Redundant officials are the most difficult problem in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, no one wants to lose their officials, I think that at the beginning, Fan Zhongyan was planted in this aspect, and as a result, hundreds of officials opposed it, and finally resigned.

And Wang Anshi's change of law learned the lesson of Fan Zhongyan, and put all the focus on redundant troops and redundant expenses, and the redundant officials were extremely relaxed.

And the method of sixty Zhishi is probably the only way to alleviate the redundancy of officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and not to arouse the opposition of hundreds of officials.

"Wechen is sixty and seven this year, and as the head of a hundred officials, he should lead by example and take the initiative to cooperate with the policy of sixty officials, and the minister implores the official family for permission."

At the moment, Fan Chunren resigned for the third time.

Ancient rites, three resignations and three concessions.

In the vertical arch hall, all the civil and military officials knew in their hearts that it was now Fan Chunren's third resignation, and this time, Zhao Xu would have no reason to stay.

Sure enough, Zhao Xu sighed and said: "Lord Fan has worked hard and made great achievements, and when he resigned, he still offered this good recipe to me, since this method was offered by Fan Xianggong, Fan Xianggong and Fan Taicheng are uncles and nephews, why don't Fan Xianggong be in charge!" ”

Sixty Zhishi is associated with hundreds of officials and doctors in the court, Fan Chunren is the prime minister of the dynasty, and he is naturally very familiar with the court, plus he and Fan Zhengnai are uncles and nephews, so he is naturally the most suitable candidate.

"I'm not honored!" Fan Chunren said solemnly.

According to the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty, once the prime minister is dismissed, the usual behavior is to add honorific titles and be demoted to other places to serve as prefects, and Fan Chunren is a prime minister who is still entrusted with important responsibilities after the dismissal of the prime minister.

Lu Dafang was shocked in his heart, he secretly took refuge in Zhao Xu, put Fan Chunren in an embarrassing position, and once secretly ridiculed Fan Chunren for being deeply affected by Fan Zhongyan, but that's it.

Now Fan Chunren has successfully turned the tables with the strategy of sixty Zhishi, which makes his heart full of flavors.

However, this feeling was quickly diluted by the joy in his heart, because, after Fan Chunren's resignation, according to Zhao Xu's promise, he would go one step further and become a supreme minister.

However, to his great disappointment, Zhao Xu did not immediately fulfill his promise and named him prime minister, but instead left the position of prime minister vacant.

After the next dynasty, Yang Wei, the imperial historian who was attached to Lu Dafang, said impatiently: "It shouldn't be! Since the official family has made a promise, how can they break the promise. ”

Lu Dafang said with a solemn face: "Lord Yang hasn't seen it yet, the official family wants to use the position of prime minister to let Lu take the initiative to agree to the new law." ”

"Spread into the acres!"

Yang Wei couldn't help but exclaim, the intention of the apportionment into the mu is extremely sinister, which of the Manchu officials does not have 10,000 mu of fertile land, once it is implemented, I don't know how much more grain needs to be paid.

Lu Dafang nodded heavily.

"This method is very harmful, Lord Lu must not agree to it!" Yang Wei frowned.

What Lu Dafang represents is the interests of the old party, and behind the old party is the support of big landlords, and it is only in this way that they can completely bring down Wang Anshi and other new parties.

If Lu Dafang implements the practice of apportionment into the mu, I am afraid that he will be immediately abandoned by the old party.

"The old man naturally knows that it is powerful." Lu Dafang said helplessly.

For several days, Lu Dafang and Zhao Xu were at a stalemate with each other, the position of prime minister above the court was vacant, and no one nominated a candidate for prime minister.

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"Lu Dafang really doesn't know what to do, everyone in the world knows that it is a good prescription for a hundred years to be served, and Lu Dafang is actually for his own selfishness, in vain!"

In the Imperial Garden, Zhao Xu ran several laps around the Imperial Lake and sweated like rain, still unable to eliminate the anger in his heart.

He has been suppressed by the Empress Dowager Gao for several years, and now that he is in power and has a new law, he naturally can't wait to show his ambitions.

And Lu Dafang's ignorance made him very angry, if it wasn't for the promise that Lu Dafang would be the prime minister, he would have directly sealed the seal as the prime minister, where would there be today's things.

Fan Zheng handed over a sweat towel and said: "The official family is not in a hurry, everything only needs to find the source of the disease, which is enough to solve it, first of all, the position of prime minister must be the wish of Lord Lu's heart, otherwise he will not stand on the side of the official family." ”

Zhao Xu wiped his sweat and snorted coldly: "He wants the position of prime minister, but he doesn't want to do things for me, how can there be such an easy thing." ”

"The will represented by Lu Dafang is not his own person, but a group of old parties, and why should the old party oppose the apportionment of labor!" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

Zhao Xu sneered and said: "What else can it be for, it's not to evade taxes and immunization money!" ”

"In that case, then let them not have to pay taxes and immunization money." Fan Zheng said lightly.

"No! If this is the case, wouldn't it be an empty talk to be paid into the acre. Zhao Xu frowned.

Fan Zheng said with a wry smile: "The official family is too taken for granted, if the official family wants to implement the apportionment into the mu, then it must rely on the officials of the world to implement, and most of the officials in the world have a lot of land, and they cut their own flesh, so naturally they can't start, in this case, why don't the officials push the boat down the river, exempt the officials from a certain amount of land endowment, according to the grade of senior officials are exempted from 1000 mu, and the low grade is exempt from 100 mu, so as not to affect the overall situation of the world, Lord Lu also has steps to go down, and the officials in the world naturally have no reason to object. ”

"Officials protect each other!" Zhao Xu's face was unhappy and said: "I have already agreed to the policy of sixty Zhishi, and I have treated him so favorably, but he is still so greedy. ”

Fan Zheng said in his heart: "If the official family comes up with this evil spirit, Weichen has an idea. ”

"Come on!" Zhao Xu couldn't wait.

Fan Zheng smiled and said, "Involution!" ”

"Involution?" Zhao Xu wondered.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Since ancient times, officials have protected each other, but there is one exception, that is, official positions, many officials do everything for the sake of official positions, and there are two situations among the officials of my Great Song Dynasty, one is an incumbent official, and the other is an idle and redundant official. The second uncle's 60 Zhishi strategy is only a symptom for redundant officials, and 2,000 official positions are simply a drop in the bucket. ”

Zhao Xu nodded, there are nearly 40,000 officials in the Great Song Dynasty, of which about 5,000 are redundant officials, even if 2,000 positions are vacated, I am afraid there are still 3,000 officials waiting to be placed.

"These redundant officials can only wait until they are vacant to wait for official positions, some are unlucky, and there is no real shortage for more than ten years, so they are naturally extremely eager to get official positions, why don't the officials let these alternate officials be entrusted with important tasks, inspect the dereliction of duty and corruption of officials in the world, and once verified, the alternate officials will immediately take over." Fan Zheng said coldly.

"Wonderful! This party is wonderful, the redundant officials have been waiting for this day for more than ten years, and finally have the opportunity, so they naturally try their best to check, so that they can get the official position, and the accounts of the predecessor are cleared, and it is naturally easy for them to replace them. Zhao Xu was stunned.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "And in this way, it can not only rectify the rule of officials, but also solve the redundant officials, and the official family will soon implement the apportionment into the mu. ”

Fan Zheng sneered in his heart, since he had already given Yongzheng's paving into the mu, he would take advantage of the situation to throw Yongzheng's ruthless move 'make up for it in time'.

"Involution, what an evil ......, no! This is the square, it is definitely the square! ”

Zhao Xu said with great joy.

"The official still knows me!"

Fan Zheng and Zhao Xu looked at each other and smiled, and suddenly felt like a confidant.

(End of chapter)