Li Tingji took a breath of talk and said: "General Liu, Li really figured it out, but after thinking it out, not only did the problems not less, but more!" ”

Liu Zheng suddenly became interested and asked, "Oh? Why is that? What we have is time, you can talk about the problems you think of one by one, and let's solve them one by one! ”

Li Tingji arched his hand and said: "General Liu, have you ever thought that after the emergence of this policy of pumping heavy taxes or reducing taxes or even inverting discounts, there will be a very extreme situation?" Let's still take cotton as an analogy, for example, because Shandong has pumped heavy taxes, Shanxi has fallen into a large number of cotton farmers and caused a large number of cotton plantings and flooding, so what if no one wants cotton in Shandong? The consequences are really unimaginable. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Liu Zheng nodded and said, "It's not impossible that the problem you said is impossible!" ”

Li Tingji looked at Liu Zheng quietly and said, "Then has General Liu thought about how to solve this?" ”

Liu Zheng smiled and said, "Of course! ”

Li Tingji arched his hand and said, "I wish to hear and see!" ”

Liu Zheng looked at Li Tingji and then at Neng Feiyu, and then laughed, and Neng Feiyu said strangely: "Lord, why are you laughing!" ”

"Haha!" Liu Zheng laughed for a while before stopping to explain: "Because this question is too simple! First of all, Master Li also said that this is an extreme situation, and there may be two reasons for this situation, one is that the officials are too mediocre, and the other is that the information is not smooth! ”

"If the first situation occurs, it means that you people who choose talents for the country have not fulfilled their responsibilities!"

As soon as Li Tingji and Neng Feiyu heard this, their hearts immediately became depressed, no one has a heavenly eye, right? No one can guarantee that the person they choose will not make mistakes, right? Isn't that a bit ...... you say that?

Originally, the two of them wanted to say that Liu Zheng was messing around, but after thinking about it, there was nothing wrong with what Liu Zheng said, and if there was such a problem, wasn't it their responsibility? Since you are the first assistant, as a minister, and as a heavenly official, it is your responsibility to choose talents for the country? If you can't select the best and eliminate the mediocre, what else do you want?

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Liu Zheng smiled and said: "It seems that you know a little bit about your responsibilities in your hearts, so I won't talk nonsense, let's continue to talk about the second question!" ”

"When it comes to the second question, I have to talk about Di Bao, what is the role of Di Bao, is to let the heavenly officials, let the cabinet ministers, let the first assistant, and let the emperor see what the magistrates, governors, and prefects are busy with and what they are doing, and how the local people are living, so as to formulate some policies, but you look at what is written in the Di Bao now, either auspicious or anecdotes, I look at the Di Bao Don't call it Di Bao, just call it a story!"

Can Feiyu laughed out loud, but Li Tingji made a big blush, the current Di Bao has indeed lost his role and has become a dispensable thing, and another reason why Li Tingji blushed is that he also wrote these absurd things in the Di Bao when he was in Nanjing.

Liu Zheng ignored Li Tingji, who was blushing, and continued: "Di Bao needs to be reformed, this is inevitable, the Di Bao I asked can only write about the people's livelihood, what is the big thing about the people's livelihood, I believe I don't need to say more, you can understand!" ”

Neng Feiyu and Li Tingji nodded quickly and said, "Understood, understood!" ”

Liu Zheng sighed and said: "Our country's land is too extensive, this is a good thing and a bad thing, the good thing is that our products are extremely rich, which can make countless people have enough food and clothing, and the bad thing is that the circulation of information is extremely poor, what happened in the south of the Yangtze River, the pavilion elders in Beijing want to know, basically it is more than ten days later, and a little farther away, what happened in Guangxi, the pavilion elders in Beijing want to know, at least a month has passed!" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zheng sighed again and said: "In such a situation, if you want the people not to be unlucky, you have to work the choice of the county, the governor, the prefect, and the governor, with a capable leader, the people will take a lot of detours, and they will suffer a lot of losses, it is not easy to do this, take Zhang Juzheng as an example, Zhang Juzheng's Wanli New Deal can make the Ming Dynasty reborn, it is precisely because he does not stick to one pattern to reduce talents, not all choose those clear streams, clean officials, you are the second Hai Rui, you are not capable, Zhang Juzheng will not use you, as long as you have the ability to make the people live a good life, you are more greedy than Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and you will still use you! ”

"Of course, I'm not encouraging you to use corrupt officials, but to let you remember that when you choose talents, you must know whether this person is capable, and don't blindly pursue whether he is clear or not!"

"Oh, forget, what we're talking about today is not this, the main thing is that poor information leads to some disasters that shouldn't happen, and if you want to speed up the flow of information, it's very difficult to use the current ability of our Ming Dynasty, so since the speed can't be improved, you have to start from somewhere else, what is this other place, it's Di Bao, the content of Di Bao has become pragmatic, even if the information is not smooth, it can also make our officials avoid detours in the choice of some things!"

"Just like the question raised by Master Li, if the content of the Di newspaper is pragmatic, for example, there is a matter of Shandong tax collection in the Di newspaper, and the tax rate is geometric, which is clearly written, then will there be an extreme situation in Shanxi? Definitely not! ”

"Therefore, the reform of the Di Bao is imperative, so it will give us a wake-up call, should we have our own Di Bao?"

Neng Feiyu nodded and said, "Lord, you should indeed have your own mansion report!" ”

Li Tingji didn't speak, he was thinking about whether he would secretly write a letter to the emperor and tell the emperor and the cabinet elders what he and Liu Zheng said today.

Liu Zheng said so much that he felt a little thirsty, so he asked people to re-serve tea and drank a few sips before continuing: "The matter of delegating the right to set taxes must not be in a hurry, and it cannot be completely delegated to the localities. ”

"Okay, let's talk so much about taxation first, and then continue our previous topic, now we have decided on public security, urban construction, education, and taxation, Lord Li, Mr. Feiyu, do you have anything to add?"

Li Tingji and Neng Feiyu glanced at each other, and found that the other party felt that there was nothing to say, so Neng Feiyu stepped forward and said, "My lord, there is nothing to add!" ”

Liu Zheng thought about it, and there was really nothing to say, the only thing that could be said was medical treatment and sanitation, but now this piece can't be made, so there is no need to bring it up, and when there are conditions in the future, just talk about health.

So Liu Zheng said: "Okay, that's it, the Standing Committee of the county party committee will be fixed to five people, and the specific division of responsibilities will be formulated by the two of you!" ”

The two knew that they should leave at this time, and they were about to go back after getting up and saluting, but after walking two steps, Neng Feiyu suddenly paused, turned to Liu Zheng and arched his hand and said, "Lord, my subordinates still have a question!" ”

Liu Zheng said suspiciously: "Oh? Still have questions? ”

Neng Feiyu thought for a moment and then said, "Who is responsible for the expenditure in this county?" ”

Liu Zheng was slightly stunned, then laughed and said, "Oh, don't you say this, I'll forget it then!" ”

Liu Zheng really forgot, the director of the finance bureau, but there is no need to set this up, just let the magistrate be responsible, after all, the power of the magistrate has been divided, and no one will listen to what he says if he doesn't control the financial power.

"All financial expenditures are under the control of the county!"