The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Ask the court for policies.

It has to go through a series of procedures. You have to submit, then discuss, then decide, and finally award.

Whether it is a memorial or a discussion, the process is extremely complicated.

The first is the memorial, which must be promoted one level at a time, from one's own yamen, to the yamen of superiors, and then to the level of prime ministers. Only after they have passed it can they be placed in front of the officials.

Only when the officials think it is possible will they bring it to the court for discussion. If it is not widely involved, they will also call all the yamen with relevant interests to hold a small court meeting or discuss the matter in the imperial study room.

It is also extremely troublesome to discuss matters.

Because no matter what kind of policy, there will be winners and losers.

They have to argue with each other to gain more for themselves or to suffer less.

We went back and forth several times and couldn't figure it out at all.

This is true even if it is clearing up internal strife, sending troops to the outside world, or even something as obvious as war and peace.

Because it also involves the interests of all parties.

Fang La understood this clearly back then, so the uprising in the southeast lasted so long that Hangzhou became a human hell before the Song Dynasty sent troops to clear it out.

At that time, the debate in the court was whether to send troops north to attack Liao as promised or to go south to Anei first.

Will such an attack running thousands of miles from north to south lose the combat effectiveness of the Western Army?

After fighting and fighting, the final result is: exhausted army!

If he had ignored Fang La and gone north to conquer Liao, leaving Fang La to dance around, perhaps the outcome would have been completely different.

But at the time, who knew?

This was what Zhang Jun was thinking about on the way to the palace. He felt that if the report was reported from bottom to top according to the process, the day lily would be cold.

When the implementation of the communiques of the four countries was not in place, the officials began to hold them accountable. Li Bangyan pushed back and said that he was responsible for calling for trade, so as not to make the officials feel that he was incompetent.

Instead of doing this, it is better to go directly to Tianting and let the officials make the decision.

On Zhang Jun's way into the palace, Zhao Fujin in the imperial study was actually thinking about the efficiency of the court.

Can this kind of discussion process be optimized?

Zhao Fujin had thought about this issue before traveling through time.

Why do humans design such complex processes?

Not to mention the current Song Dynasty, even a thousand years later, the efficiency of information transmission is so horrifying. There are suggestions and complaints sections, phone calls, and mailboxes directly to parents, but it is not a template reply: "Received, thank you. We will handle your letter as soon as possible."

Zhao Fujin was thinking, is it difficult to check the mailbox and read the messages?

Later, Zhao Fujin figured out that the process of doing things is not that it cannot be efficient (the emphasis is on efficient), but that it cannot be efficient! (The emphasis is on can’t)

For example, Dengwen Drum has been located there since the Western Jin Dynasty, and it was still there until the Qing Dynasty.

Before and after the Song Dynasty, it was just a decoration. With so many imps guarding it, who dared to knock on it?

In the Song Dynasty, people were no longer guarded. If anything happened, just knock.

But if you lose a pig, you have to beat the drum and ask Zhao Da to find the pig for you personally. Who can bear this?

So later on, the court had no choice but to take the beating first and then beat the drum.

This way, no one will get stuck over trivial matters.

Everything is done according to the process.

Thousands of years later, this logic has not changed. Although I don't have to deal with the problem and can get a "thank you for your letter", I still have to do what I should do.

Zhao Fujin laughed silently: "The underlying logic of control has not changed for thousands of years, it has just changed its skin. Optimizing the process is just to make this skin look better and make the people feel more comfortable. Prosperity, people suffer, and death. The people are suffering, that’s probably it.”

Zhang Jun came to the Imperial Study Room, and before he opened his mouth, Zhao Fujin had already guessed his purpose.

After hearing the policies Zhang Jun wanted, Zhao Fujin smiled and said, "I have a big appetite." Zhang Jun smiled bitterly: "Officials and businessmen think too much. If not for this, no one would be willing to go to Huining Mansion."

Zhao Fujin thought for a moment and asked: "Just want policies for merchants going to the Kingdom of Jin?"

Zhang Jun was stunned. He wanted to say that everyone should be treated equally, but he was afraid of being directly refuted by Zhao Fujin. He could only nodded and said: "Dali and the Song Dynasty have not had a dispute for a hundred years, and the merchants can still accept it. Xixia, although it is at war with me, Quite a few, but they have the upper hand after all. These businessmen are not afraid, but Jin Guo is a terrible person in the market. He wears hair and drinks blood, and his clothes are not covering his body..."

Zhao Fujin nodded: "So, people still need to communicate more."

Zhang Jun echoed: "Li Xiangguo is already doing this. He has left all the trade matters to me."

Zhao Fujin looked at Zhang Jun with a smile: "Oh? Li Bangyan is really good at picking the soft persimmons and throwing the hard bones to you."

When Zhang Jun heard this, he was stunned, and then he pretended to wipe his face: "If you can win the sympathy of the officials, no matter how hard and tired you are, I will be willing to do it. If you can share the worries of the officials and the Song Dynasty, it is your blessing."

Zhao Fujin raised his hand: "You don't need to act in front of me. The policies you just asked me for are all good and to the point. Tax exemptions and interest-free loans are good, and they are very operable, but... what do you think? enough?"

Zhang Jun thought for a while: "That should be enough, right?"

Zhao Fujin shook his head: "I don't think it's enough."

Zhang Jun was puzzled: "Please let the officials make it clear."

Zhao Fujin nodded: "As you said, the merchants' refusal to go to Huining Mansion is not a matter of whether they can make money, but whether they have the life to bring the money back."

Zhang Jun said thoughtfully: "What the officials said is true."

"So, just exempting them from taxes and borrowing money from them for business cannot solve this fundamental problem."

"Officials, what about sending troops to protect businessmen?" Zhang Jun didn't dare to mention this at all just now, because he thought it was obviously unrealistic, but now that Zhao Fujin had brought the topic here, he asked casually.

Zhao Fujin was stunned: "Sending troops? Oh, do you think this country is just playing house? We are going to do business, to assimilate, to spread the theory of China. To send troops, isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Besides, we don't need military pay. Of?"

Zhang Jun laughed sarcastically: "I know, I just said it casually."

Zhao Fujin sighed and said: "I can give you the policy, but it must be effective. Once the policy is released, businesses will still be reluctant to go. This will hurt the court's face. It will be difficult to increase the policy later, so I think , since we want to provide policies, we should directly provide them!"

"The official's intention..."

"Businessmen are only seeking wealth for their wives, children, and children. I feel that the first batch of businessmen who are willing to go to Huining Mansion will not only be tax-free for one year, and lend money without interest for one year, but they will also be granted the title of Yin."

"In the official family, how can there be any official position for them?"

Zhang Jun felt that even if he was an official of Feng Yin, the court would have to provide him with a salary and errands, but how could there be any vacancies now?

"If there are no vacancies, just create vacancies." Zhao Fujin smiled and said: "Da Song Commercial Federation, president, vice president, chairman, director..."

"Ah? Then this salary..." Although Zhang Jun didn't know what these official positions were for, it sounded very impressive, but it was just a salary...

"These merchants, what do you want for your three melons and two dates?" Zhao Fujin curled his lips: "What they want is status and title. With this kind of status and title, when I go to Huining Mansion, in the ears of Jin people, I am counted among them." The officials of the Song Dynasty are safer, right?"

Zhang Jun suddenly realized: "Oh, the officials are giving them status to make them feel safer. I understand. But, if they want to ask what real power this official position has, how should I answer?"

"Participate in politics and discuss politics!"

"Ah? Officials, this... this can't be done."

In the Song Dynasty, what was the right to participate in and discuss government affairs? That is something that only high-ranking officials of level four or above can do.

Zhao Fujin smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I just let them participate in the discussion on business matters. Moreover, they only have the right to make suggestions, not to decide. As for suggestions, you can listen to them or not. At most, you can let them participate in the discussions afterwards. Participate, but the court has the final say on how things are done.”

Zhang Jun was stunned for a long time, then bowed to Zhao Fujin: "The official is wise!"

But I was muttering in my heart: "I know how to play!" (End of this chapter)