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"Since the implementation of the New Deal, the state and county officials, the imperial court has promoted their capable people every year, praised and reused, and has always been guilty of ineffective implementation of the New Deal. But compared with this spring's big exam, there is a world of difference in movement alone. Su Fengji was thoughtful after listening to Zhang Yilou's introduction.

He said: "The new deal is about to go to the next stage, which is not a secret thing, and the three provinces and six ministries are preparing for it." The officials of the world, from the perspective of the rule of officials, there is no good or evil, the so-called upward and downward effect, what the king likes, what things, there are officials in the court to vote for their likes, so the court forms a corresponding atmosphere, and the state and county officials look at the direction of the court from afar, and the people also follow. The atmosphere of the imperial court is good, and the atmosphere of the state and county is not necessarily good, but the atmosphere of the imperial court is turbid, and the state and county are bound to be even more turbid. It is said that it is not easy to be a courtier, but in fact, it is even more difficult to be a king, the king stands on a high place and reigns over the world, and there are many people who see it, and it must be seen by many people, and every word and deed will become the other party imitated by the subjects. ”

"In this Taoist view, since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has dismissed the eunuchs and maids in the palace, leaving only twenty or thirty old people to serve, practicing frugality, and then stopping the states to worship, and I don't know how much wealth has been saved for the people, and I don't know how many families have been saved from family ruin. Now that the imperial court has rewarded and punished the new policy, those who are able to do it are given preferential treatment, those who are not effective are dismissed, and those who obstruct are held accountable, and officials all over the world will know that if they want to be promoted and reused, they should spend their efforts in that direction. ”

Zhang Yilou nodded and said: "The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, the bustle of the world is for profit, it is a scholar, and it is also a scholar who is excellent, the water flows to a low place, and people go to a high place, the officials of the world, which one does not want to step by step?" It's just that the right path is always difficult to walk, and the side door has always been easy to walk, the former is inseparable from the accumulation of time and sleep, but the latter can climb to the sky in one step, and it is obtained without 'labor'. Because of this, it is difficult to rectify the rule of the world, and it is easy to corrupt. The society is a country, a big problem, a big chaos. Especially when the world has accumulated evils for a long time, the reorganization of rivers and mountains will inevitably break the existing order, although this order is unreasonable in the eyes of the Ming Yan people, and should be broken, but it is difficult to do things in the world. If you want people to wish, you have to take advantage of the word. Those who hold mountains of gold and silver in their hands, which one can endure the robbery of others? Those who want to steal people's jobs, knowing that they will cause blood, and may even break their heads, how can they be willing? A generation of new people replaces the old, but it is just going to the gold and silver mountains? I got rid of the old master, I can't be the new master myself, why should I do it? The difficulty of rectifying the rule of officials lies here. ”

Su Yuqi interjected lukewarmly at this time, "Under the emperor's order, who dares to disobey?" ”

Su Fengji smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that Yuan Xi is a righteous gentleman?" But it's okay if you're a righteous man, you can't ask the world to be a righteous man. Moreover, the so-called righteous man and gentleman also have to eat. ”

Su Yuqi didn't look at Su Fengji, and said coldly: "The rich and noble are not lewd, the poor and the lowly are unswerving, and the mighty and unyielding, if the scholars can forget their roots, who else can Jiangshan Sheji count on?" ”

Su Fengji stretched out his thumb, "I like Yuan Xi's righteous words, getting along with Yuan Xi in the same room, the best way to cultivate sentiment, over time, I think I can also get close to Zhu Zhechi." ”

Su Yuqi ignored Su Fengji's true and false words, looked at the officials with different postures in the hall, and said in a thick voice, "Governing the country is like governing the family, purging thieves, and cleaning the hall, the world is governed, it is like a prosperous family, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, just like a family smile, the country is prosperous, it is like a family that is making money every day, although the people in the world have the face of the world, but no one must refuse to have a lot of money, and the guests and friends congratulate them." If this is the case for the family, why can't the country be like this? The Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and the world is under great rule, who does not benefit from it? We and other relatives and friends, old neighbors, and even children and grandchildren, who doesn't rely on the Tang Dynasty to feed? If a person can govern the family, why can't he govern the country? People can love each other for their own families, why can't they be kind and friendly to their countrymen? ”

He took a breath, sat upright, and didn't squint, "Brother Zhang just said well, if you want everyone to do things, you have to be the first to take the lead, my generation of scholars is good at learning, and no one does not seek to be promoted to the marquis, but I don't care about the wealth of the family, and I can't care about leaving a name in history." But my generation of scholars, taught by the saints, day and night in the hands of the classics, reciting non-stop, more than 20 years, is it possible that the words of the saints are pulled out after entering the stomach, and not a word remains in the heart? I don't believe it. ”

Su Yuqi's eyes were clear and sharp, "People in the world do things in the world, but not everything in the world is self-interested, if everyone only seeks self-interest, I am afraid that everything in the world cannot be self-interested - when you are weak and powerless, even if you work hard all day, I am afraid that you will not even have to eat, you can't even wear clothes, and you can't even pass on the lineage, let alone read a book." Who will do what is not good for oneself and for the benefit of others? Is it a country farmer or a mountain thief? Scholars, listen to the teachings of the sages, be officials, and hold the authority of the world, if these people in Brother Su's mouth of 'learning and excellence' can't seek for the country, for the society, for the Tang Dynasty, where will the country come to the future, where will the society come to the Tang Dynasty, and how can there be Tang people in the world? Without the Tang people, who are we, who are our children and grandchildren, who will ensure that they are not bullied, and who will ensure that they live and work in peace and contentment? The old have something to rely on, the young have something to raise, and the strong have something to use, isn't it a laughing stock! ”

Su Fengji was silent, and Zhang Yilou fell into deep thought.

Su Yuqi stood up and put his hands in front of his abdomen, "Yuqi doesn't dare to ask that all the scholars in the world are good people, and he doesn't dare to ask that all the officials in the world are good officials, but the rule of the officials, as Brother Zhang said, is a matter of smashing people's jobs - in fact, it is more appropriate to say that it is robbing people's jobs." Hundreds of officials rely on this to make meritorious contributions, meritorious service and then be rewarded and promoted, but if the real person is not enough to smash, feel that the smash is more, and he gets less, he does not want to give the gold and silver mountains to the people of the world, but only wants to be included in his own pocket, Yu Qi is not talented, willing to use the law as a sword, and this generation to fight to the death, so he will splash blood for five steps, even if the corpse is separated, you have to ask the world's readers, twenty years of sage books, whether they have read all the books in the toilet! ”

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Since Tiancheng, the imperial court has made great tributes, and among the scholars of Tiancheng's two-year high school, they were originally the most talented and famous for their "two Sus". Over the past few years, Su Fengji in the "Second Su" has been active in front of people, good at making friends with people, and his face has never been forgotten, but has become more and more profound. And the silent Su Yuqi is gradually forgotten, if it weren't for the "Twelve Chapters of the Law" was born, I am afraid that some people will come and someone will leave the court, and I will no longer think of the saying "Ersu".

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Before Li Congjing returned to Luoyang, the imperial court had already assessed the relevant officials, and now when the reward and punishment is being given, many officials are inevitably transferred, promoted, degraded, and so on, and there are many officials in the six yamen every day.

When Li Congjing came to Chongwen Hall to talk to Li Siyuan about the latest progress of Sun Fang's case, it happened that Ren Yuan was talking to Li Siyuan about some thorny situations of the new deal's rewards and punishments.

"In the previous inspection, Kong Xun, the envoy of the Xuanwu Army who now lives in Bianzhou, has always been regarded as a powerful vassal who implements the new policy, but today the Bianzhou marching officer sent someone to quietly deliver the news, saying that Kong Xun's implementation of the new policy was not appropriate. The specific situation is in the chapter, please watch it. Ren Yuan handed over the fold.

Kong Xun this person, who was previously a member of the court, at the beginning of Li Siyuan's accession to the throne, he was friendly with An Chongxue, and the two had been in power for a period of time, and then Kong Xun calculated An Chongzhu, so that An Chongzhu pushed Wang Guifei's matchmaker, and married his daughter to Li Congrong, the king of Zhao, and the two fell out immediately, and Kong Xun was also exiled to Bianzhou.

According to Ren Yuan's statement, Kong Xun's evaluation in the New Deal Examination should be good, but now that things are coming to an end, there is a case of a Bianzhou official secretly suing his boss, and he is also a marching official - the so-called marching official, the official who stayed in Luoyang to facilitate the exchange between the imperial court and the feudal town, is generally a person trusted by the Jiedu envoy, and Su Yuan was the Xichuan envoy before.

While Li Siyuan was looking at the excerpts, Ren Yuan and Li Congjing talked in a low voice, "Kong Xun's official reputation in Bianzhou is not good, and there have been many illegal things, firstly because of the relationship between Kong Xun and King Zhao, and secondly, because the rumors are not too serious, the court has only reprimanded the matter, and has not really investigated it." If the words of the Bianzhou Jinguan were true, and Kong Xun deceived his superiors and subordinates in the matter of the New Deal, the matter would not be over. ”

Li Congjing said: "There are only three kinds of officials in the world, one is that corrupt officials can't do practical things, and the other is able to do things and have good official character, but most of them are the third kind, that is, they are in between, these people's official measures and even official products are related to the atmosphere of the court. How do you treat officials differently in the New Deal Exam? ”

Ren Yuan sighed: "There are only a few people who are effective in implementing the new policy and have good character, such as Zhu Changzhi, Zhao Zhongming, He Chenguang, and many people like Kong Xun before today, who can implement the new policy, but the official character is not without flaws." It is more difficult to take the course examination of these people, and it is necessary to subdivide the treatment, and specifically look at the size of the flaws and the achievements of the implementation of the new policy, and compare the two, and what can be used is still used, but if the implementation of the new policy is not very effective and the official character is at a loss, it will be deposed or even punished. ”

Li Siyuan put down the concert and snorted coldly, "The evidence handed over by the Bianzhou Advance Officer should not be underestimated, and this Kong Xun is the third type of official, so there is not much suspicion." ”

He looked at Li Congjing, "How is Sun Fangchuan's case investigated?" ”

Li Congjing handed over the recital, "The situation involved is much more serious than expected, this person is good at drilling, gathering people in the local area to respect himself, and he is in the imperial court, and there are many officials in the three provinces and six departments who are affected, that is, the prisons of the temples are not much involved." ”

Li Siyuan read the chapter and said in a deep voice: "The imperial court's handling of Sun Fang's case was to take the opportunity to kick off the prelude to the rectification of the rule of officials. The purpose of the New Deal examination is to promote the good and eliminate the inferior, and reuse a group of capable officials, which is a summary of Tiancheng's New Deal, so rectifying the rule of officials is to clear the obstacles and pave the way for the 'Changxing New Deal'. At the time of the New Deal examination, the Tang Dynasty was still in the war, and the movement was small. ”

Putting down the recital, Li Siyuan continued: "Sun Fang's case, the officials involved, all the crimes according to the law, none of them can be tolerated. In my opinion, the Kong Xun case can be merged with Sun Fang's case, and through Sun Fang's case to rectify Luoyang, and through Kong Xun's case, the matter of rectifying the rule of officials can be pushed to the state and county, and the matter will be handed over to the King of Qin to deal with. ”

Speaking of this, Li Siyuan's momentum was a little more stern, "Sun Fang's case is over, but the rectification of Luoyang's government cannot be ended, and Kong Xun's case is the prelude to the rectification of state and county officials!" ”

Li Congjing nodded, "The rectification of local state and county officials will start from Bianzhou, and the focus of the first stage can be placed on the line of Bianzhou, Huazhou, Yunzhou, and Qingzhou." ”

Li Siyuan laughed, "In addition to the Huazhou Yicheng Army, the Bianzhou Xuanwu Army, the Yunzhou Tianping Army, and the Qingzhou Pinglu Army, almost all of the most powerful and unintentional ones in today's feudal towns, the feudal towns in the world, except for the border towns and Hedong, Hezhong, and Baoyi, the military forces of these feudal towns are relatively powerful, and they are the most resistant to cutting the feudal domains. ”

Li Congjing said: "The arrow shoots the first bird, and after settling these feudal towns, the new policy can be implemented." ”

Li Siyuan said to Li Congjing: "The important ministers of the court, the officials of the world's feudal towns, prefectures and counties, who are resistant to the new policy, and who are in chaos themselves, now is the last and most likely time to make trouble, you must be prepared accordingly." Nowadays, unlike in the past, the deepening of the new policy and the rectification of the rule of officials, although the imperial court needs to be backed by force, it is no longer a matter that can solve the problem by pulling out an army and going to the bloodbath of local feudal towns. Things are still bloody, but they are much more delicate to deal with, so you have to be more careful. ”

Li Congjing got up and said, "Your Majesty can rest assured." ”

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Li Congjing and Ren Yuan went out of the palace together, and on the way Ren Yuan sighed: "Cutting the domain and cutting the domain, in fact, the heaviest cut is not the Jiedu envoy, but the feudal army." In fact, it is not difficult to deal with the festival degree envoys, the imperial court already has a plan, those who are willing to serve the country can enter the worship generals, depending on their ability to serve in the forbidden army, that is, the talent is worse, and the court does not mind falsely sealing the title of the sixteen Wei generals, giving them a lifetime of wealth. But what about the Domain-Town Army? The feudal towns control the local power, not only the feudal town army controls the fertile land, and the family members benefit from it, all the local ways to make money are in their hands, that is, the state and county officials, and most of them come from the feudal town army, 'rampant in the township, fish and meat people' These eight words are not difficult to understand, but how can they be easy to understand? How much of the blood and tears can be seen, and how much can be seen clearly? The imperial court can accommodate the Jiedu envoys, but can it accommodate thousands of feudal town soldiers and their families? ”

"No matter what kind of treatment the imperial court gives, as long as it is a reduction of the domain, their interests will be damaged, which is unavoidable, so even if the festival envoy does not make trouble, the feudal town soldiers will also make trouble, and those who do not want to make a fuss, are coerced by the feudal town soldiers and make trouble, not one or two. Some people say that the imperial court cut the feudal domain, and could have ordered the Jiedu envoy to lead the feudal town army into the vicinity of Luoyang and organize it into a forbidden army, so that the resistance would be much smaller. What a foolish thing this is, not to mention whether the soldiers of the feudal town are willing to leave home to fight for the country, how many of those proud soldiers and fierce generals can not worry about their own family affairs and are willing to sacrifice their lives on the battlefield? ”

Ren Yuan looked at Li Congjing and said: "In the rectification of the officials in the feudal town, it is not only the Jiedu envoy who has to deal with it, not only the state and county officials, but also those feudal town troops, and His Majesty does not allow His Royal Highness to accompany the army, and the ministers are really worried about His Highness." ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "Today, the unruly feudal towns are not as good as before, and many of the state and county officials in the feudal towns are appointed by the imperial court, and they are not as terrible as Ren Gong said, not to mention that there is no shortage of feudal towns loyal to the imperial court. The rectification of the government is carried out with the 'general trend', and even if the soldiers of the feudal towns are dissatisfied, there may not be many who really dare to resist the imperial court. ”

Ren Yuan was worried, "That's not easy!" ”

Li Congjing said: "If it was easy, the predecessors would have done it a long time ago, so why wait for the lonely to do it?" ”

Ren Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, not knowing what to say.

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Li Congjing's original intention was to end Sun Fang's case first, and then pay attention to Kong Xun, but just when Sun Fang's case was about to settle, Li Congjing ordered the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to arrest people in Luoyang, and an urgent report came from Bianzhou.

The person who sent the urgent report was Zhao Xiangyao, the commander of the military intelligence department, who was performing his duties in the Bianzhou area.

Zhao Xiangyao delivered the emergency report to the Military Intelligence Department, and the Military Intelligence Department presented the secret security to Li Congjing.

The secret guard said that the Xuanwu soldiers in Bianzhou have been moving one after another, and there have been people coming and going in Kong Xun's mansion recently, among which there are quite a few people from King Zhao, who seem to be brewing a big storm.

- Zhao Xiangyao was able to get these information, not because the Military Intelligence Department was constantly monitoring Xuanwu Army and Kong Xun. When Li Congjing hadn't even started to make preparations against Kong Xun, the Military Intelligence Department would not have so many people to closely monitor the Xuanwu Army and Kong Xun.

Zhao Xiangyao got the news, but it was because the Bianzhou officials, that is, the companions of the Bianzhou marching officials, noticed the abnormalities of Xuanwujun and Kong Xun recently, and suspected that the news that the marching officials had leaked to the imperial court to expose Kong Xun, and Kong Xun was already making corresponding response arrangements, so he passed the news to him and asked the imperial court to make a quick decision. The person who delivered the news was intercepted and killed, and happened to be bumped into by Zhao Xiangyao.

At this time, a large number of Taiyuan officials involved in Sun Fang's case were on their way to Luoyang, and they arrived at the border of Bianzhou in a few days.

After Li Congjing received the news, he met Li Congrong, who was meeting Li Siyuan head-on, in the palace.

Li Congjing, An Chongxue, Li Qihe, the three divisions, and 20 officials found a few rooms next to the Yamen of the Sixth Ministry and temporarily set up office space in order to try Sun Fangchuan's case. When Li Congjing saw Li Congrong return here, his face was already gloomy.

Not many people knew about Kong Xun's illegal affairs to the imperial court, and now Li Congjing didn't plan to do anything to Kong Xun, Kong Xun already knew the news and began to prepare for it, which was extremely unusual.

Who told Kong Xun?

It is not an easy task to have a major rectification in Luoyang, the feudal towns, and the prefectures and counties.