Li Wei was mainly unhappy that he was the only one who was unlucky, and Li Wei now understood that he had fallen into the trap of Princess Miao and ended up in this situation.
At Zhao Zonghan's current age, it is estimated that Princess Miao will still be in the imperial court for more than ten years, so Li Wei knew that he would never be able to turn around.
In this case, Li Wei didn't need to leave any room, and simply confessed a large number of corrupt officials related to him in prison, hoping to drag a group of people into misfortune.
Ordinarily, there is nothing strange about this. There are no corrupt officials in any dynasty or generation, so just check them out.
But the main thing is that Kang Haifeng's name appears among them, which is very strange.
After all, Kang Haifeng has only been in Yingtian Mansion for a long time. It is said that even if he wanted to be greedy, he would not find a way out so quickly. Could it be that Kang Haifeng still has talent in this area, and his skills are a bit crooked.
Because this matter already involves business tax reform, and Li Hao had already made the matter known to everyone in order to help Li Wei break off the marriage.
Therefore, no one dared to refute what Li Wei said. Even the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai sent people to Yingtian Mansion to investigate the matter in detail.
Originally, Li Hao didn't want to take care of it. Anyway, Kang Haifeng's misfortune had nothing to do with him.
As a result, Mrs. Wang hurriedly returned to Bianjing, found Li Hao, and asked Li Hao to help.
This made Li Hao strange, but Li Hao still didn't want to care about it, so he said: "I can't interfere with the national laws of the imperial court at will, and I believe that Lord Kang must have been wronged by Li Wei.
After the Ministry of Punishment investigates the situation, it will definitely clear Mr. Kang's name, don't worry. "
Seeing Li Hao being so conceited about her, Mrs. Wang felt helpless for a while. Finally, she couldn't bear to lose her face, so she left Li Hao's house and went to find other people for help.
However, after this incident, Li Hao concluded in his heart that Kang Haifeng must have really fallen into trouble, otherwise Mrs. Wang would not be in such a hurry to return to Beijing.
Thinking that Yuan Wenshao was in Yingtian Mansion, as the son-in-law of the Sheng family, the Wang family must have looked for him and should know what happened.
So Li Hao simply wrote a letter to Yingtian Mansion and asked what happened.
When Yuan Wenshao's letter came back, Li Hao realized that this was another trouble caused by the Kang Wang family.
Originally, Li Hao saw that Aunt Kang had been honest in Bianjing for a period of time, so he thought she had really repented.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Bianjing, his original nature would return.
Of course, it is also possible that she has not changed at all, but that there were too many high-ranking people in Bianjing City, and after being taught a lesson, she was forced to restrain herself.
As a result, now that I left Bianjing City, I immediately felt that the shackles on my body were gone, and since Yingtianfu Yin was his own brother, he became even more free-spirited.
It turned out that the Kangwang family was really good at doing evil things. After cross-checking several local official documents of Yingtian Mansion, they really started the business of loan sharking and soliciting lawsuits.
Taking the capital and power of the Kang and Wang families, he poured money into his arms.
As for Kang Haifeng, he also mentioned in the letter that he also felt that Kang Wang's affairs had gone too far and he wanted to take care of them.
It's just that under the nose of the Wang family, after all, they don't have the confidence to take tough measures, and the Kang Wang family is not able to listen to advice, so they can only let the Kang Wang family do whatever they want.
On the Wang family's side, the letter did not mention whether they had prior knowledge.
But when Li Hao thought about it, the Wang family must have known about it. He just thought that it was no big deal and that even if there was a problem, the Wang family could make things right, so he didn't take care of it.
But the Wang family did not expect that something like Li Wei would happen, causing the problem to spread directly in Bianjing City, taking the matter out of the control of the Wang family, and maybe even the Wang family would be implicated.
After learning the whole story, Li Hao didn't intend to take any more care. Next, it would be up to him how much affection the Wang family could use in Bianjing City.
Facts have also proved that the Wang family is really in trouble now in Bianjing City. Originally, I supported you last time because I wanted everyone to help each other after you were promoted.
But now that your family is in a disadvantageous situation, it will be difficult to expect others to help you in times of need.
So after Mrs. Wang walked around hard, she found that no one was willing to help.
There was no other way. In the end, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to run to Sheng Mansion again and let Sheng Hong come up with a solution.
But what could Sheng Hong, a salt and iron envoy, say on this matter, and even if he could, Sheng Hong didn't want to bother with it.
After all, there are so many pairs of eyes staring at this matter, and Sheng Hong, with his self-protective temperament, doesn't want to get involved at all.
Of course, Sheng Hong also understood that his mother-in-law did not really count on him, but hoped that he would persuade Li Hao to help.
Sheng Hong felt grateful for the Wang family's support in the past, but intuitively knew that it was inappropriate to go to Li Hao for this matter.
Undecided, Sheng Hong found his old lady, explained the situation and asked: "Mother, do you think I should go to Li Hao about this matter?"
Mrs. Sheng replied: "It was Li Hao who supported you in your successful official career these years, so we owe him a debt of gratitude, not that he owes us a debt of gratitude.
After your mother-in-law returned to Beijing, didn't she go to see Li Hao? It must have been rejected by Li Hao.
If you come to look for him now, no matter whether he succeeds or not, you will lose his affection with Li Hao. "
After finishing speaking, seeing that Sheng Hong still looked hesitant, Mrs. Sheng had no choice but to continue: "Okay, if your mother-in-law comes again in the future, I will be the one to receive her, and you should stop showing up."
This was what Sheng Hong was waiting for. After hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Thank you very much, mother. Mother, take a good rest and I won't bother you anymore."
After saying that, I wanted to get up and leave, but before I left Shou'an Hall, I heard Old Mrs. Sheng's voice coming from behind: "Besides, please watch over Madam, don't let her stir up any trouble. Understand?"
"My son understands. I will make it clear to you, Madam." After Sheng Hong finished speaking, he waited a moment and saw that the old lady had nothing to say before continuing to leave.
Later, it was up to Old Mrs. Sheng to deal with Old Mrs. Wang, and she was naturally very good at it. No matter whether Old Mrs. Wang was playing the emotional card or using inducements, Old Mrs. Sheng could always smooth things over in a gentle and gentle voice, which made Old Mrs. Wang also confused. Got tempered.
As for Mrs. Wang, just as Mrs. Sheng expected, she was eager to help her mother's family as soon as she was attacked.
It's just that Sheng Hong wasn't used to her faults. No matter how much she behaved, he just didn't agree with the matter. Later, in order to stay out of sight and out of mind, he even moved to the Yamen for a few days to keep quiet.
So in this case, the evidence of Kang and Wang's crimes was verified, and both the Kang family and the Wang family were eventually implicated.
Kang Haifeng was a bit thoughtful and saved some evidence to prove that Kang and Wang had done this without knowing anything about it beforehand.
But even so, he was ultimately found guilty because of his unfavorable control, and was eventually ordered to suspend his duties, revoked his current official position, and only retained his rank, which was equivalent to returning to before liberation.
The Kangwang family was imprisoned in the inner prison and was probably unlikely to come out again.
As for Wang Shiping, he did not prepare evidence in advance to clear himself up, but his ending was still better than Kang Haifeng's.
Although Mrs. Wang couldn't find anyone who could rescue the Wang family, she was still accommodating in the outcome, and was eventually demoted to Yingzhou.
Therefore, doting on children without distinguishing right from wrong is undesirable. Mrs. Wang's pampering of her own daughter ended up harming her son.
Judging from the current situation of the Wang family, it will be difficult for Wang Shiping to return to Bianjing City after arriving this time.
I just don’t know if Mrs. Wang now has any regrets in her heart.
However, compared to the dismissal and exile in the TV series, the Wang family's ending is much better now.
At this point, this matter can be considered to have come to an end, and Li Hao ushered in two good things one after another.
The first thing was to select the person who promoted the Imperial City Division. It was the candidate recommended by Li Hao. Originally, Li Hao wanted Zhang Wen to do it.
It's just that although the Imperial City Secretary has a high and powerful position, his subordinates are not always clean when doing this work, and Huining Hou does not agree.
So after consulting Uncle Wei Ning, Li Yixing became the new Imperial City Secretary.
The second thing is that the arrangements in Chengyuan are complete, and the burial at Zhao Zhen's side has been completed, so Li Hao plans to move in.
With Li Hao's current momentum, this new house cannot be deserted, it must be well organized.
Of course, Li Hao didn't need to worry about these things. After all, Zhang Guifen had participated in countless banquets since she was a child. She had also helped the British princess to manage the banquets before she left the cabinet, so she had a lot of experience.
The only thing Li Hao had to do was to accompany Zhang Guifen to draw up the invitation list. It was not difficult to invite people.
It's rare to see what happens next. After all, given Li Hao's current situation, the person he hired was both civilized and military-savvy, and at a high level.
So how to balance the relationship between the two parties and arrange seats for them requires a lot of thinking.
In fact, Zhang Guifen did not disappoint Li Hao. The banquet was held very well and all the guests were very dissatisfied.
In the days that followed, Li Hao continued to plan for commercial tax reform. After Yingtian Mansion was basically stable, he began to summarize the reform experience.
The next step is to learn from the experience of Kaifeng Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture, and extend the commercial tax reform to Gyeonggi Road, Jingxi East and West Road, as well as Henan Prefecture and Daming Prefecture, the other two capital prefectures.
At this time, a group of Jinshi scholars in the same year as Li Hao, such as Zhang Heng, Dou Bian, Zeng Gong, and Zeng Bu, also returned to Bianjing under the arrangement of Shen Tugang and participated in the subsequent business and tax reforms. .
In addition, Li Hao's two senior brothers, Yan Fu and Yan Jingwen, were also brought back by Li Hao.
However, the highest ranking among these people is Yan Fu, and now he is only from the fifth rank, which is the same rank as Sheng Changbai.
You must know that he was a Jinshi one level earlier than Li Hao and Sheng Changbai, and entered the officialdom three years in advance.
Of course, compared to Yan Fu, Yan Jingwen seems to be even more unsatisfied, because he was one year earlier than Yan Fu, but now he is only at the sixth level, lower than Yan Fu.
However, Yan Jingwen didn't care much about this matter. In his conversation with Li Hao, he mostly talked about the suffering of the people and never complained to Li Hao about whether he was not satisfied.
It is with these people that Li Hao finally has his own team of civil servants, so he does not have to do everything himself.
Of course, not all of these people are trustworthy, such as Zeng Bu. This guy has stabbed Wang Anshi in the back in history.
Although the development of the world is different, everyone's ideas will definitely be different, but it is still better to be cautious.
Thanks to the efforts of everyone, the initial commercial tax reform was successful in the four governments and two roads, and a large number of backbones were cultivated through the reform.
Therefore, it will be implemented simultaneously on Hebei East Road, Jingxi South Road, Jingxi North Road, and Huainan East Road, with plans to gradually speed up the speed.
In the fourth year of Zhiping, that is, four years after Zhao Zonghan ascended the throne, the reforms of Hebei East Road, Jingxi South Road, Jingxi North Road, and Huainan East Road all began to bear fruit, and everyone felt that the time had come.
Ouyang Xiu formally laid out the facts in the court, formally announced various measures of the new coup law in the court, and announced the official start of the peace reform.
Of course, in order to avoid intensifying conflicts at the beginning, the new policy measures submitted this time did not involve the reform of officialdom, but focused on enriching the country and strengthening the army.
But even so, it still caused an uproar in the court. Although the reform had already been carried out, the original words were not made clear and their bottom line was not touched. With the prestige of Ouyang Xiu and Fu Bi, everyone could tolerate it. Forbearance.
But now they really couldn't bear it anymore, so some conservative ministers criticized every measure proposed by Ouyang Xiu.
Naturally, there was no shortage of supporters on Ouyang Xiu's side, so the court turned into a battlefield between the reformers and the conservatives. The two sides had a small quarrel every day, and a big quarrel every three days, without stopping for a moment.
In fact, there has been controversy among the reformists as to whether to use the banner of the New Deal. Some people think that things can be done in a low-key manner, and there is no need to directly use the slogan of the New Deal.
He was then refuted by Ouyang Xiu, because Ouyang Xiu knew very well that if he wanted to carry out strict reforms, he had to concentrate the power of the local and central governments to do it together.
However, if the goals of the New Deal are not clear, it will be impossible to concentrate all efforts, and then everything will be impossible to talk about later.
Moreover, Ouyang Xiu and Fu Bi also felt that they should speed up the progress. After all, they are both very old. Fu Bi is now sixty-two years old, and Ouyang Xiu is still sixty years old.
At this age, they are busy with national affairs every day and are not allowed to rest. They are also worried that they may not be able to last much longer.
It is better to clarify the New Deal issues while they are still able to do things, and get through the period of heaviest pressure before handing over to the next generation to take over.
Of course, although this period of time is very stressful for Ouyang Xiu and Fu Bi.
But compared to the Qingli period, it was much better, because at least now they didn't have to worry about rebellion in the palace and giving them a fatal blow.
Because now Zhao Zonghan and Concubine Miao are well coaxed by Li Hao. After all, there are Imperial City Secretary and Palace Chief Secretary in the palace. Li Hao can accurately let Zhao Zonghan and Concubine Miao hear what he wants them to hear. .
Freed from the constraints of the palace, and with the full support of Ouyang Xiu and Fu Bi, the reformists have greatly increased their strength. They can quarrel with the conservatives while implementing the New Deal from top to bottom without delay.
By the ninth year of Zhiping, it had been five years since the New Deal was officially implemented. In these five years, the Central Taxation Division had spread all over the Four Capital Prefectures and Twenty-Sixth Road of the Song Dynasty, and commercial taxation and agricultural taxation were unified under the three divisions.
Originally, everything was going well with the New Deal, and he should have been happy. However, Fu Bi's illness caused some changes in this matter.
Although Fu Bi was rescued this time, his health was not as good as before, and his position as Privy Councilor may have to be adjusted.
On the other side, Ouyang Xiu also realized that it was time to choose a successor for himself.
In terms of closeness and actual ability, Li Hao is the best candidate for Ouyang Xiu.
However, it was obviously against the rules to jump directly from the Third Secretary to Ping Zhangshi, a subordinate of Tong Zhongshu, to take charge of the Zhengshitang. This meant that either Li Hao should be allowed to take over as the Privy Envoy, or he could join the Zhengshitang as a counselor for political affairs.
No matter which path he takes, it means that Li Hao will let go of the power of the three departments, which makes Li Hao a little worried.
After all, the Third Division has too much power now, and it needs to cooperate with the new policy measures. If it is handed over to others, it will be in big trouble if it encounters a rebel.
So after hearing the two choices given by Ouyang Xiu, Li Hao thought hard for many days before he came up with a good idea.
But obviously Li Hao's method was a bit unexpected. After Ouyang Xiu heard the idea, he lost his voice and said, "What did you just say? You want to abolish the third division!"
