Zhang Xuan picked up the tongs and put a few pieces of charcoal into the brazier, he put down the tongs and pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Regarding Su Gong's resignation from Xiangguo, I have thought about it for a long time, I can accept Su Gong's resignation, but I hope that Su Gong can continue to stay in the imperial court, serve as a prince, and recuperate in the mansion, if you are interested, you can also participate in state affairs, can Su Gong agree to this request?" “

Su Wei is nearly eighty years old, physical strength and energy is indeed difficult to bear the heavy affairs of the prime minister, before because Zhang Xuan has not ascended the throne for a long time, he has been insisting, now Zhang Xuan has finally ascended the throne and called the emperor, he has also completed his wish, please dismiss Shi on the agenda, Su Wei of course understands the advice of the saint, in fact, it is the same as Pei Ju, continue to stay in the imperial court, Pei Ju is the post of Tai Lieutenant, he is the Taishi, the status is noble, but it also makes him happy in his heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Su Wei smiled happily: "In fact, I have been in the court all my life, and I have long been accustomed to all kinds of affairs in the court, so that the old minister is idle and idle, and I am really not used to it, the old minister is willing to accept His Majesty's arrangement, and I hope that I can read the court briefing every day and understand the trends of the court, and the old minister will be satisfied." ”

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "This requirement is not high, I consider asking the secretary and supervisor to make two briefings, one is the tenth report, which will be sent to the local government to let the Taishou county commanders know about the major affairs of the imperial court, and the other is a daily newspaper, which is specially read by the important ministers above the third grade, if Su Gong finds that there is something improper in my decision, please point it out in time." ”

"Your Majesty's plan is very good, in fact, Emperor Wen of the former Dynasty also had this idea, but the issuance of the post report needs to build a post pavilion, because the construction cost of the post pavilion is too large, so the post report has not been implemented for a long time, but when it comes to the post pavilion, the old minister hopes that His Majesty can reform the construction of the post pavilion and make the post pavilion profitable, rather than becoming a burden to the court."

"Xiangguo will talk about it specifically." Jang Hyun asked with interest.

Su Wei said with a smile: "The solution is very simple, change the post pavilion into a mansion shop, and hand it over to the local rich family to operate, you can operate a restaurant and inn, and at the same time you can rent mules and horses, and then sell some daily necessities, of course, the affairs of the official office also have to be done, pass the documents, replace the post horse, the official travel and accommodation, etc., in addition, the official's travel and accommodation and meals will be changed from free to paid, and the court will issue subsidies, so that nearly 2,000 mansions in the world not only do not have to consume the money and food of the imperial court, but also solve the document transmission of the imperial court and the local government. What does Your Majesty think of this plan? ”

Zhang Xuan didn't say anything, just smiled and asked: "Since this plan can reduce the burden on the imperial court, why didn't Emperor Wen adopt it back then?" ”

Su Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Emperor Wen absolutely does not allow the government to run the private sector, and would rather not have a post pavilion than allow the people to get involved, this plan will be shelved, if Your Majesty can accept it, the old minister thinks it is feasible." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly and said: "I have a characteristic of doing things, that is, I must pay attention to proportions in everything, and I can't go to extremes. ”

Su Wei felt that Zhang Xuan was not very in favor of his plan, so he asked tentatively: "Then how does Your Majesty think the degree of this post station should be grasped?" ”

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "It's not impossible for the post house to be run privately, but I think it should be divided into two things, for example, the post pavilions in strategic places like Tiger Prison Pass and Hangu Pass and important towns like Zhongdu, Luoyang, and Jiangdu must adhere to the official office, and the general place can be released, but my attitude is best run by the government, as long as the government is allowed to be profitable, Xiangguo should understand what I mean!" ”

Su Wei sighed and said, "How could Weichen not understand? If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the local officials do not open up some sources of income, how can his staff and guests feed them? He will only do things elsewhere, and he will definitely suffer the people at the bottom, some income is better to put on the bright side, such as the income of the mansion, the income from the rent of the official field, etc., these incomes are used as the income of the official office, used to pay for the daily expenses of the official office, to supplement the lack of allocation by the imperial court, Weichen understands that it is not easy for the local government, many times, the official office has money to do things! ”

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, what Su Wei said was actually a fundamental problem of governing the world, the corruption of officials, this problem has been unavoidable since ancient times, and many corruption is not the original intention of officials.

For example, if the imperial court is only in charge of the four officials of the county order, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper, what about the expenses of the officials below, such as Liucao, the head catcher, the scribe, the prison chief, and so on? can only let the county order solve it by itself, it is nothing more than using the income of the public land, what if the income cannot cover the expenditure? The imperial court doesn't care, this is actually the imperial court acquiescing in the system to officials to make money to make up for expenses.

The emperors of all dynasties hoped that local officials could be honest and selfless, and do things for the people, but in fact it was difficult to do, first, the imperial court could not control it, and secondly, it was also inevitable in the system, if it was really the officials of the local government and a large number of officials were also supported by the imperial court, it was difficult for the imperial court to afford it, in the final analysis, it was because the agricultural economy was underdeveloped, and the taxes of the imperial court could not support the military and administrative expenses of a huge empire.

Therefore, since ancient times, the support and maintenance of the great empire has either relied on continuous military plunder, such as the empire of the West, or relying on internal friction to exploit the people, such as the government military system of the Tang Dynasty, which made the people bear the military expenses in disguise, once the foundation of the government military system was destroyed, the government military system existed in name only, and once the imperial court was difficult to bear the huge military expenditure, the decline and collapse of the empire was inevitable.

Although the imperial court acquiesced in the system to officials engaging in corruption, if there is a spear, there must be a shield, and it cannot blindly indulge officials who are greedy for ink and fish, so the empire will soon perish, so it must be supervised and restrained.

Learning to release water to raise fish is the long-term way, so how can you relax in a good way? How much water to release, how many fish to raise, how to raise, how to catch, these are extremely profound knowledge, and the breadth and profundity of oriental culture lies in this, and dynasties that do not grasp this degree often go to extinction.

At present, the Great Zhou Empire still implements the laws of the Sui Dynasty, but the society is developing, and various rules and regulations must also keep pace with the times and be constantly revised and improved.

It is not advisable to resolutely refuse like Emperor Wen of Sui, but if it is handed over to the officials, it is also not allowed to become their private property, but if it is handed over to the local government, which is run by the local government, it is a practical way to use its income to make up for the lack of government expenditure.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan said slowly: "It is not advisable to run the government and run the private sector, but the government runs the government, and the income belongs to the local government, this plan is acceptable to me, and there is no need to immediately implement it in all counties in the world. ”

"The old minister understood, the old minister went back to discuss with the Xiangguo of Ziwei Pavilion, and came up with a plan and submitted it to His Majesty for approval."

.........

Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Empire, the current central capital city is a little small, and the call to expand the city is constantly put forward in the government and the opposition, especially the Ziwei Palace is too small, it looks very shabby, and it is completely inconsistent with the temperament of the imperial capital of the world.

Zhang Xuan finally approved the plan of expanding the city and the palace of Ziwei Pavilion in two months, the central capital was expanded to the east and west sides of the city by ten miles, and the Ziwei Palace was also expanded to the north by ten miles, of which the imperial city was divided into ten miles, and the palace city was divided into three miles.

The expansion of the palace city is also inevitable, although Zhang Xuan does not have many concubines, but due to the thousands of palace maids and eunuchs from Luoyang, the original palace city is too small.

The two major projects of expanding the city in the middle capital and the northern expansion of Ziwei Palace were in full swing two months ago, but due to the blizzard, the projects had to be temporarily stopped.

In the north of the harem there is a lane close to the palace wall, called Jicui Road, the snow on the lane has been swept clean, the end of Jicui Road is a seven-storey pavilion, here is the highest pavilion in Ziwei Harem, called the Star Picking Pavilion, it was just completed half a month ago, it is generally used to observe the celestial phenomena, but now it is used to enjoy the scenery.

At this time, several light carriages came from a distance under the strict escort of dozens of female horsemen with knives, stopped at the northwest corner of the palace wall, and more than a dozen palace maids came down from the back carriages, and helped Lu Qing, the empress of the Great Zhou Empire, out of the carriage, and behind her, followed by the noble concubine Yang Ji'er and the concubine Pei Zhizhi, Yang Ji'er looked up at the towering attic, and couldn't help laughing: "Eldest sister, can you really go upstairs now?" ”

"I guess it's okay! After blowing for half a month, the smell of earthy paint inside has almost dissipated. ”

Lu Qing smiled, and walked towards the building surrounded by palace maids, Pei Zhizhi and Yang Ji'er looked at each other and smiled, and also walked in, at this time, an old eunuch with a few small eunuchs greeted him, he respectfully knelt down and saluted Lu Qing and the two concubines: "Welcome to the queen!" Welcome to the concubine and the lady! ”

The old eunuch is called Wang Deming, is the deputy head of the inner palace of Ziwei Palace, he was originally the head of the inner palace next to Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, after the Jiangdu incident, he followed the Empress Dowager Xiao to the north, and has been staying in Ziwei Palace, Zhang Xuan ascended the throne as the emperor, Lu Qing felt that Wang Deming had a good heart and rich experience, so he appointed him as the deputy head of the inner palace.

Lu Qing said with a smile: "I've said it a few times, the palace maids don't have to kneel and bow when they see me, why can't the king change it." ”

"Returning to the queen, according to the rules of the previous dynasty, the first time you enter the new palace, you have to make a big salute, and the old slave has already ......."

Lu Qing waved his hand disappreciatively, and said with some displeasure: "Don't tell me how the previous dynasty was, I only know that the rules are set by people, since this is Ziwei Palace, and now it is the Great Zhou Dynasty, then do it according to my rules, all the palace maids and eunuchs only kneel and bow when they are summoned for the first time, and they will not need to use it in the future." ”

"The old minister obeys!"

"Lead the way!"

Wang Deming hurriedly led the eunuch to lead the way in front, and Lu Qing and the others climbed the ladder until they came to the main floor.

The reason why Lu Qing came to the Star Pavilion was to find a larger warm pavilion for the whole family, the whole family could stay together during the day, each person had their own room, but they could get together at any time, the scenery was not bad, they looked for it, and finally took a fancy to this newly built Star Picking Pavilion.

The room had been lit with a brazier and was exceptionally warm, but when they stepped out of the room and onto the platform outside, the cold wind and the magnificent scenery rushed in at the same time.

(To be continued.) )