Song Chaofeng came to the outer hall, only to see Zhang Yansheng sitting on the side drinking tea, Song Chaofeng laughed dryly and said, "Zhang Xiangguo is in a hurry to find me?" ”

The South Ya and the North Ya have always been well water and do not interfere with river water, if it were not for the last resort, Zhang Yansheng would not have come to Song Chaofeng.

He got up and arched his hand, "There is something urgent, please ask Chao Weng to help deal with it." ”

Song Chaofeng invited him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Zhang Xiangguo is polite, it's all official business, just say it directly." ”

"That's the case, I got the news that more than a dozen officials are going to leave Chengdu and return to Chang'an, and this matter has a big impact, I hope Chaofeng will send someone to intercept it and don't let them go north."

Song Chaofeng frowned and said, "Last time Wei Lian returned to Chang'an, didn't the Queen Mother say that officials were allowed to return to their hometowns freely?" ”

"Chao Weng didn't know, this time it was the Jin Wangfu who came directly to Chengdu to dig people, and the people who took away were all elite officials from various agencies, and seventeen people left at once, and the loss of the court was too great."

"Jin Wangfu?"

Song Chaofeng felt a stirring in his heart, he suddenly understood that the list was to warn himself not to interfere in the affairs of the Jin Palace, he had a change of mind, and immediately made a decision, compared with more than a dozen minor officials of the Southern Ya being poached, of course, his own interests are more important.

He took a sip of tea and said for a while: "If these dozen people are kidnapped by the people of the Jin Wangfu to go to Chang'an, without Xiangguo to speak, I will definitely arrange for the army to intercept it, but if the officials are willing to go to Chang'an, I think Xiangguo had better not use this method of interception, in the past, Dayu controlled the water, and also knew that blocking is not as good as sparse, why Xiangguo didn't talk to them, keep them, people's hearts are flesh and blood, as long as Xiangguo knows the reason, moves with affection, and shows full sincerity, I believe that the Jin Wangfu can't dig them away." ”

Zhang Yanxian was very annoyed in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that Beiya held the financial power and used all kinds of tax revenues for military expenditures, how could the imperial court's finances be so embarrassed? If it weren't for the extreme poverty of the family, would these officials leave?

Zhang Yansheng was actually afraid that the departure of these seventeen officials would trigger a herd effect, and a large number of middle and low-level officials would follow suit, so he wanted to solve this problem and take this opportunity to persuade the Northern Ya to allocate part of the finance and taxes to the Southern Ya in time.

"Chao Weng, I also heard one thing, Guo Song is going to give a subsidy of two yuan per person per month to the court officials, and it will start this month."

"And this kind of good thing?"

Song Chaofeng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know if the imperial court officials referred to here include the court officials of the Northern Ya?" ”

"Grandpa Song!"

Zhang Yansheng couldn't bear it anymore, slapped the table and said angrily: "Guo Song is a feudal town, how can there be a reason for the feudal town to subsidize the imperial court officials?" The key is that the Beiya should allocate the finance and taxes to us in a timely manner, and we will have the money to pay the officials, and from January this year to the present, there has been no payment, and the officials are not happy, Guo Song took the opportunity to buy people's hearts and dig up the officials, how can this work? ”

Song Chaofeng's eyelids were palpated, and he said coldly: "Zhang Xiangguo, we said at the beginning, the land tax household tax in Bashu belongs to the Beiya, the field tax household tax outside Bashu belongs to the Nanya, and other miscellaneous taxes are used to support the army. Otherwise, if we go to the Queen Mother to argue, who is making trouble unreasonably? ”

Zhang Yansheng held back his anger and said: "The little tax in Jiangnan has to support the local government, and it also has to support the local army, and the tens of thousands of troops of Ma Sui and Liu Qia are also spent here, how much can they give to the imperial court in the end?" Moreover, the bulk of the tax is miscellaneous taxes, the salt tax is ten times that of the household tax, as well as the commercial tax, the mining tax, the tea and wine tax, the horse tax, and the shelf tax, these taxes add up to not know how many times the field tax and household tax. ”

Song Chaofeng sneered, "Didn't I say it a long time ago?" The southern and northern yas are all ministers of the Son of Heaven, so they have to act like opponents, water and fire are incompatible, is it interesting? I still suggested last time, if Zhang Xiangguo is willing to agree, I will persuade my colleagues in the North Ya to transfer the business tax, tea and wine tax, horse tax and shelf tax to the South Ya, how about it? ”

Song Chaofeng's conditions are not low, the southern government restored the seven-phase system, of which four phases were recommended by the northern government, which is actually full control of the imperial court, in February he put forward this condition, was rejected by Zhang Yanxian.

The so-called I am a fish and a man, Nan Ya has not earned a penny for six months, and the Queen Mother has a vague attitude, always saying a word, you can discuss it yourself.

Zhang Yansheng was forced to have no choice, and if he didn't compromise, the imperial court would collapse.

"Alright! I can agree to the seven-phase system and agree with Chao Weng's plan. ”

Song Chaofeng laughed twice, "That's right!" It's all for the good of the court, and we have no selfishness, so let's go to see the Queen Mother early tomorrow morning? ”

"Yes, but the matter of the seventeen court officials should also be entrusted to the courtier."

"This ...... I can only say try to block them as much as possible, if Zhang Xiangguo wants to turn his face with Guo Song, then I will directly send troops to slaughter them all. ”

Zhang Yansheng was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand, "It's just to dissuade, you can't kill people!" ”

"I understand, I will inform the Hanzhong Pass and just don't let them pass, but if they are willing to come back, I can't guarantee it."

Song Chaofeng said very lively, I will do what I should do, but if they can't come back, it has nothing to do with me.

"Then please leave it to the pilgrim."

Zhang Yansheng left with a heavy heart, Song Chaofeng had already forced Zhang Yansheng to compromise, how could he offend Guo Song again and damage his vital interests, not to mention that this was just a small matter of sesame.

After pondering for a moment, he instructed the eunuch on duty: "Go and inform all the passes in Hanzhong that all incumbent court officials are not allowed to cross the pass and go north." ”

What is called an incumbent court official, a person who takes out a fish talisman and proves his identity as a court official can be called an incumbent court official, if he has resigned, he can't take out a fish talisman, or hides his identity, who knows if he is an incumbent court official?

It's called mashing, and it's like strictly forbidding fugitive criminals to take trains and planes, which sounds glamorous, but in fact it doesn't mean anything at all.

.........

Jianmen Pass, a team of ox carts on the narrow official road slowly, on both sides are cliffs, straight into the sky, extremely dangerous, this team is seventeen officials who went to Chang'an to serve, they brought their main family members and their clothes are soft, other servants and the like can only go to Chang'an by themselves, and large items can only be consigned to Chang'an.

Li Weijin's family sat on the fourth ox cart, they had nothing but some shabby clothes, everything of value was sold out, not even a single piece of copper jewelry.

But they have three hundred taels of silver, everything doesn't have to worry about anymore, Li Weijin's illness is also cured, full of life, his thirteen-year-old son Li Han is sitting in front of the window, looking at the mountains in the distance with great interest, the mountains here are too magnificent, his wife Yang and concubine Ah Chun are sitting in front of the window on the other side and whispering, they are looking forward to a better life in the future.

"Husband, is our official house two acres or one and a half acres?" Mrs. Yang asked.

"It seems that the official houses of Qipin are all two acres, and they all say so, in the old Chang'an City."

Yang was taken aback, "Isn't the old Chang'an City very dilapidated?" ”

Li Weijin smiled, "I heard that it has completely changed, the old houses have all been demolished and built into new houses, Taixue is also over there, the scenery is picturesque, it is said that the people of Chang'an are very envious of the people who live in the old city." ”

"Really? That's really exciting! ”

Yang said again: "I told Aunt Wu and Aunt Chang, they are not doing well now, they are willing to continue to follow us, I will give them a little money, let them come to Chang'an by themselves, husband, no problem!" ”

Aunt Wu and Aunt Chang are both servants who have followed them for many years, and some time ago, the family was too poor and dismissed them, and the Yang family went to them again before leaving and hired them back.

"The lady has decided, I have no opinion."

As he was talking, Zhang Jinguang rode over and instructed Li Weijin: "When we pass the customs later, we will say that we are pilgrims, and we will go to Chang'an Ci'en Temple to make incense and make vows, remember, we are not officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, just ordinary businessmen, you know!" ”

Zhang Jinguang just got the news that various passes in Hanzhong and Jiannan strictly prohibit incumbent officials from crossing the border and going north, it is very easy, they just change their identities.

Zhang Jinguang handed Li Weijin another business card to prove his identity, Li Weijin nodded and smiled: "We are indeed not incumbent officials." ”

In fact, as long as you give enough benefits to the generals guarding the gates, you will basically not embarrass them, and you will not check their identities, as long as they do not take the initiative to prove that they are serving officials, who knows what they do?

After a short time, Zhang Jinguang and the general guarding the pass completed the negotiation, and fifty taels of silver were sent into the other party's pocket, and the Jianmen Pass immediately opened and closed the door to let them go, and no one came to inquire at all.

The convoy drove through the Jianmen Pass.......

Chang'an Yuzhen Palace, Ying Caihe packed a small soft bag, changed into a black samurai uniform, and carried the long sword behind her back, she had just received a secret order from Guo Song and was about to set off again.

The apprentice Jingyu also changed into a samurai uniform and put on a long sword on his back, and the other apprentice, Jingyue, asked cautiously, "How much time does it take for Master to go to Jiangnan this time?" ”

"I don't know, I guess it's a month or two! If the abbot comes to me, you will say that I need to retreat for three months, discuss everything with the elders' hall, and your task is to keep the secret for the master. ”

"Remember!"

Ying Caihe saw that the sky was already dark, so he said to his apprentice Jingyu: "The horses are outside the city, let's go!" ”

As soon as the two jumped onto the high wall, their figures disappeared into the darkness in a flash.

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