Lu Yunhai had prepared a full stomach of theories over the years and planned to use them to persuade the emperor one day, but he didn't expect that he would really have the opportunity to face the emperor today, but he didn't need a word, Li Guanqi let himself say everything in his heart very smoothly, but the emperor himself was noncommittal, and he couldn't see his joy and anger at all.

This made Lu Yunhai feel very despised and had the heart not to talk about it, but he was really reluctant to take such an opportunity, so he had to take a long breath and said: "The minister has six laws for enriching the country and two laws for strengthening the army. ”

Li Guanqi took a sip of tea and said lightly: "You say, I listen." ”

Lu Yunhai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, cheered up, and told him what he had earned from more than ten years of hard work: "One is the farmland water conservancy law. Dispatch personnel to branch all roads, phase farmland and water conservancy, reclamation and waste, dredging ditches, and promotion at discretion, and the officials and people serve together, and must not conceal and escape.

The second is called the method of losing evenly. The official grain that was lost in Fanzhou County, the official had to move to the expensive and cheap, because of the proximity and distance, he knew what to do in the warehouse in Beijing, and he was able to save and buy it cheaply.

The third is the green seedling method. When the peasants sow the seedlings, if they have no money to sow the seeds, they will be lent by the state, so that the interest will be divided into two, and the grain will be repaid to the state with the summer and autumn taxes.

Fourth, it is called the Law of Exemption from Military Service. The people pay the exemption money to the state according to their rank, and they can be exempted from hard labor, and the state will pay the exemption money and recruit unemployed people to serve as servants.

Fifth, the city is easy to law. The capital manager bought the market and changed the office, so that the goods that were purchased and not sold were exchanged with the officials, or exchanged with the officials, and the funds were loaned to the merchants, and the principal was repaid with interest according to the limit.

Sixth, it is called the square field method: with 1,000 steps in the southeast and northwest as one side, the field is measured, and the tax is determined according to the fertility and barrenness of the land, and the people pay the tax according to the rules.

Seventh, it is called the law of protecting the armor. In ancient times, the militia system was adopted, with ten families as the guarantee, five hundred as the capital protection, and the two people who were all protected, led by the Baoding to store bows and arrows, and practiced martial arts.

Eight is called the Horse Protection Law. Set up official horses, all those who are willing to raise horses, each family has to adopt one, and those who are willing to raise two horses will be subject to the inspection of the year, and there will be compensation for death and illness. ”

After listening to Lu Konghai, Li Guanqi almost didn't spit out all the tea in his mouth. Although he is not very proficient in history, he knows a little bit about it, aren't these eight new laws the new laws of Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty? Lu Yunhai, this buddy wouldn't have crossed over too, right?

To put it bluntly, if we don't look at these new laws with colored glasses, it is not difficult to see that these eight new laws are not only reasonable, but also feasible. If these new laws are not implemented in a distorted manner, it cannot be regarded as a mere fantasy in this era to make the country rich and the army strong. This is also the reason why in history, Song Shenzong was able to reuse Wang Anshi.

Take the exemption law, for example, this new law is a reform of the errand service law. Errand labor is also called forced labor, forced labor, and public service, but in fact, it is compulsory labor, and you don't get paid for just working. The well-known "catching strong men" has the meaning of this aspect.

The reason for the introduction of this law may have been to compensate for the lack of a low tax system, or it may have been due to the fact that the people could not afford to pay so much for food, so they replaced it with their labor. But in this way, in order to ensure the operation of the state apparatus, the common people have to contribute not only money (taxes), but also labor (forced labor), which is really overwhelming.

However, the exemption law is of great progressive significance, as it changes the "dispatch service" to "hired service", that is, the common people convert the conscription that should be served into "exempt money" and hand it over to the government, which hires people to serve. There are three benefits to doing so. First, the peasants do not contribute money or effort, and do not delay production; second, everyone pays for it, which is fairer; Third, the busy people free up time, and the idle people in society have an extra way to survive, the best of both worlds.

Regardless of where Lu Yunhai stole this change plan, it can be said that this change plan is not impulsive, nor is it made behind closed doors, but the result of careful consideration, it is quite scientific, and at least theoretically feasible.

Li Guanqi also knows very well that if he really wants to establish his own great cause now, it will not work without changing the law, so in the face of these ready-made eight new laws, he is still very eager, but he also knows that this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and if he is in a hurry, he will definitely fail.

Therefore, although Li Guanqi was already beating gongs and drums in his heart, he didn't bring it out at all, and asked lightly: "If I ask you to preside over the change of the law, how long do you think it will take to implement the new law?" ”

Although Li Guanqi's tone was flat, it stirred up a big wave in Lu Yunhai's heart, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said: "If the emperor wants to revive our dynasty, he must change the law, and if he wants to change the law, who will he be a minister today?" If the minister is allowed to preside over the change of the law, the minister dares to guarantee that the emperor can be ruled by three generations within three years. ”

What Li Guanqi was afraid of was that Lu Yunhai's self-confidence was too strong, and he couldn't just be regarded as self-confidence but outright conceit, so he didn't immediately approve the implementation of the new law as Lu Yunhai expected, but asked again: "If someone comes out to obstruct the implementation of the new law, how do you plan to deal with it?" ”

Lu Yunhai, who asked this question, was stunned, because he hadn't thought about this question at all, and replied truthfully at the moment: "The minister's new law is for the sake of the country and the people of the world, who will oppose it?" ”

"I mean if." Li Guanqi felt that Lu Yunhai was really a little too taken for granted.

"I don't think there will be ifs, and even if there are, it's not a big deal. The law of the ancestors is no longer observable, and the change of the law is imminent. When it comes to his new law, Lu Yunhai is already full of confidence and fearless, and he doesn't even care about the etiquette in front of the king.

Li Guanqi couldn't help but shake his head again and again, and said in his heart: With your attitude and temper, no matter how good the new method is, you have to toss it up. It seems that although this Lu Yunhai has Wang Zuozhi's talent, he really doesn't have the strength of the prime minister, and he is far worse than Zu Donglai.

Thinking of this, he smiled, stood up and said, "Although thousands of people have gone to me, I admire your courage very much." I'm tired today, so let's stop here. After speaking, without waiting for Lu Yunhai's reaction, he walked out the door.

This change from heaven to earth completely blinded Lu Yunhai, what does the emperor mean by this? Fun for yourself? Isn't that hurtful? My heart was like knocking over the condiment shop, sour for a while, bitter for a while, and kneeling there in a daze, forgetting even the etiquette of getting up and sending each other.

Li Guanqi walked to the door, suddenly turned around again, and said with a smile: "You claim to be Mencius, I think you have studied the book "Mencius" very much. I can't remember it a little, although thousands of people have been there, which sentence is in front of me? ”