Listening to Fang Bao's words, Ma Qi couldn't help frowning slightly, Fang Bao is implying that Zhenwu, since he wants to vigorously implement the new policy, he must change Kangxi's previous policy of leniency and drastic rectification of the rule of officials, but now Kangxi is still alive, Zhenwu changed his course at the beginning of the reign, not only offended the officials of the whole world, but also offended the gentry of the whole world, and it is very easy to be criticized, and it is more likely to cause turmoil in the court, which is not a good thing.

Thinking of this, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the new policy is really for the benefit of the country and the people, and the slaves are also looking forward to implementing the world as soon as possible, but it is a matter of national policy, and they have to be cautious and cautious. ”

"Your Majesty." Fang Bao said calmly: "Weichen secretly thinks that the new deal touches the interests of all the gentry in the world, and no matter when it is implemented, the resistance will not be small, but the new deal benefits the people, as long as it is effectively promoted, the people will definitely support it."

However, if the common people are in charge of the state and county officials, and the New Deal also infringes on the interests of the state and county officials, how can they do their best to promote the benefits of the New Deal? The evil will even deliberately distort, therefore, if you want to implement the new policy, it is necessary to rectify the rule of officials, and the ministers secretly think that the rectification of the rule of officials and the implementation of the new government must be combined into one, the people will not be chaotic, and the gentry will not be able to do anything if they want to be evil.

On the other hand, this year's spring drought in the north, the emperor has exempted the northern provinces from taxes for one year, which is a good time to vigorously implement the new policy, and I sincerely pray that the emperor will think twice. ”

Isn't there still a Beijing newspaper? Now that the Beijing newspaper has been distributed to the counties, a change of thought, Zhenwu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, these years, except for the gentry, but few people can be literate, even if there is a Beijing newspaper, it is in vain, Fang Bao said this is very reasonable, the people are not chaotic. The gentry will not be in chaos. This head extension is a knife, and the head shrinkage is also a knife, there is no need to look forward and backward.

Hearing Fang Bao's words, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly followed: "Your Majesty, I have immigrated to Australia in the past two years, and the people of Shanxi have responded. The scale has also increased year by year, and many people with a little property have also joined the ranks of immigrants, and the gentry have more and more land in their hands, and the more the trial of the new policy is delayed, the more difficult it will be. ”

"It's a partial generalization." Ma Qi immediately refuted: "Australian immigration is now stopped in several northern provinces, but the new policy is promoted nationwide." How can it be generalized? Throughout the dynasties, the implementation of the new policy, it is better to walk on thin ice, rarely see the rush for quick success, and the servants pleaded with the emperor to take a temporary reprie. ”

The people who listened were arguing, and Zhenwu had a general understanding of everyone's thoughts, and said that he hoped that the new policy would be implemented in Shanxi Province. He, the temporary governor of Shanxi, was the first contributor to the trial of the new policy. This is a greater credit than curing the floods in Taiyuan City, and the new policy will be implemented throughout the country in the future. It is also very likely that he will preside over several provinces, which is conducive to his entry into the cabinet.

Fang Bao first disagreed, worried that the clean-up of the deficit and the rectification of the rule of officials would affect the implementation of the new policy, and after expressing his position, he immediately changed his attitude and strongly supported it, which was a villain who wanted to push out the new policy to try out the new policy.

Ma Qi strongly demanded that the clean-up of the deficit be postponed and the rectification of the government was worried that the situation would be unstable because he was too hasty, and he was concerned about the overall situation, while Wang Qi was worried that the matter of Shanxi's deficit would be lightly exposed, which would lead to more corruption of the government and increase the difficulty of rectification in the future.

After being silent for a long time, Zhen Wu spoke: "Ma Qi stays, and the others kneel down." ”

Hearing this, Fang Bao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly followed Wang Luo and Yu Xu to bow and retreat, and when the three of them withdrew, Zhenwu Si took a few sips of tea slowly, and then looked at Ma Qi and said: "Xiushui, there are no outsiders, although you say it bluntly, now, who can still endanger my safety?" ”

Ma Qi didn't expect Zhenwu to ask so directly, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, although Zhenwu was only on the throne for one year, but his foundation was thick, before he ascended the throne, there were fourteen parties, there was a navy, this year, he strengthened the new army of the Praetorian Guard, and in one fell swoop, he collected the military power of the lower five banners, and unified the military power of the eight banners, who can endanger his safety now?

There is only one person, Kangxi! Although Kangxi suffered a stroke, he was sane, and his initiative to move to Rehe Summer Resort is a clear proof that if Zhenwu is an official gentry who implements the new policy, it will be easy to seize power with Kangxi's prestige and connections.

But these words, even if he borrowed a hundred guts from Ma Qi, he didn't dare to say it, what kind of joke to make a difference, dividing the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family, but it was equivalent to complicity in the crime of rebellion, which was enough to connect the nine clans.

Groaning slightly, Ma Qicai bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, clean up the deficit, rectify the governance of the officials as a whole, clean up the deficit, it is inevitable to recover compensation, to dismiss the official, or even to have no family property, not only the government office, but also the original place of origin must be sealed, so that the deficit can be completely recovered.

Furthermore, the implementation of the new policy infringes not only on the interests of the gentry, but also on the interests of officials. The implementation of the new policy can be said to offend the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the gentry of the whole world.

As Fang Bao said, the new deal benefits the people, and the people will support it vigorously, but what can the people support? The people's greatest support for the emperor is to keep to themselves, that's all.

The emperor has been lenient for many years, deep in the hearts of the people, the emperor at the beginning of the reign to clean up the deficit, rectify the rule of officials, implement the new policy, and then is to recover compensation, dismissal, raid the house, naturally people will misunderstand that the emperor wants to change leniency to strictness, the emperor has exhausted all his efforts to increase the salary of officials, and all kinds of measures to increase welfare will be in vain.

Not only that, the slaves are more worried that the gentry and officials will join forces to form a party to oppose it with all their might, so the consequences will be unimaginable, the emperor, the officials and gentry are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, as the so-called freezing three feet, not a day of cold, the corruption of the officials, and the serious deficit is not a short-term formation, nor is it a storm, you can govern the Qingming, delay for a year or two, and there is no big problem.

In two years, the navy can make great progress in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Australia, and the new army can also be proud of the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners. ”

After listening to Ma Qi, Zhenwu was speechless for a long time, what Ma Qi said was not obscure, if he changed the leniency to strictness, cleaned up the deficit with great fanfare, rectified the rule of officials, and implemented the new policy, the government and the opposition were restless, the people were panicked, and everyone in the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials was in danger, and the gentry of the whole world attacked him, maybe someone would ask back the great god Kangxi to suppress him.

Postpone for two years and then start rectification, for him, it is naturally the safest, how can he not know, but how to deal with the deficit in Shanxi? Do you ignore it?

After being silent for a long time, Zhen Wucai said in a deep voice: "Xiushui's words can be said to be from the bottom of his heart, and they are also the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country, I also want to delay for a year or two, calmly rectify the rule of officials, and implement the new policy." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh lightly before continuing: "When Kali was transferred out of Shanxi, he had already wiped out all the deficits in Shanxi, and I never expected that in just six years, Shanxi's deficits would be so serious. ”

"Your Majesty, the servants speculated in vain that the so-called erasure of the deficit by Kali back then was afraid that it would just stay on the books." Ma Qi muttered: "Kali itself is corrupt and bribery, and the local officials are all experienced in dealing with deficit inspections, and there are many methods, so it is difficult to believe that a province has a deficit. ”

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and said with a solemn expression: "Shanxi's deficit may be more serious than I thought, if you don't investigate it thoroughly, Xiushui, what will be the consequences?" ”

Ma Qi was stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted, what else can he do, Shanxi officials must be trying to make up for the deficit, expecting these officials to take out the silver from their own pockets, it is impossible, not to mention that some of the deficits may not have been pulled down by them, why should they fill it out of their own pockets, there is only one possibility, desperately exploiting and squeezing the people to fill the deficit.

"The life of the people is very hard, and I have witnessed the food of migrant workers on the river embankment in the past few days." Zhenwu said slowly in a heavy tone: "I spent tens of millions of taels of silver to help the victims, but they still eat chaff vegetables, this is still the food of the young and strong, and the old and weak women and children can be imagined.

If these officials are allowed to squeeze again to fill the shortfall, I am worried that something big will happen, Shanxi is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also there are at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver buried in this land, once something happens, the consequences will be really unimaginable. ”

Ma Qi was also shocked when he heard it, Shanxi Lao Qiang Jia in the world, this is not a lie, Shanxi this place buried in the silver cellar of silver not to mention hundreds of millions, tens of millions of how to have, once the turmoil is provoked, the consequences are indeed unpredictable, even if it is calmed down, the Qing Dynasty will also be greatly injured, no wonder Zhenwu wants to encourage Jin merchants to create ticket numbers, no wonder he tends to vigorously clean up the deficit in Shanxi, it turns out that he is considering it from this perspective.

After a slight pause, Zhenwu said in a deep voice: "Shanxi's deficit must be resolutely cleaned up, but all officials who have a deficit will be suspended, and the supervisors who are stranded in each county will be in charge first, and then the officials will select those who have both ability and political integrity from the officials who are vacant to go to the post as soon as possible. ”

Ma Qi said worriedly: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of the year, local officials have been watching the direction of the imperial court, at the beginning of the year to severely punish the Jingshi Cangchang fraud case, has made the local officials begin to find ways to fill the shortfall, and now the Shanxi deficit case is being thoroughly investigated with great fanfare, and the slaves are worried that it will cause panic in the officialdom, and then cause officials to oppress and exploit the people by unscrupulous means, so that the people are resentful."

Now Jiangnan is implementing the apportionment into the mu, if it is used by the disgruntled gentry, it will inevitably be turmoil in the government and the opposition, and the government and the people are restless. (To be continued.) )