On the first day of February, the proposal of tax reform was put forward by the Son of Heaven himself, which naturally caused the court to be shocked, and the civil and military officials looked at each other, and saw most of the faces of each other in confusion and surprise.

The palace discussion that followed did not cause endless controversy, and the officials in important positions were shocked, and they were all weighing the pros and cons, and there was only one Wei Yuanping who openly objected, but his opposition was completely unjustified as support, although the volume was loud, the momentum was equivalent to nothing.

Empress Dowager Wei was so quick that she could no longer enjoy the hot spring bath of Huaqing Palace, and immediately rushed back to the capital, of course, under the guise that the weather was warmer, and seeing that the crown prince's canonization ceremony was ten days later, of course her grandmother could not be absent from such an important ceremony.

But to the surprise of Wei Yuanping, Xie Raoping and other remnants, the Queen Mother did not organize people to formulate a plan to obstruct the promulgation of the change decree, but instructed them to be calm and impatient, and they could sit on the wall and watch.

Empress Dowager Wei couldn't solve the doubts of the party members in person, so she could only transfer her intentions through Ren Yaoguang's eyes and ears.

At this moment, she triumphantly instructed her ears and eyes: "He Ye seems to be carried away by victory, and he is so bold and reckless!" Since Yingzong, the disadvantages of the tax law are not unnoticed, and it is not that no one proposed reforms, he when Suzong, Dezong, and Renzong did not understand that the imperial court had no land to grant, and the people could only flee in order to evade taxes, allowing the rich to swallow up the land. But innovation is easy to say, but how difficult is it to carry out? ”

In the Chang'an Palace, Mei Hong has not yet been grateful, Qingzhi spit out new sprouts, Empress Dowager Wei is carrying a silver carved peony stove in her arms, leaning on a couch chair in front of the window, with a fox fur blanket on her knees, and a mink set around the door of her head. ”

"Yes, although the Taiyuan clan did not resist the new law, it was because they were willing to cooperate with the imperial court to reform the tax law because they could exchange their wealth for political benefits, but when it was promoted throughout the country, what benefits did the saint take in exchange for many nobles?" Of course, Ren Yaoguang wanted to echo the Queen Mother's opinion.

"That's why I instructed Xie Xiang and so on, there is no need to prevent the promulgation of the decree, He Ye is to cause public anger, don't look at these officials in the court, there is no admonition on the surface, in private, even if he does not embezzle people's land and shelter displaced households for profit, relatives, friends, protégés, and many clansmen, the interests will be damaged by the change of the law, not to mention the local officials, because the change of the law is undoubtedly blocked from the financial route, even if the change of the law is promulgated, the people below will try their best to make the holy decree a dead letter, and who will really respect He Ye as the son of heaven?"

Empress Dowager Wei sneered: "We will watch coldly, waiting for He Ye to be pointed out by thousands of people, and the prestige that he has worked so hard to build will be ruined, waiting to see his clumsy strength and great disappointment, and at that time, we must only push out the descendants and close ministers as scapegoats in order to calm the anger of the people." ”

Ren Yaoguang said with a smile: "At that time, the Queen Mother will be able to send charcoal in the snow and clean up the mess for the Holy Lord, and Queen Liu will definitely complain about the Holy Lord, the Emperor and Empress will be centrifuged, and the Holy Lord will trust the Queen Mother more, as long as the two prime ministers of Wei and Xie can be respected again, the Queen Mother will have a chance to reverse the situation." ”

"So although we can sit on the wall and watch, we can't do nothing, and when the crown prince's canonization ceremony is over, it is also an opportunity to suggest that the emperor enrich the harem, after all, with the new people, the saint can forget the old people faster."

"The Queen Mother sees it clearly." Ren Yaoguang became more and more courteous and flattering: "According to He Xiaojun, Feng Jizheng's side is also going very smoothly, and Lu Zhengming's daughter and grandson Lu Liuniang ......" His eyebrows flew and danced, but he lowered his voice and said something.

"This woman is still a little witty, and she can really convince her brother to dispel the idea of marrying Jing Zhaoliu." The Queen Mother said with satisfaction.

"It's just that Lu Liuniang, although she has a little complexion, she is not a national beauty, and she may not be the queen's opponent."

The Queen Mother glanced at Ren Yaoguang lightly, and almost blurted out the sarcasm of "just beautiful but stupid", it was easy to hold back, and closed her eyes slightly: "I can see it now, compared to the appearance, He Ye is more important to women's intelligence, he regards Lu Zhengming as a teacher, but he can't repay Lu Zhengming's assistance, for the Lu family, in the end, he will be sorry, and treat Lu Liuniang well, Lu Liuniang is not only a smart person, but he is more dominant than the queen in his age, and he does have the strength to fight with the queen." ”

Empress Dowager Wei was triumphantly calculating the deployment, and He Ye and He Zhan were staring at each other in the Zichen Palace, like two fighting cocks with wings spreading.

It turned out that He Ye no longer considered using Xu Xiuneng because of the persuasion of Eleven Niang, but He Zhan, who was the secretary of the ministry, proposed more than a dozen candidates to replace Xu Xiuneng, but He Ye vetoed them one by one, and He Zhan also lost his temper, and complained about the case: "The saint obviously still advocates the use of Xu Xiuneng, so where does it really mean to choose someone else?" Even so, the minister can't do anything, the saint doesn't have to embarrass the minister, think of whoever you want to use, and then unload the mill and kill the donkey, the saint doesn't want to suffer from the discussion, and the big deal is to push the minister out of the peace discussion. ”

He Ye was laughed at by He Zhan: "He Shangshu has a temper, but he is very capable, it is clear that you also think that it is true that using Xu Xiuneng can get twice the result with half the effort, and there is no one who can replace it at all, look at your recommendation of these people...... Zhen Shoulu? Yes, he does have experience in implementing the New Deal, but in terms of qualifications, how can he convince those local governors, and he is even less familiar with the Queen Mother's party members, and he is responsible for liquidating the traitorous party, which will cause many fish to slip through the net. Wang Ningzhi? The qualifications are sufficient, and I can trust him to be fair and honest, and he will implement the law in one place, I am not worried, but I want Wang Ningzhi to fight with those greedy eunuchs and conspire and fight ruthlessly, He Fourteen, you touch your conscience, did you put your friends on the fire to roast? And these, these! ”

He Ye raised the resume in his hand: "One is that Xu Xiuneng is a supporter, it is better to use Xu Xiuneng directly, and the other is better, that is, to make a fortune by bullying the people, what do the people think?" Do I think I dislike that their lives are not good enough, and then let the jackals come out and eat people openly? ”

He Zhan's arrogance was completely suppressed, because he was indeed a little weak-hearted, and said in his conscience that it was indeed the most appropriate to use Xu Xiuneng to "drive away wolves", but because of the Pei Zheng and Zheng two clan cases, he had to suppress Xu Xiuneng, and under such psychological hints, he could not recommend a more suitable candidate to He Ye.

"Let's brainstorm, the saint is not as good as the edict Xuanzhi, Yuwenjun, etc., and it is more appropriate to discuss and investigate the illegal deception, who is more appropriate." He Shangshu said helplessly.

"No need." He Ye suddenly blessed his soul: "Except for Xu Xiuneng, it is He Fourteen that you are the most suitable, and you, the secretary of the ministry, will give me the position of picket envoy." ”

He Zhan was as if he had been struck by lightning, and he was dumbfounded for a long time before he acquiesced helplessly: Okay, he finally succeeded and put himself on the fire coal, which is really self-inflicted.