Although he decided to help Chang Xiu, Shang Cheng didn't speak immediately. The problem of liquor is very complicated, and there are many things involved, and he couldn't find a proper way in a hurry, so he had to comb through his mind while patiently listening to Tian Xiu.

“…… In fact, whether it is liquor or glass, their success or failure is not really important. Tian Xiu said solemnly, "The important thing is that if the Ministry of Industry hits a wall in the business of liquor, or fails to fire glass, then there is reason to accuse the Ministry of Industry of incompetence." And the person in charge of the two matters of liquor and glass in the Ministry of Industry is Chang Daren, and Chang Daren will inevitably face the impeachment of the imperial history and the accusations of the government and the opposition! There is also the promotion of new agricultural tools and new practices, and now Chang Daren is also acting as a single agent. If someone impeached him over liquor and glass, he would probably be suspended or transferred, and the promotion of new farming tools and practices would be halted by his departure. ”

While she spoke, Shang Cheng kept looking at her intently, and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

He has just said that he will take full responsibility for the failure of firing glass. When he said this, he was not comforting them, but what he really thought. He had now realized his mistake: he had underestimated the difficulty of making glass, and he had overestimated the technical level of the Ministry of Works, and the present situation was terrible!

I won't be busy thinking about the problem of liquor, but let's talk about the Ministry of Industry's promotion of new agricultural tools and new practices. Obviously, this is a measure that is compatible with the inventory of floating households presided over by Zhu Xuan, and the two complement each other; on the one hand, they can increase grain production and ease the social contradictions caused by the inventory, and on the other hand, they can also increase the income of the state treasury. However, this promotion was a decision made by the Ministry of Industry sitting in the yamen and patting its head, neither to publicize the benefits of the new farming tools and new methods to the peasant households, nor to go out and visit the peasant households to see what they thought about this matter; Not to mention considering the problem from the perspective of the dealers. These officials are thinking too simply! The farming tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation must be improved with just a proclamation, and only literati like Zhu Xuan and Chang Xiu, who have never touched a hoe, dare to do so! So it's inevitable to hit a wall. If the promotion goes well, it will be surprising......

In addition, he could also hear that Tian Xiu didn't actually finish his words. Chang Xiu was impeached, and the promotion of new agricultural tools and new practices was abandoned halfway, which cannot be regarded as a major event. Being an official will be scolded, and it is common for there to be a bit of ups and downs in the official career, for this, Chang Xiu himself should also have a clear understanding of this, right? In fact, the real impact will definitely be the inventory of acres and floating households. Shang Cheng knew that Chang Xiu absolutely supported Zhu Xuan on how to view and deal with the issue of land annexation. And because Zhu Xuan was Chang Xiu's master when he was admitted to the Jinshi, after Zhu Xuan became a prime minister, people naturally regarded him as Zhu Xuan's arm and the most important one. At present, there is opposition to the inventory of floating households everywhere inside and outside the government and the opposition, and Zhu Xuan, who is in charge of this court affairs, is of course the target of everyone, if it weren't for the old master's self-cleanliness, it is estimated that he would have been kicked out of the court as a thorn in the flesh and a thorn in the eye. Others will not be able to catch his omissions for a while, and they can only make small moves on the specific implementation of the inventory. At such a time, Chang Xiu actually sent it to the knife edge by himself, and it is estimated that it will not end well.

To put it bluntly, Shang Cheng was very unimpressed with Zhu Xuan's land inventory. Needless to say, a glance at the history books shows that except for the Shang Dynasty reform, none of the changes and reforms of any other dynasty have been successful. Wang Mang of the Western Han Dynasty was an idealist, and tried in vain to build a utopian society with a copy of "Zhou Li", but in the end he could only reap the results of failure, which also led to the demise of the Western Han Dynasty. Wang Anshi is a person with ideas and insights, but he has a stubborn personality and is eager to do things for quick success, which not only failed to change the law, but also plunged the Northern Song Dynasty into a struggle between the old and new parties; The intensification of contradictions within the ruling class led to the shaking of the ruling foundation, and finally, less than forty years after his death, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Jurchens in the north. There is also the Wuxu Reform Law at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The greatest achievement of the Wuxu Reform Law was to completely lose confidence in those reformers and reformists who still had hope in the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time gave birth to revolutionaries who advocated the use of drastic means to carry out great social changes, which not only destroyed the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also sounded the death knell of the 2,000-year-old feudal society of Chinese civilization. The only successful precedent was the Shang Dynasty Reform in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, the fundamental reason why Shang Ying was able to succeed was not because he had the support of Qin Xiaogong, but because the reform successfully made the Qin State enter the feudal society from a slave society, which was a fundamental change in the social system, and it was the replacement of backward production relations by advanced production relations. However, even if the records in the history books about the process of Shang Ying's reform are not exhaustive, judging from Shang Ying's own ending "Che Split Yu Tong", the whole process must be full of blood and violence!

Of course, when he thinks like this, it does not mean that Zhu Xuan's land inventory is a change in the law, nor does it mean that Zhu Xuan will definitely encounter a failure immediately. But it's bound to fail! If the large-scale land verification carried out in a feudal society where agricultural production was the main body of the country's economy, the target was the ruling class itself, it would be a myth. What's worse is that in the process, Zhu Xuan offended everyone. The landlords and gentry will certainly not be able to agree to the open plundering of wealth by the imperial court, and the officials, who are the spokesmen of the landlord class, will inevitably strongly oppose it, and the middle and lower household classes, which are the main bearers of state taxes, have no substantial benefits, and the floating households who are out of the official register must pay the Dingkou tax again. If Zhu Xuan is a clear-headed politician with tough means, this case may still be divided into three or five points. It's a pity that Zhu Xuan is just an intellectual, he has no political acumen or any political skills, and Zhang Pu wants to rely on him to achieve his economic goals and political ambitions.

Shang Cheng had a hunch that if Zhang Pu continued to support Zhu Xuan in carrying out any land inventory, it was estimated that he would soon be given a prince by the imperial court.

He is not the only one who has this idea, and Poyang Hou Gushi also has a similar opinion. In addition to having a common hobby of Go, the two of them are real lords and big landowners, and their "deep hatred" for Zhang Pu and Zhu Xuan also gives them a common topic. However, the two of them have different starting points. Gu Shi, a veteran big landlord, is against the bottom of his heart against the inventory of floating households, but the new big landlord Shang Cheng, the reason for his opposition is another matter. Wang Mang changed the law, and the Western Han Dynasty perished at that time; Wang Anshi changed the law, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished sixty years later; Zhang Juzheng changed the law, and the Ming Dynasty perished sixty years later...... History has proved that Zhang Pu's method of treating the symptoms but not the root cause is a completely wrong approach, and even if it succeeds temporarily, the price paid will be extremely high, it will shake the foundation of the rule, intensify social contradictions, and lead to social turmoil!

Of course, the difficult situation faced by Zhang Pu does not necessarily have to be solved by killing chickens and taking eggs, at least Shang Cheng knows that there are several ways to solve the problem. But he is an officer, or a high-ranking officer, and he can't meddle in government affairs, so he can't talk to Zhang Pu. In addition, Zhang Pu stumbled him again and again, and he was a clay man and was also aroused by seven points of anger, so he didn't bother to "point" Zhang Pu. Why does he use his hot face to stick to someone else's cold ass? Anyway, judging from the process of the Southern Advance faction overthrowing the Northern Advance faction, Zhang Pu's methods cannot be called tough, and it is impossible to get real implementation of the inventory of acres and acres of floating households this time. He felt that judging from the current situation, Zhang Pu would probably not be able to work for long in the Prime Minister's office, and it would not be impossible for him to use the mouth of others to relay his thoughts after he left his post or after the old Xiangguo Tang Xing recovered from his illness. He had even considered who would be the one to talk to when the time came. When he moved to this Zhuangzi, Xue Xun gave him a cart of books in one go, and with a generous gift, he had to repay it no matter what!

Unfortunately, plans never catch up with change. Before Zhang Pu gave the Taishi, Chang Xiu faced the fate of returning to his hometown to cultivate his aspirations.

It seems that he can only help Chang Fat get through the difficulties first......