beckoned to Xiao Er, asked Xiao Er to bring the dishes to Zhang Juzheng's table, and came to sit opposite Zhang Juzheng with a wine glass. Zhang Juzheng looked up and saw Luo Xin, his expression was stunned, and then he shook his head with a wry smile and said:

"Let me laugh."

"Why?"

Luo Xin put down the wine glass, picked up the wine jug and poured it full for Zhang Juzheng, poured it full for his own glass, then picked up the wine glass, signaled, and drank it all. Zhang Juzheng also took a drink from the wine glass, and said silently for a moment:

"Xu Li is going to get married."

The look on Luo Xin's face was just rightly stunned, and Zhang Juzheng's eyes narrowed slightly:

"You don't know?"

"I don't know!" Luo Xin shook his head and said: "Now that the official envoy is fierce, I am already anxious about the matter of the scriptures and the canonization of the crown prince. ”

This time it was Zhang Juzheng's turn to pause, and then smiled bitterly, he believed that Luo Xin didn't know at this time. How did he not know that there were countless envoys staring at Luo Xin now? And among those people, there are still some people arranged by Xu Jie, and he Zhang Juzheng is also involved. It's normal that Luo Xin doesn't have the energy to care about these gossips.

"I don't know whose son-in-law is so lucky to become the son-in-law of the first assistant of the cabinet?" Luo Xin picked up the flask again and poured wine for both parties.

"You're no stranger, Zhang Siwei."

"Oh!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "This person is still talented." ”

A trace of anger suddenly appeared on Zhang Juzheng's face, and he spewed out a sentence with the smell of wine:

"Is he worthy?"

After saying this, he grabbed the wine glass and drank it all, but he was choked and coughed.

Luo Xin silently accompanied him for a drink, and after Zhang Juzheng stopped coughing, he grabbed the wine jug and poured it for Luo Xin:

"No, drink with me."

After the words fell, he put down the wine jug, picked up the wine glass and said, "I'll do it first as respect." ”

After drinking it all, he grabbed the wine glass again and said, "Come again." ”

Luo Xin still has a lot of alcohol, so he silently accompanied Zhang Juzheng to drink cup by cup, Zhang Juzheng didn't speak, just drank, and the two of them drank wine one by one.

"Come again!"

Luo Xin sighed, stretched out his hand and pressed the wine jug, Zhang Juzheng looked up at Luo Xin, Luo Xin also looked directly at Zhang Juzheng, and said in a condensed voice:

"Taiyue, Xu Jie's daughter is not suitable for you."

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he was silent, but the hand holding the wine jug suddenly exerted force. Luo Xin said softly:

"Taiyue, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, you are a person with ambitions. If you marry Xu Jie's daughter, there will be no future. Xu Jie is your teacher, the teacher cultivates disciples and promotes disciples, this is the recognized rule of the Ming Dynasty, no one objects, and everyone agrees. However, once you become Xu Jie's son-in-law, Xu Jie will have to avoid suspicion. ”

Zhang Juzheng's hand holding the wine jug was even harder, and Luo Xin looked directly at him and said, "Fish and bear's paw, you always have to make a choice." ”

Luo Xin withdrew his hand and looked at Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng suddenly grabbed the wine jug and poured it directly into his mouth until he poured a pot of wine into his mouth, then looked at Luo Xin and grinned:

"No, I'm not as good as you."

After speaking, he lay on the table and fell asleep.

Luo Xin couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, speculating in his heart, I'm afraid Xu Jie would have seen that Zhang Juzheng and Xu Li had a relationship, so he quickly cut through the mess and didn't give Zhang Juzheng a chance.

Luo Xin got up and paid for the meal, then went out to find Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair, asked Zhang Juzheng's subordinates to come in and helped Zhang Juzheng into the sedan chair, and watched the sedan car leave, Luo Xin got into his sedan chair and went back to his house.

Next.

Luo Xin was reviewing the copywriting in his duty room, when he saw the scribe come in to report that Zhang Juzheng was coming.

Luo Xin was really a little surprised, Zhang Juzheng came to him so blatantly, is he really not afraid that Xu Jie will think too much? Or is this what Xu Jie originally asked him to come?

put down the copywriting in his hand, came out to meet, led Zhang Juzheng to his duty room, poured tea, and looked at Zhang Juzheng, his demeanor and clothes could not see the appearance of yesterday's drunkenness.

waited until Luo Xin also sat down before Zhang Juzheng arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your explanation yesterday." ”

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "It's a great joy to be able to see Brother Taiyue recover as before." Replace wine with tea, when floating a big white. ”

Zhang Juzheng picked up the teacup, took a sip with Luo Xin, and then put down the teacup and said:

"It's okay on the surface, but my head is still buzzing."

"Hahaha......" Luo Xin couldn't help laughing. Then he said: "It seems that Brother Taiyue has made a choice. ”

Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Do I have the right to choose?" ”

Luo Shi looked stunned, and then understood. Zhang Juzheng really does not have the right to choose. Xu Jiedu gave Xu Lixu to Zhang Siwei. Zhang Juzheng wanted to choose love, but he couldn't choose it, he could only choose his career.

"Don't talk about that, I'm here this time to discuss something with you."

"You say."

"I want to reform the tax so that I will no longer collect grain, only money."

Luo Xin did not have the slightest surprise on his face, in history, Zhang Juzheng had reformed like this. In the past, when the imperial court collected taxes, it was all about collecting grain. Moreover, the peasant households were required to send their own grain to the yamen in various places, and then the yamen would send it to the state capitals, and the state capitals would then divide it. During this period, there was a lot of loss, and the people who delivered the food also had to eat the food, right?

So, the loss is huge.

Inside the lobby.

The door was closed, and sunlight came in through a gap in the middle of the door, leaving a thin, straight line of light on the ground, like a knife edge.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng's words were like a blade.

"No, you also know that the tax burden of the Ming Dynasty is very complicated, and each state and county not only has land endowments, but also conscription, all kinds of tributes and miscellaneous errands. The government is troublesome, the people are also troublesome, and the consumption is huge. However, if we all convert it into silver taels and pay it, it does not have to be sent by the people themselves, and the government will collect and escort it uniformly, and turn the previous several complicated cases into one compilation, which is a matter that benefits the court and the people. ”

"yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "Those who have land have to pay field tax, and those who have special products have to pay tribute, and the things that each special product pays tribute are also different, and men serve forced labor and so on." Moreover, during this period, there were layers of exploitation, which made the people miserable, and once there was a small natural disaster, the people would be displaced. ”

Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up and said, "You support me?" ”

"Reducing the burden on the people, helping the court to increase income, so good for the country and the people, why don't you support it?" Luo Xin said with a smile: "However, among these taxes, the biggest piece is the field tax. Do you want to raise the tax according to the poll rate in the past, or do you want to collect the tax according to the land? ”

"Collect taxes with the field!" Zhang Juzheng said dryly.

Luo Xin smiled faintly and said, "Does your teacher agree?" ”

"You...... What do you mean? ”

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