(Brother Hai is overrated, how can a person like me have a manuscript.) Pen % Fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info)

As mentioned last time, Li Congjing went to the Charucci Mansion, and the two talked about a major event that night, what was the big thing? Well, I'm not going to tell you.

Okay, and listen to me slowly.

Originally, when the prince came, everyone in the house, including family members, had to greet him, but Li Congjing and Xia Luqi were familiar with each other, and it was already dusk at this time, so they didn't let Xia Luqi toss. The two set up a banquet in the hall and drank freely, without the company of others, nor accompanied by singing and dancing, and they were happy and free.

Since the two rivers and one part, Xia Luqi returned to the dynasty, Li Congjing took care of the follow-up affairs of the two rivers, and now goodbye, it has been a few months, during which Li Congjing took a trip to the Khitan, which turned the northern territory of the Tang Dynasty upside down, and he had to talk about it at the banquet again.

There is not much gossip, and in the blink of an eye, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the topic of the two returned to the current military and political affairs of the empire, as well as the situation in Hedong.

"Taiyuan Mansion Yin Sun Fangchuan has been in charge of Taiyuan for a long time, and now it seems that the new policy of Taiyuan Mansion is not implemented very well, but what puzzles the lonely king is that Taiyuan Mansion has not been owed taxes every year." Li Congjing said to Xia Luqi, "Although the envoy has not been here for a long time, the envoy seems to have a good understanding of the reality of Hedong, can you solve the confusion of the orphan king?" ”

Hearing this, Charucci's expression was slightly solemn, and he groaned for a while, and then he arched his hand and said: "There is a certain sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." If you talk about it, it is quite offensive to the current dynasty; If you don't talk about it, it's like choking in your throat. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Li Congjing said.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, do you want to be the master of Zhongxing in the future, or do you want to be the king of the prosperous world?" Charucci asked.

Li Congjing was stunned.

The lord of Zhongxing, the prosperous Mingjun, is there a difference?

When you think about it, the difference is like the next heaven and earth.

Li Congjing said solemnly: "Lonely is not talented, and I am willing to be the king of the prosperous world." ”

"Then so-and-so knows everything." Xia Luqi said in a calm tone, "Since Tiancheng, a certain town has been in Xuzhou and Suizhou, and now it has been to Hedong, and I know a lot about local affairs. Although Tiancheng's new policy is huge and has been effective for several years, it is also quite effective, but in a certain view, it is to govern the surface but not the inside, and the court does not govern the state and county. ”

Li Congjing's face changed slightly.

Tiancheng's new policy is a major policy implemented by the imperial court for several years, condensing the countless efforts of the emperor and hundreds of officials, and pushing the local imperial court to vigorously supervise, and its results are also quite fruitful, not only making the Tang Dynasty treasury full, but also weakening the power of each section, but also the effect is extraordinary.

Shinong industry and commerce, all inherit its benefits, there is a hundred wastes of the beginning of the image, the government and the opposition, people all say: the world with this and the prosperity, the revival of the Tang Dynasty is hopeful. Why did Tiancheng's new deal come to Xia Luqi, and it ended up with an evaluation of "governing the surface but not the inside, and governing the court but not the state and county"?

Hugh said that others, but Li Congjing listened to it, and his heart was not good.

Li Congjing knew that Xia Ruqi was not pretending to be an amazing person to attract the attention of others in order to highlight his own people, so he patiently straightened up and said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Xia Luqi put his hands on his knees, bowed and said: "The new political and legal decree covers all things, including wealth, agriculture, land, merchants, town army, tribute, etc., all have major political programs, and the imperial court uses them to travel in the world, and the world has the image of recovery." However, looking at the annals of history, the new deal often has, when it was first implemented, most of the momentum was like a rainbow, the world shook, or there were people who opened the world in the middle of the decade, and then the person who presided over the new policy, or said the king or the minister, once he was not in his position, the new deal disappeared overnight, and its momentum was faster than the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and the world fell into chaos again, why also? ”

Li Congjing muttered: "It's all because the so-called New Deal is only superficial and not deep? ”

"Yes, yes." Xia Ruqi bowed, "I asked Your Highness again, since the Anshi Rebellion, there have been shortcomings in the world, and occasionally there are Zhongxing kings, diligent in political affairs, and there is no shortage of good ministers, why don't you see the world for a long time, and the dynasty has reappeared in Zhenguan and the prosperous era of Kaiyuan?" ”

This question is too complicated for Li Congjing to answer for a while, he wants to hear what Xia Ruqi thinks.

"It's easy to accumulate disadvantages, and it's a long way; It is difficult to remove the disadvantages, one step in 100 days! Charucci said in a deep voice, "It's hard to get rid of the evils, and it's even more difficult to get rid of all kinds of evils from the roots. ”

In a word, Li Congjing's spirit was shocked.

Charucci continued: "It is like a doctor who heals a man, who is terminally ill, and if he wants to cure his disease, he must scrape his bones to cure the poison. And scraping the bones to cure the poison, you must get the holy hand of the medical Tao, first into the skin and then into the flesh, so as to avoid a few times of blood, Rao is so, it is difficult to guarantee the removal of poison; And if it only treats the surface, it is an ordinary doctor, and half a decade of medicine can also make the skin as bright as ever - but if so, what is the use? ”

Li Congjing said: "Please speak deeply. ”

Xia Luqi sighed, "His Royal Highness said that Sun Fangchuan is obviously not effective in implementing the new policy, why is the wealth not bad every year. Does His Royal Highness know the old things of Wei Jian and Wang Ji in this dynasty? ”

Li Congjing shook his head, he hadn't heard of these two people.

Xia Luqi said: "During the Tianbao period, Wei Jian in order to collect money, in order to collect money, in Jianghuai transferred and rented rice, took the millet of Yicang in Zhou County, transferred light goods to the city, and specially sent rich households to escort the ship. Relying on this means, he was able to collect a lot of money for the imperial court every year, but Xuanzong thought that he was outstanding and promoted to be reused. ”

"Xuanzong has been in power for a long time, and his consumption has become more and more arrogant, without moderation, and the inner treasury has gradually become insufficient. When Wang Ji was a servant of the household registration, he cleverly set up a name, wantonly expropriated and stripped money, and collected tens of billions of dollars per year, and Xuanzong thought that he could, and the holy family was long. ”

Although Sun Fangchuan did not reluctantly implement the new policy, he relied on various means to obtain a lot of wealth, so he did not owe a lot of money every year. hated that he had deep roots in Taiyuan, and the former envoy was old and faint, so he couldn't cure him, so he made him do mischief in Taiyuan for many years. ”

Li Congjing was speechless for a while.

Only then did he realize that Li Siyuan asked Xia Luqi to leave the town of Hedong, and he was afraid that he had already noticed all kinds of misdeeds in Sun Fangchuan, but there was no evidence for the time being, so Xia Ruqi came to clean up Hedong.

This is the case in the east of the river, but what about the rest of the world?

Li Congjing doesn't need to think much to know that there may not be these situations in places where officials are clear and the imperial court is vigorously supervised, but there are many prefectures and counties in the world, and there are many festival envoys in the middle, and I am afraid that there are many places like Hedong.

In a word, the prefectures and counties have sufficient financial endowments and contribute a lot of taxes to the imperial court, and the localities are not necessarily well governed, and the officials are not necessarily good officials.

The New Deal has been in place for several years and has achieved remarkable results, but how many of them have sold dog meat on sheep's heads, taking the opportunity to collect money by illegal means in the local area, and then asking the imperial court for merit and rewards in order to be promoted? Li Congjing couldn't answer.

Xia Luqi said: "In order to deal with the imperial court inspectors, the local officials have endless means, that is, the local new policy is not implemented effectively, and these people can always choose a place to create a prosperous scene of the new policy to deal with the imperial court inspectors, not to mention that some inspectors secretly accept bribes." ”

"Some local important ministers, such as the envoys of the festival, have always had dealings with the court officials, or for the sake of the old, or in-laws, or collusion, the so-called law is nothing more than human affection, even if those important ministers of the court themselves are not traitors, they can not hinder the sophistication of human feelings, and there is always a place for convenience for people. The difference of a millimeter, the difference of a thousand miles, the center turns a blind eye to certain joints, and the place is enough to be a different scene. ”

Xia Luqi looked at Li Congjing, "Take the system of measurement as an example: ten is a liter, ten is a bucket, three is a big rise, three buckets are a big bucket, and ten buckets are Hu; Twenty-four baht is two, three taels are big two, and sixteen taels are catties; and Shandong Prefectures, with one foot and two inches as the big ruler. ”

"This dynasty has repeatedly issued clear orders before, stipulating the system of measurement, but since the great chaos in the world, there are many princes, each using their own methods, resulting in different measurements in various places. Today, the state and county levy and levy the service with a big promotion and a big bucket, and tomorrow to contribute taxes to the imperial court will use a small sheng and a small bucket and a small two, not to mention the measurement of individual places such as one foot and two inches, there are many states and counties in the world, how can the imperial court verify it? How to picket? Can we find out the truth? Even if the truth is checked, will the state and county pay tribute and pay taxes, will they buy off the officials? ”

Layers of fine sweat were already breaking out on Li Congjing's forehead, and before Xia Luqi finished speaking, he continued: "The imperial court has decreed that all floods, droughts, insects, and frost disasters will be exempted from rent for more than four ten, exempt from adjustment for more than six losses, and exempt from military service for more than seven losses. And are the feudal towns, prefectures and counties really implemented? To what extent? If the local government reports disasters to the imperial court, it will open its mouths widely, and if it treats disasters inward, it will be large and small, and small and ...... will be turned into nothing."

"The New Deal prospers businessmen, which involves the sale of goods, must be related to the minting of coins. The method of minting money, the beginning of the dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao money, the world, and since the rise of the town, the coins are chaotic, the town mints small money, the people sell it privately, and there is a shortage of copper......"

Xia Ruqi said a lot in a row, and Li Congjing was mostly listening.

Time passed unconsciously, the candles in the hall were flickering, the curtains were lowered, the food on the small table was already cold, and the crooked wine jug had not been lifted for a long time.

The maids had come in several times to cut the candles and add oil, and then quietly withdrew, and the two of them sat and talked five steps apart, never noticing them.

The guards of the King of Qin outside the door have changed several times, but the King of Qin inside the door has never left his seat.

In the middle, Charucci's wife came once, but she only forgot to glance at the lights in the courtyard, and retreated.

The moonlight sprinkled in the courtyard changed from light to quiet, and then from quiet to light.

I don't know when, the sound of roosters crowing through the sky, and a fishing line gradually appeared in the eastern sky.

......

"Therefore, although the new policy has been implemented for several years and has received a lot of results, there is no shortage of exemplary states and counties in the world, but it is only the beginning, and from the overall situation, it is still worthy of the thirteen words of 'governing the surface but not governing the inside, governing the court but not governing the state and county'." The morning light spread out in the room, and Charucci stopped talking.

"Listening to the words of the festival envoy today, such as hearing the morning bell and dusk drum, it is really an empowerment." Li Congjing sighed with emotion and smiled bitterly, "The matter of the New Deal, Lone has always been quite complacent, but now that I look at it, I know that Lone is a frog at the bottom of the well." ”

He looked out the window and couldn't help but think: the revolution has not yet succeeded, why should comrades be arrogant?

Charucci said: "It is easy for the lord of Zhongxing, and it is difficult for the prosperous Ming monarch, presumably His Majesty's mind is the same as His Royal Highness, even if the new policy still has all kinds of shortcomings, with His Majesty and His Royal Highness, it can always be corrected and deepened." ”

Li Congjing said seriously: "The road is long, and I will go up and down to seek." ”

Li Congjing listened and pondered all night, and Xia Luqi's various opinions on the shortcomings of the new policy were not necessarily completely unaware of the important ministers in the DPRK and China, but there are many sides to one thing, and when you look at it from the top down and from the bottom up, you will always see many different things that need to make up for each other.

Now that the new deal has reached the second stage, it is the time to consolidate the achievements and forge ahead in a pioneering spirit, and it is very crucial, and Li Congjing's listening to Xia Luqi's words today will certainly be of great benefit to him after he returns to the dynasty and discuss with Li Siyuan and others the layout and measures for the next stage of the new deal.

If the new policy is still implemented according to the old way, it can only reap temporary results at most, and it is impossible to be a hundred years old.

Li Congjing thought helplessly that he would go all the way back to Luoyang in the coming day, but he was afraid that he would have to think about it all the way to the road. When he returned to Taiyuan this time, he originally had the idea of relaxing, but unexpectedly, he first dealt with Sun Fangchuan, and then discussed the new deal with Xia Luqi, but it was not the time to really relax.

At this location, it is not so easy to experience the joy of the market and the countryside again.

Li Congjing stood up and bowed to Xia Ruqi, "The envoy has worked hard. ”

Charucci hurriedly returned the salute, "In front of His Highness, I don't dare to say bitterness." ”