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Fang Yuan lay on Xiao Yuan's legs, closed his eyes to recuperate, and Xiao Yuan gently rubbed his temples for him.

Xiao Fanghe was taken by the maidservant and went to the yard to bask in the sun.

Fang Yuan seemed to be resting, but in fact, his mind was already in the bedroom.

It is almost foreseeable that it is not only the wealthy businessmen of the major business gangs who are ready to make a move when they see this kind of national policy. These wealthy businessmen only came to fight in the front, and behind them there were officials from various prefectures and government offices watching Baba. Businessmen can justifiably negotiate profits, but these officials still have to set up archways, and they dare not come to Fang Yuan in person to ask for policies.

The court played such a hand, which is really tricky. If Fang Yuan followed the reform of the imperial court, then what face would he have to claim to be the spokesman for the interests of the people, and the petition mailbox could also be withdrawn directly; Without reform, it is obvious that it will not be able to appease those officials and wealthy businessmen who have begun to stir in their hearts.

The will of the people is indeed important, but the hearts of these officials and wealthy businessmen cannot but be wooed. Otherwise, they won't say anything on the surface, but they will connect in tandem below, and when the time comes, they will give Fang Yuan a heavy blow, and I am afraid that they will immediately fall into the situation of Cao Cao's conquest of Xuzhou, but Lu Bu easily took Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was able to turn over after suffering this heavy blow, it was because there was a stronger Yuan Shao supporting him, if Fang Yuan was hit like this, it was estimated that he would never be able to turn over.

Xiao Yuan saw that the muscles on his face were sometimes tense and sometimes soothing, obviously preoccupied, and asked softly, "Childe is thinking about the change of the imperial court?" ”

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, the imperial court is mainly in the political offensive, supplemented by military means, and it is pressing on me step by step and closing the net!" ”

Xiao Yuan said softly, "Childe, those officials and wealthy businessmen are making trouble, they just want power. Childe can appease them if he doesn't put some power down. Everything is taken care of, where did Gongzi, Jinyiwei, and Xuanjia Army get such vigorous energy? ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, what Xiao Yuan said was reasonable, everything is taken care of, it is a typical planned economy. Too much interference in officialdom and market operations will not only cause dissatisfaction among officials and wealthy businessmen below, but also increase management costs.

According to the current management system, less than 50 counties in the five prefectures need 3,000 Jinyiwei, and if it is extended to the whole country, a total of about 1,200 counties, then 100,000 Jinyiwei will be needed. This expense alone costs two or three million taels of silver a year, which is simply astronomical.

It seems that it is imperative to decentralize power and streamline administration!

Fang Yuan groaned and asked, "Xiao Yuan, what power should you delegate?" ”

Xiao Yuan said, "Most of those officials and wealthy businessmen are just trying to make money, of course, the power to delegate taxes, and the right to operate various important goods. At present, the City Shipping Division, the Salt Transportation Division, the Salt Division, the Banknote Customs, and the Weaving Bureau are all managed by Jinyiwei, which is a waste of manpower and financial resources, and it is not pleased. It is better to delegate the power of the Salt Transportation Department and the Weaving Bureau to the wealthy merchants of the merchant gang, and the power of the City Shipping Division, the Salt Division, and the Banknote Department to the government and the government. ”

"As long as they pay a lot of money according to the current land taxes and taxes, they don't have to worry about the rest as much as they want; But if the land endowment and commercial taxes are uneven, directly send Jinyi Wei to arrest people. ”

"And Gongzi only needs to firmly grasp the army, the brocade guard, the criminal law investigation, the formulation of political strategy, and the appointment and dismissal of government officials, no matter how much these people toss, they can't turn the sky."

Fang Yuan secretly pondered that the so-called decentralization of the Salt Transportation Division and the Weaving Bureau meant that the monopoly policy of the salt industry and silk cloth was abolished; The so-called decentralization of the power of the Municipal Shipping Division, the Salt Division, and the Banknote Customs means that the customs duties, salt taxes, and commercial taxes are directly collected by the imperial court, and then collected by the local government and then handed over to the imperial court.

The trickiness in the middle is obvious, the government and wealthy businessmen do have a lot of autonomy, and they don't know how much kickbacks they have to get from it. However, as long as they can collect enough land taxes, commercial taxes, and market taxes, and do not cause a huge burden to the people, the rebates that should be given to them must be given. As long as the tax collection target is completed, the tax bureau before the crossing also has a commission reward.

Moreover, this time, only economic power was delegated, and the military, judicial, supervising, and policy powers, as well as the power to appoint and dismiss personnel, did not make any trouble with those officials and wealthy businessmen.

The overall plan in Fang Yuan's heart had gradually taken shape, he opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yuan and said, "In this way, Jin Yiwei's power has been lost a lot, what do you and the fourth think?" ”

To Fang Yuan's surprise, he reduced the power of Jinyiwei and took away the cake on Jinyiwei's plate, and it was Qin Zhan who was responsible for managing Jinyiwei, Xiaoyuan proposed such a reform measure, which harmed Qin Zhan's interests, how could she explain to Qin Zhan when she did this?

Xiao Yuan pursed his lips and chuckled, "Childe, I am me, and the fourth is the fourth." I am the son of the son, and He'er is the son of the son, and he may have to inherit the career of the son in the future, how can he abolish the public because of personal gain? How can there be a prince and a minister in this world to dig up the corners of the community? ”

Fang Yuan was stunned again, Xiao Yuan said this, completely putting Fang He directly in the position of the successor, and his words were reasonable, but it made Fang Yuan feel like he was forcing the palace, and he couldn't help but be silent.

Xiao Yuan was good at observing words and feelings, and hurriedly lowered his eyes and said, "Childe, I said the wrong thing again." ”

After all, she was still trying her best to think about Fang Yuan's great cause, woman! Some selfishness for the sake of children is also due to motherhood and human nature.

Fang Yuan's unhappiness flashed, he smiled, leaned up and kissed her little mouth deeply for a while, and said gratefully, "Xiao Yuan, you did a good job, so be it!" I immediately found the third and fourth children, the head of the Xi family, and Xu Hua to discuss! ”

Jing Jie was in charge of the military power of the Xuanjia Army, and naturally he had no opinion on the reform of the administrative and economic fields.

This reform did weaken Jinyiwei's power, and Qin Zhan also suffered. But Xiao Yuan also gave him a message behind his back, and he must strictly implement this reform measure, and the income of Jinyi Wei is short, and when he takes Zhejiang, he will promote the letter and visit mailbox in the Zhejiang Prefecture and make up for it from the audit fee. Anyway, it's useless to oppose it, Qin Zhan might as well agree honestly, and still win a favor in front of Fang Yuan.

Xi Benzhen and Xu Hua listened to this reform measure, and the decentralization of the silk cloth monopoly was a good thing for Xu Hua, a big official and businessman, and this alone could make him earn a lot of money, so it was naturally a hundred supports.

As for Xi Benzhen, Fang Principle promised him that in the future, the Xi family will be the special contractor and purchaser of the Xuanjia Army, but all large-scale infrastructure construction and procurement in the army will be contracted by the Xi family, and Xi Benzhen naturally has nothing to say.

As for the officials of the government, since none of them came to Fang Yuan to ask for power, Fang Yuan didn't bother to go to them for discussion, and when the time came, he would directly announce the policy of the New Deal reform.

Half a month later, Fang Yuan summoned Jing Jie, who was in charge of the Xuanjia Army; Qin Zhan of Jinyiwei; All officials of the five prefectures and the government are above the same level; Representatives of the Dongting Merchant Gang, the Hui Merchant Gang, the Shanxi Merchant Gang, the Xinxing Suzhou Merchant Gang, and even the wealthy merchants of Nanjing City did not come much; There were also representatives of literati such as Mao Bijiang, Gu Yanwu, and Liu Rushi who came to Suzhou Mansion for a meeting.

This most important reform conference was held on Dongting Dongshan, and was received by Xi Benzhen and Shen Xiang, the two hosts of Dongting Dongshan.

In this grand event, almost all of the participants were in the military and political fields of Nanzhili, as well as elites from all walks of life, which can be said to be a rare event in Nanzhili for decades.

The reception work of Xi Shen's second family was also done perfectly, and there were 500 male servants and maidservants dispatched. Jinyiwei even controlled the mountain trails in Dongting Dongshan, completely isolating the mountain trails from the people's residential areas to ensure that the security work was foolproof.

On the day of the feast, when Fang Yuan led a group of elites from the military, political, shopping mall, and cultural circles to walk up the mountain road, he saw that there were cordons of isolated people along the way, and the brocade guards were one zhang and one person, guarding the safety of everyone. The people who came to watch the event were already crowded, but none of them could get close.

Fang Yuan frowned, summoned Qin Zhan and asked secretly, "Fourth, what are so many brocade guards doing blocking the people?" ”

Qin Zhan said embarrassedly, "This is also the idea of the head of the Xi family and Shen Gongzi, all the people who came to the banquet today are people with heads and faces, so you can't relax your vigilance, in case someone takes the opportunity to make trouble." ”

Fang Yuan said angrily, "Ridiculous! Today's feast is to rejoice with the people, and when the feast begins, a thousand people will be seated. ”

Qin Zhan didn't dare to disobey, so he hurriedly went to find Xi Benzhen and put forward Fang Yuan's latest instructions. Xi Benzhen hurriedly ordered the housekeeper of the Xi family to go and temporarily increase the seats of another thousand people.