Chapter 531: The Crazy Political Hall
In the matter of Qin Fenglu's implementation of the Qingmiao Method, Wang Ning'an did not do it himself, with his status, he could have sent his disciples to go, Sima Guang took over as Qin Fenglu's transfer envoy, Zeng Bu and Ersu were transferred to his subordinates, in charge of the new law. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition, in terms of the Royal Bank, Wang Ningan sent Wang Anguo to raise the Jingzhaofu branch of the Royal Bank, which was fully responsible for the affairs of the Royal Bank in the northwest.
This arrangement is very unexpected, it is true that Wang Anguo is an old man in the Royal Bank, but he is Wang Anshi's younger brother, everyone knows that his brother is fighting with Wang Ning'an, let him do it, isn't it embarrassing!
It's just that Wang Anguo didn't think about it so much, he has been in the Royal Bank for many years and knows the power of the banking system. Don't look at him as the person in charge, he can only do things according to the rules.
Moreover, he is in charge of the affairs of the northwest, and he can also give the eldest brother a little convenience.
Wang Anguo instinctively felt that Wang Anshi would definitely poke the big basket, but it was hard to say how big it was.
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Since Sima Guang arrived at Qin Fenglu, he took the most down-to-earth approach, first sending a large number of people to find out the situation of Qin Fenglu.
The land in the northwest is barren, and the people have suffered from war and chaos, and the people's livelihood is withering, Sima Guang believes that simply borrowing money from young seedlings will cause many people to be unable to repay it, which will cause serious bad debts, and blindly recovering them will aggravate the bankruptcy of the people.
This is a dilemma, which appeared when Wang Anshi implemented the Qingmiao Law.
For the sake of performance and to recover loans, officials in various places forced the wealthy people in the city to borrow money from Qingmiao, making a big joke, which also became one of the reasons why the Qingmiao Law was criticized.
Sima Guang, Su Shi, Su Zhe and others, after discussing, changed their original ideas.
They believe that borrowing money cannot simply help the people tide over the difficulties, because many people are in trouble every year, and life is very difficult.
They advocated that they should borrow money against a village, a village.
And you can't just give the money to the people.
For example, in some villages, there is a lack of water sources, and the yield of fields is reduced, or even the harvest is lost.
If you can provide a sum of money for the seedlings, you can rebuild the canals and dig the wells.
After the water source is available, the harvest of the fields comes up, and the people naturally have the ability to repay the loans.
This suggestion was sent to Wang Ningan, and of course it was praised by Wang Ningan, and the seedlings were quickly divided into three grades.
The most basic is for ordinary people, with a good reputation, a certain property mortgage, and two guarantees, you can get two cents of annual interest and green seedling money.
Then there are villages and towns, which can provide special loans for roads, canals, and wells, with interest rates ranging from 20% to more than 50%.
The third level is for counties, governments, military, and prefectures, and the yamen at all levels need to come forward, and the amount of loans that can be borrowed has also been greatly increased, mainly to support infrastructure construction, but also to open up trade routes, and even Wang Ningan also encouraged the people in the northwest to raise cattle and sheep and develop wool spinning.
You must know that although you have taken back Youzhou, you have fallen out with Liao, Yelu Hongji has restricted trade between the two sides, and the woolen industry in Hebei is in a serious shortage of raw materials.
If the raw material base in the northwest can be developed, it will be a rain for the wool spinning of Hebei!
Since Wang Ning'an put forward the idea, countless businessmen covered in silk and with fat heads and big ears went to Qinfeng Road to set up a cargo station base and purchase local products.
Obviously, Wang Ningan did not simply implement the Seedlings Law.
He packed a lot of things into it, local infrastructure, industrial transformation, currency promotion...... It's all in one basket and smashed down!
Wang Ningan's approach immediately received a strong response.
Don't think that the people of the Northwest are simple and don't know how to do business, don't forget, counting up to two hundred years, when it was still the Tang Dynasty, the merchants of Chang'an, who went west to the desert and east to the ocean, were the most business-savvy group of people in the world.
It was only when the Silk Road was cut off and the Great Song Dynasty moved its capital that the northwest declined.
The rapid activation of the commercial cells remaining in the people's bodies, coupled with Wang Ningan's active attack on Qingtang and the opening of the Silk Road, is also just around the corner.
Savvy businessmen can certainly see the opportunity.
Therefore, not long after the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, Wanmin Shu appeared in all parts of Qinfeng Road, thanking the court for the new law, and many scholars jointly sang praises and praised Sima Guang and others for their outstanding political achievements.
All of these things were sent to the political affairs hall!
"Ridiculous, damnable!"
Wen Yanbo slapped the table, "Give him two taels of colors, and he actually opened a dyeing workshop!" What is this for? Does the Seedlings Law build roads? Is there a well being dug? It's a mess! ”
Jia Changchao also echoed: "Wang Erlang is indeed excessive, we don't know these things, he did it, the old man thinks that we should go to the book immediately!" ”
Wang Gongchen on the side said angrily: "What kind of book, go directly to Your Majesty, in front of the saint, let Wang Ningan make it clear, what does he want to do?" Do you want to usurp the throne? ”
These men took the lead in furiousness.
In the last position, sat Tang Jie, the old master had a dark face and did not speak.
Tang Jie's health is very bad, and he was sick for several months some time ago.
Ouyang Xiu suffered from thirst-quenching disease, and had faded out of the imperial court to concentrate on his academics.
Bao Zheng also fainted once a few days ago because of his illness due to overwork.
The old people of their generation have begun to wither.
Tang Jie couldn't resist the erosion of the years, his eyebrows were white, his face was full of wrinkles, and it was difficult to hide his old age. But Tang Jie belongs to Jiang Gui's nature, old and spicy, and even more radical than when he was young.
He slapped the table and said angrily: "Building bridges and roads, digging ditches to divert water, this is a good thing!" Shouldn't it be done? ”
Wang Gongchen said unceremoniously: "It should be done, but it shouldn't be done by Wang Ning'an!" Tang Xianggong, have you also become Wang Ningan's person? ”
"What!"
Tang Jie stood up suddenly, pointed at Wang Gongchen, and scolded angrily: "The old man is not anyone's person!" I think Wang Ningan has a lot of unpleasant places! Combined, you don't have as many bullets as the old man alone! But as the ruler, His Majesty has entrusted us with a heavy responsibility, so we should really care about the people's livelihood and diseases, and talk about things! You can't talk nonsense because of people, and trouble because of people! The old man saw that the seedling method this time was very good. In the past, the imperial court couldn't come up with money and couldn't do things, but the royal bank paid for it, and the people benefited, isn't it very good! The old man can't understand, why are you opposed? ”
Wang Gongchen was speechless.
Han Qi sighed, "Brother Zifang, you only know one but don't know the other. ”
Tang Jie said in a sullen voice: "I want to hear the high theory!" ”
"That's right, these loans from the Royal Bank are all repaid by the people."
"It's a joke!" Tang Jie replied.
Han Qi was very arrogant, and he could only explain patiently at the moment.
"Brother Zifang, it takes the ability to repay the money, the Royal Bank borrowed the money, I heard that in many places, those who are good at drilling camps and those who are accustomed to speculation, have all jumped out and got a lot of loans, on the contrary, those gentry who honestly cultivate the fields and have quite a lot of money have been left aside."
"What's that? The gentry have money in their families, and they don't have to take out loans! ”
Tang Jie pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Han Xianggong, did you mean that these people can't take out loans?" The Royal Bank cut off their financial routes, so they all jumped out against it? ”
Han Qi almost choked to death, and said in his heart, when did you old thing become so shrewd! Do you even understand this?
"Tang Xianggong, Shinong Industry and Commerce, and scholars are the foundation of the imperial court, you don't even understand this, right? According to Wang Ning'an's actions, the local government has fallen into the hands of treacherous businessmen, and the world is not chaotic? We shoulder the foundation of our ancestors and the hopes of all the people, and we can no longer sit idly by. ”
Tang Jie opened his mouth and didn't say any more.
At this moment, Tang Jie was not convinced, but remembered a long conversation he had with Ouyang Xiu not long ago.
Two old friends, heart-to-heart, did not hide the slightest.
Ouyang Xiu threw out all his thoughts and thoughts.
He believes that there is no such thing as a perfect three-generation rule, and that the path he is taking is likely to be fundamentally wrong...... The imperial court takes scholars, emphasizes literary brilliance, and emphasizes conduct, but does not pay attention to actual ability.
It is precisely because of the lack of professional and conscientious officials that many laws and regulations that truly benefit the country and the people cannot be implemented, on the contrary, there are some people who are selfish and selfish under the banner of the common people, which is really despicable!
Ouyang Xiu scolded from beginning to end, he told Tang Jie that he was concentrating on writing books and being responsible for teaching and educating people, hoping to completely reverse the Shilin atmosphere and clean up the source, if he didn't do it again, the Great Song Dynasty would die! They have already lost one chance and categorically cannot afford to lose a second time!
Tang Jie was confused in front of him, he thought of the original Qingli New Deal, that's right, he was also a hot-blooded young man back then, in order to change the law, he waved his flag and shouted, charged into battle, and hated to spill all his blood!
But after so many years, he is also changing, and he tries not to say many things that he is not used to, and he also learns to protect the interests of the scholar group...... It's just that to this day, Tang Jie feels more and more ashamed!
It was a very good decree, but it was devalued to nothing!
The common people all said that it was good, and the officials below were also able to do their best!
But it's them, these high-ranking ministers, the so-called big men who have both ability and political integrity, and who are expected by everyone in Shilin, are actually bent on abolishing the Qingmiao Law.
Shame not?
Tang Jie stood up, his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted, he reached out and grabbed the handrail, steadying his mind.
"If you have any ideas, just do it, the old man has been sick for a long time, so I can't accompany you!"
After speaking, Tang Jie swayed and left the political hall, only giving the others a big back.
Jia Changchao, Wen Yanbo, Han Qi and others looked at each other, all unhappy. Originally, they were counting on Tang Jie's cannon to fight against Wang Ningan, but they just waved their flags and shouted.
Who knows, before they fired, they fell out with them first. If Tang Jie goes back to the book and impeaches them all, it will be a lot of fun!
Wen Yanbo hesitated: "Brother Ziming, do you think you still want to go to the official family?" ”
Jia Changchao grinned, these days people have been complaining to him, all talking about the Qingmiao Law, he is under a lot of pressure, but he is desperate with Wang Ning'an, and he doesn't have the courage.
"Otherwise, wait a little longer......"
As soon as he finished saying this, the great eunuch Su Gui came and bowed his hand to all the ministers.
"The sage has a decree, please come to the palace to discuss matters."