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Chapter 385 0381 [The official salary has not been paid yet]

Han Zhen, an old minister of Zhao and Song Dynasty, did not intend to appoint him extensively.

In fact, the officialdom of Zhao and Song Dynasties was like a cesspit. It was too difficult and disgusting to dig for gold in the excrement, and Han Zhen was too lazy to do it.

You know, there are thousands of officials, large and small, in the entire city of Tokyo, but He Li only recommended twelve people just now.

This is enough to explain the problem.

Xie Ding helps with the screening and selects a few who are capable and of good character and will use them for the time being.

Observe for a period of time, keep it if it can be used, and remove it if it cannot be used.

Moreover, his base is subordinate staff.

As long as the subordinate officials are in hand, the city of Tokyo will not be in chaos. Even without officials, it can still run smoothly.

There are tens of thousands of subordinate officials in the three provinces, six ministries and various monasteries. Only a few people need to be promoted to ensure that all of them will be grateful and motivated.

Isn’t this more useful than officials?

Han Zhen ordered: "Escort all the officials to Wende Hall for custody."

Not long after, a group of Zhao and Song officials were escorted away, leaving only Wu Min and Li Ruoshui.

Han Zhen called out: "Li Ruoshui."

Li Ruoshui hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "I'm here."

Han Zhen ordered: "Inform the senior subordinate officials of all provincial temples to enter the main hall to discuss matters."

"I accept your order."

Li Ruoshui responded, and then hurried out of the hall accompanied by a group of personal guards.

Han Zhen continued to order: "Wu Min, Xie Ding, you two are responsible for interrogating and interrogating senior officials and royal relatives."

"I accept your order."

The two of them responded in unison.

After leaving the hall, Wu Min hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Shouqi, are the confiscated family properties going to the internal funds or the national treasury?"

Xie Ding said matter-of-factly: "Of course it's the national treasury. The property of these corrupt officials is all looted from the people's fat and anointing. If it is taken from the people, it should be used for the people."

"Great!"

Wu Min clapped her hands and smiled with a smile on her face.

Xie Ding comforted him and said, "Don't worry. Although His Majesty has a tougher character, he has always cared about the people. Most of the compensation requested from Zhao Song last year was used to resettle refugees and runaways."

Then, Xie Ding briefly talked about a series of policies to benefit the people, such as the allocation of land to farmers.

Wu Min was silent for a moment, and said with emotion: "This does have the air of a wise king."

He was afraid of comparison in everything. Putting Zhao Ji and his son in that direction, Han Zhen's image in Wu Min's heart instantly rose several levels.

……

In the main hall.

Han Zhen turned his attention to Shi Wenhui again: "From now on, Tokyo City will enter a state of military control, and a five-city military and horse department will be set up. Shi Wenhui will temporarily serve as the commander and be in the middle."

The city of Tokyo has just been conquered, and martial law is inevitable.

Only in this way can it stabilize as quickly as possible.

Of course, there is another way, which is to use all the old ministers of Zhao and Song Dynasties like Zhao Kuangyin, so that all the relatives and nobles of the emperor can still live in dreams.

"I accept your order."

Shi Wenhui joined the army as a recorder and was responsible for military management in Shouguang and Jinan Prefecture. He has rich experience in this area.

At this moment, Lao Jiu and Liu Xi arrived hand in hand.

Lao Jiu reported: "Your Majesty, the Imperial City Imperial Guard has captured all the troops."

Hearing this, Han Zhen suddenly remembered something and asked, "Where are the imperial equipment in the imperial city?"

They are the personal bodyguards of the Emperor Zhao and Song. Each one of them is one of ten thousand, or even one of one million elites. They can wear weapons in the Great Inner Forbidden City. They are highly skilled in martial arts and have tyrannical fighting power.

If these people are in the palace, they will always be a hidden danger.

Liu Xi replied: "When Zhao Ji went south, he took them all away."

After learning that Zhao Ji had taken him away, Han Zhen stopped saying anything.

While talking, Zhao Ting and Yao Pingzhong also arrived.

Zhao Ting bowed and said: "Your Majesty, all the palaces of princes, nobles and high officials in the inner city are under control and awaiting execution."

Han Zhen nodded: "I have handed over the post of interrogation and interrogation officer to Xie Ding and Wu Min. Yao Pingzhong, you will temporarily return to the Wucheng Military and Horse Division and wait for dispatch under Shi Wenhui."

……

On the other side, He Li came out of the Yanfu Palace. Under the escort of a group of personal guards, he mounted his horse and headed straight for the outer city.

These people he recommended are all poor people.

Everyone has a low official position, and they are not corrupt. How can they afford to live in the inner city with only a salary.

Even if you live in an outer city, life is very difficult.

Those who come from a more prosperous family are slightly better off, but those who come from a poor family are miserable and have to break a penny in half to spend it.

After walking along the Royal Street and out of the Zhuque Gate, He Li headed east to the Imperial College.

Taixue was originally located in the Imperial College. Later, the number of students gradually increased and it was expanded twice. During the Chongning period of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, there were a total of 3,800 students. Taixue had to expand again and built a new school building east of Zhuque Gate. , a house with 1,872 couplets, named Piyong, specially used to house students from outside the Imperial College.

Tai students are divided into outer houses, inner houses and upper houses, which are equivalent to university preparatory, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in later generations.

If Tai students want to be promoted, they need enough credits.

That’s right, it’s the credit system!

If a student fails to be promoted to a higher education institution after three years as an external student, or fails to advance to a higher education institution after six years as an internal student, he will be ordered to drop out of school and be sent back to his place of origin.

At the same time, the imperial court is responsible for all the food and lodging of these imperial students in Beijing.

I have to say that Zhao Song did an outstanding job in culture and education.

This is why, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, when traitors were rampant, there were always batches of loyal ministers and righteous men who turned the tide.

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. If there are too many scholars, there will always be a few monsters.

All the way to the Imperial College, a group of imperial students immediately surrounded him.

"He Zhongcheng is here!"

"He Zhongcheng, what's going on in the city now?" "He Zhongcheng, Guozijian has been without food for two days. When will we have food?"

Facing the numerous questions from the Tai students, He Li pressed down his hands.

After everyone calmed down, he said: "Wait and stay at Taixue with peace of mind. Don't worry about your safety. I will order someone to send some rice later."

Knowing that their lives were safe and that they would have food to eat later, all the students couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief and finally let go of their worries.

Taking this opportunity, He Li asked, "Where is Chen Dong?"

"Senior Brother Chen is in Gongzhai."

Hearing this, an imperial student immediately answered.

Chen Dong was known to everyone in Taixue. He wrote several times to criticize the current abuses, asked the six thieves to be punished, and led the Taixue students to petition.

He has an upright character and hates evil as much as he hates evil.

Under the leadership of a group of Tai students, He Li found Chen Dong in Gongzhai.

At this time, Chen Dong was writing furiously.

He Li stepped forward to take a look and found that what was written was actually a petition form asking Han Zhen to treat the people in the city well and so on.

He Li called out: "Chen Dong."

Chen Dong put down his pen, turned around and saw He Li standing behind him. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "He Zhongcheng voted for Han Zhen?"

"Yes."

He Li nodded and explained: "I was appointed as the governor of Kaifeng, responsible for appeasing the people, providing disaster relief and helping the poor. However, I was afraid that I might not be able to catch it because of my own ambition, so I recommended you and others to County Magistrate Han."

Chen Dong asked: "Where is your Majesty?"

He Li smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty escaped from the secret passage in the palace last night and his whereabouts are unknown."

Chen Dong was silent for a moment and then asked: "Where are Li Bangyan and other traitors?"

"Li Bangyan and Cai You forged imperial edicts and opened the imperial city, but they were imprisoned by County Magistrate Han. The remaining court officials were also detained. They planned to interrogate and interrogate them one by one, ranging from ransacking their homes to beheading them in serious cases!" He Li answered truthfully.

"go!"

Chen Dong suddenly stood up, crumpled the half-written petition form into a ball, and threw it into the wastebasket.

After leaving Gongzhai, He Li ordered: "There are many people in the city, and Kaifeng Prefecture may not have enough subordinate officials. You have high prestige in Taixue, so you can find some people with lofty ideals to come and help. I will go to find Zhao Ding and others." .”

"can."

Chen Dong nodded.

After Chen Dong was confirmed, the Imperial Academy would be stable. Otherwise, He Li was really afraid that these young people would become enthusiastic and attack the imperial city.

Han Zhen was not the emperor of Zhao and Song Dynasties. He killed scholars without any mercy.

After leaving the Imperial College, He Li rushed to Wuxue Lane without stopping.

After wandering around the alleys based on my memory, I came to a dilapidated courtyard.

After knocking on the door, the door was opened a crack from the inside, half of an old face was revealed, and he asked tremblingly: "My husband, what are you doing here?"

He Li asked: "Does Zhao Ding live here?"

Hearing this, the old man nodded quickly and said, "Mr. Zhao, he lives here."

He Li said: "Let him come out quickly."

But the old man said: "Xiangong Zhao went out early in the morning and said that Grandpa Erlang was recruiting workers outside the city, and he would pay fifty pence for one day's work."

"Thank you."

He Li cupped his hands, turned and left.

After riding on his horse, he asked: "Do you know, among the generals, where the recruitment of workers is outside the city?"

One of the guards replied: "Perhaps they are carrying corpses, repairing roads, etc. They should be near the city gate."

"go!"

He Li didn't waste any time, mounted his horse and ran towards Nanxunmen.

After walking around for half an hour, I finally found Zhao Ding.

At this moment, Zhao Ding, wearing coarse linen clothes and a bamboo hat, was carrying the body under the scorching sun.

Under the high temperature these days, the corpses have begun to rot and stink, and flies and mosquitoes are blocking the sky. If not dealt with as soon as possible, a plague will definitely break out.

It's really hard to recognize him in this outfit.

"Brother Yuan Zhen!"

He Li called out with some uncertainty.

Hearing this, Zhao Ding paused, raised his head and looked around.

Soon, his eyes fell on He Li, who was wearing a red official robe. He bowed and said, "He Zhongcheng."

"Why are you here?"

He Li got off his horse and walked quickly.

The strong corpse smell made him frown.

Zhao Ding waved away the flies flying in front of him and said with a wry smile: "There is no food or money at home. If I don't find some work, I'm afraid I will starve to death."

Zhao Ding lost his father when he was young, and it was his mother who supported him.

He had to support his family and provide for his education. His family was extremely poor.

He became a Jinshi in the fifth year of Chongning. After struggling all these years, he only became a member of the household department, a junior official of the seventh rank.

Although I receive a salary of several thousand guan every year, it is really not enough in this city of Tokyo where every inch of land is precious. Most of it has to be deducted from the rent alone. I still have my wife, children, and family members back home to support, plus the favors between officials. Travel expenses are quite high, so life is tight.

He is doing well now, but some of the newly-recruited scholars who are waiting for a real vacancy are already starving to death.

He Li took his hand and left: "Hurry up and stop doing this. Come with me to the government office to help."

"He Zhongcheng, I'm an official... I haven't paid my salary yet."

"It's already here, and we still need more wages."

He Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he forced him to get on the horse and rode back to the city.

(End of this chapter)