The poem goes: Talents have emerged from generation to generation, and each has been leading the way for hundreds of years.
Will Ouyang Xiu's death bring the complete end of an era?
If we look at it from the surface, in fact, with Shenzong's accession to the throne and Han Qi's departure from the capital, it has already announced that the era of the Four Gentlemen of Qingli is coming to an end.
But this is not the case.
The current disputes between the DPRK and China over ideas, ideas, and all kinds of overt and covert struggles are all influenced by personal experience in the era of the Four Gentlemen.
Although they are not in the court, their thoughts have always affected the situation of the court, whether they are conservatives or reformists.
If Fan Zhongyan hadn't started the reform, there might not have been Wang Anshi's reform in the future.
The two actually have a very close relationship.
The conservatives headed by Sima Guang actually inherited the ideas of the Qingli New Deal.
This may seem contradictory, as the reformists and conservatives both come from the same faction, but in fact this is just natural.
Because Sima Guang and his group do not want to reform, but they want to inherit Fan Zhongyan's reform ideas and reduce expenditures, which means streamlining officials and prescribing the right medicine.
However, they believe that the time is not yet ripe, and the result of reform now will still be the same as that of the Qingli period. Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Ouyang Xiu all think so. They see no hope of success, and the gains will outweigh the losses.
They themselves believed that the Qingli New Deal not only failed to improve the government's affairs, but instead made the country go from bad to worse.
They now have to focus on recuperation, both externally and internally.
Wait until the time is right before making changes.
They are the kind of waiting party.
Not to mention, the Four Gentlemen of Qingli also had many disciples, such as Su Shi and Su Che, whose political ideas were very similar to Ouyang Xiu.
Even when it comes to the issue of Dongliu and Beiliu, they all belong to the Beiliu faction of Ouyang Xiu.
However, their era has ended, not because of their death, but because of the emergence of the Public Security Bureau.
The ideas and systems of the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate were unprecedented during the Qingli period.
The current social changes have never happened before.
For example, taxes.
This year, Tokyo Bianliang is fully implementing the new tax system, which is to apply the tax exemption design to the total tax.
Compared with the previous implementation of the exemption law, the opposition this time is much smaller, because the tax department mainly targets the extra income of the powerful, and they do not have many reasons to oppose it. They did not stop it the first time, and they are even more serious now. Can't stop it.
But that doesn't mean they will be willing to pay taxes.
They are also trying various ways to avoid taxes.
In fact, it is not just the rich, but also ordinary people. This is human nature.
After two months of hard work, all taxes have been collected, and now comes the exciting moment to see who can be randomly checked.
It was already winter, and in the early morning, the biting cold wind was getting better. It was like a knife, tearing a small slit from people's faces. The sour feeling was self-evident. But in order to make a living, the people carried their burdens and braved the cold wind to go to the city to do business.
In front of the market.
A salesman driving a donkey cart was registering when he was suddenly stopped by two men in gray and white uniforms.
This moment attracted the attention of many people.
Because only the Tokyo tax police wear gray-white uniforms, and there is a big word - tax embroidered in the middle of the uniform.
It's that straightforward.
Everyone looked at the salesman with "congratulations".
"Congratulations to Hexia Village in the southern suburbs?"
a tax policeman asked.
"Yes, he is a villain." The salesman said tremblingly.
Another tax policeman flipped through his little book, then nodded to his companion, "Yes, it's him."
At the same time, he took out a piece of paper and gave it to his companion.
The tax policeman who asked the question took the piece of paper and said to the salesman: "According to the investigation of our tax department, you resold a batch of medicinal materials worth 60 yuan in June this year, but you were not on the tax bill. Write it down. We must punish you according to the law. This is the tax and fine you need to pay."
With that said, he handed over the ticket.
"Ouch!"
The salesman immediately looked aggrieved, "Two tax policemen, you were wronged. I... I really forgot. I will make up for it, I will make up for it right away. Please don't punish me."
The tax policeman said expressionlessly: "Sorry! I only have the power to give you a fine. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to Erbi to appeal. If you think our tax department has done anything wrong, you can also go to the procuratorate to appeal. .”
Seeing that his plea for mercy was in vain, the salesman had no choice but to accept the fine. In anger, he said again: "Two tax policemen, are you having a hard time?"
The tax policeman looked at him suspiciously.
The salesman said: "They won't even spare us small fish and shrimps."
The tax policeman nodded and said, "Yes."
Among the people watching on the sidelines, a few of them rolled their eyes with guilty consciences.
In the past, the tax department specialized in investigating wealthy businessmen and powerful people, and rarely investigated the taxes of ordinary people. Many ordinary people took chances.
Headquarters Police Station.
In the early morning, Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi sat at the headquarters, scalding hot wine and drinking it.
"Brother, I heard that the third brother is in a lawsuit, shall we go and take a look?" Ma Xiaoyi put down his wine glass and winked at Cao Dongdong.
"Don't go!"
"Why?"
"Shall we watch those tax police show off their power?"
Cao Dongdong hummed: "Recently, those tax police have been attacking everywhere, and the people no longer look at our royal police. To be presumptuous, we need the prestige of the tax police. We still have to find a way to get around there, but it's much more interesting."
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I have already said that I wonder if my brother can transfer us there?"
Cao Dongdong said: "Brother, if there is a way, why should I sit here and sigh? Eh? Tax policeman?"
"What tax policeman?"
Ma Xiaoyi said in astonishment.
Cao Dongdong pointed towards the door.
Ma Xiaoyi looked back and saw a royal policeman talking to two tax policemen.
Cao Dongdong shouted at the top of his voice: "Liu Er, what's the matter?"
The royal policeman named Liu Er immediately ushered the two tax policemen into the hall.
"Yameni, they said someone in our police station is evading taxes." Liu Er said.
Cao Dongdong stood up suddenly, "Impossible, how could someone in our police station evade taxes?"
As he spoke, he looked at Ma Xiaoyi.
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Brother, no matter what I do, the Bianjing Law Firm will handle all my money, so I can't make any mistakes."
The tax police officer said: "May I ask Deputy Superintendent Cao, is there a person named Fu Shichun in your main police station?"
"Koharu?"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi exclaimed at the same time.
But then the two of them started rolling their eyes around.
"Quick, quick, go and call Xiaochun. There's going to be something good this time. Hahaha!"
"I didn't expect Brother Xiaochun to be such a person and evade taxes."
The two people immediately became happy.
After a while, Fu Shichun walked in angrily, "Who is it? Who said I evaded taxes? Do I, Fu Shichun, care about those few small coins? It is unreasonable to ruin my reputation."
A ring of royal police officers watched at the door.
Cao Dongdong immediately shouted: "Xiaochun, they are just two little tax policemen."
As he spoke, he excitedly said to the two tax policemen: "He is Fu Shichun."
Fu Shichun said to the two tax policemen: "Did you make a mistake?"
The two tax policemen looked at each other, and one of them said: "We are just ordered to enforce the law. If Master Fu feels that there is a problem, you can file a complaint."
Another said: "According to our investigation, Master Fu bet 100 guan on Qiyun Club 2-to-1 in the Football League Finals in the first half of this year, and won a total of 350 guan. I wonder if this is true?" "
Fu Shichun was immediately dumbfounded, "Do we also have to pay taxes?"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi immediately turned their heads to look at Fu Shichun.
"Xiaochun, you traitor, you didn't buy my guard horse, but you bought Qiyun Society." Cao Dongdong said with a ferocious expression.
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Brother Xiaochun, you can just buy it. You won the money and you won't treat us. I remember that when I went to Piaoxiang Tower that day, I paid for it."
"Don't make trouble first."
Fu Shichun was now one of the top two, and said: "I'll finish this matter first."
As he said that, he asked the tax policeman: "Do you even have to pay taxes on this kind of money?"
The tax policeman said: "If you don't need to pay taxes on the money you win, there will definitely be many people using this to evade taxes."
"I really don't know." Fu Shichun's fair face was already red.
He is very face-conscious, but he has just come back and doesn't know that he has to pay taxes when gambling. Now that he has been found in the office, it is really embarrassing.
This must not be said by Cao Dongdong for a year!
"Sorry! We are also ordered to enforce the law."
The tax policeman finished speaking and put a fine on the ground. "If Master Fu has no objection, the tax will be paid on time. There will also be a fine. If you have any objection, you can ask Erbi to appeal."
"Complaint."
Ma Xiaoyi was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he said: "Brother Xiaochun, we can't bear this."
"go away."
Fu Shichun took the ticket and said to the two tax policemen: "Next time, can you not come to the police station and come to me alone to say no?"
The tax policeman said hurriedly: "Sorry, we have to complete the task on time."
Imperial Court.
No matter how biting the cold wind is, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the people in Tokyo to watch the trial, especially the tax department. They can all count on this month for the next year's gossip.
I saw the young president of the court, Lu Jiawen, sitting high-spirited. All the previous big lawsuits were personally tried by Zhao Pian, and now it was his turn.
Sitting in the dock was the owner of Ren's shop, Ren Youfu.
This was a wealthy man in the capital, and Zhang Fei also went into battle in person. Sitting next to him was Xu Zhiqian, and behind him were more than twenty young people, all of whom were students of the Imperial College.
This is their best opportunity to learn, and they only need this opportunity, because when Qi Ji, Wang Gong and others have to go south after the new year, they will all have to take the lead.
Just in time for this intensive taxation, we can help them understand the work of the procuratorate as soon as possible.
After Fang Erbi gave a lengthy explanation, Zhang Fei stood up slowly and looked around, "Why did the Taxation Department notice Ren's store? It's because the Taxation Department discovered that in the east section of Mahang Street, where Ren's owner's store is, In the location, including Hele Building, there are two stores that are comparable in size to any store.
Take Helelou as an example. Rendian and Helelou each have 1,500 households, and they purchase 200,000 kilograms of liquor from Quyuan every year. In addition, Rendian’s Meishou Liquor and Helelou’s The celestial mash wine consumes almost the same amount of koji. One kilogram of koji is needed to brew 25 liters.
At the same time, they also deal in salt, tea, sugar, etc. But the amount of taxes they paid differed by a full five thousand guan, which was almost impossible. "
Fang Erbi and Chen Le immediately stood up and said, "Each shop's business is different. Zhang Prosecutor's Office and Li's Bookstore are located in the same Lushi Lane, but the tax amount is 10,000 yuan different."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The number of people employed by Bianjing Law Firm is one hundred and twenty times that of Li's Bookstore. If the tax amount was the same as that of Li's Bookstore, the firm would have closed down long ago."
Lu Jiawen knocked the gavel, "This is not the first time the defense has been in court. You should know the rules. When the prosecutor finishes speaking, the president will let you plead. This is not a market."
"Feel sorry."
Chen Le sat down depressedly.
Zhang Fei continued: "So the tax department followed this clue to investigate, and when they carefully checked the accounts of Rendian, they found that the rice purchased by Rendian for brewing every year was five hundred coins and one stone, but as we all know, last year The market price of grain is about 400 Wen.
According to the brewing process of Rendian, one bucket of rice is probably needed to brew one bucket of wine, and one pound of distiller's yeast can brew twenty-five liters of wine. That is to say, two hundred thousand kilograms of distiller's yeast can brew five million liters of wine, and it costs fifty thousand shi. For grain, one stone of grain costs one hundred guan more, which means an underpayment of 5,000 guan. "
Ren Youfu said excitedly in the dock: "The price of food goes up and down. Food worth 500 yuan is everywhere. Why do you say I underreported it?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because in the accounts of the Meng family's grain store, it is recorded that you purchased grain from his store at a price of three hundred cents. Are you saying that the Meng family lied about their income?"
The distinguished guests sitting inside glanced at the person in the corner. This person was the proprietor of the Meng family's grain store and the cousin of Meng Qiansheng, the magistrate of the Court of Punishment.
There are not many dignitaries sitting here today, they are all wealthy businessmen, and Fan Yong and the others are here.
Because there are many things going on in the court, the dignitaries have no time to pay attention here. If they don't come, the businessmen can naturally come in to observe.
Ren Youfu suddenly fell silent.
If he is not at fault, then the Meng family is at fault, and it will be a big drama.
Zhang Fei will be looking forward to this very much.
Ren Youfu didn't dare to let the Meng family take the blame.
Zhang Fei asked Lu Jia again: "President, the evidence we provided is sufficient to prove that Rendian did not hesitate to make false accounts in order to evade taxes. However, the Taxation Department has only found the tip of the iceberg so far, so we apply to seal Rendian and conduct a thorough investigation." investigation."
"President, please spare my life!"
As soon as Ren Youfu heard that the store was being closed, he immediately panicked, "I'm hiring, I'm hiring them all, don't close my store. If I don't do business for a day, I will lose a lot of money. I hope the president of the court will be merciful, be merciful!"
Chen Le also stood up quickly, "My client is willing to cooperate with the tax department's investigation and will never hide anything. This does not require closing the store. Besides, there are dozens of bartenders in any store and more than a thousand people are involved. store, please also ask the president of the court to consider the interests of these people.”
Lu Jiawen pretended to be deep in thought, glanced at Zhang Fei, nodded and said: "Okay! For the sake of dozens of bartenders and a thousand foot shops, I will give you another chance. You must try your best." If you cooperate with the tax department’s investigation and conceal anything, the president of this court will order your store to be sealed until the matter is clarified.”
"Thank you, President. Thank you, President."
Ren Youfu almost knelt down. Closing a restaurant of their size for one day would be fatal. If the tax department inspected it for a month, he would not open his restaurant.
Many people in the VIP seats were wiping sweat. You must know that it is winter!
The overlords in the restaurant industry, such as Fan Yong, shook their heads in regret.
This is not sealed at all.
Really.
Rendian is a big piece of meat!
"Done! Call it a day!"
Zhang Fei threw away the copy and blinked at Xu Zhiqian who was standing aside.
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him, and there were more than twenty people sitting behind her. On such occasions, she was most annoyed by Zhang Fei's small tricks. If someone saw this, Zhang Fei would be fine, but she would be scolded.
Zhang Fei looked back at He Zhizhong's students and saw that all of them were full of excitement. He couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Have you ever seen The Art of War?"
All the students nodded at the same time.
Zhang Fei said: "This court is like a battlefield. We don't need to find too much evidence. We just need to make them afraid, and they will recruit them all."
"Thank you so much for your guidance, Prosecutor Zhang. The students will always remember it."
The students nodded in unison.
Zhang Fei said: "Hurry up and get ready! Learn from Prosecutor Zhou in the next game."
"yes!"
Although the next game is handed over to Zhou Zheng, Zhang Fei cannot leave. He still has to supervise and explain to these students here.
He walked to the president's seat and saw Lu Jiawen was already preparing the copy for the next lawsuit. He couldn't help but smile and said: "President Lu, you work so hard and you have to have consecutive trials."
Lu Jia asked: "Thanks to Prosecutor Zhang, I have been resting for a while recently."
"What does this have to do with me? If I can appoint a judge to judge, then wouldn't I be invincible?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and asked again: "By the way, will you go to the southeast?"
"Of course."
Lu Jia asked angrily: "What's the point of staying in the capital?"
Having said this, he whispered: "Prosecutor Zhang, let's discuss matters on a case-by-case basis. In addition to being younger than President Qi, I am not as good as President Qi in any way. I really don't know why I am not allowed to be the president of Yangzhou."
He is full of resentment now. He is the earliest president of the court in the capital. Now he is not allowed to try the big cases. The key is Southeast Sixth Road. He is not the boss yet, and he is very unhappy about this.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "According to what you said, there is no reason why I should not be the president of the court. Isn't it just because of my age?"
Lu Jiawen's expression changed and he snorted: "In terms of boasting, our president is really no match for your Erbi."
"Ha ha!"
Zhang Fei laughed a few times.
At the same time, the imperial court was also holding a year-end meeting, which was earlier than before, because what Zhao Xu wanted to do could not be solved in just one meeting.
At this important meeting, the emperor finally determined the policy of reform.
The rumors are true.
Wang Gui, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was specially invited to attend this meeting, and at this meeting, he formally proposed reforming the official system.
Its purpose was to solve the problems of redundant officials and efficiency, and the method was to gradually restore the three provinces and six ministries system according to the "Tang Liu Dian".
You must know that neither Wang Anshi nor Sima Guang agreed with this proposal, and they both believed that the three-province-six-ministry system was not suitable for the current situation of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Xu also took a step back and chose to recover gradually instead of asking for one step.
But even so, it is enough to show that the emperor should go to the front desk and directly participate in government affairs, instead of formulating and promulgating policies through Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.
Don't listen to them anymore.
Moreover, it was determined at the meeting that the first stage is to divide the reform content of the past few years into six parts.
Taifu Temple, Sinong Temple, Shipping Department, Tiju Changping Department, and the Super Business Administration that had just been named the Song Grain Administration were all under the Ministry of Household Affairs.
But there is a very critical problem here, that is, the Taxation Department was originally placed under the name of the Ministry of Revenue, because the Ministry of Revenue had no power at that time. Although it was nominally subordinate to the Political Affairs Hall, it was actually directly subordinate to the emperor.
But this time, the Taxation Department was transferred to the Third Division. The reason is to ensure that there are no problems with the taxation. Currently, the Third Division is still in charge of the world's finances. If the Taxation Department is left in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is officially affiliated with the Political Affairs Hall , it is very inconvenient to manage.
Du Shui, Jiang Zuo, Shaofu, and military weapons all belong to the Ministry of Industry. At the same time, the River Water Conservancy Department and the Farmland Water Conservancy Department were abolished and their powers were all vested in the Ministry of Industry, as well as the newly established Xiangbing Construction Corps.
The police station belongs to the Ministry of War.
At the same time, the East and West Courts of Judges were abolished, and their functions and powers were transferred to the Ministry of Personnel.
The Imperial College, the Business Law, and the Dibao Court are all under the Ministry of Rites.
In the Business Law, only the WFP falls under the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Judicial reform, as well as the judicial administration work of the Criminal Tribunal and the Dali Temple are all attributed to the Ministry of Punishment, and the judicial power of the Ministry of Punishment, including the power to review cases, is abolished.
Yushitai and Jianyuan merged.
This is because with the procuratorate, there is no need for them to supervise each other, and at the same time, it ensures that there is a strong supervisory organization to check and balance the public prosecutor and the law.
As for the changes in the public prosecutor's office, a three-level imperial court was established in the central government, adopting the 151 model. The third-level imperial court is equivalent to the previous judicial power of Kaifeng Prefecture. It oversees the entire judicial system of Gyeonggi and has a chief judge. Of course, There are many courtyards below, where various cases are heard.
There are five second-level imperial courts in the middle to govern the whole country.
There is one Supreme Court, and Sima Guang's suggestion is adopted. Once the case reaches the Supreme Court, the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall will each recommend a president from the secondary imperial court.
As for the promotion system of the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate, it is stipulated that the Ministry of Criminal Affairs recommends and the Legislative Council evaluates. Firstly, it is to ensure the separation of politics and law. If the Ministry of Civil Affairs controls the promotion of the president of the court, it is not controlled by the Political Affairs Hall.
Secondly, according to the current system, the judgments or precedents of the imperial court must pass through the Legislative Council. In fact, this system is because of Zhang Fei, because the legal system is implemented first and then written down. To put it simply, the Legislative Council based on Zhang Fei Fei's jurisprudence established relevant laws and later became a system. It is very reasonable for the Legislative Council to inspect the president.
The Ministry of Punishment is already in charge of judicial administration, so of course the Ministry of Punishment is more suitable for this personnel arrangement.
As for the Legislative Council, it was originally a temporary organization. Now that politics and law are separated, and the Legislative Council gradually has real power, it must be standardized and have a permanent legislative president. Therefore, it was determined that the president, superintendent, prosecutor general and Imperial College will be rotated to the capital. It is composed of students and is presided over by the Legislative Council President, and the Minister of Punishment and Yu Shi Zhongcheng temporarily serve as the Vice President of the Legislative Council.
The purpose of involving the Ministry of Justice and Yushi Zhongcheng is to ensure that the executive has some interference in legislation.
After the meeting, no one except the emperor was satisfied.
Just listening, this arrangement seems to make sense and can improve efficiency, but from the perspective of executors such as Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, this only makes things more complicated and the future is full of uncertainty.
Because in the past, whether it was the New Deal or judicial reform, they had actually achieved vertical integration and became very efficient.
But now, everything is disrupted.
Can efficiency be improved?
It’s really hard to say!
For example, this business law used to be under the Ordinance Department of the Second Government, but now it has been split into two, with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites each responsible for one part.
The Ministry of Rites has to rely on the financial support of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Third Department.
Another example is the Public Security Bureau. In the past, there was the Dali Temple below the Criminal Trial Court, and the Imperial Court was below the Dali Temple. Sima Guang could get in all the way. Now the judicial reform has been divided into the Ministry of Justice, but the Ministry of Justice and the Public Security Bureau have become parallel.
But they all know very well in their hearts that the emperor just thinks they have integrated too well. If things continue like this, it will not be up to you to decide anything about his emperor.
They can only take one step at a time.
Wang Anshi went to the imperial court with a depressed heart, but saw that there was a fierce fight inside, while Zhang Fei was chatting and laughing with a group of wealthy businessmen in the corridor.
After a while, the businessman also noticed Wang Anshi's arrival, so he winked at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei looked back and walked over quickly, "Why is Bachelor Wang here?"
"I happened to be passing by."
Wang Anshi thought for a moment and then said: "Just in time, I also have something to ask you."
Zhang Fei hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"
Wang Anshi said: "The official family has decided to carry out restructuring. You had your ideas before promoting the Changping Division and the Food Administration Bureau, but now the situation has changed. For example, the Changping Division was promoted to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the Transportation Division remained. Being part of the Third Division, we also have to adjust our plans.”
There was a hint of dissatisfaction between the words, but it was hard to express clearly.
Zhang Fei looked back and said, "But I'm very busy now."
Wang Anshi said unhappily: "I'm busy chatting with those wealthy businessmen."
".!"
Zhang Fei smiled.
Wang Anshi asked again: "What do you think?"
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and suddenly asked: "Scholar Wang, do you know what I was talking about with those businessmen just now?"
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in knowing."
"It's a very interesting thing." Zhang Fei said.
Wang Anshi immediately asked: "What?"
Zhang Fei said: "They are all hinting that it's not that they are unwilling to pay taxes, but because they, the wealthy businessmen, have to go to the government to do business, which costs a lot of money, but here they have to pay another sum. They think it's unfair. In the tax lawsuit against Rendian just now, Rendian actually paid part of the tax for the Meng family."
Wang Anshi snorted: "They deserve it. Who forced them to do it up and down?"
He has always looked down upon these big profiteers.
Zhang Fei said: "But if you don't manage it from top to bottom, this business will not be done well. Therefore, I think that now Mr. Wang can shift the focus of the new policy to this."
Wang Anshi frowned, "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Does Academician Wang know the situation in Hezhong Mansion?"
Wang Anshi nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "The success of Hezhong Prefecture lies in the policies of the New Deal, which activated private commerce and resulted in more people paying taxes, and then collected the money through the Taxation Department."
Wang Anshi said: "You mean to carry out reforms around this tax?"
"Exactly."
Zhang Fei said: "For example, regarding the farmland water conservancy law, Bachelor Wang can interpret it as allowing the people to grow more food and pay more taxes. Wouldn't the national treasury be richer?
Another example is the wine system. Wang Xueshi should know that after the reform of the wine system in Hezhong Prefecture, the wine tax is expected to rise, and the corruption in it is also reduced visibly. The key is no longer to be corrupted by corrupt officials and officials. Monopoly by profiteers.
This is all because of the tax department now.
As long as Wang Xueshi focuses on the core of taxation, even with just one Ministry of Household Affairs, he can issue many policies that affect the whole country. "
Wang Anshi blinked and couldn't help but frown and thought, thinking, what this guy said makes sense. He didn't dare to start with taxes before. That was because there was no tax department. If he took any action, it would turn into exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes. Impeached. But now that we have the Department of Taxation and the Public Security Bureau, I can start from the tax side and use this as a reason to continue to promote my new policy.
After a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "That makes sense. Let's go, let's find a place and have a good talk."
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "I have to bring in new people."
He pointed at Leng Tou Qing, who was sitting behind and holding hands.
Regarding Ouyang Xiu, I really have a hard time talking about it. I scrapped more than a dozen manuscripts and delayed updates many times. I blame Ouyang Xiu. I originally wrote about his plot, but I deleted them all.
In fact, Ouyang Xiu is a very interesting character. Among the four gentlemen of Qingli, I like Ouyang Xiu the best. According to time, he should have passed away in two or three years. However, because of my entanglement with this character, I have kept him. Carefully Readers should also be able to see that in some chapters, I have specifically left gaps.
But in the end, I decided to give up. It's just that Ouyang Xiu has experienced so many things and his personality has changed. He can no longer be as interesting as when he was young. If it were written like that, it would feel weird.
(End of chapter)
