Fifteen moons and sixteen rounds. On the sixteenth day of the first month of the first year of Jingding, a bright moon hung high in the sky. Ma Guangzu walked into the courtyard and looked up at the moon, and then looked back at the bright yellow reflected on the window paper, and felt that he was in a very good mood.

Zhao Jiaren talked a lot with Ma Guangzu on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and said that he would give Ma Guangzu some candles. The wealthy families of the Great Song Dynasty never said that they would immediately hand the gifts to the other party. Instead, they will send a special servant to the other party's house the next day. Zhao Jiaren did not lose his trust, and sent candles over during the day on the sixteenth day of the first month.

An official who can spend 10,000 taels of silver to recruit strong men, and an official who can give hundreds of thousands of yuan to the victims during the famine, can never be born poor. Because of this, Ma Guangzu didn't care about the price of this gift of 400 candles. What he likes is the quality of these candles.

Two thin candles illuminate the table, which is very useful for a sixty-year-old. Ma Guangzu simply clicked three branches, and then Hubu Shangshu felt that the words on the paper no longer had to be easily recognized. After writing the recital, Ma Shangshu walked out of the study comfortably and stood in the courtyard to watch the moon.

At the time of the Mongol invasion of the south, Ma Guangzu formed a militia to attack, and Zhao Jiaren also led the militia to fight on the water. Since then, Ma Guangzu has had a good impression of Zhao Jiaren, a young man. After talking to Zhao Jiaren yesterday, Ma Guangzu felt better about Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren is a very enterprising young man, and what is even more commendable is that Ma Guangzu felt Zhao Jiaren's straightforwardness.

What has been done, what is being done, and what do you want to do in the future. Zhao Jiaren's exposition is very convincing. And for other people's moral accusations against him, Zhao Jiaren did not sell his reputation. Ma Guangzu is an old man lying in the living room of King Rong's Mansion in order to ask for food from King Rong's Mansion. He likes Zhao Jiaren's character very much.

The recital in the house is to recommend Zhao Jiaren to be the governor of Fuzhou, and Ma Guangzu has also considered various possibilities. But after thinking about it, I couldn't find a reason to refuse. The governor of Fuzhou belongs to the liuguan and serves for three years. Since Zhao Jiaren hopes to do more practical things, he might as well let Zhao Jiaren do it. What the current Great Song Dynasty needs is such a bold and refreshing young official. What's more, Ma Guangzu saw the arrogance in Zhao Jiaren, this young man had a kind of arrogance that he didn't want to be subservient. Ma Guangzu knew that this was a disadvantage, but he felt that arrogance was an advantage for a governor. It is precisely because of arrogance that he is willing to do more. If you do too much, you will do the wrong thing, and you can only grow after tasting failure.

It was still quite cold outside, and Ma Shangshu returned to the house. Then he felt how good the candles provided by Zhao Jiaren were. For ordinary people in the Great Song Dynasty, candles are very inexpensive lighting consumables. Ma Guangzu can naturally afford to use candles, but the candles he used before emitted black smoke and had a pungent mushy smell. And the wax oil is rolling down, and the candle flowers often need to be cut.

The candles provided by Zhao Jiaren are tribute, and the three candles burn so quietly, and there is no need to cut the candles. What's even better is that it doesn't smell when burned. Ma Guangzu likes to read very much, and he can already think of how comfortable it would be to read in a calm mood on a quiet evening.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the chapter was sent to the imperial court. First of all, the political affairs hall reviewed the recital, and at the same time as Ma Guangzu's recital, there was also a recital of Wen Tianxiang, a judge of the Criminal Department. After the official in charge of the review read Ma Guangzu's recital, he put it into the ranks to continue to deliver upwards. picked up Wen Tianxiang's recital, and before he could open it, the official sighed.

After opening it, it was Wen Tianxiang who violently criticized Dong Songchen's return to Beijing. The officer closed the piece and placed it on the other stack. This thick stack is full of such concerts, and the officials of the political hall may not really support Dong Songchen's return to Beijing and become the provincial guard again. However, the officials know very well that the official family has a firm attitude and will never withdraw it because of the opposition of the DPRK.

The reason why officials attach special importance to Wen Tianxiang is because there are many people in the court who openly oppose Dong Songchen. At the same time, who openly opposed Dong Songchen and openly opposed Jia Yidao, Wen Tianxiang was one of the few existences in the imperial court. This time, Wen Tianxiang's recital openly only opposed Dong Songchen, which made the officials in the political hall feel a lot more relaxed.

These official documents that can continue to be sent upwards will continue to be sent, and those that should be handled by the government hall will continue to be processed. Those that should be sent to the official family for processing, as well as those that need to be decided by the official family after being dealt with by the government hall, are put into a pile and handed to the official family.

In the afternoon, some chamberlains went to the government hall to deliver the decree. It is required that the recitals recommended by the governors of each state be sent to the palace. This request is not too much, just after the New Year's Day holiday, the officials of the political hall have not yet reached the point where they are too lazy to move. Although there were some complaints in their hearts, the officials still gathered the pieces and sent them to the palace.

When the music is sent into the palace, it is just before the palace gate is closed, and when the time comes, the palace gate will be closed according to the rules. If you open the palace gate in the middle of the night, something must have happened. Even if the palace gate is opened, it is the emperor or the queen mother who ordered the palace gate to be opened, and there are only a few cases of people outside opening the palace door in the Great Song Dynasty, and they are all very big things that involve a wide range of things.

As soon as the palace gate is closed, there are two worlds inside the palace and outside the palace. Seeing that the clock in the hall had reached the point where the palace door was closed, Song Lizong also breathed a long sigh of relief. It was only at this time that he felt the heavy pressure from the outside world being blocked out of the thick palace walls.

Not long after, the moon rose, and although the seventeenth moon was already missing a line, it did not affect the mood of the official family in the slightest. The roof of the conservatory is made of glass, and the conservatory is lit with bright candles mixed with precious spices, and the moon is bright overhead. The young ladies who were famous on the painting boat sang songs, danced, snuggled up to the official family to toast him, and fed him delicacies.

A few years ago, Mongolia invaded the south, and Song Lizong was in no mood to do this. When the Mongol invasion ended, Dong Songchen was driven out of Bianliang again, and no chamberlain dared to do this kind of thing that was scolded by the officials. Song Lizong was in the mood, but he couldn't enjoy it. Now that Dong Songchen has finally returned, Song Lizong's enjoyment has also returned. Surrounded by the singing of the warblers and the cries of the swallows, as well as the various young ladies serving them just right, Song Lizong felt that his mood had finally been truly relieved. At this time, he can finally throw away all the troubles in his heart and let himself be completely relaxed in this gentle country.

The night always flies, and when the palace gate is opened the next day, the young ladies are quietly sent out. Dong Songchen has never understood why the officials who openly ran to the painting boat to let loose their wreckage seize such a matter. Dong Songchen just wanted the official family to relieve his boredom, and he never wanted to make a big fanfare, so that everyone knew. Compared with those officials, the official family is really extremely low-key. It's just playing around at home.

The Great Song Dynasty was a system of power and ministers, most of the official affairs were taken care of by the prime minister, and the court meetings were held regularly, and the officials did not have to go to court every day. Song Lizong slept until dawn. After waking up, I only felt refreshed, although I was a little tired, but I didn't have the fatigue in my heart. After eating, he sat down in the temple, but he saw a thick stack of music brought up by the chamberlain.

Only then did Song Lizong remember that he asked him to send the concert that recommended Zhizhou. Looking at these movements, Song Lizong couldn't help but sigh. As an official, the most important thing is to control the personnel power. An emperor can't pick up his shoulders and can't lift his hands, and he is not as good as a minister in fighting wars and handling government affairs. The reason why such a role can run the entire Great Song Dynasty is because of the use of officials.

From the emperor's point of view, it was not a question of whether those officials were the most suitable for those positions, but to balance the personnel power within the imperial court. If you want to promote the economy, you need to use officials who are considered to understand the economy. If you want to promote war, you have to promote those who are considered good at fighting. This kind of personnel transfer must not be temporary, but must be arranged and observed for a long time.

Officials below the state level can be appointed without the official involvement, while officials at the state level cannot be left to the decisions of those prime ministers. Therefore, the emperor must know how to employ people, and at least get as much information as possible from the recitals of those who recommend them. With such a heavy workload, Song Lizong was not happy at all when he was doing office work.

After reading the first few pieces, Song Lizong felt very bored. The people who recommend them are all from the Jia Nidao faction, and the recommended ones are naturally Jia Nidao's protégés. Song Lizong has always wanted to use Jia Yidao, his brother-in-law, and among his concubines, Concubine Jia made Song Lizong miss him very much. But when Jia Yidao relied on the victory of the Battle of Ezhou and suddenly fell into power, Song Lizong instinctively began to want to adjust the situation. recalled Dong Songchen, of course, because Song Lizong felt that there was no real caring person around him, and Jia Rudao drove Dong Songchen away, which was also an important reason for doing so.

Irritable in his heart, Song Lizong wanted to ask the chamberlain to pour him a cup of tea. However, at this time, his hand was already pressed on another piece of music, and Song Lizong asked the waiter to pour tea while opening it. only watched Ma Guangzu who was on the show, and Song Lizong felt a lot more relaxed in his heart.

At that time, it was an order from the imperial court to deprive Xiang Shibi of his official position, and at that time, Song Lizong really wanted to get rid of the military head of the feudal town. Xiang Shibi, as a civilian official, got involved with the military leaders, and Song Lizong felt that it was necessary to punish him after judgment. However, when the news of Xiang Shibi's death in prison reached Lin'an, Song Lizong felt that it was really too much.

Before, Jia Nidao suggested getting rid of Gundam, and Song Lizong felt that Gundam had great merit after all, but he felt that Jia Nidao was too narrow-minded. After Xiang Shibi died, and then Liu Cheng and many other military leaders rebelled or surrendered to Mongolia, Song Lizong felt that Jia Yidao's governance methods were too vicious. In order to balance the situation and not to panic the civil officials and generals who participated in the war, Song Lizong began to take care of Ma Guangzu, a meritorious man in the war. Based on such actions, Song Lizong naturally had a feeling of favor for Ma Guangzu.

Seeing Ma Guangzu's recommendation of Zhao Jiaren to be the governor of Fuzhou, Song Lizong rarely showed a smile.

"Let Dong Songchen come in!" Song Lizong said to the inside.

Both of these people were meritorious heroes in the war, and neither of them was a disciple of Jia Yidao. Song Lizong felt that he should think carefully about this appointment. He still remembers that Zhao Jiaren had a firm attitude and wanted to be the governor of Fuzhou. At this time, a person from the non-Jia Nidao faction also needs to make some suggestions.