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Chapter 266 The most important

What Zhao Xu said is actually the experience and lessons learned from Xining’s reform.

The reason why Xining’s reform failed was many. In addition to the stubborn obstruction of the “old party”, there are many problems that need to be overcome.

Zhang Dun and Cai Bian empathized the most. They all raised their hands together and said in a deep voice: "I will receive the order."

The ministers hurriedly followed, but their thoughts were hard to explain clearly.

Su Song and Han Zongdao held the scepter with a expressionless face, but his eyes were deeply worried.

Their mentality should be the most complicated. Zhao Xu asked them to be "unity". Even if the court was forcibly pressed together, the opposition was still very loud, especially in the local area, which was difficult for these big figures in the court to understand clearly.

Su Song and others were actually worried in their hearts, but the officials above were determined to reform. They could not do anything except guarding and stabilizing the situation as much as possible.

Zhao Xu sat on the chair and looked at the ministers. He felt more and more uncomfortable, his head hurt, his mind was limited, and he could not think too much calmly, and glanced at Chenpi quietly.

Chen Pi was very worried about Zhao Xu, so she immediately understood and turned to the courtier and said shrillly: "Report the matter."

The original plan was disrupted, but the court officials, especially the few husbands, did not panic at all.

Su Song turned his head and glanced at Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others.

Cai Bian immediately stepped out, raised his hand to Zhao Xu, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, whose name is Xining, has been fighting in the court because of the reform, and has been wantonly attacking, slandering and slandering the court officials. So much so that for more than 20 years since Xining, the court and the country have been full of treacherous, powerful ministers, traitors, corrupt officials... I ask Your Majesty to issue an order to correct the loyal and upright people."

The first thing Cai Bian refers to is naturally Wang Anshi when he talks about "loyal and honest people".

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, looked around the court officials and said, "Wang Anshi has been serving as prime minister for more than 20 years. The party struggles are fierce and omnipresent, but no crime has been revealed, which shows his character and ethics. He passed the imperial edict and Wang Xianggong was worthy of the Shenzong Temple to demonstrate his merits of serving the country and the people."

In the court, someone immediately changed his color and wanted to leave the list to object, but was quietly stopped by the people around him.

The person beside him shook his head quietly. He was a little unwilling to give up and wanted to continue leaving the list. At this time, Su Song and Han Zongdao turned around expressionlessly and swept over with a stern look.

Zhao Xu mentioned that Wang Anshi was granted the enjoyment of the Shenzong Temple, and Su Song and others knew about it. They would not allow anyone to stimulate Zhao Xu and the "New Party" at this time.

The man's expression changed and he eventually retreated.

Cai Bian did not pay attention to the back and said, "Thank you. Regarding the 'Che Gaitting Poetry Case' involving Cai Que and a hundred people, I ask Your Majesty to order the Censorate to investigate thoroughly and make a final conclusion for Cai Que and others."

Zhao Xu snorted softly on his nose, suppressed his cough, and said, "Accurate."

Su Song, Zhang Dun and others standing in front seemed to realize that Zhao Xu's face was a little wrong. After careful observation, he did not speak.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cai Bian said and retreated.

"Your Majesty, I would like to issue an edict to thoroughly define the Yuanyou reform, clarify the power and duties, and to ensure the hearts of the people of the world." Yang Wei, the Minister of Works, came out and said loudly.

Although the restructuring of the imperial court has been basically completed, more in-depth development is still underway, especially the relationship with local governments and prefectures and counties has not yet been involved. Therefore, people's hearts in the local area are fluctuating and chaos is emerging.

Zhao Xu felt his face hot, and there was a sour and itchy feeling in his throat that he couldn't vomit. The corners of his face twitched, and he didn't say anything, looking at Zhang Dun.

Zhang Dun understood and turned to Yang Wei, saying, "The restructuring has not been completely completed. Your Majesty issued an edict inappropriately. The Political Affairs Hall will issue a decree later and report it to the whole country."

"Yes." Yang Wei didn't say much, and held the Banshu and walked back sideways.

"Read the Majesty,"

Liang Tao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, took the scepter and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning of the 'new law', I requested to set up a special agency to specialize in personnel, clarify responsibilities and powers, and work together to concentrate on promoting the pilot of the new law."

Zhao Xu shook his throat, coughed lightly, and said, "Accurate. Set up a special reform team, with the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall as the main body, the Chief Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, and the Chief Minister of Kaifeng Prefecture Han Zongdao as the specific implementation. He selected six ministries, three temples and Kaifeng Prefecture as the group, and specialized in handling all matters in the pilot reform of Kaifeng Prefecture."

Su Song and Han Zongdao held his breath secretly and stepped out and said, "I will receive the order."

This is something that had been planned long ago, and no matter how reluctant the two of them have to smooth things over.

They were in a complicated mood, and some people in the hall suddenly felt that this matter was particularly strange.

They stared at Su Song, Han Zongdao and others, and their expressions kept changing. Some people couldn't help laughing and hurriedly went back.

Su Song was the leader of the "old party" left by the Empress Dowager, followed by Han Zong, but these two "old party" bosses became the main force of reform!

Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and other reformists seemed to be fine.

Huang Lu, the chief censor, took the lead and raised his hand and said, "I have reported to Your Majesty that the Censorate has completed the organizational review and the division of powers and duties. Please issue an edict to establish the status of the Censorate after the restructuring, supervise all officials, eliminate the administration of officials, and create an honest and efficient official system..."

Zhao Xu grabbed his knees with both hands, endured his discomfort, and nodded, "This matter was drafted by the Political Affairs Hall and reported to the whole country. The Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Personnel respectively conducted comprehensive supervision of officials at different angles and degrees, and each performed its duties. The reward and punishment system must be implemented clearly. Administrative penalty for administrative faults, involving laws, will be dismissed and handed over to Dali Temple for trial and conviction."

"I received the order." Huang Lu held up the scepter and retreated.

Cao Zheng, the chief of Kaifeng Prefecture, took the lead and said, "I will report to Your Majesty that the minister of Dali Temple is vacant. Please select the candidates in time."

This is also a headache.

Zhao Hao tried his best to die and did not follow Zhao Xu's established plan. Now, there is no one in the Yingzong lineage. Zhao Xu's generation is the oldest in Zhao Xu's generation, and the others either haven't grown up or have physical problems.

Zhao Xu naturally had to control such a critical place in Dali Temple. This is why he had not identified a candidate for so long.

"I know." Zhao Xu sat upright and said.

Cao Zheng has resigned as the Minister of Dali Temple. This is the "incense". Seeing that Zhao Xu had no choice, he retreated and said nothing more.

Next, the court officials took the lead one after another, gradually abandoning the major policies and began to focus on the specific affairs of each department.

The silence in the court was broken, and gradually some different sounds appeared.

In general, we are entangled in the word "power and money", and in details, we are the specific implementation methods of these policies.

Zhao Xu sat on the chair, feeling his face getting hotter and he felt even more uncomfortable later. He kept trying to cough, but kept holding back and listening quietly to their arguments.

"The officials thought that there was no problem in measuring the land, and they should also measure it, but there must be some differences and cannot be achieved overnight..."

"What does it mean to be a difference? I don't think so. During the Xining period, I measured the land acres and found hundreds of thousands of hectares of Tibet. How shocking is this!"

"Now it is completely different from the Xining period. The places are complicated and there are various civil unrest. Could it be that the army will quell the rebellion on one side and the other?"

"Don't exaggerate. My Song Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous. Even if it was a scabies! We must measure the land thoroughly and resolutely. The court cannot show weakness, otherwise it will only achieve half the result with twice the effort, or even die halfway!"

"Can the local affairs be solved by the imperial court in one sentence? Just say that last year, the imperial court sent a member of Jiangling Prefecture to inspect the treasury, and each treasury was very sufficient, but the imperial court was very clear about the treasury of Jiangling Prefecture, and the treasury was empty, but there was no evidence!"

"It's okay if you can't get the evidence. Jiangling Mansion wrote a letter and shouted for justice, which made the court extremely embarrassed. If you want to investigate, no one would want to go!"

"I think you are too kind. I took the prefect of Jiangling Prefecture first and changed the key location. How many things can't be found?"

"I think you feel so comfortable in the court's duty room. Just think out of thin air! Even if the court has replaced Jiangling Mansion, you are sure that you can find it? Even if you find some, you can find a few scapegoats. What should you do if you have corruption money and food, victims, chaotic civil affairs, and deficient treasury, what do you think?"

"The more this happens, the more we need to investigate. Would we sit back and ignore it?"

"Of course, we need to investigate, but we need to pay attention to strategies. We must not only find out corrupt officials, but also recover money and food, and also stabilize the government. We must not fight with just one stick and ignore nothing!"

"Don't go too far, now we are talking about measuring the land!"

"It's all the same thing. I hope the court can advance from easy to difficult, orderly and steadily..."

...

Su Song, Zhang Dun and others held Banhu, turned around and watched the court officials argue endlessly.

Although they were the ministers of the current dynasty and the leaders of the two parties, they were not able to control everything, especially in complex government affairs, it was difficult to unify everything.

Zhao Xu endured it a little hard, with cold sweat on his head, frowning unconsciously, and his throat was too uncomfortable. After a long time, he couldn't help but cough twice.

The courtiers were shocked, suddenly stopped the sound and stood back together.

Su Song, Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others even turned around and looked at Zhao Xu with some surprise.

Zhao Xu blinked, his face remained unmoved, and he thought to himself: I really just feel uncomfortable in my throat.
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