On the morning of October 15, the officials of the Vertical Arch Hall stood in their respective positions as usual.

The left and right sides of the hall were lit with candles, and the ministers of the three classes stood in order according to their ranks, but in the original position of the prime minister, they were divided into three, six, nine and so on at this moment.

In the past, although the prime minister, the privy minister, and the prime minister all respected the prime minister, everyone was a high-ranking official in the center, and they would stand in the same place.

That is, the central high-ranking officials stand in front of the hundred officials, followed by the three provinces, the six ministries, the imperial history platform, the three ya, the nine temples, the six prisons and other backbone officials, and there will be a large number of imperial historians, counselors and other seven or eight officials in the lowest row.

In this way, three watershed areas were formed, which were divided by the rank and position of officials, thus delineating the status of officials.

But now the original prime minister is beyond the cardinal minister and the prime minister, and even the Hubu Shangshu and the Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansion, whose status should have been after the cardinal minister and the prime minister, are standing inside, and their status is even higher than them.

Because the first few people are the Constitutional Yuan.

In other words, the current pattern of the court is that the Constitutional Yuan is above the hundred officials, and the status is higher than that of the original prime minister, and even the Political Affairs Hall, the Three Divisions and the Privy Council must obey their jurisdiction.

Zhao Jun yawned and stood in front of Lu Yijian, he felt that the early dynasty was becoming more and more formalized, and he would see if he could cancel it in the future.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Wang Shouzhong walked out of the apse of the vertical arch hall and shouted.

The curtain officials on both sides of the door pulled the curtain door, and Zhao Zhen wore the red Song Dynasty Tianzi robe, and walked out from inside.

"See Your Majesty!"

The hundred officials raised the guiban in their hands, held them with both hands, and bent down to salute.

"Excuse me!"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The officials are flat.

The head of the hall shouted: "If you have something to do with the morning play, there is nothing to roll up the curtain and retreat." ”

Lu Yijian was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, the people of Huainan are hungry, and there are men and women who hire slaves, and the officials will redeem them. Nowadays, the people do not dare to hire people, and the poor may not have their own survival, so they want to listen to their convenience. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun after hearing this, Zhao Jun just nodded with a sinking face, and he said, "Then be it." ”

"The three divisions and subdivisions are more than searching for famous documents in the accounts of the distant years, directing directly, and going down to the states to grind and investigate, the years are far-reaching, the case books are incomplete, and the hook is traced and checked, which is quite annoying."

Wang Sui said.

"What should I do?"

"But from now on, it will not be repeated, and the violator will go to the state capital to seal the words into the actual acceptance. If the state government dares to accept it, it will be sent to the transfer department and the criminal prison department to be aware of it. ”

"Good."

After agreeing to this incident, Wang Zeng stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, Hangzhou is windy, the river tide overflows six feet high, and the embankment is more than a thousand feet high, what should be done?" ”

"How do you usually do that?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Generally, it is to send envoys to offer sacrifices."

Wang Zeng replied.

Zhao Jun said: "Sacrifice is useless, building a dam is the right thing." ”

"Then according to what Song Guogong said."

Zhao Zhen said.

After these words came out, the ministers below were slightly in a commotion, in ancient times, ghosts and gods were feared, and there was often a wind of sacrifice, Zhao Jun actually said that sacrifice was useless?

However, due to Zhao Jun's large number of henchmen in the DPRK and China, his supporters include the Prime Minister's Group, the New Deal Group, and recently the addition of Wang Deyong, the deputy privy envoy, and Li Di, the newly appointed deputy envoy of the Third Division.

Wang Deyong not to mention, Li Di, as the prime minister of the two dynasties, once had a status comparable to Lu Yijian in the court, and there were also many henchmen, and his support made Zhao Jun like a tiger.

Therefore, in the past, there were many people who impeached Zhao Jun in the early dynasties, but now there are basically very few, and everyone is silent and no longer launches an offensive against him.

Then, according to the usual practice, I talked about what happened all over the country, mainly natural disasters in various places, the military and political affairs in the northwest and Hebei, as well as the distribution of grain and grass throughout the country, the new civil unrest, and the economy of Caoyun.

On the contrary, no one mentions the actions of Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division.

After the third division reported on the autumn situation in various places in recent days, Cheng Fan Yan in the imperial history finally couldn't help it, and came out and said: "Official, why don't you discuss this matter in Kaifeng Mansion recently?" ”

Zhao Zhen asked, "What happened to Kaifeng Mansion again?" ”

Fan Yan said: "The Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion poured into the underground of Bianliang and searched for outlaws everywhere. ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Jun turned his head, looked at Fan sarcastically with an unkind face, and said, "What, shouldn't this thing be done?" There are so many murderers in Bianliang, and tens of thousands of people have been harmed, do you still feel very proud? ”

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and the others' faces changed slightly.

They were taken by Zhao Jun yesterday to see the place where the victims were placed, and they said that as the prime minister of the Great Song Empire, they should always care about the people and love the people.

In fact, when they arrived at the place, they were scolded with a slap on their heads and faces, and they really couldn't raise their heads when they saw those hellish miserable conditions on earth.

If these things happen in other regions, they can also use the excuse that the emperor is far away, and the ancient productivity and technology are backward, and there is nothing they can do.

But these things happened in Bianliang, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the first good place, didn't that slap them in the face?

Therefore, everyone tacitly did not mention this matter this morning, because they were afraid that Zhao Jun would go crazy directly in the Vertical Arch Palace, so that they and even Zhao Zhen would not be able to get off the stage.

I didn't expect to be mentioned by Fan Wei.

Fan Yan felt a little inexplicable, so he said in confusion: "This thing should naturally be done, but since the underground has been cleaned, shouldn't we also talk about it in the early dynasty, many victims are settled, and the murderers are punished and punished, how should this underground be prepared for further disasters in the future." ”

It turned out to be just that.

Zhao Jun thought about it, he actually regarded everyone as an enemy a little too much, and felt that those people below had colluded with so many officials, and if they were swept out, would it cause collective opposition from officials within the imperial court.

But he forgot that the officials of the Song Dynasty were not all corrupt officials, and the officials at that time had to be faceless and boast of being clean.

Those people in the Ghost Fan Building and Sanssouci Cave can collude with the middle and lower-level officials of Kaifeng Mansion and the current officials in some places, and they can't hook up with the court.

Therefore, since the court has done this, the officials will naturally not object, but they feel that it should be said at the court.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun said: "There is no need to discuss this matter in the imperial court, the early dynasty should talk about major events across the country, and these local governance issues will be handed over to Kaifeng Mansion, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department." ”

Qian Zhengwei, the secretary of Dali Temple, first widened his eyes, and then asked in disbelief: "Governor, do you mean that these things will be interrogated by Dali Temple in the future?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "National affairs should be performed in their own duties. The Imperial City Division is not to deprive the Dali Temple of its powers, but there are many officials in the Dali Temple who are complicit with them, so I let the Imperial City Division exercise its powers on behalf of the first. ”

Qian Zhengwei immediately hit the snake and said: "Then should the Imperial City Division also take back the power of arrest and review?" ”

"What do you want?"

Zhao Jun glanced at him: "The Imperial City Division is a knife hanging above the heads of the people, how can it be taken back?" ”

Qian Zhengwei was unconvinced: "Since so many officials have been investigated and so many bandits have been arrested, and they have done what they have done, the rest of the things should be handed over to the Criminal Department of Dali Temple and Kaifeng Mansion to deal with." ”

"Your Dali Temple thinks it's clean, but you still caught more than a dozen. That is, there is no need for you high-ranking officials to collude with them, otherwise you will also put me in prison.

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and said, "And do you think that you have nothing to do with this matter, and it is glorious to stand on the shore?" There is a place like the Ghost Fan Tower in Bianliang that is your dereliction of duty, that is, the official family is benevolent and gives you a chance, otherwise I will be deposed. ”

Qian Zhengwei: "."

He had no choice but to silently return to his place.

This has been too strong recently, and the anger is relatively large, and there are more than 100 people in the Salt and Iron Division of the Third Division, just say it, although it has set off a lot of waves, but it has still been suppressed, which is enough to show the strength of the Political System Yuan today.

Anyway, even the officials don't have to worry about it, so why should they worry about the problem that the power is all taken over by the Constitutional Yuan.

"Official!"

At this time, Xia Zhu stood up and bowed his hand to Zhao Zhen.

The crowd looked over.

Zhao Jun raised his eyebrows, he thought that Xia Zhu was going to find trouble.

Last time, Liu Yuanyu recruited everything, although Liu Yuanyu didn't have any evidence, but Zhao Jun knew that this guy acted like a villain in history, and it was not unusual to do such a thing.

So just look at him.

Unexpectedly, Xia Zhu said: "The minister thinks that the Constitutional Yuan should not be entered by only a few prime ministers, since all the government affairs in the world come from the Constitutional Yuan, and the Privy Council and the Three Divisions should also have someone enter the Constitutional Yuan." ”

"Nope."

Zhao Zhen refused without hesitation.

"Why?"

Xia Zhu was puzzled: "The Constitutional Yuan should also be entered by people who have served in many political departments, if people who have no experience in this area are allowed to enter, will there be chaos in the government?" The minister thought that it was not a bad thing to increase the number of candidates for the Constitutional Yuan. ”

"Yes, the minister also thinks that the number of seats in the Constitutional Yuan should be increased. Although the prime ministers have made great plans for the country, the affairs of the three ministers and the privy council are ultimately decided by the three ministers and the privy council, and the prime ministers are not necessarily clear. ”

Cheng Lin, the envoy of the Third Division, saw that Xia Zhu was the first to mention what he had always wanted to mention, so he also said decisively: "If someone from the Third Division enters it, he will naturally be able to contribute to the Constitutional Yuan." ”

The privy envoy Zhang Qi watched coldly, he was a veteran of the Zhenzong Dynasty and a military general, and at the same time he had been on Liu E's thigh in his early years, and he had not been treated by the civilian group, and this privy envoy basically existed in name only in the Privy Council.

The real rulers of the Privy Council are Zheng Jian, the Privy Council, Li Xian, the Privy Councillor, and Chen Yaozuo, the Privy Councillor. He and the privy deputy envoy Wang Deyong are marginal figures, so naturally they will not speak easily.

It's just that I didn't expect Zhao Zhen to refuse without hesitation: "The ruling on the number of personnel in the Constitutional Yuan will not change until the Zhongqing has not retreated." ”

Everyone was shocked.

Xia Zhu and Cheng Lin thought for a while, and then retreated silently.

Obviously, they also understood what Zhao Zhen meant.

In other words, these people in the Constitutional Yuan are constant, and unless Lu Yijian and others retire, they will continue to do it.

I've found enough information today to get them back and digest it.

As for whether they are honestly waiting for Lu Yijian and them to step back, or thinking of some crooked ideas, impeaching Lu Yijian and them, and wanting to get them down and take the position themselves, that is another matter.

And here, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others glanced at each other, thinking that Xia Zhu was trying to make trouble, but he didn't expect that this guy wanted to test how to enter the Constitutional Yuan.

It's just that Xia Zhu would never have imagined that the condition for entering the Political System Yuan is not the prime minister, but that he must be an insider of Zhao Jun.

If you're not in the know, it's useless for anyone to come.

You are an insider, even if Wang Sui is doing nothing like this, the prime minister who has been impeached by Han Qi in history can be as stable as Mount Tai.

Therefore, the matter of entering the Political System Yuan really has nothing to do with ability and officialdom struggle, it all depends on the time that Zhao Jun has traveled.

The early dynasty talked about other state affairs.

Wait until more than seven o'clock in the morning to retire from the court, in the past, the government affairs of various departments were reported to the emperor in the early court, and then dealt with the prime ministers, so the early dynasty delayed a lot of time.

But now all the government affairs are handed over to the Constitutional Yuan, and the early dynasty only discusses what happened in various parts of the country, and there are not as many things as before, but the next dynasty is much faster.

Zhao Jun and the others did not go to the Constitutional Academy, but went to the Chongde Palace.

Nowadays, with the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan, this kind of conference in the early dynasties is more inclined to gather national government affairs information, and the specific solution is to hold a small meeting of the Constitutional Yuan.

Today's small meeting still has to discuss specific matters.

In the Chongde Palace, in the study room of Zhao Zhen's apse, it is a bit like the study room of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Zhen's desk is against the window, and there are a lot of bookshelves and slashers around it, which is the place where Zhao Zhen usually reads books or deals with government affairs.

There was a faint sandalwood in the three-legged incense burner in front of the desk, and a few Taishi chairs were placed on the left and right sides, and Zhao Jun and the others saluted Zhao Zhen first after they came in, and then they were allowed by Zhao Zhen to sit down.

"Eldest grandson, this time I heard that you rescued tens of thousands of people, you have done a good job in this matter."

Zhao Zhen waited for everyone to sit down before he said: "It's just that what Fan Qing said is also true, although this raid on the Ghost Fan Tower of Sanssouci Cave has achieved unexpected results, what should I do about the aftermath?" ”

Zhao Jun had already thought of a countermeasure and replied: "There are three main points in the aftermath, one is the placement of victims, the second is the removal of the remnants of the underground underworld forces, and the third is how to prevent the underground forces from deriving again after the underground is wiped out." ”

"The eldest grandson has long thought about it?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun said: "In terms of dealing with the victims, we first find their families and reunite them with their relatives. If I can't find a family, I will first be supported by the imperial court, and then I will find a way to reform the loom, open a spinning factory, and place women as spinners, and the children can be newsboys while the court provides for them to study and learn new knowledge. ”

Most of the victims of Sanssouci Cave and Ghost Fan Tower are women and children, and a small number of children who are like bottles or have broken legs and can't even walk, so they can only be raised in welfare homes. But women and children who have hands and feet, but are homeless, can naturally do other things.

For example, opening a spinning mill, or going to school.

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "The resettlement of more than 10,000 people is probably a big expense. ”

"So I'm going to make money."

Zhao Jun said: "This seizure is quite large, there are more than 3 million yuan of cash and money seized alone, and the total value of the rest of the land, shops, and mansions is more than 6 million yuan, and these imperial courts can make good use of it." ”

Six million?

Zhao Zhen first had a happy face, and then said angrily: "These people actually collect so much money? I don't know how many people have been mutilated by them. ”

Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "After all, these places have been entrenched here since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and they have been accumulating over time, and it is normal for those people below to have so much savings. All we can do is try to make amends for those victims. Let belated justice heal their wounds. ”

"What is the eldest grandson going to do?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

Zhao Jun said: "You can use the seized shops to open shops. ”

Many brothels such as Yingchun Yuan were not given to bustards like Liu's mother, but were under the jurisdiction of the government and were managed by them, which was similar to becoming an official brothel.

In the future, under the legal framework of the Heda Song Dynasty, the Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division will provide them with convenience, so that they can guarantee taxes and profits.

In addition, there are a large number of other stores in Guifan Building and Sanssouci Cave, which can still be operated by others, or even rented out, just for rent, which is also one of the common routines used by officials in the Song Dynasty to make money.

Lu Yijian was the best among them, and nodded slightly: "If the imperial court opens a shop. Although it may be detrimental to majesty, it is not impossible. ”

"These are all hanging under the Constitutional Yuan."

Zhao Jun said again: "And I plan to open another market in Xianningfang. ”

Open another market?

Lu Yijian and the others looked at each other, and Wang Zeng said: "If you want to open a market again, I'm afraid it's not easy." Not to mention opening a market, even if the imperial court wants to replan the market, or the royal family wants to expand the palace, it is difficult to buy houses from the people. ”

"Yes, and it is not uncommon for houses to occupy the streets in the streets and markets today. As a result, the road became narrower and narrower, and even Taizu went to Tonglifang to have a banquet with the minister, but when he came back, he was blocked by the encroachment of the people's houses, let alone now. ”

Wang Sui remembered that he was not bad, and said: "During the Taizong period, he wanted to expand the palace, so that the people's resentment boiled. During the Zhenzong period, Xie Dequan was asked to expand the street, which made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military opposed, and it was much more difficult to open a street market than to expand the street. ”

Don't think that the emperor of the Song Dynasty can do whatever he wants, Zhao Guangyi disliked the small palace, so he wanted to expand the palace, and as a result, the people dared to open their mouths. Song Zhenzong wanted to expand the streets, but the officials and the common people opposed it.

At that time, the emperor wanted to demolish and relocate the illegal buildings in Kaifeng Mansion, and he had to spend a lot of money to pay compensation. And there were even nail households to block the demolition, and the emperor's order was not taken seriously by the people.

Don't look at Zhao Jun's reputation among the people of Bianliang, but if he dares to touch the interests of those people and demolish their houses, he will become a dog official in minutes and the next day.

"You don't need to occupy a house to open this street, but you can use the mansion of the owner of the ghost fan building that was confiscated this time."

Zhao Jun said: "I have seen that place, it covers a huge area, and it happens to be on the edge of the Jinhe River, close to Liangmen. Rather than turning it into a riverside mansion where the wealthy live, it would be better to transform it into a riverside commercial street. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Zhen became interested and said, "How does the eldest grandson plan to operate?" ”

"The government will renovate there, and the shops can be sold or rented, and it is expected that the cost will be recovered within a year or two, and the rest will be pure profit."

Zhao Jun replied.

"Hmm"

Fan Zhongyan suddenly thought of something, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's okay." The fall of the Ming Dynasty was that the officials deceived the emperor, not only did the emperor not collect taxes, but also did not let the emperor have monopolies such as iron and salt, and said that he could not compete with the people for profit, in fact, they were all making calculations for themselves, and the country should indeed master some business and make a living. ”

"This is also the reason why there are state-owned enterprises in later generations."

Zhao Jun added: "The existence of state-owned enterprises is to prevent monopoly and to protect the lives of ordinary people. In later generations, the salt industry company and the national grain enterprise sold the salt and grain at a low price of a few cents a catty, although the taste may not be good, but for the poor, it is indeed a life-saving thing, and its existence ensures the basic survival needs of the people. ”

"What does the eldest grandson mean, in the future, the Great Song Dynasty will also have its own state-owned enterprises?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Take the Jianghuai drought last year as an example, if there were state-owned enterprises, the people affected by the disaster would not be slaves and maids, and even many people would starve to death. ”

When this was mentioned, everyone fell silent, because Lu Yijian had already mentioned this in the early dynasty.

Or the after-effects of the drought in Huainan last year, the beginning of the Song Dynasty was the end of the third Xiaoice River period, just until Song Renzong was in the past few years.

The weather is warming up and the precipitation line is starting to move north, which is a good thing for crops in the north.

However, this does not mean that natural disasters will disappear, but will become more frequent due to climate change, such as droughts, floods, earthquakes, etc.

Last year, when there was a drought in Huainan, Zhao Zhen ordered disaster relief, and selected 200,000 silk cloth from the government treasury to serve as Huainan New Year's tribute.

Tax exemption and disaster relief are obviously a drop in the bucket, and many Huainan people are still precarious.

Therefore, when the population was cheap, many landlords took the opportunity to recruit the people as slaves, and embezzled their fields, so that the people became their tenants and worked for the landlords.

This was a common occurrence in ancient times, especially in the Song Dynasty, which did not inhibit land annexation.

However, the Song Dynasty did not allow normal human traffic, and explicitly prohibited it, so the local government had no choice but to "redeem" these populations.

However, even if these people have land, there is no food in the land, and people will starve to death.

Therefore, Lu Yijian thought that he should let it go, this matter was discussed in the Constitutional Yuan, and the early dynasty was basically just a formality.

For this matter, Zhao Jun really has nothing to do.

Because the damage caused by the drought in Huainan last year was so severe, millions of people in almost the entire Huainan region were affected, and the impact was very large.

After Zhao Jun came to power, he also attached great importance to this matter, and tried to allocate a large amount of grain and grass to the past, and even used the reserve grain prepared for the war in the northwest to send it to the disaster area.

But it's still a drop in the bucket.

The most important thing is that you save one person, but there are thousands of people to save. With the ability of the Song Dynasty court, there is no way to settle everyone.

Therefore, after understanding the real situation, Zhao Jun could only choose to agree with Lu Yijian, so that the big landlords could continue to absorb land and population.

This will certainly intensify land annexation, but from the side, it can at least ensure that a large number of victims in Huainan can survive.

In the final analysis, it is because the current productivity is low and the ability to resist natural disasters is too weak.

In addition, there is a serious land annexation.

In fact, the big landlords still had a lot of grain in their hands, but they were unwilling to sell it to the imperial court at a low price, but took advantage of the famine to raise the price of grain and make huge profits.

Zhao Jun's attitude towards this matter was to take harsh measures against the landlords in Huainan who were raising prices, and sent troops to exterminate their families.

But in the end, they were persuaded by Lu Yijian and them.

It's not that Lu Yijian and they are shielding the Huainan gentry, but that the Huainan area is a powder keg at present.

Nowadays, there are many representatives of the gentry in the Huainan region within the imperial court, and once a large-scale army is dispatched, it will inevitably spread out, and those big landlords will immediately rebel and revolt when they hear the news.

You must know that even many small and medium-sized landlords in the Great Song Dynasty could not bear the high taxes and rebelled, such as Fang La, a landlord, who was forced to rebel.

It was not easy for the Huainan region to barely survive, and the big landlords rebelled, and the Song Dynasty could perish as a result.

So it's still about stability.

Zhao Jun felt that what they said was indeed reasonable, so he reluctantly agreed. The main thing is that he also did research and found that the people are now on the verge of life and death.

The imperial court sent troops to suppress the big landlords in order to release the grain in the hands of the big landlords and relieve the disaster victims.

But if at this time, the big landlords found out that the imperial court suddenly sent troops to Huainan, they must have been terrified, once they took out food to recruit the victims to revolt, the victims would become their people.

When the time comes, sending troops will provoke contradictions, and this is not a good strategy.

So I thought of something else.

Everyone chatted for a while, reported today's state affairs to Zhao Zhen, handed over the handling opinions, and after getting Zhao Zhen's approval, they were ready to return to the Constitutional Yuan to work.

But before everyone left, Zhao Zhen left Zhao Jun alone.

He looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Eldest grandson, you are going to leave Beijing next year, and when the time comes, it is better to go to the Great Song Dynasty for a walk, I don't know where you plan to go first?" ”

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said, "Huainan." ”

"Huainan?"

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Eldest grandson, you really can't do it there, something big will happen." ”

"Of course I do."

Zhao Jun said: "But we can't sit idly by, where there is a disaster in the country in the future, the leaders must be the first to come to the scene, and even command the town in the disaster area." This is a manifestation of responsibility and responsibility, and I have to at least look at the situation in the disaster area before I can manage the place well. ”

"Ugh."

Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "That's it, it's just that when you arrive in Huainan, you still have to be cautious." ”

"I know, brother, don't worry, I won't act recklessly."

Zhao Jun arched his hand.

When he turned his head and left the Chongde Hall, the face on his face was as calm as water.

He has seen all the slashers from Huainan this time, and many big landlords have not been affected by the drought at all, and they have obviously hoarded so much grain, but they want to raise the price of rice, and raise the price of rice and grain to two or three thousand, or even four or five thousand wen a stone, to make black money.

However, the imperial court could not directly send troops to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation to rebel.

If they themselves went over and pretended to be indifferent before they rebelled, but suddenly took everyone down and sent out the food they had hoarded, how would these people respond?

Today is a little better, my mental state is also a little better, I hope to recover well tomorrow and continue to watch two shifts a day.

(End of chapter)