In history, the Xining party struggle was a spear-spear dispute. Both sides were constantly attacking each other. Anyway, if you cut me with a sword, I will stab you with a sword.
The result is obvious: both sides suffer losses.
Due to the arrival of Zhang Fei and Sima Guang's promotion of judicial reform, this has become a game of contradictions and shields.
Because in history, Wang Anshi was a dominant family and was arbitrary and authoritative. Sima Guang could only verbally oppose it and explain the interests involved, but he was unable to restrict the New Deal. In the end, he went to Luoyang to write books. But now that there is a public prosecutor, there is no need If you go to Kouhai, you have the power to restrict Wang Anshi.
So it became one offense and one defense.
The New Deal is a spear that constantly attacks the old system and old ideas, while judicial reform is a shield that prevents this spear from killing innocent people indiscriminately.
Then again, Wang Anshi's character is born for spears. His defense is really a mess. He doesn't defend at all. He is not like Zhang Juzheng who can do both offense and defense. Unless I die, otherwise, you are all younger brothers;
Sima Guang's character was born for shields. He was meticulous and well-read history. He could accurately predict the direction of things and knew where the opponent would make mistakes and where the defense needed to be deployed. However, his offense was also a mess, almost No, I couldn’t hold it in for a long time anyway.
In the end, when he came to power, the only thing he did was to erase all Wang Anshi's policies, good or bad. At that time, even Su Shi and Su Che couldn't stand it.
In this offensive and defensive duel, know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle.
Therefore, after Sima Guang and Fu Bi came to see Zhang Fei, Wang Anshi also came to the door immediately, "Sima Laoer has already come to see you?"
"Um."
Zhang Fei nodded.
Wang Anshi asked again: "How do they plan to restrict the New Deal?"
Zhang Fei said truthfully: "The main focus is on administration. They will improve the budget system and improve the land and house laws. By then, even the use of a hoe may have to be recorded. If you want to expropriate people's fields, you will also be subject to judicial prosecution." Supervision.”
Wang Anshi frowned: "If they do this, they really won't be able to accomplish anything."
The efficiency of the Song Dynasty, coupled with Sima Guang's indolence, makes people feel desperate just thinking about it!
"I don't think so."
Zhang Fei shook his head, "In the final analysis, this budget system is about letting data speak. A perfect data can make them speechless."
Wang Anshi said angrily: "Perfect data, how easy is it?"
Zhang Fei said: "There is indeed no such thing as perfection in this world, but if Bachelor Wang's accounting skills are better than those of the other party, then it will be perfect. Arithmetic is not logical, and there is no specious knowledge. One is one, and two is two."
Wang Anshi stroked his beard, "Just like your law firm?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said with a smile: "That's right. With the emergence of business law, these professionals are all turning to Bachelor Wang. Only the New Deal can make them stand out. The budget system is actually beneficial to Bachelor Wang.
Because this can determine the outcome, and those big principles, on the contrary, they have been arguing for the first half of the year, and they can't come up with a reason. "
Wang Anshi nodded and asked, "Is that all?"
Zhang Fei said: "There is also the exemption law."
Wang Anshi asked in astonishment: "Exemption from military service?"
Isn't this my new deal?
Zhang Fei immediately explained the rationale and said: "Only the immunity from service law can allow the judiciary to better exert its power."
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "Sima Laoer is not mad at you, right?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Just a little bit."
Wang Anshi showed a little regret and asked: "Then how do you think I should deal with it?"
Zhang Fei thought for a moment and said with a serious expression: "I think we should not rest and recuperate. Instead, we should increase the promotion of farmland water conservancy laws and large-scale projects. Don't stop."
Wang Anshi was shocked when he heard this. You are more ruthless than me and asked quickly: "Why?"
Zhang Fei said: "Recuperation and recuperation are only suitable for recuperation and recuperation. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when there were fewer people and more land, there was a large amount of unclaimed wasteland for people to restore their livelihoods. But now many people have no land at all. To recuperate and recuperate, isn't it just for them? Go to hell?
At this time, it is more appropriate to carry out large-scale projects in order to enrich the world and enrich the world.
In fact, whether people are miserable or not does not depend on the amount of labor, but on the amount of money. In the past, there was a corvee system, which naturally didn't work. Cheng Dujian failed because of this.
If these 300,000 guans had been taken out earlier, there would not have been so many things at all. If we had to take another 300,000 guan, the people might be able to turn Cheng Fang into a water god. "
Wang Anshi raised his hand, ready to slap the table, but put it down again and asked enthusiastically: "Didn't you tell Mr. Sima this?"
"of course not!"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "Scholar Wang, please don't harm me. If you say this in front of him, he will kill me."
"I'm not as clever as you, so I quarrel with him every day."
Wang Anshi laughed.
confidant!
A close friend!
These words struck Wang Anshi's heart, making him feel like a rain came out of a long drought. Only today did he realize that Lu Huiqing and he were not of the same mind, and that Zhang Fei was his confidant!
This is actually the first time Zhang Fei has denied Sima Guang's ideas. In the past, Zhang Fei only expressed his support for the New Deal, but never expressed his opposition to recuperation.
Really unable to hold it back, Wang Anshi slapped the table excitedly, "Well said! You and I agree exactly with what I thought. Sima Lao'er and his friends are only targeting the rich peasants in their recuperation and recuperation. The poor peasants are recuperating and recuperating. We will become even poorer, so we can only continue to carry out large-scale projects so that people can have more livelihood."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Completely agree."
Wang Anshi added: "I plan to use this to put on a beautiful dress for this river defense project. Aren't the officials going to help those people? Then we will set up another relief law under the Farmland Water Conservancy Law and use the relief law to What do you think about promoting this imperial project?"
"It's wonderful!" Zhang Fei smiled.
"Ha ha.!"
Talking about making a fortune, the two of them became more and more enthusiastic. They talked until late at night, and Wang Anshi left reluctantly.
It has to be said that Zhang Fei's words gave Wang Anshi great encouragement. He was complacent and quickly adjusted. He first asked Zhao Xu to ask Hou Shuxian to serve as the dean of the Water Conservancy School, and also arranged several water conservancy officials. , serves as a doctor of water conservancy institute.
You know, now we don’t even know where the water conservancy school is, and there is no way to talk about recruiting students. Moreover, including Hou Shuxian, they are all dispatch officials with real power. This is actually not in line with the business law, which is mainly Arrange those idle officials.
Everyone knows that Hou Shuxian came to replace Cheng Fang, and Wang Anshi was just covering his ears and refusing to admit the failure of the Dongliu Plan or Cheng Fang's fault.
But this deception is very necessary.
After confirming one point, Wang Anshi formally reported to Zhao Xu and allocated all 300,000 yuan in relief and compensation to the Tiju Changping Division on Hebei Road.
The Tiju Changping Division is responsible for compensation and relief.
This has aroused dissatisfaction among many people. It seems like you are left-handed and right-handed. The emperor paid for it, but it ended up in Wang Anshi's pocket. You two have always been wearing the same pair of pants.
However, Wang Anshi refuted them, saying that it was reasonable and reasonable to promote the Changping Division to an official office that mainly provided relief to the people. Otherwise, which official office should be allocated to it.
Sinong Temple?
Taifu Temple?
Isn’t this all my sphere of influence?
Sima Guang can think openly now. After all, this is money paid by the emperor. You can take it as long as I want. I will keep an eye on you.
After the man and the money were in place, Wang Anshi began to implement his new policy.
First, it is clearly stated that the corvee system will be gradually abolished in Hebei and the law of exemption from labor will be fully implemented, including river corvee. The previous exemption laws, whether in Beijing, Hezhongfu, or Jingdong East Road, did not involve rivers, because river corvee The demand was high, and the court still wanted to use it for free.
Second, the farmland water conservancy law will be comprehensively promoted in Hebei. It is initially estimated that 50,000 hectares of fertile farmland will be irrigated and 1,000 canals will be built within three years.
This is not just something Wang Anshi said. In the past few years, Cheng Fang had managed all the rivers in Hebei. He had already made preparations for this, and this promise was based on specific circumstances.
Third, the relief bill is introduced and is closely tied to the Farmland and Water Conservancy Law. To put it simply, if you have no livelihood, you can apply to the Changping Bureau for a minimum wage of two dollars per month.
Fourth, lower-level officials with rich experience and high skills will be promoted.
The introduction of this bill shocked both the government and the opposition.
Especially conservatives, these people are stupid.
After this hearing, even the reformists expected that Wang Anshi would no longer be so radical and would gradually adjust his policies to allow the people of Hebei to recuperate.
The same is true for the hint given by the emperor.
But I never thought that Wang Anshi would go even further and increase the promotion of farmland water conservancy laws.
This immediately triggered fierce opposition from conservatives, including Han Qi, who felt incredible.
He expected that Wang Anshi would not give up, but if the emperor wanted to recuperate, Wang Anshi would definitely keep a low profile. As a result, Wang Anshi was very high-profile.
Several prime ministers were having another heated argument in the political hall.
The result was Sima Guang's tragic defeat.
The reason is very simple, three sentences, the emperor spends money and the people volunteer to do your shit.
Although he had never argued, Sima Guang was determined not to believe that Wang Anshi would do this. How could the imperial court have so much money to carry out so many projects? You Wang Anshi must be trying to exploit the people again.
Not to be outdone, the conservatives immediately introduced a budget bill and a land and housing bill.
It is stipulated that any major project initiated by the imperial court, or the central government, with a budget exceeding 10,000 guan, must be approved by the corresponding capital, general, chief minister, military affairs, and fourth supervisor. The third department will then order the Transportation Department to allocate funds. Otherwise, the Transportation Department will not be allowed to allocate funds. Moreover, the application form must be accurate to every penny, every kilogram of rice, every foot of cloth, and every person.
However, there is still a loophole here, that is, the Ordinance Department of the Second Government controls Sinong Temple and Taifu Temple, two financial institutions born under the new law. It can still bypass the approval of the third department, but it is not enough to support so many projects. , just saying to increase the bargaining chips with the conservatives is not enough. I still have the backing of the two temples, and you can't stop me.
Sima Guang and others also understood, but they also had the Public Security Bureau to supervise, so they announced that they would gradually promote the Public Security Law in Hebei.
The Civilian Land and Houses Act determines the procedures required for the government to expropriate private land and private houses, or gives the government the power to forcibly expropriate private land and private houses, but must provide corresponding compensation. The compensation is different in different situations.
The Legislative Council also formally adopted the principle of contract and improved regulations on compensation, employment, etc.
Want to exploit people?
I will give you a comprehensive defense.
If you, Wang Anshi, can really do it, if you want to be rich in the world, then you will be rich in the world, then you will win.
After this operation, the courtiers were already unconscious.
The two sides had a tacit understanding during the last meeting, but no one expected that after blocking Han Qi out, they turned their backs and started fighting immediately, without wasting a moment.
However, Zhao Xu rarely showed up recently to discuss matters with ministers, but their memorials were basically approved.
After that hearing, it was all decided.
Of course, the main reason is that Zhao Xu has been in a bad mood recently.
After spending so much money and so much people's energy, I ended up adding another 300,000 yuan to it. What was this for? I usually couldn't bear to eat or wear it, but I just wanted to save some money to expand the territory. Soil, result.
Zhao Xu became more and more depressed as he thought about it.
But Zhang Fei knew what Zhao Xu was thinking, and it had something to do with him. He had to find something to cheer up the emperor.
In front of the palace, the palace guards are prohibited from traveling to the school grounds.
I saw two rows of Imperial Guards with almost the same height, lined up in the field, holding large bamboo tubes, facing the row of cloth dummies in front of them, taking turns to fire volleys.
The two people standing in the distance were Zhao Xu and Zhang Fei.
After the volley was completed, several guards immediately carried the dummies to the emperor.
Looking carefully at the small holes on the dummy, Zhao Xu looked slightly complicated. He retreated the guards first, and then said to Zhang Fei: "This can only slightly hurt the enemy, but it may be difficult to kill him."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It is perfect for the royal police to deal with grass bandits."
Zhao Xu said: "But you are not saying that this weapon is better than the Dongliu in the Liao Dynasty."
If he hadn't said that, Zhao Xu wouldn't even be in the mood to come over and take a look.
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's what I said."
Zhao Xu said: "But it doesn't look like it. The damage and speed of such a weapon are not as good as that of Khitan cavalry."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It's not as good as it is now, but Your Majesty, you have to look at the potential. This man's strength is limited. No matter how powerful the archer is, he can only take about two hundred steps. It is impossible to break through five hundred steps. But the power of gunpowder The power can be enhanced. Today it may only be able to shoot a hundred steps, but after improvement tomorrow, it will be possible to shoot two hundred steps, and the day after tomorrow it will be three hundred steps. There are infinite possibilities."
Zhao Xu was happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "So powerful?"
Zhang Fei said seriously: "It is entirely possible. It is still a bamboo tube. If it is replaced with an iron one, its power will definitely increase. If it is made bigger and more gunpowder is put in, the power will naturally be greater. This is all foreseeable. Yes."
Zhao Xu's eyes lit up and he nodded, "Listening to what you said, it seems to make some sense."
Zhang Fei continued: "It's not that I don't agree with the eastward flow, I just want to rely on rivers to resist the Khitan. I think this is really open to question. Instead of relying on God's will, it is better to control your destiny in your own hands, and this kind of firearms, The manufacturing process is more difficult than that of knives and bows. It cannot be knocked out with a hammer or a lump of iron, which is also conducive to His Majesty's rule."
Zhao Xu smiled and looked at Zhang Fei again: "I didn't expect that you also made great achievements in the military?"
Zhang Fei said: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I know nothing about military affairs, but I do know a little about buying and selling. I think this weapon has unlimited potential, and at least it is much more reliable than betting on Dongliu.
Your Majesty, you might as well think about it, if this firearm can shoot three hundred steps, and fifty thousand people are divided into five teams, and they take turns shooting, it is almost impossible to stop, not to mention the Khitan people, the ants will have to be beaten into a sieve. "
Zhao Xu laughed when he heard this, and said: "So what you mean is that this kind of firearms should be distributed to the royal police first, and the bandits can be captured, and used to develop this kind of tactics, continue to improve them, and then use them in the army in the future."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "That's right."
Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Just do what you want."
Zhang Fei added: "Your Majesty, please also commend the charity foundation, so that they will be motivated to donate."
"I see!"
Zhao Xu smiled and nodded: "Okay! I will personally issue an edict to praise you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After some praise, Zhao Xu suddenly burst into tears. The charity foundation is better. Everyone is asking me for money, but this charity foundation is the only one that gives me money. I must praise it, praise it hard, and set an example.
It's not easy.
After inspecting the firearms, Zhang Fei and Zhao Xu went to the garden next to them to sit down and have a drink.
"I heard that the imperial court has been quite lively recently." Zhao Xu suddenly asked with a smile.
Zhang Fei said: "It seems so, mainly because Wang Xueshi did the opposite and continued to promote the farmland water conservancy law, which surprised everyone."
Zhao Xu asked: "Sir, have you ever talked about it?"
"I did ask." Zhang Fei nodded.
Zhao Xu asked: "What do you think?"
Zhang Fei said: "I absolutely agree, because I think recuperation is a dead end."
Zhao Xu was slightly startled, "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "For example, Bachelor Sima's way of recuperating is to govern by inaction, doing nothing to avoid burdening the people and allowing them to recover on their own."
Zhao Xu nodded.
"But Bachelor Sima ignored an objective factor, which is that the people have lost the ability to recover themselves."
Zhang Fei said: "Because land annexation is constantly intensifying and the population is also growing. If the court does nothing, the result is foreseeable, that is, the people will become poorer and poorer, and the landlords will become poorer and poorer." The people are getting richer, and at the same time the court is getting poorer, because it is difficult for the court to bring in taxes."
Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this. These words directly subverted his ideological outlook. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "What you said seems to make sense, but it seems that no one has ever done this since ancient times."
Zhang Fei said: "So no one can truly complete the resurgence of the dynasty."
Dynasty resurgence? Zhao Xu's eyes widened, he couldn't help but become interested, and asked: "Why do you think this is?"
Zhang Fei said: "In the face of this situation, there are usually two ways to deal with the crime, either to impose excessive taxes, intensify corvee labor, and deplete the land to fish, impoverishing the people and enriching the country. This is the most disgusting thing in history. This situation is also impossible to succeed. This Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
Another situation is to recuperate. A monarch who adopts this method is generally called the master of the ZTE in history books, but he will soon decline because the problem has not been solved, but is getting worse. The poorer the country, the poorer the people. The poorer. "
Zhao Xu asked again: "Can it be successful if you do what you do?"
"That's the only way to succeed."
Zhang Fei said: "Compared with the two situations I mentioned, what Wang Xueshi is doing now is actually a middle way. He does not rest and recuperate, but he also does not pay excessive taxes and create large-scale corvee work. Instead, the court directly invests money in the people and uses the state to and the power of money revitalizes the people.
It can also be thought that the state and the people unite to isolate the richest landlords in the middle, thus avoiding the two disadvantages I just mentioned. "
Zhao Xu nodded and asked: "But the country's finances are tight, and there are many places to spend money. We can't always invest money in the people. How can we get this return back?"
Zhang Fei said: "If you want to enrich your family, you will benefit the country. If you want to make your country rich, you will benefit the world. If you want to enrich the world, you will benefit the world."
Zhao Xu was stunned and said, "Isn't this what the gentleman said?"
"Yes."
Zhang Fei nodded, "Actually, Bachelor Wang's ideas are very correct, but his approach is wrong."
Zhao Xu said: "In order to govern the country, we must first govern the officials?"
"Of course not. Governance is the foundation of everything. If the administration is not good, no matter how good the policy is, it will not work. Without the Public Security Bureau and the Taxation Department, even if the water conservancy project is launched, it will not be successful."
"What's wrong with what you did?" Zhao Xu asked again.
Zhang Fei said: "Wang Xueshi's mistake is that he is too direct. His New Deal idea is to make money directly from the people's pockets. It is like the Qingmiao method. I will lend it to you at a lower interest rate than the usury. The money earned from the usury will be paid to the court." earn.
This seems reasonable, but there is also a problem, that is, the court is both a seller and a referee. At the same time, the pricing power, bargaining power, and even judicial power are all controlled by the court. This kind of transaction is destined to not last long. This is why the store bullies customers. "
Zhao Xu asked again: "What's different now?"
Zhang Fei said: "Now we are trying our best to help the people solve their livelihood problems. If the people have money, they can pay taxes. This is more profitable than loan sharking. After all, the number of people involved in loan sharking is limited, and taxes are open to everyone in the world.
Not only that, in the hearts of the people, the court was a savior, not an exploiter. When the court and the people were closely connected, it would be easy to collect taxes from the middle landlords. This creates a virtuous cycle. "
Zhao Xu nodded slightly and asked: "But the relief is only temporary, and the land will not increase. How can the people restore their livelihood?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Your Majesty may have forgotten the plan of not using Qianlong."
"Business and industry?"
"exactly."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "As long as this money is spent on the cutting edge, it is the world of resources, such as irrigating silt to create more fertile fields, and building roads to make it easier for businessmen to travel.
For another example, if the court invests money in a big project and the people earn money from it, they will buy salt, tea, wine, rice, and clothes. Then the merchants will benefit from it and they will expand production. This requires recruiting people and creating livelihoods for the people.
And the country collects the money invisibly, then sees the opportunity, and then invests it again. In this way, it can achieve the goal of enriching the world. "
Zhao Xu asked: "Has the wealth increased here?"
"Of course there is an increase."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "In the past, people had no money and could not afford to drink. Businessmen produced one jar a day, but now they produce two jars. Isn't wealth increasing? There are also consumption of iron ore, copper ore, and food. , there is no need to persuade farmers to grow mulberry trees, someone will naturally find a way to increase the yield per mu, because the demand will increase again."
"I understand! I understand everything."
Zhao Xu excitedly clapped his hands and said, "To tell you the truth, when your husband told me this truth before, I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't explain it. It turns out that only those who make their families rich will benefit their country, and those who make their country rich will benefit their country." If you want to make the world rich, you must make the world rich."
In fact, he didn't understand at all. He knew very well in his heart that he would try different methods to rob the landlords of their wealth, but in the end it would still be transferred downwards to the common people.
However, Zhang Fei's explanation shows that the pattern is much larger and can match the saying "If you want to make the world rich, you will have the resources to do so."
Zhao Xu was curious again: "Since this is the only solution, why has no one thought of it before?"
"Because they don't have the Public Security Bureau and the Taxation Department, if the money is scattered, we don't know where it will be used, and we can't collect it. As the saying goes, govern the country first and govern the officials."
Zhang Fei explained.
"To govern the country, govern the officials first."
Zhao Xu nodded, and the gloom in his heart was suddenly cleared away. It turned out that the three hundred thousand yuan was an investment, not a throw away, "Come on, let's have a drink."
Some people say that I am missing a chapter, but it is not missing. I just postponed the update of the twelve o'clock chapter to five o'clock. . . You can see the update date, there is a chapter every day.
