The proceedings were suspended, the officials went in to rest, and the palace gave tea and soup to the officials.
Yuan Jiang sat on the seat where Lu Huiqing had sat, while Wu Chong and Wang Gui were chatting.
Wang Anshi's complexion was not very good. The day before yesterday, the emperor issued an imperial edict and asked Wang Anshi if he could recall Zeng Bu. Wang Anshi Li Chen Ke said in his recital: "Your Majesty is not as talented as his sword and pen, and forgets his monstrous evil." Just because the city is changed and the company is different, the evil is so deep."
Wang Anshi understood that Zhang Yue's proposal to abolish the Yisi today was not without purpose, but was premeditated.
Now that Lu Huiqing is gone, the moat in front of Shi Yisi is gone.
At this time, the officials wanted to transfer Zeng Bu back to Beijing in order to abolish the Yi Department, so Wang Anshi immediately opposed this.
It’s not time to destroy the market yet!
Wang Anshi thought of this and saw Yuan Jiang and Zhang Yuezheng sitting and chatting together. Yuan Jiang put it in the tea soup and said: "Why bother to stand up for Lu Jifu? He is now a lost dog."
Zhang Yue said: "Not because of Lu Jifu, it is my political responsibility not to issue salt banknotes indiscriminately. Lu Jifu asked me about this before I agreed."
"But this is not what Zhongshu meant."
Zhang Yue said: "That's impossible. The Tao is like this, so Zhongshu should also follow the Tao!"
Yuan Jiang glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "How come Duzhi is so inflexible? Now that Lu Jifu has passed away, it is time to remove his traces."
Zhang Yue said unceremoniously: "The Market Change Law is also advocated by Lu Liu, why don't you give up?"
Yuan Jiang meant that Lu Huiqing should be dismissed, his influence should be completely removed, and his previous actions should be proved to be wrong. This is the best way to prevent him from returning to the court.
But if you want to give up, you are not abandoning Jiaozi. Why don't you give up on the market transaction law that Lu Huiqing strongly supported at the beginning? You are engaging in double standards!
After saying this, Zhang Yue turned his head to Yuan Jiang. Yuan Jiang knew that Zhang Yue was more important and he turned his head sideways.
Zhang Yue said in a low voice: "Dong Yuan asked the Prime Minister to appoint him to participate in politics, so there is no need to go to such trouble. It's almost enough."
Yuan Jiang was sulky when she heard this, but she couldn't help but glance at Wang Anshi to see if he had seen this, and then snorted and fell silent.
While Zhang Yue Yuanjiang was speaking, Wang Anshi stood up and walked to the corridor. Wu Chong also followed, and the two exchanged a few words.
After a while, the officials returned to the palace again.
At this time, Wang Anshi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, since last four years, the City Yi Department has collected a total of more than one million, 2,700 yuan in interest payments."
"Jia Changheng, the Yi Secretary of the City, will be promoted, and Wu Anchi will be promoted to one rank each. Wu Anchi's official position is Prince Zhongyun, and he can be promoted to the position of author by special decree."
Zhang Yue heard this and thought, Lao Wang, this method is okay.
In order to prevent the abolition of the Municipal Yisi, Wang Anshi resorted to two means. One was to obtain real income and find out how much the Municipal Yisi contributed to the national fiscal revenue. Another one is to win over Wu Chong and make concessions in terms of interests.
Of course, Wu Anchi was also his son-in-law, so Lao Wang did not lose money in his business, and his wealth did not go to outsiders.
The officials, who were also smart, glanced at Wu Chong and knew that Wang Anshi had roped in Wu Chong to oppose his and Zhang Yue's plan to abolish Shi Yisi.
Even Zhang Yue had nothing to say. Should he stand up and say that his brother-in-law was not good enough to confront his father-in-law?
The official said: "In that case, it's up to you to play it!"
Yuan Jiang said: "I beg your majesty to stop enforcing the law and provide the land with the law to recruit soldiers! In order to bring peace to the people of the world!"
Officials are also accurate.
Zhang Yue didn't object.
The practical method and the land recruitment method were two new policies proposed by Lu Huiqing when Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister. However, after Wang Anshi returned to the court, these two methods were suspended.
Although it has been suspended, it has not been abolished, leaving some noodles for Lu Huiqing.
But now, less than two days after Lu Huiqing resigned as prime minister, the two laws were officially abolished and his influence was completely eliminated. As the saying goes, when a person is gone, the tea will cool down, and when the person is gone, the government will rest.
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After leaving the palace, Wu Chong said to Zhang Yue: "I know you want to abolish the market and change the law, but the prime minister just told me that now is not the time."
Zhang Yue said: "Old Taishan, everyone in the world knows that there is a disease in the Yifa. It is not a minor disease, but a serious disease. In the future, the disease will be exposed to the world. Why should you corrupt the merchants for short-term gain?"
Wu Chong said: "This is a bureaucratic detail. The shortcomings of the market change law are harmful to business. But why should merchants be left at the bottom of the industry? Because they are short of money, the court does not dare to ask the people for it first, but asks the merchants for it."
Therefore, in history, Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty sent eunuchs and eunuchs to collect commercial taxes from the people in the name of collecting mining taxes.
Zhang Yue said: "Business taxes must be collected according to the law, and cannot be obtained through market transactions. Does Lao Taishan know that in order to make a living in Bianjing, he must first borrow money from the government before allowing him to do business. As for Lu Huiqing, Lu Jia asked the second question People keep saying that the imperial court has no intention of forcibly distributing dividends to merchants. But everyone knows that this is a lie!"
The commercial tax revenue in the Song Dynasty was quite large. During the Zhenzong period, the revenue from commercial tax was more than 8 million yuan. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the commercial tax revenue was very small.
The corruption of the Market Change Law is that ordinary people must first borrow money from the government before being allowed to operate.
The interest rate of the market exchange law is two cents, and in order to achieve rewards and rewards, the officials at the executive level not only seek rents with power, but also forcefully lend money. It is an open secret. In the end, countless people went bankrupt because they could not repay the market exchange money.
By the year of Yuanfeng, more than 27,000 households in Kaifeng owed money to the market, totaling more than 2.37 million yuan.
Wu Chong sighed: "What can I do?"
The large mergers and acquisitions that the Market Change Law was originally intended to attack were actually protected by bureaucrats or relatives of the emperor. They were doing well, and the people at the bottom could not hinder them.
The hardest part is the middle level, that is, the small traders and hawkers.
These people don't have the guts to rebel, and there's no one to protect them from above, so it's miserable.
This is the persimmon picking soft pinch.
Wu Chong said: "A good son-in-law has been using both Confucianism and Legalism since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Officials use Confucianism, and emperors use Fa. One yin and one yang stabilize the world, and they don't care about other things."
Zhang Yue understood clearly that since ancient times, emperors have basically cherished the power of the people, so imperial power protected the people at the bottom to a certain extent, and at the same time represented the country's vision and long-term goals.
Confucianism spoke for the bureaucracy, which to a certain extent resisted the arbitrariness and unscrupulousness of the imperial power, and at the same time represented the management and governance of the world.
But what about in between?
They are neither officials nor citizens, what about them?
They hope that the emperor will use reforms to eliminate the advantages of vested interests and give them a way to rise. But they often become the real victims of the Market Change Law and the Green Crop Law.
Zhang Yue heard what Wu Chong said and knew that the old man had been an official for many years, so of course he had seen through all this.
But even so, it cannot dissuade Zhang Yue from abolishing the Market Change Law.
Now Zhang Yue also realizes that the differences between himself and Wang Anshi are still quite big. Lu Huiqing sees things very accurately. After he leaves, I am afraid that Lao Wang will not be able to tolerate him next.
Just like the moat between Feng Jing and Lu Huiqing, Lu Huiqing was not the moat between himself and Wang Anshi.
After leaving the palace, Zhang Yue said to Chen Guan: "Go for me and send a letter to Lu Jifu!"
