Song Beiyun

"Then you can use your charm skills and try him for Ben Gong. Whether you succeed or not, Ben Gong will not blame you."

This is a typical fear that the world will not be chaotic, and it is indeed something Jin Ling'er can do. She has been a good torturer since she was young.

"But you have to keep it secret." Jin Ling'er waggled her fingers, "If you talk nonsense, I'll pull out your tongue."

"understood……"

But Song Beiyun, who was kept in the dark, is now drawing a new rough azimuth map based on his general memory and existing sea charts at home, because he only needs to determine the location of the Strait of Malacca.

Because as long as the exact location of the Strait of Malacca is found, it will become very simple whether it is leading to Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean or Australia.

The opening of the era of sea power cannot be achieved by relying solely on the Americas, and there is also a Europe that may be hostile at the other end. Anyway, before they get up, it is more cost-effective to set up cannons in their ports and wait.

Before there was no train, the army's efficiency was frighteningly low, far less smooth than the navy.

"Speaking of which, I, who is on vacation, am busier than others."

Song Beiyun put down the ink pen for drawing, and looked back at Yusheng: "I didn't expect you to come here."

"Well, it's already November for the Grand Court Meeting on January [-]st, so I decided to set off a few days earlier and stop by to see you." Yusheng smiled and said, "It's not like everyone doesn't use it like you do." Go to the Dachaohui."

"If I don't go, they won't get what they want." Song Beiyun smiled and said, "As long as Song Beiyun can't see these bastards, everything will be fine."

Yusheng laughed loudly: "By the way, my mother asked me to bring you some winter clothes and cotton trousers. You can try them quickly."

"You don't need to wear cotton trousers..."

"My mother said that you are in the north and it's freezing. It's always right to wear more. And if you don't wear clothes, you have to wear them for your children. Babies are not resistant to cold."

As Yusheng spoke, he dragged the box to Song Beiyun. After opening it, it was filled with cotton-padded jackets, cotton trousers, and cashmere socks. The thick box made people feel unbearably hot.

"Mother's wish, you can put it on." Yusheng said with a smile: "Mom is probably the only person left in the world. Regardless of whether you are an extreme person or a rich person, she thinks you are cold, so you will wear it." It's cold."

"Hahahaha, that's the reason." Song Beiyun smiled and got up: "Let's go, let's go out for a drink."

Yusheng and Song Beiyun walked on the wide road of Lianyungang, which had already become the core city in the middle of the north and south, and the scale of the factory was even larger than that of Chang'an.

"Why do you think you're going to take a vacation all of a sudden?"

"Actually, it wasn't sudden. I've thought about it for a long time." Song Beiyun walked with Yusheng with his hands behind his back: "I'm definitely going to take this leave. First, to reduce my sense of existence. Second, is it Take a good look at the recent developments at home and abroad, I have something to do every day, my eyes are like blind, and I can't see the general plan for the future."

"It's a good thing, I can accompany my bridesmaid by the way."

"Yes." Song Beiyun nodded and said, "And I have to rearrange Chang'an's industrial structure. I want to connect electric poles from Chang'an to Lianyungang."

Yusheng asked curiously, "Can it be done?"

"Take your time." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "Aren't we still young?"

After he finished speaking, he pointed to the canteen and said, "This is the second canteen. The small stove in the second canteen is delicious. The cook is from Huizhou. You must like the taste."

Yusheng laughed: "I don't want to pick now."

As far as Yusheng is concerned, he is now working in Chang'an Jianbei, which is the original position of Song Beiyun, and he is the third rank.He can be regarded as a great official in the frontier, and Song Beiyun now theoretically has no official position and only retains official ranks, but...he looks around the world and may be the only one, the shadow emperor.

And recently because of his godson, that is, Nasi's son Song Ping, Song Ping has now become the Khan King of the Central and South Grasslands in the North and South Grasslands, and in order to win the support of the Song Kingdom, he sent his godfather, Song Beiyun The King of Khan is determined, translated into Chinese is Kaiming Khan.

It's outrageous that this Han position was recognized by both the northern and southern grasslands at the same time...

So how should I put it, now Song Beiyun is not only the shadow emperor of the Song Dynasty, but also the father of the prince of the Liao Kingdom, and even the Great Khan King of the Grassland. It's here, and the titles are all given by others.

On the third floor of the cafeteria, I ordered a few small Huizhou dishes and served a pot of Huikou wine. Song Beiyun stood up and poured Yusheng a glass of wine: "Speaking of which, brother Yusheng, why don't you take a concubine?"

"The proposal I put forward at this court meeting is to abolish the concubine system and the household registration equality system. You want me to take a concubine?"

"Sneaky." Song Beiyun whispered, "How the hell can this be made public?"

"No." Yusheng patted Song Beiyun on the forehead: "Don't expect to drag me into the water."

"It's not about this. Your Kuang's family is waiting for you with branches and leaves. Besides, how many litters Guanyin slaves can have in a year is not enough to see."

"You, you, you, let me tell you, don't mention this in front of Avalokitesvara." Yusheng shook his head and said, "I don't care about this matter, and grandchildren will deal with it."

"However, this matter of equal household registration is probably very difficult." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "So much meat has been cut from those lords, if this is passed, it will be a real grave-digging. They won't Ken."

"Yes, you have to agree, and if you don't agree, let them agree." Yusheng lowered his eyelids: "It's hard for them to refuse now. The days of eating human flesh and drinking human blood are over. Besides, you have ignored government affairs in the past two years. Some things are not very clear, last September, the base registration system was abolished, leaving only the merit system, now it is time for the merit system to be reformed."

Song Beiyun pondered for a long time in a low voice: "Then go do it. If it doesn't work, you can use me as a shield. If it doesn't work, there is still Zhao Xing, let him stand up."

Yu Sheng shook his head and said, "The old and the young don't dare to do anything, half of the new ministers in the court are not descendants of aristocratic families."

"Then there are still half of them, you just need to be careful. No matter what, those children from aristocratic families will definitely have an advantage in the exam, and they will attack you." Song Beiyun said with a smile: "When the time comes, don't do it You will be demoted to Qiongzhou."

"Qiongzhou is not a remote place anymore, and now Qiongzhou is starting to develop because of Luzon's trade." Yusheng shook his head and said, "By the way, guess who went to Chang'an a few days ago."

"Who?"

"The young master of the Wang family, he has now joined the Kong family in Shandong, married the young lady of the Kong family, and his surname is Kong." Yusheng pursed his lips, and there was a hint of disdain in his words: "He wants to visit you in Chang'an , saying that you, Song Beiyun, were the only close friend who extended a helping hand when he was in crisis."

"and after?"

"There was nothing later. Guanyin Nu told me that he happened to meet Zuo Rou when he came to visit."

Song Beiyun patted the table and laughed loudly: "Is there such a wonderful plot?"

"Yeah." Yu Sheng nodded: "Guanyin Nu said that the atmosphere was extremely awkward, and he was terribly frightened by Zuo Rou in military uniform."

"Then?"

"Afterwards he left, saying that if you go back, someone will inform him that he will go to Chang'an himself to keep you drunk."

Song Beiyun leaned back on the chair and sighed: "But after this holiday, I may also go back to Jinling."

"Oh? Why?"

"Hongwenguan, Hongwenguan's five-year agreement, I'm going back to give a lecture." Song Beiyun nodded his head: "The promise made five years ago, now I have to explain to the world? Of course I want to go back Report the results."

Chapter 854: Sunny May 1, Ten Years

The most lively court meeting in the world has just come to an end, and the people all over the capital are discussing the content of this court meeting.

There are more than 500 proposals put forward by officials from various places in the Great Court Meeting, each of which will be published in the newspapers, and these proposals naturally become the core content of Shengdou Xiaomin's chat.

Talking about state affairs with trepidation in the past has gradually become a pastime for the common people. Some proposals are brought out to criticize, some are for everyone to discuss, and some are for everyone to agree with.

Among them, the measure that people agree with the most is the measure of transferring agricultural tax to commercial tax proposed by the governor of Leizhou. That is, people only need to pay one commercial tax when they do business after farming, and there is no need to pay agricultural tax and commercial tax repeatedly.

This bill can save about [-]% of the expenses for the people every year, and there is more disposable money than before, that is, more spare money, which can allow the whole society to enter the sprint stage more quickly.

The second is the issue of official protection and supervision system raised by Dr. Yushitai Yushi, which clearly states that the imperial court needs to publicize the property and source of property of officials at all levels.

This matter has little to do with the people, but it is a project that the people like to hear, because they really want to see how much money those officials and gentlemen have made. However, this proposal was jointly rejected by Yan Xiang and Ding Xiang. The specific reason is why, but after all, it has not entered the final review process.

Of course, the two Prime Ministers received a lot of criticism because of this incident, but they didn't really care much about it, because although the announcement of property can play a very effective role in anti-corruption, it may greatly discourage the enthusiasm of officials. After weighing it over and over again, they still decided to maintain the existing post-event punishment mechanism, otherwise there may be a greater crisis of inaction in the eventual anti-corruption campaign.

But this kind of thing cannot be announced, it can only be digested internally, and then the proposal is rejected. Although it is a good proposal, it is really a pity that there is no way to use it.

In addition to these two points, another point is the household registration reform system proposed by Chang'an Supervisor Kuang Yusheng, which abolished lowly and slave registration, determined the household registration system only according to the place of birth, and formed a complete set of supporting household registration management departments, and It is stipulated that if someone in the family is imprisoned for punishment, he will not be allowed to be an official in the court within three generations if the evidence is solid.

This point is very controversial, because once there is no cheap and slave status, brothels and concubines will completely become history, and many people who were not qualified to compete will be liberated to participate in social competition.

But the one who was imprisoned and was not allowed to be an official for three generations received overwhelming support, because this was the abolition of the consecutive sitting system in disguise.

There are also some bills that were passed at one time, such as retaining the death penalty but canceling punishments such as vehicle splitting, cutting, facial tattooing, amputation, and castration, and even reducing punishments such as exile. Imprisonment, criminal detention, devolution of farms and other measures to carry out punishment.

Of course, the most important of these is to cancel the related content that the punishment cannot be punished for scholar-bureaucrats and to refine the specific manifestations of the law.

And taking this step means that the Song Dynasty has officially begun to gradually transition from legalism to the rule of law.

But many people don't actually understand the difference between Legalism and the rule of law. In fact, it is very simple to distinguish. Legalism's law is under the authority, and the upper class is not bound by legal principles.The law of the rule of law is within the framework of checks and balances and power.

The difference between the two is only one word, but it is a thousand miles away.

Naturally, many people would object to this matter, but Zhao Xing signed the new law of the Song Dynasty without hesitation, and it came into effect on the day it was signed.The cage that restricts power is finally woven out at this moment. It doesn't matter whether it can be locked or not, but at least the cage is there.

When the scholars below are discussing this, they always have a question, that is, whether the things signed by the officials themselves and come into effect can restrain the officials themselves.

The answer is yes. Although the royal family still enjoys a certain degree of immunity, this immunity has a completely different meaning compared with the previous era when there was no clear legal instruction and it was all based on the subjective judgment of the case-handling officials.

The era when murder was not illegal has completely ceased to exist from the moment Zhao Xing wrote. Even the emperor himself could no longer deprive a person of his life at will, and the emperor also needs to be bound by the law when he breaks the law.

Then someone else asked, wouldn't it be the same if the emperor wanted to change the law?Not the same, the change of the highest legal code can only be changed under the coordination of more than two prime ministers and the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Zongzheng Temple.

At this time, someone asked again, what should we do if there is such a stubborn and foolish emperor? This matter is actually within the scope of consideration. Zhao Xing came up with his own proposal, which is to let Emperor Wanyan of the Jin Kingdom Become the assistant king and officially enter the government of the Great Song Dynasty.

Fujun, this concept is unheard of by everyone, but the court did not give any further explanations, only saying that this proposal has entered the stage of reservation and deliberation, and has not been directly implemented.

But even so, Zhao Xing's proposal caused a huge wave in the court, not to mention the confusion of the people, even the civil and military officials.

What is the concept of Fujun... No one knows, but the only thing that can be explained clearly is that the sky of Song Dynasty seems to be really changing.

Afterwards, many other proposals have also entered into the reserved deliberation, and of course there is no lack of those who are scolding. For example, the governor of Longxi proposed to merge the [-] southwest states into Chang'an Prefecture and be under the unified jurisdiction of Chang'an Prefecture.

This proposal was scolded thoroughly from top to bottom, because once the [-] southwestern states were merged into Chang'an, the administrative area of ​​Chang'an would be almost the same as that of Jinling. .

He was scolded, but the bill was retained, and the next bill was to cut roads and build provinces, and tear down states into cities.

To put it simply, it is to change the current military road setting to a provincial setting, and then change the cumbersome state and county system to a city system, and change the existing two capitals and six roads from 72 states to two capitals, 21 provinces, 140 and two cities.

This proposal was also preserved, and Zhao Xing even personally approved it, saying that people should include the Liao Kingdom, the grasslands, and the East, South, and North Seas.

Some people said that this would lead to a conflict between Song and Liao, so Zhao Xing did something that made everyone in the world dumbfounded, that is, he personally invited His Majesty the Emperor of Liao to send a special envoy to discuss the matter of cutting roads to build provinces and tearing down states into cities. .

As for the reason, it is naturally that the Song and Liao disputes overlap, and the future will be discussed, and the framework of Greater China will be given first.

Faced with such a bachelor emperor, the Liao Kingdom is also a bachelor to a bachelor, and really sent a mission to discuss the matter of naming.

The Liao mission arrived on the [-]th. From the day they arrived in Song Dynasty, the relevant officials on both sides fought, and then fought again the next day. On the third day, the two sides had a truce. Someone saw them Sit in the pavilion of Honglu Temple and eat hot pot.But on the fourth day, they fought again.

It was a real fight, because many famous doctors in the capital were invited to Honglu Temple. Although they didn't disclose it, they did confirm that these people fought inside, and the fight was very fierce.

"Why? With the surname Xu, why is this place called Liaoning! I'm going to call it Fengtian."

"I have nothing to say to you bastard today, let's do it."

The martial arts at Honglu Temple was still going on, and the people were eating melons until they couldn't hold their tongues from ear to ear. As the wind and rain ignited all over the city, suddenly at dusk, a carriage quietly entered Jinling City.

There is no convoy or entourage, just an ordinary carriage.

But since the moment the carriage entered the city, the entire Jinling Imperial City Division has been in motion. Everyone is panicking. Those who don't know really think that they got a tip that someone is coming to assassinate the king. .

The bustling street that the carriage drove slowly stopped at the entrance of Jinling Workshop. The curtain was lifted, and Song Beiyun walked down from above.

The two sides of the workshop have already been shut down, the spies of the Imperial City Division are all over the floor, and the guards in charge of guarding the gate have also been replaced by royal guards.

"Hey, such a big battle."

Song Beiyun got out of the car and patted the dust off his body, then walked into the workshop.

Few people knew about his visit this time, and he came in a low-key way, and he didn't even disturb the city defense. He lived in the dormitory where he used to be in the workshop.

It's just that he didn't expect that he was already so low-key, but he could still provoke so many people out of the street, making it seem like he was some important person.

"Are you afraid that you are guarding against my rebellion?"

"Master Song, you are joking..."

The person who picked him up was Bai Nian'an, and Bai Nian'an is in a terrible situation now. Over the years, he has been selected through layers of selection, and he has already become the servant of the Ministry of Punishment and the envoy of the imperial city. Countless people secretly call him Bai Wuchang, but it is such a Bai Nian'an Wuchang, the moment he saw Song Beiyun, his calves couldn't help shivering a few times.

Entering the room, Bai Nian'an did not dare to enter because Hou was at the door, Song Beiyun raised his eyes and looked at him: "Come in and sit down, why are you being so cautious now, Mr. Minister?"

Bai Nian'an smiled dryly, and said to himself, "Who the hell doesn't know that you are a shadow emperor, I dare to do whatever I want", but he took off his shoes and walked into the house barefoot with a look of fear on his face.

"It seems that you did a good job." Song Beiyun sat down, and Bai Nian'an immediately poured tea for him with the kettle next to him: "It took only a few years to become the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

"It all depends on Mr. Song's cultivation."

Bai Nian'an was always cautious when speaking, because he only knew how powerful this Song Beiyun was since he entered the court. Among the people in the imperial court, which one was not a wolf and Gu Yingshi, and if he was careless, he would be beaten to the bone and sucked out his marrow.

How Song Beiyun got his start, Bai Nian'an knew in his heart, from a small inspector all the way to becoming the shadow emperor of the Song Dynasty, all matters concerning the family and country in the world require him to nod his head in seven or eight out of ten cases, among them it depends on chance, That's really nonsense. If someone really believed it and wanted to reproduce his path, I'm afraid the next year will be the anniversary.

"I'll go to the palace tomorrow, Zhao Xing didn't sneak away, did he?"

When it was mentioned that Zhao Xing ran away, Bai Nian'an felt bitter in his heart, that official... really couldn't say anything about him.

"Not really, but if Mr. Song is later, the official family will really run away. He is busy these few days, the Great Court Conference just ended today, and there are many foreign missions coming to celebrate the New Year. The official family is also at a loss."

"That's good."

Song Beiyun thought for a while and said, "You can arrange it tomorrow afternoon. I have some private matters in the morning."

"My subordinate understands."

Seeing Song Beiyun pick up the teacup, Bai Nian'an retreated knowingly, and Song Beiyun walked to the window after he left, looked out at Jinling City, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

The Jinling City when we left and the current Jinling City are completely two cities. Its prosperity and solemnity, classic and cutting-edge have all begun to grow wildly in the past few years, but the only thing that Song Beiyun doesn't like is that there is no city like Chang'an. The city uses street lights on a large scale like Lianyungang.