Li Youzi didn't get angry when he heard Wang Guoguang's words, he only smiled and said: "The elder said that he laughed, the subordinates didn't regard the public as a thief, but as a gentleman. ”

Wang Guoguang sneered: "Since you don't regard the princess and others as thieves, why do all the mansions have the ingenuity to prevent thieves?" ”

Li Youzi pretended to be puzzled and said, "Isn't it? The subordinates have always thought about how to better demonstrate the openness and selflessness of the gentleman and reflect the integrity and integrity of the ruling ministers of the dynasty to design the official residence. ”

As he spoke, Li Youzi pointed to the group of official residences in front of him, and said to Zhang Juzheng and the ruling ministers:

"Yuanfu and the princes, please see, is it convenient for each of these official residences to let the horses guarding the princes on the high wall, and you can see how the princes will summon their subordinates in the private residence every day because they are busy with government affairs? And let the Son of Heaven know the conscientious work of the minister? ”

"In addition, these official residences are all made of high platforms, wide stairs, and high pillars, is it also enough to reflect the edict mentioned by Your Majesty in the edict that it should show the grandeur of the ministers of my Heavenly Empire?"

"Da Sikong is not wrong, building an official residence is the grace of today, not a suspicion!"

Zhang Juzheng said a word for Li Youzi at this time, and said: "Even the Jinyi guards are only sent to guard outside and on the high wall, and they do not enter the house or set up the door, which shows that they are willing to believe in the ruling minister." ”

"What Motosuke said is extremely true!"

Zhang Siwei immediately responded at this time, and suddenly sighed: "It's really the emperor's grace!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Siwei couldn't help but look north and bow.

Then, Zhang Siwei added: "This official residence is very solemn and elegant, which makes people feel surging, but I feel guilty that the servant has not made many achievements, and the corpse is in the cabinet, and now he lives in the official residence, it is really not appropriate, and he can only work hard in the future, and he may be worthy of the grace of the Son of Heaven." ”

After Zhang Siwei bowed and said this, and Zhang Juzheng also supported Li Youzi's statement first, the ruling ministers had to follow suit, and only said that this was a grace and that they couldn't afford it, so they could only repay His Majesty the Emperor with a more serious attitude in the future.

Only Wang Guoguang glanced at Zhang Siwei after worshipping, and then when Zhang Siwei was led by Li Youzi to recognize the official residence of the second assistant, he whispered to Zhang Juzheng: "Uncle, Puzhou, villain, beware of backlashing against the new deal in the future, go to it!" ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything and walked forward.

Wang Guoguang didn't want to say anything when he saw this, so he just waved his hand, put it behind him, and glanced at Zhang Juzheng's back.

For a while, after visiting the official residences, when the ministers were about to return to their respective residences, Zhang Juzheng suddenly took out a secret revelation that Zhu Yijun had allowed him to convene the ministers and ministers to discuss the new policies to be implemented next:

"By order, and please go to the servant's official residence first, first discuss the new policy to be implemented next, and Mr. Xu also has a letter to the servant, and everyone needs to talk about it together, so don't go back first, and hand over the matter of moving to the children and servants."

Except for Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing, all the ruling ministers were stunned for a moment after hearing this.

Wang Guoguang spoke first at this time: "Uncle! And to implement a new deal? Now that the treasury is abundant, the accumulated silver has been available for several years, and there is no need to change it, but to give some opportunities for those who come after to make meritorious contributions; And the official residences have been set up, and the examination law is also very strict because of the work of Haigong, so that the greedy officials and mediocre ministers have nothing to hide, so it is not that there are no ministers who are available in the future; Why bother with you and me for all these things, and when the title book of Qingzhang Tianmu is on, it is time to think about traveling under the forest and teasing grandchildren. ”

"Yuan Fu is a person who is loyal to the country, if there are still old evils to be eliminated, we should naturally be driven by Yuan Fu, otherwise how can we be worthy of the emperor's grace?"

Zhang Siwei also said at this time.

"Ziwei is not in a hurry to become a country?"

Wang Guoguang asked after hearing this.

Zhang Siwei glanced at Wang Guoguang and said eagerly: "Ruguan's words are ridiculous! Although the servant has Xiao Gui Cao Suizhi, he also knows that when it comes to the country, no one can match Yuanfu in case of emergency, so if Yuanfu has been in charge of the country, the servant can resign and leave at any time, and go to make fun of Sun! ”

"Needless to say, whether to implement the new policy or not is still uncertain, and today is just a discussion."

Zhang Juzheng said at this time.

So, Zhang Siwei and Wang Guoguang didn't say anything more, just glanced at each other, and then each went to find another secretary to speak.

Not long after, Zhang Juzheng and the ministers and ministers went to the meeting hall of the first assistant residence of the cabinet and sat down.

Zhang Juzheng naturally sat on the chairman, and asked Fang to accompany him on the right side.

Zhang Siwei, Wang Guoguang, Ma Ziqiang, Shen Shixing, Liu Yingjie, etc. sat on the guest seats on both sides.

Zhang Juzheng first looked at Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing and said: "The two elders of the pavilion have already made some proposals when they return from going out of Beijing to inspect the place, and mention that if this dynasty wants to continue to implement the new policy, what new policy should be implemented, and what are the disadvantages of reform?" ”

Ma Ziqiang got up first and said: "In this case, the contemptible people will throw bricks and lead the jade, and first mention the contemptible people who have been ordered to inspect the place and realize it." ”

Speaking, Ma Ziqiang said: "In my humble opinion, thanks to the diligence of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Fufu is very good, the world is already Haiyan River clear, farmers do not know hunger, businessmen are not afraid of the road, and the road is not forgotten, the night does not close the door, all worship the emperor's style, and the wealth has also been greatly eliminated, the local treasury is very rich, and the positions are often liquidated, and there is really no need to get rid of the old evils immediately." ”

"But the farmer knows no hunger, but he has not abundance; Although the merchants are prosperous, they are not rich; ”

"Therefore, the spread into the mu hurts the peasants very much and is not conducive to the preservation of the cultivators; The additional commercial tax is due to the fact that many rich and wealthy merchants have a strong background, and the small traders are not rich like the farmers, so the additional tax can only end up with the consequences of cutting down the small people; ”

"After thinking about it, if you really want to plan for the future, and then continue to restructure, you can only cancel the preferential exemption, let the officials and gentry pay grain as an errand, and even in the second year of Longqing, in addition to ordering the clan to pay the field to pay Ding Yin, the clan will also pay Tian Ding Yin."

After Ma Ziqiang said, all the ministers pondered, neither dared to oppose it, nor did they speak out in support, but only looked at Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing also followed suit: "The contemptible people also have the same meaning as Ma Gong, the reform should cancel the preferential exemption, and let the officials and gentry of the world pay the grain and errands." It is not appropriate to increase the commercial tax and apportionment into the mu, and the apportionment into the mu will suffer the small people in the north, and the increase in the commercial tax will suffer the small people in the south, and only the official gentry will pay the grain as an errand, neither suffering the small people in the north nor the small people in the south, only the officials and gentry, or they can suffer the clan again. ”

"Why do you want to suffer from the gentry and the clan, is it because the state has no savings, or is it difficult for the small people to survive?"

Wang Guoguang said at this time.

Shen Shixing replied at this time: "Nature is for the future." ”

Wang Guoguang said: "Can't the things of the future be done by people in the future, why do you have to do it now, you must be suffering for the gentry and the clan now?" Even if you let the cows and horses work, you have to let them take a breath, right? ”

After Wang Guoguang finished speaking, he looked at the ministers present.

As a result, none of them made a statement, and they all kept staring at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng knew the reason why the ministers present did not express their positions, and also knew that Wang Guoguang's opposition to the official gentry and the clan's integrated grain payment was not really unacceptable to the official gentry and the clan's integrated grain errand, so he also showed any dissatisfaction, and only said:

"Since the two cabinet elders have inspected the locality, they feel that if the reform continues, the preferential exemption should be abolished, then the next step is to continue the reform, maybe only this policy can be implemented;"

"However, Your Majesty still doesn't know that the two cabinet elders proposed that the clan and the gentry can implement the policy of paying food and working as errands, and the servants don't really want to ask Your Majesty to continue the reform;"

"I still have to listen to your meaning first, if you don't feel that you don't have to implement it, this reform doesn't have to be carried out anymore, and it's time for the servants to return to the Son of Heaven, but if you think you can implement it, the servants must not continue to work hard with the princes, and work hard for Your Majesty and the society and the common people."

Wang Guoguang still said first: "Then I don't have to say it, I've already said it, it's up to the others." ”

Wang Guoguang looked at Zhang Siwei as he spoke: "Gong is the second assistant, don't you speak?" ”

Zhang Siwei glanced at Wang Guoguang like a fire in both eyes, and said, "The contemptible only Yuanfu's order is obeyed!" ”

And the others all stood up because of this: "Only Yuanfu's order is obeyed!" ”

Zhang Juzheng: "......"

Seeing this, Wang Guoguang also said: "Could it be that I have no conscience and only know how to speak for the gentry of the clan?" ”

(End of chapter)