Chapter 342 Dragons without a leader(1/2)
"You can't let her be used as bait," Erniu said.
It is very dangerous to make bait. When the fish catches it, the bait is swallowed by the fish.
"Second sister, don't worry, just like I'm in Huachi Town, we are bait together, were we swallowed by the Xixia people in the end?" Wang Ju comforted. In fact, the matter was over, Wang Ju had arranged a better place for Ma Yaoyao, but Ma Yaoyao's consent was required.
Wang Ju was preparing to move, but he finally inspected the seven towns again.
This is a political achievement left by Wang Ju for several counties.
The construction of Zheng Baiqu is equivalent to adding more than 20,000 hectares of fertile land out of thin air, enough to accommodate more than 100,000 military and civilians.
Therefore, when Wang Ju was planning, he negotiated with several magistrates to leave seven free land in places with developed transportation. Each county allocated some funds from the county's warehouse to build some houses. As a market for future commercial transactions, it was actually a small town. Then he rented these houses to merchants, and each county would have some additional income in the future.
This method was not created by Wang Ju. In the capitals and some big cities of the Song Dynasty, there were also many official houses. The government rented them out and obtained rent, and mostly managed by the "right and left-hand shop house affairs". Occasionally, some houses would be built for the prefectures and county schools and let them rent them out to support the prefectures and county schools. The nature is the same as the prefectures and county schools. It is not that the professor takes the students to farm, but that the prefectures and county schools should collect rent, and then use this money to bear the daily expenses of prefectures and county schools, such as house repair, professors' salary, pen, ink, paper and ink, etc.
However, the current housing prices are a bit unreasonable. Generally, a decent house in Beijing has a monthly rent of only a dozen or twenty cents. For example, Song Zhenzong's sister thought that his son-in-law's mansion was small, so she rented the house that was isolated from the Zhang family. This house is not small, but the monthly rent is only fifteen cents. If you want to save a little more, don't have a small building or a small garden. Then you can rent a small courtyard for a few cents.
But sand has accumulated to form a tower. There are many official houses, so the income is not small.
But in Wang Ju's eyes, this price is too cheap. The small house with a garden in Beijing has a monthly rent of only a dozen cents, less than 10,000 yuan. Isn't it cheap?
However, the sense of the times is different. In the eyes of the Song Dynasty, the rent is still very expensive. Many ministers also "keenly noticed business opportunities", including Yan Shu and others, who also operated real estate and sought rent.
Therefore, we cannot expect to obtain much rent, but to some extent, it will allow counties to have some activity funds in the future, so that the people will not be overly exploited.
It's just Wang Ju's side by side.
But if you do it, you have to do it well.
He happened to be in charge and there was some deterrence, so Wang Ju urged all counties to repair them quickly. Otherwise, these lands would be occupied by the powerful in the future.
So Wang Ju wrote that line of words, the country's poor are not poor.
These five words are a bit general, but actually there is a huge danger behind these five words. The wealth is serious, and the property is concentrated in a few people, and 90% of the civilians are poor and the country is poor.
However, it is also an opportunity. No matter which type of money is in the hands of people, the country's overall finances are still rich, and it is easy to deal with it with money.
For example, build these towns.
Radical elimination of violence and security of good people, and robbing the rich and helping the poor will definitely not work.
Even fair taxation will cause many contradictions.
If you use some peaceful means, such as the current small town method, it will be very difficult. You have a lot of labor in your hands and you will squeeze out the land, but other places. However, the officials of the Song Dynasty were constantly being transferred, and it was not easy to achieve results in such a short time. Therefore, there are some methods, but if you think about it carefully, it is also difficult.
Anyway, even Wang Ju didn't understand many aspects.
Before Wang Ju could finish transfer, Hou Ke's order was sent down.
"Zi'an, Duke Han has arrived in Xiangzhou, I'm worried that there will be any impact." Zhao Du said.
Wang Ju didn't know much about what happened in the court, and Zhao Du didn't know much about it.
But Zhao Du keenly noticed Han Qi's contribution to Zheng Baiqu.
Sima Guang impeached Wang Ju in all kinds of ways. Although it was a bit of a fire, it was not completely groundless.
However, Wang Ju continued to do it below, but there was no movement at all. This was wrong, or if someone was covering it above, who would this person be? It was undoubtedly Han Qi. He did not cover Wang Ju, but Zheng Baiqu. Of course, Wang Juruo had no ability and had not repaired the canal, but made the bottom mess, so Han Qi would take the lead in trampling Wang Ju to death.
Now that Han Qi has left the East Mansion and went to Xiangzhou, who will come to protect Wang Ju?
"Zhao Du, don't underestimate the official family." Wang Ju said.
There may be trouble, but this trouble is not trouble, and Han Qi has conquered Zheng Baiqu!
"Go back." Wang Ju said again.
Start moving.
When he arrived at the "new residence", Wang Ju looked at the house in surprise and said, "Instruction Yang, it's not good for you to do this."
Instructor Yang said: "Wang Pingshi, we heard that Wang Pingshi will marry the Li family's wife at the end of the year, so the brothers all expressed their opinions that Wang Pingshi should not be too wronged."
"This is not good," Wang Ju took two steps and said again. It was still a thatched hut, but the floors in the house were covered with blue bricks or square stones, and wooden boards were inlaid on the walls. So Wang Ju said again: "Is this still a thatched hut? Isn't it selling dog meat with a sheep's head?"
Instructor Yang said, "Wang Pingshi, this is the brothers' wish."
"Forget it, Zhao Du, you can estimate how much money it costs to repair this hut. In a few days, you can hand over the money to the gutter."
"Here."
"Isn't this good?"
"Instructor Yang, I often warn you to do things fairly and especially not to deduct the salary of subordinates. But I have to take the lead in order to be persuasive. Do I really want to live in a good house?" In short, this time, Instructor Yang and the officers and soldiers did bad things with kind intentions.
It was just because he was kind-hearted that Wang Ju did not scold him anymore.
After Yang ordered his commander to leave, Zhao Du said, "Zi'an, if you have my opinion, you will still go back to Yanzhou to hold a wedding."
The wedding date came soon. Wang Ju originally planned to send Erniu to Hangzhou, but someone from the Li family said that Li Zhen brought Wang Ju's second uncle, third brother, and Li Zhen himself, back from Hangzhou. In this era, how troublesome would it be to go from Hangzhou to Shaanxi?
However, the Li family was cautious and Wang Ju couldn't refuse.
But how to handle the wedding and where to handle it. Wang Ju has not yet made up his mind. Zhao Du said again: "Zi'an, it's not far from Yanzhou. It's okay to ask the court for a few days off."
Wang Ju is thinking deeply.
The main reason is that there are many troubles in this way, and many people offended them. That is why Zhao Du's proposal was made.
"Let's talk about it." Wang Ju said last.
However, soon Zhao Zhen sent an envoy to issue an order. The envoy was Wang Ju's old acquaintance, the eunuch surnamed Huang.
"I've seen Huang Zhongjun."
"Wang Pingshi, it's so polite," said Eunuch Huang with a smile.
"Envoy Huang Zhong. Why did the imperial court suddenly issue an edict asking me to return to Beijing to report my work?" Wang Ju asked for a cup of tea for Eunuch Huang.
Eunuch Huang opened his mouth, and Wang Ju understood and asked the others to go down.
"Wang Pingshi, it was Sima Gong who impeached you, saying that you were raising private soldiers and abused lynching, but you were a traitor..."
"Stop, he said what am I?"
"Traitor."
"Am I a traitor?" Wang Jurang's two words "Lei Lili's flesh is burnt and tender.
"Wang Jingshi, don't talk about you anymore. The officials were stunned after hearing this. However, the officials deliberately asked our family to come to Shaanxi to issue an edict, not to blame you. But you also know that the officials are young. These scholars and officials are well-read in poetry and books, but they cannot tell the difference."
It's not just a matter of being unable to tell the difference, this is a large group of experienced and powerful old cats teasing a little mouse.
"After Mr. Han went down, the government finally regained some power... Alas, this is like something. The government wanted to do something, but he looked confused. He didn't know who could be used, so he issued an edict to help you in Beijing. Moreover, the government also knew that you had worked hard below, Wang Jingshi. If you look at the bronze mirror, our family couldn't stand it anymore."
"Is there anything wrong?"
"Look at your hand, is it the literati's hand? Look at your face, is it the rumored handsome man?"
"Okay, don't say it, I'm so stingy, I'm talking about the serious business."
"The official family is afraid that you will worry, so they deliberately asked our family to come and issue an edict, but there is no need to rush to go to the capital. It is mainly based on canal workers. When can I get rid of my body and when will I go?"
"There is no big problem for the canal workers," Wang Ju thought for a while. He just went to the capital to report his job, so the time would not be delayed for too long. Moreover, he also knew that Zhao Xu wanted to do something, what was it. If this matter was done well, the national finance would gradually become healthy.
Why do you need financial health when operating Zhengbaiqu?
Wang Ju wants to do something, can he leave these two things?
"Empress Huang, what happened in the court in the past six months?" Wang Ju asked.
The inside story that Eunuch Huang heard was limited, but he knew much more than he must have. Sima Guang attacked him and could not fight an unprepared battle.
Eunuch Huang did not hide it. Others did not know it, but knew Wang Ju's position in Zhao Xu's heart, and he told everything he knew.
"It's good if Mr. Han does this."
"Yes, the two empress dowagers in the palace said the same."
Wang Ju thought about it carefully.
Eunuch Huang said again: "But Sima Gong should not attack Wang Ping."
"It's okay, Mr. Han, there are no leaders in the crowd, and they all want to get on the throne."
"Want to get to the top?"
"Although I finally considered the influence of the court and took advantage of it, I was dealing with Hidden Field, and I dealt with the merger in disguise, and I ridiculed usury. Some people would be very repulsive to me. Besides, with Sima Gong's conservatism and value respect for respect, I would be very repulsive to me. Han Gong is here, he is afraid that Zheng Baiqu's plan will be broken, and he is afraid that Han Gong will be angry, so he dare not attack. If Han Gong goes down, can he still endure it?"
"So that's the case. No wonder Mr. Han didn't say a word when he was in the Secretariat."
"That's right, but even though he took advantage of the power of Mr. Han to gain a lot of benefits, Mr. Han was not very good at making any benefits, so he also wanted to find an opportunity to continue to gain benefits."
"Our family still doesn't understand."
"He rejects me, and I'm afraid there are some conservative ministers who also reject me. I'm young, have little experience, and have low official positions, which is convenient for suppression. As soon as he leads the leader, someone will respond immediately. After a few things are done, everyone will regard him as the leader, which is the greatest benefit."
"No way."
"Doing the skills of power and scheming in the world, Sima Gong should be the best. Eunuch Huang, think about how Mr. Fan and Mr. Han got to power, but Mr. Fan did not have so much selfishness. And you can return my words to the palace and report them to the two empress dowagers and the official family in their entirety."
That senior official has no power to plot?
But if it is really related to power and tricks, I am afraid that neither the emperor nor the empress dowager will be happy about it.
To be continued...