Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Clansmen of the World (Asking for Recommendation Votes and Collections)
These two officials, like Zhang Bin, are dressed in Confucian casual clothes, they can't see their official identities, they are both in their thirties, and they are very focused on chatting.
"Wang Xianggong was originally an anxious son, and as soon as he took office the year before last, he immediately introduced the law on the appointment of officials in the clan and the law of equal loss, and at that time, all the clans were completely pushed to the side of the old party."
"For more than 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been more and more clans, and now there are more than 100,000 people, and the money and various expenses have accounted for as much as 10% of the imperial court's financial plan.
However, the western thieves and the Liao thieves continued to move the army, not to mention the money and food consumed, but also to give the thieves and Kou, so that the imperial court's finances were tight, and the money and food were never enough.
Wang Xianggong introduced the law of appointing officials in the clan, stipulating that outside the five suits, they will no longer be classified as the imperial family, and they will no longer need to be given money and money and food if they are not listed in the genealogy, although these royal relatives hate Wang Xianggong to death, but it is indeed to save a lot of money and food for the imperial court.
It's just that the even-loss method is aimed at big businessmen, so what does it have to do with the clan and relatives? ”
"Of course it has a relationship, those clans and royal relatives will naturally not come forward to do business, and Your Majesty will not allow them to lose this person, but the prince has introduced the clan appointment law, and most of the clans and relatives have no court support, which is superficial, I heard that many clans have sold out the treasures of their ancestors, and even many clans have married their daughters to wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen regardless of their face."
"What you say, I think of one thing, many of the owners of the seventy-two main stores in Kaifeng are married to the county lords of the clan, and the lowest dowry is 1,000 yuan, and some Lao Tzu marries, and his son marries again, and he is not a wife."
"The money is small, the Zhang family of Wanjialou has married five county lords of Gaomihou's family, I heard that the contract was written, and Wanjialou gave Gaomihou two percent of the shares."
"Twenty percent of the dry shares, that's all considered less, those wealthy businessmen married clan relatives, according to the rules of the imperial court since the founding of the country, there is an indispensable official body, although they are all official bodies that can't be on the stage, but from now on, they don't have to pay taxes to the court, and they can make wine at will, and they have one more backer, I don't know how much benefit."
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Hearing this, Zhang Bin couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he remembered that every major reform launched by Wang Anshi, that is, the so-called law change, the essence of which was to grab money from the hands of nobles, landlords, and wealthy businessmen, and then use it for the country, the purpose of which was naturally to enrich the country and strengthen the army.
But the problem is that these people already include all the imperial relatives and almost all the officials, even if Wang Anshi has the support of the emperor, he is actually doomed to failure.
What's more, according to historical records, Wang Anshi's team is really not very good, and there are many teammates who are in high positions but are actually pigs.
Although everyone knows that 'the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband', and also knows the truth that 'there is no country and no home', when it comes to vital interests, there are a few people like Zhang Zai and Wang Anshi, who put the country before the family.
Even if the Song Dynasty adhered to the concept of 'the Son of Heaven and the scholars share the world', the emperor's sincere thoughts may not be like this, and the vast majority of scholars only think about their own land, their own houses, their own gold and silver treasures, and their own benefits.
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"This dynasty is different from the Han and Tang dynasties, the clan and the relatives do not have much say in the court, as long as Your Majesty can withstand the pressure of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, although it is difficult to implement the law of equal loss, but it has finally been implemented, and the huge shipping envoy has been running for almost two years."
"This is also, Your Majesty's favor and trust in Wang Xianggong is really rare, although Wang Yan is quite famous, but he has only been an official for a few years, he was hand-picked as an angel, and went to the northwest to spread the decree of heaven, which can be seen."
"Brother Han, haven't you heard that Wang Yan is embarrassed and conspicuous when he goes to the northwest this time, and after returning to Beijing, I am afraid he will also be ashamed to see people."
"Oh! I almost forgot that Wang Yan went to Hengqu Town to kick Guan Xue's lecture hall, and as a result, he couldn't argue with Zhang Bin, the son of Mr. Hengqu, and was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. ”
"I'm afraid this is not the original intention of Zhang Zai's father and son, after all, that Zhang Bin has made great contributions in Dashun City this time, I heard that he wants to face the saint and listen to the seal, and now he has offended the prince, I am afraid there will be variables."
"Wang Yan is arrogant and immoral, but as long as Wang Xianggong does not hinder the implementation of the new law, he will not do such dirty things that are fake and private."
"That's ...... for sure."
Zhang Bin was sighing to himself in his heart, and heard the two officials talk about Wang Yan's matter, and finally mentioned himself, but there was a trace of worry in his heart, and he began to think about the next behavior.
Although Han Jiang said that with Zhang Bin's merits this time, according to the convention, he must have been summoned by the Son of Heaven, and afterwards Liu Changzuo from Dashun City specially sent someone to send the news, and there was indeed this article in the will, but Zhang Bin knew that the Son of Heaven of a country had every opportunity, and he wanted to see the Son of Heaven every day, and he didn't know how many important ministers and high-ranking officials were waiting to be seen by the Son of Heaven, and he didn't know when he would have to wait.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Bin decided to visit a few people first, first to help Han Jiang and Chong Ge deliver letters on their behalf, and inevitably to visit the person receiving the letter, otherwise it would be extremely rude.
It's just that Han Jiang's recipient of the letter was Wang Anshi, and he made the other party's son vomit blood, and the most important thing was to make Wang Yan embarrassed.
Literati have always paid attention to reputation, and this incident certainly made Wang Yan feel more uncomfortable than killing him, I am afraid that Wang Anshi is also extremely angry with him!
"Anyway, Han Jiang's letter always has to be sent as soon as possible, it's a big deal not to let him in, just turn around and leave after handing the letter, so that Han Jiang won't blame me when he turns around." Zhang Bin returned to the post house room and had already made a decision.
After all, he may see the vice minister of a country, and he is a cow who has been famous for eternity, Zhang Bin deliberately changed into clean clothes, freshened up, and straightened himself up before taking Han Jiang's letter to Wang Anshi and taking a carriage to visit Wang Anshi.
It's just that when he came to the entrance of the street in Wang Anshi's mansion, it was difficult for the carriage to move forward.
This is the first time Zhang Bin has seen a carriage jam since he came to this era, to be precise, he is waiting in line.
Although Han Qi, the leader of the old party, is still the prime minister of the DPRK, because the Son of Heaven is bent on changing the law and trusts Wang Anshi very much, Wang Anshi's power as the deputy minister is even more powerful than Han Qi, especially the promotion of some people, Wang Anshi's voice is very important.
Therefore, in the past two years, Wang Anshi has been in the market every day, and a large number of officials have come to pay respects every day.
Seeing this, Zhang Bin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, although he respected Wang Anshi's original intention and efforts to change the law in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but because of his understanding of the original history, he was naturally not optimistic about the new party, especially some methods in the process of implementing the new law, he really did not agree with it, and even sneered, so if it was not necessary, he did not want to contaminate the new party.
But Han Jiang's letters always have to be delivered, and the person who wrote and received the letter is the prime minister, so he will definitely come to the door to deliver the letter in person.
It's just that it's impossible to cut the queue at the moment, so I have to line up honestly and step forward one by one.