Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Chen Biqing trembled, and began to get dressed in a hurry.

"Prepare the carriage!"

"Where are you going, sir?"

"Go to the gate of the palace, hurry up..."

I hope Dad hasn't started to go to court yet!

At this time, the atmosphere in the Chui Gong Hall has been hyped up by Zhao Guan's family.

Chen Zhengxian took a deep breath and stood up.

Chen Yuru, the transfer envoy on Jiangnan West Road mentioned by Cai Mao just now, was his father.

He now has more confidence.

The moment he stood up, he felt that he was standing in the center of the stage, and felt that all eyes were on him.

Chen Zhengxian also climbed up from magistrate step by step, but with his father around, he climbed very fast.

Before the Song Dynasty, there was a rule that the prime minister of the Zhengshitang must have the experience of a local official.

Entering the political affairs hall and assisting the king in governing the world is the lifelong dream of every official in the Song Dynasty.

Chen Zhengxian naturally has such a dream.

He said: "Your Majesty, Chen Zhengxian, the Minister of Hebei Zuo, has something to say."

"Oh, you are Chen Zhengxian. I heard your name recently." Zhao Ning's heart moved, but his face was as calm as water. "I have also read your memorial. The explanation on benevolent government is very good."

"Thanks to His Majesty's pity, I just performed the duties that a courtier should do."

"I heard that you worked in the Chief Secretary of Taiyuan Mansion on Hedong Road before?"

"Yes, I also served as Zuo Zhengzheng in the Chief Secretary of Hedong Road. Because I made a little contribution in cultivating officialdom last year, I was entrusted with Hebei Zuo to participate in politics."

"Oh, tell me, what is your contribution?"

"I dare not take credit for myself."

"Hey, I've always been a person who pays attention to rewards and punishments."

Chapter 865 Hypocritical benevolent government (third change)

Mo Yu said: "Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, Chen Shenzheng participated in the new policy of the Bank of East Road and various state governments on road construction loans, and promoted the cooperation between private commercial companies, state-owned commercial companies and local government offices. Dao has done a lot.”

According to the new configuration of the Chief Secretary's Yamen, Zuo Zhengzheng is to manage the finances of the whole road.

This is also to comply with the imperial court's plan for economic development.

In the past Song Dynasty, the court did encourage business, but there was no perfect system at the level of financial capital.

However, finance capital is the catalyst for business.

It is impossible to develop business without standardized financial capital.

At the beginning of the bank's birth, it was the beginning of Zhao Ning's business layout.

As a financial control center, the bank is divided into local branches and the head office of the capital.

The head office has the power to print money, but the branches cannot print money.

The power to mint currency has been brought under the control of the capital since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

But branches can lend money to commercial companies.

By lending money from the bank, the business company is given sufficient capital to expand production and improve production efficiency.

The business company will return the principal and interest of the bank through profits in the next few years.

This is one of the classic macroeconomic instruments of the 21st century.

Of course, in the sound and complex business corporations of the 21st century, there are not only banks as capital, but also private venture capital institutions.

Venture capital institutions are obviously not suitable for the current Song Dynasty, so there is no need to consider it for the time being.

And this new set of policies requires the cooperation of various yamen.

Then how to match various yamen?

Naturally, a yamen above each yamen is needed.

This yamen needs to involve the overlap of the two lines of administration and finance.

So the position of Zuo Zhengzheng appeared.

Its responsibility is to manage the finances of various state government offices. The finance and banking systems have been deeply integrated. Zuo participates in politics and needs to represent the local area. According to the tasks issued by the imperial court, it negotiates with the government offices of banks at the same level, and cooperates to complete bank loans and local government offices. relation.

That's what Mo Chou said just now.

Zhao Ning nodded and said: "The matter of cultivating officialdom is a very important matter for the imperial court. It is not easy for the government offices in various places to mobilize local state-owned commercial companies to cooperate with private commercial companies, and to adjust the relationship with banks. , after all, the imperial court did not allow so many yamen to participate in a short period of time before, and cooperate to do one thing."

"Being able to do this shows that he is a capable official, and it will be of great reference value to other parties who want to implement it."

Chen Zhengxian's heart was already full of joy, he said: "Your Majesty's sages, how dare I take credit for it."

When everyone saw Zhao Guanjia's praise of Chen Zhengxian, they felt that some things in the court today were basically done.

Chen Zhengxian also feels that his political career can finally start to take off.

"By the way, what did you want to say just now?" Zhao Ning asked, "You can just say it."

"Your Majesty, I want to say that now the golden thieves are afraid to go south to graze horses, and the Xixia people are huddled in the north of the vast sea, trembling. Our great Song soldiers are so powerful that everyone in the world is afraid. Your Majesty's mighty power has made the chieftains break their courage."

He bragged about it first.

Then he changed the subject and said: "However, there is an end to the national treasury, and there is a limit to talents. Today, the number of soldiers in the north is very large, and the consumption is huge. If the wealth can be used to make up for the people, the country will be safe forever, and the world will be peaceful. Only when the people rest, can the rule of Zhenguan be established."

He saw that Zhao Ning mentioned Li Shimin just now, so he started to mention Li Shimin in a rephrased manner.

Seeing that Zhao officials didn't seem to object, Chen Zhengxian continued: "The people of the world seek benevolent government like a fish in a river asks for water. If your Majesty has a holy name through the ages, you should think that benevolent government will benefit all people."

Zhao Ning asked: "How to implement benevolent government?"

"Hundred officials guard one side for the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven. If the upper and lower levels are harmonious and killing is not practiced, then the benevolence and virtue are in the officials, and the benevolence of the officials will show the virtues. This is to educate the people and make them simple."

What he said was that if you want the people to have a benevolent government, you must first be kind to the officials. Only when the officials feel the benevolence will it affect the people.

Once the people keep their law and order, the world will be at peace.

This is the benefit of benevolent governance.

This is the standard Confucian discourse.

It's just that Chen Zhengxian changed the concept secretly.

Confucianism believes that the people are more important than the emperor, which means that we should treat the people better, sympathize with and love them.

Didn't say anything bullshit to be nice to officials.

However, Chen Zhengxian mixed the level of officials into it.

His superficial focus is on benevolent government, but his real purpose is to make Zhao officials be more benevolent to officials.

The world's top sophistry is that ten out of ten sentences are true, but if you put it another way, or if it goes smoothly, cause and effect are reversed.

"Only when the people are benevolent can they recuperate, the strength of the people is restored, and the world is at peace. In this way, your majesty's martial arts are all the best in the ages. This is the sage monarch."

Zhao Ning nodded and said, "Benevolent government and loving people will bring peace to the world."

Everyone immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Seeing that Chen Zhengxian's remarks moved Zhao Guan's family so much, Luo Ruji and others on the side could no longer hold back.

Luo Ruji stood up and said, "I also have something to say."

"You can say it anyway."

Luo Ruji looked righteous, and he said: "In the past few years, gold thieves have violated the border several times, and treachery and evil are rampant within the country. Thousands of people resist gold, and no one in the world refuses to accept it!"

What he said made any emperor feel elated.

However, Luo Ruji changed the subject again, and he said again: "However, at this time and that time, His Majesty also said that the economic base determines the superstructure. Now the world has avoided war, gold thieves dare not go south, and the imperial court should restore power to the people." .”

"I think there are two urgent tasks!"

"One, no longer kill scholar-bureaucrats and scholars, so that the talents of the world dare to speak out, and govern the world together."

"Second, reduce redundant troops, return the power of frontier commander to the imperial court, and stabilize the Quartet."

What he said almost touched the hearts of some civil servants in the Song Dynasty.

In the past few years, have civil servants been killed like chickens and ducks?

In the past few years, the generals have been so high-spirited that they were able to command thousands of troops independently, which was absolutely impossible in the past era.

After Luo Ruji finished speaking, other officials quickly followed.

Now that it is what the people want and what everyone expects, some people naturally want to strike while the iron is hot.

"Your Majesty, Luo Shilang is right. Killing people is not a long-term solution after all." Wang Ciweng stood up.

He is the servant of the Ministry of punishment.

He continued: "Killing cannot stop corruption, the effect of killing is negligible, it is better to remove, then distribute, and let him reflect."

"Besides, it is not easy for the imperial court to train an official."

Chapter 866 Counterattack (Part [-])

"Why is it not easy?" Zhao Ning asked.

Wang Ciweng said: "Let's say that the lowest-level officials in the local government, supervisors and town officials, have to select talents with high moral character from the University of Tokyo, and the Ministry of Officials will conduct assessments. Only those with excellent grades can take office, let alone the magistrate of a county."

There were originally 1234 counties in the Song Dynasty. Even though there were new administrative jurisdictions after the wars against Annan and Champa in the past few years, there are still more than 1000 counties at the county level.

Don't think that officials are worthless just because there are high-ranking officials everywhere in the capital.

This is called survivorship bias.

In a great empire with more than 1 million people, the proportion of those who can sit on the position of county magistrate is indeed very low.

The magistrate of a county is called the parent official of the county. In ancient times when the local power was not refined enough, the power of the magistrate was very great.

This is also the reason why the "official standard" in Chinese feudal society originated from the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, being an official, especially a civil servant, enjoyed top-notch resources and treatment.

In the Great Song Dynasty, if you are not an official, no matter how rich you are, you are a servant.

After losing the martial arts and courage of the Tang Dynasty, people sharpened their heads and began to drill into the officialdom.

Wang Ciweng continued: "To be a county magistrate, you must at least be born as a Jinshi. A fellow Jinshi has to go through the solution test, provincial test, and palace test in order to stand out from the crowd. Now, if you want to take up an official position, you need to enter the new official school again. Ministry assessment, and finally after multiple approvals, entrusted with official positions."

"In this way, it is not easy for an official to become a local parent official after many screenings. The imperial court spent a lot of time and energy to screen an official, and let these officials study in the new official school, and the officials sent out again. Manpower does the appraisal, and then every year there is a performance appraisal.”

"It's a pity to kill someone just because he made a mistake."

Luo Ruji also took up the conversation, and he said: "Your Majesty, not only the Ministry of Officials has to evaluate the performance of officials, but also the Ministry of Rites. It is really not easy for an official to take office."

Zhao Ning looked down, and some officials around couldn't help but nod.

"Let's talk about the Jiangdong case, the officials were corrupted. If they were killed, the previous cultivation of them would be in vain."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, the current situation is changing, from time to time, now we should use gentle means to stabilize people's hearts." Some officials from the Ministry of Officials also stood up.

"Your Majesty, the country should be governed according to local conditions. It was a last resort to severely punish treacherous evil before. Now that the world has been settled, China is auspicious, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. We should indeed follow the example of Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty, lighten the punishment and support the people's strength."

"..."

All the people stood up one after another.

Cai Mao continued: "Your Majesty, in addition to Jiangnan West Road, there are also officials from Huaidong, Huaixi, Liangzhe Road, Jinghu Road, Jingxi Road, Jingdong Road, and Chengdu Fu Road. I hope His Majesty can lighten the punishment and support the people."

Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao on the side both glanced at Cai Mao at the same time.

There are official memorials from all walks of life, but why are they not sent to Zhao Guan's house?

The reason is very simple, because both Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao suppressed this meaningless memorial.

In their view, now is definitely not the time for a light punishment.

As a prime minister, not everything needs to be reported to the emperor, waiting for the emperor's ruling, otherwise what should the prime minister do?

Doesn't Cai Mao know this?

He is very clear.