Your Majesty, please resign again

Chapter 120 Is it fair for you to perform meritorious service and for me to be promoted?

Everything is difficult at the beginning.

A successful start and the rest will be easy.

After signing the first contracting agreement, Bao Zheng simply held a meeting in Caizhou and summoned all the heads of legations around Caizhou to Caizhou to hold a unified contracting meeting.

The process of the conference was to introduce the contracting plan in detail, and then Pan Songshan gave his own experience and taught them how to expand their operations, improve service quality, etc. After the conference, the curators were very excited and signed one after another.

Make an agreement.

But not everyone is willing. Several embassy directors neither want to contract nor give up the embassy, ​​and plead not to make any changes.

But Bao Zheng was unwilling to do so and insisted on making rectifications. Those who were willing to participate in the contracting would do so. Those who were unwilling to participate would have their positions as curators removed and their deputies would take over the contracting. If neither the principal nor the deputies were willing, they would openly recruit from the public.

Under such threats, several curators could only accept it, but they still said strange things.

Bao Zheng warned: "It's okay to complain, but since you have signed a contract, you must strictly abide by it.

If you still have the same style as before, cheating, taking bribes, and making false accounts, if you are found out, you will be severely punished in accordance with the law. You'd better weigh the consequences.

I have contracted the embassy and allowed you to operate it for the private sector. The profits are very high, and I have given you enough space. If you are still not satisfied, you will have to deceive the superiors and conceal the good future, and you will have no one to blame..."

Bao Zheng's warning shocked some people, but Zhang Heng knew in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang could not scare corrupt officials even if he peeled off his skin and planted grass, let alone Bao Zheng's few words of lightness, which could not scare the greedy heart.

However, Zhang Heng didn't care too much about this. While formulating the contracting system, he also formulated a supervision plan.

The supervision plan is relatively strict, combining regularization with surprises to deter greedy people.

But no matter what kind of supervision there are, there are loopholes. As long as most of the loopholes can be plugged, they can grasp the general direction.

Not to mention anything else, just by contracting out all the embassies, we can save more than one million yuan in expenses every year. This alone reduces the burden greatly.

Moreover, each embassy also had to charge a basic fee, which was 3,000 guan more or 1,000 guan less. A total of 656 embassies would be able to recover nearly 1 million guan.

It can be said that just by contracting out, without considering the subsequent proportional profits turned over, the savings plus the basic expenses recovered are enough to complete the accounting that Zhang Heng had initially calculated with Zhao Zhen.

Bao Zheng was very excited and said to Zhang Heng: "Just by doing this, we can save the Song Dynasty more than two million guan every year. With more than 2 million guan of free money, the national treasury will be much richer!"

Do you know that the treasury has been so empty in the past two years that even the salaries of officials cannot be paid. Before, some people went to the third division to make trouble. It is ridiculous to think about it. Officials who are dignified actually went to ask for their salaries. It is an insult to politeness.

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Zhang Heng just smiled.

Is the extra two million guan of free money useful to the entire Song Dynasty? Of course it is useful, but not as useful as imagined.

In today's Great Song Dynasty, various systems are like land that has been dry for many years. More than two million yuan of money is like a few buckets of water. When poured into this dry land, it will disappear without a trace in just a moment.

No trace, as if it had never appeared.

If the Song Dynasty were personified, it would have a big mouth like a monster, and then howl: "I'm hungry! I'm thirsty! I'm going to starve to death, I'm going to die of thirst!"

Because of the huge group of officials and the huge army in the Song Dynasty, which swallowed up huge amounts of funds, and corruption was rampant, joints everywhere were sluggish.

For example, if there is a flood in Henan, the imperial court squeezes out tens of thousands of guan in disaster relief funds. Of these tens of thousands of guan, only a few dozen guan may be left in the hands of the victims.

The local disaster relief personnel spent dozens of dollars to build a porridge shelter, then used hundreds of kilograms of rice to cook hundreds of buckets of porridge water, and then provided porridge for two days. The officials went over to inspect and nodded with satisfaction, then wrote a memorial and reported it, and that was it.

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Just making money couldn't save the Song Dynasty, but Zhang Heng still insisted on doing it.

On the one hand, he needs to achieve political achievements and at least leave a deep impression on Zhao Zhen, which can allow him to be promoted quickly.

On the other hand, he wanted to try to do something to verify whether his later experience could be applied in this era, and to accumulate experience in doing things in this era.

And...he wanted to see what kind of reaction this system would have on people who have the courage to do things...

His test was necessary because the reaction soon came.

Zhang Heng and Bao Zheng headed south.

The contracting conference held in Caizhou was successfully held, and dozens of contracts were signed. Bao Zheng was greatly encouraged. On the one hand, he went to Zhao Zhen to report the results. On the other hand, he continued to go south and continued to hold conferences. Caizhou

After that, they went to Yangzhou, but before they arrived in Yangzhou, they were impeached.

The person who impeached them was Li Xing, a censor from Yushitai. There were several main charges for impeaching them.

One is to impeach them for selling the court assets at a low price and selling the assets that originally belonged to the court to private individuals;

The second is to impeach them for allowing the legation to compete with the people for profit;

Third, during the contracting process, Bao Zheng and Zhang Heng negotiated privately, sold the court assets at low prices, and secretly collected large amounts of bribes.

Good guy.

When Zhang Heng saw the impeachment charge, he had to admire the talent of the censor Li Xing.

These three crimes are each more serious and more twisted than the last.

The embassy was contracted to an individual to operate. In fact, the assets still belonged to the court and were not sold. However, in his words, the assets were sold at a low price;

But when it comes to the charge of competing with the people for profit, it becomes even if the government agencies compete with the people for profit;

As for giving and receiving bribes in private, there is really no way to investigate this, and of course there is no way to prove one's innocence. It is equivalent to having mud in your crotch, which is either shit or shit.

Bao Zheng, Zhang Heng and others were intercepted at the ferry. Bao Maolun looked very panicked. He looked at Bao Zheng and Zhang Heng and said, "Bao Tongpan, Zhang Qianpan, what should we do next?"

There was panic in his tone and panic in his eyes.

Bao Zheng and Zhang Heng looked at each other and smiled, and said at the same time: "Of course we will continue south to Yangzhou!"

Bao Maolun was surprised and said: "But we have been impeached. According to the usual practice, don't we have to hang up and wait for review?"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "This is indeed the case."

Bao Maolun asked: "Then, then, we should continue to go south?"

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "It's true that I was impeached, but I didn't know it, so I still continued to do things. It won't be too late to find out when I'm done."

Bao Zheng said: "Impeachment is impeachment. Rules are rules. Officials who want to be shameless can follow the rules. If they are shameless, they can not follow the rules. I am not a very shameless person, so let's finish the matter first.

Bar."

Zhang Heng and Bao Zheng looked at each other and laughed.

Bao Maolun looked at the old and the young in disbelief. One was covering his ears and the other was doing it knowingly, but yet he was so heroic.

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Can't you understand?"

Bao Maolun nodded, he really didn't understand.

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Then do you think it will be beneficial to the court to contract this matter?"

Bao Maolun immediately said: "Of course it is beneficial, hugely beneficial!"

Zhang Heng asked again: "Will this contract be beneficial to the people?"

Bao Maolun said: "It is naturally beneficial. The embassy is safe and provides good services. It also provides an extra layer of protection for people traveling, so it is naturally good."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "Since it is good for the court, good for the people, and a good thing for the contractor, in other words, this is something that everyone is happy with, so why can't we continue doing it?"

Bao Maolun said: "But, but we were impeached..."

Bao Zheng snorted and said: "The career of an official in the Song Dynasty is incomplete without being impeached."

Bao Maolun: "..."

A few days later, the contracting conference in Yangzhou was held like this.

A few days later, the Contracting Conference in Hangzhou was also held.

Probably after hearing about the impeachment of Bao Zheng and Zhang Heng, some people had doubts, and some were very impatient, fearing that the contract would stop. Some people came from further away to attend the conference, eager to sign the contract.

, but accelerated the progress.

There are even people from outside looking for a contract.

Seeing this situation, Bao Zheng simply asked the people from the Treasury Department and Bibu who came with him to go to each state to host the contracting conference. As long as they were willing to sign the contract, they would all sign it.

In this way, the progress has been greatly improved. By the end of September, Jiangnan Road has basically completed the contract signing. Of course, there are still people waiting and watching. Bao Zheng and Zhang Heng did not force it, because at this time the imperial censor sent by the imperial court also

Caught them.

As of this time, most of the embassies across the country have signed.

Bao Zheng and Zhang Heng returned home contentedly.

After returning to the capital, it was already autumn in Bianjing, and the autumn wind was bleak. When passing by the Huai River, it felt like the wind was blowing and the Huai River was cold. Bao Zheng warned Zhang Heng: "When you return to the capital, if the censor or others hear the news, you will

Just put all the responsibilities on me. This is not guilt, this is merit. Don't take away my credit, you know?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Young man also wants to share some of the credit..."

Bao Zheng glared at Zhang Heng coldly and said: "You want me to make this trip in vain, don't you? I can tell you that if you are so careless, then we will never have contact with each other in the future."

Zhang Heng said helplessly: "Chengcheng, I listen to you."

Only then did Bao Zheng nod with satisfaction: "That's why my trip is not in vain!"

After returning to Bianjing City, Zhang Heng returned to the government office to hand over the work, and then hid in Zeng Gongliang's house to wait for the court's disposal. However, after hiding for only a few days, Zhao Zhen let him enter the palace.

After two months, I saw Zhao Zhen again. Zhao Zhen looked very happy.

"This trip has achieved great results. There are nearly 400 signatories, and the basic fee alone has collected nearly 700,000 guan. Hahaha. Okay, ok, I can save nearly 800,000 guan this year. With these seven

One hundred thousand guan basically gives you 1.5 million guan at your disposal. It’s great, it’s great! Ju Zheng, you are very good!”

Zhao Zhen smiled very happily.

Zhang Heng asked: "How did Bao Tong sentence him?"

Zhao Zhen snorted coldly: "He, I took away his position as general judge and asked him to go home and reflect!"

Zhang Heng groaned and opened his mouth wide.

Zhao Zhen immediately smiled and said: "Bao Qing has been traveling for several months. The journey from Duanzhou has been very dusty. Not long after he came back, he went all the way south. It was also hard work. It's time for him to recover for a while. When he is almost rested, I will give him a

The position of Yushi Lixing."

Zhang Heng was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. The censor Li Xing was probably just a transitional position, and he should soon be able to become the supervisory censor. It was more than a year earlier than Bao Zheng took up his duties in history. And with this contribution, he would probably be the supervisory censor.

I won't work for long, and I'll probably be awarded the title of Zhizhigao.

It can be said that after this, Bao Zheng will probably be trained as a prime minister.

Zhang Heng asked again: "What about this impeachment?"

Zhao Zhen chuckled: "I have announced the data and shown the contract to the ministers. This matter is settled. The next thing I will do is let the supervisor be called...

"

"Bao Maolun."

"...Ah, yes, Bao Maolun, just let Bao Maolun finish the work and sign the contracts for all the remaining legations. After that, we will strengthen supervision and implement them according to your supervision system."

Zhao Zhen was beaming with joy and felt like he had made a fortune.

Zhang Heng also laughed.

Zhao Zhen suddenly remembered and said: "Oh, yes, you have had enough rest. Hurry back to the office and go to work. You are just doing nothing all day long, not doing anything serious, just messing around!"

After that, Zhang Heng was kicked out.

Zhang Heng looked confused.

I had no choice but to go back to Zeng Mansion, but Zeng Gongliang came back in the evening with a smile on his face.

Zhang Heng asked: "Teacher, did you pick up money?"

Zeng Gongliang chuckled: "What's so fun about picking up money? I got an official position!"

Zhang Heng said happily: "Teacher, have you been promoted again?"

Zeng Gongliang patted Zhang Heng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, I got promoted!"

"..."

Zeng Gongliang became a bachelor of Duanming Palace and knew Zhengzhou.

This is also customary.

Zeng Gongliang served as a Hanlin scholar to make imperial edicts, and then he went to other places to serve as magistrates. When he came back, he would take up the positions of the fourth head, such as censor Zhongcheng, Kaifeng magistrate, third minister, Hanlin bachelor, etc.

, and then I will take part in political affairs.

"... It was not so fast in the first place, but this time you succeeded in contracting the ministerial treasury. It is not convenient for you to put this achievement on your head, so your majesty put it on my teacher. However, when your majesty talked to me in private

Let me bring you a message, saying that what I give to my teacher is a reward for my teachings to you, and he will not lose what I give to you, so remember it."

Zeng Gongliang said this.

Zhang Heng shook his head with a smile and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't remember. If the teacher is promoted, the disciple will naturally not suffer any loss. Besides, you are still my father-in-law, how can the father-in-law treat his son-in-law badly?"

Zeng Gongliang laughed.

Zeng Youwei therefore complained about her father: "How active I was when I stopped you, and how happy I am now that I have been promoted. Huh, I'm not happy. These were originally yours."

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "You are our father's biological son, aren't you? You are not happy about our father's promotion."

Zhang Heng suddenly called Zeng Gongliang his father, and Zeng Youwei suddenly became a little shy and said angrily: "What are we dad? We haven't gotten married yet, and we haven't even changed our horoscopes yet!"

Zhang Heng said in surprise: "Haven't we already decided? Why should I call you daddy?"

Zeng Youwei blushed slightly: "Anyway, this is your contribution, even if it is my father, I won't be happy!"

Zhang Heng laughed.

There is nothing unhappy about Zhang Heng. This time, things were done, and what he wanted to test was verified. His method of doing things is still effective, and the resistance is indeed not small.

From the obstruction of Zeng Gongliang, Wu Yu, Zhao Zhen and others, to the many difficulties encountered in the process, he overcame them one by one, and even suffered the first impeachment, but with his persistence, he still

Things have been pushed to this point.

He was very satisfied.

The whole process was very difficult, but the final result was very good, which gave him a lot of confidence.

But it also reminded him that whether it is the workplace in the future or the officialdom in this life, it is extremely difficult to do things, and there will always be people standing in front of you. But there is also a revelation. As long as you do things well and do not look down on others,

Things can be done after all.

Compared with the officials of the Song Dynasty, his advantage is in doing things. He has extremely rich experience in doing things and has a complete set of methodology for doing things.

——Plan in advance and use bottom-line thinking, pay attention to details during work, be good at summarizing afterwards, and take one step at a time, and nothing will be impossible.

The basis for the success of this implementation of the reform of the ministerial treasury was that he did a lot of advance work and considered it with bottom-line thinking.

For example, all officials were regarded as villains who harmed the public and enriched private interests, thus leaving a lot of room for contractors. When it was finally implemented, all contractors readily accepted it, because in the worst case, they could still guarantee profits.

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However, Zhang Heng did not get carried away because of this. The corruption of the Song Dynasty had actually exceeded his imagination. This was fully realized when he investigated the minister's treasury.

The officials in the local government and the ministerial treasury were colluding, and the greed of the officials was clearly seen in the process of compiling data.

Officials who look aloof can deceive people. They will pretend to be upright and upright, serving the country and the people, and even flatter each other, touting each other as officials of the country and models of integrity, but they cannot deceive people in the data.

Data doesn’t lie!

For such a decadent dynasty, neither Fan Zhongyan’s Cleanup New Deal, Jiayou’s New Deal, nor even Wang Anshi’s reforms can save this country!

Therefore, Zhang Heng is satisfied that his abilities are still useful in this era, but what makes him confused is that this country is probably beyond human resources. Is it possible to save this country with the power of one person?

He doesn't know, but he knows that he has to climb up first, then climb up again, and when one day he reaches a certain place and suddenly sees all the mountains and small mountains at a glance, then there will be a solution?

Zhang Heng is not a person who is easily disappointed, nor is he a purely ideal person. On the contrary, he is a very real person. For example, these things are only enough to bother him for one night.

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