Inside the Prince's East Palace!

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister is still in the prime of life, and he hasn't thought about it yet, can you help the old minister reveal it to His Majesty, and say a few good words." An old minister of the East Palace, who was obviously nearly 80 years old, cried to the prince with a mother's face.

The prince, who was sitting there, looked helpless, stood up and began to convince him. However, there was no clear reply to the request of Zhishi.

It's easy to move the hidden heart, but as a prince, it's impossible to only look at the surface and not look at the overall situation. If an old man like this in the East Palace is not successful, and the official position in the East Palace is limited, the prince will not be able to recruit newcomers at all.

Not everyone is a great sage, and the prince and the prince are all famous, the predecessors have set an example, and the prince knows what he should do.

And on the other side!

Whether it is Cai Jing's faction, or the history department's investigation, and Zhu Zilong's faction, as well as Qingliu and neutral officials. In the last few days, Zhao Tingzhi finally figured it out and took the initiative to invite Zhishi. The DPRK and China have let a group of veteran officials pay tribute!

For a time, many old officials in the DPRK and China were crying and crying, and groups of three or five would often go to the emperor to ask for an audience. Its purpose is self-evident, it must be an attempt to cry and complain about retaining his official position and not returning to his hometown to retire!

The emperor Zhao Ji was all of a sudden, let alone the early dynasty. I don't even dare to go out of the door of the harem these days!

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The word "Zhishi" appeared very early, and the chapter of "Rites and Rites" has "the doctor is seventy and Zhishi". Zheng Xuan commented: "To the things he is in charge of the old age." "The Legend of the Spring and Autumn Ram" Xuan Gong was in the first year of the first year: "Retreat to the office." He Xiu said: "To Shi, return Lu is located in Jun."

It's what it means to retire!

The age of Zhishi varies from dynasty to dynasty, and even within one dynasty there seems to be no uniform regulation. There is no very rigid rule on the age of Zhishi in previous dynasties, and in the process of implementation, it often depends on the specific situation.

However, the "Book of Rites" talks about "the doctor is seventy and gives office", and the age of 70 is indeed an important reference for the later dynasties to set the age of the officer, and it has also become the natural reason for officials to request the office.

Officials should ask the emperor for approval, which is related to the Confucian concept of "courtesy".

However, human nature is selfish.

Who wouldn't want to be an official until he died? Didn't the emperor also abdicate until he died?

The other, most realistic problem. Regarding the treatment of the Empress Zhishi, there are also great differences between dynasties. During the two Han Dynasty, after the official was ordained, the imperial court only gave him 1/3 of his original official position, and only officials with a grade of more than 2,000 stone could get it!

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the country was strong, and officials were treated better after retirement. Officials above the fifth grade can get half Lu, and meritorious ministers, with the grace of the emperor, can also get Quanlu. Beijing officials below the sixth grade, foreign officials below the fifth grade retirement, each has a different number of Yongye fields to provide for the elderly, and the Yongye field can be passed on to the children and grandchildren.

Until the late Tang Dynasty, after the Anshi Rebellion, the national strength declined, the social contradictions were sharp, the eunuchs within the imperial court were autocratic, the partisan struggle was serious, the politics became increasingly corrupt, the officials began to covet the official position, and the retirement system was destroyed, resulting in the aging of government officials and the gradual twilight.

The Song Dynasty also wanted to summarize and optimize at the beginning, but there was no way, Zhao Dadeguo was not right. In order to win over people, the treatment of retired officials is more generous than that of all dynasties before the Tang Dynasty, which is mainly manifested in: first, retirement according to the original official position; The second is not to be a military official or a harem officer, and those who retire according to the system will have more ranks, or grace descendants.

After Song Zhenzong Xianping, after the civil and military officials said goodbye, they were even promoted to a higher level, awarded to the court officials, and gave half a salary, which was customized.

However, it doesn't make any difference!

Even if such generous retirement benefits are given, since the opening of the Song Dynasty, there are still very few Song Dynasty officials who are willing to take the initiative to retire when they reach their age.

Because the benefits that officials can get when they are in office are incomparable after retirement. Therefore, one of the three major problems of the Great Song Dynasty today is that there has always been the problem of redundant officials.

Administrative expenditures remain high every year, causing financial difficulties for the country.

Now it's hard to borrow a wave of east wind. The emperor can let a small group of officials retire on time. Still making trouble?

I can't afford to mess with it, so what if I don't see it?

Over the years, some retired officials have been dead for many years, but their families have kept their funeral secrets, pretending that the official is still alive in order to receive a few more years of pension. It's not that I haven't made an inventory, it's enough to save face!

So, in the following days, Emperor Zhao Ji almost never left the harem again. I didn't come to the morning court three times in a row!

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Of course, these old headaches have little to do with Zhu Zilong.

On Zhao Tingzhi's side, his son Zhao Mingcheng hired a killer to harm himself, and it was impossible for Zhu Zilong not to repay this revenge. However, blatantly reported, Zhu Zilong was not so stupid. It's not too late to wait for them to return to their hometown for a few years to calm down and then find a chance to start, and if they start now, it's easy for people to guess whether it will be related to Zhu Zilong, after all, in the court, the two have just had a conflict with different political views.

"Tick! Congratulations to the 9527 trialists for modifying the high-level life history trajectories of Zhao Tingzhi and Zhao Mingcheng, affecting the historical process of the Song Dynasty slightly, and getting the 1000 points rewarded by the main god system! ”

Sitting in his room, Zhu Zilong listened to the prompts of the main god system and began to think about life.

"Obviously, simply letting Zhao Tingzhi step down a few years early will not reward so many points. It should be the reason for mixing the prince and Cai Jing, cheap emperor's father's IQ and imperial skills, although not too good, are barely qualified. It seems that there are many distorted records in history, but he is sometimes too playful and discouraged! Zhu Zilong thought secretly.

When I walked out of the study, I saw Kim Zheng running over.

"Lord Wang, Ma Zhengli and dozens of nearly 100 officials set up a banquet in the General's Building, saying that they wanted to celebrate, and they came to the banquet to invite the prince!" Jin Zheng held the invitation sticker in his hand and reported to Zhu Zilong with a smile.

"They are too high-profile, you go back to them, just say that he will change to a family banquet in the future, or a business banquet, and it is only possible to get together in groups of three or five from time to time, and such a big banquet cannot be done!" Zhu Zilong's brows furrowed and he replied.

Hearing Zhu Zilong's order, Jin Zheng nodded and asked with some puzzlement: "The young master is naturally so worried, but they are invited to a banquet in the name of their respective departments and fellow villagers, and in the eyes of outsiders, it is not a big banquet." This post is also their own array, and there are dozens of copies. Moreover, the general's building is mostly used by officials for a long time, and they are not afraid of rumors. Will such a reply blow the polarity of those officials? ”

"Ah Zheng, do you think that a few days ago, why did so many people suddenly attack Zhao Tingzhi? Many of these officials, some of whom are still neutrals, and they don't know us very well and don't do anything with us? Zhu Zilong did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Please also ask the young master to explain your doubts!" Kim Zheng bent down and arched his hand.

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