On the fifth day of Jiangning, Zhao Jiaren held a meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, Zhao Jiaren asked the important officials who accompanied him, "Do you think that Wenzhang collected taxes on landlords who abandoned wasteland? The facts are clear?"

No one spoke. Zhao Jiaren's eyes flashed across the faces of the opponents, and they saw them all shut their mouths tightly without responding at all. If they had the opportunity to object, these people probably had already begun to question them. At this moment, Mei Yougan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, who was more supportive of the fine, broke his silence, "Prince Wen, you said that you have not charged fines to those abandoned landlords so far. But you don't know when the fines will start."

This question immediately attracted the attention of those who supported Wen Zhang. They all stared at Wen Zhang and waited for Wen Zhang to answer. As for those who opposed Wen Zhang, they also began to pay attention to Wen Zhang, but before looking at Wen Zhang, they first showed disgust and even hatred to Mei Yougan, who was in his thirties.

"The fine will be implemented after harvesting this year. At present, everyone is short of money, and the policy promotion time is short. After harvesting, these people have income, it will not be too late to collect the fine."

"What if those people don't give it?" Mei Yougan continued to ask.

After hearing this, many people no longer had a needle-punching in their sight, but a knife and an axe.

"This..." Wen Zhang had already begun to doubt whether Mei Yougan was a friendly army. This question gave him the feeling of being made difficult. Since Mei Yougan had seen the problem, why did he ask Wen Zhang to open his trump card so early? The reason why Wen Zhang delayed the harvest before collecting the fine was of course because he had difficulties.

"This can be discussed later." Zhao Jiaren interrupted the awkward discussion at the right time, and then asked the important officials: "If you think there is anything wrong with Wen Zhang's report, please put it forward. If you think what Wen Zhang said is true, then let's go back to Hangzhou quickly. Everyone has been away for too long, and there will be too much work to accumulate when they go back."

Still no one came out to question it. Wen Zhang did a great job this time, and Zhao Jiaren circled the problem in a very fixed range, so the literati really couldn't find a space for blind bbs. Seeing that no one came out to speak at this time, Zhao Jiaren was very satisfied. He said, "We will set out tomorrow morning. Everyone can move freely today, and it is not easy to travel to Jiangning."

After everyone left, Zhao Jiaren called Wen Zhang and some other people to hold a small meeting.

"Wenzhang, I'm a little curious. Why don't the landlords in Jiangning even commit fraud? No matter how you say they abandon the wasteland, they will abandon the wasteland. They won't move for a moment." Ding Fei asked first.

"This...of course, the government came quickly. Those people probably felt that as they were before, they would not be able to get any results even if they had been involved in my term."

"Oh? So that's it." Ding Fei had never been a local official and had been working in a powerful department. He was relatively incomprehensible about the efficiency of procrastination.

Wen Zhang continued to explain: "In addition, the land you see now is lush and lush, and it is completely managed by everyone. It is not easy for landlords to cheat. First, they have to remove the weeds on it. A mu of land requires a lot of manpower to deal with it. To cheat, it is better to just reclaim the land."

"It's actually like this." Ding Fei sighed a little. He has lived in Fuzhou City with his father since he was a child, and he has never done farm work.

"But I have to thank the officials, thank you everyone." Wen Zhang changed direction.

Other officials looked at Zhao Jiaren. Although they were willing to support Wen Zhang this time, they could really help, relying entirely on Zhao Jiaren's orders to come to Jiangning immediately. From this perspective, Wen Zhang grasped the key.

Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "In the future, someone will definitely pick the bones in the eggs. I never think that anything can be perfect. Improvement is one thing, and it is another thing to lose the blame. I hope you can stand firm. I don't need to mention this matter today. I like Hangzhou very much. Hangzhou's transportation itself is not convenient. As a matter of traveling to Jiangning, you can also consider it."

There were already rumors of moving the capital in the court. After hearing Zhao Jiaren's words, everyone felt that the rumors seemed to make sense. Ding Fei asked: "If Jiangning was really good, why didn't the capital be established during Emperor Gaozong?"

"Because it's too close to the battlefield." Wen Zhang took over the conversation, "When the Jin army was pressing step by step, Jiangning had the benefits of the Yangtze River, and it would also be attacked by the Jin army because of the waterway. Not long ago, Mongolia also advanced east along the Yangtze River and captured Hangzhou. The officials' civil and military achievements were made, recovered the old land of the Song Dynasty, and restored the Han Dynasty. Now there is no enemy who can threaten the Song Dynasty with the navy, Jiangning only enjoys the benefits of the Yangtze River."

"If there is a flood, then what should I do?" Mei Youqian asked.

Wen Zhang couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. He was a little doubtful whether Mei Youqian supported him or pretended to support him. However, Mei Youqian was able to sit here, which proved that Zhao Jiaren trusted Mei Youqian quite a bit. Wen Zhang could only respond: "After the Qinhuai River is widening, there will be much less flooding."

Seeing that someone was going to be serious, Zhao Jiaren said again, "Don't care too much about Xingdu. The first thing to do when moving the capital is to build a large-scale construction. The country is not long before stability. This matter is not an urgent matter."

Mei Youqian closed her mouth and stopped saying a word.

"The Yangtze River is not just Jiangning. That is the problem of the entire soil and water conservation." Zhao Jiaren said again. He does not believe that environmental protection can achieve immediate results in the short term. The soil and water conservation in New China has also been continuously improved for decades, and we cannot expect to solve the problem in one or two days.

Since there are people who support Wen Zhang, there are people who oppose Wen Zhang. Lu Xiufu felt that he was no longer a person who particularly opposed Wen Zhang. When he sat with a group of staunch opponents, he quickly aroused the feeling of unity against the enemy.

"Wenzhang was too cruel to the people and simply refused to let everyone survive."

"The people from the Ministry of Agriculture are all Wen Zhang's accomplices. They are afraid of Wen Tianxiang, and they are really useless."

"Everyone buys land with money, so plant whatever he wants. The Ministry of Agriculture passed the law, with the purpose of making money in disguise. In fact, it is only necessary to collect the capitol tax, and the taxes of the court are enough."

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Lu Xiufu did not speak because someone had already expressed his dissatisfaction. As for Lu Xiufu, Zhao Jiaren announced that he would never collect the captive tax, which was to pick up the persimmons. Zhao Jiaren studied the "First Empire of Qin and Han Dynasties" and has been building for more than ten years, and has initially completed the measurement points all over the place. With those measurement benchmark points, the court has already figured out how much land there is in the world. The population is mobile, and the captive tax is not easy to collect. The land cannot be moved, so it becomes the object of taxation.

"Only collect taxes on land, the land owner will not be able to pay the tax if he is not careful. What should he do at that time? Is it impossible to sell land and repay debts?" someone said loudly.

This sentence made Lu Xiufu feel a little deafening, and also made Lu Xiufu understand the most worried issue in his heart. If the land owners do not manage well, they will definitely not be able to pay the land tax. They may really lose their land at that time.

Lu Xiufu was not the only one who was shocked. Many people said in anger: "The regulations formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture are evil laws. We must abolish them after we return to Hangzhou."

Lu Xiufu nodded. He respected Zhao Jiaren very much, so he was unwilling to disobey Zhao Jiaren's thoughts. This is also the reason why he has been unwilling to agree with others. However, this time he also had an idea. Perhaps the one who proposed the evil law was the treacherous ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture. As long as the new agricultural management regulations can be abolished, he will never get involved in this matter again.

The next morning, people with different ideas took a boat back to Hangzhou together. When they arrived in Hangzhou, Lu Xiufu did not go home first, but went to the Ministry of Revenue. He wanted to see what emergency official duties were. The Ministry of Revenue was operating well and nothing major happened these days. When Lu Xiufu sat on the chair tiredly and picked up the newspaper casually, he saw that the headline on the front page of the Dasong Daily was 'What is the use of land?'

Seeing that the signature was Zhao Jiaren. Lu Xiufu was a little surprised at first, why did he suddenly have such an article? Then he thought that the current communication in the Song Dynasty was not particularly difficult to transmit an article.

Looking at the content, Zhao Jiaren clearly stated that the original purpose of land was for production, and it should be a good planting and management, and should not be a tool for landlords to act as a hero. Although they did not directly refer to Jiangning's name, the cases cited were all local cases in Jiangning. In the description, the landlords proposed that the tenant farmers could not bear the land rent. The tenant farmers expressed disagreement, and the landlords immediately seized the tenant. They would rather abandon the waste than allow the tenant farmers to get the slightest reduction in the land rent.

Seeing this, Lu Xiufu really couldn't stand it. He knew that Zhao Jiaren was a person who could do it to the end with his ideas. Through this article, it can be seen that Zhao Jiaren's trip to Jiangning was just the beginning of attacking landlords through land tax. Now the Minister of Revenue Lu Xiufu felt confused. If he said that he didn't care about the life or death of the tenant farmers, it wouldn't be. Moreover, Lu Xiufu didn't want to be completely opposed to Zhao Jiaren at all. If possible, Lu Xiufu hoped that he could be Zhao Jiaren's loyal minister throughout his life.

Now this article proves Zhao Jiaren's policy direction, Lu Xiufu's painful discovery, and his previous fantasies were completely shattered. The Ministry of Agriculture was not the promoter of the new policy, nor was it the treacherous ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture who deceived the official Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren is the promoter of this new policy, and the Ministry of Agriculture was just obeying orders.

What should I do? Lu Xiufu has no idea. If according to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, if officials cannot accept the policies of the officials at all or the prime minister at all, they must speak up and fight. However, they must resign decisively to clarify their ambitions. For example, Wen Tianxiang did it back then, and he decisively demanded to resign, but the court refused to let him go.

Of course, everything has two aspects. Even if you do not resign, those officials who refuse to implement the policies of the officials or prime ministers will be dismissed. Those officials who are considered to be lip service to the policies of the officials or prime ministers will be dismissed. Now the power of the officials and prime ministers of the Song Dynasty is concentrated in the hands of the Zhao family. Not long ago, the conscience of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Minister of the Minister of Agriculture, was driven to the Guangdong-Guangdong Road to be the deputy director of the Department of Agriculture. This is the traditional political struggle of the Song Dynasty.

No one wanted to be deposed to Lingnan, and Lu Xiufu was unwilling to do so. But once the two were measured, Lu Xiufu made up his mind that even if he was deposed, he would not do anything against his conscience. He would never agree to this wrong policy.

When Zhao Jiaren returned home, he felt very tired. He was already 48 years old, and he was not as young as a teenager. He also felt a strong sense of fatigue during this journey. He slept well all night, and the next day at dawn, Zhao Jiaren woke up.

I got up and cleaned up, went to the yard to exercise, and found that my body had recovered. In a happy mood, I couldn't help but do some more intense movements on the parallel bars.

On the morning of that day, Zhao Jiaren did not hold a common morning meeting. None the next day. Lu Xiufu, who had decided to try hard at the morning meeting, was a little surprised. It was Sunday again, and the morning meeting was not held.

On Monday, the morning meeting was finally held. Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Lu Xiufu wanted to write down what he wanted to express his feelings, but found that the previous urge to fight to the death was worn out a lot in three days. At this time, the door opened and Zhao Jiaren walked out. Unlike before, he actually held a cane. The secretary followed him, looking like he wanted to support Zhao Jiaren.

Lu Xiufu was shocked. He never expected that one day he would see the Zhao Guan family, who was so angry that they used the crutches of the elderly. Under this concern, he lost the previous impulse.

Zhao Jiaren didn't explain, he didn't expect that he was really old. In the Song Dynasty, big belly was a very powerful thing. However, feeling the fat meat that had not reached the big belly, Zhao Jiaren decided to strengthen exercise every day in the future to reduce his weight. According to the standards of the 21st century, he was already in a sub-health state with an excess of weight. These fat meats were probably overworked and fat.

Looking for reasons that he could accept it, Zhao Jiaren sat down with a back pain. Then he heard Wen Tianxiang say, "People take care of their health."

Zhao Jiaren could only answer politely: "Thank you for your concern. I will be careful in the future. Let's have a meeting quickly."

Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Lu Xiufu deliberately spoke later, listening to the briefings given by the senior officials, each of which was related to his duties. No one who opposed the new management regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture raised an objection. Now Lu Xiufu was also angry. Those people before were all like they were lost, and they were all frank and were full of vain!

Since those people refused, Lu Xiufu's recklessness came to his head. When he spoke, he shouted: "Officials, I think the regulations on agricultural production management of the Ministry of Agriculture are inappropriate. We should not be fined for abandoning waste."

Zhao Jiaren sighed slightly and asked, "Those people would rather abandon the waste than farm for the people. What should we do about this?"

"You can persuade local officials."

"Mythical persuasion? Are you asking the government to conduct moral persuasion to the landlords?" Zhao Jiaren asked coldly.

"It is possible to prevent the local government from robbing tenants, but it is absolutely absolutely necessary to impose a direct fine."

"What if the government orders not to take the tenant, what should I do if the landlord disobeys the slander?"
Chapter completed!