Seeing that the official's face was almost the same color as his robes, Su You waved his hand and said, "No more, no more, even if you eat locusts, I won't think highly of you; if you refuse, I'm just sorry.

Don’t you know that it’s just good food and nothing else?”

"What's your name? From now on, just do things in a down-to-earth manner. There's no need to humiliate yourself just to flatter others."

The junior official saluted again in embarrassment: "I am ashamed of having been taught a lesson by Shaobao. I am a subordinate... my name is Cai Jing."

Damn it! Su You was so frightened that he almost dropped the plate in his hand: "You, why are you here?! Aren't you a Shuzhou official?! Why are you here?"

Cai Jing was inexplicably surprised: "Shaobao still knows my resume?"

Su You was a little speechless: "Your brother is just like Su and Su. He is in the same school, so he is more concerned. I also know some things about your brother from Mr. Wang."

In the third year of Xining, Cai Jing and his brother Cai Bian passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination. They were first appointed as Qiantang Wei, and then were transferred to Shuzhou as promotion officials.

His elder brother was appointed as the Registrar of Jiangyin. At that time, the local rich man Gu Xinyuan and others took advantage of the lean period to lend grain to the people at an interest rate twice as high as usual.

Cai Bian sympathized with the suffering of the people and resolutely implemented Wang Anshi's Green Crop Law to relieve the people's urgent needs. At the same time, he opened warehouses to borrow grain and combat the arrogance of the rich to take advantage of the situation. Therefore, Wang Anshi favored him and recruited him as his son-in-law.

Speaking of which, Su You and Cai Jingnai are the same age, and they are both twenty-seven this year. However, Su You has been in the military for nearly ten years. He was born in Tanhua and has been rising through the ranks. In terms of officialdom, there is a big gap between them.

Cai Jing handed over his hand and hit the nail on the head: "Shaobao's success in exterminating locusts in Kaifeng Prefecture was due to his reputation, not the power of the system."

Su You had to be convinced: "Continue."

Cai Jing said: "Therefore, the law arises because of people, and it can easily be destroyed because of people."

Su You nodded.

Cai Jing was encouraged: "But if it is established as a system, the subordinate officials will have an excuse. I am afraid that they will disturb the people too much, and the old harm will not be eliminated, but new harm will arise."

“Nowadays, most of the locust extermination by states and counties relies on private donations. The states and counties can use the excuse that they have no money to evade.”

"If public funds are allowed to be used, these states and counties will no longer have the excuse to do things because they have no financial resources. But with new methods, new disadvantages will arise."

"Prefectures and counties will over-report their funds, but their superiors want to make them under-report their funds. The declarations and withdrawals come and go, making official affairs cumbersome."

Su You nodded: "You don't have to wait until then, we already have this problem now."

Cai Jing said: "It is a good idea to use the number of locusts killed to reduce the risk, but this will cause everyone to only catch the adult locusts that can be exchanged for more money, and miss the new locust period when it is easiest to hunt. Because during this period, we still need to hire people.

Manpower is given with money and food."

Su You asked: "What does Yuan Chang mean?"

Cai Jing said: "The two must be combined. However, when hunting new locusts in the future, the money and food required for hiring labor must be distributed by officials in the same city in the prefecture and county. At the same time, they must sign and sign and submit it for verification as a proof of write-off. Also,

It is strictly forbidden to let officials’ family members or secretaries handle matters on their behalf to avoid fraud.”

"In the past, people often received the rice grains distributed by the imperial court in person. This kind of malpractice must be guarded against. It is better to establish a system first, and then supervise and inspect the implementation process."

"Actually, what subordinates are afraid of are serious officials. Blocking the upper and lower ranks and profiting from them is also their specialty. As long as the officials move around more diligently, this can be done well."

Su You really admired Cai Jing. His appearance here today must have been planned, but he couldn't even dislike him.

At first, it was obvious that he had misunderstood his behavior of eating locusts, and he was flattering and pandering to him; after being exposed by himself, he cleverly changed the subject; and he was able to immediately come up with effective methods for things that he really cared about. This kind of skill is

It's not something ordinary people can do.

All I can say is that, like Lu Huiqing, he is definitely capable of doing things well and able to please people.

But they have a common problem, which is independence, or the attempt to be independent.

Unlike Wang Anshi, they can compromise on anything else in order to monopolize power.

In other words, there is no bottom line.

For the sake of power, he would not hesitate to drag his benefactor and his country into the abyss.

Su You asked: "If I hand over the locust extermination in Beijing to Yuan Chang, how long will it take for Yuan Chang to take action?"

Cai Jing was full of confidence: "It doesn't take seven days."

Su You smiled and said: "Okay! In addition, I will give you two more things."

Cai Jing was overjoyed: "But please give me some instructions from Ming Gong."

Su You waved his hands: "You and I are the same age, I am only a few months older than you, so we can call each other cousins. First, I will give you a set of Zhang Gong's "On Finance" and ask you to read it thoroughly.

Second, after reading it clearly, combined with the current situation of the Song Dynasty, write a brief financial discussion to discuss what problems exist in the finance of the Song Dynasty today and what methods can be solved."

Cai Jing bowed and said, "Yes."

Su You smiled and said, "Then I'll leave everything to you. I've appointed you to the shogunate. If you need to pay the accounts, I'll go to Sitong Commercial House to ask for Cheng Gong's help. After seven days, I'll come back to Kaifeng Mansion Office for business."

Cai Jing bowed and stood up: "I will definitely live up to the great Yin's trust."

Su You took his notebook, scribbled a line of words, folded it and handed it to him: "Only you and I can know about this matter. After reading it, burn it."

Cai Jing took it carefully, not daring to read it immediately, and put the paper into his sleeve.

Su You stood up and said to the science and engineering team: "You are here, listen to Yuan Chang's command. Wei'er, let's go back to the city, there are still many things to do."

The group of people mounted their horses and left. After Cai Jinggong sent Su You and Shi Wei away, he carefully took out the note from his sleeve and opened it. A line of small words jumped into his eyes, making his heart skip a beat.

Don’t be like a hungry eagle that flies when it’s full!

Cai Jing is an absolute bomb, but Su You still decided to use him.

There is no reason, because at least so far, Cai Jing's reputation is really good.

First of all, there is the family background. Although his uncle Cai Xiang passed away and was a famous minister, his reputation is first-class.

The concept of national budget was proposed by Cai Xiang when he took office as the Third Secretary-General.

Secondly, there is the well-known brother Wang Anshi. As the prime minister, in order to influence his son-in-law, who has always deliberately suppressed him, there are many people in the scholar community who complain about him.

It is also related to the Su family. Cai Bian's position before coming to Beijing was Qiantang Lieutenant.

Su Dongpo was not allowed to stay in Beijing because of Wang Anshi's obstruction. However, after arriving in Hangzhou, Cai Bian, Wang Anshi's son-in-law, followed Su Dongpo and studied the calligraphy of the famous calligrapher Xu Jihai.

Therefore, the interactions between people and officials in the Song Dynasty were not as black and white, with clear grievances and grudges as later generations understood, but rather a tangled ball of twine that continued to be cut and sorted out.

Su You could not help but be influenced by the current scholarly atmosphere, and it was not in line with the principles he adhered to in his heart to use a person's evil deeds decades later to deny him today.

In Su You's heart, Cai Jing's biggest evil deed was that he ruined the country's finances and led to the country's economic collapse. The second most serious deed was appointing private individuals, monopolizing government affairs, turning friends into traitors, and being unable to resist the enemy, etc.

Fortunately, this kid is the same age as him, and he has Wei'er to protect his life. Su You is confident that he can suppress him for the rest of his life.

Don't be like a hungry eagle that flies when it's full! This was Su You's warning to him, and it was also his agreement with Cai Jing.

If he decides to surrender to him, Su You can give him a stage, but the prerequisite is that he must not betray.

Politics has always been dirty, and the ideas and methods of traitorous officials are often surprisingly effective in dealing with political opponents.

Fortunately, as someone who has traveled through time from later generations, Su You doesn't have this kind of mysophobia.

However, the traitorous minister who has been identified in history uses the traitor's unique method and method to defect to himself, which is really ridiculous.

Maybe you should say thank you to him for thinking so highly of you?

I just hope that Cai Jing can understand financial theory and become a person who understands macroeconomics like his uncle Cai Xiang. Otherwise, I will never dare to let him inherit my political territory.
Chapter completed!