Lü Mu Yang Mi Mingmei,, qb(5).cǒМ\ spring and summer, and the wind is xuxu. Zhenhuang Xin pedestrian was a little drunk, lazily reluctant to move, just wanted to lie on the bamboo mat, napping in the warm sun, however, what should be done still has to be done, in the suburbs, the group walked leisurely towards the seaside.

"Chu Zhixian, where are you going to take this official to?" Half a sound, Zhang Fangping couldn't help but ask, naturally, in front of outsiders, he still had to maintain a certain distance from Chu Zhen.

"Didn't Zhizhou ask the officials yesterday why there was a huge amount of money and grain in the Yazhong warehouse?" Chu Zhen smiled, a little proud: "It's a lie, or Lao Zhizhou witnessed it himself, so as not to think that the lower officials were lying and deceiving." ”

"Okay, this official wants to see what kind of mystery you're doing." Zhang Fangping stroked his beard and said, a smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth, the treatment of his nephew is naturally different, if other officials dare to sell in front of him, I am afraid that he would have glared angrily.

Half an hour passed, and the group finally came to the front of the destination, compared with the beginning, the security here is more strict, not only the county government officers, but also the garrison in the city has sent hundreds of soldiers to guard the town.

Walking slowly inside, leading to the layers of sentry guards, Zhang Fangping was affected by the quiet atmosphere here, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Chuzhi County, what secrets are there inside, and they are so well guarded."

"Right in front of you, Zhizhou will know it at a glance." Chu Zhen smiled, but he didn't mean to take it, mainly because he didn't see it with his own eyes. Others also had doubts, Fan Zhongyan and others were like this at the beginning, they had to come here in person and witnessed the spectacular scene of 10,000 catties of salt grains per day, so they believed that what Chu Zhen said was true.

Sure enough, looking at the salt pan of more than a dozen acres, supplemented by a thick layer, like snowflakes. The white and vast pieces of salt, Zhang Fangping lost his temper. The mouth did not close for a long time. After a long time, after reacting, Zhang Fangping rubbed his eyes, grabbed Chu Qian, didn't care about hiding the intimate relationship between them, and said urgently: "Qian'er, is this true?" ”

"This is nature, Zhizhou saw it with his own eyes. How can there be a falsehood? Chu Zhen said with a smile: "If you are still not at ease, even if you stay here for a few days, you will know if we are cheating." ”

"Okay, great, it's really a blessing to the court. The people's luck. Zhang Fangping was excited, like a child, bending over the ground, scooping up pieces of salt, and waving them away. As long as the brain is not stupid, anyone will calculate an account. Burning wood to boil salt, I don't know how much charcoal is consumed. And the yield is very low, unlike now, as long as there is sea water and sunlight, there is as much salt as you want, and there is a constant flow. The cost is almost negligible.

In Zhang Fangping's cognition, salt profits account for nearly half of the world's wealth, as long as this kind of salt pans are opened up in coastal states and counties, this alone, I don't know how much tax revenue can be increased for the imperial court every year, not to mention that salt is monopolized by the imperial court, and the profits from trading are also attributed to the treasury, and it is difficult to calculate how much the final profit is.

Suddenly, Zhang Fangping turned around and asked, "Who came up with this method, but Fan Xiwen?" ”

Chu Zhen shook his head, a little shy, embarrassed. But he still said: "When Xia Guan saw Yanhu working, he suddenly thought of this idea, and tried it indiscriminately, but he didn't expect it to be successful." ”

"You, it's really you!" Zhang Fangping seemed to be a little excited, grabbed Chu Zhen's wrist tightly, and Qiu Zhong murmured: "Okay, very good, it's really good." ”

Seeing the inexplicability on Chu Qian's face, Zhang Fangping took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and said happily: "Qian'er, with this credit, twenty years." Within fifteen years, don't talk about the three divisions and the privy council. Even if you know how to do it, you can afford it. ”

Who doesn't understand the current situation of the imperial court, why does Fan Zhongyan want to reform, to put it bluntly, the treasury is short of money, or is it for money, he wants to help the emperor save money, but the problem is that the treasury has no money, and everyone is anxious, but they can't take away what they deserve, so the new deal will inevitably fail.

Everyone thinks that reform is something like reform, changing the law, or something. It's not a good thing, it's better to keep it as it is, but no one is embarrassed to say it clearly, so only by moving out of the ancients, the law of the ancestors is immutable. If you change, there will be big problems, this is what the sage said. There are lessons from the past, you see how simple the folk customs were in ancient times, but later, everything has changed, and the people's hearts are not ancient, which does not show the disadvantages of change, as for Guan Zhong and Shang An? I don't know who that is.

However, what Chu Zhen has improved is the method of boiling salt, and it has changed, but this is an open-source policy, which does not touch the interests of everyone, but has many benefits. Who would object, I wish Chu Zhidan would change and directly turn seawater into salt.

Calming down, Zhang Fangping asked again: "That's right." You will play this law to the court. ”

"It's been reported." Chu Zhen said: "Originally, I was delaying for a few days, and I would play it after Changping Huimin Cang was replenished, but Fan Gong thought that this matter should not be delayed, so he sent someone to report to the imperial court." ”

"Do you know what the fold says?" Zhang Fangping asked, as if he was a little anxious.

"I wrote the excerpt, which is the strip of opening up the salt pan, as well as the detailed steps of drying salt." Understanding Zhang Fangping's concerns, Chu Zhen laughed fiercely: In the end, Fan Gong replaced the drought, and directly reported to the official Ordinary officials naturally have the power to write to the emperor. But it has to be uploaded step by step and arrive at the imperial court. It also has to be reviewed by the Minister of Political Affairs, and if the chain is dropped, the twist may be missing, which is why the emperor is completely ignorant of certain things.

Precisely to prevent this from happening. Therefore, officials at the level of the Song Dynasty's state government supervisor can directly report to the emperor through special channels, without going through the intermediate links. It's only for major things, and if it's a trivial problem, you just wait to be scraped.

The face is a little unnatural, and it is not nice to say. is to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, laughing at himself, Zhang Fangping said: "Thinking about it, if even Fan Xiwen can't believe it, then there will really be no disciplined people in the world."

Chu Zhen smiled. I wasn't going to take over the conversation, but I didn't think about it, but Zhang Fangping sighed and said: "At the beginning, Lu Xiang also sighed, I have seen people in the world, and there has never been a person with the word integrity, and Fan Xiwen replied. There are indeed people of ethics in the world, but Lu Xiang treats people in the world with this kind of thinking, and people of ethics naturally do not come, but I am the same. ”

"Do you know that if Fan Xiwen is credited with this? It is easy to return to the dynasty to be afraid, but he is not moved at all, how can it not be convincing with such a reputation and integrity. Turning sideways slightly, Zhang Fangping said: "It's you, if it's not too old and unqualified, I will directly mention you as a deputy envoy of the third department, presumably there will be no objection from the top to the middle." ”

Ah, Chu Zhen was surprised, although he knew that the method of offering salt should have made a lot of contributions. But there is no clear concept of how much credit there is, but I vaguely feel that the emperor is adding officials to himself, and it should not be very high, and it may be okay to make a general judgment, and there is no need to be delusional about Zhizhou and the like.

After all, the quality of Chu is low, from the eighth grade of the small Zhixian County, it is even promoted to three levels, only the seventh grade, compared with the fifth grade of Zhizhou, it is still several levels behind. At most, it is a reward in terms of honor and material. "But you can rest assured that the qualifications are boiled out, and the credit will not change." Zhang Fangping smiled and comforted: "It's enough time to play, and no one can stop you from taking the position."

This is true, in the Renzong Dynasty, the basic rewards and punishments can still be done, besides, with Chu's background and connections, as long as he does not commit a crime and participates in any major rebellion case, who can erase his credit, which also indirectly illustrates the shortage of the Song Dynasty's treasury, naturally, the current situation is not as serious as it was more than ten years later, and at that time, who has a way to make money for the imperial court. Whoever can be promoted, even if it is directly a minister, it is not a problem.

At this time, in the West Pavilion of the Funing Hall in Tokyo, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but be excited, but his voice trembled a little: "Ruoshui, verified, is this method really effective?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is true, it was personally tasted by the slave and maid, and there is absolutely no fake." Deng Ruoshui said affirmatively, categorically, and he was also happy.

"It's very involved, and Lian knows that Fan Qing is honest. Never deceive. Zhao Zhen smiled, he was really happy, and he hadn't laughed so happily for a long time.

Don't think it's easy to be an emperor, Jiangshan Sheji. All the people in the world, trivial and trivial, no matter how big or small, are all decided by the emperor, this is just that, Zhao Zhen is also diligent and can deal with it, but there are still hundreds of thousands of officials and more than one million soldiers. It all depends on the imperial court, to be exact, counting on the emperor to feed it, worrying.

Not only that, but there are also the descendants of those royal families, relatives, meritorious heroes, etc., under the protection of Enmengfa, the number of people has risen geometrically, plus the annual gifts of the Liao State and Western Xia, even if there are more taxes, they often can't make ends meet, and the deficit has been running for years, and they are helpless. Zhao Zhen had no choice but to use his own internal routine to make up for it.

Occasionally, it's just that, every year, the gold and silver of the internal gang are scarce, even if you are the son of heaven, you will be heartbroken. That's why Zhao Zhen is so frugal on weekdays, disgusted with waste and luxury, thinking about it, he is forced, naturally, it also shows that he is not a mediocre emperor, otherwise he just cares about enjoyment, why think about it a lot.

Although he didn't want to sweep the emperor's interest, Na Ruoshui had to be careful to remind: "Your Majesty, since this law has proved to be effective, then why not implement it in the world and benefit all the people." Also, Qiantang Zhixian Chu Zhijin dedicated this method, thanks to the imperial court. But you don't know how to reward it? ”

If it is replaced by Song Taizu and Taizong, when you hear Na Ruoshui's words, you don't care whether you are correct or not, you will be dragged down directly, and a eunuch who wants to interfere in political affairs must be tired of it.

And Zhao Zhen was relatively tolerant, and he was in a good mood, so he didn't pay attention to Deng Ruoshui's taboo, his attention immediately shifted, he pondered for a moment, frowned and said: "To implement the world, we still need to discuss with the prime ministers before making a decision. That is, to make up for it

Suddenly realized that he was in a hurry, and accidentally committed a taboo, then Ruoshui should have stopped being silent, but in the end, he was young, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the words: "Chu Zhen has made a great contribution, and His Majesty has been so rewarded, but it is unfair." (To be continued)

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