Chen Shengzhi, a prime minister with an excellent official reputation, is honest, has no bad deeds, and does not even have much sense of presence in officialdom, but he is such an inconspicuous figure, and his family property is conservatively estimated to exceed five or six million.

Similarly, King Hami, a small vassal king far away in the Western Regions, has an extremely weak sense of existence, with 1 million taels of gold alone! Not counting the land property......

Two huge greed suddenly broke into everyone's eyes and shocked the world.

Even Wang Ningan was a little unexpected.

He needed to be quiet and think about what went wrong...... "There's nothing strange about that, I'm not surprised at all." Wang Yan was also discussing this issue with Wang Anshi.

When Wang Anshi presided over the law change, Wang Yan said that if you want to promote the law change, you only need to kill Wen Yanbo and Jia Changchao......

It may seem naïve now, of course, but there is some truth to it.

"Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it is the king and the scholars who share the world, to put it bluntly, that is, the common interests...... Over the years, the law has been constantly changed and restricted, but it is undeniable that the power of civil officials has continued to increase. At least eighty percent of the benefits obtained by changing the law have been taken away by a very small number of officials and nobles, and the common people have received very little, and even suffered a serious impact. ”

Wang Anshi frowned, unwilling to admit it.

"Yuan Ze, you can't say that, these years have also promoted the average field, and realized that the cultivators who have not done it for thousands of years have their land, which is a great virtue and politics, and the people still get a lot of benefits."

Wang Yan grinned, "Dad, although I don't quite approve of Wang Ning'an, I have to admit that if there is no order to equalize the fields, if the fields are not divided, the common people will not only not be able to reap the benefits, but will also be completely squeezed dry!" It is this last trace of the bottom limit that keeps the peace of the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty will be ...... Hehe......"

Wang Yan didn't continue, but Wang Anshi was speechless, his son's insight was reasonable.

Over the years, rapid development has led to the influx of various interests from overseas, such as mercury pouring into the land and the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky...... But so much water, so much profit, is not evenly distributed.

Some of them are capable, those who are in high positions, those who are close to each other, protégés and former officials, seven aunts and eight aunts...... These people have access and capital, and even if they don't, they can borrow from banks...... All in all, they made a fortune, reaped benefits, and became fat and rich one by one.

And ordinary people, of course, have made some progress in their lives, but the progress is too small, and because of the rise in prices and the increase in the cost of living, almost half of the people have been busy for a year and have no money in their hands.

I didn't dare to eat, I didn't dare to wear, and I was worried all day long, for fear that I would lose my job and my way of life would be cut off all of a sudden...... In the city, even if you die, you don't even have a cemetery!

The people's grievances are monstrous, and the complaints are full of complaints.

Wang Anshi narrowed his eyes and thought twice.

He said slowly: "The change of the law is the law of the ancestors, and the change is also the law of the thousand-year-old inheritance...... Hey, the old man can't do anything, it depends on whether His Royal Highness King Qin can come up with a way! ”

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Even the always conceited and conceited prime minister was silent, which shows the difficulty of this matter.

Wang Ningan also made a diagnosis for Da Song, and his conclusions were clearer.

The current bureaucratic system and the distribution of benefits have not gone beyond the pattern since the Qin and Han dynasties...... And this set of things was formed in the agricultural era, and now the Great Song Dynasty has stepped into the threshold of the industrial age with one foot, and the times have changed, but the entire bureaucratic system has not kept up.

In the past, in addition to the rich salary, there are all kinds of filial piety, ice respect, charcoal respect, tax exemption, and exemption from military service...... Although there are a lot of reforms, they still retain their tails, especially some who are not strong in self-restraint, and they can't change their habits if they form habits.

Just like Chen Shengzhi, he likes gold and stone, so people desperately send him calligraphy and paintings, and send good things...... He refused once or twice, and there was always a time when he couldn't.

He accepted the gift, in fact, he didn't have to do anything, jokes, the name of the dignified ruler, he could exchange it for money, and there were thousands of orders passed by the political affairs hall, not every one of them had to be seen by the prime minister and the emperor, Chen Shengzhi approved a few projects casually, and the following was inexhaustible.

In the past agricultural era, there were only two taxes in summer and autumn, and the budget of the imperial court was so much, and it was not much money to divide it and take advantage of it.

Now that the economy has developed tenfold, the commercial tax flows into the imperial court and flows out of the household department every moment, and it is unimaginable how many benefits there are in between...... After figuring these out, it would not be so surprising to look at Chen Shengzhi's property and Zhao Shijiang's accumulation.

"Lord Wang!" Chen Shunzhi said: "Hundreds of officials are greedy for ink, clever and robbing, this matter seems to have nothing to do with His Majesty falling into the water, but in fact it has a huge relationship...... Just imagine, how can a mere Feng Jing, a Hami king, and 200,000 taels of gold open up all the joints and assassinate His Majesty? ”

Chen Shengzhi said heavily: "The Great Song Dynasty is up and down, full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, one by one, full of food and drink, Your Majesty has won the victory and returned to the court, starting from the southeast, cleaning up the mess...... These people are afraid, worried, afraid that the fire will burn on their heads, so they either secretly instigated, or pretended to be stupid, or added fuel to the fire, in short, Your Majesty was killed, and these people cannot escape the blame! ”

In the middle of a pile of crows, a white one suddenly came out, and the gang didn't want to dye him black, how could they rest assured?

When the other party is the emperor and can't be shaken, he chooses to destroy ...... That's pretty good!

Wang Ningan's face was solemn, he thought a lot, throughout the ages, examples of this kind abounded, prosperity and decline, the country was ruined, how many lessons were learned, but no one was willing to learn!

It's sad and lamentable!

"Lao Chen, it's time to be ruthless!"

Wang Ningan seemed to be asking, and he seemed to be talking to himself, his voice was not high, but it made Chen Shunzhi feel inspired!

He knows that the prince is going to play for real!

Last time, Wang Ningan took the initiative to abdicate and handed over the court to others.

Wang Ningan thought about it, he hoped to rely on natural evolution and collide to find a way that belonged to the Great Song Dynasty...... But now it seems that he is too optimistic, a huge empire, change is not so easy!

Since I can't do it, let me do it myself!

These years of decentralization have not been without effect.

At least the Council of Parliaments appeared, the power fell into the hands of the Political Affairs Hall, and the New Political Society grew......

The new power structure enables Wang Ningan to make drastic changes and complete reforms!

"Take Chen Sheng's sacrificial flag first!"

Wang Ningan put forward his opinions on Chen Shengyi's case...... Although Chen Shengzhi has no great evil and no specific case, he is greedy for a lot of money, and his wealth is terrifying, and he is by no means innocent.

Wang Ningan demanded that all Chen Shengzhi's family property be confiscated and exiled to the island prison for 30 years!

The Criminal Department adhered to Wang Ningan's intention and announced the results of Chen Sheng's case.

The entire Great Song Dynasty was in an uproar!

Although important ministers at the level of Zaizhi have also been executed in the past, those people, without exception, have been implicated in the struggle for imperial power and committed a big taboo.

And what about Chen Shengzhi?

He has no quarrel with the world, and during his tenure, he is still honest and basically obeys Wang Ningan's arrangement.

Such a person, in everyone's opinion, even if there is a big mistake, he should be gently put down, fined money, and imprisoned, which means that, how can he be exiled to the island? Is that worse than death?

You must know that in recent years, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was vast, not only the overlord of the land, but also controlled countless islands.

On some islands, the Great Song Dynasty set up special prisons, because they were surrounded by the sea and isolated from the world, and did not worry that the prisoners would escape...... Normally, those countries that were destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, princes and nobles, and captured generals would be arranged on the island for the rest of their lives.

Like Chen Shengzhi, the prime minister who is clothed in fine clothes and food, and enjoys the glory and wealth, going to the island prison is even more uncomfortable than killing him!

It's been 30 years!

I'm afraid I won't even survive for 3 years!

"Lord, spare your life! Lord, give me a way to live! ”

Chen Shengzhi cried and cried, knelt on the ground, and kept hitting the wooden fence with his head, so that his head broke, and the blood flowed out and condensed on the wood, forming a terrifying dark red!

Chen Shengzhi cried for three days, no one interceded for him, and there was no room for maneuver in the case.

Three days later, Chen Shengzhi was escorted out of Luoyang and sent directly to Haizhou, where there were ships that would send Chen Shengzhi to a desert island thousands of miles away.

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"Alas, it's so ruthless!"

Wen Yanbo was in Kaifeng, when Chen Sheng's road passed, he also secretly went to take a look, and when he came back, there were people talking excitedly on the road, which was very happy, and none of them applauded.

Lao Wenzhen really felt the fear, what is the finger of the thousand husbands, what is the gold of the mouth, what is the accumulation of broken bones...... The common people have long been angry and full of complaints.

If anyone still thinks that he is admitted to the Jinshi by relying on his real skills, ten years of hard study, Yan Ruyu, and the Golden House, they all deserve it, then they are brain-dead!

And voila!

Chen Shengzhi is just the beginning, and I don't know how many people will be unlucky!

Lao Wen returned to his residence, and simply did not close the door to repair books, this person turned his bookstore into a school, personally recruited students and lectured, and he also opened a few plots of land and planted vegetables.

Fortunately, I have developed a skill in Ruzhou, and I am familiar with it.

Wen Xianggong has thought about it, he must show people with tranquility, be poor and happy, and be self-sufficient, otherwise who knows when a gust of wind will blow on his head, he doesn't want to be with monkeys.

In fact, it would be easier for people in the world to be as shrewd as Wen Yanbo.

There are a lot of people who don't believe in evil, they think that the court has also rectified the rule of officials before, and after so many years, they still come over, it's not a big deal!

Especially Wang Tao, he feels that he is honest and impeccable, and no one can do anything to him!

It's just that he underestimated the strength of this rectification!

"Lord Wang, we have received a report that you have hired a private person and stuffed your nephew into the Guozi Prison, please go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately and explain the matter clearly!"