Chapter 043 Strategies
After Zhao Xu met several ministers in Gongchui Hall, when he came out, the wind and rain were getting out, Jiao Shou quickly supported the umbrella for Zhao Xu. Jiao Shou is now known to everyone in the inner eunuchs. He could not do anything about holding umbrellas himself, but he still persisted, and two figures, one old and one young, walked into the storm.
When I walked to Baowen Pavilion, two palace maids were humming the "Yanqiu Ci" that I just learned. In the deep palace, these palace maids were undoubtedly the loneliest and most eager for love. As soon as this song "Yanqiu Ci" was introduced into the palace, it became their favorite lyrics.[]
Zhao Xu has heard it many times in the past two days. Thinking of the source of this poem, Zhao Xu felt a move. Yang Yi was the only 'New Law Believers' who entered the second grade. He has seen this poem "Yanqiu Ci", so what about his strategy? Zhao Xu suddenly wanted to find out the truth, so he ordered Jiao Shou: "I want to go to the Ministry of Rites to take the Yang Yi test paper, I want to take a look!"
"The official family invites you to enter the palace, and I will go and pick it up in person!"
When he sent Zhao Xu to the door of Baowen Pavilion, Jiao Shou bowed and retreated, and soon disappeared into the vast rain curtain. Jiao Shou was only in his forties, but his temples were gray and his waist was a little hunched. Zhao Xu sighed in his heart as he looked at him. Jiao Shou had experienced many misfortunes in the past nine years, which can be said to be his misfortune.
Since he ascended the throne at the age of nine, Zhao Xu has lived all the time under the shadow of his grandmother Gao Taotao. During the day, Zhao Xu was taken as a decoration; to sleep at night, it is unbelievable that Zhao Xu was the emperor of a country, and the whole world belonged to him in name, but in fact, over the years, he not only did not have his own bedroom, but also did not even have a bed that officially belonged to him. Every night Gao Taotao would go to bed, and the eunuchs would set a small bed in front of Gao Taotao's bed as a place for Zhao Xu to sleep.
Over the years, whether during the day or at night, Zhao Xu was almost in the sight of his grandmother. It was not until after his wedding that he had a place where he could sleep with peace of mind;
Gao Taotao claimed that this was out of love for Zhao Xu, but as long as he was an individual, he probably could not bear this torture. It is hard to imagine how Zhao Xu got through these years.
When Zhao Xu was a child, a few eunuchs from Jiao Shou followed him to serve. Seeing Zhao Xu’s grievance, he comforted him a few words, but was immediately sent by Gao Taotao to work as the most difficult and tiring errand. It was not until Gao Taotao passed away that Zhao Xu regained his official position to Jiao Shou and the others.
After a while, when Jiao Shou took Yang Yi's test paper, Zhao Xu opened it and couldn't help but think deeply. Yang Yi's answer sheet was only a hundred words, but it covered a surprising amount of content. Yang Yi's first point proposed to clear the land, expand the collection area, and make the tax relatively even. This point is nothing new. Wang Anshi's square-field equal tax included the "clear land".
The key point is that in Article 2, Yang Yi proposed to unified taxes and service in Article 2, allocate taxes and service to land, collect acres, and change the strong labor to employment. The government will uniformly draw silver from the tax and hire people to serve on their behalf, restricting the disturbances, so that the tax will stabilize;
Because of the second article, the original intention of the first article to clear the land is different from Wang Anshi's Fangtianjun tax law. Wang Anshi's Fangtianjun tax law mainly focuses on clearing the land, verifying the amount of land occupied by each household, dividing the land level, formulating cadastralization, and determining the amount of farmers' tax payment according to the level.
In fact, the Fangtianjun Tax Law is based on the Two Tax Law. The core content of the Two Tax Law is that household tax and local tax are collected in summer and autumn every year. At this point, the Fangtianjun Tax Law is only improved on the basis of the Two Tax System;
Yang Yi proposed to unify taxes and service, and to allocate taxes and service to land and collect acres, which is equivalent to completely abolishing the two-tax system that has been implemented since the Tang and Song dynasties!
The longer the two-tax system is implemented, the more disadvantages will be revealed. For example, some people were originally third-class households, but became extremely poor for various reasons. The household tax was collected based on households, etc., but the court adjusted households, etc., and the number of households needed to be reviewed layer by layer. Some remote counties sometimes take many years from reporting to central government review. Before the verification, you still have to pay the household tax of third-class households. This phenomenon of taxes being removed and taxes being stored will eventually force the people to flee, or even become bandits.
If the unified tax service proposed by Yang Yi, the tax service will be allocated to the land and the acres will be collected, these disadvantages can basically be avoided. However, there are many questions worth discussing in this method of unified tax service. Yang Yi didn’t know and did not deliberately discuss it in detail on the test paper?
Holding Yang Yi's test paper, Zhao Xu showed a faint smile!
In the mansion of the Prime Minister Lu, the deep courtyard was bathed in the drizzling wind and rain. Lu Dafang's study was quiet. Lu Dafang, Zhu Guangting, the minister Lu Tao, and the left secretary Liang Tao sat opposite each other and did not speak for a long time. This time, the representatives of the three parties of Shu, Luo and Shuo in the court were all here!
Since the Su brothers were released from the Shu Party, Lu Tao became a person carrying the flag. The Song Dynasty's tutors had four people, four ranks, and divided the daily affairs of the provincial government, reviewed the documents of the internal and external cashiers, refuted the official orders, and imparted the official positions and impartials, recorded memorials to rectify their violations, and had great authority.
The leader of the Shuo Party was nominally Liu Zhi, but two years ago, Lu Dafang ordered the censor Yang Wei and others to impeach Liu Zhi and successfully kicked him to Qingzhou to cool off. The person who carried the flag in the court became Liu Tao. It can be said that it is difficult to clarify the grievances between Shu, Luo and Shuo.
But now, as the threat of the Yuanfeng Party members approaches step by step, the people who once bite their hair and have sex are sitting together again!
The wind and rain outside the window were dull, and the room was silent. After a long time, Lu Dafang sighed: "Although your Majesty is young, his mind is extremely firm. We are afraid that we will waste our efforts!"
Lu Tao gently stroked Chang'er and said, "Come on the way to the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. How dare you ask Mr. Lu, do we still have a way out?"
"Yes, Your Majesty is young after all, like a sharp sword that has just been unsheathed. After some setbacks, the spirit will be polished. There is enough prestige among the Yuanfeng Party members who have taken the banner, only Zhang Dun and Li Qingchen. If we can defeat these two people this time, the Yuanfeng group of treacherous people, Zhang Shangying and other disciples will not become a climax. This endgame cannot be dealt with by Xianggong Lu and you all!" Zhu Guangting was still trying his best to encourage him. He was really unwilling to let go of his power. If Lu Dafang takes office again, it would be a huge opportunity for the Yuanyou Party members.
Liang Tao replied lightly: "It's hard! It would be fine if this case was handed over to Dali Temple for trial. Now it has fallen into the hands of the Ministry of Justice. I believe everyone knows what kind of person Su Song is. It's hard to let him cooperate with us!"
Everyone fell silent again. Liang Tao was telling the facts. Su Song opposed Shenzong's promotion of Li Ding and refused to draft an edict, so he was briefly exiled. However, the imperial restructuring during the Yuanfeng period was almost completed under the leadership of Su Song. He did not agree with the new party, nor did he get involved in the old party, but he had his own principles;
As long as he thinks it is unreasonable, no matter if you are a new party and an old party, you will oppose it. If he thinks it is beneficial to the court, he will do his best. Since Yuanfeng, whether it is the new party in power or the old party coming to power, he cannot bear to attack the old ox style of Su Song. Now Su Song has almost become a moral benchmark in the court, and anyone who strikes against him will be extremely despicable.
"This cheating case is not only the court's business, it involves thousands of students in the world! If those who are favoritism and fraud cannot be severely punished, they may be afraid that the students in the world will be resentful!"
As the saying goes, hearing the string songs, Lu Tao seemed to say this inadvertently, but Zhu Guangting and others' eyes lit up and exchanged glances with each other.
It is a feasible solution to be unforeseen by public anger!
Yang Yi slandered the imperial envoy Deng Zhongming in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, and he was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. Qin Zigui came to the prison with a bunch of food and food to visit him, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.
The cell was very dry. Yang Yi and the prison head were sitting opposite each other on the wooden bed drinking wine. The wine was filled with fragrance. He was holding a yellow roast chicken in his hand, which looked like...
In short, Qin Zigui suspected that he had gone to the wrong place!
"Mr. Yang, since you have friends to visit, I will take your leave first. If you have any needs for Mr. Yang, please give me an order at any time!"
When the prison chief retreated, Qin Zigui said in a naughty way: "Brother Yang, this..."
"I can make the devil push the mill. Zigui hasn't even heard of this, right? Stop talking nonsense. Since I'm here, I'll have two glasses of me. This is Fenglelou's Meishou wine." Yang Yi continued to chew the roast chicken in his hand and signaled to the empty seat next to him.
Qin Zigui sat down, but said with a worried look on his face: "Brother Yang, why are you doing this? Didn't Brother Yang think about the consequences of this roaring court, insulting the imperial court's official position?"
"I am confident that I will be able to beat three thousand miles of water for two hundred years. Zigui, let go of my heart, come and drink..."
"Brother Yang! I'm almost in a hurry. I'm going to ask for a meeting with Shangshu Su. Shangshu Su refused to meet him. Shangshu Zhang has never returned to Beijing. I can't think of any solution now! You're still like a person who's fine. Are you afraid that Lingtang can't stand it when he receives this news?"
When Yang Yi saw Qin Zigui's sincerity, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and he couldn't bear it, so he said, "Zigui, don't worry, Brother Yu has a sense of responsibility, don't worry, Brother Yu will definitely not be in trouble!"
"This person has been in prison, and you still say it's okay?"
"Zigui, don't be anxious. Brother Yu has other intentions to do this. You can understand after listening to my detailed explanation."
"What else can I do? Brother Yang quickly say it!"
Chapter completed!