In the afternoon, after visiting the provincial residence, Jia Huan held a banquet in Dongfu for Jia's mother and her sisters.
After the banquet, Jia Huan sent Jia Mu away and left Xichun behind, asking the sisters to talk to Xichun.
After a while, the other sisters left with great looks, leaving Lin Daiyu and Jia Huan alone to talk.
However, not long after, Lai Sheng came to inform him personally, saying that the great scholar of the Zhao family had invited the third master to come to the house to have a talk.
Bachelor Zhao is talking about Jia Huan’s master, Master Zhao.
After receiving the notification, Jia Huan looked at Lin Daiyu reluctant to leave.
Lin Daiyu chuckled, pushed him out, and then followed him out and left together.
Jia Huan took a car to Zhao Mansion and was soon invited into the study by Zhao Heng.
After the master and apprentice sat down, Zhao Heng sighed: "Now with your help, the change can finally be carried out as desired."
"However, I am becoming more and more frightened in my heart. I am walking on thin ice as if I are facing an abyss, fearing that I will disappoint His Majesty's trust."
"I know how wise you are, and I would like to hear your opinions on change."
After hearing Zhao Heng's words, Jia Huan knew that the change had brought great pressure to Master Zhao.
He came to me not necessarily because he really wanted to hear his views on change, but mostly because he wanted to find someone to talk to and relieve the pressure in his heart.
Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "Master, I wonder how the imperial court can promote changes?"
Zhao Heng said: "The provisions of this change have been written down after discussion by several of our bachelors."
"Next, we will take the lead as the division leader, with full cooperation from the six ministries, and then promulgate a decree and implement the new law throughout the country."
"This autumn is a buffer. By tomorrow autumn, any local officials who fail to collect tax revenue will be severely punished without credit. Officials who fail to act will either be demoted or transferred, and will be subject to very serious dismissal and investigation."
Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help being shocked. He quickly said: "Master, the new method must not be implemented in this way, otherwise it will definitely fail."
Zhao Heng was startled and asked hurriedly: "Huan'er, why did you say this? Please tell me carefully."
Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Master, even among the officials in the imperial court, only one out of ten supports the new law. What's more, there are local officials?"
"Local officials are originally from scholar-bureaucrats. How can they be willing to promote the new law? What's more, the influence of local aristocratic families and the scholar-bureaucrat class is deeply rooted."
"Even if there are officials who are obsessed with the new law and want to implement the new law, they will encounter many obstacles. How can they succeed?"
"If the whole country and 99% of the officials are unable to complete their tasks, what will the court do then?"
"Isn't it possible to remove them all? If they are removed on a large scale, it will definitely cause turmoil. If they are not removed, the prestige of the court will be ruined. The new law reform will undoubtedly fail."
Hearing this, Zhao Heng sighed: "Why don't you know this truth as a teacher? Since ancient times, change has been a difficult and dangerous road."
"I am already prepared to face many difficulties. For the sake of the new method, why should I sacrifice my life? I am just afraid that if the new method fails to be implemented, it will consume my Daxia heritage."
Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "Master, have you ever thought about selecting a county not far from Gyeonggi as a pilot project?"
"Then we will fully support the county in implementing the new law. During the implementation process, we will gradually explore and investigate, gradually solve various difficulties and accumulate successful experience."
"In one or two years, if the county's new law is successfully implemented, it will be promoted to the level of a county. In another one or two years, if it is successfully implemented in a county, it can be implemented to the level of a prefecture, and then to the Tao."
"Although it will take longer to do this, the advantage is that all the power can be concentrated in one place and it can resist any external force."
"And in the process of exploration, we will inevitably be able to cultivate a group of officials with reform experience."
"These officials will step by step become the main force of change."
"The disadvantage of using pilot changes and then comprehensively implementing them from point to point is that it takes a long time. It is estimated that it will take at least 30 or 20 years."
"The advantage is greater than being safe, but if you plan on it slowly, the chance of success will be much greater."
After Jia Huan finished speaking, Zhao Heng showed a look of surprise on his face.
He couldn't help but said: "Huan'er, you are really a pillar of talent! It's a pity that you are still young and have little qualifications. If not, my teacher will recommend you to the current saint, and you will not be able to do your job alone."
"You go back now. I will go to the palace to meet with the Holy One and recommend this strategy to His Majesty."
After that, he ignored Jia Huan, walked out of the study to change clothes, and then rushed to the palace.
Jia Huan was stunned and couldn't help but curse Master Zhao for crossing the river, demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey.
After leaving Zhao Mansion, Jia Huan returned directly to Ningguo Mansion.
Entering Ning Lu Hall, Jia Huan saw Lin Zhixiao and his family having tea at the lower end, and Caiyun and Xiao Jixiang were talking to them.
Seeing Jia Huan come in, their family got busy and kowtowed to Jia Huan.
Jia Huan helped Lin Zhixiao up and said, "No need to be polite, just get up and sit down to talk."
Lin Zhixiao's family stood up but refused to sit down.
Jia Huan didn't force them either.
Lin Zhixiao couldn't help but smile and said: "The third master favored me and asked the young family to come over. After we got the news, we hurriedly handed over all the errands in hand and came to see the third master first."
"I would like to ask Third Master, what errands did Third Master ask me to take care of?"
In Rongguo Mansion, Lin Zhixiao was in charge of the money accounting room in the mansion. Lin Zhixiao's family is responsible for the night check of Jia's family and other tasks.
There is no shortage of these two types of housekeepers in Ningguo Mansion, and Lin Zhixiao doesn't know what the third master wants him to take care of when he comes over.
At this time, his whole family was very uneasy.
Jia Huan couldn't help but smile and said: "Lin Zhixiao, in this way, you can take care of things going out first. Your mother-in-law will take care of things going out for the women. As for Hong'er, just stay in my yard and work."
Upon hearing this, the faces of Lin Zhixiao and his wife changed color and they became suspicious.
The job he and his wife were doing was not even the slightest bit worse than what they did in Rongguo Mansion.
It’s okay to just take care of travel in Rongguo Mansion. At least there are more masters there and there are many things to do about travel.
In Ningguo Mansion, the only serious male protagonist is Jia Huan.
A serious mistress—well, not yet.
Even if you count the You family and Xiao Qin family, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law know that their status is embarrassing and they rarely go out in the house on weekdays.
Therefore, when they arrived at Ningguo Mansion, they had almost nothing to worry about.
It was an unexpected surprise that my daughter Xiaohong could stay in the Third Master's yard to take care of her.
In fact, Lin Zhixiao looked down upon Jia Baoyu, who was not enterprising.
Otherwise, how could their two housekeepers keep their daughter Xiaohong away from Jia Baoyu?
Instead, become a third-class girl?
It can be seen that he does not want his daughter to have too much to do with Jia Baoyu.
However, Third Master and Jia Baoyu are different.
(End of chapter)
