Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 218
As soon as the matter of moving the capital came out, there was an uproar. And when it was brought up at this time, the intention was naturally more clear, which was to stir up trouble. Zhao Guangyi was so angry that he lost his guard: "Stir up, stir up, you just stir up each other." , you will be happy when you mess up our Da Song Dynasty! Just mess it up!"

This was obviously something that had been discussed with Zhao Kuangyin a long time ago. Moving the capital was such a big thing. When Zhao Guangmei mentioned it, Zhao Kuangyin immediately agreed. He was not infatuated with the prosperity of the Kaifeng area at all. Those who did not agreed to move the capital.

The issue directly changed from whether to move to how to move.

Don't give people any chance to object at all.

Then, Zhao Guangmei directly took out a so-called Luoyang planning map, and then chatted with departments one by one to discuss where each government office would be located, how it should be built, whether to expand or downsize, whether to stay in Kaifeng or move to Luoyang, and the official residence and dormitories. How to build it, etc., it was proposed to build a separate courtyard for each yamen.

The officials in the capital who were on strike and uncooperative were a little dumbfounded at this moment.

I tried hard to force her into the uterus, but halfway through, I couldn’t force it any further.

This kind of thing is undoubtedly a major matter for each department. It is not only a matter of departmental welfare. Expansion and downsizing are also a matter of power. It also involves countless subordinates and petty officials below. The power cake is so big. If you don't divide it, others will divide it and leave it, and it will be leftovers in your hands.

Although Luoyang City is empty, the core urban area is only that big. If you are not active, the good position will be taken away by others.

It makes those who want to give Zhao Guangmei a blow and refuse to cooperate are really uncomfortable.

After all, Zhao Guangmei is not here for Beijing officials this time. Unless there is a real interest-related relationship, otherwise if it is just grudges, party disputes, and political disagreements, it would be a bit too bad to have such an angry fight. And who dares to deliberately confront Zhao Guangmei at this time? Guangmei's opposition will cause damage to the interests of the entire yamen, which will cause public outrage.

In the officialdom, the superior leaders and the subordinate subordinates must occupy at least one end of the spectrum.

As a result, this so-called strike to force the palace could not go on. Within a few days, everyone came to Zhao Guangmei with licking their faces to discuss the matter of housing allocation, especially the Ministry of Punishment. Zhao Guangmei said that he would mobilize the four thousand warriors who killed the heroes. The files were summarized and organized for him on the same day.

After all, those who have been reduced to the level of being exiled and beheading warriors are all serious criminals. According to Zhao Pu's new law, such serious criminals must have well-documented and detailed files. According to common sense, there will be no lack of information or files. Not exhaustive.

Of course, if something really happened, there would be no need to investigate the case. From the Ministry of Justice to the Ningtai, from the prefect to the magistrate, this line could be laid down and even prepared for exile.

This move was truly the style of the King of Qin. He did not compromise at all, and even let the civil servants take the initiative to take a low profile to please him.

The Yushitai, Dali Temple, Ministry of Punishment, at least at the level of Beijing officials, all resisted this move.

But I saw Shi Xizai saying: "Your Highness, it seems that the matter of moving the capital is irreversible now, right? This... I heard that His Highness King Qin seems to be intending to set up Henan Yin as the chief engineer in Luoyang."

"Ok?"

Zhao Guangyi was really stunned when he heard this.

"Supervisor? Henan Yin? Doesn't he supervise the work himself?"

"It is said in the market that although the imperial court has moved, the trading houses may not move. Even if Kaifeng does not become the capital, it will still be the most prosperous and wealthy place in the world. It is the east and west capital system. This... I can't hide it. My colleagues in the government Everyone is thinking about this matter, but they don’t know how true or false the news on the market is. King Qin..."

As he said this, Shi Xizai couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The most frustrating thing about Zhao Guangmei is that he rarely goes through the imperial bureaucracy when it comes to matters, and even deliberately circumvents the system. He is a player who does not go to court unless necessary. When he feels slighted, he directly talks to Zhao Kuangyin privately. , Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and directly arranged for the people from the trading company to spend money to do it. The six ministries and nine ministers were treated as decorations.

So much so that even though Shi Xizai was now the official of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhao Guangyi's right and left hand men had no idea whether the news released by Zhao Guangmei was true or false, and they had no time to find out.

"Two capital systems."

Zhao Guangyi also became serious unconsciously.

Because if this matter is true, then he is actually the most suitable for the position of chief engineer of Henan Yin and Luoyang. There is even no need to remove the position of Kaifeng Fu Yin for the time being.

Who makes them, the old Zhao family, have only three brothers?

Then he had to admire Zhao Guangmei even more.

This is one arrow, and there are many eagles.

After all, Zhao Guangyi has been the governor of Kaifeng for many years, and his foundation is in Kaifeng. Although he does not actually handle the government affairs of Kaifeng, at least the two officials are his people. His position is of course unwilling to move the capital.

Historically, his break with Zhao Kuangyin was also due to the move of the capital.

However, at this time, he was completely powerless in this matter. It was impossible for him to openly challenge Zhao Kuangyin or even win like he did in history.

Because in history, it was not the civil servants who actually blocked the move of the capital, but the Imperial Guards who were not willing to change places. Many of the 20 Imperial Guards stationed in Beijing were already married and established businesses. It would definitely be inconvenient for the whole family to move to another capital, and the original history The finances of the Song Dynasty were so poor. How could Zhao Kuangyin have the money to give these 20 soldiers and their families to rebuild the barracks in Luoyang?
To put it bluntly, it is insufficient preparation.

But Zhao Guangmei's move to the capital was different, because these soldiers were already thinking about changing their military quarters. In the past half a year, the real estate market was in full swing, and it had even become the biggest source of profit for the trading company.

Changing the Luoyang garrison is equivalent to redrawing a blank piece of paper. The entire plan is to build several super large military communities, and build dormitories for 20 forbidden troops stationed in Beijing and even [-] forbidden troops stationed at the border in one go. Each room is no less than [-] square meters, with at least two bedrooms and one living room, and is equipped with electric lights and possibly even running water.

The soldiers of the Forbidden Army were eager to move the capital to new houses as soon as possible.

Therefore, Zhao Guangyi actually has no say in this matter. The Song Dynasty was only founded for more than four years, and it was not more than ten years like in history. It was far less entrenched. He, the governor of Kaifeng, even opposed this at all. I dare not say two words.However, if Zhao Guangmei does not take charge of the construction of the new city himself, and even implements the two-capital system, and the business does not move to Luoyang, then it will be different. Zhao Guangyi thought about it for a long time, and felt that he was indeed the most suitable Henan Yin’s choice.

Just imagine for a moment, Luoyang will be the capital in the future, and he will be the governor of Henan Province, and there will be no Zhao Guangmei in Luoyang...

This is so cool.

But if he wants to get this Henan Yinhe chief engineer...

Surrender, what else is there to say?

Zhao Guangmei's method of breaking the situation this time was all about dimensionality reduction. There was no calculation or struggle at all. Even his second brother had no intention of rectifying the officialdom with him when faced with such a major event as relocating the capital.

If you don't move the capital sooner or later, it's time to bring it up.

This is also the way Zhao Guangmei always does things. When there are differences of interest, he directly takes out a bigger piece of the cake from his pocket. This method is not official at all, but it is really easy to use.

Then he went to Zhao Guangmei to confirm.

"Yes, it is indeed the case. After the capital is moved, the two-capital system will definitely be implemented. After all, there are more than 10,000 imperial troops stationed in Beijing alone. The border and Beijing stations are rotated. This is 40 houses, including those who have retired. , the disabled, and in some cases those with very large family members would have to prepare 70 million houses for real estate alone. The total number of soldiers and military dependents would exceed the population of 150 million. The reason why the capital had to be moved was also because of these 150 million people. It directly occupies most of Kaifeng, severely squeezing Kaifeng's commercial development space, and in turn squeezing the palace out of space. Therefore, it is better to return the military to the military, and the economic to the economy. Separate them, and I am in charge. It is a trading house, making commercial profits, and Luoyang will be positioned as a military city in the future and will hardly carry out any business. Then I will definitely be based in Kaifeng by then. Of course, Kaifeng and Luoyang are not that far away, so what? Whether it’s riding a horse or taking a boat, it only takes half a day, so just run back and forth.”

Of course, it is impossible not to leave troops in Kaifeng. The infantry can just switch defenses back and forth between the two places. The approximately [-] forbidden troops originally stationed on the east and west roads of Beijing can simply be stationed in Kaifeng, which greatly reduces the consumption and time of changing defenses. The rotations between the two cities can also be more frequent and more training can be carried out.

Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi also sighed in his heart with extremely complicated emotions, and then said: "Henan Yin, the chief engineer of Luoyang, have you discussed the manpower with the elder brother?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "What else is there to discuss? If my second brother is willing, he can take office at any time and go to Luoyang for his appointment. If you want to be the Yin of Henan, then give up the post of Yin of Kaifeng to me."

Zhao Guangyi nodded and said: "In this case, I want to take away the team members of Kaifeng Mansion."

"Although the officials were taken away and the minor officials were left behind, the construction projects in Luoyang are still led by commercial banks. The Ministry of Industry pays and allocates the money directly to the commercial banks, who then subcontract the projects and are responsible for the design. and supervise work, but during the actual construction process, no corvee work will be done, only work supervision will be done, and private engineering teams will bid through subcontracting.”

Zhao Guangyi asked: "Where can there be private engineering teams? Cement factories, brick kilns, steel plants, and even the trade of timber and bamboo tendons are all monopolized by trading houses. Where can private engineering teams come from? Besides, asking the Ministry of Industry to give money to trading houses is essentially Isn’t it better to go from left hand to right hand?”

Zhao Guangmei said seriously when he heard this: "This is the problem. To be honest, if the company wants to develop, it can only rely on me to create new things to drive it. In my opinion, the internal problems are too big. Although some private merchants have taken over a large number of upstream and downstream businesses of commercial banks, they are all in light industry and there is no competition. The interior is just a pool of stagnant water. The left hand is doing the right thing, and many things are bad because the left hand is doing the right thing."

After saying that, Zhao Guangmei made tea for Zhao Guangyi, but said sincerely: "Any development has a price, and commercial banks are no exception. To be honest, this time you asked Song Qi to pick out those faults for me, such as collaboration with the enemy and betraying the country. It was just to disgust me, and it was precisely because of this that Xiao Chuo broke a finger. I still don’t know whether this girl is genuine or fake. Maybe it’s a trick. This is very uncomfortable. good."

"But I can see that your real killer move is actually taking bribes and perverting the law, selling your official position, and coming for the trading company, right? Since Song Qi wrote this crime in the edict, I believe it must be there, I'm afraid Among the shareholders on the board of directors, few are clean, right? As for those at the middle level and below, I'm afraid they are all in ruins. Hey~, if you dare to ask Song Qi to charge, you must have a lot of evidence in your hands. , at least enough to shock the interior of the trading company, especially my close relatives, and even affect the operation of the system, right?"

Zhao Guangyi nodded when he heard this and admitted: "There is corruption in any system. How can power not be abused when it is put into the hands of people? To be honest, according to the situation I have now, the problems within the trading bank are indeed very serious. Seriously, although Cao Bin is honest, his main energy is now on the court. He also has his limitations. Corruption in a system cannot rely on one or two honest officials, one or two rectifications, and severe crackdowns. Originally, he wanted Use the other way to repay the other person, so that you can also understand the truth that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Now..."

"Go on now."

"what?"

"I said, continue, fight corruption as you should. Doesn't that Song Qi want to be investigated? Then let him investigate. Don't let him talk about collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. It's just me. Don't mess with Xiao Chuo. Then I can't afford to mess with any of you, and a full of evil ideas is definitely not a fuel-efficient light."

Zhao Guangyi looked puzzled and said: "Are you... not aware of the situation well enough? You know that if Song Qi lets it go, at least 1000 people in the entire trading company system will suffer from this without you making the corresponding preparations. The impact, if we really get to the bottom of it, it’s not impossible that there will be 3000 or [-] people, and it will definitely affect the normal operation of the business.”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guangmei nodded: "Yes, I know."

Zhao Guangyi: “…………”

Isn't there something wrong with this?
In fact, the original plan of the civil service group was to use collaboration with the enemy and the country to divert attention, while delaying time through the non-cooperation of various departments. Finally, when the investigation phase entered, they would investigate each other. Coupled with the strong rhetoric and nonsense of officials at all levels, it was enough The entire administrative system of the Song Dynasty, including the commercial system and even the military system, was rendered inoperable.

The judicial corruption of local officials is an almost unsolvable problem, but the corruption of commercial banks is actually even worse than that of local officials. To put it bluntly, a crow rides on a pig, and no one should think the other is worse. There is Cao Bin in it, and we also have Song Qi and Zhang Ai in our hands.

When the time comes, they really don't believe that Zhao Guangmei will not compromise. If it really comes to this level, no matter how Zhao Guangmei can handle it, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely not be able to handle it.

All it takes is Zhao Guangyi to stand up and support, and then the so-called rectification movement launched by Zhao Guangmei will naturally be nothing more than a gust of wind.

"This... Third brother, what exactly do you think?"

"If the water is clear, there will be no fish. This may be true, but I don't like it, and it still depends on whether we are in a hurry to eat the fish. I think that if the fish are not in a hurry to eat, we can consider changing to another pond to raise them. Yu, you are right, relying on personal power and a gust of crackdown cannot combat corruption, so I am actually considering changing the system altogether."

"Change the system?"

"Well, in fact, I have thought about the problem of trading houses for a long time. When I was supervising the army in Yizhou, I felt that the power of trading houses was too great. It was so powerful that it was not only corrupt. The reason why this Western Expedition There were no problems in the army because my eldest brother and I both followed. But what if the generals lead the army? The Privy Council can no longer send a decent supervisory army. I have thought about it. There are only two ways to solve this problem. , either, let the commercial bank go one step further and simply swallow up the Privy Council, or, simply dissolve it, so that it will completely lose the soil of corruption."

"Disband...disband?"

"Yes, disbandment, starting from this tender for the Luoyang Project. Not only the trading houses need to be disbanded, but in my opinion, the entire imperial court, the entire civil service system, and even the entire Song Dynasty need to be disbanded and restructured. This is my big The last step of Song's New Deal, rebirth from the ashes, second brother, there is no better time than now."

(End of this chapter)