What followed was a set of fixed procedures. Whether it was a street brag or a Qionglin banquet, Zhao Xi never made any mistakes again...~Maybe the political hall thinks so.
People are used to forgetting, Zhao Xi understands. Even though he has many ideas, he never thought of testing the endurance of his ministers one after another.
Do this every once in a while, bear the edge in the hearts of the ministers, never anger them, and slowly instill his thoughts into them. This is Zhao Xi's idea.
Over the centuries of the dynasty, the views of scholar-bureaucrats are not easy to change. Although Zhao Xi is quite satisfied with his ability to control the court, he is still not impatient.
It is much easier to be a mediator than to confront the entire scholar-official class.
Politics has never been about facing each other head-on, step by step, and completing various changes unconsciously... This is Zhao Xi's strategy.
There are too many various experiences and lessons for future generations, and Zhao Xi understands them.
The court has entered a relatively stable period, and it is not idle.
The placement of new scholars has never been a trivial matter. The evaluation, examination, and recommendation for promotion of officials in the state and dynasty... are a complete and tedious process, with many participants ranging from local officials to the various departments in the court.
Therefore, the start of a new Jinshi's future career is very different. Zhao Xi did not pay attention to this. He only needed to look at the ministers of the political affairs hall and the chief officials of the six ministries and nine ministers. There were too many to take care of.
Next comes the farming season, which is arranged in this way. After the annual scientific examination, it is the farming season. It seems that getting scholars is just like planting crops.
In recent years, with the continuous supply of food from Annan and other countries, the country should have no worries about hunger, but farming is still the top priority of the country.
Farming and mulberry cultivation are the foundation, this saying can be seen in various memorials.
Yes, food is the most important thing for the people. Even in later generations, agriculture will be the first industry. In the past dynasties, if people's stomach problems can be solved, there will be no major social unrest.
This is also the reason why Zhao Xi started with Annan when he was young.
Without the high-yield crops of later generations, no corn, no potatoes, and no hybrid rice saint who performed miracles in later generations, all he could do was find another way.
According to records from later generations, until the end of the 1980s, the Annan area was the main supplier of rice.
It has opened up the food channel with Annan, stimulated Annan people's enthusiasm for growing food, and ensured the food supply for the country and the dynasty. This is a win-win situation.
This is Zhao Xi's wishful thinking. The real farming affairs of the country will never be what he thinks.
The countryside of later generations and the countryside of today's dynasty are completely different concepts.
Zhao Xi came to this era and only visited a limited number of places after leaving the palace.
But strangely enough, since the grain channel to Annan was opened, there seems to have been no major famine in the country.
Especially in the past few years since Zhao Xi came to the throne, there has been great prosperity and good weather every year... at least that's what the memorial says.
Even so, the imperial court still attached great importance to farming.
These days, even the minister of the Political Affairs Hall spends a lot of time traveling to the Agriculture Department. He urges the Agriculture Department to send officials to various places to supervise agricultural work and supervise the sales of grain in Changpingcang in various places...
The people on this land, the heritage of this nation, have an innate affection for the fields.
The price of rice has remained around 20 cents all year round, but people's dedication to the land has never slackened.
It's good. The king likes to see his ministers doing their jobs.
"Officials, officials who return to the court to report on their duties, come and go from the mansions of your ministers..."
This is difficult to avoid, especially in the current state of the country. Officials need to be recommended for promotion, especially those who intend to join the court, and the princes must pass it.
This year is another year of rotation, and it’s time for the group of people who were in Jiayou’s second year to take up their posts again... It’s a bit complicated.
However, there is no reason for Wang Zhongzheng to report this kind of thing. This happens every year.
Zhao Xi raised his head and looked at Wang Zhongzheng, waiting for his next words. Having been influenced by him for so many years, Wang Zhongzheng would not make random decisions, let alone gossip.
He needs to screen all kinds of news from the Imperial City Division, and then select the meaningful and useful ones to report to him.
"Zhang, Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing, etc., after paying homage to all the ministers, frequently visited Wang Dashen's residence..."
Oh, this is quite interesting. There should be another Lu Jia to ask, right?
How many powerful members of Wang Anshi's revolution will emerge at this time?
Zhao Xi didn't know much about the past history and how Wang Anshi carried out his reforms, but he did know a little about his right-hand man.
He didn't even know whether Wang Anshi first changed the law and then brought these people together, or whether he first brought these people together and then advocated various new laws.
Anyway, at this time, Wang Anshi hadn't brought it up yet, but this group of people took the lead.
I can't tell clearly, maybe it was the court debate that made Wang Anshi feel the disadvantages of being alone. After all, it is difficult for two fists to defeat four people. Wang Anshi and his son, even with all their abilities, could not withstand the chaos in the court.
fry.
Zhao Xi has been waiting for a long time. Many of his ideas need to be borrowed from Wang Anshi's reform. He has been waiting for a long time.
finally coming?
"The official family, Lu Jiawen from the Lu family is also among them..."
Wang Zhongzheng really hesitated whether he should retaliate, but finally he did.
It's not a matter of loyalty, it's just that I don't want to cause trouble to the officials. After all, there's nothing wrong with him, so it's not out of the question to visit Wang Anshi because he admires his reputation.
He also knew the relationship between the Lu family and the royal family, and Lu Gongzhu was a former minister of Qiandi in the East Palace and the most important minister of the official family.
"Lu Jia asked?"
"He is the great-grandson of the old Xianggong Lu Yijian, the grandson of Lu Gongchuo of the Lu family, and the grand-nephew of Lu Gongbi, Lu Gongbi."
There is such a relationship... Zhao Xi stared at Wang Zhongzheng.
This hesitation is necessary! The memorials handed in selectively by the court officials allowed Zhao Xi to know only what the court wanted him to know about state affairs.
If the Imperial City Secretary continues to hide him like this, the emperor will really become a loner.
Zhao Xi understood very well how kings throughout the dynasties trusted their eunuchs, and he was no exception.
Many systems of the dynasty restrict the power of eunuchs, but as they should, Zhao Xi does not hesitate to reward eunuchs, the purpose is to have caring people who can be his eyes and ears.
Wang Zhongzheng was considered his childhood playmate and had grown up with him. Zhao Xi indeed regarded him as the person he trusted the most, so he allowed him to take charge of the Imperial City Division.
He knows himself quite well and has revealed many of his thoughts to some extent.
Unexpectedly, he actually had the idea of concealing something when reporting on the Lu family’s personnel affairs!
"Plop..."
Wang Zhongzheng really couldn't stand the official's eyes. The whole court thought that the housekeeper was peaceful, but he, Wang Zhongzheng, knew best that the official was really ruthless, but he always hid behind the scenes.
"Your Majesty, Xiao... Xiao Xiao has no intention of hiding it, but... it's just that he is from the Lu family, and... he is not... and he has not behaved out of the ordinary. Xiao... Xiao..."
"What you should do is report it truthfully. You have no right to decide anything! Then hand over the screened information to Zhao Qin!"
"Zhongzheng, you know how I treat you, what you are asked to do and what responsibilities you have to bear. You also understand. I don't want to see it happen again!"