In the middle of April of the fifth year of Jingkang, 60,000 troops from the west arrived in Hanzhong, and at the same time, Li Gang, the state minister of the Pingzhang army, left Chang'an and decided to go to Xiangyang to command this civil war related to the fortunes of the country.

On the way, Li Gang ordered Gou Tao, the pacification envoy of Hubei Road, Zhe Yanzhen, the pacification envoy of Hunan, and other envoys to gather the forbidden army and the Xiang army of each road, and incorporated them into Wu Jue's department, so that when Wu Jue arrived at the city of Lin'an, there would be more than 100,000 troops.

Before Li Gang left, Wang Yongcheng, a scholar of Hanlin who hid Zhao Huan's secret edict, and Xue Qiang, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, made Xue Qiang lightly armed and simple, and took more than 100 people out of Chang'an, from Hanzhong to Raofengguan, down the Han River, until Wuchang, and went straight to Taizhou from Wuchang.

The whole journey is about 5,000 miles, and if it is the black card of the Privy Council for 500 miles, this journey can be completed in about 15 to 17 days. Wang Yongcheng and Xue Qiang knew that the matter was urgent, if they wanted to avoid a large-scale civil war, they must be fast, before Liu Guangshi conquered Lin'an, or before King Kang regained control of the overall situation in the southeast, they said that Yue Fei and others would send troops, and after they received the edict, they immediately set off, because the edict took the route of the northern line, which was safe and fast, and kept changing horses along the way, galloping towards Taizhou at a faster speed than the privy black card.

Since the Fuping War, the Jurchens retired to Hedong and Henan to resolve their internal disputes for the crown prince, and on the front line of Jiangzhun, they only fought with small-scale harassment. In Shandong, Hebei and other places, the rebel army was still a major problem that disturbed the Jin State, dragging down a large number of the main forces of the Jin army. Under such circumstances, the mobilization of the main force of the Song army and the possible internal fighting in the future made the Jin Kingdom celebrate and be excited. In the territory of the Song Kingdom, all people of insight were heartbroken, but there was no way.

Everyone knows that there is no way to compromise on the dispute over the position of the Son of Heaven. Under such a general purpose, any attempt to stop the war and stop the army will be regarded as disloyalty to one side and ultimately lead to destruction.

After Zhao Huan sent Xue Qiang and Wang Yongcheng, although he believed that Yue Fei would eventually obey the order to raise troops, he still made all preparations. Li Gang went out of Chang'an to Xiangyang, and Zhang Jun went to Xingyuan, all of which were arranged by him. In any case, he knew that in this matter, he could not delay any longer, and he could not afford to consume it.

It's just that others can't imagine that when the situation is grim, the emperor's energy is most involved, but it is the promulgation and implementation of some legal provisions, in Zhao Huan's eyes, even if it is really the Western Army that goes straight to Lin'an and fights in the southeast, in fact, this battle is still a must-win, and it is not worth too much attention.

Only the reform of the political and economic systems is the most important.

His system of official study classes has made the officials in China fearful, and the Dengwen Division, which has the power to inspect and interrogate officials, can make all officials even more terrified.

Spy politics is certainly not good, and it is not so useful. When Zhao Huan himself was the crown prince, the old man Zhao Ji did not like the queen's widow, but preferred the handsome third son of the literary and handsome Yun King Zhao Kai. Because of this, for a long time, Zhao Huan had to worry about Zhao Kai stumbling on him behind his back and making a trick.

And when the Jin invaded and Zhao Ji hurriedly passed the throne to Zhao Huan, Zhao Kai was not convinced, and he actually led the henchmen of the Imperial City Division to break into the palace. It's just that the hundreds of spies he brought with him were scattered on the spot when they faced the three-foot sword of the infantry guarding the palace gate, Du Yu He Guan, and it was useless.

In terms of intelligence reconnaissance, the so-called Imperial City Division is just an ornament, and the emotional clothes that have been detected are all superficial, and they cannot be used as an effective auxiliary to rule at all.

And the Dengwen Division, which can hear about the news, impeach and report officials full-time, and has unlimited human rights to arrest, is comparable to the horror of Junchen and Zhou Xing in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the construction principle of Dengwensi is a combination of Zhao Huan's combination of many successful experiences in later generations. In terms of structure and efficiency, how can the Tang Dynasty compare with the indiscriminate indiscriminate killing of red and white.

At this time, in front of Zhao Huan's eyes, Yu Ping, who was wearing a scarlet plate-collar horizontal shirt, a lacquered veil webbed, and black leather boots, was holding an official document, and said to Zhao Huan with vigor and vigor, reporting the achievements of the past six months.

"It was rumored that there were 341 officials above the ninth grade, and there was no real evidence, and there were no unusual more than 170 people, and the rest of the people were in different situations.

More than 50 people whose property is of unknown origin and do not match their income;

colluded with local businessmen to operate private property in an official capacity, more than 30 people;

often complained, and there were more than 60 people who were dissatisfied with the court;

There are more than ten people who colluded with the Jurchens and conspired to rebel;

The rest of the officials were different in their hopes, their pride, their laziness, and their disturbances. ”

Zhao Huan smiled faintly, first asked him to sit down, and then said: "Yes, after the crime is confirmed, it will be reported to the political affairs hall of the three provinces, and how to deal with it will be decided by the political affairs hall." ”

Song Dynasty officials were extremely well-paid, but they still could not eradicate the existence of corruption. And the entire civilian-bureaucratic clique of officials does not think that corruption is a great crime.

Being an official naturally wants to get rich, which is also the concept of the people at that time. In this way, there are inherent difficulties in the supervision and inspection of corrupt officials, and in the Song Dynasty, official corruption was also a chronic disease that was difficult to eliminate.

Zhao Huan is now slowly using the old system, and he did not reduce or reduce officials' salaries at first, but he created a precedent for officials to declare their assets. Such a theory will not be implemented in Europe and the United States until a thousand years later, but it was gently used by Zhao Huan, a traverser, so that the effect is really good and cannot be better, countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, because of the simple article that the income does not match the property after the property declaration, they were arrested and convicted, and there is no escape.

As for collusion with the Jurchens, except for a few officials on the border, most of them were just excuses. Dengwen Division is not external to the outside world, and whether the officials are loyal to Zhao Huan and whether they have sympathy and loyalty to Zhao Gou is the key to their inspection.

As for officials not to do business and not to neglect government, Zhao Huan also adopted the laws and regulations of later generations, and he used this to defeat many political enemies back then, and he used it handy.

He used the improved Ming Dynasty minister Zhang Juzheng's "examination method", which issued the political achievements, quantitative standards, and tasks assigned by local officials in the form of official documents, set numbers in batches, and completed the political affairs assigned in an official document within a limited time. When it will be completed, you need to keep the bottom, if it is not completed, you need to explain the reasons in detail and explain the reason.

Even if it is the irresistible reason of manpower, it is still necessary to demerit, let alone those cowardly bureaucrats who are accustomed to prevarication and laziness.

These two property declarations and examination methods are the two sharp weapons that Zhao Huan gave to Dengwen Division, and where they were swept away, all the officials broke their eyebrows and bent their waists, and they were terrified.

In the past few months, in addition to the ruling officials of the current dynasty who have not openly objected, countless officials have written to request the dismissal of the Dengwen Division, just like the old system of the Song Dynasty.

And those who are eager even ask the emperor to behead Yu Ping to thank the world.

These people, without exception, were sent to study classes in various places, learning the essence of the examination method in the shuanggui, and did not wait to write down a big word "service", and did not want to graduate and become officials again.

The only thing that did not provoke a massive backlash and strong hostility from these measures was that neither the Dengwen Division nor the study class could punish officials with physical punishment. Staying up late to attack the heart, fatigue bombardment, writing learning experiences, appearing for review, all kinds of means emerge in an endless stream, making many lives worse than death, but they are all mental torture, and never involve the physical body.

Zhao Huan was smug, but listened to Yu Ping: "Your Majesty, even so, in the end, the Dengwen Division does not have the right to torture, and it is a lot of inconvenience to do things. ”

Seeing him licking his lips and looking bloodthirsty, Zhao Huan was tired of it, and said in his heart: "The soft knife kills the most powerful people, it's really stupid." ”

With a smile on his face, he said to him: "If you govern a big country and cook small fresh, you must take your time in everything." Qing didn't know that the ministers were quite dissatisfied with Qing, and if something happened to the torture, I wouldn't be able to protect it. ”

Yu Ping was shocked, knowing that it was the emperor who woke him up. He is now not in a high position but powerful, although his official qualities are only six grades, even the governors of the political affairs hall dare not underestimate him.

And in the past six months, there have been many arresting officials, and who has not had a few backers behind them? Zhu Yuping said that he had a demonic atmosphere in the world, and he had long been in the streets, if he was insatiable and made the emperor tired, the end would be miserable.

He was originally a smart man, and after a little thought at this time, he immediately woke up, and said in a loud voice: "The minister was not thoughtful, and he almost failed His Majesty's trust, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

"Qing is also a hard-working king, what a crime."

Seeing that he was flustered, Zhao Huan turned around and praised him a few words. Now he has just implemented the examination laws in various places in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and after a while, he will implement the whole country, two lakes in the south of the Yangtze River, two lakes and two Guangdong, and Fujian, and implement them together.

After being comforted, he let Yu Ping retreat.

Zhao Huan stretched out his fingers lightly, and the dust that was not on the hem of his robe was played, and ordered: "Come, pass on the edict, give Yu Ping gold, silver and jade belts, and upgrade the rank to the second level." ”

He has a bunch of intellectuals and scholars around him who have drafted edicts for him. Such a reward does not need to be written by the Hanlin Bachelor, a knowledgeable man in a green robe immediately stepped forward and worked hard to write, and in an instant, the draft edict was written and issued to the world.

It's been two shifts, and the students have given tickets.

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