In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 197

Half a year after he ascended the throne, his throne was basically stabilized. The Chaozhong History Party was almost completely replaced, and a large number of honest and talented people were appointed.

But integrity can sometimes backfire.

For example, an upright minister like Zhen Dexiu strongly opposed the alliance with Jin, as did many scholars inside and outside the court.

Therefore, the current transactions between the imperial court and Jin Guo are all done secretly in the name of the Four Seas Shop, and not many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty know about it.

In view of this, Zhao Yurui transferred Zhao Rushu back last month, and took Zhao Rushu as the censor and became the second in command of the censor.

Zhao Rushu is of course a traitor, but Zhao Yurui believes that it is unhealthy for the court to be full of loyal ministers. Sometimes the emperor wants to do something, but he will be opposed by the collective. Therefore, loyalty and traitors must be used in the way of the king. .

At the same time, Liang Chengda, who was greedy by nature but had worked with Zhao Yurui, was also revoked and became the servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

In this way, among the four evil men in Shi Miyuan's history, Zhao and Rui left two of the seven villains. With these two, the loyal ministers in the court would not have nothing to do all day long and stare at the emperor every day.

As soon as they went to court today, Zhao Yurui glanced at Liang Chengda.

Liang Cheng understood it, and immediately stepped out of the queue and shouted: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, God bless the Song Dynasty, you have made great achievements in recovering Fengxiang. Your Majesty is truly a sage king through the ages, comparable to Emperor Qin and Han Wu."

Immediately, several ministers echoed in the hall, all shouting that the emperor is like Qin Huang Han Wu.

Last month, news came from the governor of Sichuan that Meng Gong, the commander of the capital of Sichuan, sent his army northward and conquered Fengxiang. This was the first time after the peace talks in Shaoxing that the Southern Song Dynasty crossed the Dashan Pass and captured the important town of the Kingdom of Jin.

At that time, when Zhao Yurui established the Sichuan Metropolitan Division and appointed the young Meng Gong as the commander of the capital, many people in the court opposed it. Can only open one eye and close one eye.

Now that Meng Gong had just risen, he broke through Fengxiang, forced Jin Guo to retreat for dozens of miles, and seized a large area of ​​territory west of Fengxiang. This was an achievement that the Northern Expedition did not have.

After the emperor ascended the throne, officials and generals were replaced every day, and everyone panicked. Now that the results are finally seen, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are actually more happy.

But when a treacherous minister like Liang Chengda stood up and said such words, many people at the scene looked at Liang Chengda with contempt.

Some people think that Liang Chengda has already grown up in 'tui'.

Zhao Yurui looked at the eyes of the officials, and felt very happy in his heart. You see, there must be treacherous officials in the court, so that the target can be diverted.

"This small achievement is not worth mentioning. This is the achievement of the soldiers in the front." Zhao Yurui was proud and looked at Liang Chengda appreciatively.

Everyone is even more unhappy, this treacherous minister is about to gain power.

"Encourage Your Majesty." Yang Changru, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward immediately: "The Kingdom of Jin came to ask for an alliance last time, but was rejected, and he made a statement near Gwangju that he would not invade the south. His Majesty suddenly raised his troops, fearing that the Kingdom of Jin would be angry and send troops again. Go south, live in charcoal."

Yang Changru believes that it is time to negotiate peace with Jin Guo and not to anger Jin Guo.

"What does Yang Shangshu mean, we will return the Fengxiang we captured?" Zhao Rushu asked in a strange way.

"Your Majesty, the rise of Mongolia must be guarded against. We must carefully consider matters related to the Kingdom of Jin." Political Advisor Wei Liaoweng knew Mongolia better, and he thought Mongolia was a serious problem, so he tried to persuade him.

The DPRK and China were divided into two factions. Some wanted to continue to attack the Kingdom of Jin and capture Guanzhong, while others wanted to join forces with the Kingdom of Jin to fight against Mongolia.

Zhao Yurui was very happy to see the two factions arguing.

When Shi Miyuan was around, there was no such scene.

Basically, what Shi Miyuan said, everyone followed suit. There is only one voice in the court, which is definitely unhealthy.

It's different now. The voices of the two factions in the DPRK and China are almost the same, half and half.

Zhao Yurui waited for them to quarrel for a while, and finally reached out and waved a few times in the air.

The hall quickly became quiet.

Everyone looked at the emperor.

Zhao Yurui straightened her body, and said slowly: "I would like to ask all my lovers, why did I, Da Song, fall to this point?"

There was silence all around, everyone didn't understand what the emperor meant, and even if some people understood, they didn't dare to say it.

Seeing that no one dared to speak out in the hall, Zhao Yurui said again: "All day yesterday, I received 26 memorials."

"There are people from the Ministry of Rites, there are people from the Ministry of Punishment, there are people from the Ministry of War, there are people from the Imperial Palace, there are people from the Privy Council, there are people from the Ministry of Education, and there are people from the local government—"

The emperor reported to more than a dozen departments at one go, and said that the earliest time was to get it every minute, and the latest was delivered outside the palace gate before going to bed at night. It was very messy and the efficiency was extremely low.

After hearing this, all civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

This happened because everyone sent them to Shi Miyuan's house in the past.

Now that Shi Miyuan has fallen, all departments and localities have subconsciously given it to the emperor in the palace, but in fact it is still messed up and does not follow the rules at all.

All dynasties and dynasties had their memorials, and departments that communicated with others. In the Ming Dynasty, there was the General Administration Department, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was the Dujin Zouyuan.

After several reforms, Dujin Zouyuan was merged into Yintai Secretary under the Privy Council, and also assigned to Menxia Province, all in order to transmit the national information to the emperor as quickly as possible. For this reason, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Dujin The office of Zouyuan is in the imperial city, not far from Wende Hall and Zichen Hall where the emperor works.

When Shi Miyuan came to power, in order to control the national memorials from entering the palace, he ordered all the memorials to be reported to his mansion, so the whole process was messed up.

Over the past ten or 20 years, everyone has gotten used to it.

Today, the emperor suddenly raised it, and everyone came to their senses. This is not in compliance.

And it's extremely inefficient.

"Who does the function of the Dujin Zouyuan belong to now?" the emperor suddenly asked loudly.

The privy envoy Ge Hong, the minister under the door, and Hu Mengyu looked at each other, but they didn't know whose function it was.

No way, Ge Hong didn’t have this function when he was in the Privy Council. He sent them to Shi Miyuan. When Hu Mengyu was in Ningzong, he was demoted because he offended Shi Miyuan. Shi Miyuan was furious and sent him to Guangxi. At that time, Shi Miyuan secretly ordered Qian Hongzu, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi pacification, to kill Hu Mengyu on the road, which shows how much he hated him.

After Zhao Yurui seized power, he immediately reappointed Hu Mengyu. He also just arrived at the Menxia Province to judge his subordinates to save trouble during the incident, which is equivalent to being a deputy in charge of work in later generations. I know where everyone went to the concert hall.

Shi Miyuan has been in power for nearly 20 years, and he was almost forgotten when he entered the Zouyuan.

Of course, this also has Ningzong's fault.

Ningzong of Song Dynasty was emperor for 30 years. In the first 20 years, Han Yuzhou was in power, and the function of Dujin Zouyuan was weakened. In the next [-] years, Shi Miyuan was in power.

It has not been in the normal operation of the theater for almost 30 years.

So after the emperor asked, all the civil and military officials in the court were stunned.

Some young officials may be thinking, should I go to the Zouyuan?Never heard of it?
Zhao Yurui also couldn't laugh or cry at this time, the dignified Song Dynasty, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty didn't know where the Dujin Zouyuan was?

From this we can see how successful Shi Miyuan and Han Wuzhou were in power.

"I want to rebuild the capital into the Zouyuan, and the yamen is located in the imperial city, on the west side of the Daqing Hall."

All the ministers listened attentively and did not dare to speak.

"Dujin Zouyuan has one person in the Duyuan, the second rank, and two vice-duyuan ranks. From the second rank, there is a general administration department under it. There are left and right general administrations, and there are several general officials under it—"

The emperor established a new department. This is the first time that Zhao and Rui established a new department in the imperial court after they ascended the throne. Same.

Its level is basically the same level as Liubu and Yushitai.

There is a General Administration Department in the Dujin Zouyuan, which is responsible for delivering the memorials from all over the country and various departments (the other private memorials can be handed over to the internal servants when they go to court on the same day), and especially urgent private memorials can be submitted to the Imperial City Department at any time. At the outpost at the main gate of Li, there are special personnel to collect.

The emperor made the first reform, and the memorials were divided into two types in the future. One is the memorials submitted in the names of various places and departments, which are uniformly handed over to the Secretary of General Affairs, and then classified by the Secretary of General Administration, and then delivered to the Chuigong Hall.

The second is private memorials. Civil servants and military officials of the seventh rank and above in the whole country can submit memorials in private names. Those who can go to court can submit them when they go to court. Lizhengmen outpost.

The emperor set up a special collection point at the main gate of Li, even in the middle of the night, there are people on duty, and private memorials can be handed over at any time.

But the emperor said, you hand it in private, don’t want trivial things, and even things that are made out of nothing, and hand them to the palace. Once verified, those who often hand in invalid memorials can be blacklisted by the palace, and they will be added to the blacklist.

In addition to the General Administration Department, Dujin Zouyuan also has a fast station department.

That is, the department responsible for sending military information and memorials from various places to the capital. (During the Ming Dynasty, both belonged to the General Secretary, and the Song Dynasty belonged to the Ministry of War and the Privy Council)

The emperor now divides the department into two. The department that specializes in arranging memorials is called the Tongzheng Department, and the department that specializes in delivering memorials is called the Kuaiyi Department.

The post post system in the Song Dynasty was managed militarized, using sergeants instead of civilian service, and set gold, silver and bronze medals according to the speed of travel, which was very important.

During the Song Dynasty, post roads were expanded across the country. At that time, the Qingni post road from Shaanxi, Gansu to Sichuan was blocked. In Lizhou, Li Yuqing, the host and guest doctor, presided over the re-opening of a Baishui post road. It took only half a year to repair it. Started the post road from Hechi Station to Changju Station, and then entered Sichuan.

There are 2309 pavilions and 389 post kiosks on the way.Because of the success of the project, the host Li Yuqing and others received awards from the imperial court.

In the Song Dynasty, many post road bridges were built in present-day Gansu. The famous Lanzhou floating bridge and Anxiang floating bridge (in today's Linxia territory) were all built in the Northern Song Dynasty.These two pontoon bridges have greatly facilitated post transportation between Gansu and Xinjiang, and between Gansu and Qinghai.

According to the different natural conditions of different regions, the Song Dynasty also developed various types of post facilities such as water post and camel post.In Dunhuang, Gansu Province, vigorously develop the camel post and donkey post on the desert post road.

It can be said that the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the transmission of postal messages, and the management was carried out by the Ministry of War and the Privy Council at the same time, and the two sides could supervise each other.

But in the middle and late Song Dynasty, the delivery of mail documents was completely separated from the post where officials stayed in the past.The post house has evolved into a simple government guest house.

In the Ming Dynasty, the post station was the same. It not only could transmit information, but also served as a guest house for officials in the past.

The young emperor is going to change the system this time.

(End of this chapter)