Lawless in Great Song

In the third year of Jingyou, during Emperor Renzong's reign of the Song Dynasty, an unruly young man fell into the back garden of the Great Song Imperial Palace, thus beginning a life that wou...

Chapter 119: Establishing the Framework of the Constitutional Court

The morning court began in noise and ended in silence.

In the past, if the emperor arbitrarily appointed someone who was not from the bureaucratic scholar-official class, he would often be targeted by the entire bureaucracy.

For example, the current Deputy Privy Councilor Wang Deyong, like Di Qing, was also a military general and was suppressed by the entire civil service group. Some people even said that he had a unique appearance and looked like an emperor, and falsely accused him of possibly rebelling.

This led to Wang Deyong being cautious in his words and actions. On weekdays, he was like a clay Buddha statue in the temple, keeping his mouth shut and not speaking easily, for fear of saying something wrong and being attacked by the civil service group.

But today, Zhao Jun had the support of the prime minister's group, and the other senior officials were unable to see the situation clearly and did not dare to speak rashly. Therefore, his situation was much better than that of Wang Deyong and later Di Qing. He was also more powerful than them, which caused the bureaucracy and literati to be divided.

After the court session, many officials returned home to change into their regular clothes and go back to their respective offices. Zhao Jun also returned home, changed into a purple robe, and donned a two-winged official hat.

I took a picture with the computer's built-in camera and it looked pretty good.

Some supported him and some opposed him, but overall it was far from like Wang Deyong and Di Qing, where one person faced the oppression of an entire class.

In addition, Zhao Jun himself was decisive, and the remaining opposition parties were easily divided and dealt with by him. Therefore, the establishment of the Political System Council and the personnel in charge were passed without any suspense. From then on, the Political System Council was located above the two governments and three departments, and controlled all officials!

It's definitely impossible to maintain it in its current state, but if you reduce the frequency of use, don't run large games, and only do some data storage and data entry, and be careful not to drop it or damage it, it should be fine for ten years.

So he planned to bring his notebook to the Constitutional Court every day to work, mainly for data entry, to screen the data submitted by various government offices, and then send people to investigate and see what was going on.

Zhao Jun brought his notebook with him.

The lifespan of a laptop is generally around five to seven years, but this also depends on the computer configuration, frequency of use, usage method, maintenance, etc.

The rear pavilion where the Political System Council is located is comparable in size to the Purple Palace. After all, the Daqing Palace is the largest building in the imperial palace and occupies a large area. Apart from the main hall and the left and right east and west wings, there is only one rear pavilion standing, so it is naturally built larger.

The palaces are magnificent and tall, standing majestically. They are covered with glazed tiles, with carved beams and painted rafters, and have upturned eaves and brackets on all sides. There are also bells hanging in the corners, which ring crisply when the autumn wind blows.

Enter the palace from Xihua Gate, go east through Chengtian Gate, and you will soon reach the back door of Daqing Hall. Through the back door is the rear pavilion, which is now the office of the Political System Council.

Zhao Jun lives just outside Xihuamen, about four or five hundred meters away from his workplace, less than eight minutes' walk, which is very convenient.

Seeing him come in, some officials greeted him and bowed to him.

The overall framework of the Constitutional Council has been completed, and it is generally built according to the standards of the Political Affairs Hall. It seems to be a replica of the Political Affairs Hall, but with greater power than the Political Affairs Hall.

Zhao Jun stepped into the hall. The environment inside the hall had already been arranged. The main seat faced the door and was Zhao Jun's desk. There were several desks on each side. There were also side rooms and a large number of small rooms on both sides, which were used to store information and were workspaces for other clerks of the Constitutional Court.

"Zhiyuan!"

"Meeting!"

After everyone gathered, Zhao Jun waved his hand.

Zhao Jun felt that this framework still had some problems, so he casually looked through some official documents sent from various places on his desk and waited for the others to go to work.

Lu Yijian and his friends lived far away and were slow to get home to change clothes, so half an hour passed before they finally arrived.

Zhao Jun sat in the main seat, with Lü Yijian and Wang Zeng on his left and right respectively. Then Wang Sui, Cai Qi, Sheng Du, Song Shou, Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu each took their seats, making a total of eight seats.

Zhao Jun himself served as the meeting recorder. After all, he could write and typed very fast, which was definitely much faster than writing with a brush.

There is a meeting room in the wing on the right side of the rear pavilion, which is specially arranged for meetings.

Everyone followed him into the meeting room.

"Wouldn't it be fine if we just followed the rules of the Political Affairs Hall?"

Wang Sui said.

After everyone is seated.

Zhao Jun looked around and said, "Today is the first day of work for the Constitutional Council, and also its first meeting. I think we should not rush into government affairs, but instead focus on getting the entire structure of the Constitutional Council in place. What do you think?"

Lu Yijian said, "Then you speak."

Zhao Jun said as he typed, "First, let's talk about the Constitutional Council's current plans and strategies. I'm completely clueless right now, so I definitely can't just act on it. While you have experience and I have theory, perhaps combining our approaches will work, I, as the Councilor, should at least understand the situation."

"That won't do. The Political Affairs Hall is the Political Affairs Hall, and the Constitutional Court is the Constitutional Court."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "Furthermore, the Constitutional Court of each period should have different frameworks and administrative standards, and should be adjusted at any time according to different circumstances."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "Isn't that nonsense? We're here to solve the country's problems, not to resolve the problems of individual departments. Their internal affairs should be resolved internally. What we need is to assign strategic tasks and require them to execute them, not for them to dump their problems on us!"

"I see."

Wang Zeng suggested: "We can ask each department to submit all the documents and let them sort them out. We will manage them and provide solutions."

"How can that be possible?"

For example, there was a natural disaster somewhere this year, and relief was needed. Tax collection fell short of the target this year, and the court was asked to forgive it. Or, an imperial censor discovered a corrupt official and reported him to the court, asking for a decision.

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