Chapter 1499: Follow the guidance

In addition, an orchard was built and dwarfed fruit trees were planted.

Even so, there are still more than fifty acres that can be planned as Zhao Xu's sports ground.

A modern stable was designed here to raise the most famous horses sent by Qiji Yuan. There is also an archery hall, a weapons library and a game building for Zhao Xu to relax here.

The main project cost less than three million yuan in total. The main reason was that Gao Taotao followed the principle of "saving money" and reused as much of the original wood and floor tiles in the palace as possible.

The remaining seven million yuan was spent on interior furnishings and garden flowers and trees.

But in fact, the overall cost is not that much, because this time the palace was renovated, a large number of famous trees such as red sandalwood and golden nan were demolished.

The beams and pillars of the house were saved and sent to the governor to be properly preserved and furnished for the inner palace for several decades.

However, Su You didn't bother to ask any more questions. Now the court has entered a white-hot stage of reforming the new law, and all forces are fighting with bayonets.

Sima Guang fell seriously ill after returning from begging for rain and could not go to court at home. When Su You took Su Shi and Su Che to visit him, Sima Guang was lying on the bed, holding Su You's hand and saying: "Mingrun! Four illnesses!"

If it is not eliminated, I will die with my eyes closed!"

Sima Guang's so-called four troubles are young crops, exemptions from service, generals, and redundant troops.

Su You didn't know how to start persuading him, and seeing Sima Guang acting like that, he didn't want to mention it.

Among Sima Guang's so-called four troubles, Qingmiao was initiated by Wang Anshi, which is equivalent to the symbol of the new law. Although Zhang Dun and others agreed to the improvements, they still wanted to keep this name.

Generally speaking, the exemption law and the general law have more advantages than disadvantages. Not only the reformers, but also many reformists and conservatives believe that they should be retained.

Therefore, Sima Guang faced huge obstacles when he wanted to realize his ideals.

This serious illness cannot but be said to have nothing to do with these things.

In February, Yichou ordered Cai Queti to compile "Records of Shenzong", with Deng Wenbo and Lu Dian as editors, and Lin Xi and Zeng Zhao as reviewers.

This was a correct procedure, but Cai did not dare to return to Beijing and took his time writing his resignation halfway.

Sima Guang wrote to the three provinces while he was ill: "Today's law should be changed first, and it is better to exempt money from military service. I want to write a brief report. If it is reduced to the three provinces, I hope all the officials will work together to approve it."

He also wrote in handwriting with Lu Gong: "Since Guang became ill, he has devoted himself to medical treatment and family affairs to the fool. However, he has not been entrusted with state affairs, so now he belongs to Uncle Hui."

Now that the matter has come to this, the officials could not help but care about Sima Guang's health, and went to visit him one after another, trying to persuade him not to do this.

Fan Bailu, a member of Zhongshushe, was the first to visit: "Xining was exempted from military service. Bailu knew Xianping County at that time. When Kaifeng dismissed hundreds of people from the Yamen, the people were very happy."

"After that, some officials wanted to make a living and wanted to take advantage of them, so the exemption law had its drawbacks. Now, in fact, we only need to gradually reduce the amount of assistance and exemptions to broaden the people's resources."

Sima Guang refused to listen and reported the dangers of the exemption law.

"The method of exemption from military service has five evils:

In the old days, people had to pay for their duties, but they had to rest when they were old. Today, they have to pay more every year, and the amount of money is more than what they used to have. This is harmful.

In the old days, the household yuan was not recharged, but now it is a case of paying money, which has two consequences.

In the past, all the people sent were good native people; now we recruit people from all over the world. If they are officials, they will bend the rules and receive stolen goods. If they are in charge of official affairs, they will invade and steal. Once something happens, the family will be exterminated, which will cause three harms.

The peasants have nothing more than grain, silk and strength. Today I don’t use your strength. I will lose my money. I am self-employed. If there is a bad year, I will inevitably sell my farmland, cattle tools, and mulberry trees in order to get money to pay for the official. This will cause four harms.

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Promoting Chang Ping to be responsible for more work, collecting more money for labor, hoarding a lot of surplus, and hoping to make use of it will cause five harms."

It should be said that the five items listed by Sima Guang are indeed shortcomings of the exemption law, but they are not impossible to improve.

However, Sima Guang's idea was to "abolish" and restore the previous draft law: "For the present plan, there is no better way to issue an edict than to abolish all the exemptions and money in the world, and all the servants should be drafted according to the old laws before Xining."

"However, the battle before the Yamen was the most serious and difficult, as some people lost their property. For this reason, the imperial court began to discuss the law of assisting soldiers.

Now there are few people accompanying you in front of the Yamen, so your family will not be ruined; if you are still worried that it is difficult to do it alone, you can still beg in official households, monks, temples, singles, female households with houses, and be ordered to go out with the rich and poor.

Assistance money will be paid immediately when the government is dispatched due to severe difficulties.

However, the interests and interests of the soldiers cannot be unanimous, so we beg the commander to send all the transportation envoys to the states and counties. The county has a limit of five days to report the interests to the state, and the state has a limit of one month to apply to the transportation department. The department has a limit of one quarter to report and entrust the governor to consult and implement the details.

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A eloquent edict was issued to the three provinces, and the Privy Council presented it together. After receiving the decree, Su You and Zhang Dun no longer cared about Sima Guang's face and began to attack. Everyone in the capital hall became a quarrel.

In Xinwei, Liu Zhi, the serving censor, was appointed as the censor Zhongcheng.

In Guiyou, Wang Yansou, the supervisory censor, was appointed as the left-hand admonition.

The Right Secretary admonished Su Zhe, saying: "The rule of an emperor must first correct the customs. Once the customs are correct, everyone below the middle will encourage themselves to do good; if the customs fail, everyone above the middle will abandon themselves and do evil."

The source of the rise and fall of evil and righteousness may not not begin here."

Then it was concluded that Zhenzong and Renzong attached great importance to Taiwan's remonstrance, so the imperial court was cleansed and Zhongliang was used.

Therefore, although there was a Ding in the Zhenzong Dynasty who said that "a general would steal the country's life", "but the custom has become established, and there is no one who shares the same evil, and the plan is not realized in time, so he is immediately exiled."

The ruling ministers of the Renzong Dynasty "were afraid of what others said and did not dare to act rashly. If there was anything bad, the person who spoke would be punished." "Therefore, although the ruler was generous, there were no major faults among the court."

Later, it was said that Shenzong expelled Tai Jian, "so the customs were defeated."

The final summary: "I hope that your majesty will always observe the gradual rise and fall of evil and good, which begins with admonishment. When cultivating his officials, he will listen to his words. If his words are inappropriate, he will act according to the situation. Keep the customs certain, and the loyal advice will come, and the rule will be peaceful.

You can stand and wait.”

It should be said that Su Che's memorial was the "work guide" for him when he took office as Yousi's admonisher. The level was higher than that of ordinary admonishers in Taiwan - "If your words are inappropriate, act accordingly."

Su You no longer uses hearsay as a reason for exemption, and says that admonishment officials should also bear political consequences. Su You thinks this is an improvement.

However, Gao Taotao praised Su Che's article for the sake of his political reputation of being "humbly open to criticism" and still accepted the exam.

In March, Jiaxu, Yuying Pavilion.

Su You congratulated Zhao Xu: "I heard that your Majesty saw ants moving yesterday, and often passed them by, and ordered those around him not to walk on them."

"This is also a benevolent art. I estimate that soon God will be moved and it will rain."

It is actually folk experience that it will rain when ants climb a tree, but Su You has been looking for opportunities to raise a flag for Zhao Xu and immediately caught the topic.

All the ministers in the palace looked at Zhao Xu and asked loudly: "Your Majesty, is this something?"

Zhao Xu said expressionlessly: "Yes."

Han Wei, the attendant, was very happy and said: "Your Majesty's benevolence and filial piety come from your nature. I hope your Majesty will share this heart with the people, and the world will be blessed."

Gao Taotao also praised Zhao Xu: "Indeed, the character of the heart is rare, and it is also the result of the protection and protection of all the attendants."

Several ministers even said they did not dare.

However, rumors spread quickly, and Zhao Xu's deeds of cherishing ants spread throughout Bianjing that night.

Bingzi, heavy rain, the drought in the northern part of the Song Dynasty and the southern part of the Liao Kingdom was finally lifted.

Zhao Xu was still a child, but the child moved God to send down rain because of his kind behavior, which made the people of the Song Dynasty feel even more valuable.

Our official family is a little small, but he is really a good emperor's son, and he will not be worse than Renzong Shenzong in the future.

This thing was done by Zhao Xu, but it was just a temporary act of his. The boy was just as excited when Shi Wei took him to hunt the cute muntjac goats in Dongming.

But Su You saw the value of this little thing.

Zhao Xu is a sensitive and tolerant child. Just because he doesn't say anything doesn't mean he doesn't understand.

When the news about Concubine Zhu De being reprimanded by Gao Taotao reached Zhao Xu, he didn't know what happened. Su You gave Zhao Xu some encouragement and warmth through this incident.

Only after Zhao Xu's words of persuasion did the child listen.

On the way to the Polytechnic, Su You said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, the system is the system, and respect and care may not necessarily be manifested in doting behavior."

Zhao Xu asked: "What does Situ mean by this?"

Su You said: "When I was young, I acted recklessly in Meishan and even ran to Dali. I also encountered dangers in the process."

"After Empress Dowager Guangxian heard about it, she ordered the government to restrain me from studying. The county magistrate at that time was the son of Duke Zhang, so she sent me to Chengdu to be under the control of Duke Zhang. Later, I had the fortune of a minister."

"Chief Longshan, Duke Zhang, and Duke Zhao all imposed harsh restrictions on me. Did you know that? Head Longshan wanted me to master seven classics in one year! Duke Zhang and Zhao also wanted me to observe government affairs!"

"At that time, I was just about the same age as Your Majesty. I also wanted to visit Qingyangsi and Huanhuaxi, but even now I don't remember what those two prosperous places were like. During the few years in Chengdu, I basically just studied.

Write articles, discuss things, let Ergong give advice and criticism, and then repeat it the next day."

"The more the Empress Dowager treats those close to her, the more severe she becomes. Look at her punishment of Gao Gonghui, who went directly to Songcheng, Japan. It is not unsevere."

"Han Jiang's welcome to Concubine De was indeed beyond the bounds of etiquette, and the matter involved His Majesty's biological mother, so the Empress Dowager reprimanded her a bit harshly."

"But the original intention of the reprimand is not to target Concubine De herself, but to those who want to take advantage of Concubine De. I think the Queen Mother will not say this clearly, but your Majesty, please be aware of it."

"Therefore, Your Majesty does not need to be unhappy. If you reprimand him, it means that the matter is over. What I am most worried about are those who instigated it."
Chapter completed!