Chapter 710: The way to be a king

"Ah?" Su You turned over, his face full of surprise: "Really?"

Shi Wei showed a happy smile: "Well, it should be true."

"Ouch!" Su You kissed Shi Wei's cheek: "This is really great!"

"Keep your voice down, don't wake up the flat jar."

Su You lay back down again: "Now the flat pot is not lonely anymore."

Shi Wei smiled and said: "This time I hope I can give Bian Gu a sister. He is clamoring for a sister."

Su You nodded: "Then you should rest in peace in Bianjing, ah no, wait until the child is born, um... that still won't work, you have to wait until the child is one year old before you come to see me again."

"Bianjing City has the Tianshi Mansion, the Shi Mansion, and the Kezhen Hall. The conditions are all good, so I can rest assured even if I go abroad."

"When the fetus is stable, you can move to another property outside the city... By the way, don't go to Shijiazhuangzi, Zhengzhou, the gas there is too heavy."

"Go to Dongming in autumn. There are forests there and the environment is beautiful. When the weather gets colder, go to Weishi. There are hot springs there. I will design a plumbing system for you so you can live comfortably."

Shi Wei stroked Su You's chest: "Otherwise, you will be like other people..."

Su You patted Shi Wei: "You've thought too much. Are you still afraid that my husband can't take care of yourself? Those girls just do housework, what else can they do? If you really can't, why don't you hire a mother? You can't have this kind of thing

idea."

Shi Wei sighed: "The eldest princess of Shu and I are very good. I think she is the daughter of the Tian family, but she is still so petty in front of the king's consort."

Su You frowned: "Only people from other people's families understand the affairs of other people's families, but you have to remind the princess not to be too humble."

"There is nothing to say about the king's consort's literary talents, but he is a little too unrestrained. The princess pampers him to no end. That is not to love him, but to harm him."

"There must be a bottom line in everything. If the consort has done something wrong, you must let him know his mistake and correct it, instead of blindly condoning it. Otherwise, going further will not only be of no benefit to Wang Jinqing, but also be of no benefit to the relationship between the couple.

, and may even harm the Wang family."

Shi Wei nodded: "It is rare to find a man like Brother Xiaoyou in this world."

Su You smiled and said: "You are the beauty of Xu Gong. Aren't they all the same as Sima Bachelor and Wang Xianggong? By the way, I am afraid that I will go with Wang Xianggong again this time..."

The next day, officials from more than two systems came to the court to congratulate Yu. Zhao Xu showed Zheng Xia's illustrations to his ministers and punished them. Only then did everyone know about the changes in Beijing in the past few days.

Lu Huiqing and Deng Wan, the prime minister, burst into tears in front of Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty has spent several years forgetting sleep and food to achieve this beautiful government. The world has just received the benefits of the new law. If you use the words of a crazy man like Zheng Xia, let it be abolished."

It’s all gone, doesn’t it make people sad!”

Zeng published a report in which Han Wei, a Hanlin scholar, tried his best to attack the shortcomings of the exemption method and determined in detail the interests and disadvantages of merchants. After a detailed investigation, the situation is now reported to Your Majesty: After investigation, Beijing believes that the exemption of payment is detrimental to merchants, only

Nanghang. Except for those who are willing to supply government offices according to the old practice, all other walks of life are willing to pay free money to reduce the burden of transportation.

Zhao Xu was dumbfounded. When will our royal family need rice bran to provide services? Why does the inner palace buy rice bran? Zeng Bu, are you sure you are not kidding me?

Zeng Bu continued to report, as for the statement that anyone carrying bottles and selling pulp had to pay a fee in order to sell it, after investigation, it was found that there was no such thing in Kaifeng Prefecture, and there was no illegal behavior in the process of enforcing the exemption law.

However, we need to ask Lu Jia about the situation outside Kaifeng Mansion. During the last city affairs investigation, I petitioned him to be dismissed, but nothing happened.

If I am still responsible for investigating the implementation of the Kaifeng Exemption Law, others may think that I am retaliating. Therefore, your Majesty, please choose another worthy minister.

Lu Huiqing took the opportunity to report that the land situation in various places is complicated. If Your Majesty must adjust the new law, how about we suspend the implementation of the land equalization tax law first and keep everything else as usual?

This is to deceive Zhao Xu as a novice, and the team that executed Fang Tian was led by the Zhao family; while the big families in Yin Tian were mainly gentry.

Lu Huiqing wanted to use the clan as a power, bribe the gentry, and prepare for his next step.

It's a pity that Su You's trap has been dug here for a long time. As soon as Fang Tian started, Su You warned Zhao Xu.

Those who oppose this law must be big local hidden farmers.

To occupy hidden fields, one must have financial strength and official connections.

Therefore, their identities are clearly revealed.

They were the scum among the scholar-bureaucrats. The Song Dynasty raised them generously and gave them dignity, but allowed them to use it to shamelessly break the law and evade taxes.

Nowadays, the style of scholars in the Song Dynasty is considered to be upright, but if it is not ignored and a routine is formed, it may even develop into a situation where all the land and property under the name of the ordinary scholar-officials are tax-free, and then the people turn to the land in an attempt to exempt themselves from taxes, and the national treasury cannot collect the last penny.

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Those who talk about right and wrong must be right and wrong. In the future, there will definitely be ministers petitioning for the removal of the equal tax on square fields. Your Majesty should have an idea of ​​what group this minister is the spokesperson for.

So Zhao Xu made a small account in his mind for Lu Huiqing and ordered that everything under the new law should remain as before.

It only requires that Kaifeng Tibei release money; Sinongfa Changpingcang provide disaster relief; the Young Crops Law, the Service Exemption Law, and the suspension of recourse to private fines and interest. If these are regarded as improved provisions of the new law, in fact, they are basically charity matters.

Even though the force was very small, as soon as the edict was issued, the people still cheered and congratulated each other. It can only be said that the people of the Song Dynasty were too kind.

However, the self-impeachment memorials of Wang Anshi and Su You were suppressed by Zhao Xu.

…

After the heavy rain, by the pond outside Cishou Palace, Wang Zhongzheng directed several small men to salvage the grass blades that had been washed into the pond by the rain.

The Empress Dowager and Gao Taotao were sitting in the pavilion playing chess. After a while, Zhao Xu arrived.

The weather started to get hot in summer. Zhao Xu was wearing a plain single-colored mercerized cotton with dark dragon pattern, and he was sweating slightly while walking.

The Empress Dowager hurriedly asked someone to bring a handkerchief to wipe Zhao Xu's sweat: "Go and get cold cakes to relieve your fatigue with my brother."

Gao Taotao said: "The weather is a little unbearable now, so I just don't have to go to the house every day. I don't have to walk around in front of my eyes every day."

Zhao Xu smiled apologetically and said, "It's so hard to bear. A mother is considerate and kind, but a son should also do his duty, right?"

Gao Taotao placed a piece on the chessboard: "Brother, I have my own opinion now. The court is important after all."

The attendant brought three small glass bowls. In the bowl was a piece of watery cold cake. Zhao Xu took it and poured syrup on it skillfully, then sent them one by one to the Empress Dowager and Gao Taotao: "So that my mother and grandma will know

, It turns out that the free travel money in Beijing was not collected selfishly and excessively, and the number of refugees in Beijing was only a few hundred. Su Mingrun's method was very good, and now they have been resettled in Fengqiu."

The Empress Dowager sighed: "From what I heard, brother, do you still want Su You to stay in Beijing?"

Zhao Xu said: "The secret report system proposed by Mingrun allows officials above the level of outsiders to judge and have the right to report secretly. This suggestion is very good, and I am worthy of being a minister of the country."

Gao Taotao put down the bowl: "Brother, why are you confused?"

Zhao Xu was stunned: "Why did mother say this?"

The Empress Dowager said: "Su Mingrun's suggestion fully proves that he is a pure minister, but this matter only has huge benefits for Kaiguang Shengcong, but it adds another check and balance to the power of the Prime Minister."

Gao Taotao nodded: "That's right, so after the new prime minister takes office, who will he have to deal with first? If Su You doesn't let it go, the reputation of Meijun's invitation will spread soon. Do you believe it or not?"

The Empress Dowager continued: "This matter started because of Zheng Xia, so it involves both Wang Anshi and Su You. If we let one go and keep the other, Su Mingrun will be selling out his power to protect his official position. Or maybe I still want to keep both."

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Zhao Xu said: "It is impossible to stay. It has been seven years since the king and prime minister joined the government. The opposition in the court is so loud. I think there are some problems in the implementation of the new law and he has been in office for too long.

It’s also a huge reason why he blocks others’ path to promotion.”
Chapter completed!