In October, it is the winter season in Beijing.

The vegetation on the outskirts of Beijing has withered, and as far as the eye can see, this tall and majestic giant city seems to be in the middle of a desert. There are no cats or dogs left in the city, only gray-brown houses and chessboard streets.

As soon as the first snow falls this year, it is covered with a thick layer of snow, making it a city of ice.

The court has not stopped because of the sudden drop in temperature, and there is still an undercurrent surging underneath.

Xu Jie, like a clever angler, purged the Yan Party in September, and in the face of the Yan Party's ferocious counterattack, he suddenly chose to stop the attack in October.

This move to suspend the offensive was undoubtedly very clever, as it not only gave the Yan Party a chance to breathe, but also gave the Yan Party a time to calm down its anger, so that the Yan Party would not easily choose to break the net.

In essence, as the Xu Party died down, the Yan Party finally failed to unite against the Xu Party when it lost its leader, but some people turned to the Xu Party's camp.

It is completely conceivable that Yan Dang is actually a turtle in an urn. They will be in the hands of Xu Jie, a clever trader, and will be slowly and continuously reduced until they finally die.

Xu Jie's party moves to fight against each other will inevitably fall into the mouth, and they soon have new actions.

On the thirteenth, Xu Jie finally made a big move. Lin Run, the superintendent of the imperial history, pointed out the shortcomings of the clan and asked the court to reform the vassal king's support system.

Xu Jie's desire for power is indeed very low, and he also adheres to the promise of "returning government affairs to the ministers", and the transfer of tickets is planned to be discussed by the Ministry of Rites, and the leading power is handed over to the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Yan Ne convened his subordinate officials for discussion, and finally adopted Lin Run's opinion, and formally proposed to the emperor to reformulate the regulations of the clan, and Jiajing gave the approval of the approval.

As long as the Ministry of Rites comes up with a feasible plan for the support of the vassal king, and then it is approved by the cabinet and the emperor. The proposal to reform the vassal king's support system was passed, so as to solve the biggest ill of the Ming Dynasty, which is undoubtedly a great feat after Xu Jie's coming to power.

"The things of the world are extremely bad and can be worried, and there is no one more than the sect and the clan. The world provides 4 million stones of grain for the capital every year, and the rice of Zhufu is 8.53 million stones. In Shanxi dialect, 1.52 million stones remained, and Zonglu 2.2 million. In Henan dialect, 803,000 stones remained, and Zonglu 1.92 million. It is the grain of the two provinces, and it is lost by order, which is less than half of the rice for Lu......"

After realizing the astonishing influence of "Talking about the Past and the Present", Xu Dang snatched away this sharp weapon that could dominate speech. Lin Run's petition for the people's life was soon published in "Talking about the Past and the Present", which not only greatly increased Lin Run's reputation, but also caused a huge response.

"That's a great idea!"

"The clan is really the number one evil of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Xu Ge is in power, it is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!"

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After seeing those shocking problems, the scholars immediately thought that they had found the crux of the Ming Dynasty's finances, as long as they cut the rice of the Ming Dynasty, the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty would be solved, and they naturally applauded.

For Xu Jie's administration, it is necessary to open a knife to the clan and solve the stubborn problem of the Ming Dynasty's finances. Even the scholars who were dissatisfied with Xu Jie's inaction before began to change their attitudes.

For a time, many scholars immediately fell into the beautiful vision of "reducing the rice of the clan and solving the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty", and they were looking forward to the introduction of a new system of support for the vassal king.

"Weichen's left deputy capital Yu Shi Dong Wei played: Shou County, Fengtai two counties to more than 240,000 leads, Zao Ding fled. In Xudu, Linhong and other fields, more than half of the people have fled, and there are many people who are poor and cannot afford to marry a wife...... Therefore, please be considerate of the stove Ding, this is the foundation of salt politics! ”

In this heated discussion, few people noticed that Dong Wei, the left deputy capital who was sent to Huainan to rectify the salt administration, officially sent a letter to the imperial court, pointing directly at the bitter state of the two Huai stove households, and asking the court to be more sympathetic to the stove households.

This note followed Lin Run's note and presented it to the court, but everyone's attention seemed to be attracted by Lin Run's note, but the response to the left deputy capital Yu Shi Dong Wei's note was mediocre.

Time seems to be able to really eliminate everything, and under the voice of the call for the reduction of the Zongfan Lumi, everyone did not have many doubts about the results of the rectification of the salt government by Dong Wei, the imperial historian of the left capital.

In particular, an article "Huainan Experience" happened to be published in "Talking about the Past and the Present", which made everyone rethink the problem of salt politics and began to sympathize with those suffering stove households.

It is precisely because of this that in the latest trend, the proposal to reduce the rice of the Zong clan has become a policy to save the country, but the rectification of the salt administration has slowly been forgotten by the scholars.

October 15 is another official's day off.

Jintaifang Lin Mansion, in the warm pavilion.

Yang Futian and others gathered in the north of the city, due to the weather, it was naturally impossible to drink the northwest wind in the flower hall, but to stay in this warm Taichun attic.

Wei Shiliang was the last to arrive, and he was shivering with cold, but when he pushed the door open and walked inside, he suddenly felt a warm air flow coming to his face.

Lin Fu, who was guarding the door next to him, handed him a small warm pot, and then he held the small warm pot in the palm of his hand, and his body, which had just felt stiff, slowly regained his vitality.

But I saw that everyone was gathered on a sand table next to them, but they saw Ning Jiang, the head of the military department, and Zhou Youqing, the head of the official department, confronting each other there, and the others were standing by and watching.

Wei Shiliang was about to step forward to see the battle between the two of them, but when he saw Zhou Youqing admit defeat, everyone dispersed in a hurry, and when they saw him coming, they also returned to their seats one after another.

Taking advantage of the time of recuperation, it is already a very desirable thing for everyone to get together to drink and chat, and it has also become the most important way for their gang to deepen their friendship in the same year.

"What am I talking about? Xu Jie can only play some imaginary, he is actually no different from Yan Song! "Ningjiang has just won the victory when he is proud, when even he loudly pointed out the way of the country.

Sun Zhengang's brows furrowed slightly, and he retorted fairly: "This matter of reducing the rice of the sect is beneficial to the country and the people, right?" ”

The corners of Ning Jiang's mouth twitched with a hint of disdain, and he immediately said eloquently: "Brother Long, you are really misled. If you can eradicate the suffocation of the Zongfan Lumi, it will naturally be a move for the benefit of the country and the people, but will the imperial court eradicate the Zongfan Lumi? The imperial court has been deducting the rice of the Zong Fan all these years, and the rice given this year is actually less than 30%, and Xu Jie is now going to reformulate the Lu rice of the Zong Domain, do you think the imperial court dares to directly reduce it to 20%? ”