Fan Chun looked at Shen Yun's handwriting, smiled bitterly in his heart, and began to recite word by word.

The words made the ministers who were divided into the left and right in the Zichen Hall begin to look uncertain.

Not long after the imperial examination, Shen Yun's name was still familiar to many ministers. But in the beginning, many people listened with an attitude of indifference. After all, according to Zhao Ji's usual style, what he brought must be an article about the New Deal, or more directly, it is to support Wang Anshi and others.

It's just that I didn't expect Shen Yun to refute Wang Anshi's Qingmiao method at the beginning, and the individual is incomplete.

Many old parties wanted to see what Wang Anshi's face was at this time, whether his face was like the bottom of the pot, and then they would button the hat for this new science and technology scholar.

However, as I listened, all of a sudden, something didn't quite right.

As soon as the topic changed, it turned to the cabinet. Listening to this meaning, it is to ask the inner treasury to allocate some money to gather a group of people who are proficient in arithmetic, and then build a team of imperial merchants. Some of the older courtiers have begun to secretly scold Shen Yun for being a traitor at this time, isn't this just to let the royal family loot money.

It's just that when Fan Chun was reciting, no one dared to interrupt without permission.

Later, the more some officials began to be shocked. Why did Wang Anshi's green seedling method be blocked so much? To put it bluntly, one is that the New Party is not thoughtful, and many problems have been exposed in the process of implementing the Seedlings Law. There is another one, that is, the target of his attack, which happens to be these scholars.

The original intention of the promulgation of the Qingmiao Law was to crack down on the exploitation of the people by private usury, but in the whole world, five or six out of ten people who lend usury are scholars. Some even lent money in the name of a merchant under the guise of a scholar.

So many people say that it is Wang Anshi's new policy to exploit the people, but in fact, the new law has moved their cake. Of course, there are also those who sincerely want the good of the government, and they simply feel that the new policy will disrupt the government. But it's just a handful of people. Who hasn't been a little selfish?

Bao Zheng is not greedy, but he is accused of treating relatives and friends too harshly. Think about a scholar who rents a house in Beijing, and is also responsible for the life of a large family, and if he wants to be friendly to his relatives, he will inevitably be greedy in official affairs. Those who are honest and honest will be criticized in one way or another.

The mainstream of the times is distorted, and I have to say that the Great Song Dynasty is indeed sick now.

It's just that when Shen Yun was writing this notebook, he figured out the stakes here. His system is to make these people have no obvious reason to oppose this matter.

The Heavenly Family wants to establish an imperial merchant, which is understandable. Since ancient times, the inner treasury of the imperial family has never been as empty as the Great Song Dynasty, and Emperor Renzong used the money of the inner treasury to subsidize the treasury, and there has been no new large palace in the imperial palace for more than ten years.

If these courtiers still criticize this, then they will really have to face the wrath of the royal family.

In the name of the imperial merchants, they obtained money and then transferred it from the inner treasury to the national treasury, which directly broke the minds of many people. Moreover, although this branch is subordinate to the three divisions, it is not directly under the control of the three divisions, and it is impossible for local officials to embezzle the silver taels.

Fan Chun read it for most of the hour, and finally finished reading the notebook.

At this time, Zhao Ji smiled and said to many ministers: "This thinks, can this Shen Yun's suggestion be implemented?" ”

The new party's personnel focused their attention on Wang Anshi, the governor of the government, while the cadres of the old party looked at Sima Guang, the veteran of the Three Dynasties and the imperial historian.

In fact, Sima Guang was not opposed to the new policy at first. It can be said that among these people in the old party, there are many people who actually support the change of the law, but Wang Anshi's methods are too drastic, and the interests of some people are harmed, so they gathered together and made a violent fuss, intending to make Zhao Ji change his mind.

Sima Guang clearly opposed the new policy, or after Wang Anshi took half a step after the Qingmiao Law. And the reason for his accusation is indeed the points that Shen Yun Zaizazi began to say. Now that these problems have been resolved by Shen Yun one by one, Sima Guang naturally has no reason to refute them. What's more, in his life, he has received too many rewards from the imperial court, and he can't afford to lend usury like a profiteer in the city.

It's just that the profit-seeking aura on Shen Yun's body made him a little unhappy after all.

So when he felt the gaze of everyone behind him, Sima Guang didn't come out to refute, but just quietly looked at Wang Anshi in front of him, wanting to see what this old friend and old opponent would do?

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the Qingmiao Law has been implemented for more than half a year, and now it is rashly banned, not only will the government lose its credibility, but also the method of this cabinet workshop is indeed suspected of competing with the people for profit. It is better to take it as a supplement to the Seedlings Law and incorporate it under the rule of the three divisions, so that there is no need for so many people, and it can also be implemented faster with the help of the effectiveness of the Seedlings Law. ”

Wang Anshi didn't want to have a new deal in addition to his new deal, which was absolutely unbearable for him.

However, he was disappointed. Zhao Ji replied very firmly: "Wang Xiang, these drawbacks of the Qingmiao Method, I think you have already heard clearly. Some time ago, the inspector was sent to Jiangxi to investigate the malpractices of the Qingmiao Law since the implementation of the Green Seedling Law, and his report reflected the fact that local officials wantonly raised interest rates. So I thought about it, and in order to prevent my courtiers from doing this again, I would better separate it. ”

Before Wang Anshi could refute, Zhao Ji continued: "What's more, Shen Yun also said in the notebook that having an independent right to dispose of money and grain is the core of the long-term operation of the cabinet workshop. I don't want to hear about the misappropriation of Seedlings by the Third Division and the Transit Envoy anymore. You have to believe in your character, but you have to do what I believe. ”

Zhao Ji's words are not leaky, especially the last sentence, which has the meaning of treating each other with sincerity, and its power is no less than that of ten court officials.

Wang Anshi was silent.

At the same time, it also means that the New Party has completely failed to control this matter beyond their expectations, and Zhao Ji also said that the follow-up thing is to consider taking out part of the funds of the cabinet to help the treasury. For the third division, this is already the greatest blessing.

After getting rid of Wang Anshi's new party, Zhao Ji turned his gaze to Sima Guang: "Sima Zhongcheng, what do you think?" ”

In fact, Sima Guang was still a little surprised now, because Wang Anshi's remarks just now clearly agreed with Shen Yun's proposal, and he had the idea of incorporating it into the system of the new law. The reason why I said that was because I didn't want to shake the status of the new law in the court. Therefore, when asked by Zhao Ji at this time, Sima Guang replied seriously:

"Your Majesty, the minister's previous refutation of the Qingmiao Law is precisely because the Wang Xiang only cares about the immediate results and does not care about the long-term interests, and the Zaizi who refuse to implement the Qingmiao Law in various places come one after another but turn a blind eye, which is not done by Zaifu. Now that Shen Yun can actually make up for the drawbacks caused by the Qingmiao Law in this way, the minister is naturally very happy. Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to immediately repeal the Seedlings Law and immediately implement the Cabinet Workshop. ”

Sima Guang's attitude shocked everyone.

Ever since he spoke out against the Seedlings Law, he has been regarded by many as the leader of the old party. I didn't expect to agree with a new science and technology scholar like this today.

The new party was naturally nervous, the Qingmiao Law was a new law that they were quite proud of, but they didn't expect Sima Guang to ask for repeal as soon as he came up. It is necessary to be sure that the cabinet can replace the seedling method before such a thing can be said.

And the old party was also sluggish, and suddenly someone had the idea that Sima Guang had rebelled. But then it was wiped out in my heart, and there are two things in the world that no one will doubt, one is Wang Anshi's article, and the other is Sima Guang's life. Both of these things are backed by decades of validation.

Zhao Ji smiled. He still trusts Sima Guang very much, even if he refutes the new law for nothing. "Do you have any objections?"

Zhao Ji looked at the other courtiers, and saw that no one was out of class, so he made a decision: "Since this is the case, then the Ministry of Officials will recruit people who are proficient in arithmetic from all over the world on the same day, and once hired, those in charge of the Gyeonggi region will be given to the officials from the eighth grade, and those in charge of the state capital will be given to the nine officials, and the cabinet will be laid immediately." It was ordered that local officials should not interfere with the normal operation of the cabinets, and that they should not use their official positions to coerce the cabinets to embezzle money and grain. ”

Of course, he deliberately did not say how to deal with the Seedlings Law. To be on the safe side, Zhao decided to put two different methods to the table.

After announcing this matter, the early dynasty is over.

After walking out of the Zichen Palace, the privy envoy Wen Yanbo chased after Sima Guang.

The two have always had a good relationship, so Wen Yanbo came up and asked curiously: "Junshi, haven't you always disagreed with the new law, why do you agree with this new science and technology scholar today?" When did you start using this kind of method to drive away the wolf in order to fight the New Deal? ”

Hearing Wen Yanbo's inquiry, many old party members gathered around and expressed their opinions: "Yes, Sima Gong, according to my superficial opinion, the system of this cabinet shop is even more harmful than the Qingmiao Law." Once it is implemented, I am afraid that many people will be affected by the disaster. ”

Sima Guang smiled and shook his head: "What you see is very different from something. The reason why I oppose the Qingmiao Law is clearly written by Shen Yun in the notebook. In my opinion, my views on the Seedlings Method are the same as mine. But since he can come up with a way to make amends, then I don't have any more opinions. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhengse said: "We are courtiers, and we should always think about how to make the country rich and the people strong. If this can be achieved, then any means can be used as long as the religion allows. If we oppose for the sake of opposition, it will deviate from the foundation of being an official. Everyone, let's go back and think about it, what should we think of this Shen Yun. ”