Chapter 1111 Year-end Summary Template

In July, there was a severe drought in the Liao Kingdom and a flood in the Song Kingdom.

Bingxu, see the comet, Wuzi, see the sun.

Following the old rules, Zhao Xu began to avoid the palace again, cut down on meals, and issued orders to speak out.

There are three suggestions put forward in the detailed etiquette. One of them, Mingtang Yi Note, is that the emperor is located in the southeast under the middle step, facing west. This position has been wrong by some officials since the Cao Wei Dynasty.

According to the ancient plan for offering sacrifices to the king, the emperor's tablet should be placed above the steps, facing west.

Zhao Xu followed.

Secondly, "Book of Rites" says: 'The emperor's seat is five-layered.'

There are several feasts held in the Ancestral Temple today, but none of them are ceremonial.

Please use Guanyan instead. Add silk reeling seats to the pure ones; add second seats to the pure paintings; and then set up jade tables on the left and right sides to make it complete.

Zhao Xu followed.

Third, the jade used to honor the gods of Mingtang and Haotian should be Cangbi. Today’s use of Sigui Youdi is not in line with the etiquette system. Please use Cangbi to worship the gods instead.

If there is a minister to serve the five emperors, they should also follow the rules of the great uncle and the god of ceremony, and the Chen Yu should imitate the colors of the five directions.

Nowadays, there is a lot of inventory brought from Nanhai, and it comes in all colors.

Judging from the comet's reaction this time, it seems that the court is not very lively anymore, which is very different from the situation in Wang Anshi's era where every change caused the ministers to go to the house to reveal the tiles.

Only one examiner, Bi Zhongyan, who was in charge of the official affairs of the Shuhufang, published the "Bei Dui" compiled by himself. The content was what the governors had required all officials to report at the end of the year for more than a thousand years from the Zhou Dynasty to the Han and Tang Dynasties.

As the saying goes, "The chief minister of the tomb orders all the officials to regulate their affairs; the chief minister of the tomb orders the officials to take care of themselves."

Bi Zhongyan divided the historical content into one hundred and twenty-five categories, with fifty-eight items attached, and was compiled into six volumes.

After the book was completed, Bi Zhongyan wanted Zhao Xu to read it, but he happened to catch up with Zhao Xu and asked him to speak frankly, so he specially submitted the letter.

However, Zhao Xu did not pay attention to it at first, thinking that it was "a book for ministers to prepare for the emperor" and should not be reported to the emperor.

Only the book of orders was copied by the disciples, and handed over to the governor for collection, so that they could learn to ask questions, and the rest should be the same.

With Su You's current status, he could not help but be surprised when he received this book.

Damn it, isn’t it just the government work report and the year-end summary template for each unit?!

So Su You ran to find Zhao Xu, your majesty, this thing is useful!

We also add an outlook for the coming year, and ask each unit to submit one every year, refer to the previous year's report, and conduct random inspections to see whether their commitments from the previous year were light or heavy, and which ones were fulfilled and which ones were not fulfilled. Can we tell whether officials have achieved success or failure in governance and their execution efficiency?

This is a good thing!

What is the purpose of local inspections? Isn’t that what they do? Aren’t you always complaining that you are not proficient in all businesses due to the limitations of your own experience?

With this, wouldn't it be possible for each department to report on its own first, and then the prosecutors would be able to use the other's spear and attack the other's shield?

Zhao Xu also came to his senses. Not to mention the prosecutors below, even many of the officials, and even himself, did not quite understand the detailed work responsibilities of each department. There were really not just one or two confused officials in the Song Dynasty.

It is rare for someone to do this clearly. This is equivalent to allowing each department to clarify its job responsibilities and scope of authority. It can also provide a general outline of what officials are doing, and it also understands the differences in functions of various departments in various regions. Can make a general judgment.

How can we let go of such a good strategy casually?

Then the question arises. This man is Wang Gui's subordinate and he is not well-known. Mingrun, do you think so highly of him because you are familiar with him?

Su You was confused by the question, Chen... Chen didn't know this person at all...

Zhao Xu asked officials from Liu Neiquan to send in their resumes. Damn it, I still have such talented people under my command?! Hey Mingrun, although this person is currently serving as Zhongshu, he is working under his brother Ling clan. Woolen cloth.

That'll be easy to handle. Let's call Su Song and ask.

After Su Song arrived, he heard that he was asking about Bi Zhongyan, and he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, since Bi Zhongyan returned to the throne, he has written tens of millions of words, distinguished and classified them, made gains and losses, deleted and added them, and done his best."

"In his early years, before he could get any meritorious service, he used his influence as a supplementary job to serve as an official. He once discovered the treacherous schemes of the people in the county and helped the county magistrate to eliminate them."

"Zhang Wen was a fellow villager of Bi Zhongyan. He was at home when he became an official. He witnessed the incident and once praised him: 'As the saying goes, 'If you hoe one evil, you will cultivate ten good deeds.' This is what a king calls him."

"After becoming a Jinshi, he was recommended by Ouyang Xiu and Lu Gongzhu because of his outstanding knowledge."

"Wu Chong was the prime minister, and he was appointed as Zhongshu Jianzheng. Anyone who asks about his affairs must go to Zhong Yan and then report."

"By the way, I heard from Qian Xie that when he was sent as an envoy to Khitan, the Lord of Liao was also deeply impressed by his son and once asked: 'Who is Bi Shaoqing? Where is he now?'"

"Qian Xie came back and looked through the records of Bi Zhongyan's mission to the Liao Kingdom, and found out that when Bi Zhongyan was on the mission to the Liao Kingdom, banquets were broken one after another, which surprised the Liao people."

"The Lord of the Liao Dynasty was so handsome that he secretly asked someone to go to the post house to get his clothes, measure them, and specially made him a new suit of clothes as a reward."

"At that time, Bi Zhongyan participated in the Yuanhui Dynasty of the Liao Kingdom. After returning, he memorized the rhythm of the court rituals and drew pictures to present them. Qian Xie also praised him in front of his ministers."

"Nowadays, these have become important historical materials of foreign institutions and are hidden in Taichang Liyuan. If Your Majesty is interested, I can send them to Your Majesty."

Zhao Xu understood that Wang Gui and Wu Chong were incompatible with each other. Bi Zhongyan was a talent promoted by Wu Chong and could not be used by Wang Gui.

The real situation is that not only was he not allowed to be used, but he was also deliberately suppressed. Wang Gui once tried to punish him, but there was no chance to take advantage of him. However, he still lingered.

Zhao Xu ordered Wang Gui to rectify the Six Dynasties Council. Wang Gui used the excuse that Su Song was in urgent need of hiring people and the two sides needed to communicate, so he kicked Bi Zhongyan away, thus eliminating him from his team.

No one can be jealous enough to deliver ammunition to his opponent.

After having a general understanding of the matter, Zhao Xu asked Su Song to send the Liao court ritual materials compiled by Bi Zhongyan, as well as the part of the materials compiled by Bi Zhongyan in "Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty".

Three days later, Zhao Xu suddenly announced that Bi Zhongyan was correct, and then issued an internal edict, promoting Bi Zhongyan to the position of school manager of the secret pavilion, Tongzhi Taichang Liyuan, and reviewer of the official system bureau.

At the same time, it was decreed that the six volumes of "Bei Dui" written by Bi Zhongyan were the outline; the full text was called "Zhongshu Bei Dui", with a total of thirty volumes.

The Zhongshu will be classified and printed, and distributed to the relevant offices and houses of various ministries and colleges, as well as to the prefectures and counties outside the country.

Those who fail to pass the test will be asked to have their books reprinted by the various official bookshops themselves.

This is a format, and officials fill in the "Outlook" and "Summary" according to their duties every year, as a plan, to calculate the gains and losses, and to prepare files for inspection by various procurators.

For a time, "literary officials' families were competing to pass on his books", and various bookshops were "pirating copies under orders". Bi Zhongyan's name became known to the whole world overnight.

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In Yisi, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, feeling that the drought was serious, personally went to the horse farm in the western suburbs of Shangjing Qunmusi to pray for rain.

In the large pasture, the pasture is withered, and only in some places near the stream where the humidity is relatively high, there is still green grass.

The stream has turned into a thin stream of water. In order to obtain water, the Liao people built a dam in the stream. The water dammed out every night was barely enough for horses to drink.

In order to complete this image project, Yelu Hongji rejected Li Shuanshuo's reasonable suggestion and dug wells in some valleys around Shangjing, but concentrated them all here.

The overhead cranes for five deep wells are now erected here. According to Li Shuanshuo's inference, the water layer will be penetrated today.

At dawn, the west gate of Shangjing City opened wide, and amid the sound of drums and horns, more than 40,000 cavalry surrounded Yelu Hongji's guard of honor and marched towards the racecourse in the western suburbs.

Beside Yelu Hongji, countless shamans, monks and nuns danced begging for rain and recited scriptures, making this magnificent scene even more lively.

Behind the cavalry are the clan, the ministers of the North Court, and the ministers of the South Court.

As the team marched, countless surrounding tribes joined in. By the time they arrived at the racecourse in the western suburbs, a total of 300,000 people had gathered.

This is the unique four-season ritual of the Liao Kingdom.

A teenage boy on the overhead train saw the torrent of people and horses approaching in the distance and slipped down from the flagpole: "Master! They are coming! There are so many people! More people than Meishan Silkworm City!"

The child was an orphan. Su Shi governed Mizhou and Xuzhou. Due to floods and famine, he adopted three thousand orphans in the two states.

After Dasu was demoted, the livelihood of these orphans became a problem, and the local government was unwilling to accept these children anymore.

Dasu wrote to Su You for help, and Su You asked the Queen Mother for permission to use the charity fund to take the children to Bianjing, Hangzhou, and Meishan for further education.
Chapter completed!