A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 673 Butcher Zhang died, we still don't eat muddy pigs

"Crack!" The teacup in Sheng Minglan's hand fell to the ground, and the tea shards splashed all over the floor, "Chunlan, the rebels have already captured the palace? Then what happened to Second Uncle Gu?"

Chunlan felt a little unhappy, and said lightly, "Miss Six, my son is not a rebel army, but the King Qin army who killed the false prince!"

"Fake prince?"

"The false prince Zhao Zongquan murdered two royal princes and a prince. The truth has come to light. As for the Gu family Erlang."

Sheng Minglan got up and grabbed Chunlan's arm and asked anxiously, "How is Second Uncle Gu?"

Looking at the glamorous and beautiful sixth girl of the Sheng family, she is really a confidante, and she will not be a good lady of the Qi family... Sigh softly, "Erlang of the Gu family died in battle."

Uncle Gu is dead!
Sheng Minglan's eyes darkened, and she passed out.Chunlan has sharp eyes and quick hands, she grabs Sheng Minglan, and Xiaotao hurriedly steps forward to help...

There was a frenzy in the hall.

"Fuming girl, come into the house," Old Madam Sheng calmly directed the crowd, "Danju, hurry up and call Langzhong."

After the big maid Danju responded, she turned around and trotted out of the house.

When Chunlan returned to the hall, Mrs. Sheng took her to ask about Gu Tingye's situation. When she learned that her body was blown to pieces, her eyes were a little sore. It was not for Gu Tingye, but for the poor Ming girl. Her mother died when she was young. Became a widow before she got married.
God is so unfair!
Thinking of the culprit of this incident, the old lady couldn't help but cursed at Sheng Hong and his son.The originally good marriage was ruined by the greed of the two of them for the rest of Minglan's life.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but want to argue for the official and her son. There was something wrong with the two of them, but if the sixth girl insisted on not agreeing, she could still force her to marry. The old lady just scolded the official and the son. Bai'er, you're too biased.

Ru Lan saw that the old lady was in a posture of opening her mouth to defend herself, so she quickly reached out and pinched her, signaling to stop talking. Only my wife can do it!

Besides, let the old lady scold a few words, the scumbag father and the second brother will not lose a piece of meat, after the old lady finished scolding and went into the room to see Minglan, Rulan pulled Chunlan and said, "My father and second brother are all right? "

Chunlan smiled and said, "Sheng Guanren and Second Young Master are all safe and sound."

Hearing that her officials and son were all safe and sound, Wang's hanging heart finally let go, and asked her maid to bring Chunlan a cup of tea, and then inquired about the situation in the palace, and learned that the new emperor was actually Princess Fukang. She was extremely surprised, her face full of disbelief, "Princess Fukang is a woman..."

Ru Lan was surprised, "Those civil servants agreed??"

Chunlan said, "The late emperor's edict."

Ru Lan snorted, and asked curiously, "Second Brother Heng has put in so much effort, what did the new emperor reward Second Brother Heng? At least make him a Duke?"

"The new emperor has just ascended the throne today, and the most important thing to do next is to deal with the late emperor's affairs, and the matter of awarding rewards. It should take a few days." Seeing that it was getting late, Chunlan quickly got down to business, "This time, except In addition to telling the young lady the news, there is another matter, but this matter requires the consent of the eldest lady."

Pointing at herself, Wang said, "What do you need my consent for?"

Chunlan said, "The young master is worried about the safety of the girl, so he wants to arrange some guards for the girl."

Wang asked suspiciously, "Guards? What kind of guards are arranged properly, and the capital is going to be in chaos?"

Chunlan waved her hand and said, "Mistress, I can't explain this matter in a few words. Next time the young master visits the mansion, the eldest lady will ask the young master in person."

Wang nodded and asked, "How many people are there?"

"Three bodyguards." Chunlan called out to the door, "Le Ling, Yuan Xiang, kitty, you came in and saw the girl."

As soon as the words were finished, three young girls in the military uniforms of the guards came into the room. After the three of them stood still, Chunlan gave a brief introduction, "Fifth girl, your safety will be guaranteed by Le Ling." , Yuanxiang and Kitty are in charge, Le Ling is the captain, and Yuanxiang Kitty is the vice-captain."

The three girls raised their hands in salute.

"Le Ling, Yuan Xiang, Xiaomao, I've met Fifth Girl."

Ru Lan hurriedly returned the salute, her eyes lit up when she saw the pistol case on the waists of the three of them...
There were only three of them, and they were all women, so Wang nodded and agreed.

Chunlan said: "Le Ling and the others are bodyguards. Every time the girl goes out, there will be another team of 20 guards following her, but those 20 people don't live in the Sheng family."

Ru Lan asked curiously, "So many people? Where do the 20 people live?"

Chunlan said, "Just the Li Mansion next door to the Sheng family, when the girls go out, they will automatically follow."

Wang suddenly said, "It turns out that the Li Mansion next door was bought by Brother Heng." A month ago, the neighbor next door moved, and she wondered why the Li family had lived in it for decades, and nothing happened. ah.

Less than an hour after the empress ascended the throne, the news spread throughout the 17 counties of Bianliang, Tokyo, and more than 120 million people.Thanks to Song Renzong's good reputation built up over decades, although ordinary people felt a little deviant, they didn't think there was anything wrong with it.In the folk, there are no sons in the family, and there are many daughters who recruit husbands to inherit the family business.

However, the civil officials reacted fiercely and issued memorials one after another, impeaching several prime ministers. The worst scolded was Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang. As a prime minister, he did not prevent such absurd things, what a shame for civil officials!Zeng Gongliang and a few Zaizhi made one head and two big.

Jingshi Guozijian

"Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous! There are thousands of clans in my Great Song Dynasty, so why can't I find a suitable clan son?"

"I see that the gentlemen are afraid of the sword in Qi Heng's hand! I didn't expect a few people to be so greedy for life and afraid of death."

"Qi Heng has the ambition of a wolf, kills Zhongliang, disturbs the court, and his heart of disobedience is clearly revealed!!"

"Qi Heng abolished the crown prince for no reason, and forced the emperor to order the princes to do Cao Mang's things."

"The Great Song Dynasty has kept scholars for a hundred years, and Qi Heng's dog thief violated the ancestral system. We will never let him succeed."

"Mr. Qing's side! Destroy the traitors!"

"Mr. Qing's side! Destroy Qiheng!"

"Tomorrow morning, everyone go to Xuande Gate to petition!"

"it is good!"

"Everyone go together."

In the early morning of the next day, it was just dawn, and the gate of the Imperial College was already full of voices. There were more than 2000 students in the entire Imperial College, and almost [-]% of the students came.

"Daily Daily, Tokyo Daily, the new emperor is enthroned, and Enke is ordered to be added!"

"Daily Daily, Tokyo Daily, the new emperor promises that Enke will get [-] Scholars!"

Admission of [-] Scholars? ! !

The originally noisy atmosphere instantly quieted down.

The students thought they had heard it wrong.Once every three years in previous years, a maximum of 300 people will be admitted. When the new emperor enthrones, Enke will have a higher admission rate, but only 500 people will be admitted.

6000 people?
"Little manager, here's a daily newspaper!"

The students got the daily newspaper and quickly found what they wanted. It clearly stated that [-] Scholars were admitted! !
shit!
Really six thousand!

Expanded twenty times!
"Six thousand Jinshi is really admitted!"

"The emperor's grace is mighty!"

"Long live the official family!"

"Long live the Queen!"

The students were extremely excited, and their favorability towards the new emperor was +100!

Some people poured cold water on them, "How can there be so many official positions?"

Student A said, "That's right, six thousand Jinshi, don't pass the Jinshi exam, let us wait when the time comes, just like Emperor Zhenzong?"

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, due to the excessive number of officials, it was stipulated that the fifth-ranked Jinshi should keep the election, and the other four-ranked scholars could still be exempted from being elected as officials.

Student B said, "Even if half of them keep the election, there are still 3000 people, which is ten times the usual number. Besides, we are the first batch of disciples of the new emperor. His Majesty will not treat us badly."

Student C said, "Then shall we still go to petition?"

Please fuck!

The new emperor is so upright, why make a fuss.

gone away.

The most important thing right now is to find out who Enke's "master" is this time.

More than 1000 students dispersed in a rush, and went home one after another to find a way out
After exercising in the morning, Wang Lidong came to his parents' courtyard, and as soon as he sat down, Qi's mother asked, "Heng'er, what do the officials plan to do with the queen?"

Wang Lidong said, "This is Fukang's family affairs, I have no intention of interfering."

Seeing that his wife was in a low mood, Qi's father hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Heng'er, the imperial mausoleum is built with cement, so there will be no problem, right? This can't be careless."

After the emperor ascended the throne yesterday, he inquired about the funeral of the late emperor.Knowing that the false prince only planned to spend 500 million yuan to build the imperial mausoleum, Princess Fukang yelled at this guy for being disobedient and unfilial, and for only so little money, it will definitely be the smallest imperial mausoleum in history after it is completed.

With a wave of his hand, the money doubled directly.

The construction of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor was a big fat job. If the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, how can it be easier for outsiders? Wang Lidong directly asked his father to take over the fat job.

Wang Lidong said, "As long as cement is well maintained, there will be no problems for hundreds of years. Father, if you don't worry, you can go to several maritime bases to have a look. Some of them have been soaked in seawater for several years. A little fine."

Qi Hai nodded and said that he would find time to take a look in these two days.

Wang Lidong made another suggestion. This time, the personnel for the construction of the Imperial Mausoleum will be directly drawn from the Imperial Army and the Xiang Army to reorganize the Construction Engineering Corps. From now on, these personnel will be responsible for the construction of various infrastructure projects, just in time for the reorganization of the army.

Qi's father frowned and said, "According to the officials' intentions, I did a rough calculation last night. This time, the manpower needed to build the imperial mausoleum will be at least 30. So many people will be free in seven months, when the time comes, you will be ready." what to do?"

In 976, Song Taizu died suddenly, and construction of the imperial mausoleum started hastily.After the Yongchang Mausoleum was built, Taizu's coffin was buried in Gongyi from Tokyo. When it arrived at the mausoleum, it was exactly 7 months since Taizu's death.Since then, the Song Dynasty has continued to form a rule: the emperor's tomb must be built within seven months of the emperor's death.

"Father is worried that so many people have nothing to do, and troubles will arise." Wang Lidong laughed. "I still think there are too few people. After finishing the imperial mausoleum, I plan to reuse all the streets in Tokyo City and Bianliang. The cement is laid again. This project alone, so few people don’t have two years, it will definitely not be completed.”

After breakfast, Wang Lidong went out to the palace, unexpectedly all the other shareholders had already arrived.After greeting everyone, when he was about to start today's topic, a person walked in outside the hall, the late emperor's personal chief executive, and now the new emperor's chief executive Liang Daguan.

Officer Liang seemed to be a different person from yesterday, with flushed faces, as if he was 20 years younger. He walked up to Princess Fukang and bent down to report, "Report to the official family. The petition teams of the Imperial College and several major academies have been disbanded."

Princess Fukang breathed a sigh of relief. If she was harassed into the palace by scholars on the second day of her enthronement, it would be embarrassing.

Cheng Guogong said in a rough voice, "I just said, Yuan Ruo's trick will definitely work. These big headscarves are mothers if they have milk, so it doesn't matter who is the emperor."

"These big headscarves talk about benevolence and morality all day long, but they are actually the most adaptable to the wind."

After a while of teasing, Wang Lidong asked Fugui to distribute the prepared materials to each of them, "Da Song is now dying of illness, the country is redundant, redundant, and redundant, and the surrounding countries are eyeing. Ready to bite us anytime.

My court has always valued civility over military affairs, resulting in the army having no combat power at all.Even a Xixia with a population of more than 300 million can beat us up!
If no changes are made, one day the steppe cavalry will go south, and everyone will become slaves to the barbarians. "

Princess Fukang took the manual, and on the cover were printed four vigorous regular characters, "Four Seas Contract".

After reading half a page, the brows were tightly frowned. The Song court will be reorganized, and a cabinet will be established. There will be a prime minister and 6 deputy prime ministers, who will be fully responsible for managing the daily political affairs of the Song Dynasty.

In this way, the emperor himself will become a decoration?

Although I knew that I would be a mud bodhisattva, but when things come to an end, I still feel a little unwilling, so I should give her some small things to do.
Cheng Guogong muttered loudly, "Yuan Ruo, the imperial court is full of scholars and bureaucrats, so let's play a game. Where do you belong?"

Wang Lidong laughed, "Second Uncle Liu, do you know how to clean your chamber pot and latrine? Or do you let your big man do it?"

Cheng Guogong widened his eyes and said, "I am a duke, you want me to wash the chamber pot? Although my brats are not knighted, they are all generals anyway. Who is not a servant for such a trivial matter?" The maid did it."

Wang Lidong spread his hands and said, "That's it. We have a total of ten shareholders. Even including relatives, there are only a few thousand people. The Song Dynasty is so big, and there are so many things to do. Are you here to do it yourself?"

Lian Guogong said thoughtfully, "Yuan Ruo means that civil servants will be servants after that, specializing in household affairs. We will decide the key important matters?"

This is no nonsense!
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Let me put it simply. Da Song is like a cotton cloth trading company. All the people here are the major shareholders of the trading company, and the civil servants are the shop assistants and shopkeepers we hired."

Cheng Guogong yelled, "I understand when you say that. This is good, haha! The big turban is the servant hired by my old Liu!"

Duke Ling said, "Shouldn't this boy's salary be reduced?"

Wang Lidong nodded and said, "This content is written at the end of the brochure. From now on, all officials will only receive the basic official salary, and all other supplementary and disguised salary and the official salary will be cancelled!"

To put it simply, they only receive the basic salary, and all other allowances and subsidies are removed.For example, when Bao Zheng was appointed governor of Kaifeng, he wore three hats on his head, that is, the direct scholar of Longtuge, the doctor of Shangshuxing Yousi Langzhong, and the official of Kaifeng, so he could receive three salaries at the same time. The salary of Kaifeng Fuyin is only 300 guan a month, and 3600 guan in a year, which is less than one-tenth of the previous salary.

All the shareholders gasped, this was too cruel, the big turban didn't jump up and make a scene!

Princess Fukang worried, "I have always given preferential treatment to scholar-bureaucrats. If this is changed, the civil servants will definitely oppose it collectively. When the time comes, all resignations will come, and the Song Dynasty will be in chaos."

Wang Lidong snorted, "Your Highness, don't take scholar-officials too seriously.

After the death of Butcher Zhang, we still don’t eat woolly pigs.There are tens of thousands of people in this world who want to be officials, and there are 60 to [-] in the Song Dynasty. Without the [-] officials, it is not difficult to collect tens of thousands.

Your Majesty has never been to a township or county. The strong county magistrate is the local emperor, and the weak one is like a puppet. With or without a county magistrate, the entire county still operates.

There are a total of 40 officials in my dynasty, but there are still more than [-] officials. Usually, most of the work in the major yamen is done by these people!

If there is a shortage of officials at that time, some old officials will be promoted, and the Yamen guarantees that there will be no difference from usual. "

The nobles slapped their thighs and shouted, "Yuan Ruo is right, a big turban is a bird! When our ancestors followed the Taizu to conquer the world one by one, there were not many big turbans. The world is not the same."

Princess Fukang asked in surprise, "Promote officials to become officials?"

Wang Lidong nodded and said, "As long as you have outstanding abilities, why not promote them? In this way, the hearts of these 40 officials will immediately turn to us. There will be no chaos in this world."

Princess Fukang was worried that the officials would not be reconciled to such a sharp reduction in salary. The so-called transition from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is difficult. When the time comes, corruption will become common and the people will suffer in the end.

Wang Lidong sneered at this, he invited a servant, not an old Buddha.Even if nine-tenths of the salary is cut off, it is definitely enough to feed seven or eight people.As for high salaries and honesty, it is purely to let go of the dogs. People's greed is endless. If you have 10, you can think of 100 million. No matter how much you give, it is hard to satisfy your desire.

Take the Song Dynasty as an example, the officials of the Song Dynasty were paid the best in history, and the work was very easy, but it was still "ten officials and nine greedy", just like the Sheng family, whose income depended entirely on Sheng Hong alone. Well, a small fifth-rank official can support hundreds of people, and also have good clothes and good food. If you don't just rely on salary and subsidies, there is not enough to spend.

"During the palace examination, I wrote an article about measures to prevent corruption." Wang Lidong asked everyone to turn two pages, and there were some specific implementation plans on it.

Yushitai was directly placed under the jurisdiction of the emperor and expanded to each county government, requiring about 5000 officials.

Princess Fukang's eyes brightened, this right is not small, she is finally not a mud bodhisattva!

Cousin Qi Xuan said, "Brother Heng, if you change it like this, there must be rebellion by the scholar-officials? Are you doing it too much?"

Wang Lidong understood what his cousin meant, and said with a smile, "Rebellion? Now that the righteousness is in our hands, any scholar-bureaucrat who dares to raise the flag to rebel now is treason!
To kill the Nine Clans!
It's not that I underestimated these big headscarves, I dared not rebel with the three of them!

At most, as His Majesty said, resign in protest.Or encourage some clans to rebel, and they follow behind the pigs of these clans, come up with some bad ideas, and become a dog-headed military adviser. "

Cousin Qi Xuan muttered, "It's unnecessary. It's a lot of effort!"

You science man, I can't communicate with you!
Several people listened to the explanation, and they roughly understood Wang Lidong's thoughts in their hearts. They were determined and did not follow the rebellion in vain. retreat!

Princess Fukang was speechless, most of the officials of Enyin were family members of civil servants, so the scholar-bureaucrats didn't hate Qi Heng to death.

The Five Army Commander's Mansion was established to govern more than 100 million forbidden troops and Xiang troops across the country. The military department of the imperial court has no right to intervene in the management of the army in the future, and can only govern the inspections of all county government offices and regimental training in various places.

The Royal Bank of the Song Dynasty was established, and all the six major money supervisors were collected by the Royal Bank of the Song Dynasty, and private individuals were not allowed to mint any valuable currency.

All gold and silver expenditures and income of the Song court went through the accounts of the Song Royal Bank.

Princess Fukang said, "Yuan Ruo, is the Great Song Royal Bank similar to the Universal Bank?"

Wang Lidong nodded and said, "I plan to use the Four Seas Bank as the foundation to form the Great Song Royal Bank. Everyone can participate in it, but of course it is only for us."

To make the country fair, "Yuanruo intends to choke the imperial court's pocketbook?"

Wang Lidong nodded and said, "From now on, all the expenditures of the imperial court must be submitted to the Royal Bank of Song Dynasty for approval. If they fail to pass, then there will be no money."

Princess Fukang suddenly realized that the ultimate goal of so many changes is to take power away from the literati and the emperor, and concentrate all the power in the hands of ten shareholders or Qi Heng, which is not much different from the operating mechanism of the cotton cloth trading company.

"Who will choose the seven prime ministers?"

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "Of course it is decided by our ten shareholders. Every time there is a change of term, each shareholder nominates a quota, adding up to a total of ten candidates. Officials above the fifth rank of the imperial court each have one vote, and the person with the most votes will be elected." The prime minister, the second to sixth will serve as deputy prime ministers."

On October 11, 90 of Huangyou, after three full days of negotiation, the top ten shareholders of the Cotton Cloth Trading Co., Ltd. passed the "Four Seas Contract" in Wende Hall, Bianjing City. The original direction, slowly heading into a fog
(End of this chapter)