Emperor Shenzong's desire to reform the official system is nothing new, and he has been thinking about how to do it since the day he ascended the throne. I tried the water a few times, but I couldn't move it due to the resistance. If what the wasp said was true, then Emperor Shenzong must have made a big move this time, otherwise he would not have chosen such a delicate time.

As for where the news of the wasp came from, Hong Tao never asked. Of course, he has his own sources, since he was sent by the emperor to keep an eye on him, there must be more than one person fighting alone, and there is at least a whole set of people from the Imperial City Division by his side.

Again, Hong Tao never used their brains. I don't even have any curiosity about who you are, can I rest assured? If you don't worry about it, it's no longer a problem, so what's the matter. If the emperor wants to let himself die, he really has no power to fight back, anyway, not at the moment.

The source of the wasp is very reliable, the holy decree arrived in Liangzhou at the beginning of November, and Wang Xu, the commander of the horses, was promoted again, and the general manager of the soldiers and horses did not change, but the head of the head changed, no longer Huangzhou, but Ganliang Road.

This time, the Great Song Dynasty finally hardened up, and forcibly took Liangzhou and Ganzhou into his pocket before the peace talks with Xixia ended, with obvious meaning, and he didn't want to return it.

In addition to the pacification envoy of Ganliang Road and the general manager of soldiers and horses, there is also a position in the back, knowing the affairs of Huangzhou. That is to say, from now on, Wang Xu, the horse, will not only be in charge of Ganliang Road, but also be responsible for all things in Huangzhou.

This is that Huangzhou and Ganliang Road are too poor and have no population, otherwise they would be one of the few local officials since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a power leaning towards the government and the opposition.

But there is also a not-so-good news, the holy decree does not mention the matter of sending Lu to the official position, and the work is more than doubled, but the salary is not raised, and the rank is not raised, and it is still the prince of the second rank who is less guaranteed.

This kind of thing is not very common in officialdom, generally speaking, the actual position will rise sharply, and the virtual title will also rise.

But this time there is an exception, there can only be one explanation, the emperor's will is still subject to the influence of the courtiers, just to give a real position, I can't tell how to fight, and then promote the false title, you have to fight in the court.

There is also a letter from the princess who came with the decree, which is quite unusual, and usually the person who delivers the decree cannot carry a private message. But this time it was still an exception, public and private came together, holding the holy decree in both hands, and carrying the family letter in their arms.

"Hey, hey, in order to deal with the officials and courtiers, they even used their strength to eat, it's not easy." After reading this family letter, Hong Tao felt that he owed the eldest princess more.

She must have been forced by her brother, Emperor Shenzong, to write this letter, less than half of the letter was about the family and her daughter, and more than half of it was about the changes in the DPRK and China, as well as the deployment of military forces in the northwest frontier region.

How could the eldest princess know this kind of information so clearly, it was all the emperor who wanted to tell herself. The meaning, on the one hand, is to remind yourself to pay more attention to things in the future, and on the other hand, it is also to warn yourself not to play tricks, otherwise you will be surrounded and suppressed immediately.

Why? The letter is very clear. Wang Hou was transferred to Qinfeng Road, Chong'e was transferred to the newly established Lanhui Road, and the former Chengdu Road transfer envoy Zhang Qi was transferred to Xihe Road.

Even if the map of the Northern Song Dynasty is very abstract painters, it can be seen that the nearly 200,000 forbidden troops led by these three men blocked all the roads between Huangzhou and Ganliang Road and the Great Song Dynasty from the south and southeast.

As long as they have any actions that they shouldn't do, they can immediately cut off the supply lines of the new army, and even directly send troops to Huangzhou to give their rear bases.

Moreover, except for Wang Hou, who is more neutral, the other two have a lot of trouble with themselves, no matter how they assume, they will not be in the same boat with themselves, let alone open their eyes.

Not to mention the plantation, he himself is neither a new party nor an old party, but he, like Li Xian, eats the bowl of rice in the army. The military reform he carried out in Huangzhou seriously violated his interests, and coupled with the matter of Chongkai, the Chongjia family no longer had a holiday with him, he was simply a mortal enemy.

Who is Zhang Qi? At first, Hong Tao really didn't know, but a few days later, Gao Cuifeng sent a letter from Weiqiao Town, talking about the reform of the official system of the imperial court, which focused on this person. Obviously, Gao Cuifeng also saw the intention of the imperial court to arrange this, and he was reminding himself to think twice about doing things.

Zhang Qi is a passerby from Fujian, and Wang Guan is a fellow countryman, but his background is very good, and he is a standard official eunuch family. Grandfather Zhang Pinguan worships the squire of the Criminal Department; Uncle Zhang Dexiang Renzong worshiped the prime minister and was named the Duke of Xunguo; Uncle Zhang inquired about Shang Shuyu, a member of the Ministry of Foreign Lang; Father Zhang visited the general doctor......

Not only the last few generations have been strong, but he has not been cowardly in his generation, and the three younger brothers are also county orders. But the most famous is his cousin Zhang Dan, who is currently a servant of his disciples, the head of the deputy prime minister, and his status is second only to Sima Guang.

Both cousins were generals under Wang Anshi and supporters of the New Deal. But Gao Cuifeng said that there is also a difference, Zhang Dian is more radical, and like Wang Anshi, he will do everything to achieve his goal. And Zhang Qi has a higher emotional intelligence and is more able to unite people, so his popularity is very good, and he is brilliant.

Gao Cuifeng's letter attached a poem by Zhang Qi "Water Dragon Yin, Yan Busy Ying Lazy Fang Remnant", and also said that Su Shi praised this poem, and echoed a poem "Water Dragon Yin, Second Rhyme Chapter Qianfu Yang Hua Ci". The former describes catkins, and the latter talks about poplar flowers, with the same rhyme.

However, Gao Cuifeng didn't attach Su Shi's words together, probably because he felt that the horse and Su Shi had broken off their relationship, and he shouldn't like to watch this kind of thing very much.

The reason why I got a poem is mainly to remind the horse that this person not only has a deep family foundation, but also has a lot of prestige in the literati circle, so don't mess with it if you can, and be prepared even if you do.

In addition to introducing Zhang Qi, Gao Cuifeng's letter mainly talked about the reform of the official system. This incident was not a temporary uprising of Emperor Shenzong, Hong Tao remembered that he had heard Wang Anshi mention it when he was still playing flying eagles in the Horse Mansion.

However, because the scope of involvement is too wide, the resistance is also very large, and it has not been officially changed, but started from the corners and corners first, and observed the movement while changing.

This time, Emperor Shenzong took advantage of the great victory in foreign wars, the initial results of the new policy, the abundance of the national treasury, and the strength of the army, and really began to carry out drastic reforms, and the first thing to move was Xiangquan.

First of all, the "Jiluge" was promulgated, so that all officials became Jilu officials, and the promotion of officials should refer to the "Jiluge" to change officials. It doesn't look like much, everyone upgrades according to seniority. But in this way, the promotion of many officials no longer has to go through the prime minister, which weakens the power of the prime minister in disguise.

Then the three-province system of the Tang Dynasty was restored, and all the review, reconsideration, and execution powers exercised by the original subordinates, Zhongshu, and Shangshu were attributed to Zhongshu Province, which strengthened the emperor's rights.

Finally, there is financial power, so that the three divisions can perform their own duties, and they no longer have to be under the jurisdiction of the prime minister, but are directly responsible to the emperor. At this time, the previous prime minister's power is equivalent to being divided by several departments, and some do not have to go through the prime minister, as long as the emperor agrees.

The advantage of this is that central government officials can have a clear sense of responsibilities and know what they are supposed to do, rather than waiting for temporary assignments.

At the same time, it also clarified the promotion channel of officials, unless meritorious service is awarded, otherwise in accordance with the provisions in the "Jiluge" little by little to boil the qualifications, the administrative level system of later generations is basically this set.

Generally speaking, in addition to strengthening the imperial power, this method also screened out some idle officials, allowing everyone to perform their duties, and the work efficiency will be improved and government spending will be reduced.

But no matter how good the system is, it will eventually fall on the people, Hong Tao took a cursory look at the list of personnel in important departments, and immediately found that it was still the original group of people, and there was almost no change. From this point of view, it is speculated that Emperor Shenzong's official reform is only half of the success, and it is difficult to say whether the other half will succeed.

With these officials holding important positions, they are fully capable of adding infinite difficulty to the reform, so that the reform will be changed on the surface, but in essence it will not be changed. Even if it can be implemented smoothly in the central government, it will still be difficult to get to the local level.

If the government wants to be efficient, it must abide by the same rules from top to bottom, otherwise the central government will play the central government and the local government will play the local government, and after canceling each other, there will be no efficiency at all.