In the winter of the sixth year of Tiansheng, the weather slowly turned cooler.

Fortunately, many elderly people have been admitted to nursing homes this year, far from the threat of death. Still, in those remote places, cold and hunger are still the main themes.

When the first heavy snow fell, the group of people at the top of the Great Song Pyramid were also talking freely in the Wende Palace, scolding Fang Xuan.

Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair and said loudly: "Since I ascended the throne, it has lasted six years, and in order to ensure the integrity of my Great Song Dynasty and the health of the Great Song Dynasty, I have not dared to slack off for a day. In the past six years, I have developed education, rearmament, advocacy of commerce, and the creation of industry. I hope that all of you can work together with me to create a prosperous era for our dynasty! ”

As is customary, the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted: "We obey the holy decree!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Everyone, please be even!" Next, please make a work report! ”

"Obey the order!" Yan Shu bowed to Zhao Zhen and said: "Your Majesty, over the years, our dynasty has achieved unprecedented development in national strength, both military and economic has made great progress, the living standards of the people are also improving day by day, the crime rate has also decreased significantly, and the development of all walks of life is in a good state. Next, the minister gave a brief explanation of each department.

Last year, the Criminal Department received a total of 17,554 reports, of which 40 percent were cracked, doubling the rate of solving cases. This is all thanks to the emperor's "Collection of Records of Clearing Grievances", and the ministers have organized capable people from all over the country to study this book, and as a compulsory book for arresting fast in the future, it is presumable that the rate of solving cases will be further increased in the future.

Officials, last year, mainly implemented the new administrative system formulated by the emperor, so far, more than 200 states have completed the system reform of 11 roads, completing half of the total progress. In addition, the Ministry of Officials has also conducted an assessment of all officials, found out more than 300 people who violated laws and discipline and failed to act, and all of them have been dismissed from their posts and investigated.

Last year, at the request of the Emperor, a national census was conducted. There are 27.8 million households in the country, with a population of about 120 million. Of these, 40 percent of the population is urban. There are also some people who live in remote areas that are not included in the statistics.

The Ministry of Rites, in the past year, focused on the construction of the Royal Academy branches, so far, the construction of various branches has been completed, and teachers have been stationed in each branch. However, in more remote places, the situation of the branch is not very good, and the number of students is small, which still needs to be publicized. In addition, according to the emperor's wishes, a number of vocational and technical colleges have been built in Beijing, Jinling, Beijing and Chengdu Prefecture, which are geographically special, to send talents to specific industries. Today, more than 20,000 students have been recruited, mainly in coal mining, iron ore, iron smelting, textiles and ceramics.

The Ministry of Industry, last year, mainly completed the construction task of 'Jingcheng Avenue', and passed the audit, and has now been fully opened. Now the time to enter Sichuan has been greatly shortened, from the past few months to the current half a month, whether it is personnel exchanges, or the transportation of goods, the efficiency has been greatly improved.

Finally, let's talk about the military department, which, in accordance with the emperor's request, began to reorganize the armies of the northern frontier last year. At present, the First Group Army of Kitano has completed its preliminary reorganization and entered the stage of professional training. The garrisons that have been eliminated by it are also about to return to their respective defense areas, where they will continue to train, and the reserve forces will also be dispersed and integrated into the garrison forces in various places in accordance with regulations.

The above is the main work of the various departments of our State Council last year, please instruct the emperor! ”

Zhao Zhen: "Yan Xiang, please go to the side and rest for a while!" Take a sip of tea to moisten your throat. ”

Yan Shu: "Thank you, Emperor!" ”

Subsequently, Zhao Zhen instructed Xiao Shunzi to arrange for the palace maid to send a cup of hot tea to each minister, first, to warm up the body, and secondly, considering that everyone will talk a lot today, so as not to be dehydrated when the time comes.

Zhao Zhen himself also took the opportunity to take a sip of tea, and then said: "Bao Aiqing, you can tell me about the situation of the General Judgment Court!" ”

Bao Zheng got up and came to the center of the main hall, and also saluted Zhao Zhen before saying: "Your Majesty, the General Judgment Court has been involved in the establishment of the new law since its establishment. So far, many sub-laws such as criminal law, civil law, and administrative law have been completed, as well as the 'King Law' of the Great Song Dynasty. Established by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the 'royal law' was the king of a single law and the basis for the implementation of all laws, focusing on the relationship between the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary, as well as human rights or individual freedoms within the state.

At the same time, the minister also organized officials at all levels to conscientiously study the new law, familiarize themselves with the trial process and judgment standards of the new law, and strive to strictly enforce the law and judge cases impartially. So far, all the subordinate general judgment envoys of the General Judgment Court have completed their study tasks and have gone to various places to take up their posts. And the state and county-level general judges, less than half of them have passed the study assessment, and the ministers will urge them to speed up the progress, please rest assured! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Bao Aiqing has worked hard!" ”

"The emperor is serious, this is what a minister should do!" Bao Zheng habitually modestly took a moment before slowly retreating to his seat.

Zhao Zhen glanced at the Manchu ministers, and asked Lu Zongdao, the eldest in the Manchu Dynasty, cordially, "Well, what about Lu Aiqing?" Are you still strong in your old body? ”

Lu Zongdao hunched his waist and walked out tremblingly: "Back to the emperor, old minister, this body is becoming more and more useless, and now it is not easy to walk." The minister has asked for his resignation many times, and you are sympathetic to the minister, but the minister is afraid of affecting your plans. You see, this is now the Supervision Yuan, the ministers are already powerless to manage, and I hope that the emperor will consider the suggestions of the old ministers and select the capable ministers as soon as possible, and the ministers are grateful! ”

Zhao Zhen: "What did Aiqing say! In such a big country, how can I see it, you have to cheer up and help me more, don't you know, I, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty, are afraid of your outspoken prestige! ”

Lu Zongdao: "Thank you for the emperor's love!" The ministers must select a group of outspoken people for the emperor in their lifetime, and let them supervise hundreds of officials for you to ensure the peace of the world! ”

Zhao Zhen: "I believe in your character and your vision!" I'll see. Go and rest! ”

Lu Zong said: "Thank you, Emperor! ”

Zhao Zhen: "Zhang Aiqing, you can continue to talk about the situation of the Privy Council." ”

Zhang Yaozuo ran out and lay on the ground: "Back to the emperor, the Privy Council has always complied with your request, spent great efforts to supervise the violations of law and discipline in the army, and picketed all corrupt and undisciplined tendencies. At the same time, the minister also discharged a large number of spies, not only drawing a map of our dynasty, but also a map of the surrounding countries. Also, the sand table you mentioned is also being made, but it is not very fine, except for some dangerous places that are made more carefully, the mountains and rivers in other places are still different from the actual ones. The ministers are ineffective, please ask the emperor to surrender! ”

Zhao Zhen: "Aiqing, hurry up!" You've done well enough lately, how can I blame you. On the contrary, I still have a good reward for you, and those spies, who have worked hard for all these years, and they are all rewarded! ”

Zhang Yaozuo hurriedly said again: "Emperor Xie! Thank you, Your Majesty! ……”

Zhao Zhen: "Okay! Zhang Aiqing step down first! The research institute has always been working in secret, and there is little contact with everyone, so I will take this opportunity to let Yan Aiqing simply accept some of their achievements for you, so as to open everyone's eyes. Yan Aiqing, you can pick up some harmless ones and tell everyone about them! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yan Su arched his hand towards Zhao Zhen before turning to his colleagues and said: "Colleagues, please forgive me, the research institute has been ordered by the emperor to develop various new cutting-edge products, many of which are the guarantee of the safety of our dynasty, and it is inconvenient to reveal too much to you for the time being." Here, I will tell you about an object that is about to be presented to you, which the Holy God calls the 'clock', with which you can always know exactly what time it is. It just so happens that I have brought a clock for inspection, you might as well take it and take a look, this clock was originally the size of a grinding disc before, but later the Holy Lord made a lathe for us, so that it can be the size of the palm of your hand today......"

"Lathe? What's that? Someone suddenly asked.

Yan Su: "Lathe, how do you say this?" I don't know if you've ever visited a weapons workshop, where the simplest lathe is used to produce arrow shafts. There are also many types of lathes, which are basically designed according to needs, such as cutting, drilling, polishing, etc.

This is still relatively abstract, everyone will understand it when you see it later, now let's take a look at this clock! You see, the fastest and longest one in the clock is called the second hand, the middle length is called the minute hand, and the shortest is called the hour hand. The entire clock is divided into 60 squares, and the second hand turns one revolution before the minute hand travels one square, and the same reason, the minute hand goes one square when it turns around. And a second is almost a breath time, so the time it takes for the hour hand to move one block is called an hour, which is about the same as half an hour when we talk about it now......"

Waiting until each minister played a strange trick, he took the clock one by one and looked at it, and then returned to Yan Su's hand.

Zhao Zhencai continued: "All of you Aiqing are quiet! Everyone also gave a brief explanation of the situation in their respective departments, and you will give me a copy of the specific situation later.

Now, I'll say a few more words. To put it simply, each of your departments must come up with a work plan for a certain period of time and strictly follow the plan in the future. And the length of this time, after careful consideration, I decided to set it at five years.

In this first five-year plan, I have given each of your departments a framework of goals, and you have to flesh it out yourself. Of course, you can also draw up some goals yourself, and send them to me for review, and once approved, they can be included in the agenda.

Now, I'll give you a task. ”

Zhao Zhen flipped through his draft and said by name: "Criminal Department"

Yan Shu hurriedly led his subordinates forward to listen: "The minister is here!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Your department will continue to implement all levels of arrest and learn all kinds of arrest knowledge, and conduct assessments of all arrests, integrate a high-quality arrest team within five years, eliminate all those who fail to pass the assessment, improve the rate of solving cases, and maintain social stability." ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Yan Shu and the others wrote down their tasks and retreated.

Zhao Zhen: "Ministry of Officials"

"The minister is here!" Chen Zhizhong also stood up with his younger brother.

Zhao Zhen: "From this year onwards, your ministry must ensure that all newly appointed officials have obtained the certificate of competency issued by the Royal Academy, and put an end to the corpses of those who can only be officials and cannot do things. At the same time, your ministry must also intensify the evaluation of officials at all levels, intensify the fight against corruption, and severely crack down on all officials who are corrupt, take bribes, and fail to act. One counts as one, and I took off all the black gauze hats for him, and I want them to know that I lack everything, that is, there is no shortage of officials! ”

"Wait for you to understand!"

Zhao Zhen: "Ministry of Rites"

Sun Fu took his two younger brothers and responded: "The minister is here"

Zhao Zhen: "The matter of the Ministry of Rites is very simple, I just want to say in one sentence, you must think of all ways to implement the teaching problems of local branches as soon as possible, combine new learning with Confucianism as soon as possible, and develop together in a coordinated manner." To this end, we incorporated Guozijian into the Royal Academy, renamed Liberal Arts, and the original new academic content was classified as Science. In the future, our Great Song Dynasty will take the road of attaching equal importance to literature and science, and embark on a new path of sacred learning. ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

Zhao Zhen: "Taking this opportunity, I also announced an order that Kong Daofu has made meritorious contributions to his studies, and is now awarded a bachelor's degree in Hanlin, and he is appointed as the superintendent of the Royal Academy, and Fan Zhongyan is the same superintendent, each in charge of arts and sciences. ”

Kong Daofu immediately came out to thank him: "Thank you Emperor Longen!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Household Department"

Fan Zhongyan took the big ticket and listened to the announcement: "The minister is here!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "In the past five years, I have given you two big topics. The first is to measure the land of the whole country and establish the owner of the field. The second is to introduce some convenient business policies to promote the further development of China's commerce. What to do, you think for yourself, I will see the result. ”

Fan Zhongyan: "Yes, Your Majesty!" The ministers will do their best to complete it. ”

Zhao Zhen: "Ministry of Industry"

Zhang Zhibai: "The minister is here"

Zhao Zhen: "I want your ministry to build the avenue leading to the four capitals, as well as the avenues between the capital and Jinling within five years." Thirdly, it is necessary to build highways between cities as soon as possible. As for which to fix first and then which to repair, you have to balance it yourself, in short, everything is aimed at meeting your needs first. ”

Zhang Zhibai: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Military Department"

Yang Zongbao's voice was like a bell: "The old minister is here!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Old General Yang, you have to take it easy, I still have to rely on you to take charge!" I will leave the matter of the reorganization of the field army to you, and I hope to complete the reorganization of all the border armies on the Song-Liao border within five years, and strive to reorganize two field army groups with outstanding combat effectiveness. ”

Yang Zongbao patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured! The old minister promises to do it properly! ”

"Hahaha" Zhao Zhen was amused by him: "General Yang, you go to the side to rest first!" I won't say much on the Privy Council, just continue with your current task. Finally, I will talk about the General Judgment Court and the Procuratorate, both of your departments are newly adapted from me, and I have one requirement for you, strive to truly integrate into the administrative system of our dynasty within five years, and give full play to their respective functions! ”

"Ministers will work hard to meet your expectations!" Bao Zheng and Lu Zongdao took their little brother out together to express their determination.

Zhao Zhen: "I hope you will work hard!" We'll see! ”

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