But they are all blind to the immediate benefits of the implementation of the law. That is the law and order situation of the Great Song Dynasty: before the big rebellion and small rebellion every year, since there was the Baojia Law, the control gap between the states and counties due to the forbidden army being too far away and the soldiers being too bad was immediately filled, and there was no rebellion in the final Shenzong Dynasty!

On the 11th, Wang Anshi and Han Jiang were officially promoted to the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. Wang Qi served as the governor of the council.

On the 14th, the Western Xia invaded the Zhenrong army on the original road of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Pu, the inspector of Sanchuan Village, defeated it with ambush soldiers.

On the 22nd, on the basis of last month's Zhulu reform and change of law, Prime Minister Wang Anshi introduced the fifth new law, which can be said to be as important as the Qingmiao Law - the Exemption Law (or Conscription Law) was introduced! To understand this decree, we must first understand what decree was used before the Song Dynasty? That's the "Errand Law"

"Poor", as the name suggests, is an errand. The Song Dynasty divided all citizens into 9 classes according to the amount of family property. Let's not talk about how much the family property will change at any time, such as the house is on fire and burned down or suddenly the business is prosperous and profitable, just say what these nine families have to do for the country:

In the ninth class, the last five classes are blessed, and they basically have nothing to do with this matter. And the fourth-class people are more miserable, they want to contribute to the country, who makes you rich? And the reason why you are rich is because you are smart and capable, and the country needs talents like you. So what do you have to do? It's also simple to say, usually speaking, the word "yaqian" is very vivid, that is, in front of the yamen of countries at all levels. Specifically, the state collects taxes, collects various materials, grain, rice, silk satin, and so on. Note that it is not money, although the currency of the Song Dynasty is unprecedentedly developed compared to previous dynasties, it is not to the extent that it can be converted into goods and collect taxes (except in modern society, no dynasty can do this)

These materials are piled up in the yamen, how can there be so many civil servants in the country? It is guarded by the upper and fourth-class households in each city and village. And if you don't give money, you have to pay if you lose it!

This is the guard, and if you collect it, you have to be lucky. Ladies and gentlemen, you have to escort these supplies, set up boats, and drive donkeys. Send something to the emperor in the capital. The distance to be sent depends on your luck, if you are reincarnated to the north of the Yangtze River, then you may come back in a month. If it is unfortunate that you are a Jiangnan, Lingnan or Sichuan, think about how far you have to go back and forth, how much hardship... And it's still the general principle: if you get it, you won't be rewarded, and if you lose it, you have to pay for it...

It is said that more than 1 year ago, that is, in 1069, when Song Shenzong accidentally looked through the inner treasury, he found such a thing: a foreign to Beijing Yaqian. The task is to "pay 7 money" and not even get 1 tael of silver, but this guy hasn't been able to go home after a year. The reason is that he got the task in front of his local yamen and sent it rain or shine, but he was fooled by the yamen here - all kinds of extortion, all kinds of clever names, so that this brother was dizzy and flawless, until the money for the journey home was gone. And don't dare to run away, be careful to flee back, the whole family will be punished!

Think about it, can you live like this? As soon as the task in front of the yamen arrived, my little brother and I had to be busy day and night, and I didn't have the opportunity to touch the computer at all. How did you ask me to finish this book? How to make money? How to raise a family?

So far, the problem has not intensified. Theoretically, these tasks are shared by four levels of families. If there are more people, the disaster will be evenly shared, and the problem will be smaller. But there is always a disconnect between reality and theory. Because in the Song Dynasty, wealthy families, middle-aged families, monks, female households (no men), single households... and so on. Except for these people, the rest are basically the third and fourth class households.

With so many tasks and such an intensive winning law, there can only be one result - bankruptcy! Bankruptcy! And that's secondary. What is even more outrageous refers to the social phenomenon after their bankruptcy: no one dares to get rich anymore...

Unless you can show your power and suddenly jump from the lower fifth class to the first and second class. Otherwise, as long as you are a little more industrious, earn a cow, a few pigs, a few mulberry trees or something, the neighbors and the government will immediately come to congratulate you - you are rich, at least a third or fourth level, hehe! It's up to you to worry about this year's yaqian...

And in the nearly 111 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, ordinary Li people have lived like this...

Feeling hopeless? No! This is just one of the many errand servants, and there are other "titles" such as lizheng, head of household, and village scrivener to help collect taxes from households in the countryside. There are "positions" such as elders, archers, and strong men to be responsible for catching thieves. There are names such as inheritance, manpower, hand power, and scattered servants to serve the officials of the genuine brand. Others, such as the county Cao Si and Zhu Lu in the county-level yamen. The state Cao Si and Confucius in the state-level yamen, together with the miscellaneous duties, waiting, picking, etc., equipped at all levels, are simply too many to count, and they must be borne by ordinary people...

In the long run, is this still a human life? Therefore, the law of errand service should be abolished!

As modern people, of course, we know that the best way to replace the errand law is the post office and the postal service, but in ancient times, the post stations were monopolized by the ruling class to transport the goods they wanted to transport, such as the lychees that Yang Guifei wanted to eat. On the premise that the official post station could not be used, Wang Anshi's new law group had no choice but to come up with the "Exemption Law"

To put it simply: the general principle of the exemption law is to "pay money and exempt from service", so that the people who used to need to work on errands can buy back their free bodies and do what they want to do by paying money that is consistent with their rank. And the state uses the money to recruit people who want to work on errands.

Is this a good solution? It forms a cycle in which people pay a certain amount of money and get more free time than they could have imagined, which they can use to earn money and support their families. The state gets money to recruit people to work as errands, which can expand the number of employed people and reduce the number of idle people in society, not only so that the country can function normally, but also nip all kinds of crises in the bud...

In addition, Wang Anshi's "Exemption Law" has two major features: 1. He added the upper class households. Regardless of your wealthy family and high-ranking officials, don't think about being superior from now on! Want to get away? Take the money -

2. The lower fifth-class households, single households, female households, monk households, official households, and Fangguo households that have not been burdened before must also pay money. However, depending on the amount of family property, the amount of tax paid by families of the same level will be halved. It's called "conscription money."

In addition to these two major features, there is also one of the most controversial regulations: that is, in addition to the annual exemption money, auxiliary service money, and summer and autumn taxes, an additional 20% should be collected to prevent floods, droughts, famines, and sudden wars. This is called "exempt from military service and surplus money"

These two characteristics made Wang Anshi instantly become the mortal enemy of the entire privileged group, especially in the past, no matter who actually served as an errand in the upper fourth-class households, they could take a breath every other year, and they could be replaced by others in rotation. This time it's good! Twice a year and endlessly, it really didn't make them fit in...

Not to mention the fact that in the past, regardless of the situation in the country. The high-door valves who have been enjoying themselves freely. This completely shattered their dreams, and more importantly, Wang Anshi hurt their "dignity"

We were born different, why let people with mud legs and lower ninth-rate people be treated the same as us! We just want to get away with it!

What's interesting is that the first to put forward the opposition to the exemption law and become a classic remark of the opposition were actually two Sichuan people who had just entered the privileged class - Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers.

See what they say. Let's look at Xiao Su's "servants must not do without villagers, and officials must not use scholars" With his words, it seems that people are born with a high race, but it is a pity that he lived in the Song Dynasty, not before the Sui and Tang dynasties. At that time, it really didn't matter what the individual could be. Everything is based on origin. You are a member of the Houmen, so you were born to be an official. What do you want to say about reading and scientific research, and the fish leaps into the dragon gate? It's a pipe dream! can look back and think about it, if Su Zhe was really born before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, what kind of life will it be now?

Look at Dasu again. The first great genius said with emotion - since ancient times, servants must use the villagers, just as they must eat with grain, dress with silk and linen, and cross the river with boats. Cattle and horses must be used to walk. Even if it is replaced by something else temporarily, it will not last long after all, and it will still return to the most correct path. We, the scholars and doctors, have left our relatives and friends. Farewell to the ancestral grave and go around to be an official, after work is bound to be entertained. This is human nature, and it has been the same since ancient times. If you don't need a villager to do an errand. How can we be happy? That will definitely get the chef Xiao Ran, who is full of messy and messy Cangsang. Like the inferior customs of other inferior countries, it is not the peaceful pomp and circumstance of our central and luxurious powers...

People can't help but ask his brothers: May I ask you, you have only been out of poverty for a few years, and you have forgotten your roots after the transformation of agriculture into non-farming, haven't you? A momentary smug villain's face!

Forgive Brother Su Shi! Because they were only two little hairy children at this time, they still didn't know much about what the scholar family was, and they didn't know much about the miserable life of the people below. The most important thing is that they haven't suffered yet.

More than ten years later, Shenzong died, and they were also displaced, and even Su Shi himself was locked up in prison and beaten, howling in his Sichuan accent. And what Su Shi said at that time was diametrically opposed to this time. Because at that time, his name was Su Dongpo...

Now put aside these two doctors who are short of pounds and two pounds and lack of color, and go and see what the real senior characters say? The only surviving Qingli minister in the capital finally came to the fore - Wen Yanbo.

Perhaps it was the officialdom trend of Han Xianggong, who was even more tough and dictatorial than him, that taught him a lesson, even if he was strong for a while, but the time was short... As a result, Wen Yanbo became gentle.

Wen Yanbo chatted very warmly and homely, and persuaded the 23-year-old emperor to "the ancestral decrees are there, all are perfect, change them without authorization, and be careful of losing the hearts of the people"

Shenzong was very vigilant, and instantly grasped the key point, and asked the focus of the question that he and Wang Anshi had been indignant about, "Changing the legal system does make the scholar class unhappy, but what is inconvenient for the common people" At this time, Song Shenzong must have thought that he had hit the key point of the opposition, and what was waiting for him was victory! The Manchu Dynasty is all disciples of Confucius and Mencius, so you understand the phrase "the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light", right? In front of the people and the country, even the emperor and I have to take a back seat, what are you scholars?

Unexpectedly, it was Song Shenzong himself who was really surprised, after listening to the emperor's words, Wen Yanbo did not stammer, speechless, and even ashamed to be a new person as he imagined. Wen Yanbo's feeling was extremely depressed: You are the emperor! How can such childish words be uttered? It seems that the initial education was really bad, and the free-range people in the palace are different from the Ming Jun who has been trained by the royal family since childhood like Zhenzong and Renzong...

Wen Yanbo finally said the true meaning of officialdom: "Your Majesty, you must be clear: you are ruling the world with the scholar class, not managing the country with the common people"

It is absolutely true that this is the essence of the ruling class that has not changed for thousands of years!

After hearing this, Emperor Shenzong was silent. This is diametrically opposed to the theories that Wang Anshi has always told him about managing the country and helping the weak equally! Which one is right?

For thousands of years, countless people in the four dynasties of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties disliked Wang Anshi and criticized Xining's changes. I agree: they have a reason to scold like this, because they are scholars!

As for you, dear reader, do you have any reason to dislike Wang Anshi and criticize Xining's change of law like this? Please explain your position before making a judgment... (To be continued......)