Wang Anshi's reform started from three aspects: enriching the country, strengthening the army, and recruiting soldiers. The methods to enrich the country were the Green Crops Law, the Recruitment Law, the Farmland Equalization Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Market Change Law, and the Equalization Law; the method to strengthen the army was The method of protecting armor, the method of reducing troops, the method of generals, the method of protecting horses, and the method of supervising weapons; the methods of selecting soldiers are the tribute method and the three sacrifice method.
Regarding the method of strengthening the army and recruiting soldiers, Li Hao had no intention of mentioning it now. Firstly, his identity was inappropriate, and secondly, Li Hao did not think that Zhao Zhen could support the implementation of large-scale reforms in the last few years of his life. Reform is unrealistic.
Moreover, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi would not be so unwise as to make a big fuss at this stage.
Rather than getting rid of paralysis, today's Song Dynasty courtiers hope that the political situation will be stable.
In addition, according to the information Li Hao learned from later generations, during the Jiayou period, veterans such as Fu Bi, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu who had participated in the Qingli New Deal returned to Beijing.
In fact, small-scale reforms had already begun, and the obvious symbol was the imperial examination presided over by Ouyang Xiu in the second year of Jiayou.
When Li Hao compiled the reform program, he relied on this direction to organize and summarize.
Therefore, among the remaining methods of enriching the country, the Young Crops Law was first abandoned by Li Hao. Official loans carried out by government actions, unless policy poverty alleviation loans are implemented like modern times, do not consider profits but focus on getting farmers out of poverty and becoming rich. Loss.
Otherwise, the implementation of the Young Crops Law will definitely become a tool for officials to make profits and whitewash their political achievements, and it will become a policy that is harmful to the people.
As for the recruitment law, Li Hao combined the improved methods of Sima Guang and uniformly implemented the exemption law for all people. However, when assuming the yamen service, Li Hao first selected the local officials to serve. Being familiar with the government's behavior can reduce losses, and since they are experts, they are not easily exploited by the government;
Of course, another very important point is that they have money. If something happens, you can ask them for compensation.
In addition, legalized substitute service is allowed. People who are unwilling to travel for official duties can find someone to serve on their behalf, and the price can be negotiated by themselves.
The right of choice is given to the people themselves, and the price of labor is determined by the people themselves, eliminating the need for corrupt officials to squeeze the people.
At the same time, because the service burden is different according to household level, the property level must be re-checked to prevent officials from increasing the burden on poor households.
With the introduction of an administrative reconsideration system, ordinary people who feel that their classification is wrong can make a request for reclassification, verify their property together, and determine the level of service they should bear.
Then the Fang Tian Equalization Tax Law was an extremely important part of both the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's Reform. Although it was not implemented in the end, Li Hao still wrote it as it was. It doesn't matter whether he can do it or not, but he has to raise it. .
The Farmland Water Conservancy Law was also retained as it was, but Li Hao emphasized the restriction of officials' rights in it to prevent local officials from forcing people to build water conservancy projects for the sake of their own political achievements and increasing the burden on the people.
As for the market exchange method and the equalization method, in view of their actual use, in addition to restricting the hoarding of large businessmen, they will do more harm to the interests of small and medium-sized businesses.
Once management officials want to make profits and transform into a state monopoly on the market, supply, and prices, the wholesale and retail of goods will also be controlled by government officials.
Li Hao has become very clear about the official character of Song Dynasty officials over the years.
Of course there are good officials, but a large part of them are definitely not trustworthy. Therefore, in this regard, Li Hao drew more on the market exchange methods used to stabilize prices during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
During the implementation, we tried our best to limit the role of the government in it, and established a system of monthly reviews, each brokerage, careful comparison of scales, and preparation of price surveys.
In the next two days, Li Hao continued to refine this strategy plan at home, so as not to worry about who he met when he went out or what difficult things he had to do for himself.
Of course, after finishing writing, Li Hao did not show it directly to Ouyang Xiu, but went on to look for some data in the Third Division.
The entire format is based on the paper format of later generations, striving to ensure detailed data and listing the source documents of the data.
Of course, Li Hao's purpose is not just to perfect the plan.
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He still had to find a suitable reason for himself, although Li Hao felt that Ouyang Xiu would definitely believe him.
But after all, I have no actual experience in the place. If I pull these things out of thin air, some people will make malicious speculations.
But if you can list the data from it and deduce the content based on these, then it will be considered reasonable and reasonable, and you can give others a reason to believe it, which is enough.
This search was indeed very helpful to Li Hao. Based on the specific situation he could find, Li Hao modified the salt and tea monopoly systems in the plan. He made adjustments based on the previous reforms. In order to be more in line with today's situation.
While Li Hao was busy writing the reform plan, Ouyang Xiu had already brought the account books made by Li Hao to the palace to see Zhao Zhen.
After looking at these account books, Zhao Zhen asked: "These account books were compiled by Li Hao!"
Ouyang Xiu replied: "It is true that he compiled it himself. The data in this was compiled by Li Hao in the past three months. I have also checked it over the past few days, and there is no problem with it."
Zhao Zhen looked at the final summary of the account book and couldn't help but said: "Although I knew that the treasury was empty, I didn't expect that it would be so bad.
The only improvement in the past few years was during the Qingli period. If I had known what would happen today, I should have persisted in the reforms I had made.
If Fan Wenzhenggong could have completed the reform back then, how could we have become what we are now? This is all my fault. "
Ouyang Xiu hurriedly said: "What the officials said was wrong. When we implemented the New Deal, we were too radical. As a result, many reform measures were not fully considered and were implemented forcefully. This led to the subsequent failure. It was definitely not the fault of the officials.
I did not intend to mention this old matter again, but after reading these account books, I knew that restarting the reform was a top priority and could not be delayed any longer. "
Of course what Ouyang Xiu said made sense, but Zhao Zhen always had some scruples and said, "The Qing family also knows the situation in the court now.
It's not that I don't want to support it, but if we are carrying out reforms at this time, if it causes turmoil in the government and the public, it will not be as easy to calm down as it was during the Qingli period. "
Ouyang Xiu explained: "Of course I understand this matter, so I at least discussed it with the two grand ministers when I came to the palace.
I understand that reform is not easy, it involves many things, and all kinds of powerful relationships are intertwined, so it can never be accomplished overnight.
At that time, the ministers and others made the mistake of being eager to treat the patient and eager to achieve their goals, which turned into a struggle between the old and new parties, causing turmoil in the government and the opposition.
Therefore, this time I am planning to carry out the reform quietly, deal with unimportant issues first, and then deepen the reform step by step.
At the same time, this is used to cultivate consensus between the government and the opposition, so that all officials can slowly accept the reform to strengthen the country.
If there is any problem, it can be solved in time so as not to cause too many disputes in the court. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen thought that Ouyang Xiu was right. At the same time, the current situation also told Zhao Zhen that reform was imminent.
So he said: "Okay, then it's up to the Qing family, and the reform will be handled by the Qing family and the two great ministers.
But remember not to be impatient, and deal with reform matters from small to large, from shallow to deep. "
After hearing Zhao Zhen's agreement, Ouyang Xiu immediately thanked him and said, "Thank you so much, officials. I will go and discuss the reform details with the two grand ministers first. After they are listed out, they will be handed over to the officials for review."
Ouyang Xiu then went to the Political Affairs Hall, where the two prime ministers were waiting for news.
After hearing that Zhao Zhen had agreed to this matter, both of them were very happy. After all, the failure of the Qingli New Deal was a heavy blow to them.
Now that they have another chance, they must take advantage of it.
Then Han Qi said: "Since the officials agree, then we will follow what we discussed before.
This reform will start with the Fangtian Equalization Tax Law. Now let’s determine where to place this trial. "
Ouyang Xiu said: "This matter must not be placed near Bianjing. There are too many officials and people here and there is too much resistance.
But it can’t be too far away from Bianjing to avoid
Out of our control. "
Then several people pondered, and Han Qi said: "Then the trial location should be set at Yongxing Military Road. There are not many nobles there, so the resistance will not be great.
Moreover, it is not too far from Bianjing City, so it is convenient for us to understand the situation. "
Ouyang Xiu and Fu Bi thought about it and felt that it was indeed a good place, so they settled on it.
After confirming the location, the only thing left to consider was the choice of host. At this time, Ouyang Xiu directly suggested: "I think it is best for Guo Shen to handle this matter. He was the one who proposed the Fangtian move, and he also proposed it in Mingzhou. Experience in handling the Fangtian incident."
Regarding this, the other two prime ministers had no objections, so they appointed Guo Shen and transferred him to the Sansi Yamen to preside over the Yongxing Military Road to implement the square field equalization tax law.
After the discussion, the three of them drafted a memorial together to explain the matter to Zhao Zhen, and then waited for Zhao Zhen's reply.
In the end, Zhao Zhen did not waste any time, and soon the memorial was approved by Zhao Zhen and sent to the Political Hall. Fu Bi signed and sealed it and then passed it on to Guo Shen.
So this low-end version of the Qingli Reform, the Jiayou Reform was officially formed, and the main candidates for the host were all veterans who had participated in the Qingli New Deal.
Of course, Li Hao didn't know about these things for the time being, until the reform plan compiled by Li Hao was completed and sent to Ouyang Xiu by Li Hao.
It was just an unfortunate coincidence that when Li Hao arrived, Ouyang Xiu was already discussing with Guo Zi how to implement the reform of Fangtian's tax law.
And Ouyang Xiu didn't have too many expectations for what Li Hao wrote.
Then he asked Li Hao to put down his things and retreated.
And this result took three days to wait. This was because Ouyang Xiu found a manuscript on his desk for no reason, and he didn't realize what it was for a while.
However, when I took it casually and saw that the handwriting on it was Li Hao's, I remembered that this was the reform plan written by Li Hao.
So he started reading curiously. Ouyang Xiu didn't pay much attention when he first read it. He simply wanted to read it briefly so that he could analyze the pros and cons and give Li Hao some comments.
But when I saw the later part, I became more and more fascinated. After summarizing the data summarized by Li Hao and providing various suggestions, Ouyang Xiu said that it was amazing.
Then he took the manuscript, got up and left the lobby, and went to find Li Hao.
As it turned out, by coincidence, Li Hao was really not here at this time, because the appointment letter from Li Hao's family had already been sent to the British government.
Moreover, both parties have set a date for the collection, and Li Hao needs to send the betrothal gift to others on that day.
Today, the Wei family has roughly finalized the planned gift list, so they asked Li Hao to go back to the house to see if there were any problems. If not, they would formally register it.
It happened that Li Hao had just finished what he was doing, and Ouyang Xiu didn't send any more tasks to Li Hao, so he was free.
So he said hello to his colleagues and left the Third Division.
But this time he left his post without permission, and as a result, he missed Ouyang Xiu and caught him.
While Ouyang Xiu was waiting, Li Hao finally returned to the Third Division.
But the purpose of Li Hao's visit was to ask for leave.
Because Li Hao thought of what Zhao Zhen said, he asked himself to tell Zhao Zhen that he had additional rewards before he was hired.
That's why Li Hao came to Ouyang Xiu to formally ask for leave and go to the palace to see Zhao Zhen.
Of course, at this time, Li Hao didn't know that he had been discovered for leaving his post without permission.
When Li Hao found Ouyang Xiu, he was about to ask for leave when he saw Ouyang Xiu saying, "Where did you go just now? If you leave your post without any reason when you go to the Yamen, not only will you be punished, but you will also be punished."
When Li Hao heard this, he immediately thought that Ouyang Xiu must have gone to find him, but he didn't know how long he had been waiting. His lies must be unreliable and would not be accurate.
So he explained: "There is nothing I can do. My mother just came to me and said that the betrothal gifts at home were ready and she wanted to start sealing the boxes and making records.
Originally I said I wouldn't go, but my mother was worried and insisted that I see it.
After one glance, I just made a temporary trip.
I thought this was just a small thing, and I didn't ask for leave when I came back soon. "
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu didn't go into details and said directly: "Forget it, I will give you one month's salary this time as a warning. I can't do this again next time."
Li Hao thanked him and said, "Thank you uncle for your understanding. I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."
Then Ouyang Xiu said: "So how are your family's preparations for the betrothal gift? After all, you are marrying the only daughter of a British princess. If the betrothal gift list is simple, it will not look good if it is revealed."
Li Hao replied: "Uncle, don't worry, my family still has some furniture, and my mother also spent a lot of money this time.
There are a total of nineteen boxes, all of which are solid. They contain a lot of gold, silver, and Sichuan satin, which is almost half of my family's net worth. "
Ouyang Xiu said: "The benefits of this marriage to you are far more important than the money, so don't be reluctant to part with it.
Moreover, the British father-in-law will not care about the money. He will definitely take it back to your family as a dowry, and it will still belong to your family. "
Li Hao replied: "Even if it is brought back, it is still her dowry and is at her disposal. It has nothing to do with me."
Ouyang Xiu naturally knew that Li Hao was deliberately crying about poverty, but he still said: "Forget it, considering how much you spend, I won't deduct your salary from you."
At this time, Li Hao became happy and said, "Thank you very much, uncle. But what does uncle want to see me for? Are you in a hurry?"
If it's not urgent, I just want to take a leave and go to the palace.
My official family asked me to inform you in advance before making the appointment, saying that I would be given something as a betrothal gift.
But I was busy with the account books earlier, so I forgot about it all of a sudden. I only remembered it when I saw the betrothal gift today.
I don't necessarily want to be rewarded by officials, but this is an honor given by officials, and I don't want to be otherwise. "
Hearing this, Ouyang Xiu thought that he had to show Li Hao's reform articles to the officials and the two prime ministers, and said, "That's just right. I will enter the palace soon. You can come with me." .”
Li Hao naturally had no objection to this, and he just happened to be able to catch a ride.
On the carriage, Ouyang Xiu took out the reform strategy written by Li Hao and confirmed: "You gave me this strategy. Did you come up with these things yourself?"
Li Hao replied: "Of course I thought about it. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
After hearing Li Hao's words, Ouyang Xiu naturally believed Li Hao, but after all, this matter had to be reported to Zhao Zhen, and it would be difficult to deal with it if something went wrong.
So Ouyang Xiu thought to verify it himself to make sure it was foolproof.
So I picked out the issues and discussed them with Li Hao.
Of course, this was not a problem for Li Hao. As the discussion continued, Ouyang Xiu finally confirmed that these were written by Li Hao, and he felt relieved.
When they arrived in front of the palace gate, the two separated first.
Ouyang Xiu needs to go to the Political Affairs Hall first to discuss the situation with Fu Bi and Han Qi, and then report to Zhao Zhen.
Li Hao, on the other hand, went straight to Funing Palace to ask for the betrothal gift from Zhao Zhen.
