Song Beiyun

Duke Ding was so angry that his beard turned up, and at this moment Zuo Rou in the room heard his father's voice, and walked out with an apple in his stomach while eating: "Yo, isn't this father, come to play? "

"Playing? What a fart!" Duke Ding said angrily, "He captured your Uncle Wang, Uncle Sun, and Uncle Guo!"

"Ah?" Zuo Rou looked sideways at Song Beiyun: "Why are you arresting them, they hugged me when they were young."

Song Beiyun scratched his chin: "How can I say this kind of thing, simply put, they are blocking my way."

"Then how can you put them to death!"

"Death?" Song Beiyun flicked the hem of his gown: "Is it me or themselves?"

Duke Ding and Song Beiyun were in a stalemate. Now a total of seven Dukes and ten county Dukes were arrested by Prime Minister Ding. The charge was to attack the Dali Temple. If no reason was given, they would be locked up until the official came back. until the decision is made.

Now it's all right, all the generals in Chang'an who can speak out are now filled with righteous indignation. If it were normal, they might have mutinied, but now they are just filled with righteous indignation.

"Struggle." Song Beiyun personally handed a cup of mint tea to Ding Guogong: "Grandpa, calm down."

Ding Guogong slapped the teacup on the ground, his face was extremely ugly.But Song Beiyun wasn't angry at all. After all, he would be blown up if this kind of thing happened to him. It's already pretty good for Duke Ding to look like this.

"It's impossible for me to cut civil servants and not generals." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "I'll arrest the civil servants, but naturally the military commanders can't let go either. You don't want to do it because of face, so you need someone to do it. of."

After Song Beiyun finished speaking, he slowly lowered his head and fiddled with a ribbon in his hand: "Grandpa, listen to my advice, all you can do about this matter is to stop as soon as possible."

Angry, really annoying.Song Beiyun's posture already showed that there was no room for maneuver in this matter, which made Ding Guogong feel very shameless, and he left in a huff without even saying a word to Zuo Rou.

Zuo Rou, who was eating glutinous rice cakes with a bowl, stood at the door and looked at her father who had gone away, and turned to Song Beiyun, "You offended everyone in Jinling City."

"There are always sacrifices in the reforms of all dynasties." Song Beiyun spread his hands: "It is better to make a little change from a favorable situation than to come from a fierce conflict from poverty and weakness."

"I don't understand anyway." Zuo Rou supported her waist with one hand: "I'm going to lie down on the bed, I'm tired."

Song Beiyun didn't go out today, but stayed in the house with Boss Zuo, who was pregnant with Liujia. Except for the prince and Ding Guogong, he didn't see any other seekers. Despite the wind and rain outside, he stayed here like a mountain.

It's just that the entire Jinling army has already started to reorganize its defenses two days ago. After the second defense change, the elite imperial army and city defenses are already in full swing, and the Vulcan Battalion is also ready to go. It seems that they are preparing for something to happen. like.

As for the civil servants, it's actually not that easy. At this time, whoever can stand on the sidelines is heartless.Because the civil official group was also hit hard, but they were not as fierce as the generals group, but in fact they were not less affected than the military generals group, and even worse.

The six ministries have all received warnings from Shangshu, which is not mentioned for now, and the three parties, Yushitai, Audit Court, and Dali Temple, have already started a coordinated audit of the six ministries.

This audit will conduct a complete and detailed inspection of the accounts, officials' private property, and work style among the six ministries at all levels. It is too late for asset transfers, because since yesterday, banknotes in the city have stopped accepting money exchanges, that is, It is said that all gold and silver items can no longer be exchanged for banknotes.

In this way, a strange scene appeared in Jinling City in the early morning, that is, boxes of unknown origin would suddenly appear on the side of the road, and inside the boxes were countless gold, silver, jewels, emeralds and agates.

Not only on the street, but also in the river, on the mountain, and even in the graveyard.

It's like a gift from God.

If there is any objection, there are too many people who oppose it, but the decision made by the higher-ups is unreasonable at all, and it is investigated as soon as it is said to be investigated. Naturally, many people have fallen through this investigation, even if the higher-ups specifically explained It's a bit wider across the fingers, but the entire Jinling can still lose nearly a hundred people. One can imagine what kind of behavior this group of people usually have.

This is the first time the reform has hit officials so far, and after taking advantage of the problem, it is difficult to describe the panic of the people in the court.

Although it is said that deterrence is the main thing and punishment is the second, but I didn't expect that these people are really too ambitious, and they have reached the point where they can't help them even if they want to help them.

Many bigwigs in the DPRK were very angry, but they had no choice but to watch their cronies being arrested in Dali Temple.

People from both the military and the government were arrested all the time. The military and police on the street wore small leather boots from the prairie and stepped on the crisp drums to arrest people everywhere.

The common people watched those gentlemen who could not be touched on weekdays being taken out of their homes one after another, put on shackles on their bodies, and guessed a lot. No one knew what happened, and there were different opinions.

Some of these arrested people are usually benevolent and generous, and some are notorious for bullying men and women. People are questioning what this movement is for, but no one has given any explanation. Even Official newspapers such as the Jinling Daily also announced a three-day suspension.As for the newspapers that are still being published in Jinling, only the agricultural newspaper, the military newspaper, and the commercial newspaper are still operating as usual, and the rest of the newspapers are closed along with the Jinling Daily.

Can you say that the country is in turmoil?In fact, no, as long as someone is arrested, people from the relevant yamen will immediately fill in the vacancies. under the age of 35.

Under the auspices of these young officials, not only is there no chaos in the country, but everything is like two parallel worlds, where the one who governs governs and the one who arrests arrests.

At this moment, Ding Xiang thanked the guests behind closed doors like Song Beiyun. No matter who asked to see him, he would not see him.

Lord Fu announced after yesterday that he was ill and would no longer interfere with the government affairs, and all matters were handed over to the Minister of the Ministry of Education and the Minister of Zhongshu.

The Shangshu Province was originally presided over by Yan Shu, but now that Yan Shu is not here, it is naturally Zhao Xiangde who controls it, while the Zhongshu Province is presided over by Ding Xiang. The deliberation power of the Menxia Province, which was originally in charge of Ding Xiang, was directly handed over to Song Beiyun.

Plus a Privy Council Ding Guogong.

The grand scene of the Four Sameness Dynasty actually appeared in this special period.

Although Song Beiyun still couldn't bring it up on the stage, anyone with a discerning eye could see how big a storm Song Beiyun had created here.

The matter continued to ferment, and as more and more people were involved, the investigation stopped abruptly after ten days, and the public turned to the underground, and a larger but relatively looser screening began.

People are still imprisoned every day, but people are also acquitted every day. Because the Ministry of Punishment approved it as the subject of audit, the new third inspection department has joined an audit department. Dali Temple, Yushitaijia Audit Department these days It can be said that the full horsepower output is trying various cases.

And there are also some weird legends among the people, saying that you should never go to the small black house when you go up the knife mountain and down the oil pan.

The small black room here is the place where the third division handles cases. It is said that no matter how arrogant and shrewd the people who go in there before, they will basically be useless after they come out. The whole person is very dull, as if they have lost their souls.

On this day, Song Beiyun entered the imperial palace through the side door, came to the Chamber of Internal Affairs, and directly found Mr. Xue from the Office of Internal Affairs.

"Draft the decree." Song Beiyun said to the servant, "I say something and you write it."

"Master Song... Isn't this a false edict?"

Song Beiyun threw the Great Song Emperor Yuxi in front of him: "Design!"

Chapter 695: Sunny September 11, Six Years

A decree is earth-shattering.

When this holy decree was announced on the court, the whole court was shocked.

Cancellation of six!

This is simply unprecedented, and this move immediately caused violent turmoil.

However, this abolition is not directly abolished, but all six parts have been dismantled, and they have been dismantled into pieces.

The Ministry of Officials alone was split into four small parts. Basically, each division was equivalent to a ministry. Although the functions had not changed, the overall power was more dispersed, and the organizational structure became more complicated.

The most changed is the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War has no direct military power. It only retains the four parts of national defense staff, logistics, personnel organization, and strategic planning. All military power directly belongs to the Military Council. This is confusing. The military association is not decided by the emperor alone. Whether it is fighting a war or mobilizing troops, more than half of the members of the military association need to agree.

The simplest example is that now the emperor can fight whoever he says he wants to fight, and after the military reform, the emperor says he wants to fight, but if more than half of the people in the inner circle disagree, he can directly veto the emperor's proposal.

In other words, the imperial power was put in a cage, but at the same time, the emperor also had a privilege, which was to initiate a resolution to remove other members. If it passed, no matter who it was, it would be removed directly.

In addition to the unified command of the national armed forces, the Military Council also takes care of many special functions, such as formulating military regulations, issuing decisions and orders, determining military strategies and operational policies of the armed forces, and managing national defense scientific research and production, national defense assets, funds, etc.

That is to say, after this imperial decree, the military and government have been completely separated, and all the current systems will be abolished. After a new round of relevant military bills are issued, the army will be fully formed.

And the current military system will be rearranged, the military system of ban, Xiang, Fu, and township will be abolished, and it will be changed to a military region post, and the commander of the military region will manage and coerce the basic content of the military region.

Then came the relevant promotion system, which changed from the original singleness to the current multi-channel system. The army should have independent talent education and training capabilities, and some professional intensive training can be carried out in the army.

The military system has also been transformed into a conscription system. Military service is mandatory, but the period of military service has been shortened to five years. During these five years, the army will be responsible for cultivating relevant skills and paying equal remuneration. Unconditional military service obligation.

After changing the military system, the number of the country's standing army will drop sharply to one-third of the current level, but the military budget will remain unchanged.That is to say, while reducing the number of people, military proficiency has also been greatly improved, and special personnel are employed. Soldiers are only responsible for war and disaster relief during special periods, and are not allowed to participate in other things.

To sum up, this is the general meaning of this ten thousand word edict, and the rest are some related details that have been confirmed.

If you want to interpret it in detail, it can actually be interpreted as the fact that military power is fluid and will no longer be the private soldiers of a certain regional leader. Moreover, due to the reduced scale, the treatment and equipment of soldiers have been greatly improved.

And in addition to this, it can also guarantee the overall discipline and obedience of the army.

The deeper meaning is to eliminate the possibility of the birth of "a certain army", because after the military region system, the barracks are still made of iron, but the generals and soldiers are flowing.The numbers at all levels will never be wiped out unless they are eliminated in battle.But the soldiers among them will be constantly replaced, so that the situation where soldiers only recognize the generals and not the central government can be eliminated to a large extent.

Compared with the reform of the military system, the reform of the civil service system is not so prominent. Although it is an earthquake-level move, it is actually just a division of functions and separation of personnel, and the core content has not changed much.

Therefore, compared with military system reform, it is relatively easy to accept.Moreover, civil servants are very honest now, especially after managing so many people, they are a lot more honest. Although many people have objections to such a decree, they think that they are much better than the nobles, so naturally He pinches his nose and admits it.

So are you happy?

In fact, there are. Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and Yushitai should be the happiest people. These three departments have separated higher-level functions. Dali Temple has more powers to formulate and revise laws, and the Criminal Department has separated Public security functions and national security functions, and Yushitai directly became the procuratorial department, disciplinary picket department, and verification agency.

On top of that, the Emperor's Ministry of Internal Affairs was directly upgraded to become the Secretariat and enjoys a special function that is to enjoy cross-supervision authority with the Third Ministry of Public Security, Prosecution and Law.

The courtiers actually didn't have much opinion on these things. What really made them feel uncomfortable was the ultimate magic reform of the examination system.

It is said that the three-year trial in Chang'an has proved that the advanced imperial examination system has very large loopholes and needs a comprehensive reform.

First of all, the number of students admitted to the Mingjing Department has dropped from [-]% to [-]%. To put it bluntly, this [-]% is to leave a way for those family members of high-ranking officials or families of heroes who are too useless. It can be regarded as dedicating his whole life to the country, no matter good or bad, he has to stay.

The remaining [-]% were directly replaced by arts and sciences and six arts, that is, art.

Among them, Chinese, three sciences, five arts, one, and those who read sage books are still reading sage books. The proportion of this item has not changed. The real cuts are those contestants of Mingjing, but many people are dissatisfied with why the proportion of science subjects should be accounted for. half.

They were unconvinced in theory, but no one listened to their complaints, because the imperial decree was only for notification rather than discussion.

Even the imperial decree stated between the lines that if you don't obey, you can rebel.

But for the current situation, who is willing to rebel, and it is said that they have cut down the upper class, but it is not that they have not been given opportunities. After all, no matter what they study or take exams, their social resources themselves are better than ordinary people. Much more.

It's just that they feel a little disgusted at the thought of competing on the same stage with those mud legs.

In addition to these contents, there is a more important reform content that the school is fully state-owned, and all tuition and book fees are free for the first five years, and you can choose whether to continue studying or enter the vocational and technical school established by the workshop for the next five years. Learning, after learning can be distributed.

It seems that the level of learning in this way is low, but it is not.Because after the reform of the new examination law, a student who wants to become an official needs to go through a five-plus-four-plus-three-plus-four academic system before he can take a public test, and the content of the test is all-encompassing, crossing Chinese and Western. Don't even think about it.

However, this 17-year schooling system is not mandatory to finish, and you can leave halfway, and if you can finish it, you can basically be called the pride of heaven. Those who come out of the academy will not have any difficulties in society.

So this is the most difficult point for those high-level people to accept, because after such reforms, if their descendants do not live up to their expectations, their family will be ruined...

If we put it in the past, the folks have been planned to turn the sky upside down, but now these powerful people find that they are really a little bit immobile. Public opinion, military force, and even financial resources have been suppressed in all directions. Now even the control of those untouchables is going to be fought by the imperial court.

This is really too uncomfortable.

The news of the reform spread outside the imperial court. It doesn't matter if you can't read or write. There are storytellers in all directions and towns who are turning this into a story for those who can't read.

I don't know where these storytellers come from, they seem to have popped up overnight, the key point is that no one dared to touch them, because after these people told the untouchables, even the most useless and useless mud legs Zi also knew that if there was a grievance, he could go directly to the courier to dictate, and the courier distributed in various places would pass these matters to Yushitai.

As for whether it can be passed on, no one knows.But in case, people, don't be afraid of this ten thousand, just be afraid of that in case.

Major reforms and overhauls are naturally not something that can be solved by an imperial decree. From the day the imperial decree was promulgated, the government offices of various ministries will light up the lamps all night and work overtime.It was sorting files and separating government affairs, and the army was so busy that they were panting.

But at this moment, Song Emperor Zhao Xing was invited by Liao Emperor Yelufo Baonu to pay a state visit to Liaoxin Capital on his way back home.

At this moment when civil and military officials were struggling, Zhao Xing was eating hot pot on the stove in front of the old house in Handan City.

"This is my old house." Zhao Xing sighed and said, "Just let the Liao people take it out of thin air."

There is someone in the house, a prince from a remote family in the Liao Kingdom, if someone else cooks a pot to eat at the door of his house, it would be strange if he didn't turn off the stove.

But today, this guy...he can't be messed with.Not to mention that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was also treated with courtesy by the emperor in the Liao Kingdom. Just because of his status as the emperor, even if he was a prisoner, he could not be easily insulted, otherwise he would be given an excuse of contempt for the imperial power.

"Where's Brother Yelu?"

"Back to His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty, I will tell His Majesty about you...say you..."

"talk."

"It's too embarrassing to say you... Your Majesty doesn't want to come."

"Hahahahaha..." Zhao Xing flicked his arms, "It's just a revisit of the old place. Now this house has a new owner, so why bother. A gentleman should do what a gentleman should do. Who can lose it?"

"Yes, yes, what His Majesty the Emperor Song said is true."

While Zhao Xing was cooking meat, Fo Baonu received a letter from Liaoxin Capital, and after reading the contents of the letter, she gasped.

"It's really become..."

She muttered to herself, disbelief all over her face, because the news was nothing short of disruptive to her.

If it were me, I would definitely not dare to play like this. This is too ruthless, and I am betting on the fate of the country.

But when he thought of Song Emperor Zhao Xing who knew everything but obviously didn't care, Fo Baonu finally realized what Song Gou once said to him, "The Song Dynasty is not great because of me, but because of Zhao Xing".

Bravery, breadth of mind, foresight, and capacity, the seemingly cynical and indifferent emperor has it all by himself. He seems to have no airs, but his airs are the flourishing Song Dynasty behind him.

Would anyone look down on him because he was eating in a small yard by the side of the road?Would anyone think he is a fool because he is playful and lustful?Does anyone ignore him because he looks like a big kid?

No, even if he doesn't do anything, just standing there is already a mountain.Not for anything else, just because he is the most prestigious person in the strongest Song country, even if he spits at him, it may lead to the crisis of destroying the country.

This is what is called momentum and majesty, rather than putting on airs and writing a poem that the motherland is unbearable to look back on, that is a fart.

Fo Baonu thought for a moment, then sighed softly, changed into winter clothes and took the people to the place where Zhao Xing had supper.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Yelu?" Zhao Xing crossed his legs and said, "Come here, eat something to warm your body."

The servant of Fobao didn't bother to answer, she just sat opposite to Zhao Xing, looked at the Song Emperor who was eating small wine and small meat, and asked, "Aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about?"

"There are reforms in your country...you eat and drink here."

Zhao Xing stopped his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a silk towel. Fo Baonu thought he was going to make a speech, but he didn't expect that he just went to find a sip of sweet fruit wine because the pepper was hot in his mouth.

After drinking the fruit wine, he cleared his throat. Fo Baonu felt that he was finally going to start this time, but he stuffed a large piece of mutton into his mouth.

"The mutton of your Liao Kingdom is really good, grassland sheep, right?"