At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the lessons of separatist rule of the vassal states in the Tang Dynasty were reviewed. The road system was divided into 15 routes across the country. Later, it was divided into one after another. For example, Hebei Road was changed to Hebei East and West Roads, Shaanxi Road was changed to Yongxingjun Road and Qinfeng Road, etc. There were 22 routes in the Song Dynasty, plus a Kaifeng Prefecture.

In recent years, the provincial system was implemented, and each road was changed to provinces, and Xijing was listed separately, which was on the same level as Tokyo and the province. In this way, there were 22 provinces, including Tokyo Kaifeng and Xijing Luoyang. Each province had two political ministers, with a total of 48 people, with 10 military personnel and 58 people.

In addition, the colonies have successively established provinces, including the Liaodong Province and the Bohai Province. Shuofang Province was established in the former Xixia territory and the Longyou Province was established in the Hexi Corridor. These four provinces, together with the Western Regions Protectorate, were also assigned 10 places.

In addition, to the east of the Caspian Sea, the land seized from Seljuk include Goryeo, Japan, Jiaozhi, Dali, Champa, and Ryukyu... Although these places have not been officially established provinces, they are not far from being incorporated into the Song Dynasty. Each place has a quota and 7 more are divided.

There are still 25 places left, and they fall to the Zhengshi Hall and the six ministers, four ministers, six ministers, colonial department, general staff department, censorship office, censorship office, Royal Bank, Audit Department, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, etc. Each responsible official must be the identity of the Minister of Political Affairs.

In this way, the quota of the first political meeting of the Song Dynasty was divided up!

Members are also freshly released soon.

"Absurd, it's simply outrageous!"

The one who was most angry about this result was the Neo-Confucians. Their initial calculation was that they were only representatives of various provinces. As for overseas colonies, they only gave two quotas symbolically. Neither the important officials of the court nor the army should be divided into quotas.

By this calculation, they can get at least 40%, or even more than half of the quota.

As long as they defend the Political Council, they can launch rounds of offensives and seize more power. When it comes to how to control public opinion, the skills of these people are quite amazing.

It must not be underestimated.

But the problem is that the imperial court, plus the military, separated 35 places. Among the provinces, the northern provinces, and several colonies, were all the territory of the New Politics Society. In this way, only a little more than 20% of the places that Neo-Confucianism could get, and it was completely impossible to lead the political meeting!

Being deceived, suffering a loss!

Neo-Confucian disciples in Beijing gathered at Zhou Dunshi's residence, complaining all over.

"The court is too unreasonable. The Council of Political Consultative Conference is to supervise the court's officials. Why should they also join the Council of Political Consultative Conference? Did they pass the election? We want to write a letter and fight to the end!"

They shouted loudly and were indignant.

However, Zhou Dunshi, this old man is calmer.

"Don't panic. The Government Affairs Hall and the Six Ministry of Ministry have entered the Political Affairs Conference. There are pros and cons of this matter... For the time being, they are blocking our way, but in the long run, isn't it said that every Political Affairs Minister who directly takes charge of one? For you, it may not be a bad thing. It depends on how we do it! Although the three households of Chu must have the energy to burn their boats!"

Yang Shi's eyes lit up. After all, he was an old senior, but his views were different. He was a disciple of Ercheng, and Ercheng was Zhou Dunshi's disciple. In fact, Yang Shi was also Zhou Dunshi's disciple.

He bowed and said, "The great speech of Lianxi Gong has refreshed my disciples, but we are too few at the moment, and it is really hard to achieve success. It is really worrying."

Zhou Dunshi's words just now were just to boost morale. He was more focused on academics. This time he came out to the mountains, hoping to successfully grab the political meeting, and then find a way to invite Er Cheng and Zhang Zai back, so that they could preside over the overall situation, and there was still a fight.

Seeing that this step was probably delayed, Zhou Dunshi had to cheer up and discuss countermeasures with his disciples and disciples. There was only less than 10 days left before the official operation of the Political Consultative Conference, and it was not until I could do it.

Moreover, with the participation of the officials of the Political Affairs Hall and the representatives in the military, the scope of discussions of the Political Consultative Conference has been greatly expanded, including fiscal budgets, various laws, and foreign military use.

Although the final decision-making power is still in the hands of Zhao Shu, it is obvious that even if the emperor wants to easily overturn the outcome of the political meeting, it will still have to pay a price.

Therefore, Neo-Confucian disciples are very active and strive to get a good start.

Five days later, the train roared, and accompanied by the sound of clicking and clicking, the special train entered Xijing Railway Station.

As soon as the car door opened, a black, thin and slender figure jumped out from inside. It was none other than Murong Qingchen!

If we count it, his military achievements are no worse than those of Wang Shao. He attacked Youzhou, connected to the Western Regions, severely damaged Seljuk, expanded the territory for thousands of miles, and killed more than one million people. From the inside out, it smells like he is not close to anyone.

But there was a man who didn't care much and walked over and gave him a big hug.

Su Shi has a poor political IQ, but his popularity is really good. Among the six arts, he can catch Murong Qingchen's eyes.

As soon as they met, Murong asked, "Brother Zizhan, we are here for a long time and don't know what's going on. Tell us first what we want to do, and then let's have a good meal."

Su Shi laughed, "I knew you were impatient. Just so happened that military representatives from Hebei, Liaodong, Lingnan and other places also came. Let's talk together."

Su Shi did not enter the Political Consultative Conference. He is still a researcher of the New Politics Society. However, given his special identity and activity energy, Zhang Dun asked him to contact and help, and Su Shi agreed.

"The most important thing at the moment is the budget bill. To put it bluntly, it is how to allocate money!" Su Shi said: "At present, many officials, including the market, believe that they need to reduce military spending, especially after defeating Seljuk, they should rest and recuperate and cultivate their culture..."

"fart!"

Murong Qingchen cursed without hesitation: "It's all a group of short-sighted men. Defeating Seljuk is a good opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the west. The military spending cannot be reduced, not only can it be reduced, but it also needs to use troops to Tianzhu!" He lowered his voice, "Brother Zizhan, tell you a secret. Before I entered Beijing, I had ordered a group of people to go south. As long as I capture a few mountain passes, the whole Tianzhu will be at my feet. It's a piece of land that is more fertile than the Song Dynasty. It requires people, fields, and food and food... We fight Seljuk to take down Tianzhu, otherwise wouldn't we have been in vain!"

Several other military representatives also view this.

Su Shi smiled, "It's good that you all have this view, but there are twenty or thirty people in Neo-Confucianism, but there are more people than you, so be careful!"

"What should I be careful?" Murong Qingchen asked in anger: "Where is Zhang Dun? Where is Lu Huiqing? Are they also in the Political Consultative Conference? They have also done things in the Western Regions? Why don't they come out and speak up for justice?"

Su Shi smiled bitterly, "That... after all, they have become high-ranking officials and must have the dignity of being a magistrate. In short, you understand!"

"Pooh!"

Murong Qingchen spat hard, "It's all bullshit! I want to eat but I'm afraid of being hot. What I look down on the most is this thing... It's true that we're called back, just to let us rush, they're afraid of being dirty? OK, tell me those goods for me and let me take action. Each time, 10 million military expenses will be reduced by one yuan, and I will never finish it with them!"

...

Su Shi suddenly felt a bad feeling. This political meeting had changed. It might become a arena or a ring match... Fortunately, he was smart and did not get involved, otherwise he would have beaten anyone with this fat body!

There was only one day left before the official meeting, and two more people arrived in the capital together. They were very low-key and no one was alarmed.

Who is it?

Of course it was Wang Ning'an and Wen Yanbo. Didn't they go to inspect Liaoyang and urge the road construction? Indeed, Wang Ning'an was still waiting for the dust to settle before returning to Youzhou, but as soon as he arrived in Youzhou, he received the imperial edict.

It turned out that Zhao Shu's son was over six years old and was overly confused. Unfortunately, Wang Qing was too pampering him and was not in charge of his father. The little guy was a demon king in the world, making the palace messy.

Zhao Shu was so angry that he felt that he had to find a strong master to take charge of the prince. Originally, Wang Qing wanted to hand it over to Wang Anshi, but his husband could be strict with everyone, but he could not behave in a bad mood to his grandson... There was no way, so he could only beg Wang Ning'an to enter Beijing.

"I said to Brother Kuanfu, can you tell me what method did you rely on to let Your decree down and transfer you into the capital?"

Wen Yanbo raised his head and said for a while: "It's probably because His Majesty knows that I am dedicated to the country and are reliable!"

"Pooh!"

Wang Ning'an spat hard, "Don't think I don't know. You wrote a letter to Wen Jifu, give him advice in it, and ask him to advise His Majesty to increase the proportion of representatives in the army... His Majesty adopted your suggestion and then transferred you into the capital."

"Ah?" This time it was Mr. Wen's turn to be stunned.

"How did you know?"

Wang Ning'an snorted, "Brother Kuanfu, there are not many things that can be hidden from me in the world. I would like to advise you not to bother, be careful!"

Lao Wen’s neck was chilly!

He clearly felt that Wang Ning'an returned to the capital again. Although it was because of the prince's teaching affairs, his laziness disappeared, and seemed to have returned to ten years ago, full of fighting spirit... Could this political meeting really be so important and would change the direction of the Song Dynasty?

Lao Wen was worried. He felt that he really had to restrain himself to avoid miscalculation again. After all, at his age, he was no longer allowed to make mistakes!

Wen Yanbo chose to lie dormant, but the Political Consultative Conference was very popular from the beginning.

Although Neo-Confucianism did not get the expected quota, except for the important officials of the court, Zhou Dunshi was the oldest. Based on the principle of respecting the elderly and loving the young, he was promoted to the temporary foreman and presided over the meeting.

After getting the right to speak, Zhou Dunshi made the point and went straight to the point.

"Last year, my Song Dynasty budget expenditure totaled 1.35.6 billion yuan, but the income was only 1.1 billion yuan. The deficit was huge, which made people frightened. I thought that we should control our expenses and save expenses. Otherwise, if we eat the food in Yin and finish the food in Mao, I really don't know how many families I have to eat?"
Chapter completed!