The imperial guards of the Northern Song Dynasty actually had a strict selection and assessment mechanism. The most basic infantry needed to pull out a hard bow of one stone and five dou, which was just an introductory requirement. After pulling out a hard bow of one stone and five dou, they also had to follow the "soldier's appearance", that is, to choose soldiers whose height and body were in line with the requirements. Those who could be selected were basically tall and strong men.

After entering the Imperial Guard's barracks, the training and assessment are also very strict, and there is also a mechanism for upgrading, relegation and relegation. Imperial Guard soldiers have to participate in internal assessment every once in a while, and they have a step bow of one stone and five dou, six steps shooting, and three of them are relegated to six arrows. No three is demoted, and five of them are six or all can be promoted.

In other words, theoretically, the 500,000 imperial guards of the Song Dynasty can all use one and a half hard bows, and at least six arrows in a row to shoot targets about a hundred meters away, with three shots.

A bow with one and a half stone! How much strength does it take to shoot six arrows in a row! And at least three out of six out of six steps... If Zhao Ji's 500,000 imperial guards are at this level now, then you can talk to the Liao Kingdom. Send 400,000 troops to destroy the country immediately!

But now, of the 500,000 imperial guards, there are obviously 450,000 of them all waste snacks! Since everyone has lowered the standards, what are the reasons to demand that Wu Haogu?

"Your Majesty," An Tao, the official of the Privy Council, stood up and replied, "The imperial guards are indeed a bit abolished now, and they must be strictly rectified. At the same time, the methods of the government soldiers are discussed in case of emergency needs.

However, the abolition of the imperial guards is not the reason why Wu Haogu unauthorized the enlistment of the imperial knights in Cangzhou."

"It's not without authorization. I have issued an order to allow him to select a hero who is good at riding and shooting in Cangzhou to go to the imperial horse and listen to it."

As soon as these words were said, the ministers in the palace were shocked. Such a big thing was actually promoted by the order of the Central Secretariat to bypass the subordinates of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat... The current official is really a bit frivolous! It seems that the treacherous minister Zhang Dun still has vision!

"Your Majesty," Zeng Bu sighed and reported, "The recruitment of troops involves the foundation of the country. How can it be implemented through the Chinese imperial edict? You also ask Your Majesty to take back the decree issued and punish those responsible for it."

The prime minister opposed the emperor's use of the imperial edict to promote national affairs. Because this matter was extended by impeachment of Wu Haogu, as a relative of Wu Haogu, Han Zhongyan just avoided it, so Zeng Bu had to bite the bullet and report it.

Zhao Ji frowned, knowing that he was a little inappropriate. When he was complaining about Wu Haogu in his heart, Cai Jing, who had just become a Hanlin scholar and a capital edict, suddenly interrupted: "I have been a man! Your Majesty, I still remember that the great edict issued that day and the number of knights must be determined according to the number of land purchased in Beicangzhou, not limited to five hundred. Therefore, Your Majesty's entrustment did not involve expanding the number of troops recruited, but was just doing things under the teachings, so why should I take them back!"

After being reminded by Cai Jing, Zhao Ji also remembered that at that time, the two parties in the court had arguing over the number of knights, and finally used an ambiguous sentence. He used the imperial edict to explain it, it was okay. He looked at Cai Jing's round face and nodded slightly. If it weren't for Cai Jing's reminder, he would have been bullied by Zeng Bu.

Zeng Bu was stabbed in the back by Cai Jing, and he was very angry, but he was not able to argue with Cai Jing, who was also a member of the new party in person, so he could only continue to expose his anger on Wu Haogu.

"Your Majesty, Wu Haogu bought a large number of hidden fields at a high price during the inspection of households in Cangzhou Prefecture. This move undoubtedly destroyed Cangzhou's inspection of fields and should be severely punished."

After hearing Zeng Bu’s accusation, Zhao Ji just nodded slightly. Of course he knew that Wu Haogu and Shi Guozhong were acting. But the land purchase in Cangzhou is not over yet, so he is not good at making tricks, so he just turned his attention to Fan Chunli, the Right Chief of Shangshu.

When the new party sued Wu Haogu for sale and recruiting knights without authorization, the old party in the hall was deaf and dumb. Now when it comes to clearing the fields, this is the thing that the old party dislikes the most. Fan Chunli can't pretend to be dumb anymore, right?

"Your Majesty," said Fan Chunli, "I think Wu Haogu's purchase of Yintian and Cangzhou Qingtian is not in conflict."

"Why don't there be any conflict?" Zeng Bu asked, "The hidden land of local tyrants in Cangzhou is originally unowned, and should be taken over by officials! Now it has been bought by Wu Haogu with the money from the inner warehouse!"

Fan Chunli said: "Wu Haogu did nothing wrong in this matter!

Because Cangzhou was originally a rich plain, with farmland, people's livelihoods were comfortable, and there was no water and drought. Now it is destroyed, it is all because of the three Yi returning to the river! And the three Yi returning to the river is seven parts of man-made disasters and three parts of natural disasters. The root cause is the mistakes of some people in the court."

Of course some people are the new party. Isn’t it the Sanyi Huihe that Wang Anshi advocated?

Fan Chunli said in a heavy tone: "The people suffered heavy losses due to the mistakes of the court, and the land was flooded, and it was deserted. Now some people have reclaimed these lands that did not belong to the court and turned into fertile land. It must have taken countless efforts. It was just that the fields were not registered in time and had escaped taxes for several years. How could they be confiscated in the uninhabited land? Moreover, there are so many hidden fields in Cangzhou, and how can they be confiscated in the court? Now, the government uses internal purchases for the benevolent kings!"

Zhao Ji nodded repeatedly and thought to himself: It’s Fan Zhongyan’s son who understands the truth, he is a benevolent man!

"But the money hidden is limited!" said Lu Jia, the minister of Taifu Temple, interjected, "The treasurys in various places are mostly empty... If it is abused like this, I am afraid that when I really need to use money, the treasury will be empty."

Cai Jing took over the topic and said: "Taifu Temple has countless wealth, and it is in charge of miscellaneous stores, goods dealing with warehouses, store houses, carbide yards, taxation, and deposits. All of them should be well-off. If you can do good cooking, a mere million is not enough."

The function of Taifu Temple in the Song Dynasty was about the Central Bank, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and half of the State Taxation Bureau. If it was operated well, it would indeed be able to make a lot of money. However, a group of feudal bureaucrats, besides knowing how to operate, they would not know what kind of business they could do? They would not take this exam in the imperial examination! Lu Jiawen, who is now the Minister of Taifu Temple, is actually quite good at managing finances.

After being criticized by Cai Jing, Lu Jia asked a little annoyed and snorted softly. Just as he was about to respond, Zhao Ji had already spoken: "Does Cai Qing have any good financial management recipe?"

"I am a scholar, but I also know some financial management methods." Cai Jing said, "I suggest that I set up a special order for the Maritime Commission, carefully select the officials, grant them great power, and obtain people and long-term responsibilities, which will greatly increase the profits of the Maritime Commission."

In fact, Cai Jing also supports the official business in his heart, but he knows that Wu Haogu, Pan Xiao'an and Gao Qiu are favored, but they all oppose the official business, and they can really make money from the private business to support Zhao Ji, who is a benevolent king and a sacred king. As a treacherous minister, Cai Jing naturally will not be able to get along with the three villains around the official family who can "change money".

Therefore, the meaning of reforming the Maritime Warehouse Department, setting up a full-time promotion, and having to be appointed for a long time, is that even fools can understand that Wu Haogu is appointed as the Jihe Maritime Warehouse Department, and it is not subject to the three-year term limit.

Cai Jing also said: "The Maritime Trade Bureau not only has the responsibility for taxes, but also involves Bobu business. All the grain officials are civil servants, who only understand morality, poetry and books, and do not understand the methods of buying and selling. Therefore, the Maritime Trade Bureau in various places either disturbs the merchants or loses money in the business of Bobu business. So even though the maritime trade is now prosperous, the Maritime Trade Bureau's profit is less than 500,000 yuan, which is not as good as the commercial tax in Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Well," Zhao Ji asked, "Where should we start with the matter of specializing in the promotion of the Maritime Warehouse?"

"Let's start with Jiehe Shibo Department," Cai Jing said, "I recommend Wu Haogu to the Jiehe Shibo Department."

After listening to Cai Jing's suggestion, the ministers present were a little stunned. What's going on? Isn't we going to criticize and fight Wu Haogu today? Why did we finally get Wu Haogu to be promoted to the Jiehe Maritime Bureau?

In the past, the Shibo Department was a grain minister, that is, the transfer officers were also in charge of the transfer officers! If Wu Haogu took this position with "power dispatch", he would definitely be promoted to the corresponding official position in the future.

"What Cai Chengzhi is not right!" Lu Jiawen immediately raised an objection, "Wu Haogu's abusing his hidden money has not been investigated yet. How can he be promoted to his official position? If he abuses the country's wealth, he can be promoted and formed a convention, how can he get it?"

Zhao Ji looked at Fan Chunli from the old party again, and Fan Chunli said, "I think your majesty can recall Wu Haogu. I asked in person about the reason. How much did it cost? Can it be borne by Jiehe Maritime Bureau? If there is not much overspending and it can be borne by Jiehe Maritime Bureau, then it is better to send Wu Haogu to Jiehe Maritime Bureau to participate in Jiehe Maritime Bureau."

"How does Jiehe Maritime Ware Bureau take responsibility?" Lu Jia asked.

Fan Chunli smiled and said, "All the Maritime Warehouse Department has official books for purchases. If Wu Haogu can do business without a bank in Jiehe, and the Maritime Warehouse Department official books will be paid for the overspending part of the land purchase, it would be better to let him do this."

"How to do business without a foundation?"

Zhao Ji laughed, "It's not that he has done it before... Isn't that half of Dutingyi's real estate transactions just run without a capital? Let him run without a capital operation Jiehe Maritime Bureau. From next year, Jiehe Maritime Bureau pays 100,000 yuan in taxes every year! The excess fills the overspending deficit of land purchase. If it cannot be done, ask him to go to Haizhou to think about his mistakes.

By the way, Lu Qing, when will the half Duting Post assigned to the store and housekeeping business be completed and sold? In addition, why hasn’t the Zhoubei Military Camp been demolished yet? Will you be able to get real estate rewards and sales and elite troops from next October?"

After Zhao Ji asked this, Lu Jia's face turned black. Those troublemakers, no, they should be all naughty families!

"Your Majesty," Lu Jiawen gritted his teeth, "The demolition progress of the Zhoubei Military Camp is slow, because the Palace Front Office is unwilling to transfer the imperial guards to the guards. Because these soldiers obstruct, the wing army that demolished the houses in the house did not dare to enter! I ask Your Majesty to descend to the Palace Front Office and transfer the in-service imperial guards in the military camp first."

"As long as the on-duty imperial guards are transferred away, the military camp in the north of the state can be demolished?" Zhao Ji asked.

"I dare to issue a military order!"

Han Zhongyan said at this time, "There is no joke in front of you!"

"It's not a joke!" Lu Jia asked, "If the imperial guards' soldiers' coefficient are transferred, they will still be unable to dismantle the northern military camp within three months, I will go to Haizhou to think about my mistakes!"
Chapter completed!