At first, they hoped that Zhao Jun would join the officialdom, which was indeed child's play compared with the integration of such a nation into a country.

"How's the Firearms Bureau doing now?"

Zhao Jun asked.

Cai Qi said, "Zeng Gongliang's mourning period ended a few days ago, and I have summoned him to the court. Then our Political System Council will sign an imperial edict to appoint him as the Director of the Firearms Department."

"Well, Zeng Gongliang, who wrote the 'Wu Jing Zong Yao' in history, was a famous politician, military strategist, weapons expert, and thinker in the Song Dynasty. If I could give him guidance and he could focus on firearms research and development, it would probably greatly advance the firearms technology of the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Jun was very satisfied with Cai Qi's ability to act. Now the Political System Council was slowly building a framework, and would gradually transfer the entire two governments and three offices, as well as other departments, to the Political System Council.

If a real grenade is made of high-quality black powder, granulated, and mixed with iron sheets, it will cause great damage to the crowd after being thrown out, and it will also deter the Xixia cavalry.

Therefore, Zhao Jun did not start making muskets and cannons immediately, but first made grenades, so that he could be adequately prepared to resist foreign enemies in the upcoming war between Western Xia and Liao, and then slowly upgrade internally.

"good."

certainly.

The premise is that the army is still in his hands.

Anyway, no matter how Zhao Jun controlled the army, Zhao Zhen had a very tight grip on it. Apart from the right to mobilize some wing troops and the Imperial City Administration, Zhao Jun had no other military power.

To a certain extent, this is a political transfer. Originally, everyone worked under the emperor. In order to balance power, the emperor had to assign a large number of officials, which made the departments bloated and inefficient.

But now after being transferred to the Yuan of Political System, the Yuan of Political System has become the direct leader of various departments. It is somewhat similar to the Cabinet of the Ming Dynasty and the Grand Council of the Qing Dynasty, but its power is much greater than the two. It is more similar to the State Council of later generations, in charge of national affairs.

As the emperor, Zhao Zhen was not only the direct leader of the Political System Council, but also in charge of the army. On the other hand, as long as the Political System Council was headed by someone he trusted, his power would not be undermined.

At present, the main task of the Constitutional Court is to handle national affairs, urge various departments to collect data, and then establish several departments such as the Firearms Bureau, the Ministry of Geology, and the Creation Bureau.

The departments that have already been established include the Statistics Department, the Jiaozi Department, and the Firearms Department, which will basically be completed after Zeng Gongliang arrives. The entire structure will be on track by next year.

Zhao Jun is still full of expectations for future development.

But even so, in an era like the Song Dynasty where the emperor held military power firmly in his hands, it was already remarkable. It was not easy to seize power from the emperor.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen was a weak emperor. If he had been a strong emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, the grass on Zhao Jun's grave would probably be three feet high.

Soon everyone started talking about other things.

"Is this the newspaper?"

"Yes."

Zhao Jun unfolded the newspaper and, noting the blank spaces, said, "Public opinion is crucial. Guiding public opinion is guiding thought. If all the people in a country are united in their thinking, then the country's explosive power will be immense."

After the meeting, many prime ministers returned to their other work. At ten o'clock in the morning, Zhao Jun looked at the documents, processed some official documents sent from various places, asked other prime ministers to sign them, and then planned to take a break.

At this moment, Chen Zhong brought a newspaper. The newspaper was made by the printing house and given to Zhao Jun for inspection.

Seeing this novel thing, many prime ministers also gathered around.

Zhao Jun said awkwardly, "Su Shi's."

"Be a human being."

Yan Shu beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying, "He's just a child!"

Yan Shu took the newspaper up and saw a poem that caught his eye. He couldn't help but recite it: "The great river flows eastward, the waves wash away all the heroes of the ages. To the west of the old fortress, people say it is the Red Cliff of Zhou Yu in the Three Kingdoms period. Rocks pierce the sky, waves crash against the shore, and thousands of piles of snow are rolled up."

"Whose copy did you make?"

After reading it, Yan Shu looked at Zhao Jun with a bad expression.

Yan Shu said dissatisfiedly.

"Old Yan, you're exposed now. You just want to steal your child's words."

"Nonsense, that's my child, what's his is mine."

"At worst, I can compensate him in the future so that he doesn't have to live as miserably as he did in history."

Zhao Jun shrugged and said, "Besides, I'm also trying to get the newspaper to reach the people. Look, I didn't even use my name on it. I used the pseudonym Zhou Shuren."

"No, from now on, you must give me all my children's poems and let me sign them."

Lu Yijian asked.

Zhao Jun shook his head. "The Song Dynasty also has a five-day holiday. Working five days and taking two days off will become the norm. Besides, since newspapers are news publications, they must be timely. I'm already publishing every seven days, which is slow. In the future, we'll have the Song Daily, publishing every day."

"One issue every day?"

"You're still better at not being a human being."

Zhao Jun put away the newspaper and said, "Everyone can write articles and submit them to me in the future. I plan to name this newspaper the Great Song Periodical, and publish it every seven days."

"I know that in your later generations, a month is divided into four weeks, with seven days in each week, but in the Great Song Dynasty, a month is divided into thirty days. Wouldn't that make calculations easier?"

Several people were chatting.

Officials outside brought in another batch of official documents.

The leading official was Zhou Zan, a secretary under the Council of Political System. Today was the day when the Salt and Iron Bureau was required to submit data, so Zhao Jun sent Zhou Zan to the Salt and Iron Bureau in the morning to urge them to do so.

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