A very thick notebook, the first one was handed to Zeng Gongliang.

In fact, Zeng Gongliang is also sitting on pins and needles in this position, whether it is Zheng Lang or Fu Bi, his qualifications, talents and knowledge surpass him.

There is no way, the two humble gentlemen just don't get on top, so they have to carry it. Open and flip through, the first one is to talk about finance, the decree is gradually unblocked, and some fine-tuning has been carried out later, Zhao Ji is frugal with money, Zheng Lang pondered that this year's financial deficit will be less, it will not exceed 40 million, which refers to things, turned into money, will not exceed 30 million. A remarkable progress, if the income of the bank supervision comes up, it can barely be flat. However, there is a premise, this year's wind and rain are smooth, there is no large-scale war in the northwest, and there is peace in the second half of the year, the government decree is unimpeded, and at the same time, most of the mountain expenses are misappropriated from the bank supervisor. If the government decree is not smooth in the second half of the year, if the reform fails, or if there is a disaster or war, it will definitely not stop this shortfall.

The crisis is serious and cannot be neglected.

Zeng Gongliang was silent, it was a fact, and he couldn't tell the difference.

In fact, if Zheng Lang takes action seriously, the crisis will become lighter, but Zheng Lang will not make more moves this year, mainly because of restructuring. The crisis disappears, and the restructuring is suspended. Let this crisis hang over everyone's heads.

Others didn't know his intentions, and Zeng Gongliang didn't know either, so he continued to look down.

The second thing is to say that Zheng Lang will launch two more prisons, so that everyone can cooperate, and the deed shares of these prisons are not purchased with money, but choose good households in various states and counties, as well as negative households to inject capital into them. Zeng Gongliang asked suspiciously: "What prison?" ”

Zheng Lang launched the four prisons, the sleeping prison and the sugar prison, which were launched locally, and the income should not be underestimated, bringing more than one million and more than two million dollars to the imperial court every year. Combined, the two are equivalent to almost half of the revenue of the salt franchise.

The two prisons launched in the imperial court are even more heard, if there is no support from these four prisons. Zeng Gongliang couldn't imagine what the treasury would become now? But he didn't think about it. It is these additional gains. Coupled with the south, as well as the increase in commercial taxes, Han Qi's control of the economy became more and more loose, and finally he was out of control. The minister objected, so he had to cover it up. It's a good thing, but if it's not used well, it's a bad thing. Of course, it has also become a strong evidence for Zheng Lang to persuade everyone to restructure.

There is a supervisor Zeng Gongliang who knows that it is developed in Zhengjiazhuang, which seems to be related to smelting. But what about the other prison?

"It won't work if you say it, next year when the fireworks go off in March." Zheng Lang said. Before the restructuring is over, it is impossible to announce it at all.

"Why don't you let the deed pay the money to the imperial court?"

"Ming Zhong, in the spring famine season in March, the poor people's families did not have enough food, so they still left seeds to supplement their hunger with wild vegetables. Why don't you eat the seeds? ”

It is to give up some small profits, once the restructuring is successful. How much money will I save in a year?

These deeds were made for the powerful and powerful to compromise with the imperial court.

Restructuring is necessary, but Zheng Lang's wrist has not been very tough. Here is a series of compromises. Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing reduced the number of 4,000 Beijing officials to 1,600, and the number of official officials from 25,000 to 15,600, which is unlikely to be realized.

Zheng Lang advised, on this basis, let the ministries and departments in the capital and the local ministries and departments slightly increase the number of places. I don't say much, but this is the foundation, and even if you add it, you won't add three or four thousand people. However, in this way, everyone can take a break.

There is still a difference in nature between the reduction of 10,000 errand officials and the reduction of 5,000 or 6,000 errand officials.

Zeng Gongliang sighed, in practice, it is easy to increase officials, but it is difficult to cut officials, not to mention the reduction of thousands of bad officials, even it is not easy to cut hundreds of bad officials. After taking a look at the more than 700 Beijing officials who came out after the merger, they received at least more than 100 letters of plea.

But what if you don't lay off?

Continue to look down, the following is how to cut, those over 70 are advised to retire, as long as there is no special talent, forcibly discouraged.

Frail and sickly, or have a serious physical disability, such as a major problem of hearing and vision, which seriously affects the ruler, forcibly dissuade him. If the middle age is not old, after the body will be raised, let the Zhongshu Quan choose again.

Those who do not act, those who are cruel to the people, and those who are in a dark state will be forcibly persuaded to retreat. This article is complained by the people, inquired by the Supervision Department, and submitted to the Zhongshu for adjudication. Even if it is reorganized, there will still be redundant officials at the local level, and after the reorganization, many state and county officials will exceed the standard. According to the first three articles, the state governor and the general judgment shall be submitted to the Supervision Department for inquiry and then submitted to the Zhongshu for approval. As for the general judgment of the governors of each prefecture, the Supervision Department will directly submit it to the Zhongshu for approval based on the results of the people's feedback and personal inspection.

It can also be regarded as a method, not arbitrarily cut, only some useless or bad officials. Zeng Gongliang suddenly had one thing, and let the states judge for themselves who to layoff, which was to drag all the officials of the state capital into the water together. Otherwise, the implementation of the Chinese book will lead to greater opposition.

Zeng Gongliang didn't expect it, he just sighed in his heart, it was so easy. Keep looking.

The former is a bad official, and there is a group behind it, a huge number of officials with no difference, three and one, how many officials can you imagine? Once there is a vacancy, the government of officials has been corrupted in recent years, and all of them have been competing, which has also led to the low style of the entire officialdom.

Why is there a party struggle, if one by one has the demeanor of an ancient scholar, and can't fight like Fu Bi, I will retreat, where is the party struggle? This is also the reason why the atmosphere of officialdom has deteriorated and the anger has increased.

The cost of maintaining a post is not as high as that of a post officer, and they have to be maintained, and some senior officials also need a salary of several thousand yuan a year. If there are no special circumstances, such as those who have made great contributions, they must stay in their official positions for four years, so that the policy can be continuous, and the officials will be changed frequently. The door shade system has been changed from one person a year to one person a year. When the official Qingping arrived at the time of Jingyu, when will it be restored as appropriate.

In fact, it is impossible to return to the year of Jingyu, and it has invisibly become a new door shadow system. The second is to control the number of jinshi in the imperial examination. From the root cause, the phenomenon of redundant officials should be controlled.

Zeng Gongliang sighed again.

It's a good idea, but how hard will it be to implement?

The Supervision Department was restored and improved, and all other ministries and departments in the capital were being reduced, but the only one that expanded was the Yushitai, which was this Supervision Division.

Each road has a subordinate organization, a chief envoy, a deputy envoy, two clerks, and four inspectors. Four scribes. Scribes are not officials. It was an official, an accountant who reckoned accounts, and eight officials were added along the way. The duty is to inspect the implementation of taxes, the actions of officials, civil grievances, the Law on the Protection of Armor, the Law on Exemption from Military Duties, the Law on Warehouses and many other things, and the military and government affairs are all the right to inspect. Even the account books of the transit envoy can be taken out and read. However, there is only the right to inspect, a great right to inspect, but there is no right to interrogate, the right to participate, and the right to find problems. Report to the Imperial Historical Observatory, which will report to the two governments and three divisions or the emperor according to the situation, or impeach the relevant officials.

It may not be able to play a perfect role, the Ming Dynasty East and West Factory and Jin Yiwei have not been realized, there are only eight officials and four small officials all the way, how to achieve it, but it can give officials from all walks of life a kind of deterrence. Zeng Gongliang raised his head, looked at more than a dozen ministers of the Yushitai, and smiled bitterly, this is a good thing. Or is it a bad thing?

Read on.

It's a long list.

Nearly 2,500 people are listed, including from various ministries and departments. There are also more than 700 Beijing officials who have been reduced.

Because this reorganization has implicated all prefectures and governments, not only the reorganization, but also the review and destruction of the exempt law, the warehouse law, the armor protection law, and the situation of soldiers in various places, the supervision department established in the future will not be able to complete this task.

Nearly 2,500 officials from various ministries and departments were selected to inspect the implementation of the situation by Fan Chunren in the capital under remote command and then led by 10 ministers. Some of these Beijing officials were transferred back to the capital after the inspection and continued to hold their original positions or promotions, while others filled the positions of some undesirable local officials. There are also some bad performers, and they will be laid off one after another.

Zeng Gongliang finally saw that in order to reduce the number of officials, let the local officials deal with the local officials, and even let these Beijing officials deal with the local officials, one by one, if they want to keep their errand posts, if they don't work hard, the local officials will definitely attack each other, and the Beijing officials who go down will definitely make trouble with the local officials, so that there will be more vacancies for themselves to fill.

The trouble of the book is invisibly reduced.

Crying and laughing, he raised his head, looked at Zheng Lang and asked, "Xingzhi, if this is the case, is there too few Jingguan?" ”

This time I went to more than half of the Beijing officials, no wonder Zheng Lang was looking at the resumes of the Beijing officials every day a few days ago.

"Ming Zhong, a lot, that's enough, if it weren't for the fact that the controversy would be very loud, a thousand Beijing officials would be enough." Zheng Lang said lightly. 1,000 Beijing officials is definitely not enough, but after the reorganization, the government decree will be unimpeded, and 1,500 Beijing officials will be enough. But Zheng Lang didn't dare to say that as long as there were 1,500 Beijing officials, the final number would not be less than 2,500, otherwise he would be immediately forced to step down by the world's scholars and doctors. It's all over!

This is a draconian measure.

Here are some more comforting measures.

Some officials have been cut down, and if they are not satisfied, please show evidence and defend themselves for their own achievements. Preventing higher-level officials from taking the opportunity to suppress them. Give it another chance, once it is implemented, there will be almost 200 Beijing officials patrolling all the way, and it is impossible for 200 officials to cooperate with their bosses to do dirt testimony, right?

The second is that if it is reduced, at least the officials will be retained and they will continue to receive salaries. In addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, seriously incompetent, incompetent, or harsh officials, most officials will have a new chance to recover. In the Song Dynasty, there were already a lot of righteous schools in various places, and under the promotion of Zheng Lang, there were more righteous schools, but the teachers were very weak, and many of these retired officials were Jinshi, so that they could enter these righteous academies to teach, and by the way, they would carry out self-reflection, and there would be contributors, and there would be a shortage of officials in the future, and they would be given priority again. Secondly, to replace the officials, retain the official positions and salaries, follow some good officials to be small officials, learn and observe, and carry out the second disguised grinding, and those who perform well are also given priority again.

If the officials are turned into officials, it means that 20,000 officials will be laid off, and the arrangements will be made.

Three chances to live, complaints will be reduced.

Seeing this, Zeng Gongliang smiled bitterly again and said to Zheng Lang: "Xingzhi, wisdom is beyond the reach of few people. ”

There will be complaints, but then the opposition will inevitably be much weaker.

Zeng Gongliang said this, and Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Lang's first step was to start with officials, and Zhao Xu's confidence in his heart has never been strong.

Continue to look down, these Beijing officials go down, not to see the performance of officials, there are still many tasks. The exemption law has been successfully implemented for more than ten years, and if you count from Zheng Lang in Taipingzhou, it has a history of more than 30 years. Now all the destruction is partly due to the inaction of officials, who are too lazy to collect it, and save offending people. Some of them colluded with the powerful and apportioned the exempt money to households below the fifth class. The old system should be fully restored, and the prefectures and counties should be reviewed, and if all the local tycoons oppose it, it is also possible to restore the original law on errand labor. Two options, either reinstate the old exemption law. The exemption money shall be apportioned from the income of the fourth-class household or above. Either fully execute the former former hard deputy. Anyway, there were still more than 70 state capitals in the Song Dynasty that were still carrying out errand service. Not much of this one.

Zeng Gongliang smiled bitterly again.

Next is the armor protection law, there are more baoding, but the training is declining, and there are many first, second and third class households who are exempt from taxes for that. Charge the fifth-class household to go in. Sick again. A similar situation has occurred in Zhengzhou. In the large-scale investigation, the armor protection law is still under investigation. Allow them to rehabilitate themselves and make up their taxes without being held accountable. They are even regarded as good households, and they are given priority to enter the ranks of new supervisors. If they do not make corrections, they will not only be forced to supplement the tax evasion, but also be flogged or stabbed in accordance with the laws of the country.

I finally saw the role of the two prisons at the beginning.

Zhao'an-style compromise and helplessness, otherwise it will not be implemented.

The tax situation of various localities is also checked, and the national tax standards are posted in all prefectures and counties, and even important villages, if there is collusion between officials and businessmen. The whistleblower can get one-third of the tax evasion, and if there is a heavy tax. Report to the supervision and supervision, send someone to verify, and the court will refund all the heavy tax money.

There is no mention of the warehouse method of destruction.

It's mostly misappropriation, and it is the top priority, and the big drought is not far away. But not now.

If the prefectures and counties feel inconvenienced, they will confide in the Beijing officials who went down for interrogation this time, and then after examination, they will hand it over to the Zhongshu for questioning. Reduce the number of reductions as appropriate.

Finally, there is the hidden field and the prefecture.

When it comes to the word Yintian, Zeng Gongliang has a headache, and he is also in the process of inquiry, this time there are a total of sixty states, seeing this number, Zeng Gongliang's brows are twisted together. However, after looking closely, he shook his head at Zheng Lang with a wry smile. It's too cunning, sixty states, the largest number, but these states have a distinctive feature, there is almost no one of the top giants. It will definitely offend many people, but it will not offend the top giants. It can also play a deterrent role.

But Zeng Gongliang didn't know, as for some top giants, sooner or later Zheng Lang planned to touch them, this time the foundation was laid in one fell swoop, and in the next few years, a few must be taken, otherwise the deterrent power will be insufficient. As for how to check the hidden field, there was a strict system in place before, but it was not implemented. Not to mention, the next state was merged, and a total of thirty-two state armies and one hundred and forty-two counties were merged.

The action is not small, but there are all kinds of compromises, as well as the temptation of profits from the two prisons, and some ingenious arrangements, there will be difficulties, and the voices of controversy and opposition will be very large, but it will be smaller than Zeng Gongliang expected.

After reading it, Zeng Gongliang said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know right or wrong. ”

Although he has a good relationship with Zheng Lang, this time the movement is too big, and the consequences Zeng Gongliang can't predict it, so he can only answer ambiguously.

After saying that, he handed it to Fubi.

Check them out one by one.

Some said yes, some were silent, and some were against.

The two letters are very long, mainly lists and reports, and the concern is chaotic, and the main concern is their own department, but who doesn't have protégés, relatives and friends, so they are slow.

Zhao Ji took the eunuch to serve tea, then stood up and personally made tea for Zeng Gongliang.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to be," Zeng Gongliang was almost trembling with fright.

"Zeng Gong, when the country is in crisis, I hope that Zeng Gong will help me." Zhao said. Let's put our selfishness aside and help me get through the sadness.

is very humble, one is anxious, and the other is somewhat influenced by Zheng Lang.

But drinking the tea made by the emperor himself, many people have mixed tastes in their hearts.

As soon as the tea was turned down, the opposition was much weaker.

It is not that the minister is selfish, knowing the benefits, the exemption law has been revitalized, and the real fifth-class household is used to protect the armor, and the officials are reduced, and the entry and exit are possible, which may be more than 20 million yuan, and if there are other measures, the state will soon have a surplus.

But if it is implemented, the commotion is too great, and no one has confidence. Even those who support it may not be able to be full of confidence.

Since there is no objection together, Zhao Ji said: "Grass edict." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister doesn't dare to serve," Fan Chunren said.

"Are you afraid of trouble?" Zhao Ji said unhappily, others can't do it, you are Zheng Lang's student, Fan Zhongyan's best son.

"No, the minister's talent is insufficient."

"Fan Qing, there are several reasons why Gong Zheng recommended you, one is that you have a gentle personality, if you are a cool official, this move will definitely cause greater controversy. Although the country is difficult, it is still necessary to focus on warmth and tranquility. So you're the right choice. The second is your moral integrity, you are unfair, you can't preside, and you are the only one. The third is your talent, and without talent will only cause serious confusion. You have to be. However, after the execution. I will ask the Third Division of Zhongshu to send officials to assist you. ”

Fan Chunren opened his mouth. Whether it's appreciation, or push yourself into the fire.

Zheng Lang said: "Yaofu, let you preside, it is my suggestion. Your Majesty is not praising you. At least I can't think of a second person other than you. It's not that you're better than anyone else, it's that you're the only one who is suitable. But that's okay, if you get stuck. Jiefu and I will help you when the time comes. ”

Fan Chunren had nothing to say.

Not only was it issued to the world, Wang Anshi and Zheng Lang's notebooks were also published in newspapers.

Sure enough, as soon as it came out, the world was a sensation.

There are those who are for, those who are against, those who applaud, and those who curse. Once it is really implemented, the interests of countless large households will be damaged, and it is a simple door shadow system, which will be changed once a year to once every five years. How many protégés will the officials enumerate?

If all of them agree with it, that's weird.

But there was a strange scene. Many others inquired about the two prisons. Zheng Lang replied vaguely: "The first prison may be no less than the Taiping Prison, and the other prison is not as good as the previous prison, since I am placed above the court, the scale will not be less." These are the two prisons at present, and when the population becomes more densely populated in the future, there will be one prison, and the size of that prison may exceed the income of the bank prison. ”

The front was released, and Zhao Ji called Zheng Lang to the palace to ask.

Zheng Lang quietly explained for most of the day, and Zhao Xu's face was solemn. Zheng Lang said: "Otherwise, the increasingly large clan, as well as the denser population, cannot be solved. ”

Zhao Ji was still hesitating on his face, and Zheng Lang said again: "Don't worry, it's still early, and you can make a decision after watching the after-effects when the time comes." Let's calm down the controversy in the world a little bit. ”

"That's right."

Then Fan Chunren, Zheng Lang and Wang Anshi got busy together. More than 2,000 Beijing officials went down to the city, and the business trip expenses brought by this alone reached more than 1 million. But there is no way, once the redundant troops are solved again, the resettlement fee will be higher.

The Jingguan who actually went down were in tears, and since they were allowed to go down, it was possible that half of them would be laid off. There is no way, so I have to desperately find a place to handle, one is to make meritorious service, and the other is to vacate more vacancies, the more vacancies, even if I can't return to the capital, I can be released into a bad job.

The front goes down, and the back twists and turns fly like snowflakes. There were not only those who played things, but also those who were noisy and opposed, and the entire Song Dynasty was like boiling water.

In the end, Zheng Lang simply studied Li Linfu, prepared a urinal hall in the Chinese book, and worked in the Chinese book at night.

These were the most difficult months, but next year, not only will the cost be saved, but the decree will be smoother. At that time, Zheng Lang didn't have to be so busy. But if you don't want to be noisy or noisy, you don't have a year to think about it.

At this time, the northwest was blocked.

The Western Xia was strong, and it was strong in Hengshan, which was later known as the Baiyu Mountain Divisions. Originally, Zhang Kang had written that the city of the mountain boundary states was two or three hundred miles away from the border, although the Xia weapon armor was fine, its fighting was not as good as the mountain tribes, and the wealth and grain were exhausted out of the mountain boundary, and it was recommended that the imperial court recruit the various departments.

Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan also wrote similar suggestions.

Zheng Lang's approach is even more naked, the Western Xia wars are frequent, the people are not happy, and the Hengshan Qiang is attached. Knowing Qingjian City, the Western Xia chief Ling Ling asked for it to be attached, and before Guo Kui arrived in Yanzhou, Lu Xu, the governor of Yanzhou, did not want to make trouble and did not accept it. At that time, the imperial court had already sent an edict to Zheng Lang to enter Beijing, and he had been with Zheng Lang for a long time, knew Zheng Lang's thoughts, and asked for it.

Zheng Lang is about to ascend the throne, and Lu Xu has to consider the idea of planting a kind of scholar and writing to the imperial court.

The imperial court had a controversy over this, and before the edict was issued, the Xixia people actually learned that tens of thousands of Qiang people would move these dozens of Qiang accounts to Xingzhou. Seeing Zheng Lang resuming his use, Chong Ge became emboldened and sent an envoy to catch up. Tens of thousands of Qiang households rushed across the border at once and flocked to the Song Dynasty. At that time, the Western Xia sent an envoy to help Yong Houling, and after Zhao Ji heard the news, he sent someone to appease Li Liangzuo, reopen the mutual market and the New Year's gift, and took out some money from the poor national government as additional compensation to appease the Western Xia.

The right of our Song Dynasty to buy tens of thousands of trilogies from your Western Xia.

Li Liangzuo was not convinced, and sent an envoy to hum. If you tell Zhao Zhen, maybe you can see the country's financial difficulties, and you can get tens of thousands of Qiang people back, and say to Zhao Zhen that it is useless. At this time, the country was being restructured, and Zhao Ji didn't bother to pay attention to them. Fight and fight, although the war continues, the finances of the Song Dynasty will be more difficult, and you Western Xia must also consider the consequences of the war.

didn't look at the northwest, but the northwest had something to do again.

It's Suizhou.

Suizhou has two mountains of Tiejie, as well as Wuding River, which was originally a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, because Zhao Baozhong was captured when Taizong of the Song Dynasty was owned by Western Xia. At the time of Li Liangzuo, a military department was set up here, named Juzhen. The local leaders are the famous Yi Mountain and the famous mountain, which can be regarded as the clan of Western Xia. However, Li Liangzuo was cruel and lewd, and the women who were favored by the big chieftain's family were all forcibly disordered. also messed up the women of the famous Yishan family, coupled with the embarrassment of Western Xia, Wei Ming Yishan secretly sneaked into Qingjian City and asked for surrender.

He agreed, but then thought of another person, the famous mountain. It's not that I fancy the famous mountain, but I fancy the whole Suizhou! (To be continued.) )