Fan Zhongyan's method was the Tang Dynasty's "government military system", which allowed the army of the Tang Dynasty to have extremely strong combat effectiveness, but the harm was also fatal. The soldiers have their own income, and they don't need to be supported by the government at all, so there are many feudal towns, and everyone is a soil emperor!

blatantly shook the foundation of the country, but Fan Zhongyan was safe and sound, and there were a lot of reasons to find it, but in fact, one was enough: the Song Dynasty did not kill the minister. But it's still special to him.

Of his 10 suggestions, only one item of "repairing armaments" was deleted, and all the others were adopted. One month later, it was rolled out nationwide. Such speed and intensity have never been seen in the Song Dynasty in the past 30 years. This shows how urgent Emperor Renzong's desire to change the status quo of the country was, and at the same time, it also made the gentlemen of the New Party led by Fan Zhongyan extremely excited.

"Establish a name for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations", the common wish of all Confucian disciples and Confucian disciples, will become a reality from now on!

It's very exciting, and I really should immediately switch to the more enthusiastic reform scene, and see what kind of earth-shaking changes are taking place in the vast world. But wait, there are still some questions to be explained. For example, this celebration of the third year of the calendar... It's not called a change, it's a new deal!

Characterize it at the beginning. This way you can also see the results directly. Carefully playing with Fan Zhongyan's 10 articles, except for "repairing military equipment", none of them are of a reform nature, and they are only supplements and improvements. This determines the intensity of this reform. The reason why there will be such a result in the future is purely because some people are full of food and support, and they have nothing to do.

Another point to note is that Tianzhang Pavilion asked for advice, not only Fan Zhongyan submitted new policy opinions, but Fu Bi and Han Qi also had their own chapters. Fu Bi wrote more than 10 articles on the affairs of the world and 13 policies for Anbian, and discussed both military and political aspects. Han Qi first put on 7 articles, and then changed them to 8: selecting generals, clearly inspecting, enriching wealth, curbing luck, entering capable officials, retiring talents, going to redundant food, and becoming officials.

It looks similar to Fan Zhongyan, but it's a little rougher. Therefore, in history, only Fan Zhongyan's 10 articles are generally prevailed. But be careful: Han Qi has also spoken, he has also had meetings, and he has a high title. This has created a fact: how tall Fan Zhongyan is, how tall Han Qi is, no matter what, it is not much worse, everyone is at the same level! Even Fubi is the same. Gentlemen are "harmonious and different", and no one is an absolute leader!

Now I mention this just to illustrate one thing. That is, Fan Zhongyan's new policy was still completely in the service of the ruling class, and it was all used to improve the government functions of the Song Dynasty at that time, even if it violated some interests in the officialdom, it was very slight. He couldn't be like he was in the real reform of the law 30 years later. The level of fierce confrontation reached by the person who didn't care about the life of the Heaven and Earth Gods and Ancestors (by the way, that person was admitted to the Jinshi a year ago, and his ranking was quite high, and he was the 4th in the first class. Now he is working as a sesame petty official in a small place in the south, supporting his mother and teaching his younger brothers, and his life is very hard)

To sum up, Fan Zhongyan has a good starting point. The method was gentle, and the emperor's determination was great, and only one month later, the new policy began to be implemented throughout the country. What a gratifying situation. So may I ask, what went wrong for Lu? The problem lies in the first article of the New Deal, "choosing a chief."

The central department of the Song Dynasty included three provinces (Zhongshu Province, Privy Council, and three divisions), six departments (officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers) and twenty-four divisions (four divisions of the Ministry of Officials: Officials, Divisions, Seals, Honors, and Examinations. 4 Divisions of the Household Department: Household Department, Degree Branch, Gold Department, and Warehouse Department. 4 Divisions of the Ministry of Rites: Department of Rites, Department of Rites, Department of Ceremony, Department of Host and Guest, Department of Catering. 4 Divisions of the Military Department: Military Department, Staff, Driving Department, and Treasury Department. 4 Divisions of the Criminal Department: Criminal Department, Metropolitan Officials, Comparison Department, and Division. 4 Divisions of the Ministry of Industry: Ministry of Industry, Tuntian, Yubu, and Ministry of Water) The local government is three levels: road-state (or government, military, prison)-county. In the period of Zhao Kuangyin, the "road" was not called the road, but the "road", which was divided into 13 roads in the country, and there were "Cao Si" in the road-level units. "Other states, prefectures, military, prisons, and counties also have their own titles. The levels are clear.

The first thing to note is that most of them are the same as those of the Tang Dynasty, and they have even been used by later generations, such as the six departments and twenty-four divisions. But the others are full of Zhao Kuangyin's personal wisdom and his special needs and hobbies.

First of all, why should there be "three provinces"? Among the three provinces, the Zhongshu Province is the highest administrative body, the Privy Council is the highest military body, and the three divisions are the highest financial institutions. To put it bluntly, it is power, soldiers, and wealth, which in the past, the prime minister alone had the final say. But not in Zhao Kuangyin's place, Zhao Pu had said to him before: The best way to deal with the rebellion of the world's feudal towns is nothing more than "cutting its power, controlling its money valley, and collecting its elite soldiers" And what Zhao Pu didn't expect was that people would always suffer by themselves. Zhao Kuangyin returned this set of sudden original numbers and put them on his head. First of all, the power, soldiers, and money in the power of the prime minister were divided, and then they were divided layer by layer, and the establishment of all departments and the deployment of officials were carried out according to this principle.

For example, the boss of Zhongshu Province is equipped with a secretary and deputy - the governor of the political affairs. There are more deputies to the Privy Council boss "Privy Counsellor" - Privy Councillor, Privy Councillor, Privy Councillor, Privy Councillor, Privy Councillor. The boss of the three divisions, the "three envoys", is better, and his subordinates include the salt and iron division (industrial and commercial income, weapons manufacturing, etc.), the degree branch division (financial revenue and expenditure, grain transportation, etc.), and the household department (household registration, taxation, wine, etc.). It's all trivial things, destined to be just a small role to worry about.

The spirit continues to be carried out, and it descends to the "road" level. The director of the road is called the "transfer envoy", and the general manager of the wealth along the way is transferred, and he first used it to collect the money valley of the feudal town, but later even it has to be suspected, because the time is a little longer, no matter what the name of the transfer envoy is, it itself has the power of the Tang Dynasty feudal town. So there was "Cao Si (manage money.) The boss is the transfer envoy) Xian Si (in charge of prisons. The boss mentions the prison envoy) Kuraji (in charge of disaster relief. The boss promoted Chang Ping's envoy) Shuai Si (Guan Bing. The establishment of the boss pacification envoy)" divided the power of the transit envoy.

Not to mention the following state, government, county and other officials, the "general judgment" sent by the additional party is their nemesis, nominally a deputy, but they can brazenly shout at every turn: I am the county supervisor, and the court ordered me to supervise you!

Seeing this, you should understand that Zhao Kuangyin's job is not so good, right? But this is not the end, the functional departments have been set up, but how to control the specific officials? Zhao Kuangyin's talent made all the emperors of the past dynasties dumbfounded and out of reach: he came to separate the official, the position, and the errand!

When you become an official, no matter how famous the official is, it does not mean that you are an official. That's just a representation of what level you've reached and how much money you can get home each month. Therefore, it is very apt to call it "Jilu Official" and the position is of no practical use, just an honorary title. Only when you are sent. Very good! In this way, you really have both an official, a position, and a power... But don't be happy, everything is temporary, and at any moment a brother will suddenly come over and tell you that you can go home and rest, and my dispatch is coming. So you have to give way, start all over again, and wait again.

In addition, in the Song Dynasty, there was also the Judge's Yuan (to assess the officials of the Jing Dynasty) and the Examination Institute (to assess the shogunate and magistrates) to be responsible for the assessment of officials, which was called Mokan at that time. One exam a year, three exams for one term. But beware, it's not about your political achievements. It's about finding out what you're doing wrong. As long as you don't make mistakes, you can be promoted. What do you think? Do you understand why the officials of the Song Dynasty are old and serious?

There is also the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Zhiyuan established by Liu E later. The speech officials of the Song Dynasty were not like the Tang Dynasty, which spoke directly to the emperor and found fault with the emperor. But in the Song Dynasty, you have to turn your back to the emperor, face your colleagues, and identify your main direction of attack! Moreover, there are various hard and fast rules, such as stipulating that at least once a month must be performed, which is called a "monthly class", and if there is no correction within 100 days, that is, dismissal, demotion, or punishment of "humiliating Taiwan money", as long as you dare to play it, whether it is true or not. All rewards! Do you understand why the officials of the Song Dynasty dared to speak so loudly and kept talking?

In this way, Zhao Kuangyin basically completed "The soldiers were also collected, the wealth was also collected, and the rewards and punishments were collected" - the great sage Zhu Xi's quotations

But that's not enough. Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu continued to give the official position a stacked bed frame house, and the official added officials, and the power of the transfer envoy continued to be secretly dispersed, at least there was no supervision and management power, and this power was assigned to an official called "according to the inspection envoy". So it caused a turn so that nominally the local boss. But no one is afraid of this phenomenon.

Fan Zhongyan proposed that the transfer envoy and the inspection envoy be combined into one, and that the work of all subordinate departments and officials should be comprehensively reported to the central authorities, so as to see who would dare to disagree. Dare to work without care?

Give the order, and the hearts of the people are uplifted. However, the most exciting person was not the eldest brother of the transfer envoys from all walks of life, but Ouyang Xiu, the most famous talent in Kaifeng City at that time. At this time, he was promoted, he was the president of the Zhiyuan Yuan, and he held 1/2 of the impeachment power of the Song Dynasty. And the process of seizing this power is the achievement that he is proud of all his life: after Lü Yijian went into the wilderness, he and Cai Xiang, Yu Jing and other gentlemen worked together to oust the comrades who had been installed in the two governments, the two systems, the Yushitai, and the Zhiyuan for many years. More than 20 years of dirt have been washed white, how cool the word!

As a result, his love of cleanliness has become a habit. In September, Emperor Renzong opened the Tianzhang Pavilion to ask for advice, and in October, the nine major regulations began to be implemented, and in November, he wrote two letters one after another: one is to impeach the officials of the two systems (Hanlin Scholar and Zhizhi Zhihe) "In the two systems today, the traitors have not been exhausted" and must continue to be purged. The first is to aim at the Yushitai, which was recommended by the officials of the two systems, and the department at the same level that was in charge of the other 1/2 of the impeachment power of the Song Dynasty, "in recent years, no one can be called a Taiwanese official", no one is qualified, not at that time, but for many years!

Many years later, these two letters are considered to be the pioneering works of Ouyang Xiu, the greatest madman of the Qingli period, and one of the proofs that he became a top gentleman and at the same time played the New Deal to death.

But to truly understand why he wanted to do this, and especially important is how he dared to do this: it is necessary to review the list of governments at that time in the Song Dynasty:

Prime Minister Zhang Dexiang and Yan Shu. Participated in the governor's affairs, Jia Changchao, Fan Zhongyan. Privy Counsellor Du Yan. Privy Deputy Envoys Han Qi and Fu Bi. The third envoy of the power: Wang Yaochen

In this list, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Wang Yaochen are all their own people. Yan Shu is the old man of Fubi. Zhang Dexiang thinks that the New Party is very cute, and he smiles like a flower all the time. Not to mention Du Yan, this person's bad luck in the future is due to the alliance with the New Party. Outsiders are the only ones in Jia Changchao...

What a wonderful situation! Therefore, Ouyang Xiu strongly demanded to seize the situation and put the first purpose of the new policy "selecting people" on the platform, so as to reach a perfect ideal level, that is, "advancing the virtuous and retreating" to bring up the gentlemen and drive the villains down, only in this way can the Great Song Dynasty take on a new look.

The chapter was delivered, and Ouyang Xiu sat and waited for the good news. He firmly believes that the eight-member cabinet will unanimously approve his proposal, and even if the only vote Jia Changchao will oppose it, it will not be a big deal. A single equal-level Fan Zhongyan is enough to crush him, not to mention that it is likely that Jia Changchao will only be silent, after all, the taboo of officialdom is to shoot the first bird!

Even if these two letters scold Jia Changchao himself. Unfortunately, this is the reality. People who know a little bit about the inside story know who Ouyang Xiu's impeachment of these two departments will be smashed into the head of the individual: one is Wang Gongchen, the current head of the Imperial History Observatory, and the other is Jia Changchao, the former head of the Imperial History Observatory and the current governor of the political affairs! So he took a seat, and Lord Jia saw these two pieces for the first time. Ouyang Dacai wrote clearly and clearly "Taiwan officials in recent years" You are the former boss, and you are the one who said it!

Jia Changchao, his officialdom career started super low, the head of a small county. Later, the reason why it soared was because of the chance to synthesize the storytelling of the Chongzheng Palace. This was the duty to give a lecture to the emperor, and he had zero contact with Emperor Renzong. The leadership impression score is above all else, and he began to lead the Yushitai, and then entered the Zhongshu Province and became a top civil official. But with such qualifications, which eye can you let Ouyang Xiu take to see it? A typical villain, from a humble background and with low knowledge. The higher the mix, the greater the harm, "retreat and unscrupulous" This is the biggest misfortune today, and he will definitely be brought down!

But Ouyang Xiu didn't want to think about it: a person with no background, what did he rely on to get to this point? Ouyang Xiu's bigger mistake was to kick Jia Changchao's old subordinates to Jia's side. The entire Imperial Observatory and those who came out of the Imperial Observatory to ascend or retire became Jia's allies. When these people were making trouble and impeaching others, Ouyang Xiu was still fighting against him and chanting poetry. In this way, the main tone of this struggle was determined.

Ouyang Xiu's weapons only have morality and words, but these people can penetrate everywhere, go straight to the point, and dig out the most fundamental faults from the "gentlemen" to make themselves famous, and they can easily make people ruined. In fact, the counterattack of the Jia Chang dynasty had already begun. They ignored the menacing "gentlemen" in the capital, but quietly sent people to infiltrate the fourth road in Shaanxi.

It was a battlefield, and it was the birthplace of the gentlemen of the New Deal. Only by cutting off the glory here can the bubble of the tall image of the gentlemen be burst! The specific candidate for the shot is Liang Jian, the supervisor of the Imperial History Tower, and the targets and parts he chooses are the most accurate and sharp. Target: Teng Zongliang. Part: Money!

Teng Zongliang and Fan Zhongyan are truly old friends. Fan Zhongyan's article that has been passed down through the ages was written for him! Please recall the first sentence of "The Story of Yueyang Tower": "In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing (Teng Zongliang's character) guarded Baling County." The more the next year, the politics will be harmonious, and all kinds of waste will be prosperous. It is to rebuild Yueyang Tower. It belongs to the composition and remembers it"

The case is related to the recent battle of Dingchuan Village. Ge Huaimin was defeated, Jingyuan Road was completely penetrated, and Fan Zhongyan led 6,000 men and horses to fight desperately. Li Yuanhao took the initiative to retreat, the reason is known to everyone, Li Yuanhao does not want a decisive battle. Teng Zongliang was the governor of Jingzhou at the time, and when the war burned to his city, he was even worse than his top boss Wang Yan. There were no soldiers, so they had to recruit thousands of peasants to put on military uniforms and stand guard on the city wall, which was similar to waiting for death. Except for him, there was a panic in Jingzhou City, and everyone trembled...

Fortunately, it was Fan Zhongyan who came. Teng Zongliang's "crime" was thus committed. He threw a banquet to welcome old friends, entertained reinforcements, and went to the temple to do things for the fallen soldiers in the battle of Dingchuan Village.

But the problem is: it costs money to do these things, and Teng Zongliang can't turn stones into gold, he... The official bank was used! Liang Jian checked very carefully, a total of 160,000 yuan before and after, and he asked Teng Zongliang to hand over the account details on the spot! As a result, Teng Zongliang could only say the whereabouts of 100,000 guan, and the rest was really impossible to say... (To be continued......)