After Shao Song

Chapter 155 The corn is coming
The departure of the veterans made Zhao Jiu very sad, but this is also an unchangeable law of life. He can only try his best to adjust his mentality, and then treat other veterans better.

For example, Chen Gongfu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has been on sick leave for three months in a year.Although he himself is ambitious, he also understands that time is not forgiving.Therefore, after a sincere talk with him, Zhao Guanjia promoted him to be the deputy minister of the capital and province, and later let him retire as a deputy state-level leader.

At the same time, his good friend Li Guang was transferred back to Tokyo and served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Soon after, he also entered the provincial capital as deputy prime minister to share Zhao Ding's work pressure.

The situation in the Privy Council was even more urgent. Ma Kuo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was also promoted to the Privy Council and helped Zhang Jun. Not to mention that Han Shizhong couldn't do the specific work of the Privy Council, but he could do it. After the battle of Zhengnan, he and Zhang Jun also Fire and water cannot be tolerated.

Later, Zhao Yuanxian, the Minister of Rites, was appointed as the envoy to the southeast.Chen Kangbo, who offered wine at the Imperial Academy, was the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Jiucheng, the minister of the Ministry of Works, Lin Jingmo, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhao Kai, the minister of the Ministry of Husbandry.

As for Lu Zhi, like Wan Qixi, he put aside the past and became the governor of Hedong Road again. Considering the important position of Taiyuan City, it was definitely a good job.

The remaining personnel will not be described one by one.

This personnel transfer is a bit big, but everyone understands that after all, there is nothing to be done about the old ministers dying.And the Mesozoic era dating phenomenon caused by the Jingkang shame is there again.What's more important is that after the officialdom expanded its territory, there was an urgent need for officials who were close to the people.But you can't just pass it off as a good one, because the quality of local officials directly determines the life and death of the people in a county or even a state.

Therefore, Zhao Guanjia had no choice but to do an act that he despised very much before, that is, to use a large number of senior officials' children as magistrates.Generally speaking, the moral bottom line of these officials and young men is higher, and if they follow the gourd's example, it shouldn't be too bad.

For example, Zhao Ding's eldest son Zhao Fen was promoted to the magistrate of Chizhou two levels in a row.

Another example is Li Guang's eldest son, who has been transferred to Yanjing by Hu Yin to serve as the governor of Quan Yanjing, and he has repeatedly praised his construction talents.

However, these two are not only high-ranking officials, but also serious scholars, so they are not shuddering.

Don’t you see that even a little carrot like Yang Wanli has been sent out to be the county magistrate?
Due to the successive deaths of prime ministers, although the imperial examination was still held in Tokyo, it was postponed for a month.At the first court meeting after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Zhao family officially announced that they would move the capital next year.

From then on, the Great Song Dynasty took Yanjing as its capital, Tokyo as its central capital, Chang'an as its western capital, and Hangzhou as its southern capital.

Liu Ji, the deputy provincial minister, went to Yanjing in advance to prepare various matters.

Although there are no six departments, the dental equipment in Yiying Prefecture is set up according to the Kaifeng Prefecture.

This has also become a hot topic in this imperial examination.There are still many liberal arts candidates who are even discussing whether they will use the system of the four capitals as the test point, and they also say, is this a system learned from the Liao Kingdom?
The martial arts students were a little too noisy, because Tokyo is not Yanjing, the folk customs are more sturdy, and there are many open areas.Whether it's a martial arts competition or a discussion, there has been a lot of commotion, and they smashed a few tables in the main store.As a result, Hu Hong of Kaifeng Prefecture had to maintain stability despite his busy schedule.With a dark face, he clearly told the noisy Wu Xuezi that this is not the Jiaozhi battlefield. You just want to make contributions, so you should calm down for a while and go to the battlefield to do so. Otherwise, I will notify Wu Xuexue of demerit.

In addition, some people with backgrounds who are not convinced also make slanderous remarks. Don’t you know that my brother (Hu Yin) has a very good relationship with King Han Qin?

In this way, this imperial examination finally passed without any danger.In fact, after so many years of peaceful development, although the Zhao Guan family has determined that Yuanxue is the mainstream of the Song Dynasty school, various literati and officials have their own opinions, and elites are also constantly studying, including masters in martial arts, and they have various opinions on the art of war. The same, but these are what the Zhao Guan family wants to see. After all, it is always good for a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend.

The premise is not to oppose the Song Dynasty. Of course, no one can think so hard. We are all members of the establishment. Isn't it good to watch the country prosper within the system?
Therefore, the Zhao Guan family, who was a little more leisurely, extended the claws of arranged marriage to their two sons, the second prince Zhao Yang and the third prince Zhao Dan, and appointed the daughters of Qi Wang Zhang Jun and Lu Wang Zhang Rong as their official wives respectively. .

Yes, I don’t know if God opened his eyes, but Zhang Rong’s wife finally gave birth to a big fat boy for him a few years ago. The excited King Lu burst into tears.At the same time, the plan to recruit a wife for the third girl was also given up. This time the imperial examination was being sharpened, and preparations were made to recruit another Jinshi son-in-law.As a result, when Zhao Guanjia proposed the idea of ​​getting married, he was immediately overjoyed and didn't care about the roll call of Donghuamen who was a good man.No matter how good a man is, he can't compare to a prince!
Qi Wang Zhang Jun was even more happy.He said that he must escort his daughter out in red makeup.Well, I have no choice but to be more careful. I can't let my daughter be unable to hold her head up in front of her sisters-in-law.Completely ignoring that the two princes were not of marriageable age yet, they would have to wait at least five or six years before discussing this issue.

Neither Wu nor Pan were very satisfied with this. Zhang Rong came from a rough background, and Zhang Jun was known to be greedy for money.Far inferior to Han and Yue, but the problem is that Zhao Guan's family is arbitrary, and nothing the second concubine says is of any use.

I don't know if the Zhao Guan family's handling of their own family affairs attracted others' attention, but anyway, there were a few censors clamoring to ask for a queen.

This is not because they are full and have nothing to do, but because of their responsibilities.Empress Xianjie has been gone for more than ten years, and the position of the middle palace has been vacant for more than ten years. This is actually not in line with feudal etiquette.

Because the queen is not a concubine, she itself has strong political significance.However, Zhao Guan's family became willful and followed what they said, but I didn't listen.

However, something big happened soon, which attracted the attention of the whole of Tokyo and even the Song Dynasty, and no one mentioned it again.

Quanzhou Port Shipping Department rushed six hundred miles to report to Zhao Guan's family. The ship that Qi Wang Zhang Jun lost back then returned in a dilapidated state.

This is really big news. Who would have thought that if you get lost at sea and drift for more than a year, you can come back?

Zhao Guan's family urgently summoned these people and asked them where they had gone. It turned out that the number of people was wrong. Some of the people who came back were as thin as monkeys and were wearing animal skins.

Zhao Jiu's heart was beating wildly, and he wished he could ask you if you had drifted to South America?Unfortunately, he also knew that these people had no idea what South America and Indians were.

Fortunately, the sailors who led the team and the clerk who supervised them were both shrewd and quickly explained that they had encountered a hurricane and had drifted to nowhere. Later, with the blessing of the officials, the sailors adjusted their direction in time and drifted along the ocean current. A big island that I have never been to.There used to be residents in these places who didn't know what to say, but they were captured and used as slaves.

Most of the sailors on this ship were from the Imperial Right Army.After picking up the guy, he turned into a warrior, so these red-haired ones became slaves and followed them back.

The Zhao Guan family almost roared, who wants these slaves?The Song Dynasty had long abolished slavery, wouldn’t you guys bring some seeds back?I want everything from corn, potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, and coffee.

But in fact, Zhao Guan's family's requirements are really too high.If he asks carefully, and if he is good enough in geography, he will find that the ship first went to Australia to replenish water and food along the ocean current, and then drifted to a large island near present-day Peru. With sailing technology, it will not be easy to come back alive.

Although the maritime merchants did not know that Zhao Guan's family had so many needs, they did bring some of them back to him after seeing novel species.After careful identification, Zhao Guanjia confirmed that this thing was the corn he had not seen in his dream for 15 years.

Miscellaneous books of the Song Dynasty record: During the Jianyan Period, a ship encountered wind and arrived at the Unnamed Island, carrying unknown objects to the Central Plains. The ancestors of the Song Dynasty observed its appearance and named it "Corn".Then it was sown in the Central Plains, and even in the south of the Yangtze River and the two lakes.Yield per mu has doubled in more than ten years.The people are grateful for the kindness of their ancestors and regard it as an auspicious gift from God.

　It's not to promote the preference for sons over daughters, but that era requires sons to establish the family tradition, so Zhang Rong was allowed to have a son.Don’t criticize the author due to the limitations of the times, and happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

　　
　
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