"Not really."
Zhao Jun shook his head.
"So."
Fan Zhongyan spread his hands and said, "Since there are none, why not recommend talented people to the country? Hanlong, you know that these are all geniuses in governing the country. I have never thought about factional strife, but it would be a pity if these great talents in governing the country could not enter the central government and make the leap from a department to the national affairs."
"I see."
Zhao Jun stroked his chin and pondered for a moment. After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, I can help you this time. You recommend Han Qi, I recommend Fu Bi, and Xia Song will recommend Wen Yanbo. But I hope that you will repay me in five years."
Fan Zhongyan thought about it, nodded and said, "I will discuss this matter with them."
"That's it, then. Just give me a definite answer."
Zhao Jun said.
To some extent, this can also be considered a political exchange.
Although the Constitutional Council was the only powerful one, many prime ministers would actually share Zhao Jun's power.
He was only in charge of the general direction, while other small details, local government affairs and various matters were arranged by other prime ministers.
So in fact, although Zhao Jun held great power, in essence, he was only the representative of the prime minister. In many major issues, he needed someone to support and vote for him in the Constitutional Council.
Just like the implementation of the New Policies of the Qingli Period, it required constant revision and improvement, and the deletion of many of the more radical strategies, in order to gain the support of Lu Yijian and others.
Now that Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng's group are gone, his power is getting bigger and bigger, but this power comes from some special circumstances.
The most intuitive thing is that Yan Shu, Jiang Tang and Zhang Shixun remained neutral.
Fan Zhongyan temporarily shared the same ideas and path as him.
Li Di and Xia Song were his followers.
Cai Qi, Song Shou, and Jia Changchao did not have the authority that Lu Yijian had to confront him.
New arrivals such as Zheng Jian and Du Yan had little say.
In this way, Zhao Jun can have the final say.
If a new group of people came to power, and a figure like Lu Yijian appeared, it might affect Zhao Jun's authority.
Therefore, he has been cultivating his own reserve forces over the years.
In the past few years, he took Wang Anshi and others to travel around the world, which was undoubtedly to train them to become potential prime ministers.
But unfortunately, no matter in terms of qualifications or positions, they could not be promoted to the position of prime minister all at once.
Yang Cha, Yang Gao and others are currently only assistant ministers of various ministries. They need to serve as ministers in first-level institutions before they have the right to be nominated.
Needless to say, the others such as Wang Anshi, Li Xiaoji, Chen Xiliang, etc. had to be promoted to the rank of assistant minister.
It is expected that Yang Cha, Yang Gao and others will be admitted to the academy in the next term, and Wang Anshi and others will be admitted in the next term.
Currently, the only person qualified to be nominated is Bao Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng. The prefect of Kaifeng has been promoted to the second rank, the same level as the ministers of various first-level institutions, and has the right to be nominated.
However, Bao Zheng had two problems. One was his qualifications. Although he was a Jinshi in the same list as Han Qi and Wen Yanbo, his parents died one after another, and there was a seven or eight-year mourning period in between, which led to his lack of qualifications.
Being promoted to the prefect of Kaifeng was already as fast as a rocket, and being promoted to the prime minister was too outrageous.
The second is a personality issue. Bao Zheng is a person who criticizes things, not people. No matter whether you are the one who promoted him or not, as long as he thinks you are wrong, he will criticize you even if you are the emperor.
Therefore, if Bao Zheng were allowed to enter the Political System Council, he would probably not be able to live in peace there. His character was too upright and he would easily offend his colleagues and superiors.
Taking all factors into consideration, Bao Zheng was only suitable to be the prefect of Kaifeng, but not suitable to govern the world.
On the contrary, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and others were all good at governing the world, especially Han Qi. Although Zhao Jun disliked his rough style of doing things in the northwest, which caused the Song army to suffer repeated defeats.
But in terms of politics and governance, Han Qi is undoubtedly at the top level.
Therefore, we can make a deal with Lao Fan now, select these people, and then let his people help recommend our own people in the next term, which will make many things much more convenient.
If you think about it carefully, Zhao Jun would definitely not do this in the past.
But after fifteen years of ups and downs in politics, he finally understood that the essence of politics in many things is the exchange of interests.
If you are still like a young and ignorant person who knows nothing and just acts recklessly, then there is only one result and outcome - you will be pushed down by everyone.
Therefore, the only way to govern the country is to make as many friends as possible and make all the prime ministers of the Constitutional Court your own people, so that your government can be carried out smoothly.
This is also the best knowledge Zhao Jun learned from Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others.
(End of this chapter)
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