Jinling City, Jinling Lecture Wutang Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden.

Although Lin'an is nominally the "national capital" of the Great Song Dynasty, since the spring of the first year of Xingqing, since the imperial court implemented a new policy on Jiangnan East Road, Jinling is the place where Zhao Hong, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, went out to stay, and the time is increasing day by day.

And the Humble Administrator's Garden in the back garden of Jinling Jiangwutang has become the daily place for the emperor to deal with court affairs, so that the ruling and ministers of the imperial court have to often go north to Jinling City to discuss matters.

Just after the Yuan Xi Festival, the spring was cold, the garden was silent, and Xu Shouchun, a member of the anti-corruption department, was pacing back and forth outside the imperial study, and it could be seen from his frowning brows that he was restless and restless.

The bandage on his neck was red, apparently due to the oozing of the wound.

"Dad, don't worry, let Your Majesty see that something is wrong."

Xu Liang looked at the guards in the cloister and the courtyard, and persuaded softly on the side.

Uncle Zhou Ping devoted himself to the affairs of the Intelligence Department, and Xu Liang was in charge of the affairs of the Anti-Corruption Department, becoming the de facto chief officer of the Anti-Corruption Department.

"I'm guilty of the emperor's grace, and I'm really uneasy in my heart!"

Xu Shouchun looked at his son and felt very helpless.

Appointed by the emperor and recommended by Zhou Ping, he went to Quanzhou, Fujian Province to investigate the corruption of "smuggling" and collusion between officials and businessmen.

During the investigation, he was attacked by hundreds of unknown gangsters, most of the accompanying guards were killed and wounded, several members of the anti-corruption department died, and even he was wounded by an arrow, but fortunately he was not injured to the point.

If it weren't for the desperate resistance of the guards, and the fact that he had been prepared, I am afraid he would not have come back.

deceived superiors and subordinates, smuggled a large number of overseas goods; Officials and businessmen colluded to devour the imperial court and pay taxes; Extortion, so that the foreign ship does not come again......

As soon as the matter is revealed, they will kill people and kill their mouths, in an attempt to cover up the fact that they are traitors and criminals, which can be described as madness and anger.

"Dad, it's man-made. You've done your best, and you're seriously injured. Rest assured, Your Majesty will not blame you. ”

Xu Liang comforted his father, this is indeed not his father's responsibility.

"Your Majesty has the grace of knowing you and my father and son, although it is difficult to repay one of them in ten thousand deaths. The errand was not done well, and so many people were killed and wounded. Fail the emperor! ”

Xu Liang was speechless for a while. My father was upright and wanted to make a career, but who knew that these people were extremely vicious, and all of them were outlaws.

His eyes swept to the study, and there seemed to be a voice, and he didn't know who Zhao Hong was talking to in the room.

The Great Song Dynasty Dynasty conquered the south and the north, the domestic industry prospered, the national strength was thriving, and the emperor's hard work can be imagined.

"Deputy Director Xu, Your Majesty invites you two to go in!"

Dong Songchen came over and whispered to Xu Shouchun and his son.

"Father-in-law Dong, Your Majesty is fine, right?"

Xu Liang grabbed Dong Songchen and asked softly.

"Deputy Director Xu, the reincumbents are talking about the northwest these days, and Your Majesty is in a good mood."

Dong Songchen's words made Xu Liang secretly relieved. The father and son glanced at each other, followed behind Dong Songchen, and entered the study.

"Your Majesty, just along the way to Sichuan, the money and grain needed to implement compulsory education is 6 million yuan, accounting for almost 10% of Sichuan's total taxes. If the two roads in the south of the Yangtze River and the two Zhejiang roads are combined, there will be a total of 20 million runs. It's just too much! ”

Entering the house, the white-haired Prime Minister Xue Ji was frowning and making a bitter face, and was babbling to Zhao Hongxu.

Zhao Hong was noncommittal, and nodded slightly to Xu Liang's father and son. Xu conscience knew it, and his worried father sat down on the chair below.

"Your Majesty, by the end of the month, there were 1.8 million school-age children, about 2,000 schools, and more than 8,000 teachers on Sichuan Road alone. With the addition of Liangzhejiang Road and Jiangnan Road, the number of students has reached more than 3 million. In terms of education expenditure, the expenditure and tax consumption of various roads alone amounted to more than 20 million yuan. ”

The ruling Zhendexiu stepped forward and said, I can't tell whether it is joy or sorrow.

That is to say, compulsory education has been implemented. With 3 million students, it's exciting to think about. ”

Zhao Hong laughed, and then said:

"Xue Qing, everyone, don't be entangled in how much money is spent, the benefit behind education is that it can bring countless talents to my Great Song Dynasty. And talent is the foundation of the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Thanks to the dividends of the implementation of the new policies on Sichuan Road, Liangzhejiang Road and Jiangnan Road, compulsory education has been implemented in an orderly manner. Although the finances of the imperial court and local governments were not abundant, he did not hesitate to implement compulsory education.

Education is the foundation of a country, and talent is the foundation of a strong country. The irrefutable truths that have been proven in later generations are not outdated in any era.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, although compulsory education has begun to be implemented, but the next thing is the point. That is, it is necessary to do compulsory education in a solid manner and continue to do so for decades. At that time, it won't take three or five generations for the Great Song Dynasty to be the real world's number one power, and it will be above any country in the world, and no one can bully it. ”

Zhao Hong talked eloquently, and the Xu father and son below listened in a cold sweat.

In the face of Zhao Hong's ambition, the little in Quanzhou, Fujian Province is too small.

"Your Majesty, if you want to implement compulsory education in the entire Great Song Dynasty, then a normal school, I'm afraid it is not enough."

Zhen Deok so shook his head and said with a frown.

In the current Great Song Dynasty, in addition to the Jinling Normal School, there is no second normal college. The first crash course of Jinling Normal School hollowed out the Tai Academy, as well as recruited many local elites. Despite this, the Jinling Normal School enrolls only 2,000 students a year, which is stretched thin to meet the huge demand for teachers.

"Jinling Normal School, in addition to the first phase of the crash course, the second and third phases are also a one-year crash course, trying to absorb the best of the state and county schools. From the fourth period, the number of students enrolled was expanded to 3,000, and the semester was set at three years, and there was no change. ”

Sure enough, Zhao Hong thought about it and said it.

"Starting from next spring, a normal school will be set up in Chengdu, Sichuan and Lin'an City, with an enrollment of 2,000 people each, and the three-year semester will not be accelerated. In addition, starting from next spring, the Jinling Lecture and Martial Arts Hall will expand its enrollment to 2,000 people, and the Sichuan Lecture and Martial Arts Hall will expand its enrollment to 1,000 people. The Great Song Dynasty popularized compulsory education, and the physical education teachers in each school also had to keep up. ”

Sichuan has a population of more than 10 million, accounting for one-fifth of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and it is very necessary to set up a normal school.

As for Lin'an City, taking into account the southeast, Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang, both of which are densely populated places, it is reasonable to have a normal school.

The rulers have received orders one after another, and their thoughts are different.

Zhen Dexiu glanced at Zhao Hong, and was secretly stunned in his heart.

Let's just say that Jinling Academy, after being tempered by those so-called "physical education teachers", is all energetic and clean, but I feel less polite and more angry.

Which is better or worse, only God knows.

"Your Majesty, the Hexi system has made Fan Zhong play, and the remnants of the Mongolian army in Hexi have all been driven out of Yumen Pass and west of Yangguan. By the end of the month, a total of 300,000 people had emigrated from Sichuan, and there were still Sichuan people going there one after another. The 50,000 Xiang troops of the Tunken moved into Hexi, and the 50,000 officers and troops of the Yu Yu Department guarded the counties and towns in Hexi. In addition, more than 100,000 Xia people fled back to Hexi. In the whole Hexi Road, there are 100,000 officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, nearly 400,000 people, and the horse farm has been taken over by the officials and troops of the Great Song Dynasty, and the fields cultivated have reached more than 3 million mu. ”

Shangshu Xuan of the Ministry of War said loudly, for fear that Zhao Hong would ask, and then said:

"Your Majesty, the Sichuan system envoy Cui and Shangjiao, the Sichuan Road has transferred nearly 700,000 stone of grain to Hexi, and by the end of winter, it should be able to transfer 1.5 million stone. There are also merchants who transport grain and other goods, which are not included in the report. ”

Zhao Hong nodded slightly.

1.5 million stones, 500,000 people, 3 stones per person, about 600 catties, can already be carried until next spring.

Occupying a Hexi, there is no gain, but 1.5 million stones of money and grain, equivalent to 4 million yuan of money and grain, which is equivalent to the entire Sichuan people transfusing blood to Hexi. Cui Hehe, the Sichuan envoy, really did not disappoint him.

Fortunately, Hanzhong Tuntian succeeded; Fortunately, Da Song still has continuous blood transfusions overseas.

"Send an edict to Fan Zhong to properly resettle the displaced migrants, and not let one person starve to death and freeze to death. From now on, there are no Xia people, and all the people in the land of Hexi are Song people. ”

The Mongol army entered Hexi, burned, killed and looted, and the Xia people were in dire straits, and there was not one out of ten. There is only a hundred thousand people in Hexi, plus the Xia people who fled in, which shows the loss of population.

He suddenly remembered the famous words of a US general in World War II:

This dog-day war!

"Your Majesty, the 20 million treasury bonds issued have all been sold out, and they can barely be used for next year. But after three or five years, when the bonds expire and the government treasury is empty, how will we deal with it? ”

Zhen Dexiu frowned and said, secretly regretting in his heart, why did he listen to the emperor's "coaxing" and issue so many national bonds.

"Three or five years from now, will my Great Song still be what it is now?"

Zhao Hong laughed.

Da Song is really thankless when he operates overseas?

Moreover, even if the government bonds cannot be repaid when they mature, new government bonds will be issued.

After the discussion, all the ministers retired one after another, but Zhen Deok Xiu was left behind.

"Director Xu, you tell me the truth of the matter one by one."

Zhao Hong looked at Xu's father and son, noticed the blood stains on Xu Shouchun's neck, and said softly.

This irascible man is still a cadre.

Since the discovery of all kinds of shortcomings in Quanzhou Port in Fujian Province last winter, and the delay in the middle because of the Shukou war, I did not expect that half a year later, the Quanzhou incident has not only not been resolved, but on the contrary, there has been a case of attacking the subordinate of the anti-corruption department.

Being bold and bold is not enough to kill the people, and it is not enough to get rid of the hatred in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, the Xia family, the Tian family, the Lin family, and the Yan family, the four major families of Quanzhou Mansion, these people colluded with businessmen, smuggled goods, and evaded customs duties. Those who attack the ministers must have been committed by these four families, but the ministers have no evidence. Please also ask Your Majesty to punish you. ”

Xu Shouchun stood up and played, cautiously.

"Xu Shouchun, you are loyal to state affairs, you are upright, you are a cadre and capable official of my Great Song Dynasty, and you are not guilty. Tell me about the situation, how many people were killed or wounded? ”

Zhao Hong relieved the middle-aged man.

In order to handle the case, even I almost caught up with myself. Such officials are the conscience of the world. Compared with those corrupt officials who are only greedy and do not do things, full of official arrogance, and abuse and bully the people, there is a world of difference.

"Back to Your Majesty, the guards killed 13 people and seriously wounded 3 others. Two members of the Anti-Corruption Division were killed and one was seriously injured, and even Officer Xu was seriously injured, but fortunately he was not at the point. ”

Zhao Hong's words made Xu Shouchun settle down, and Xu Liang on the side hurriedly said.

"Director Xu, you're fine, right?"

Zhao Hong asked with concern.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is fine. The minister asks for a decree to go to Quanzhou again, and the lawbreakers must be brought to justice! ”

"It's okay. Don't be in a hurry, you sit down first. ”

Zhao Hong waved his hand lightly and turned his head to look at Zhen Dexiu.

"Zhenqing, what do you think?"

Zhen Dexiu used to be the prefect of Quanzhou, and he was a native of Fujian, and Zhao Rushi, the current prefect of Quanzhou, was still a son and daughter. He is more familiar with the situation in Fujian.

"Your Majesty, Xia Zhongyu is the commander of the left-wing naval army, Tian Xiao is the commander of Quanzhou, and the Lin family and the Yan family are Fujian clans, which are not easy to deal with. Besides, Director Xu doesn't have any evidence of these people's murders in his hands, I'm afraid it's not easy to do! ”

Zhen Dexiu had a difficult face, but pointed out the problem.

"What evidence do you want? The amount of smuggling alone, the collusion between officials and businessmen, and the deception of superiors and subordinates are enough to subdue the law. The four great families, do you really think they are the "Four Sons of the Warring States"? ”

Zhao Hong's face turned pale, and he said coldly:

"Send a secret message to Wu Qian, let him arrest Xia Zhongyu, and if he resists, he will be killed. You and Secretary Xu took the forbidden army, took my Wang sword, and went to Quanzhou in person, and Tian Xiaocai and Lin Yan will be handed over to you. It's still the same sentence, if there is resistance, don't be killed! ”

National events have been disturbed, and these-stirring sticks are still making waves all day long, treating the Great Song Dynasty as nothing, which is tolerable or unbearable.

"Your Majesty, Yan Rong of the Yan family in Quanzhou is as timid as a mouse, and the minister has some friendship with him. Maybe you can start with this person. ”

Zhen Dexiu looked at Zhao Hong and said it hard.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Rushi, the governor of Quanzhou, is seriously ill, and I'm afraid I won't be able to support it for a few days."

The emperor was decisive and determined. At this time, there is nothing to hide.

"Zhao Rushi is seriously ill?"

Zhao Hong was taken aback, and then nodded.

"Good! True father, this matter is up to you, don't worry about it. ”

No wonder Quanzhou City Bosi was in a mess, and it turned out that the principal was seriously ill. It seems that he blamed Zhao Rushi for seeking perfection.

Zhao Hong looked at the old fox Zhendexiu, thought about it and said:

"True father, bury the guards and subordinates who died in the line of duty, comfort their families, and send the bereavement to their families as soon as possible."

After telling Zhen Dexiu and looking at Xu Shouchun, Zhao Hong's voice became soft again.

"Director Xu, you are loyal to state affairs, your original intention has not changed, and I am very relieved. I will give you a reward of 200 yuan as a reward. It is urgent for the port of Quanzhou to be brought under the rule of the imperial court. After completing this errand, you will be promoted to Quanzhou City, and concurrently serve as the anti-corruption director of Fujian Road. ”

He never treated those who truly served the country and the people.

And the "Four Sons of Quanzhou" who act recklessly and smuggle the law, what awaits them will be ruthless suppression.