Tie Xuan and the other two left together, and Li Zhigang's face looked gloomy and gloomy.

Soon, the person in charge stood at the door and coughed gently.

A gentle official, who was in his early 40s and was less than 50 years old, slowly came in from outside the door and sat down silently next to Li Zhigang.

Li Zhigang has few friends, and to be precise, there are actually no friends. But this person who came in can be called his close friend.

This person is Liu Guan, the right-sponsor of Zhejiang Provincial Administration.

The reason why men can become close friends is that they have similarities, but Liu Guan and Li Zhigang are exceptions because they are people who are unrelated.

Liu Guan is a taciturn person, not willing to fight with others, and even more unwilling to fight with others. He is a person and work with others, and never be innovative and unique.

But Li Zhigang, he likes everything that Liu Guan doesn't like...

But the reason why Liu Guan was able to become Li Zhigang's only friend is because he is a good person.

He doesn't step on the red top and white side when he is high or low, nor does he add icing on the cake, nor does he add to the insult.

As long as others treat him well, he will be nice to others silently. He may not bring substantial benefits to his friends, but if his friends make mistakes, he will give him a hand, and if his friends are proud, he will persuade him.

If a friend has good things, he will be happy, but if something happens to a friend, he will be sad... In short, he is a good person who is used to thinking about others...

~

"Shaoying..." Li Zhigang called Liu Guan with his name and smiled bitterly, "There are so many scholars, officials and gentry outside who surrounded me, are you just coming in so big?"

Liu Guan was wearing his official uniform and said in a muffled voice, "I am your friend, there is no need to hide it!"

"I'm afraid that you will be implicated by me and will not be able to become an official in the future!" Li Zhigang smiled bitterly again, "When you hear the yelling outside, I'm almost Qin Hui!"

Liu Guan was silent for a moment, "You are not!"

"Ha!" Li Zhigang laughed, "These three words should be very clear!"

"Don't drink!" Liu Guan shook his head, "I don't like drinking, you know!"

Li Zhigang continued to laugh, "You don't like drinking or girls, what do you love?"

"Actually..." Liu Guan pondered for a moment, "Actually, I love money... I don't look like you from a wealthy family, and you have a life of luxury. I have to support my family for dozens of people, and my life is very difficult! But..." As he said that, he paused, "But I am timid and I dare not be greedy for money!"

Li Zhigang was silent for a moment when he heard this and asked tentatively, "The New Year is coming soon, can the New Year goods be prepared at home? I heard that my eldest niece has been engaged, is the dowry ready?" As he said, he paused again, and then said, "The dowry cannot be shabby, otherwise the in-laws will look down on me after passing the door!"

Speaking of this, he pondered again, "I know you are not well-off. When I look back, I will ask you to give you a ticket, and the number will not be too large. Even if I give my niece the money in cash, what?"

Liu Guan shook his head, "No!" and said, looking at Li Zhigang, "Friends, money will change the flavor!"

"Hey, you're pedantic!" Li Zhigang cursed with a laugh.

Afterwards, both of them remained silent.

~

"Yixing, you should know!" After a long time, Liu Guan said, "The emperor doesn't want Tie Buzheng and the other two to get involved in right and wrong. Why do you want to pull them into the water?"

"It's not that I pulled them into the water, but that they and I are on the ship of the New Deal!" Li Zhigang narrowed his eyes, "Since I got on the boat, if I want the boat to row fast, I have to work hard! I can't row myself as a shipkeeper, they eat, drink, have fun and be guests, right?"

As he said that, he smiled, "I know the emperor doesn't want to, but it's different from the emperor's not wanting to see it! If they are as unafraid of difficulties as I, Mr. Li, the emperor will definitely be relieved!"

"Besides...." Speaking of this, Li Zhigang pondered for a moment, with a bit of ruthlessness on his face, "If you don't drag them into the water, how can those old foxes in the court express their opinions? The political achievements are not my own, and I can't bear the blame alone!"

Liu Guan was silent, he knew what Li Zhigang meant.

Behind Tie Xuan and others, in fact, in addition to the emperor, there are also those who are the powerful and powerful Northern masters in the court.

"If you do this, the new policy will become more and more powerful!" Liu Guan advised.

"The emperor hopes that the fire will become strong." Li Zhigang looked at the charcoal basin in the house, "Only when the fire is strong can the dregs be burned clean!"

As he said that, he laughed at himself, "Actually, I... well... you also know that the new policy is not a new policy to me. I am always an official if there is a new policy. But if I want to be a high-ranking official and reach the highest level of my Ming Dynasty, I must follow the emperor's wishes."

"You are like this..." Liu Guan was silent for a long time again and said, "Are you not afraid of the future..."

“What’s the future?”

"The birds are all hidden!" Liu Guan said a word with difficulty.

This is a relatively tactful word he thought about for a long time, but being able to say such a word shows that he is really Li Zhigang's friend.

"The birds are all hidden? It should be the rabbits and dogs cook them!" Li Zhigang laughed, "Or it was to calm the anger of the public and kill me to thank the world, right?"

Liu Guan didn't say anything, which was the default.

"Don't worry, no!" Li Zhigang touched the soft mink hair on his body, "You don't know much about our long live master. The more you do things, the more you protect him. Even if you do something wrong, he will bear it!"

Liu Guan frowned, "But offending too many people is not good after all!"

"If you suffer in your life, you will suffer in the same way that you don't want to offend others, otherwise your qualifications will be enough for the minister of the same department!" Li Zhigang smiled, "Think about it, I am the minister of the Long Live Master. Do I need to be afraid of offending others? Besides, in this world, can you have a good end if you don't offend others?"

"It's easy to break even if you're too hard!" Liu Guan said again.

"I can't break it!" Li Zhigang's eyes were clear, "If I break it, the new policy would be a joke!"

Suddenly, Liu Guan looked at the other party in surprise.

"Do you know what is the most difficult and criticized thing about the new policy?" Li Zhigang said, "It is not that the resident is investing in a mu, nor that it is that the position of grain chief for officials and gentry collecting grain, but that it is a job as a job and a job to pay the grain together!"

"I know this, many people in the yamen are not satisfied!" Liu Guan sighed and said, "Since ancient times, they have been studying and becoming an official. Once an official is an official, they must be distinguished from the common people. Officials are in charge, and management means power! The court has implemented this new policy and regarded officials and gentry as enemies!"

"You still don't see the root!" Li Zhigang shook his head, "Officials and gentlemen are one class... for the common people, the superior class. But who are the common people? Is it just a peasant?"

Liu Guan was stunned and couldn't speak.

"The common people can also be big landlords, big merchants! They can also be small landlords and small merchants!" Li Zhigang smiled, "The state dynasty has established the family rules of ancestors since Emperor Taizu Gao. People without fame and fortune cannot even wear silk, and those without fame and fortune are collectively called common people!"

"Even if the common people have a wealth of wealth, they can still rely on officials and gentry for their status... You may be natural to see this matter. But have you ever thought that whether those merchants or landlords are willing to hand over the interests in their hands to officials and gentry who do nothing?"

"Contradiction!" Li Zhigang said seriously, "The contradiction between imperial power and officials and gentry, the contradiction between officials and gentry and common people... In terms of Jiangnan, there is also the contradiction between the traditional official and gentry class and the new rich!"

"Maybe the contradiction is not obvious yet... what can I do?" Li Zhigang breathed a deep breath, with a little worry, "Officials and gentry are above all common people, which is not conducive to the self-development of all industries among the people!"

"This is not only a problem of treasury income, but why did the emperor let Tie Xuan and the others stay here for several years?"

"Look at the officials and gentry and not let them point fingers at the big businessmen and big business companies, stare at them and not let them use their privileges to suppress business and monopolize them!"
Chapter completed!