On the twentieth day of the first month, Zhao Ta finally finished reading all the pieces before the start of construction, and the next day Li Gang and other cadres asked for an attack to meet him, and he knew that this was a meeting before going to work, and everyone was ventilated, so that they could ask questions and not know anything at the court meeting, and also listen to the opinions of the officials on the handling of some things, so as to prepare early. Zhao Ta approved and invited them to the Wende Hall to discuss matters.

"Your Majesty, last year the queen gave birth to a dragon son, the concubine added a princess, and recovered Youyan defeated the Jin army, this year is still the year of the five years of His Majesty's accession to the throne, it should be the same celebration of the whole world, the minister thought that he should open Enke, let the world's scholars and sons with the emperor!" After everyone finished giving the salute, Zhao Ta gave him a seat, and Li Gang got up first and played.

"Well, I haven't held the imperial examination for many years, right?" Zhao Ta asked knowingly, in order to consume the alternate officials accumulated over the years, and also to teach a lesson to those scholars who always like to judge themselves and pick bones in their eggs, he has not held a single imperial examination since he ascended the throne, and some people have mentioned him to reject it again and again.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Gang said, "It has been six years since the Jin army invaded the territory three years after Jingkang, the road was blocked, and the crisis in the capital was stopped! ”

"Your Majesty, the students of the three houses of the Guozijian have also graduated for many years, but they cannot be awarded officials, so they can only be idle in the field or linger in the capital school, which will waste what they have learned in the long run, and also make the country lose its talents, and it is not beautiful to be resentful for a long time!" Guozi priest wine Hu Anguo also said.

"That's it, it's just that there are still many alternate officials in the ministry, if there are still too many, you can open the department later, so as not to have redundant officials again!" Zhao Ta nodded and said, he has used this reason for many years, and he has tried it all the time. Whoever makes you all think that redundant officials are a stubborn disease of the Great Song Dynasty and difficult to clean up, then I will consume it. It is necessary to consume the accumulation of the past years through attrition, and the old ones will not leave. The new one is not on.

"Your Majesty, after cleaning up and rectifying in recent years, there are many officials who have been dismissed, dismissed, and dismissed, and the ministers have been selected to fill vacancies among the officials who have been awarded and to be filled, but the imperial examination has not been held for several years, and the officials of the DPRK and China have not made friends, so that the newly acquired Yanjing Road and Dading Road cannot be sent officials to govern in time!" Chen Gongfu, the secretary of the ministry, listened to the official's question and hurriedly replied.

"Well, the shortcomings of redundant officials can be relieved thanks to your efforts. I will reward all my ministers! Zhao Ta said with a smile, these people really deserve to be rewarded, how much money is saved by thousands of officials who have been laid off, and it is a huge amount of money to reward them with a small amount.

"Don't dare to be a minister!" Everyone saluted together, their hearts were bitter, the big idea was taken by the emperor, they all became gun blockers, and they refused to open the department for many years, and the soldiers in the world did not dare to scold the emperor. sprinkled all their anger on them, saying that they bewitched the emperor to suppress scholars, and stopped the imperial examination and delayed the world's scholars, but no matter where they were said to be scholars. Successful scholars, how can the conscience of heaven and earth harm their 'classmates'.

"You ministers are too modest, since everyone thinks that they can open a department. Then I will be approved, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials will handle it! Zhao Ta pondered for a moment and said. He also knows that not opening a course for a long time is unfair to those who have studied hard for many years, and it will also cause the talent in the government to be disconnected. Who did the work for himself at that time. There is also a channel that blocks their advancement, and I don't know what will happen to Lu Dao. In later generations, whether it was Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, or the reformers Kang Youwei and Sun Yat-sen, they all sought a new direction after the traditional road to promotion was blocked, which is a lesson from the 'previous car'!

"Your Majesty, when is the scientific expedition scheduled?" The people in the palace originally thought that they would have to take a lot of time, but they didn't expect the emperor to approve it so easily, of course they were very happy, Li Gang hurriedly asked, he was worried that the emperor would regret it, so it was better to draw up a preliminary charter first.

"Now that January is coming to an end, the days are tight, and the scholars in remote areas are afraid that it will be difficult to get the news, so how about holding the township test in April, the provincial test in July, and the palace test in August?" Zhao Ta thought for a while and said, according to the current traffic situation and the coverage of the post station, it should be able to reach every corner of the country, and it is enough time for the scholars to travel.

"It's okay, we can draw up the charter, send people to the local supervision, and then ask Your Majesty to make a decision!" Yang Shi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said that the time set by the emperor is contrary to the practice of the autumn provincial examination and the spring palace examination in the past, but now there are so many things to care about, so it is better to be tight than nothing. Next, after some discussion, the monarch and the ministers came up with preliminary opinions, and determined the scope of the scientific expedition and the number of scholars.

The matter of opening the department was agreed, and Sima Pu Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, asked to clean up the sediment accumulated in the Bianhe River to ensure the transportation of water and prevent flooding. Zhao asked in detail and proposed not only to harness the Bianhe River, but also to organize efforts to dredge the Yellow River and repair the embankments to prepare for floods. He understood that the place of Bianliang was born because of the water, and because of the water and destroyed, and the archaeology of later generations found that the Kaifeng city had as many as six layers, all of which were rebuilt after being flooded.

The Yellow River has always threatened the vast area of the Central Plains, and the Song Dynasty caused great damage after several diversions, eventually changing the estuary. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent the Khitan cavalry from going south, they used the Dianbo and dug the canal along the border of Hebei, and zigzags and twists to form a staggered area of paddy fields about a thousand miles long and different widths in various places, so as to achieve "the benefit is to store water and limit the horses", so the effect of agricultural production is not large.

When Wang Anshi changed the law, he set up the "Silt Field Division", which specialized in the diversion of turbidity and the release of siltation, involving rivers such as the Yellow River, the Bianhe River, the Fen River, the Hutuo River, etc., and the area was wide in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, which played a certain positive role in fertilizing fields and improving saline-alkali land. However, due to the lack of comprehensive planning and the pursuit of the interests of the ruling class, the rivers are arbitrarily released into the river, sometimes resulting in flood damage. Now that Yanyun has been recovered, the defensive posture has been greatly improved, and it is time to reorganize.

Even Zhao Ta thought that in order to solve the water shortage in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in later generations, he had to spend huge manpower and material resources to carry out the south-to-north water diversion, if he managed the Yellow River well and let the Yellow River take root in Hebei, wouldn't it also benefit future generations, which was much more meaningful than conquering the world, so he advocated that the Yellow River was also put on the agenda. Subsequently, Zhao Ta asked the Ministry of Industry to preside over the construction of the road from Kaifeng to Hebei, Yanjing, and Dadingfu, because he knew that in the future, the Great Song Dynasty would have a decisive battle in the Jin Kingdom, and a smooth road would play a decisive role in transmitting news, dispatching troops, and transporting materials...

"Your Majesty, Qin Hui, the former deputy envoy of the Peace Council, has been arrested and returned to Beijing for several months, and how to deal with it is still under Your Majesty's instructions!" In the imperial history, Chen Guoting asked for instructions again, this case of Qin Hui's treason was appointed by the emperor, and they did not dare to deal with it without authorization, and it has been delayed until now.

"Has the Imperial Historical Observatory found out about the treason involved?" Zhao Tan frowned and asked, seemingly disgusted, and didn't even want to mention his name.

"Your Majesty, the ministers met with the Criminal Department and the three halls of Dali Temple, and found out that Qin Hui was ordered by Zong Han, the prime minister of the Jin State, to return to the Song Dynasty, intending to prevent His Majesty from going on a northern expedition, redeem the King of Liao with three towns, and provide Jin with information about my Great Song Dynasty. He confessed to his repeated contacts with Jin and the Jin envoys in Hebei and the leaking to them the secrets of the peace talks! Chen Guoting said.

"It's already decided, why bother again!" Zhao Ta said with a sullen face, seemingly very impatient.

"Your Majesty, Qin Hui is the middle of the imperial history of the previous dynasty, and he is in the position of the ruler, if the canonical punishment is clear, I am afraid that it will violate the ancestral system, and the ministers will not dare to arbitrarily judge!" Chen Guoting is also an old man next to the official family, and Emperor Zhilu Dao was annoyed in his heart, although he didn't know the reason, he still told the truth.

"And what do you think?" Zhao Ta glanced at everyone in the hall and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Qin Hui had spoken out to resist Jin when the Jurchens were in the realm, which shows his virtue, as for the funeral festival after being captured, maybe it was forced by the situation, so although the minister should be executed for his crimes, but it is forgivable, and he was expelled from Beijing to show punishment, which also shows His Majesty's leniency!" Hu Anguo said first.

"The minister thinks that what Lord Hu said is extremely true, although Qin Hui is out of control, he has a great influence on the government and the opposition, and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty who went north with the King of Liao did not return very much, such as the sword and axe of Shi, and the people who are afraid of the north know and dare not return to the south!" Yang Shi also agreed.

"Yes, Qin Hui also knew his sins during the trial, and his conscience was still unclear, and he still had a heart of repentance, and he also wrote many times in prison to repent of his crimes, and the minister thought that he could save his life!" The Criminal Department wrote to Zhang Xiaochun.

"The minister thinks that Qin Hui should be severely punished, his actions involve treason, it is a heinous crime, if the canonical punishment is not known, will it not make the loyal and righteous people in the world cold!" Chen Dong stood up and said.

"If it weren't for His Majesty to see through Qin Hui's face, what he did would definitely cause disaster to the Northern Expedition, and not killing him was not enough to atone for his sins!" Zhang Shuye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said that he was a first-hand witness to the Jingkang disaster, and there were many traitors in the DPRK who were trapped in danger of the country, and killing them was just to avoid future troubles.

"Li Xiang, what do you think?" Everyone in the hall was arguing about whether to kill or not to kill, each with their own reasons, Zhao Ta saw that Li Gang had been silent, so he asked.

"The minister thinks that the matter is very important, and please make a decision!" Li Gang was besieged by the ministers because he advocated the execution of Zhang Bangchang back then, accusing him of setting a bad example of beheading the courtiers, so he learned to be obedient and kicked the ball to the emperor.

"Treason against the king is a crime that cannot be forgiven!" Zhao Tan saw that Li Gang refused to express his position and no longer asked, and said coldly, in fact, Qin Hui was already a dead man in his heart, he knew that a villain like him had a very strong ability to survive, as long as he did not die, he would try his best to make a comeback, if he was not careful one day, he would be left in endless trouble, it was better to kill him forever!

Although some people think that Qin Hui is still a talent, it is still useful to stay, but the emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, the final word, everyone no longer discussed, can only secretly sigh Qin Hui's fate is not good, met the emperor who does not rub sand in his eyes, and blame him for being stupid and unable to see the situation clearly, now that the Jin country has been defeated repeatedly, he will definitely seek peace again, and those who travel north are expected to return to the south, and if they hold on a little longer, they can wait until the scenery returns, why be a thief... (To be continued......)