"Fifty subjects..."
Lu Yijian answered with a complicated expression.
Zhang Zhibai smiled bitterly and said: "The interval between one subject is four years...which means that it will take two hundred years to gather 10,000 people..."
Wang Zeng sighed and said: "It takes six hundred years, because he also asked to prepare 20,000..."
Zhao Zhen said with an unhappy look: "Is now the time to discuss this? The most important thing now is to gather officials from the newly conquered areas as soon as possible."
Lu Yijian's face turned slightly bitter, "There is no official faction anymore..."
Zhao Zhen stared, "How come there are no more official posts? Can't we just transfer them from various places?"
Lu Yijian muttered but had no words.
Wang Zeng smiled bitterly and said: "When I conquered Dali in the Song Dynasty, all the criminal officials were sent to Dali. When I went to Jiaozhi to mix sand, I also sent some scholars recommended by some places there.
When dispatching officials to the sixteen states of Yanyun, some officials and some Meng Xue teachers were transferred.
In the end, it was not enough, so a group of scholars who had just passed the provincial examination were selected."
Zhao Zhen asked in a deep voice: "Isn't there no officials in the imperial court to be transferred?!"
When Wang Zeng heard this, his face became even more bitter, "From the late years of the late emperor to now, the number of officials killed by the imperial court every year is many times more than the number of Jinshi selected by the imperial examination.
The remaining officials in the imperial court can barely maintain the operation of the imperial court.
If we transfer them in large quantities, the imperial court will not be able to function."
Zhao Zhen was a little dazed when he heard this.
In the past.
The government and the opposition were fighting to the death for those officials with empty quotas.
In order to solve the problem of excessive victory of officials in the Song Dynasty, a lot of effort was expended.
Everyone in the Song Dynasty felt that there were too many officials in the Song Dynasty.
But today, the officials of the Song Dynasty actually fell into an embarrassing situation because they did not have enough money.
For a moment, Zhao Zhen didn't know what to say.
In Zhenzong's later years.
The officials of the Song Dynasty indeed expanded to a huge number.
There are nearly twice as many people holding fictitious posts as there are people holding actual posts.
Often there are three people holding a position.
A real boss is a real person.
Two empty positions, only getting salary and no work.
Redundant officials and redundant personnel were indeed a disaster during the Song Dynasty.
Then, all kinds of killings were based on this, and officials of the Song Dynasty were frequently killed. Until now, there are no officials available to kill.
It was the royal family that initially targeted officials.
That is Zhao Zhen’s father, Zhao Heng.
A case of erysipelas.
Let Zhao Heng slaughter half of the royal family and a large number of officials.
Then Kou Zhun was killed, Lu Yijian was killed, Li Di was killed, Wang Zeng was killed, and Kou Ji was killed.
During his tenure as the regent of the country, Kou Zhun killed more than thousands of officials.
During Lu Yijian's tour of the country, he killed more than tens of thousands of corrupt officials.
Li Di and Wang Zeng killed many people when they raided Chang Pingcang.
When Li Di reduced the number of officials in their posts, he also killed some.
When the Eight Kings rebelled, they killed a large number of people.
When the emperor's relatives and warriors rebelled, they killed a large number of them.
Kou Ji also killed many people directly and indirectly.
Then, there were not enough officials in the Song Dynasty.
A great harm to the Song Dynasty was wiped out under the ruthless hands of a few killers.
Of course, the reason why the Song Dynasty is now irrelevant to factions, apart from the ruthless killing of a few people, is also related to the rapid expansion of the Song Dynasty's territory.
The Song Dynasty captured Hexi and dispatched some officials there.
The Song Dynasty captured Xixia and sent a large number of officials there.
When the Song Dynasty captured Dali, there were no officials available, so they had no choice but to send criminal officials there.
When the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were captured, there were no more criminal officials to dispatch, so they could only recruit some civilian scholars and promote some officials to officials.
It is precisely because the territory of the Song Dynasty expanded, the Song Dynasty needed more officials, and the Song Dynasty did not have many official reserves, so there were no officials to send.
After Zhao Zhen was silent for a long time, he stared at Lu Yijian and the others and asked: "We can't take over Liao territory and then not want it anymore, right?"
"That's impossible..."
"We must never give the Liao Kingdom any chance to rise again."
"Must!"
Lu Yijian and the other three spoke without hesitation.
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "So, we urgently need to solve the problem of officials now."
The three of you, Lu Yijian, looked at me and I looked at you, speechless.
I hesitated for a while.
Lu Yijian pondered: "Is it too late to add Enke now?"
Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Wang Zeng slowly shook his head and said, "No, it would be okay if we added a hundred more people to Enko. How can we record tens of thousands of people?"
Lu Yijian suggested again: "Why don't we open the door to recommendation and let officials recommend talented scholars?"
Wang Zeng felt that Lu Yijian's suggestion was feasible and was about to nod.
I heard Zhang Zhibai say: "I'm afraid they won't want to serve as officials in Liao. In order to select officials for Dali and add sand to Jiaozhi, we almost transferred all the talented scholars from poor families.
Nowadays, only some children of wealthy families and scholars who think highly of themselves are left.
These people are rushing to study where the three of us are sitting now.
Ask them to control those Liao people with different educations, but they may not be willing."
When Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng heard this, they both frowned.
Zhang Zhibai's words are not unreasonable.
In the Song Dynasty, when officials from poor families were offered official positions, the court would only serve them as long as they were given an official position.
They don't choose. As long as the imperial court assigns a position, they will rush to take the position even if it is to a remote or hard-to-find place.
But the children of wealthy families and the children of wealthy families are different.
They simply won't go to places that are too poor or too remote.
They would rather not be officials than take risks and suffer in places that are too poor or too remote.
After each imperial examination and after granting official positions to the scholars, the imperial court would have an opportunity to select officials.
Selection of officials is counter-selection.
Generally speaking, it has nothing to do with the first- and second-grade Jinshi.
The first-class and second-class Jinshi are all trained by the imperial court, so when they are awarded officials, relatively speaking, they will choose a relatively wealthy place, or a place where it is easier for them to take credit.
Some who were valued by the emperor would even be awarded the position of county magistrate near Kaifeng Prefecture.
The situation is different for the top three Jinshi. Half of the top three Jinshi will be awarded deputy positions or unimportant positions in the yamen.
If the top three Jinshi are motivated or want to give it a try, they can participate in the selection of officials.
The official positions chosen in the official selection process are chief officials in remote and barren areas.
Because no one is willing to go, the officials will list them and give the top three Jinshi a chance to try.
However, most Jinshi would rather hang out in minor officials than serve as chief officials in remote and barren lands.
The imperial court also forced Jinshi to serve.
But those Jinshi would rather resign their official positions and hang out with the title of Jinshi than go to remote and barren lands.
Therefore, those remote and barren lands have almost become the distribution places for prisoners.
So Zhang Zhibai's worries are not unreasonable.
Some very talented and well-educated scholars who are still staying in the Song Dynasty are not even willing to go to Dali and Jiaozhi. They were not even willing to go when they were selecting officials for the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. How could they go?
What about being an official outside the Great Wall?
After listening to Zhang Zhibai's words, Zhao Zhen saw Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng frowning and said displeasedly: "Fourth brother said that all problems are caused by habit.
Everyone just wants to enjoy wealth, but is unwilling to suffer for the court.
Then why should I use them?
Who the imperial court uses and where they use it are not theirs, but mine."
Hearing this, Lu Yijian and the three of them looked at each other, bowed together and said, "The official is a wise man."
Zhao Zhen continued: "I will issue an order when I return. I will preside over all future examinations for the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Palace. I will give priority to the border areas when I appoint officials, and when I appoint officials from the Ministry of Personnel, I will give priority to the border areas.
Those who have performed meritorious service on the border can be promoted to the third level of official rank.
After being promoted to the capital, he also received preferential treatment.
Those who serve as officials in the hinterland of the Central Plains and have no great achievements should not even think about getting promoted to official positions.
If you want to be promoted, you must first go through three levels of rigorous review: the civil service department, the prefect's yamen, and the prefecture's yamen.
Don’t they think it’s easy to be an official in the hinterland of the Central Plains?
Then I'll let them see if it's easy to get along as an official in the hinterland of the Central Plains."
As soon as these words came out.
Lu Yijian and the other three looked at Zhao Zhen in astonishment.
Zhao Zhen stared at Lu Yijian and the others coldly, "You three have any objections?"
Lu Yijian hesitated for a moment and said: "Would this move be inappropriate? Some talented people may give up on scientific examinations or even become officials because of this move by officials."
Zhao Zhen said coldly: "If you don't want to be used by the country, don't want to contribute to the country, and don't want to suffer for the country, what if you have talent?
When the world is settled, I will establish a state school in the prefectural government office, a government school in the government office, and a Chinese school in Bianjing city.
When the time comes, there will be so many talented people that I won’t worry about having no one to use them.
Since they are unwilling to be used by me, then I will never use them in my life.
As for joining other countries, I would like to see if there is any country outside that would dare to take them in."
Lu Yijian and the others heard Zhao Zhen's words and looked at each other with bitter expressions on their faces.
In the past, talented people who fled the Song Dynasty could seek refuge in Xixia, the Liao Kingdom, or Qingtang, and some even went to Dali or Jiaozhi.
But now, almost all places where talented people can go have been destroyed by the Song Dynasty.
Except for the Song Dynasty, they could no longer serve any other country in the world.
Because wherever you look, you are either being destroyed by the Song Dynasty or in the process of being destroyed by the Song Dynasty.
They either served the Song Dynasty, or they lived as mediocre commoners for the rest of their lives.
If any country dared to take in a large number of talented people from the Song Dynasty, they would go against Zhao Zhen.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty should arrive on the battlefield soon.
The Song Dynasty now has the power to impose sanctions on all surrounding countries.
Therefore, all states surrounding the Song Dynasty must obey Zhao Zhen's will.
Zhao Zhen glanced at Lu Yijian and the other two, and continued: "Go to the Ministry of Rites in a moment and ask the Ministry to post the announcement and add Enke.
Then go to the Imperial College and the Imperial College and tell the students there that all those who have been in school for more than two years will be sent to Liao Tu by me.
They did whatever the fourth brother asked them to do.
If you don't want to, you will be removed from the Imperial College and the Imperial College.
Tell them not to spread any gossip about me.
If I hear any rumors, I won’t mind sending their whole family to be criminals in the land of Liao.”
"There are many officials' heirs in the Imperial College and Imperial College. Aren't the officials afraid of the officials' comments about this move?"
Lu Yijian said hesitantly.
Zhao Zhen stared and asked: "For example, the children and disciples of your Lu family?"
Lu Yijian's expression changed, and he said in fear: "After I return home, I will immediately send all the scholars from the Lu family to Liao."
Zhao Zhen snorted, "In terms of talent, how many people are comparable to my fourth brother? In terms of merit, how many people are comparable to my fourth brother?"
My fourth brother is still running around on the border. What qualifications do a group of people who enjoy happiness in Bianjing have to make irresponsible remarks?
Do you really think that I can’t govern the country without them?
They knew how many people were staring at their position.
If they don't listen to me, I will change them."
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai looked shocked.
From ancient times to the present, no place has dared to say such a thing.
This sounds domineering, but it is very easy to offend people.
And once they are offended, there are still a large number of them.
Zhao Zhen saw the shocked faces of Lu Yijian and the others, and smiled coldly: "Do you think I am joking with you? Let alone the person who will succeed them, I can find the person who will succeed you."
Lu Yijian and the other two people all bent down.
They knew that Zhao Zhen was not telling lies.
There are not only people who can replace them, but many.
Zhao Zhen was able to recruit a large number of veterans who were older than them.
There are also many veterans who are similar in age to them and whose merits and qualifications are not inferior to theirs.
There are countless rising stars.
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "I just said casually, you three don't have to be so afraid. The three of you have done a lot for me, the Song Dynasty, and I won't go out of my way to kill the donkey.
I just want you to know that it’s okay for me to leave anyone.
So you tell the people below, don’t put on airs for me, and don’t show off in front of me.
I can give him high-ranking officials and noble titles, or I can take everything back."
Lu Yijian and the others bowed and said: "Here..."
Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "Even if we send scholars from the Imperial College and Imperial College to Liao, I'm afraid it won't be enough. I'm afraid it will be a year before the Enke exams are completed by the time the Jinshi are passed.
Is there any other way you can solve this problem?"
Lu Yijian pondered and had no words.
Wang Zeng couldn't think of a good way for a while.
Zhang Zhibai thought about it again and again, and said: "Why don't we temporarily follow the example of Xingqing Prefecture and other places and implement military control. We only need to send someone from the government office to help local soldiers and horses control the people."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "Liao land is no better than Xingqing Mansion and other places. After all, there are still some people from the Song Dynasty in Xingqing Mansion and other places. Only sending people from the government office can speed up the sinicization of Xingqing Mansion and other places, so that Xingqing Mansion and other places can be
Qingfu and other places were completely integrated into our Song Dynasty. : :
The Liao Kingdom was different. Except for the large number of Han people in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, there were not many Han people in other places in the Liao Kingdom.
Although the Liao Kingdom has been promoting sinicization for many years, only a small number of Liao people can afford to read.
Most Liao people are still uneducated and cannot even speak Chinese.
Some people from small tribes in remote areas don't even know about the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. They only know that there is a place called the Central Plains on this land.
Therefore, just by sending someone from the government office to help, I am afraid it will take decades to reluctantly integrate the local area into the Song Dynasty.
We may not be able to afford to wait for decades.
We may not be at ease if we leave it to our children and grandchildren."
Wang Zeng pondered for a moment and said: "In addition to sending an official from the government office, how about we send someone to promote Mongolian education?
Anyway, those people are criminals and are under military control. They will do whatever we ask them to do.
Whether they are growing crops, herding horses and sheep, or cutting trees.
Most of the income earned came from the imperial court.
We can use this income to open elementary schools, and we can also purchase cloth and other items and send them there so that they can gradually put on the clothes of the Liao people and put on the clothes of the Song Dynasty.
In more than ten years, when the children in Mongolian schools grow up, we will no longer need to worry about their slow Chineseization."
Wang Zeng put forward this suggestion, which seemed to open up the minds of Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai.
Lu Yijian's eyes lit up and he said: "We can also move some poor people over and give them land and houses. Let the Liao people see how we treat the people of the Song Dynasty.
The only way for them to escape from their criminal status is to study.
In this way, they will study harder.
The time for Chinese translation will also be shortened."
Zhang Zhibai solemnly said: "During this period, we can carefully select officials. Once the people in a place have reached 40% Chineseization, we can send officials there to end their military control and formally implement the government system."
After listening to the three people's thoughts, Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said: "Xingqing Mansion and other places use the method of studying to get out of the country.
But the local people seem to be in conflict with our Han culture.
Letting them study makes them feel more uncomfortable than killing them.
Therefore, so far, few adults in Xingqing Prefecture and other places have lost their citizenship through studying. On the contrary, many children have lost their citizenship through compulsory education.
It is precisely because of this that when Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui proposed that they could use military merit to deregister, those people would rush out of Xingqing Mansion and other places and massacre the southwest road and half of the northwest road of Liao Kingdom.
I'm afraid the same will happen in Liaoning."
Lu Yijian hurriedly said: "The sinicization time in Xingqing Prefecture and other places is relatively short. As time goes by, results will naturally be achieved. Since we have decided to spend more than ten years of hard work to vigorously promote sinicization in Liao, we will definitely have results."
Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and said: "I am thinking about this matter. You go down first to take care of Enke and send the Imperial College and Imperial College students to Liao Tu."
Lu Yijian and the other three agreed in unison.
The three of them did not dare to delay, and immediately left the Zishi Hall and walked all the way outside the palace.
Just when I walked to Donghua Gate.
Lu Yijian seemed to have remembered something, slapped his thigh and shouted: "That's not right... The purpose of the three of us entering the palace today is to persuade the officials to replace Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng and others and return to the court.
When the officials interfered, we forgot about the business."
"Forget it!"
Zhang Zhibai said helplessly.
Lu Yijian stared and said, "Forget what?"
Zhang Zhibai sighed: "Nowadays, there are not only military affairs in Liao, but also political affairs. When it comes to military affairs, except Kou Ji, no one else has that ability, and they can't handle it well."
Wang Zeng sighed and said: "Except for Kou Ji, no one dares to seize all the power in the Northeast."
Since the Song Dynasty has launched a war against the remaining Liao Kingdom, it will not stop until the Liao Kingdom is destroyed.
How big is the remaining Liao Kingdom?
Not inferior to the previous Song Dynasty.
Even if it lost the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and half of the Northwest Road, it still did not lose to the previous Song Dynasty.
In the entire Song Dynasty, except Kou Ji, no one else dared to capture the military and political power in such a huge territory.
Kou Ji is holding on, and Zhao Zhen is relieved.
If someone catches him, Zhao Zhen will probably send ten or eight people to keep a close eye on him.
If you don't do it right, your head will fall to the ground.
Moreover, Kou Ji has the ability to control such a large area while also allowing that area to develop faintly.
Others don't have this ability.
At least Lu Yijian and the others didn't think that they would do better than Kou Ji if they went to Liao Tu.
With one look from Kou Ji, he could control all the civil and military officials in Liao.
But the three of them, Lu Yijian, could not.
Zhong Shiheng, Gao Chugong and others will not buy their fight.
They also dare not kill people to establish their authority.
If you really kill one of them, it will immediately cause a mutiny.
If a mutiny were to occur, they would not be able to suppress it.
Due to the replacement of the armaments of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty has been greatly improved.
In contrast, the destructive power after the mutiny also increased a lot.
Lu Yijian stared at Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai and said, "Aren't you afraid that the Song Dynasty will produce a true Eastern King?!"
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai both frowned.
They knew what Lu Yijian meant by the true meaning of Dongwang.
He was the king who separated the eastern border of the Song Dynasty and could fight against the imperial court and fight against the imperial court in separate chambers.
"Kou Ji won't..."
After being silent for a long time, Wang Zeng said in a deep voice.
Lu Yijian said without hesitation: "The human heart is the least trustworthy. Few people who hold great power can let go easily."
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai frowned even more tightly.
At this moment, Chen Lin quietly appeared beside them carrying a luggage.
Lu Yijian and the others saw Chen Lin and stopped him immediately.
"Are you going to travel far?"
Lu Yijian looked Chen Lin up and down and couldn't help but ask.
Chen Lin was dressed in plain clothes, carrying a suitcase on her back, and had a pass badge around her waist. She was obviously going to travel far.
Chen Lin didn't hide Lu Yijian's question. He smiled and said, "The officials have asked our family to go to Liaodong and deliver a decree to Privy Kou."
Lu Yijian asked: "What is the purpose?"
Chen Lin smiled and said: "Privilege Xu Kou opened a government office."
The expressions of Lu Yijian and the three of them changed again and again, like chameleons.
"The officials are raising tigers to create trouble!"
Lu Yijian was not afraid of offending others and blurted out the words.
Chen Lin pondered for a moment and then said with a smile: "The officials believe in Privy Kou. So nothing you three say will change the officials' mind.
Instead of wasting your time on Privy Councilor Kou, you three should go as soon as possible to complete the errands assigned to you by the officials."
Lu Yijian glared at Chen Lin, "You are a servant of an official family, so you are not worried at all?"
Chapter completed!