I'm so hard

Chapter 246

Two days later, Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze went to Korea with five hundred Dragon Guards.

Zhao Yan believed that these two stubborn masters with a lot of ghost ideas would definitely make a mess of Goryeo.

Soon, in September, Lu Nianwei was nearly eight months pregnant, so Zhao Yan naturally stayed in Changdan and would not go out again.

Another day coincided with the court meeting held once every ten days.

In the Daqing Hall, all the civil and military officials stood on top of the hall, their imposing manner and expressions were completely different from those of two years ago.

Xiao Jingye got a daughter by accident, with a ruddy complexion, she looked younger than the previous two years.

The Shangguan was displeased, and still had the appearance of "I am the number one admonisher of the Great Zhou", but recently all the officials of the Great Zhou were working hard, and there was no excuse, and the entire Yushitai was much more relaxed.

Not long after, the basic process of the court meeting was completed.

And at this time, just when Zhao Yan was about to let Xizi announce his withdrawal from the court, a loud voice came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play!"

Being outside the door, his official rank is naturally below the fifth rank.

This way of stepping up the report, no matter what the report is, it has already committed the crime of disturbing the holy car, and at least fifty punishments will be imposed.

Zhao Yan frowned, looked outside the hall, and asked: "Who is making noise outside, bring him in!"

Soon, two imperial guards escorted a young man in official uniform and brought him in.

Zhao Yan took a closer look, and it turned out to be this year's No. [-] scholar of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shangguan Yuntun who is currently editor of Zhaowen Museum.

Zhao Yan, Xiao Jingye, Liu Chaotong and others still value Shangguan Yuntun very much. Although he is now a deputy sixth-rank official, after two years, he will go to a state capital to serve as a fifth- and sixth-rank local official for two or three years. When you arrive at the Ministry of Education, you can be entrusted with important tasks.

But at this moment, Liu Chaotong frowned slightly, and murmured in his heart: This obstinate scholar who doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back, must report that matter, isn't this adding to the confusion?

"Shangguan Yuntun, you are so disregarding court etiquette, what do you want to play?" Zhao Yan asked curiously.

Shangguan Yuntun let out a long breath, and first stabilized his emotions.At the fourth watch, he quietly followed the courtiers into the palace.Because he was the No. [-] scholar, he said that His Majesty summoned him, and the guards let him enter the palace.If it weren't for the fact that many guards of the imperial guards knew his face, he wouldn't be able to get in at all.

Then during the court meeting, Shangguan Yuntun hid behind a pillar outside the hall, and finally summoned up a lot of courage to shout out when the court meeting was about to end.

"Your Majesty, I have a new policy proposal to report. This proposal is of great benefit to the country and the people. I hope that Your Majesty will listen to it! After listening, even if I am dismissed from office, I have no complaints." Shangguan Yuntun looked He knelt down devoutly on the ground.

Zhao Yan couldn't help looking at Liu Chaotong, and asked, "Liu Chaotong, Shangguan Yuntun is your subordinate, why didn't he report to you, instead he used this method, maybe there is a conflict between the two of you."

At present, the curator of the Zhaowen Museum is Liu Chaotong. According to court rules, Shangguan Yuntun should report to Liu Chaotong, and then Liu Chaotong will come to perform.

Liu Chaotong came out from among the officials, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Shangguan Yuntun did approach the minister, but the minister thought his idea was too risky, so he didn't adopt it. I didn't expect him to disturb Your Majesty in this way."

Zhao Yan waved his hand, then looked at Shangguan Yuntun again, and said, "Since you have come in, let's talk about your new policy proposals, stand up and talk about it!"

"Sir, obey."

Immediately, Shangguan Yuntun stood up, puffed out his chest by the way, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think that my Great Zhou Dynasty's discussion of political affairs is too closed, and many things are known by officials above the fifth rank, while local officials and common people They don’t know anything about it and can only blindly implement the above decree, which is very inappropriate. Many officials have already had big problems when they know it but don’t know why.”

"For example, the imperial court once announced a plowing order to encourage the people to reclaim more arable land, but in order to achieve their goals, the officials below even picked up houses and farmed the land. Isn't this a waste of money? The root cause is that the officials and people below did not know the court If things go on like this, many policy orders may be correct, but when they are implemented below, they are often desperate, and mistakes are likely to be made.”

Hearing this, all the court officials could not help but sigh slightly.

This situation, which everyone knows, cannot be resolved at all, because it is impossible for officials to explain to each subordinate why they are doing this.

Zhao Yan also has some understanding of this situation. This is also one of the flaws of the New Deal. It is simply impossible for the whole process to work from top to bottom.

"Then what is your solution?" Zhao Yan asked, this was what he was most concerned about.

"I believe that the orders promulgated or implemented by the imperial court every month should be announced to the world. The people of Dazhou also have the right to know. Let them see what we officials have done, and the people can also play a role. Supervising us." Shangguan Yuntun said seriously.

Cai You, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out immediately, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you do this, won't you become an official who has to report to the people? The task of officials is to govern the people, not to report to the people. The decree involves my great secrets, how can it be announced to the world casually, the solution to this is better not to solve it."

"Yeah, what did we say in the court, what did we do in the government office, should we let the common people know? It's really absurd!"

"If we announce the policies and orders to the public, Northern Mongolia, Goryeo, Heihan, which one will not imitate, aren't we shooting ourselves in the foot?"

……

The officials looked at Shangguan Yuntun, and everyone was against it.

For example, the content of today's court meeting is only known to the officials present. If the court meeting is over and the people are told what everyone said, then the officials are not officials, and the people are not the people!
Zhao Yan sat on the dragon chair and thought about it seriously. He knew that Shangguan Yuntun was thinking of Da Zhou, but this suggestion would easily disrupt the rhythm of all officials.

Suddenly, Zhao Yan had an idea and came up with a very good plan.

Zhao Yan pressed his hands down, and the hall fell silent.

Zhao Yan said with a smile: "Shangguan Yuntun's suggestion, we should still consider it, but we need to change the form. Throughout the ages, people rebelled, most of them are due to ignorance, and the way to get rid of this ignorance is to educate Therefore, I plan to re-establish a yamen to be responsible for this matter. This yamen is called Fanglue Hall, and it is under the direct management of the Ministry of Education!"

"Fanglue Hall?" Hearing these three words, the courtiers couldn't help but look at Zhao Yan with reverence, anticipating what he would say.

(End of this chapter)