Zhao Kuangyi first made a false fu: "Mother-in-law, you get up first." ”

Li Mu can kneel, Mother Li is a sick old lady, she can't kneel anymore, Mother Li got up and looked at her son, she is old, her eyes are not good, and her ears can't hear clearly, but she is so close, she can still hear it.

What innocent to be guilty of?

But the emperor is here, so it is inconvenient for her to ask.

Song Jiu looked at her, then at Li Mu, as well as Li Mu's wife who was standing outside in panic, and Li Mu's son, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, some time ago, Your Majesty discussed with me the gains and losses of the previous prime ministers. The ministers all had an idea in their hearts. Since ancient times, there has been a lack of clarity about the position of officials, and each has its own opinion. The minister's view is very simple, officials generalize, can be divided into four types. ”

"Oh, tell me."

"The first category is the incompetent and greedy officials, who are the most hateful, but they are the most. Even if His Majesty rectifies the officialdom many times, the proportion of such officials will not be less than half. However, it also depends on the fact that although some officials are greedy, they are not excessively greedy, and although they are incompetent, they can still work hard, and such officials can still use them reluctantly, and they can still have medicine. However, some officials are seriously incompetent and insatiable, and they are officials who harm the country and the people. ”

When Song Jiu said this, he suddenly asked Li Mu: "Meng Yong, what percentage of such hateful officials do you say will account for my officials in the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Li Mu said: "At least more than forty percent." ”

"Honest gentlemen, yes, this kind of officials account for at least forty percent or more, this is still the officialdom under the rule of His Majesty, otherwise it is even more serious."

Zhao Kuangyi's face was difficult to look at.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry, there's a reason why it's like this. Since ancient times, Shinong industry and commerce, that is, the idea of official standard. If you become an official, you can be rich and noble, but they enjoy this right and wealth at the same time. and forgot about the obligations of officials. The king of the people gives the officials wealth and wealth, but the officials must also assist the king and the people, and the generals must defend the country and make meritorious contributions. If you want to get, you have to give. However, too many people think about it...... Unearned. ”

"Yes, Li Mu, get up. Song Jiu, don't hold him down. I haven't convicted him yet. ”

"Your Majesty." Li Mu almost wanted to cry.

"Li Mu, ask your lady to make me two cups of tea."

"Whoa."

Li Mu instructed his wife to boil tea, and Song Jiu continued: "The second type of official is the official that His Majesty wants the most, the Qing official. But the clean official that the minister said is probably not the kind of clean official that His Majesty wants. This kind of clean official is called virtuous and talentless. ”

Zhao Kuangyi understood that if it was divided according to Song Jiu, the four types of officials would have no virtue and no talent, and there would be no virtue and no talent. There is no virtue in talent, and there is talent in virtue.

What Song Jiu said was more profound than he thought.

"This kind of official can still be drawn in detail, the first is like Shen Gong, who has integrity. Incorruptible, but not talented, but also conscious. So he handed over the government affairs to Lu Duoxun to deal with, and the ministers were in the middle book. He also left more government affairs to the ministers. Although the contribution of such officials is not significant, they do not harm the country. ”

Song Jiu was not right to say this. Shen Yilun is not talentless, but Zhao Da and Zhao Er have not been good at it. His talent is in financial management, so among the three envoys of Zhao Kuangyin, he is the most outstanding one of the three envoys. However, the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the lack of clear judgment, so I went to Bashu, and later came to Zhongshu, but because of this shortcoming, I didn't do anything. However, Song Jiu will not say it stupidly, and Zhao Kuangyi will be different in nature after succeeding to the throne, at that time, everyone must first recognize his throne, Shen Yilun is particularly important, is it not promoted but degraded at that time, and Shen Yilun will be demoted from Dongfu to the third division?

So Song Jiu classified Shen Yilun as virtuous and talentless.

"This kind of official can also be used under His Majesty's Majesty, the most afraid of the latter two, one is obviously talentless, do not understand anything, but because of integrity, get everyone's admiration, so at home behind closed doors, take it for granted, point fingers at the government, or interfere with the local officials to handle government affairs. However, because of their reputation for incorruptibility, such officials often respond to all calls, and the harm is often better than that of the first type of officials. ”

"That's reasonable," Zhao Kuangyi thought in his mind, he read poetry and books, and immediately found several similar ministers in his mind. However, no one has ever analyzed it as carefully as Song Jiu, so when historians evaluate, they often don't know what to say, and even sigh for it.

"There is another kind, that is, there is obviously no virtue and no talent, but because it is well disguised, it makes the outside world really mistakenly think that he is a good official, but in fact, these people harbor evil intentions and use them to do more harm. The representative is Wang Mang. ”

"There are very few of them."

"Of course, there are very few, if there are many, then there will not be a moment of peace and tranquility in the thousands of years of Chinese history. The second is the third category of officials, who are still corrupt officials, but this kind of corrupt officials are talented corrupt officials. But it should also be subdivided, first, although greedy, but not excessively greedy, know the way of proportion, and will not delay big government affairs because of greed. If the minister is also, Zhao Pu laughed at the minister's false name, the minister is a false name, the actual minister is a corrupt official, and the minister handed over millions of money to the country, in fact, it is its cover that allows the minister to build a ship and go to sea and seek a lot of wealth. If the minister is not an official, if His Majesty does not tolerate the minister, how can he get this wealth. Therefore, there is no margin between the minister and the Qing official. And the minister also re-enjoys, a poor life like Li Mu, the minister can't bear it. ”

"Okay, you're a corrupt official, but don't say it anymore," Zhao Kuangyi said with a smile: "What else?" ”

"There is another kind that is greedy and unmeasured, although they are talented and have strong political ability, such as princes. However, there are not many such corrupt officials. Song Jiu sighed. Since ancient times, there have been many officials similar to He Kun, who have been attacked in the history books and thought that they were national thieves, but it was precisely because of He Kun that Qianlong's national financial resources did not have a serious crisis. But such a mistake occurred not because of He Kun himself, but because Qianlong did not knock him, that is, the culprit of the helmet was not He Kun, but Qianlong.

"The last kind of officials are capable Qing officials, and the other is Qing officials with small ability, these officials should be praised, but if they are used to enter the two governments, I am afraid that they may not be liked by the king. There is another kind, that is, Qing officials with great ability, and such officials are even rarer. If you have one, don't reuse it. ”

Zhao Kuangyi knew who Song Jiu was talking about.

He had a strange look on his face.

"Your Majesty. If Han Gaozu had taken Han Xinzeng as Xiang Yu's general and not used it, would he have gotten the Great Han Dynasty? Will the ancestor not use it because Zhuge Liang's eldest brother is the minister of Eastern Wu? If Tang Taizong wanted to harm him because Wei Zheng had helped Prince Jiancheng, he would not have used it. Will the Tang Dynasty have the brightest mirror? Together with the window, what is there! ”

"Song Qing, you persuaded me, Li Mu, you will go back to Zhongshu tomorrow...... No, I take you as my knowledge, and I hope you are as Song Qing said. ”

"Your Majesty, ......" Li Mu knelt down again.

"Meng Yong, don't be grateful, I want to thank Your Majesty for your magnanimity. Let's try to be the minister of Your Majesty, that is the best gratitude to Your Majesty. Song Jiu said on the side.

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Song Jiu again.

He had some feelings in his heart, maybe the idea in his heart was that Song Jiu's words and deeds were the same, and this sentence was the best portrayal of Song Jiu. At least in terms of temperament, Song Jiu was better than Li Mu.

Maybe Li Mu may be a good minister, but in Zhao Kuangyi's heart, he is still not as good as Song Jiu, although Song Jiu is a third-class official. So he said, "Song Qing, go to your house and sit down." ”

The Qing official's house was uncomfortable, and Li Mu's wife moved out the best tea cakes in the house. But that tastes bad.

The group came to Song Jiu's house again.

In fact, there was nothing else, it was Zhao Kuangyi who was bored in the palace, and since he came out, he simply came to the Song family. By the way, take a break.

The tea cakes of the Song family are good, and the high-quality Jianzhou tea.

The tea cup used is a high-grade kiln iron tire porcelain cup.

In the Song family, it is rare to see the splendid arrangement of Jinbi, and even the glazed products are very few. However, if you look closely, you can see that every piece of furniture is made. utensils, including flowers and trees in the garden. has a history, this is the real luxury, although extravagant but not gaudy, expensive but not impetuous.

Suddenly, Zhao Kuangyi thought of Song Jiu's four types of officials just now, and couldn't help but smile again.

After sitting for a while, Zhang Beiyuan took her husband to visit Song Jiu, and at this time she was married, and she would no longer call her father like when she was a child, but call her uncle.

An uncle made Zhao Kuangyi feel strange, and Song Jiu explained: "She is the girl Zhang Beiyuan who was sheltered by His Majesty back then. ”

"Zhang Beiyuan, Ha Luha, good name, round," Zhao Kuangyi said with a smile. Then he sighed: "Time is so fast, I didn't expect you to grow up now and get married." ”

Then he looked at Zhang Beiyuan's husband strangely.

The little girl grew up, and Pan Li'er found a husband for her, but the Song family was open and let Zhang Beiyuan choose by herself. Unexpectedly, she picked a student in the academy, and Song Jiu had not left the capital at that time, so she asked Tsing Yi to check the details of this person.

It is a native of the capital, called Su Xun, the family conditions are average, it is the first batch of students recruited by the academy to move to Hezhou, and later because of good grades were left in the senior class for further study, and then Zhu Dong in Tanzhou when the Yuelu Academy was established, asked the academy to transfer a group of students to the past. He also went to Tanzhou with this group of students, where he taught for two years before returning to the capital.

People are more loyal, willing to endure hardships, and have good learning.

But what makes Zhang Beiyuan fancy him has nothing to do with personality and knowledge, but his appearance, Su Xun looks very similar to Song Jiu, and he is also very big.

In fact, Zhang Beiyuan's psychology is a kind of father-love complex.

Song Jiu is not very easy to say, and he has a very strange relationship with the two children of the Zhang family, saying that his father is not like him, especially he is not much older than Zhang Wangbei, and it is even more impossible to say that his brother is even more impossible, Zhang Beiyuan shouted that he grew up with a father.

Zhang Wangyuan takes a fancy to his appearance like Song Jiu, Song Jiu looks at his personality, which is not bad, in fact, with Song Jiu's status, he can find a better family for Zhang Beiyuan, but why bother? If he is the son of an official, with three wives and six concubines, Zhang Beiyuan may not be happy.

Then the family affairs were set, and it was not until Song Jiu returned to Beijing that they were married.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't know what to do during the process, but looking at Su Xun's appearance, Zhao Kuangyi also understood a little.

He was smiling in his heart, but he asked, "There is another boy." ”

He studied hard in the academy for several years, the end of middle school, the results of the exam were good, it happened that the minister had not yet gone to Jiangzhou, and he was idle at home, so the minister asked him at that time, there were two choices, one was to stay in the academy, study in high school for a few years, and then be a gentleman, one is to serve as a Xu official, may be turned into an official in the future, may be only a Xu official for a lifetime. But he was influenced by his grandmother and proposed to serve as a minister, and the minister did not object to this. Then he took the initiative to ask the imperial court to send him to the Hedong region, which belonged to our dynasty, so the imperial court sent him to Jiangzhou as a Xu official. With it, it became the main thin of Jishan County. ”

If it is a jinshi and the first, the speed of this promotion is not fast, but as a student of the academy, the speed of this promotion is relatively fast, and there is Song Jiu's credit in the middle, but at that time, the people in the southeast of Hedong were scarce, and the war was endless, which was also a chore.

With Song Jiu's merits, it is also a normal promotion.

"Then the minister went to Liaodong, and he was transferred to Lingshi County as the magistrate, and it seems that his political achievements are okay, and not long ago he was transferred to Yu County as the magistrate."

These two counties also belong to Hedong, one is Zhongxian in Fenzhou, and the other is Ciqi County in Taiyuan Prefecture.

However, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with Song Jiu, after all, Song Jiu went to Liaodong at that time.

But it has nothing to do with it, Pan Mei will take care of it a little bit in Hedong, and other officials will buy Song Jiu's face, so this official will be easy to do, plus Hedong is barren, as long as he works hard, it is easy to make political achievements, so Zhang Wangbei's promotion speed has not been slow.

On the other hand, with Song Jiu's current officials, just making up for the shadow is enough for Zhang Wangbei to serve as a county magistrate.

After Zhao Kuangyi listened, he took off the jade pendant from his waist and said to Zhang Beiyuan: "Zhang Beiyuan, I also have some fate with you, and this jade pendant should be your wedding gift." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my concubine often heard my uncle say that if there was no Your Majesty, my uncle might not have been willing to take my family in." Zhang Beiyuan said happily. Zhang Beiyuan is not stupid, the little girl grew up in the Song family since she was a child, and she is well-informed, and she patted Zhao Kuangyi's ass a little, which made Zhao Kuangyi very happy.

This is a small episode, Zhao Kuangyi looked at Song Jiu again and said, "Song Qing, your house is too biased." ”

The south and east sides of Miyagi are commercial districts, which are not suitable for mansions, and the north side is the inner palace, which is also not suitable. Generally, officials mostly choose to choose the mansion on the west side of the imperial city, which is close to the imperial city and is mostly a gathering place for officials. Like Song Jiu, there is almost no one who chooses the mansion in the southeast corner.

Song Jiu said lightly: "Your Majesty, although the minister is an official, it is best not to forget his roots, and after all, this is the place where the minister grew up." ”

"You can't forget your roots, that's a good point." Zhao Kuangyi sighed. In the past few years, he has vigorously promoted the transfer of jinshi, especially the name system, so that many poor students have been admitted to the jinshi and entered the official career. Some perform well, but some forget their roots, and they are more greedy than anyone else.

Zhao Kuangyi stayed for dinner.

It's not that the Song family's dinner is more delicious than in the palace, Zhao Kuangyin lives a frugal life, but Zhao Kuangyi is not so picky.

It is just a symbol.

The next day, Li Mu entered the Hanlin Academy, and it turned out that Zhao Kuangyi was going to let him re-establish himself as a scholar of the Middle School, but considering that Zhao Pu was narrow-minded, he would inevitably continue to suppress Li Mu, so he changed his appointment.

Entering the Hanlin Academy may not be safe, and now several Hanlin scholars Li Fang and Hu Meng are them, and Song Jiu suspects that they have also taken refuge in Zhao Pu.

But this is a symbol, once a thought becomes a Buddha, a thought becomes a demon, Li Mu reactivates, and at some times Zhao Kuangyi can be retracted, and as soon as Zhao Kuangyi receives, Zhao Pu will not be able to continue to use spicy hands and suppress people who he does not like......

However, then he heard a thunderbolt of news from a sunny day, and Li Ji entered the court. (To be continued......)