At this point, Li Hao already knew what Zhao Ceying wanted to achieve.
In the final analysis, this was the result of changing King Yan's rebellion, and the change was caused because Zhao Zhen was still alive.
As a result, Zhao Zongquan was unable to succeed to the throne immediately, and the delay in conferring the title of prince made the already cautious Zhao Zongquan even more worried.
In addition, Zhao Yunchu's move to come to Bianjing has further aggravated Zhao Zongquan's uneasiness. He believed that Zhao Zhen might intend to change the position of crown prince.
Therefore, he wanted to use this marriage to integrate into the system of the Bianjing official family as soon as possible, so as to gain some leverage for himself and increase his status in Zhao Zhen's mind.
In addition, this may also include testing Zhao Zhen, and I want to confirm whether Zhao Zhen really has other thoughts in his heart.
If this can happen and Zhao Zhen has no intention of stopping it, it proves that at least so far, Zhao Zhen has no intention of touching Yi Chu.
But if Zhao Zhen really came forward to stop it, Zhao Zongquan would probably have to prepare his own retreat.
With his mind spinning, Li Hao replied: "These days, I have been busy at Sansi, leaving early and returning late.
I really haven’t heard the news you mentioned, but it’s normal for the royal family members who are living abroad to want to return to the capital to do business as long as they get the permission of the chief minister. This is nothing to worry about. "
Hearing what Li Hao said, Zhao Ceying was naturally dissatisfied, so she further pointed out: "If it is normal, it will be fine, but at this time, Zhao Yunchu suddenly returned to Beijing, it is a bit of a coincidence.
I came to you today because I want you to help me come up with some ideas. "
After hearing this, Li Hao understood that Zhao Ceying wanted him to help and to show his attitude.
But Li Hao didn't want to just get involved in the dispute over the reserve. Anyway, now his backstage was Zhao Zhen, and he was about to get married to the British father again.
No matter who succeeds to the throne, he will be able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai. There is really no need to get stuck like this.
However, thinking that his friendship with Zhao Ceying would never touch him again, Li Hao still came up with an idea: "Speaking of clan affairs, they are all handled by Da Zongzhengsi. Last time, Anguo Gong Zhao, who was also sentenced to Dazongzhengsi, We have been going to Yuzhou together since ancient times.
I heard that he has a good relationship with the prince. If you want to know whether this is true or not, you might as well go to him and ask.
If there is no permission from the chief minister of the clan, it will be a serious crime for the disciples of the vassal vassal to return to the capital for no reason. "
Hearing this, Zhao Ceying's eyes lit up, and he sighed in his heart that he and his father were also dizzy with anxiety, and they were focused on accumulating energy in the court to try to stabilize the situation.
But they forgot that this great chief minister may not have much say in the court, but he can control the clans all over the world.
So he quickly said: "Ceying will never forget the kindness I gave you today."
After saying that, he quickly went back to discuss with Zhao Zongquan to see how to persuade Zhao Conggu to help.
However, before leaving, he did not forget to tell Li Hao to communicate with Gu Tingye.
It's just that the matter is serious. Li Hao didn't pay attention to what he told Gu Tingye for a while, thinking that he would just talk about it casually when he met.
What Li Hao cares about now is Zhao Yunchu's affairs. After all, Li Hao just wants to live smoothly in the current good situation. ….
Having already risked his life once and gained a lot of wealth now and in the future, Li Hao didn't want to cause trouble.
So I planned to find someone to ask for clarification. Moreover, Li Hao was in a much better situation than Zhao Zongquan's family. At least he still had people he could rely on in the court.
No, after Li Hao arrived at the Third Division, he went to Ouyang Xiu to inquire about this matter.
Just when Li Hao finished speaking, Ouyang Xiu guessed the reason and asked, "Did Zhao Ceying find you and say something?"
Seeing that Ouyang Xiu had guessed right, Li Hao didn't hide it: "My uncle is smart. Zhao Ceying came to my house in a hurry last night and told me about it. He also mentioned that he wanted to get married to Ningyuan Houfu."
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu asked, "Then what did you promise him?"
Li Hao said: "In my uncle's eyes,
, I am so confused, I still know what I can and cannot do.
But out of sympathy, I gave him some advice and asked him to go find An Guogong. "
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu lowered his head and thought for a moment, and immediately understood Li Hao's intention and said, "You are quite smart, so this is a solution.
But in the future, you should not get too involved in this matter, but the relationship with Zhao Ceying can still be maintained. "
Li Hao understood what Ouyang Xiu meant here. It seemed that Zhao Zongquan's position would not change this time.
Then he asked: "Then Zhao Yunchu came to Beijing this time, was it summoned by the officials? Did the officials have Yi Chu's intentions?"
Ouyang Xiu replied: "I don't know whether the officials are interested in it, but it is absolutely impossible for Zhao Yunchu to become the crown prince."
Hearing this, Li Hao was very surprised and didn't understand why Ouyang Xiu was sure of this.
But when he continued to ask, Ouyang Xiu stopped answering. Li Hao guessed that there must be some secret in it and it was inconvenient to talk about it, so he didn't ask any more questions.
But he asked again: "What about the position of the prince? If it stays like this, I'm afraid the court, which has been stabilized, will cause trouble again. Don't my uncle and the two great ministers think about taking care of it?"
Ouyang Xiu said: "You think the two great ministers didn't persuade us! The officials are determined not to do it, so what can we do?
Now that a prince has been established, the orderly inheritance of the throne can be guaranteed.
As for stability, there are two grand ministers in charge of the court, and the British Duke and Ningyuan Hou are watching in the army, so nothing will happen. "
Hearing this, Li Hao still felt that Ouyang Xiu was too optimistic. Before the Yanwang Rebellion, they probably thought the same way, but in the end something went wrong.
However, Li Hao didn't have any good ideas about this matter, so he didn't intend to get involved, so he said goodbye to Ouyang Xiu and went back to sort out his accounts.
After that, Li Hao spent most of his time in the Third Division, living in seclusion. It took nearly three months for Li Hao to finally finish the work of settling the accounts.
During this period, Li Hao also spent some time to find out about Zhao Yunchu. After learning that he was sent back by An Guogong on the way, he took back his thoughts and completely forgot about what he had promised to others.
Until Li Hao compiled these accounts into books and handed them all over to Ouyang Xiu.
Seeing Li Hao coming with the account books, Ouyang Xiu did not rush to check them, but first asked: "What do you think after calculating these accounts?"...
Li Hao said: "The imperial court has no money. I have counted the accounts of the past three years one by one and found that although the taxes collected by the imperial court are increasing year by year, in the accounts.
But in terms of various expenditures, the growth rate is much faster than the increase in taxes.
Then I went through the account books from previous years and found that this imbalance of revenue and expenditure has existed since the Qingli period, but it has become more obvious in recent years.
Especially in the past two years, it has even reached the point where it has been unable to make ends meet. If we don't find a way to reverse it, I'm afraid things will really go wrong. "
Hearing this, Ouyang Xiu was not surprised, but said, "Then what do you think about this?"
Li Hao replied: "I haven't thought about the specific ideas yet, but there are only two ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
But this matter involves the overall situation of the government. Fan Wenzhenggong's Qingli New Deal was also intended to solve this problem.
In the end, we still encountered many obstacles, which led to the New Deal being hurriedly ended after more than a year of implementation. "
Hearing this, Ouyang Xiu remembered the time when, under the leadership of Fan Wenzhenggong, they worked together to eliminate the abuses of the imperial court and encourage reforms.
After being silent for a while, he said: "Yes, this matter is a bit difficult to handle, but no matter how difficult it is, it still needs someone to do it.
You might as well think about it in the coming days and make a plan for me as soon as possible. "
After hearing this, Li Hao agreed. Anyway, Li Hao still remembered Wang Anshi's subsequent reform measures.
This time I can go back and sort it out, but Li Hao still needs to delete some of these radical practices.
reduce.
After all, when Wang Anshi carried out the reform, people like Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and others were all opponents, so it was better not to get into trouble.
But it was obvious that Ouyang Xiu had no intention of continuing to squeeze Li Hao. He said, "You have been very busy these days. I will give you three days' leave. Now go back and rest."
Li Hao was very happy to hear that Ouyang Xiu was going to give him a holiday. After saying goodbye to Ouyang Xiu, he went back home directly.
But God obviously had no intention of letting Li Hao feel comfortable. After just one day of rest, Zhao Ceying heard the news and came to find Li Hao.
This time, Zhao Ceying mainly came to Li Hao to express his gratitude, because Li Hao's idea really blocked Zhao Yunchu back, and then Zhao Conggu also promised to support Zhao Zongquan and help deal with the clan issues.
Of course, for this reason, Zhao Zongquan also agreed to many conditions of Zhao Conggu, but it was always mutually beneficial.
After thanking him, Zhao Ceying asked Li Hao: "Have you ever told Gu Tingye what I told you back then?"
Hearing this, Li Hao was stunned for a moment. Because he had been busy with the affairs of the Third Division during this period, he had already forgotten this section.
Moreover, Zhao Zongquan's crisis has been resolved, and Li Hao thought that his family would give up on this concern.
But now that Zhao Ceying asked, he definitely couldn't tell the truth, so he tested it first: "Oh, I've already told him about this.
Why, it's been two or three months and you two still haven't talked to each other? "
Zhao Ceying replied: "No, these days, I have been helping my father deal with things, and I have never had time to go to Gu Tingye.…
In this case, when I have free time these days, I will go to Ningyuan Houfu to find him and discuss it. "
Hearing this and knowing that the two people had not met yet, Li Hao felt relieved, so he said: "You'd better talk to Gu Tingye in private first. If he doesn't admit it, you won't be able to come to Taiwan if you tell him in the Hou Mansion." Already."
Zhao Ceying thought about it and felt that what Li Hao said was right, so she said, "In that case, why don't you help make an appointment with Gu Tingye and let's talk about this together."
Li Hao said: "That's okay, but after all, Gu Tingye is guarding the palace and cannot leave the palace at any time.
Let me take a look and see when he is free, or I will ask him to find you then. "
After hearing this, Zhao Ceying said happily: "Okay, then I'll leave this to you."
After saying that, he planned to take Li Hao to have a drink, but Li Hao refused: "Let's forget about the drink for now. Although I am resting at home these days, Bachelor Ouyang has assigned me a task, and I still have to find some information to do it. .
Just wait until I finish this work, and I will come to invite you then. "
Hearing that Li Hao was busy with official business, Zhao Ceying said nothing more, but turned around and left.
After Zhao Ceying left, Li Hao took a breath and prepared to go back to the house to rest.
But not long after, Gu Tingye also came to visit, which frightened Li Hao, fearing that if he met Zhao Ceying on the road, his lies would be exposed.
But when he found out that Gu Tingye came alone, Li Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then someone led Gu Tingye into the yard, and then got up to catch him.
After seeing Gu Tingye, Li Hao first asked: "You are not on duty at the palace today, so you came to me when you were free."
After hearing this, Gu Tingye said, "Didn't I hear that you were resting at home? I took a day off specifically to come find you."
Li Hao hurriedly asked: "You are looking for me, maybe there is something you want me to do."
Gu Tingye said angrily: "I'm just looking for you to do something, and that's how you see me in your heart."
Li Hao replied: "Yeah, that's good. But you happened to be here today, and I have something to tell you."
Then, Li Hao told the story about Zhao Zongquan's family wanting to introduce Xiao Shen to Gu Tingye.
Of course, in this process, Li Hao had to clean himself up.
After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "What you said is true, they still have this plan."
Li Hao said affirmatively: "Of course, Zhao Ceying just came to my place just to talk about this matter, and I am on the same footing with you.
I think you can actually think about this matter carefully. There are still benefits to marrying Zhao Zongquan's family. "
Gu Tingye said: "Forget it, I don't want to take advantage of his family in this matter."
Li Hao said: "What should we do? Now it seems that their family is the best candidate for the reserve position.
You can't offend them just because of this. "
Gu Tingye said: "Forget it, since this matter has not been made clear yet, there is room for maneuver. You wait until I get back and think about it carefully, and we will talk about it then."
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Okay, then you go back and think about it carefully."
After Gu Tingye finished speaking, he left, and Li Hao was also very happy. Now the two of them would no longer bother him.
Next, Li Hao thought that since he had gotten up, he went back and took out the paper, ink, pen and inkstone.
I began to think about how to summarize the lessons of Wang Anshi's reform and solve the three-redundancy crisis, especially the key reform measures, such as the Young Crops Law, the Exemption Law, the Farmland Equalization Tax Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Market Change Law, the Equalization Law, the Baojia Law and many other measures. .
It is necessary to sort out the pros and cons, eliminate the radical methods, and replace them with more moderate ones, so that they are probably more suitable for today's Song Dynasty.
It's just that later generations' summary of Wang Anshi's reforms may not be suitable for today, especially since Li Hao had no experience in local governance and didn't know much about many things.
I'm afraid if we really want to summarize the problem, we have to find some information on the Qingli New Deal.
However, Ouyang Xiu was a person who personally participated in the New Deal, so Li Hao was not worried about this. .
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