Ruixue Trillion Year.

During the Spring Festival in the second year of Wanli, it also snowed heavily.

A white-hat lantern wrapped in a red heart swayed in the flying flotsam that gradually stopped, and entered the mansion of Shi Hairui, the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

And the owner who carried the lantern was Wang Yongji.

He also carried a big fish, and as soon as he came, he came to the outside of Hai Mu's house first, and through the curtain, he bowed down and said with a smile: "Mrs. Tai, little nephew Runlian comes to worship, I wish you more than old age." ”

"Thanks for thinking about it."

Inside the curtain, the sea mother replied.

When Hai Rui, who was clearing the snow, heard this, he hurriedly dropped the broom and straightened up: "Why are you here on this holiday day?" ”

"Why can't I come?"

Wang Yongji said and gave the fish to Hai Rui: "Now that the official salary is distributed in full, you Hai Rui must be able to entertain us with a meal of wine to help the festival." ”

"Thank you."

"It's naturally easy, so I'll tell Humble Jing to cook a few more dishes."

Hai Rui said and took the fish from Wang Yongji's hand, and said with a smile: "It's a waste again, now it's good to be able to eat salted fish on this day, and it may cost a lot of money to buy this fresh fish, knowing that you Wang Runlian has been admitted to the first class, and you will have to pay more than half a year, but there is no need to spend so much." ”

"It's auspicious."

"What's more, this is to honor Mrs. Tai, how can you be sloppy. Mrs. Tai can't eat anything too salty, and I know that. ”

Wang Yongji said with a smile.

Hai Jui brought the fish to the kitchen and handed it to his wife.

Immediately, Hai Rui walked to Wang Yongji's side and said with a smile: "The relationship between you and me, I won't be polite, you can go to the guest house to pour tea and eat, I have to take advantage of today's Yamen is fine, and the heavy snow has just stopped, so as to sweep the snow in this yard and save my mother from slipping when she goes out." ”

"That being the case, I sweep with you. By the way, move your muscles and bones. ”

As he spoke, the king took a broom from the foot of the wall.

Hai Rui didn't stop him, he only swept aside with Wang Yongji, and asked, "You come to me, don't be a marriage to the people of the hiding tribe." ”

"You guessed it!"

Wang Yongji said with a smile and said: "My clansmen's in-laws know that I have been promoted, and they have come to Beijing to celebrate me, and they have come to many homes, although I can't help but welcome them, but you know, if the in-laws of the clan are just for money and food, I am afraid that there are still people who ask for help from the local gentry, especially when the examination has just been implemented this year, and there are naturally a lot of rumors to inquire about it." ”

"If I really want to ask, I can't refuse, but if I agree, it will be a nuisance to the place, so I can only come to you, and the in-laws of the clan know that I am here to run around with you, the deputy constitutional official, and naturally they all think that I am running for my own career, so they will understand why I don't accompany me."

Hai Rui smiled and said, "You are really sophisticated! ”

Wang Yongji smiled, noncommittal.

At this time, Tan Lun also suddenly appeared at the door.

Hai Rui was quite stunned when he saw this, and glanced at Wang Yongji.

Wang Yongji said: "I forgot to tell you that this soldier made an appointment with me to come with Mrs. Tai today to pay New Year's greetings, but I have to arrive earlier than him." ”

After hearing this, Hai Rui walked over and arched his hand: "I didn't know that this soldier was coming, and I missed the distance." ”

"You'd better call me Zili."

Tan Lun said and handed a fresh fish in his hand to Hai Rui: "It took a lot of effort to buy it, and I don't know how those dealers came up with the method, this day you can still buy a big live fish and ask for good luck." ”

"Thank you!"

Hai Rui smiled and took it.

Wang Yongji said at this time: "Zili is not tolerant of wind and cold, let's go to the house first, I will help Brother Gangfeng clean this yard, and then come in to accompany him." ”

Tan Lun, who is a frequent visitor to Hai Rui's house, nodded and walked in directly.

Hai Rui sent another fish to the kitchen, and when he came back, he asked Wang Yongji: "You are here to avoid the clansmen, why did he Tan Zili come, presumably now the ministers and Jiuqing are all eating and drinking in the Yuanfu Mansion for the holidays, right?" ”

"You don't see that?"

Wang Yongji asked: "He is having trouble with Yuanfu!" ”

"Awkward?"

Wang Yongji nodded, got up and took off his outer robe, and continued to sweep the snow while saying: "After Feng Bao fell, he copied millions of taels of silver into the internal treasury, Your Majesty was benevolent, and used this money to make up for the arrears of the inner court first, and then to make up for the arrears of the officials outside the capital of the outer court, and the rest was only enough to make up for the military salary, as for the reconstruction of the nine-sided defense system by him and Qi Jiguang, especially the Jiliao Jinggi system, it will naturally have to be lost." ”

Hai Jui nodded.

Wang Yongji said again: "His Tan Zili's long-cherished wish is to make Jiubian, especially Jiliao, strong in attack and defense, and no longer let Tartars go south if they want to go south like they do now!" In his Tan Zili's view, although the border trade has been opened, the more he wants the border trade to be carried out, the more he needs to have strong armaments. And to establish such an offensive and defensive system, it is necessary for the imperial court to be willing to do so, but also to have sufficient financial resources. ”

"You know, I have actually had three major ills up to now, although I don't dare to change them, but I do know them to those who understand."

Then, Wang Yongji said again.

Hai Rui also replied at this time while sweeping the snow: "I know this: first, the power of the prime minister is unknown; There is no distinction between the cabinet ministers and the six ministries according to the laws of the ancestors, and the six ministries do not need to obey the orders of the cabinet. But up to now, the reality is that many of the good and bad things need to be coordinated by the cabinet of the six ministries, otherwise the six ministries will work separately, and many major policies of promoting the good and eliminating the bad will not be possible; ”

"Second, fiscal and taxation are not unified; The household department only has the right to dispatch the world's money and grain, but does not have the right to collect taxes and appropriations, so that a county often has to transport all kinds of taxes to various health stations or political departments according to the arrangement of the household department, what grain, silk and even pepper and wood, many times there are as many as a dozen types of tasks to solve grain and silver, and often only a few dozen taels of silver, which is not only a waste of manpower and inconvenient examination, but also leads to rich counties with abundant taxes but serious waste, and poor counties with few taxes and stretched; In addition, the household department does not have the right to collect taxes and appropriations, which also leads to the fact that the imperial court actually deposits not much money and grain in Taicang and other treasury, resulting in insufficient savings, and once the upper and lower levels are extravagant, or natural and man-made disasters that are difficult to solve in the local area, there will be a phenomenon of eating too much grain. ”

"The third is that those who understand the army cannot take charge of the army, resulting in the decline of the army. Commanders who know the military cannot participate in military aircraft; However, the civil servants who do not know the soldiers can discuss the military aircraft, and even the new recruits can discuss the military aircraft in the imperial history and the affairs, and often hinder the supervision; In addition, Wenchen is also responsible for the selection of generals, but because he does not know the military affairs, the selected generals only care about loyalty and bravery, and do not know the ability to plan and govern the army; After all, not everyone can be as knowledgeable as Hu Ruzhen, Tang Jingchuan, and Tan Zili. ”

Hai Rui has served as a magistrate for many terms, and he is also worried about state affairs, so he naturally knows what the main problems are at the moment, and he said it at this time.

After all, Wang Yongji is his close friend, and naturally he is not afraid to talk about the problem of unclear power and unification of finance and taxation, which requires a major reform of the ancestral system.

"Brother Gangfeng is right, these are the three major ills."

"Everyone knows it, but few people dare to say it, and few people dare to change it."

"And it just so happens that now, Yuanfu has this courage, and your brother Gangfeng has also done it, so that the new policy examination method is in the form of the cabinet examination into six subjects, so that the cabinet has the power to do so, and the six departments can be controlled through the six departments, and the first problem is not a problem, even when the monarch is young or can only keep it, he can also rely on the virtuous minister to do a few major things to promote the good and eliminate the disadvantages, so that the political affairs will not be abolished, and the descendants will be harmed."

The king used the Ji Dao.

"It is precisely because I know this that I agree that the cabinet has the power to sanction the six sections! Everyone in the world only thinks that I Hai Rui is broad, but you Brother Runlian and Yuan Fu know that I, Hai Rui, are also people who work for the country. ”

Hai Rui said.

"Don't I, Tan Zili, know about your Haigang Peak?!"

Ahem!