On the afternoon of September 2, Zhao Jun went to the palace.

He has been in Da Song for half a year, and his eyes have recovered for three months, and he has realized a lot of things.

The increase in productivity inevitably requires a change in the relations of production.

So change is imperative.

From a macro point of view, there has always been only one force that has hindered his reform and advancement, and that is the entire scholarly class.

Later, the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reform were collapsed by this class.

King Lü Yijian was the leader of this class at this stage, so he tried every possible way to introduce him into this class.

But that doesn't mean they're enemies.

Because Sanxiang Sanshen and Yan Shu Fan Zhongyan knew Zhao Jun's identity, they had already bound them together from another angle.

Zhao Zhen will not allow them to leak Zhao Jun's affairs, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, it is necessary to stabilize their rights and interests. Therefore, the current three-phase and three-ginseng will certainly not be arbitrarily deposed as in history.

In other words, because of Zhao Jun's existence, their position has become more and more stable.

Unless Zhao Zhen has a murderous intent, he wants to kill all the insiders. Otherwise, as long as Zhao Zhen is still the official family with soft ears and soft hearts, their position in the phase will be as stable as Mount Tai.

This is also why they only dare to make small moves behind their backs, but they don't dare to really turn their faces with Zhao Jun.

It's just that these people are representatives of the old forces after all, and if they want to make a difference, they must not be led by the nose, so Zhao Jun took another path and dug up the imperial power from Zhao Zhen.

He came over today, just to continue to CPU Zhao Zhen.

At this moment, in the palace of the back garden, the gold and silver are piled up, all kinds of rare treasures, precious calligraphy and paintings are also available, the most eye-catching is a painting, which is packed in the box of golden silk nanmu and placed in the most conspicuous position.

Zhao Zhen casually glanced at these things, Zhao Jun kept looking at his face, and found that his expression was relatively flat, not too happy or very angry.

I think that for the emperor, he has seen all kinds of precious things, and these have not been able to enter his eyes.

But Zhao Jun said: "These things are found from the homes of those Kaifeng officials, and the cash alone is more than one million yuan, not counting the land deeds, land deeds, gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other kinds of property, all of them add up, I am afraid that there will be no less than four or five million yuan." ”

"How rich are they?"

Zhao Zhen was shocked at this time, he grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, and he had never seen any money, so so many gold, silver and jewelry on the table made him have no concept of money, and he didn't know how much these things were worth.

But to elaborate on it, it surprised him.

Because the treasury does not have much money now, and the internal treasury is more than one million, and now that the war in the northwest is approaching, in order to hoard grain and grass, it is all supported by embezzling the money from Jiaozipu.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jun copied the family wealth of some corrupt officials in Kaifeng Mansion, and he was able to copy four or five million yuan, which made him feel spectacular.

"Normal."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Because these people are not only the umbrella of underground underworld forces such as Sanssouci Cave and Ghost Fan Tower, but they also do business themselves. The Great Song Dynasty only forbade officials to do business themselves, and they could have allowed their relatives to do the work for them, and this was only to trace their own property, not the large number of shares they owned. ”

Zhao Zhen became interested, pointed to the things on the table and said, "Eldest grandson, how much is it worth here?" ”

"More than 800,000 yuan."

Zhao Jun glanced at Yan Liben's painting and said, "But this painting is not counted in it, it should be worth hundreds of thousands." ”

Yan Liben was already extremely famous in the Tang Dynasty, known as "Danqing Shenhua", and the value of the paintings was very expensive in the Song Dynasty, such as the "Emperor Picture of the Past Dynasties", which has always been a famous court painting in the Southern Song Dynasty.

His paintings were the most sought-after objects to be copied in the Song Dynasty, and a large number of Yan Liben's original works have long been destroyed in history, and the copies that exist in later generations are basically copies of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Yan Liben's original paintings were not only particularly valuable in later generations, but also in the Song Dynasty.

When Zhao Zhen heard the value, he was dumbfounded and said, "That's more than a million yuan?" ”

"More than that."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "I plan to organize an official sale and auction off all their land deeds, land deeds and other properties, and I think there are more than two million yuan." ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly said sourly: "Eldest grandson, I congratulate you, you will be very rich soon." ”

"Where."

Zhao Jun waved his hand and said: "Without the support of your ancestors, brother, how can I, a descendant, take down so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials and copy so much family wealth?" These things were prepared for the ancestors first, and they were used to support the war in the northwest and maintain our old Zhao family! ”

"All for me?"

Zhao Zhen was even more shocked.

In fact, Zhao Jun sent everything to the palace, and he already had a faint feeling that he was here to send things to him.

However, at first, because I didn't know what the specific value of these things was, I only looked at the jewelry, gold and silver utensils on it, and thought it was only three or four hundred thousand, so Zhao Zhen didn't pay too much attention to it.

But I don't know that there are a large number of antiques and precious calligraphy and paintings in it, if Song Huizong comes, he will definitely be able to recognize the value of these calligraphy and paintings.

But Zhao Zhen is not very interested in calligraphy and painting, so he feels that giving three or four hundred thousand yuan to himself is better than nothing for filling the treasury and internal funds.

But if Zhao Jun gave more than one million yuan, and subsequently auctioned off the real estate of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and could get more than two million yuan to him, it would naturally be another matter.

In this way, it may add up to more than 3 million yuan, which is close to one-tenth of the current annual financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty, which can be described as a huge amount of money.

"Nature."

Zhao Jun said: "I only need more than one million yuan of cash for the development of the Imperial City Division. ”

"Great, worthy of being a good grandson of the Zhao family!"

Zhao Zhen was happy.

Now that the treasury is empty, the annual fiscal deficit is as high as two or three million, and the war in the northwest is approaching, this money can be said to solve the urgent need.

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Brother, do you remember what I said about how the Ming Dynasty fell?" Although the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty can be collected, I don't know how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been fattened in the middle. They are obviously receiving high salaries, but they are still not satisfied, and they want to extend their hands to the people. The reason is that my brother is too indulgent to these people. ”

"Amount"

Zhao Zhen smiled awkwardly, it is indeed an indisputable fact that he shielded those people.

Zhao Jun said: "There are some things I want to say to my brother. ”

Zhao Zhen was looking at a huge pearl on the table, took it in his hand and played with it a little, and when he heard Zhao Jun's words, he got up and said, "Talk while walking." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Jun nodded.

The two of them walked out of the Guanjia Palace.

It was already September, and the few acres of fields outside the Guanjia Hall had already been harvested, and now they were planted with late rice.

Rice seedlings flutter in the autumn wind, and frogs stumble between the ridges from time to time.

There are towering trees outside the field, the branches are dense, and the leaves are slightly shaking and swaying.

The two walked along the edge of the field in the direction of the east garden, stepping on the green grass, Zhao Jun looked at the field and said, "Does my brother know what a corrupt official is?" ”

Zhao Zhen asked, "What is it?" ”

Zhao Jun pointed to the weeds at the edge of the field and said: "Corrupt officials are like weeds in the field, if they are left alone, they will harm the crops in the field." Only by cleaning up from time to time can we maintain political clarity. ”

"Well, why don't I understand this truth?"

Zhao Zhen sighed.

Zhao Jun said: "Corrupt officials are very harmful, and it does not mean that anyone who embezzles state funds is a corrupt official. It is the corrupt officials who are not greedy enough and who take all the people without restraint. ”

"Officials need competence, not greed. The Great Song Dynasty was full of rebellions, and the governance in various places was not good, and corrupt officials were everywhere, which was an important reason. ”

"I'm not saying that I can't tolerate these corrupt officials, if the Great Song Dynasty is rich and strong, the annual financial income can be 4 billion or even 2 billion yuan, these corrupt officials may not be able to fall into the end of raiding their families and exterminating their families, cutting off their heads and beheadings, at most they will be sentenced to a heavy sentence or deposed."

"Because the cake of the Great Song Dynasty is big enough, corrupt officials and corrupt officials will not shake the foundation of the country. Every year, we get rid of those who oppress the people, and those who should be arrested and sentenced are punished, so that the people can trust the government and improve the credibility of the imperial court, so that there will be no grievances. ”

"But at this stage, the plate of the Great Song Dynasty is only so big, if these corrupt officials are allowed to run rampant and lie on the people and the court to suck blood, then only the people and the court will be damaged, and it will eventually lead to the destruction of the country."

"Maybe you'll think you'll just need to be more productive."

"Don't forget the relations of production that I have been emphasizing before, and the relations of production at this stage are not that a tough central government can coordinate everything, but that everything has to go through the civilian bureaucracy."

"The civil officials are in control of everything, so if any government decree goes down, it will be exploited layer by layer, maybe you will allocate funds, want to build a building, and finally build a broken wooden house for you."

"The simplest example is that the first industrial revolution had nothing to do with oil and electricity, but with coal and iron. Although China is large, the distribution of coal and iron is not even, and if you want to develop the industrial revolution in the future, you must build a canal to connect coal and iron minerals together. ”

"Places like Pingdingshan in Henan Province are rich in coal mines, and there are few iron ores nearby, so you have to dig rivers to transport mineral resources and concentrate on a certain city for industrial upgrading, so as to drive the industrial situation of the entire Great Song Dynasty."

"What if the officials below don't get it right?"

"It costs money to build rivers, it costs money to reclaim mines, and it costs money to transport mineral resources. Even if they are not greedy for the central government's money, you still have to attract businessmen from all over the country to carry out capital operations to promote industrial development. ”

"Those officials will have serious consequences for the local economy and national affairs. Maybe if a national policy continues, in the end, it will become a policy that harms the people, just like Wang Anshi's change of law. ”

"Therefore, officials cannot fail to supervise, and officials cannot fail to rectify."

"Lu Yijian, they have become a conservative interest group, even if they know what will become of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, what does it have to do with them? They are not emperors, and the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty are not theirs, so the scourge will be a scourge, and the next dynasty will continue to be officials. ”

"But the Great Song Dynasty is your brother, if you don't support me, it will still be a serious land annexation, uprisings and rebellions everywhere will continue, various policies will not be implemented, and the Great Song Dynasty will continue to face internal and external troubles, and Jingkang's shame will not be far away."

In the end, Zhao Jun's tone was already quite stern, and he didn't forget to give Lu Yijian and those people eye medicine in front of Zhao Zhen, which was moving.

What Zhao Zhen is most worried about is not Jing Kang's shame?

kept using this to stimulate him and drive a wedge between him and the civilian clique.

As long as Zhao Zhen trusts him in the future, rather than those civil and official groups, the road in the future will be much smoother.

It's not like now, everything is blocked, and you have to worry about Lu Yijian and they will move Zhao Zhen and block themselves.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen was thoughtful, his face sank like water, and he nodded seriously: "I know, the eldest grandson has done a good job these days, and I will fully support you behind your back." ”

"Brother, you know how to govern the Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Jun gave a thumbs up, and then said: "There is a problem, since the first emperor, he has been extremely tolerant of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and even issued an edict saying that as long as those corrupt officials report their crimes, they will not be investigated." This is a bit excessive, isn't it, when is it quite proud to be a corrupt official? ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "The eldest grandson came today, hoping that I would take back these edicts?" ”

"Exactly."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Not only to take back the edict, but also to issue a new decree, and those who report their crimes can be dealt with lightly." But they must go to jail. Those who do not admit their guilt will have their families exterminated and must not be tolerated. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned and said, "This eldest grandson, will it be too much." If this edict continues, I am afraid that everyone will be shocked, and then it will inevitably be written in groups. ”

In order to snatch the right to arrest and judge from the hands of the scholars and hand it over to the Imperial City Division, Zhao Zhen has been bombarded indiscriminately by the officials once.

That is, Zhao Zhen was frantically CPUed by Zhao Jun, telling him that it was necessary to strengthen the imperial power, and that the arrest and trial power could not be taken away by the officials, so he withstood the pressure and did not change it.

After all, any emperor will never refuse to strengthen imperial power.

Even if Zhao Zhen is Renzong, he will also strengthen the imperial power and stabilize his country.

But it is another matter to order the investigation of corrupt officials and corrupt officials throughout the country and no longer give them preferential treatment.

Because it was normal for the emperor to strengthen the imperial power.

If you can order the severe punishment of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it is not a strengthening of imperial power, but a strengthening of supervision over officials.

This will inevitably anger the corrupt officials in the whole world, and if the entire scholar class makes a fuss, it will be a threat to their imperial power, so if the former Zhao Zhen can still bear it, then the latter will be more difficult.

Even if no one will admit that they are corrupt officials, there have always been many excuses for scholars and doctors to fool the emperor into dealing with corrupt officials leniently.

For example, "Zu Xun does not kill scholars", "Preferential treatment of scholars and doctors", "The purpose of not killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials is to let officials have a bottom line and prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry", "Although corrupt officials and corrupt officials are immoral, it is still necessary to give scholars a chance".

Therefore, Zhao Zhen felt that this matter was more difficult to do.

But Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "Any dynasty is immoral to tolerate corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Bureaucracy has always been an extremely bad guy, not only to the common people, but also to exploit, oppress, arrogant, and mediocre to the common people. This is not only for the people of the world, but also for the Song Dynasty. Brother, sometimes, you have to make a decision. Be brave, I'm sure you can do it! ”

"Amount"

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun's encouragement, and was at a loss for a while, speechless.

(End of chapter)