The reason why Lao Fan and Zhao Jun were able to carry out the New Policies of the Qingli Period was that they relied on winning over one faction to fight against another and dividing the civil service group.

For example, he took advantage of a large number of idle middle and lower-level officials and gave them actual positions in exchange for their support, and passed many new policies such as the reform of the official system, the performance evaluation system, and the equalization of land tax.

If one wanted to raise the status of military generals, then all the officials who originally supported Zhao Jun would probably have to switch sides, and even the prime ministers of the Constitutional Council would not agree.

Therefore, Zhao Jun did not change the system of military generals for the time being, thinking that it would not be too late to improve the promotion process after demarcating military regions and reforming the military rank system, completely distinguishing between military and official positions, and turning civil and military into two systems.

We can even confer titles on them at that time, and then count their merits in the future.

Several warrants were sent out, and then the Constitutional Council condemned Japan in the name of the Song Dynasty, thus completing both the overt and covert countermeasures.

On the surface, they condemned Japan and threatened to use force, but secretly they stirred up internal conflicts in Japan and divided their forces.

With a two-pronged approach, it should be no problem to manage your life.

On April 10th, after determining the policy toward Japan and implementing it yesterday, Zhao Jun no longer paid attention to this aspect, but instead devoted himself to another matter - the management of the Yellow River.

Zhao Jun did not go to court early in the morning, nor did he go to the Council of Civil Service. Instead, he dressed neatly and prepared to go out.

"Husband, the journey is long, so we should go early and return early."

Cao Miaoxin helped Zhao Jun tidy up his clothes and sent him to the door, giving him some instructions. Zhao Tan and a little girl were standing beside him.

Zhao Tan was born in August of the second year of the Qingli period. He is almost seven years old now and is currently in the first grade at Bianliang Primary School.

The little girl is Zhao Jun's daughter, named Zhao Qingyun. She is of the same generation as Princess Zhao Qinghan of Sui and Princess Zhao Qing'an of Deng. She is four years old this year and has been granted the title of Princess of Changxing County.

"Daddy, go early and come back early."

Zhao Qingyun said in a baby voice.

"good."

Zhao Jun smiled and patted his daughter's head. He then looked at Zhao Tan and said, "Son, study hard at home, don't cause trouble, and listen to your teachers in school. Do you understand?"

"Yes, father."

Zhao Tan quickly bowed and said, like a little adult.

Zhao Jun nodded.

To be honest, he owes his family.

Because she has to deal with official duties all year round, she spends very little time with her family, and Cao Miaoxin has to worry about her children's education.

Fortunately, Cao Miaoxin was not the daughter of an ordinary family, but the Cao family, a family of generals. She had strict family education and did not spoil her children. Once Zhao Tan was naughty, he would be beaten with a stick.

Although corporal punishment is a bit too rough, sometimes the saying "a good son is born under the stick" is not without reason.

Many people spoil their children too much in education, which leads to their children developing lawless personalities and even leading them down the path of crime, which ultimately harms their children.

Through corporal punishment, children are made aware from an early age that there are certain things they cannot do, thereby giving them standards and establishing good moral character.

"Okay, I might be gone for several months this time, so I'll leave the house to you."

Zhao Jun smiled, then turned and left.

When he came out of the house, a large group of guards and a carriage were already waiting for him at the door.

Zhu Xun, the Minister of Works in charge of water conservancy, and Liu Yi, the water conservancy expert and the Chief Water Conservancy Supervisor, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Master."

"Well, let's go."

Zhao Jun nodded.

The person in charge of the entire Yellow River water conservancy project was Jia Changchao, who was the co-director of the Political System Council and concurrently the Minister of Works.

But as the prime minister, Jia Changchao certainly could not be in the Yellow River every day. He only made plans to block and dredge the river, and incorporated the strategy of controlling water and flushing sand proposed by Zhao Jun.

The actual person in charge is the Minister of Works and the expert designer in charge of water conservancy.

This time, Zhao Jun will inspect the entire upstream and downstream of the Yellow River.

Because the Yellow River changed its course three times in history, Zhao Zhen and the Council of Political Systems attached great importance to it. Starting from the Jingyou year, they formulated various policies for the management of the Yellow River.

This includes planting trees in the upper reaches of Guanzhong, digging canals to divert water in the middle reaches such as Luoyang, blocking river mouths, flushing silt, dredging old roads, and opening canals in the lower reaches, etc.

Over the years, more than 10 million strings of cash were spent on the Yellow River alone, and nearly one million people were mobilized.

Now, twelve years have passed, and the time has finally come for the Yellow River to change its course for the first time in history. Naturally, we have to see the results of the current Yellow River management.

Therefore, Zhao Jun went on a tour as a representative to inspect the Yellow River and see what the Yellow River looks like now.

Zhao Jun got on a horse-drawn carriage. The carriage had rubber tires and steel spring shock absorbers, making it unique on the street.

The development of Bianliang is a bit strange now.

Five- or six-story buildings have appeared, but there is no electricity because the hydropower station has not been built yet.

The steam engine had already appeared, but there were no cars or bicycles due to the lack of rubber.

Electricity had already appeared, but because some technologies had not yet been mastered, there were no long-distance communication devices such as telegraphs.

The overall situation is a bit like the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, which was in the early stages of the transition from feudal society to industrial society.

Rubber was shipped back from overseas in the sixth year of the Qingli period. Rubber trees had been planted in Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places and had been growing for two years.

Based on the rubber tree's growth cycle of about eight years, the first batch of rubber is expected to mature six years later, in 1054 AD.

Basically, after 1054, rubber will be rapidly applied to various fields of industry, and the bicycle era will begin ten years later.

The electric power era is basically in its initial maturity stage.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!