The early morning light shines on the streets of Bianliang, and the city and its residents wake up to the sound of the time teller's bell.
The hawkers who got up early have already begun to sell and shout. People in Bianliang usually don't turn on the stove at home in the early morning. There are many breakfast shops open every morning. You can buy "filling the lungs" and "fried lungs" for ten or twenty cents.
, breakfast such as porridge and rice.
Several children were squatting at the gate, rinsing their mouths with toothbrushes. Several Cuju teams in Kaifeng Prefecture had already started their morning exercises. It was as if there was stickiness under their feet, and the ball was stuck to their feet. A group of people quickly gathered around them.
Watching onlookers, if anyone plays well, the people of Bianliang will never be stingy with their applause.
A group of civil servants wearing turbans and turbans, carrying a pole half as tall as a man and small balls, went to the countryside to beat balls.
The so-called Chuiwan was the earliest form of golf. In the Song Dynasty, only civil servants played it as a status symbol.
Yang Lin put on his official uniform early in the morning and went to the Daqing Palace to pay his respects. The new king, Zhao Si, had not yet passed the excitement period of the emperor, and he was very motivated and hoped to participate in the governance of the world.
The new dignitaries in the court, headed by Xu Zhichang, Wang Chaoli, politely told him that your Majesty only needs to rule by doing nothing, which is the way of the sage emperor.
Zhao Si was so bored that Yang Jian chuckled lightly, shook his fly whisk and announced his withdrawal from the court.
Yang Lin walked out of the Daqing Hall, but did not go to the Jinzhong Mingtang. Instead, he summoned several officials from the Anti-Security Factory and the Duwei Mansion.
There were about fifty people in the group, and they got on their horses and started counting people at the yamen to see who was too lazy to come.
The autumn wind was chilly, and Yang Lin's face turned red from the cold. The first person to arrive was the general prisoner.
Many of the generals in the prison were his old subordinates when he was the prison chief. When they saw their old boss coming, they all came out to welcome them.
In the past, the position of general eunuch was temporarily held by the number one scholar. Now that Cai Jing has reformed and implemented the advanced education system, there is no number one scholar. This position is held by the young eunuch Zhang Tong.
"Young Master, why are you here?" Zhang Tong greeted him with a smile. Yang Lin didn't answer for the moment, but looked around and found that the sparse crowd in the yamen was very deserted.
The birds in the yard were too lazy to take off, and just kept pecking at the grass seeds. They looked like they were cooked.
Yang Lin kicked the unlucky bird away and said with a straight face: "Old Zhang, if I remember correctly, there should be two young eunuchs, four young eunuchs, and six chief registrars.
Twelve people recorded the events."
"Young Master Yingming, what he said is absolutely correct." Zhang Tong said flatteringly.
"Exactly?" Yang Lin glared at him and said sternly: "Then tell me, how many people are here?"
Zhang Tong looked embarrassed. It was common for officials of the Song Dynasty to be idle and lazy. What kind of trouble was Shao Zai doing?
You must know that a small general serving as a supervisor is just an official office in charge of the palace buildings, the production of gold, jade, pearls, emeralds, elephants, treasure utensils, the embroidery of gauze and satin, and the use of various strange utensils.
This kind of government office, which is very business-oriented, actually only needs one or two managers, and the rest only need craftsmen.
But here there are only two third-rank officials, two from fourth-rank officials, twelve from sixth-rank officials, and more than twenty ninth-rank officials.
Yang Lin said to Lu Qian behind him: "Take note of all these people. Those who have not arrived today will all be dismissed from their official positions."
Several officials in the prison who came to do the meal on time looked at each other in disbelief. This was too unkind. If they didn't come to do the meal, they would be directly dismissed from their posts...
Yang Lin didn't talk nonsense to them and said to Zhang Tong: "From now on, records and reports must be recorded every day. The Duwei Mansion is responsible for collecting them every day. Anyone who fails to come to the Yamen Office without justifiable reasons will be dismissed from their official positions."
The Song Dynasty was overrun with officials, bloated institutions, and overstaffed, which was already a big problem.
"The prefectures and counties are not as wide as before, but the official officials are five times as many as before." This is the current situation of the Song Dynasty.
The size of the bureaucratic team in the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively good during the Taizu period, but it began to expand from the Taizong period, and reached its peak in the Zhenzong and Renzong dynasties.
The reason is that from the Taizong period, the Northern Song Dynasty began to clearly implement the policy of "emphasis on literature over military affairs", appointing a large number of civil servants to govern, and thus greatly expanded the enrollment of scribes in the imperial examination.
In the Tang Dynasty, only 20 or 30 people were admitted as Jinshi each time, while in the Northern Song Dynasty, 700 or 800 people were admitted each time. This is considered a normal way to select officials and become officials. In addition to this way, the Song Dynasty also opened up ways to become officials indiscriminately.
This further contributed to the expansion of the bureaucracy, and eventually formed the problem of "redundant officials". The main issue is "favor". The so-called "favor" means that those who have obtained an official position can provide favor to their descendants, relatives, or even acquaintances to become officials...
Enyin was prevalent in the Song Dynasty, and there were many reasons and opportunities to implement it. This was also the channel and theoretical support for people like Wang Fu, Cai You, Cai Jing, and Liang Shicheng to sell their official positions.
Moreover, the shrewd emperors of the Song Dynasty also devised a strange thing: in the event of a famine, if a landlord was willing to open a warehouse to provide grain or hire a peasant who was willing to pay, the court would grant him an official position based on the amount of money he paid.
Not only are there many official positions, there are even five or six officials sitting in one official position at the same time.
Yang Lin personally led the team and started rectification from today. With the remaining power of Gong Bian, he must completely reverse this phenomenon.
There is no special method, just tell them to get out. This simple and crude method is not because the previous emperors and ministers did not want to use it, but because they do not have the conditions.
Now that Yang Lin is here, he has a lot of troops. If the emperor doesn't do a good job, I will tell him to step down and get out, let alone you petty officials.
After the prisoner was finished, Lu Qian asked for instructions: "Young Master, where should we go next?"
Yang Lin thought for a while and said: "First send a few people to each yamen gate to prevent them from getting wind of it. Now run to the yamen office. This way we can slowly investigate. Today, we will freshen up Bianliang and pass by.
We will find ways to reduce the number of officials in a few days."
Lu Qian pulled the horse's reins and turned around to give some orders. Immediately, a group of people rode up to move people to block the door.
Yang Lin was in a good mood. This thing was just like removing a sore, and it was really pleasurable.
Leading the crowd to fight on the street, he was preparing to go to the Ministry of Punishment to investigate people. As he was running on the East Street, he saw a carriage in front of him, which Yang Lin was very familiar with.
The woman who was driving the carriage was still a member of her family, and this was clearly the carriage she had given to Duan Miaozhen. Yang Lin smiled, slowly approached, and said through the curtain: "Little lady, how about making a friend?"
Lu Qian secretly cursed in his heart, if you are still arresting people here, you are not doing the right thing yourself.
Duan Miaozhen knew it was Yang Lin as soon as she heard the voice. She quickly opened the car curtain and saw that it was indeed him.
The two people's eyes looked at each other, as if they were about to shed sugar water. Yang Lin quickly stopped the carriage and jumped into the car.
Duan Miaozhen dressed very elegantly today, but still couldn't hide her natural beauty. She got into Yang Lin's arms and murmured: "Lin Lang, I miss you so much, what are you doing?"
Yang Lin gently stroked her green hair and said with a smile: "I am catching officials who are derelict in their duties. These lazy people are so lazy that they don't work and eat nothing, so I tell them to pack up and get out."
Duan Miaozhen covered her mouth and snickered: "Isn't it just you? This carriage is not forbidden."
"You are so bold, how dare you make fun of me." Yang Lin pressed her on his lap and pretended to lift her skirt and spank her.
Duan Miaozhen giggled and kicked her legs, and quickly begged for mercy: "Lin Lang, stop making trouble, I have to go to Genyue."
"Gen Yue? What are you doing in Gen Yue?"
"Little Concubine Liu invites people to give Zen lectures. Don't ruin my clothes, otherwise I won't be able to see people for a while."