"Does the queen mother think that the legislation he mentioned should be implemented?" Zhao Tuo asked.

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled and looked at her room: "Does the emperor think this decree is needed?"

"Of course I think Li Saburo has a point."

"Then the emperor has the confidence to convince those old ministers to support it?"

"It's ......."

"Without the support of the minister, wouldn't it be the same as sending a eunuch to be a mine supervisor in the first place? Li Sanlang said that it is unrealistic to make the courtiers do things willingly and honestly with a single edict, but this is a thorough explanation of people's hearts. At the beginning, the mourning family saw that the Empress Dowager insisted on sending people down, and no matter how many people tried to persuade them, they couldn't persuade them, but they couldn't stand up and withdrew in disgrace. Alas, a lesson!" She finished and glanced at the emperor.

Zhao Tuo frowned, he was a man who refused to admit defeat inside. After thinking about it, he asked softly, "What does the queen mother mean, this matter still has to be considered in the long run?" It's a pity that such a good suggestion, if it is placed like this, I don't know how many years it will take!"

Seeing that his mood was not high, Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at her personal female official Rong Xi, Rong Xi immediately bowed slightly, and then waved the dust in his hand, leaving only two or three people in the house, and the rest immediately retreated. The Queen Mother took the emperor's hand: "I'll ask you three things, and ask the emperor to think about it and answer."

"Queen Mother, please ask!" Zhao Tuo hurriedly sat up straight.

"First of all, what is the purpose of the emperor? What do you want out of this?"

"According to Li Sanlang's suggestion, a new law will be implemented to implement the mine contracting system. The mine owner pays the contract fee according to the contract amount and makes a commitment to production and safety. The new law could restrain mine owners from acting recklessly; Protect the livelihood of miners and convicts and reduce the source of trouble. encourage the use of new technologies and tools to expand production; Rated according to the management level of the mine, high tax reduction, low shutdown or subcontracting. In this way, the imperial court will be able to operate the mines safely, and the local government will be able to collect a large amount of contracting fees, some of which will be handed over to the state treasury, and some of which will be used for local construction and the daily expenses of the government."

"Well, then if this new method is practiced, who will benefit and who will be unlucky?"

"Of course, it is the court and the local government that benefit, oh, the miners, too? The unlucky ones are, of course, the mine owners and foremen!"

"More than that, right?"

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, looked at his mother, and suddenly understood: "Does the queen mother mean that some mine owners may collude with officials behind their backs? If all the mines are contracted, I am afraid that the officials will take advantage of the opportunity to grab profits?"

"If this mine is yours now, if you want to contract openly, others may reach out, and you will be happy?"

"Well, I see, watch out for the fight behind their backs."

"No matter how they fight, the emperor can not care. It doesn't matter as long as it's legal, but you have to be careful that the person who eats it in his mouth now will protect it, so he will desperately oppose the new law. There is also a situation where those who are full of desire to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits will try to break free from the constraints of the new law, or simply let it be full of loopholes from the beginning, which is the most terrible!" Empress Dowager Zhang sighed: "Look at Wang Anshi, a person who is dedicated to his family and country, is his new law really bad? In the end, aren't the reasons for disturbing the people, tyranny, and profit-seeking? If you take a closer look at this reason, which one is the problem with the new law itself, and isn't it all the fault of the officials at all levels and sizes when it is implemented? After talking for a long time, Wang Anshi's reform failed, and most of it was man-made disasters! That's why I said that Li Sanlang was right, an edict can't be exchanged for loyalty, this is really three points!" She patted the back of Zhao Tuo's hand: "If the emperor wants to implement the new law, he also needs to guard against these courtiers. There will be loyal ministers, but who can not have the slightest self-interest?"

"Remember, child, teach!" Zhao Tuo gave a deep salute, and then remembered: "What is the third question of the queen mother?"

Empress Dowager Zhang pursed her lips and smiled: "Emperor, you haven't answered the second question yet, so you came to ask the third one?"

"Why didn't you answer it all?"

"There are still miles of people who will benefit from this."

After looking up at the ceiling and thinking for a long time, Zhao Tuocai said, "If the new law is implemented, a new yamen will be set up, and more officials will be needed, so these officials who have been given the opportunity, as well as the new science and technology scholars next spring, will also be considered beneficiaries, right?"

The Queen Mother nodded: "As long as he benefits, he will definitely benefit."

I am grateful to the emperor and do things with confidence. Therefore, who the emperor chooses to formulate the new law and who will implement the new law is very important. Prepare yourself for a few men who are able to do things in a solid way and are familiar with the law."

"The child understands! And the third ......?"

"The third thing is actually a human thing. The emperor has figured it out, if the new law is to be implemented, who in this court will approve and who will oppose it, and how many people can His Majesty rely on?"

"It's ......." Zhao Tuo shook his head: "The child hasn't had time to think about it yet."

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty is rushing here, and I guess I don't have time to think about it. Why don't we discuss this topic carefully after you think about it?"

"Thank you, Queen Mother!"

The Empress Dowager smiled with satisfaction, and admonished, "The new law is implemented, but the situation varies from place to place, and the emperor must act cautiously, and the lessons of the former Song Dynasty can be used as a reference. For example, when Wang Anshi implemented the Qingmiao Law, he did not consider the consequences of this incident on stopping the wealthy merchants and gentry from usury, and their opposition to the new law, which brought many obstacles to the new law. In addition, the improper employment of personnel has led to the fact that female cadres have taken advantage of the opportunity to grab benefits, which has greatly reduced the effectiveness of the new law, and it is also reasonable to be slandered and reprimanded. It is a pity that the laws have been gradually abolished since the Divine Sect! Surely Your Majesty would not be happy to see the decrees he enacted be repealed by a later emperor after a few years, right? In this way, let's not rush and take our time. Slow work makes fine work. Well prepared, it's a matter of course!"

After she finished speaking, she nodded towards the door: "Look, the queen has sent someone, she must be in a hurry over there. The emperor put this matter down first, went back and wrote a note and put it on the bedside to look at it every day. Concubine Yun is a good child, don't let her be wronged in her good life. Besides, ......," she raised her eyes and said to Zhao Tuo meaningfully, "She is the only one in this palace who has someone in the family who deals in the minerals, and you should be careful of others bullying her when you go late!"

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: "I know. So the queen mother rested early, and the child took leave."

Empress Dowager Zhang sent the emperor to the door, and instructed Eunuch Liu not to let His Majesty play too late, etc., and then watched him get on his shoulder.

"Your Majesty!"

Under the guidance of Eunuch Liu, the holy car drove out of the Deqing Palace, and the Empress Dowager Zhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His son didn't speak until he was five years old, and he was almost forced to give way by those old ministers, and Empress Dowager Zhang was extremely angry about this. For the sake of her son's rule, she could only endure it, but it could not be said that she was not vigilant against these ministers. Although King Fan has already gone to Dingxing to become a vassal, but recently there has been a strange wind of touting King Xiang, Empress Dowager Zhang knows that the emperor has just been in power, the position is unstable, and there is no cronies of his own, so he must not be in a hurry to do anything at this time, so as not to give people a handle.

The next day, Yang Min walked out with a lot of heart, and when he arrived at the Nanxun Gate (the place where the emperor received the New Year's greetings, and then to the south were the Wuchaomen Gate and the Chengtian Gate), he was hesitating to return to the cabinet, when he suddenly saw a person from the Yellow Gate (see note 1) hurrying with a deep coat, a shirt, and a cowhide inlaid jade treasure belt, and he let him go.

"This is Concubine Yun's third brother Sun Shu, the word Zifang." Lang Yangzhong, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, who was walking behind Yang Min, said softly.

"Oh?" Yang Min and the other party nodded, took a few steps forward and asked in wonder, "What is the reason for him entering the palace?" Look at the book

At this time, I heard that Sun Zifang seemed to be greeting and greeting a minister he knew. Yang Zhong turned his head and beckoned to the official, and shouted, "Fang Gong!"

The official hurried over, but it was Cui Ye, the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple. "Brother Minzhou looking for me?" He first saluted Yang Min, then turned to Yang Zhong and asked with a grin. This person is smiling when he sees everyone left and right, so he has a nickname called "Wood Buddha".

"Fang Gong (Cui Yezi) is greeting Uncle Naguo, what did he come to the palace for?"

Yang Zhong asked, but obviously for the person next to him. Cui Ye glanced at Yang Min, and replied with a smile as usual: "Yesterday was Concubine Yun's birthday, and the emperor stayed in the Niangniang Palace after drinking high at the birthday banquet. Oh, this is also the grace of heaven, Your Majesty is merciful!"

"Oh, I see!" Yangzhong nodded: "I said how I saw a flat-headed person rushing in early in the morning."

"Hey, hey,

Brother Yang didn't know. I'm afraid it's the first time this uncle has worn such a formal outfit, which is why he entered the palace, he is the laziest of the three brothers!" Cui Ye lowered his voice.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Uncle Great, you all know it, right? Sun Tong, the current governor of Xinzhou, ranked third in the first class hand-picked by the palace test that year, and he had to be desperate to beg for release, that is, that time he let the queen mother know that he still had a sister-in-law....... Uncle Sun Xi of the Second Kingdom, everyone in calligraphy and painting, is it famous all over the world, right? The only one is this uncle of the Three Kingdoms, who doesn't like classics all day long, reads some miscellaneous books, likes to go to the ravines and fields to pick stones for alchemy, and has a hot fight with those Taixi monks. You see that he has a dark circle under his eyes, and he can't sleep all night, and he doesn't know what he thinks about all day. He was at home today when the decree came, and he rarely saw ...... on weekdays."

"Wherefore, then, what kind of business does this man have, and what does he do for a living?" Yang Min listened a little impatiently.

"I heard that his family bought some mines and shops, and the two brothers had no intention of running them, so they dumped them all to him."

"Oh, that's a businessman." Yang Zhong looked crying and laughing: "Sun Men's poetry and books are heirlooms, but he didn't expect such an anomaly."

"What's strange?" Yang Mian sighed: "Ten fingers are not usually neat, everyone has their own ambitions!" After saying that, he still went to the cabinet and left this matter of Sun Shu behind.

"Taiko stays!" After Yang Zhong broke up with Cui Ye, he hurriedly chased after Yang Min from behind and stopped him.

"What? The old man is in a hurry to go to the cabinet and wait for today's report from the Ministry of War." Yang Min seemed a little absent-minded.

"The teacher is still worried about the war in Jiangxi?"

Yang Min quickly looked at it in private: "This is in the palace, and teachers and students cannot be commensurate with each other, so as not to be heard that you and I are suspected of forming a party."

"Yes, yes." Yang Zhong responded in his mouth, but he didn't think so, thinking that this old man was too careful.

"The lower official has something unclear about, and I want to ask the boss."

"Huh? Please speak."

"Today in the court, the emperor suddenly asked about the price of rice and charcoal in Chengtianfu recently, can the boss pay attention?"

Yang Min finally stood still: "This matter...... What does Min Chau think?"

"The emperor is getting older, and it is a good thing to care about the people's livelihood!"

Yang Hao nodded.

"Your Majesty actually said, 'The man who sells the rice and the official who collects the grain tax will profit for himself and harm the country, just as the foreman and the mine owner will exploit the miners. He also said that if the squeezing is excessive, it is difficult to ensure that it is not like Lou Zishi, and if there is a rice and charcoal from the time, then the three hundred and sixty actions will not stop, when will the country be stable?" After he finished speaking, he looked at Yang Min: "Don't you think it's strange, my lord?"

"What's so strange, Your Majesty knows that you have sensed the hearts of the people, and the wind of benevolence has appeared, isn't it very good?"

"Of course that's a good thing. Merely...... Why is it so sudden?" Yang Zhong sneered: "Your Majesty ordered the Imperial Shitai to send people to Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan to interview and investigate the shortcomings of mining, smelting, and charcoal industry. The old man, who looks childish, is actually ...... Isn't it directly pointing to the mistakes of the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, and even the Cabinet?"

Yang Min turned his head sharply and shouted in a low voice, "Yang Minzhou, how dare you underestimate the king? Are you confused?"

Yang Zhong seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly bowed his hands: "Min Zhou is confused, forgetful, please punish the adult."

"Humph! What the emperor does and how to do it, it's not your turn to dictate! Go back and think about it, if you violate it again, don't blame the old man for ignoring the past!"

Yang Zhong Nono retreated. Yang Min squinted at his back, stroked his beard, and was shocked in his heart. This Yangzhong is considered an official promoted by himself, and now he has been shocked to the position of the Zhongzhong Solid Force. Did he take the wrong medicine today and dare to openly question the emperor in front of him, or was he instigated and agitated by someone? Yang Min couldn't eat it accurately, but he felt that this thing was unusual.

Today, the emperor suddenly came to such a scene, which really made people a little confused, and it seemed that he was compassionate, and then suddenly sent six people to visit the imperial history. Yang Min knew very well that these people had beaten chicken blood, even if there was no injustice

He can pick out some bones in the case, not to mention that there are no unjust cases in a province, how can it be possible? If you really want to bring out 30 cases, I'm afraid that it will be an extravagant hope for the resignation of the first assistant. Thinking of this, he took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The little emperor grew up and began to have his own ideas. The question is, is this what he thinks, or is there someone behind him? Yang Min suddenly remembered the uncle of the Three Kingdoms he met just now, the youngest son of the concubine's family, could this have something to do with him? The more Yang Min thought about it, the more confused he became, and he wondered worriedly who the six people sent by Yushitai would be? According to the rules, this kind of secret visit to the imperial history appointed by the emperor is secret, and his identity and whereabouts will not be revealed until he returns to Beijing to report on his work. Alas, what trouble!

He was wandering, when he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting: "Yang Taige, boss, please go back to the cabinet, Jiangxi Jiejie reported to the military department, the giant Chen Yuanhai and his son have been awarded the head, and the enemy has been annihilated by 2,000, a great victory!"

"Note 1: You are not a eunuch, you can walk in front of you. The status is above the Yellow Gate Sheren who walks outside the palace, and below the Yellow Gate Squire, he belongs to the low-level attendants of the outer court. In this dynasty, eunuchs were not allowed to leave the inner court without a will, so the attendants of the Yellow Gate became the main body of the emperor's dispatch in the outer court. For example, the one who was sent to the Wei Shu's office and arranged the meeting in advance was a person from the Huangmen House."