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Volume Three: Spreading Wings Chapter 188: Commanding Three Provinces

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    It has to be said that for many men, the lower body directs the upper body.  Although Song Huizong was an emperor, he was also a man. Being a man has common male problems.

    Not only is Concubine Liu not stupid, she is also a very smart woman.  She knew that the reason why Song Huizong was so violent today must have something to do with the imperial master, and how the imperial master had cured her illness.  So she couldn't bear to see others say bad things about the Imperial Master.  At this time, Song Huizong was very happy to see Song Huizong, so he said softly: "Your Majesty, it seems that the master's magic is still very effective! I think the master's magic is still very powerful. It is not as unbearable as Tong Guan Wang Fu said.  I wonder if they deliberately spread rumors to sow discord between Your Majesty and the Imperial Master. If Your Majesty really listened to them and killed or ran away from the Imperial Master in anger, then today's spellcasting would be impossible."

    Song Huizong thought, if it were not for today's spellcasting, he would have been sighing at the sight of his daughter.  Thinking of this, he immediately said angrily: "Wang Fu and Tong Guan are becoming more and more lawless. Fortunately, I didn't listen to them. They were almost fooled! I will remove them from their posts tomorrow and send them to Qiongzhou."

    "Your Majesty, you are wise! Such traitorous ministers who harm the loyal people of the court should be dealt with like this!"

    Concubine Liu Guifei was very happy when she saw that Song Huizong planned to deal with Wang Fu Tongguan, and she also agreed.  Suddenly she saw Song Huizong's lower body raised up again, her eyes were blurred, she stretched out her hand to hold it, and said in a cute voice: "Your Majesty, you are so bad!"

    Song Huizong laughed, turned over and hugged her body

    The next morning at court, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty stood expressionlessly on the throne of the main hall, looking coldly at the ministers in the audience.  At this time, all the ministers also felt a tense atmosphere that was unprecedented in the past, and they all thought, could something earth-shattering happen today?

    Song Huizong winked at Liang Shicheng, the eunuch next to him, and he took a few steps forward and said loudly: "Tong Guan and Wang Fu listen to the order!"

    Tong Guan and Tong Guan were stunned for a moment, and immediately felt bad, but they still went forward and knelt down to listen to the order.

    "By God's will, the emperor issued an edict. Tong Guan and Wang Fu slandered the imperial master without any reason and they were removed from all official positions and sent to Qiongzhou! Set off today! I'm here!"

    As Liang Shicheng finished reciting the imperial edict with the eunuch's unique emphasis, it immediately aroused heated discussion among the ministers, while Tong Guan and Wang Fu sat on the ground stupidly.

    The popularity of Tong Guan and the ministers among ministers is indeed not very good.  After hearing that the two were demoted, no one stood up to intercede.  Of course, maybe the ministers were wise enough to protect themselves, but no one could speak for them anyway.

    Next, Song Huizong announced another decree, promoting Wen Shen to Shaozai and Taishi.  At this time, Censor Zhongcheng jumped out and said, "Wei Chen believes that it is inappropriate for the Imperial Master to serve as the Shao Zai!"

    Hearing that Wang Fu was demoted, he was very happy and thought to himself: "According to the convention, when the vacancy of the young prime minister is available, the censor Zhongcheng will be promoted to the young prime minister. Now he can finally be the prime minister." Unexpectedly, he was happy for less than two minutes.  , when he heard the decree to appoint Wen Shen as the young prime minister, Yushi Zhongcheng suddenly couldn't stand it.

    Dazai Zheng Juzhong came out and asked: "Master Yu! Why do you think that the Imperial Preceptor cannot serve as the Young Prime Minister? I think that the Imperial Preceptor can manage Yizhou into the richest state in the world in just a few years. His achievements and ability  , is obvious to all.¡±

    "I deny the ability of the national preceptor to govern the state capital, but he has not read the books of sages and has no fame. How can he assume the position of the young prime minister. If he becomes the young prime minister, you let us who have the honor and fame  What do you think, sir?"

    After Yushi Zhongcheng finished speaking, there was a discussion in the hall, and many people agreed with Yushi Zhongcheng's statement.  As a scholar, Zheng Juzhong opened his mouth, feeling that it was inappropriate to say anything, so he could only lower his head and remain silent.

    Song Huizong glanced at the ministers and became displeased. He couldn't help but speak: "Since you think that the imperial preceptor is not suitable for the post of young prime minister, then what would be more appropriate?"

    The censor Zhongcheng was teasing for a while and thought to himself: "I can't say that I am more suitable!"

    ¡°This is it,¡± Zheng Juzhong smiled, ¡°If we go by the rules, this post of young prime minister should be filled by Mr. Yu!¡±

    Song Huizong thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Zheng Aiqing is right! Then Yu Aiqing will be appointed as the young prime minister!"

    When the censor Zhongcheng heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

    "I haven't finished speaking yet. In addition, the grand master will save you three troubles!"

    "Ah! Your Majesty, you can't!"

    "Why not! What's wrong with the grand master taking charge of my duties? Have you occupied the official position of you scholars?" Song Huizong stood up and said angrily, "That's it. Retire from the court!"

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    After leaving the court, several core ministers came to the Zhongshu Provincial Meeting Hall to discuss.  Yushi Zhongcheng spoke first, "Everyone has seen what happened today. If Taishi Commander San saves trouble, wouldn't we have nothing to do? It won't be long before we??'s official position became a vacant position.  "

    Zheng Juzhong took a sip of strong tea and frowned: "It shouldn't be that serious! Even so, there is nothing we can do. The official family has already made up its mind."

    "We should unite to prevent the Grand Master's decree from being implemented. After a while, if the officials find that the Grand Master cannot complete the task well or makes a mess in the court, they will definitely cancel the Grand Master's authority."

    "I think it's better to act according to the situation! The Imperial Preceptor is not an ordinary person. He can easily get rid of Wang Fu Tongguan, and he can also easily get rid of you and me."

    "I¡­¡­"

    Censor Zhongcheng thought for a long time, but didn¡¯t know what to say, and his face turned red from holding back.

    The Song Dynasty had the most complicated and cumbersome official positions among all dynasties.  Generally speaking, in the Song Dynasty, officials and positions were separated, that is, being an official did not necessarily have real power, and having real power did not necessarily mean being an official.  Officials must pass the imperial examination and then be registered by the Ministry of Rites before they can become officials.  For example, the three provinces, six cao and twenty divisions are all officials in name, but they have no real power and do not care about things. They only pay wages accordingly.

    Those with real power are temporarily appointed by the emperor and can be removed at any time.  For example, magistrates of states, counties, secret envoys, etc. are all temporarily dispatched by the emperor.  In fact, it is said that it is a temporary assignment, and some may work for a lifetime.  The reason why the emperor is like this is just to take the power into his own hands.

    At this time, Dazai and Shaozai were in charge of the affairs of the three provinces. Now Wen Shen has taken the post of Grand Master and is in charge of the affairs of the three provinces. This means that Wen Shen is the largest official besides the emperor. Of course, it is temporary, because the emperor can remove him at any time.  In terms of real power, he only retains the position of Grand Master and receives salary.

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    The next day, Wen Shen came to work in Zhongshu Province with the imperial edict in hand.

    At first, Wen Shen did not expect that Song Huizong would actually ask him to take charge of the three provinces. Now, he would be the Prime Minister of the State Council.  Originally, he didn't want to do a thankless job, but now that Yizhou is on the right track, he can do without him, so he decided to take up the post of prime minister and see how he felt.

    Wen Shen looked at the ministers in the council hall and thought to himself: "As the saying goes, a new official has three things to do when he takes office, and he can't fall into the trap. But what should he do? Well, let's establish his authority first!"

    Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "From now on, we will all be colleagues. In order to better manage this country for the officials, I ask for your support."

    After saying that, Wen Shen bowed his hands to everyone, and then continued, "I have just taken over, and there are many things that are not very clear. Please tell me your basic situation first. Mr. Zheng, how about you come first?"

    Zheng Juzhong cupped his hands and smiled, "Okay, I will say something first"

    Wen Shen looked at Zheng Juzhong who kept croaking a little depressed, and thought to himself: "How can this guy be so talkative? What's more, what he said was all bits and pieces without a single point. Why didn't I see it before? It's really  I don¡¯t know how he managed to become Dazai all these years.¡±

    Finally, Wen Shen couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted: "Mr. Zheng, can you just talk about some key points! Where are the places flooded and where the harvest has failed? Is it interesting to talk about these?"

    Zheng Juzhong was startled. After a long time, he asked, "Master, what do we care about?"

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    Wen Shen¡¯s mind suddenly got big.  I thought to myself: "I said that China's feudal society has not changed much for more than a thousand years, and it is all caused by these mediocre officials. Forget it, I don't count on these idiots anymore, just follow your own ideas, just  As long as this group of people can successfully implement their ideas.¡±

    "Where is the Minister of Household Affairs, can you tell me about the population and tax situation across the country?"

    A middle-aged man stood up and bowed, "With a population of 20 million households, the annual tax revenue exceeds 10 million guan, including a lot of goods in kind. There is a surplus of 40 million guan."

    Wen Shen smiled and said, "It seems that we are still very rich. Now I will give you a task to investigate the population situation of the country. I will give you the content of the investigation later. You want to do something  Let me investigate clearly."
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