After retiring from the court, a close minister followed Cai Jing to inquire. Cai Jing said lightly: "The emperor may not care about the Liaojin war situation, but divert the attention of the government and the opposition. ”

The minister suddenly said: "Cai Xiangming sees, what about Yao Gu?" ”

"It is difficult to escape the sin of exile, and everyone is bound not to intercede."

"Cai Xiang stayed." An inner servant hurriedly ran to him and said, "Your Majesty asks Cai Xiang to draw up a decree, with Jiang Zhiqi as the main examiner, and Ouyang and Zhang Xuanming as the deputy examiners to preside over the martial arts next month." ”

"Got it!"

When the minister saw the chamberlain leaving, he asked, "What kind of attention is this?" ”

"Zhang Xuanming, this cool official, I'm afraid he's going to take the position."

"What about Ouyang?"

"This son is very smart, although he is a close confidant of the emperor, he knows the depth of the water in the court, lives in peace from the sun, does things properly, and has no other ambitions. I heard that he was a practical talent, so he didn't need to think too much. In the words, Cai Jing still has a good impression of Ouyang. This is, of course, because Ouyang arranged an exclusive interview for him, mainly on the revision of the Tea Law. The laws of the Great Song Dynasty are still relatively detailed, from tea, to salt, and ore, all of which are managed by the legal system. It's just that the law exists, but the objects of enforcement are differentiated, and the law has become a sharp weapon used by some officials as a sharp weapon. Once it falls on them, there is such an argument as 'violating the imperial pen'. That is, the internal protection law of officials issued by the imperial court.

Ouyang Shen knew that the most important thing in a society was the law, and he originally hoped to use the law to strengthen businessmen, but now he saw clearly that if there was hope, he could only use businessmen to change the law. It's just that he doesn't have time to take care of this matter for the time being, although it is about to be the New Year, he has been very busy recently.

In his own one-acre and three-point land, Ouyang began to decentralize. Gan Xin is responsible for all civil lawsuits, and he and Zhan Ming are responsible for criminal lawsuits. Renovate the whole room, divided into several areas. There are those who specialize in handling taxes, those who specialize in mediating conflicts, those who specialize in managing industry and commerce, those who specialize in regulating contradictions, and those who specialize in regulating contradictions, as well as the accounting department of Ouping, and so on. These people were all selected from the original officials, or Ouyang had to choose literate people who were so difficult at that time. These people understand what they think and what their bottom line is. Loyalty is also relatively high, and it is easier to use.

Secondly, it is the establishment of military factories. This is said to be a military factory, but in fact it is a workshop in the suburbs. Ouyang took advantage of his relationship with the state to go to the workshop of the Xiangjun to ask for a few old craftsmen. There were also a few people who knew gunpowder from the royal workshop, and the rest of the hundred people were all handymen who knew gunpowder. So it's not so much a military factory as a research institute, and the number of people added up is less than a fraction of that of Tokyo's official weapons workshop.

Ouyang didn't know much about gunpowder, and he didn't leave a topic for everyone. Ouyang just said: the more powerful, the better, safety first. Died during the study, and the pension was 300 yuan. There is an additional bonus if there is a study passed. Now the problem of money is really not big, not to mention Ouyang's own net worth, that is, Yangping's tax profits are worth the sum of the previous ten years in one year.

There is also the expansion of the new city, and after a month of hard work, Ganxin, a young cow, finally reported the budget. But he didn't expect that after Ouyang read the budget of up to 300,000 yuan, his carefully crafted report was rejected to worthless.

"What do you want the walls for? What do you do when you build a house? Ouyang said: "Tear down the east gate city wall and connect it." Those lands are painted in various shapes for auction. Only the right to use is auctioned, not the title deed. Why should we help them build a site and set aside the vacant land? A ring road was built from the west gate to the east gate, so that carriages and carriages could not pass through the city. Only commercial areas are used in the city, but all workshops are withdrawn from the city. There is no compulsion, the new city workshop is exempt from tax for ten years, and the land of the workshop in the city can be exchanged with the government for the land of the new city. The new city must have a uniform drainage ......"

Gan Xin nodded as he stroked the drawings of the new city. Ouyang pointed to the drawing and said: "I want these pieces of land near the East Gate, newspapers, printing houses, and paper mills. The munitions factory will be moved to the mountains. There is also a Yamen police station in the center of the new city, which extends all the way to the Qinghe embankment...... After you sort it out, you can post a notice to go out, and then if you are interested, you can come to see the drawings, or you can conduct on-site surveys, and unify to the auction on a certain day in March. ”

"My lord, I'm afraid that this arrangement will require the approval of the Ministry of Works."

"Well...... You arranged for Whelan to send a reporter to interview the Ministry of Labor. Afterwards, hand over the drawings and give them some gifts. ”

"Yes! My lord, these lands are not easy to divide. ”

"Leave the ones that are not easy to divide, and you can set up some stores when the time comes. Restaurants, restaurants, or daily necessities stores. These shops don't sell at first, and they can be sold at a good price when the new city is up. ”

Gan Xin nodded: "In recent months, many people in the state have come to Yangping to work as hired workers, and more than 3,000 refugees have poured in, but most of them are illiterate. Is it possible to give priority to the construction of roads and the development of new towns, firstly, because the wages are low, and secondly, let them go to school while working, so that they can finally make a living on their own in a few months? It's not always a way to rely on porridge. ”

"Good proposal. Also, if there is a skill, really useful, you can borrow money from Yangping Qianzhuang for living expenses to be literate, and tell the owners of the farm, the illiteracy rate of workers exceeds 30%, and they will be severely fined. Ouyang instructed: "Commerce and industry are upgrading, and agriculture should not stop." Your next notice is that if the land is cultivated and abandoned for one year, it will be taken back by the township or village or clan. Those who open up additional fields can be exempted from receiving fifty percent of the grain for five years. In addition, some experienced old peasants were arranged to give lectures in the school on a regular basis, and the expenses were paid out of the yamen. ”

"Yes!"

"Also, Ganxin, you have a lot to do. One or two assistants can be appropriate. ”

Gan Xinxi said: "Master Xie." ”

"The Divine Decree has arrived!" The Ninth Father-in-law came with a holy decree and twenty forbidden soldiers.

There is nothing else, firstly, to let Ouyang be the deputy chief examiner of the martial arts at the end of February, and secondly, Zhao Yu gave Ouyang some silk, gold, and two maids' rewards. The reward is normal, and in the past few months, although the royal newspaper has only been sold around Shouzhou and Tokyo, it has played a very big role in consolidating the power of Zhao Yu, and as the saying goes, the new emperor is popular. Zhao Yu was very satisfied. Before the New Year's Festival, it is necessary to express it.