[Today's third update, ask for red tickets, collect. ] The poll on teapots, lids, and teacups has finally ended. In view of the choice of most book lovers, the kettle lid route was terminated, and Han Gang's future was still surrounded by plural teacups. 】

In the same night, some people are drunk with beauty, but there are also people who are accompanied by lonely lamps and stay in the empty public hall.

Lu Huiqing happened to be on duty today, and he was alone in his official hall, but there were two veterans in the outer hall, who were originally sent to obey orders in the official hall in order to serve the officials on duty in the department. But they were now curled up by the brazier, snoring merrily. Lu Huiqing had no intention of waking them up, let them sleep if he wanted to, and it was not too late to call them when he needed to, anyway, he couldn't learn Wen Yanbo's methods now.

When the privy envoy was an official in Chengdu, he was in high spirits when it snowed heavily in winter, and he set up wine and enjoyed the snow day and night. The guards were cold and tired, and they couldn't eat, so they dismantled the pavilion and burned it to keep warm. Wen Yanbo did not have a seizure at that time - if it was really going to happen, it would definitely provoke a mutiny, and the Shudi Mutiny had a tradition - but let people continue to demolish the pavilion. But the next day, when the time came for the autumn queen to settle accounts, he took out the staff and distributed them.

Lu Huiqing was also sitting by the brazier, reading an official document in her hand. The charcoal in the brazier shone with a faint blue fire. The tribute charcoal, which is made from cypress wood, does not have much smoke when burned, and cannot be bought outside, but it is supplied every year in the two prefectures. Although spring is gradually approaching, the weather is still warm in the days and cold in the nights. Looking up at a few airy gaps on Chengchen, Lu Huiqing couldn't help but sigh secretly, during the day, there was the sun shining, and I couldn't feel how cold it was, but at night, a cold wind penetrated through the gaps, and through the hall, it could freeze people's hands and feet together.

The dozens of pavilions in the government hall, without exception, have a history of hundreds of years, all of which are in disrepair, and when they were built, they only paid attention to the appearance of brightness, and this problem of keeping warm has never been considered. Every winter, there are people who complain that they must be renovated, but as soon as the weather is a little warmer, no one will mention this stubble immediately.

It's not that there is no money to repair, although the imperial court is asked to allocate it, there will be a good thing in the imperial history to come out and scold a few words, but the minister's money on the accounts of the divisions, and some private balances, it is enough to repair the official hall ten times or eight times, but the head of each courtyard and hall is not thinking about dividing the fertilizer separately, or turning to go to Fanlou together to wait for the idea of having a good time in the restaurant, unless the house is burned down, otherwise who will use the money for the official hall?

Anyway, according to the story, in the Beijing Division, no one can hold a position for several years without moving, and it may be possible for the small officials, but the officials will definitely not have this situation, and most of them will change positions in a year or two. Even if he starts to renovate the public hall, the proponents themselves will definitely not be able to enjoy it, or they will not enjoy it for a long time, and when he is transferred, most of the places where he takes up his new post will have a few leaky holes that will mock him for making wedding clothes for others. In that case, who would do such a stupid thing as planting their own trees and enjoying the shade of others?!

The DPRK and the Chinese government are all such mediocre people who eat and wait for death, and it is no wonder that the implementation of the new law is so difficult. Lu Huiqing threw the official document in his hand on the table behind him, and it was another piece of music that told the young seedlings that the loan hurt the peasants, but there was no mention of real evidence in the whole article, and it was still a magistrate who lost the book. These people, in the Han and Lu factions, are afraid that they are also pawns.

On the corridor outside the door, there was a sudden sound of footsteps, and the snatched wooden shoes knocked on the floor of the corridor and stopped at the door of the public hall. Lu Huiqing's heart moved, and she said secretly; That's not good. ’

"Ji Fu ......" Sure enough, Zeng Bu called the door first, and pushed the door into the hall, when he saw the two veterans sleeping in the outer hall, he immediately became furious: "You can't wait to get up?!" The official stays up all night on duty, how dare you be lazy! ”

After the two veterans were startled, they immediately knelt down and pleaded for mercy without saying anything.

Lu Huiqing listened to it in a panic. His own servants, he has always been very strict, but the veterans who are waiting for the call, if they feel bad, they will change them, so why quarrel and lose their identity. He raised his voice to the outer hall and asked, "Isn't it Zixuan's rotation today?" How do you have time to come here? ”

Zeng Bu left the two veterans and walked in, saying very unhappily: "Jifu, you don't care?" ”

"If they make a mistake, they will be punished!" Lu Huiqing replied straightly, and asked again: "Zixuan, why are you still staying in the yali now?" ”

"I have to finish the work of the bus in a hurry, and I will go back later." Zeng Bu explained the reason in a few words, probably because of a cold, and he spoke with a little urn sound.

The two veterans walked in trembling at this time, knelt down in front of Lu Huiqing, and pleaded guilty. Lu Huiqing waved her hand impatiently and motioned for them to retreat, "I won't punish you this time, and if you commit it again next time, you will be punished for both crimes." ”

The veterans retreated with great gratitude, and Zeng Bu found the embroidered pier and sat down by the brazier and roasted his hands. complained in his mouth: "Zihou will enjoy it, but on the day of rest, he really won't come." ”

"He's going for Han Yukun." Lu Huiqing added a few pieces of charcoal to the brazier with tongs, and watching the flames rekindle, he asked Zeng Bu, "Do you want to send him tomorrow?" ”

Zeng Bu shook his head: "How can there be that idle time, I have already asked people to send a gift to the post house...... Xianggong probably won't let Zhong Zheng see him off, most of them will also send a piece of entanglement, and he will do his best. ”

Lu Huiqing sighed deeply and said, "Who made Xianggong think that Han Yukun is too sharp and should not be overappreciated?" It is necessary to sharpen his temperament for two years first, and then it will be of great use...... In fact, Xiang Gong would not have had this idea, if Han Gang hadn't said the last paragraph......"

In fact, Lu Huiqing also felt that it was better to temporarily suppress Han Gang, and it would not be good for him to get his ambition early. Moreover, Han Gang is determined to do things without regard for the consequences, and it is not unreasonable for Wang Xianggong to worry that he will go astray in the future. However, although the consequences of Han Gang's strategy are worrying, the benefits are also obvious.

Han Gang said so much in Wang Anshi's mansion that day, and afterwards Lu Huiqing summed up three things: change the name of Qingmiao Loan; to raise officials with heavy lu; exposed the selfishness of Han and Lu's generation; Lu Huiqing plans to implement these three articles one after another.

The first one has actually been done, because it is the easiest and the least likely to have objections. Although Sima Guang heard the news yesterday and wrote a book today saying that this was a conspiracy to eliminate the original intention of the Qingmiao Loan to be confined to the farmer's family, in order to further exploit the households, but in the court, the ridicule was still a little louder - fortunately, there are not many smart people with Sima Guang's vision - but Wen Yanbo should have seen it through, but he is in a high position and will not be the first to jump out, but most of them will be on the book tomorrow.

The second clause to increase the amount of money for low-level officials is already being planned. It's been half a month, and the three divisions haven't calculated how much money it will cost to increase the salaries of the officials in Beijing. Judging from this progress, I am afraid that it will not be until the year after next year when they come up with the data of more than 2,000 counties in 400 military states across the country.

As for the third one, it is the one that makes Wang Anshi feel that he should sharpen Han Gang's temperament, and it is also the one that will turn the court situation into a party dispute. Really speaking, now only Zhang Dan, who is similar to Han Gang's temperament, has always praised Han Gang. And Lu Huiqing didn't mention it himself, Zeng Bu in front of him became very dislike the candidate from Qinzhou.

Zeng Bu snorted coldly, but his nose was so stuffy that it seemed to be sneezing, "He is afraid that the world will not be chaotic." It is not wrong for Xianggong to press him for a few years. Han Gang's son can be used outside, but it is not suitable to stand in the court. is young, and his scheming is so deep, will he be able to pay it back in the future? ”

Lu Huiqing has another opinion on Han Gang's evaluation: "If the scheming is really deep enough, the last paragraph will not be said." He just went too fast, but he fell behind. I looked at Xianggong's look that day, but I liked it so much, maybe I could have been the son-in-law of Xianggong's family. It was only when he said a few more words that Xianggong cooled down. It will definitely be useful in the future, and Xianggong also asked Zhang Zihou to help him pass the word, but the son-in-law can't do it. ”

When Zeng Bu heard this, his face turned blank, and he said: "Xianggong's family affairs are not suitable for us. ”

“…… That's right. Lu Huiqing nodded and responded casually. Instead, he asked, "Then Zixuan, why are you here?" ”

"It's not Han Yukun's idea yet, I've been busy for more than half a month. The third division has just submitted the sorted dossier. Ji Fu, do you guess how much was the total amount of money given to the officials in Beijing last year? ”

"It shouldn't be much, most of the officials are unpaid," Lu Huiqing guessed, "It's probably only a hundred thousand, right?" ”

"Hundreds of thousands?" Zeng Bu looked up to the sky and laughed twice, and burst out the shocking answer: "A total of three thousand seven hundred and twenty-four and fifty-six texts [Note 1]!" ”

Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, it was true that there would not be many of the officials, but Lu Huiqing was still startled when he heard the number of three thousand seven hundred. You must know that the number of public officials working in the two central departments is ten times that of officials, but the amount of money they get is less than one percent of the officials!

"Why so little?" Lu Huiqing asked in surprise.

"There are nearly 10,000 officials in the Beijing Division, and only less than 100 of them are led by the old officials, and these more than 3,700 are for them. The vast majority of the rest don't nominally have any expenses. ”

Lu Huiqing shook her head, "It's too mean, isn't this forcing people to be traitors?" It is imperative to re-enforce the law! ”

Although it may be just a beautiful wish, it is absolutely impossible to raise a good fortune without a good fortune! People always have to eat, they have to feed their wives and children, and if they don't give them money, they will naturally go the wrong way to make money. Poisoning the people, greedy for official wealth, the evil things done by the officials are too numerous to mention, Han Gang also said the day before yesterday that his family was almost ruined, because of the traitorous officials - of course, the last thing was Han Yukun who in turn made the Xu official's family ruined.

But there are very few people with such mental wisdom and means as Han Gang, and the vast majority of the people are suffering from the oppression of the officials, and there are traitors who are up and down, and the high-ranking officials are also deceived and coaxed by them. If the officials could be able to support their families without being traitors and thieves by increasing the amount of money, although it is impossible to expect them to become righteous men and gentlemen, the situation would at least be a little better than it is now. Moreover, in doing so, there is a reason to severely punish the dangerous and poisonous officials who exploit the people.

It's just that the cost of this strategy has not yet been calculated, and I don't know if the income of the Seedlings Method and the Equalization Method can be supported. Lu Huiqing has a hunch that even if the above two methods alone, coupled with the farmland water conservancy law that I don't know when the results will be seen, even if it can be supported, the expenses in other aspects will definitely be reduced. really calculated, at least one or two more financial resources have to be opened up to withstand this consumption-

Lu Huiqing thought silently: "Maybe the exemption law will be introduced in advance. ’

Note 1: According to the record in "Mengxi Writings", in the third year of Xining, 'the three years of the Jingshi Zhushi were three thousand eight hundred and thirty-four and two hundred and fifty-four'. Although there is no record of Xining's two years, it will not be too far from Xining's three-year data.