The next day, morning.
Zhao Jun stood in the court yawning.
Now he has the support of at least one-third of the court officials.
He stood at the head of all officials every day, and those who opposed him dared not speak out, while the censors secretly investigated the evidence of Zhao Jun's crimes.
But now Zhao Jun has not taken any action yet, and has not affected the interests of these people.
Secondly, the emperor and the prime minister both supported him and firmly supported him in taking charge of the Constitutional Council.
Under such circumstances, his opponents did not offend him. When they met him on weekdays, he would just bow with a forced smile and do some superficial greeting.
Zhao Jun was too lazy to care about these people.
He had some supporters, namely the three prime ministers and three ministers and Fan Zhongyan's two factions. As long as he had support in the court, he would not be afraid of no one doing things.
Zhao Jun took over the list and reviewed it. They were all officials who had made great contributions to the economy when they were in power at the local level. Due to the serious phenomenon of redundant officials, there were often no real vacancies in the officialdom, so many officials with political achievements were idle.
After reading the list, Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good. This matter will require more effort from Prime Minister Sheng."
So it would be fine if these people were obedient, but if they weren't, then it's not his fault.
The morning court session ended quickly, and Zhao Jun also asked for leave for Li Zi as per the court rules. After taking the medicine yesterday, he really felt much better, but now he still had to go home and rest for a while.
At around seven in the morning, Zhao Jun had breakfast and went to the Constitutional Court. Sheng Du came to greet him and said to him, "Hanlong, the Jiaozi Bureau has been established. Here is the list."
Lu Yijian and others stood up and went to the meeting room.
The servant had already made tea and closed the door. Zhao Jun took out his notebook and began to take notes, while talking about the topic of today's meeting.
"This year's task is to compile the data properly. At the beginning of next year, we will reform the various departments. If there is no external intervention, the Western Xia will attack the Song Dynasty the year after next, provoking a war between the Song and Xia dynasties."
"It's all part of my job."
Shengdu said.
Zhao Jun looked around and saw that everyone had already arrived at work, so he said, "Let's have a meeting."
"Um."
Zhao Jun looked around at the crowd and said, "Data is crucial. It's a crucial metric for measuring a country's progress. All departments must standardize and regularize this work without delay. There's still a lot of work to be done, such as developing rules and regulations, determining assessment standards, and so on. Ask Wu Yu to be more careful, as his statistical work impacts the entire country's progress."
"Well, I'll entrust this matter to him."
Zhao Jun said, "So, within the next year, we must dismantle and decentralize all of our bloated departments, unifying them under the leadership of the Constitutional Council so that each department can perform its own duties. How are the various departments doing with their data collection?"
"About 30% of departments have already compiled the data."
Lü Yijian said: "We are currently verifying the accuracy of the data from these departments, and we expect to complete all the work by the end of the year."
"Zuo Siluo is quite good. If his territory wasn't so small and sparsely populated, he might have been a great Tibetan ruler."
Zhao Jun thought for a moment and said, "He is willing to submit to the Song Dynasty now because he knows that the Song Dynasty will not invade his territory, but the Western Xia will. That's why he is determined to ally with the Song Dynasty to resist the Xia. If the Western Xia is eliminated in the future, this may not be the case."
"you mean?"
Wang Zeng said.
"This morning, Fan Yong sent someone to deliver a letter. A month ago, Xixia was dissatisfied with Zuosiluo's pro-Song stance and was granted the title of Jiedushi and Guanyu of Baoshun Army by the government. They then attacked Qingtang, but were defeated by Zuosiluo."
Wang Sui said, "Although Zuo Siluo repelled Zhao Yuanhao, he also suffered heavy losses. Therefore, he hopes that we can provide him with some food and supplies."
Lu Yijian asked.
"If the Han, Tang, and Ming dynasties could do it, why couldn't the Song?"
Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "So Zuo Silu may become our enemy in the future, but we do need to support him now to contain Xixia. In this way, we can exchange food and supplies for horses. We can actively develop trade and promote his economic prosperity."
Everyone looked at him.
Zhao Jun said, "The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is our territory and must be taken back in the future. The Tibetans are the Tibetans of later generations and are an inseparable part of China's fifty-six ethnic groups. The territory of the Liao, Xia, Tibetan, and Dali dynasties must at least reach the peak of their prosperity!"
"This is quite an ambition, but can we achieve it with our current strength?"
"Hmm"
Everyone looked at each other, and gradually they began to understand many of Zhao Jun's words.
So this is assimilation.
"Hanlong, didn't you say you would take back the Tibetan territory in the future?" Song Shou asked curiously, "Then why are you helping Zuo Silu develop his territory?"
"Why do you always forget a lot of things I said before?"
Zhao Jun said with a bitter disappointment, "Cultural and economic invasion is also a way. When they get used to using our writing, language, coins, measurement standards, and living habits, how far are they from becoming like us?"
Cai Qi was in charge of this matter. He said, "Originally, the firearms were handled by the Guangbei Siege Works of the Military Equipment Supervisor. Now I have separated the Guangbei Siege Works into a separate Firearms Department."
Zhao Jun said, "At this stage of firearms research, it's definitely not possible to jump right into guns. The hardware isn't up to par, and they're prone to explosions. Let's work on grenades. I'll share the detailed method later. We'll make granular gunpowder to greatly increase the grenade's power."
Grenades actually appeared in the late Tang Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, a captain of the imperial guard named Tang Fu presented a firearm called a fireball to Emperor Zhenzong. However, this thing was wrapped in cloth and paper, and contained poisonous smoke, which was used as a poisonous smoke ball.
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