On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Ning returned to Tokyo in a low-key manner.

According to "Mid-Autumn Festival" in Volume 8 of "Tokyo Menghualu": ​​"On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, noble families decorated their terraces and pavilions, and people competed in restaurants to play with the moon, and silk and bamboo were boiling. Residents in the inner courtyard heard the sound of sheng and yu in the distance late at night.

Just like the clouds outside, the children in the village play all night long. The people in the night market are all familiar with it."

In a word: very lively.

Zhao Ning went back and took a shower first.

It was already evening, the heat slowly dissipated, the evening breeze blew by, and the golden leaves in front of Wende Hall began to dance.

That's the mood of autumn.

After a while, the sky slowly dimmed, and a golden full moon appeared in the sky, hanging among the well-proportioned palaces and pavilions.

Gao Qiu hurriedly entered the palace.

"See the official family."

"You came."

"Your Majesty returned to the capital, and I was guilty of not being able to welcome you from a distance."

"Okay, don't worry about this. I came to you to discuss something important with you."

"Your Majesty, please make it clear."

"How are the arrangements for the people you sent to the south?"

"Don't worry, officials, there are people on every road."

"Seize the important state capitals first."

"I have prepared it a long time ago." Gao Qiu took out the list from his sleeve and presented it. "This is the list of personnel secretly sent to various states."

"Closely collect information on public sentiment, official status, attitudes towards the New Deal, and attitudes against Kim from all walks of life in the South."

Gao Qiu looked proud and said: "The officials are just worried. The family of every person sent out is in Tokyo and is taken care of by the court. Their children will be able to successfully enter the University of Tokyo when they grow up."

You can also have a good official position."

"But if the task cannot be completed regularly, it will also..."

"One more thing, how is the situation in the capital during my absence?"

Gao Qiu immediately changed his face and said: "The official family, here!"

He excitedly took out a note and said: "These people have all mentioned that they want to resign. From the three provinces and six ministries, to the Privy Council and the Hanlin Academy, there are people who want to resign. The number is as high as 236 people. This is the minister.

From what I heard, there may be some omissions.”

"Have you all resigned?"

"I resigned eight times, namely..."

Zhao Ning said: "Only eight people resigned?"

"Officials, these people are going to resign. If they don't quit, then..."

"You think they're going to resign?"

"They all submitted their resignations, but it is said that Mr. Zhao did not approve them."

"Xiangong Zhao has not approved it, so they can be more relaxed and relaxed!"

Gao Qiu was a little confused. Officials, I bet you want them to resign!

Zhao Ning quickly read the list.

There are indeed some officials in important positions who want to resign. For example, there are people in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel who want to resign.

Most people's reason is that there is an emergency in their hometown.

It's obviously an urgent matter and should be dealt with immediately!

But unfortunately, these people resigned two months ago and are still enjoying high status in their official positions.

Officials: We want to resign! We want to resign! I don’t care! We just want to resign!

It seems that they all danced happily while I was away in Tokyo!

Half an hour later, Zhao Ding, Xu Han, He Li, Zhang Shuye, Wang Zongliu, and Zuoxuan Mo Chou, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, all received an urgent summons and entered the palace and arrived at Wende Hall.

At this time, most of the other officials in the capital were drinking wine outside Donghua Gate, so who had the heart to inquire about this?

"I will see you, Your Majesty!"

"Everyone is free of charge."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"How was the situation in the capital while I was away?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Zhang Shuye spoke first: "The Imperial Guards are practicing day and night. Everything is as usual. All the additional Imperial Guards sent to Huaixi have arrived."

This shows that the current situation in Huaixi is very stable. If it is unstable, Zhang Shuye will say: The additional imperial guards sent to Huaixi have begun to suppress the rebellion.

Zhao Ning nodded and looked at Mo Chou, the Minister of Civil Service.

Mo Chuan reacted immediately, and said in a tone that the sky was falling: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"

"Why are you so nervous?"

"As of now, 276 officials have asked to resign!"

As soon as he said these words, the atmosphere at the scene immediately became solemn, and the faces of the three prime ministers did not look good.

Obviously, there has been a lot of debate about this matter during this period.

The number of people Mo Chou mentioned was slightly larger than what Gao Qiu had heard.

"Where's the directory?"

"Oh, here it is."

Mo Chou immediately took out a directory and handed it over.

Zhao Ning looked at it carefully again and found that it was almost the same as what Gao Qiu had given him before.

He opened his mouth and asked: "Why are there five people in the army named Cao Cao from Kaifeng Prefecture?"

Everyone was silent.

The officers and soldiers who joined the army were all minor officials, so naturally it was not their turn to take care of them, and they would not have asked about this in ordinary times.

But today, Zhao Guan's family came out alone to ask questions.

For a moment, the hall fell into silence.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and candlelight was lit in the Wende Hall.

Zhao Guanjia's face was calm with a hint of coldness, and his bright eyes were as cold as snow.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Dingcai said: "There are redundancies among middle- and lower-level officials."

There was silence again, and everyone felt that the atmosphere was a bit frighteningly depressing.

According to the appointment process of officials in the Song Dynasty, most of the middle and lower-level officials were recommended by senior local officials, and the Ministry of Personnel used the recommendation of Zha Zishang as a reference.

There were so many prefectures in the Song Dynasty, so it was naturally impossible for the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Personnel to check them one by one. Basically, the ministers thought it was OK, and the ministers and ministers would usually pass.

Perhaps the only criterion that needs to be considered is which faction the recommended person belongs to.

In the Song Dynasty, the number of scholars selected through the imperial examination reached an unprecedented level, and the Enyin system was the worst in all dynasties.

Every year, a large number of people enter the officialdom, and there are no spare positions, so they are sent down.

Naturally, a situation arises where the same position is held by multiple people.

This not only failed to achieve the effect of greater strength in numbers, but also pushed each other to blame. The three monks had no water to drink, and in the end they all lay down and stopped working.

And the court still had to give them salaries.

Even though Zhao Ning has a straight face now, he is actually smiling inside.

Zhao Ning picked up his pen and started ticking the boxes on the list: "I see that you are all in a dilemma, but I think this matter is easy to deal with. Since Cao Junjun, a soldier from Kaifeng Prefecture, wants to resign, why should he stop him!"

"There are also the Privy Council's war bureau chiefs. There are twenty-three people and eighteen chief officers. I don't know what they usually do. But I think eight chief wardens and six chief officers are enough. If that's the case, why don't you agree!"

Zhao Guanjia writes quickly.

Xu Han immediately came out and said: "Officials, if they agree, will other officials also propose to resign? If everyone proposes to resign, wouldn't it be..."

Now officials are obviously threatening to resign. This is a game. If Zhao Ning comes to be tough, more people will be forced to resign.

"Since you are going to resign, how can I stop you?"

Everyone was shocked. Are the officials really going to be tough?

You can resign!

It’s not too much for the Imperial City Secretary to conduct a thorough investigation, right?

The Ministry of Punishment should check their accounts again. Isn’t that excessive?
Chapter completed!