After listening to Kou Ji’s words, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Yang Wenguang greeted Kou Ji with their fists together, "Thank you very much..."
Kou Ji's remarks apply not only to the Political Council of Ouyang Xiu, but also to the Council of Supervisors under Fan Zhongyan and the Privy Council under Yang Wenguang.
Put the right people in the right place.
This has been said for thousands of years, but very few can really do it.
The literati of the Great Song Dynasty are proud enough and conceited enough.
They always thought that they would be omnipotent after reading a few books, so they tried their best to take all the power of the Song Dynasty in their own hands, but they managed a mess of the Song Dynasty, which had strong capital.
Now is a great time to go back to the roots and clear the roots, and it is urgent.
If you miss such a good opportunity, I am afraid you will regret it for a lifetime.
After Kou Ji finished speaking, the national studies, government studies, county studies, and the new system of scientific examinations to be gradually introduced in accordance with the third-level institutions, even if they were set.
After Ouyang Xiu took everything in his heart, Chong Kou Ji handed his hands over: "There is one more thing to tell the Prime Minister. After the restructuring of the Council of Political Affairs and the Council of Management, many idle officials have been deposed, and many more idle officials have been removed. Official.
A total of seven hundred and eighty-six people.
These seven hundred and eighty-six people all have official positions, and there are no major mistakes during their officialdom. I don't know how to arrange them? "
Kou Ji faintly said: "The court has sent thousands of officials to the border area, but the officials in the border area are still in short supply. If they are willing to go to the border area as officials, they can be promoted to one or two levels as appropriate.
Specific distribution according to their wishes.
If they don't want to, they will stay in Bianjing first, and after the Taixue and Guozijian reorganizations, they will become teachers or doctors.
If it still doesn't follow, it will be sent to the local government to serve as the head of the school.
If you don't follow it anymore, just let it go. "
Ouyang Xiu arched his hands and stopped speaking.
Kou Ji's words had set the fate of those people.
After Kou Ji handed over Ouyang Xiu, he continued: "Subsequently, a large number of officials will be cleared out of the local restructuring, and they will be placed nearby to see if the yamen lacks people, and then make up for the yamen first.
The rest were sent to the border areas as officials.
Those who do not follow will be sent to the frontier to serve as the school chief or the county school chief. "
Dispatch is dispatch.
Hair is a hair distribution.
Kou Ji's meaning is very simple, the obedient get good treatment, and the disobedient will force the distribution.
If the forced distribution is still unacceptable, then there is no need for Kou Ji to say more.
Ouyang Xiu would naturally punish him according to the law.
After solving Ouyang Xiu's problem, it was naturally Fan Zhongyan's turn.
Fan Zhongyan clung to Kou Ji and said: "At present, there is a critical shortage of people who are proficient in mathematics at Shishitang. A large number of officials in Shishitang are not proficient in mathematics at all, let alone accounting.
They barely understood the old accounts, but the new accounts reported by the Dasong Bank were almost blackened.
The accounts of several banks that are already quite large, such as the Tianci, Rongsheng, and Delong under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty Bank, are even more complicated.
They not only have accounts for deposits and withdrawals, but also accounts for many loans.
The accounts are very complicated and cumbersome.
In Shishitang, almost 80% of officials cannot understand their accounts.
Therefore, the court must find a way to enrich Shijitang.
Otherwise, the operation of Shishitang will be very slow.
It would take decades of hard work to completely control the world's money. "
When the imperial court released the restrictions on the establishment of private banks, private banks naturally blossomed.
Since private banks have mortgage lending business, the accounts are naturally very complicated.
Those officials in Shishitang who have been promoted from the Ministry of Households are fine looking at the running account, and looking at other accounts is no different from looking at the heavenly books.
The problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage can be regarded by them as the most advanced problem in mathematics, and expecting them to see the complicated double-entry accounting method is tantamount to idiotic dreams.
So far, the only people who can understand the double-entry bookkeeping method in the government and the opposition are the big treasurers in the Song Dynasty Bank and the stewards who go out from the Kou Mansion.
Like the Tianci, Rongsheng, and Delong under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty Bank, there are shadows of Kou's in charge behind them.
Godsend is Kou's property.
The owners of the Rongsheng and Delong used to work under the Kou family. When the Kou’s first cut back on the industry, they retired from the Kou’s family. They took advantage of the contacts they accumulated during the Kou’s business. He broke into a family business.
When the Kou clan cut down the property again, they took away many close people from Kou clan.
After the imperial court released the private bank's operating license, they decisively joined it.
Now it can be regarded as a mixture of people.
But neither Zhao Zhen nor Kou Ji would pay attention to the small banks under the jurisdiction of the three major Song Dynasty banks.
They are more concerned about the operation of the Institute of Management.
After listening to Fan Zhongyan's remarks, Zhao Zhen pondered for a while, "How about recruiting some of the managers of the large Song Dynasty banks to serve as officials
They can also be regarded as my people. Although their origins are lower, as long as they don't act as chief officials and have been in deputy positions, no one should make irresponsible remarks, right
It takes four to five years to train new people, and another four to five years when new people grow up.
Therefore, it is impossible for me to clean up those officials who can't do anything in the Institute of Management.
I can only pinch my nose and use them for a few years.
After the newcomers are trained, they will be transferred elsewhere. "
Kou Ji pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "If you transfer too many people from the Song Dynasty Bank in one breath, it will be harmful to the Song Dynasty Bank.
It is better to transfer some older treasurers from the Song Dynasty Bank to enter the dynasty, and the older treasurers enter the dynasty. Even if the officials in the dynasty look down on them, it is not easy to humiliate them, and they can also take root in the dynasty. Then some young officials from the Institute of Management will be sent to the Da Song Qianzhuang to study.
If the two-pronged approach is adopted, the court will be able to obtain suitable officials in eight or nine years. "
Zhao Zhen thought about Kou Ji's words, nodded and said: "The fourth brother is still thoughtful, then do what the fourth brother said."
Fan Zhongyan arched his hands, "Here..."
After Fan Zhongyan finished the story, Yang Wenguang said, "The minister, please reduce the number of local soldiers and horses..."
Zhao Zhen and Kou Jiqi were taken aback.
Kou Ji questioned: "The imperial court is now at a critical moment of restructuring, and various places still need to be suppressed by soldiers and horses, and reducing the number of local soldiers and horses is not a good suggestion.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji's restructuring put their swords on everyone's necks, forcing everyone to listen to them.
Now that the restructuring has not been fully implemented, if the knife is taken away, it will lose a lot of deterrence.
Some people who are unpredictable or whose interests have been violated will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble.
The restructuring has now passed the most drastic stage. From now on, all systems will be implemented step by step, and all systems will be thoroughly integrated into all aspects of the Song Dynasty.
There is no need to kill people on a large scale.
If it is because of the reduction of local soldiers and horses, which caused some unpredictable people to make trouble, and forced the court to use the knife, it would not be beautiful.
Yang Wenguang said solemnly to Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen: "Now I have nearly 36 prefectures in the Song Dynasty, each with 30,000 local soldiers and horses, and each prefecture has more than one million local soldiers and horses.
The number of banned troops has reached more than 900,000.
The annual cost of more than two million soldiers and horses is more than 50 million.
Ten million more than when the officialdom was first enthroned.
The Forbidden Army is the most important weapon of the country, needless to say.
Each one has an important responsibility.
However, the number of local soldiers and horses is huge, but they are not very useful.
The minister carefully checked the previous orders of the military division to mobilize local soldiers and horses, and found that the scale of local soldiers and horses had been around 30%.
Therefore, the minister thought that 70% was left for abolition.
As a result, it can save the court a full 13 million tons of money and food every year. "
Zhao Zhen considered Yang Wenguang's words without words.
Kou Ji said to Yang Wenguang: "The malpractice you are talking about is naturally visible to the officials and me. But nowadays, whether it is the maintenance of the border area or the suppression of the local tycoons, it is inseparable from the local soldiers and horses.
You said that the mobilization of local soldiers and horses has always been around 30%, but in fact the remaining 70% has always been responsible for deterring everyone.
They don't need to be mobilized, they just need to sit firmly in the place, which is enough to prevent the younger generations in some places from daring to act rashly.
Since the founding of the motherland, there have been many people who have risen up, and there have been countless people who occupy the mountain as the king.
Since the imperial court increased the number of local soldiers and horses, and allowed them to be stationed in various places.
People who have risen up there are almost extinct.
Zhanshan was also cleaned up.
The people no longer need to worry about strongmen robbing their houses.
Passengers, businessmen, and even post stations located in the wilderness, do not have to worry about suffering again.
This shows the benefits of local soldiers and horses. "
Yang Wenguang said sternly: "The advantages of local soldiers and horses are naturally known to the lower officials. However, 70% of the soldiers and horses in the locality do not move for a long time. If this happens, I am afraid they will be reduced to the former Xiang army.
So instead of keeping them in the camp to spend their time, it is better to let them return home to marry wives and children and take care of the mulberry. "
Kou Ji groaned: "Who is the responsibility of the terrifying place given to?"
Yang Wenguang said without hesitation: "The Forbidden Army! When the imperial court reformed the military system, it once set a service system. Those who have reached fifty years of service or have served for more than ten years can be released to their hometowns.
There were wars between the DPRK and China before, and the recruits had not been formed, so it has not been implemented.
Now the new recruits have seen their first glimpses, and they have gradually been added to the forbidden troops.
There was no war in the Great Song Quartet, and it was a good time for them to return to their hometown. "
At this point, Yang Wenguang said to Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen: "Don’t hide from the officials and the prime ministers, in recent years, all the forbidden troops have reported to Beijing, bluntly saying that some of the older soldiers in the army, and some homesick The old man, please leave your home frequently.
Fortunately, the soldiers with their families around in the north, the forbidden army in the east, south, and west, can be said to be homesick.
Now there is a growing trend. "
Zhao Zhen and Kou Jiqi were taken aback.
After a long time, Kou Ji smiled bitterly, "This matter is regarded as the court's fault. The court made a promise to them when it reformed the military system. Now it is reasonable for people to ask the court to honor the promise.
After all, if there is no hope, people will not stare at this.
When people are given hope, but they are not fulfilled, they will naturally feel resentment. "
According to the military system before the Great Song Dynasty, after being registered in the military, he would remain in the military for life, and he would die in the barracks.
In order to avoid the tragedy of full camp of white-haired soldiers, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen stipulated the length of service and gave the soldiers a hope.
Now that the whole world is Jingping, it is reasonable for people to let the court fulfill their hopes.
Except for a natural killer, few people like to be soldiers for a lifetime.
Retirement of armour and return to the field and return to the hometown of glory are the most yearning things in the hearts of every soldier.
Nowadays, people have helped Da Song spell out a huge territory with his life. He has won merits and countless rewards. It is natural to return to his hometown to rest.
Even some of the officers and men who have won the ranks have the idea of going back to the countryside.
Some people are fighting, the picture is to immediately seal the marquis.
Some people fight to make a fortune.
Some people are forced to fight.
There are also some noble people who go to the battlefield to fight for their lives, purely for their family, country and the world.
When Jiaxing, Guoan, and the world are at peace, people naturally have to leave.
Such loyal and righteous men are very rare in the Gentiles.
But there are countless in China.
If it were not for the new laws of the imperial court, anyone with an official title shall not leave his post without authorization and shall be responsible for killing without pardon.
I'm afraid they have already left the seal.
Kou Ji can be regarded as a soldier, knowing the virtues of the soldiers.
So he also knew that this matter was unstoppable.
Soldiers can go to battle to kill the enemy for the sake of Anbang and Dingguo, or they can go back to the field and have a fight with the court in order to remove their armour.
They are all people who have done meritorious service to the Song Dynasty, and there is no need to force them to stay in the camp to increase the trouble.
Kou Ji stared at Yang Wenguang and said, "You want to tell me and the officials that after returning home, those soldiers from the Forbidden Army can hide among the people, help the court to stabilize the place, and take a seat."
Yang Wenguang nodded solemnly and said: "The last rule of the Great Song Army: All children in our army, no matter where they are, no matter how old they are, wherever there is a battle, they will be recalled.
This military system is also the only military order in the Song Dynasty that has never been withdrawn. It is still written by you, and it is also an order personally issued when you step down as the privy envoy.
Therefore, the lower officials thought that after the soldiers returned to the place, as long as the court needed them, they would all follow the orders.
After a few decades, under a single order, millions of tigers will go into battle in armor. Who dares to be my enemy? "
Yang Wenguang's words were generous at the end.
The few people who listened to the scene boiled with enthusiasm.
Decades later, when all the foreign enemies felt that the Song Dynasty was gentle and elegant, and it was easy to bully.
At the order of the Song Dynasty court, the folk men put down their farm tools and businesses one after another, and went into battle in armor. In an instant, millions of troops appeared.
That scene was enough to scare all enemies who coveted Song Dynasty to death.
At that time, the only one who could defeat Da Song was Da Song.
Kou Ji took a deep breath, suppressed the blood pressure in his heart, and said with a smile: "The reason why the number of years of service was set at the beginning was to avoid the tragedy of the full camp of white-haired soldiers, and the other was to hide the soldiers and the people.
The advantage of hiding soldiers from the people is that we don’t need to raise too many soldiers and horses, but we can guarantee that when we meet strong enemies, we will never be short of soldiers and horses.
Of course, I also have some selfishness.
I want the gentle and elegant Da Song to have a sturdy breath.
I want everyone outside of the Song Dynasty to know that I, Song Dynasty, can not only recite poems and make fus, but also run horses. "
When Zhao Zhen and others heard Kou Ji's words, they laughed.
Yang Wenguang smiled and said, "I am afraid it will be a bit difficult for Ma Talian camp. Every time Di Qing, Wang Kai, Du Yi, Yang Yi and others write to the court, they will mention that they wake up at night and draw their swords to look around, but they can't see it. An enemy always feels stunned, afraid of going on forever, and abandoning his martial arts.
When I replied to their official documents, I told them that if there is no enemy to fight, then I will train my soldiers vigorously.
If you encounter a horse thief or a gangster, you can also show your skills. "
When Yang Wenguang's words fell to the ground, everyone laughed louder.
Unprecedented indulgence was revealed in the laughter.
Kou Ji smiled and thought of Xin Qiji, the man who dismounted and waved a thousand words and stepped on his horse.
The poem "Bao Jinzi · Compose Zhuang Ci for Chen Tongfu to Post it" was full of sadness.
Kou Ji also thought of Lu You. Lu You's "Shier" made a heartbreak.
That word and poem, I'm afraid there will never be a chance to appear again.
If he could live longer, he would surely tell them something quietly when the two little guys came to visit him.
I am invincible.
I don't know if I can live to that time.
"Since the returning of the soldiers in the army has no time to delay. Let's implement it in accordance with the previously set military system. But ask the soldiers as much as possible to see if they have any thoughts about moving to the border.
If so, strongly support it.
If not, then properly arrange their lives after they return to their hometown.
Don't let them make trouble, don't let anyone insult them.
As for the financial care, forget it.
Each of them can live to the end of their service, and I am afraid they have all made money from the battlefield.
Some officials and nobles can be placed in local military yamen nearby.
Make up for the shortcomings of the lack of combat effectiveness of the local military affairs yamen.
The problem of the reduction of local soldiers and horses should not be rushed, let alone be done with fanfare. It is easy to change.
Although the imperial court raises a group of idlers, it will increase the cost in vain, but the imperial court can afford it.
Today's imperial court does not lack those three melons and two dates.
So the reduction was changed to transfer.
Draw 10% of the soldiers and horses from the local area and transfer them to the border to serve as guards or farm soldiers.
Those who are willing to go, retain military status and give preferential treatment.
Those who are unwilling to go, refused to follow the military order, opened a reform, and burned all the files during their military service.
They don't have to abide by the last rule of the Song Dynasty military system.
It is best to abolish local soldiers and horses in five years, and only 50% of them can be abolished.
Although there are still 20% idlers.
But you can't do things absolutely, you must leave room for it. "
Kou Ji thought about it and gave his own suggestions.
Zhao Zhen added: "If you don't want to go to the border to report on work, and just want to stay in the hinterland of the Central Plains to enjoy the blessings, I don't need them. After they are kicked off, they won't be hired anymore.
I don't have much confidence in people who don't want to die for me.
Hiring them makes my back feel cold. "
Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and Yang Wenguang looked at each other.
Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan looked a little solemn.
Fan Zhongyan hesitated and said, "Officials, will they involve their family members?"
Zhao Zhen shook his head, "They just don't want to die for me, nor are they unwilling to use me, nor are they unfaithful, how could I implicate his family
This matter stops at them, does not make any involvement, let alone establish a clear text.
Think of it as an implicit rule. "
Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan breathed a sigh of relief.
They were really afraid that Zhao Zhen's head would get hot and it would be implicated on the local soldiers and family members who were unwilling to serve in the border areas.
In that case, the impact is too wide.
Not conducive to the development of the court.
After Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Yang Wenguang discussed the tricky government affairs, they discussed some local trivialities with Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.
Several people talked about how to deal with the local memorabilia.
Until the afternoon.
Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Yang Wenguang walked out of the council hall holding the memorabilia reviewed by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
When he was leaving the house, Kou Ji suddenly stopped Yang Wenguang.
"Where did Di Qing go? It's been a few months and I haven't seen him return to Beijing to report on his work. Does he feel that his wings are stiff?"
Kou Ji asked Yang Wenguang dissatisfiedly.
It has been more than three months since Wang Deyong's memorials for receiving military affairs in Liaodi have been sent to the desks of Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, but Di Qing has not yet returned to Beijing to report on his duties.
Others, because of Kou Ji's face, can't talk about it.
But Kou Ji can't pretend to know nothing.
Kou Ji can protect Di Qing for a while, but he cannot protect Di Qing I.
If Kou Ji hadn't stood in front, Di Qing would be impeached and demoted.
Yang Wenguang heard Kou Ji's dissatisfaction and smiled bitterly: "Di Qing passed by the famous mansion. He was stolen by a thief, burned a stable, and lost a few imperial horses. Now he is on the hunt, so time was lost.
"Yoma?"
Zhao Zhen said with a puzzled look: "I never gave Di Qing an imperial horse, nor did I order him to search for a famous horse for me, so how can I say the imperial horse?"
Yang Wenguang arched his hands and said: "Back to the official house, when Di Qing led his soldiers and horses to patrol the borders, he ran into some tribes entrenched outside the territory of the Song Dynasty outside Wei.
Those tribal leaders were grateful for the power of the Song Dynasty, so they dedicated some horses to Di Qing instead of them to give to the officials.
The horses of the official family are naturally royal horses.
It's just that those tribes didn't establish a nation or even a country, and they didn't even possess writing.
So there are no diplomatic documents.
So there is no way to play the court directly on this matter.
I can only wait for Di Qing to bring the messengers of those tribes to Bianjing, and the officials will give them a name. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said amusedly: "Others are emperors, and they are all from the dynasty of all nations. It's good for me, there are only a group of grass-headed dynasties around."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "That's because my neighbors of Song Dynasty don't need ten thousand nations. If there are, we will destroy them. So there are only some grass head kings running around."
Zhao Zhen nodded with a bright smile.
Kou Ji said to Yang Wenguang: "Since the situation is excusable, then give Di Qing another month. I must report to the Privy Council after a month.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army will return to their hometown soon, and he is not in the chief of the Forbidden Army. "
Yang Wenguang arched his hands and said, "After the official went back, he immediately sent someone to pass a letter to Di Qing."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "It's just a few horses presented by the grass-to-head king, don't look so seriously. In my eyes, the general is worth more than a few horses, and I will not blame him for a few horses.
So you tell him, let him not worry about those horses. "
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