"The only thing I can use now is Fan Zhongyan..."
Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "If the official wants to use Zhang Fangping's words, no one will stop him."
After the Dasong Road was reformed to the government system, the chief officials at the first level of the Song Dynasty were almost equivalent to the former officials at the first level.
The appointment of this type of officials is no longer something that the officials can decide.
Whether this type of official is promoted or demoted, it is negotiated by the Zhengshitang and made by Zhao Zhen.
In other words, Zhao Zhen has the final say in the appointment and removal of such officials.
The Zhengshitang and the staff are at best as a reference.
If Zhao Zhen insisted on promoting Zhang Fangping to Beijing, no one could stop him.
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji, shook his head and smiled: "Zhang Fangping is still a little bit less senior, and a bit less age. The taxation department is in charge, but an important task requires an old and respectful person to sit down.
Just Fan Zhongyan. "
Kou Ji nodded and asked, "Where will the official plan to relocate Fan Zhongyan after he is sent back to Beijing. The Taxation Department can't put it on the surface yet, so everything must be done secretly.
But officials like Fan Zhongyan should arrange for an important post after returning to Beijing, otherwise it would be easy to attract the attention of others. "
Zhao Zhen thought about it and said: "Temporarily put it in Yizijiaozipu. After Cao Yu left Beijing, the manager of Yizijiaozipu has been in a vacancy. Although I have found a candidate, his qualifications are too shallow to suppress. Live in.
Let Fan Zhongyan be the general manager of Jiaozipu with any word, just to suppress people and provide convenience for him.
In this way, Fan Zhongyan will be very convenient to do things on his own. "
Kou Ji smiled and nodded and asked, "So the official can consider a candidate to replace Fan Zhongyan?"
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, staring at Kou Ji and asked, "Fourth brother still recommends?"
Kou Ji smiled and shook his head.
Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "I thought there were still candidates for the fourth brother."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The minister just thinks that Fan Zhongyan's achievements in Shaanxi Province are not easy. Therefore, when choosing a successor, it is best to choose a moderate one. In this way, Fan Zhongyan will not be greatly changed in Shaanxi Province. The implemented government decree. The Shaanxi government can also continue to develop in accordance with the current decree.
If the selected candidates are too outstanding and have many ideas of their own, after arriving in the Shaanxi government, it is inevitable that they will have to modify the decree implemented by the Shaanxi government according to their own ideas.
The development time of Shaanxi Province is still very short. If you rashly amend the government decree implemented by Shaanxi Province without making any attempts, it is very likely to undermine the current development trend of Shaanxi Province. "
Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "When I choose people, I will carefully consider this matter. I will also call the people I have selected and tell him one or two when the time comes."
Kou Ji nodded and said nothing.
Zhao Zhen chatted with Kou Ji about some interesting things in the palace again, and got up and left.
Kou Ji sent Zhao Zhen to the gate of the bamboo courtyard and returned to the mansion.
A few days later.
The inside of Bianjing city was calm.
The recruitment of troops in Jiangnan and Hexi is in full swing.
Gong Lu took the lead to open up the situation, and other people followed the prescriptions for medicine, and the recruitment of troops was much easier.
Although some people did not recruit soldiers after using the method written by Lu Gong.
However, most of them completed the task assigned to them by Lu Yijian according to the plan.
After a memorandum of enlistment was sent to the city of Bianjing.
Lu Yijian laughed very cheerfully.
Inside the political affairs hall.
Lu Yijian laughed, and handed a letter of recruitment completed to Wang Zeng's hand, and smiled: "The thirteenth letter... The number of recruits has exceeded one million, including the previous recruitment by the officials. That's 1.6 million in total.
It is still 400,000 short of the two million allocated by the official family.
I predict that in less than a month, all the two million soldiers and horses needed by the officials will be recruited.
At that time, I will be able to deal with officials. "
Wang Zeng took the recruitment document from Lu Yijian, and while watching it, he said with emotion: "In order to help the officials gather two million troops, you have offended people?"
The smile on Lu Yijian's face instantly became a little stiff, and his tone was a little blunt: "I'm the same as the master of the middle school, Da Song Zaizhi, afraid of offending people?"
Wang Zeng put down the recruiting documents in his hand, pointed to a pile of memorials not far away, and said: "These are all memorials of officials from Jiangnan and Hedong impeaching you.
In a few days, when the wealthy families in Jiangnan and Hedong connect with some of their in-laws, I am afraid there will be more.
There are many important people among them.
We can't stop it at all.
After the officials have read their memorials, they will inevitably scold you. "
Lu Yijian disdainfully said: "Rebuke me. If I am afraid of being reprimanded by the official, I will not be an official. Everything I do is instructed by the official. They impeach me in front of the official, which is of little use. "
Wang Zeng smiled bitterly: "That said, your Lu family was injured in this storm. It is said that large merchants in Jiangnan and Hedong have secretly connected together and refused to follow your Lu family. Of caravans do business.
Your Lu family’s current business income has fallen by a full 40%.
I am afraid there will be more in the future.
People in your clan, don’t you complain? "
Lu Yijian snorted coldly: "If you do big things, you always have to make ends meet. To recruit 1.4 million soldiers for the official family, my Lu family just lost 40% of the income, which is nothing at all.
The officials will remember my credit and see the loss of my Lu family. "
When Wang Zeng saw that Lu Yijian had said this, he did not continue to discuss this issue. He warned: "You should let the people below fill up the remaining troops as soon as possible, and hand in errands to the officials as soon as possible, and wait for the limelight to pass. , Your Lu family’s business may pick up."
Lu Yijian hesitated for a while, and finally nodded, writing a letter to a few people who had not yet completed the recruitment mission.
After writing the letter, Lu Yijian sent someone to quickly send it out of Bianjing.
Just when the servant of Lu Mansion left Beijing to deliver the letter.
A man in mid-forty years, wearing a Tsing Yi, with two entourages, quietly entered Bianjing City.
After arriving in Bianjing, he did not rush to the official department to hand over the book, but inquired a little bit, and went straight to the bamboo courtyard where Kou Ji lived.
After arriving at the entrance of the bamboo courtyard, let the door go in and let it be heard.
Kou Ji appeared at the gate of the bamboo courtyard.
People around 40 saw Kou Ji and hurriedly bowed to salute.
"Student Fan Zhongyan, met Mr...."
Kou Ji stood at the gate of the bamboo courtyard, looking at Fan Zhongyan in front of him, and said in disbelief, "How did you make yourself such a face?"
Fan Zhongyan looked a lot older, with a lot of silver threads appearing between his hair and beard, his face was flushed from the northwest wind and sand, and there were many wrinkles in the corners of his eyes.
The most noticeable thing is on the hands, which have many calluses and cracks.
Fan Zhongyan heard Kou Ji's words and smiled with his hands folded: "Students will follow Mr.'s church and lead the people of Shaanxi Province to make a fortune. They have been running around among the fields, and they are naturally getting older due to the daily wind and sun."
Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and sighed: "Are you afraid that you don't just travel between fields?"
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said: "In my spare time, I also go to the fields of Solitude Garden to help with farming. Most of the people in Solitude Garden are lonely, and many people don't have the energy to cultivate the fields.
When the students are busy in farming, they will ask officials from the Shaanxi government to go to the fields of the lonely garden to help with work.
One is to reduce the burden of the imperial court.
The second is to let the officials of the Shaanxi government know about the suffering of the people.
The students felt that only when they were able to taste the suffering of the people, they would restrain themselves when they reached out to the people. "
Kou Ji sincerely praised: "You are really a rare parent official. If my Da Song's parents can be like you, then my Da Song will reach an unprecedented heyday."
Fan Zhongyan shook his head and smiled: "Students are just herdsmen, but you are looking for the country, sir. Compared to yours, the students are more than a bit short."
Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan again, "Look at your dress, I am afraid that the salary issued to you by the court has also been used by you to help the people
On this point, I am not as good as you. "
Fan Zhongyan can abandon all his wealth for the people, but Kou Ji cannot.
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said: "The students did not help the people. The students only took advantage of their backgrounds to invite a few gentlemen from Yingtian Academy to open Shaanxi Academy in Shaanxi Province.
Students’ salaries are used to build academies and schools, and to help poor students.
Nowadays, there are 132 students in Shaanxi Academy, and 41 of them are sponsored by students. "
Fan Zhongyan studied at Yingtian Academy.
The predecessor of Yingtian Academy was Suiyang Academy.
Suiyang Academy was the first academy founded by the people in the past.
Its founder, Yang Chi, is a well-known Confucian scholar and a very well-known gentleman. Among the disciples and grandchildren he has educated, there are fifty or sixty scholars and scholars.
Since the Great Song Dynasty named Shangqiu where Suiyang Academy was located as Yingtianfu, Suiyang Academy was renamed Yingtian Academy.
When Zhao Heng was reigning, he promoted Yingtian Academy to a prefectural school, and personally wrote the five characters'Yingtianfu Academy'.
Yingtian Academy became the third official academy of Song Dynasty after Taixue and Guozijian.
As an academy officially recognized by the Song Dynasty, it is also an academy that often produces high-level talents. The gentlemen in it are not ordinary people.
Fan Zhongyan can invite a husband from the inside to set up the Shaanxi Academy in Shaanxi Province. I am afraid it is not enough to brush his face, and he has to pay a great price.
We must know that when Kou Zhun set up the Wenchang Academy, in addition to attracting great Confucianism through his reputation, he also gave great Confucianism extremely high treatment.
In this way, many Confucian scholars came to teach at Wenchang Academy.
Fan Zhongyan did not have the face of Kou Zhun. He asked the gentleman of Yingtian Academy to go to Shaanxi Province, which probably cost a lot of money.
"It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. You can be regarded as working hard for the people of Shaanxi Province."
Kou Ji sighed with emotion.
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "The students just did a little thing, it's not worth mentioning."
Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said, "You should understand that when people are poor, you can't directly help Shaanxi Academy."
Fan Zhongyan laughed and said: "Students who can serve as officials for a few years will only help them for a few years. When the students can't become officials, the students will no longer be able to help them.
At that time, students from Shaanxi Academy will be needed to give back to Shaanxi Academy. "
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "You should see the end of Zhang Gong. Few people know how to be grateful for long-term assistance to a party of students.
At that time, if you lose your financial support, I am afraid that many people will scold your mother.
The most important thing is that the students who come out of Shaanxi Academy will not necessarily give feedback to Shaanxi Academy after they have left Shaanxi Academy and become famous.
Over the years, Zhang Gong has helped thousands of students.
However, there were less than a hundred people who helped Zhang Gong to support other students.
I have passed Zhang Gong, and after seeing Shaanxi Academy. "
Fan Zhongyan looked straight, staring at Kou Ji, and said frankly: "Students are not afraid of being scolded. Students only need to have a clear conscience."
"Hahaha... a clear conscience."
Kou Ji suddenly laughed, "If you, Fan Zhongyan, dare to bear infamy for the court, how could the court lose to you? From now on, you don't need to help Shaanxi Academy.
I will explain this matter to the officials so that they can make Shaanxi Academy a prefectural school.
Should be spent, from the local tax of Shaanxi Province.
If the Shaanxi Prefecture prefect Yamen feels that the money is too short of money, let them take the students from the academy out to work when they are suspended from school to help them make money.
If the students can put down their figure, then Shaanxi government can bear all the expenses.
If students can't let go, let them bear all the expenses during their studies. "
When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he was first overjoyed.
It's just that the look of joy did not last long before it turned into sadness.
He stared at Kou Ji and said, "Sir, in this way, those poor students may be teased by other students, and it is difficult to raise their heads."
Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said: "You are also born in poverty. You should understand that your own poverty is not terrible, but poverty in your heart is terrible.
The court covered all the expenses for their studies, but they couldn't even let go of their figures. What would they do to fight for a beautiful future
What is the value of the imperial court to cultivate them
We can save the poor.
But people who are poor at heart can only help themselves.
If they are not even willing to save themselves.
How much effort the court did is useless. "
After hearing Kou Ji's words, Fan Zhongyan murmured: "A person is more expensive to know... not vanity..."
Kou Ji nodded solemnly, "Vanity is also a kind of desire, which is never satisfied. So we must let them know and strengthen themselves, rather than give them short-term vanity.
If we gave them vanity, they would have nothing to do during their stay in the academy.
But once you leave the academy, you are likely to harm others and yourself.
Fuxue, that is the place to train Jinshi and talents.
Anyone who can go to school is almost fifteen years old.
We cannot treat them as educated children. "
Fan Zhongyan gave a solemn salute to Kou Ji, saying: "The students have been taught... After the Shaanxi Academy, it will be handed over to the husband."
Kou Ji laughed, "Leave it to me, I am afraid it will be abandoned. Apart from making Shaanxi Academy a government school, I can't take care of anything else.
If you still want to do something for the Shaanxi Academy, you should work hard to do something for the court, and try to be promoted to the position of Shangshu in the Ministry of Etiquette.
After the Great Song Dynasty, many universities will belong to the Ministry of Rites.
If you serve as the Book of Etiquette, you can also irradiate Shaanxi Academy for one or two. "
When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Students have to control the world's universities at that time, but they can't help them."
"Hahaha..."
Kou Ji let go and laughed again.
This is what he likes about Fan Zhongyan.
No matter where he is, Fan Zhongyan does everything he can and is impartial.
"The official family recalled you back to Beijing this time, but there are important tasks to be entrusted to you. Whether you can serve as the Ministry of Rites depends on whether you can fulfill the important tasks assigned by the official family.
Walk around, enter the mansion and talk in detail. "
Kou Ji smiled and invited.
Fan Zhongyan looked at the bamboo courtyard and couldn't help but sigh, "I'm sorry for your status and achievements in such a courtyard."
Kou Ji was taken aback, and said with a smile: "You Fan Zhongyan has not done much for the court yet, but you are worried about the treatment given to high officials by the court.
Could it be that your loftiness is pretended? "
Fan Zhongyan smiled dryly, and said: "The students just feel that those who are not well-known for their literary skills live in big houses, but you, sir, live in such a small courtyard, you are really aggrieved."
"It's not too small to live in a house with more than a hundred people."
"The original Kou Mansion can accommodate nearly a thousand people."
"I don't have so many people to settle, it's useless to have a big house."
"The mansion is the identity!"
When Fan Zhongyan said this, Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan in amazement.
He finally understood what Fan Zhongyan meant when he said his house was too small.
Fan Zhongyan was saying that his house was small.
Obviously, he is talking about his current status and power.
He is madly suggesting that Kou Ji is only worthy of high status and great power.
After Kou Ji heard the profound meaning of Fan Zhongyan's words, he didn't pay attention to Fan Zhongyan any more. With his hands on his back, he left Fan Zhongyan alone and stepped into the bamboo courtyard.
Fan Zhongyan didn't say a word, and ran after him.
All the way to the corridor of the bamboo courtyard, when there were only two of them.
Fan Zhongyan yelled unceremoniously: "Sir, it's time for you to take up the post of Tongzhong Shushu! All of us know that you are going to do great things, and all of us look forward to following you.
All of us want to follow you down in history, the past and the present! "
Kou Ji took a meal, turned his head, and said with a black face: "You just believe me that way?"
Fan Zhongyan rushed to Kou Ji and said with a serious expression: "All of us know that only by following you can we do the kind of big things that shock everyone.
And only by following you, we can make everyone look up to us throughout the ages.
I came to Beijing this time because of this.
If it weren’t for seeing your sir, you have the hope of being a Pingzhang shi under Tongzhong Shushu, and the students will not enter Beijing on orders. The students will definitely try their best to stay in Shaanxi Province and make the people of Shaanxi Province rich. "
Kou Ji also had a straight face, and he said solemnly: "Doing big things requires a lot of things. What can you, or you guys, do?"
Fan Zhongyan said solemnly: "Bao Zheng said that he could give up his life, Su Xun said he could give up his family, Ouyang Xiu said he would give him what he wanted, Han Qi wanted fame, Wen Yanbo wanted to enter the political affairs hall, Fu Bi begs you to leave him half of his wealth. Zhang Fangping wants to be in power, and the students and Liu Yong can give up everything, including life."
Kou Ji stood there blankly, after digesting Fan Zhongyan's words carefully, he couldn't laugh or cry: "So, Zhang Fangping is the most unpromising one of you
He is not my student, why did he get mixed up with you? "
Kou Ji said this because Bao Zheng and others did not mention Quan, and only Zhang Fangping mentioned Quan.
This shows that Zhang Fangping is not very confident.
It's not like Bao Zheng and others, who are confident that they can control power, so they don't mention power at all.
He also didn't want to think about becoming one of the strongest gang cores in the court, how could he have no power
Fan Zhongyan heard Kou Ji's question and laughed in a low voice: "That guy came up with his face. When he went to Langxie Mansion, he saw Wen Yanbo and Su Xun, so he took the initiative to make friends.
After learning about our thoughts, I took the initiative to join in. "
Kou Ji asked in astonishment, "Can you all speak out about this kind of thing blatantly?"
Fan Zhongyan hurriedly said: "It's mainly Su Xun that kid, who thinks that Zhang Fangping came from a heterogeneous department. He can be a capable person at this age and get into the position of a prefect. That's why he revealed some things to him. Take the bait."
Hearing this, Kou Ji was silent for a long time, then suddenly looked at Fan Zhongyan and said: "I just boasted that you are a virtuous man, why suddenly you have become a traitorous party."
Fan Zhongyan said sternly: "Sir, your words are serious. We only form a party, not for private purposes. Besides, we form a party because the people in power above are too pedantic and can't manage the great situation of the Song Dynasty.
Since they can't do it, we should go.
We can't helplessly watch them make the present Da Song toss the four different things. "
"neither fish nor fowl?"
Kou Ji questioned.
Fan Zhongyan nodded and said, "It's four different things. After my Dasong Road reformed the government system, huge changes have taken place in the localities. Half of the previous government orders are no longer applicable to the localities.
But those in the middle of the DPRK still use the old methods to manage the locality.
Every time Han Qi saw the unreasonable government orders issued by those in the DPRK, he stood in the government office and scolded his mother.
Wen Yanbo felt that his father was better than the others.
Bao Zheng felt that they were doing harm to the country and the people.
Su Xun never read their decree from beginning to end.
Liu Yong wrote a mocking fu on the decree issued by the court to the local government, and sent someone to send it back to the court quickly.
Had it not been for the officials to reprimand Liu Yong after learning about this, Liu Yong might have been demoted to a certain horn now. "
After Kou Ji listened to Fan Zhongyan's narration, he couldn't help sighing: "You are really bold."
Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly: "There are indeed some decrees issued by the imperial court, which are naive to make people laugh. If a few people in the court walk around the place and get to know the place well, it is impossible to issue such naive decrees."