Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 33: Just a mere Jinshi

Zhao Guangmei was depressed and upset, pulling her hair in handfuls.

His two so-called high-ranking officials were really all fake, and his mother refused to help him. Seeing that his second brother became more and more impressive after being seized by the military and political power, and even started to open offices to recruit talents, Zhao Guangmei's heart I couldn't help but feel waves of impatience.

After much deliberation, Zhao Guangmei took the initiative to go to Zhao Kuangyin and said, "I want to be a military governor."

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was playing with a slingshot in the imperial garden. He just thought he was a child playing nonsense. He laughed and didn't even look back. He continued to beat the birds while saying: "Your hair hasn't even grown yet, so... What kind of governor?"

"I don't care, I want to be a military commander. You can add one to me. It can be any army. I just want to be a military commander."

"Haha, you kid is quite impatient. You are in a hurry to have the final say, right? In our family, as well as me and your second brother, it's not up to you to make the decision. When you get crowned, I will I’ll let you be the governor.”

"You are not as good as your age. Although my second brother is older than me, in terms of martial arts, how can he compare to me? Brother, you are really too biased. You have given him so much authority, but you don't even have one Jiedushi didn't give me any more, ah~ I'm sad, I'm so sad."

Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile: "Don't look down on your second brother. Although he is a bitch, he is still quite capable. If you insist that your martial arts is higher than him, it is a fact, but you want It's a bit nonsense to say that you are better at arts and crafts than him. After all, he has read so many books. If he really competes with his talents, there is no way he can really get into the imperial examination."

"Just him? Haha, you don't believe it, do you? How about you let me compare with him."

"What do you want to compare?"

"It's up to you to come up with the test questions, okay? I can prove that I'm better than my second brother in every aspect."

Zhao Kuangyin turned back in surprise: "In any way?"

"Yeah, in any way."

"Then you have a longer beard than him."

"........."

"Comparing height, weight, or who can pee farther."

"Brother, look at my eyes, what do you see in them?"

Zhao Kuangyin turned around and looked at it seriously for a while: "Eye shit?"

"It's anger, it's my overwhelming anger. They are both your brothers, born from the same mother. You are going too far in favoring one over the other."

"You, why are you in a hurry? You are a precocious talent, and you have done such a big thing. Who in the world doesn't know your reputation? If you want to exercise power, why bother to be in a hurry? You should first polish your own abilities, abilities, and tolerance. , no matter what position you are given, you will naturally be able to use your fingers like an arm, so if I delegate power to you now, wouldn’t it be harmful to you?"

"So I only want a military governor from you. I don't really care what kind of official position you want. Aren't those things all obtained by Yao? Just treat it as an honorary title and give it to me? I want to It’s just a nice name.”

"Haha, if it was really an honorary title, you wouldn't come here to make trouble with me. Why, you are so young and you already have something private that you want to use? Why are you pretending to be confused with me?"

"Hey, hehe."

Zhao Guangmei scratched her head and laughed, all in acquiescence.

When the political system developed to the early Song Dynasty, the power of Jiedushi in ordinary areas was naturally reduced again and again. It had long lost the glory it had at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Most of the time, it was a virtual leader or a distant leader. As Zhao Guangmei said, except for war zones Except for the Jiedushi, the rest are just like that.The idea of ​​strong trunks and weak branches was not Zhao Kuangyin's first initiative. Starting from the time of Zhu Wen, every emperor in the Five Dynasties has been working tirelessly to regain the power of the Jiedushi. In fact, by Chai Rong's time, the Jiedushi in non-border war zones had basically been eliminated. The authority of the governor has almost been recovered.

Of course, the border governors are still very good, but this is a different matter.

However, you must know that in the early Song Dynasty, there were no such positions as subordinates and officials in the Forbidden Army. Even Zhao Kuangyin's official position before he became emperor, known as the world's best soldier, was inspected in front of the palace, and there were no dedicated subordinate officials. of.

However, there is a BUG in this that is not a BUG, ​​that is, although the other powers of Jiedushi have been almost taken away, the power of appointing and removing subordinates on his own is still retained.

For example, Zhao Pu and Li Chuyun, the two chief and deputy directors of the Chenqiao Mutiny, were not within the system of Dianqiansi. Instead, they were the scribes affiliated to Guide Palace after Zhao Kuangyin, the Guide Commander.

Although Zhao Kuangyin had never been to Guide Mansion before Chai Rong himself died, this did not prevent him from using the name of Guide Mansion to recruit his staff.

This rule was well preserved in the early Song Dynasty. To put it bluntly, it still gave these senior generals in the Forbidden Army a certain degree of autonomy. It was not until the Zhenzong Dynasty that the imperial court began to set up directly subordinate officials in the three yamen and took away the power of appointment and dismissal. It was owned by the emperor. From then on, the warriors of the Song Dynasty were all the emperor's workers.

Therefore, the addition of Jiedushi in the early Song Dynasty was equivalent to the power of founding a government in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Even if two people were both commanders of the Forbidden Army, and one of them did not add Jiedushi, then you are just a part-time worker, and all your subordinates are You do not have the right to appoint the subordinates assigned to you by the imperial court, but if the other one is added as a Jiedushi, you can open your own government and choose your own personal staff. This is also a symbol of identity and status.

So Zhao Guangmei is looking for another way. Zhao Kuangyin doesn't give real power. Then you let me open the government and recruit some staff, assistants and so on. I hope to cultivate my future administrative team in advance in this way. Make sure you won’t fall too far behind Zhao Er.

After all, releasing military power over a cup of wine was a big project, and the so-called emphasis on civility and suppression of military power in the Song Dynasty was not accomplished overnight. The military system of three yamen and four chambers was completed step by step, and it was not until the Renzong Dynasty that it was completely perfected.

In the early Song Dynasty, it was still the same pattern that had emphasized military affairs over literature since the Five Dynasties. There were actually a lot of loopholes that could be exploited.

However, when it comes to understanding the military system, who can compare with Zhao Kuangyin?
He himself rose from a general to an emperor by taking advantage of loopholes. How could Zhao Guangmei's little thoughts be hidden from him?
"You want to use your own personal information so early? Are you trying to do something secretly?"

"It can't be done secretly. It's just that I do have some ideas in my mind. But no matter what I do, I must have a reserve of talents under my hands, right? This season means that I have to work sooner or later. It's better to work early than late. , just think of it as letting me reserve talents before you delegate power to me."

"But I still feel that you are too young, and your energy should be focused on studying instead of doing things."

"Do I still need to study? I was killed by the Northern Han Dynasty."

"Those are two different things. You only have a little cleverness and no real talent. If nothing else, let's compare you with the Jinshi scholars of the same period. Can you compare?"

"What's the point? I'm a Jinshi. Just wait. I'll also take the new subjects this year. You see, I'll get a first-class diploma."

"Pfft, Yijia? Just you?" Zhao Kuangyin was very happy.

"You do not believe?"

"I definitely don't believe it."

"Then if I pass the exam, you can make me a governor."

If I had known, the main rules of the so-called imperial examinations in later generations were actually set by the Song Dynasty. The imperial examinations in the Five Dynasties period were really simple. There were several ways for him to pass the imperial examination by handing in a blank test.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't believe that he could pass the Jinshi examination at all, so he immediately said with a smile: "Okay, if you can really pass the Jinshi examination, I will serve as a military governor for you."

(End of this chapter)