The two children fell asleep after feeding. As expected, it is human nature to want to sleep after eating.
Even though they were asleep, they were still taken out and had their heads shaved.
I hired an outside craftsman who specializes in shaving children's hair. His skills are very good and he shaved the hair gently. As Zhou Man watched, he felt that the child slept a little more soundly.
So there are benefits to shaving your head?
Xiao Qian twisted a warm towel and wiped their heads. The two children moved, and their eyes seemed to open a crack, but they quickly closed them again and continued to sleep.
Mrs. Zheng took out two small hats, put them on them with a smile, and whispered: "I made these for them. They are breathable. Even if they are worn now, they will not get hot or catch the cold."
In addition to the hats, Mrs. Zheng also gave them a jade-carved little rabbit. Unfortunately, they are still young and don't know how to play with these toys.
So Zhou Man, Bai Shan and Bai Erlang generously collected it for them first.
When the child falls asleep, these parental moments are useless.
Zhou Man brought a jade-carved bunny back to the study, played with it for a while and then put it aside, "I've figured out how to write it."
Bai Shan smiled and handed her the ink he had just polished, "Here you go."
Zhou Man took the inkstone, put it aside, handed him his empty inkstone, and glanced at the official documents on his case, "Do you still have so many official documents?"
Bai Shan nodded, "The summer harvest is coming soon, and all Zhuangzi have to make arrangements, as well as the official salt for the next quarter. The preparation time this time is half a year less than before, so there are many things to arrange."
Zhou Man felt that he was not very relaxed, so he immediately became happy and started to write his own poem excitedly. Even the sentences were more lively than before.
After I finished writing, I polished it and copied it into a blank folder and sent it out.
She felt that her writing was quite good, and the officials would most likely agree with it, and the ministers in the court would not object. After all, it was a win-win situation.
Zhou Man happily continued his work of vaccination and medical treatment in Beihai County while waiting for a reply from the capital.
As a result, she waited for ten days with no news, and after waiting for nearly another ten days, the wheat was harvested, and the officials who bought salt for the second time all came to Beihai County, but there was still no news from her.
Zhou Man was dissatisfied, "When did the efficiency of work in Beijing become so low?"
Bai Shan took out a letter and handed it to her, "You have been busy with vaccinations recently, and I don't have time to talk to you. Just take a look."
"What's this?"
"This is Senior Brother Tang's letter. By the way, I also have Mr.'s letter here." Bai Shan found them all and gave them to her.
Zhou Man didn't read the content, but scanned the envelope first, "They're all addressed to you."
Bai Shandao: "If the Medical Department is not involved, they will naturally not write to you."
While Zhou Man was reading the letter, he summarized what happened in the capital, "I calculated the time, and unfortunately, when your letter arrived in the capital, it should coincide with Lord Wei's petition to reform the salt policy."
Wei Zhi announced the salt policy reform for two years, but prepared it for nearly ten years.
Everyone in the court also knew that Emperor Wei Zhihe wanted to reform the salt policy, especially the salt tax problem in Jiangnan.
But how to reform it specifically, because Wei Zhi has never made a specific improvement, no one except the emperor and a few relevant ministers knows.
But this time, Wei Zhi went up and listed the salt policy reforms in detail, which naturally included the salt tax reform.
As soon as the book came out, not to mention the officials from the Jiangnan faction, the whole court was shocked, and then there was a huge noise, some loudly opposed, some loudly raised their opinions, but only a few agreed.
For such a big matter, Zhou Man's remarks at this time were not worthy of discussion in the court in the eyes of the officials.
The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China only took one look and gave the opinion of "to be discussed". Now that the court is in chaos, it is better to leave such non-urgent matters aside for now.
The Ministry of Menxia had no objection to this approval. After the review was approved, it was sent to the Ministry of Personnel, and he just left a message saying: "Think about it."
In other words, you can think about it now.
But just thinking about it, it doesn’t matter whether the official is happy or not, he is just happy and actively promotes this matter. People from the Ministry of Education and Zhongshu Province can forget about it even if they turn around.
Now everyone is focused on the salt administration and the officialdom of Jiangnan. Who has the mind to focus on other trivial matters?
Like other things, there are rules to follow, disaster relief, tax exemption, etc. This kind of thing is done according to the old rules. After a quick decision, everyone continues to "discuss" the salt policy and occasionally greet each other casually.
The other person's body, character, and even ancestors...
As for the excerpts like Zhou Man's that have no precedents, if they are not very urgent, they should be put aside first. If they are very urgent, they should be discussed quickly and a decision can be made before sending them out.
Therefore, except for officials like Zhou Man, many officials actually feel that the efficiency of work in the capital has been very high recently, much higher than before.
After Zhou Man read the letter, he was stunned, "So I chose a bad time to submit the letter, and then I was tricked?"
Bai Shan nodded, "I think that until the salt policy reform is decided, no one will be interested in discussing your proposal."
Zhou Man took out Mr. Zhuang's letter and read it carefully from the beginning.
Mr. Zhuang wrote down all the key points of Wei Zhi's salt policy reform and sent it to Bai Shan.
Zhou Man asked him, "What do you think of Master Wei's method?"
Bai Shan nodded and said: "I don't know what will happen in the future, but for now, this reform method will indeed be of great benefit to the country and the people."
Wei Zhi must have wanted to reform the salt policy for a long time, so he was well prepared. Even if Bai Shan looked at the reform with a critical eye, he could not find a few problems.
Zhou Man pointed to the red mark on the letter and asked, "Did you write this?"
Bai Shan glanced at it and nodded, "Don't you recognize my handwriting?"
Zhou Man ignored him, but looked at the few red lines and said, "If you set the price of salt so low all at once, I'm afraid the reform will be even more difficult."
"I know," Bai Shan said, "but the opportunity is so rare. If it doesn't pass this time, it will be even harder to reform next time."
He said: "Now is different from before. Now we have the salt-drying method, and the cost of making salt has been greatly reduced. At the price I set, the county governments in various places still make a profit. Although it is small, small profits but quick turnover."
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"Private salt is banned repeatedly. Why is this?" Bai Shandao said: "It's because the price of official salt becomes very high after adding the salt tax and the income of various county governments. But the county government is a place that manages the people, not a business.
, nor should it be for profit. If official salt is cheaper than private salt, will people still buy private salt?"
And when the profit of salt drops to a certain level, how many people will smuggle salt?
Zhou Man pondered, but after a while he still shook his head, "I know what you said is right, but you definitely can't say this to all the officials in the court, let alone tell the county government about your thoughts, otherwise the salt policy reform will be even more difficult.
Difficult to implement..."
? ? ?Tonight is too late, there is another chapter to be updated tomorrow morning, so go to bed first, good night.