road and the Nanhai Sea, just charcoal is the same, and it is counted in tens of millions of catties every year. Similarly, if there were no buyers from Jinghu and the southeast, the market for ironware, 'fine' porcelain, Xia cloth, cane sugar and sea salt on Guangnan Road would have been extremely depressed. The gentry and merchants often sold tea and other utensils to other places in exchange for money, and each 'transaction' was calculated as 100,000 yuan, and then they bought grain and other goods. Tea Road is the lifeblood of Fujian Road. ”

"Ezhou is a place where merchants from all over the world gather, salt, wheat and rice, wood, 'flower' cloth, 'medicine' materials, all pass through it, and hundreds of thousands of people make a living from it up and down the river. The imperial court will be built here, and the trade route will not be cut off for a month. And the withering of the north, the reclamation of the South China Sea, if these places do not communicate with the outside world, the lives of the common people may immediately fall into difficulties, even if the rich families cannot buy anything in the market. ”

"The Great Song Dynasty Lai waterway, there is the convenience of boat transfer, and the people enjoy the benefits of trade and trade for a long time. However, the rich gentry exploited it, and the people were only fed and clothed. Nowadays, the state and county set up cards, the goods will inevitably be expensive, it is conceivable that the upper one loses its profits, and the lower one loses its food and clothing. The world is in great chaos, only in an instant. Chen Shaoyang did not hesitate to open up many states and counties that advocated the establishment of cards, but he didn't want the situation to evolve into an uncontrollable situation. ”

"However, since it is like what the husband said," Zhao Huan hesitated, "then why do the prefectures and counties still set up cards to block the trade routes?" ”

"Each has its own plan, each for its own benefit," Zhao Xingde shook his head and said, "However, the actions taken by the states and counties out of 'selfish' interests, superimposed together, are not the blessings of the people of the Great Song Dynasty." Everyone wanted to take a close and convenient road, but in the end, everyone went to squeeze the single-plank bridge, but it turned out to be a dead end of cannibalism. ”

"If you consider it from the standpoint of the state and county rulers, the establishment of checkpoints can immediately collect taxes, which is more or less beneficial, and in the long run, it can block the goods from other states and counties, so that the gentry of this state can dominate the market, and the so-called 'fat' water will not flow into the fields of outsiders."

"However, if everyone is so 'chaotic', then everyone's goods can't be sold, will they return to the 'chicken' and dog voices, the old and the dead do not get along, and the era of small countries and widows will not come? And the responsibility of the central court is not to let the states and counties go to a dead end for 'selfish' interests, but to compromise with each other and find a way to live together. As the saying goes, the righteous are the sum of benefits, this is the righteousness of the court. The title of prime minister comes from dividing the people who sacrifice 'meat' to convince all parties. The prime minister governs a big country like a small freshman, reconciling Ding Nai, that is, reconciling interests. In any case, adhering to the righteousness is the prime minister's duty. ”

Zhao Xingde is under house arrest, there is no urgency left and right, after this in-depth explanation, Zhao Huan completely understood, she put her hands on her cheeks, looked at Zhao Xingde with beautiful eyes, showed a hint of brilliance, and secretly thought: "The husband's situation with the Great Song Dynasty and the way of the prime minister can be regarded as very clear." There was even a trace of regret in his heart, whether it was because of the relationship between Xia Guo and Shangzhu, it was impossible for Zhao Xingde to be the prime minister.

"I'm just talking about it." Sensing that her expression was different, Zhao Xingde snorted and said with a smile, "You can find a student at random, and I can tell you a lot like this." His Royal Highness only needs to read more, and he will laugh at Zhao's talk on paper. ”

"Well," Zhao Huan nodded, then shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't believe it if you are too modest." ”

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In the Prime Minister's Mansion, in the 'Flower' Hall, a ceremony is being held for the envoy to meet the Prime Minister.

"Your two countries have always been brotherly countries, and the fact that Dashi has invaded the two countries has really been a matter of common anger between people and gods." Feng Tinglun, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom, said: "If your country returns to my Shangzhu State and the general Zhao Xingde, then I am willing to form an alliance with your country and send sailors to intercept the Great Food Pirates, and even lend another amount of silver money to your court to exterminate the Great Food Pirates, or dispatch a naval expedition to plow the court to sweep the 'hole'." ”

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