Thinking of this question, Zhao Jun asked Jiang He directly: "You came to Bianjing, who is in charge of Yunzhou County now? Have you thought about who will succeed you? Is there a suitable candidate now?"
When Jiang He heard this, he immediately replied: "Before I came to Bianjing, I had transferred some affairs of Yunzhou County to Zhu Juncheng for temporary management. As for my successor, I recommend Zhang Zheng to take over my position."
"Zhang Zheng?"
Zhao Jun didn't expect Jiang He to actually say a name that he had never thought of. After thinking about it for a while, he asked:
"I remember that Zhang Zheng graduated from the Political School last year, right? Why did you recommend him instead of Zhu Tuo?"
Jiang He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty remembers it correctly. Zhang Zheng did graduate from the political school with first place last year. Later, he even surpassed the same period and became the first place in the graduation exam with his grand and majestic behavior." .
Originally, according to his qualifications, he was indeed not qualified to take over the position of minister, but I'm afraid you don't know, Your Majesty, that after graduating with the first grade in the examination, this boy not only refused the county magistrate's appointment arranged for him to go to the county, but also took the initiative to go there. Lower county on the northern border of County Youghal.
It has been subject to Turkic invasions all year round. Not only is there a small population in the county, but there is always the risk of being robbed. It has always been the lower county of Youle County, and it has been ranked last in the annual evaluation.
Under normal circumstances, normal candidates would never choose such a county as their first governing county after graduation.
Putting aside safety issues, although they have graduated, their political achievements in the first year of power will often affect their lives and will be the most critical part of their resumes.
But after learning about the situation there, Zhang Zheng voluntarily gave up the upper county assigned to him and invited the lower border counties and Mu counties of Youer County on his own.
After I learned about the situation, I tried to persuade him, but the boy actually said to me:
"Youlao Prefect is worried, but the purpose of entering the officialdom is to use what he has learned and make contributions to the people of Yunzhou County to the best of his ability, instead of hiding in Shangxian County, which has been well managed by his predecessors, and resting on the credit of others. Just eat and die on the books!"
Your Majesty, you can't imagine how shocked I was when I heard what he said! "
Zhao Jun smiled and understood very well.
What energetic words. This is the newly born Sun showing his abilities to the world. This is what a young official should look like. Jiang He will be shocked, and it is natural for him to be shocked.
Jiang He continued: "Then he lived up to his words, and within one year, the entire Henu County changed drastically!
Not only did the population of Song people in the territory increase from 1,000 to 10,000, it increased tenfold!
It also allowed the Utu Turkic tribe in neighboring Hemu County to reach a reconciliation with Hemu County.
Today, the two sides are doing business on the border. The Turks of the Utu tribe exchange cattle, sheep and war horses for necessary living supplies from Hemu County, while Hemu County uses the supply of goods provided by the Turkic tribe to trade with merchants from the original route. Obtaining a large amount of profits, because the Wutu tribe is only willing to do business with Hemu County officials, even if those businessmen have no choice but to give profits to Hemu County, they still make some money, and Hemu County has ushered in a great success. The development not only attracted many people from the Song Dynasty to settle down, but also brought benefits to the Yamen. In addition to the tax revenue given to the county governor's Yamen, the remaining money was used by Zhang Zheng to build roads, thus attracting more businessmen.
Local people have also benefited from the development.
Now the entire Hemu County has become a benchmark on the border of Youer County!
In addition, I know Zhang Zheng well. He is a pure official, or a person who can do practical things and is willing to do so. "
"Hahaha, okay, okay, I heard you praise this Zhang Zheng so much, it makes me feel as if I would be a heinous person if I didn't let this Zhang Zheng take over from you."
Zhao Jun said with a smile.
Jiang He smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I am not just praising you, but I am actually at this level."
However, Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "Although Zhang Zheng is indeed capable, he cannot take over from you, or not now."
"ha?"
Jiang He was stunned and puzzled.
Zhao Jun explained: "You yourself know that his qualifications are too low. I am not saying that he has no talent, nor am I saying that he cannot be selected based on talent and not stick to formalities.
It's just that he has only been in politics for a year, and even though he is extremely talented, he can't undo it.
For a talent like him, he should be allowed to have a good experience at the following level. He should go up level by level and understand the rules and unspoken rules of each level in the officialdom, as well as what he will encounter.
I say this not to make him join in the corruption of the officialdom, but to let him learn!
Because if he is really as talented as you said, then I will definitely reuse him in the future. Once he is reused by me, he will have to face officials from all over the world. These people have various methods. If you don’t know them well enough You can't beat them.
Only by coming from them, going deep into them, and finally transcending, can we be aware of them and be able to deal with them with ease.
Have enough experience to deal with them.
Therefore, I will not promote Zhang Zheng beyond the previous level. Since his performance last year was good, let him be promoted to the prefect of their prefecture, then the county governor of Youle County and finally the governor of Shendu.
Finally he could enter Beijing. "
"Vice Governor?"
Jiang He looked at Zhao Jun in astonishment, wondering why he wanted to set up a governor to poison him.
Zhao Jun explained: "The body is too poisonous, and now it is still my granary. I used to be in Yunzhou County, which is close, so it is okay to manage it in the form of a county.
But now that I am in Bianjing and far away, it is not appropriate to use the county management method.
Therefore, I plan to establish the post of governor in Shendu. The governor is directly under my jurisdiction. However, the governor only has administrative power and no military power. The military power of Shendu must be handled by the army stationed by Yunzhou County.
I will set up a large army in Shendu, called the Shendu Garrison. They will also be directly responsible to me, but they cannot interfere in civil affairs. The two sides do not control each other, but they will supervise and balance each other.
If something cannot be solved and military assistance is needed, the governor of Shendu can request assistance from the commander of the garrison of Shendu. Within a reasonable range, the garrison commander must assist. If it is unreasonable, the consent of Zhongdu Yunzhou Yamen is required. Just fine. "
"Zhongdu? Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
Jiang He was shocked. He seemed to hear something extraordinary from Zhao Jun's words.
Zhao Jun glanced at him, nodded and said: "I am going to implement the two-capital system, with Bianjing as the capital and governing the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
Taking Yunzhou County as its companion capital, it was named Zhongdu and governed the entire territory outside the customs.
At the same time, a set of ruling team will be left in Zhongdu. When the crown prince comes of age, when I think it is appropriate, I will ask the prince to go to Zhongdu to train and train his own people in preparation for taking over the Song Dynasty. "
Regarding the successor, Zhao Jun always believed that the one who was appointed directly without any experience would be much more likely to be a coward than a wise one.
He is not the kind of person who is afraid of his son's rebellion. As long as he can achieve satisfactory results while accompanying him, it doesn't matter if he abdicates early. If his father and brother are gone, he will take the blame. He should train an heir as soon as possible and become the supreme emperor. Isn’t it fun to fish?
Zhao Jun will never admit that this is all because he wants to be lazy!
Absolutely not!
...(End of chapter)
