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Chapter 590: The Vanguard of Counter-Reform

Gan Qi wanted to start laying down officials and reducing vocational salary. Gan Qi thought it was carefully considered. At first, Gan Qi felt that he was too unkind, and even the retirement wages of many people had to be cut.

But after thinking a little, the officials of the Song Dynasty were not civil servants in later generations. Officials of the Song Dynasty were much higher than civil servants, and basically started at the level of deputy county magistrates, so the descendants of the descendants became officials, and they also started at the level of deputy county magistrates.

They have another identity, that is, the gentry. As long as they become officials, no matter their official position or their origin, they are all gentry. If they can afford to read, they are not really poor families.

No matter how honest they are, they have money, land, and mansions. Even if they spend money and don’t make a lot of money, they can’t get into poverty by relying on their reputation as Jinshi, or even famous scholars and scholars.

Therefore, the real officials of the Song Dynasty were never poor.

So why do these rich people need to use the salary of the court to support them? The salary of the court is just a icing on the cake, not a timely help. However, the salary paid by the court has made the court worse, which is not a good salary.

For retired officials, they can give their reputation, and they can add money. They must not give them any more.

On the other hand, it is grace. It is too difficult to abolish this matter. Because in the court, every official's son will have grace. This is the common interest of everyone, and many people will even grace for generations.

For example, the Fu Bi family had several generations of kindness, and his grandson had to be promoted to the official position in the Southern Song Dynasty. Finally, he was appointed as the envoy of the Tongzhi Privy Council. Needless to say, Yan Shu's son Yan Jidao, without grace, and Yan Jidao may not be able to eat enough now.

But there are also people who are not kind, such as Fan Zhongyan's son Fan Chunren, who was a serious Jinshi, and now he is the Censor of the Censorate and serves as an official under Sima Guang.

In some aspects, the Song Dynasty was actually fair. They were all the sons of the prime minister. Some people just failed to pass the Jinshi exam, and some people just passed the exam. There must be human relations, but there were few too many private frauds among them.

In other words, Yan Jidao is too far behind. Even if he can write poems that have been passed down for thousands of years, he just can't pass the imperial examination. There is no need to guess the reason. There is only one reason, that is, he cannot write well. Not only can he write well, but he is also too poor. Even if he can get into the imperial examination, he will not be unable to pass the imperial examination.

There are many comparisons here, such as Wang Anshi's son Wang Rong, who was the Jinshi who took the exam himself, and Sima Guang's son Sima Kang, who was also the Jinshi who passed the exam himself.

(Sima Guang has no son, and this son was adopted from his elder brother. Sima Guang is a rare childless person in the Song Dynasty. His wife did not leave or marry a concubine. He has been with him for more than 30 years and finally adopted a son. Legend has it that Bao Zheng has no son, but in fact, Bao Zheng has two sons.)

For these sons of officials, they occupy a lot of resources. Not to mention the cost of life, but to say that their family's origin is much higher than others. Not to mention the knowledge and vision of their elders, but to say that the collection of books at home is not comparable to ordinary people, and they still have enough money to travel thousands of miles.

Who would blame for such a high starting point if you can’t get the test of others?

The more Gan Qi said this, the more he felt that the matter of Enyin must be abolished, and even Gan Qi could take a step back. Enyin is not impossible. He is afraid that his son will not be diligent in his limbs and grains, and he will not be able to survive in the future. So, he can be Enyin.

But if you can't come up, you can be a deputy county magistrate, or a clerk. It's acceptable to copy and write in the yamen or a penman. After all, there are a few scholars in this era, and those who can write are already talents. You can be a clerk in the yamen and a clerk in the army. This can be considered as a supportive family, guaranteeing that you can't starve to death, and not wasting your talent for writing.

If you can make meritorious contributions in the army, then you will be a general of Du Yuhou. This is also a way to go from generals to prime ministers.

Gan Qi wanted to settle these things, but he also knew that things should not be too hasty and had to do it step by step.

The first thing to do is to check the officials who send money to you. Anyone who sends money to you will not work will stop paying salary and all subsidies.

But Gan Qi didn't expect that even his simple plan would cause a stir in the court.

The first one who jumped out to oppose Fu Bi. There is no other reason, because his son failed to pass the Jinshi exam. In the future, he would naturally be the most likely to be a free job. Most of the idle jobs would be a free job. Those who only pay money but don’t work. This is the starting point for all the good news. Fu Bi is worried about his son now, but he doesn’t know that even his grandson needs good luck in the future.

So in the court, Fu Bi spoke: "Gan Daojian, your actions in this way are the fundamental reason for shaking the country."

Emperor Zhao Xu's brows were already frowning. He now really felt the difficulty of being an emperor, and there was no day in the court without any noise.

Gan Qi didn't look at Fu Bi, but said, "The army's layoffs are in full swing, now the ban on the army is in full swing, with more than one million yuan, and most of them are cut. How can the salary of the person who sends the money to be cut? How can the salary of the official who sends the money to shake the country's foundation? You are also the prime minister, you have also been in charge of matters of the government affairs hall, how has the court's responsibilities reached? Even the food and salary for war cannot be supplied, and there will be wars in the future. Is it possible to not change it? Borrowing money from a money house, Fu Xiang will spare no effort to oppose it. Reducing the salary of some officials who send the money to be sent the money, Fu Xiang will spare no effort to oppose it. I dare to ask Fu Xiang, you have an idea, and I want to see how your husband has been in the past few decades?"

Gan Qi is about to attack and has been back for several days. Today, he finally talked about the supply of food and grass.

When Fu Bi heard this, he even retorted: "No matter how difficult it was to manage the government during the dynasty, he would never cut the salary of officials!"

"Just, when you were old, you naturally didn't have to reduce your salaries, but you couldn't do anything like you were old."

Everyone in the court watched the two fight against each other. This time most people were still on Fu Bi's side. Needless to say, everyone has sons and grandchildren. If you don't pay money, it will be a loss.

Zhao Xu was looking at Gan Qi because Gan Qi was saving money for their Zhao family.

When Fu Bi heard Gan Qi's words, he immediately asked, "Gan Daojian, what do you mean? What did I do?"

"What's the matter? The rich husband is afraid that he has forgotten that you are unwilling to cut the salaries of officials, but you are willing to give money to the enemy. Did you do this? The Liao people have been in the border with soldiers, so you always go and send money. Why can one person bear millions of soldiers? I can't do such a thing!" Gan Qi showed his sharpness today. What Fu Bi is proud of in his life has become a shame for Gan Qi.

"You... I am disputing. I am loyal to the country, but you dare to humiliate me like this...."

Gan Qi even said bluntly: "In the past, the Liao people were in power, but the rich people did not want to be strong, but instead sent money to support the enemy. Now the Liao people were in power, and I was in power, and I was in power to break Yanyun and the Dading Prefecture of Zhongjing. Today, I was dismissed from the army and paid tribute to strengthen the country and obstructed the rich people in every possible way. Could it be that I was determined to fight against the enemy? Did the rich people take the benefits of the Liao people?"

"I've been talking nonsense and talk nonsense. I have been doing my best for three dynasties and have devoted myself to it. The world is obvious to all. How can the past be compared to today? In the past, wars in the northwest were frequent, and the Liao people took the opportunity to serve their troops. I'm on a mission to Liao. If I don't appease the Liao people like this, how can I settle down the country and the world?"

Fu Bi felt really wronged. What he felt wronged was the achievements he had obtained from mediation in the Liao Kingdom. When he arrived at Deganqi, he was guilty.

"My rich, what's the difference between the past and the present? Have the war in the Northwest stopped? Where did the Dangxiang people go? Have the war in the Liao Kingdom stopped? Where did the Liao people go? Can I give me a tuition to appease the Khitan and Dangxiang?"

Gan Qi is so confident, and now he deserves to be confident. His confidence is in contrast to what Fu Bi did in the past. He spends money to settle things when he has something to do. He doesn’t know how to humiliate him after the sanction. With the credit, he has become the most proud thing in his life.

This value must be completely stopped in the Song Dynasty. This attitude must make Zhao Xu feel it, let the young new emperor feel it, and let the new emperor Zhao Xu have a correct view of what honor is and what is humiliation, what is acceptable, and what is unacceptable.

Emperor Renzong had a mistake, and his fault lies in easily accepting humiliation, not taking it seriously, and even promoting it as a good thing. He also was happy to hear others say that Fu Bi can stand up to millions of soldiers alone.

The young Zhao Xu was naturally excited by Gan Qi's words, and he felt that what Gan Qi said made people feel very happy. The effect of the body and body strengthening Dali Pill is extraordinary!

Fu Bi was completely speechless by Gan Qi. Gan Qi had already hit him in the vital position. Things in this world are incomparable. If there was no such Gan Qi, Fu Bi was still the one who could stand up to millions of soldiers. But now, Gan Qi was released, making the thing that could stand up to millions of soldiers in one word a joke.

Fu Bi was jealous and Gan Qi. Even at this moment, he could clearly feel a certain jealousy in his heart. This jealousy came from a huge contrast between a virtuous prime minister of three dynasties and a young man who was dissatisfied with his position.

But Fu Bi was not confused and said, "Mr. Gan, did you deliberately humiliate me? What you said today was to cut the salary of the official who sent me a salary, but why did it involve these things? The merits and demerits are criticized by future generations. But this salary must not be so random."

"This is the way to a strong country. In this life, Fu Xiang never thought about how to strengthen the country and respect himself? Have you never thought about letting the Song Dynasty look down on the world? Fu Xiang has spared no effort to stop the powerful country at this time. Have you really taken the benefits of the Liao people?" Gan Qi asked repeatedly. He was not only asking, but also leaving a foreshadowing for many things.

This foreshadowing will not take long to use.

"You talk nonsense, you frequently frame me in the court, what is your desire?" How could Fu Bi be bullied by Gan Qi?

At this time, even Zhao Xu spoke, "Ganxiang, you can't speak so lightly. How could the rich old husband take advantage of the Liao people? No, no, please be careful about your words."

Zhao Xu's words were sincere, and he really felt that Fu Bi would not have any benefits to the Liao people. No matter how bad the effect of this isatis root is, it would not have become a poison.

Gan Qi smiled and said, not to mention what happened just now, sometimes, he still had to have a one-man show of justice, and then said, "Your Majesty, I think it should be decided like this, but I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

At this time, Gan Qi had already turned his head and signaled slightly.

Wang Anshi came out: "I agree."

Feng Jing lowered his head and said nothing, Zeng Gongliang didn't say anything. But there were Su Shi, Su Zhe and others behind him, and they had already come out to discuss it.

Zhao Xu looked up and looked at everyone first. Seeing that no one objected again, he was in a good mood. He nodded and said, "Then do it like this."

Why didn't Fu Bi come out to object at this time? Because he still has abacus in his mind, a smart person's real abacus and a very clever abacus.

Because Fu Bi knew that Gan Qi had many opponents about this matter today, but these people were just buried in their hearts, and they did not dare to compete with Gan Qi, who was in a prestigious manner, and they did not even dare to make Gan Qi unhappy at all. So Fu Bi came out to object before, and was helping these people say what they were in their hearts.

When he finally made a decision, he didn't object, and this was clever. Because Fu Bi had to let Gan Qi do this, because after Gan Qi did it, he would offend many people more or less, and many people would have a certain resentment towards Gan Qi.

So who benefits? Naturally, Fu Bi benefits the one who speaks to everyone.

So Gan Qi had to do this. If it was not done, Gan Qi would naturally not be able to really offend people. Now there are two big bosses in the court, one is Fu Bi and the other is Gan Qi. Zeng Gongliang is a Gan Qi faction. At least Zeng Gongliang never opposes anything in front of others. Wang Anshi is a hard-core Gan Qi faction. Ouyang Xiu is not very responsible and can't do anything. Zhao Ge is even a good man.

If you want to truly defeat Ganqi, you have to let Ganqi do more of such offensive things. The more the better, the better, and you have to do it. It is best to do it with a grudge against the heavens, and that would be perfect.

In fact, Gan Qi also understood that he knew that he had little problem with trying a slap today, and he knew that he would offend people more and more. Therefore, Fu Bi had to be overturned, otherwise it would be a big disaster. This court must not leave anyone who would carry the flag and oppose Gan Qi in the future. As long as there is no one who could carry the flag and oppose Gan Qi, Gan Qi was sure to try a slap again and again, and slowly boil the frogs in warm water.

This is also a technical job.

In fact, there may be another person who holds the flag and opposes Gan Qi, that is Sima Guang. Gan Qi is slowly conceiving the way Sima Guang handles, and the main policy is to pull and beat, use and defend, give big sticks, and give carrots. Use a word that hits the nail on the head: play with applause.

However, Sima Guang has no interest in things like Jiluguan, and he doesn't even have a son, so he won't think about these things for the time being.

When Gan Qi walked out of the court today, the city of Bianliang would inevitably be full of sorrow. Countless officials, countless children from aristocratic families, and countless dandy children who have made contributions, I am afraid that I really hate Gan Qi.

As for the size of this hatred, it depends on the personal family conditions. Gan Qi just stopped the salary of those people and did not deprive them of their official titles for the time being.

If your family has good conditions, you won’t hate Gan Qi too much, just because you have less pocket money. It’s different for those who make a living by relying on this. You have to scold Gan Qi’s ancestors all over the 18th generation, but you can’t scold them publicly, so you can only hide in the bed and scold them.

However, one person dared to scold him publicly, that is, Yan Jidao, who thought he was targeted by Gan Qi. He was Enyin and Taizhu in Taichang Temple. Later, he was transferred out. However, after Gan Qi took power, he transferred him back and seriously became a scribe to him.

This is really not done by Gan Qi himself. How could he have time to do such a small thing? How could Gan Qi personally do such a thing? Gan Qi is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Central Committee and the Privy Council.

Everyone knows that Yan Jidao and Gan Qi have a marriage, so Gan Qi still needs to give instructions? Yan Jidao is so arrogant, even he himself may not be willing to be a small official under Gan Qi's command. He is called around by Gan Qi every day, which is self-esteem.

But Yan Jidao never expected that Gan Qi would stop his salary and cut off his retreat.

How could Yan Jidao not curse?

Not only do you have to scold, but you also have to scold you so loudly. Many people have to be scolded together, because there are not many people who have no way out.
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