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He's hard to ride a tiger now. If Xie Shen is sternly rejected at this time, then the father will be gone, and the son will definitely be very disappointed in him.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and said: "Xiao Ge Lao wrote a poem before, and there are two sentences that Yang agrees with. ”

After a pause, he continued: "If the country lives and dies for profit, will it not be avoided because of misfortune and fortune. ”

Xie Shen was overjoyed when he heard this, he knew that Yang Tinghe had agreed.

"As a minister, Yang should share his worries for his father. I also asked the little pavilion elder to bring a message to a few pavilion elders, please rest assured. ”

When it came to this, Xie Shen didn't want to say too much, so he only gave a few words of encouragement and left.

Before leaving, Yang Shen looked at Xie Shen stupidly, so that he was not embarrassed.

This Yang Gongzi won't treat him as an idol, right?

Twenty-year-old Pavilion elder does sound quite worthy of boasting.

didn't mention it, but said that Xie Shenyang's trip to Yang's mansion was a great success, and he returned to the cabinet with great ambition.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were a little surprised to see him return.

"Siming, why are you back again?"

Xie Qian stepped forward and asked.

"Elder Xie Ge, go to the Yang Mansion and persuade Yang Shilang to accept the position of governor."

"Oh? Did he say yes? ”

Xie Qian said curiously.

Xie Shen smiled and said, "It's not Yang Shilang who promised, it's Yang Gongzi who promised." ”

"Young Master Yang? But his eldest son, Yang Shen? ”

For this junior, Xie Qian has heard a little, and heard that he is outstanding in talent and learning, and he will participate in the Shuntianfu Township Examination next year, and he is a big favorite to win the championship.

But what does this have to do with Yang Shilang's promise to be the governor of the three towns?

Li Dongyang was also confused, and said with a wry smile: "Siming, don't sell Guanzi, tell me how you made Yang Shilang change his mind." ”

The corners of Xie Shen's mouth rose slightly: "Actually, it's very simple, it's just a matter of plotting to attack the heart." ”

He also described how to use Yang Shen to attack Yang Tinghe, and heard Li Dongyang and Xie Qian laughing.

"Siming really has you. I didn't expect Yang Shilang to be smart and calculated. ”

Xie Qian nodded frequently.

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Now the husband has nothing to say." ”

"Finally, if you have a heart, the old man can also explain it to His Majesty."

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "This can only be regarded as the first step, and the governor has a policy to be implemented." ”

Whether it is Yang Tinghe or Yang Yiqing, they are just the implementers of the imperial court's policies. It remains to be seen how effective the establishment of a governor will be.

Of course, in terms of ability, there is no problem with the two of them, and the only thing Xie Shen is worried about now is that there will be local resistance to the implementation of the policy.

After all, the governor-governor system may not adapt to the soil in the border towns, and things that deceive the superiors and subordinates may still happen.

"What Siming said is reasonable, the affairs of the border town will be handed over to Ying Ning and Jiefu, and the things for them will be handed over to the old man."

As the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang still has the bearing he should have. Now that Liu Jin has been demoted, Qian Ning has lost power, which is a good omen for He Qinghai Yan. As long as the Tatar border trouble is solved, the Ming Dynasty will usher in a prosperous peace.

Li Dongyang's dream is to make Jun Yao Shun and then make the people pure. Now that this dream is getting closer and closer to being realized, he is very happy.

Recalling the turmoil of the death of the first emperor and the accession of the new monarch, Li Dongyang was embarrassed.

Liu Jianzhishi, Ma Wensheng Zhishi, Liu Daxia Zhishi, and Han Wen died tragically in prison......

If it weren't for Xie Shen's efforts to turn the tide, I really don't know what would happen to the government and the opposition now.

Thinking of the scene of the Eight Tigers gaining power and Qian Ning's dominance, Li Dongyang felt palpitations, and couldn't help but feel a little grateful to Xie Shen.

Xie Shen was naturally in a good mood. Although history has not been completely rewritten, he has played the role of a time-traveler to some extent.

Seven of the Eight Tigers are still there, but the leading brother Liu Jin has already gone to Nanjing to guard the tomb. Jiang Bin is still there, but Qian Ning has been relegated to Nanchang.

The overall situation is still good, and when you slowly figure it out, you can't expect it to be achieved overnight.

"The boss is noble, Xie admires."

Xie Shen praised sincerely. For Li Dongyang, he still admires him very much.

In the original history, Liu Jian and Xie Qian were all in the first year of Zhengde, but Li Dongyang was the only one who left hard support.

Sometimes the tinkerer is more admirable because he has the courage to do what he knows he can't do.

"When the dust settles on this matter, I am going to write to Your Majesty and re-measure the land throughout the country."

Xie Shen's words surprised Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and Li Shoufu was puzzled: "Okay, how can you re-measure the land?" ”

Xie Shen explained: "At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the land was measured in the whole country, and the land was evenly measured, and the "Fish Scale Atlas" was left. Now, more than 100 years have passed, and land annexation is serious, and many peasant households have long lost their land and have to work as tenant farmers for landlords, living a barely fed life. The speed of land annexation was by no means caused by mere buying and selling, but by the villagers who donated land to the people and jinshi in order to exempt them from taxes. ”

After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "If this matter is ignored, the contradictions will accumulate more and more serious, and finally reach the point where they cannot be cleaned up. Xie meant that he would first re-measure the land nationwide and order the landlord to return the land that had been embezzled and surrendered. Then promote the reform of the field tax, and change the tax in kind to a unified collection of silver taels, so that it is conservatively estimated that the tax of my Ming Dynasty will be doubled! ”

Li Dongyang was silent for a moment, and sighed: "Siming, what you said is right, this situation has always existed. But have you ever thought about why land annexation has become more and more serious over the past hundred years? ”

Xie Shen said lightly: "The human heart dictates. ”

"Yes, the human heart dictates it."

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about others, it's the old man and Yu Qiao and you Siming, if Zhishi returns to his hometown, isn't he also a landlord?" When the tribesmen come to donate the land, can we not accept it? ”

That's the problem.

The exemption of taxes from scholars in the Ming Dynasty was definitely a stubborn disease.

Taxes are good, but forced labor is even more annoying.

So much so that in the late Ming Dynasty, there were professionals who replaced the conscription. As long as they were given a sum of silver, they could take part in the heavy conscription in place of their employers.

Xie Shen wanted to carry out the reform of taxation and forced labor, replacing the collection in kind with the collection of silver taels in kind, in order to improve efficiency.

However, the biggest resistance came from within the scholars.

These scholars and doctors passed down their families with poetry and etiquette, but they were the biggest landlords with Confucian and Mencian morality. It is not easy for them to spit out the fat that they have swallowed in their mouths.

Although Xie Shen is a cabinet scholar, he can't do it with his strength alone. Therefore, Xie Shen decided to support a group to help, and this group is businessmen.

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