The chief designer once said that it is necessary to explore reform methods that are in line with China's national conditions in practice.

Reform cannot be achieved overnight, but it must not be done indiscriminately, it must conform to the national conditions, and the optimal solution must also be found.

Therefore, although the test method is only the first step, and the initial implementation is still necessary, it must be continuously improved in the process of exploration, and constantly accumulate experience, so as to improve it better.

The turmoil on the side of the Constitutional Yuan was finally resolved, and the plan given by Zhao Jun was only to severely punish Lu Gongxuan, and finally discussed with Li Di, sentenced him to three years in prison, cut off his scholarly status, and ordered him to reflect on his repentance during these three years.

This punishment is similar to that of the crime of using influence to accept bribes in later generations, where the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, the sentence is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and a concurrent fine.

Lü Yijian objected, and the two sides had a fierce quarrel.

It was Zhao Zhen who came forward and changed his apprenticeship to three years of imprisonment, although he was still in prison, his living conditions were much better than in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, and he could still study.

Zhao Jun actually originally wanted Lu Gongyu to go to the countryside to become an educated youth, and simply go to the countryside to teach, changing the fate of a poor village, which can be regarded as making the best use of things, and not wasting the knowledge he has accumulated over the years of hard study.

But Lu Yijian was about to go crazy when he heard this, and resolutely disagreed, and in the end he could only compromise and go to prison and be imprisoned, which can be regarded as the result of a compromise between all parties.

After all, going to the countryside to teach in this era is not as good as going to the countryside to become a educated youth in later generations, and there are trains and cars in the countryside in later generations, and our party is also handy at grassroots governance.

In these years, it is not an exaggeration to go to the countryside and die nine times.

With the death of the Lu Party, Zhao Jun took Cheng Lin, Lu Gongxuan and others to open the knife, and finally suppressed all dissatisfaction, and Fan Zhongyan also announced that the performance will be included in the assessment method, and those who pass the monthly assessment will accumulate performance, and they will work more and get more when they are paid.

Under the punishment measures of the original examination law, a set of big stick and carrot tactics successfully mobilized the emotions of the officials, and also made this farce come to an end, and the examination law was firmly implemented.

And in the midst of this hustle and bustle, at the end of October, after the evening was dispersed, Xia Zhu was in the pavilion in the backyard, quietly watching the carp swimming in the pond.

Compared with Zhao Jun's small gate and small courtyard, which senior member of Bianliang who goes up to the top of the third or fourth grade is not a mansion villa?

Fan Zhongyan's three-in, three-out mansion is the most ordinary, and the rest of Lu Yijian's house, the mansion is one after another, and Qionglou Yuyu is even more than the palace.

Yan Shu's house, the courtyard is deep, splendid, carved beams and paintings.

Xia Zhu's family is not bad, the whole courtyard covers an area of several acres, with pavilions and pavilions, like a manor.

The only difference is that most of these seniors live in the outer city.

The inner city is not that big, and the price is too expensive.

Spending 50,000 yuan in the outer city can build a large mansion covering an area of more than 30 acres.

In the inner city, Zhao Jun's small courtyard of less than 2,000 square meters has more than 10,000 guan, and 50,000 guan can't even build the backyard of a big mansion.

This is not bad, by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Jun's house had to rise to seventy or eighty thousand yuan, and the mansion had to be hundreds of thousands in the outer city and more than one million yuan in the inner city.

Ouyang Xiu doesn't have a house of his own until now, so he can only rent one in the suburbs, not in the outer city, which shows how expensive the house price is.

At this moment, Xia Zhu looked at his lotus pond of nearly one acre, and threw out the fish food in his hand.

Just now he sent away the Baowen Pavilion attendant Jiang Ji, although Jiang Ji was only a positive seventh grade, Xia Zhu still received him very happily and had dinner with him.

The reason is that Jiang Ji is the son of Jiang Zun, the privy deputy envoy during the Tiansheng period, and when Jiang Zun served as the patrol envoy in his early years, Xia Zhu was aware of Xiangzhou.

At that time, there was a great famine in Xiangzhou, Xia Zhu opened the public warehouse, and dispatched grain everywhere, relieving 460,000 victims, Jiang Zun reported this political achievement, Song Zhenzong gave him a book of praise, and also carved a stone tablet in Xiangzhou, never forget.

It can be said that Xia Zhu is inseparable from the help of all kinds of nobles along the way.

Therefore, although the former nobles have left one by one, he still takes care of the nobles' heirs, and no one has left the tea.

This time, Jiang Ji came over, in fact, to open champagne in advance to celebrate Xia Zhu's ascension.

Because Xia Zhu's boss Cheng Lin had an incident and had been arrested by the Imperial City Division, the next step was the three halls of trial, and he was dealt with by the Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Court, that is, the public procuratorate.

At present, the servants of each ministry are divided into left and right, and the Song Dynasty is respected by the left, so in fact, Xia Zhu is the second-in-command of the Ministry of Finance, Cheng Lin has fallen, and his ascension to the throne is something that everyone thinks.

Only Xia Zhu himself knows that as long as Lu Yijian and Zhao Jun are still in the Constitutional Yuan, the possibility of his promotion is very small.

Therefore, at this moment, Xia Zhu sat by the pond with a sinking face, without saying a word.

Even the favored concubine came over and wanted to sit with him, but he drove them away, and no one was allowed to disturb him.

Xia Zhu was thinking about a question.

How can I get promoted, really enter the Constitutional Yuan, and become a member of the party?

The easiest way is naturally to get the appreciation of the official family and appoint it directly.

But is it really that easy?

Now the official family favors Zhao Jun, and the power is handed over to the Constitutional Yuan, internal and external governance, in addition to the military power is still controlled, and now the Political Yuan can be said to be a monopoly of power.

Therefore, if you want to see the essence through the phenomenon, if you want to enter the Constitutional Yuan, you have to nod Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian.

Even Lu Yijian doesn't need it, Zhao Jun is enough.

After all, everyone in the Manchu Dynasty now knows that Li Di and Lu Yijian are sworn enemies, but because they took refuge in Zhao Jun, they have now been promoted to prime minister.

So can he make Zhao Jun nod?

Zhiyuan likes doers the most, and doesn't like those who talk empty, when it comes to ability, Xia Zhu asks himself.

But at the beginning, he had "accidentally" offended the prefect.

Xia Zhu only hates himself for being cheap-mouthed now, why should his jealousy skyrocket, and he can't help but mix up the matter of opposing Zhao Jun's ascension to the throne at the beginning?

In this case, how can he get into the position?

There is actually only one answer.

To test Zhao Jun's attitude, he came to visit.

Xia Zhu hasn't done this these days, mainly for two reasons.

First, in fact, in history, Xia Zhu did not form an alliance with others, nor did he form a friend party with Lu Yijian and Jia Changchao.

The official family is the most taboo of friends, Xia Zhu relied on this trick to kill Fan Zhongyan's wave of people, he is naturally well versed in the way of self-preservation, and he can only be in the officialdom for a long time if he is alone and not caught by others.

Therefore, Xia Zhu did not want to take refuge in a certain force, or form a force by himself, which would arouse the suspicion of the officials.

Second, he heard that Zhao Jun was careful, and it would be difficult for anyone to offend him, needless to say about Liu Yuanyu's fate. He has not fallen until now, and he really relies purely on the fact that there is no stain to catch.

After all, Xia Zhu has gone from being a military attache to now being a member of the imperial court, so he naturally has to be cautious, never daring to bend the law for bribes, and the money to buy a mansion and live a luxurious life is also like Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, who rely on his family's business income.

He was afraid that he would come to visit, but Zhao Jun still held a grudge and embarrassed him, and when the time came, he instructed Yu Shitai to participate in him to "catch the crack in the wind" and "climb the dragon drill camp", and then it would be over.

Therefore, Xia Zhu never dared to go to Zhao Jun to hug his thigh.

But at the juncture of Cheng Lin's downfall, this may be his only chance.

Before, he also pinned his hopes on Zhao Jun, Lu Yijian, and Fan Zhongyan to fight among themselves, to see if they could make the officials angry and remove them from power.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Jun came back, he immediately dealt with the matter with thunderous means and quelled the riots of the New Deal.

This forced Xia Zhu to re-examine Zhao Jun's energy and his influence on the official family.

That is to say, in the case that he cannot hope that Zhao Jun will fight politically with others and thus fall, if he does not seize this opportunity, unless he assassinates Zhao Jun, with Zhao Jun in his twenties, he will not be able to rise to the throne for the rest of his life.

Xia Zhu looked at the fish in the pond, and threw out a handful of fish food in his hand, and in an instant, countless swimming fish swarmed to grab the food.

This scene made Xia Zhu, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly laugh.

'Even the fish know that competition is the only way to survive, so why should I bother with this?' ’

Thinking of this, Xia Zhu no longer hesitated, poured down all the fish food in the fish food box in his right hand, and then put the box on the stone table in the gazebo, and turned his head away without hesitation.

About half an hour later.

It was already evening, almost the end of the unitary hour and the beginning of the new hour, that is, around seven o'clock in the evening.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and at this moment the night is gray and has entered the night.

Zhao Jun is working with a notebook in his home study, his study is usually locked, and when he goes out without a notebook, the notebook is also locked in the suitcase and hidden in the locked cabinet.

Except for someone who will come in when he is doing sanitation and is also supervised, when he is working inside, even Cao Miaoxin is not allowed to enter.

Recently, Cao Miaoxin became pregnant and is recuperating. I originally thought that Jiangmen's wife would be more fierce, but I didn't expect to find out after marrying back that he was as docile as a kitten, beautiful and gentle, he was simply the family emperor at home, and he was so comfortable that he flew up.

At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door, it was Zhao Jun's maid Chunxiang, she said softly: "Jiajun, someone is visiting." ”

"Who?"

Zhao Jun wondered, he was full of Imperial City Guards, and ordinary people couldn't get close, let alone be qualified.

Haruka said: "It's Xia Shilang of the Ministry of Finance. ”

Xia Zhu?

Zhao Jun was a little stunned at first, he had nothing to do with Xia Zhu, he came to find out what to do with him.

But it figured it out after a second.

It should be Cheng Lin's position vacant, and he came to drill the camp.

Then Zhao Jun groaned.

Xia Zhu was the opponent of the Qingli New Deal in history, and he also single-handedly concocted the Shi Jie case, which completely aborted the Qingli New Deal.

In addition, this person later used unscrupulous means to continue to persecute the reformists by means of false accusations and rumors, so Zhao Jun always disliked it.

Especially when he was in power, although Xia Zhu did not express his position openly with the hundred officials, he secretly played small actions, which made him even more unhappy.

But when he wanted to find a reason to dispose of Xia Zhu, and when he looked through Xia Zhu's information and past political achievements, he found that this person was completely fine.

Even let the Imperial City Division secretly investigate, but he didn't catch the handle.

And looking at his political achievements, Zhao Jun couldn't help but want to promote him.

Because of his outstanding political achievements and talents, he is quite good at managing localities, rivers, cults, and even the army.

It's just that thinking that this person's character is too bad, Zhao Jun can only not give him a promotion, and let him fend for himself.

I didn't expect this pass to come to find me, and I was quite a bit of a defector.

This should be a choice in officialdom, and Xia Zhu chose to come over on the question of whether to choose to come to me. ’

And my choice is to accept him. ’

But he may not have come to me, but to test my tone. ’

Of course, on this big night, it is very likely that I will come to visit and choose to come to me like Li Di. ’

'So what do I do?' Give him this chance or not? ’

Zhao Jun pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind, and shouted to Chunxiang outside the door: "Go and tell him that I am dealing with important business, and if he is willing to wait, just wait." If you don't want to, go on your own. ”

The ball was kicked back into Xia Zhu's hands.

At this time, Xia Zhu was standing outside the door, the sky was dark, and the cold wind was howling. The surrounding Imperial City Division Praetorian Guards are eyeing each other, if it weren't for him revealing his identity, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to get close to the door.

This mansion located on Qingtai Street in Xihuamen, the palace is almost as well defended as the imperial palace.

On weekdays, the streets and streets are full of patrol soldiers and spies, and even the two mansions on the left and right have been bought by Wang Shouzhong sent by Zhao Zhen to live in them.

After a while, Chunxiang opened the door, poked her head out and said, "Jiajun said that he was dealing with important business and didn't have time to receive you, if you are willing to wait, just wait." If you don't want to, go back yourself. ”

"Thank you, girl."

Xia Zhu's face didn't change, he just nodded slightly to indicate that he knew, and then he carried a roll of gifts behind his back with his hands behind his back, standing at the door of Zhao Jun's house and walking back and forth.

He understood what Zhao Jun meant, he had offended the prefect at the beginning, and the prefect was cautious, and it was not so easy to expose it gently.

So just let him wait on the street outside the door, it just so happens that the weather is cold now, when Zhao Jun is satisfied, he will probably be able to enter.

And as long as you can get in the door, you have to be able to do at least eighty percent.

So time passed like this, Xia Zhu was bored at the beginning, and in the end he was already a little imprisoned and tortured, and even squatted outside the wall at the door, holding a grass pulled from the ground.

He is fifty-five years old this year, but he is not ashamed of it.

can climb from the least respected military attache in the Song Dynasty to the civil officials, in addition to being able to be ruthless, he also has a thick skin.

After a full hour and a half, that is, three hours later, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

The door creaked and opened again, and Chunxiang probed and said, "Jiajun is done, let you in." ”

"Whew!"

Xia Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and followed Chunxiang into the door.

I was able to calm down just waiting outside the door.

But I don't know why, in the face of this prefect who already has a lot of city government and means at a young age, Xia Zhu couldn't help but get nervous.

At this moment, in the vestibule, Zhao Jun was already seated, and he didn't go to greet him, basically he had already shown a not very friendly attitude.

After Xia Zhu came in, he hurriedly walked over and saluted Zhao Jun and said, "Xiaguan has seen the prefect. ”

"Xia Shilang sits."

Zhao Jun responded and said lightly: "This hospital is busy with official business, but it has made the waiter wait for a long time. ”

Xia Zhu was busy and said: "The prefect shares the worries for His Majesty, and for the country and the people, it is a matter of national importance. However, the lower officials took the liberty to come to the door to disturb, and heard that the prefect likes calligraphy and painting, so he took two books, which are not valuable, and asked the prefect Haihan to forgive his sins. ”

As he spoke, he handed the gift to Zhao Jun's table.

"Huh."

Zhao Jun suddenly laughed.

This guy is really good at talking and doing things, much better than Liu Yongke.

No wonder we are where we are today.

It's extraordinary.

"Alright, sit down and talk."

Zhao Jun did not refuse Xia Zhu's gift, and waved his hand to signal him to sit down.

He knew that Xia Zhu should not be stupid enough to give that kind of precious thing, at most it was a manuscript left by the great Confucian of the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of thing can be bought in the market for a few or dozens of times at most, not to mention how expensive, but it is not ashamed to give it away, and it will not be left with any handle.

"Xie Zhiyuan."

Xia Zhu sat down.

Zhao Jun asked knowingly: "In the middle of the night, the waiter came, what is the so-called matter?" ”

"The lower officials are here to accuse."

Xia Zhu said seriously.

"Oh?"

Zhao Jun seemed puzzled and asked, "What is the squire's crime?" ”

"Xiaguan was blinded by lard at the beginning, and he did meet Liu Yuanyu by chance under the corridor, he complained to Xiaguan, Xiaguan casually mentioned it, but he didn't expect him to take it seriously, and Xiaguan regretted not being at the beginning."

Xia Zhu suppressed a slightly panicked mood, got up and arched his hand to Zhao Jun and said: "Therefore, the lower officials came to the door to apologize, and please also ask the court to be magnanimous and elegant, regardless of the mistakes of the lower officials." ”

Zhao Jun looked at him for a while.

Xia Zhu still maintained a bowing posture, trembling in his heart.

If Zhao Jun does not accept it.

Then his life will be over.

However..

It took about a minute.

Zhao Jun suddenly laughed, stood up and helped Xia Zhu up, and said, "I have long forgotten about some small things, but it has made Zi Qiaogong careless." ”

In a flash.

Xia Zhu's original heart was put down.

The atmosphere in the whole room suddenly became relaxed.

thing.

It's almost done.

(End of chapter)