Zhao Shan chuckled when he heard Yu Song's words.
The laughter was gratifying.
I admire Yu Song even more.
Zhao Shan is not worried about Yu Song's radical behavior, but is worried that Yu Song has no courage and is too soft in doing things. Now Yu Song is tough and wants to constantly beat the big family and weaken the big family, which is exactly what Zhao Shan needs.
This is the official of the country!
The talents the court needs must be responsible, motivated, and full of edge.
Everyone has become a veteran in the officialdom, and they have become like abacus beads, how can they still do things?
Zhao Shan nodded and said: "Go ahead and do whatever you want, I fully support it. However, it's time to assess and select talents. As for the content of the assessment, you, as the person in charge of the overall task, have no choice."
Yu Song replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have chosen two topics."
Zhao Shandao: "Tell me and listen."
Yu Song replied: "First, as an official in Yangzhou, how to develop people's livelihood so that local people can live a stable life; second, how to contain and weaken the big families so that the big families dare not do whatever they want."
Zhao Shan couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are really thinking about targeting aristocratic families all the time."
Yu Song replied: "We must not let down our guard against the black sheep at any time, and we must do it consistently. When selecting talents this time, on the one hand, we must select people who will govern the place. On the other hand, the selected people must assist the ministers. To further attack the aristocratic families, there are two problems."
Zhao Shan said in a deep voice, "I have no objection to your topic selection, I only have one suggestion."
Yu chanted: "Please give me your Majesty's instructions."
Zhao Shan said calmly: "Before the two questions, let's set up the simplest question separately, asking about the differences between rice, wheat, and soybeans, and how to plant them."
Yu Song was completely stunned.
Isn't this basic common sense?
Do you need to ask about this?
Yu Song thought for a while and asked: "Your Majesty, rice, wheat and soybeans are so common and can be found everywhere. Is it inappropriate to use this as a problem?"
Zhao Shan explained: "Yu Qing, you personally plant the spring and autumn harvests, cultivate the land yourself, and are self-sufficient in everything. You are familiar with all the crops in the fields, so naturally you find it extremely simple."
"People in the local area find it simple to deal with crops all day long. However, there are too many children from big families who have nothing to do but food and clothing, and they don't even know basic grains."
"These are people who don't know food, but they are full of scriptures and they are full of truth. Can you ask them to govern the place?"
"I'm just setting a threshold."
"We should filter out these people who seem to understand the classics but do not understand the sufferings of the people, and also give a chance to some talented and capable scholars from poor families. They may not have the same vision and attainments in classics, but they have the spirit of hard work. Give them a little care.”
Zhao Shan said in a deep voice: "This is the purpose of my arrangement."
After hearing this, Yu Song was sincerely convinced, raised his hands and praised: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhao Shan said: "Go and make arrangements accordingly."
"I resign!"
Yu Song bowed and left.
Yu Song returned to the Governor's Mansion, completed the interrogation of the children of the big family in the shortest possible time, and directly convicted him.
Those in each family who can atone their sins can atone for their sins, and those who cannot atone their sins must be killed. Yu Song listed the people who were allowed to make atonement individually, and set the amount of atonement before sending the news to each family.
The money for atonement is quite a lot.
The lowest atonement money for a person is fifty thousand taels of silver. The highest person's atonement amount was as much as 300,000 taels of silver, which can be called blackmail.
People from each family get the news, and if someone pays the money, it will be done. Some people wanted to bargain, but were kicked out by Yu Song. The final result was that all those who could redeem themselves did so, and no one from the big family remained.
After Yu Song counted the money for forgiveness, he was quite shocked. The money for atonement alone amounted to 1.38 million taels of silver. Although it was late at night after finishing his work, Yu Song came to Prince Wu's Mansion again to ask for an audience.
It happened that Zhao Shan hadn't slept yet.
Yu Song visited Zhao Shanhou in the study and told him about the atonement silver he had received, which was 1,380,000 taels of silver. He said with emotion: "Your Majesty made a casual arrangement and earned 1,380,000 taels of silver. It's really amazing."
"With this money, it will be easier to manage the place."
"I plan to use this money to provide relief through work to further build water conservancy projects, open up rivers and channels, and build embankments."
"In the years when Zhao Gou ruled Yangzhou, he only favored the big families and exploited and squeezed the people. He never paid attention to local governance, let alone the maintenance of rivers and dams, leading to a mess in the place."
"I plan to take this opportunity to handle these things and reorganize the water conservancy of the entire Yangzhou, so as to thoroughly consolidate the foundation of Yangzhou's granary and lay the foundation for future business."
Yu Song has never been a picky character.
Governing a place costs money.
How to develop a place without spending money and how to benefit the people?
Zhao Shan waved his hand and said: "Just remember, as long as it is beneficial to the country and the country, as long as it is beneficial to the people, you can go ahead and do it. If something happens, I will take care of it for you."
Yu Song said excitedly: "I accept your order!"
Zhao Shan talked with Yu Song about some management arrangements and the details of the assessment, and they talked until late at night before getting up and leaving.
Zhao Shan went to Yu Qinghuan's courtyard, while Yu Song returned to the governor's house to prepare for the assessment.
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye it was time for the big exam in Prince Wu's Mansion.
Early in the morning, Zhao Shan also got up early.
Zhao Shan was waiting in the study, but he called Gao Yuan and asked, "Gao Yuan, during this assessment to select talents, have you found any outstanding scholars to participate in the assessment?"
Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Dongchang is just escorting people to ensure that no one dares to cause trouble. We have not inquired about every reference person for the time being. Unless there is further investigation after the assessment, it is too labor-intensive and time-consuming to investigate at this stage. Material resources.”
Zhao Shan nodded and said: "You are right, go down."
"Slave, please resign!"
Gao Yuan saluted, turned around and left.
There was a look of expectation in Zhao Shan's eyes.
He hopes to select several talents this time. Yu Song alone is too monotonous and alone. More people must assist Yu Song in order to share Yu Song's pressure and change the situation in Yangzhou.
That's why Zhao Shan is looking forward to today's assessment.
