Fan Zhongyan's solution was the "Prince and Military System" of the Tang Dynasty. It gave the army of the prosperous Tang Dynasty extremely strong combat power, but the harm was also fatal. The soldiers had their own income and did not need to be supported by the government at all. Therefore, there were many vassal states and everyone was a local emperor!

Fan Zhongyan was safe and sound when he blatantly shakes the country's roots. There are many reasons to find, but one is enough: the Song Dynasty did not kill ministers, but it was still very special to him.

His 10 suggestions only deleted one "Military Preparation" and adopted all the others. They were promoted nationwide one month later. This speed and strength have never been seen in the Song Dynasty in the past 30 years. This shows how urgent Emperor Renzong was to change the current situation of the country, and it also made the gentlemen of the new party led by Fan Zhongyan extremely excited.

"Make a name for the heaven and earth, set a life for the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the past sages, and bring peace to the ages." The common wish of all the disciples of Confucius and Confucian children will become reality from this time on!

It's very exciting. I really should switch to the more exciting reform site immediately to see how the earth-shaking changes are underway in the vast world. But wait a moment, there are still some questions to explain. For example, what was carried out in the third year of Qingli this time is not called reform, but the new policy!

You should characterize it at the beginning. In this way, you can see its results directly. If you carefully think about Fan Zhongyan’s 10 items, except for “cultivating martial arts”, none of them are reform-oriented, and they are just supplemented and improved. This determines the intensity of this reform. The reason why such results will occur in the future is that someone is full and is looking for trouble if he has nothing to do.

Another thing to note is that when Tianzhang Pavilion asked about the proposal, not only Fan Zhongyan submitted his new policy opinions, but Fu Bi and Han Qi also had their own memorials. Fu Bi wrote more than 10 tasks of the world and 13 strategies for the border security, and discussed both military and political aspects. Han Qi first put 7 clauses, and then changed them to 8: Selecting generals, censors, making money, preventing luck, advancing officials, retreating without talent, getting redundant food, and becoming an official.

It looks similar to Fan Zhongyan, and it is a bit rough, so in history, only Fan Zhongyan's 10 items are based on. But be careful: Han Qi has also made a speech, he has held a meeting, and his title is very high. This creates a fact: the higher Fan Zhongyan is, the higher Han Qi is, and it is not much different in any case. Everyone is at the same level! Even Fu Bi is the same. No one of the gentlemen is "harmonious but different" is the leader who is absolutely the same!

Now mentioning these things is just to explain one thing. That is, Fan Zhongyan’s new policy was to serve the ruling class completely, and it was all used to improve the government functions of the Song Dynasty at that time. Even if it violated some interests in the officialdom, it was very mild. He could not have reached the fierce confrontation level like the one who did not care about the ancestors of the gods of heaven and earth in 30 years later (by the way, that person passed the Jinshi exam a year ago, and was ranked 4th in the first class. Now he is a sesame official in a small place in the south, supporting his mother and teaching his brothers, and his life is very hard).

To sum up, Fan Zhongyan had a good starting point, a gentle method, and the emperor had great determination. Only a month later, the new policy began to be implemented nationwide. How gratifying is this situation? So why did something go wrong? The problem lies in the first "choose the superior" of the implementation of the new policy.

The central departments of the Song Dynasty included three provinces (Secretariat, Privy Council, Three Departments) and six departments (permanent, household, ritual, military, punishment, and engineering) and twenty-four departments (4 departments of the Ministry of Personnel: Ministry of Personnel, official, official, official, honor, examination and merit. 4 departments of the Ministry of Revenue: Ministry of Revenue, Du Branch, Jin, and Warehouse. 4 departments of the Ministry of Rites: Ministry of Rites, sacrifice, host and guest, and dining department. 4 departments of the Ministry of War: Ministry of War, official, official, bi, and ministry. 4 departments of the Ministry of Justice: Ministry of Justice, military, and supervisor. 4 departments of the Ministry of Works: Ministry of Works, military fields, Yu, and water department) and county. During the Zhao Kuangyin period, the "road" was not called the road, but it was called "dao" in the country. There were "caosi, constitutional department, warehouse department, and commander department". Other states, prefectures, military, and supervisors also had their own titles as chief and deputy, with clear levels.

First of all, it is stated that most of the places here are the same as those in the Tang Dynasty, and they were even extended to use them in later generations, such as the Six Divisions and Twenty-Four Divisions, etc. But the others are full of Zhao Kuangyin's personal wisdom and his special needs and hobbies.

First of all, why should there be "three provinces"? Among the three provinces, the Secretariat is the highest administrative organization, the Privy Council is the highest military organization, and the Three Divisions are the highest financial organization. To put it bluntly, it is power, soldiers, and wealth. In the past, the prime minister had the final say. But it was not possible for Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Pu had told him before: The best trick to deal with the rebellion of the vassal states in the world was nothing more than "severing the power, controlling the money and grain, and collecting the elite soldiers." What Zhao Pu did not expect was that people would always bear it themselves. Zhao Kuangyin suddenly returned the original number and put it on his head. First, he divided the power, soldiers, and wealth in the power of the prime minister, and then divided it layer by layer. The establishment of all departments and the allocation of officials were carried out according to this principle.

For example, the eldest son of the Secretariat, "Secretary of the Secretariat" was equipped with a secretary-deputy deputy - the deputy general of the magistrate, and the chief of the Privy Council was assigned more deputy - the deputy general of the Privy Council, the deputy general of the Privy Council, the chief of the Privy Council, the chief of the Privy Council, and the assistant secretary of the Privy Council. The chief of the Third Department was better, and the subordinates were the Salt and Iron Department (industrial and commercial income, weapons manufacturing, etc.) the Du Branch Department (financial income and expenditure, grain and canal transportation, etc.) the Ministry of Revenue Department (household registration, taxation, wine detention, etc.). They were all trivial matters, and they were destined to be just a worried little character.

The spirit continued to be implemented, and went down to the level of "road". The supervisor of the road was called the "Transportation Envoy" and the general manager of the financial resources throughout the road. He first used it to collect money and grain from the vassal states, but later it was suspected. Because the time was a little longer, no matter what the name of the vassal states, it had the power of the Tang Dynasty's vassal states. So the establishment of the "Caosi (management of money. The eldest son's transferee) the Constitutional Department (management of prison. The eldest son's transferee) the Cang Department (management of disaster relief. The eldest son's referee of Changping) the Supervisor (management of military service. The eldest son's appeasement)" was established, and the power of the Transfer Envoy was divided.

Not to mention the officials of the states, prefectures, counties and other places below. The "president" assigned to the additional dispatch is their nemesis, nominally, he is the deputy, but he always shouts blatantly: I am the county supervisor, and the court ordered me to supervise you!

Seeing this, it should be understood that Zhao Kuangyin's job is not so easy to serve, right? But this is not over yet, the functional departments have been set up, but how should the specific officials be controlled? The talent Zhao Kuangyin showed made all emperors of all dynasties dumbfounded, and they were beyond the reach of the world: He had an official position, and he was separated by three separate positions!

If you become an official, no matter how big the official title is, it does not mean that you are an official. It only means what level you have, but how much money you receive every month to go home. So it is appropriately called "Jielu Official" and the position is of no practical use, it is just an honorary title. Only when you are sent, it is great! In this way, you will truly have both an official, a position, and a power... But don't be happy, everything is temporary, and a gentleman will suddenly come over and tell you that you can go home for a break, and my dispatch is here. So you have to give way, start from scratch, and wait again.

In addition, the Song Dynasty also had the Judicial Officer's College (assessing Beijing-King officials) (assessing police and local officials) in charge of the official assessment. At that time, it was called Mojian. One exam per year, and three exams were one term. But be careful, it is not to test your political achievements, but to check what you have made. As long as you don't make mistakes, you can be promoted. How about it? Understand why all the officials of the Song Dynasty were mature and steadfast?

There are also the Censorate and the Censorate established by Liu E later. The censors in the Song Dynasty were not like the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty spoke directly to the emperor and asked the emperor for the mistakes. But in the Song Dynasty, you had to turn your back to the emperor, face your colleagues, and identify your main attack direction! There are various rigid regulations such as stipulating at least once a month, which is called "monthly class". If there is no correction within a hundred days, you will be dismissed or demoted or punished for "indignation of Taiwan money". As long as you dare to play, no matter whether it is true or not, you will be rewarded! Understand why the officials of the Song Dynasty dare to speak so hard and keep talking?

In this way, Zhao Kuangyin basically completed the "soldiers were collected, wealth was collected, and rewards, punishments, and punishments were collected" - Quotations from the Great Saint Zhu Xi

But this was not enough. Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu continued to give official positions a bunch of beds and houses. The officials promoted the officials and continued to disperse the power of the transshipment power in secret. At least there was no supervision and management power. This power was assigned to an official called "Censor". This resulted in the phenomenon that the transshipment power was nominally the local boss, but no one was afraid of it.

Fan Zhongyan proposed to combine the Transport and the Censor into one, and to report the work of all subordinate departments and officials to the central government in a comprehensive manner. In this way, who dares to dissatisfie and dares to work hard?

The order is to cheer up people. However, the most exciting person is not the elder brother of various ways of fortune, but Ouyang Xiu, the most famous talent in Kaifeng City at that time. At this time, he was promoted to the president of the Zhijianyuan and took 1/2 of the impeachment power of the Song Dynasty. The process of mastering this power was the achievements he was proud of throughout his life: After Lu Yijian stepped down, he and Cai Xiang, Yu Jing and other gentlemen worked together to insert Lu Yijian into the two prefectures over the past year, two systems, the Censorate, and the accomplices of the Zhijianyuan were all driven off the stage. The dirt was washed away for more than 20 years, so how could it be so cool!

As a result, he became a habit of cleanliness. In September, Emperor Renzong asked for advice from Kaitianzhangge, and in October the Nine Regulations began to be implemented. In November, he wrote two letters in succession: one was to impeach the two-system officials (Hanlin Bachelor and Zhizhi Yizhi) "In the two systems, the evil people have not been able to go all the time" and they have to continue to clean up. The other was to target the Censorate recommended by the two-system officials, and the other 1/2 of the impeachment power of the Song Dynasty. "In recent years, no one can be called the Taiwanese officials." No one was qualified, not at that time, but for many years!

Many years later, these two memorials were considered to be the pioneering work of Ouyang Xiu, the greatest madman in the Qingli period. They are one of the evidence that he became a top gentleman and also killed the new policy.

But to truly understand why he wanted to do this, what is particularly important is how he dared to do this: we need to review the list of governments in the Song Dynasty at that time:

Prime Minister Zhang Dexiang, Yan Shu, the deputy chief official, Jia Changchao, Fan Zhongyan, the Privy Councilor Du Yan, the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor Han Qi, Fu Bi, the envoy of Quanshu: Wang Yaochen

In this list, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Wang Yaochen are all their own people. Yan Shu is Fu Bi's father-in-law. Zhang Dexiang thinks the new party is cute and always smiles like a flower. Not to mention Du Yan, this person is unlucky in the future because of an alliance with the new party. Only Jia Changchao...

What a good situation! So Ouyang Xiu strongly demanded to grasp the situation and to put the first priority of the new policy "selecting people" to the point of being perfect, that is, "advance and retreating without being filial", to raise all the gentlemen and drive down all the villains. Only in this way can the Song Dynasty be completely renewed.

The memorial was sent, and Ouyang Xiu was waiting for good news. He firmly believed that the eight-person cabinet would pass his proposal unanimously. Even if the only vote Jia Changchao would object, it would be no big deal. Fan Zhongyan, who was at the same level, was enough to crush him to death, not to mention that Jia Changchao would only remain silent. After all, the taboo in the officialdom was to shoot the first shot!

Even if these two letters are scolding Jia Changchao himself, unfortunately, this is reality. Anyone who knows a little bit of the inside story understands who the two departments impeached by Ouyang Xiu will hit him in person: one is Wang Gongchen, the current chief censor, and the other is the former chief censor, and Jia Changchao, the current chief political affairs officer! So he took the lead and Lord Jia saw these two memorials at the first time. Ouyang's talented man wrote clearly and understood that "Taiwan official in recent years" you are the former boss, and you are the one you are!

Jia Changchao, his official career started very low, and he was the chief clerk of a small county town. Later, the reason why he became famous was because of chance that the Chongzheng Hall storyteller. This was a position to teach the emperor. He had contacted Emperor Renzong at close range. The leader's impression was higher than anything else. He began to lead the Censorate, then entered the Secretariat and became a top civil servant. But with such qualifications, which eye could you give Ouyang Xiu a look? A typical villain has a humble background and a low knowledge. The higher the progress, the greater the harm. "Retreat the unworthiness". This is the biggest unworthiness today, and he must be defeated!

But Ouyang Xiu didn't think about it: What was the point where a person who had no background could make it this way? Ouyang Xiu's bigger mistake was to kick Jia Changchao's old subordinates to Jia's side. The entire Censorate and the people who came out of the Censorate who were promoted or retired became Jia's allies. These people were making trouble. When impeaching others, Ouyang Xiu was still chanting poems and writing the right way. This determined the main theme of the struggle.

Ouyang Xiu's weapons were only morality and writing, but these people could go all over the world and reach the key points, and dig up the faults from the most fundamental point of the "gentlemen" making a name for themselves. They could easily ruin their reputation. In fact, the counterattack of Jia Chang's dynasty had already begun. They ignored the aggressive "gentlemen" in the capital, but quietly sent people to sneak into the fourth route of Shaanxi.

There is a battlefield, and it is the birthplace of the gentlemen of the new policy. Only by cutting off the glory here can the bubble of the tall image of the gentlemen! The specific candidate is Liang Jian, the supervisor of the Censorate. The targets and the positions he chose are the most accurate and sharp. Target: Teng Zongliang. Part: Money!

Teng Zongliang and Fan Zhongyan are true old friends. Fan Zhongyan’s article that has been passed down through the ages was written for him! Please recall the first sentence of "Yueyang Tower Notes": In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing (Teng Zongliang’s name) was exiled to Baling County. Next year, the government was harmonious and the people were harmonious, and all the wastes were prosperous. Therefore, the Yueyang Tower was rebuilt. I wrote an essay and recorded it."

The case is related to the recent battle of Dingchuanzhai. Ge Huaimin was defeated, Jingyuan Road was completely broken, Fan Zhongyan took the initiative to fight, and Li Yuanhao retreated voluntarily. Everyone knows the reason. What Li Yuanhao wants is not a decisive battle. Teng Zongliang was the governor of Jingzhou at that time. When the war hit his city, he was even worse than his boss Wang Yan. Without soldiers, he had to recruit thousands of farmers to put on military uniforms and stand guard on the city wall. This was similar to waiting to die. Except for him, the city of Jingzhou was panicked and the whole person was trembling...

Fortunately, Fan Zhongyan and Teng Zongliang's "crime" were committed. He held a banquet to welcome old friends, entertained reinforcements, and went to the temple to perform rituals for the fallen soldiers in the Battle of Dingchuan Village. After a series of actions, the official Song Shishi also admitted that the panic of the local residents greatly eased.
Chapter completed!