I haven't seen him for more than two years, Xie Zheng seems a little restrained, and he seems to have a faint strangeness with Xu Qian. *.com*

After all, in the past few years, Xu Qian's water has risen and his status has grown rapidly, but Xie Zheng has been standing still.

Xu Qian was as enthusiastic as ever, welcomed Xie Zheng into the flower hall in the backyard, and said with a smile: "I've been busy in the past few days, and I really can't take a break, so I haven't paid a visit, but you and I are half brothers, and there is naturally no need to pay attention to these polite courtesies, yes, I have ordered someone to send the teacher's letter to the house, I don't know if you have read it?" ”

Xie Zheng nodded and said, "My father said in the letter that his body is quite tough, and I am also a little relieved." ”

The maids served tea, and Xu Qian sighed: "When I was in Zhejiang, I often listened to the teachings of my teacher, and my teacher is now at ease with me, but I am not at ease with my brother, saying that you are alone in Beijing, and there is no one to take care of you, and I am afraid that you will suffer, and the teacher is old, so it is inevitable to nag about this." ”

Xie Zheng nodded again and again, hesitated, and said: "I came to visit my junior brother today because something strange happened in Hanlin, and the cabinet suddenly found a lot of attendants and bachelors to go, saying that they wanted to draft some regulations, but they didn't call the senior brother and Liu Shi from the library, I felt a little strange, so I inquired about it・・・・・・"

This Liu Shi said that he was a well-known Wang Xuemen from the Hanlin Academy, and he called so many people, but he missed the two of them, and their common characteristics were related to Xu Qian, Xie Zheng was not a fool, of course he felt that something was wrong, he continued eloquently: "Later, I learned that it was originally to draft the regulations on the household department, and I heard that you had been to the cabinet before, and handed over the tax reform book, I want to come to this matter related to you, some of the inside story of the cabinet and the household department, I also know some, for fear that they will not be good for you, So let me know in advance and let you prepare. ”

Xu Qian smiled and said, "You really guessed right, this is indeed related to me."

Xie Zheng said eagerly: "In that case, I think Senior Brother Xu already has a way to deal with it?" ”

Xu Qian smiled: "No. ”

"No?" Xie Zheng was puzzled.

Xu Qian said: "Tomorrow is the court meeting, and the cabinet will definitely draw on my charter to draft a charter by itself, but ・・・・・・ they have to do this, I can't help it, after all, my arms can't reach my thighs." ”

Xie Zheng was stunned and said, "But... But in that case, why did the junior brother send the charter to the cabinet? If it weren't for this recital, the Cabinet would not have taken the opportunity to ・・・・・・"

Xu Qian smiled and said, "Actually, what I mean is to make the cabinet fight back, if they want to reject my charter, there must be a new charter, right?" ”

Xie Zheng nodded.

Xu Qian said again: "This new charter not only wants to vent their anger, but also to seize power, right?" ”

Xie Zheng nodded again.

Xu Qian said: "But I expect that their charter will not work, the commercial tax is simple, but if you want to collect it well, it is not easy, since they have to roll up their sleeves and give it a try, then it doesn't hurt to give it a try, if you hit a wall and suffer a loss, I will clean up the situation in the end." ”

Xu Qian replied quite confidently, he didn't look down on Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing, this is not because the level of these two people is not as good as Xu Qian, in fact, when it comes to the level of governance, Xu Qian is not even worthy of lifting shoes for them.

It's just that everyone has their own strengths, Xu Qian has thousands of years of accumulated experience in the tax system, and the household taxation is actually closely related to the new policy, and the cabinet's understanding of the new policy is only not as good as Xu Qian's finger.

Xu Qian did not doubt Xie Zheng, and said: "Therefore, the tax reform of the cabinet will inevitably not be maintained, and at that time, I will have to adopt my method." ”

Xie Zheng let out a sigh of relief and said, "It turns out that the senior brother has already made arrangements, but my senior brother is too careful. ”

Xu Qian's heart moved, and he said, "Senior brother has also been interested in Wang Xue recently? ”

Suddenly asked such a sentence, because Xie Zheng is so well-informed, a well-informed person is nothing more than two reasons, one is that he is in a high position, and there are more channels to get news, just like the two adults in the cabinet, just like Xu Qian, they don't know how many ears and eyes are around them, anywhere, there is a slight breeze, they can smell it. And another reason is caring, when a person cares about something, he will inquire in many ways and always get some information.

Xie Zheng, as a bachelor, presided over the historical classics, these things were not his concern, but he could observe some information from some unusual things, which shows that he was quite enthusiastic about the party dispute, and he was able to immediately find himself and inform the news, on the one hand, because the two were brothers, on the other hand, most of Xie Zheng had already become the king's party.

In fact, this is very understandable, Xie Zheng is also from Zhejiang, and some of the fellow villagers around him are mostly Wang Xue officials, and everyone is in Beijing as officials.

Xie Zheng looked a little twisted, and finally said: "I have read some books by Wang Shangshu and Mr. Wang, and I have a little experience.

Wang Shangshu is talking about Wang Shouren, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the Mr. Wang in the back is Xu Qian's good teammate Wang Gen.

Xu Qian smiled and said: "Actually, the teacher doesn't like Wang Xue, but he doesn't reject it, I didn't expect the senior brother to study, so it's okay, you and I are brothers in the same sect, it's a good thing to think of one place, you have been in Hanlin for so long, you have never had the opportunity to practice, if you have the opportunity, I will definitely find a way to get you out of Hanlin." ”

His future actually depends on his junior brother, Xie Zheng's old face couldn't help but blush, but Xu Qian is the head of the household, since he said that he wanted to find a way, it was a matter of time before he thought about it, Xie Zheng was still in the prime of life, not even forty years old, just in the prime of life, he had been in Hanlin for more than ten years, and he was tired of being afraid of anyone, and he couldn't help but be happy at this time, and said: "I also want to come out and try to do something, and the junior brother can help, then it would be great." ”

At dinner, Xie Zheng had dinner at Xu's house, and then he went home, and Xu Qian was speechless, and went to the ministry early the next morning, and then someone from the cabinet came and invited him to the Chongwen Palace.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Xu Qian was relaxed and indifferent.

The reason why he is so anxious to go to that charter is not to hold the power of the household department now, what he is waiting for is nothing more than today, with his current ability, it is impossible to preside over the household department completely according to his own heart, and he can only have this opportunity when the cabinet hits a wall.

When he arrived at Chongwen Palace, there were already many people waiting inside, and Jiajing did not come, because this was not a normal court meeting, at this time, Yang Tinghe sat on the left side of the head, and his eyes were silent. However, when other people saw Xu Qian, they were moved, some whispered, some coughed desperately, and some sneered.

And most of these people are from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry, and there are several officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Yang Yiqing also wanted to show a little calmness, but when he saw Xu Qian, he couldn't help but be angry, he smiled coldly, and said: "Our Xu Butang is here, since he is here, then let's start the court discussion." ”

Xu Qian nodded, looked around, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know the constitution of this official, can you read it?" ”

Everyone was silent and did not show active cooperation.

Xu Qian had no choice but to say: "If you don't see it, then please read it and discuss it." ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhengse said: "I've seen it." However, there are a few questions, and I would like to ask Lord Xu for advice. ”

Xu Qian said: "My lord, please speak." ”

Zheng Chong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "In your charter, the whole article is how the household department is, the old man dares to ask, our Ming Dynasty, is there only the household department left, why did the household department get rid of it, such a big thing, but it has nothing to do with other ministries and temple supervisors." Let's talk about the Ministry of Industry, it stands to reason that the provinces should ask for silver in the name of starting construction, whether it is to control the river or build bridges and pave roads, they don't have to go through the Ministry of Industry, so what does the imperial court want the Ministry of Industry to do? ”

Xu Qian explained: "In the past, it was the household department that could not be the main revenue and expenditure, and this revenue was all thanks to the local government, but the household department could not be the master. The result is that the income and expenditure are often not mastered, the income and expenditure are uneven, it is already a big and difficult problem, the Hongzhi Dynasty is so, the Zhengde Dynasty is also the same, but in the past, it is still barely maintained, but now, it is difficult to continue, the princes must also know that the household department has now reached the point of exhaustion, if it is not changed, the future will be endless, so the official thought again and again, only to come up with this practical method, in order to, it is nothing more than to solve the current predicament, the household department is proficient in the way of money and grain calculation, and the right to pay and fall is all received by the household departmentSo that the household department can have a budget as soon as possible, so that it will not be the same as before, eating grain, and not knowing what will happen tomorrow today, and the final result will be a deficit every year, filled every year, and the shortfall will become more and more and more problems. ”

Xu Qian said sincerely, but there are many people who don't think so, in fact, everyone is not a fool, more or less, everyone knows that what Xu Qian said is not unreasonable, when the Hongzhi Dynasty can be maintained, and when the Zhengde Dynasty can also be maintained, but now it is the real exhaustion, and it is enough to owe tens of millions of silver, plus the expenses have been increasing in recent years, it is conceivable that the problems in the future will only get bigger and bigger, and Xu Qian on the one hand began to collect commercial taxes, and on the other hand, it is the right to collect revenue and expenditure, the former is open source, The latter is co-ordination, and if it is really implemented, it is not a good idea.

But the Ministry of Industry still sneered and said, "Really? But the old man didn't see it that way. ”