On the 14th day of the fifth month of the first year of Qing Dynasty, Zhao Xin had another title on his head: Judge and Prisoner.
This was an official position specially given by his father to reward him.
Of course, this so-called general supervisor is actually the same as his current Zhongzheng Army Jiedushi and Shou Guogong. They are all in name only. They can only get a salary. In fact, they can't control anything. To put it bluntly, they are empty titles.
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Because, since the founding of the country, each of the three provinces and six ministries of the Song Dynasty has had a department, and they have all become places where officials can transfer their salaries.
You are like Fan Zhongyan. His official post was in the Department of Hubu and he was a doctor in the Department of Hubu, but he never went to Dianmao in the Department of Hubu for a day.
I work in Yanzhou!
What really does the work of the Household Department is the Hufang (household courtyard) of the Zhengshitang System. The chief official is in the seventh rank, so the word "judgement" is still used here.
Zhao Xin's new title is also average.
The whole general is a prisoner, and now there is not even an official office.
It only exists in words and on paper; such an official office does not exist in reality.
And its functions have long been taken away by the Third Division. The department that is really responsible for various engineering and technology is the construction project of the Third Division.
However, this is also a good thing for Zhao Xin.
Although being sentenced to prison is just a blank check, it also means that he has the qualifications to enter the field of power.
From now on, he can write posts to other friends.
Just use the name of the general as supervisor and the name of communication to actually give command.
No one can find fault, and no one can accuse him of anything.
The rules of the game are like this.
Therefore, Zhao Xin was very happy, and with a wave of his hand, he gave a lot of money to the people inside and outside Chunfang, and even to the people who boiled water!
Liu Yongnian and Gan Zhaoji each received a big red envelope of 200 yuan!
As a result, in Chunfang, the struggle was immediately high and morale was greatly boosted!
At noon, Fu Bi also came to the palace to see Zhao Xin under the guise of congratulations. In fact, he came with a mission.
"My lord, have you heard what happened yesterday?" After sitting down, Fu Bi took the opportunity to ask.
Zhao Xin nodded. Yesterday, when Lu Yijian was stopped by Prime Minister Han outside Donghua Gate, hundreds of pairs of eyes saw it.
Then it immediately spread throughout the city. Now even the children in Bianjing City probably know the interesting story about the Prime Minister being stopped outside Donghua Gate by Han Xiang.
Of course, as the Duke of the country, Zhao Xin still has to have a correct attitude. He said seriously: "I already ordered someone to reprimand Prime Minister Han yesterday!"
"As a general of the Sanya, if you don't want to serve the country and be loyal to the emperor, but you have these crooked ideas, what kind of behavior is that?!"
He is the foundation of the country and the theoretical crown prince, so he is certainly qualified to reprimand the Korean Prime Minister.
After all, the three yamen, the Imperial City Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are different from the two offices of the outer dynasty.
Not to mention Prime Minister Han.
Prime Minister Han's grandfather was Han Chongyun, one of Zhao Kuangyin's sworn brothers.
The father of Prime Minister Han was Taizong's consort. In theory, Prime Minister Han was Zhao Xin's cousin.
Zhao Xin and Prime Minister Han are both monarchs and ministers, and they are also relatives.
Fu Bi listened, but couldn't help but chuckle.
What reprimand?
Cheer up!
Reluctantly stopping his laughter, Fu Bi said softly: "This matter is now making a big fuss in Bianjing City. Many tabloids reported it with eye-catching headlines. Shen Guogong was really angry and ordered the Kaifeng Prefecture to strictly investigate the tabloids for spreading rumors.
Something happened, and now Kaifeng Prefecture’s chief minister is probably very worried..."
"Tabloid..." Zhao Xin suddenly laughed after listening.
Fu Bi quickly shut up, because traditionally speaking, ministers would not take the initiative to mention the following matters in front of the monarch.
The reason is very simple. What if the king becomes curious and really investigates these things?
You must know that the prime ministers can control the power by separating the king from the subordinates.
Therefore, what the king knows and thinks is what his ministers want him to know and think.
However, this Chinese political system has been extremely complicated since ancient times.
Although the prime ministers and assistants hold high positions and have great power, they cannot dominate the world with one hand.
Among the officials under the two systems of court and court, there is a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. If the ministers are not careful, they may fall into the same trap as Ding Wei. Therefore, most of the ministers will adopt the method of fishing in troubled waters and use a lot of tedious things to distract the officialdom.
They use their energy to mix what they really want to hide into those trivial matters.
As a result, these people's real enemies also evolved and developed various countermeasures.
Like Fu Bi, pretending to tell the truth to arouse the king's curiosity is one of them.
But to Fu Bi's surprise, Zhao Xin did not ask "what is a tabloid", nor did he ask about the contents of the tabloid.
He just smiled and changed the topic: "In that case, does Duke Shen have any countermeasures?"
Fu Bi listened, feeling itchy in his heart, as if he had been punched in the air, and his whole body felt extremely uncomfortable.
But he didn't dare to expose the matter. If he did, Lu Yijian might have to settle the score with his father-in-law Yan Shu.
He could only say angrily: "My lord, I have heard that Lord Shen invited my soldiers to a banquet today. He will probably discuss it with my soldiers..."
"Will Privy Council Zhang agree?" Zhao Xin looked at Fu Bi.
Fu Bi shook his head: "How is that possible!?"
In both the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, unless the main office and the Privy Council were filled with important ministers as in the early days of the Kingdom, they would never be able to vent their anger from the same nostril.
They will try their best to fight!
Ministers like Lu Yijian and Zhang Dexiang, who are cunning and experienced in government affairs, will focus their energy on such trivial matters and fight as much as possible to turn the world upside down.
Because only in this way can they truly cooperate on major matters.
Therefore, to outsiders, it seemed that the two palaces of the Song Dynasty were quarreling every day.
But in fact, since Lu Yijian and Zhang Dexiang took office, the two governments have been in step with each other on many major military and state affairs.
Otherwise, if it is still like Zhang Shixun and Wang Wei in the past, I am afraid that there will not be any support from the center along the edge.
"That's it..." Zhao Xin began to ponder. After a long time, he suddenly said: "Zhengyan brings a message to Mr. Yan..."
"I hope that Duke Yan can come forward and go to the king to plead with my father to lower his moral voice to alleviate the government's predicament..."
He blinked his eyes with sincerity and sincerity: "Nowadays, Western thieves are rampant, and the country can no longer suffer from internal strife!"
"What do you think?"
Fu Bi broke out in a cold sweat. He thought of the aura of the little child in front of him, and felt palpitations in his heart that he had been completely seen through by the Duke.
So, he bowed and apologized: "A minor minister is guilty of death!"
"You don't need to be afraid..." Zhao Xin laughed. In his previous life, he had played a cat-and-mouse game with these civil servants all his life, and he was already used to it.
So he had a very calm mind.
Fu Bi would not be the last person to test him or to use him to interfere in political affairs.
And he does need many, many people like Fu Bi.
The ‘Fu Bi’ people want to use Zhao Xin as a tool, but why doesn’t Zhao Xin want these people to be his tools?
This is how power and influence come.
Therefore, Zhao Xin had no intention of blaming Fu Bi.
"From now on, Zhengyan won't have to make such big detours..." Zhao Xin said with a smile, "Does Zhengyan think he can hide it from Gu Gu?"
Fu Bi then trembled: "I don't dare!"
Then he bowed his head and bowed again: "I would like to honor you with my virtuous message!"
"That's good!" Zhao Xin smiled and asked Liu Yongnian to help Fu Bi up and sit down, and then said: "Gu wants Zhengyan to do something for Gu..."
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions..." Fu Bi bowed his head with great respect and piety.
"Gu wants to start a tabloid..." Zhao Xin smiled: "Please stand up for me and do this..."
"First put up the frame, recruit the people, then choose the place, and wait for Gu's will..."
Fu Bi raised his head in disbelief and looked at the Duke in front of him.
In the hundred years of the Song Dynasty, there had never been a monarch. The prince thought of running his own tabloid.
As for the ministers of the two governments?
Even if someone has that idea, no one has the courage.
Just listen to Zhao Xin say: "When I was alone in my dream, I once heard a saint say: If you don't occupy the position of public opinion, it will be occupied by the enemy!"
In Zhao Xin's previous life, at the beginning of his reform, public opinion was extremely unfavorable.
Not only was there great resistance in the court, but the tabloids in the Imperial College and Bianjing City were also completely in favor of the anti-reform movement.
At first, Zhao Xin was very disgusted with those people who asked around for information and inquired about the affairs of the court and even the palace.
Therefore, the Kaifeng Prefecture was ordered to crack down hard and ban them. They even took action to find out the people behind several tabloids and exile them to Lingnan.
pity……
Prohibition and banning treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
What's more, he was more vocal about guarding the people than guarding Sichuan. Zhao Xin soon discovered that the more forcefully he banned and banned, the more people liked and pursued him.
Therefore, when he was middle-aged, he figured it out, so he changed his approach and ordered his ministers to go out and run tabloids to fight against the anti-reform forces.
A group of literati who supported the reform were also placed in the Imperial College, the stronghold of conservatives.
So, the situation really changed.
At least in terms of public opinion, the reformists are beginning to be able to have a 50-50 split with the conservatives, and internal and external resistance has been greatly reduced.
If he were to start over now, would Zhao Xin give up the successful experience of his previous life?
Fu Bi was so frightened that he could only bow his head and say: "I will not give up even if I die!"
In this way, Fu Bi was successfully dragged onto his pirate ship by Zhao Xin.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was always easier to get on the boat than to get off the boat.
Once a label is attached, it cannot be easily removed.
Because this is a feudal society, traditional morality is above everything else.