Zhao Xing thought for a long time, not knowing how to answer the little emperor's words, he thought for a long time, slowly raised a finger, and replied: "Your Majesty, what is the effect of Wang Jinggong's change?" Let's let the numbers speak--- in the last years of Tianxi, the total tax revenue of the imperial court was 26.53 million guan, the salt profit was 3 million guan, the wine profit was 8.96 million guan, the tea profit was 3.3 million guan, and the field tax was 15.26 million guan; During the Zhiping period, the total tax revenue of the imperial court was 44 million guan, 11.56 million guan for salt profit, 12.86 million guan for wine, 1.17 million guan for tea, and 25.59 million guan for field tax.

During the Xining period, Wang Jinggong changed the law, and the total tax revenue of that year was 50.6 million yuan, which was limited compared with previous years, however, considering the natural increase in population and the natural increase in land tax and trade, we can consider that this data has nothing to do with the reform at all. Because even if an idiot is in power, he will not do anything, he will only sleep and eat and get a salary, with the natural increase of the Dingkou tax and the progressive increase of trade, the tax of the Great Song Dynasty in those years will naturally increase, and it should increase to that number.

However, does Wang Jinggong's idea of changing the law really play the role of an idiot? …… Let's take a look at the specific data, the total tax revenue of the year was 50.6 million guan, of which 12 million guan for salt and 13.1 million guan for wine---- Your Majesty, these two items alone are 251 guan, and the remaining tea profits, field taxes, city sea taxes, city easy taxes, etc. add up to 2.54 million guan, and during the Zhiping period, the imperial court Guangtian tax was 25.59 million guan and tea profits were 1.17 million guan. As for the city tax, the city easy tax, plus this is the achievement of Wang Jinggong's reform. What does this mean? This shows that Wang Jinggong is by no means an idiot, and he is not an idiot in the finances of the Great Song Dynasty, but a scourge.

Your Majesty. During the Zhiping period, there were 25.59 million yuan of light field tax in the year. Wang Jinggong reformed, he added a few city shipping divisions, opened Quanzhou, Mingzhou and other city shipping divisions, under the city tax law, the city tax should be more than the natural growth of salt profits, wine profits, however, in the green seedling law, the exemption law, the horse protection law, the average loss law and other new laws stimulated, our Song Dynasty these new taxes, plus the field tax items. Instead, it fell.

What's going on? Excuse me, can Your Majesty guess what the reason is---- the latter few taxes are less, is it Wang Anshi who changed the law and gave profits to the people? No---- the people can't pay the green seedlings money, and they can't pay the exemption money. Unable to pay the bail money, they were deliberately evicted from their homes, and their property was confiscated. As a result, people have been displaced, millions of people have been displaced, begging, and countless people have starved to death---- so where does the money go? ”

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he turned to Zeng Bu: "Master Zeng Bu, my Zeng Xiang." I think when Wang Jinggong changed the law, you were there, you said, where did the money go? It is true that the property of the people has been dispossessed, but the treasury has not increased its revenue. On the contrary, because of the implementation of the new law, the commercial tax, the municipal tax and the land tax have been reduced compared with previous years. Where does all this money go?

Money, real copper money, it's not a fart, it can't disappear into the air for no reason, this money is taken out by the common people, they even took out decades of savings, and the savings of decades are still not enough to pay off the cost of changing the law, for which many people have lost their lives. Many people have lost their homes. Many people have been uprooted from their homes...... But where does the people's money go?

Changing the law, changing the law, this is not a trick. The people's money is gone in the blink of an eye! Where did the money go--- it was said that Wang Jinggong changed the law to make the Great Song Dynasty rich enough, why did the Great Song Dynasty increase naturally during the reform period, but the main effort of the reform --- Tian Fu decreased.

Let me ask another question, after Wang Jinggong was demoted, what about the Great Song Tian tax? Those people who say that the law change has made the Great Song Dynasty rich, do they dare to say that number? Say it and let's hear it?

And another fact is: After Sima Jun abolished the new law, did my Great Song Dynasty's fiscal taxes rise or fall? Wang Xianggong said that the purpose of changing the law is to make the country use it without the people adding it, but he did increase the law by changing the law. And without him, after canceling his changes, the people really didn't pay more, why did my Great Song Dynasty tax rise instead? Jing Gong disciples, tell the omitted data, so that everyone knows the real facts that have appeared after the abolition of the law! ”

Zhao Xing suddenly attacked, leaving Zeng Bu speechless.

Yes, on the surface, the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty increased after the reform, but the detailed analysis found that the growth was due to the tea tax and wine tax brought about by the population growth, and the important objects of Wang Anshi's reform ---- farmers' land and land tax, which not only did not increase, but decreased for no reason. What makes people feel ironic is that after Wang Anshi's derogation, the New Party was purged, and many of the tax items stipulated in the new law were abolished, but the tax on land and Dingkou began to rise.

This data cannot be refuted, and this data cannot be refuted even by the supporters of Wang Anshi, who descended from it, because this data is recorded in history, recorded in the revenue and expenditure book of the Great Song Dynasty, and it cannot be avoided or explained, and once the New Party wants to explain, it will uncover their lies.

The omitted fact is not the truth!

"I know where the money went, I know what the purpose of Wang Jinggong's change of the law was, I only cite one fact, I can tell where the money for the change of the law went: how much property Lu Huiqing had before the change, there is data to check; After the change, his family's fields increased by tens of thousands of acres, which is also available for reference; After the change of the law, the situation is that the people have lost their land, and my great Song Tianfu has decreased, but Lu Huiqing bought land and added land during the period, doesn't this explain the purpose of his change of law?

Is Lu Huiqing an example? …… Let's not talk about Lu Huiqing, the proud protégé who continues to hold high the banner of Wang Jinggong's reform. ^^^^ book ^^ first issue ^^ said Wang Jinggong himself. It is said that Wang Jinggong is very upright, but this concept of integrity is an omitted truth, because Wang Jinggong's integrity does not include his son Wang, nor his followers, nor his students, disciples, and relatives.

For example, Wang, with the help of his father's power, formed a faction and played with power, Wang Jinggong really didn't know anything about it? He wondered where his son got his support? ”

In today's terms, Wang is a princeling leader, and his father shouted on stage to fight corruption and promote clean government. However, he supported his son to approve slips, go through the back door, accept black money, sell official positions to seize power, and violate laws and disciplines, and also supported his disciples and grandchildren to loot the people's fat and ointment--- and did all kinds of evil......

There was no such thing as "princeling" in the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Xing did not say the word directly, but he meant it.

Han Zhongyan listened to Zhao Xing's words, trembling with excitement, Zhao Xing's words were equivalent to revealing Wang Anshi's hypocrite, Han Zhongyan stomped his feet and appreciated: "Traitor, big traitor!" Su Ziyou (Su Zhe) compared Wang Anshi to Wang Mang, no more, no less. Just right. Changing the law turned out to be a trick on the people, turning the people's property into nothing, but the state did not profit from it. Because the money has gone into the pockets of those corrupt officials.

The minister impeached Zeng Bu, this traitorous party, in the past, blindly curryed favor with the traitor Wang Anshi. If you don't get rid of it, you can't shake up the society, and if you don't get rid of it, you can't boost the hearts of the people. ”

It rained in Zengbu Khanlin, and there was nothing to say.

Zeng Bu has read many sages, and if you argue with him about sages, Zeng Bu can say a set. It is speechless, but Zhao Xing is a person who advocates that "everything can be measured", he likes to use numbers to speak, and use numbers to measure policies. Under his barrage of data, the former New Party had nothing to say. He couldn't think of any reason to deny the figures, which were recorded by the New Party.

Thinking that at the beginning, the New Party recorded the growth of the total wealth of the land, but only forgot to analyze the increase and decrease of specific items in detail.

But Zhao Xing's words were not finished, he continued: "Your Majesty just said that you want to re-examine Shaosheng's deeds---- that's right, the law change is not useless. Among the various new laws, some policies still have a positive effect. For example, the Exemption Act. The tutor (Su Shi) once praised the exemption law. However, any good policy depends on people to enforce it. If you want to rely on a group of corrupt officials to implement a good policy, you are running wildly on the road to the end of the country.

I think back then, Wang Jinggong gained a firm foothold in the court, some people immediately complimented the change, and some people immediately praised the change, but they complimented the change and praised the change, in fact, they were praising the powerful, what does this have to do with the change?

Therefore, when they praised, they deliberately ignored the difference between taxes before and after the reform, and they only praised Wang Jinggong for changing the law so that the people did not increase the amount of money and used it enough, and they did not care about the fact that the people did increase the amount of money, and the money was still insufficient.

Therefore, if Your Majesty wants to reconsider the change of the law, there must be only one voice in the court, there must be an opposition---- Your Majesty, Wang Jinggong pays attention to three fears: not afraid of the ancestors of heaven and earth, not afraid of the people, not afraid of the royal law, such a group of party members, what do we rely on to restrain them, so that they do not take bribes and do not bring disaster to the country and the people? What else are they afraid of, what can they fear, so that they know that corruption can be stopped---- there is no opposition, is it possible? ”

The little emperor's face was not good-looking, and as soon as he mentioned a word, he was pushed back by Zhao Xing's hard bangbang.

This has to be put aside in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the victorious generals of the Hui Dynasty dare to contradict the emperor like this, that is, it is domineering, it is "great disrespect", and it is a big crime of stealing the family and destroying the family, but this is the Song Dynasty, and the emperor of the Song Dynasty ruled the world with scholars. The scholar had an opinion, pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded, and even sprayed spit on the emperor's face, and the emperor (Renzong) could only swallow dryly.

The little emperor was secretly panting there, and Zhao Xing paused for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the way to be a king is to balance---- balance the voices of all sides, and balance the power of all sides. For this reason, it is not advisable to be alone, in the past, Wang Jinggong was like this, and even asked His Majesty to set up a special agency to set up three provinces and six departments---- he was only one step away from Wang Mang!

Today, His Majesty's new emperor ascended the throne, and immediately drove out the chapter of the seven-year Duxiang, which is a wise and martial artist, and it is a genius with the help of heaven, and the minister congratulates His Majesty on ......"

Zhao Xing pretended to bow his hand as he spoke, and the courtiers immediately became sycophants and praised the little emperor's clever methods.

Zhao Xing saluted, without waiting for others to finish their sycophants, and then added: "Your Majesty ascends the throne on the first day of the new year, and all countries come to the court, this is a new dynasty and new atmosphere that is rare in a hundred generations, and Your Majesty should also establish a new etiquette." What is the etiquette is the rule. The way to be a king lies in balancing the middle of the kingdom. Therefore, please open your mind like a mountain and a sea, and accept the words of your ministers.

The words of the ministers mentioned here are not only referring to the old party---- as we all know, ministers are the same as family teachers. It's a thorough conciliator. However, how to change the law is not what the new party says, but what the opposition of the new party says and the opposition says---, and the opposition exists in order to make us make fewer mistakes and try to take into account the interests of various parties in policy formulation, which is the so-called balance.

As for His Majesty, all His Majesty has to do is to leave it to the courtiers to discuss. Discuss the best solution, and this plan must be a compromise plan, a plan that takes into account the interests of many people, and Your Majesty only needs to follow the principle of majority consent. This compromise was promulgated and implemented, and officials were dispatched to supervise it. Good at controlling the ministers. It is the Ming Monarch, and it is the Holy Monarch.

The opposition that the minister is talking about here, as a member of the Yuan Party who was persecuted by the Shaosheng party, also said a fair word for Zeng Xiang here, Zeng Xiang is a human being, and he is good at balancing, this so-called prime minister's measurement. If it weren't for the existence of the Circle Party, the persecution of the Circle Party would have been even more severe. I know that all the members of the Yuan Party gritted their teeth at that painful period of persecution, and Zeng Xiang, as the policy implementer at that time, could not escape the blame. However. Any behavior must depend on the times, and in the era of the great land at that time, it is also necessary to actively implement the new law and disguise himself as a cadre of the new party, not to mention Zeng Xiang. Han Xiang, Lord Jiang, Lord Chen, it was an era when those who followed me prospered, and those who went against me died, born in that era. We all had to go with the flow. in order to survive.

As I said earlier, we should have a new dynasty and a new atmosphere. We need the presence of the opposition to remind us not to do wrong things, not to do whatever we want, not to be unscrupulous, to look around the ministers of the DPRK and China, who can do this job except Zeng? ”

What Zhao Xing meant by these words is: We round the party and overturn the case, but we can't be as frantic as the new party, we should listen to the opposing opinions, we should reproduce the style of gentleman's politics to the world, we should accept the opinions of the majority, and insist on taking the middle way, which is in line with the golden mean of the sage.

For this purpose, we must leave the opposition, however, when most of the members of the new party are scum, among the ministers of the Manchu dynasty, except for Zeng Bu, who has a little gentlemanly charm, who else can be qualified to be the opponent.

We have no choice but to choose Zeng Bu, this good old man is indeed wrong, but he has personally experienced all the process of changing the law, and is one of the supporters of the previous law changes, he knows all the inside stories of the reform, so the old party re-emerged, if you want to reconcile all the contradictions, Zeng Bu, the opposition, is a must exist, he can let us know where the control of the policy is, so that our policy will not be so sharp.

The little emperor listened and slowly calmed down. Zhao Xing's words, like an elder, taught the little emperor the way of being a king, and considered it from the perspective of the little emperor everywhere, which was also the mind that the little emperor often adopted in his letters before he ascended the throne, so that the little emperor listened to it, and his heart slowly softened.

Children have an impulse to worship idols, when the little emperor was young, he went out of the palace alone, opened the county government, during this period, Gao Yu took care of all the official affairs for the little emperor, so that the little emperor could concentrate on the pursuit of artistic attainments, and Zhao Xing, a famous general in a hundred battles and victories, took care of the fief for the little emperor, so that the little emperor did not worry about money and food and clothing. Slowly, the two planted a sense of kinship in the little emperor's heart.

Gao Yu didn't say it, the little emperor understood that in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, who was born in terms of seniority and status, Gao Yu, who was not born on the right path of the imperial examination, could only be an official for the rest of his life, and Zhao Xing, who was on the second list of the imperial examination, appeared as a capable minister in the little emperor's heart.

At the same time, Zhao Xing was also one of the two famous generals of the "North Chapter and South Zhao" at that time, and the results of all the battles in which Zhao Xing was involved could be predicted, without exception, and they won easily. In the heart of the little emperor, the most impressive thing is Zhao Xing's snow mountain battle report, when the battle report made countless people in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty dislocate their jaws, more than a dozen people faced the whole Tubo army, and the first battle pitted the entire Tubo army, such a record, only the gods can do it. And Zhao Xing is a god in the heart of the little emperor, a peerless hero.

At this time, the little emperor, because he promised to return to power in advance to the queen mother, he had countless grievances in his heart, and he was much more psychologically sound, so he could still listen to the words of his ministers. Zhao Xing, a capable minister who took care of him and helped him in the past, stood on his ground. Tell him to balance the middle court, let go and let the courtiers argue, the final conclusion is made by him, and the emperor controls everything in the palm of his hand, the little emperor loves to listen, he thought about it, turned his face to Zeng Bu and said: "Zeng Qing, people say that you misbehaved in Shaosheng, and it is difficult to escape the blame, I think you will be fined 20 catties of copper." ”

Zeng Bu heard this. The cold sweat on his head disappeared suddenly, and he hurriedly arched his hand, paused, and seemed to remember something. took off his hat and said, "The minister is guilty!" ”

Han Zhongyan was a little unhappy, Zhao Xing was making peace with the mud. The little emperor used the method of punishing copper to exempt Zeng Bu from the heinous crime during the Shaosheng period, and in the future, Han Zhongyan could not take Zeng Bu's actions during the Shaosheng period to make trouble, which made him extremely dissatisfied, he glanced at Zhao Xing, and played the song: "Your Majesty, the minister has objections to this......

Zhao Xing's body was horizontal. He had already grabbed the front of Han Zhongyan, and shouted to the little emperor mountain: "Your Majesty Shengming, you have severely punished Zeng Xiang's crime, this matter is over, Your Majesty has great ambitions." Please congratulate Your Majesty. ”

Han Zhongyan angrily kicked Zhao Xing hard, and this kick went up, he felt like he had kicked a stone, hard and heavy.

Chen found out about Han Zhongyan's actions, and the responsibility of the imperial history was to picket hundreds of officials, he shook his head lightly at Han Zhongyan, stepped forward, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Han Zhongyan for his disgrace and beating his colleagues. No decency. I would like to ask Your Majesty to punish you. ”

Zhao Xing had Han Zhongyan's footprints on his body, and turned his face blankly. Asked Chen: "What did Lord Chen say, did Han Xiang beat his colleague just now?" Who was beaten by him? ”

Chen Ling taught Zhao Xing's helplessness, but he didn't expect Zhao Xing to be so helpless, he pointed to the footprints on Zhao Xing's official robe, his lips trembled angrily and he couldn't speak, Zhao Xing dusted off his official robe, and after completing the destruction of the corpse, he arched his hand and played: "Your Majesty, now Shao Shengyuan is who is right and wrong, there is no need to comment, deny Shao Sheng, it is not good to look in front of the emperor, and I think that the court is too angry now, and the minister thinks that the past should not be pursued again." What we need to do now is to break the vicious cycle of revenge by one party when it comes to power, so that we can all calm down and discuss state affairs calmly.

Your Majesty's accession to the throne has not destroyed the monument of the Yuan Party and granted amnesty to the world, I think that at this stage, it is good enough to do this, and the court does not need to be too eager to decide who is right and who is wrong. In addition, the minister recommended Fan Chun as the deputy privy envoy and recommended the family teacher Su Zizhan as the head of the Ministry of Rites, and implored His Majesty's permission. ”

What Zhao Xing meant was that the imperial court should not be busy negating the affairs of the Shaosheng period, and who was who should not be slowly evaluated by future generations, and the imperial court would only adjust the current policy by pardoning the Yuan party members and reappointing them, so as to avoid retaliation and counter-retaliation.

In the past, when Wang Anshi was in power, he persecuted Sima Guang, and after Sima Guang returned to power, he spared no effort to persecute Wang Anshi's new party. ”

Sima Guang took revenge on the new party, after his death, the new party's persecution of him was even more crazy, and at this time, feng shui took turns, the old party was rehabilitated, the little emperor in order to crack down on Zhang, but also affected the new party headed by Zhang, in order not to let the old party fall into paranoid revenge again, continue to take party struggle as the purpose of governance, Zhao Xing suggested not to be busy evaluating the rights and wrongs between the new party and the old party, so that the new party and the old party can only consume energy and resentment through policy debates, and then, party disputes become policy debates, It will be possible to minimize the damage caused to the country by party strife.

And not busy evaluating who is right and wrong, all the power comes from the emperor, which is invisibly equivalent to strengthening the imperial power, this is what Zhao Xing called "balancing the emperor", the little emperor can listen to this, he nodded, and frankly admitted his mistake: "In this way, I am anxious." Zhao Qing, a member of the round party, is not in a hurry to rehabilitate, it is really the prime minister's belly, and I should take this as an example to slowly change. ”

The little emperor is now talking about change, even Han Zhongyan can accept it, he nodded, and said approvingly: "The angle of hope can not be too correct, this is the way of balance, Your Majesty lifted the party ban, banned the destruction of the party monument, has set an example to the corporal doctors in the world, you can't use the party to fight for the country." Lord Zhao attaches great importance to the country, and is unwilling to urgently rehabilitate Zhaoxue, the old man admires, I might as well too.

At this time, the chapter has been removed, and the rest of the party should be screened well, as Lord Zhao said, if you are in that big era, you can't help yourself, go with the flow, as long as you change your mind, Your Majesty might as well pardon it.

People say that in the Renzong era, the gentlemen of the Manchu Dynasty, the ministers fought with each other only for the country, not for personal gain. Lord Zhao's approach is deeply gentlemanly. Since Lord Zhao set an example, the old man was not afraid to follow him, so he endured that resentment, and planned only for the country, not for himself...... It's just that His Majesty's punishment of Lord Zeng was too light, and he was fined twenty catties of copper, which was a punishment for a misdemeanor. I heard that Lord Zhao sheltered the convicts in Guangnan, and was fined a thousand catties of copper because of the White Crane Society, and now it seems that those convicts did not make mistakes at all, so the court sentenced the punishment heavily on the same day, so it is better to let Lord Zeng Bu return the copper penalty to Lord Zhao, how about it? ”

Zeng Bu grinned on his face, not caring about such a heavy punishment, he arched his hand and replied, "Obey the order!" ”

The little emperor yawned and nodded slightly: "So, this matter is settled." After I hold the state banquet, I should also go to the saint to say goodbye, Zhao Xing has worked hard all the way, and I should go home to visit, retreat, and let me think about it. ”