Zhao Nanxing did not return the holy decree, Zuo Guangdou and Gao Panlong were naturally full of evil fire, and after that, they questioned Zhao Nanxing: "Didn't Otsuka Zai say that he would rather die than give in?!" ”

Zhao Nanxing sighed: "I don't want to affect the princes because of the contemptible will!" Only by defiling oneself can the princes be prevented from going to prison because of the contemptible arguments! In addition, if you can't bear to bear the burden now, how can you correct the pros and cons in the future? Don't be rash! ”

In fact, Zhao Nanxing, as a member of the Donglin Party, knows his Donglin Party very well.

He didn't believe that his colleagues in Donglin would really be desperate to intercede for themselves, if he really sealed the holy decree of the Fa.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Son of Heaven from using Song Shixiang to overthrow himself in order to implement the law change, he simply changed his mind and took the initiative to accept the will, so as to show the emperor that he supported the law change.

Of course, Zhao Nanxing now understands that his scholar can't force the Son of Heaven to give in even if the grain is out of luck, so it will undoubtedly be very unwise to confront the Son of Heaven again.

Therefore, he chose to compromise.

Zuo Guangdou sneered, he naturally didn't believe Zhao Nanxing's words.

He hoped that Zhao Nanxing would directly confront the imperial power, and then intensify the contradictions between the northern nobles and the imperial court, so that he and Gao Panlong and others could take this opportunity to instigate more officials from the north and south to oppose the change.

But he didn't expect Zhao Nanxing to choose to admit it.

Zuo Guangdou therefore sneered: "Otsuka Zai really has the style of Li Chaling!" ”

As he spoke, Zuo Guangdou said to Gao Panlong: "Let's go!" ”

Gao Panlong saw that Zhao Nanxing didn't come in the way he said before, and he was as disappointed as Zuo Guangdou, so he snorted and left with Zuo Guangdou.

"Left! Save it! Listen to the old man's explanation! ”

Seeing this, Zhao Nanxing hurriedly called the two of them.

……

"Zhao Nanxing didn't seal the will to implement the examination law?"

Division of Planning.

Zhang Gui was also surprised after knowing that Zhao Nanxing did not return the holy decree.

Wei Zhongxian nodded and said, "I guess I'm afraid that Uncle Guo will smoke him again." ”

Zhang Gui smiled faintly and said, "It's good to know the current affairs, but I think it's better for Song Shixiang to continue to stay in the Imperial Prison." ”

"Uncle Guo is saying that Zhao Nanxing's return of the holy decree is related to Song Shixiang?"

Yuan Keli asked at this time.

"I don't rule it out."

After Zhang Gui replied, he said: "Forget it, don't care about him, after the implementation of the examination law, there will be a reason to dismiss and dismiss officials who refuse to carry out the Qingzhang Tianmu matter, and even exile and confiscate their homes!" Next, it should be a matter of clearing the acres of land and recovering the levies. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Gui looked at Yuan Keli, Chen Zizhuang, and Lu Xiangsheng: "I don't know if the three of you have discussed where to start Qingzhang first?" ”

Among them, Chen Zizhuang and Lu Xiangsheng are the ministers of the Department of Planning, which were newly supplemented by the Apocalypse.

And both of them are still considered to be officials of the Shaozhuang faction, and they are naturally promoted to the Department of Policy and Planning to train juniors for the implementation of the new policy in the future, and to avoid the situation of changing the law and breaking the prime minister in the future.

After Zhang Gui asked, Yuan Keli replied first: "We think it is most appropriate to start clearing in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, these two places account for the most taxes in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the two places are successful, the next Qingzhang in other places will not be a problem." ”

"It's hard first, then easy, it's good!"

Because the Planning Department is in the study room on the left side of the Qinzheng Palace, Tianqi often participates in listening to politics here, and after listening to Yuan Keli, he also said a word.

When Zhang Gui saw the apocalypse speak, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is most appropriate to clear the zhang in Nanzhili and Zhejiang first, so that most of the arrears can be returned to the treasury as soon as possible, so that the treasury can be abundant as soon as possible, and the policy of strengthening the army and benefiting the people can also be implemented as soon as possible." ”

"Why don't you set up a governor of Zhejiang to go south to be responsible for the affairs of Qingzhang, and be in charge of the affairs of Qingzhang Tianmu?"

"In addition, in order to recover the levies to the treasury as soon as possible, it is better to collect the taxes to the ministers' Xichang to collect, instead of handing them over to the civil officials represented by the governors and governors. Moreover, this can also allow the West Factory and the civil officials to supervise each other, if the governor and other officials are not clear, then the West Factory can be exposed through the phenomenon that the tax burden of the poor households is much higher than that of the rich households, and if the West Factory is taxed in addition to the regular tax in the name of loss, the governor and the governor can also be exposed. ”

"What do you think?"

After hearing this, Tianqi asked Yuan Keli, Chen Zizhuang, and Lu Xiangsheng for their opinions.

Yuan Keli and the others are not pedantic and clear streams who don't know how to change, otherwise they wouldn't have joined the Department of Planning and Planning because they supported the change, hearing Zhang Gui say this, Yuan Keli also said first:

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is very good, according to the ancestral system, it should have been paid into Beijing by the grain chiefs from all over the country, and the government should be taxed bypassing the government. Now Xichang is going to the grain Long March tax on behalf of His Majesty, which is also to put aside the government and echo the meaning of the ancestral system, which is not regarded as interfering in the government government. ”

"That's right, Uncle Rao is the governor of Xichang, because he only collects taxes on behalf of His Majesty, and it is not a foreign relative interfering in local civil affairs."

Chen Zizhuang also replied.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The most difficult change in the dynasty is that Taizu does not want the government to directly participate in the collection of taxes, and is afraid that corrupt officials will collect wealth from the people, and as a result, many people are bankrupt due to the transportation of taxes and grains. ”

"It can also make the magistrate have less opportunities to exploit the people by transporting grain!"

Apocalypse replied.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The Apocalypse therefore commanded: "All are allowed! Your Department of Formulation and Planning will nominate the candidate for the governor of Zhejiang as soon as possible, and appoint him according to the decree of the cabinet, and also plan to order the West Factory to collect the world's taxes on behalf of me. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui waited for a reply.

At this point, the tax system of the Ming Dynasty changed again, and the tax was directly collected by the emperor's Xichang.

And the power of the Department of Policy is also quietly increasing, not only with the power of policymaking, but also with the power to recommend governor-level feudal officials, as if it has the function of a center.

Yuan Keli recommended Zhao Yan, the governor of Shandong who had just participated in the pacification of the White Lotus Rebellion led by Xu Hongru last year and made great contributions, as the governor of Zhejiang, responsible for the affairs of Qingzhang fields and acres in Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

In Yuan Keli's view, letting Zhao Yan, who was already familiar with local government affairs, go to Zhejiang to go straight to Qingzhang Tianmu is enough to ensure that the decree of Qingzhang Tianmu will be implemented.

As a result, Zhao Yan was added to the military department and the governor of the right deputy capital of the imperial history of the two places, and was ordered to go to the two places of Zhejiang to clear the acres of fields.

In fact, the reason why Tianqi asked the Department of Planning and Planning to recommend the governor of Zhezhi to be in charge of Qingzhang Tianmu was to use other ministers who supported the reform of the law through Yuan Keli to implement his new policy.

Zhang Gui originally proposed to set up a system and policy department to let some civil officials who supported the reform of the law into the center, but also so that today some scholars and doctors who supported the reform can form a team to carry out the emperor's intention to reform the Ming Dynasty.

However, what Zhang Gui is worried about now is that as many ministers who support the reform of the law begin to take power, will some villains who only seek fame and fortune take the opportunity to blend into the ranks of officials of the reform faction in the name of supporting the reform, and then affect the implementation of the new policy of the reform.

If Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials who is suddenly willing to comply with the order to implement the examination method, will he also be this kind of person?

Zhang Gui therefore had to be wary of the internal reform of the Ming Dynasty, and continued to make preparations for directly leaving aside the civil government system through the West Factory.

Leaving aside the civil government, the collection of the contract tax from the West Factory was only one of his steps.

The West Factory has been ordered by the Apocalypse to hand over the tax collection work to the West Factory, and the tax police corps has been set up.

Sun Yingyuan served as the chief officer of the Tax Police Corps.

In addition to an experienced department responsible for cashiering and other affairs, the corps has a number of 1,000 headquarters, and Huang Degong, Sun Chuanting, Xia Yunyi, and other students who graduated from the Wubei Academy serve as the general managers of each 1,000 headquarters.

The soldiers and horses of the entire tax police corps can be regarded as the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty now, whether it is officers or soldiers, they are carefully selected strong generals and fierce pawns, and many of the key is to raise people to enter the ranks, and the problem of dealing with the Jiangnan gentry is naturally not big.

As soon as the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse passed, Zhang Gui took the newly formed tax police corps and Zhao Yan, the governor of Zhejiang, to go down to the south of the Yangtze River together.