He Zhan returned to Shangqingguan on duty this day, listened to the servant's report of Xue Liulang's visit, and had been waiting in the flower garden for nearly an hour, so he didn't even care about changing the official uniform, and hurried to meet the guests. ”

Seeing that Lu Li took his "don't have any intentions" ridicule as the wind in his ears as usual, and didn't even raise his eyelids, he felt very bored He Shishi put away the posture of pretending to be innocent and holding his chin to look at the guests, and sighed: "Don't bother me with many things, that girl seems to have an iron heart, and she has to plan to become the princess, if she really goes on like this, it will be too late to regret it in the future." ”

This time, Lu Li finally didn't turn a deaf ear, and looked at He Zhan with a slight frown, but Shishilang sold Guan Zi again, and pointed to the tea kettle: "Xuanzhi is simply anti-guest in the end, how about sharing a lamp with me to quench my thirst?" ”

After slowly drinking a cup of hot tea, Shishilang smiled again: "It seems that you still care about Eleven Niang's future marriage?" She's already missed once, so are we going to see her repeat this time? It's not that I'm alarmist, if the King of Jin is really expected to be a prince in the future, she must seek the position of her concubine. ”

She is like this, once she has made up her mind, how can she be easily convinced? King Jin is not a good match You and I all know, but if you consider the overall situation, Eleven Niang's plan is indeed the best shortcut, if we want to persuade her, we need to come up with a more appropriate strategy. ”

It was easy to get this slightly obvious sentence from Lu Li's mouth, He Zhan was about to make persistent efforts to dig out the other party's heart, but Lu Li stopped the topic again: "It's too early to worry about this matter at this time, I came to see you today, and there is something urgent to discuss." ”

With a helpless face, Jin An took the initiative to be courteous and said: "Today's words and deeds, Lu Huai'an is bound to pass on to the ears of the eldest princess through Lu Rui's mouth, according to her temperament, of course, she will be annoyed and angry, fortunately, the eleventh mother plan is first, and there is Chengtai You arrange it properly, and there is Xiao Wei's obstruction from it, the queen mother should not immediately agree to Jin An's request, but it is always inappropriate to delay the matter, so I think that it is simply completely broken, so that the world knows that I have no intention of the eldest princess, and even disgusted to the extreme, As soon as the Queen Mother came, because Xiao Wei was already dissatisfied with Jin Ansheng, and she had to take into account the royal prestige, it was impossible for her to reluctantly marry because of 'motherly love'. ”

He Zhan Mo shuo chin listened to Lu Li's long-planned thoughts in detail, and immediately understood that this strategy to solve Jin An was just by the way, and the bigger purpose was to vote for the queen mother, if it went well, maybe Lu Li would be promoted, which was also a key step for Eleven Niang to make a plan - time was tight, it was not enough for He Zhan and Wang Ningzhi to "enter" the court, and Lu Li had better become one of the court officials within a year.

Although the Queen Mother wants to win the support of the Jingzhao Wang family, she also knows the temperament of the Wang family and her father, and she will never regard him as a confidant, in contrast, it is Lu Li who is more likely to deceive the Queen Mother's trust, after all, in the matter of Xue Qian's dismissal, Lu Li has already passed the preliminary test of the Queen Mother.

"However, it is not trivial to mention the tax reform again, because it will hurt the interests of the aristocratic group, that is, Pei Xiang Zaoming the current tax system is no longer in line with the national conditions, and the proposal for reform is also difficult and has been stranded several times." Although He Zhan agreed with the method proposed by Lu Li, he questioned that it was too difficult and it was not easy to achieve.

"In my analysis, the Queen Mother is anxious to officially come to the court, and she will inevitably need the merit of the subjects to be convinced, and now Pan Bo is self-reliant, so that the imperial court has lost the control and governance of the Northeast Prefecture, which has always made the Queen Mother angry, but if you want to calm Pan Rebellious, the imperial court can not even take out the basic military expenses now, and the Queen Mother is bound to worry about the finances, and the current business should be busy enriching the treasury, so that it is possible to support the border army to crusade against Pan Rebellious." Lu Li said.

He Zhan had already thought of this, but he still thought that it was impossible to do anything: "The proposal of taxation according to the mu for Pei for many years has attracted the refutation of the aristocratic group, even if the first emperor values Pei Xiang, in the end, it will be over, does Xuan Zhi think that the queen mother will be the enemy of the nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty in order to fill the treasury?" In this way, wouldn't it be more dangerous for her to come to the court? ”

"At present, the realization of taxation by the mu is of course not timely, the ancestors have also analyzed, the rent Yong for the ancestors to formulate the ancestral law, in the Great Zhou has been implemented for two hundred years, to completely overthrow can be described as difficult as ascending to the sky, from ancient times to the present, the troubled times to establish a new law, the implementation of the new law must wait for the right time, but now the number of fugitives is increasing, the tax is decreasing, will lead to the emptiness of the treasury, in the past, the search for fugitives is really a symptom of abandonment, can only solve the urgent situation, I want to suggest the policy, is to search for the fugitives at the same time to strictly observe the vast hidden fields, the people only get enough distribution of land, in order to be content with farming. ”

He Zhan still had some doubts: "Strictly inspecting the vast hidden fields will also hurt the interests of the nobles." ”

"But Yintian has violated the law, and no one can refute it under strict inspection, and this only hurts a small number of people, which can not only ease the finances, but also win the hearts of the people, and the queen mother should be able to weigh the gains and losses." Lu Li said again: "At present, it is no longer enough to enrich the treasury by exploiting the people, the queen mother should understand that only by taking the hao kuo knife can alleviate the financial crisis, since Yingzong, the nobles of Xun Wang forcibly occupied the people's land for personal gain, and the imperial court has never even explicitly forbidden it, and now, although there are also noble families who illegally occupy the land, they are always not as arrogant as the old Xun Hao, because for the family, as long as it does not hurt the fundamentals, money has always been secondary, and the political career is the first priority!" ”

He Zhan was finally convinced: "I understand Xuanzhi's plan, it is for me to persuade Wei Yuanping to take the lead, in Jingzhao Shiwang, the five families of Liu, Xue, Wang, Wei, and Xie will definitely agree, and the rest of the four clans such as Xiao, Li, Cui, and Yuan will probably not openly oppose Dezheng, but there is only one Lu family, and the Queen Mother will not take it seriously." ”

As long as Jingzhao Shiwang has no objections, even if the rest of the clans are slightly dissatisfied, they will not think that they will forcibly occupy the people's land and oppose the imperial court's inspection. Although this part of the people also has a certain amount of power, they can never affect the political situation, and the queen mother is anxious to enrich the treasury and make contributions, and the loss of this part of the support of the group that does not hinder the overall situation is simply a small profit.

"If this thing can be achieved, the Queen Mother will definitely remember your suggestion, not to mention that because of the implementation of the hidden order, she can also warn the eldest princess of Jin'an and uproot Lu Huai'an...... He is a 10,000-year-old lieutenant, although the Queen Mother does not put it in her eyes, but the Queen Mother has a deep grudge against the Lu family, and Lu Huai'an's position is not recommended by the Son of Heaven after the transfer of power, and he can't bear the recommendation of the Duke of Rong Guo and the eldest princess, so he asks the Queen Mother against his will, just like a fly, standing in Kyoto to make the Queen Mother think of it, and she will lose her appetite. He Zhan took the case again and again: "Xuanzhi will not wait for tomorrow to come again, this matter will always wait for Eleven Niang to make a decision." ”

"I'm not as good as I used to be, it's always inappropriate to go up and clear the view too often, Eleven Niang's end, Chengtai told me." After discussing the matter, Lu Li took his leave, only he stepped on the saddle and got on the horse, walking slowly along the road, but he couldn't help but look at the peach tree stretched out within the green wall of Shangqingguan, thinking of many years ago, those youthful years, carefree and the time when the beloved stepped on the spring to enjoy the scenery, after all, he frowned slightly, his eyes were blank, and the corners of his lips were bitter.