Chapter 589: Ambitious Zhao Zhen
In the last days, Wang Gongchen was completely drained of his energy, and he went crazy and died day by day...... On the contrary, it is Han Qi, he is becoming clearer and clearer day by day, and he has really seen through many things. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Looking back on the Qingli New Deal, Han Qi felt more and more like a child's farce.
Whether it was him, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, or even Zhao Zhen, they didn't think clearly about what they wanted to do and how they should do it...... Just by virtue of the resentment and humiliation of the disastrous defeat of Western Xia, he wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army, hastily introduced a bunch of decrees, and then looked forward to the great governance of the country and a new look.
That's not a change, it's brain-dead!
If you want to change the law, you must establish prestige, and you must reform the civil officials, Han Qi sees it very clearly, the problem of the Great Song Dynasty is actually on the civil officials!
Civil and military affairs are like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, no matter which side of the trouble arises, it will drown countless living beings and people.
In the past, because the memory of the five generations was too painful, all the energy was spent on preventing the martial arts, and as a result, the civilian officials were flooded, don't look at the civil officials on the surface without the military attache arrogant and domineering, a harmless human and animal, gentle and frugal face, in fact, their harm is not under the military generals at all.
Annexation of land, occupation of fertile land, forcing the people to bankrupt, embezzling national tax sources...... Everything is digging the corners of the empire, the Great Song Dynasty seems to have been peaceful for a hundred years, but in fact, it is full of evils, and it has reached the point of life and death if it does not change!
The common people often say that when the crow falls on the pig, it only sees others black, but does not see itself black.
Obviously, Han Qi finally saw it.
It's just that God played a joke on him, and he actually wanted to use his head to warn all officials!
Use his blood to open the change!
The moment he really wanted to cut off his head, Han Qi actually didn't hate it anymore, he was even a little worried about Wang Ning'an, Zhao Zhen was indeed different from before, but this emperor was also old, and he didn't know how long he could last...... It is best for the little prince to succeed to the throne smoothly, Wang Ning'an will continue to promote the change of law with the respect of the emperor, maybe the Great Song Dynasty will still have the day of Zhongxing, and the hatred of the good water and river will hopefully wash away the snow.
It's just that all this is gone, and tears are flowing down the corners of my eyes.
If you know today, why bother in the first place......
With the two prime ministers, 21 civil officials were beheaded, and the entire officialdom was deeply shocked, and it can be said that the earth shook and the waves were turbulent......
Originally, those who went to the letter to ask for it retracted their expressions, honestly, returned to the yamen to work, worked diligently, and crossed the river with their eggs, for fear of being targeted by the audit department.
Although the officials killed by the Audit Department this time are all greedy for ink, and the evidence is conclusive. But it is undeniable that they are all the main forces in this dismissal.
Think about it, how awesome the previous Song Wenchen was!
They can grab Zhao Zhen's sleeves, spray the emperor's saliva, force the emperor to pass the children of the clan, and interfere in the affairs of the prince...... There is almost nothing that you dare not do.
In most cases, the emperor will choose to compromise and bow his head.
Decades of memories are not so easy to change.
Everyone thinks that hundreds of people will resign together, and they will definitely be able to force Zhao Zhen to bow his head, the law does not blame the public, and more people are the truth!
It's just that these people miscalculated, and they were very wrong!
Zhao Zhen used 23 bloody human heads to show the world that the imperial power is back!
With the blood of the court, the name of the audit department is also like thunder, and almost everyone knows it!
The Audit Department surpassed the Imperial City Division in one fell swoop and became the most chilling yamen in the Great Song Dynasty.
If someone invites you to the Audit Division, drink tea and talk about your heart...... It can definitely scare people out of the way.
Civil officials are just like this, they are indisciplined!
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In the midst of the slaughter, the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty began a rapid metabolism.
On the day of the beheading of Han Qi, Jia Changchao left Xijing and went to Yan'an Mansion to take over the Yongxing Army...... In fact, Lao Jia has the intention to go to the Hebei Daimyo's Mansion, after all, he has been working there for nearly ten years, and there are many protégés and former officials, and his life can be more comfortable, but Wang Ningan doesn't want him to have a better time, and Wen Yanbo, the old shameless one, also wants to Yin Jia Changchao, so he drove the old thing to the northwest and let him face the soldiers of Western Xia!
Pang Ji, Tang Jie, and Zhao Bian almost all left Xijing at the same time, and among the old wave of ministers, only Wen Yanbo was left sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, and the eight winds did not move.
It's just that Lao Wen knows how difficult it is for his chair to sit on, and there is a crater under his buttocks!
Before Wang Anshi entered Beijing, he fired first.
He posted a "A Hundred Years of Nothing to Do in this Dynasty", although the words are euphemistic and sincere, but it can't hide the sharp nature...... Wang Anshi directly pointed out that the crisis of the Great Song Dynasty lies in "redundant officials", "redundant soldiers", and "redundant expenses", and the root cause is that they are conservative and self-contained, and they must change the law to become strong in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army.
Compared with the sudden jump in history, Wang Anshi worked as a transfer envoy for a period of time, and personally implemented the Qingmiao Law, and his insights are much more clever than in history.
At least Wang Anshi raised the rule of officials to the same level as financial management.
Wang Anshi shouted loudly that it is necessary to comprehensively implement the examination law, prevent officials from doing nothing, and let officials move and really do things......
Wang Anshi's cannon is absolutely powerful, which directly shocked Chen Chen Xiangyin's officialdom.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fangping, the middle of the imperial history, also wrote a book, he summed up the experience of Yizhou in handling cases, and then spent the imperial court in the financial aspect, focusing on tax collection and ignoring supervision...... The budget was sloppy and weakly executed, and it was not implemented at all.
In terms of river control funds, less than 30% of all funds can be used every year, and the result is that every year floods, money is allocated every year, last year's money is not used up, and this year's money is sent down again, and the imperial court sends money every year, but does not know where the money is spent, isn't it ridiculous!
Zhang Fangping proposed to increase the number of imperial histories, and this time to select the imperial histories, it is necessary to recruit real experts to supervise every budget and ensure that good steel is used on the blade.
Many people say that Zhang Fangping wants to seize power with the Audit Department.
However, Wang Ningan doesn't see it that way, Yushitai is a supervisory body, if he can really move and do something useful, at least it is better than being a hornet's nest.
In addition, the audit department is not omnipotent, and one more supervisory body means one more insurance.
If someone wants to be greedy for ink again, they will have to hide it from the Yushitai and the Audit Department...... There is no doubt that the cost of crime will increase significantly. It is obviously better for the two sides to supervise each other than to be alone.
As if for fun, after these two went to the book, the third envoy Sima Guang also went to the book.
Sima Guang focused on financial management, and he also believed that the imperial court had a strong ability to collect money, but spending money was very chaotic and arbitrary...... Sima Guang suggested that it is necessary to introduce the accounting mechanism of the banks, strictly enforce financial discipline, and also enrich the officials of the three divisions to enhance the ability to draw up budgets.
Although these three have their own emphasis, they are a perfect combination, outlining the pattern of the new policy...... I have to say that the people of the world finally smell a hint of change, and the court is playing real this time!
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In the school field outside the city, the soldiers were busy with drills.
Zhao Zhen walked in front, Wang Ningan and Di Qing accompanied him, and the monarchs and ministers greeted the sun, stepped on the weeds, and talked.
"Di Qing, Wang Qing, the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty is weak, and now internal and external troubles are coming one after another.
Wang Ningan said with a smile: "Your Majesty Shengming, in fact, it doesn't matter about internal and external troubles, this is a two-sided thing, if you lose the external war, the external trouble becomes the internal worry, if you win, the external trouble is solved, and the internal worry will be lighter." ”
Zhao Zhen smiled, "Well said!" Therefore, I am ready to eliminate the trouble first, change the law and let Wang Anshi and them do it, and expand the territory, and I can't do without the two of you. ”
Zhao Zhen stopped, took his hands, and waited for the advice of the two confidants.
Di Qing is a little older than before, but he is still very graceful and calm, and he is definitely worthy of the important task of a country's privy envoy!
"Qi sage, in recent years, the Hebei forbidden army has been abolished, the northwest army has been reduced, 300,000 people have been reduced, saving nearly 20 million yuan of food, this money is enough to train 50,000 elites, before Pang Xianggong has recruited more than 30,000 people, after the minister took over, the best of the best, and recruited athletes from all over the country, and now has gathered 50,000 people, day and night training. In order to compete with the Qingtang Dynasty of Western Xia, these 50,000 people must be equipped with enough horses, and this will have to be asked to the prince of the king. ”
Wang Ningan patted his chest and said with a smile: "Nothing else, after several years of breeding, there is no shortage of horses, and now there are 100,000 horses in horse farms in Hebei and Youzhou, 300,000 horses in the north, which can be allocated to 80,000 in the northwest, plus war horses and pack horses in the northwest, enough for every soldier to have a horse to ride." ”
According to Di Qing's plan, of these 50,000 people, there are only 20,000 real cavalry, and the remaining 30,000 are mounted infantry.
This is the result of Di Qing's careful research.
Because of the wall-type cavalry, Han Jiaerlang was not afraid of the Hu people's cavalry for the first time.
As long as you have good discipline, good horses, good armor, and good weapons, you can win against your opponents...... The Great Song Dynasty did not need to maintain a large number of cavalry and maintain a military superiority like the Han and Tang dynasties.
On the contrary, 20,000 iron cavalry is enough to deal with 100,000 poorly trained Hu cavalry, and as for 30,000 cavalry infantry, they just follow the pursuit, pick up leaks, clean up the battlefield, and be responsible for logistics.
"We must train the centaurs as soon as possible, and we must win Qingtang within two years! Then waved the division and copied the back road of Western Xia! Five years, within five years, I will destroy Western Xia! ”
Zhao Zhen said it categorically, there is no doubt!
Wang Ning'an and Di Qing glanced at each other, and both felt the emperor's ambition, and could not hide their surprise and excitement, and said in unison: "The minister obeys the order!" ”
Coming back from the school, Zhao Zhen was in a very good mood, the conservative civilian forces in the capital were almost swept away, and he was replaced by a newcomer and a new policy, and he could finally throw off his arms and do a big job.
As soon as he sat on the dragon chair, Su Gui sent a letter from the Ministry of Rites.
It turned out to be a report on the affairs of the Qingtang Dynasty, in the spring of this year, a generation of heroes died of illness, and his third son Dong Yu inherited the position of the Tang Dynasty, and sent a messenger to the Great Song Dynasty, hoping that the Great Song Dynasty could canonize Dong Yu according to the custom, and give gifts in return, give food and salary help, so that the two sides can fight against the Western Xia together......
After reading it, Zhao Zhen only snorted, "Where is the national letter, it's a blackmail letter!" Don't want me to promise a penny! ”