Chapter 612: It's not easy to be a prime minister

After becoming the prime minister, Shi Bin was naturally very happy, and he was so excited that he didn't sleep well for three days. Although Jia Ling and other people in Shi Bin's family are not as crazy as Shi Bin, they are all very happy, because in this way, Shi Bin is also the prime minister, the privy envoy and the guard, and the pro-army infantry are all commanding the three important positions, and he is definitely a powerful minister above 10,000 people under one person, and he can almost do what he says.

If Shi Bin is more ambitious, he can even replace the palace front Sidu with his own people, and simply put Li Zong under house arrest, so that he will never be able to see his courtiers, and he will not be able to intervene in the government and become a puppet like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

In the first two months of Shi Bin's tenure, everything was relatively peaceful, but in the third month, some discordant voices began to appear, and Sai Zilong reported that Shi Bin said that some subordinates were perfunctory or even procrastinated, causing the people's hearts that had just settled down to float again.

This situation was something that Shi Bin did not expect, in his opinion, if dissatisfaction with him would be manifested at the beginning, why wait for three or four months? What's the benefit of waiting three or four months?

Because he didn't want to think about these brain-consuming questions, but he didn't have to think about them alone, Shi Bin called Jia Ling and Sai Xishi again. Shi Bin knew that although they were women, they understood people's hearts better than himself, so he was sure that they would give him a satisfactory answer.

After Jia Ling and Sai Xishi entered the house, they were surprised to see Shi Bin's calm face, if Shi Bin had something to call them, his face was never happy or worried, but today he was very calm, which made people feel very strange.

"Husband, are you in trouble again, the slave family will see if there is anything that can help. It's just that your performance today is really strange, and you are so calm. Isn't it that after becoming the prime minister, he is more restrained, and he will be happy and angry in front of us? Jia Ling smiled.

Although this joke is not very funny, Shi Bin still felt a little interesting, so he said: "I have learned to be more restrained, but I don't feel the need to frown about this matter." I've been Prime Minister for three months. The first two months were fine, but from the third month onwards, someone dared to disobey me and fight against me. Although the number of people is small, there is an upward trend. ”

"Husband, do you want to know why no one dared to disobey you before, but now the longer you have been in office, the more you dare to disobey you?" Sai Si Shi laughed.

"Yes." Shi Bin smiled a little embarrassedly, "It stands to reason that the first two or three months of taking office is the run-in period, and the more you go on, the more tacit understanding there will be, and the fewer people who dare to disobey me." How is it the other way around? ”

This question stopped Sai Xi Shi, and she couldn't answer it. But Jia Ling snorted and laughed: "It's very simple, because you used to be a small family, but now you are a big family, and the situation will be much more complicated." And you, the guy who wants to purge the officials, have been on the opposite side of the corrupt officials from the very beginning. Those guys who only know how to make money will give you a little thin noodles to put up with you for a while at first, but don't think about it later. You must know that cutting off people's money is like killing your parents. What's more, you have cut off the financial routes of thousands of officials, not one or two. ”

"If you say that, more and more people will rise up against me in the future?" Shi Bin was both angry and unconvinced. He can't tolerate those corrupt officials who continue to loot the people's fat and ointment and don't repent, and he doesn't believe that Shi Bin can't control these guys

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Seeing what Shi Bin was thinking, Jia Ling didn't make a sound, just smiled, but motioned to Sai Xishi to speak.

How smart is Seixihim? Of course, she also saw what Shi Bin was thinking, and after seeing Jia Ling's gesture, she spoke: "Husband, when the concubine is on the mountain, she often kills chickens and monkeys, because some contradictions will not be shown all at once, and they cannot be all expressed. Second-hand people don't dare to fight me alone, and many times they join forces to fight. ”

After Jia Ling and Sai Xishi said this, Shi Bin suddenly became enlightened. Indeed, those guys who are dissatisfied with Shi Bin are testing Shi Bin and accumulating strength, once the strength is enough, even if Shi Bin wants to punish him, he will be jealous, because the law does not blame the public.

This can make Shi Bin feel very unhappy, although he can lead hundreds of officials, but the state has national laws and family rules, if he wants to punish officials, he can't kill and beat like in the army, he has to go through the procedure. And procrastination or perfunctory work is considered a dereliction of duty, and it is not a big mistake. In response to these, a document is issued to reprimand and punish some months, so that the official will not be dismissed, and it will not have much impact on the year-end evaluation.

Could it be that he really wants to engage in military rule and kill all those who are disobedient? Shi Bin didn't want to do this, and he didn't think it was right to do so. When everyone is killed, who will govern the country? It seems that it can only be 'killed and set an example for monkeys' according to what Sai Si Shi said.

So Shi Bin began to send people around to collect evidence of various officials' violations and crimes, and then singled out the most fierce opponents among them and took them first.

In this way, seven or eight people were killed, more than ten people were exiled, more than 20 officials were dismissed, and more than 40 people were fined, which made the court calm down a lot for a while, and Shi Bin once again experienced the happiness of his words.

It's just that there are nearly fifty official vacancies at once, which makes the already unstable train of the Great Song Dynasty even more bumpy, as if it will fall apart at any time. This time, Shi Bin felt that he might have done something wrong, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng couldn't think of a good way to deal with it, Zhao Gang didn't know anything, and Wang San and Li Chao were far away, which made him very distressed.

One anxious evening, Xu Feng reported to Shi Bin that Wang Yi had asked to see him.

Although Wang Yi followed Shi Bin for a short time, his ability was not bad and he was very loyal, which made Shi Bin have the idea of discussing what he was worried about with him, so he ordered Xu Feng to invite him in quickly.

As soon as Wang Yi came in, Shi Bin smiled enthusiastically: "What is the matter with Lord Wang?" ”

"Please don't call me Lord Wang, Lord Wang Yimeng is ashamed to lead the post of governor, how dare you be the word 'adult' in front of adults? It's good for adults to call me Xiao Wang. Wang Yi said very humbly. Then he smiled and said, "Today, Wang Yi is here for the sake of adults. ”

I am very happy that Wang Yi is so humble, and at the same time, I am also very surprised that Wang Yi is so confident that he is here for his own heart.

"It's not appropriate to call Xiao Wang, let's call you Wang Yi, so that I don't seem arrogant and closer. You said you came for my heart, do you know what I have on my mind? ”

"Wang Yi doesn't necessarily know all the thoughts of adults, and it is impossible to know, but I can still guess one or two about the thoughts of adults in the past few days."

Shi Bin was even more interested in Wang Yi's words and laughed.

"The adults are dedicated to the country, so they must clean up the officials, and the adults must do everything they say in order to clean up the officials. Nowadays, there are too many people who do not obey the orders of the adults, so the adults have come to make an example of the monkeys. However, this chicken has been killed a little too much at one time, and adults should be afraid of a bad situation

face, so I was a little worried. ”

After listening to what Wang Yi said, Shi Bin stared at him for a while. Shi Bin never thought that Wang Yi, a guy who is not good-looking, also has some real skills. didn't like hypocrisy, so Shi Bin said directly: "Wang Yi, you're right, I'm really worried about this." Now that the corruption of the Great Song Dynasty officials has to be rectified, I must also do what I say, but if I continue to kill people and dismiss officials like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before there will be few officials available in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"That's true. It is necessary to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but there must be some other means, otherwise the prime minister will not be able to be the prime minister sooner or later, and Wang Yi is here to offer advice to adults. ”

"Tell me, what's the solution?"

"My lord, the lower officials think that you can find a way to win over a group of officials who respect or admire you and don't have many stains, and those who don't have many centrists and don't have many stains will be left alone, and those officials who are willing to do anything for money and come against you don't have to show mercy to their subordinates, and they will all be eradicated." Wang Yi said very solemnly, "As for those vacant official positions, they will be filled by the officials who support you, and their original official positions can be replaced by official sponsorship." ”

As soon as he heard the 'official sponsorship' Shi Bin understood the meaning, the people who came up in this way are generally very grateful to the people who sponsored them and appointed them, and they will be more obedient. And if you can be sponsored, you will have a certain ability, not a nerd, so it is naturally the best.

"Wang Yi, your method of combining grace and power is good. I didn't think that we thought about it for so long and didn't come up with a solution to the problem, I don't have to open your mouth to you, you already have the answer, it's really amazing, people can't be good-looking. Shi Bin smiled.

"My lord praised it falsely, Wang Yi has only been a squire for a few years, and he knows more ways to elect officials than adults, so he is not talented. It's just that Wang Yi has to ask the adults to be careful, after all, the adults want to grasp the situation and not become the target of the public. Wang Yi said solemnly again.

I was very grateful to Wang Yi for his heartfelt words, and of course Shi Bin immediately agreed and expressed his gratitude. At the same time, ask Wang Yi to help make a list, so that he knows who can be co-opted, who can be ignored, and who must be eradicated.

After Wang Yi received the order, he sent a list within five days. Looking at the dense details on the list, Shi Bin suddenly felt dizzy and felt the embarrassment of the prime minister again. This is still information that has been sorted out by Wang Yi, if it is not sorted out, Shi Bin estimates that he will collapse as soon as he sees it. I regret being the prime minister.

Of course, the hard-won position of prime minister can't just be thrown away, but he can't stand so much complicated information filling his mind, so Shi Bin has no choice but to call Jia Ling and Sai Xishi as clerks again. The two women who saw this list were full of praise for Wang Yi, and sighed loudly that God blessed Shi Bin and found another capable helper. And said that he really had to do what Wang Yi said, and he couldn't take a wrong step.

Under such a carrot and stick strategy, the voice of opposition is getting smaller and smaller, and Shi Bin's prestige is getting higher and higher, and he has also won the reputation of 'clear rewards and punishments'.

The situation has improved, Shi Bin is naturally happy, but at the same time, he has some emotion, he completely understands why Zhao Kui has taken the initiative to resign several times, Wang Yi can clearly become the prime minister with his support but is unwilling to be, it is too tiring to do it for a long time.

Of course, since he wants to dominate the world, he must carry this tiredness, so Shi Bin has no choice but to work hard to govern the Great Song Dynasty.