A first-quarter moon hangs obliquely in the sky, and the clear light envelops the world, and the blurry colors make people feel that the world is somewhat illusory. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info stars dotted the sky, giving people the illusion of being a little crowded.

Xu Ping sat under the porch, looking at the night sky, slightly distracted.

For ordinary people, there are many more stars that can be seen at night in this era than in their previous lives, and even the Milky Way can be clearly seen. And for those people in Si Tianjian, the stars observed are far from being compared with the previous life, after all, the human eye has a limit, and the vast world outside the line of sight can only rely on imagination.

The glass field in the north of the city has begun to produce products, but it is still unstable. After the craftsmen from Yongzhou came, the progress was accelerated a lot, and after waiting for about ten days, the officials transferred from the sugar industry also arrived, and the new field affairs could be on the right track.

Seeing Jia Xian, Xu Ping suddenly had the idea of being a deputy telescope. In the past, in Yongzhou, although there was glass, there was no skilled craftsman, there was no way to grind out the lenses, and Xu Ping had no way. Now that they are back in the capital, there are all kinds of skilled craftsmen, and the jade grinding in the Hanlin Courtyard is not a problem to grind a lens, no matter how complicated they are, they can make it.

With the telescopes, those officials who were in charge of the heavenly prison saw the vast sky and didn't know what they would think. What is certain, however, is that with more accurate observations, the almanac should also be more accurate. It will no longer be changed at every turn because the solar and lunar eclipses do not match the almanac, making those officials anxious.

Not far away, several young people who were on night duty in the pavilion gathered together and talked enthusiastically about the newly printed book series of Guozijian. They were the main authors of those series, and their enthusiasm was high.

There are people on duty in the pavilion every night above the waiting system, but it is no longer Xu Ping's previous book library, the main task has been changed to prepare consultants, ready to ask the emperor right, and part-time to watch the lower level of the library on duty at night.

This is a change of identity, and the above and the officials are completely two classes.

It is also strange to say that most of the officials gathered around Fan Zhongyan were Jinshi in the second year of Tiansheng and the eighth year of Tiansheng, and the fifth year of Tiansheng Jinshi sandwiched in the middle rarely participated. From a system point of view, at this time, the fifth year of the Heavenly Sage, except for a few first-class people, all served in the local government, and there were fewer conflicts with Lu Yijian. And Tiansheng happened to serve as a museum in the eighth year, and many of them in the second year of Tiansheng have already entered Beijing as officials and met with him. But at the root, there are still some ideological factors.

At this time, in addition to Xu Ping, there were also Wang Yaochen and Han Qi, as well as Ji Ying, who entered Beijing with Wang Zeng, and Wang Su, who entered the pavilion. Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were barely one faction, but the relationship between the two was not very close, and Han Qi himself was not involved in this incident. Wang Su and Fan Zhongyan are relatives, and his uncle Wang Zhen and Fan Zhongyan are in-laws, and it is normal to move around every day, but at this time, there is no clear political stand on that side.

This phenomenon is very strange, and each Jinshi has a different idea.

At this moment, an attendant entered the Chongwen Academy with two small yellow doors, and went straight to Xu Ping, and said, "The county marquis, the official family is in Tianzhang Pavilion, recruiting you into the right place." ”

Xu Ping stood up and saluted: "The cabinet chief is hard. ”

Tonight is Xu Ping's first time on duty to be systematized, to be honest, it is not normal for Emperor Zhao Zhen not to recruit him. In the past, when I was a concubine, I couldn't see the emperor in my spare time, and there was basically no opportunity for two people to talk alone, because I didn't have that responsibility, and I was also considered to have no ability. Even if you enter the right place when you are on night duty in the pavilion, you are supplementing other bachelors, and you can't express your opinion alone. Now as an attendant officer, the two can talk privately, which is the most advantageous place for officials above the waiting system compared with other officials, and opinions can directly affect the emperor's decision-making.

If we take Xu Ping's political identity in his previous life as an analogy, those who are above the system are members of the Central Committee, those who are above the true bachelor's degree are considered members of the political-political bureau, and Zai Zhi is a member of the Standing Committee. Only officials above the level of the waiting system can be regarded as entering the decision-making circle.

The one who came was the real pavilion chief, with the errand of lifting the Tianzhang Pavilion, and the middle-level chamberlain called the "pavilion chief" was how he came. However, Xu Ping was not familiar with him, so he didn't say anything all the way, just followed along.

Tianzhang Pavilion collects the imperial pen of Emperor Zhenzong during his lifetime, and of course, there are also books, which is a monumental building. Emperor Zhao Zhen likes to study here when he is fine, and sometimes he also recruits close ministers here.

The pavilion was brightly lit, and there were not many attendants waiting for the call next to him, so it seemed a little empty.

Xu Ping saw the ceremony, and Zhao Zhen ordered to give a seat.

After serving tea, Zhao Zhen asked casually: "I heard that the newly recruited officials of the three divisions taught by the Regulation Editing Institute have been completed in the past few days, and they have all been assigned to the subordinate yamen?" ”

Xu Ping bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, it has already been divided." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and waved his hand: "We talk in private, you don't have to be restrained, we are not outsiders." ”

Xu Ping thanked him, looking a little embarrassed. This degree is very difficult to handle, casually makes the emperor feel unruly, and too restrained makes him feel angry, this kind of response is really not what Xu Ping is good at.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen knew Xu Ping's temperament, and he didn't force it, and asked: "Talking about political affairs in the afternoon, Lu Xianggong talked about the affairs of the three officials, saying that you are too arbitrary and do not allow others to interfere. What Lu Xianggong means, you are so afraid of falling into people's words. ”

"It is true. In the past, the officials of the three divisions colluded and committed fraud, implicating many powerful ministers in the DPRK and China, but one was not substantiated, and the other was too extensive, and in the end, it was not resolved. For this matter, Zheng Jian, who was sentenced to the Salt and Iron Hook Academy, had a temper with me for a lot of days, and he really couldn't track it down. This time, the public officials assigned the yamen, and I was afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so I directly divided the military cases according to the performance of the public officials when they were studying, and did not let others interfere. As for the handle of falling people, in fact, as long as I do this matter, how to deal with it will be said, after all, there are still many children of officials in the public officials. ”

In fact, the most important reason is that Xu Ping is afraid that the officials of various departments will win over each other during the training, and pull those who have a relationship with him and listen to him into his yamen to cultivate a foundation. In particular, Lu Gongqiu, who opened the demolition division, almost did not hide this, Xu Ping was simply assigned by the military case, and the people close to him were deliberately dispersed, and Chen Zhengping was even sent to the field outside the city.

Zhao Zhen naturally didn't know these details, and it was impossible for him to know, some things could be said, some things could not be said, and the officials knew everything in their hearts, otherwise they would cause endless troubles. If Zhao Zhen knew that the officials below were so blatantly forming gangs, there would inevitably be a storm, and Xu Ping had no evidence in his hand, and he would be embarrassed at that time.

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Zhao Zhen said: "If you say so, I know it in my heart, just do it, don't care what others say." Kou Ying is already old, you should take care of the affairs of the three divisions more, you must be brave in doing things, don't have worries! ”

Xu Ping really didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, so he had to say: "The minister must be attentive!" ”

"The three divisions are in your hands, and I am also relieved. Since the expulsion of fraudulent officials last month, the income of the capital's field affairs has increased by more than 300,000 yuan this month. 300,000 guan per month, nearly 4 million guan a year, how much is the imperial court's annual income? Shocking! ”

Zhao Zhen didn't say anything about this matter in the court, nor did he ask the minister, but it didn't mean that he didn't care. At this time, when he said it, he was still indignant, and his voice was raised.

In fact, if we really have to pay close attention, we can increase more than 500,000 yuan every month. However, things must be reversed, and Xu Ping deliberately relaxed a little. So as not to dissatisfy the people below, give them the opportunity to fill the previous deficit, and also leave room for the future to rise.

Of course, so much money in a year is not all embezzled by officials, but more wasted. Every time corruption is consistent, it will cause a loss of ten guan, and how many officials in the capital reach out to this, and millions of guan a year will disappear like playing.

Xu Ping couldn't say these things, so he had to keep silent.

Zhao Zhen said: "In the future, you should pay attention to the field affairs in the capital, as well as those newly opened field affairs, such a thing must not happen again." If the three divisions charge more points here, they will collect less points from the people, and if they collect less points, they don't know how many people's lives will be saved. This is not a trivial matter, you must be careful! ”

"The minister commanded. However, in Beijing, the field affairs are still watched by the Treasury Department, and the key is to look at them. ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head: "The Treasury Department supervises the field affairs in Beijing, but they don't know anything about such a big mess." Usually just report some trivial things, how do they understand the affairs in the field affairs? Three divisions take care of more! ”

At this time, it was Zheng Xiang who promoted the treasurer in Beijing, and Xu Ping's deepest impression of him was that he had a nephew, Zhou Dunyi, who wrote "Ai Lian Said" at a young age, and Xu Ping had memorized it in his previous life. Zhou Dunyi's father died when he was eight years old, and since then he has been living with Zheng Xiang, and he is also in the capital at this time.

There is another thing that makes Xu Ping very surprised, it turns out that Zhou Dunyi's mother has remarried, and the two brothers are half-brothers, and the two brothers have different surnames, and they were raised by Zheng Xiang together. It is not uncommon for widows to remarry in this year, like Fan Zhongyan will also give the widow dowry who remarries in his family, and he will not disdain. Xu Ping's strange thing is that Zhou Dunyi is the teacher of Ercheng, and the sentence that has a great impact on later generations, "Death by starvation is very small, and loss of temperance is great", was said by Cheng Yi in Ercheng. Where do you put your teacher's face in this way? I don't know what's going on.

Because Zhou Dunyi's reputation in later generations was too great, Xu Ping has always been polite to Zheng Xiang. For these celebrities, Xu Ping can not offend as much as possible, and the mouth of a scholar will become a wicked person if he is not careful, so why bother with that trouble?

Zhao Zhen's words had some meaning of letting the three divisions seize the power of the treasury, and Xu Ping was not good at playing, so he just agreed in his mouth. Originally, the Treasury Division was divided into three powers, but now it is the other way around, who knows when it will be repeated?

It is the ancestral family law of the Zhao family, and the institution stacks the bed frame house, which is to facilitate the deployment of official duties at any time at this time. Xu Ping is a minister in the end, and there is no need to get up to cater to this system. (To be continued.) )