Li Xun had lunch at home, and then rested for a while to recuperate his spirits, and then left for the palace to meet the holy driver.

When he arrived at the Ming Zheng Palace, Li Xun told the guards to go in immediately and report that he wanted to see the saint.

The guards entered the hall to report, and after a while they came out, and with him came out with a little fun.

"Xiao Lezi, you are not waiting for the emperor inside, what are you doing running out?"

Li Xun greeted Xiao Lezi with a smile.

Xiao Lezi said: "Of course I came out to greet you, otherwise you think I have nothing to do, come out to blow the wind." ”

Li Xun smiled and said: "You are the head of the palace, except for the emperor and the queen mother, who sees you must not be polite and give three points, although I am Xiangguo, but I don't have such a big face." ”

"Now is not the time for jokes."

Xiao Lezi didn't have a smile on his face at all, he pulled Li Xun to the side, and said in a low voice: "There has been a quarrel inside, the emperor has been angry several times, but he can't stop the situation, you'd better not go in and join in the excitement now." ”

Between people, it's just a heart-to-heart, when Xiao Lezi was inconspicuous before, Li Xun was very kind to him, and treated him as a sincere friend, although Xiao Lezi is now developed, but the love that once was, but he has never forgotten, he also regards Li Xun as a friend and acquaintance.

In the Ming Zheng Palace, more than 20 ministers have been arguing, a few officials who are not long-eyed came to see the emperor, it was supposed to report some trivial matters, just encountered such a situation, the emperor was in a bad mood, scolded these officials, so that a lot of anger, these people want to go can not go, are standing in the corner trembling, very pitiful, Xiao Lezi is thinking about who the next unlucky guy will be, at this time, the guards came in to report, the right attendant of the military department Li Xun asked to see the emperor, Li Le does not care about others, but cares about Li Xun, So he hurriedly came out, preparing to let Li Xun leave, and it was better not to see the emperor today.

It turned out that this was the case, no wonder I had always seen my smiling little fun, but at this time, his face was so serious.

Li Xun looked around, and then pulled Xiao Lezi and asked, "It's so serious, what's the matter?" ”

Xiao Lezi sighed: "The new left attendant of the household department, Sheng Shitong, is too stubborn, he doesn't listen to anyone's words, and he makes a big deal out of it, and now not only many ministers, but even the emperor can't step down...."

It turned out to be Sheng Shitong, for this person, Li Xun has only been in contact with a few times recently, and he used to only hear his name, but not see him, but the last few meetings, although it is only a few words, but Sheng Shitong left a very deep impression on Li Xun, he and Zhou Qing's personality is very similar, serious, resolute, and has righteousness in his heart. UU Library

Sheng Shitong is over sixty years old, this person is not a Jinshi background, just a person, but born in a family of gate valves, after three consecutive imperial examinations, fortunately gave up the imperial examination, at the age of twenty-five, got his father's shadow, out of the official, this person has great talent, but the career is not smooth.

At the beginning of the household department, less than two years, his father died of illness, Sheng Shitong resigned and went home, for his father to keep filial piety for three years, the filial piety expired, the court restored his position, continued to serve in the household department, has not yet started, his mother died of illness again, as a last resort, Sheng Shitong had to keep filial piety again for three years, the days of filial piety are not good, six years of hard life, so that Sheng Shitong's body is weak, for this reason, he is at home for several years.

Nearly ten years of staying at home, and not from a Jinshi background, even if Sheng Shitong was born in a family of door valves, but his father has died, people go to tea and cool, all the shade and grace of the door have dissipated, and he is not the family's son-in-law, so Sheng Shitong's career has almost been cut off.

But there is a good saying that gold will eventually shine.

In the first year of Guangyuan, Zhao Zhi had just succeeded to the throne, and he opened his mouth widely, and with a very modest attitude, he summoned the world and asked about the strategy of governing the country.

At that time, Sheng Shitong, who was at home, wrote a proposal about finance, and handed it to Fengxian County Order, which was originally just an unintentional move, and did not move other thoughts, but what I didn't expect was that Fengxian County Commander understood Sheng Shitong's proposal, and deeply thought of its suggestion, so he immediately reported to the Ministry of Households, when the right waiter in charge of the daily affairs of the Ministry of Household was You Yuanfeng, he was extremely appreciative of Sheng Shitong's proposal, and then in front of the emperor Zhao Zhi, he strongly recommended this person, and at the end of the matter, Sheng Shitong embarked on the official career again, Or his original yamen, the household department.

Shengshitong is a rare financial expert, and his financial and economic talent is extremely outstanding, which is rare in the world.

Guangyuan three years.

Less than two years after his comeback, Sheng Shitong was valued by Zhao Zhi because of his impartiality and sincerity, coupled with his outstanding financial and economic ability, and entrusted him with an important task and transferred to the local government as a transshipment envoy in the south of the Yangtze River, in charge of the financial and taxation of the entire Jiangnan region.

At that time, the Jiangnan region, because of the local festival envoy against the imperial court, so that nearly ten years of war continued, although the rebellion was finally quelled by the imperial court, but the Jiangnan area was devastated by the war, the local tax revenue was hit hard, and the annual tax was sharply reduced.

Zhao Zhi reused Shengshitong, not only was no one available, but he also had the intention of giving it a try, but Shengshitong gave Zhao Zhi a big surprise.

Sheng Shitong arrived as the Jiangnan transfer envoy, and he must bow down in person, be honest and honest, strictly rectify corrupt officials, and purge the entire transfer envoy inside and outside the yamen in a short time, and then asked Zhao Zhi to write a letter to suggest that he begin to reform the local finance and taxation, and the harvest is huge.

In the second half of the Zhao Zhi Dynasty, more than ten years, although the Jiangnan region is the richest place in the world, it is also the heaviest place in taxes, especially the huge consumption of the two Longyou battles, the central court finances collapsed, and had to continue to increase the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, which made the total annual tax income of the Jin Dynasty, the Jiangnan region once occupied nearly half of the total, under such serious harsh criticism, the Jiangnan region can still ensure sufficient tax revenue, and let the people still have a way to live, with a way to live, the people will not take risks and launch a rebellion, The situation in the Jiangnan area has been stable for more than ten years, and there have been no major problems.

Although Xiao Lezi did not explain why everyone quarreled in the political hall, so that Emperor Zhao Xun could not stop the situation, Li Xun had already guessed the reason for the matter.

A month ago, Sheng Shitong was appointed by Zhao Xun as the right attendant of the household department, in charge of the daily affairs of the entire household department. He dressed in a car and quietly entered Beijing. After entering the palace and appointing, the next day to the Ministry of Households, he had served in the Ministry of Households, well aware of the disadvantages of the Ministry of Households, especially the document room of the world's financial endowment, the accumulation of disadvantages is deeper, in this regard, Shengshitong is determined to eliminate the accumulation of shortcomings, the implementation of reforms.