As the end of the year approaches, there is a sudden increase in the number of memorials submitted by various ministries and institutes. Although they are not major events, they are very cumbersome. For example, most of the memorials submitted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs are for the year-end evaluation of a number of officials. I am not familiar with so many officials.
But we have to give instructions, otherwise so many officials will be dismissed next year.
The time of the court meeting has also been extended, and we need to evaluate this year's performance and make plans for next year. In short, it is a lot of things.
"Your Majesty, Jia Sidao, has a memorial." Jia Sidao, who never spoke much in court meetings, was the first to speak.
"Master, please speak."
"Your Majesty, at the end of the year, officials from all over the country must go to Beijing to report on their duties. Due to the large number of people and Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, I have selected some officials to return to Beijing. This is the list I have drawn up. Please take a look at it."
Xiaoqi took the memorial from Jia Sidao and presented it to me.
I took a rough look and found that most of the people above were unknown. Li Tingzhi, the envoy to Yangzhou, and Lu Wende, the envoy to appease Xiangyang, were on the list. I said, "This matter will be as reported by the teachers and ministers."
"Your Majesty Ma Tingluan has written a memorial."
"Speaking."
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has drafted three names for the year of the coming year that was discussed the day before yesterday. Please make your decision."
"Ma Aiqing, I have thought about this matter, but I still agree with Xianchun. What do you think, sir?"
Jia Sidao said calmly: "Your Majesty, I agree."
"Okay, Ma Aiqing, let's proceed as follows."
"I obey the decree, and I also have this memorial. According to the system, the list of people who will return to Beijing to report on their work drawn up by Prime Minister Jia should be reported by the Ministry of Personnel, not directly by the Privy Council. I think it is not in line with etiquette."
I thought about it for a moment and said, "Ma Aiqing, the official department has already reported this matter to the teacher and the minister. The list provided by the teacher and the minister is exactly what the teacher and minister reviewed and then submitted to me."
Ma Tingluan was stunned for a moment and realized that I was speaking for Jia Sidao, so he had no choice but to say: "This is in line with etiquette."
"Ma Aiqing, I am very satisfied with the work of the Ministry of Rites these days. However, the post of Minister of Rites has been vacant for a long time, so I will make you the Minister of Rites and take office immediately."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Ma Tingluan hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.
Jia Sidao glanced at Ma Tingluan coldly, stood up suddenly and said, "Your Majesty, I feel itchy, please leave first." After saying that, without waiting for my consent, he walked straight towards the door of the hall.
I sneered in my heart, suppressed my anger, stood up and said, "Since I feel unwell, please go back and rest first."
Does Jia Sidao really think that I am Zhao Yu and that he will not be able to leave without him? I appointed a second-rank minister and showed my face. Now that I have initially received the Queen Mother's approval, this has further strengthened my determination in advance.
Determination to eradicate Jia Sidao. The reason why Jia Sidao has such great power is not given by Emperor Lizong. Lizong's own incompetence created Jia Sidao's arrogance, not that Jia Sidao is so capable, but
Zhao Fu in history was even more weak and incompetent. He only cared about his own enjoyment. He was afraid that if Jia Sidao kicked his hoof, no one would take care of the country for him. This mentality was firmly grasped by Jia Sidao, and Jia Sidao was born.
Dao's arrogance, otherwise after Zhao Fu's death, a little incompetent emperor would be able to destroy Jia Sidao. This shows that Jia Sidao did this because of Lizong and Zhao Fu's acquiescence.
At this point, I feel that taking down Jia Sidao is not as difficult as I imagined. As long as his followers are slowly weakened, it will be much easier.
I stood for a while, waiting for Jia Sidao to go out, then sat down and said: "My dear friends, continue."
Although the ministers in front of the hall had different opinions, they all remained silent.
After a while, Chen Zongli, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue calculated the population of our Song Dynasty before December of the fifth year of Jingding, including Zhejiang, east and west Jiang, north Hunan, east and west Guangdong, Fujian, and Chengdu
, Jingxi, Tongchuan, Kui, and Lilu have a total of 5,696,989 households and 1,326,532 mouths."
"Chen Aiqing, thank you for your hard work."
Afterwards, all departments presented their reports, and I couldn’t remember so much content on the spot.
"Dear dear friends, I will review each memorial in detail and forward it to you as soon as possible."
During lunch, Xiao Qi saw no one else around and whispered: "Guan family, this Jia Sidao has gone too far."
I smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, evil will eventually come to an end. Xiao Qi, have the procedures for Wen Zhang's recruitment of troops been completed?"
"Everything has been done by the official family. Controller Xie Daolin sent a bodyguard of a hundred people to help. It is estimated that the process has already started at this time."
"Okay, I'll call Yuan Ji, Song Rui, and Jun Shi this afternoon, and we'll go to have a private interview about the recruitment."
In front of the gate of the Imperial Guard Camp on the west side of the palace, there was a bustle of people.
The people of Lin'an City all knew that the imperial guards were well paid and did not have to fight on the front line, so they all wanted to send their sons to join them. Therefore, it didn't take long for the news of the expansion of the imperial guard recruitment to spread throughout the capital.
Wen Zhang was wearing a guard commander's uniform, sitting upright in the middle, with ten guards standing neatly in a row behind him. With his mighty uniform and handsome young man, he was indeed a good young general.
"Nine-star guard? If this Wen Zhang is one of the nine stars, how can there be eight stars and who is it?" I remembered what was said in the Taoist letter.
To the left of Wen Zhang is the registration office. Applicants only need to be between the ages of 16 and 18, fill out the form, and submit the corresponding household registration certificate to participate in the test. The large open space on the right was originally a training place for the imperial guards.
Japan was changed to a testing location.
This is the first time in the history of imperial guards that such a large-scale expansion of recruitment has occurred.
The first level of the test is called the eye test. Wen Zhang followed my method and turned the word "山" upside down, left and right, and hung it five meters away. The testers looked at it with one eye one by one. Those who can clearly see the direction of the word "山" will pass the test.
The next few levels are tests of ability, including strength test, speed test, endurance test and other conventional test items.
The whole place was crowded but not chaotic, and seemed orderly.
"Song Rui, your third brother is quite talented."
"Young master, if you receive a prize, it is because you have a keen eye for recognizing people and because the Taoist master has taught you well."
While we were chatting, suddenly the registration point became noisy.
"Take a look for yourselves. Is there something written on the recruiting board that says we are only recruiting people from Lin'an?" said a young man with an angry voice. This young man was wearing simple clothes and was tall, but his complexion was yellow, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.
"We are not only recruiting people from Lin'an, but they must have proof of household registration. Brother, you need to show proof."
"I am from the north. There was a war in my hometown. I finally escaped to Lin'an. What proof is there?"
"Brother, we also act according to the rules."
"Is Lin'an the world of the Song Dynasty?"
"Of course."
The young man said angrily: "That's okay. I'm also from the Song Dynasty. Why can't I sign up? I want to see your officials."
Wen Zhang walked over and looked at the young man and said: "Brother, our family has family rules and the country has national laws. We are recruiting imperial guards, so naturally we have to review these certificates. When you come to Lin'an from the north, you can go to the government to apply for certificates first and then apply for the exam.
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"Are you the high-ranking official here? You don't look older than me. Don't lie to me. I went to the government office to apply for a household registration certificate. This process will take many days. The registration has already ended.
I am about to starve to death, how can I wait?"
Wen Zhang thought to himself, are you here to cheat me on food and drink?
"No, you have to apply for a certificate first."
The young man said angrily: "I have to sign up today."
In desperation, the young man smacked down the registration table with force and smashed the registration table into pieces.
Wen Zhang was also young and full of energy. Seeing how domineering this young man was, he was about to get angry when he heard me coughing a few times and said: "This little brother, don't get angry. You must be reasonable in everything, right? Please tell me why you are doing this."