Zhao Jun suppressed dissidents in the Constitutional Court, suppressed the Lu Party and the Wang Party, and consolidated his power.
Just as the first item of the Qingli New Deal to rectify the administration of officials was being resolutely completed, the New Year of the second year of the Qingli period arrived as scheduled.
In the spring of the following year, after the performance evaluation system that had been implemented in February of the previous year, a year had passed and with the combination of sticks and carrots, middle and lower-level officials no longer resisted.
The reason is simple.
Although the performance-based system makes them work harder and more tired, the performance bonuses are indeed attractive.
As I said, although there were various subsidies in the past, the subsidies for senior officials were not paid out truthfully every year, but this was not necessarily the case for middle and lower-level officials, who often had their subsidies deducted and their income was unstable.
After the performance appraisal system was released, although the subsidies dropped sharply every month, the performance was paid out truthfully, and the income was much more stable than before.
Therefore, when there are practical benefits, middle and lower-level officials are increasingly accepting the existence of the performance evaluation system.
In contrast, senior officials felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Because performance bonuses essentially weaken previous subsidies, senior officials receive the highest subsidies, so their income naturally drops significantly. Even if they complete their monthly tasks and receive performance bonuses, it is still not as much as their previous income.
This means that the new policy actually weakens senior officials above the third or fourth rank, and fleeces them to subsidize lower-level officials. This will not cost the national treasury too much, but it will hurt them.
Therefore, many senior officials have complained.
But senior officials are only a minority after all. Compared with the tens of thousands of officials in the entire Song Dynasty, their voices are too small and they are controlled by the Political System Council, so naturally they cannot cause any trouble.
As the New Year's winter snow passed, the second chapter of the Qingli New Deal began in the spring of 1042 AD under the leadership of Fan Zhongyan.
First of all, politically, the construction of the entire framework has been completed.
With the Constitutional Court as the center, it formulates the direction of national development, coordinates various departments, administers various ministries, formulates development plans for its own departments, and supervises the implementation of lower-level agencies.
At the local level, the performance evaluation system was implemented, with county magistrates responsible to the prefecture, prefectural governors responsible to the road, and the four departments of the road were responsible to the imperial court.
The system is passed down layer by layer and conveyed step by step, which improves execution and administrative efficiency.
In this way, the bureaucracy was rectified, a large number of corrupt officials were uncovered, and many bureaucratic parasites were dealt with, making politics increasingly clear starting from the first year of the Qingli period.
In agriculture, a large number of exorbitant taxes and levies were abolished to reduce the burden on farmers and lighten corvée labor. The main corvée labor work was done by local garrison troops and imperial guards. The main idea was to "encourage agriculture and sericulture" and "reduce corvée labor."
In diplomacy, China maintained good foreign relations with Liao, Xixia, Goryeo, Japan, Dali and other countries, communicated with each other, and did not prohibit trade exchanges, which greatly promoted the development of foreign trade.
In terms of social system, it started earlier than the north and recognized the patriarchal management status under the semi-feudal system, but it had to be carried out in accordance with the laws of the court. It was not allowed to set up courts privately, and the personal freedom of clan members could not be restricted. Children born to concubines enjoyed the same land rights, inheritance rights and education rights.
In science and technology, an invention institute was established to refute the theory that inventions are useless and to encourage independent innovation and invention by the people. Once an invention patent is confirmed by the invention bureau, it will be promoted by the court and rewarded with a large amount of silver.
In terms of culture, it advocates diversity, encourages the creation of drama, painting, sculpture, ceramics, poetry, songs, etc., and promotes the simple and easy-to-learn Henan Mandarin, commonly known as the Northern Language, as Standard Chinese.
At the same time, he actively innovated clothing, decorations, and handicrafts. Zhao Jun even developed his own cotton coats made of linen and stuffed with cotton, silk short-sleeved shirts for summer wear, and other comfortable clothing.
There was no restriction on women's thoughts. Women were encouraged to study and go out for fun. Except for not being able to hold official positions, they were treated similarly to men in other matters, without too many restrictions.
This was allowed in the Northern Song Dynasty, so it is not surprising.
In education, official schools were officially established across the country, divided into three levels: county, state, and road.
Corresponding to elementary school, junior high school and high school respectively.
The funding for each school is approximately between 100 and 200 kan, and students who pass the examination are admitted free of charge. For those from poor families, the local government will give preferential treatment to poor students and reimburse their food expenses.
If you can graduate with excellent grades from Lufu School, you may be able to directly enter Bianliang University, which was just established by the Ministry of Education this year.
Bianliang University was quite impressive, with its teachers all at the level of experts and professors from research institutes, enjoying official treatment. For example, the chief academic officer of Bianliang University was affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and was of the same rank as the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, both of whom were of the fourth rank.
The other teachers were also ranked from the fourth to the seventh rank, such as the Northern Song Dynasty mathematician Jia Xian, the alchemist (chemist) Wan Zhichen, the astronomer Yan Su, and so on.
After several years of development, mathematics, physics and chemistry courses in primary and junior high schools have trained a large number of students.
Since Zhao Jun left the palace in the Jingyou year, the Political System Council has established several schools in Bianliang to carry out educational pilot projects.
These schools have only two training directions: one is normal Confucian cultural education, which focuses on patriotism and ideological education.
The other is mathematics, physics and chemistry education, which involves research in numerology, physics and chemistry.
Zhao Jun not only brought elementary school and some junior high school mathematics, physics and chemistry textbooks, but also actively studied mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge handed down from ancient times.
The science in our country in ancient times was not bad, it just lacked the intermediate argumentation part and the prime minister's summary.
Therefore, the Political System Academy established a research institute, which gathered many talents in numerology, physics, and metallurgy to provide systematic guidance, summarize the laws, and form a complete theory.
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