When Fan Chunren sat down, Zhao Xu concluded: "I already know what you have told me. The invasion of the street has been a chronic disease for generations..."

"It is impossible to solve it immediately!"

“If you plan it slowly, slowly, if you change it every month, you may see a change in a year; if you change it in one year, you may see a big change in ten years.”

"I have enough patience and confidence to resolve this matter with you!"

This summary attitude must be expressed.

Because Zhao Xu knew very well the temper of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty.

Easily get carried away and easily excited.

Sometimes, you may even be intimidated by your emotions and take drastic actions.

Especially young scholar-bureaucrats.

For example, the young people in Taixue, or the crows in Yushitai.

However, mature politicians must avoid such things.

We cannot allow the court to be intimidated by emotions and occupied by politically correct slogans.

Only by being pragmatic can we find a way out.

Zhao Xu has seen things that were dominated by emotions in modern times and in his previous life.

During the Yuanyou era, the radicals of the old party chanted slogans for nine whole years.

In the end, there was nothing but chicken feathers in the ground. Apart from completely tearing the country apart, it achieved nothing, which is the best evidence.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" All the ministers bowed their heads and paid homage.

Cai Jing bowed his head deeply.

"I intend to set up a temporary relevant official office in the Kaifeng government office."

"This official office is mainly used to pay attention to, track and discuss, and improve the intrusion of Bianjing Street."

"He was told to 'improve the inner and outer roads of Bianjing and conduct official business in the inner chambers'!"

Well, you can also call it the ‘Bianjing Transportation and City Appearance Improvement Leadership Office’.

"Kaifeng Mansion!"

Cai Jing came out of the queue and said: "I am here!"

"The minister is also responsible for promoting the inner and outer roads of Bianjing and the official affairs of the chambers!"

"I accept the decree!"

"Xueshi Deng, Xueshi Fan, and Shilang Lu."

Deng Runfu, Fan Chunren, and Lu Dafang came out to pay homage: "I am here!"

"I ordered the ministers to 'know the roads inside and outside Bianjing and the official affairs of the chambers', cooperate with the Kaifeng Mansion, participate in related official affairs, and report to me in a timely manner!"

"Wei! I will obey your orders!"

If Cai Jing is the person in charge of the ‘Bianjing Transportation and City Appearance Rectification Leadership Office’, then these three people are the ministers who handle this matter on behalf of Zhao Xu.

In other words, the three of them, plus the official office led by Cai Jing to "promote the roads and official affairs of the inner and outer chambers of Bianjing", formed a new power that bypassed the three provinces, six ministries and the capital, and was directly responsible for Zhao Xu personally. mechanism.

Zhao Xu looked at Cheng Yi and Su Che again: "Cheng tells stories, Su tells stories."

"I'm here!" Cheng Yi and Su Zhe stood up.

"I have ordered my two beloved ministers to be responsible for leading the companions to assist the Kaifeng Mansion in sorting out relevant documents and providing advice and suggestions for the counselor's office on the inner and outer roads and chambers of Bianjing!"

"I obey your decree!" they both said in unison.

These two people are equivalent to becoming Cai Jing's secretaries, while the companions are Cai Jing's interns and handymen.

This is so big!

The emperor can appoint or establish a temporary organization at any time to bypass the inherent procedures.

During the Xining Reform, Wang Anshi, as a political advisor, was ordered to establish the "Department of Regulations of the Three Regulations" to bypass other officials who opposed the reform and promote the reform.

Last year, Han Jiang also petitioned for the establishment of a "Review Department of Service Laws and Regulations" to bypass possible opposition forces in the capital and adjust the service laws.

Of course, this is also one of the sources of the redundant officials and personnel in the Song Dynasty.

Many institutions were temporary and then turned into official official offices.

Some institutions were originally temporary and would be dismantled when things happened, but they were retained due to various reasons.

However, these missions, which have actually lost their functional effectiveness, have still become a destination for many officials.

…

In the far south, outside Guizhou City, Guangxi Province, on the last day of February.

Between the mountains and rivers, boats with awnings are passing through.

There are boxes on every ship.

The box contains all copper coins.

Obviously, this fleet came from Jinghu South Road.

What they were escorting was the first batch of copper coins sent to Guangxi for military use from the Qianjian of Yongxingchang in Tanzhou on the orders of Bianjing.

The fleet slowly approached the dock in Guizhou.

Miao Shizhong, the Guangxi transshipment envoy, had already led people to greet him at the pier.

The general of the imperial army who led the team to escort this batch of military supplies stepped down from the ship and came to Miao Shizhong. He took out a document from his arms and handed it to him, and then bowed: "Fengzhi Longtuge, I know.

On the orders of the prince of Tanzhou and Yongxingchang, someone escorted 50,000 newly minted copper coins here, begging for transfer and receipt!"

Miao Shizhong took the document and first checked the format.

The standard official documents issued by Zhongshu to the local government have the correct format, conform to the writing method of the ministry symbols, and the paper used is correct. It is indeed the special official document paper of Zhongshu Province.

Then I checked the seals of Youcheng, the Minister of Finance, Zhang Hong, the Minister of Zhongshu, and the seals of Wang Kechen of Zhitanzhou who were traveling in accordance with the talisman.

Confirming what is stated on this talisman, Zhongshu Sheng, by imperial edict, ordered Tanzhou Yongxing Field to transfer 300,000 guan of coins to Guangxi.

Wang Kechen then ordered Tanzhou to ban the army and escort 50,000 coins to Guizhou in advance.

So, Miao Shizhong nodded and said to the general who was ordered to escort them: "Wait for me to do the counting!"

The other party nodded: "It's up to you to transfer it!"

Miao Shizhong then personally led people to count the copper coins that were taken off the ship.

A bunch of copper coins were taken out of the box.

Soon the entire dock was enveloped in the luster of copper coins.

Fifty thousand guan is 38.5 million yuan!

Counting them one by one, even if all the personnel of the Transportation Department were dispatched, it would be impossible to count them all within a few days.

Fortunately, there is a quick way to take inventory.

That’s weighing in!

Guanqian generally weighs about three catties and four taels (about two kilograms), and fifty thousand guan is about 160,000 catties.

So, just clear out the money, remove the boxes and other debris, and go directly to the big scale.

In just one afternoon, Miao Shizhong completed the count.

Overall, it's a good match.

The difference is only a few hundred kilograms, which is within the normal range.

Miao Shizhong did not hesitate, signed the document, and then returned it to the escorting Imperial Guard.

After finishing this, he took the military academy, escorted the batch of copper coins, and began to return to the official office of the transfer envoy.

It is not a simple matter to transport these 50,000 copper coins back.

Hundreds of mules and horses alone were mobilized, and the transportation was not completed until midnight.

Miao Shizhong saw with his own eyes that the last cart carried the last two boxes of copper coins to the official warehouse.

He then ordered people to lock the gate of the official warehouse and ordered the imperial army to guard it.

But, it's just the beginning.

Next, he needs to send troops to transport the money to Yongzhou.

This is even more hard work.

I'm afraid it will take several scores to safely send this huge sum of money to Yongzhou.

To be honest, Miao Shizhong didn't quite understand why the imperial court had to send people all the way to escort a huge sum of 300,000 guan to Guangxi.

Why not let the imperial troops who went south get money directly in Tanzhou?

…
To be continued...