Chapter 1082

Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng, the main topic, also failed to escape the northwest matter, reviewed the war, narrated the old feelings, talked about reform and change, etc. Old Bao is quite interesting, and gave Wang Yan a review of the grand occasion of the peace talks on the spot, which is really the first spray of the Great Song.

Because the relationship with Wang Yan is very close, they talked more directly, told Wang Yan about the way of monarch and minister, and talked about the difference between Huaxia and barbarians. It can be regarded as giving him some comfort.

Also showed them the body, overall it is quite good.

After all, it is comprehensive, removing the lesions, and exquisite diet, it can still ensure physical health. Old Bao has given birth to three sons in these years...

And Fan Zhongyan, whose grave head has already grown grass in the same period, is now full of spirit. After the war, Fan Zhongyan was the participant in political affairs. Just last year, he sent Wen Yanbo out of the capital and officially took the position to govern the world. He is also carrying out reform.

The reorganization and cutting of the army mentioned earlier is one of them. In addition, there are reforms in official positions, adjustments in the scope of power of various departments, further reforms in taxes, and clearing fields and checking people. The intensity of this reform is much greater.

The main reason, of course, is that Zhao Zhen won the war and strengthened his power. Before, he didn't dare to support it thoroughly, but now he has the confidence. Especially Wang Yan was also transferred back to the capital. Anyway, Zhao Zhen also felt that his life was not long, and the Dragon Slaying Saber was in hand. Whoever didn't let the old man who was about to die be happy, he would make others unhappy. As long as Wang Yan is appointed as a participant in political affairs, the situation of the Great Song will be very different.

Zhao Zhen is old, but for the emperor's desire for merit, it is only under the birth of a son. He still wants to achieve more things and wants a better reputation behind him...

In fact, the current Great Song, according to the standards of the ancients to judge the prosperous age, can already be called a prosperous age.

Collected more commercial taxes, reduced and exempted the taxes of the people, coupled with the large pieces of new land such as the northwest and the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Western Xia and Khitan beaten to half-death, the reorganization and cutting of the army at home, and all kinds of means to open source and reduce expenditure. The government's finance is healthy, and the people's life has suddenly relaxed a lot, so they live and work in peace and contentment. Except for individual areas where disasters occur, or officials and big households are too exploitative, there are basically no people thinking about going up the mountain to fall into the grass.

Cutting the army solved the problem of redundant soldiers and reduced military expenditure. Opening up territory and recovering lost land solved the problem of redundant officials. A large number of officials were arranged out, and even not enough. The imperial examination in these years was once a year, which filled the vacancy of officials.

The redundant expenses were not effectively solved. The redundant expenses brought by redundant personnel were solved, but the redundant expenses brought by the handling process and the administrative style were not effectively solved. This is also the intention of Fan Zhongyan's reform of government structure, official system, and administration, to further reduce the expenditure of waste, further refine personnel, and improve the administrative efficiency of the government.

But overall, the current Great Song is still quite good. With the current situation, after Zhao Zhen dies, there are both civil governance and military achievements, and the domestic situation is good. He can mix a temple name of "Cheng"...

Compared with Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others, everyone is much more unfamiliar. However, in the words, it is inevitable to point a few sentences. Except for the step of narrating old feelings, there is basically no difference, all have to talk about the northwest, all have to talk about reform, and all have to show them the body.

Han Qi and Fu Bi have changes in their attitude towards reform after Qingli. However, Fan Zhongyan is not given for nothing. Now that he is alive, he has pulled together people who were like-minded in Qingli. Except for those who have died, the people who are on stage now are basically the same people in Qingli.

In addition to these people, there are other big guys in the capital who have a few origins, and everyone is harmonious and has no over-the-top, Wang Yan visited them one by one.

He is showing his sincerity, and also reducing his danger. Pride in merit is undesirable, and biting people indiscriminately like a mad dog is also a way to take death.

Of course, it is not to say that he is leaning towards whom, but that everyone maintains a harmonious situation. Whether it is a conservative or a reformist, he has visited, which is already giving these people face.

However, there are not many people who are enough to visit him. He checks accounts in the morning and visits a family in the afternoon. After more than half a month, he has seen everyone he wants to see.

At this time, the five-year bad accounts of the Imperial College have all been checked.

Unexpectedly, he received more money than the deficit on the account. The money sold by this group of people for quotas was collected and handed over to the account. This money can't do anything big, but it is enough to manage the meals of the officials and doctors of the Imperial College, and they can eat very well.

It was also during this period that the officials and doctors of the Imperial College yamen submitted ideas for educational reform, and more official documents were sent to here like snowflakes.

Wang Yan's order was to let the mountain chiefs of the academies and schools in various states write a copy, and his order was sent directly to the prefects of various states through the Great Song's postal system. Then they were conveyed to the counties under their jurisdiction, set a date, collected after writing, and unified and sent to the Imperial College yamen.

If it were not a powerful department, it would be absolutely difficult for the counties below to cooperate, and they would always drag it. But the official documents sent out, stamped with Wang Yan's official seal, were different. The Imperial College yamen, which is not loved by the father and not loved by the mother, has become a powerful department, and the priority is quite high...

After visiting the big guys, Wang Yan was looking at the suggestions submitted by people.

For specific suggestions, he of course already had a plan. The reason why he wanted to see what these people wrote was that he wanted to see if there were any capable people buried.

His orders were all completed very well, and everyone sent at least a thousand words of strategy. Even the small officials in the yamen wrote with flying literary talent. At first glance, they all looked like that, but their intentions were different.

Some people dealt with the work of their superiors, and wrote a lot of gorgeous words. Some people are truly intentional, and really want to make suggestions for the Great Song to cultivate more talents. And intentional people also have differences. Some people have a level at a glance, and some people have average ability at a glance. He tried his best, but there is no concept in his brain, and his vision is not enough to look at the world, and the articles written are very simple.

Although he wanted real rules and didn't stipulate that it must be good-looking. But obviously, there are people who can write both content and gorgeous words, and the talent that cannot be blocked is rushing to the face.

But these people mostly didn't become officials. Even if they took the exam once a year in recent years, they didn't become officials. Although they all have positions, they are not real official bodies. Their positions are equivalent to the masters of some non-directly administered counties, which can be done without being a scholar, belonging to the contract workers outside the establishment, but there are also opportunities for promotion, but it is very slim.

Wang Yan watched for a few more days, until one month after taking office, ended the Great Court Meeting on the 15th, and stood in the front row to see how to persuade Zhao Zhen to establish storage, which was really quite lively.

For this matter, the opinions in the court have obviously been unified. That is, several big guys talked to Zhao Zhen, persuading him to establish the crown prince early. The rest of the people were silent and stood listening to the lively. No one held an opposing opinion, so naturally everyone agreed. It's just that Zhao Zhen didn't agree, and finally ended unhappily without any accident.

But today has a different meaning, because Zhao Zongshi's name was mentioned on the spot, Han Qi said it, Ouyang Xiu, Bao Zheng and others all agreed, and then Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves and left, dispersing the Great Court Meeting.

The big guys in the front row fought with Zhao Zhen, and the people in the back were looking at Wang Yan intentionally or unintentionally. This was Wang Yan's first formal participation in the Great Court Meeting, and there was one time when he was the champion, but at that time he was not an official.

For the eyes of others looking at monkeys, Wang Yan was automatically immune. After the court dispersed, he pulled out official documents and maps from his sleeves and went straight to the Political Affairs Hall.

After the small official reported, Wang Yan walked into the Political Affairs Hall.

At this time, a group of big guys who had finished the court were having a meeting, and it had just started. When Wang Yan hadn't entered, he heard them discussing storage, and said that the pressure was too tight, etc.

After Wang Yan entered and saluted and sat down, everyone's eyes fell on him.

"Ziyan is here, what is the matter?" Fan Zhongyan smiled.

"Ask for money and food."

Wang Yan said simply and directly, and handed the official documents and maps over, "This is the plan of the subordinate regarding the Imperial College and the academies and schools of my Great Song. Initially, I plan to choose a place outside the west city to build a new supervision school, expand the enrollment of supervision students, and in addition to the Imperial College, I want to add subjects such as martial arts, sound rhythm, medicine, engineering, etc., and build academies with the Privy Council, Taichang Temple, Imperial Medical Office, Jiangzuo Supervision, Dushui Supervision, etc., to cultivate specialized talents to deal with specialized matters.

This is the first. The second is to vigorously prosper literature and education. Official schools should be vigorously prospered in all states and counties. The tuition fees of students should be reduced and exempted, the cost of students' schooling should be reduced, and local governments should pay for subsidies. My Great Song has a population of hundreds of millions, and there are countless geniuses, but they are suffering from no money to study. If this move is implemented in my Great Song, it will be able to produce talents in ten years.

I don't know what the ministers think?"

Everyone was laughing, but now they are not laughing, they exchanged glances with each other, and finally everyone's eyes gathered on Fan Zhongyan.

Old Fan is under great pressure: "Ziyan, this matter is of great importance, and the Imperial College and martial arts are easy to say, but how to place the students of sound rhythm, medicine, engineering and other subjects after they learn?"

"Fan Gong is steady, and he knows the difficulty of this matter at once. The student's move is to 'cultivate specialized talents and deal with specialized matters', and it is necessary for all departments to work together to succeed.

Building a medical specialty, you have to open official hospitals in all states and counties, with the principle of not losing money, and seeing a doctor for the people. Building an engineering specialty, you have to let the Ministry of Works, etc., clarify the status and treatment of craftsmen, how to change waterways, how to repair bridges, how to prepare soldiers and armor, etc., all are hundred works. Building an agricultural specialty, you have to study how to farm, how to cultivate good grain seeds, so that the yield per mu can be increased.

I heard that the ancestors of the ancient times used slash-and-burn cultivation, and thousands of years have passed, the sea has changed, there are plows for farming, sickles for harvesting, and water mill cars, all of which are the power of people. Now the commercial tax of my Great Song accounts for 70% of the annual income. Why is business prosperous? It lies in the prosperity of all industries, and all industries are built by all works. Therefore, all works are prosperous, business is prosperous, commercial tax is much, and the Great Song is rich."

"The money and food required for this matter are huge..." Fu Bi opened his mouth, his tone was hesitant.

"The subordinate is not a person who is eager for success. Moreover, the various subjects have no successful methods, so how can they teach people? It is necessary to have people summarize books first, and study for years of accumulation, so that they can succeed. The subordinate just put it forward first, let people study first, and the ministers should also consider it comprehensively. This time, I came to ask for the construction of three or four academies, one for literature, one for martial arts, one for medicine, and the rest for hundred works and agriculture, to study first.

Then there is, each county will build three county schools this year, each can accommodate 1,500 students, with canteens and residences, this move is..."

Are Wang Yan's requirements many? Many. But compared to before, it is much less, and it is also more acceptable, but it is not easy to accept.

Everyone thought for a while, but Ouyang Xiu opened his mouth.

"Ziyan, 1,500 people are a bit too many. It's not that they can't be built, it's that there are no such students. A county has a population of a few thousand, and many have tens of thousands, which really doesn't use such a large academy."

"Teacher, if you allow female children to enter school, what should you do? The women of my Great Song are not weaker than men. Now that business is prosperous, there are many women in the workshops, and spring plowing and autumn harvest are even more regardless of men and women. The student thinks that all women in my Great Song should be able to read and write, and when they work, they can always do better."

Ouyang Xiu didn't speak, this matter is even more important...

"The matter mentioned by Ziyan is of great importance. Let us discuss it and reply again, is it okay?" Han Qi opened his mouth to suppress it.

"It should be so, then the subordinate will retire first and wait for the good news." Wang Yan nodded to everyone present, got up and saluted, turned and left.

No one stopped him from chatting about other messy things, such as the storage matter at the Great Court Meeting, because Wang Yan had visited everyone present. Even political enemies who disagreed with him, even those who had made bad intentions with him, he also visited.

This is the benefit of easing the relationship.

Of course, it is not that he softened, but that his position is different now. After all, he is the leader of the Imperial College, without too much power, and cannot find too much trouble. Now let him serve as the patrol envoy of the patrol court, he still has to fight against these people, and he can't kill them.

Wang Yan left without any frustration. Asking for money is so difficult.

Actually, relatively speaking, he is already very good. Because he can go directly to the Political Affairs Hall, he can directly talk to the three divisions, and his opinions and ideas must be considered seriously and carefully by those who govern. Instead of submitting an official document, I don't know how long it will take to get approval.

His educational reform is nothing special, it is all old methods. Just as he said, subdividing subjects and cultivating specialized talents. This has no great impact on top talents, or talents who are already awesome, but it improves the foundation, so that people will not only recite the classics of sages.

As for more, wait until he worships the minister. After all, education is the foundation, and the development of other industries, the way the country takes officials, etc., are also the key. It's just that he can't fully control it, can't mobilize resources, and many things are not easy to do. Even if it is easy to do, it can't be anxious. The ship is small and easy to adjust, but in the level of a country, it must be careful.

Education is a century-old plan, and it is necessary to develop and reform slowly.

Fortunately, Wang Yan can really live for a hundred years with flexible legs and clear head...