Wang Ju has already said what Song Zhong and his party are doing.

He was stunned. Although Zhao Xu's checks and balances made him speechless, he could understand that even though he was as wise as Li Shimin, this checks and balances were still everywhere. Of course, with Li Shimin's talent, people played more skillful. In Zhao Xu's hands, they played a party struggle.

What should I do? Zhao Xu's talent is just that.

But when you ask yourself, it is already very good to treat yourself with Zhao Xu's suspicion.

So he talked about another sensitive topic, that is, employing people.

In the feudal era, what is the most important thing for a country? It is not a system or a law. The most important thing is to employ people.

This is an extremely rule of man, and employing people is the top priority. Therefore, when a country has a good emperor and uses several wise and talented ministers, the country will be revived.

This is also the reason why most of Fan Zhongyan’s new policy of Qingli was about hiring people. However, Fan Zhongyan did not think clearly about how to use people. On the contrary, his good friends took the opportunity to suppress dissidents. Even the four great wise ministers like Du Yan were also called villains. The dissidents were suppressed. Therefore, the new policy was messy, and it was not as great as Wang Ju said in his previous history.

For example, Emperor Renzong of Song, one is his own actions, and the other is to use several prime ministers, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, Pang Ji, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Han, and Wen Yanbo, who was the prime minister for the first time, would not mention his martial arts, but in terms of civil affairs, it seemed to be a prosperous era.

Now what Wang Ju is talking about is hiring people.

He has also said before that the right talents should be placed in the right position.

But this time, what I'm talking about is more sharp.

"Your Majesty, I am about to leave the capital. Maybe I will report my duties in the future and be summoned by Your Majesty, but as the prime minister, this is also the last time I went to the palace to meet Your Majesty. So I talked about an important issue. I just talked about the other shore. In fact, the poor people may be a paradise, but it is far less than our dynasty. However, the people's support for the politics of the other shore is far better than our dynasty. Not only does it have a wide space for living, and a grateful heart for improving the lives of the poor people, but also a good administration."

"Inspection Team and Cadre Code?"

"That is, if there is a village on the other side who lives in poverty, as a local municipal cadre on the other side, he will immediately send someone to solve the problem and find every way for the people to improve their poor life. In our court, can it appear?"

Can it appear? Let’s look at Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo. Ouyang Xiu is in Xuzhou and travels with a group of gentry all day long. He is having fun. Besides, the drunken man is not about drinking. Su Dongpo is in Hangzhou, and he is always using prostitutes to play and write poems and essays.

But don’t say that they are not good officials in the local area, they are actually at this point. They are pretty good among the local political achievements of officials in the Song Dynasty.

This situation is coming. Think about it, will any officials personally go down to solve the poverty in the village where they govern?

"But I am not talking about this. How many of the cadres I am talking about are from Jinshi and the first grade? None of them! Even Juren is rare, most of them are cadres who are not even a Juren. Your Majesty, do you still remember that Zhao Pu and Wang Ming, the founding minister of our dynasty, came from?"

"Aide?"

"It can also be said that it is a clerk. Why did the country attach importance to the imperial examination since the Sui and Tang Dynasties? In fact, the distribution of powers mentioned before, which is the system, was further improved since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Including the imperial examination, why did the imperial examination bring innovations and prevent monopoly on hereditary."

"Our Emperor Taizong of our reign attached more importance to the imperial examination. It cannot be said that it is wrong. This measure promptly corrected the autocratic and disorderly government of military generals. However, since the reign of Renzong, it has been time for the imperial examination to be re-corrected."

"Correct the imperial examination?" Zhao Xu was surprised.

"As an official, you must know the words, but you can know the words. Furthermore, it is the ability of the officials. Therefore, even if Zhao Pu only understands half of the Analects of Confucius, he is also a good prime minister. But now? Some literati and officials have almost reached the point of lawlessness. Really, the country cannot do without these literati and officials who have reached the level of Jinshi? Are there Jinshis on the other side? There are so many countries in the West, and some countries are equally powerful. Do they have the imperial examination? But on the other hand, some talented clerks, because they are not Jinshis, can never be moved. They cannot be moved, and the clerks are not ready."

"Wang Qing, you mean"

"In fact, the country can moderately allocate twenty or thirty clerks with both good virtuous and talented clerks into the officialdom every year. In this way, if the clerks in each prefecture and county have hope, especially some talented clerks, they will inevitably concentrate on cooperating with the local officials of each prefecture and county to manage the people in order to gain access. Secondly, these clerks enter the officialdom, and all of them are selected from one thousand miles away, which will have an impact on the scholars and officials. At least no one will say that this country is a country governed by His Majesty and the scholars and officials!"

"If the country wants to use the imperial examination to launch new Chen, then like Taizong, the powerful and noble children are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. If only the employment of people is considered, only the Jinshi are people with both moral integrity and talent? Look at how many Jinshi officials are showing bad guidance! Then why should we be entangled in the imperial examination? Just like some ministers who oppose war, they did not understand one thing. They wanted peace, but they could not buy peace. As a result, they plundered the wealth of the people of the country and strengthened the foreign barbarians. Or just like in the Xixia, if our dynasty did not give them 200,000 yuan to keep calming down, then it is necessary to entangle until now? Peace is possible, alliances and ties are also possible, but these are just means, and the goal is to strengthen themselves. Weak themselves and strengthen the enemy, is that peace? So to this day, this is like the employment of the imperial examination, and it is already pursuing the end."

In fact, Wang Ju's words were heartbroken. If they were spread, they would offend people more. This was against the entire scholar-official!

"It makes sense." Zhao Xu murmured.

"I will talk about the employment of people in the northwest. This time Aligu betrayed our dynasty and had to be destroyed. But then, starting from Qinzhou, Weizhou, and going west to north, they are all the territory of the foreigners and Qiang people. How to govern, I have also said that we should use both kindness and power, and be kind as the basis and respect them with power. In addition, we should try to integrate Chinese and integrate them. If it really doesn't work, then we will divide them. But there is another thing I have not said, that is to use people. The people in the northwest are not Han people, and the people are brave, and they will be small roads on the edge in the future.

If you are a little envoy, you can use civil officials, but if you are a magistrate of the state, or even a county magistrate, it is best to use military generals all. Only by using military generals can you be shocked. If you are a civil official, you are a timid civil official who is afraid of death and is timid, you will become more unruly than the Qiang people in various tribes. Just be fair and fair. If you are abusive, you will be abusive. Then you will use civil officials as the magistrate and the assistant to the magistrate of the prefectures and counties in the northwest. There will be no major changes in the future."

In fact, more than today, Wang Ju’s lecture to Zhao Zhong, if he sorted it out, he could get a more advanced system.

But Wang Ju said it in disguise. It has not been implemented in recent years, and the time is too short. Moreover, because Qi Shang Taxation and the Banking Department have caused many conflicts. If some policies are implemented again, these contradictions will undoubtedly be further aggravated.

But there will always be some people who are interested to notice.

Don't think about Gao Taotao when he was in power, but when Gao Taotao died, with Zhao Xu's ability and all these lectures had been recorded so that Zhao's servants or some important officials could read them, which would further enhance Zhao Xu's IQ and thoughts. At that time, someone might continue to find and apply these systems and thoughts, and the Song Dynasty would further improve them.

The Song Dynasty was indeed very poor in martial arts, but in terms of internal governance, no matter how they were distinguished, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were not as good as the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wang Ju said goodbye and left.

As soon as he arrived, Cai Que whispered: "Duke Wen also questioned the court's war report in Chizhou."

"Everyone wants to learn from Zhao Pu," Wang Ju shook his head.

Wen Yanbo was in Chizhou and might not have received any good news from the Battle of Mingsha City. Therefore, it seemed that the court had abandoned Taozhou, and Aligu continued to lead the army to gallop around the Xihe River, and the Xixia gathered its army to Pingxi Fortress. The northwest was shaking.

"Even Lu Yijian was not as good as him." Wang Ju said sarcastically again.

Lu Yijian was taken to Luoyang by gentlemen like Fan Zhongyan, but when he went to Luoyang, no matter how Fan Zhongyan's new policy was, Lu Yijian never said anything.

Wang Ju's words mean that if you are not in your position, you will not plan your own affairs.

Besides, the northwest is not as Sima Guangwen Yanbo said at all.

Didn’t you say that Lu Yijian is a villain? Now he is not even as good as a villain!

Fan Chunren was slightly lost in his mind.

"Mr. Fan, when your father was prime minister, he deposed many inaction local officials, saying that crying was not as good as a family. But why did the new policy fail? Not only did the new policy not have a clear strategy, but it was also nepotism! I thought Ouyang Xiu and others were gentlemen, but these gentlemen jumped up and down, and even jumped out of the Shuiluo City incident, which eventually caused the aggravation of heaven and others, leading to the failure of the new policy. I am about to leave Zhong, and Zhong is controlled by you and Mr. Cai. I hope you can remember this lesson."

Fan Chunren was an old party, but during the Zhao Xu Dynasty, Wang Ju was more cautious about these old parties, although Fan Chunren was recommended by him.

This is a warning to Fan Chunren not to bring friendship and personal affairs into state affairs. As for what Wen Yanbo said in the upper middle school, Wang Ju didn't even look at it.

Because the northwest immediately spoke with facts.

And it was almost over Wang Ju's expectations. From the next day, various good news from the northwest continued to come.

First, when Liang Yibi heard the news of the destruction of Lingzhou City, the Song army was approaching Tiandu Mountain. He was anxious and sent envoys to inform Aligu, and asked Yu Zanghuama to immediately fight.

Yu Zang Huama did not hesitate and secretly sent envoys to report to Liang Yibi. It was not that I did not have troops, but that the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were very strict. However, as Aligu 20,000 soldiers and horses arrived at Dingxi City, I also had a chance. You can wait a little longer, just wait for four or five days, and I will gather the troops in the clan secretly, cooperate with Aligu, and take Dingxi City and Anxi City in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Yu Zang Huama informed Aligu again, and it would be better that you should send some troops to come. The Song soldiers of Dingxi City and Anxi City are brave. As long as you send some troops to come, I will immediately gather my subordinates and cooperate with you inside and outside to take down Anxi City Dingxi City, and pacify Xihe Lanzhou in one fell swoop.

Now the Aligu army is besieging Xizhou. As long as the Pingxi Village in Anxi City in Dingxi City is captured in one fell swoop, Taozhou will be occupied by Tubo, so the entire Xizhou Hezhou and Lanzhou are cut off from the Song army. Moreover, both sides have enough troops to defend against the two sides of the Song army with the help of the fortresses built by the Song Dynasty. Moreover, Xixia and Tubo can more or less withdraw some of the troops. Then, starting from Dingxi City, it will inevitably be lost soon. If this area is lost, and even the Tiandu Mountain in Huizhou has become an enclave, the Song army will not be able to defend.

So both Liang Yi and Ali Gu were moved. Liang Yi and gritted their teeth and ordered them to continue to hold on for a few days. He also ordered Yu to try to get as fast as possible. Ali Gu immediately ordered Gui Zhang to bring out the troops in Taozhou.

In his heart, he thought that Taozhou had been pacified and left thousands of people to defend. The remaining troops were immediately transferred to Xizhou so that they could join forces with Yu Zanghuama and decide the outcome in one fell swoop.

At this time, Guizhang also repaired the flying bridge of Taoshui. After receiving the order from Aligu, he left three or four thousand soldiers to station in Taozhou. He led the remaining soldiers and thousands of Taozhou civilians to the flying bridge.

Although the flying bridge was repaired, there were still rugged mountain roads on both sides of the flying bridge, and the bridge was relatively slow. That night, some Tubo soldiers and horses crossed the flying bridge and camped in the east of the bridge, and most of them camped in the west of the bridge.

The next morning, it was early summer, with water vapor steeping and heavy fog filling.

Guizhang ordered the army to continue crossing the bridge, and suddenly countless roars came from afar, and then shells fell down one by one.

For this battle, each group of six continued to transfer two hundred small cannons to Zhong Yi. Just last night, Zhong Yi led more than 10,000 subordinates and these small cannons to march overnight and arrived in front of the flying bridge in the early morning.

This journey was terrible and I didn't even meet a Tubo scout. In fact, Guizhang is very good, but it's just that. It can't be compared with Lun Qinling, a famous Tubo general in the Tang Dynasty, and it's not even as good as Lunzanpo. However, in the Song Dynasty, it can barely be regarded as a famous general, and at least it can make Wang Ju more or less afraid.

The main reason was that he saw that he sent troops to Taozhou, and Zhong Yi did not dare to have a single army in Minzhou, thinking that Zhong Yi was a cowardly Song general. Therefore, he was careless.

Wang Ju repeatedly said that the eight sons of the Chong family were the friendship of the Chong family, and many people expressed doubts.

This battle finally started the title of the most victorious family in this family.

Suddenly attacked, Guizhang immediately ordered defense. Before the order was reached to the generals, amid the sound of cannons, Zhong Yi led the army out of the heavy fog.

The ghost seal was also very fierce, and the large army had already crossed the bridge, including himself, immediately turned over and rushed towards the Song army.

But under Zhong Yi's dispatch, the Song army calmly set up the formation. In front of the shield wall, behind the crossbowman, half of which was still a divine arm bow, and arrows were like rain. When the Tubo army rushed to the front of the Song army regardless of their sacrifice, a short spearman flashed out, and a special spearman shot out.

Although some Tubo soldiers rushed in front of them, in the rain of artillery rockets and spears, they had to slow down their horses and slow down their cavalry, which would pose any threats. However, it was not over yet. After a while, the sound of horns came from behind, and the Song army suddenly flashed to both sides.

Zhong Yi personally led thousands of cavalry and came out from behind.

The crossbowmen on both sides moved forward while continuing to cover them with strong bows. The battle was still fierce in the east of the bridge, but the fatal ones were the civilians. Most of these civilians were forcibly captured by Guizhang. You fought around and had nothing to do with us, so they fled west of the bridge.

The heavy fog was thick, and they fled, and the Tubo soldiers were unclear and their morale was unstable. Moreover, they fled west of the bridge. The foreign soldiers in the west of the bridge moved to the east of the bridge to support, and suddenly the rear was in chaos.

Zhong Yi asked the flag bearer around him to wave the big flag, which was the clarion call of the general attack.

The three armies behind rushed over, and even the crossbowmen carried the crossbow on their backs, pulled out their swords and rushed towards the Tubo army.

There are also some Tubo soldiers in the west of the bridge, and many civilians. They look at the east of the bridge through Tao River and heavy fog. However, as the river wind blows, the fog sometimes disperses. When the fog dissipates, you can already see the defeat of the Tubo army in a vague way.

Especially on the fly bridge, the Tubo army directly attacked the fleeing Taozhou civilians, and innocent civilians were chopped down the Tao River. Therefore, the civilians in the west of the bridge scattered.

But it's not over yet.

Guizhang built a flying bridge, and it was a Song army stationed in Gongling City and Yeli Pass. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It had to change the way east of Taoshui. However, because Tubo sent troops to Taozhou, the Song army had no time to rescue and had no soldiers to rescue each other. Guizhang also underestimated it.

In fact, the chief general of the Song army was another terrible chief general, Liu Zhongwu, and Wang Ju deliberately transferred from Hezhou.

Last night, the three Tubo armies camped for rest. They left Minzhou and rushed to the flying bridge overnight. Liu Zhongwu left Gongling City and rushed to the flying bridge along the foothills of Mount Lugu.

The roads on both sides are rugged and difficult to walk, but they are the best cover.

The two armies arrived almost at the same time, but Liu Zhongwu followed the plan, and the troops in his hands were too small, only two or three thousand soldiers and horses, which must be used as surprises. So until this time, his army exposed its minions.

Liu Zhongwu led his troops to attack the rear of Tubo. It was foggy again. I don’t know how many more Song Dynasty soldiers and horses came to the Tubo army and collapsed suddenly.

Gui Zhang's face was pale and he rushed to the west of the bridge with his confidants. However, the two Song troops kept chasing him from behind and biting him tightly. When they arrived at Tongmin Village, the people of each village were closer to the Song Dynasty, and they also became the center of Gui Zhang's killing. Dozens of chiefs of each village were killed by Gui Zhang, and hundreds of people were killed innocently, and many people were even forcibly arrested as civil servants. A large village was so angry that they happened to see Gui Zhang retreat. They took the initiative to pick up their weapons and cooperated with the Song army's sniping.

Gui Zhang killed more than a dozen Qiang people in a row. Zhong Yi had already chased him behind. When the two fought each other, Liu Zhongwu came over again. The brave and arrogant Qing Yi was besieged by more than a dozen Song troops and was shot dead.

After killing Guizhang, Zhong Yi took a long breath and thought to himself that he had finally completed the task assigned by Taibao. He didn't know how important it was to kill Guizhang, at most he thought he had killed a brave general in Tubo. Then Zhong Yi ordered to sweep Taozhou immediately, and at the same time, he asked Liu Zhongwu to lead nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers to re-gonglingcheng, and then leave Gonglingcheng and go to Kangle Village west of Xizhou.

In the great victory in Taozhou, the Dingxi Village was also in a bloody battle.
To be continued...