There are many people who don’t sleep late at night like Su Shi and Yang Huaiyu. It’s normal for Beijing City to not sleep at midnight. Cai Boyi is one of them. He is really sleepy, but he dare not relax because Bao Zheng on the opposite side stares at him covetously.

They were auditing the accounts of the Sansi Department and planning to pay for the military service of Zhongjing Road. This was not a simple matter of big pen, but a careful calculation. As the war began, the Sansi Department continued to issue orders to the state-owned factories of the Song Dynasty.

Military rations, forages, weapons, armor, armor, and other things are all essential things in the Song Dynasty. The transportation of these materials to the north also costs money, which made the officials of the Three Divisions suffer.

During this period, they worked overtime day and night, and the three officials even lived in the signing room. Especially under Bao Zheng's supervision, no one could have time to be lazy, and even Chu Gong ran away.

Cai Boyi, who works in the same room with him, was even worse and did not dare to slack off at all. Otherwise, Bao Zheng would have to scold him. Cai Boyi would not understand why he, the deputy envoy of the Third Department who was in charge of commerce, had to calculate these costs and other things?

The sky was getting brighter. When the eunuch in the palace brought the order to summon Zhao Zhen, Cai Boqi was as if he had been pardoned and left proudly in Bao Zheng's eyes. When he left, he did not forget to salute Bao Zheng and said, "Gong-gong Bao is in trouble."

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The reason why Zhao Zhen asked Cai Boqi to come to see him was that there was a problem lingering in his mind. The attack on Zhongjing Road was not difficult, and it was even smoother. The combat power of the Song Dynasty advanced from east to west, and the Sixteen Guards also began to enter the battlefield.

Although the Sixteen Guards have begun to transform from soldiers who can fight truthfully and well-behaved to maintain local stability, the soldiers of the Sixteen Guards are retired veterans in the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. After four years of military service, they can return to the local area to receive rewards from the court and restore their original identity.

But even so, they have to go to the local garrison to report, doing whatever they should do on weekdays, but they have to participate in the training of the garrison in their spare time and also train local armed forces.

The instructors of the Imperial Guard are sent to local garrisons for training and inspection every year. Once there is a garrison that fails or does not train in accordance with the imperial court system, the generals of the garrison will be reprimanded and punished, and even at risk of being punished.

This made the generals of the local garrison dare not slacken. Whenever the training was done, they would train with new soldiers and veterans from the garrison like chicken blood. If someone was late or not, they would even send people to catch them directly from local factories or farmland.

When the Sixteen Guards arrived at the battlefield one after another, the foundation of the Song Dynasty was established. The Sixteen Guards' mission was very simple, responsible for taking over the city defenses that the army had conquered and stationed in the pass to prevent the Liao people from counterattacking.

The map on the south wall of Qinzheng Hall has been marked. Cai Boyi has followed Zhao Zhen for many years, and the map can still be understood. Now, from the map, the Song Dynasty has taken the initiative, and victory is just around the corner. Peng Qi's army is advancing all the way to the Dading Prefecture in the west, and the Wuwei Army, Wu Lie Army and Qianniu Guard on the west route are also advancing eastward.

The ultimate goal of the Eastern and Western fronts is the key to Zhongjing Road and the Liao Dynasty's largest accompaniment, Dading Prefecture. Cai Boyi looked at the map in front of him and did not understand what the officials were worried about.

Zhao Zhen looked at the map of Zhongjing Road and frowned and said, "I recently heard that the officials in the court had criticized me, saying that Zhongjing Road should be a barrier in the northern part of our Song Dynasty, and there are also mountain barriers, so should it be transferred to the capital?"

Cai Boqi nodded: "There is indeed a court official who said this. If it can be transferred to the capital, it will inevitably strengthen the northern defense of Beijing City, and there will be a large area of ​​grassland and fertile fields..."

Cai Boyi's voice became less and less until it was too small to hear. He had already seen Zhao Zhen's face look ugly. To be honest, he also thought this statement was too absurd. The Zhongjing Road of the Liao Dynasty was a place of Tao. Even if it belonged to the Song Dynasty, how could it be classified as the capital of the Song Dynasty?

The capital of the Song Dynasty was just a Peking Prefecture. If this was the case, wouldn’t the current Datong Prefecture be included in the capital?

"I plan to divide the national road, prefectures, prefectures and other jurisdictions of the Song Dynasty after taking over Zhongjing Road, and start over!"

Zhao Zhen's words were like a huge rock that hit Cai Boyi's heart, causing a huge upsurge. The official's words obviously not only wanted to push the Zhongjing Road again, but also wanted to push the local administrative divisions of the entire Song Dynasty back.

This is a major project, especially for the imperial court and local officials, it is no less than an "earthquake"!

"Officials, our Song Dynasty road system was established by Emperor Taizong. It followed the old Tang Dynasty system and made some reforms. It changed the way into a road based on the Tao, and has been passed down to this day! Your Majesty wants to change the law of the ancestors, and the matter is very important. Please think twice about it!"

Zhao Zhen nodded. He also had some concerns in his heart, but he had to change it now. Whether it was the original path or the current path, including the state, prefecture, military, supervision and other systems, there were great unreasonableness, but this unreasonableness is precisely the rationality.

The so-called rationality is the means of the Lao Zhao family, in order to differentiate the rights of the local chief executive and avoid the harm of the top leader monopolizing the power. However, it has to be said that it is also a manifestation of cowardice.

So cowardly that even the local prefectures are afraid of worrying. If even their own place cannot be effectively governed, then this dynasty is basically over. What is the effect of using various means to undermine it?

Not only is it a problem of extravagance, but it also makes the work efficiency underground, and the trend of shirking responsibility among the government offices has increased significantly. For Zhao Zhen, this is irresponsible to the people, people's livelihood, and the Song Dynasty!

At present, if the Song Dynasty seized Zhongjing Road, it could use this place as a test site to carry out a series of local reforms. If the results were significant, it could prove to the people of the world that the existing prefecture system of the Song Dynasty was an unreasonable existence.

The biggest problem facing Zhao Zhen was not the war on Zhongjing Road, but how did the Song Dynasty manage this land and transfer it to the capital after seizing Zhongjing Road? It is absolutely impossible. This land is the northern barrier of the Song Dynasty and the buffer zone of the Song Dynasty.

Although Yanyun is considered a place outside the pass, there are large areas of pastures and fertile fields. Zhao Zhen even hopes to follow the example of later generations to draw a hunting ground on Zhongjing Road, which is located at Mulan Waichang, which is generally a martial arts place like Shanglin Garden in the Han Dynasty.

After touching his chin, the ulcer on his lips made him feel very uncomfortable and he was so painful that he spoke. Now he came to Cai Boyi for the construction of Shangjing Road. He was planning to let his confidant and sister-in-law serve as the pioneer of Zhongjing Road's reform. He wanted to make Zhongjing Road a test field for the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen hoped to implement a new local administrative division in the Song Dynasty, and originally changed the original road to province. Although the administrative area remains unchanged, the details are completely different. The states, prefectures, military, and supervisors should be renamed and distinguished, and the rights of local officials should be re-regulated in detail.

Of course, these officials will also be appointed again. This is a huge internal governance project and needs a case that convinces the world.
Chapter completed!