After Zhao Ta ascended the throne, he respected Shangshu Province alone, enriched the six departments, and made the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty feel that the imperial power was unique, and the power was gradually heavy, and the warriors wanted to turn over, how could they sit idly by, so they wrote to ask for the restoration of the three divisions, and the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia adopted a non-cooperative attitude to resist at the same time, intending to force the emperor to divide power, Li Gang stepped down, and suppressed the martial arts. Some people even petitioned Emperor Zhao Ji to ask him to return to power.

"Your Majesty, now all the ministries and departments of the DPRK and the Central Committee have orders that do not work, shirk the blame, it is difficult to reduce the number of officials, and the whole army is also stagnant, this is all the incompetence of the ministers, and please ask Your Majesty to seek another talent!" Li Gang is now in the whirlpool of public opinion, and his life is also very difficult, so he asked Zhao Ta to resign.

"Li Xiang, you are the head of the hundred officials, the natural affairs are complicated, of course, I have suffered the most grievances, I know the Tao, don't take it to heart, even if you let it go, Zhongxing Dasong still needs your help!" Zhao Ta comforted that Li Gang's resignation was due to two reasons, one was to retreat and advance to get more support from himself; The second is to test your attitude towards him, then you will give him a reassurance.

"Your Majesty, but the minister is physically and mentally exhausted, and it is difficult to support, so let the minister return to the field!" Li Gang saluted again.

"Eh, I know that Li Xiang has always had the ambition to govern the country and save the people, and I also respect you for not being afraid of difficulties, at this time, it is only a small setback to resign is not a gentleman's doing, now the Great Song Dynasty has been in the midst of ups and downs, there are Jurchen tigers eyeing the outside, bandits are rampant inside, the imperial brother is still in the north, and the central part of the country is erosive, corrupt officials and corrupt officials abound, and the scholars are also talking about the wind and snow, the Jurchen invasion is the time to serve the country, but they are afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and completely forget the teachings of the saints. Now the situation is just getting better. I don't know how to worry about the country, but I talk about it. is not pragmatic, living above the temple. It's just a corpse vegetarian! Although Li Gang tried his best to cover it up, his acting skills were too poor, his eyebrows were about to fly, and it was difficult to escape from Zhao Tan's eyes.

"Your Majesty is wise, how dare the ministers not serve the death force!" Li Gang saluted again, but he also heard the anger in the official's words. It seems that he is very dissatisfied with the scholars, and his heart is also vague, and now the status of the scholars is also a sentence from Emperor Taizu back then, so that there is a hundred years of scenery of the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty. Now the performance of the scholars in the Jingkang Revolution is really unsatisfactory, it can be said that they have failed the original intention of the Zhao family, and this new official family has been mixed among the warriors since childhood, of course, the instinctive closeness to the warriors, the prejudice against the warriors has been born, and now he is trying his best to elevate the status of the warriors. If it is not handled properly, it will lead to the official family trying to suppress the scholars, and it is not impossible to play the role of a warrior to become a country, and the neck is not as hard as a knife after all.

"Zhongxing Great Song. Regain Yanyun, smash Huanglong, and welcome back the first emperor. It is the responsibility of our generation, and we must not give up lightly. Li Xiang, don't mention the words of resignation again! Zhao Ta nodded and said, secretly glad in his heart that this Li Gang is not a completely ignorant person.

"Your Majesty. There are many shortages of officials in various parts of the Jin people in the south, and many officials in the DPRK and China have also been cleared in the process of clearing and rebelling, and there are many vacancies in each room and department. Li Gang said that he also knew that he was isolated in the DPRK and China and had no cronies, which made it difficult for him to carry out his work, and while opening the department to select talents for the country, he could also cultivate his own strength from it.

"It is naturally imperative to open the department, but now is not the time, the Great Song Dynasty opened the department, but it also led to excess, many virtuous people because they are unwilling to be with Cai Jing and others, and there are countless officials to be elected, it is difficult to show their talents, or condescend to be a small official, not only in vain to consume the country, but also bury the good talents!" Zhao Ta stood up and walked around the hall and said, waiting on the side to see the joy and steal the fun, Your Majesty doesn't know how many people have turned into the hall, so you have to 'earn' Li Xiang in.

"Your Majesty wants to select officials from the old officials to enrich the court and the locality?" Li Gang said that he knew that the official family of the Daoist was from the local area, and it was not easy to hide from him.

"Not necessarily, although the people of Xinke and Taixue are quite knowledgeable and have intentions, but those who study hard have no experience in the world, and they have no experience, it is difficult to know the difficulties, and they do not understand the sufferings of the people, so they can vigorously select a group of high-ranking officials from among the officials, so that a group of newcomers can go down to the local government to accumulate experience and increase their experience, so as to be of great use!" Zhao Ta said.

In the state and county yamen of the Song Dynasty, in addition to the officials appointed by the central government, there were also a large number of officials. In the state level government, there are Confucian officials, hook officials, demolition officials, detention officials, grain officials, and so on. In the county yamen, there are charges, records, hand divisions, and stickers. Some of the sources of officials are recruited, some are sent, and some are elected. There are many names of officials, and the most important duty is to collect taxes and deal with prison lawsuits, which is an important and non-negligible part of the feudal ruling group.

From the point of view of social functions, officials played a great role in ensuring the normal operation of the feudal state apparatus. The difference between officials and officials is that they are in charge of government decrees and affairs. That is to say, officials are mainly responsible for managing the administrative affairs of their own departments or regions, focusing on macro management and control, and have certain decision-making powers, so as to present functions such as guidance, management, supervision, and coordination.

The officials are engaged in the specific and practical work of their own departments. Perform the tasks assigned by their superiors, and their functions are more prominent in terms of service and affairs. Due to the strengthening of centralization and the expansion of bureaucratic politics, officials in the Song Dynasty were more active in the political arena as a relatively independent political force.

"Your Majesty wants to implement the 'unity of officials and soldiers' system of the king's prime minister, so that the reduction of officials and personnel can be carried out at the same time?" Li Gang reacted quickly and immediately thought of it.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, in response to the excessive number of officials, he had been cut, in Wang Anshi's own words, that is, "the officials are full of political affairs, and the profits collected and released by political affairs will be a lot", so he put forward the idea of "the unity of officials and scholars", the implementation of the immunization law, so that the merchants can pay to increase the officials, on the other hand, at the same time, the implementation of the warehouse law, that is, the heavy punishment of corrupt officials.

Later, this experience was extended to the Jingbai Division and local agencies, and the stolen money could be held accountable, and Shiguan was stabbed on Salmon Island, not only that, but also encouraged people to report and expose it, and gave Baiguan a heavy reward. It's a pity that Wang Anshi's practice of unifying officials and scholars was abandoned halfway with the failure of the reform, and the rule of officials that had been improved returned to its original corrupt appearance.

"Yes, the salaries of officials are meager, and it is extremely difficult to change jobs, if you can select talents from them as officials, you can also make them feel at ease and reduce expenses, wouldn't it be a matter of killing two birds with one stone!" Zhao Ta nodded. Although the officials of the Song Dynasty had regulations on entering the office, after all, there were only a few people who could get an official and a half-job, and even if they won this honor, they would have to survive for at least twenty or thirty years, so these people had to find another 'way out'.

"Now that the officials are strong and the officials are weak, His Majesty wants to use this to change the pattern of the DPRK and the localities, promote redundant things, and replace those officials who are unfavorable, but the reputation of the officials is too bad, and they are afraid of doing things that damage the official reputation!" Li Gang nodded and shook his head and said, this matter is too big, this kind of thing to enable officials has been used in the Taizu period, and he once said: It is difficult to seek governance for many officials, and it is cheap to be cheap, and it is not as good as a provincial official.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the politics of the Great Song Dynasty were clear, and the officials were able to feel at ease, because they paid attention to the rectification of the officials, were diligent in supervising, and the supervision function was performed well. During the Qingli New Deal period, the supervision of the state and county officials was strengthened, which was one of the measures to rectify the administration of officials, so that 'the old and ignorant people were afraid of the wind, and there were many people who were able to do so, and the state and county officials were clarified', and all those who were still doing things used the national law without permission. Zhao said.

Zhao Ta also knew that it was not only the Song Dynasty, but the historical books were full of records of treacherous and cunning officials, but objectively speaking, we should not only see their cheating side, but also pay attention to their indispensable role in the normal operation of the entire state apparatus.

In fact, the officials of the Song Dynasty implemented the policy of separating officials, positions, and dispatches, resulting in the consequences of officials having no long-term office, no special responsibilities, and poor government affairs.

However, there are also officials who seize the opportunity of officials not being able to serve for a long time, and take advantage of their lack of government affairs to cheat, and they collude with each other to commit adultery and cause trouble, bringing harm to society. Even virtuous officials are difficult to guard against, and the phenomenon of strong officials and weak officials is still increasing.

Second, in administrative affairs, some shrewd and capable officials can also give full play to their abilities under the condition that they are trusted by officials, and in addition to appointing officials, they are also allowed to participate in the administration and discussion of state affairs, and they are asked to ask for opportune times, which shows that there is no lack of virtuous people among the officials. Therefore, in terms of the general function of the official class in social politics, he plays the same role as the entire cadre of officials in the management and implementation of state affairs. In addition, as a relatively independent political force, under the centralized power, the officials have become an important weapon to restrain officials.

The fact that officials are strong and weak is not that the status of officials has changed much compared with before, but that as a political class with the function of ruling has played a more prominent role in social and political life than before, of course, this role is aimed at a specific society, and it has both the aspect of maintaining social stability and consolidating rule, as well as the side of endangering society and disintegrating rule.

"The minister has been informed!" Li Gang nodded and said, the official family's move is a sharp weapon to break the deadlock between the DPRK and China, and the two sides are competing for each other, and the official family will benefit the most, followed by himself, so his position will be more stable. As for the fear of rebellion, as we all know, if the system is well implemented, the rule of the officials will be clear, if it is not implemented well, it will bring about the corruption of the officials, and the dereliction of duty of the supervisor has accelerated the deterioration of the situation, which has finally led to today's predicament... (To be continued......)