Lu Yijian guessed correctly, Zhao Jun actually wanted not only to limit the imperial power, but also to formulate laws and firmly hold the power to interpret the law in his hands.

To tell the truth, for the bureaucratic and scholarly class, restricting the imperial power and increasing their power was originally what they hoped to do, how could they help the emperor remove the imperial power?

Therefore, if it is just a constitution to bind the emperor, I believe that Lu Yijian and others will definitely approve it with both hands.

But Zhao Jun is not only talking about the emperor, but also about the basic rights of hundreds of officials and citizens.

In other words, the law he made in the future, that is, he has the final say. For example, the landlords of the Great Song Dynasty tried to find ways to encroach on the land of the people, which was a common thing in the Great Song Dynasty.

But what if, after the constitution is enacted, land becomes the basic right of citizens? At that time, it is clear that the landlord bought it, and even if he uses means, it is clearly legal, so is that considered a violation of the basic rights of citizens?

Therefore, at that time, the right to interpret the law has become a sentence of Zhao Jun, and at that time what he says is the law, and everyone must listen to him.

Zhao Jun's current power is equivalent to that of the ancient prime minister, and if he holds the power to interpret the law in his hands, he may be comparable to the emperor.

When the time comes, no one will be able to control him.

So when Lu Yijian realized this, he hurriedly wanted to remind Zhao Zhen.

However, in the face of Zhao Jun Senran's threatening eyes, he could only admit it.

offended Zhao Zhen, the big deal was to dismiss the official and go home.

offended Zhao Jun, what would happen to him, Lu Yijian didn't dare to think about it.

Because Zhao Jun's identity is already invincible.

Traverser.

Descendants of the Great Song Dynasty.

Know the historical trends of the future.

He still has a system of basic education in his hands.

The entire Great Song Dynasty will need him to reform and design in the future.

It can be said that once Zhao Jun is gone, even if the Great Song Dynasty knows history and knows how to move forward, they will not be able to do it.

Just like gunpowder, you don't need to add so many bells and whistles, you don't need to mess up the proportions, and the simple three things can exert the maximum power according to the right proportion.

What they lacked was not gunpowder, but the correct formula of gunpowder.

Therefore, in the case that Zhao Jun is the only one in the Great Song Dynasty who knows a series of correct formulas such as the industrial revolution, basic education, capital market, commercial restructuring, and political system, Zhao Jun has already stood in a high enough position.

Unless Zhao Zhen is so mad that his ancestors don't want it, otherwise, even if Zhao Jun draws a knife and kills Lu Yijian, Zhao Zhen will probably have to rack his brains to find a way to suppress this matter.

Therefore, in the face of Zhao Jun's threatening eyes, Lu Yijian naturally could only swallow the words into his stomach.

Never mind.

Anyway, it's also the world of their old Zhao family.

I am all a person who is half buried in the soil, and I don't have a few years to live, so why fight for power with Jun Boy?

Lu Yijian sighed in her heart, so she had to be silent.

The rest of the people are also human spirits, so I can't imagine that Zhao Jun is planning to formulate a set of rules by himself, and then play his politics in that rule system.

But to be honest, what Lu Yijian could figure out, how could they not understand?

Lu Yijian cares too much about power.

So he competed with Li Di in phase, Ren Bu, Wang Zeng, and even the queen offended him.

Now when he encounters a person he can't fight, he himself will be deflated, let alone others?

Therefore, the people were very silent and did not speak again.

Then Zhao Jun briefly talked about the rules and regulations that modern countries should have, as well as the power given to the people by the state.

As the supreme constitution, there are not many articles, and in later generations, our country only had 143 articles, unlike the laws that have more than 1,000, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of articles wide, and the laws are frighteningly piled up.

The significance of the constitution is to safeguard the fundamental law of a sovereign country or region.

It mainly stipulates the social system, state system, state institutions and the basic rights and obligations of citizens of a country or region.

Other laws and decrees of the state or region must not contradict the Constitution, and it is the basis for the enactment of other laws.

In the Song Dynasty, it was certainly not feasible to talk about democracy, but the state still had to give citizens basic human rights, and then the legislative power was in the hands of the Constitutional Yuan, which was concentrated in the hands of Zhao Jun.

In this way, Zhao Jun got the legislative power, and in the future, he could make rules, so as to indirectly manipulate the entire country.

Soon two hours passed, and the time came to seven o'clock in the evening.

Since the morning pilgrimage was to be made at four o'clock in the morning of the second day, everyone said goodbye and went home to rest as usual.

As night fell, a silver moon slowly rose into the eastern sky. There was still a glimmer of sunset in the west, but the sun had completely set, and only a trace of afterglow was still shining in the western sky.

Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jun walked on the way to Xihuamen, Lu Yijian and their group of old men left, they were older and had to go to the morning court tomorrow morning, and their bodies were a little unbearable.

"Every time I look up at the sun and the moon, I feel that human existence is so small, and compared to the universe, human beings are nothing."

Zhao Zhen put his hands behind his back, his wide long-sleeved robe covered his hands, raised his head and looked up at the sky, and sighed very much.

They walked in the Yanfu Palace, and within the palace wall on the left side were the Shouchang Pavilion (Baowen Pavilion), Tianzhang Pavilion and Longtu Pavilion. It is a place where the royal books, anthologies, classics, antiques, pictures, treasures, and the register and pedigree of the clan entered by the Soshoji Temple are placed.

Under the palace walls, large trees are planted, and the greenery covers the sky. On the right side is the continuous palace of Yanfu Palace, the road paved with bluestone slabs is so clean that there is no dust mixed with it, the white walls and gray tiles on both sides, the eaves of the bucket arches, and the towers tower.

The breeze blew through the palace complexes, blowing the bamboo horse bells hanging under the eaves crisply and making a tinkling sound.

Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Zhen in surprise.

I didn't expect that talking about the knowledge of the universe at the beginning would make Zhao Zhen have such a great understanding.

Thinking that these days, he was able to easily delegate power, in addition to the urgency of the demise of the Great Song Dynasty, but also because he saw the vast world and felt small and powerless, and he saw a lot.

After all, people always die, and dynasties will perish. Compared to the outer universe, the earth is just a drop in the ocean, so why bother with power?

It's better to let go of power and help Zhao Jun, a descendant, maybe he can continue his life for the Great Song Dynasty for a few hundred years, and it can be regarded as a meaningful life.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Yes, the universe is vast and great, even after a thousand years, when science and technology reach that point, people can only doubt and guess that the earth civilization is the first civilization in the universe, and they dare not be sure that it is so." No one knows if there is another Earth millions of light-years away. ”

"There is no end in heaven and earth, and human life is like the morning sun. Although I am the emperor of the world, I am as short as the morning glow. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed.

Zhao Jun said: "Although the morning glow is short, it is brilliant, and the official family thinks about it, even if it is in his lifetime, he can't do many things. But every generation has a mission for every generation. What we need to do is lay the foundation for future generations. Yugong moves mountains, children and grandchildren, infinite scarcity! That's the meaning of life. ”

"I know this truth, so I allowed my eldest grandson to take charge of the Legislative Yuan, even if it was to make laws."

Zhao Zhen glanced at him meaningfully.

Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "It turns out that my brother knows everything?" ”

"I know."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "You told Lu Yijian and them before that in the future, if the new policy continues, you will not depose officials on a large scale, and you will only use a more gentle way, which is also a lie to them." ”

Zhao Jun smiled bitterly: "I can't hide anything from my brother, the gentle way is that the effect is slow, and the second is not necessarily effective." The governance of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty was already very poor, so they had to be treated in a harsh way. I'm not so mad as to kill everyone, but if those people do nothing, then I can't blame me for removing them from office. ”

"So as long as you are an official who has made a difference, you will not be dismissed?"

Zhao Zhen groaned.

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded: "The Great Song Dynasty has serious redundancy, and the annual expenditure is huge, especially the prime minister, which is very different from the lower-level official Yuelu. I intend to cut at least half of their salaries, starting from the head, to subsidize the lower officials. Lower-level officials are willing to do things, and if they have a light and a light, then it is best. If people are superficial, or collude with others to harm the people, then they will naturally be punished severely. ”

The salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were indeed high, even from Jiupin, they had an annual income of two or three hundred guan, which was much better than that of ordinary people. However, the main head is still a senior central official, with an annual salary of about 20,000 yuan, and the rest of the middle and high-level officials, all in total, also have 10,000 yuan.

If we can cut it in half, it will reduce the expenditure burden of the government by one or two million yuan a year.

Moreover, even if it is cut by half, the income of middle and senior officials is dozens of times that of middle and senior officials in the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially since many officials have their own businesses at home, and it is not difficult to continue to maintain their luxurious life.

If the money saved can be used to subsidize the middle and lower level officials, especially the officials, who live in poverty, so that they can have extra income, and then increase the anti-corruption crackdown, so that they can have enough money to live while being afraid of strict anti-corruption laws, I believe that the rule of officials will be much better.

This is also the way in which the state treats civil servants in later generations.

Why does everyone want to take the public exam?

In addition to the regular monthly income, there is also a large bonus at the end of the year to ensure the livelihood of most civil servants.

Although there are certainly those who are not satisfied with this and take risks.

But there will be far fewer borers.

Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Zhen asked: "Lower-level officials are indeed the people who have the most direct contact with the people, and cutting off the Yuelu of higher-level officials to subsidize lower-level officials will indeed make them a little more restrained and treat the people much better." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun said: "The key is that the lower-level officials get benefits, and they are willing to be obedient." After all, if all the officials are dismissed, or killed, then who will do the work? Therefore, not doing evil is the first element, and the second element is obedience. As long as the decree can be issued, then everything will be much smoother. ”

"Just do it."

Zhao Zhen raised his head to look at the fading sunset in the west, and said softly: "I know that if there is no eldest grandson, the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to survive for many years. It's better to fight, I believe that the wisdom of the eldest grandson will definitely bring a different situation to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

It seems that the continuous CPU these days, coupled with threats such as Jingkang shame and the flooding of the Yellow River, have not been in vain.

Zhao Jun thought in his heart, and said with a solemn look on his face: "This road may be difficult, and there may be countless opponents, and a large number of corrupt officials may be found, and even many people will be killed." But as long as I have my brother's support, then even if I die hard, I will step out of a way for Da Song. ”

The two of them walked and walked, and they had already arrived outside the Xihua Gate.

Zhao Zhen patted Zhao Jun on the shoulder and said, "I trust the eldest grandson, just as the eldest grandson can trust me. ”

I'm sorry, but I don't really trust you.

Zhao Jun slandered in his heart, he felt that Zhao Zhen seemed to be anti-CPU.

Does this guy just want to use himself, and when everything is on the right track in the future, he will unload the mill and kill the donkey, cross the river and tear down the bridge?

A thought popped up in my head unconsciously.

But then it dissipated.

Either way, let's continue to follow your plan.

In the future, he will be able to master the army in the end, and he will be invincible.

Zhao Jun thought.

Then he said seriously: "With this sentence of my brother, I am satisfied." Tomorrow I want to take a leave of absence. ”

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Zhao Zhen wondered.

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "In addition to killing a lot of people in the officialdom in the future, we will also kill a lot of people tonight, and it's time to clean up the Bianliang underground." ”

"Well, the Bianliang underground has humiliated the Great Song Dynasty, if you want to mobilize the front division of the palace, you can let Cao Xiu know me."

Zhao Zhen said.

"Okay, if you don't have enough troops, we'll talk about it."

Zhao Jun did not refuse.

The power in his hands is also the three thousand Praetorian Guards of the Imperial City Division.

In addition, Lao Fan Kaifeng Mansion probably has a few thousand people, and he may not be able to annihilate the other party in one fell swoop, if the palace front division can be dispatched, it will be much easier.

The two chatted a few more words, and finally parted.

Zhao Jun went out of Xihua Gate, Cao Xiu rode up and followed, and the carriage did not go to Qingtaifang, but went south in the direction of Kaifeng Mansion.

The time displayed on the watch was already 7:23 p.m., which was 2 o'clock in ancient times, and the streets did not become bleak because of the arrival of night.

The Bianliang summer night market is the most lively time, and the early winter night market is a little worse. However, there are countless vendors setting up stalls, and the crowds are shuttling, but there are fewer than during the day.

The carriage was mixed with the night market and slowly stopped outside Kaifeng Mansion.

The gate of Kaifeng Mansion opened at this moment, Zhao Jun got out of the carriage, Di Qing walked over and showed his waist card, and all the official affairs of the prefecture outside bowed their hands: "Zhiyuan!" ”

Zhao Jun nodded slightly, and the purple robe was worn on this young man to show his majesty.

Compared with the last time I came to Kaifeng Mansion, this time it was not so tense, and all the officials and officials were respectful. Because the officials and Kaifeng officials who were rude to him before are now sent to prison.

"Hanlong, here."

Fan Zhong was drowned in the main hall of Kaifeng Mansion, surrounded by several officials.

When they saw Zhao Jun, they all got up and saluted.

"I've seen the prefect."

Everyone was careful and respectful.

These people are all fellow intellectuals, judges, and pushers of Kaifeng Mansion, and they are basically new to office.

Their predecessors are now dead miserably, like Liao Yu, who was sentenced to be beheaded, and is still on death row, and it is said that the operation will be carried out at the end of the year.

Therefore, in the face of the Constitutional Yuan Governor, which can really determine their power of life and death, no one dares to be sloppy.

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded, then walked over and sat down.

sat next to Fan Zhongyan.

Cao Xiu, Di Qing and others stood behind him.

This is Kaifeng Mansion, which is Lao Fan's territory after all, and it is still not noisy.

"Hanlong, this is the map below."

Fan Zhongyan had a large map on his desk, in which a large number of dense lines were drawn criss-crossed, and the large strongholds of the various forces below were also marked.

Zhao Jun nodded and said, "I've seen it, and I still asked someone to send this picture to you." ”

"Then I won't say more."

Fan Zhongyan pointed to the location on the map and said, "This is where the headquarters of Sanssouci Cave is located, and there are sixteen entrances and exits around it. This is where the headquarters of the Ghost Fan Building is located, there are thirteen entrances and exits, and this is the ghost market."

He spoke of several of the main underground forces, and then added, "I thought I could plug these holes, and then the army would go deep into the other caves and raid their lair. ”

Zhao Jun looked over.

Sanssouci Cave Ghost Fan Lou and other forces are cunning, and the entrance to the cave is very hidden, if he hadn't sent an undercover agent in, he really couldn't find so many entrances and exits.

Some of the entrances and exits are even not far from their headquarters, and if they block the exits, wait outside, and then send a large army to kill them from other entrances and exits, it is estimated that they can kill a large number of underworld forces.

But Zhao Jun frowned, thought for a moment and said, "No, Lao Fan, your starting point is wrong. ”

"What do you mean?"

Fan Zhongyan wondered.

Zhao Jun said: "Our first task is to rescue the hostages, and if you do this, it is easy to push them to a dead end, and it is likely that they will be cornered, which will lead to damage to the hostages." ”

"Oh?"

Fan Zhongyan thought for a while and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

"Kill them directly through these passages closest to their headquarters, catch them off guard, and push them deeper."

Zhao Jun pointed to the entrances and exits on the map and said: "We have rescued all the hostages, and all the villains below, then we can calmly start our third-step plan and wait for the time." If you do this, not only will the hostages lose a lot, but they will also easily escape through the various passages, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"Hmm"

Fan Zhongyan groaned for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "Well, that's true." While my plan can kill them in large numbers, the hostages cannot be saved. And there may be unknown passages below, which may not be able to catch them all, so do as you want. ”

Zhao Jun looked around and said, "Since this is the case, then I will give orders, have you already gathered all your people?" ”

"It's all set."

Cui Yuanming, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, replied: "More than 4,000 people have been summoned just now, and now they are all here, with torches, weapons, and bows and crossbows ready, just waiting for the order of the prefect." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Jun pointed to more than 50 entrances and exits on the map and said: "In these places, the army will directly kill them, and if the bandits resist, they will be killed." Remember, our first mission is to rescue the hostages and sweep through all the hostage holdings below, not to chase the bandits, get it? ”

"Yes!"

Everyone's hearts sank.

Then Fan Zhongyan assigned the task, led by each judge, magistrate and judicial officer, to assemble in each passage.

Zhao Jun turned his head and said to Cao Xiu, Di Qing and the others: "I heard it, let's go." ”

"Yes!"

Cao Xiu, Di Qing and the others suddenly became excited and walked out.

At this moment, the entire Bianliang City is different.

On the streets, the original Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division's servants and patrol guards have all disappeared.

In addition to the necessary sentry guards, a large number of people were assembled.

The soldiers all carried torches and walked through the market with neat steps, so that the people of Bianliang who saw this scene were puzzled.

Only in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Jun and Fan Zhongyan gave the order for a general attack, and then left the mansion and left in a carriage.

Tonight is destined to be an unquiet night.

(End of chapter)