Just after the New Year in 1041 AD, Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Great Song Dynasty changed the Yuan Qing calendar.

At this time, the war with the Western Xia and Liao States had been decided.

As soon as the external troubles are eliminated, the problem of solving internal worries is naturally put on the agenda.

In diplomacy, Zhao Zhen sent envoys to Goryeo and Japan to bring the momentum of the newly defeated Liao Dynasty to promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty.

Militarily, Northwest and Hebei still stationed hundreds of thousands of troops to deter Liao and Western Xia.

In terms of restructuring, Zhao Jun promoted the reform of Jing You, with the Constitutional Yuan as the core, and established a set of strict officialdom and subordinate order.

Economically, the system of state-owned farms has been reformed and privatization reforms have been promoted.

In terms of education, a number of modern schools were established in Bianliang to teach Confucian scriptures, as well as mathematics, physics and chemistry from primary to junior high school.

However, these are only scratching the surface, and the real large-scale reform has not yet begun, and everything will have to wait for Fan Zhongyan to officially preside over the new policy.

On the 19th of the first lunar month, Zhao Jun just attended the Supreme Council of the Constitutional Yuan this morning and delivered an important speech.

The content of the speech was simple: with the war already settled and the internal worries of reform looming, every member of the Constitutional Yuan should be prepared for the arrival of a new storm.

And he arranged the tasks and main directions, such as Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Sheng Du, Cai Qi, Song Shou, and Yan Shu mainly deal with national government affairs.

Jia Changchao, as a co-editor of the Political Academy and concurrently serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Education, wanted to promote the development of education throughout the country, build new schools throughout the country, and preside over the reform of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Li Di, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, is actually the Minister of Justice in later generations, so he will reformulate the laws of the Great Song Dynasty and resolutely govern the country according to the law and the concept that the law must be followed.

Jiang Tang and Zhang Shixun, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, mainly focused on the promotion of officials of all sizes in the Ministry of Officials and the Court of Judges, as well as the picketing of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial Observatory.

Needless to say, Fan Zhongyan wants to preside over the reform of the New Deal.

In addition, it is more important to start to install people, put reform generals in important departments, and promote the development of reform.

The first reform of the new year is naturally the rule of officials, which consists of two points, one is to clarify the responsibilities of officials, and the other is to evaluate the responsibilities of officials to see whether they meet the requirements.

To put it simply, the task of the official is constant, and the main thing is to govern the place well, and by setting the deadline and standard for the things that the official should do, so as to check whether the official is qualified and whether he has done his or her part.

So who is responsible for the verification?

Naturally, it is the Goshidai.

There were relatively few people in Taiwan, mainly to picket and persuade the prime minister and the emperor.

Not only is there a large number of people, but the scope of responsibility is much wider.

After the restructuring of Jingyu, the manpower of the Imperial History Observatory was increased, and the Imperial History Division was also set up throughout the country.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng's examination method was mainly handled by the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the examination method in the Song Dynasty was also handled by various departments and the Imperial Historical Observatory.

At the same time, a picket department was set up within each ministry and department to cooperate with the Imperial Historical Observatory to achieve the purpose of mutual supervision.

Then these manpower must be arranged with trustworthy and impartial law enforcement people, otherwise let the hero check the hero, and let the hero check the hero, isn't that nonsense?

So on the eve of the reform, Fan Zhongyan transferred Yu Jing, Yin Zhu, Ouyang Xiu, Cai Xiang, Li Hong, Wang Zhen, Wang Zhu and others into the Imperial History Platform, and removed many unqualified Imperial History Taizhong, and replaced many upright Imperial History.

And not only Fan Zhongyan, Zhao Jun also installed people.

He has been very busy these days, holding court meetings early in the morning, holding additional meetings in the morning when the Constitutional Yuan handles government affairs, and going to meet with his cronies in the afternoon.

Wang Su, Yang Cha, Yang Xu, Zhao Luan, Chen Xiliang and others have entered Beijing one after another this year.

Since last year, the order has been issued, and the first to arrive in Bianliang was Wang Su, the governor of Suzhou, who was promoted to the palace because of his political achievements.

The Song Dynasty Imperial History Observatory has always been in a situation of low and powerful position, from the Zheng Eight Rank Hall to the highest level of the Zheng Five Rank Yu Shi Zhongcheng, has not stepped into the status of the Fourth Rank Minister.

After the reform of Jing Yu, each grade was linked to the official position, and the Yushitai was transferred to the Constitutional Yuan, which was at the same level as the ministries, and the observation candidate was given the same title.

If you don't observe the candidate and know that it is from the second grade, it means that the grade of the imperial history has been upgraded to the second grade.

At the same time, the imperial history of the official service of the imperial history is the third product, and then the palace serves the imperial history from the fourth product, the left and right patrol makes the five products, the corridor envoy, the incense supervisor from the fifth product, the supervision of the imperial history is the sixth product, the supervision of the imperial history line from the sixth product, the palace is the seventh product, and the place from the fourth product to the eighth product stays in the imperial history.

Zhao Jun met with Wang Su a few days ago, tried a few words to him, and told him the responsibilities he would bear in the future.

Later, he met with Yang Cha, Zhao Luan, and Chen Xiliang, and the three of them were promoted to varying degrees according to their original official positions.

The only one who didn't enter was Yang Xu, Yang Xue turned out to be the fourth product shipping envoy, and then promoted to the imperial history platform, he could only be the third product of the imperial history.

But the servant Yushi is the adjutant of the Imperial History, and there are only two places, and he was given to Cai Xiang and Yin Zhu by Fan Zhongyan, and Zhao Jun didn't plan to compete for a position with Fan Zhongyan, so he arranged Yang Zhao into the Ministry of Officials to be the waiter of the Ministry of Officials.

On the 19th, Zhao Jun met with Su Jian again.

Su Jian is also an official he admires, he is the county commander of the five auspicious symbols, and his political achievements in the past two years are outstanding, so he plans to promote him to serve the imperial history in the palace, and go crazy to the imperial history Taisai people to prepare for the new policy.

Zhao Jun did not summon Su Jian over, but went directly to the Xiangfu County Ya, first, to make a surprise inspection, and second, he liked to walk around like this.

All the way into the Yanai of Xiangfu County, Su Jian learned the news and hurriedly came over to greet him.

"Xiaguan has seen the prefect!"

In the courtyard of the county government, Su Jian and another man in his thirties bowed to him.

Zhao Jun nodded and said with a smile: "Gongqun, suddenly disturbed, I hope it doesn't hinder your office." ”

"Where."

Su Jian said with a smile: "The prefect is here, it's shining, quick, please come in." ”

Zhao Jun entered the inner hall.

He didn't sit on the throne, and he was a bit of a hub.

He didn't sit on the main seat, and Su Jian didn't dare to do it, so he arched his hand to Zhao Jun first and sat on the second lower seat opposite him.

"Who is this?"

Zhao Jun looked at the man who was standing next to Su Jian and didn't dare to sit.

Su Jian introduced: "This is the younger brother of the lower official, named Su Xun, the word is clear. In this year's big exam, he entered Beijing for the exam. ”

"Xun has seen the Zhiyuan."

Su Xun hurriedly bowed to Zhao Jun.

"Oh?"

Zhao Jun looked him up and down and said, "You are Su Xun?" ”

When Su Jun came to report on official business before, he also brought Su Xun's article to him to read, and Zhao Jun praised it at that time, but he didn't expect to see me so soon.

"It's the grass people."

Su Xun saluted again.

Zhao Jun smiled: "Sit down, your brother showed me Ling's article, it was very well written, I heard that you also have insight into my strategy?" ”

Su Xun sat next to Su Lian, and when he heard Zhao Jun talk about this, he said with a red face: "The master's clever plan can be described as a stroke of genius, so that the Liao State does not dare to act rashly, so it can only obediently negotiate with us." ”

"Hahahahaha."

Hearing Su Xun's boasting, Zhao Jun was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and said: "The trick of the end of the micro is not a great place to be elegant." ”

"Definitely."

Su Xun hurriedly said: "This is a grand plan, a miraculous strategy for the ages, and an inviolable conspiracy, and it is definitely not a trivial trick. ”

Saying that, he said: "I once wrote an article that the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, the non-soldiers were disadvantageous, the war was not good, and the disadvantage was to bribe Qin. Bribing Qin and losing strength is also the way to ruin. Or said: The six countries mourned each other and bribed Qin Ye? Said: Those who do not bribe will be mourned by those who bribe, and those who lose strong reinforcement cannot be finished alone. Therefore, it is said: The disadvantage is to bribe Qin. ”

"This Liao people are like Qin, and the Great Song Dynasty will add new coins, just as the Six Kingdoms bribed Qin, bribed Qin and lost their strength, then it is nothing more than to let the Liao people continue to be strong and attack the Great Song Dynasty again!"

"The prefect naturally has insight into the ruthlessness of the Liao people, if he continues to pay the Liao Shi New Year's coins like the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, the Liao State will soon be able to recover from the defeat. At that time, they will definitely invade our Great Song Dynasty again, trying to redeem the defeat of Baozhou and the majesty of the loss. ”

"In the Manchu Dynasty, only the prefect saw through all this, and angrily reprimanded the princes, and set up such a strange strategy through the ages, so that the Liao State knew the difficulty and retreated, which not only saved the situation that might make the Liao State deter and lose the victory of the Battle of Baozhou, but also made the Great Song Dynasty no longer bribe Liao to make Liao strong and Song weak, which is a plan for the benefit of the country and the people!"

Su Xun touted it, and he was about to blow Zhao Jun to the sky.

On the other hand, Zhao Jun was thinking in his heart, am I really so powerful? On the other hand, it was slightly embarrassed.

Because he found something ugly.

That is, he didn't expect Su Xun to write "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms" so early.

"The Theory of the Six Kingdoms" is one of the "Quan Shu" written by Su Xun.

In 1056 AD, the 48-year-old Su Xun led his two sons to Bianliang and paid homage to Ouyang Xiu with the Book of Quan, which was greatly appreciated.

Bianliang was expensive for a while, and the ministers and doctors of the capital rushed to recite it, and Su Xun's literary name was thus prosperous.

This means that the Book of Powers was written before 1056 AD.

It contains a variety of methods for governing the country and the army, such as governing the road, the art of war, historical theory, and strategy, and it is quite insightful.

But now there is an embarrassing situation that Zhao Jun has participated in the imperial examination and wrote the article "Theory of the Six Kingdoms".

Now the original author of "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms" has come, and he has spoken it to his face.

Ghost Li met Li Kui, and it belonged to yes.

Fortunately, the township examination articles were not released to the public at that time, after all, hundreds of thousands of people across the country took the exam, even if they were admitted to thousands of people every year, how could they be announced to the public.

So now there is still a chance to resolve this embarrassment.

Zhao Jun's face did not change, and he said in a deep voice: "Good, all the princes of the Manchu Dynasty are against it, but you are the only one who is a folk scholar who has such insight, which shows your talent." ”

"The prefect is falsely praised."

Su Xun arched his hand and said: "The grass people are only an afterthought, and they are far less aware than the Zhiyuan. ”

"Well, it's quite humble, it's the quality of a good officer."

Zhao Jun smiled and turned his head to look at Su Jian and said, "Gongqun, this is your mistake, since your brother is such a good talent, why didn't he introduce him earlier when I was in Langzhou?" ”

Su Jian smiled bitterly: "At that time, Mingyun was studying hard in his hometown in Meizhou, and it was too far away from Langzhou, but he couldn't call him over immediately. ”

"It doesn't matter."

Zhao Jun nodded, and then said to Su Lian: "This time I will take a good test, with your talent, it will be easy to be admitted to the Jinshi, make bold decisions, don't have any worries." ”

"Yes."

Su Xun was excited.

Zhao Jun didn't mean to open the back door for Su Xun.

Historically, he failed the test, because his strategy was too radical.

The Manchu Dynasty was a compromise faction against the Liao State and the Western Xia, and he wrote "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms", implying that the imperial court would destroy the country and threaten to cancel the year coin, how could he be allowed to be admitted?

But now it's different.

Although there are still many compromisers in China, after all, they have won the battle and have gained confidence.

In addition, Zhao Jun is a radical, even if he caters to the wishes of the above, the gang of people in the Ministry of Rites should also understand what kind of attitude the imperial court has towards foreign enemies now.

To put it simply, the wind has changed.

In the past, he was conservative and compromised, but now he is determined and radical, if the gang of people in the Ministry of Rites are radical and send scholars into the court, it depends on whether Zhao Jun dares to send all these people to Qiongzhou.

Then Zhao Jun said to Su Jian again: "Gongqun, do you know why I came to you this time? ”

"Please inform the hospital to make it clear."

Su Jian said.

"When the imperial court solves the external troubles, it is necessary to solve the internal troubles."

Zhao Jun said in a deep voice: "Now that the Great Song Dynasty officials are corrupt and corrupt officials are rampant, we need capable ministers like you to clarify Yuyu and sweep away the corrupt and mediocre officials in the world, so I plan to let you go to Yushitai, are you willing?" ”

Su Jian was overjoyed and said, "I am willing." ”

"Well, now the Constitutional Yuan is recruiting people for the Imperial History Observatory, in addition to the Bianliang Imperial History Observatory, there are also local Imperial History Divisions."

Zhao Jun said: "The Imperial History Observatory needs to go to various roads to inspect, and the local Imperial History Department also needs to go to the state capital once a month to inspect the accounts, assess the political performance, and the state government and the road government yamen, layer by layer, double supervision, your task is very heavy." ”

Su Jian said: "For the sake of the country's plan, Xia Guan is willing to go to the soup. ”

"Well, that's good, good job."

Zhao Jun stood up and said: "I still have to go to the palace, you can go to the Inquisitor's Court tomorrow to go through the formalities, and the affairs of the county must also be handed over to the new county commander, and I will go to the Yushitai to report in a few days." ”

"Yes."

Su Jian hurriedly said: "The next official will send it to the prefectural hospital." ”

At that moment, Su Jian and Su Xun sent Zhao Jun out of the county office, and watched him get into the carriage and leave, Su Xun sighed: "The Zhiyuan is really a person who does great things." ”

Su Jian smiled: "That's nature! ”

The two brothers watched Zhao Jun's carriage disappear around the corner before going back.

And Zhao Jun returned to the palace.

Today is a blind date again.

Zhao Jun is not a workaholic, but national affairs must not be sloppy, so after the failure of the last blind date, due to busy government affairs, it dragged on for a while.

But Zhao Zhen was in a hurry, this time he asked Cao Cong to bring his niece into the palace for a banquet in the name of Empress Cao's banquet.

nominally holding a banquet, but in fact it is a blind date.

Soon the carriage slowly entered the palace.

It was late January, the weather warmed up, the snow had long since melted, and although it was still a little cold, the back garden was already verdant.

Zhao Jun, under the leadership of Wang Shouzhong, slowly walked into the back garden.

At this time, in a pavilion in the back garden, Zhao Zhen and Queen Cao were sitting on the table, and Cao Cong and a girl were sitting next to them.

The girl was about twenty years old, with a sweet face, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, her face was unswerving, as if she was forced to come, and her expression was very reluctant.

This woman is Cao Cong's niece and Empress Cao's cousin Cao Miaoxin.

She was originally reluctant to come, but the daughter of the Cao family had no right to choose, so she was helpless.

Facing the emperor and empress of the Great Song Dynasty, Cao Miaoxin had no choice but to lower his head and dare not speak.

At this moment, she heard a footstep next to her, and when she raised her head, she saw a figure haunted by her dreams, bowing to Zhao Zhen and saying, "I've seen Your Majesty, Queen!" ”

She couldn't help but say excitedly, "Why are you?" ”

Zhao Jun turned his head when he heard the voice, and saw Cao Miaoxin, who seemed a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and couldn't help but wonder: "Are you?" ”

Cao Miaoxin was a little disappointed, but quickly said: "We met in Zhangjia Soup and Cake Shop four years ago, and you touched your head at that time. ”

"Talking?"

Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and suddenly remembered, and couldn't help but be surprised: "It's you, who is that woman?" ”

Only then did he remember that there was such a thing at that time. A girl looked at her frequently, and called a child to come and talk to her.

In fact, Di Qing is more handsome than him, but Di Qing's face has lettering on his face that affects his appearance, otherwise the girl is afraid that she will have to fall in love with Di Qing.

However, he himself is not bad-looking, and it is normal for a girl to like him when he goes out, and it happened that he was at a critical moment at that time, Zhao Jun did not have the intention of falling in love, and did not pay attention to the other party's accosting.

I didn't expect the girl to see it here again.

"That's my eldest sister Cao Miaorong, and the child is my niece Gao Taotao."

Cao Miaoxin said.

Zhao Jun couldn't help but laugh and said: "Da Song is really small." ”

Good guy, that year, he just cleared the Bianliang Mansion, and became the prefect of the Constitutional Yuan, and at the end of the year, he and Di Qing went to eat a wonton with them, and they could meet the Cao family, and there was a future Empress Dowager Gao, which was really unexpected.

However, at that time, he thought the child was seven or eight years old, but he didn't expect to be six years old, and Cao Miaoxin thought he was fifteen or sixteen years old, but he didn't expect that Cao Miaoxin was only fourteen years old at that time.

Perhaps it is because the genes of the Cao family are more biased towards military generals and develop faster.

But the good news is.

Cao Miaoxin is not ugly, she is very beautiful, and she has a slender figure, at least one meter seven, which is the type he likes.

The bad news is that the Cao family likes to dance with guns and sticks, and the force value is quite good.

(End of chapter)