Zhang Jian wrote a letter saying that he had recently asked to abolish the establishment of the department and the envoys of various routes, and said that the money was dispersed and profitable; and Anshi was in a wrong way to deal with things, and was specifically for accumulating things, and was very stubborn; Lu Huiqing was dangerous and weak, and still kept the king; while Zeng Gongliang, Chen Shengzhi, Zhao Yan and others knew that they were wrong, and they kept them in trouble, and they were obsessed with dangers, and they were not supported by the dangers, and they were ignorant of the knowledge and misunderstandings, and they were all guilty, and they were begging for justice and punishment, but they were not implemented. Now the great evil has not been gone, the horizontal collection has not been eliminated, and the unjust department has remained, and the nameless envoy has disturbed me. I have never dared to work in Taiwan and stay at home to be punished.

It is also said that Han Tao was in charge of Chen Sheng's Regulations and followed Anshi, and became the best friend, and then participated in politics. Li Dingxie flattered him and promoted him to the position of Tai. Your Majesty only believed Anshi, and now he was accompanied by Tao's strangeness. Tai ministers got Li Ding's comparison and continued his journey. The teeth gradually became stronger. How dare I love to die without saying anything?

After the book was written, Zhang Jian ran to Zhongshu again and argued that Zhongshu's four major players were wrong.

Wang Anshi smiled with a fan covering his face.

One smiled and Zhang Jian didn't know the current affairs, the other smiled and Zhang Jian criticized Zeng, Chen and Zhao.

Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi, you want to compromise. Have you given you a chance to compromise?

And you, Zhao Yan, jumped around, this time you saw the true face of a so-called gentleman.

All three princes were embarrassed by this laugh. Zhang Jian didn't know it and continued: "Joining politics, laughing at Jian, and Jian also laughed at him. So-called, not only Jian, who in the world doesn't laugh?"

Chen Shengzhi persuaded him on the side: "There is no need for this to be the case in the Censorate."

Zhang Jiangu looked at him and said, "Mr. Chen, are you not wrong?"

Chen Shengzhi couldn't answer.

Of course, Zhang Jian quickly demoted him from the capital.

Wang Zishao was also demoted. He originally wanted to agree with Wang Anshi. Seeing that the conservatives were powerful, Sun Jue and Lu Gongzhu issued an order to save him. However, the conservatives did not accept his affection. Chen Xiang wrote a letter saying that Wang Zishao was the two ends, and the evil was reversed. The two were demoted together.

After hearing this, Zhang Zai put down Zu Wuze's case and hurried back home.

Zhang Jian came to the Wang family, one was to say goodbye to his brother before leaving, and the other was to question Wang Ju.

This is Wang Ju’s biggest embarrassment.

The Li Ding incident will not affect Wang Ju for the time being, because Wang Ju's mother is not dead. Could it be that Wang Ju will really take Lao Jiang to the capital to be a grandmother? It can only be said that it may bring some future troubles to Wang Ju in the future.

However, this incident made Wang Ju unable to get out of the way.

Perhaps Zhang Jian is just a small official. Because of the reform, there are countless officials who have come up in the past two years. However, Zhang Jian’s brother is Zhang Zai, and Zhang Zai is Wang Ju’s teacher.

Like Wang Ju, Zhang Zai rejected some techniques in Wang Anshi's reform, but did not reject the reform itself, so Zhang Zai and Wang Ju both adopted a silent attitude.

However, when Zhang Jian made a fuss, not only Wang Ju was embarrassed, but Zhang Zai was also embarrassed.

In the face of Zhang Jian's accusations, Wang Ju is not good at saying harshly. At least in his personal opinion, he has a little objection to Fan Zhongyan's instigation of Du Yan into the ranks of villains. Not to mention Zhang Zai's kindness to Wang Ju, respect Zhang Zai, and Zhang Jian. Moreover, Zhang Jian's personal virtues are impeccable.

He asked Qiong Niang to brew tea first, and then slowly said: "Uncle Zhang, let's not talk about reforms first, I will talk about the layout of the court first. One is the reformist faction, the second is the unchanging faction, and the third is the neutral faction. However, the neutral faction is sandwiched between them, and facing the pressure of the ministers of the two major factions, they have to take sides, so there are fewer and fewer neutral factions."

"Prince An, why did you say that this is not the party corruption, but the future of the country!"

"Uncle Zhang, I'm just a faction, not talking about the party and imprisonment, just listen to me to finish it. The neutral faction will not care about it. I'll talk about the reform faction. Regardless of whether this law is good or not, some of them have good moral integrity and are kind-hearted to serve the country, such as Mr. Jiefu."

"This kind intention is not for the country, but for the country."

"Uncle Zhang, don't worry, let me talk about the second group of the reformists. These people also want to be good for the country, but their ethics are questioned." For example, Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu, but Wang Ju did not name it, and said: "There are still some who are completely speculative, and they agree with the reforms, and they want to get promoted and make money."

"Shame, shame!" Zhang Jian was furious when he heard this. If he was demoted, he would be demoted. Why did he let him demote him together with Wang Zishao?

"Fan Wenzheng's actions in his life are far less than those of Lu Yijian, so why are he made a moral idol by others? He is not happy with things or sad with himself. Uncle Zhang, you are attached to the appearance."

"Okay, keep talking," Zhang Jian was so angry. However, he was still very optimistic about his elder brother.

"Uncle Zhang, let me talk about the unchanging faction. It is true that some of these people have good intentions, but at the beginning, how many people opposed the unchanging faction?"

"Um……"

"This is the problem. Everyone feels that our dynasty has serious problems. Mr. Jiefu's reform is not good. So Uncle Zhang, what do you think will reduce the dynasty's dynasty's dynasty? Is it the dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty's dynasty?"

"Therefore, before the reform of Jiefu Gong, there were many people who expected it. Why did they oppose it later? Some of Jiefu Gong's strategies did have new drawbacks. As a result, many ministers turned against each other and became groups of opposing the reform. There were still quite a few people. Some of them were also scrambling to fish and wanted to agree to the ranks."

Zhang Jian was speechless, and there were also many "villains" in the conservative faction, which is also a fact.

"There are also some people who use their intentions to make people question. I heard that many important officials advise the officials not to open borders, not to be heavy troops, and not to cause trouble at the border. I will not mention others, but we are all from Shaanxi and are very close to the border, especially the younger generation, who grew up on the border. How many generals in our dynasty dare to cause trouble at the border? Do you see the Xixia sending troops to burn, kill, and loot again and again? Are the people in the border areas of Shaanxi not the people of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhang Jian couldn't answer again.

But the problem arises. Either you can just plunder the eyelids and plunder the Xixia, but is this a matter? Even if you can plunder the eyelids, even if the people in the border areas of Shaanxi are not humans, Xixia is getting more and more courageous, and in the end it is not plundering, but invading.

If you can't stand it, you have to use troops. Once you use troops, you have to require huge military expenditures, but the country still has huge debts. What should I do?

"There are also some people who say that the government will save money, but generations of government families are saving money. Could it be that the government will not eat or wear clothes? That's it. How much money can it save?"

"Separation."

"Many soldiers have been laid off."

"In recent years, the country's income has gradually increased. If you bear it for a few years, the country's accumulated debts can be paid off, and then you can use troops."

"Who said this? The enemy is not a fool. Could it be that we wait for our throne to slowly repay the debt? Besides, how many years will it take to repay this surplus clearly? Once a large-scale battle is over, tens of millions of chunks of money can be saved. Can we save so much money? Furthermore, if we do not change the law, what should we do if we do not change the law? Therefore, there is a group in the unchanging faction. They do not insist on not changing the law, but also see the embarrassment of the country. They are only affected by others and have joined the opposition."

This refers to Zhang Jian. He went down at the Censorate, Lu Gongzhu and several Censors. They were all conservatives, and Zhang Jian must have been brainwashed by them.

"However, the Qingmiao Law is indeed levied."

"The Qingmiao Law is a levy, and there are many bad things. Otherwise, I would not remain silent and even disappoint the officials. But it has an important significance and will make my dynasty richer."

"Does it take millions of dollars to make money?"

"No, it has nothing to do with making money, but I haven't thought it through yet. The time is not yet ripe. I am planning and making arrangements, so I haven't said that, but once it is implemented, it will seriously hit the usury of illegal wealthy people, so the opposition will not be weak, and I will become a traitor."

"No, if there was such a way, I would raise my hand to agree."

"Uncle Zhang, I only say one thing. Are you happy to do it? The country's hidden land is serious, but the country's expenses are huge, so officials in various places dare not reduce the two taxes. However, the hidden land is powerful, so the two taxes can only be levied to the poor, which makes the poorer the poorer. During the time of Renzong, people were sent to investigate the hidden land several times, but they were all due to the huge opposition. If these hidden lands were found, the national taxes would increase, which would also give the poor people more vitality. Uncle Zhang, can you write a letter to ask the officials to strictly investigate the hidden land?"

"This, this..."

"Uncle Zhang, do you know the problem? It's not that our dynasty is poor. In the Han Dynasty, a family with tens of thousands of yuan was called a giant businessman, but in our dynasty, it can only be regarded as a family of small wealth, and a family of big wealth can reach a million yuan. The problem is now polarization, and the first is that the country is getting poorer and poorer."

"No, our taxes are getting higher and higher."

"Seriously? I will only say one question. In Renzong's time, the taxation was quite small as the current taxation, but at that time, the number of households was only about tens of millions, and now it has reached more than 14 million. The increase in population means that the taxation can be moderately increased, but has the national taxation increased? At least the increase in the number of households also increased the management cost. So even if the taxation in the country remains unchanged, it is actually getting poorer and poorer."

The number of households is not very accurate. In ancient times, people were unwilling to divide the households. However, because the Song Dynasty planned to collect taxes and labor, those with many children of the people immediately separated the households and lowered the households. At the same time, strange households were created, that is, some places divided the property under their name into several or even dozens of households, so as to escape more corvette taxes. Therefore, some people said that the actual population of households in the Song Dynasty was far less than that of the Tang Dynasty.

However, the number of households in the Song Dynasty was still far greater than the actual number of households, because there was another group, that is, the hidden households. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, Zhou Zhan was able to hide because of the uneven labor taxes of the people on Jiangnan West Road, so he searched and found 30 hidden households. Li Cong, the judge of the Ministry of Revenue of Li, investigated the escaped households on Liangzhe Road, and found 400,000 hidden households. There were hundreds of thousands of hidden households along the way. How many would it be?

Besides, there are Manfans who do not include household registration, but that doesn’t matter. Anyway, most countries do not impose taxes on them.

This is not important, what is important is Wang Ju’s question: “The population is infinitely reproduced and the earth carries limited. Therefore, every dynasty, once the population reaches 60 million, there will be crises one after another. However, the population of our dynasty has long exceeded 60 million. Uncle Zhang, what should we do? The country is getting poorer and poorer, and the poor are getting poorer. They call themselves gentlemen, especially important officials in the temple. Many people have paid tens of thousands of yuan, and their families have countless land and houses, but how many people have taken out some to help the poor people? Why did the Kapok Department migrate to Fujian Road and so many people oppose it? The reason is very simple. The poor people moved to Guangdong and Guangxi, giving them a chance, but the local tyrants cannot hire enough tenant farmers and craftsmen. Uncle Zhang, why don’t you point it out?”

"What is a good reform? First, find ways to reduce state expenditures, and second, open source. The so-called open source is divided into two types. One is real open source. For example, Kapok. But who can come up with such good strategies? Even so, the powerful people still want to bite hard, and they will inevitably be divided up by the powerful people sooner or later, and the country's income will be less and less. Second, it is equalization, deprive some of the wealth from the powerful people and alleviate the difficulties of the poor people. For example, it is Qingmiaodai, the real poor people, Uncle Zhang. Do you think there are a few officials who will give them aside, and they are afraid that they will die soon. The officials are worried that they will not be able to collect Qingmiaodai, so they will not give up. Uncle Zhang, this time, you understand the reason for the opposition. It is not Qingmiaodai disturbing the people, but forcibly placing a hair from the powerful people in disguise, which makes them dissatisfied. This is like the tea innovation that year."

After Wang Ju finished speaking, Zhang Jian was also stunned.

This was what Wang Ju general Zhang Jian thought of as an elder and tried his best to persuade him.

But Zhang Jian is a gentleman with a bright heart, so before leaving, he threw out Wang Ju’s questions.

…………

Another great dynasty meeting began.

There is an uneasy court meeting. Anyway, there are quarrels at the court meeting during this period, and it will still be quarrels after the court meeting is broken.

Many ministers from the East and West Classes had hostile eyes, and it seemed that the air was filled with swords and swords.

However, Wang Ju was very quiet in the crowd, and he seemed to have disappeared during this period. In fact, Wang Ju cut off military weapons and supervising officials also offended many people, but his splash made many ministers feel heartbroken, and ordinary ministers were not willing to cause trouble for Wang Ju.

Zhao Xu sat on the dragon throne without saying a word, listening to the ministers' argument.

At this time, Chen Xiang stood up, held the scepter and said, "Your Majesty is so kind to seek governance. Anyone who wants to change the laws and regulations will be considered as the people. How can you get the people's ointment to lend interest? It is said that Zhou Gong Taiping has tried the method."

Chen Xiang was also a famous old minister in the Song Dynasty. He was one of the famous scholars in the world. He also wrote well. When he was an official, he seemed to have good political achievements. This time he also became the main force of the conservatives. What's bad is that he was from Fujian and seemed to have more say. I was a minister of the southern faction and did not support the reform!

Wang Ju didn't pay much attention, and Chen Xiang had written many memorials before. Wang Ju used some channels to obtain some of the contents of his memorials, one was to oppose the reform, and the other was to oppose Wang Anshi. However, if the reform is not done, what should the country do?

Chen Xiang wrote: The disadvantage today is that the country is following the system and the system has not been established, and the extravagance is becoming more and more extensive. Your Majesty only selects the ministers who are responsible for the principle, pays the profits, and obtains the taxes of the world to be included in the household, and uses the number of county officials to coordinate. If the skills are used to make equal payments, then the cost will be saved and the money will be sufficient. Reduce labor service, reduce taxes, relax the ban on the city, relax the ban on mountains and lakes, and cultivates the teachings of order, and encourages them to be loyal, trustworthy, filial, and respect the virtuous and capable. Those who are talented advance, and those who are not filial will retreat. Farmers have surplus wealth, the people obey their teachings, and officials call them their governance. However, the country is not rich and the government is not king.

The problem with the Song Dynasty now is indeed huge expenses.

First, the military expenses were paid. After Wang Ju's suggestion, he was severely slashed. From next year, he would gradually no longer need to pay resettlement costs, which would save more than 10 million chunks of money a year. But it would not have an immediate effect.

Unless half of the army is laid off, who dares to slaughter this way in the face of the threats from Xixia and Liao?

Second, the official expenses are too large. If the salary of senior officials is reduced by half and 10,000 officials are reduced, it will save more than 10 million. However, even Wang Ju dares to say it, would Chen Xiang dare to say it?

Third, more and more children of the royal family have not yet been found. The fees are allocated by the internal warehouse. However, if there are no such fees, wouldn’t the internal warehouse be allocated to subsidize the three departments? But would Chen Xiang dare to say that the royal family members do not support them?

The fourth is redundant expenses, which is what Wang Ju said about redundant policies and what Chen Xiang said about floating expenses.

The overlapping and bloated official institutions led to the inability to smooth government orders. The simplest example is that during the Qingli War, the cost of a bucket of millet was less than ten cents in the rear, but when it arrived at the front, it turned into more than three hundred and more than one thousand. There were moldy years of millet, or too much mud and sand, which caused soldiers to be unable to eat.

Why, it is precisely because there are many participating institutions that cannot be investigated for officials who have failed to hold them accountable for their duties that have caused these ugly phenomena.

This is the floating fee.

If the government orders are smooth, the state institutions are efficient and concise, the officials are honest and do their work seriously, these overpayments will naturally disappear.

But this is even further away, or impossible, than realizing Confucian harmony.

Besides, who is the wise and who is the talented person? At this time, the words "wise and talent" have been seriously distorted. Therefore, the strategy mentioned by Chen Xiang is of no reference value except for boasting. Not to mention saving labor service and making little money, the king doesn't want to? If the annual fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty was reduced to less than 50 million, it would ensure that the world was happy, but the consequences, well, in just five years, the Song Dynasty will perish. Or continue to borrow, then what will the consequences will be caused by borrowing? Please see why the Ming Dynasty perished! If the Ming Dynasty's treasury had enough money, silk, grain and grass, could it be watched to starve so many people in Shaanxi to death? Then could Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have the soil for uprising and rebellion?

"I am not the king of the country that destroyed it," this was a sentence Chongzhen said before committing suicide in Meishan. I think there was such an injustice in Chongzhen's heart at that time!

Therefore, after hearing this, Wang Ju commented: "Needle!"

Chen Xiang didn't care what Wang Ju thought and continued, "I think your Majesty's intentions would not be like this, but everyone in the world knows that Wang Anshi was the one who mistook Your Majesty, and Lu Huiqing was the one who mistook Your Majesty."

Lu Huiqing was so angry that I supported the reform, but I was not the leader. You old guy is talking nonsense.

But Chen Xiang is a polite minister, what should I do?

Chen Xiang continued: "With Your Majesty's cleverness, he can see the world's arguments, and the interests of the legal system are already burning. However, An Shi insists on strong discernment to deceive the front, Huiqing paints tricks to help the back, and repeatedly compares Zhou's villain to watch at any time. When he discusses publicly, he knows the mistakes of the law and makes mistakes, and then he also talks about the law. Although Your Majesty's extreme opposition, he cannot be without confusion. Even if his ministers are very loyal, he cannot help but refer to his cliques. The recent one is Li Chang

He treated the crime with his words and made an order to analyze it; Sun Jue reported the reversal of the report and was transferred from office; Lu Gong, the chief censor, all of whom were not in charge of his position, and asked for surrender. But the only one who did not dare to ask for help was sincere in dogs and horses. Once he understood the saint's will, he promised to discuss the officials with the law of Qingmiao. One Lu and two kings would destroy the world. If the ministers said it was wrong, he would be willing to go away and avoid talking nonsense; if the ministers said it was right, he would be happy to be a stone, and Huiqing also asked to be demoted to thank the world."

Wang Gui said annoyedly: "Chen Xiang, what's wrong with Mr. Guan!"

The two kings, one king, Wang Anshi, and the other king? There are many officials with the surname Wang, but besides Wang Anshi, the only heavyweight "king" is Wang Gui.

"I'm not talking about you, but Wang Ju."

Zhao Xu finally opened his eyes and asked strangely: "Why is Wang Ju?"
Chapter completed!