Aside from Japan's national enemies, the Great Song Dynasty really needed Japan's various minerals to make up for its lack of gold, silver, bronze, sulfur, saltpeter and other minerals.

Moreover, Zhao Jun's idea was not to invade by force, but to command by remote control, so he did not need to really send troops to attack on a large scale.

Although the means are a little more disgraceful, this can actually solve the dilemma faced by the Great Song Dynasty.

But even so, these scholars and doctors hesitated, completely ignoring how much benefit they could bring to Da Song with some small means, which could simply fill Zhao Jun's blood pressure.

If it weren't for his final threat, I'm afraid the group would still not agree. This made Zhao Jun wonder, how can he do politics well with this group of insects?

No wonder the Great Song Dynasty perished so quickly, and the ability and courage of the emperor and the scholar class are really indescribable.

But fortunately, in the end, everyone responded, and Zhao Zhen also promised to immediately let the Imperial City Division investigate the current situation in Japan.

This made Zhao Jun reluctantly suppress his anger and start the next topic.

Soon the meeting ended briefly in the morning, because everyone was hungry, Wang Shouzhong did not dare to come in at the door, Zhao Zhen saw it and greeted him, only to remember that he was a little hungry.

The main reason is that what Zhao Jun said before was relatively general, but now after he starts to elaborate, everyone is unconsciously attracted, so that they can listen attentively and forget the time.

Therefore, under Wang Shouzhong's reminder, the meeting stopped first, and everyone had a meal at the end of the hour, which was neither morning nor lunch, and continued the meeting at noon.

In the process, Zhao Jun talked about many things, in addition to sending a fleet to the Americas to search for crops, and economic, cultural, and semi-military invasions to colonize Japan, or colonizing the Iwami region of Japan's main island of Honshu, and plundering their minerals, but also to shaping ideology.

The content is that if you want to calm down the rising class antagonism among the people in a short period of time, you can set up newspapers, create nationalism, portray the Liao State and the Western Xia as enemies, and constantly exaggerate emotions among the people and divert internal contradictions.

It's just that this proposal was opposed by everyone as soon as it was said, no matter how Zhao Jun scolded them, they didn't agree to kill them anyway, which is quite a bit of a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Because they were worried that this would make the Liao State and the Western Xia completely hostile to the Great Song Dynasty, and might allow the Liao Xia to form an alliance to jointly deal with the Great Song Dynasty.

This made Zhao Jun very unhappy again.

For him, it is the truth to follow the example of New China, to regain lost territory and a strong country, and to let the Han people and all the people of the Chinese nation live well.

As for the Western Xia of the Liao Kingdom and the surrounding foreign races, if you are willing to become a part of the Chinese nation, Zhao Jun is of course happy to accept it.

But if you become the enemy of the Chinese nation and bully the Han people, then you can't blame him for being black.

Moreover, shaping ideology is also conducive to mobilizing the emotions of the people, so that the people can return to the martial spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties, so that when they attack the Liao State and the Western Xia in the future and recover their homeland, they will be more powerful.

So nationalism is never a bad thing.

Just considering the urine nature of these rulers of the Song Dynasty and the current situation of the Song Dynasty army, just one Western Xia can beat them half to death, let alone the powerful Liao State.

Therefore, Zhao Jun could only dispel this idea in the end, and talk about this matter after reforming the army in the future.

And then there are the other details.

For example, the reform of the tea law and the reform of the salt law, following the opening of the Chinese law in the early Ming Dynasty, added salt to the middle of the law. There is also an in-depth discussion of the issue of redundant officials, as well as other difficulties faced by the Great Song Dynasty at present.

It wasn't until Zhao Jun finished saying a lot of things that could be changed in his general direction that in the afternoon, everyone began to officially enter the topic of discussion.

It was Zhao Jun who was talking before, and everyone was listening. Now they became free to talk and talked about the problems they were experiencing.

It should be regarded as introducing the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty to Zhao Jun in advance.

At this moment, the temple is very spacious, and the doors and windows are all open. In the afternoon of early July, the cool breeze blows into the temple, dissipating the scorching heat of midsummer, bringing people an incomparable comfort.

Zhao Jun held the teacup in his hand and glanced out of the door, the guards were far away, only Wang Shouzhong was waiting outside the hall, watching the nose and nose, and turning a deaf ear to the conversation in the hall, showing a very high quality of eunuchs.

"This is the redundant official situation of the Great Song Dynasty now, in the second year of Jing You, there were 834 people who entered the official position from the door shade, and only 96 people entered the imperial examination, even if the special performance name is added, it is only one hundred and three people, far less than the door shade."

Fan Zhongyan glanced at the silent Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others, and continued: "Now there are more than 42,000 officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and the number of people who are in the shade of the door is eight or nine out of ten, and the number of those who have no ministry is enough for a quarter, and the imperial court has to pay more than 4 million yuan for them every year."

"This is only the basic money, and the rest of the job money, meal money, tea soup money, job fields, silk cloth, spring and winter clothes, food and clothing, tea and wine, kitchen materials, ice and charcoal salary, Lu millet, reward money, spice money, all kinds of money, add up to the national treasury to spend 16 million yuan a year."

"And the imperial court has treated them very well, but there are a large number of local officials below, who continue to expand their land even though they have professional fields, evade taxes, refuse to fulfill the payment of taxes and fees, and are corrupt, lawless, and selfish and lose the public."

"I want to ask you, there are more than 42,000 officials, and more than 10,000 of them have no ministry, but they only receive the names of the yamen, so they can do nothing at home, and receive dozens or hundreds of yuan every month."

"Is this how it should be?"

"And if you only support these people, but their descendants will continue to enter the shadows, and continue to receive these money that should not belong to them, in the long run, the country will not be a country, who else will want to do things?"

"Do you think that Lu Xiang and Wang Xiang are going on like this is a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty? Or do you think that these things can't shake the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

In the end, Fan Zhongyan had already directly pointed the finger at Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others, because they were now the bosses of interest groups.

But I have to admit that he is telling the truth.

Since he wanted to attack the redundant officials, Fan Zhongyan naturally did a lot of homework early, and the content in it was shocking.

Let's not talk about tax evasion, just saying that a quarter of them have no ministry means that more than 10,000 officials play casually at home every day, and then receive money every month and enjoy the state's support, which is more moth-eater.

The key is that if the salary of the Song Dynasty is low, it can barely be endured. But the problem is that the salaries and benefits of officials in the Song Dynasty are hugely high, which can be called the highest in all dynasties.

In the later "Qingping Le", Fan Zhongyan said that he earned 300,000 yuan a year, that is, 300 yuan.

In fact, it was a film and television drama nonsense, the real Fan Zhongyan had a monthly salary of 600 yuan when he was participating in the governor's affairs, which was only the income of a title of the governor's affairs, and the rest of the officials, scattered officials, honorable officers, posts, titles, etc., added up, with an annual income of 30,000 yuan.

This point is recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty: Career Official Chronicles" and "Jiayoulu Order", and when Bao Zheng was the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, the cash income alone was 20,000 yuan, and the other incomes added up to about 21,000 yuan.

Even if they are second- and third-grade senior officials, they enjoy the highest benefits and allowances, and there are not so many middle- and lower-level officials, but ordinary officials still have tens or hundreds of yuan every year, and their salary income must not be considered bad.

With so many officials, and a large number of officials who don't do anything, they only receive salaries, which country can stand it? Naturally, it also caused the redundant official problem of the Song Dynasty, and it also became the most important in all dynasties.

Lu Yijian was silent after listening.

Zhao Jun and Zhao Zhen also did not speak, Zhao Jun only now understood the specific situation of redundant officials, and Zhao Zhen was already clear and powerless to change.

It was Wang Zeng who opened his mouth to remind: "Xiwen Gong, don't forget, it is precisely because most of the officials in the world enter the office from the shadow of the door that the crowd will rise up and attack. Even if we all approve of your changes in the law and system, will the officials in the world approve of it? ”

"Then do you just watch these moths corrupt the country? Watch them behave recklessly and be indifferent? Fan Zhongyan said very angrily: "Isn't there no justice in this world?" ”

"Zhao Jun, what do you think?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun didn't know much about the truth before, and also said some suggestions, now Fan Zhongyan talked about the specific situation, he wanted to hear his opinion.

Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "My suggestion is to investigate clearly before making a decision. But even if the investigation is clear, don't think about large-scale layoffs of officials all at once, Lao Fan, your historical direction is right, but the way is wrong. Get rid of so many at once, it's no wonder that people don't work hard with you. ”

"Don't you do anything?"

Fan Zhongyan was very stubborn, and the nine cows couldn't pull it back.

"It's not about doing nothing, it's about method. For example, if you subdivide your authority and transfer those officials who have no ministry to be magistrates, in a county, there is one county order, two deputy county orders, and four or five county officials. ”

Zhao Jun explained: "Let them each be in charge of the economy, agriculture, education, statistics, forestry bureau, mining, transportation, public security, etc., do KPI performance appraisal, and kill them." ”

"I've heard you say it once before, what is a KPI?"

Fan Zhongyan frowned.

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "It's the assessment system, there are details of this in Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Ming Dynasty, I will sort out the content of his reform and send it to you at that time, you can figure it out yourself." ”

Send to me?

Why does that sound weird?

Fan Zhongyan was confused, so he had to say, "Okay." ”

At this moment, Zhao Zhen asked: "Zhao Jun, I want to ask you, what will happen if the ministers of a country all form a party for personal gain, even become friends, and attack each other?" ”

The question is asked abruptly.

In an instant, the room was silent. Everyone was silent, and the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard in the house.

The official's words seem to mean something.

Zhao Jun could naturally understand Zhao Zhen's voice, so he said in a deep voice: "Party struggle has been the most internal friction of the feudal dynasty since ancient times, the disaster of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the dispute between Niu and Li in the Tang Dynasty, the change of the Great Song Dynasty and Yuanyou, and the fight between Donglin and the eunuch party at the end of the Ming Dynasty, all of which have exacerbated the turmoil of the country, damaged the interests of the country, or directly or indirectly led to the demise of the country. ”

"Yuan Yu is changing?"

Zhao Zhen immediately noticed this word keenly, because there was a big Song in front of him.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded: "Yuan You's change is what happened later in the late Song Dynasty, that is, your adopted son Song Yingzong Zhao Shu's son Zhao Shu, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang fought with each other, which seriously depleted the national strength of the Song Dynasty. Although Song Zhezong, the son of Song Shenzong, made certain achievements and restored his national strength a little during his reign, the problems between the old and new parties have never been resolved, the conflict between the new law and the old law, and the social problems have become more and more intense. In the end, Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, he was incompetent and stupid during his reign, and under the internal and external troubles, Jingkang shame broke out, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished. Therefore, the impact of Yuan You's change was very far-reaching, which made the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty decline rapidly, which was an indirect driving force that led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. ”

"Official."

Lu Yijian finally spoke at this time, stood up, and arched his hand to Zhao Zhen and said, "The minister has no intention of blocking the reform, and he is not willing to block the reform. But Fan Xiwen only knows how to change the law blindly and act recklessly, and he is the enemy of the officials all over the world, how can he continue like this? The minister just hoped that his methods could be gentle, and so many officials could be dismissed at once, and the Great Song Dynasty could not afford such a big turmoil. ”

Fan Zhongyan said angrily: "You and others are treacherous and wanton in controlling the government, and you are in charge of the promotion of all officials, and you are blocking the reform, just because there are many of your disciples and grandchildren in the Manchu Dynasty." Now it is said so righteously and awe-inspiringly, it is really covetous and disgusting. ”

"Alright, Xiwen Gong."

Zhao Zhen wanted to interrupt him and stop them from arguing.

But Fan Zhongyan didn't listen, and continued to argue with Lu Yijian, and the two sides choked back and forth for a few words, making Zhao Zhen's face almost green.

Until a moment later, Zhao Jun couldn't listen anymore and said, "Xiwen Gong, don't be too happy. ”

"What do you mean?"

Fan Zhongyan looked at Zhao Jun with an unkind face.

Zhao Jun said: "Your seventeenth grandson Fan Wencheng helped the Manchus to defeat the Ming Dynasty, and after the Manchus entered the customs, they slaughtered the Han people many times, and your descendants contributed a lot!" ”

"I'm my descendant, what does it have to do with me?"

Fan Zhongyan was shocked when he first heard it, so he hurriedly shirked his responsibility, which is human instinct.

Zhao Jun said: "Yes, what does it have to do with the officials who are all in the shadow of the door and Lu Xianggong?" Isn't the root of all this the system? You have to find the reason from the system, remember what I said? Unite all the friends who can be united, now that everyone is in the same boat, is it interesting for you to engage in infighting every day? ”

"Me"

Fan Zhongyan was confused all of a sudden.

I've been fighting with Lu Yijian for many years, and if I don't fight, I won't fight, so let's put it down so quickly.

"Listen to me, less infighting, and more practical work."

Zhao Jun persuaded: "If it weren't for the fact that you were indeed a good official who worried about the country and the people in history, I wouldn't have bothered to care about you." ”

“.”

Fan Zhongyan was silent, and finally closed his mouth.

"Zhao Jun is right, now that everyone knows that the situation of my Great Song Dynasty is not good, they should unite as one to tide over the difficulties together."

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Not only Xiwen Gong and Lu Xugong, but also Lu Xu Gong and Xiao Xiangong, you should also put aside your previous prejudices and shake hands and make peace." ”

"Yes, official."

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng glanced at each other, stood up and arched their hands to Zhao Zhen.

By this time it was late afternoon.

It's getting dark.

Everyone was still unsatisfied, and continued to start new topics, and talked until the beginning of the year, when the meeting finally ended.

(End of chapter)