It was Jiawu in April of the first year of Yuanyou.
Yesterday, the correct text from the Prime Minister was sent from the secretary's supervision to the Prime Minister of the capital, the six ministers, and the minister.
Sima Guang got his share when he was in the Yamen.
Opening the wooden box, there were stacks of papers lying inside.
Sima Guang picked it up, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully.
"Wen Kuanfu, an old man, still only knows how to flatter."
"Zhang Andao, this old fox!"
"Sun Yunzhong...how can he become so smooth?"
Sima Guang looked at the content of the duel between the elders and suddenly felt a little high blood pressure.
Because the three elders were all singing praises to the two palaces.
He dares to say anything explicit and is willing to say anything disgusting.
All the achievements of Zhang Dun's southern expedition will be attributed to the two palaces!
It's really hateful!
It is enough to send Zhang Dun to the south and pretend to be a teacher of benevolence and righteousness.
Unexpectedly, he didn't even mention the merits of today's emperor.
Sima Guang took a sip of tea to calm down.
After looking at the duet written by Han Jiang and Lu Gong, he felt a little relieved.
Especially when he saw Han Jiang speaking out in front of the emperor about the problems encountered in the implementation of the Labor Law and the Young Crop Law.
He nodded: "This Han Zihua is quite a gentleman. He doesn't hide his illness and avoid medical treatment."
His biggest dissatisfaction with Wang Anshi is that Wang Anshi simply cannot listen to other people's opinions (from Sima Guang's perspective, Wang Anshi's perspective is another matter).
As he continued to read, his brows furrowed again.
Especially when he saw that the Queen Mother intended to return to the police force, but was stopped by Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu.
Sima Guang's blood pressure increased again.
What is the status of the errand law? Sima Guang was clear in his heart.
During the Jiayou era, he was also a minister who loudly called for the reform of the police service law.
But the problem is that in the past, only first- and second-class households suffered under the errand law.
It will not affect other people, and it will not be like now where everyone has to pay to be exempted from military service.
City households, single households, female households, monk households, and official households must pay taxes according to household level and property in accordance with the requirements of the Service Exemption Law.
In Sima Guang's eyes, this was tantamount to a variant of the Two Taxes Law of the Tang Dynasty.
When Yang Ren enacted the Two Taxes Law, he said that everything was included in the two taxes.
From now on, only two taxes will be collected. All corvee and miscellaneous taxes will be included in the two taxes!
But the result?
The people's money was paid, but the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that should be paid, and the corvee that should be performed, instead of decreasing, began to increase.
Therefore, Sima Guang's opposition to the exemption law was based on this lesson.
Although, since the Xining Reform, the local prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty had received exemption money and hired people to serve, and it was rare to force people to serve.
However, the lessons learned from the two tax laws are still fresh in our minds.
Sima Guang has always insisted that not having it now does not mean there will not be one in the future.
Therefore, this hole must be blocked.
As for those first-class and second-class households who are suffering?
Sima Guang believed that they were originally wealthy people and their ability to bear was stronger than that of ordinary people.
So, just accept it as bad luck.
At least it's better than everyone having to pay now.
It is also better than in the future, if there is a foolish emperor and there is not enough money to spend, the exemption money will be used to spend the day and night, and then change the trick to let the people continue to serve.
Moreover, Han Jiang said it.
Last year, the amount of exemption money was 18.72 million yuan a year, but in the ninth year of Xining, the amount of exemption money for prefectures and counties in the world was only about 12 million yuan.
In just eight or nine years, it increased by more than six million yuan.
This is the ironclad evidence that the government is knocking the bones and sucking out the marrow!
In particular, the balance of millions of dollars in free service money every year is sent to the sealing warehouse in Bianjing.
What is this behavior?
In Sima Guang's view, it was entirely the government that put money that originally belonged to the people into their own pockets.
There is a fixed amount of money in the world.
Now that the government has more than a few million guan every year, the people will naturally lose several million guan.
The people have no money to begin with, and if they lose these millions of dollars, their lives will naturally become even more difficult.
With this thought in mind, Sima Guang continued to read.
Then, he saw the exchange between the emperor, Han Jiang, and the two palaces.
Sima Guang's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Using the Xiang army and wealthy households as a means of fighting, and using the method of the ancestors to buy government servants?"
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!"
He immediately praised him.
The Xiang army was originally a product of the Song Dynasty's last resort. It was a typical policy of spending money to eliminate disasters.
Therefore, Xiangjun is completely a big spender and a financial drain.
Not only that, Xiangjun is also a good place for many people to eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers.
As far as Sima Guang knew, there were Xiang armies in every state and county in the world.
Most of them are just sergeants who are trapped in the military camp and barely survive starvation.
Moreover, they have to be exploited at all levels by local officials.
In local areas, it is very common to drive Xiang troops to camp, farm, and serve.
Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, no one would want to be a Xiang army if possible.
Those who were recruited into the Xiang army were those who had suffered a disaster and had no choice but to survive.
In fact, the Song Dynasty has been trying every means to abolish the Xiang army.
However, the resistance up and down is very high!
Local officials are reluctant to use free labor.
The military ministers were reluctant to give up such a good job where they could comfortably earn free wages.
Therefore, it is very difficult to dismantle the Xiang Army every time.
Now, the emperor came up with such a brilliant plan.
It can be said that killing two birds with one stone can not only reduce the number of troops in the Xiang army, reduce expenditures, but also allow the dismissed soldiers to have a livelihood.
Especially the emperor's sentence: Take it from the people and use it for the people.
Sima Guang was very excited.
"This is what the Holy Emperor should do!" Sima Guang murmured, feeling full of energy.
Since my serious illness at the beginning of the year, my willpower, which had been depressed, started to rise again.
…
That night, the detailed process of the official imperial edict against the prime minister had almost spread throughout Bianjing City.
The nobles in Bianjing City became excited after finding out the content through various channels.
"This is the Holy Emperor!"
Countless people are convinced and extremely satisfied.
That's...why do the officials want to put the pilot project on Jingdong Road?
Do those guys on Jingdong Road deserve to enjoy such a good policy first?
Pooh!
I don’t even take a pee and look at myself.
Just a group of country guards (the slang term for "donkey" in the Song Dynasty)!
so……
"We must not let the pilot fall to Jingdong Road!"
The nobles of the Song Dynasty may not know how to fight, but they know how to make money.
Any profitable business, as long as it is discovered by them, they will never let it go.
To them, the idea proposed by the officials was almost the same as giving them money to spend.
It doesn’t require any effort or effort.
As long as the so-called Dounion is established, then rely on one's own connections and familiarity with Bianjing.
It's easy to make thousands of dollars a year.
The key is that this business is long-term, stable, and can be passed down to future generations!
If you calculate it this way, this transaction is comparable to buying land.
It may even be more cost-effective than buying land.
After all, after buying land, you still have to hire tenant farmers to work it, and it depends on God’s face.
Especially the land along the Yellow River may be flooded and buried by sand that day.
But this business is to guarantee harvests despite droughts and floods.
As long as the family can still gain a foothold in Bianjing City, it will still be a member of the noble family.
Don't worry about no profit.
After these people reacted, they immediately began to take action.
At the same time, he constantly encouraged and encouraged the wife of the family to enter the palace and behave in front of the two palaces.
On the other side, they continue to build momentum among the public.
After a few days, even the children in Bianjing City knew that the imperial court was preparing a good law that would benefit the country and the people.
Just waiting for the capital to come to an agreement, the good days for the people of Bianjing are about to come.
(End of chapter)
