Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 513 Is This Floral Bath Cake Fragrant?

Li Gang said with a wry smile: "Isn't this the official's return early in the morning? I originally planned to go to the Military Weapons Academy to meet the official, but I was writing half of it. Before the ax was corrected, I heard that the official returned to Beijing."

As an official, I really have no rules to speak of.

"The reasons mentioned in your letter are not reasons. Tell me." Zhao Huan took a deep breath, sat up straight and talked to Li Gang about the reform of the official system.

The official system of the Song Dynasty has not reached the point where it must be changed. Although it seems complicated, in the final analysis it is the two cores of salary and position.

As for the salary, after the restructuring of Yuanfeng, if there is no dispatch, they will not receive salary.

This is also the reason why Li Qingzhao had to rely on Li Zhuo's support in order to live.

Zhao Mingcheng, this trash, has never been used since the prefect of Jiangzhou ran away.Without family business, I still like epigraphy, so I can't make ends meet.

But it does not mean that the official system of the Song Dynasty is completely free from problems.

On the contrary, the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty, which has been in operation for 160 years, has shown the unique disadvantages of bureaucratic politics.

The organization is bloated, the functions are chaotic, there are too many and too few, and there are many redundant officials with low capabilities.

In the Yuanfeng period, the official system of the Tang Dynasty was directly and fully restored.But this still cannot change the situation that the official system of the Song Dynasty is barely maintained.

The position where Zhao Huan wants to start is to solve the basic problem.

The redundant officials in the Song Dynasty were not caused by the admission of too many poor students in the imperial examination, but because of grace.

For example, a bachelor can favor more than 50 people. These high-ranking officials can not only favor the children of the family, but even the disciples can be promoted to rank.

In addition to the civil and military officials, the Zhao family is also the head of the favored officials.

In the seventh year of Qingli, there were more than 1000 people from the Zhao family's royal family alone.

Zhao Huan once calculated an account. From the founding of the Song Dynasty to the present, in a total of 160 years, an average of 500 people were recruited every year.

And most of the benevolent and rich officials are rich and proud, most of them are dandies with no talent and no morals. more cloudy.

The problem that Zhao Huan wants to solve is to solve the source of redundant officials, the influx of people is too much!

"It's the code of grace to make up for the government and prolong the court, but there is no one who abused it in the Song Dynasty! Li Dazai." Zhao Huan said solemnly.

He wanted to change the current situation. Too many favors would lead to a situation where no one was available for Zhao Huan.

For Hetao's strategy, Zhao Huan had no choice but to use Zhang Xiaochun, which was the result of the malpractice of redundant officials.

Of course, this has something to do with Zhao Huan's too fast expansion. He just took over Shangjing, forced to retreat from the Kelei Ministry, and quit Monan and other places.

When he turned around, he stabbed Xixia and occupied the Hetao area.

Song Dynasty's talent pool is a bit stretched.

The simple Shangjing Road or Hetao can be eaten by Da Song.But the combination of the two is also a great test for Li Gang.

Li Gang really didn't know where to find so many capable ministers and officials, and went to various places to preside over the situation, and the speed was too fast, which made him a little caught off guard.

Li Gang tried his best to regain his composure, and said, "I know it. Mr. Fan Wenzheng also knows it, Mr. Wang Jiefu knows it too, and so does the whole Song Dynasty. But the officials, I think it's better to discuss this matter in a long-term way."

"Why?" Zhao Huan suddenly leaned forward and asked.

Li Gang looked directly at Zhao Huan and said, "Officials, the Kingdom of Jin."

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Then wait."

Li Gang stared at Zhao Huan with wide-eyed eyes, such a big matter, just like this? !

It's different from what he thought.

He thought that Zhao Huan couldn't wait to take action against the Song bureaucrats who had been holding back the new emperor after he ascended the throne!
In the end, he said the word Jin Guo, and he persuaded him?
Li Gang couldn't figure it out, why was the persuasion so easy to achieve this time?

But it didn't take long for him to realize.

He hadn't seen the emperor for more than 200 days, and after three days of farewell, he should look at him with admiration.

The officials of the Song Dynasty, although not talented and intelligent, were extremely diligent and dealt with government affairs day and night, and had a more clear sense of how to manage the country.

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "Li Dazai, I am actually hesitating. You are right. The Kingdom of Jin is still in serious trouble. The reform of the official system in the country is actually in the hands of the Jin people, giving them more time."

If Zhao Huan didn't hesitate, with his current imperial power, if he really forced it down, no one would dare to stand up and object.

But he always felt that it was inappropriate for him to do it now.

It wasn't until Li Gang succinctly stated the key points of the problem that Zhao Huan was finally sure, and now he was a little anxious to change the official system.

Distinguish between the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction.

The official position of the Song Dynasty can still be used for sewing. After all, the Southern Song Dynasty has used it for more than 180 years, which proves that the official system of the Song Dynasty has advantages and disadvantages, but it is not very convenient.

Zhao Huan had also enjoyed the benefits of an official position in the Song Dynasty. The leader Yue Fei he appointed, in the identity of Bing Yilang, led people to fight with Wanyan Zongwang in Xingzhou Canyon, which changed the battle situation on Hedong Road.

Li Gang looked at Zhao Huan hesitantly, but the officials agreed too quickly.It caught him off guard.He didn't know how to start the next sentence.

"Speak up if you have something to say." Zhao Huan said with a smile.

Li Gang had a very hard year this year, he didn't even go to the military academy a few times, he was busy with government affairs every day, so Zhao Huan was naturally extra patient with Li Gang.

Li Gang looked at the officials who didn't play cards according to common sense, but couldn't move, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "I feel that the transfer of official systems outside the territory can become a common practice."

"There is also the matter of the royal family's favor and the court's grace to recruit officials. You can try to discuss it with the court and come up with a charter."

Zhao Huan thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Oh, I understand."

"Are you going to deny first and then affirm? This is a bargaining chip that has been prepared long ago, right?"

Li Gang nodded helplessly. At first he thought it would be a war of words, but he didn't realize that the officials were just probing.

Zhao Huan shook his head, he and Li Gang cultivated a tacit understanding over the past year, because he stayed in Yanjing for more than half a year, and he was a little less tactful.

Just like the table in front of me, it's a little uncomfortable to use.

It all takes getting used to.

He said with a smile: "Then bring out the official system of exile and the system of permanent replacement of officials, these two should be brought up for discussion at the court."

"If nothing happens, let's do this first."

Zhao Huan was about to stand up and end this meeting. The government affairs accumulated in Bianjing will be resolved at the court meeting tomorrow. Li Gang's meeting today is the communication between the emperor and the prime minister before the meeting.

Li Gang said with a smile on his face: "The official family, I really have something to do. I have a few auspicious things here, dedicated to the official family."

"Auspicious? Is there anything new?" Zhao Huan asked curiously.

The auspicious auspiciousness of the Great Song Dynasty has long since ceased to be the kind of low-level goods. The auspiciousness of the double ears from the grass, the sweet spring from the ground, the Ganoderma lucidum from the tree, and the strange birds and beasts are not applicable to Zhao Huan.

Therefore, the auspiciousness mentioned by Li Gang should be a relatively novel invention.

Li Gang took out a box and said, "This is soap for washing clothes. It is named after the laundry foam. With soap, the clothes will be as bright as new without damaging them. This is a treasure donated by the Chen family."

"Did you offer the recipe?" Zhao Huan looked at the soap in the box in front of him, feeling a strange feeling spontaneously.

It's a good thing I didn't run away at the beginning.

When I first ascended the throne, I still wanted to run away and go to the south of the Yangtze River to make soap and make a fortune!
Zhao Huan later learned from "Huanglan" that there were many things for bathing and washing clothes in the Song Dynasty. The saponins were used by ordinary people. Or made from animal fat.

And Zhao Huan has never touched clothes, but the bath beans used in the bath are quite high-end.

It is a kind of white bean powder as the main ingredient, adding five kinds of spices: green wood, sweet rosin, white sandalwood, musk and clove.

Then add various Chinese herbal medicines such as white silkworm and Atractylodes macrocephala, and finally add egg whites, take three liters of water, cook Lingjiao and five liters of white flour.Thin pancakes are for bath beans.

Not fragrant enough?
Clove, agarwood, green wood, peach blossom, stalactite powder, pearl, jade chip, Shushui flower, papaya flower, naihua, pear flower, red lotus, plum flower, cherry blossom, white hollyhock flower, inula flower, etc. Bath cakes, not too many.

"It's offered." Li Gang bowed his head and said.

Zhao Huan took a deep breath. Soap can be produced to make a profit for the Ministry of Commerce Supervision Office.

He doesn't pay much attention to this, how much money is enough?Da Song is already rich enough.

What he was concerned about was that one of the three acids and two bases appeared in front of him.

Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as caustic soda.

　Today is quite busy, maybe only three shifts, la la la

　　
　
(End of this chapter)