In July of the first year of Yongxi in Dafeng, after more than a month of Yongxi's theory, the new Yongxi New Deal drafted by the Ministry of Officials and double-stamped by the Prime Minister and the Son of Heaven was officially promulgated in Dafeng.

The articles and decrees of the new deal add up to 2,300 words, divided into three, the first of which is the reform of the rule of officials, which is basically just those measures in the court, but in order to weigh these old ministers, a lot of concessions have been made.

The second economic innovation, which was proposed by Ning Feng, was to reduce the financial expenditure of the imperial court, strengthen local finance, strengthen the central government's interference in local finance, reduce taxes, increase people's income, reduce agricultural taxes, and strengthen commercial taxes.

Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce has been the unchanging purpose of Dafeng for thousands of years, and agriculture is the foundation of the country, and the promulgation of this measure will directly target the rich businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, and for this reason, it has also caused quite a stir in Jingnan.

The third item is the 100 measures for people's livelihood drafted and implemented by Wei Zhengol himself, and there are 103 policies on benefiting the people, so it is called the people's livelihood 100 measures.

From the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation to future weddings and funerals, everything is listed in detail, including spring plowing tax reduction, curfew time limit, farming subsidies, wedding and funeral subsidies, those who have military households in the family are reduced by three to one according to the time limit for joining the army, and those who have joined the army for three years can be exempted from paying taxes for one year.

At the same time, the reward for farming and weaving is wanted by the local government, and those who are among the best in local cultivation and weaving can receive a certain reward in the local government, and this reward is not a minority in terms of amount.

As soon as the new policy was implemented, it caused a lot of repercussions in Daebong, with some questioning, some supporting, some not understanding, and even some outright opposing.

Because of the promulgation of Yongxi's new policy, Wei Zhengol's status has also risen, and he was crowned as a Dafeng young master, although this young master is only a false name, and has no real power.

But for Wei Zhengol, being able to serve as a young master in his twenties is not a recognition of his ability.

In the early summer, Wei Zhengol and a group of guards walked on the streets of Yindu, the new policy was promulgated for a month, Wei Zhengol also wanted to see the views of the people below on the new policy, the root of political reform is to stabilize the rule of Dafeng, and as long as the people stabilize Dafeng, they can be stable.

However, Wei Zhengol, who came to inspect the city gate, found that the effect of the implementation of the new policy was not obvious, and the clear provisions of his new policy were extended by one hour in the morning and evening, but when he came to inspect, he found that these merchants were still the same as before, and left after noon.

The new policy stipulates that the time for businessmen to leave the market is obviously not during the day and at night, which seems to be not much, but for these merchants to be able to put a little more income for a while, such a good policy is here, why should it be according to the old system?

Wei Zhengol, who was puzzled for a while, came to the Yindu Protectorate and saw Zhang Xinkan, the official of the Yindu Mansion, Zhang Xinkan looked at the young master in the red-crowned crane robe in front of him, and hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, and he couldn't be respectful anymore.

Wei Zhengol walked into the mansion, sat on the throne under the bright and upright plaque that only the Yindu Mansion was qualified to sit on in the past, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhang, this official came here today not for anything else, just to ask you about the situation of the new policy, the first to benefit from the promulgation of the new policy is naturally the people of the imperial city.

As the parent official of the Holy City of the Son of Heaven, what is your evaluation of the performance of the new policy in the past month? Of course, you don't need to cater to me, I just want to know the real situation. ”

Zhang Xinkan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, raised his hand embarrassedly and said, "Thanks to the young master's concern, after the implementation of the new policy, the lower officials took the officials of the government to go around to publicize, post notices, and send people to walk the streets and alleys to recite, just to hope that the people can understand the hard work of the court, and the new policy has been implemented for a month, and it has still achieved certain results." ”

"Results? What about specifically? Wei Zhengol said in a deep voice.

Zhang Xinkan was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time and said, "Relax the curfew, reward farming and weaving while seeking certain benefits for businessmen, although these businessmen pay the right taxes, but the business time has become longer, overall the benefits still outweigh the disadvantages......"

"That's enough."

Wei Zhengol couldn't listen to Zhang Xinkan's official rhetoric, which also reflected the current way of doing things for low-level officials in Dafeng from the side, that is, polite, humble, don't know anything about one question, be polite to the superior, and don't know anything about the next.

Zhang Xinkan was not like this at first, but after experiencing the official reshuffle in the last years of Yongping, more and more officials did not dare to meddle anymore and did not dare to ask more.

The above orders are either mechanically executed or announced to the world like a puppet.

The people don't know why, they become muddy, the officials above do nothing, when the monk rings the bell for a day, the entire low-level officialdom is like a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.

And Wei Zhengol and others, who are trying their best to change the current situation in Dafeng, are like throwing a boulder into this pool of stagnant water, but whether this boulder can stir up the waves depends on whether these low-level officials can add fuel to the fire.

If you still do nothing as before, no matter what, even if you break your leg above, you still find nothing below, and after a long time, the boulder sinks to the bottom, and this is another pool of stagnant water.

For this reason, after listening to Zhang Xinkan's words, Wei Zhengol was angry, but he was helpless, even the government of the imperial city root was like this, not to mention the eighteen states in the world, the government did not act, and it was the people who suffered the most.

Wei Zhengol got up and scolded, "Master Zhang, remember that this was not the case when you first took office, at that time you also wrote to the imperial court to reduce taxes for the people, how can it become like this now, the new policy is promulgated, isn't this exactly what you expected?" What about you? Ignore it, ignore it, is this the end result of your sitting in this position? Yes? ”

Zhang Xinkan didn't expect that he would be scolded by a junior at his age, and for a while, that self-esteem defeated the fear of the crane suit in his heart, slowly got up, unhurriedly removed the official hat on his head, and then sighed and said:

"Young Master, I have read the regulations of the New Deal word by word, it is indeed a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people, but you are still too young, like you as soon as you enter the court, it is like getting ahead, and I have seen a lot of officials who have left their names in history.

When they were not in office, they sprinkled a large number of tirades, and the policies of governing the country were one after another, but what about the results? That is, for thousands of years, the system of Dabong is still the continuation of the old system.

Qu Min, Wang Haiyan, a generation of heroes, in the end, the fate of the heads falling one after another, the pool of Dafeng is too deep, it's not that I don't do anything, but I don't dare to act. ”

Wei Zhengol clenched his fists, and at this moment he knew that the new policy that he had quarreled with those officials of the older generation in the court was so stressful when it was actually implemented.