Zhao Jun reprimanded the Manchu officials in the early court, and after returning to the Chongzheng Palace, he slapped the table and scolded Lu Yijian and Sheng Du for talking to them, which can be regarded as barely quelling the incident.

This also made many people see his political position, and only then did they understand that Zhao Jun also supported the New Deal reform.

For a time, it was hated by many officials.

But sometimes there is no way, reform is such a thing as being hated by others, and no matter how good the system is, the possibility of success is very small if it harms the interests of the majority.

But don't you do it if it's hard?

The phrase "the righteous have much help, and the unrighteous have little help" is not used in the first place.

Because the Word, as the truth, is sometimes not in the hands of the many, but in the hands of the few.

Isn't it ridiculous if officials are corrupt and incompetent, and if they are also considered Tao?

So no matter what, no matter how difficult it is, you have to grit your teeth and keep doing it.

At least Zhang Juzheng's reform in the past ten years was successful, and later Yongzheng's reform was also successful, and history has proved that the new policy is effective, and we must persist in doing it.

The only problem to worry about is that even if Zhang Juzheng's reform and Yongzheng's reform are successful, they will soon be dead.

But with Zhao Jun's age just turning twenty-eight years old this year, he can also make up for it.

First, he is still young and has enough time to train his successor.

Second, and most importantly, if it goes well, there will be at least a few decades left before there are political strongmen who will implement policies with an iron fist.

Otherwise, if he crosses over, he will be old, and he will not be able to live for a few years, and he really doesn't want to toss like this.

And there is another circumstance that the presiding officer of the new deal is Fan Zhongyan.

The firepower attracted by Zhao Jun's side is actually not as big as Lao Fan, even if everyone targets it, it is also aimed at Lao Fan, what does it matter to him as a supporter?

Even if the officials were vicious and bold, and found someone to assassinate the official in charge, it would be Fan Zhongyan who was murdered.

Sending Lao Fan to death and carrying the blame, it is enough for him to fight and engage in behind-the-scenes support.

Even if Lao Fan was viciously attacked by conservative interest groups and underworld forces, Zhao Jun could only avenge him with tears, and then train Wang Anshi to continue to work.

Zhao Jun naturally won't shirk the blame and shirk responsibility like Chongzhen, but he needs someone to help him in front, so that he can do other things.

Otherwise, if you talk about trivial matters and intrigue with these officials all day long, then you don't have to do other things to revitalize the country.

At noon, Zhao Jun went home to sleep.

In the afternoon, Zhao Jun, who had rested for more than two hours, got up and prepared to go to the Constitutional Yuan to see the situation.

It's just that before he had time to go out, Jiang Dalang said that Fan Zhongyan was waiting at the door.

He went first and asked someone to call Fan Zhongyan in.

Zhao Jun's house is an ordinary house, the advantage is that it is very close to the palace, and the street is Xihua Gate.

The shortcomings are also obvious, not big enough, just a front yard, a front hall, an atrium, and then a backyard like a quadrangle.

In the backyard, in addition to the master bedroom of Zhao Jun and his wife, there are two wings on the left and right.

On one side lived the two maids brought by Cao Miaoxin, and in the other room lived the three Japanese maids sent by Song Cai, and the study was behind the master bedroom.

The three Japanese maids were quite diligent, cleaning the yard every day, making tea, and cleaning the house.

On the contrary, the maid commanded them and commanded them to work, more like a master than Cao Miaoxin.

I originally thought that these Japanese aristocratic ladies couldn't stand this injustice, but they were quite happy. often kneel and sit to greet the male and female hosts.,Even the maid's status is higher than theirs and it's not angry.。

Later, I learned that although they were Japanese aristocratic ladies, the status of Japanese women was low, and aristocratic ladies were better than civilian women.

Second, the Japanese people especially admire the Song Dynasty, in their eyes, the Japanese are naturally shorter than the Song people, and they feel proud to live in the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, and they don't feel ashamed at all.

So even if I live a life like a subordinate, I feel that I am much better than in Japan.

"Your house is too small, with your current status, you should build a compound."

Fan Zhongyan stepped into the front yard and looked at the courtyard, although there were two towering apricot trees planted in the courtyard, it was estimated that the total was less than three or four hundred square meters, which made people who were used to living in the courtyard look a little cramped.

Zhao Jun smiled: "Small also has small benefits, and it feels like home." No matter how big the house is, the final destination of life is just that coffin. ”

"That's a bit of a mystery to you."

Fan Zhongyan smiled.

"It's called a philosophy of life."

Zhao Jun led Fan Zhongyan into the front hall.

The maid made the tea, and a maid brought it up.

After the two of them sat down, Zhao Jun asked, "Do you get off work so early?" Don't do it until the unitary? ”

"I'm too lazy to see Lu Yijian's bitter old face."

Fan Zhongyan took a sip of tea, and then praised: "This tea is brewed well." ”

"After becoming the prime minister, he retired early, which is a bit incompetent."

Zhao Jun said with a smile.

"Actually, I want to ask you, what should I do now?"

Fan Zhongyan put down the teacup and said with a wry smile: "A test method is already so big against it, what about the back?" ”

"It's hard to be an official."

Zhao Jun shook his head: "The test method is already the mildest, and I don't want their lives, I just supervise them to work hard, but they still push back." ”

"You should say that reform is difficult, but it is not difficult to become an official."

Fan Zhongyan retorted: "If I don't come to touch this unfortunate thing, just repelling the two things of Western Xia and Liao is enough for me to lie on the merit book for a lifetime." ”

"Then are you still Fan Zhongyan?"

Zhao Jun asked rhetorically.

Lao Fan looked at him, and the two of them looked at each other like this, and they both laughed two seconds later.

"Yes, I am Fan Zhongyan, who said in history that the worries of the world before and the joy of the world after the world, but sometimes, I also feel so tired."

Fan Zhongyan sighed, spread his hands and said, "I thought Lu Yijian and they would be able to understand me, but who knows?" ”

"There's no way, this thing is always caught, and he has no way to teach his son, and he wants to keep his son. Ask yourself, if your sons Fan Chunyou and Fan Chunren are in danger of being exiled, are you in a hurry? ”

Zhao Jun asked.

"If they know the law and break the law, I will kill them with my own hands!"

Fan Zhongyan gritted his teeth and said.

The Fan family's family law is still relatively strict, although Fan Chunren is one of the core members of the conservative faction in Wang Anshi's later reforms.

But his character is noble, he is easy and loyal, except for supporting Sima Guang to cede the territory of Sizhai in the Great Song Dynasty to Western Xia, there is no big moral stain, which has a lot to do with Fan Zhongyan's strict family education.

"Just because your family has strict laws doesn't mean everyone is like you."

Zhao Jun shrugged his shoulders and said, "Tiger poison still doesn't eat children, and Lu Yijian and Sheng Du have only made mistakes that every father may make." De jure, I am against them. But from their standpoint, I can't accuse them, Lu Gongxuan's matter, even if it is a lesson for Lu Yijian. ”

"What are you going to do with it?"

Fan Zhongyan asked.

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, let's talk to Li Di when the time comes." ”

Lu Gongxuan must not be spared, although the law is not retroactive, the existing law should be enforced. Then Lu Gongyu is a misdemeanor, but Lu Gongbi, Sheng Shenfu, and Zhang Yuxi are serious crimes, which is obviously putting the cart before the horse, and it is natural to correct it.

After all, the law is not retroactive is a concept put forward by later generations, and in ancient times, it was said that it was not retroactive, even if it was strictly stipulated by the law, and the emperor ordered it to be changed, then it had to be changed.

For example, during the Zhao Kuangyin period, many officials were killed by him for taking bribes and perverting the law, but there were also officials who did more serious things, and the corruption and perversion of the law were considered light.

Wang Jixun was brutal, connived at his subordinates to loot in the capital, killed more than 100 maidservants with his own hands, and killed people to eat meat, but he was always protected by Zhao Kuangyin, and he was executed until Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne.

Therefore, in ancient times, talking about the law not retroactively was originally a matter that was not accepted and understood by the world.

Many of the things that Zhao Jun did would try to follow the things that the ancients could understand, such as the New Deal discussed with Fan Zhongyan, which was basically a successful example of the reform of the feudal dynasty in history.

He still has a lot of dragon slaying skills, and he doesn't dare to take them out at all.

But even so, the resistance is already quite large, which shows how difficult the reform was in the Song Dynasty.

"Hmm."

Fan Zhongyan answered, and then asked, "Will you continue to implement other new policies in the future?" ”

"Of course, this must be carried out with all its might."

Zhao Jun replied without hesitation: "But I also thought about it, if the examination law is strictly implemented for a long time, it will really hit the enthusiasm of officials very hard, so I think I can change my thinking." ”

"What's the idea?"

"Increase incentives."

"Reward?"

Fan Zhongyan thought about it, and now there are indeed only punitive measures, but no incentives.

If a person does a good job, it is the right thing to do, but if he does a bad job and fails to complete the task on time, he may be punished, and if there is a mistake again, he may have to be demoted, and the most serious thing is dismissal.

At present, there have been no incompetent officials who have been dismissed because they have not completed the task of passing the examination law, and the main ones who have been dismissed are corrupt officials who have been picketed under the examination law.

But if it continues to be strictly enforced for a long time, officials may slack off, and it is not impossible that a third of officials will be unqualified, as in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, setting incentives may indeed increase the motivation of officials.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "There are actually two kinds of officials, one is the top one, and the other is the lowest one." On the contrary, the officials in the middle often play a role in conveying, but the officials in the middle are prone to bad things. Communicating a good policy as a bad policy leads to undesirable results. ”

"Hmm."

Fan Zhongyan pondered Zhao Jun's words, and nodded in agreement after a while, which he deeply understood.

For example, if he wants to implement a policy, but the policy will hinder the interests of the middle officials, then these officials will press down on the bottom executive officials.

They can use various methods such as suggestion, guidance, and even oppression to make the officials below go in the wrong direction of execution.

Wang Anshi's reform is a typical example.

When the time comes, for the officials who convey in the middle, they can throw the pot on to the bottom executive officials. There are too many low-level executive officials, and if the law does not hold the public accountable, it will be difficult for you to end up.

You can't remove all the county orders, county officials, and county lieutenants in the Great Song Dynasty, right?

So this is the status quo of officialdom reform, conveyed layer by layer, layer by layer. But once there is a problem in the intermediate link, then the entire implementation process will be distorted.

"In the final analysis, it's bureaucracy."

Zhao Jun continued: "These officials are high-minded, self-aggrandizing, acting as a "master", perfunctory in their work, inconsistent in their words and deeds, selective execution, and deception, and they are a group of the worst guys. ”

"Isn't the test method aimed at solving this problem?"

Fan Zhongyan said.

"But it is certainly not enough to rely on the supervision and punishment of the examination law, and it is also necessary to reward officials to increase their enthusiasm."

Zhao Jun frowned and said: "It's just that the Great Song Dynasty's Yulu is already the most in all dynasties, and now just by doing an examination method to supervise them, it has already turned the sky upside down, and it will definitely not work to reduce wages and use wages as performance." ”

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty have enjoyed high salaries for too long, and Zhao Jun has not had much resistance to cutting the salaries of high-ranking officials in the imperial court before, that is, people really don't look down on this money.

can be one of these big people who can go up to the third or fourth grade, which family is not rich?

Even if Fan Zhongyan's family is not in business, and a person who relies purely on dead wages can casually take out more than 2,000 yuan and buy more than 1,000 acres of fertile land to establish Fan's Yizhuang, which shows how rich senior officials are.

But middle and lower-level officials are different.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty can do business, let alone be a governor, and only by mastering the power of a state can they have the capital to do business.

Zhizhou can't go down, and he lives a life of drinking and drinking all day by relying on high wages.

If you cut their wages, it is tantamount to cutting their lives.

Therefore, it is probably not feasible to reduce wages and then use performance as performance by completing the tasks assigned by the examination method.

"And what else can you give them as a reward?"

Fan Zhongyan also made a mistake: "There is also a quota for promotion, and the higher you go, the more difficult it will definitely be to be promoted, and you can't open new departments and new positions." ”

"Forget it, before my restructuring, there were more than 24,000 current officials, and after the restructuring, there will be almost 40,000."

Zhao Jun said speechlessly: "I have solved the more than 10,000 idle and redundant officials, but there are more and more current officials, and if you open a new position, won't it make trouble?" ”

He thought about it again and again, touched his chin and said, "I still have to get a raise, but I can change the name." ”

Fan Zhongyan's eyes widened and said: "Redundant officials are already serious, the imperial court has to pay officials more than 10 million yuan every year, and in the future, officials will be included in public office, and if the salary is raised, I am afraid that the three redundancies will become four redundancies." ”

"Stupid, I've said a different name."

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and said: "The money will definitely not change, but let me ask you, are the additional expenses, job money, post money, job fields, silk cloth, grain, rewards, ice charcoal, spices, etc. constant?" ”

"Of course not."

Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said: "These things are inherently subject to price fluctuations, and sometimes the output of vocational fields is not fixed. The imperial court is not an annual reward, if the price of spices, ice charcoal, firewood and rice, oil and salt rises, it is normal for the imperial court to subsidize less, and the amount is uneven. ”

"That's not the end of it."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "We can make a fuss from this aspect, in the future, the annual addition, job money, post money, job field, silk cloth, grain, reward, ice charcoal, spices are all lowered year by year, the court to give a reasonable explanation is enough, not a direct cut, but a normal fluctuation, the officials may be suspicious, but there is no evidence." At the same time, we can add the test method to performance and add it to the cost of money. ”

"Oh?"

Fan Zhongyan thought for a while and said, "You mean to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall?" ”

"Wrong."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "Due to the rise in prices and the lack of output of vocational fields, the imperial court subsidies can only be reduced, which is very common. But in order to give incentives to officials all over the world, the imperial court still gritted its teeth, rewarded them, and also made the income of local officials higher, isn't this the imperial court shengming? ”

To put it simply, it's like you're an employee with a salary of 20,000 yuan, but in reality 20,000 yuan is just an average salary.

Your fixed salary is only four or five thousand yuan per month, and the rest of your income comes from the daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt issued by the company, as well as meal allowances, fuel money, transportation expenses, five insurances and one housing fund, allowances, shopping cards and other things.

Limited by the company's operating income, such subsidies are sometimes more or sometimes less. So although it may seem like your salary is 20,000, sometimes it's 25,000, sometimes it's 15,000, and there is a fluctuation up and down.

Such fluctuations were particularly pronounced in the Song Dynasty, where prices often changed quickly due to lack of productivity, such as prices in disaster areas that could rise dozens of times overnight.

As a result, the income of local officials is not stable, except for the relatively stable income of officials in Bianliang.

A small county of Qipin has 12 yuan per month, 5 to 3 stones per month of Lusu, as well as additional vocational fields, various subsidies, such as tea, wine, kitchen materials, salaries, artemisia, charcoal, salt, forage for horses, and clothing and food for accompanying servants.

On the whole, the monthly income is about 100 yuan.

But this situation is unstable, it can only be said that in the best case, the monthly income is 100 yuan, but there are also times when the imperial court is at war this year, the fiscal deficit, no subsidies are paid, only the basic salary, and even the basic salary is reduced or even cannot be paid.

That's why some county lieutenants laugh at themselves that their monthly income is less than six guan (the basic salary of a county lieutenant should be 12 guan per month).

Zhao Jun's meaning is very simple, that is, to reduce the original subsidy given by the imperial court, and then include the performance in the examination method, which is equivalent to treating the reduced subsidy as performance.

Although salaries have not changed much, they can greatly increase the motivation of officials.

And it is normal for subsidies to fluctuate up and down, as long as the imperial court does not issue a notice saying that you will cut your subsidies, then the subsidies have dropped for some reason, that is a reasonable thing, and the officials can't find fault with it.

Even this is good news for middle- and lower-level officials, because in the past, subsidies fluctuated downward, and officials only had a basic salary of more than 10 per month.

But now after the performance is included, if the performance is counted as two to three times the basic salary, then even if the subsidy cannot be paid in a certain year, the basic salary will still be twenty or thirty times a month.

If the subsidy is added, the income will be guaranteed in drought and flood, and there will not be a situation where the subsidy will rise in a certain year, and the monthly income will be 100 times, and the subsidy will be reduced in a certain year, and the monthly income will be several times.

So this policy is definitely not a bad policy for middle and lower-level officials.

In the first two chapters, some people said that the stalk of Kang Mazi was uncomfortable, so I deleted it. The main thing is that I didn't want to use it.,It happened that a book friend sent it.,I just copied and pasted it over and played with it.。

In addition, I don't know if anyone thinks that the chapter water of the reform content is discussed in detail, but I personally think this is still very important.

Because this book is really about top-down reform.

Although there are quite a few people along the way who are arguing that the protagonist can't do it, it may be that I am not used to writing cool essays, and I didn't let the protagonist be too smooth sailing, which makes everyone feel that the reform of the Song Dynasty is difficult.

But no matter what, you have to do it.

And some people have always said that the reform from the top down is bound to fail, but in fact, Shang Ying's reform, Zhang Juzheng's reform, Yongzheng's reform, and China's reform and opening up are all successful cases.

I don't even dare to implement the reform methods I think of myself, the protagonist uses all the successful experiences in history, and the methods I use are all the successful methods of all the reforms I have found, but I am afraid of the good guys.

It turned out to be a lot of fun, and I really don't know what I should write to make them happy.

(End of chapter)