Under Wang Xu's questioning, the little fat man told the truth, it was not him who wanted to invite Wang Xu, but his sister.

It is true that he went to see Yangzhou Skinny Horse and went to the painting boat to listen to music at night, but his sister would be accompanied by a woman dressed as a man, and listening to music was really listening to music.

After being broken by Wang Xudao, the little fat man was still frightened, and whispered to him: "I told my sister that I won't tell her identity, you don't know if it's good or not, it's a big deal next time I invite you to drink flower wine and make amends to you." ”

Wang Xu didn't speak, since Dong Zhongshu deposed the hundred schools and respected Confucianism, the constraints of etiquette on women have become stronger and stronger.

Zhang Xu's sister is a person, that is the daughter of the Cao Yun envoy, this Cao Yun envoy Zhang Minghuai, is a popular person in today's saint, neither belongs to the Zhu Party, nor does it belong to the Han Party, but the pure minister of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Xiaomei was born in a family of eunuchs, and she was not constrained by Confucian etiquette, and she was also a strange woman in ancient times, so it would be a pity not to see it.

"Does your sister look like you?"

Wang Xu suddenly thought of a question, Zhang Xu has a fat head and big ears, and weighs at least two hundred pounds, if his sister is the same as him, well, it is better not to go.

"It's not like it, my sister follows my mother, I follow my father, why do you ask this?"

Zhang Xu didn't know why, and his face was puzzled.

Wang Xu was relieved now, although he didn't plan to have anything to do with Zhang Xu's sister, but it couldn't be too scary.

It is said that one white covers a hundred ugliness, one fat destroys everything, a height of one meter fifty-eight, and a figure of two hundred pounds, that is a bucket of essence.

Suppressing the strange thoughts in his heart, Wang Xu got into Zhang Xu's carriage and went straight to the Governor Caoyun Mansion.

They walked through the back door, the official yamen that did not go through the main gate, Zhang Xu wanted to invite Wang Xu in, but Wang Xu refused.

His identity is different, that is, he doesn't think about himself, but also avoids suspicion for the teacher.

Now, Xue Mushan is the elected assistant of the current dynasty, the veteran of the Zhu Party, and he, the reserve disciple of the Zhu Party, plunged headlong into the Governor Caoyun Mansion as a pure minister, and it is inevitable that he will be guessed by people with a heart, which is not good for the teacher and the Zhang family.

Therefore, there are some things that should be avoided, and it is better to avoid some.

Zhang Xu entered the Caoyun Mansion, while Wang Xu waited in peace in the carriage.

After about half a cup of tea, Zhang Xu came out with a young man.

This young man, who looked fourteen or fifteen years old, had a jade-like complexion, was very white, and had very good skin, giving people a gentle beauty.

Wang Xu looked down at the young man's neck, there was no Adam's apple, it seemed that this young man was Zhang Xu's sister dressed as a woman.

I couldn't help but look at the boy's chest again, pretending to be quite similar, I don't know if it was developed late, or if he used a corset, it looked no different from a man.

"Brother Wang, this is my younger brother."

Zhang Xu walked over with the young man and winked at Wang Xu.

The young man stepped forward, looked at Wang Xu a few times, his eyes were as bright as stars, and said softly: "Junior brother Zhang Weizhen, I have seen Brother Wang, and my younger brother has admired Brother Wang's poetry for a long time, and today I finally see the true Buddha." ”

"Zhang Weizhen!"

Wang Xu muttered this name, and when the young man was a little bumpy, for fear of being seen as flawed, he said: "Wang Guokesheng, Wei Zhou Zhizhen? ”

The young man's beautiful eyes lit up, his ears were dyed with a little red glow, and he smiled playfully: "Brother Wang's knowledge is really solid, as soon as he heard my name, he thought of being out of Daya." ”

Wang Guokesheng, Wei Zhou Zhizhen, Jiji Duoshi, Wen Wang Yining, this is the words of the great elegance in the Book of Poetry, talking about the elegance of King Wen.

"It's nothing, it's just a few more books." Wang Xu said modestly, not thinking that there was anything to be proud of.

The young man didn't care, but said with great interest: "Brother Wang's words are not right, when you hear my name, there are very few people who can associate the Book of Poetry, it's not that these people are not solid in knowledge, but they don't think this way." Brother Wang can think and dare to think, which shows that Brother Wang is not a legalistic person and can read, not die. ”

"Aren't we going to see the skinny horse, it's not too early, let's go quickly."

Seeing that Wang Xu was chatting with his sister very closely, Zhang Xu couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but come up and interrupt.

Looking at Zhang Xu, who was as steady as an old dog, but was actually panicked, Wang Xu shook his head slightly, and secretly thought: "Maybe everyone who has a sister is like this!" ”

Just a few simple chats, Wang Xu found that Zhang Xiaomei is a talented and quick person.

Compared with Zhang Xu, in addition to being a man, there are many shortcomings, at least Wang Xu is not in him, seeing the kind of agility that can make great achievements.

Along the way, Wang Xu and Zhang Xiaomei answered each other at will, asked and answered, quoted scriptures, covered the four books and five classics, and some allusions were even more handy, so that Zhang Xu, who was also a talented and famous person, couldn't interject many times.

Zhang Xu saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, he knew that his sister admired Wang Xu very much, but he didn't expect the two to fall in love so much, and he had the illusion of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Wang Xu didn't think about it so much, but he just regarded Zhang Xiaomei as a scholar who treated each other as equals, and found that Zhang Xiaomei knew a lot about the affairs of the court in addition to being a daughter, and she also had a lot of opinions, so she couldn't be treated as an ordinary girl.

Take the abolition of the New Deal as an example, Zhang Xiaomei feels a pity, because some parts of the New Deal are indeed for the benefit of the people.

Of course, not all of the new policies she agrees with, such as the Seedlings Law in the New Deal, which she feels is inappropriate.

Seedling Law: In February and May of each year, when the harvest is not good, the government gives the peasants loans and grain, and takes two or three cents of interest every six months, which are repaid with the summer and autumn taxes respectively, so as to reduce the oppression of the peasants by the private usury.

In the past, when the people borrowed money from the private sector and could not repay the money, the landlord would take away the land.

After the Seedlings Law, it seems that the people do not need to borrow from the private sector, but in fact it is not the case at all.

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below.

According to the BIBS Law, the interest for half a year is 2 to 3 cents, but in fact, the interest for one month is more than that.

Scraped down layer by layer, the interest given by the government is more ruthless than the interest of the people, and there is also a phenomenon that the people are forced to borrow in order to let the court see the implementation of the Qingmiao Law.

Some people don't need to borrow money themselves, but the magistrates will lend you money if they don't borrow for the sake of political achievements.

Not to mention the benefits, the common people have incurred additional expenses, and in some places they have even done more ruthless things than usury in the name of the government.

Loan sharks, you can not borrow if you don't use them, and no one forces you to lend them.

The Qingmiao Law is good, but it can't be borrowed without it, which makes the people complain, but there is no place to reason.

"What would you do if you were to be in charge of the Cabinet and faced with the annexation of land below?"

Wang Xu asked a lot of questions that people with lofty ideals had thought about.

"Me?"

Zhang Xiaomei was speechless for a while, whether it was Yan Song's change of law or the resumption of the Zhu Party, the fundamental reason was in the land.

The Great Wu Dynasty has been peaceful for too long, and the land has long been occupied by the gentry, and less than one or two can be distributed to the people.

Any change in the law will affect the interests of the gentry, and no one can change the law until the power of the gentry is overwhelmed.

"I will carry out the reform of commercial taxation, at present, the main tax of the imperial court, forty percent of the land tax, the rest of the main salt, iron, rice, cloth, tea, boats, these clothing, food, housing and transportation. As long as the tax revenue that can be obtained from the commercial tax is raised, the land tax will be reduced, and the price of food will be lower, so that the people can afford to eat. ”

Zhang Xiaomei thought for a long time and gave this answer.

Wang Xu was noncommittal, saying that capitalism could not be revived without the liberation of manpower from the fields until it was converted from agriculture to industry.

Raising taxes is a sentence, and it is even more difficult to implement.

Moreover, Wang Xu does not think that by raising the commodity tax and reducing the agricultural tax, the people will be able to live a good life.

The reason for this lies in the annexation of land, in this era, the peasants did not have their own land at all, and the gainers were still the gentry.

These people would rather pour surplus grain into the river than sell it to the people at a low price.

On the contrary, after the commodity tax is raised, the price rises, which is the actual feeling of the people.

In the past, during the New Year's holidays, it was possible to tear two feet of cloth and make two new clothes.

After the price of goods rose, there was no money to buy clothes, and as always, I worked for the landlord's family, and I could still see some meat before, but now I can't see it at all.

"Can't you?"

Seeing Wang Xu's face, Zhang Xiaomei was worried and asked, "What is Brother Wang's opinion?" ”

"War!"

Wang Xu gave his own opinion, he believes that if you want to end land annexation, only war can do it.

Reclaiming a state externally, or depleting the population internally, is a good solution.

In addition, any change in the law will be a palliative rather than a cure, because the land of Kyushu is so large, and the population has been slowly increasing.

Unless the house is pushed to start all over again, the higher the house is built, the closer it is to collapse.

When one day, the foundation is not enough to support the building, it is the moment when the house collapses and everything starts again.

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