Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Taizong shook his head, "Look at these, dried fruit, spices, medicinal ginseng."

"Yes, Your Majesty, where is the minister going to take these?"

"Take half of it to Nanqing Palace"

"Nan... Your Majesty..."

"Well, it's for the imperial nephew... no... it should be said... for the nephew and the children."

"Sir...thank you...your majesty..."

"Hehehe, I won't say anything. "Taizong smiled, "I remember that Jiaozhou also sent dried fruits in the early years, and the emperor's nephew even brought back some for Xu'er. This time, I will give half of it to you, and take it back for the children to eat slowly. What about medicinal ginseng? Go back and give it to Jin Guoshou, and ask him to order the dining room to cook some soup, so as to nourish the body of the nephew and concubine. ""

"Thanks Your Majesty Ron. ""

""Defang, what do you think about entering the Zouyuan?" ""

""I dare not, the prime minister and several adults are there, and the younger generation of the minister has no opinion. ""

"" Defang, you are now the eight virtuous kings, an important minister in the court, and you should share my worries now. ""

""yes. . . . . .His Majesty. . . . . .Just minister. . . . . .Fear of being humbled. . . . . . ""

""Tell me. ""

""Yes, Your Majesty," said De Fang, "I think that what the Prime Minister and Lord Hu said are both reasonable, it is better to combine the two into one, to gain benefits and eliminate disadvantages. ""

"" Take advantage of the disadvantages?So what? ""

Defang looked at Hu Wenhan, the privy envoy, ""Master Hu, how many officials are there in the middle of the capital? ""

""Returning to the prince, it has been more than a year since the imperial edict abolished the post-knowledge officials in the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo, and the best ones have been selected as advanced officials. There are 250 seven officials listed in the current book. ""

[Those who are in charge of the army, supervisors, fields, affairs, and transshipment divisions are called Zhihouguan. In the eighth year of Song Taizong's Taiping Xingguo (983), the imperial court decreed that Zhihouguan was abolished, and those who qualified were selected as Jinzuoguan. 】

Defang turned around and cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, I thought that the imperial court could cut down the senior officials, so I selected capable officials from among the 250 seven people, and then appointed them as senior officials by imperial decree, so that they would no longer belong to the state capitals. ""

""No longer affiliated. . . . . . "" Taizong thought for a while ""Yes, in this way, these officials are officially appointed by the imperial court. , will be loyal to the court, and if they commit crimes, the court can also punish them according to the law, and their appointment and removal must be controlled by the court. ""

"What Your Majesty said is that in this way, the imperial edict will be issued to the local area as soon as possible. ""

"" Defang, what if there are not enough candidates? ""

""Returning to Your Majesty, I think that if each person is in charge of the military supervisors in two large states or three small states, it is enough to select more than a hundred of these 250 seven people. ""

""good!Hahaha, the emperor's nephew is indeed my minister, the prime minister. ""

""The minister is""

"" The eight sage kings and the prime minister will be responsible for entering the Zouyuan. ""

"Your Majesty," Defang said, "I'm afraid I'm going to receive envoys. . . . . . ""

""The mission of envoys is only three days. After finishing the work, let's start with the prime minister to select officials. ""

"Yes, Your Majesty. ""

[In 985, the second year of Yongxi, the Song court reformed the disadvantages of the Jinzhao officials in the Tang system, and set up a new capital Jinzhao Academy. From the more than 150 former prefectural officials, Li Chu and other [-] people were selected, and the court directly appointed them as Jinzou Officials, each in charge of military supervisors in two or three states, strengthened the imperial court's control over the military affairs of various regions. 】