West"

The eighth day of November is the winter solstice, and after the winter solstice it will enter the nineth, that is, as the saying goes, "counting nine cold winters" has to pass nine hundred and eighty-one days in order to survive this winter.

But this year's winter is so cold that it is destined to be much more difficult than in previous years." Every morning, the soldiers of Suncheonfu. You have to pull the car and walk around the streets and alleys. You can always find ten or eight beggars who are starving to death and freezing to death. It was piled up on the car and sent to the chemical factory outside the city to be burned.

The common people are sad about the harsh winter, but many literati and scholars, and even Hanlin ministers, see this snow scene that has not been encountered for many years, but they are overjoyed, and they have organized tea and dinners, facing the white snow and red plums, chanting poems, and suddenly feeling that the realm of life has improved a lot, and it seems to be comparable to the demeanor of the Wei and Jin dynasties."

"This is really Zhumen's wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road!" Facing the invitation at the table, Lin Run, who was dusty, stretched out his arm and asked his subordinates to clean up the dust on his robe, and said disdainfully: "A group of stupid insects." ”

"The villain threw all of these" The entourage was the two who accompanied him to the meeting alone, and they spoke naturally and casually.

"What are you throwing away" Lin Run walked to the basin, soaked a wet white towel to wash his face, and said, "Such a hard paper shell, hit the sole of Mrs. Shoe." She liked it. ”

Follow this Khan, people sent invitations, but you used to hit the soles of your shoes, which is too "too unserious, right?" However, he also knew the old man's temper, and without saying a word, he began to pack up and put everything together, but there was only one light blue cover left, and asked Lin Run: "Your expensive one is also going to play the soles?" ”

"Who's?" Lin Run walked to the table and took a look. It turned out to be an invitation sent by Shen Mo, so he smiled and said, "Just spare him this time." As he spoke, he opened it and said, "Today's Shenshi, a product of residence." "Look at the sky again. It was already getting dark, so he hurriedly ordered the attendant who walked to the door: "By the way, tell Madame, sir, I have a bureau, let her eat by herself at night." ”

Seeing that it was not too early, Lin Run ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, change his clothes, and put on a big coat. Put on a cotton hat, gloves, and scarf, went out in full armor, sat in his well-ventilated sedan chair, and went to Yipinju outside the Xizhi Gate.

111111, 111111, 1111111, 111111, 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Hot pot, Jiangnan people call it "warm pot", which is actually not as appropriate as the name in the north, because it is not simply warm. but it really made a fire.

The utensils used in the north and south are also different, the south mostly uses casseroles, while the hot pot in the north is made of copper, with a hearth fire in the middle, surrounded by a pot for soup and vegetables, and a lid with a round hole on it. I put it on the "fire mouth, and cover the pot." After filling the pot with the base stock, put the lit charcoal from the "fire mouth" and put it in, and fan the charcoal fire; The charcoal crackled and flames burst out of the fire, and the pot was "sizzling." Creaked. Boiled and served on the table, and lifted the lid of the pot, white gas overflowed. You can eat it with a shabu, and it is not only delicious. And hands-on fun.

When Lin Run arrived, it was already dark, the lobby was full of friends, steaming, a mouthful of hot pot, all steaming sparks, people's attention was all in the pot, and no one paid attention to this late guest.

Of course, the shopkeeper will not be so eyeless, he greeted him and said apologetically: "The shop is already full, if you always have an appointment, then please inside"

Before Lin Run could speak, a voice sounded: "This master has an appointment." Xiao Eryi turned around. Seeing that it was a guest who went in early, he smiled and stepped aside and said: The villain is too talkative. ”

The man saluted Lin Run, and when Lin Run saw that it was the silent chief of the guard, he smiled and nodded. Follow him through the lobby and upstairs to the private room.

As soon as he went upstairs, the noise downstairs seemed to be far away, and he was much quieter, and followed the guard to the far end of the corridor, where there were already several attendants in different costumes, apparently brought by different guests.

The waiter walked over, lifted the curtain, and said to the opposite side: "Master Lin is here." ”

"Hahaha, Brother Ruoyu, you're late." There were a few hearty laughter inside, Lin Run sped up a few steps and walked in, and saw that in addition to silence, there were also Zhang Juzheng, Xu Wei, Yin Shizhan, and Zhu Dashou "are all characters he can afford to look up to, and he couldn't help but smile with a smile: "It's late." It's too late, and I'll just take the punishment. ”

"I'll just say it." Shen Mo beckoned him to sit down beside him, and said with a smile: "This guy is very good." ”

Lin Run was also happy, without saying a word, he toasted three times in a row, which attracted everyone's applause, and then he took off his hat and shook his head, relaxed and said: "I'm coming back from the net, and my wife came here without seeing me, your brother is really good, aren't you afraid that I won't come?" ”

Shen Mo smiled smugly: "Then you don't care." Anyway, I was sure that I invited everyone here. As he spoke, he said to the outside, "It's time to put it on the pot." "Soon, three guys brought in the hot pot that had been boiled with the net, and the fairy upstairs... The fierce hot pot is not the same as the downstairs is a soup pot, but a plate of meat, vegetables, and tofu is sandwiched by itself. It's happy, but it's too bad and not noble.

The pot upstairs is the kitchen has already been equipped with ingredients, neatly packed into the hot pot, and it can be eaten as soon as it is served, eliminating a process.

The three guys lifted the lid of the pot, and the hot air filled the house, and when the white gas dissipated, the leading guy said crisply: "Three white pots, three fresh pots, assorted pots, a few masters, please use the three pots are all made of meatballs, dragon's mouth fine powder, and sour cabbage at the bottom, the difference is what is spread on it." The three white pots are covered with white chicken, white belly slices, and white meat; Assorted pots are paved with more than a dozen things such as clear sauce meat, yellow croaker, pork kidney flowers, etc., as for the "three fresh pots", the shops are sea cucumbers, braised pork, eggs, the flavors are very different, but they are all delicious, and then with a self-brewed burning knife, it is really a fairy can hook down the mortal.

The two people had no intention of talking, so they threw off their cheeks and feasted, the house was already hot, and the hot pot was even hotter, and they ate red and sweaty one by one, and they couldn't care about the image, they opened their arms, wiped their sweat with a towel, and kept sending it to their mouths.

Among the six people, Lin Run ate the most fiercely, one person almost wiped out the entire three white pots, and kept sandwiching mutton slices into it, provoking Xu Wei, who was eating the same pot with him, finally couldn't help but say: "Brother, you haven't eaten for a few days?" ”

Lin Run swallowed the food in his mouth, stretched out three fingers, thought about it, and changed it to two: "Two days, I ate a bowl of cabbage porridge the morning before yesterday, and I haven't eaten a grain of grain until now,"

His appearance was a little funny, but everyone couldn't laugh, Yin Shizhan asked softly, "Is the disaster relief situation very serious?" ”

"Hmm." Lin Run finally felt a little full, so he wiped his mouth and said: "It's very serious, it was originally estimated that there were only tens of thousands of victims, but now it seems that there must be at least a few hundred thousand." He sighed and said: "This thief doesn't open his eyes, but he has encountered a cold that he hasn't seen for many years, which makes it even more difficult to help the victims." ”

Originally, this year's drought in the north was uneven, and the autumn harvest was out of production in many places, and the common people could not pay taxes, and they had to be arrested by the government if they stayed at home. In the winter, they could no longer wander, so they gathered in the area of Jingshi and waited for relief from the government.

After all, this is the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the emperor can't watch his people suffer from cold and hunger, so the glorious and arduous task of appointing a large number of people to provide disaster relief fell on the new left deputy capital Yu Shi Linrun, and the emperor ordered him to settle the victims well, and there should be no large-scale death. But no one expected that the number of victims was far beyond expectations, coupled with the cold winter that has not been encountered in these years this year, the original disaster relief materials were not enough, Lin Run and they racked their brains, saved and saved, and could not ensure that the victims survived the winter safely, so they had to go back to Beijing to ask for help, asking for more food and quilts.

Only then did everyone realize that Lin Run's eyes were bloodshot, and he obviously hadn't closed his eyes for several days. "One-one, one-one-one

After listening to Lin Run's words, everyone's eyes turned to Yin Shizhan, he had already left the palace and went to the household department to serve as a left waiter for half a year. As the second head of the household department, Yin Shizhan was naturally very clear about the treasury, and in the face of Lin Run's expectant gaze, he sighed lightly and said: "Brother Ruoyu, I won't tell you that the money and food for disaster relief at the beginning were saved by the household department by squeezing the belt of his trousers. Now Curry is rich, but the murderous part is the New Year's Eve of the hundred officials, and most of it is the Lu rice of the clan. A turnip, a pit, and no more silver. ”

"You can't die without help." Lin Run was a little angry and said, "Does Lord Yin know?" In the current weather, hundreds of people can freeze to death every day. Hundreds of people understand? ”

Shen Mo hurriedly came out of the round and said: "Let's think about a way to see if we can raise supplies to help the victims outside the city survive the winter." ”

"That's what you called us for?" Xu Wei glanced at him and said, these two people were used to being embarrassed, and seeing that the topic was taken out of the city by Lin Run, Xu Wei pulled back to the silent track.

"That's not it, I didn't know about the victims at first" Shen Mo slowly shook his head and said: "Invite everyone, in fact, I want to exchange views with everyone on the matter of Zonglu's reform and said softly: "According to the custom, the annual month of Layue gives the Zongfan a lot of silver, but this year it is said that it is going to be reformed, and the Zongren Mansion has to not open the list first, and everything will wait for the results to come out." ”

"I also know that this discussion goes on and on. It's not been a year and a half, and I don't want to come up with one. Ding Mao comes. But the temper of those clan masters, you can also imagine, come to me every day to make a lot of noise. It was even moving, making the yamen smoky. It took me a lot of effort to appease them, and I told them that there would be a result before the New Year, and now there is still more than half a month before the New Year" Shen Mo said with a wry smile: "It can't be delayed any longer, so we have to have a countermeasure first to pass this year." Otherwise, these hob meat who are not afraid of the sky and the earth may not know what to do. Seeing that Shen Mo was sad like this, Lin Run was quite embarrassed and said: "When I was sparse, I said that I was mixed with the books and books, and the novels were all under the umbrella" suddenly let the hundred officials brainstorm. came up with a solution, but I didn't think about giving it a strain."

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "The big water washed the Dragon King Temple; Who would have thought that I would catch up in a daze? The crowd chuckled.

After laughing, Yin Shizhan said softly: "Brother Clumsy, it's really not good, let's first follow last year's usual practice and make this year's silver hair." Anyway, Taicang already has this silver prepared. ”

Before he could speak, Zhang Juzheng said: "This matter has been discussed twice in the court, and although the courtiers have a particularly big dispute, one thing is exactly the same, that is, Zonglu must be reduced, but there are differences in ways and methods." As he spoke, he looked at Shen Mo and said, "This is also the reason why the humble words can't follow the old routine." ”

Shen Mo nodded and smiled: "That's right." But all people of insight have already felt the problem of the clan, and it is bound to become a painful disease, which has already endangered the foundation of my Ming Dynasty. So Brother Ruoyu's performance is sparse. Only then would the officials go up one after another to go up and put forward suggestions for dealing with the issue of the clan. As he spoke, he stretched out his hands and said: "I have summarized the suggestions of the hundred officials, and there are no less than ten articles, such as limiting the number of children of relatives and county kings, and those who exceed the quota will not be given Juelu; Clans are allowed to serve as officials or engage in business such as agriculture and commerce; revoke the ban that the clansmen are not allowed to go out of the city and cross the border; Conduct nationwide inspections to reduce the number of fraudulent recipients; signaled the prince to take the lead in reducing part of the year; Convert part of the year-old money into banknotes and so on,"

"There are really a lot of ways," Xu Wei snorted and laughed, "I just don't know if it's useful." ”

Ignoring him silently, he continued: "It is precisely because there are too many ways and everyone has their own opinions that they quarrel into a pot of porridge, I mean, let's reach a consensus on the scope first, and then go back and do our separate work." Push in one direction. ”

Listening to Shen Mo's words, Zhang Juzheng's heart moved, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's a good idea." Only then did he realize that now any force in the DPRK and China can find a representative at this table, "He himself can be regarded as a representative of Xu Ge's old side; Yin Shizhan is the representative of the old Hanlin; Zhu Dashou is the representative of the new Hanlin; Lin Run is the representative of the Kedao Dialect Officer; Shen Mo is the representative of the Ministry of Rites who has the absolute right to speak in this; Even Xu Wei. It can also influence a group of guys who claim to be famous and famous.

Basically, as long as the table is on the same page. It is really possible to push the government in the direction they want to see.

"It's still me, the initiator, let's throw bricks and lead the way." Lin Run cleared his throat and said, "To solve the problem of the clan, I think there are three strategies. The best strategy is to break down the barriers between the clan and the common people. So that the clan can also freely make a living, go out of office, join the army, do business, farm, and of course, at the same time, can no longer enjoy the support of the state, this can start from the lowest sect people, and slowly infiltrate upward. I did a calculation. Based on the calculation of the number of 25,000 people in the 40th year of Jiajing, of which there are only more than 200 princes, and the rest are Fengguo, Zhenguo, auxiliary generals, and lieutenants. 800 stone for the general of the auxiliary state, 600 stone for the general of Fengguo, 400 stone for the lieutenant of Zhenguo, 300 stone for the lieutenant of the auxiliary state, and 200 stone for the lieutenant of Fengguo. More than ninety-five non-princes account for a total of seventy-five of Zonglu's expenditures. I think that bypassing the prince and the prince of the county and starting from these people will have a good impact, and I think it is the best policy. ”

Shen Mo and the others nodded after hearing this: "What about the middle strategy and the next strategy?" ”

"The middle policy is to strictly limit the succession of titles. It is safest to firmly control the number of princes, and to adopt a method similar to that of the Han Dynasty, so that every time they inherit, the fief will be reduced by one bucket. But the effect was slow, and the imperial court couldn't get rid of "Zonglu" in the short term. This big baggage. Lin Run said: "As for the next policy, it's very unauthentic."

"There are no outsiders, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Ban Mo laughed.

"It's a fold." Lin Run nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Folding a part of Zonglu's money and grain into banknotes, the effect is immediate. "Being in certain limitations. Those who are as shrewd as Lin Run also think that paper money can be printed irresponsibly and casually by the state.

"I've finished talking about the three strategies of Shangzhongping, please advise." Lin Run said in a deep voice.

Several people discussed it, and they all felt that Lin Run's method was really good, and the three strategies could be implemented, or even a three-pronged approach. Lin Run was very happy at first. But after a while, I found that Shen Mo and Zhang Juzheng had not expressed their position for a long time, so they asked, "What do you two think?" ”

Shen Mo exchanged glances with Zhang Juzheng, and the latter smiled: "What I mean below is that the problem of the clan is related to the stability of the society, and it must be solved, but more importantly, it is necessary to do the right thing at the right time." Saying that, he smiled at Lin Run and said, "With all due respect, Lin Da."

Although it was a little late, it was still finished" (to be continued) concave said that the novel Qi umbrella