When he heard the name Yang Fan, Fang Yiru's fists clenched unconsciously. He didn't expect that even if this haunting name finally drifted away across the ocean, it was still affecting his trajectory, and his throat rolled, "Could it be that the court is all up to him Ling Hebo alone!" ”

Of course it's not up to him. How can it be up to him to have the final say, even if it is a saint, he cannot allow a voice that can cover the sky with one hand in the court. It's just that his attention has affected the saint, so that the saint gradually has a trace of doubt about the national strength and the ancestral system, so the saint wants to make a try. Commercial taxation is also related to people's livelihood and social welfare, so it naturally needs manpower. Whether those few are opportunistic or genuinely in love, they will be able to enter the eyes of the Holy Dharma. ”

Fang Yiru shook his head and sighed: "The traitor is in charge, don't you know the king's side, teacher?" ”

"Yiru, you're too young. If the saint wants to do a great job, he must remove a few obstacles, including those who were once a stepping stone to his success. Du Ruhai is an example of this. The commercial tax is customized by Taizu, how can it be changed? There are still villains like Zhou Yanru who tend to be inflammatory, but don't worry, they won't be able to last long. ”

"How does the teacher know?"

"Throughout the ages, Qin has Shang Ying, Song has Wang Banshan, and I am the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, which change can be successful? It's not a waste, misleading the country and the people. What you have to do now is to stand aside with the teacher, and don't pay attention to any changes. ”

"Students understand."

"It's good to understand. Entered the Hanlin, and after the frost and autumn, I will play the imperial court, and the officials will come to the book, and you will be appointed as the salt envoy of the two Huai, although it may be a judge or a governor, but the teacher will not harm you, and the doorway here, you will know when you go. ”

"Thank you for the lift."

"Alright, let's go back." Lao Shangshu's voice became lazy, as if the hot weather made him a little tired. The old butler at the entrance of the alley was called in. Fang Yiru waited on the side of the carriage, waiting for Lao Shangshu to leave. Yang Yun, the head of the household department, poked his head out and said meaningfully, "You have to remember that no matter what time it is, it is always the safest to follow the old path. There are too many shortcuts on mountain roads, and it is natural to walk smoothly and step faster, but more often, it is easy to stumble. ”

The carriage left slowly, Fang Yiru walked out of the alley, and sent the carriage slowly away against the hot day. Jingshi is still the same Jingshi, and there is no reason why you can't live because someone is gone. Only those noble ladies and aunts seemed to be waiting for the perfume and soap that was about to be released by the strange thing.

Although Yang Fan is not here, this cornucopia is still crazy about collecting money for him. All kinds of novelty gadgets are sold with old objects. For perfume, it must be accompanied by a crystal glass bottle. Soap too, mixed with milk, perfume or something, with a tray box, is a lot of income.

According to the tasks assigned by Yang Fan before leaving, the masters made everything down. This perfume alone was originally sold in the spring, and it hung the appetite of those ladies and ladies for nearly three months. According to Yang Fan's plan, he will sell it at least after autumn. Good things have to be hidden. However, it was Queen Zhou in the palace who couldn't help it, and didn't she make money by putting the silver in vain?

The silver of the inner palace has never been used as treasury silver, but has to embezzle treasury silver. The old Zhu family has such a virtue, it seems that since Zhu Chongba, it has been like this, he is very picky, and he doesn't want to take anything out. The title is like this, and the moon is like this, they are all deducted to death. In addition to state affairs, Zhu Youzhen also received the dividends from Dakang Liquor, and his own treasury was also having a lot of fun.

……

The weather was so hot that a rare guest came to Taifu's mansion. In these years, the officialdom has been up and down, there are those who are in high positions, and there are those who have fallen off the horse, but it is just fast and slow. Zhou Yanru was kicked out of the cabinet, and it was only three or four days ago that the city was already in turmoil. The reform of the salt tax has been hindered many times, and the officials have played at the top and expressed their words, all of which are that the people's strength is struggling, and the tax should not be increased.

The twists and turns were piled up, and in the end, the ministers attacked, and the commercial tax, salt tax, including the pile of treasure money left by Yang Fan when he left, were not adopted. What did the Donglin Party do well? is not to hold power, but to grasp the world's public opinion, not only a benchmark for readers, but also a benchmark for public opinion. said that Zhou Yanru misled the country and the people, bent the law for bribes, changed the ancestral system without authorization, etc., as a result, it seems that in the scolding of the people of the world, Zhou Yanru stepped down. Wen Tiren, who seemed to have suffered a big loss, took over naturally.

"Come to Taifu, don't come unharmed."

"Old Zhou Ge, long time no see." Lai Zongdao smiled, since he quietly stepped down, it seems that few high-ranking officials from the DPRK and the central government have come to visit, and today Zhou Yanru came, he really didn't know what the situation was.

Zhou Yanru said with a smile: "Taifu doesn't know, and now he has been kicked out of the cabinet like Taifu did at the beginning." If you are commensurate with the elder of the pavilion again, I am afraid that I will be in trouble. He sat down slowly, looked at the already verdant locust in the yard, and was happy, and said, "It's not simple, Taifu's locust is three hundred years old, right?" ”

Lai Zongdao put his hands on the chair, "Yes, in this courtyard, to say the least, it has been three hundred years, and even I don't know who the previous owner of the courtyard is, and as for the person who planted him, it is even more difficult to know." ”

"It's fine." Zhou Yanru's voice was good, a little melancholy. The high-pitched cry of the bean acacia reached the ears, and he was a little irritable. He took a sip of tea, "Taifu is now living at home, doesn't it even matter about state affairs?" ”

"I'm old. Jade rope, I'm already past a mile, what else can I do? Lai Zongdao laughed at himself, "Remember last winter, Lord Yang asked me to coach Yulin, and now he himself is being played around, Nanyang?" Can that place really bring grain? ”

Zhou Yanru glanced at Lai Zongdao and said, "Sending Lord Yang to Nanyang is the construction of Xia, but note that Lord Yang himself proposed it." "You? Why? ”

"Does the imperial court need an unqualified lord to intervene in the government? Since Taifu stepped down from the cabinet, he didn't even ask about the government, King Fu has lived in Luoyang for a long time, and he has not left Luoyang City an inch. In doing so, it is for his good. Since you don't want to enter this circle, don't control this government, otherwise you will be condemned as seizing power. ”

"And then Jade Rope, you're out of the cabinet because of this?"

"Naturally not. The saint listened to Yang Fanjian and was determined to reform the tax system. I also think that the tax must be changed, but when the saint first mentioned yì, the opposition was not loud, and now that it has just been implemented, the impeachment of me has come one after another. The ministers attacked, and it came down like this. ”

I have to say that Donglin Qunchen, this force, once it touches their interests, will immediately twist into a rope. They represented the interests of merchants and landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang at that time, opposed the imperial court's collection of taxes on industrialists and merchants, and took advantage of the opportunity of Zhu Youzhan to eliminate Wei Zhongxian's forces, and reduced the tax burden of overseas trade tax, mining tax, salt tax, tea tax and other taxes, making the source of financial revenue in the late Ming Dynasty more single, and the source of tax revenue of the imperial court was more dependent on ordinary peasants.

Lai Zongdao smiled and said, "Therefore, the jade rope came to me to complain about the impeachment of the Donglin people?" Zhou Yanru smiled and said, "Taifu said that he was joking." There is no such meaning in the bottom. It's just that I feel it, forgive me. ”

"If you don't have anything to do, you won't go to the Three Treasures Palace, what does the jade rope mean by coming this time?"

"I have no other intentions, I came here this time, I just said goodbye to the Taifu, and when I went back to the countryside, the sea was up and down, and no one could say anything about tomorrow, so I said goodbye."

Lai Zongdao stood up, arched his hand, and said, "Then I wish the jade rope a smooth sailing." Zhou Yanru smiled and shook his head goodbye. How can it be smooth sailing for a sudden dismissal?

Looking at the back of Zhou Yanru leaving, Lai Zongdao took a sip of the tea on the table, and muttered to himself: "Help Yang Fan?" I guess I want to secure my position. It's not this diamond, you have to take the porcelain work, you deserve it! ”

……

"Elder Wen Ge, Zhou Yanru visited the mansion of the Taifu today, and after listening to the porter, it seems that he has said goodbye and returned to his hometown."

Wen Tiren sat on the chair, his hand beating, and said with a long smile: "Zhou Yanru, Zhou Yanru." The old man has been beating you for a few years, and you still don't know what tricks you have? While asking puzzledly, "What does Elder Ge mean by this?" ”

"I don't understand it yet. A few months ago, seeing that Ling Hebo had become a celebrity next to Shengshang, he Zhou Yanru also wanted to curry favor with Shengshang, but now he lost his wife and soldiers, and he didn't even keep his job. When he came to Taifu's farewell, he was like Donglin Qunchen bowing his head, and tax reform was not his original intention. It's a comeback. People are thick, he does this, to put it ugly, that is, he wants to be a and want to set up an archway. ”

"Ge Lao, then this tax reform, you think it is ......"

Wen Tiren shook his head and said, "I can't do it." It's too much resistance, it's hard......"