The news about a clear retirement system has been around for a long time. Zhao Guanjia asked the officials to start the implementation, which means that the matter has become a fact from a plan.

There is an unwritten rule in the retirement system of the Great Song Dynasty, and 70-year-old officials will no longer grind. Without the survey, there would be no record of the officials, that is, although there is an official status, there is no errand. And in this day and age, it is not easy to live to be 70 years old.

But there is still a huge gap between living less than 70 years old and retiring when the time is clear. As soon as the documents of the Ministry of Officials came out, the whole of Hangzhou shook. According to the regulations, the retirement age for officials is 60 for men and 55 for women. Just seeing this, the older officials became excited.

Except that Confucius said in the Analects that one of the kings of Zhou was a woman, so this cannot be counted. In all dynasties, that is, when Wu Zetian was in power, there were female scholars like Shangguan Wan'er. Zhao Guanjia is not a female emperor like Wu Zetian, so he changed the official system and officially allowed women to be officials. Of course, the old guys are angry and smoky. Voices on this issue have emerged.

Much like before, the positions of the jinshi and the cadres are very different. It is not uncommon for women to be leaders in the nautical guilds. Of course, the cadres will not explicitly oppose this, especially the cadres who already have relatives who have become cadres, and even less have a position of opposition. So Zhao Jiaren thinks that this matter is probably to cause some controversy, and everything else is like that.

Zhao Guanjia thought so, and Sima Kao found that things didn't seem to be so simple. Li Boyu from Yushitai came to him and asked straight to the point: "Sima Gong, is someone who has offended the official family?" ”

Li Boyu was born as a Jinshi and once cooperated with Zhao Jiaren in Qingyuan Mansion, but he was not Zhao Jiaren's subordinate. I once worked in the Ministry of Rites, and then I went to the Imperial Historical Tower. Rushed to ask such a faux pas. So Sima Kao was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

"Sima Gong, if someone offends the official family, we will naturally serve the official family, expel the evil spirits, and turn them into the wilderness. Retirement is going to be implemented so suddenly. There are too many people involved. ”

Sima Kao is also a calculating person, and now after listening to Li Boyu's words, he can't help but start to wonder if he has been following Zhao Jiaren for too long, and his calculating skills have been greatly reduced. At least when he first heard this order, Sima Kao simply thought that the Zhao official family was going to solve the problem systematically.

"Then can Li Lantai go and ask the official?" Sima Kao said a little hurriedly.

Li Boyu knew that Sima Kao was squeezing him, and said a little unhappily: "Sima Gong, don't be joking." Where can you do that. ”

Putting away his smile, Sima Kao replied: "If you can't do this, how do you know that the official family is going to clean up the people who offended him?" ”

"This ......" Li Boyu looked at Sima Kao with a look of a dragon minister who did not rub sand in his eyes, and had to say: "I heard that the official family read Li Tingzhi's information, and then suddenly gave an order. And I know a little bit about Li Tingzhi's recitals. He did not want the official family to engage in a survey reference point in Jiangxi. ”

"Oh? And such things! Sima Kao immediately understood the joints a little bit.

If you want to carry out land reform, you have to know who has how much land. Underreporting the land can reduce the amount of taxes, and checking the acres of land has always been an extremely difficult task. When the Zhao family completed the land reform in Jiangnan, there was the foundation of the previous public land reform, and the ravages of the Mongols caused a devastating blow to the old power. It would be much easier to nationalize land.

While the opponents were waiting to see the joke, the Zhao family spent a lot of effort to repair the datum measuring point in Jiangnan. After that, almost all the problems were solved. If it's controversial, just make a measurement. How much land, what land, how much each person has divided. Clearly, clearly, clearly.

After Jiangnan is done, it should be Jiangxi. No matter how well Li Tingzhi's article is written, in the eyes of a discerning person like Sima Kao, his little caution is simply insightful. What bullshit costs the people and money, and what bullshit there are a lot of bandits. With the current strength of the Song army, the bandits had to die if they went down the mountain.

The attention of the Zhao family was not in the mountainous areas of Jiangxi, but in the vast and rich Poyang Lake Plain. If you master this, you will master the grain production area. There are many big landlords in Jiangxi, and there are even large farmers who can produce millions of grains every year. It was really hard to get these people to hand over the land.

Sima Kao found that his calculating ability had not disappeared, but he had figured out the key after thinking about it so casually, so he asked Li Boyu bluntly, "Li Lantai, who among you people doesn't want to retire?" ”

Li Boyu is also a smart person, and after hearing Sima Kao say this, he knew that Sima Kao did not intend to stand on the side of these people who opposed the retirement system. He simply said directly: "Sima Gong, many people want you to be prime minister. ”

"Humph!" Sima Kao sneered. After Zhao Guanjia took power, he did not appoint the prime minister, but directly handled the official affairs submitted by the ministries, and the life of the ministries was very difficult. Looking at Li Boyu, Sima Kao said: "Li Lantai, you have also looked at the official family for more than ten years. When I was in Qingyuan Mansion, I had a lot of dealings. Why are you confused now? ”

"I am loyal to the official family!" Li Boyu also wanted to ease the atmosphere.

Sima Kao replied with a straight face: "If it is loyal, then the natural official family will order it, and I will carry it out." You even want to use the official position of prime minister to make me work for your selfish motives. It's ridiculous! ”

Seeing Sima Kao say this, Li Boyu also said with a straight face: "Sima Gong, did you make a mistake?" How can the restoration of the prime minister be a matter for me alone. ”

Hearing this, Sima Kao was even more sure of his judgment. Now there is a vote within the court that is very dissatisfied with the monopoly of the Zhao official family. Nominally, Zhao Jiaren was the eighteenth emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, Zhao Jiaren, an official family, can probably be compared with the founding emperor. Compared with those founding emperors, the martial arts of the Zhao official family are not weak at all, and they are better in terms of cultural governance. Because before becoming an official, Zhao Jiaren still had rich experience in governance. These civil officials are not facing a martial emperor, but a senior civil official who is above them.

"Sima Gong, don't tell me that you haven't thought about being a prime minister." Li Boyu and smart people don't play moths either, they are very straightforward.

"When I am prime minister, I am also loyal to the official family, and when I am a scholar, I am also loyal to the official family. You don't have to talk to me about that. ”

"Sima Gong is a minister of the dragon, and his loyalty to the official family can be seen by the sun and the moon. However, the official family always has to appoint the prime minister, and Sima Gong has nothing to do? Since Sima Gong is also loyal to the official family as prime minister, why not go further? Li Boyu persuaded. After speaking, he stared at Sima Kao's expression, trying to see Sima Kao's thoughts.

From the local government to the central government, from the economy to the administration, these officials represented by Li Boyu are not the opponents of the Zhao official family at all. To use a rude analogy, as soon as these people pouted their butts, the Zhao Guanjia knew what shit they were going to pull. Therefore, Li Boyu and others hope to restore the prime minister system. With such a buffer zone as the prime minister and the scapegoat as the prime minister, life will be much better for all ministries.

For example, if Zhao Guan's family wants land reform, he can now directly mobilize the army to build a reference survey point, and once the survey point is completed, everyone must be obedient. If there is a prime minister in power, even if it is a powerful minister like Jia Yidao, can't he think of such a ruthless method as building a datum measurement point?

Moreover, the Zhao official family is now directly in power, which is the court and the army. The army must cooperate with the imperial court, and the imperial court must cooperate with the army. Once there is a prime minister, probably the captain will be able to recover. Judging from the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty, the Taiwei and the prime minister basically can't pee in the same pot. What's more, from the standpoint of the official family, if the captain in charge of the army and the prime minister in charge of the court are in collusion, then there will be a powerful minister like Shi Miyuan, who can openly assassinate the prime minister and directly replace the crown prince.

This kind of power is undoubtedly a nightmare for all officials. In order to avoid such a situation, the official family must let there be a struggle between the prime minister and the captain. As long as there was a struggle on both sides, the Great Song Dynasty would revert to the traditional Great Song Dynasty. As Lantai, Li Boyu's importance naturally rises.

Li Boyu waited quietly for Sima Kao to speak, and then heard Sima Kao sneer: "Hehe." Li Lantai, you seem to be an official now. ”

When Sima Kao said this, Li Boyu did not lose the slightest temper, and he replied calmly: "If Sima Gong misunderstands like this, I don't think there is anything to distinguish." We and the scholars and the government rule the world together. The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and we are naturally for the sake of the country's society. If it is misunderstood, we are willing to do it. Then he took his leave. ”

After speaking, Li Boyu got up and said goodbye. Sima Kao didn't send it, but just looked at Li Boyu's back coldly. Recalling Li Boyu's words, Sima Kao frowned, and suddenly had the urge to spit. It's just a matter of saying anything else, it's a joke when it comes to the scholar saving the Great Song Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty fell, the Southern Song Dynasty almost fell, and every time he saved the Great Song Dynasty, he was not a scholar. And the scholars can still share the credit with a shy face! What a shame.

After a moment to calm down his emotions, Sima Kao suddenly remembered what Li Boyu said about Li Tingzhi, the culprit who triggered the implementation of the retirement system. Sima Kao's first impulse was to find someone to see if Li Tingzhi had anything to do with the traitor, and then use the judicial power in his hand to clean up this mess.

But after thinking about it, Sima Kao temporarily stopped such a fierce impulse. Zhao Guanjia is not a person who is afraid of things, he even dares to do such a big thing as retirement, and it is definitely not a problem to clean up a Li Tingzhi. What made the Zhao official family take over?

If you go directly to ask Zhao Guan's family, it will definitely not be appropriate. And if you ask, it becomes a complaint, and Sima Kao feels that he shouldn't be so tasteless. So he ran to find his uncle, that is, Xu Yuanzhi, the head of the household who had reached retirement age. With Xu Yuanzhi's wisdom, he would definitely be able to guess the thoughts of the Zhao Guanjia.