The collective discussion can only determine the major principles, and the specific details still depend on the officials of each government office to discuss them themselves. It is impossible to set the details. Now that the war in the northwest has begun, Wen Yanbo did not want to spend more time on Ye County, so he decided and submitted the memorial accordingly.

The two prime ministers and Privy Councilor Jia Changchao went into the Da Nei to report the memorial, and the rest left the imperial city. It was already afternoon, and most of the officials returned home, and the imperial city seemed a little empty. Everyone said goodbye to each other, preparing to go back to the government office, and changed into casual clothes to go home.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over like a wind and prepared to enter the imperial city.

Tian Kuang saw it and whispered: "Where are you soldiers? Why are you doing so quickly? This is the imperial city, be careful! - Where is the great victory?"

The soldier saw the official uniform and hurriedly bowed: "Young, damn it! The Taiwei of the Northwest Han Dynasty broke Guazhou and collected Shazhou, which is the urgent thing."

Everyone was surprised. They thought the good news came from Di Qing's troops, but they did not expect it to be Han Qi. Han Qi used Xingxing Gorge as the base. When Di Qing was preparing the army in Zhenrong Army, he also set out. Guazhou was more than 300 miles away from Xingxing Gorge. After another half a month of victory news came to the Central Plains, it was obvious that Han Qi's troops arrived in Guazhou and occupied it, with almost no delay.

Seeing the soldiers entering the imperial city, several officials were talking for a while. This time, Di Qing attacked Dangxiang, Han Qi supported him, and the court officials looked at Di Qing, and ignored Han Qi. Unexpectedly, the first major victory was Han Qi.

Saying goodbye to everyone, Du Zhongxiao returned to the yamen, ordered the affairs, and then returned home. He sat in the study for a while, but for a while, he couldn't read the books, and couldn't help but close his eyes to rest. The important matters now are actually three things. The first is the war in the northwest, and it's useless to worry too much. The second is the reform of Ye County, and the court officials did not pay much attention to it, but Du Zhongxiao knew that this matter was crucial to the future. The last thing was that Du Zhongxiao had never touched it, that is, because there was a problem with the emperor's health in the first half of the year, the court officials asked to establish a chief.

In the Northwest War, Di Qing’s strategy was too conservative. If there were no accidents, it would be difficult to end in a short time. He only attacked Lingzhou next year. Dangxiang had been operating Lingzhou for several years. How could it be so easy to fight? It’s useless to think too much, just wait and see what’s going on.

Regarding the matter of Jianchu, Zhao Zhen has been ill for half a year and has not lived to this day, so many ministers have invited him. Zhao Zhen always kept the memorials and did not express his objections or agreement. However, he sent officials to pray many times, which obviously he had hope of having children.

Zhao Zhen was less than 50 years old and was in his prime. If he hadn't been ill, no official would have submitted a memorial. He had been seriously ill and had been in poor health, which made the ministers feel worried. As the chief censor, Du Zhongxiao should have participated in this matter. However, Du Zhongxiao entered the capital with the border commander and was not familiar with the emperor and the ministers, so he deliberately avoided this matter.

Due to special conditions, the imperial power of the Song Dynasty had its own characteristics. Establishing a country was a military change. During the Taizu period, Taizu mainly relied on the imperial guards. By the time of Taizong, the power of imperial examination literati began to be strengthened. Zhenzong's alliance in the Chanzhou period exposed that the imperial guards were no longer as capable as they were when the founding of the country, and the emperor had great control over the imperial guards. The most important moment was that Prime Minister Kou Zhun decided on the overall situation. By the time of the emperor, the power of civil officials increased, and the emperor actually had to rely on civil officials. Especially during the Qingli period, the Dangxiang Rebellion was not suppressed, which had a great impact on imperial power.

The real scholar-officials and imperial power jointly ruled the world from Zhenzong to this era. Historically, the emperor was in poor health at this time, and the civil officials followed the politics, and the later emperors reigned for a short time, and the power of the civil officials group expanded greatly.

However, in the past few years, Du Zhongxiao won consecutive victories on Hequ Road, which made the somewhat decadent emperor see hope again. If the imperial guards were re-engineered and wiped out the weaknesses over the past century, another situation would be formed. Tunting Du Zhongxiao back to the capital would be a process of running-in.

After understanding these, Du Zhongxiao knew that he could provide big opinions on the Northwest War, but he would be exempted from specific suggestions. Once it involved military deployment and personnel transfer, it would be better not to participate in the military.

In other words, what Du Zhongxiao can do now is actually reforming Ye County. Other ministers are focused on the northwest and will not focus on Ye County, and they will have fewer constraints. Internal affairs are not involved in military affairs, and the emperor is also prone to obeying them.

What is the most important thing about reform? The system is of course important, but the most important thing is the reformer.

Opening his eyes, Du Zhongxiao stood up and walked back and forth in the study a few steps. He turned around and said, "Go and call Luo Jing."

After a moment, Luo Jing arrived and Du Zhongxiao said, "If you go to the house of the judge of the herd, Wang Anshi, you will say that I will invite him to drink wine in the evening."

Luo Jing looked out the window and the sun was about to set the mountain, and hesitated a little: "Is it a little late at this time?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Which is too late to drink when you are free? There is nothing to do tonight and there is no morning court tomorrow. It is time for a few close friends to drink and chat late at night."

Luo Jing bowed and went out of the study room to find Wang Anshi.

Du Zhongxiao sat back on his seat and looked at the books on the table in a daze. Ye County was promoted, and the current Zhiguan and the magistrate were not talents for reform. He should find a way to send someone who can implement his will and have the ability to reform to serve as the magistrate. If this is not the case, in the end, Ye County's reform may run contrary to his wishes and will not get good results.

Who else can I send? Han Jiang and Su Song's qualifications are equivalent to demotion. Others are not suitable, so it can only be Wang Anshi. After Wang Anshi became a Jinshi, he insisted on being an official in the local area and not entering the court, so his official position was promoted slowly. In the 14th year, he was only a magistrate, and he became a magistrate in the court. Then he became a magistrate in Ye County, which was considered a normal promotion.

Moreover, Wang Anshi is different from other officials. He can understand his own ideas and can also put them into practice. Think about it carefully in history. Most of Wang Anshi's reforms in history were to strengthen the central government's power, so-called enriching the country and strengthening the army. To be honest, many reform measures may not be appropriate, and they have indeed increased the burden on the people, especially the burdens of small and medium-sized landlords and self-cultivated farmers. So many of the officials opposed it, not all conservatives, and many of the struggles against the so-called reformists were based on the interests of the people.

However, at this time, what Ye County needs is to manage the factories under its jurisdiction and raise taxes. The money cannot speak, but the amount can explain many problems. If the taxes received from the factory are much more than the current model of overt and commercial taxes, who else will oppose the reform? As for factory owners, there is no need to consider the implementation of the new system to limit their control of local power, but enhance their power to make money. In particular, savings banks can lend money, and the official dominance of the Central Plains market can give factory owners a lot of convenience.

As the sun sets, Wang Anshi arrived at Du Zhongxiao's house. He welcomed into the living room to sit down. Du Zhongxiao said, "I won't go to morning court tomorrow, and there is nothing to do tonight. Please come and have a few glasses of wine and talk about gossip."

Wang Anshi said: "Chief, please come down, not just gossip, right?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "It's better to say it's gossip or not, but it's just that I'm having nothing to do, so I'll find someone to talk to you."

After saying that, he ordered tea to chat with Wang Anshi. When asked about the affairs of the group and herds department, it turned out that Wang Anshi and others were quite busy now. Since he got Hequ Road, there were a large number of horses outside the border, and Chen Qin raised new horse breeds, the horse breeding industry in the Song Dynasty made rapid progress. In a few years, the number of horse prisons along the Yellow River had doubled, and the group and herds department became a big yamen.

Looking at the dark, Du Zhongxiao said: "I prepared wine tonight, let's drink two glasses and talk about some gossip."

After saying that, the two left the living room and arrived at the wing room next to them. The room had already set up a banquet and they sat down.

Du Zhongxiao raised his wine glass and said, "It has been fourteen years since we won the title together in the second year of Qingli. After becoming an official, I remember that when you were in Suizhou, we met when you went to Shuzhou to be the magistrate. When we met again, it will be this year."

Wang Anshi said: "No, in the past fourteen years, Zhongcheng has gone from a magistrate in Bozhou to a commander of Hequlu, and then joined the court as Zhongcheng. In fact, the promotion was not fast, but the contributions made by the court were beyond the reach of ordinary people, and he is a role model for us."

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "If you don't talk about these, it's all over. Jiefu, in fact, I'm looking for you today, I really have something to discuss with you."

Wang Anshi bowed: "If there is anything, the Chief Secretary will give him the order."

Du Zhongxiao nodded, raised his glass and said, "Come on, drink. Let's talk while drinking."

After drinking, Du Zhongxiao said, "The first thing I did after returning to Beijing to be the Chief Secretary was to go to Ye County. I saw it there and found many problems. In fact, there were many problems in Ye County, but there were also many opportunities. It can be said that problems and opportunities coexist. However, because I was going to investigate the case, I mentioned many problems after returning to the court, so I did not raise the opportunity."

Wang Anshi said: "When I heard from the affairs of Ye County, I thought that it should be a place of opportunity. In less than ten years, a small county in the Central Plains gathered 100,000 families. How powerful! The so-called "no profit to get up early, if it weren't for the easy profit there, how could so many people move there!"
Chapter completed!