"But."
Fan Zhongyan frowned and said, "There are already many officials in the world. Now there are more departments and the new policies are complicated. I am worried that I can't supervise them."
"Then send more imperial censors to inspect."
Zhao Jun said, "All the censors from various regions should be dispatched to the county and state government offices once a month. With so many officials now, it's normal to have 20 to 30 censors in each region. If they're sent out every day to oversee the implementation of the new policies in various regions, you can protect one person, but you can't protect everyone. Without killing them all!"
"this"
Fan Zhongyan opened his eyes wide, then raised his thumb and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Awesome."
During this period of time, he has also known the meaning of these two words.
Now these two words.
It can be regarded as his sincere praise for Zhao Jun.
However, Zhao Jun's face showed no joy. He simply said, "There are bound to be many problems with this. For example, with so many imperial censors traveling everywhere, transportation is currently inconvenient, making each trip difficult. Furthermore, each county will have to receive them. This will obviously waste a lot of public funds and put the financial burden on the economy. Even if the political order of the Song Dynasty improves in the future, this extravagant spending is not a long-term solution."
"yes."
Fan Zhongyan sighed, "I'm afraid that if you continue like this, the treasury will be empty. We already have a huge problem of redundancy. If you continue like this, won't the redundancy and the bureaucracy become even worse?"
"But compared to the redundant soldiers, this is nothing."
Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "The annual salary of all Song officials is only a little over 10 million guan. I've calculated that the redundant officials are basically middle and lower-level officials. Even if they were assigned to other positions, the annual expenditure would only increase by one or two million guan at most. Cutting the salaries of those senior officials in half would still recoup hundreds of thousands of guan. This expenditure is still sustainable. The key is the redundant troops."
“I have never dared to move in history.”
Fan Zhongyan said angrily, "This problem is indeed difficult to deal with."
"It's hard, but we have to do it."
Zhao Jun had already reached the gate of Xihua Gate. There was a carriage outside the gate, and Di Qing and others were waiting for him.
He stood still and said to Fan Zhongyan, "The key to success lies in whether you can conquer the Western Xia and Liao. If you win, your prestige in the Song Dynasty will be unrivaled. With the support of me and the emperor, it will be a natural progression to launch a new policy. If you lose, you're screwed. Neither I nor the emperor can protect you."
This was not Zhao Jun being rude to Fan Zhongyan.
Instead, he had already told Lao Fan all the future movements of Western Xia and Liao. If Lao Fan still couldn't win, he would have no choice but to hit himself to death with a brick.
By then, not only will Lu Yijian and his group not let him go, I'm afraid even Zhao Zhen will be angered to death by Old Fan.
So the same thing applies.
To achieve the goal, the first thing is to inspire people.
As long as Fan Zhongyan could defeat the Western Xia and the Liao Kingdom, especially the Liao Kingdom, after returning from the north with these two great victories, he could basically take off the hat of the alternate director of the Political System Council and be replaced by the director of the Political System Council, and his status might be higher than that of Lu Yijian now.
By then, let alone implementing new policies, with this prestige, even the problem of redundant soldiers may be solved.
"I see."
Fan Zhongyan nodded gravely and said, "Next year, if you leave Beijing, I will leave too. You will travel to various places to understand the grassroots situation of the Song Dynasty, and I will go to the northwest to reorganize military affairs and defeat the Western Xia and Liao. Victory or failure depends on this one move. If we lose, I will commit suicide and never live in disgrace."
"alright."
Zhao Jun walked towards the carriage and left a message: "Just do your best, don't put too much pressure on yourself, see you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!"
Fan Zhongyan, with his hands in his sleeves, stood motionless under the imperial city, watching his departing figure.
Behind Lao Fan, in the distance inside the Xihuamen city gate, Wang Shouzhong was still standing there.
Then Zhao Jun's carriage slowly left.
Fan Zhongyan's sedan chair was at Gongchen Gate in the north. He had sent guards to inform them before, and it was only now arriving slowly.
Only after Fan Zhongyan got into the sedan chair and disappeared into the street did Wang Shouzhong quietly retreat back to the palace.
There are some things that the government may not say, but it cannot not do.
The condition is slightly stable. I have received an IV drip. I hope to recover soon. Everyone should also take care of their health.
(End of this chapter)
2015
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