The first person who advocated the one-whip method was Fu Hanchen, the censor in March of the tenth year of Jiajing. At that time, the silence was not born. Later, the one-whip method began to be tried in some areas in the southeast. The reason was obvious, and it allowed the clerks and gentry to take advantage of it. The former could not get the benefits, and the latter could not escape taxes, so they naturally had to make trouble with the officials who implemented it.

Because there have been opposition in the court, and the emperor has never made up his mind to make the whip law a national policy. Therefore, local officials cannot get legal support, and the gentry is also lucky. It is often a hard work for an official to carry out the law. But once he leaves office, everything returns to the starting point, and the successor has to start from scratch.

However, the implementation of the law on the law was not only due to the promotion of officials, but also due to the demands of the people. Therefore, despite the heavy resistance, it was gradually promoted.

By the 40th year of Jiajing, the implementation area had expanded from the south to the north, Jiangxi, Xijiang, Nanzhili, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Shandong had relatively mature experiences. Especially after Gao Gong came to power, he ordered Liu Guangji to be in Huguang, Pang Shangpeng to be in Jiangxi, Hai Rui to be in Zhili, and Lin Run to be in Shandong. The province has vigorously promoted it and has met the conditions for national promotion.

However, it seems that there are many opinions on support and opposition. Supporters think that the burden on the whip law is fair, it is difficult to cheat, the tax amount is determined, and the collection of loans is convenient. Opponents believe that the burden is uneven, there is no universal applicability, and the collection of silver is not conducive to agriculture and is easy to embezzle.

Among the opposition voices, especially the leader of the Qingliu in the court, the Zuodu Censor Ge Shouli, this clear-cut anti-counterfeiting fighter, has been running around in many ways and shouting loudly, hoping to prevent the formation of a resolution.

But he knew very well that the number of votes in the court discussion was in the hands of Shen Mo, and in addition, many officials themselves supported the One Whip Method, among which the Ministry of Revenue, which was not under the control of silence, would definitely support the case... According to the voting method formulated last year, in the court and court discussion, the chief minister of the cabinet calculated five votes; the second assistant, the cabinet member with the first rank, the minister of the first rank, the chief minister of the first rank, the chief minister of the first rank, the chief minister of the first rank, the chief minister of the first rank, the chief minister of the second rank, the chief minister of the second rank, the chief minister of the third rank, the deputy chief censor, and the temple minister were counted two. There were also the chief minister of the fourth rank, the chief minister of the Imperial College, the Shaoqing, etc., which were counted one... So it was definitely possible to pass the court promotion.

But passing the court recommendation does not mean that the world can be promulgated, because the six departments have the right to refute the resolutions formed by the court proposal and the appointment formed by the court recommendation. That is, the six departments can deny it.

In the struggle against Feng Bao, Kedao was an ally on the united front. As the head of the Censorate, Ge Shouli thought he could influence the section chiefs with small officials and great powers. He first asked several censors to give it a blow, and then personally took action to find Han Ji, the chief of the sixth section, hoping that he could promote the refutation.

Han Ji couldn't help but complain, are you old and confused? Not to mention that this is a policy set by my teacher, how can I, a student, oppose it. Just say that it is no longer my teacher's position, Chen Ge is kind and does not care about my idea to wear his little shoes, so I have to perform well. How can I destroy the Chief Supervisor?

Besides, he could not dismantle it just as he wanted to dismantle it. Because the right to refute the six departments was also given clear regulations through the court discussion last year. For the ministry affairs of the six departments, the corresponding departments could be rejected. However, at the level of national affairs at the court discussion, one person in the six departments must give each person a vote, and decide whether to refute it by voting.

The Six-Corporate Gallery, which has always given people unity, is actually the most loose structure. Not only does the six-Corporate Gallery have different subordinates, but even the staff members of each department are not purely superior-level and subordinate-level relationships... Everyone has equal powers, and they are similar to the foreman, but are just nominal person-in-charge.

So he was a clerk in the official department, but he was just the nominal leader of the Sixth Department, and even his undergraduate colleagues could not control him. Han Ji knew that among the six departments, a small part of the six departments, he was originally a disciple of the Chief Aunt. Moreover, Chen Ge was really good at treating the Sixth Department. Not to mention anything else, his salary would be equal to that of the third-rank official.

This is not only a timely help to the staff, solve their problems, but also adds glory and makes them proud. Therefore, everyone is in a hindrance and does not say anything, but they are very grateful to the Prime Minister in their hearts.

In addition, Gao Gong disciples who account for the majority of the Six Chronicles, and a small number of Zhang Juzheng's people would not oppose their old masters, so he dared to say that this bill would definitely be passed in the Six Chronicles corridor.

But he did not dare to offend the respected Mr. Ge, so he could only laugh quietly and tell him that the Six-Classic Refutation Power was to vote together. Although he was named the eldest, he actually had one more vote than others and was not responsible for the matter.

"Don't talk to me about something useless!" Ge Shouli was so old that he had seen more people than he had eaten. He soon saw through Section Chief Han's thoughts and immediately lowered his face and taught a lesson: "The standard for selecting censors in the court is to not choose wealthy families, wealthy places, and smooth personalities. Most of you are from the southwest and the northwest, and you have to follow the Southern Barbarians to make trouble!"

"You said the Prime Minister is a Southern Barbarian?" What does Han Ji do? The censor! He practices verbal skills. He grasps the loopholes in his speech when Mr. Ge is old and speaks, and randomly says: "The Northern Song Dynasty has been in the past five hundred years. Why are you still different from the north and south?"

There is an allusion here. When the Northern Song Dynasty was established, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once established a ancestral system saying, "The Southern People shall not be prime ministers." Because the Southern Tang, Wu Yue and Southern Han in the south were all conquered areas. In other words, the people in these places were all people who lost their country. Zhao Kuangyin believed that their character was not suitable for the priest to rule over the world. However, this ancestral system was broken during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, and Wang Qinruo and Ding Wei these southerners successively ascended the throne of prime ministers. But the most famous southern prime ministers also belonged to Wang Anshi and Cai Jing, two ministers who were directly responsible for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

So when people mention this, people think of these two people. Han Ji's meaning is very obvious. Do you want to compare the Chief Minister to Wang Xianggong or Cai Xianggong? Ge Shouli was shocked at the time. Of course he didn't mean that. He said that the Southern Barbarians actually refer to those who practiced the one-whip method in the south. But the old man's self-reality was impossible to explain, and even his interest in talking to Han Ji was gone.

"Since Section Chief Han is in a dilemma, then just pretend that I have never been here." After saying a few more words, Ge Shouli left the Sixth Department Hall.

The court practiced that old ministers over 70 years old were given the carriage of the Great Inner Carriage regardless of grade. Ge Shouli had been taking the second grade for many years and could already sit in a carriage carried by four people. Ge Shouli started to sulk when he got into the sedan chair. Not long after, he suddenly felt relieved. When he opened his eyes, he saw the carriagekeepers grinding the bars of the sedan chair to turn out of the Forbidden City. He quickly stepped on the sedan chair and shouted in a muffled voice: "Don't turn, go straight to the cabinet!"

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In Wenyuan Pavilion, he sat silently in the office of the chief minister. When he heard that Ge Shouli had arrived, he quickly left behind his work and went to the cabinet door to greet him.

Ge Shouli's stubborn temper was famous. Because of the whip method, he wrote a memorial to Zhang Juzheng. During his tenure as chief minister, Gao Gong did not go to the cabinet once. Except for the court discussion, if there was any problem, Gao Gong had to go to the Censorate in person to find him.

It is such a big name that even Gao Gong has to be called a senior. So although Chen Mo is his boss, he still has to respect him. Fortunately, Shen Mo has a humble personality and has not changed at all as the prime minister. He used to be a late-born ceremony every time he met, but now he is still the same.

Although Ge Shouli didn't say anything on the surface, he had a very good impression of silence in his heart. If this weren't the case, he wouldn't have come to the cabinet again today.

Seeing that Ge Shouli had already got out of the sedan chair, he quickly took two steps in his silence, bowed with both hands and said, "You always have something to do, just call me over, why did you come here in person?"

Ge Shouli shook his head, and even told the truth, he joked: "You are the chief minister now, how could I rely on my seniority and lose the rules of the court?" But because I was just angry at the Sixth Century, this was a bit shocking.

Silence was not at all concerned, so he asked Ge Shouli to enter the reception hall, gave him the main seat, and sat on his right head. After taking a few sips of tea, Ge Shouli said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Jiangnan, we are just chatting with friends. I would like to ask, this prime minister has been serving as a senior for half a year, how does it feel?"

"Haha..." Chen Si sipped the tea lightly, and then smiled bitterly: "Eight words, trembling, like walking on thin ice."

"Okay, this is exactly what the prime minister should have." Ge Shouli nodded and said, "I am waiting for the officialdom in the past forty years. I have seen the six prime ministers, including Zhai Jian, Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, and Gao Gong, come to power and step down. Although I have never been a Grand Secretary in my life, I have also summarized some tricks to be a prime minister." As he said, he looked silently, "I wonder if the prime minister has time to listen to the old man's nagging?"

"Look at me with your ears." Silent smiled and led the leader.

"Okay, I'll just tell you a long story." Ge Shouli said: "I have discovered that if you want to treat this chief minister as a safe one, the key is three points. The first point is that the emperor is too young now, so there is no need to say it. The second point is that we must win over people's hearts. Loyalty and treacherous are all comments from later generations. For all of us officials, they are our superiors, no matter Yan Song or Gao Gong, they are the same."

"..." Nodded silently, and he was deeply touched by this.

"Like Yan Fenyi, as soon as he came to power, he asked Emperor Jiajing to give the officials of the two capitals a lot of color. The younger the official, the more salary he received, the more gratitude he made the officials of the two capitals grateful to him. For example, Xu Huating, as soon as he took office, he was punished for his unjust prison. The officials who were punished by Emperor Jiajing for his loyal advice were expelled from the dead, and the more posthumous ones were promoted. In this alone, the Qingyi of Shilin completely turned to him. Even Gao Gong, although he seemed rough and generous, for most officials, he was still He is very generous and never stingy with famous tools. For example, for an old minister like me who has been in a ministry for many years, he asked the late emperor for an additional gift, and gave me a royal honorary official and a prince's grand tutor. He changed from a second rank to a first rank, and his salary was top-notch. He earned hundreds of stones of grain and thousands of taels of silver over a year. In addition to me, he also has a common kindness to his descendants, so that a son would be exempted from the exam and entered the officialdom directly. This is a great favor."

"I didn't expect that, I would tell you this, right?" He looked at it and said silently.

"..." Shaking your head, smiling silently, "You always think you are a Taoist master who is always unreasonable."

"Of course I won't talk about these words," Ge Shouli said lightly: "Just like those officials, what they say and what they think in their hearts are always the same." He then realized his true meaning: "I was only after I was sixty that I had a deep understanding of this. I call people's verbally recognized ideals 'yang', and people's selfish desires that cannot be told to be "yin". To harmonize yin and yang is the task of the prime minister. Specifically, it is to make "unworthy people still know fear, and wise men have something to rely on". This seems to be very low, but those who can do this are all virtuous ministers who have been remembered forever. If they set their goals higher, it is not a realistic search.

He nodded silently, and he understood the old man's words... He was clearly educating himself. You, the chief minister, should not show your attitude as soon as you take office and implement the new policy urgently. This will make you lose your transcendent position and be destined to be opposed by some officials. How can you reconcile Yin and Yang? What's more, do you think those who support the implementation of the new policy are really for the country and the people as they say? In fact, they are all planning for themselves. Local officials think about the convenience of taxation and do not ruin their careers; Beijing officials support you, as the Prime Minister, purely for support.

Otherwise, what if the thoughts can only be convex to people at the same level? If Mr. Ge is patient and tempted with Han Ji, he will not be so frustrated that he will not be able to speak out.

However, after listening to these words in silence, he felt a little uncomfortable. On the one hand, he admitted that every word he said was full of honest advice; on the other hand, the other person's tone of intentional or unintentional display of old qualifications means that he is still too tender in the eyes of these old ministers. It can be imagined that even after the law is passed, people should still be restrained.

Fortunately, I have a solution...

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After more than a week of repeated thinking, I revised the outline and was not in a hurry to finish the finale. This is definitely not to delay the days, and I can’t wait for my new book.

I just want to give you a full and complete story.
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