Ge Shengzhong, Ge Lifang, father and son, resigned from Ruzhou and came to Hanzhong, which was already in the early spring of this year.

Mainly after arriving in Xiangyang, the snow fell quite heavily, so I stayed at the inn.

Ge Shengzhong wanted to save face, although he and Zhu Ming had two correspondences, they were discussing the issue of governing the country, and Zhu Ming did not have any solicitation in the letter. So he obviously arrived in Xiangyang, but he didn't go to meet Zhu Ming to ask for an official, but quietly observed the people's livelihood in Xiangyang.

When they crossed the Fangcheng Mountain Pass, they relied on Zhu Ming's handwritten letter to enter the country, and the soldiers also reported to the superiors.

So Zhu Ming knew that the father and son of the Ge family were coming, but they had never seen anyone, and thought that they were staying in Nanyang because of the heavy snow.

During the Spring Festival, Ge Shengzhong had a very happy time, and the festive atmosphere here was extremely grand.

The main thing is that the small people are also happy to celebrate the New Year, and such a situation has been rare in the north in recent years. The year must have passed, but the small people have a very difficult time.

When the snow stopped in spring, Ge Shengzhong left a letter for Zhu Ming, and then took a boat and went straight to Hanzhong.

Observing all the way in the counties of Hanzhong, Ge Shengzhong was shocked inexplicably, he thought that he had arrived in Jiangnan thirty years ago!

The father and son met Zhu Guoxiang in Jingluo Mansion, explained their identity, said their intentions, and were warmly welcomed. Then, they were not directly appointed, and let them first observe the government and other vacancies in the Economic and Strategic Mansion.

More than three months later, there is still a shortage.

"This Zhu Guoxiang is rude," Ge Lifang was indignant, "My father and son resigned to vote, but he didn't even give a real official, and I don't know how long he will be missing!" What can be done by slacking off talents like this? ”

Ge Shengzhong was actually very dissatisfied, but said to his son with a smile: "This is what doing big things looks like, everything comes according to the rules." You and I have been here for many days, and there are at least two things to say. First, the difference system on the Sichuan Gorge side is complete; Second, there is no shortage of officials under Zhu Guoxiang. ”

"At least give me a job!" Ge Lifang said.

Ge Shengzhong shook his head: "Zhu Guoxiang also has a purpose in letting you and me observe politics, let us get familiar with his system and rules first." ”

The election and appointment system of the Zhu family's father and son is similar to that of the Song court, but those "small differences" are particularly illustrative.

There are five forms of election officials in the Song State, namely: imperial examinations, supplemental officials, military merits, officials, and officials.

The father and son removed the shade supplement and the Nasu, that is, they could not rely on the favor of their fathers and spend money to buy officials.

Ge Shengzhong said: "How did the redundant officials of the Great Song Dynasty come about? Nasu buys officials and doesn't mention it, anyway, he can only buy some idle jobs. Menyin accounts for the majority, and every year there are countless children of official eunuchs, relying on their father's Yu Yin to obtain official positions, and most of them are really short. If we want to reform the redundant bureaucracy and maladministration, we must cancel the shadow supply. ”

The shadow official system of the Song Dynasty was not chaotic at the beginning, but only proliferated after the Yuanyuan Alliance.

Song Zhenzong was unable to recover Yanyun, and his prestige was greatly reduced due to the defeat in the war, so he went to Fengzen Mount Tai to find face, and then went crazy to buy people's hearts.

The emperor ascends the throne, canonizes the empress, the birthday of the emperor or the queen mother, sacrifices in the suburbs every year, officials sacrifice their lives for the country, and important ministers retire to the office...... All of them have to make up a group of grace officials.

Not only can the clan make up for the shadow, but when the civil and military officials reach a certain level, they can also recommend the children of the family to be shadow officials.

In the end, even if the concubine gave birth to a son, she had to make up a batch of grace officials.

There are also many messy special favors, such as the new emperor's accession to the throne, the son of a certain prefect, who brought local tribute to congratulate, and the emperor directly shadowed the official as soon as he was happy. This situation is very common, so once the emperor is changed, the local magistrate hurriedly sends his son to Beijing to congratulate, and this son has a high chance of becoming an official immediately.

The shadow subsidy system is so widespread that it can even benefit petty officials like county lieutenants and village owners!

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Xiaozong decided to rectify the shade subsidy system and reduce the number of favors and shades enjoyed by officials by one-third.

After the reduction, the number of shadow officials for the descendants of officials is as follows: ten prime ministers, eight in power, six attendants, four doctors, and three leading officials...... With this grace alone, hundreds of shadow officials will pop up every year to fill the vacancy.

The redundancy of officials has reached such a level, why does it seem that there are fewer officials and more officials in the locality?

Because of the first grant of grace officials, most of them are in the capital!

You drink flower wine in Tokyo and are jealous of the next room, pick up a bench and smash it, and one bench can hit several shade officials.

Ge Lifang said with a smile: "Even if Zhu Xianggong can cancel the shadow supplement system, who dares to say this in the Great Song Dynasty, even if he is the prime minister, he will be impeached and put under control!" ”

"Hanzhong has established a system, and the rules are there, unless a new yamen is established, or the territory is expanded, you have to wait slowly if you want to be an official," Ge Shengzhong said, "I don't think it will take long to wait, there are so many soldiers in Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Hanzhong, and they can't always be stationed there to eat dry rice." ”

Note is also called poor note, specifically referring to the official system.

There are three forms of conferral of officials in the Great Song Dynasty:

The first is the Zhongzhi, which is appointed by the emperor himself. For example, the prime minister and the imperial history must be given by the emperor himself;

The second is the removal of the hall, which was announced by the Zhongshumen Province and appointed by the three provinces after the reform of Yuanfeng, and the Privy Council can also grant some official positions;

The third is the selection, and the Ministry of Officials is responsible for this matter, which requires the assessment of political performance.

Ge Lifang said: "Although Hanzhong does not have three provinces and six departments, there are similar yamen, and Zhu Xianggong seems to have intended to cancel the expulsion. ”

Ge Shengzhong said: "If the hall is abolished, it will be difficult for anyone who wants to be a powerful minister in the future, and it is almost impossible to cover the sky with one hand, probably to avoid Cai Jing, Wang Hao and the like." ”

Cai Jing and Wang Hao said that whoever is an official will be an official, and they can directly bypass the officials.

There is no bad rule in this, but the power of the temple is used!

Only the appointment and dismissal of the imperial history, the ministers can't handle it, and it is always in the hands of the emperor, so the imperial history is the key object of wooing.

Ge Lifang said with a smile: "The child heard an interesting story, that Zhu Xianggong leveled the garden of the back house, and took his wife and concubine to go to the field and farm the land every day. In the yamen, which is closer to the Jingluo Mansion, officials can even occasionally smell the smell of dung. ”

"Maybe it's true." Ge Shengzhong said.

Ge Lifang couldn't help laughing: "If it's true, then it's called funny." The faint gentleman in Tokyo demolished his house and set up a garden, collecting strange stones from all over the world for pleasure. Hanzhong, a minister of economic affairs, destroyed the garden and cultivated the acres, and sold the rockery to the rich. It's completely the opposite, and the history books of later generations must be written in thick and colorful. ”

Ge Shengzhong sighed: "So the hearts of the people in Hanzhong belong to the Zhu family." ”

The father and son were talking, when suddenly an official came to invite.

They went straight to Jingluo Mansion, and Zhu Guoxiang was already waiting.

"Meet Zhu Xianggong!" The two of them are in a fight.

"Things are urgent, to make a long story short, there will be no detours," Zhu Guoxiang went straight to the point, "The Jin people are going south, and the Song Kingdom may be difficult to resist." My son wants to lead the army to the north, and Your Excellency is familiar with the civil affairs of Gyeonggi, and he went out with the army to become the prefect of Yingchang. Ruzhou will be abolished, and the counties will be merged into Yingchang Province as a whole. ”

Ge Shengzhong was a little stunned when he heard this, he still felt left out in the cold these days, and he was given such a heavy responsibility all of a sudden.

Ruzhou was merged into Yingchang Mansion, and then let him be the prefect of Yingchang, which is equivalent to managing a government and a state, which belongs to the Zhu family under the father and son.

"Ming Gong has a responsibility, and a certain dare not serve his life!" Ge Shengzhong hurriedly got up.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Yingchang and Ruzhou were mostly exploited by Xicheng, and it was difficult for the people to settle down when they were displaced. When you went there, the top priority was to calm the people's minds. It just so happens that Nanyang is short of people, and recruiting too many people will delay production. You also recruit homeless people in Yingchang to be my son's grain carrier. It can not only temporarily deal with the danger of the displaced people, but also ensure the delivery of military rations. ”

"That's a good idea." Ge Shengzhong said.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Let's go home and prepare, and we will take a boat tomorrow." ”

If Yingchang Mansion is completely taken, there will only be one hundred and fifty miles left from Kaifeng.

The father and son were about to retire, and Zhu Guoxiang suddenly said: "Chang Zhi (Ge Lifang) stayed with me to do paperwork." ”

Ge Lifang was overjoyed: "Thank you for your appreciation!" ”

It doesn't matter if you stay as a hostage or not, anyway, the father and son of the Ge family didn't think about defecting.

Chengdu is prosperous and stable, and the clan power is intertwined, so Zhang Gen needs to be governed, and no one knows him in order to be selfless.

Yingchang and Ruzhou are in chaos, and they are still a springboard for Zhu Ming's march into Kaifeng, which requires officials who are familiar with the people's conditions. All corrupt officials and corrupt officials can be left to rest for the time being, and all class contradictions can be put aside first, and everything should be done with stabilizing the people's minds.

The next day, Ge Shengzhong went by shipowner.

Along the Han River, a large number of people are gathering and walking in the direction of Fucheng.

Ge Shengzhong stood on the boat and smacked his tongue secretly: Zhu Xianggong's speed of recruiting and transferring people's husbands is so fast!

And those people who were requisitioned did not have a sad look on their faces, which was in stark contrast to the Song country.

First, Zhu Ming is known as the generalissimo of Changsheng, and under the deliberate propaganda of the government, the people do not take the Song soldiers seriously, and they are not afraid of the danger of their lives in transporting grain with the army.

The second is that they have been levied as grain carriers, and this year's taxes can be reduced or exempted accordingly, which is not completely a day job for the government.

In fact, the Hanzhong people only need to transport grain to Shaanxi, and then recruit displaced people in Shaanxi.

Ge Shengzhong felt the mobilization ability of Hanzhong's terror through the speed of Minfu's departure.

If it is placed in the Song Kingdom, it is estimated that the chief of the armor has just been notified at this time, and it will take at least half a month before the departure of the people.

But I saw that in all the people's teams, some people were carrying banners made of coarse cloth.

The flag bearer has a salary to get, and he has to do ideological work all the way, and he comes and goes with just a few words: "Fathers and fellow villagers, this time I helped the righteous army to transport grain, and I will soon be able to defeat the officers and soldiers, and the faint monarch can no longer come to our Hanzhong to collect taxes indiscriminately!" Shout with me, the righteous army wins! ”

"The rebels are victorious!"

The people yelled, the atmosphere was not serious, and many people were still laughing.

But the truth is that I listened to it, and my life has been getting better and better in the past two years, and no one is willing to go back to live a hard life. Even though many people were recruited to build water conservancy, they all recruited farmers nearby, and whoever made the most profit from irrigation would contribute the most money.

There are also young peasants who fantasize about one day becoming soldiers.

Last winter, Zhu Ming deliberately gave the whole army some places to visit relatives and let them return to their hometowns for the New Year.

The soldiers told the fathers and elders of their hometown about the land they had been given.

People in the same village are inevitably red-eyed, at least there are more than a dozen acres of land, and I heard that some officers have dozens of acres of land.

Not to mention being a soldier, some farmers who have a difficult life even want to sign up to go to the Nanxiang Basin to open up wasteland!

(End of chapter)