Zheng Lang stood up as he said and said, "Your Majesty, everyone, wait a minute. ”

Then leave the dodo.

After a while, he took a few copies of the archive, handed out a few of them, and circulated them from Zhao Ji's hand.

The first archive is about the Qiongzhou Kuanyan case, Zhao Zhen was merciful and relaxed the salt tax of 1,000 yuan in Qiongzhou, and the state paid more than 10,000 yuan for the salt tax in the second year. The second archive is to add Hu and the head money, it is Zheng Lang's proposal to subtract the two additional taxes, and how much the national Hu will add is definitely a mystery, but even if Hu is added by one-third, it is only 8 million stone grain tax, and the local grain price will not exceed 3 million, including the head money, at most 4 million, but in the second year, the two taxes of the imperial court will be reduced by more than 10 million. But in fact, the people may not get much benefit, and after two or three years, the reduction of the two surcharges has brought other surcharges in. The terms Jiahu and Touzi Qian disappeared, but a new term appeared.

This has only happened recently.

There is no need for Zheng Lang to explain, none of the people here are children, they are all ministers with excellent IQs, even Zhao Ji is not bad.

The ban on the two taxes from the court is only more than 40 million yuan, but if it is really implemented, it may be 70 million, 80 million, 90 million, and maybe once the first tax is abolished, the officials in various places will come up with a new name to continue to tax the people.

Can 40 million be saved, 80 million can be saved?

In fact, without the deduction of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it is impossible to ban the two taxes, every state has local expenditures, some can be on the table, some can not be on the table, once the two taxes are banned, especially those poor states and counties, it will lead to political collapse.

Sooner or later, it can be canceled, but in the Song Dynasty, this kind of industry and commerce is still in the embryonic state of primitive capital, and the productivity is still not high. It is impossible to abolish the two taxes.

After reading it. Said: "Zheng Gong." My good mood is gone. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is just telling the truth. It is not impossible to alleviate the pressure of the poor people. Since the reform, there have been people in the court who have supported it and those who have opposed it. Some think radical, others conservative. Especially the struggle for righteousness and profit. Opponents claim that whatever is righteous will be profitable, and if there is profit, it will be righteous, and it is a matter of the world. It's just righteousness. Li is the opposite of righteousness, so the gentleman does not speak of profit. He also said that the master said that the gentleman is righteous and the villain is profitable. Mencius also said that benevolence and righteousness are self-serving, so why bother with profit. Supporters say that Yi Yunli is the sum of righteousness, so righteousness is good, and it is not listed in the world's wealth, and it cannot be unrighteous. Therefore, financial management is the so-called righteousness. A weekly ceremony, financial management is half of it, how can Zhou Gong be profitable? The minister remained silent. But I didn't know if the profit and righteousness that I am fighting for now is the righteousness and benevolence of the Master. Let's talk about self-cultivation and governing the country first. If you don't stand upright, you can't join your family, and if you can't work together, you can't govern the country with peace of mind. The Qi family is in front, what is this Qi family? Is it to let the whole family, women and children, old and young, including slaves and maids, be gentlemen? So why did the family issue the most shameful loan sharks? Why did you send a lantern shirt to Zhang Guifei? ”

Everyone laughed and laughed together.

Zheng Lang rarely talks about right and wrong, and Wen Yanbo took the lead in initiating a controversy after arriving in Luoyang, which probably forced Zheng Lang to suffer. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said these two things.

"I won't say much about the Master's views on money and silk, just look at the Analects, he doesn't think that money is bad, but that you can't lose your heart because of money, although money is good, you must stick to your moral heart. Another example is this country, not to speak of profit, we print more Indian Analects to the people to read, will it be good immediately? Why did the front check the hidden fields, and the back shoveled tenants to rise wildly, did the imperial court let the local government increase the two taxes? ”

At the mention of shoveling, most people bow their heads together. Zheng Lang didn't dare to touch it, and others didn't dare to touch it, and they didn't dare to mention it!

Zheng Lang won't touch it, he is investigating Yintian in front, and he will continue to take advantage of the situation to investigate it wantonly, and then use the policy to deal with the shovel tenants, if he wants to find death?

"If you can't say profit, the way of righteousness is what you call righteousness, the Master's family, and the Master's saying that wealth can be sought, even if the whip is a man, I will do it. If I can find richness, it will be hard work with a whip, and I will do it. Is this rich person, or is it a flowing money? ”

"This ......" Dacheng saw that everyone was happy, and he was a little unhappy, no matter how much he made fun of people, he couldn't make fun of the master.

In fact, what the master said was not wrong, Zixia asked, clever smile, beautiful eyes, I always thought it was gorgeous, what do you mean? The Master said that he would be an afterthought. Zixia said again, after the ceremony? The master said that the giver is also a businessman, and it is just a poem that can be spoken. This passage is the origin and essence of the teacher and the student Zixia talk about etiquette, the master believes that benevolence and righteousness come first, this is the courtesy, so benevolence and righteousness are the origin of etiquette, etiquette is the decoration of benevolence, and those who learn etiquette must first learn benevolence. Therefore, there is another sentence behind the whip, if you can't ask for it, it's still from my preference. Later, there is another sentence, those who eat thinly, drink water, bend the humerus and pillow it. Unrighteous wealth and nobility are like floating clouds to me. Money is good, so the master can put down his identity to be a whip for it. But the whip has nothing to do with losing morality. You can seek wealth and nobility, which is what you call benefits and official positions, and even saints can lose their status and influence for money. But whether it is a businessman, or an official, or a farmer, it doesn't matter, and the most important thing is that no matter what you do, you can't lose your moral heart. That's why there is a sentence of unrighteousness and wealth, which is like a floating cloud to me. The country owes such a heavy burden, and if you don't talk about profit and management, is it a gentleman to learn from Wei evil and light people and sit back and watch the country collapse and perish? ”

In this way, it makes sense.

Why can't the state talk about profits? However, the first premise of talking about profit is to take morality as the foundation, and this benefit will come just and brightly. If morality is lost, it is the benefit of the villain.

In the past, the two arguments were all about misinterpreting the meaning of Confucius, taking sentences out of context, the blind man touched the elephant and found a sentence, the elephant is the gate, and then found out the sentence, the elephant is the pillar. This is all a wrong view.

"Gong Zheng, I also understand," Zhao Ji said.

The dispute between the two sides was both learned people, which once confused Zhao Ji.

Moreover, it is Zheng Lang's consistent practice to hold a moral heart and strive for profit by saying and profiting.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare, but the reform is over, and the minister said what he thinks in his heart, otherwise the minister will only cause endless disputes if he says it. Besides, officials in various places have misunderstood. Leads to a lot of bad things happening. Some ministers have good intentions. National difficulties. To make more money for the country and resolve the country's financial crisis bit by bit, the intentions are good, but the moral heart has been lost. Thinking only about the country, not about the people, let the strife continue. There are also scholars who are ashamed to talk about profits, and they are high. The minister also wants to be high, but he is really high, please learn from Lin Hejing, and Hugh wants to come to the court as an official! Don't say I'm talking too much. Please look at the consequences, because I am ashamed to talk about profits, and as a result, I will hand over the finances to the petty officials to manage. The scholars manage the finances, the state treats them well, and they know where the righteousness of the saints lies, and they can control them with moderation, but what kind of morality and moderation do these officials know? So they extorted the people with great extortion. After extortion, it is not handed over to the state, but it is enriched. The consequences of this clear height. The consequences are more serious than the former's initiative to collect people. Mistakes after mistakes have caused the state to use salaries that have never been seen in previous dynasties to support officials and maintain integrity, and there has been no improvement in the administration of officials. This sincerity is heart-wrenching! ”

"Alas, alas!" Zhao Ji sighed again and again, these words were undoubtedly an initiation, and said to Wang Anshi: "Wang Qing, you will write a plan for Zheng Gong's words and issue it to the world as an edict." ”

"Whoa."

Some people have a solemn face, Zheng Lang's words can't be said to be wrong, yes is right, but what is the moral heart? Fear of causing greater turmoil below.

But no matter how turbulent it is, will it be worse for the scholars to take the initiative to meddle in the finances than for the petty officials to manage the finances?

Lu Huiqing said: "Gong Zheng, what does it have to do with Qingmiao Prison?" ”

Still unconvinced, don't I have "morality" in my heart, both righteousness and benefit?

"Jifu, I'll say one more thing. After the introduction of the Ping'an Prison, at that time, the technology of sea-going ships was not developed, and the climate and products of the South China Sea were not familiar, and every year there were soldiers and craftsmen who drowned or died of disease, or died in battle, and the ministers opposed it, Renzong could not bear it, and it was a coincidence that the Northwest War broke out, and in order to maintain the war expenses, the people of the whole country were extorted, and of course they did not care how many people died in a year. Later, Zhang Fangping and I launched the bank supervision, most of the people will repay the loans, and a few people have not repaid, so the bank supervisor auctioned off his family property and workshop land, and Renzong couldn't bear it. I said, if there are no such measures, how many people will be willing to repay the loan in the long run? What will the banking superintendent eventually become? Besides, though bad things happen from time to time, it is better than them borrowing usury. Once they go bankrupt, at least they will not be reduced to the point of selling their sons and daughters, and the interest will be much lighter. Even the interest of the bank and the interest supervisor can't be repaid, and the usury? Later, there were many bad phenomena, although the Ping'an Prison was familiar with the Nanhai Zhudao because of the technological progress of sea vessels, people were still dying every year. Why didn't anyone say it anymore? Benefit! The interests of the two prisons are almost equal to those of several monopolies, and they are not disloyal and benevolent to deprive the state and small and medium-sized businessmen of the interests of the monopolies, which are justifiable interests, and how big a net is it twisted? ”

Everyone deeply understands this, and at that time, Han Qi would not want to embezzle some of the dividends of the Yinli Prison, and the result was extremely sad. At that time, Han Qi had much more power in his hands than Zheng Lang now. It was precisely because the circle of interests was too big, even Han Qi at that time was also untouchable.

"Don't mention interests, I only issue loans to the Yinli Supervisor, which family is not a rich family? Most of them can be repaid. But if it is placed on households below the fifth class, that is, there is no low interest, how many people can afford to pay it back? ”

"Someone has done it before."

"There are people who have succeeded, first, they are famous ministers, and second, the time is short, and occasionally implemented, and the people are grateful, even if they are unable to repay, they borrow money to repay it, so they get merit. If it is implemented for a long time, will the people still be grateful, and will they have the motivation to repay? As I said, the scholars are a little more virtuous. However, once the Seedlings Prison is implemented, it will be a nationwide promotion, can it be presided over by a scholar? The presiding officers are the same as the Yinli Supervisor, they are all small officials, what is the difference between them and the local officials? In order to make profits, dividends, and rewards, and in the name of the official, will it be forcibly promoted? Once it is forcibly promoted and the people are unable to repay, what kind of story will happen? Therefore, after my Royal Highness the eldest princess and I launched the charity association, we did not do any business, and we received the money in the front, and then immediately dispersed it, which is why we have heard about it. ”

"Gong Zheng, but the usury below is even worse."

"Yes, Jifu, I know, it is an evil act between private people, even if 10,000 people are killed in a year, it has nothing to do with the imperial court. Once implemented by the imperial court, the consequences will be borne by the imperial court. It is impossible for a private person to force 10,000 people to die, and the court to force 1,000 people to die. Actually, Jiefu also said, and I answered. It will be managed in the future, but not like the seedling method. I have heard many people ask me about the bank supervision and the expansion of shares, but now it is not possible, because the state does not have money to use as the principal. Second, the country still lacks enough metal currency as liquid currency. Third, the staff is still a little rusty. It will expand. When these three articles are resolved one by one, the stock will be expanded in two phases, and the first will be the addition of bank supervision in all prefectures and large counties with more than 20,000 households, except for the border regions or the prefectures. This is the first share expansion. The last time is to roll it out to all states, counties and towns! It will take at least ten years. Without this time, the three major problems of the country's principal, currency, and proficiency cannot be solved. In a decade, these problems will gradually be overcome. Once it is extended to all counties and towns, it is not only merchants who are competing for loans. and as a people borrowing. To alleviate the suffering of the people's usury, the second is also to make profits. After more than 10 years, the staff is familiar with the business and has the ability to identify who to lend to. At least it can be released and collected, reducing unnecessary controversy and some bad things. Without this time to investigate, the consequences of the rush implementation of the Qingmiao Prison are unimaginable. ”

It was much more than that, but Zheng Lang didn't say anything more. Looking at everyone, he said, "At that time." I'm going to ask for it in the future, so I hope you don't get as stubborn as you are now. Look at the problem and see the long-term, learn to appreciate the strengths of others and make up for your own shortcomings. Otherwise, even if I am forced to be unable to become a professional, retire after success, and die of old age in Zhongshu, most of my deaths will not be blind. ”

Intentionally released this sentence.

The time is short, there are many problems, and it is naturally not much of a problem to stay in Zhongshu by yourself. After a long time, the crisis gradually resolved, and it may even be that the debt has not been repaid, and some people will point the finger at themselves. At that time, it was not about things, but about people. Isn't it easy to find faults?

However, I didn't have the time to go down.

Intentionally say this sentence, the country is cured, a series of arrangements are implemented, I don't need to bother you, I have to retire.

Zhao Ji muttered: "Even if more than ten years later, Gong Zheng, you are only in your sixties. ”

In his sixties, it is still the golden age of officials, and it is a pity to retire.

"When the water is full, it is profitable, and when the moon is full, it is lost. But that's still the story of more than ten years later, it's still early, and in these ten years, the road has to be better step by step. ”

"Those poor households turned a deaf ear?" Lu Huiqing suddenly asked again.

"Jifu, Fei Ye, Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers are doing their best, if the country's finances do not turn around for more than ten years, I will learn from Xiang Yu to kill himself in Wujiang. As I said earlier, if the fiscal situation improves, can all the two taxes be exempted? Impossible. Can you give some help to these extremely poor households? If the people who don't even dare to lend money after the promotion of the bank supervision are almost destitute seven, eight or nine households. Relief for all households below the fifth class, that is, more than ten years later, the financial resources of the imperial court are also inexhaustible, but only the households below the seven, eight, or ninth grades, accounting for the proportion of our dynasty will not be too much, why not? For the fifth and sixth class poor households, the bank supervisor lent money in disguise, and the court gave some policy help to the seventh, eighth, and ninth class households. All poor households will survive the crisis. This can be called the arrival of prosperity. Zheng Lang said.

It's still impossible, but theoretically it could further enable many poor households to get by.

This is the true moral heart.

Everyone is silent, and their intentions are good, but no one can predict what will happen more than ten years later.

Everyone dispersed, and the conversation began, and gradually no one mentioned it anymore, and the Qingmiao Law controversy calmed down. You can't completely blame Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi, the intentions in this regard are good, the loan sharks are too ruthless, a lot of bad things happen every year, and there are too many poor households, once the Qingmiao Law is implemented, one is relief, and the other can also get considerable income. However, they were all negligent in the commotion caused by the implementation. Issuing seedlings loans, the following officials and employees may issue seedlings loans to 6789 and other households who are unable to repay? Even if it is the introduction of the Seedlings Prison, the final target of the distribution is the fifth class households, and then the third and fourth class households will be marched. But do third- and fourth-class households need a seedling loan?

Zheng Lang continued to run on both sides.

There are too many Fangchang Hedu mines in the country, and there is no way to sort it out before the Dragon Boat Festival in May.

But after the reform, the whole country gradually settled down, and many people began to praise it. In fact, in the final analysis, it is still the word interests, and they are worried that their own interests will be harmed if the reform continues to be implemented. Then came the good news.

The auctions of Hedong Liquor were implemented one by one, and the imperial court received more than 9.13 million yuan.

When it came to the court, they were dumbfounded.

It must be known that the income of the entire Hedong liquor business in ten years is only about 8 million, which also includes the labor cost and miscellaneous expenses of officials. There is still a cost after the auction, but it will drop by more than eighty percent. Zeng Gongliang stared at Di Bao and said: "Xingzhi, if this is the case, the national liquor affairs can also realize the actual sealing and casting law." ”

It's a good deal.

Zheng Lang laughed: "Ming Zhong." Impossible. Hedong was famous for its wine production in the Tang Dynasty. This is a unique industry, and it has the merit of Zengbu. ”

When Zeng Bu went down, Zheng Lang said a word, and used Fan Li to send the eldest son and the youngest son to Chu to ask for different results. The valuable will be cherished, and the cheap will be despised. Just like most people who buy lottery tickets and get rich overnight can't keep their money, but self-made people are often able to keep their property. The more money you make, the higher the cost. These big businessmen will cherish, not only for the imperial court to collect money, there is a more important point, Hedong is barren, most of the food is not suitable, but many areas are suitable for growing grapes, once the wine industry rises, not only pull the economic and commercial taxes of Hedong, but also make the people have a way to live. The situation is similar to the lychee on Fujian Road, but it is only a lychee. How many people have been fed on Fujian Road?

With the conditions, the craftsmen of the Western Regions arrived. brought technology, in order to hire them, the imperial court used the cost of tens of thousands of dollars, more than 10 million yuan in arrears to pay back, there are also funds, and there is a history of success, but as a strong man, he must hope to use the least amount of money to obtain the right to produce and sell this wine. This depends on Zeng Bu's ability to speak, and if he cannot use force, he can only use words to encourage and stimulate the rich to compete in bidding, so as to increase the amount of money invested.

It's done well, but Zeng Bu still stays below, collects the money, has to do something, and has to cooperate with the big farmers to encourage the people to plant. One more night, after spring, a year is wasted.

The imperial examination begins. Wang Jue, Su Song, Sun Jue and others presided over, and only 300 Jinshi were admitted, and the provincial Yuan Lu Dian.

Jiying Palace test, Zheng Lang admonished a sentence, and cut it.

It is these two words that have led to a sharp decrease in the number of places, and originally this time the Jinshi, Mingjing, Zhuke Naidi, origin, and the same origin, a total of 829 people. But this time there were only five hundred and thirty-two. Indeed, the number of officials cut was too fierce, and under the second and third reforms, hundreds of officials were successively reduced, and the number of court officials is now only 18,400. And there is no increase, and there are only eight or nine hundred people vacated every year, and I don't know how many officials are watching it in the back. One more quota for the imperial examination is equivalent to one more official.

Of course, it can't be less.

Champion Ye Zuqia.

This year, there is a high school jinshi, which makes Zheng Lang pay attention to it, Cai Jing, although he is not the top three, but his ranking is very high, he uses it rightly, and he uses it evilly, but Zheng Lang is not afraid at all, it is impossible. But his attention soon shifted to the northwest.

Wang Shao went to Qin Tao, and Zhang Qi returned to Beijing to participate in the Juliang Fangzheng Science Examination, which was only the fifth class, which can be regarded as passing the examination, and was incorporated into the pavilion, polished for a period of time, and then released, but with this experience, he could no longer be included in the ranks of military ministers.

The achievements of Jingyuan Road made Guo Kui's heart move, and he begged the Chong Ge, Miao Zhu, and Yao brothers to go over together. So the imperial court issued an edict to take Dou Shunqing as the commander of the Huaide Army, and Chongyi as the general judgment. It's not the turn of the friendship, who let him have a good father-in-law behind him.

After getting the brave generals, Guo Kui began to lead his troops to counterattack in April.

Liang Yi failed to attack Suizhou, and then turned back to attack the Huaide army, so he left 20,000 troops four miles away from the city, and built eight forts to defend it. After the fort was completed, each left 300 soldiers to defend it. Guo Kui sent the generals Yan Da and Chong Ge to lead the troops to break through the two big forts in the eight forts, kill several chieftains, move the text to the border of Youzhou, and said, Xia Guo violated the oath and invaded the Han border, and its crime was very great.

Let him force it, and see the fierceness of the Song army, originally after the news of Huluchuan spread, the soldiers of the Western Xia fort were angry, so the Yubao guards all fled.

Seeing that military exploits had been established on both sides of the left and right, Li Fugui, the governor of Gyeongju, was moved. He was a very good officer, but he was not very good at military affairs. Originally, the Song Dynasty built Daesun Fortress at the source of Hwachi Water in Gyeongju, and then built Liwon Fort on the bank of Hwachi Water River in the southeast of Daesun City.

The Song Dynasty accepted Suizhou, and Li Fugui also let Liyuanbao accept the Western Xia rebels, and let these rebels invade and cultivate along both sides of the Huachi water. Later, including the more western, it belonged to the territory of the Song Dynasty, but it was not at this time, if you look at the map, from Xiaoguan to Yuanzhou, and then to the security army, this end of Gyeongju is like a deep mud pit, and the west of the mud pit is the jurisdiction of Western Xia. That is, the area invaded by the Song Dynasty is at least now strictly the territory of Western Xia.

At the same time, Liang asked Liang Yibury to attack Suizhou City, and at the same time, he sent 100,000 troops to serve on the west side of Liyuan Fort, and built a false fort 20 miles away from the border of Gyeongju, and built 12 Pan Castle. None of them were Song Dynasty territory. Hearing that the eight forts in Suizhou were all destroyed, the military service did not dare to build any more, but the military service was still on the border.

In fact, the Huaide army failed in the battle, and the Liang clan was very anxious, even if she was not convinced, there were more ministers and clan leaders in Western Xia who demanded peace. Forced by domestic opposition, the Liang clan first exchanged the captured Qiang people for prisoners of war.

Turning a deaf ear to the matter of food.

Really let the Song Dynasty continue to win over the Hengshan tribes, and did not refuse, dragged, the drought in the first half of last year, the second half of the year was considered to be smooth, and it was delayed until the summer, the food crisis was solved, and the Song Dynasty exchanged grain for livestock.

At this time, when the Liang family was thinking about how to get down the stairs decently, Li Fugui was greedy for military merit and sent troops. He gave the partial general Li Xin a strategy, and asked him to rush from Liyuan Fort to Guziling and attack his garrison. This is a very funny thing, the scholar often gives the military general a military strategy, so what do you want the military general to do?

Before the Song army arrived, the people were on guard, and when they saw Li Xin, they said to Li Xin: "I will build my own fort and will not fight with Han." ”

We only built forts on our territory in Western Xia, and we didn't build forts on the territory of your Song Dynasty, so why should you come to attack? The two countries are at war, so what makes sense. It is not right for Guan Jian to attack meritoriously, without merit, to fail, and to lose morality.

Li Xin did not answer, launched an attack, the Tanguts defended, and the three attacks were repulsed, but the Xixia did not dare to counterattack when both sides were defeated. Until the third time he "forgiven" Li Xin, when Li Xin was still preparing for the fourth wave of attacks, the Tangut sent an envoy to Li Xin and said: "Do you really want to fight? ”

Li Xin still did not answer.

So the Western Xia surrounded it on both wings, and the Chinese army attacked, attacking left and right, and Li Xin was defeated. However, the Tangut people were still very scared and ordered: "Kill the soldiers, not the generals." ”

In the corner of the enclosure, Li Xin fled in a hurry.

Li Fugui wanted to exonerate himself, beheaded Li Xin and Liu Fu, and wanted to kill Bai Yu, the general of the inspection envoy, Bai Yu saw that the opportunity was not good, and quietly sent his henchmen to see Guo Kui, and after his death, Guo Kui mourned and sent someone to rescue Li Fugui, so Bai Yu was spared.

No matter how he shirks responsibility, Li Fugui has failed. Therefore, he sent Guo Gui and Lin Guang to lead troops out of Qiongzhou Fort in the west, and went north deep into Shijicheng, the main force of Xixia was in the Fort of Falsehood, and the Shipan troops were empty, caught off guard, and unable to stop, so the Song soldiers attacked the villages such as Breaking Lanlang and Heshi, and plundered Jintangcheng, crossed the Puluo River at night, and prepared to attack Wujichuan. When he encountered Shuqiang on the mountain road and told him about the danger, Lin Guang didn't listen to it, and still moved forward, and the Xia people really ambushed the troops in Wuji River.

Lin Guang fled in a hurry, and the Western Xia ambush soldiers pursued after him, returning to the Puluo River, where Lin Guang threatened to choose a strong crossbow as the bank side of the Puluo River, preparing to ambush the Xia soldiers. The Western Xia people were scheming and did not dare to move forward, so Lin Guang brought the army back safely.

In fact, because the Tanguts retreated in time, they only killed one or two hundred old and young people.

However, the hornet's nest was poked. (To be continued.) )