"Old Cao."
After Zhao Jun arranged some things in the Imperial City Office, he summoned Cao Xiu to meet him alone in the backyard.
Cao Xiu bowed and said, "I know the prefect is suspecting me of personal vendetta, but Wang Shilong is arrogant and domineering. He often suppresses the reports of wrongdoings by officials and yamen officials that the Imperial City Office has gathered, and never reports them to the emperor. If the prefect keeps him around, he will only be a nuisance."
"Um."
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "If that's the case, then you did the right thing. And since he was drinking and having fun while on duty, it's perfectly normal for me to dismiss him. The main thing is, you should have told me on the way here. If something like this really happened, I wouldn't have disagreed. There's no need to think this way."
"yes."
Cao Xiu looked embarrassed.
He did this because he was scared by Zhao Zhen.
He reported Wang Shilong's actions to Zhao Zhen many times, but Zhao Zhen always covered them up, which made him very angry.
So this time when Zhao Jun took office, he simply did not report to him, but used some tricks.
At that time, even if Zhao Jun also protected Wang Shilong like Zhao Zhen, Zhao Jun would definitely have to save face. Since Wang Shilong was late for the first meeting, he would definitely be dismissed.
Although he was worried that Zhao Jun would be angry with him because of this matter, at least he felt that as long as he explained it clearly to Zhao Jun, there should be no problem.
Just as he expected, Zhao Jun was still very sensible and did not get angry about this matter.
"I heard that the Cao family received a reward some time ago?"
Zhao Jun asked casually.
He heard about this when he was traveling in Bianliang, and it caused a huge uproar.
Cao Xiu bowed and said, "Yes."
"Then do you know why the Cao family received the reward?"
"Is it the government doing this for the Jiaozi shop?"
"I asked the government to open the Jiaozi shop. Now you understand, don't you?"
Zhao Jun had also visited the Jiaozi shop before, and there was a constant stream of people going there to deposit money. Obviously, this would provide strong support for the war in the northwest of the Song Dynasty.
But the same thing goes, the existence of Jiaozi Shop can only speed up the circulation of money, but it cannot make the cake bigger.
And to completely break down the old system, we must support the new system.
While reforms involve bloodshed, simply killing people won't solve any problems. Did Zhu Yuanzhang kill a lot of people in the early Ming Dynasty? But killing so many people still didn't solve the problem.
Therefore, Zhao Jun had already made up his mind to learn from Park Kaka and first support some emerging asset forces to combat the outdated and corrupt official monopoly system, so as to increase market competition and change the business environment of the Song Dynasty.
Afterwards, by making the cake bigger through the influx of silver, accelerated circulation of goods, and increased productivity, the national strength was strengthened, and the Song Dynasty flag was allowed to expand overseas to further expand capital.
Finally, we will use the great ideas of great men and leaders as our ideological program to curb the barbaric growth of domestic capital and build a better welfare system to benefit the Song Dynasty.
At this point, he planned to talk to Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu and their group later.
Because Ouyang Xiu supported this and once submitted a petition requesting support for merchants, the abolition of state-owned monopolies, and the abolition of the bureaucratic class's monopoly on commodities.
As a result, bulk commodities such as tea, salt, grain and oil, which were originally monopolized by local officials, have completely entered the free market and are no longer the exclusive monopoly that existed before, leading to corruption, embezzlement, bribery, abuse of power and other such things.
However, these problems cannot be solved overnight, and Zhao Jun does not intend to completely open up the free market. A portion of state-owned enterprises is still needed to ensure the bottom line of prices and prevent large merchants from monopolizing and raising prices.
Therefore, the establishment of Jiaozi Shop at present is a prelude to the future reform of the state-owned monopoly system. After Zhao Jun further gains power, he will carry out systematic reforms.
Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Cao Xiu looked at him in shock, then quickly said, "Thank you, Zhisi!"
"The Song Dynasty is now overrun with corrupt officials, with princes and nobles acting recklessly and the people suffering. The government is determined to reform and change all of this, so it will greatly increase the responsibilities of the Imperial City Administration."
Zhao Jun said in a deep voice: "You are a capable person. I heard that the Cao family is now a little lonely. Whether you can revive the Cao family depends on your intelligence."
Cao Xiu quickly said, "I swear to be loyal to the emperor and the prefect until death."
"Yeah, very good."
Zhao Jun added, "Now that I'm in charge of the Imperial City Department, the entire department must be completely renewed and strictly abide by the established regulations. I will be revising and amending the regulations later, and you will send someone to distribute them when the time comes."
"yes."
Cao Xiu nodded.
"Also, the commanders are required to deliver whatever they have found to me within three days."
"yes."
"From now on, the Imperial City Office will not only have the duties of spying and patrolling, but also the functions of arresting and interrogating. You will be responsible for building two Pacification Offices in the city, one for the east and one for the west. They must have government offices and prisons."
"this"
"What's wrong?"
"To build a new government office, we need money."
Cao Xiu looked embarrassed and said, "The emperor previously approved 100,000 strings of cash, which is only enough to cover half a year's salary, expenses, and other expenses. He said that the next step will depend on the prefect himself."
"Yeah, I understand."
Zhao Jun rubbed his temples.
Zhao Zhen, this coward, obviously doesn't dare to fully support himself. He will probably use this as an excuse to deal with Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others.
For example, tell them that they will be responsible for all the expenses of the Imperial City Bureau in the future, and that they will run out of money soon, and then they will be helpless and unable to do anything.
So I guess I will still have to make money on my own in the future.
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