The atmosphere in the Chongzheng Hall was a little dull, Xu Ping was at the bottom, closest to the brazier, and he felt more and more hot.

The reason for this recital was that Kou Ying asked the leap calendar for the coming year to use the method used by Xu Pingyuan when he was in Yongzhou, that is, to refer to some tables, which were classified and clearly divided.

When it comes to the country's legal system, the matter is important, and the emperor will recruit the Zaizhi and the three imperial preludes.

Zaifu in the east, Prime Minister Lu Yijian, Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Shixun, Governor Song Shou and Cai Qi, and another Governor Zhang Dexiang was on duty in the political affairs hall.

In the Privy Council to the west, the privy envoy Wang Zeng, the deputy privy envoy Li Shi and Sheng Du, and the other deputy privy councillor Wang Deyong was on duty.

Kou Ying and Xu Ping, the representatives of the two three divisions, could only sit down in front of these big figures.

The people in the temple can be divided into generations according to their age. Zhang Shixun, Li Zheng, Sheng Du and Kou Ying are the first generation, all of whom are sixty or seventy years old. Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng are the same age, and they are both 56 years old this year. The next generation is Song Chuan and Cai Qi, both in their forties. The youngest are the emperor Zhao Zhen and Xu Ping, both of whom are also the same age, twenty-four years old.

This age distribution speaks for itself.

Among the oldest generation, Zhang Shixun, who was the most powerful, was Zhao Zhen's former minister of the East Palace, and he was the most trustworthy person in the emperor's reign. Li Tan is old and no longer ambitious. Sheng Du purely wanted to get over the addiction of Zai Zhi before Zhishi, and he was a make-up. And Kou Xuan, who has the lowest status in this generation, is the most dazzling in their generation in terms of political experience and achievements, but the noble person who was kind to him in his early years was Ding Wei, otherwise he would have already sat in the position of ruler, and now he is relying on Xu Ping's last fight.

The next generation, Lü Yijian and Wang Zeng, were well-deserved pillars of the country at this time, and they were the leaders of the bureaucrats and doctors of this era in terms of fame, qualifications, political achievements, and personal ability.

The next generation of Song Shou and Cai Qi are not enough to be alone at this time, and they are vassals of the previous generation of Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng.

As for the emperor Zhao Zhen and Xu Ping, they are still in the stage of not being deeply involved in politics, trembling and trying little by little.

Zhao Zhen looked at the ministers on both sides, and said slowly: "Back then, Xu Ping was in Yongzhou to raise the sugar business, and he used to talk about sugar affairs in the upper chapter, which was divided into categories and clear. There are also many charts, even for those who are not familiar with sugar affairs, they can see it at a glance. In the past few years, the development of sugar has indeed become a major help of the national finance, as Xu Ping said back then. The affairs of the three divisions are chaotic and complicated, and people who are not in the division do not know why they hold the files. If it is according to the method used by Xu Ping in Yongzhou back then, one by one is clearly listed, and the central ruler can decide political affairs accordingly, what do you think? ”

Lu Yijian's tone was flat: "A good thing is a good thing, but the backlog of case files in the three divisions is no less than millions of volumes, and I am afraid that it is not clear in my eagerness." There are those who have been scattered for a long time, those who have been bitten by insects and rats, those who have been exposed to the sun and rain, and it is not easy to be organized. ”

Kou Ying was an anxious person, and after listening to it, he said: "What Xianggong said is, but it is precisely because of this that it is more necessary to sort out the case files, otherwise it will accumulate year by year, and one day you won't be able to sort it out if you want to." ”

If it is not a short-term part-time job, the missing link in Lu Yijian's political experience is the Third Division, he has been in power for many years and naturally understands the situation of the Third Division, but he is not familiar with the specific affairs. Listening to Kou Ying's words, Lu Yijian closed his eyes and said nothing.

Cai Qi said: "The three divisions are in charge of the world's finances, and every money and thing must be declared, and there are so many case files that it is really beyond the ability of human beings to read through them. If Xu Ping can really sort out the case file clearly, he will be of great merit to the country. To do this, when there are more subordinate officials, more skilled officials, big things in the book, small things are self-specialized, so there must be two or three percent to succeed. ”

The emperor naturally didn't know what the official affairs of the three divisions and yamen were, and they all said that the affairs were complicated and there were many case files, but there was no concept of how many miscellaneous laws and how many laws were. Cai Qi is a person who has been the third envoy, and among these people, only he and Li Jian are reliable, and the others are all talking about the cage and speaking by feeling.

So he asked Li Zheng again: "How?" ”

Li Jian was upright and said directly: "Cai Zisi is right, but the difficulties are better than Zisi's words. ”

Zhao Zhen is still a little undecided, with more officials, how many people do you have to match? How can we support it with material resources? What is the allocation method of manpower and material resources? None of this can be solved by a few words of nonsense.

Looking at the few ministers present who don't seem to be speaking enthusiastically, this can't be blamed on the ministers, it's really because there are not many people in the three divisions in this term, and they can't say anything, Zhao Zhen had to ask Xu Ping: "Kou Yingju you are appointed as the partial cultivator of the three divisions, how much do you think?" How long does it take to complete editing? ”

Xu Ping said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the minister has been in the Third Division for a few months, there are several warehouses hidden in the case files of the Third Division, and I really don't know how many of them need to be sorted out. If you want to make it clear, I'm afraid you have to check it first. ”

Wang Zeng, who had never spoken, spoke slowly: "What Xu Ping said is that one thing in the world, every millimeter of entry and exit must go through the three divisions, and it can be estimated clearly where it is urgent." At this time, it is almost the end of the year, so it is better to stay for three months to prepare Xu Ping on this matter, and then play it clearly in February and March of the next year. ”

Wang Zeng, like Lu Yijian, has no experience in the third division, so the opinions of the two are not much different. Things are good, but it's too difficult, so it's better to take your time to do it.

Seeing that everyone had acquiesced, Kou Ying hurriedly asked, "The case files of previous years can be done like this, but what about the leap calendar for the next year?" Will it be based on the story of previous years or will it be a new approach? ”

Lu Yijian said: "Since the third division said that the new method is good, it is naturally according to the new method." However, just in case, according to the copy of the story of previous years, it is still necessary, so that the states and counties can work hard. ”

Xu Ping opened his mouth and swallowed back what he was about to say.

What kind of hard work, I am also a person who has made a general judgment, and when encountering this kind of thing, isn't the usual practice of general judgment not to copy a copy of the numbers from previous years, and then report it according to the new format to fool around? After thinking about it, Lu Yijian has been making a general judgment for a longer time than himself, and he has served in the local government for many years as a governor, can he know what he knows? State and county officials are fooled, anyway, the changes in this era are at least ten years, and it is not outrageous. When the officials below are familiar with the new rules, it's not too late to make a thorough count.

The others had no objections, and the matter was settled. Xu Ping has an extra dispatch on his head, and he is also preparing to compile and revise the regulations of the three divisions, this official title Xu Ping sounds very awkward, but many officials in this era sound awkward, so what?

(Note: Wang Anshi's organization at the time of the reform was the Regulation Department of the Three Divisions, and the preparation and review were more reformed than the editing.) More importantly, the regulations of the three divisions are not subordinate to the Zhongshu, and the prime minister is not allowed to intervene, but is directly under the management of the emperor, so it has become the target of public criticism. In the book, it is only a small department under the three divisions, and it does not have so much power, so there are not so many people who come out to oppose it, and of course they can't do anything to change the law. For the avoidance of misunderstanding, it is hereby explained. (To be continued.) )