Chapter 316 The Difficulty of Reform
When Altai got the letter, it had been sealed with fire paint. He wanted to open it and take a look, but it was related to the survival of the tribe, so he did not dare to do whatever he wanted.
Although the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were taken back by Guo Hao, Xianzhou was still too far away from the nearest prefectures and counties. Unless they were walking on the sea, they did not have much ship.
In this way, Altai can only take a detour, and it takes thousands of miles to walk, and also pass by the territory of the Liao Kingdom during this period. It is not easy to deliver a letter.
Altai took his letter on the way. Although he was very worried about the tribe, Aburi couldn't believe in others and insisted on letting him go.
Guo Hao didn't know these things in Bianjing. The sky in July was the same as the fire in the fire, but the harem was cool. Guo Ran, Guo Rong, Qiu Nan, Li Fu, Guo Yongning and a few children, and the whole family was eating iced watermelon.
Regarding these two younger brothers and sisters, Guo Hao arranged a teacher for them to learn from scratch. Although they were both princes and princesses, they did nothing.
"Brother, I heard from the teacher that there are now many places in the imperial court lacking officials. Why don't you let me try it? I also want an official."
Guo Ran put down a piece of watermelon and looked at Guo Hao and said, "You are not good at it now. You have not learned enough. You have just been studying for a year and have not recognized all the words. If I ask you to be an official, I will be irresponsible to the people."
Guo Ran was a little disappointed when he heard this, Qiu Nan said, "Ran'er, you don't have to be sad. Your royal brother is also for your own good. As the prince of the Song Dynasty, you will have the opportunity to be an official in the future, but you need to study first.
You may not know that your emperor brother has memorized several scriptures at your age, and now he can't put it down and read it with his book in his arms all day long."
Qiunan said, and looked at Guo Hao with a resentful expression, because Guo Hao has been reading books every day since he came back from the south. It has been a long time since he visited the sisters.
Guo Hao turned a blind eye to Qiunan. In fact, the reason why he read books was to find a way to govern the country from them.
Just like he is reading "Laozi" now, there are many concepts of governing the country. He is busy studying all day long, so naturally he has no time to accompany them.
"However, if you govern a big country, if you cook a small country, you will be able to conquer the world with the Tao, your ghost will not be gods. If you don't have ghosts or gods, your gods will not hurt people. If you don't have gods, your saints will not hurt people. If you don't have gods, you won't have hurt people. You can't have good fortunes. Do you understand the meaning of this sentence?"
Guo Ran shook his head.
"I read books all day long just to understand what these words mean. I am the emperor now and I am the world in my heart. You are my younger brother, so of course I have to be like me."
Guo Ran nodded, but his face was still a little confused. Guo Hao turned his head and looked at Guo Rong. This girl has eaten well this year and has grown a lot taller.
After a year of getting along, Guo Rong became much cheerful, but she was a princess after all, and it won’t take long to get married. It was to fulfill his promise. Whoever she married depends on his own wishes.
As for Guo Hao's daughter, they are still young now. Guo Hao doesn't allow others to make the decisions about them, and at least they have to wait until they are twenty years old.
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Time flies, and August is coming soon. Guo Hao is always paying attention to the reform of officials in various places and is patiently waiting for feedback from all places.
On this day, Guo Hao took Guo Ran and Li Hui out of the palace and came all the way to the Ministry of Justice in Kaifeng Prefecture. Now this yamen is responsible for the public security in Bianliang.
"Brother Ran, I know that many things I do are not understood by the world. Just like this judiciary department, it seems redundant, but in fact it is important. It not only ensures the safety of the people's lives, but also ensures the safety of property."
After saying that, Guo Hao looked at Li Hui, Li Hui nodded and waved his hand. A man dressed in a commoner entered the Ministry of Justice.
Guo Hao and his friends were waiting. When the man saw the yamen, he saw only a few clerks inside. The leader sat in the middle and pretended to sleep. His entourage fanned him.
"My sirs, you must make the decision for the little people. My chicken is lost!"
When several clerks heard this, they frowned. Look at me and I look at you. One of them said impatiently: "Where are you living in, what is your name? What is your thrown chicken? Let's be honest."
"Sir, the younger one is named Wang Si. My family lives in the east of the city. I have an egg-laying hen with black feathers and black feet. I woke up in the morning and disappeared."
The clerk nodded after hearing this, and briefly recorded the case file, saying, "Okay, we already know your case. You go back first. If someone brings the chicken, we will notify you."
Wang Si hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, don't you follow me to see it? My wife still pointed at the egg to replenish her body? Now she has been stolen. If she goes too late, she may have been eaten!"
After Wang Si finished speaking, the man looked at the others and wanted to go with him. However, it was hot and he was sweating even when he stayed still, not to mention that the east of the city was not close to here.
"If you leave first, you will leave. Isn't it just a chicken? If you lose it, you will lose it. What a big deal? You will come to report the case from afar!"
The person in the leader did not open his eyes and did not move, so he leaned over there and said something. After hearing this, Wang Si shrank his neck, said yes in his mouth, and then left.
Wang Si went out of the yamen and reported the situation to Guo Hao. Although his attitude was a bit bad, the process was not a big problem. It was normal for the hot and lazy weather to see if anyone went to investigate later.
Guo Hao asked Wang Si to go back and wait, and then found a place to enjoy the cool air. He kept staring at the yamen. It passed quickly in the morning. During this period, two people had gone in, but never saw a single yamen runner come out.
The sun was scorching in the sky, roasting the earth on earth. Guo Hao had no taste of drinking tea, but there was still no movement in the yamen.
Guo Hao couldn't sit still anymore, so he suddenly got up and walked into the yamen. Li Hui and Guo Ran hurriedly followed, and they could feel that Guo Hao was angry.
At noon, the yamen runners finally moved. Although it was hot outside, they always had to eat.
A group of people walked out and happened to see Guo Hao coming in. Some of them did not know Guo Hao, but Li Hui and the others were too familiar with Guo Hao.
"Where are you going?"
When the leader heard this voice, he shivered instantly, drove away all the chills, and quickly walked from behind to front.
"Xiaoguan Wei Feng greets His Majesty!"
After saying that, he quickly knelt down and saluted. The other clerks also knelt down after hearing this. Guo Hao did not let them get up, but asked coldly: "Where are the other people in the yamen, why are you the only ones!"
Wei Feng said: "When you go back to your Majesty, everyone else has gone out to handle the case. Since the establishment of the Ministry of Justice, there have been constant cases of all sizes and big cases in the city, and the yamen runners are very busy.
Because His Majesty once said that the people's affairs should be regarded as their own, a group of yamen runners dealt with cases outside all day long, often not to go home for a few days, let alone go back to the yamen."
Hearing this, Guo Hao's expression calmed down a little. He looked at several clerks and went up to pick up the file they recorded. He found that there were indeed many. He had thought about things too simply before.
"Since you don't have enough manpower, why don't you report to Kaifeng Prefecture?"
"Reply to Your Majesty, we have reported it, but the current yamen runners not only need force, but also require literacy. This is really difficult. We have searched all Bianliang, but we have not found many suitable ones."
Guo Hao waved his hand to signal them to get up after hearing this, looked back at Li Hui and said, "How many such people can be found in our army?"
Li Hui pondered for a moment and said, "I guess there are not many of you when you go back to Your Majesty, and most of the soldiers are illiterate."
Guo Hao took a deep breath after hearing this. He overestimated the cultural popularity of this era. Years of war have made scholars rare, and both civil and military are even more fashionable.
"Oh, I'm still too impatient and want to do it overnight. Well, some yamen can relax and find some illiterate people to come in, but the person who takes the lead must be literate."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Wei Feng was overjoyed. In fact, several of their clerks were also worried about this because the yamen handed over the recruitment work to them.
Since there was a reason for the incident, Guo Hao didn't say much, and told them to replenish their personnel as soon as possible to maintain order in Bianliang, and then left the Ministry of Justice.
When he returned to the palace, Guo Hao immediately issued an order to temporarily hire a group of people, but it was only temporary. Perhaps influenced by later generations, he always felt that there should be no illiterate in the official system, even if it was just a minor official.
Chapter completed!