Wang Anshi said a little vaguely, but someone immediately knew what he was going to do, and Tang Jie loudly rebuked Wang Anshi for being a Sang Hong sheep.

Zheng Lang was looking at several other people, he had dealt with Lu Huiqing several times, and he had to admit that this was a capable official, but this person was definitely not a good comrade-in-arms. Xiao Su is actually relatively famous in the Tang and Song dynasties, if there is no Da Su, he may not be able to take his turn. But this man's perseverance is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. It was his student, but it was not Zheng Lang's favorite student, including Da Su, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, Zheng Lang's real favorite was Fan Chunren and Lu Gong's book, Yan Rong. Perhaps this is called the gathering of things by like, and the division of people by groups, of course, this kind of emotion will not be expressed.

Among these people, Zheng Lang's favorite person, it is difficult for ordinary people to think of it, it is not Xiao Su, nor is it Xue Xiang, one of his proud subordinates, but Zhang Dian, who is a villain, but he is a real villain. As for Xue Xiang, he served as his subordinate in Hangzhou, in fact, since Taipingzhou, from Cai Ting, to the deceased Yang Cha, and then to Lu Gongbi's brother Lu Gong, Sima Guang, Xue Xiang, Han Jiang, his subordinates when he was a teenager, and now they have all become famous and famous in all directions.

Lu Jiawen also comes from the Shouzhou Lu family, this line is very huge, there are thirty or forty people who serve as officials inside and outside the government and the opposition, it stands to reason that Lu Jiawen is still the grandson of Lu Gongbi, not his own grandson, that is, Lu Jiawen grandfather's grandfather is the grandson of the Tang household department, Lu Mengqi is the grandfather of Lu Gongbi, and the bloodline of Lu Gongbi's brothers is a little far away, and he can be regarded as a son of the Lu family. History said that Lu Jiawen was a traitor, and it was not easy to say anything about this Zheng Lang.

Don't say that Lu Jia asked, even if he met Cai Jing, Zheng Lang would treat it rationally, with Zhao Ji as the emperor, plus the economic situation was not good. There will be Cai Jing in history. Without Cai Jing, there will also be Zhang Jing and Wang Jing. If Zhao Ji is not the emperor and the economic situation is good, Cai Jing may not be the Cai Jing in history. Not to mention the little Lu Jia asked.

Will there be Cai Jing, will there be Lu Jia asked. It depends on the tossing effect of the past two years.

Swept over the five people, there was some confusion in their eyes.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang are both the kind of people who are stubborn at home, but Sima Guang is better, which can be seen from Bao Zheng's persuasion. Neither of them drank alcohol, Bao Zheng was displeased, and forcibly persuaded him, Wang Anshi just didn't drink, but Sima Guang drank a little less.

Therefore, he persuaded Sima Guang, and Sima Guang immediately joined forces with Wang Anshi regardless of whether he really listened to it or not, and came to a play, and the impeachment of the southern suburbs was amazingly expensive.

can persuade Sima Guang. may not be able to persuade Wang Anshi.

When he was confused, the more Tang Jie spoke, the more energetic he became. Not only Tang Jie, but also Zhao Luan and Wang Anshi entered the Chinese book and clashed with them many times, the reason is simple, these two people are also famous in the world, and now the country is embarrassed to such a point, why don't the two of them act? Because of one thing, he and Zhao Luan carried it up, and said angrily: "The public can't sit and read!" ”

Zhao Pan was also on fire, and said: "When the gentleman's words are lost, when Gao, Kui, Ji, and Deed, what books can be read!" ”

At that time, there was writing, oracle bone inscription, carved in caves, or on shells, and there must have been no book paper. Wang Anshi often said that the ancient rule was great, and Zhao Luan used this to fight back, but Wang Anshi couldn't answer silently after hearing it.

However, at present, there are relatively few conflicts between Zhao Luan and Wang Anshi, and Zhao Luan also wants to make the country better, but he really can't think of a good move, so he has to wait for the effect of Zheng Lang's reform with fear.

The biggest conflict is still Tang Jie.

The history books belittled Wang Anshi, but in fact, Tang Jie was also wrong, he was old, and he was still a young version of Ouyang Xiu, with a big mouth and old qualifications. Therefore, when Wang Anshi and Tang Jie clashed, Zheng Lang was also silent. Although he is a little wary of Wang Anshi, he is afraid that he will be rash, but he is still a helper, and then, Zeng Gongliang is the prime minister, and he can only be a miscellaneous, Zhao Luan has helped a lot, Wen Yanbo has always been very suspicious, this is the composition of the current Chinese book, which makes Zheng Lang very hard.

Tang Jie is already in the way.

Of course, it's not that Tang Jie is bad, Tang Jie is good, but it should be used in the right place, and it can still be used in the Yushitai, spray it, everyone be careful about things, what do you do in the book? This is the place to do things, not the place to spray people!

Wang Anshi was silent, and Tang Jie became more and more energetic.

Zheng Lang continued to think wildly, his thoughts drifted farther and farther, and suddenly he thought of one thing, the National Development and Reform Commission, the situation was similar to this time when he wore it, but it didn't matter, with the Development and Reform Commission, the housing prices were pushed higher and higher, and he could live by selling land. But one day, this bubble will burst with a crackle, and it is estimated that the result of the explosion will be even more serious than the one in the Japanese country, and there are many people who know about it, but the few people who can control the situation think not about the consequences of the explosion, but how to squeeze the people's savings for decades of peace to the greatest extent before the explosion, and then get out in time. The clumsiness of diplomacy led to strong enemies all around, and when the triple crisis oppressed, what should the country do?

Thinking about this, the problem is very big.

Leave it to your children and grandchildren to solve, and leave your children and grandchildren a great wealth and legacy!

Suddenly I couldn't help laughing, I thought what I was doing a thousand years ago?

Tang Jie squirted, Wang Anshi finally spoke, staring at Tang Jie seriously, Tang Jie's intentions he knew very well, it was nothing more than using this to set off a court dispute with himself, lose the court, and one, two, three, and two people died together. Is it worth it?

Wang Anshi calmly asked: "Tang Gong, how is the year this year?" ”

"What?"

"Is there a drought in the north?" Wang Anshi asked again. The drought in the north is not severe, but it has led to a decline in the harvest in the north, which not only affects the summer harvest, but also the autumn harvest in the north. Wang Anshi said again: "My proposal is not good, I don't know what kind of high opinion Tang Gong has, as a governor of political affairs, to turn the country from danger to safety?" ”

"Even if you don't, you can't compete with the people!"

"If so, what is the responsibility of the shipping department? Tang Gong, Zhongshu is a place to do things, not a place to quarrel, and the public corpse is a vegetarian meal, anyway, the country has raised so many idle officials, and it doesn't matter if there is one more governor to participate in political affairs, but please don't hinder the country's business, please. Wang Anshi bowed seriously.

"You!" Tang Jie was so angry that he almost fell to the ground.

quarreled, Tang Jie was just a rough brother, and Wang Anshi really turned this knowledge into the height of art.

Zhao Ji couldn't stand it and announced the dissolution of the dynasty, but the officials of the two systems, the two provinces, the imperial history platform, the three divisions, and the three museums went to the capital hall to discuss matters, and the three halls were the Chongwen Museum, the History Museum and the Jixian Academy. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was exhausted. Resulting in financial strain. Under the auspices of Sang Hongyang, he successively implemented the official camp of salt, iron and wine, and successively implemented reforms such as equal loss, leveling, calculation, sue and unified coinage. Say yes. History says that the people do not benefit and the world uses forgiveness, and what is not good is to compete with the people for profit. In fact, during the reform, Sang Hongyang was opposed by many powerful people and big businessmen. In the end, due to political struggle, Huo Guang was killed.

Wang Anshi did. It seems to be quite similar to Sang Hongyang's average loss, so the officials of the three pavilions were summoned, and everyone discussed together, taking history as a mirror, to see if they could find another way out for the Song Dynasty.

Walking towards the capital hall, Lu Gongzhu came to Zheng Lang's side and whispered: "Zheng Gong, that ......"

"I know," Zheng Lang replied, not because of the crash, but because he copied it.

Go to the capital hall and sit down. Zhao Ji looked at Tang Jie and Wang Anshi and said, "Wang Qing, Tang Qing." You are all my right-hand men, is there anything you can't say? Why argue at the court? ”

It's noisy, and if you come to the capital to argue, the impact can be smaller.

Tang Jie said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's love, but the minister can not work for Your Majesty, the minister's health has not been very good, when he went south, he suffered from gangrene, and now it is getting more and more serious, please allow the minister to return to his hometown to recuperate for the disabled." ”

"Alas, Qing has worked hard," Zhao Xuan comforted. Then looked at Zheng Lang worriedly, and Zheng Lang shook his head.

There are many reasons for the onset of this kind of disease, but there is a situation, the kind with a high incidence rate, that is, after the northerners went south, before the development of Liangguang, there were damp putrefiners everywhere, and the air contained some toxic substances, coupled with the humid and stuffy climate in the south, the northerners were often prone to various diseases, including gangrene in the middle. Nowadays, the situation in Liangguang has become better than before, densely populated, and there are fewer and fewer so-called miasma, but the people still suffer from various diseases, and malaria often occurs, which is unavoidable. Malaria, in particular, kills hundreds of people in the south every year. It can only be said that the situation is getting better and better, and it cannot be said that it is cured. It is not only the south that is prone to scabies, but also the climate of the southwest. Tang Jie went south to Liangguang earlier than Zheng Lang, first in Chunzhou and then in Yingzhou, which was the hidden danger left by the two demotion that year. But it also depends on the individual, Di Qing's back gangrene is probably also caused by the south, and Tang Jie is too, but some people don't, Zheng Lang, Su Dongpo, Ding Wei and others, all of them have never been born with back gangrene.

Zhao Ji was still a little worried.

Zheng Lang sighed and said, "Your Majesty, if the minister is not in good health, in the past two years, the minister should not say that he is sick, even if he is tired, he will be tired and tired." ”

Zhao sighed.

began to get down to business, and said to Wang Anshi: "Wang Qing, can you tell me in detail?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry," Zheng Lang interrupted Zhao Ji's words and said, "Your Majesty, can you see a previous archive?" ”

"Archive?"

"Yes, it is a notebook written by Zeng Mingzhong in the fifth year of Qingli, recording the dialogue between the minister and Fu Bi, Zhang Fangping, Cai Xiang, Zeng Mingzhong, and Wang Yaochen. Those were all immature reform plans, and because they were controversial, Renzong archived them and never made them public. It should still be there, he thought. Can you send someone to look for it? ”

"Okay," Zhao Ji called a few eunuchs to go and find the archive.

Zeng Gongliang also remembered this matter, Wang Anshi went around a system of three divisions and regulations, and what he said was slightly different, so Zeng Gongliang didn't pay attention to it at first, Zheng Lang brought it up, and then he thought of it and asked: "Xingzhi, is it the law of the city, or the law of losing evenly?" ”

"It is only the grain and grass in the southeast, which is said to be evenly lost, and if it is all the commodities in the world, it is said to be easy to market."

Of course, Wang Anshi didn't know, and asked suspiciously: "What is the equalization method, and what is the market change method?" ”

It shows that Wang Anshi's ideas are not very mature at this time.

"That is, your proposal, the small one is only for the grain, and the big one is for the world's commodities, and it is said that the market is easy to obtain a large amount of wealth for the imperial court in a short period of time."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Zhao asked hesitantly.

"Your Majesty, if all goods are taxed according to the new commercial tax, how much commercial tax will be levied in a year?"

"I don't know."

"Is there seventy or eighty million?"

"So much?"

"The minister only talked about grain, and when he said that he had a population of 100 million trillions, maybe he could barely do it, but now he says that the population of 100 million trillion is about enough, and the number of non-peasant households living in cities and towns is about 15 to 20 percent," 20 percent may not be. But there are more than three hundred state armies in the country. More than a thousand county seats. Not enough, because of the dense population, many bazaars have risen to towns, such as Zhengjiazhuang. Now it has become Zheng Town, as well as Meili Town (Changshu) in Suzhou and Shimin Town (Anqing) in Shuzhou, which is far larger than the general county seat. It is similar to a medium-sized state city. Fifteen percent of the urban population is certainly there. Zheng Lang also said: "There are also scattered in the countryside of mulberry farmers, weavers, fruit farmers, temples, soldiers, fishermen, artisans, official households, etc., they do not take cultivation as the mainstay, or a small amount of farming, whether this proportion exceeds more than 30 percent, more than 30 percent is the commodity flow of 100 million stone grain, worth 40 or 50 million yuan." But what the people bought was not only food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, but only a part of the food, and it accounted for less than one-tenth of the proportion. Not even one-twentieth. With an average tax rate of 5 percent, how much commercial tax can be levied in the country in a year? ”

"Let's not talk about commercial taxes. Speaking of the two taxes, the area of cultivated land registered at the time of Zhenzong was more than 5.2 million hectares of cultivated land, but in fact it was faintly close to 7 million hectares at that time. One bucket of grain per mu of land is more than 8 million, and in fact, the tax-paying households per mu of land do not stop paying one bucket, and the heavy tax areas do not pay more than one stone. Your Majesty, do you still remember Wang Shilin, who was inactive in the government last year? ”

"Remember," Zhao shook his head.

Since the Wuwei Army opened the Jiangdong Wei on a large scale, it has become one of the major polder areas in the country, and the grain yield in the polder area is high, and after many years of cultivating good seeds, the grain output of one acre of land and two seasons has gradually risen to five and a half stones. So the Zhijun Wang Shilin became famous and taxed, and when the Beijing officials went down to investigate, they actually levied a high tax of two stones and two buckets per acre of land, and they didn't expect to be handed over to the imperial court together, and many accounts could not be found clearly, and the result was completely removed and never hired. This is Jiangdong Wei, if it is placed in the north, the output of the two seasons may be less than two stones, the front is a levy, and the back is estimated that the people will all riot.

Zheng Lang's meaning is clear to everyone.

It is not much to really pay all the commercial taxes to the imperial court, at least seventy or eighty million yuan a year only for commercial taxes, not the current 20 million is insufficient, if there is no hidden field, all the two taxes are really paid to the imperial court, at least more than 100 million, how much is 100 million, it cannot be calculated. The two increased by more than 100 million yuan out of thin air, and after some fine-tuning, they saved expenses, and immediately saved military spending, and the banking department came out again, and in two years, the world's arrears were gone.

But is it possible?

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, as well as all the ministers, what did the ministers think when they were young and suddenly woke up and studied hard? ”

"What is it?" Zhao Ji asked curiously.

"If you have a fame, you will not be imprisoned and humiliated, and if you have fame, you will be able to reduce taxes on your family's farmland and industry, and you can enjoy this peaceful time with peace of mind, look at writing, write and make a few paintings, or occasionally play the piano, and wander among the mountains and rivers. The minister was not too evil at that time, but why did he also have this idea? ”

Everyone was speechless together, most of them came from this step, and they also had similar ideas.

"Excessive invasion of national interests, the country will inevitably be poor and weak, excessive exploitation of the people, the people are cornered, and they will inevitably rise up. The truth is this, but in this game, how many people can jump out and see through? ”

This topic is too heavy, and everyone can't keep silent.

Zheng Lang looked at Wang Anshi and said: "Jiefu, your idea is very good, businessmen pursue profits, but it is not good to lack merchants, no businessmen cannot live, because commerce is developed, our dynasty is richer than other dynasties." Because of the developed commerce, the southeast is far richer than the southwest. Therefore, when I went south, my first task was to open the road from Jiangnan West Road to Liangjing, so that it could be more commercially circulated. But businessmen are profit-seeking, so their morality is slightly lower, the bigger the businessmen, the more greedy they are, regardless of the country, regardless of the people, anyway, they are harsh to the people, and cut the country, and they don't even want to pay taxes, so the king directly took over this right to do business, right? ”

"Zheng Gong, I don't have the courage to do this, I just adjust some of the country's needs and reduce unnecessary waste."

"No matter what the intentions, the intentions of Jun are good. In this way, I will first say that Sang Hongyang and Shang Yang are two people, and the history books are despicable. However, history books are all written by people, and they must have personal feelings, and Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records". Because the Han Wu punished him for Li Ling's defense and punished him in the palace, he attacked many practices of the Han Wu in the history books, and praised Huang Lao for his inaction several times. But Wenjing and Renzong are really ruled by Huang Lao inaction? If that were the case, I wouldn't have been impressed by Renzong and had been running around like this all my life. ”

Zhao Ji smiled.

"Because the Shang Yang Reform and the Sang Hongyang Reform have harmed the interests of many powerful people, so the scholars are ashamed when they record the history books! In fact, it is fair to say that without the good foundation laid by Shang Ying, it would not have been possible for the Qin Dynasty to unify the six countries. Of course, the rule of law can be stronger than that of the Six Kingdoms, but it cannot calm the world, so Qin also died in the rule of law. If there is no Sang Hongyang to change the law in time, in the late Han Dynasty, the country has been poor and the people are poor, and the country will not be able to pass the critical moment smoothly. At least there is no Sang Hong sheep, how can I get a few franchises? ”

Su Zhe said: "Zheng Gong's evaluation is fair, no matter whether Shang Ying and Sang Hongyang are right or wrong, some of them are still worthy of affirmation." ”

Zheng Lang glanced at him and said in his heart, Xiao Su, can you guarantee that your thoughts will not change now? At this time, the eunuch also found the archive and brought it to the capital, Zheng Lang passed the archive to everyone, and said: "Reform will inevitably hurt the loss of some people." If you don't dare to offend the powerful and scholars, the more you reform, the more chaotic it becomes, and more harsh government and harm to the people, so it's better not to change. If we want to benefit the country and the common people, we must take out the benefits of the scholars and the powerful and redistribute them. But...... What are the consequences of offending this group? It's hard! In the past two years, I have racked my brains, if it weren't for the gray hair, I guess it would be gray now. ”

Fu Bi's leg is sick, and he has not been to the court today, Zeng Gongliang and Lu Gongshu don't need to read it, and Zheng Lang doesn't need to read it, it goes directly to Zhao Luan and Wang Anshi.

The first is the Seedlings Method.

This change has been implemented a long time ago, along with the warehouse law, but Zheng Lang regarded it as an auxiliary change, one is not allowed to distribute green seedling grain to the third-class households and above, mainly to the fifth-class households and below, and the fourth-class households can only be loaned except for emergencies, such as family illness, or other special circumstances. It is mainly a fifth-class household, and when it is not in the morning and evening, when the green and yellow are not accepted, a green seedling loan comes out, and the family has vitality. As for third-class households, is it needed? If it is released, it will either become a harsh act of the people, or it will be misappropriated and used as a usury of 60 to 300 percent for the people. The second is to ignore the achievements of the government, so as not to cause trouble for the officials.

Therefore, after the implementation of the Seedlings Law, the harm was very small and almost negligible, but there were still some drawbacks, and then Zheng Lang sent officials to investigate. Seeing that the inventory was strictly checked, if it was distributed to households below the fifth grade, they were worried that they would not be able to collect it, so the officials did not want to make trouble and did not let it go one by one. The Seedlings Act was soon abandoned.

For this reason, there have been some disputes in the court.

Zheng Lang has explained, without him, there is a lack of good officials. Don't expect them to be like Bao Zheng Zhao Luan, that's impossible.

If you want to use it to make profits, it is very dangerous to distribute it to fifth-class households, and if you can't collect it back from two-thirds out of ten, then the officials will not distribute it to households below the fifth class, but will forcibly distribute it like a fourth-class household, which will disturb the people! Or use it to do good deeds, Zheng Lang did not have a deep analysis of human nature at that time, but he said that the rich are not necessarily bad people, and the poor are not necessarily good people. It is inevitable that there will be ruffians among the poor. It's like Sichuan has beautiful women, are they really all beauties? Those who issue usurers dare to lend, and do everything to collect loans, but can the imperial court do this? No! No, these debts will not be recovered. There are also some people who are so poor that they can't open the lid of the pot, how can they repay, or the court, like those loan sharks, forces these poor families to sell their sons and daughters? This is not terrible, once a large amount of debt cannot be recovered, many officials will inevitably be tempted and use rotten debts as an excuse to engage in corruption.

It is good governance, but it is good governance that cannot be implemented.

Of course, in history, Wang Anshi carried it out, and don't praise it, although the imperial court increases millions of dollars in income every year, there is little help for the people, and most of them are the result of forced apportionment.

Wu Yu also made a similar move in Luoyang, let Yanchen impeach, whether it was right or wrong, Wu Yu succeeded and took it back, but that was Wu Yu, a famous Qing official in the Renzong Dynasty, how many ministers like Wu Yu could there be?

This controversy was a little sensational, so Zheng Lang wrote, not completely implemented, and even ignored the abandonment of the Qingmiao Law, Wang Anshi knew the reason, so he looked down, the second is the equalization law, and the third is the city law! (To be continued.) )