"Your Majesty, Da Nong Zhongcheng Xun, pays homage to your Majesty!" A middle-aged official walked out from behind Da Nong Zhi Buyi.
Seeing this person appear, Liu Che's eyes also lit up.
As we all know, when Da Nongzhi started his career as an official, he followed the prestige route, relying on his good character, good morals, decent style, and being widely praised by public opinion, so that he gradually climbed to the current position of Jiuqing.
Therefore, relatively speaking, Zhi Buyi's personal ability is highly questionable.
Liu Che sometimes even secretly slandered: If Zhi Buyi were sent to Guandong to manage a large county with more than 10,000 households, would he be able to manage it?
Anyway, Liu Che had never heard of anything Zhi Buyi had done or achieved.
but……
This does not prove that Zhi Buyi is some kind of useless person who just pretends to be a good person or a mediocre person who got into a high position by pure luck.
On the contrary, if it has been able to stand from the Taizong period to today, there is no doubt that if it had not been for a few brushes, it would have been dug and buried!
What's more, his status has reached the level of Zhi Buyi.
Ability and skill took a back seat.
Character and character have become the criteria for judging whether one is qualified or not.
And Zhi Buyi is a gentleman and a moral model recognized by the world.
It doesn’t matter whether there is water injected into it or whether there has been any hype or anything.
At least, over the years, Zhi Buyi has always maintained his image as a gentleman.
He is personable and courteous, abides by the law and never goes out of his way. He is gentle, courteous, approachable, courteous and courteous, and he never puts on official airs even when dealing with his subordinates.
It seems that Zhi Buyi is a standard Confucian Qingliu.
But it is a pity that he is a politician of the old school.
Huang Lao does nothing and does everything.
As one of the current backbones of the Huang-Lao Sect, Zhi Buyi is a typical Cao Shen-style minister.
For politicians of the old school like Cao Shen, they do not need to be talented or capable or have done anything extraordinary.
They only need to do one thing well, find out the professionals and capable guys under them, and then entrust them with important tasks.
All that's left is to drink wine at home, play the piano, and enjoy the wind, flowers, autumn moon, and the changes in the four seasons.
This way of becoming an official, which saves worry and effort and is easy to promote, has been extremely prosperous in the past few decades.
When the famous Pingyang Yihou Cao Shen was the prime minister, in order to tell the world that he really didn't want to take charge, he drank every day and entrusted all the country's major affairs to those he promoted.
Cao Shen not only didn't care about it himself, but also forbade others to care about it.
Emperor Hui once wanted to take control of him, but was spitted all over his face by Cao Cao.
It is only in the past decade or so that the re-emergence of Legalist power has broken this situation and brought ripples, twists and turns to the stagnant political situation.
And the great farmer Zhongcheng who stepped forward was nominally Zhi Buyi's deputy.
But in fact, everyone in the court knew that this man was the real helmsman of the Han Dynasty's treasury.
Unlike the two yamen of Shaofu and Taipu, this big farmer Zhongcheng was not forced upon Zhi Buyi by Liu Che.
Rather, he never doubts the talents he has discovered.
Just look at his resume.
Ten years ago, he was just a senior official. He traveled to and from Chang'an every year with the superior vehicles of the county, without any shelter from the cold and heat.
At that time, he could only roughly recognize a few big characters.
But today, he is one of the most powerful accountants in the Han Dynasty. It is said that he can instantly calculate the amount of balance and shortfall through mental calculation just by looking at the account book.
"What does Fan Qing have to say?" Liu Che stood up and asked. Liu Che always maintained enough respect for professionals.
Fan is a very lonely surname.
But in the history of the Han Dynasty, ministers named Fan were usually known for their particularly big ideas.
For example, the minister in front of me has a son named Fan Xi.
In the future, people will be so whimsical that they actually want to dig up the Sanmen Gorge and let the Yellow River kneel down and sing the song of conquest.
If you just think about it, that's it.
But the key is that they took practical actions...
Although, in the end, this attempt ended in failure, leaving only hundreds of thousands of acres of canal farmland and a whimsical joke.
But, at least the courage is commendable.
"I'm telling you that what the Prime Minister said is very true! Your Majesty is worried about the world and wants to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, which is also very good!" Prime Minister Fan Xun, a big farmer, said slowly and word by word, with great order and rhythm. , this is also an occupational disease for people engaged in accounting.
"It's just that I have two questions. I don't know whether I should say them..." He raised his head, looked at Liu Che, and asked.
"My dear, please tell me..." Liu Che said with a smile.
"The humble minister is bold..." Fan Xun kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Gao once ordered Yousi, and the training said: measure the salary of the officials, pay the official expenses, and give them to the people! Now your Majesty wants to increase the income and levy taxes on merchants. Ji Yuanyuan, my humble wisdom and crude words cannot be described as beautiful. It’s just that... Your Majesty has ignored the laws of our ancestors because of the expense. There is no guarantee that someone will not follow your Majesty’s example and impose excessive taxes the next day!”
Liu Che's face suddenly became embarrassed.
The old Liu family has two ancestral laws, which are like a constitution. No emperor dares to touch these two ancestral laws.
The first article is the "three chapters of the covenant" that are the foundation of Liu's world and the basis of legal rule.
Those who kill will die, and those who injure others and steal will not be punished.
For decades, no matter who you are or how high your status is, if you violate this iron law, you will definitely be severely punished by the law.
This second article is the injunction mentioned by Fan Xun: measure the salary of officials, apportion officials and give them to the people!
The meaning of this instruction is very simple.
That is national taxation, which should be collected from the people after official salaries and national expenditures have been calculated.
There is no doubt that this is a dull, rigid and inflexible policy.
However, it is such a rigid and rigid instruction that protects most farmers in the world from having their last bite taken away by officials.
For decades, this instruction has been the guiding spirit of the Han Dynasty's national taxation.
The emperors of the past dynasties used light corvees and low taxes to minimize the burden on the people and eliminate unnecessary waste.
Now, Liu Che wants to impose additional taxes on vehicles, ships and minerals, but he may make a hole in this iron law.
Does the so-called founder of the figurines have no descendants?
Today, the emperor can ignore the laws of his ancestors, just for his own pleasure, and levy commercial taxes. If the emperor changes tomorrow and wants to build a garden or a pond, can he also bypass this order and increase taxes on farmers, businessmen, etc. ?
The cracks will naturally expand day by day and eventually collapse.
And this is something that all conscientious people absolutely do not want to see.
This is also something that the Huang Lao sect has been worried about and frightened for a long time. (To be continued.)
ps: I haven’t recovered from the cold yet~ It feels uncomfortable~
In addition, this plot is also very brain-burning.
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