After arriving at the college, Feng Yinu said he wanted to see his students and separated from Li Qi. Li Qi went to his office at high speed. On the way, he had already ordered people to pick up Chen Dong and Ouyang Che.
Call.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Come in"
"Vice dean, you are looking for us."
After a while, Chen Dong and Ouyang Che walked in.
Li Qi stretched out his hand and said calmly: "Sit down."
The two sat across from Li Qi.
Li Qi put down the quill pen in his hand, glanced at the two of them, and said with a smile: "It's getting colder and colder recently. Are you okay in class?"
Ouyang Che said: "The vice-dean thinks that we are too pampered. The current environment of the college is good enough. There is a fire in the office for heating. It doesn't matter at all. Besides, those students can stand it. We
You can't be worse than a child, right?"
Chen Dong nodded and said, "What Ouyang Che said is, Vice President, please rest assured that everything is fine."
"That's good." Li Qi nodded and said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the workshop has made money this year, so the college plans to give each of you teachers another bonus at the end of this year in addition to the benefits stipulated in the contract.
A cotton-padded jacket.”
"Thank you, Vice President."
"You deserve this." Li Qi coughed lightly and said, "Today is a great day for our college. Do you know why?"
Chen Dong and Ouyang Che looked at each other, and Ouyang Che said: "The vice president is referring to the fourth appearance of the Grand Master."
"clever!"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Isn't this worth celebrating? So I plan to add some extra dishes tonight to make everyone happy."
Chen Dong snorted lightly and muttered: "I would rather the Grand Master continue to be the dean of the college."
Li Qi frowned slightly and said, "Chen Dong, what did you say?"
Chen Dongdao: "I just think it is much better for the grand master to be the dean than for him to be the prime minister."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Chen Dong, I didn't expect that after you have been a teacher for so long, your knowledge has increased a lot and your face has become thicker."
The corners of Ouyang Che's mouth twitched a few times and he almost laughed out loud.
Chen Dong said seriously: "What do you say, Vice President?"
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "It seems that you are still not convinced. I have always liked to promote seductive speech. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. Don't take my words as an imperial edict. In that case, you
Death is not far away. But Chen Dong, you didn’t blush when you said this. You are a Tai student, and only others have studied for a few more years. People like you can be caught a lot.
How can you evaluate a prime minister based on your moral character?"
Ouyang Che said: "Ouyang disagrees with what the vice president said. The prime minister wants to plead for the people. Why are we not qualified to evaluate it?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, what you said is right. But you are all adults and you must be responsible for your own words. Chen Dong, do you think you are right?"
Chen Dongdao: "I can only say that I was right."
"That's right? I'm not telling you, Chen Dong, you haven't even been an official. You can't understand what Grand Master does. What you see is always just the surface ---."
"Yeah, I really can't understand the intrigues in the officialdom, but I can see the results."
"Hey, you raised the bar for me."
"Chen Dong doesn't dare."
"Don't you dare? What else can Chen Dong not dare to do? You dared to point at the Grand Master and scold him. I'm really curious about this." Li Qi smiled and said, "But, what you said
Yes, you really don’t understand the intrigues in the officialdom. If you did, you wouldn’t be like this now. Then let me ask you, do you want to be an official?”
Chen Dongdao: "Of course I think. An official career is the dream of scholars all over the world."
Ouyang Che also nodded.
"Then what do you think is the most important thing about being an official?"
"Be honest and honest, please serve the people." The two said in unison.
Li Qi shook his head and said, "No, no."
"Would you like to hear more?"
"I don't dare to be a good official, but I think that if you want to be a good official, you must first learn to be a human being. Take you, Chen Dong, for example. You are undoubtedly the worst failure as a human being. Don't be convinced yet. See if you have a friend around you.
?It can be seen that your interpersonal relationship is not generally bad."
Chen Dong hummed: "We have different paths and we don't want to work together."
Li Qi laughed and said: "There are thousands of people in the world, but you, Chen Dong, are the only ones who are following the right path. Others are following the evil path, right? When will you learn to reflect on yourself? You are a knowledgeable and insightful person.
But I’m particularly bothered by your character, which seems to be born out of mud. Come on, that’s a saint. What you call a disease is like this. Can such a big country be managed by just one person? Even if you are the prime minister, if everyone else
If you don’t agree with me, then you are nothing. If you still plead for the people, you just rely on your mouth to say that I want to plead for the people. Pragmatism is the most important thing. What is pragmatism? That is to do things for the people in a down-to-earth manner. But if you want to
To do this, the most basic thing is to learn to cooperate with others. Suppose you are the magistrate of a certain state and there is a disaster in the area under your jurisdiction. You request funds from the court, but you offend everyone in the three divisions.
I wonder if other people will pay attention to you. Tell you, those people can kill you with just a few words. How can you ask for life for the people?"
Chen Dong snorted angrily: "This is a matter of life and death for the people. Even if I have any disagreements with them, I still have to put the people first."
Li Qi smiled and said: "We, the Song Dynasty, are not just one state, nor are you the only state suffering from disasters, but the money they can spend is extremely limited. They can make excuses at will, and you can't even get a cent. If that's the case
If so, you are the sinner of the people. Is this what a good official should do? You once impeached the Grand Master and scolded the Grand Master. You are so majestic. Do you think the Grand Master is afraid of you? That is because the Grand Master disdains to be with you.
Such a small person fights for his identity. If he holds a grudge against you, let alone saying that you cannot become an official. Even if you become an official, he will still have a way to make you commit suicide by jumping into the river. You have failed as a human being, who can do it?
I dare to expect you to be a good official. This world is not centered on you, Chen Dong. You are just one of tens of millions of people. What is so great about you? You have no right to look down on anyone."
Chen Dong's face turned red and his eyes widened after being scolded by Li Qi's words, but he never retorted that his behavior was notoriously bad in the capital, and all his former friends avoided him.
But stay away, but this is normal. Who would want to be friends with a person who always insults the first person in the dynasty? Life is really precious.
Ouyang Che's face was also slightly red, and he said humbly: "Vice Dean, did you call us here just to talk about this?"
"Of course not." Li Qi smiled and said, "That's it. This morning, I went to the Grand Master to report to the Emperor, requesting that the Yingfeng Bureau be abolished, and the Emperor agreed to do so."
"What?"
The two of them exclaimed.
Chen Dong said: "How is this possible? Wasn't it his fault that Ying Feng Bureau was established in the first place?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "As far as your awareness is concerned, even if I tell you, you won't understand. In other words, if you understand what the grand master is thinking, then you can leave here."
"....!"
Ouyang Che said: "Vice Dean, is what you said true?"
Li Qi said angrily: "Do you think I dare to make fun of the Holy Spirit? I am not Chen Dong, and I don't have the courage like him."
Chen Dong's neck is now red and he can't say anything!
Ouyang Che said happily: "This is really a great thing for the people, especially the people in Jiangnan."
Chen Dong also nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, yes, this Yingfeng Bureau does a lot of harm to people, and it is the number one disaster among the people."
"It would be great if you think so." Li Qi coughed and said, "The first thing I asked you to come here is to ask you two to write a few articles about this matter immediately. Remember,
The article must be written around the Grand Master, the Ying Feng Bureau, and the people as the center. The people are the people you are going to face this time. You must use the Ying Feng Bureau to praise the Tai Master's merits from the side. Of course, praise
Your Majesty, this is necessary, I won’t teach you this, do you understand?”
"This---then---."
"Don't tell me about the past, I'm talking about now. Isn't one Yingfengju enough to make you write to praise the Grand Master? If you can do this, I can write articles for you for a year, that's fine.
.”
After hearing this, Chen Dong and Ouyang felt that this was indeed a great thing. Although Cai Jing was responsible for this, no matter what, it was a good thing. They both nodded.
"Remember, yes, what I want is the kind of immediate effect." Li Qi ordered, and then said: "As for the second thing, to be honest, I am opposed to it, but the grand master insists on it, then
I have no choice but to obey. Since Fang La's rebellion, Jiangnan has not been able to recover. Now the imperial court attaches great importance to Jiangnan and plans to focus on rectification. My law will also begin to be implemented in Jiangnan. However, due to the Suzhou Fengju
The existence of the Jiangnan officialdom has led to the increasing corruption of the Jiangnan officialdom, so the emperor plans to rectify the Jiangnan officialdom through reforms. This job will fall on me, and the grand master personally recommended the two of you to the emperor. Therefore, I plan to send
When you two go to Jiangnan, I believe the appointment will be made soon."
After hearing this, the two of them were immediately elated, and the joy on their faces could not be expressed in words.
Li Qi smiled and said: "But don't be too happy too early. As I said before, I thought that sending you there was equivalent to asking you to die. The officialdom in Jiangnan is equivalent to a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. I'm very grateful whether you can return safely.
Doubt it. Ouyang, although you are also a radical, you are better than Chen Dong. I advise you to keep your distance from him as much as possible, but don't let him get involved."
Chen Dong was so depressed that he vomited blood after being scolded by Li Qi. He said unhappily: "Vice Dean, don't look down on others."
"Speaking of being an official, I really look down on you." Li Qi smiled disdainfully.
Chen Dongdao: "How about we make a bet?"
"What are you betting on? Money? I gave you your money, your life? Your life is still worthless in front of me? Well, I don't ask you to do well. As long as you can return safely, I promise to give you
Pouring tea, admitting mistakes, getting promoted, etc. are out of the question."
"Okay. It's settled."
"Don't be so busy yelling." Li Qi raised his hand and said, "Things are far from as simple as you think. Rectifying Jiangnan's officialdom is the primary purpose of your visit this time, but there are still many interests at stake, and I'm not good either.
Ming said, to put it simply, it is to check the people you should check, and you must not have any ideas about the people you should not check. Let’s do this. After the appointment is made, you can go to the Commerce Bureau to learn from Qin Xuezheng, and he will learn more about it.
I am telling you, by the way, to give you an in-depth understanding of the economic construction of Jiangnan. After the year, you will immediately leave for Hangzhou. Once there, everything must be obeyed by Zheng Yi and Zheng Tong. For you, this is
An excellent opportunity. If you do it well, you will rise to great heights. If you do it poorly, even if you don't lose your life, your career will be permanently closed to you. It's up to you to decide."
The two stood up and saluted: "Vice President, please rest assured that we will fulfill our mission."
"I hope so, get out."
"Ah? Oh."
The two secretly glanced at each other with lowered eyebrows, not paying attention at all. They forced themselves to hold back their laughter, bowed again, and turned their backs to go out.
"These two guys, they are really not afraid of tigers. Hum, you will have a better time in the future. I really don't know if this will help you or harm you!" Li Qi sighed, his eyes becoming deeper and deeper.
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Little did he know that he himself was not the newborn calf!
Not long after Chen Dong and Ouyang left, Li Qi also left the office and went to the sports park, but saw that there was no one in the classroom. He knew that Niu Gao and the others must have been training, so he went to Zhongshidao's office and saw only one person.
A gray-haired old man was sitting by the stove, concentrating on reading, and didn't even know he was coming.
"Dong dong dong!"
Li Qi knocked on the door politely a few times.
Zhong Shidao was startled, looked up, saw it was Li Qi, laughed loudly and said: "You are finally here, I'm going to find you, come and sit."
Li Qi cupped his hands, sat down, and asked with a smile: "Brother, how are you these days?"
Master Zhong shook his head and said, "As you get older, your body will naturally become worse and worse day by day. It's hard to say whether it's good or bad."
Li Qi couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard it. Yes, birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, and no one can escape from them. He smiled and said: "No matter what, the breeder must take care of his own body."
Zhongshidao nodded and said: "In recent days, there has been quite a shock in the court."
What kind of vibration? It was like a mountain collapsing and the ground cracking. Li Qi chuckled and said, "I wonder what the breeder thinks of this?"
Zhong Shidao waved his hand and said modestly: "If I could understand the truth, I would end up like this." He now understands deeply that he does not want to participate in politics if he is not in his position. The lessons of the past also make him no longer want to participate.
Get into these things.
"The breeder is too humble." Li Qi laughed and said, "Actually, the grand master originally wanted to recommend the breeder to lead Gyeonggi Road, but for some reasons, the breeder may have to wait for a while."
"I appreciate the kindness of the Grand Master." Zhong Shidao shook his head and said: "Now that the Song Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, I don't need me anymore. Moreover, I am very satisfied with my current life. I remember when you invited me to come to the Grand Master Academy,
I do have selfish motives, but after this year, I feel that this is a gift from God for me. Yue Fei and the other boys are also up to par. I am very happy to be with them! I no longer care about those military years.
I miss you no more.”
Having said that, the Song Dynasty is still inseparable from you. One day, you will still put on the armor. This kind of comfortable life is probably a luxury for you and me. Li Qi smiled
, said nothing.
Zhong Shidao suddenly asked: "By the way, I have something to ask you."
"What's up?"
"Will King Yun never come again?"
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Maybe."
Zhong Shidao stroked his beard and sighed: "What a pity, what a pity! Your Highness is extremely talented and is a rare talent."
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "I'm sorry, it was me who made the stud lose a beloved disciple."
Zhong Shidao shook his head and said: "I can't blame you, it's God's will."
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Throughout the ages, no decision can benefit everyone. Cai Jing's first day in court cannot be said to be perfect. It can only be said that he did not live up to everyone's expectations. He did everything he had to do. It was just a series of
The performance made everyone dizzy and dazzled.
On the next day, news of the abandoned Yingfeng Bureau spread throughout the capital.
Some people are happy and some are sad, and the people are naturally the happiest. After all, they have deeply experienced the pain that this Yingfeng situation has brought to them. The more radical ones even set off firecrackers to celebrate. The homes are decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and there is no need to treat guests to banquets.
It's down. But those who are a little more conservative still have a wait-and-see attitude on this, because when Fangla started the uprising, this Yingfeng Bureau was abandoned for a while, but it was soon reopened.
The key lies in Song Huizong. In fact, in this matter, Song Huizong is definitely the second biggest victim. What Song Huizong likes is granite, exotic flowers and trees, etc. These are all
He had to rely on the Feng Bureau to plunder him from all over the country. However, when he thought that what he got was only about 10%, and the rest was divided up, and his reputation was seriously violated, how could he swallow this?
He had to go on, and this was Cai Jing’s first memorial after all. He had to give him some face. Of course, the most important thing was that Li Qi’s military order moved him. Out of various considerations, he finally agreed.
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Therefore, the concerns of the conservative people are not justified. They still have their own reasons. In fact, even Li Qi is not 100% sure that Yingfeng Bureau will be dead from now on. As long as Song Huizong is here, then Yingfeng
There would be a chance for the game to revive, but Li Qi really couldn't think too far ahead at this time. He had to take advantage of the moment to get things done.
Apart from Song Huizong, the biggest victim was naturally Wang Fu.
For Wang Fu, it was a leak and it rained all night. He had just lost his job, and now even the cornucopia was smashed. He was so angry that he fainted on the spot.
He originally thought that even if he retired, as long as Ying Fengju was around, he would have a chance to make a comeback, because Ying Fengju was entirely for the emperor's personal service, the best way to flatter him, and everyone in Yingfengju was his.
No one can get in among his confidants. Even though he is at home, he can still make plans.
Now it's good. Cai Jing doesn't want you to have any idea of joining the bureau. As a man, you have to be more straightforward in doing things and just get rid of them. Don't think too much. Thinking too much will only lead to poverty in the future. Now it depends on
How can you make a comeback?
Of course, Cai Jing's own interests have also suffered some damage. After all, the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau has a great relationship with him, but in the face of his plan to make his name famous forever, everything is in vain.
However, since Wang Fu also has a close relationship with the harem, this move will still cause great damage to some people in the harem. But now that Cai Jing, Li Qi, and the prince are in the limelight, they have no choice but to avoid their influence and dare not
Talk nonsense in front of the emperor.
The Times Weekly of the Song Dynasty also made a special issue specifically for this matter. The content is suspected of praising Song Huizong, Cai Jing's wise decision, and the harm that Wang Fu and Ying Fengju brought to the people by side-deprecating Wang Fu and Ying Fengju.
This is the same as the situation when Cai Jing became an official. At that time, Wang Fu also demoted Cai Jing to death, and wished to describe Cai Jing as the incarnation of the devil. This also made Wang Fu gain the support of the people and was titled "Xianxiang".
Cai Jing was just repaying him with his own methods, but this time he had Li Qi to help him, and his propaganda efforts were far better than Wang Fu's.
Because the previous Taishi College had already begun to change Cai Jing's image in the hearts of the people, coupled with Li Qi's perfect packaging this time, Cai Jing's image has undergone an earth-shaking change. The people support him very much, and they are talking about him in the streets and alleys.
, this also gave Cai Jing a taste of the sweetness, and he became even more determined about his plan.
At the same time, Li Qi's economic construction was also proceeding in an orderly manner. Putting aside Wang Fu, the biggest obstacle, the imperial court was completely on the same line as Li Qi, and Li Qi finally began to exert its efforts. First of all, the first
The first thing to be done is to cut redundant officials. The first people to be cut are the envoys in front of the emperor and officials who have served in the Yingfeng Bureau.
Once the Yingfeng Bureau was abolished, those officials had no idea where to go. Moreover, the Yingfeng Bureau was a huge organization. There were countless officials, large and small, and they were spread all over the country. They brought a heavy burden to the imperial court, which was just a good time to use it.
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Poor Wang Fu, the only strength left in the court was wiped out.
It's a coincidence that all these officials who used to be part of the Yingfeng Bureau were all fat employees. After these years, everyone has made a lot of money. Even if they are laid off, they will not go to the streets to beg for food, but they are not like
The big landowners like Gao Qiu could live on for ten lifetimes, so they didn't want Li Qi to fool them. They joined the business world and came to the Commerce Bureau to report, hoping that the Commerce Bureau could give them good plans.
For Li Qi, it was an unexpected surprise.
After these two large-scale layoffs, it is also a good reminder to some officials that the world has changed. In addition, I have seen those officials who are already engaged in business, and now they are living a pleasant life.
, too lazy to wait for Qin Hui to come to the door, he started running to the Commerce Bureau on his own, which greatly reduced Qin Hui's pressure.
Qin Hui has also tasted the benefits now. He used to beg for help, but now people beg for him. It feels really good.
In addition, with the joining of Chen Guoting, Zhang Rulin, Chen Dong, and Ouyang Che, the Commerce Bureau is full of talents and has finally become a department with complete equipment and talents. Qin Hui no longer has to handle all the big things by himself.
Handle it personally, but this also takes some of the power from Qin Hui's hands. Now the Bureau of Commerce is the most popular department in the Song Dynasty. Although the official is not big, the power is quite heavy. If Li Qi does not balance it, he is likely to control it in the future.
Can't live.
Although Wang Fu fell, the increase in land tax was not aborted. The land inventory began to enter the formal stage. Before this, Song Huizong listened to Li Qi's opinion and issued another decree, that is, the real-name land system.
Land that is not registered with the Commerce Bureau will be treated as non-existent by the imperial court. Since you want to conceal it, just conceal it to the end, and you are not allowed to auction it in a buying house. But how to deal with it, or how to punish it, and whether to take it back.
, or forced collection, the court said nothing about it.
This is really serious. All the big landowners are in panic. They don’t know what the real-name system is about, and whether they should go or not. That’s a tangle.
On the second day after the decree was promulgated, Li Qi began to intensify his efforts to publicize the increase in land tax. Once the news spread, the small farmers were naturally the happiest and looked forward to the early implementation of the increase in land tax.
Although the landowners and powerful people had known about it for a long time, it had not been officially announced at that time. Seeing that the land tax increase was coming, they couldn't sit still at first, but they saw that many big landowners were carrying their money.
The land deed went to the Commerce Bureau, which made people surprised, and they started to inquire about the information.
Just when they were doubting, Li Qi let the wind go again and released the news about the industrial park and agricultural park. The four capitals of the Song Dynasty were the first batch of experimental sites, as well as Hangzhou, Jinling, Laizhou, Yangzhou and other places.
At this time, the landowners and powerful people began to wait and see again, but their hearts became more entangled. They could not digest such information for a while, so they did not dare to act rashly and wanted to wait and see what happened. As a result, the current situation was calm, which could make the court
The conservatives in the movie and Wang Fu, who had been working at home, were shocked. The script didn't seem to go that way.
Li Qi, on the other hand, sat firmly on Diaoyutai and spent all day in the Bureau of Commerce preparing for the spread of the law in Jiangnan. In addition, he got in touch with Zhu Meng, and the two discussed closely to rectify Jiangnan officialdom. After all, it was difficult for Cai Jing to show up.
It was done in a glorious manner, making some noise, turning around Cai Jing's reputation, but not hurting Zhu Meng's roots, lest in the end, all the fingers were pointed at Zhu Meng, that would not be good.
The stakes also gave Li Qi a headache. It was not easy to achieve perfection.
The most important thing is that Li Qi himself cannot leave the capital, so he can only rely on Zheng Yi and Bai Qiannuo who have already gone south.
Although the weather is getting colder and colder, the economic boom is becoming more and more violent, starting to sweep around Bianjing as the center, becoming more and more intense and unstoppable.
Snowflakes are falling.
Li Qi dragged his tired body and stood in front of the gate of Qin Mansion, looking at the hazy sky, and sighed: "Another year is about to pass. This year's New Year's Eve is really exciting." To be continued.)
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