Qin Hui's dissatisfaction was like an undercurrent, causing waves in the court.
He stood at the head of the group of ministers, his brows furrowed, and there was a hint of evil in his eyes.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm down the anger in his heart, then stepped forward, bowed to Zhao Yingluo and said, "Your Highness, I don't know whether I should say something or not if I have something to say."
Zhao Yingluo sat on the dragon chair, scanning the ministers with burning eyes.
She had already expected that Qin Hui would stand up and oppose her decision, and said calmly: "Master Qin, what do you think? But it doesn't matter."
Qin Hui straightened up and said righteously: "Your Highness, your decision today is really chilling to the hearts of scholars all over the world! Since ancient times, the imperial examination has been the main way for our dynasty to select officials. Now you let a slave hold such an important position?" Wouldn’t this make the world’s scholars dissatisfied and undermine the majesty of the imperial court?”
Zhao Yingluo sneered when she heard this. She looked at Qin Hui and said, "Mr. Qin, what you said is high-sounding, but let me ask you, if scholars are not diligent and indifferent, what is the use of studying alone? I established the Ministry of Agriculture , It is precisely to allow our officials to experience firsthand the hard work of farmers and understand the importance of agriculture. Only in this way can they better formulate policies to benefit the people."
She paused and continued: "As for the appointment of Jiang Laosi and Chen Fu, I admit that this is an exception. But I believe that their ability and talent are enough to fill these two positions. And I also want to tell you Mr. Qin , the imperial examinations really need to be reformed! Those examination contents that are useless to the country of the Song Dynasty will be abolished. What I want to select are truly talented and ambitious talents instead of nerds who can only study!"
Zhao Yingluo's words echoed loudly in the court.
Her words once again caused an uproar, but this time the ministers did not talk as much as before, but chose to remain silent.
They knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess was a decisive and courageous person, and the decisions she made were not something they could easily change.
Qin Hui was also shocked by Zhao Yingluo's words. He opened his mouth to refute, but found that he was speechless. He had no choice but to sigh helplessly and thought to himself: "This princess is getting more and more difficult to deal with."
Seeing that the ministers no longer objected, Zhao Yingluo continued: "I know that reforming the imperial examination is not easy, nor can it be completed overnight. So I decided that this year's imperial examination will still be conducted according to the previous examination content. But from now on, the imperial examination will be held The content will pay more attention to practicality, and I hope you all can work together to select real talents for our Song Dynasty!"
With the Ministry of Agriculture, Zhao Yingluo can finally leave the farming to Chen Fu and Jiang Laosi, and she can devote more energy to other matters.
Zhao Yingluo's next goal is to attack the Forbidden Army!
Songkong supported hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops but was still weak.
There are many reasons for this, but the most important reason is that the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty deliberately favored civility and suppressed military force, which separated the generals from the army.
The general who has an iron camp and a flowing water has caused the consequences of the soldiers not knowing the generals and the generals not knowing the soldiers. Xiang soldiers, Xiang soldiers and Fan soldiers were in name only.
The Xiang army is not trained, and the rural and Tibetan soldiers are not stationed permanently.
Therefore, they are naturally unable to undertake the mission of defending their homeland and country.
In order to avoid the separatist situation of the Tang Dynasty vassal towns without reducing the combat effectiveness of the army. A practical solution must be devised.
She thought of her own private soldiers!
The reason why these private soldiers are willing to serve for themselves is because the livelihood of their families is guaranteed, and the supply of food and grass ensures that the soldiers can have enough food and clothing.
As long as high-quality grain seeds are always under your control and as long as the people continue to support you, you will not be afraid of mutiny by some generals.
Zhao Yingluo believed that as long as she could control the army, the Song Dynasty would be as stable as a mountain.
After having the idea of reforming the Forbidden Army, Zhao Yingluo began to implement her plan. She knew that in order to control the military, she must first place her cronies in important positions in the army.
So she promoted Wen Boyuan, who had been following her, to the imperial envoy in front of the palace, responsible for guarding Kaifeng.
Wen Boyuan has always been loyal and never give up.
Now that Zhao Yingluo had promoted her to the position of imperial envoy, he was even more grateful and vowed to be loyal to the princess to the death.
Liu Guangshi, Guo Wei and others who originally belonged to Zhao Gou were sent by Zhao Yingluo to remote areas such as Chang'an and Shu to serve as generals.
Although these people were a little dissatisfied, they did not dare to disobey Her Royal Highness the Princess's order, so they had to pack their bags and go to remote areas to take up their posts.
In addition, Zhao Yingluo also appointed Yue Fei as a disciple of Tong Zhongshu, Minister of War, and Han Shizhong as Privy Envoy...
Through this personnel transfer, she placed almost all of her cronies in important positions in various armies.
In this way, she can firmly control the military power and lay a solid foundation for the subsequent reforms.
Of course, for the Song Dynasty royal family, Zhao Yingluo also gave her brothers and sisters high-status idle positions, depriving them of the right to command the army.
She knew that although these people didn't have much ability, they were of royal blood after all, so she couldn't ignore them too much. So she arranged some leisure duties for them so that they could enjoy the glory and wealth honestly and not have any rash thoughts.
Only King Xin Zhao Zhen is an exception!
He was appointed by Zhao Yingluo as deputy envoy of the Privy Council, in charge of the defense of Luoyang, Xijing.
Zhao Yingluo looked at the officials kneeling in the court hall and couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
She knew that her personnel changes would inevitably cause dissatisfaction and backlash from some people, but she didn't care.
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Although the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou has retreated behind the scenes, he has not completely given up his attention to the court. He always pays attention to the movements in the court, especially the movements of his sister Zhao Yingluo.
Recently, Zhao Gou found that the ministers he served during his reign seemed to have been suppressed and excluded to varying degrees. Some were demoted, some were sent abroad, and some were even dismissed directly from their official positions. This made him very angry and dissatisfied.
He couldn't help but ask Zhao Yingluo: "You promised me not to touch these ministers easily, why did you do it again now?"
Zhao Yingluo looked at Zhao Gou and said calmly: "Brother Emperor, you are now the Supreme Emperor, so you should enjoy your old age and stop thinking about interfering in government affairs."
When Zhao Gou heard this, he became very angry. He slammed the table and said angrily: "I am the Supreme Emperor, but I am also the Emperor of the Song Dynasty! How can I just watch you do whatever you want and corrupt Chao Gang?"
Zhao Yingluo said slowly: "I am not doing anything reckless, nor am I corrupting the imperial court. I am just rectifying the court and clearing out those officials whose moral integrity is not worthy of their posts and whose positions are not good enough. These people were all promoted when you were in office, but They did not make any contributions to the Song Dynasty and the people, but instead blindly pursued personal interests and formed cliques for personal gain. Shouldn't such people be demoted and sent away?"
