Compared with the situation where civil servants confer knighthood to military commanders, military commanders who are awarded civilian knighthoods are really regarded as rewards.
At the same time, the content of Di Qing's conversation with Zhongja was recognized by all the coaches, which also made the rewards after this war calm.
It is much easier to place civil and military generals below Xiangdu. With the expansion of the army and the acquisition of such a vast territory, whether it is an increase in the garrison or the number of civil servants, it is easy for these heroes to obtain satisfactory positions.
In the area of Xingqing Mansion, the problem of redundant officials that had been alleviated has been basically solved.
The dividends of the war were not just these. With the large number of industrial owners and merchants heading west, the opening of trade routes with Western Fan, and the imperial court taking control of the output of green salt, etc., within a few months after the war, there were quite obvious consequences.
Change.
Chaotang also seems to have entered another period of rapid development.
After the great dynasty meeting in the following year, the prosperity of the dynasty could be felt by all the ministers and people.
Even those Tubo and Dangxiang nobles who had lost their power but could live in Bianliang seemed to have completely resigned themselves to their fate and were trying their best to integrate into the daily life of the Song Dynasty.
But the cabinet ministers knew that the official family was always on the verge of rage.
More than three months later, even the imperial meeting was over, and the investigation by the Imperial City Department and the Supervisory Office had not made much progress. It seemed that the attack on the prince was going to end like this.
Zhao Xi is not his father, and he is not from the late emperor's dynasty now. There is no way this matter will go away until it is investigated clearly!
Fan Chunren is also under great pressure.
"Yaofu, is there any progress?"
The cabinet ministers were also frightened by the sullen expressions of the officials. The officials, who had always thought they were peaceful, had put a lot of pressure on the cabinet ministers during this period. Because of some trivial matters, even the cabinet sometimes took the lead.
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So, I just wanted to ask the Supervisory Office whether there has been any progress.
"Mr. Fuge, it's not that the Supervisory Office is not careful, nor is it that the Imperial City Department is not careful. In more than three months, all the officials involved in the investigation have not had a break, and even according to the network of the post office, they have extended to villages and towns.
But there are still no clues."
Fan Chunren was also helpless. Five to six hundred people, after registering at Guochao Dingkou and using the identification methods of the Yi Delivery Network, could not find any clues.
Five or six hundred people, not three or five. In recent years, the garrisons in the state, prefectures and counties have completely eliminated the so-called thieves. Now local property owners and even party members are given preferential treatment, so what's the point?
Are there any thieves who don’t have enough to eat?
But I just couldn't find the followers of these five or six hundred people.
"Yaofu, try to expand the scope, don't just limit it to Jinghu Road..."
Some things cannot be said clearly, but Fu Bi can feel that the officials also have a vague tendency.
At this time, Wang Zhongzheng was also being scolded by Zhao Xi.
"Have all entries and exits from all state capitals, counties and counties been investigated?"
"Going back to the official house, all the correspondence and inquiries between all the counties on Jinghu Road have been confirmed and have nothing to do with this incident."
"You mean, these five or six hundred people just appeared out of thin air?"
Wang Zhongzheng did not dare to reply and did not know how to reply.
"In the official family, there is only one possibility left..."
"What?"
"Water transportation and rail transportation. Because water transportation and rail transportation belong to the imperial court and do not require official credentials when passing through prefectures and prefectures...local yamen do not have the right to inspect the credentials of water transportation and rail transportation."
"Then go check it out!"
"Going back to the official's house, the track has been inspected. The track soldiers were registered in Gongfang City and filed with the Ministry of War. There was nothing wrong after inspection. It's just water transportation..."
"How is the water transport?"
"There is no way to check the registered personnel of water transportation. The water transportation personnel registered by the imperial court are all from the early days, and even the earliest ones can be traced back to the Taizong Dynasty. However, the Ministry of Household Affairs is not strict about personnel changes over the years, and water transportation is an imperial court independent of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Yamen, there is no way to check it."
Zhao Xi is not unaware of the importance of water transportation. However, the disputes of interests within water transportation involve so many areas that Zhao Xi has never been able to come up with a suitable method.
Coupled with the rise of rail transportation in recent years, water transportation has also improved to a certain extent. The incident in the early years where entire ships of grain disappeared no longer occurs, and official grain transportation can be completed well.
In addition, since Zhao Xi came to the throne, he focused on institutional and official reform, and then planned Xixia, without freeing up his hands to rectify water transportation.
The Supervisory Office began to expand the scope of the investigation, and the Imperial City Department also cooperated with the investigation to spread to all directions, centered on Jinghu Road.
An investigation of this scale gave the entire prefectures, counties and counties south of the Yellow River a feeling of turmoil, and no one knew what was going on.
The evaluation of the Ministry of Personnel has just ended, and no specific ministers have been impeached by the internal reference. However, the Supervisory Office is conducting a large-scale investigation...
This tense atmosphere extended from the south of the Yellow River to Bianliang and even the entire court. It seemed that everyone felt in danger. The key was that they had no idea what was going on.
This is called a mess.
"Does the rich prime minister mean to end this matter?"
After Zhao Xi asked Fan Chunren, he knew that it was Fu Bi who suggested expanding the scope of the investigation, so he asked Fu Bi directly. Such an investigation method seemed to be the cabinet creating a momentum to influence local governance.
, to force himself to stop the investigation into the attack on the prince.
"The official, I once heard the official say: The direction is wrong, the farther you go, the further away from the goal. The old minister does not think that this matter should be stopped, but just makes a suggestion in one direction. Regarding this matter, the old minister also thinks that it is not necessary.
It should be stopped, otherwise it will be a very bad start for the country and the DPRK..."
What Fu Bi said was interesting, very interesting. Zhao Xi also understood that the fact that the investigation was at a dead end was actually a matter of direction.
In fact, Zhao Xi avoided it from the bottom of his heart and subconsciously.
"How does the rich minister think of the water transport?"
"Back at the official residence, I dare not speak nonsense. However, the rectification of water transport is indeed urgent. Of all the affairs of the country, water transport has the most and most serious drawbacks. The rectification of water transport can definitely be put on the agenda..."
Fu Bi looked around and had no intention of intervening in the attack on the prince. He simply discussed the matter and misinterpreted Zhao Xi's meaning. He only talked about the rectification of water transportation... The prime minister of the cabinet proposed to rectify water transportation. This point
There is nothing wrong at any time.
"Forget it. Let the supervisory office withdraw its troops..."
Zhao Xi understood what Fu Bi meant.
As soon as the prince was attacked, the Imperial City Department and the Supervisory Office quickly intervened. I thought that no matter what, such a timely investigation would always find some clues.
When the clues of the attacker were cut off at the first opportunity, it meant that the person behind the plan to attack the prince was completely familiar with the court procedures. Since such a big event was being planned, it was impossible to leave any loopholes in this regard.
If you change the direction, or try to alert the enemy, you may have different results.