The journey into Beijing is not far away, but in Qi Dudu's heart, it seems that he will never finish. He recalled again and again the process of knowing each other and finally forming a strategic alliance of complete mutual trust, and also recalled the changes and aging of Zhang Juzheng's appearance over and over again.

Shousuke-sama is getting old...... I'm old too...... But he didn't believe it, last year he said that he would promote the ZTE of the Ming Dynasty together, how could it be so soon? It must be Sun Qilan who is spreading the rumors! Definitely!

But...... A few years ago, Shousuke seemed to be in a coma in the lobby! In the past few months, I have also heard rumors that he will fall into a coma suddenly, and that his eyesight seems to be not as good as before, and he sometimes has to watch a piece of music several times! Don't...... Could it be that what Sun Qilan said is true? Although this son is young, he is unusual! He knows my relationship with Shousuke, so he won't lie to me about it!

Qi Dudu denied, affirmed, denied, affirmed in his heart over and over again, and ran out of ideas for a while. Finally, put your heart sideways, no matter what, see Shousuke first!

When the heart is settled, the time is no longer difficult, and it will soon be nearly a few days. That night, when Qi Dudu called me and Ye Sizhong to drink again, he was already very free, this is the style of a general who has been conquering for half a lifetime.

It was the day of May 12 when I entered Beijing, the flowers blown by the east wind were also red, and the willow trees were also green. I sighed in my heart that I had come to Beijing when I was doing foreign trade in my previous life, and it was like a lifetime to come back today. Before entering Beijing, we changed the carriage and rode horses instead, after all, we still had to maintain the dignity of the military attache not riding in the car. After a long journey, it was noon when we arrived in the inner city. didn't go to face the saint first, but followed Qi Dudu to the house of the first assistant Zhang Juzheng.

The Zhang family's mansion is located not far from the imperial city, showing the emperor's grace. With the entry of Qi Dudu, as rumored by the outside world, there was no need to report at all, and he went all the way to the first assistant's study. At this time, not long after the first assistant party went down, he was reviewing documents in the study.

Hearing the knock on the door, this Wanli Shoufu raised his head, and when he saw that it was Qi Jiguang, he immediately got up and said with a smile: "I still secretly said, you haven't been able to do it for a while, could it be that you have been captured by the Tatars?"

When he came up, he made a joke with Qi Dudu, which was in great contrast to the strict Shoufu Zhang Juzheng in my cognition. But seeing that he is not very tall, thin, his face is flushed, he looks like he has worked hard for a long time, his life is irregular, and his yang energy is empty, it seems that next year is his limit is not a lie.

Qi Dudu laughed, went over to bow to Shoufu, and said, "Lord Shoufu has not given an order, and the last general will not dare to be captured!" With that, the two of them laughed together.

After laughing, Shoufu looked at the few of us behind him, his eyes swept over one by one, and finally fixed on me, and said with a smile: "The ranks are all pillars of the imperial court, but this young man has never met, it must be the Sun Qilan you said the day before yesterday!"

Qi Jiguang smiled: "Isn't it this uneasy one!"

After saying that, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. I hurriedly arched my hand and said, "The last general, Sun Qilan, has met Lord Shoufu!"

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "I didn't expect to be so young."

I hurriedly thanked him.

The first assistant sat down with us and said many words of encouragement, in short, the court will have a heavy reward, let us continue to work hard, and sincerely serve the country. Several of us hurriedly got up and expressed our willingness to serve the country wholeheartedly. After meeting, we had a big banquet with the house and picked up the wind for us. After the feast, we went back to the post station to rest.

Not long after I returned, Governor Qi sent someone to call me and asked me to return to the Fufu Mansion as soon as possible, and I immediately went with the others.

After arriving, the doorman led me all the way into the back hall, through the courtyard, and into the inner room where Shoufu Xiang did not entertain guests. There were only two people in the room, Zhang Shoufu and Qi Dudu, who saw me coming and ordered someone to close the door. I stood at the bottom, Zhang Juzheng looked at me carefully for a long time, Fang looked at Qi Dudu and asked, "You mean, this son is your choice?"

Qi Dudu nodded and said: "Although this son is still young, he is resolute, like steel, and he does things neatly, without the sour and rotten atmosphere of a scholar, he is really talented!"

Hearing this, I had some doubts in my heart, which seemed to mean that it was recommended by Qi Dudu and that Shoufu wanted to appoint me to do something.

Zhang Juzheng has always been disgusted with Qingliu, believing that literati who only know how to bite the words of Wenjue cannot do things, and the selection of materials is basically inclined to pragmatic and daring people, and he sneers at those who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, read the books of sages, but do not do things for profit. This is also the fundamental reason why he despises the literati who regard themselves as high in the world.

In the matter of his defense and seizure of affection, his protégé took the lead in impeaching him, and that is for this. So I was full of curiosity, what exactly did he want me to do?

But I saw Lord Shoufu look me up and down a few more times, nodded, and said: "Since the time of the first emperor, the country has been sluggish, the treasury is in deficit, and the treasury has accumulated no more than 100,000 silver. In the sixth year of Longqing, because of the inability to withdraw the salary, the imperial court began to implement the discount of pepper and sumu, which is really unbearable. After five years of putting things in order and planning and planning, the fiscal reform has been quite effective, and the financial system of the imperial court has been generally improved, and the state treasury now has reached millions of dollars. ”

Speaking of this, I know that this is the result of Zhang Juzheng's previous financial reform, and he said this at this time, but he was afraid that the purpose was still behind. According to my memory, Zhang Juzheng started to implement a whip law this year, and the relevant reforms have been implemented in the south for many years, but it has been difficult to implement in the north.

I heard Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shoufu continue: "Now, I want to promote a new fiscal reform across the country, which is called a whip law. In short, it is to combine the land endowments, forced labor, and other miscellaneous levies of various prefectures and counties into one article, and collect silver taels together, and pay them according to the per mu. Such taxation will greatly simplify the tax system and facilitate the collection of taxes. At the same time, it makes it difficult for local officials to cheat, which in turn increases fiscal revenue. ”

I nodded, clenched my fists and arched my hands: "This method is indeed a symptomatic move against the evils of the times. After several years of reform, the treasury began to become rich, but at this time, it was like a ship hitting the water in the middle stream, and if it did not advance, it would retreat. The implementation of a whip law can change the stubborn diseases of the past and enrich the public use of the treasury! ”

Hearing me say this, Zhang Juzheng's eyes showed a look of surprise, and he clapped his hands with great joy: "I never thought that such a young person would have such a vision!" ”

Qi Jiguang also laughed and said, "What did I say?" ”

Zhang Juzheng pointed to the chair opposite him and said, "Sit down and talk!" ”

I know that because of my "well-versed knowledge", Zhang Juzheng has accepted me. I can't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart, although the only real politician of the Ming Dynasty, although he is a minister, but in the general environment of the Ming Dynasty, if he does not take the road of the minister, how can he do the things of the world?

Zhang Juzheng's whipping method, although it changed its flavor soon after his death, Yu Wen still continued the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades. Later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented the apportionment of the land into the mu, which was actually the inheritance and development of Zhang Juzheng's whip law.

Therefore, his reform is a social change with far-reaching historical impact in Chinese history. Although I have to leave, sooner or later, my roots are still Chinese, so why not help him while I am still here? For these people who have contributed to the society, the country, and the nation, I should do my best, shouldn't I?

After thanking the seat, I arched my hand and said to Shoufu Zhang Juzheng: "Lord Shoufu, a whip method, the merit is in the contemporary, the benefit is in the future, and I am willing to make a modest contribution to the reform of the Shoufu!" ”

The joy in Zhang Juzheng's heart at this time was indescribable. He actually offended most of the powerful and noble families in the world by carrying out this reform, but it was indeed a last resort.

Since the time of the first emperor, the treasury has been empty, disasters have occurred frequently, wars have broken out, and the country can be described as internal and external troubles, but the root cause is still in the word "no money". Throughout the country, the wealthy families falsely reported their land, the officials filled their pockets, a large amount of tax burden flowed unclear, and the treasury was empty, and they wanted to revive the dynasty but had no capital. Along the way, he clearly understood that only through thorough reform can the DPRK be revitalized, otherwise if it is allowed to develop in this way, the country will inevitably become a country.

For this reason, Zhang Juzheng said in his heart, why should I be a minister? Of course, what does it matter if you are the enemy of the powerful in the world? Profit from the society, life and death! I was born in one day, and I have to work hard for a day, just for this Ming Zhongxing, and I will never give up!

Thinking of this, he looked at me and said seriously: "The first thing about a whip is to clear the field. Now, the emperor has approved the development of Qingzhang fields throughout the country, but the implementation will inevitably touch the interests of many wealthy families. I recommended Wang Guoguang to the Ministry of Officials and Wang Chonggu to the Ministry of Households, precisely for the full implementation of the Qingzhang field. But the resistance to this matter is unimaginable, and it is necessary to use some thunderous means! ”

I said in my heart: The dry goods are here, this is asking me to make the knife. But that didn't violate my principles, so I nodded and continued to listen.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea and continued: "I want to start in Shandong, take the first step and try the limelight. Therefore, I want to choose one person to go to the overseer. Yuan Jing (Qi Jiguang's character) recommended you, saying that you are capable and capable, and you will be able to complete this matter for one term. I wonder how you should start? ”

I smiled and said, "Xie Dudu is wrong to love, Xie Shoufu approves." In the next opinion, in order to do great things, it is necessary to use thunderous means to show the heart of the Bodhisattva. When you go to Shandong, when you kill monkeys and show chickens, it must not be difficult to succeed. ”

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Everyone else is killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, you want to kill monkeys and scare chickens." Tell me, what are you going to do? ”

I said with a straight face: "In the next life, I live in Shandong, and I know very well that as long as the official document of Qingzhang Tian arrives in the province, others don't say it, Yangwu Hou Xue Xue Bian and Yan Shenggong Kong Shangxian will definitely jump out." I mean, choose a monkey from the two, kill it and bleed, and the other big families are at most a chicken compared to it. The monkeys are all killed, but the chickens still dare to jump? ”

Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang laughed together, and after a while, Shoufu said with a smile: "I'm afraid that so, there will be many princes and princes who will go to the emperor to complain!" ”

I smiled and said, "The saint trusts Shousuke, presumably a little idler, and he can't do anything big." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded and said: "You have such ambitions, I am very relieved, you let it go, whatever happens, I will bear it." But there is one thing, Xue Bian, Marquis of Yangwu, is a hereditary title, and there is an iron scroll and golden book personally awarded by Emperor Chengzu, except for rebellion, you can avoid death, what should you do with this monkey? ”

I smiled and said lightly, "Then let him die without seeing the light." ”

After leaving the Shoufu Mansion, Qi Dudu and I rode down the street and returned to the post station together. Qi Dudu asked me: "Qilan, you once had no intention of fame, why are you so enthusiastic about the land of Qingzhang?" ”

I pulled the reins, looked at the sky, and said for a while: "I always admire and cherish those who have done great things and are loyal to the society, and I am willing to do my best to help achieve something, this is true for the governor, and the same is true for the first assistant." But when this is over, I guess I will be there soon. ”

Qi Dudu sighed, looked into the distance and said: "You have the talent to support the imperial court, but you don't have the heart to stay here for a long time, it's a pity!" But Qilan, have you ever thought about helping Shousuke, in other words, helping me and getting through the difficulties together? ”

I looked at the old man, lowered my head and shook slowly, "I'm sorry! Chunhua is no more, but the sunset is red. Qilan knows that it is irreversible, and he hopes that the governor will also make plans early! Forgive me, Qilan still has other things, and he will leave first! ”

I have already expressed my heart on this issue, and I don't want to dwell too much, so I only left Qi Dudu, who was stunned in place, and did not speak for a long time in the cool breeze of late spring.