The biggest controversy over Han Jiang, Zhang Yue, Wang Anshi, and Lu Huiqing's exemption law is whether to collect exemption money and the remaining money for exemption from lower-class households (fourth and fifth classes).
Han Jiang and Zhang Yue unanimously objected and said that they could not be collected, while Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing insisted that they must be collected.
In order to gain Wang Anshi's trust, Zhang Yue said against his will that his exemption from military service would never be changed in the future.
However, Zhang Yue has always believed in the saying, "You must be true to your words, and you must be resolute in your deeds. You are just a villain."
Everything politicians say is like fart, you'd be stupid to believe it.
Wang Anshi probably saw through this, so when we met that day, he told Zhang Yue not to be responsible for this sentence. If you think it can be changed, just change it.
Therefore, Zhang Yue proposed version 2.0 of the new law to Han Jiang in response to this, and the breakthrough point was the exemption law.
Zhang Yue and Han Jiang said: "Last year (actually the data is from the ninth year of Xining), Sinong Temple received more than 1,414,000 yuan in exemption money, but the expenditure was only 6,487,600 yuan.
One hundred guan, a surplus of nearly 4 million guan."
The economy of the Song Dynasty was really great. When the Song Dynasty unified the world, its annual income was only 16 million yuan, twice that of the Tang Dynasty at its peak.
And now, more than 10 million yuan has been received in exemption money alone.
"Therefore, it is enough to exempt people from military service and the money that exempts lower households from military service. Otherwise, the reform will become a money-making exercise, which is not the original intention of the public to take it from the people and use it for the people."
An exempted court earns nearly 4 million yuan every year. Zhang Yue is speechless about this.
On the one hand, it shows that he was right when he designed to exempt the lower households from the service-free money and the winning money. On the other hand, it is also terrible. The service-free law also charges minors, single-person households, and female households. This was before the reform of the service-free law.
None of it was possible.
You can imagine what will happen to female households and underage households with almost no financial ability if they pay money to the court for exemption from military service.
Several new laws in Wang Anshi's reform, such as the exemption law, the green crop law, the land equalization law, the military law, and the farmland water conservancy law, are all commendable, but they also have many serious problems.
In particular, the immunity from service law can be regarded as the best among the new laws. However, Lu Huiqing made the immunity from service law go further and further towards making money.
Han Jiang said: "That's true. I'm afraid that the Lu family won't agree. It's not good for Wang Jiefu of Jinling to know that I changed his new law."
Han Jiang emphasized again: "Wang Jiefu is the one who firmly believes in the law of freedom from labor. If he changes his law, he will be very angry."
Zhang Yue said: "According to Su Zizhan's theory, the fifth-class households can be divided into upper and lower classes, and the exemption money for the fifth-class and lower-class households can be exempted."
Han Jiang knew that Zhang Yue and Su Shi's opinions were in line with his wishes, but he was worried that Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing would not like them, so he shook his head.
Zhang Yue was speechless at Han Jiang's strength and said, "You are worthy of being a Dharma-teaching ascetic. Wang Anshi knows how to do it."
Han Jiang was worried that Zhang Yue would continue talking, so she picked up the crystal pen holder on the table and said, "Please accept this crystal pen holder."
Zhang Yue could refuse to accept the things given by others, but Zhang Yue did not dare to accept the things Han Jiang gave him immediately.
Han Jiang said to Zhang Yue: "In this dynasty, it is easy to increase the wealth, but it is difficult to decrease it. Just like people are used to living a rich life and are accustomed to food and clothing. Once it is reduced, it is inevitable to feel uncomfortable. It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and from luxury to luxury."
It’s hard to be frugal.”
Zhang Yue said: "That's why there is a sigh of relief after taking all the money and using it like sand."
These words come from Afang Gong Fu. Han Jiang felt pity after hearing this. Why did he take all the baht from the people and refuse to let go of even a penny?
Don't feel bad at all.
"What can be done about this?"
Zhang Yue said: "Emperor Taizong once said that if there is no trouble in the world, the rents and gifts of the common people should be used up. Now that things in the West have slowed down a little, and there will be no troops for three to five years, we should implement Guan Zhong's method to correct it, take what is agreed and give it widely, and so on
Only then can we take it from the people and use it for the people."
Han Jiang subconsciously said: "It's difficult."
Zhang Yue said: "Mr. Han, this matter is not difficult, as long as Lu Jifu can be dismissed from office!"
Han Jiang narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue immediately met Han Jiang's gaze and said: "Mr. Han, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats discussed the state of affairs together. They decided on the choice and combination. In the past, the emperor used Wang Jiefu's theory to rule the state.
yes."
"Now that Wang Jiefu has resigned as prime minister, the emperor is also weighing in his heart whether the prime minister or Lu Jifu will be in charge of the affairs of the country. The affairs of the country are the issue of the state, and the dispute over the issue of state is a matter of life and death. There is no way to give in!"
The concept of "state is" comes from Gongsun Ao's "What is right for the state is what everyone hates". Once "the right of the state" is determined, officials who support the right of the state will be retained, and those who oppose it will be dismissed. Even the ancestral system that has been disturbed by different opinions will be eliminated.
Give in to this 'national truth'.
Therefore, the purpose of deposing Lu Huiqing was not for the sake of national security. The struggle for national security is, in the final analysis, a struggle for power.
What is Lu Huiqing’s biggest advantage? It’s the country.
Officials believe that he is the successor of Wang Anshi's reform, and he is the protector of the new law, so this is Zhang Yue's advantage over Han Jiang.
Why did Sima Guang lose to Wang Anshi? It was either because of other reasons or because he lost to Guoshi. The rest of the old party tried to persuade him not to change the emperor's mind, and they also went out one after another. This was because they also lost to Guoshi.
Therefore, if you want to deal with Lu Huiqing, you can't deal with him using ordinary methods.
Only in the country can we defeat him.
When Zhang Yue said this, Han Jiang was finally touched a little bit.
He said excitedly: "Let me think about it."
…
It rained heavily in the afternoon.
Lu Huiqing listened to the words of Lu Heqing and Lu Wenqing.
"This is really just an opportunity to make a book to report rewards. There is nothing too excessive. However, officials like Yang Hui and Chen Yi have raised objections. They have made all sorts of unpleasant remarks in the past few days.
Even Brother Dao, you are Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and others."
Lu Huiqing said nothing with a sullen face. Lu Wenqing said: "My brother is just using rewards to prevent the collusion between the civil gentry and the officials. He is actually cited as the first whistleblower in the Wu Zhou Dynasty with ulterior motives. He is compared to Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen."
, such intentions cannot be said to be sinister."
"When my brother first takes power, he must establish his authority, otherwise he will not be able to convince the public. If Zheng Xia is not used to punish Feng Jing, no one in the world will be willing to obey the new law. Everything will be difficult for my brother in the future."
Lu Huiqing said: "We have already done Li Shizhong before."
Lu Heqing said: "Master Li is a deceitful person. It is better to dismiss Feng Jing."
When Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, Li Shizhong was the first to jump out and blatantly oppose the new law. What he meant by "substitute for Xizai" was that the ministers assisted the left monarch to carry out the destiny on his behalf.
Then Li Shizhong finished his work and claimed, "I was born as a humble minister, and I have built a prosperous age. If there are ministers like this, your majesty will give up all of them!"
Lu Huiqing almost wanted to vomit after reading this memorial. This man was so thick-skinned and talented that he was a "naturally humble minister".
Lu Huiqing and Li Shizhong were at odds with each other, and after saying a few words about this person from the sidelines, the emperor dismissed this arrogant and arrogant Li Shizhong.
Lu Huiqing thought to herself, yes, the purpose of reform is to establish prestige and credibility. If you don't appoint a few high-ranking officials, how can the officials below take your words seriously?
Having a Li Shizhong is not enough to "change customs and legislate laws", so only powerful ministers can carry out their own new laws.
At this moment, a person hurriedly came in to report.
But when the steward of the Lu Mansion handed over a letter, the content of which was that Zheng Xia was about to be demoted from the capital. Wang Anguo discussed with more than a dozen people the content that was not conducive to Lu Huiqing.
Zheng Xia had planned to compile these documents into a memorial to impeach Lu Huiqing.
Ever since Zheng Xia's upper class tried to impeach Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing had been on guard against his attempts, so he sent several folk heroes, people who could steal secrets, to monitor Zheng Xia day and night.
If Zheng Xia did nothing wrong, forget it and the matter ends here. If not, then you can't blame him, Lu Huiqing.
Lu Huiqing couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
Lu Huiqing said to the two brothers: "When Zhao Pu became the Prime Minister, he put two big urns in the hall, and everyone put their words in them. When the urns were full, they were burned in the thoroughfare. As for you brother, I can't do what Zhao Pu did.
Prime Minister."
Having said this, Lu Huiqing crumpled the paper discussed by Zheng Xia and Wang Anguo into a ball.
Lu Heqing smiled and said: "Brother, isn't this okay?"
"Now that you have ascended the throne and become prime minister, there are only three people who must be defeated. One is Feng Jing. This person holds objections and must be eliminated quickly. The other is Han Jiang. Although this person is known as the protector of the Dharma, he is not as talented as his brother.
, just holding the position, and there is another person who is already serving as an official. Since Zheng Xia contacted Wang Anguo, it just happened to involve him..."
Speaking of this, Lu Heqing made a gesture.
…
On that day, Zheng Xia left the capital after attending the imperial examination.
Many gentry from the outskirts of Bianjing City came to see him off, and within a few days of his departure many people presented him with gifts or commendations.
Zheng Xia felt that he had done a good deed to pray for the people.
Facing the dozen or so people who were seeing each other off, he all said politely: "I am afraid that I will never see you again when I leave the capital."
Everyone said: "Zheng Gong asked for life for the people of the world, and the people will never forget it. One day the emperor will surely wake up and know who is a loyal minister and who is a traitor in this court. When the time comes, he will definitely be able to redress his grievances."
Hearing this, Zheng Xia couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. He immediately drank a glass of water and wine, and then said to everyone: "Zheng did not seek fame or gain in his life. He just believed in one sentence, 'Advocate for the common people.' Although he is now in such a situation, he still cannot
I will never regret it.”
Everyone raised their glasses and the scene was lively.
At this time, several groups of cavalry suddenly came from the direction of Bianjing City and immediately surrounded the people who were drinking in the pavilion.
Everyone was in panic and refused to listen, but one of the cavalrymen shouted: "Who is the guilty minister Zheng Xia?"
Zheng Xia was not afraid at all when he saw this scene. He had already put his life and death aside and walked out of the pavilion and said, "That's it. Are you sent by Lu Jifu?"
The other party sneered: "Who was sent by Lu Shenzheng? We were ordered by the emperor to capture the guilty minister Zheng Xia!"
Zheng Xia said: "I will go with you, but these are my friends and followers, and they are all innocent people. Please don't embarrass them."
The other party said: "The people who are with you are all treacherous officials and traitors. There are no innocent people. I will take them all and send them to prison!"
Everyone was panicked when they heard that they were just here to see Zheng Xia off, but they were all imprisoned in the sky prison.
Zheng Xia said angrily: "How can this be justified? Is there any royal law in this?"
"What's the king's method?" The other party read the emperor's edict in one fell swoop, "The emperor's order is here to catch all of you and get rid of these people. Whoever you, Zheng Xia, have seen in the past ten days, confess them all and put them in jail for interrogation!"
What Zheng Xia saw was indeed the emperor's edict, and he immediately knew that he had made a big mistake.
Ps: Once again, I wish everyone a healthy Dragon Boat Festival.
