Chapter 312 Undecided

"Cui Xianggong, how is the battle on the front line?"

After going down to the court, Cui He was thinking about several questions raised by the Son of Heaven at today's court meeting, analyzing the pros and cons of these two things for the Great Song Dynasty, but he was pulled by his sleeve and asked. He turned around and asked Chen Guiyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and beside Chen Guiyi, there was also Yuan Shao, the head of Dali Temple.

Cui He smiled, with his many years of experience in the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, he naturally knew that Chen Guiyi's words were just a reason, and he must have the rest of the words to say to himself. It's just that he is a little strange in his heart, how did Chen Guiyi and Yuan Shao get into trouble, although they are both important ministers in the court, but the interaction between the two is not much on weekdays, and today he doesn't like to be too close to each other, so ......

Cui He looked left and right, just in front of the palace gate, several guards in front of the palace, and the inner servants of the waiters outside the palace, were all looking at them. He smiled, it was appropriate to pull him to talk here, but no one would think that they were discussing something in front of the palace gate to hide from the Son of Heaven. Concealment is suspicious, but it is better to be so frank, after all, although the Military Intelligence Department does not care about these important ministers, the Ministry of Labor is staring at many people.

"The front line is going well, the latest news is five days ago, after taking Linlu Pass, Menghu was very flustered for a few days, and now the captive chieftain is piecing together men and horses, preparing to do something to drive in person." Cui He did not hide it from them, in fact, although these news were not discussed in the court today, it was because Zhao Heju did not want these civil servants in the rear who were not familiar with military affairs to interfere with the front line.

However, people like Cui He, Zhao Shanxiang, and even Wei Liaoweng and others still know about it, after all, their functions are related to this.

"Some things ......" After going around for a while, Chen Guiyi hesitated for a long time, and then pushed the matter to Yuan Shao: "Brother Yuan, you should tell Xianggong." ”

What Yuan Shao wants to talk about is about the Department of Integrity, which is a new official office established under the wrath of the Son of Heaven, and as the name suggests, of course, it is to supervise whether the officials are honest and honest. It's just that Zhao Heju later ordered Cui He to stuff some idle imperial historians into the Department of Integrity, he was angry at that time, neither Cui He nor Yuan Shao could disobey the order, but it was not so simple to set up a new department, and those imperial historians arrived at this Department of Integrity, what kind of resettlement law did they have, how did they exercise their powers, and most importantly, how did the Department of Integrity set up in the capital deal with local corruption.

After listening to Yuan Shao's series of questions, Cui He couldn't help but make a difficulty.

This matter was led by him, Yuan Shao asked him to inquire, not because he was looking for the wrong person, but this matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry, why did he involve Chen Guiyi as well?

He looked at Chen Guiyi with an inquiring gaze, Chen Guiyi stomped his feet, and sighed: "Xianggong, I won't hide it from you, the black-hearted coal plant in Hedong Province has something to do with the Ministry of Industry." ”

"What Chen Guiyi said about Guan Zhen is that those coal factories have a long-term contract with the Ministry of Industry, and if they copy the rope, the Ministry of Industry will not be able to produce two big rats, and there will be a crime of negligence."

When Cui said this again, he was in the bamboo pavilion, sitting opposite Zhao and Ju, the white-haired prime minister, the son of heaven in his youth, and the evergreen bamboo of the four seasons can be included in the painting. At this time, it is full of summer, and between this breeze and cool water, people's mood is much happier.

Zhao Heju held a cup of green tea in his hand, and the porcelain fired in the official kiln of the Great Song Dynasty was naturally incomparable to the porcelain produced industrially in later generations. In the almost translucent silver tea bowl, the green leaves dye the water transparently, making it a sight to behold. However, Zhao Youju actually doesn't like to drink tea very much, he prefers osmanthus sour plum soup, a cup of chilled sour plum soup in such a summer, more than anything else.

can be with Cui, you have to be vassal, this old man is good tea, that is, the court, and he also uses a purple sand pot to hold a pot of water, and he will smoke two mouthfuls of cold as soon as he leaves the hall.

"And then he pulled you out......"

Zhao Youju sighed a little boredly, he himself didn't expect that the last time he sent a fire, it would burn to the point that the chief of the six departments did not dare to see him. For something like this, Chen Guiyi could have come to him, but he looked for Cui He in a roundabout way, just because he was afraid of being held accountable.

I can't blame Chen Guiyi for having this heart, in the past few years, Zhao Heju has used his authority for his own use, and while constantly strengthening the imperial power, he has gradually made the ministers fearful, and he was too angry last time, Cui He understood that he was worried that he would not be able to jump out of those reincarnation circles, but the ministers did not know, because Zhao Heju had already shown his mouth in front of Cui He, and if he wanted to find a way to change this system, it was obviously not possible to paste the table once or twice, and he needed to tear down the current court system and rebuild it.

In Zhao Youju's plan, he wanted to be the emperor for forty years, and in the first twenty years, his task was to strengthen the imperial power and bring the power originally controlled by the bureaucrats and doctors into his own hands.

Just like Tuo Lei saw, Zhao and Ju also saw a problem, that is, at this time, the dynasty was changed, and the emperor was changed instead of the courtiers. Although there will be a group of die-hard ministers who will be martyred, as a group of bureaucrats and scholars, except for a few barbarians who will suffer heavy losses in the early stage of the invasion, most of the time, their power will not be damaged, that is, Li Shimin's heroic son of heaven, if he wants to take some power from the court, he has to rely on promoting the children of the poor to carry out the imperial examination.

After these twenty years, he gradually transferred his power to the enlightened bureaucrats, the new Confucian scholars, the well-to-do landlords who were engaged in both land and industry and commerce, and most importantly those who were in the middle of the upper and lower classes, which would form the cornerstone of the new power holders of the Great Song Dynasty. He needed to greatly train such people during the first twenty years of his dictatorship, and now the elementary schools everywhere are preparing for such people, and at the same time he vigorously promoted the industrial revolution, but always kept the control of the two most important links of the industrial revolution - capital and technology - firmly in his own hands, in order to avoid the emergence of a monopoly in the midst of completely free competition, which is enough to monopolize all the big chaebols that suppress the middle class.

To use an inappropriate analogy, what he is doing now is similar to what happened in China in the early fifties of the twentieth century in that time and space: the government relied on power to monopolize and accumulate primitively, so as to promote the process of industrialization on the one hand, and on the other hand, not to form too powerful chaebols, but to form a large army of industrial workers.

These industrial workers were the basis of the middle-level permanent producers in Zhao and Ju's plans, and Zhao and Ju were convinced that by virtue of their prestige, when the time was ripe, they could be brought into the ruling order of the whole country by appropriate means, such as adapting to the imperial examinations, after all, in all dynasties, slaves were forbidden to participate in the imperial examinations, and merchants were forbidden to participate in the imperial examinations, but workers were not forbidden to participate in the imperial examinations.

"Your Majesty has been becoming more and more majestic recently, and all the subordinates are looking forward to worship, so this incident happened." Cui joked: "How can this be blamed on Chen Guiyi? ”

"It's better to say that I'm better than a lonely person every day!" Zhao Youju couldn't help but complain.

"Your Majesty still makes it clear, how to deal with the matter in Hedong." Cui and the way.

Zhao and Ju were about to speak, when suddenly they had an idea, this was another opportunity, an opportunity.

"Haven't you already handed over this matter to Qing, and come to ask me what to do, if I do everything myself, I'm afraid that I can't be busy with ten bodies." Zhao and Ju played an official tone: "Cui Qing, I have always been optimistic about you, you will definitely do things properly and make me satisfied......"

"The minister is just taking the lead, and he doesn't have much to do with the minister." Cui He immediately cleared himself up: "Your Majesty, the minister is too old, old and confused, sometimes he can't remember things well, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, Your Majesty, what good things are there, do you just give some ministers?" ”

"Are you still confused? It's clearly an old scoundrel! Zhao Youju scolded in his heart, but there was not much to do with this tired prime minister, and after a pause, he slowly sipped tea, thinking about whether to say his opinion immediately.

What he wants to do is nothing more than the "rule of law".

However, this rule of law is different from the set of rule of law of the Legalists, who have long played against the Confucian rule of virtue, and its core is nothing more than eight words: everyone is equal before the law.

The integrity department wants to do even more so, serious mine owners, naturally do not touch him, but those unserious mine owners, bold and reckless corrupt officials, which one has no backer behind them, and which one is not like an octopus stretched out with eight legs!

"In this way, I will draw up a charter, and the people of the Department of Integrity will ...... Let's give me a class first. Zhao Youju put down the teacup, and a hint of a smile appeared on his lips: "In the future, this study class will have to be held often." ”

Cui He naturally didn't know what the study class was in his heart, and it was just like the Army Academy, just a school, so he didn't go to his heart, but he didn't know that Zhao Youju had an idea, but he came up with a place that made those old-fashioned bureaucrats with a stubborn temper talk about tigers.

"How does this class work?"

Although he didn't think so, out of caution, Cui still asked. After hearing this, Zhao Youju smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will know in a month." ”

"One month...... A month later, the battle in the north has been decided, right? "Cui and the way.

"After taking Linlu Pass, the war has already been decided......" Zhao Heju said lightly.

"Take Linlu Pass, the war has not yet been decided."

Just as Zhao Youju and Cui were talking, in the north, in Liaoyang, an important town of Mengyuan, someone was talking softly in a small Han house.

"I know, the wind has been very tight these days, and it is clear that the Tartars are desperate!" Another humane.

"You send the news back to Lin'an, be careful on the way!" Previously one humane.

"Yes, you should also take care of yourself, and don't act rashly." Another humane.

"I've had a lot of responsibilities and endured humiliation for years, and now my opportunity has finally come...... Only by doing a great thing can I repay the trust that Your Majesty and the Governor have placed in me. The previous one smiled silently, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "I am eighty percent sure, if I don't succeed, I will become a benevolent." ”

"Don't say this, we have been working together very happily in the past few years, I never thought that you would be so calm at such an age, after this matter is over, the official family will call you to Beijing for reuse, and then Lin'an will see you again, little brother!"

"See you in Lin'an!"

The two have worked together for several years, although there is not much direct contact, but they have a tacit understanding with each other.

A moment later, one of them appeared on the streets of Liaoyang Province, a man in his forties, with a scorched face and a few wisps of rat whiskers, and although he was dressed in Menghu clothes, he looked a little like a Khitan who had taken refuge. He glanced back at the hut and took a deep breath.

This should be his last mission, and after completing this task, he can return to Lin'an and return to his warm hometown.

"Stop, who are you?"

In front of the city gate, he showed his own passage order, since Tuo Lei decided to drive the expedition in person, whether it is the Han or the Khitan, it can be said that it is difficult to move an inch. Without this pass order, he used strong wine and other things that Mengyuan officers and soldiers liked to bribe, but he was afraid that he would be able to get out of the city gate. The soldiers at the gate knew him and knew that he was a peculiar person, so they were not embarrassed, but he had only gone a few steps before he was drunk again.

He drank in the Mongolian language, and he was quite proficient, which proved that the man was a Menghu. The man turned around, took off his hat, revealed Menghu's favorite bun, and then bowed: "Noble, I am a merchant. ”

"Merchant?"

Greed flashed in Namenghu's eyes when he heard the word, and he stretched out his hand: "Passage order! ”

The man handed the pass order to Meng Hu again, and after Meng Hu took it, he did not look at it, but handed it to a Han man beside him, and the Han man bowed his knees, nodding his head and bowing his waist, and read the words on the pass to Na Menghu.

"Tang Fan, a businessman, forty-four years old, with a yellow face, rat whiskers, triangular eyes, and ...... height"

The passage order is recorded in great detail, not only the name and appearance of this man, but also the purpose of his trip and the hoarding town he passed through on the way. That Menghu's gaze turned around on Tang Fan, and he nodded slightly after a while: "You go!" ”

Tang Fan saluted again, and then led his horse and continued to walk.

The Han people beside Na Menghu looked at his back, rolled their eyes, and leaned into Na Menghu's ear and said: "Nobleman, although the world is peaceful now, there are still jackals and beasts in the wild...... That's too bold, isn't it? ”

He spoke loudly, and stretched out his fingers to rub his fingers in front of Na Menghu, who immediately understood that this was indeed a good opportunity to extort!

"You, come back!"

Menghu summoned Tang Fan back again.

Tang Fan's face was not in a hurry, he turned back the horse's head, came to Namenghu, got off the horse, took off his hat again, and saluted respectfully: "What else do you have to say?" ”

"Take it away!" Namenghu shouted.

"Nobleman, the villain was ordered to go to Goryeo to buy cotton clothes." Tang Fan reluctantly took out two banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Na Menghu very secretly: "It is on the orders of King Polu and Li Quanwanhu......

Meng Hu knew about this matter, and when he heard this serious matter, he was still unwilling in his heart: "Search!" ”

From Tang Fan's body, except for 2,000 yuan in money, nothing suspicious was found. The Han people around Menghu saw the two thousand guan, their eyes turned golden, and they muttered two more words in Menghu's ear, Tang Fan heard it faintly, and couldn't help laughing: "Noble, this southerner next to you is harming you." ”

Now in this situation, Meng Hu was suspicious, and when he heard Tang Fan's words, he stretched out his hand and gave Tang Fan a slap, but his eyes drifted to the Han man beside him.

In the fourth division of Mengyuan and Yuan, the southerners are the most inferior, although the person is Han, but not the southerners, and is waiting to defend himself, Tang Fan, who was slapped in the face, said quickly and urgently: "My money is given by the king of Polu and Li Rui's thousands of households, and it is used to buy cotton clothes. ”