In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

At the beginning of the 14th year of the Qingli reign, the Song army marched northwards and destroyed the Jin Kingdom in a short time.

The country was destroyed, but a mess was left behind.

Just after the New Year, the Constitutional Council was faced with a lot of problems.

In addition to the large amount of data from last year that needs to be reviewed every year, and then the plans for this year are adjusted based on these data.

There are also the plans and adjustment tables of various departments this year, the focus of national development, and other major and minor matters.

The most important and prominent one among them is the issue of expanding territory.

Yes.

The Song Dynasty defeated the Liao Kingdom and obtained the entire three provinces in the northeast in the future.

There is also the Changbai Mountain area in northern Korea.

Vladivostok (Vladivostok) in Russia and part of the Khabarovsk Krai.

And some areas in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia in the future.

Now it is really a formula.

The soldiers on the front line just need to rush forward, and the prime ministers behind have a lot to consider.

The entire three northeastern provinces cover an area of ​​about 780,000 square kilometers. Together with Vladivostok, Khabarovsk border, and parts of northern Korea, the Song Dynasty suddenly had more than two million square kilometers of territory.

Although the Song army did not really fight there, after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, almost all the tribes in those places turned to the Song Dynasty and surrendered to the Song army. The north changed hands overnight.

This is because the Mongols were too far away. Only the Song army of Yunshuo Road went north to Linhuang Prefecture, which is the area of ​​Xilin Gol League in later generations, and controlled the eastern part of Inner Mongolia.

If it continues to go deeper, I am afraid that the entire Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia of three million square kilometers will now become the territory of the Song Dynasty.

By then, various problems will follow one after another. Zhao Jun is only 41 years old, and he is estimated to be worried about his hair.

But even so, there are many troubles.

In late January, it is close to February, spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and everything is revived.

At the end of last year, there was a heavy snowfall in Bianliang. Although the snow was thick, it could not cover up the various celebrations held by the people of Bianliang for the New Year, which was becoming more and more prosperous and lively.

Moreover, during this period, factories were closed, schools were closed, and government offices were closed. Except for some officials who received high holiday subsidies to maintain the basic operation of the government, there were lively scenes everywhere.

Zhao Jun did not have a bad New Year. Unlike the New Year holidays in later generations, which were only a few days long, the New Year holidays of officials in the Song Dynasty were longer. They were still on holiday on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and they did not go back to work until the 22nd day of the first lunar month.

Such a long day must be spent for half a day of leisure.

But unfortunately, there are a lot of things after the New Year. On the morning of the 22nd, it was still raining outside, and the weather was gloomy, just like the mood of the twelve prime ministers sitting in the Constitutional Court now.

"My head hurts."

"Alas, who doesn't?"

"I remember Hanlong was eager to recover here and there back then. Why are you unhappy now that you have gained so much territory?"

"I was young and ignorant at that time. Besides, I was just talking. Theory and practice are two different things."

"You only know how expensive it is to be in charge of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea after you sit in this position."

"Yes, the saying that the butt determines the head is not nice, but it makes sense."

In the room, Zhao Jun looked at the piles of official documents and the official documents that the clerks of the Imperial Decree Office were still sending to the Constitutional Council. He held his forehead and felt like dying.

Although he is a workaholic, he is not a masochist.

Every year after the New Year, there are a lot of things to do in the country. All places are clamoring to build this and that, build factories, build railways, build dams, and dig rivers.

This is just a major national development event.

Many other things also need to be decided by the Constitutional Council.

For example, after the judicial reform, although the three powers are separated, there are too many unjust, false and wrong cases in this era. Once the three courts encounter problems, they will pass the buck and play rogue in order to avoid responsibility.

The lower ones conceal, and the middle ones deceive.

Sometimes, you have to see the family of the person involved in the injustice in the newspaper before the Supervisory Yuan finds out that there is a problem, so they report it to the Constitutional Yuan, and the Constitutional Yuan sends people to investigate.

You don’t know until you investigate. Once you investigate, you will be shocked. Various problems emerge in an endless stream, and there are monsters everywhere.

What kind of things are tortured into confession, forced charges to solve the case, prosecution without evidence, imprisonment at the speed of light, and even "suicide" in prison, etc., are outrageous.

And this is not an individual problem. It exists throughout the country. There are many unfair things in the three court systems in various places, including county lieutenants, supervisory courts, and Dali Courts. There are a lot of unjust cases, which can be said to happen every year.

This is related to the system problem.

Although the system was worse before, the rate of false and wrongful convictions was more than ten times higher than it is now, so much so that as long as you pay, the county magistrate and the state magistrate can make up a case for you even if there is no case.

For example, when Zhao Jun first toured the country, he once encountered a case where someone spent a lot of money to ask the state magistrate to fabricate a false charge, kill someone, and then embezzle the other party's property in order to seize the industry of his competitor.

But the problem is that these situations still exist. The upper level requires fairness and justice, and local governments are required to seek the welfare of the people. The lower level can persecute innocent people unscrupulously for the sake of government efficiency.

Such behavior is really infuriating.

The Constitutional Court has to take various measures every year to severely criticize the three-department system that is becoming more and more perfunctory.

For example, measures such as increasing supervision, strengthening the supervision of public opinion in newspapers and magazines, reporting disputed cases to the Supreme People's Court for direct ruling, and emphasizing on acquittal and procedural justice for local judicial agencies are all needed to maintain judicial fairness.

And it's more than that.

After industrialization, all parts of the country are engaged in construction, active development, and accelerated commercial circulation.

The Song Dynasty itself was an era of highly developed commodity economy. The success of the first industrial revolution naturally resulted in commercial development and prosperity that was more than ten times stronger than before.

If there is development, there will be relevant industry regulations. Otherwise, the industry will grow wildly and all kinds of illegal means that are not in compliance with the law will be born.

Therefore, whether it is business, people's livelihood, or handicraft manufacturing, hotels, restaurants, brothels, etc., if it involves related industries, you must apply for relevant documents to comply with relevant laws and regulations.

But the problem is that people go to various departments to go through procedures and apply for certificates. The administrative efficiency in many places is low and often delayed, and there are officials who are groping for help and getting their hands on things.

It's okay if you give me money.

You don’t even need to go there, as long as you have public verification, that is, household registration information, they can do it for you remotely.

If you don't give money.

It is normal for a department that originally only required two or three trips to get things done in two or three days to take you three to five months, or even a year or two.

So although it is a good era now, it is much better than the previous feudal era.

However, there are still various problems that require the Constitutional Yuan to deal with them at all times and take various relevant measures to maintain national development, strict laws, and the stability of social order and morality.

Under this situation, the Constitutional Yuan itself faces endless problems in all aspects every year, and requires a lot of time and energy to solve them.

As a result, there was another big trouble.

"How about we still rule by Ji? Although it's a bit chaotic, at least we don't need to be directly involved in management. We only need them to pay a certain amount of taxes every year, and business will still maintain its original form."

"Then what's the point of fighting it down? Moreover, the previous business models all had import and export taxes. Now that it's your own territory, the import and export taxes are gone."

"Isn't it better? Without taxes, business prosperity can be further promoted. If business is prosperous, won't our taxes be higher?"

"Under Ji Sui's rule, we had no actual control. Who knows what they did there? If a large number of businessmen moved their factories and manufacturing industries there, they would not have to pay taxes at all."

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes at Fu Bi.

These young prime ministers in the Constitutional Yuan tend to think too simply.

In other words, when thinking about national affairs, especially those in which one is not good at, it is easy to think too far.

Jisu rule is indeed a method, that is, the leaders of each tribe maintain the underlying order. The Song Dynasty court only needs to manage the leaders of each tribe to indirectly control the north.

But firstly, this method is unstable, and secondly, without actual rule, it is impossible to intervene in the local area.

Just like in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the southwest border was mostly ruled by Jisi, which resulted in the local chieftains having too much power. Rebellion, non-payment of taxes and resistance to the imperial court were common occurrences.

In addition, the north was already nominally the territory of the Song Dynasty, so taxes were directly reduced on trade transactions, and there was no way to interfere with the local area, so it became a natural tax haven.

For Zhao Jun, who continued the armed tax collection system of the Song Dynasty and turned all the former tax collectors from the Commercial and Taxation Institute into tax policemen of the local taxation bureau to collect taxes, he naturally could not tolerate it.

Therefore, Jisi rule will definitely not work.

"What should we do?"

Han Qi spread his hands and said: "If you want to return to the native land, there will be too few Han people there. They are all ethnic minorities and will not obey discipline at all."

"This is the crux of the problem, and it's also the reason why I don't want the Liao Kingdom to perish."

Zhao Jun shook his head: "After all, if we don't defeat it, then this problem will only need to be left to the Liao Kingdom. We are better than anything else if we govern our country well, but now."

Fu Bi spread his hands and said, "What can be done? We can't just watch the Kingdom of Jin be reestablished."

"Yes, Han Long also said before that the Jin Kingdom was ambitious. At least the Liao Kingdom did not have the ability to destroy us, but the Jin Kingdom caused Jingkang's shame."

"Oh, the hatred between the country and the family. Although the hatred between the country and the family will only happen in the future, it is as if it is in front of us. How can we not destroy gold?"

"Destroying money was great for a while, but now we are in big trouble."

Zhao Jun said: "During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it took hundreds of years for the Northeast to slowly rebuild Liaoze and make it a fertile land. Therefore, after the founding of New China, we must immediately capture the Northeast. Not only is the Northeast fertile, but it is also fertile. It is also the best hotbed for establishing an industrial base, but at the moment”

As he spoke, he curled his lips, picked up the tea cup next to him and took a sip before shaking his head and sighing: "You have all read the investigation, map and report of the Imperial City Division. You also know what the Northeast looks like now. It is simply a mountain." In this world of forests, rivers, swamps and lakes, there are very few plains. The mountains and plains are either populated by ethnic minorities like primitive tribes or by jackals, tigers and leopards. It is common for hundreds of miles without human habitation. How much does it cost? ”

As early as many years ago, the Imperial City Division disguised itself as a business traveler for trade transactions and began to go deep into various countries to understand intelligence.

Some will understand local politics, some will understand the local economy, and some will search for various minerals, forests, and terrain, and then draw drawings and manuals and submit them to the Constitutional Yuan.

The most typical one is Japan. The Song Dynasty was able to make the current Japanese domestic politics so chaotic, but it also controlled Japan remotely, and continuously seized a large amount of gold, silver, sulfur and other mineral resources from Japan. The Japanese Branch of the Imperial City Division headed by Song Cai The department has a lot to do with it.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty had already had a lot of information about the Liao and Jin countries, and naturally knew the current terrain and appearance of the Northeast very well.

Given the current situation of the Northeastern region, if the Liao Kingdom still exists, then this problem will be left to the Liao Kingdom. Anyway, the Song Dynasty has no subjects there, so there is no need to worry about it at all. All you need to do is let the Liao Kingdom continue to provide the Song Dynasty. Just resources.

But now that the Northeast has been taken back, it has become a burden.

Because even if they clamor to regain their homeland and unify the Chinese autumn leaves and crabapples, they still have to wait for the opportunity.

Having such a large territory without the ability to manage and develop it, and having to deal with a large number of ethnic minorities who are disobedient to discipline and disobedience to kingship, will only seriously consume national power.

On the contrary, it would be better to wait a few more years, just like the destruction of Xixia and the defeat of the Liao Kingdom, to allow the industrialization process to be stronger, with industrial products such as excavators and bulldozers, and then to control and develop such a large swamp.

This has nothing to do with whether Zhao Jun cares about the Northeast, but is only related to the fact that there are indeed no Han people in the Northeast at present, and there are no people of his own ethnic group. It is difficult to manage by sending people to manage foreign ethnic groups. In addition, it still needs to be developed. For the Song Dynasty, It’s really not worth the loss.

"never mind."

In the end, Zhao Jun could only smile bitterly and said: "Return to the soil and rule in practice."

"Then how to do it specifically?"

Fan Zhongyan asked hurriedly.

"Two answers!"

Zhao Jun raised two fingers.

"First, recruit people, immigrate to the Northeast in large numbers, break into Guandong, and engage in development."

"Second, mobilize a large number of troops to station in the Northeast, set up a construction corps, recruit young and strong local ethnic minorities to join, and provide work relief to quickly build up the Northeast."

After finishing speaking, he looked around at everyone and said: "These two answers will definitely cost a lot of money every year, but once successful, the fertile and wild black land plains of the Northeast will bring countless productivity improvements to the Song Dynasty, which can be regarded as High investment has high returns. It's just that this is a long-term plan, maybe even a century-old plan. It will take a long time for the investment to be effective, so you have to be mentally prepared. Da Song will spend a lot of money for a long time in the future. northeast."

Everyone looked at each other and could only nod to express their understanding. Next year, they would have to spend an unknown amount of money on the Northeast.

But there is really nothing we can do.

The higher the level of industrialization, the greater the ability to govern and exploit nature.

Like swamps and lakes, a large number of excavators and bulldozers can build dozens of small canals for you in a few months, and send all the water to nearby rivers, and finally discharge it to the Bohai Sea.

Chainsaws and cars can cut down a large amount of forest in just a few months, and then open up a fertile black land plain.

Now that none of these are available, we can only resort to the most primitive methods - artificially building rivers and artificially cutting down trees.

The Northeast is now a land of emptiness, and the only way is this.

Although it is the stupidest method, it is also the best method, just like the later Northeast was gradually developed by the Han people for hundreds of years during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It can only be said that it was slightly better than the Northeast during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties were still feudal farming societies, while the Song Dynasty was already an industrial country, and had a modern system that was slowly transforming into a virtual monarchy system.

With such a system and technology in place, as long as the operational efficiency of the government is high enough and the speed of scientific and technological development is fast enough, a large number of modern industrial equipment will appear in a dozen years, which will greatly reduce the process of governance and development in Northeast China.

This can be regarded as their only hope.

"Okay, then it's decided. How to immigrate specifically, and how much money to invest in the Northeast this year, you can do the math. I have other things to do, including today's government affairs, which you have also taken care of. I will come and take a look later. "

After speaking, Zhao Jun stood up and prepared to leave.

Looking at the pile of official documents, everyone felt a little numb. Now that there is a main force missing, what can they do?

Yan Shu immediately stopped Zhao Jun and said, "Hanlong, you can't be lazy at this time. I am an old man in his sixties. If I continue to deal with so many official duties, I am afraid I will die."

"Yes, Magistrate, you can't run away just because you have a lot of official duties these days. Although we have the right to review, the final decision-making power rests with you."

"Yes, yes, I can't let you be lazy."

When everyone saw Yan Shu taking the lead, they all stood up to stop him.

They are usually afraid of Zhao Jun, but they don't care so much right now. If Zhao Jun, the one who makes the final decision, leaves, their workload will be much greater.

"When I was touring the country before, you still had to work. You just voted when I was not here. I appointed twelve prime ministers just to become eleven prime ministers when I was away and guarantee the right to vote."

Zhao Jun said speechlessly: "And I really have something serious to do."

"What's up?"

Yan Shu asked.

"Look at this."

Zhao Jun took out some notes and said with a smile: "It's a little surprise from me."

Yan Shu took it and glanced at it, and saw that the content in the note was very simple. The Beijing-North Railway, Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, and Beijing-Changchun Railway had all been completed in the past six months.

"What kind of surprise is this?"

Yan Shu was puzzled and said, "Hasn't the emperor known about these things for a long time?"

"Yes, so I saved it and told him again."

Zhao Jun smiled mysteriously and was about to leave.

However, Fan Zhongyan stopped at the door like a door god and shouted, "Don't leave, what are you doing? Pour it all out."

Outrageous.

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and could only say, "These railways have been built, and palaces in Chang'an, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Luoyang, Jinling, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other places have also been built. This is what I promised the emperor, and now is the time to fulfill it."

At that time, Zhao Zhen felt sad and lonely because he couldn't even leave the palace. Zhao Jun saw it and felt sad for him for a while.

Although as an emperor of a country, he should not be pitied by the people at the bottom.

But with fine clothes and delicious food, he lost his freedom. It's better to be a commoner in the Song Dynasty now. Not only can he go all over the country, but he can even go to sea and go abroad without any obstacles. He looks like a rich prisoner.

So at that time, in order to comfort Zhao Zhen, Zhao Jun promised Zhao Zhen that after the railways and palaces in various places were repaired, he would take him to travel around the country and have fun.

Of course.

Comforting Zhao Zhen was secondary.

The main purpose was to use work instead of relief. It happened that large-scale infrastructure construction was carried out in major cities in various places, some ancient palace buildings were repaired, and at the same time, large-scale construction was carried out to allow a large number of people to work in the city and comprehensively improve economic development.

Now that all places have been built, it is naturally time to fulfill the promise.

Zhao Jun patted Fan Zhongyan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I will leave the affairs of the country to you. I will take the official to travel around the country. You can think of it as my third tour of the world."

As he said this, he laughed and put his hands behind his back and went out, leaving many prime ministers in the room looking at each other in surprise.

The happy New Year had just passed, and all the backlog of government affairs in the country were thrown in their faces, and there was also a mess in the Northeast that needed to be dealt with immediately, but he went there at ease, which was really infuriating.