Chapter 146: The foundation of civil and military achievements, changing the governor to the governor, distinguishing the real from the fake
Facts have proved that Sun Shaozong's two "high-profile" appearances were quite effective.
After the Lu Ming Banquet, more than ten candidates came to visit him and established the relationship of "master and disciple" with him.
This number may not seem very impressive, but it is far different from the examiner who accepted 138 disciples at once.
But considering that Jia Yucun was a fourth-rank chancellor, the number of disciples he recruited was barely on par with him, this result was enough to attract attention.
Of course, those who came to Sun Shaozong were basically helpless children from poor families and alternative literati who were interested in criminal investigation. The children of officials did not look down on his thin legs for the time being.
On September 18, Sun Shaozong was working in the Criminal Law Department as usual when he saw Zhou Da hurriedly coming in with a court report. Before he could even stand still, he said anxiously, "Sir, please take a look at this new court report!"
As he spoke, he spread the official report flat on the table, turned to one of the pages and showed it to Sun Shaozong.
Sun Shaozong took a quick glance at it and found that it was the minutes of an internal meeting convened by the emperor with the cabinet and the governor of Hebei.
The first half mainly discussed the resettlement measures for the disaster victims in Hebei after their relocation; however, the second half suddenly changed the subject and discussed the feasibility of upgrading Hebei to Zhili Province.
This is probably done to appease the discontent among Hebei officials.
As early as when Sun Shaozong went to Nan'an to supervise the execution, he had heard officials complain that there were corrupt officials in the capital, but it was the people of Hebei who suffered.
There are even more complaints from the public, and various folk songs emerge one after another, some angry, some teasing, some self-deprecating...
Fortunately, the imperial court provided relief in a timely manner, otherwise there might have been a civil uprising.
Now that the disaster victims are to be relocated and resettled, they naturally have to be given some benefits - even if they are only nominal, in order to quell the resentment in the hearts of Hebei officials and people.
"grown ups."
Zhou Da asked nervously, "Do you think the change of Hebei to Zhili is reliable?"
"It should have been decided."
Sun Shaozong shook the court report in his hand and said, "Otherwise, how could the contents of the cabinet's meeting be published in the court report?"
"What should I do?!"
When Zhou Da heard this, he stamped his feet and beat his chest and said, "If Hebei is really changed to Zhili, our Shuntian Prefecture will also be under the jurisdiction of the Zhili Governor-General. At that time, all officials below the fifth rank will be selected and approved by the Governor-General's Office!"
"My Lord, when you were in Hebei, you forced the governor Zhou to watch the execution, but you offended him greatly. If he were to change his mouth..."
It turns out he was worried about this.
Sun Shaozong smiled and said, "Don't worry. Not to mention that this matter has not been finalized yet, even if it is really finalized, the Governor-General of Zhili will not interfere casually in the promotion and transfer of our Shuntianfu officials."
After all, Shuntian Prefecture is different from other places. There are all kinds of people under the emperor's feet. The power may not be comparable to that of ordinary government offices, but the troubles are more than ten times more.
Unless the new governor is a fool, he will not take the initiative to interfere in the trivial affairs of Shuntian Prefecture. At most, he will ask Shuntian Prefecture to cooperate in the name of the superiors when it comes to major policies.
Zhou Da's political acumen was obviously insufficient, and after hearing what Sun Shaozong said, he was still somewhat skeptical.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to explain to him. He just waved his hand and let him bow and leave.
After Zhou Da left, Sun Shaozong carefully read the court report again and found that in addition to the major event of Hebei's change to Zhili, some reforms seemed to be brewing in the army.
It wasn't a big deal. The main thing was that the emperor wanted to take advantage of the ten years since he ascended the throne to completely separate honorary titles and actual positions - in simple terms, he just wanted to change their names.
For example, in addition to actual positions in the army, the sons of nobles also had similar honorary titles, such as Cavalry Duwei, Cloud Cavalry Wei, Duwei, and so on.
If you don't ask carefully, you can't tell whether it is a real position or a lordship.
Therefore, Emperor Guangde planned to change the actual positions of Cavalry Commander and Commandant into Qianhu and Baihu used in the previous dynasty.
The title of commander-in-chief was only used in actual duties in the future, and the title was replaced by light cavalry commander.
As for higher general ranks, they will be gradually separated from the actual job system and replaced by the titles of admiral and commander-in-chief.
Tsk~
This may seem useless, but in fact it weakens the power of the middle and lower-level nobles - at least it will not be so easy to scare people with titles.
Of course, for those top families, the impact is not that great. After all, those families either have big men supporting them in the court, or nobles supporting them in the palace. Not to mention having empty titles on their heads, even if they are commoners, they can still act recklessly.
but……
Was it Emperor Guangde's intention to gradually weaken the influence of the nobles, or was it simply that he wanted to eliminate the drawbacks of honorary titles and actual positions?
Sun Shaozong stared at the official report for a long time and finally came to a conclusion: no matter what, it was none of his business!
Although the Sun family is considered to be from a noble class, the two brothers now have real jobs. No matter how the court reforms, it will not affect them for the time being.
Uh~
Maybe it will have an impact on the next generation, but who can say for sure what will happen decades later?
However, Sun Shaozong had a better idea of what would happen hundreds of years later.
Putting aside the issue of the reform, Sun Shaozong dug out some official gossip from the official newspaper, preparing to use it as topic of conversation at tomorrow's party.
Seeing that it was getting late outside, especially since the female teacher that Cheng Rixing had hired today was giving Xiangling lessons on her first day, Sun Shaozong also wanted to go back and take a look.
So he went to find Lin Delu, who was on duty, to give instructions and left Shuntian Prefecture.
No conversation along the way.
When he returned to his own mansion, before he even entered the door, he heard the servant report anxiously: two soldiers from the Dragon Guards had come to the house and had been waiting for half an hour.
Someone from the Dragon Guard?
Is it about Qian Ning’s case again?
Sun Shaozong walked into the front hall suspiciously and immediately realized that he was overthinking.
Because the people who had been waiting in the living room for a long time were not other people, but Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian - and because they were involved in the "fake Jin Yichuan" incident, they did not participate in the investigation of Qian Ning's case at all.
As expected, after the host and guest sat down, Lu Jianxing did not mention Qian Ning's matter. He only said that Qin Kejian had been dismissed from his post and exiled to the mountainous area of Yunnan and Guizhou because he was suspected of shielding his superior.
"Qin Kejian was exiled? Have you found evidence of his collusion with Qian Ning?"
Sun Shaozong was a little surprised . Qian Ning was already dead and there was no evidence to prove his guilt. Given Qin Kejian's intelligence, he should not be able to be caught by anyone.
"grown ups."
Shen Lian smiled bitterly and said, "The Northern Pacification Office is different from other places. As long as the superiors are willing, the three words 'false accusation' are enough to convict."
These words were full of bitterness, as if they were empathetic.
Sun Shaozong therefore asked about their current situation in the Dragon Guards.
Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian looked at each other and said awkwardly, "To be honest, my lord, because of the matter of the third brother, we two brothers have also suffered some setbacks. Now we have handed over the tasks at hand. As for the future arrangements, there has been no news."
It seems that they came here to ask for help.
However, the talents and conduct of these two brothers are acceptable, and they do not have too many involvements. If they are shown some favor, they can be of help in the future.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong said, "Tomorrow I have an appointment with the young master of General Shenwu's family for a drink. You brothers have nothing to do anyway, why don't you come with me to have some fun?"
This was intended to help them switch jobs to the patrol battalion.
Lu Jianxing was obviously a little hesitant. After all, his ancestors had all been with the Dragon Guards, and among the four battalions and one guard, the Dragon Guards were the most respected. To suddenly ask him to join another place was really a bit...
Shen Lian immediately pulled him up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, sir!"
Hearing the word "praise", Lu Jianxing finally came to his senses.
Although the Dragon Guards are good, they have no one to rely on and no hope of promotion.
Although the patrol battalion is of lower status, but with the help of the young master of General Shenwu's family and the care of Sun Shaozu, a fourth-rank lieutenant general, if they make some contributions in the future, why should they be afraid of not being promoted?
So he also expressed his determination: "If my brother and I ever succeed, we will never forget your cultivation!"
