Lin Jue laughed and said, "Are you two planning to chat on the dock until dawn? Aren't we going home?"
"Of course, girl Lu Wu, come in the car with me. Let's talk while walking. I have a lot to say to you." The little princess held Lu Wu's hand and smiled.
Lu Wu had no choice but to nod. The sudden enthusiasm of the little princess made her a little confused. Lin Jue sighed inwardly when he saw this situation. These days, with different identities, the treatment is naturally different. It is not that the little princess is snobbish, the little princess used to treat Lu Wu It's also very good. It's just that today's enthusiasm is too much, but it seems a bit unnatural. This shows that the little princess is a little unbalanced in her heart. It seems that she needs to have a good chat with the little princess about this matter. Lin Jue doesn't want to What is the little princess worried about? She doesn't want her to have an excessive psychological burden.
Before getting into the car, Lu Wu remembered that she had not seen Xiaohu and the others, so she asked: "Where are Xiaohu and Miss Bai? Why haven't they been seen?"
Lin Jue smiled and said: "The two of them went to do something for me and will be back in a few days."
Lu Wu made a sound and said: "Qianqian was originally coming tonight, and sister Xie was also coming, but I persuaded them to go back. They are rehearsing a new drama and are very tired. I don't want them to stay up late."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "You did the right thing. Why bother with so many people coming to greet you in the middle of the night? It won't be too late to see you tomorrow."
Lu Wu nodded and retreated into the carriage. Lin Jue got on the horse and waved his hand. The group of people walked north along the brightly lit street.
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The news that Liang Wang Guo Bing drowned Kang Zizhen had actually reached the capital a few days ago. After hearing the news, the two big bosses of the Ordinance Department were stunned. Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru were in a good mood recently. After resisting the opposition to the reform, After one faction's ferocious attack, the spring of the reform faction suddenly arrived. The implementation of the two new laws was in full swing, sweeping across the entire Zhou Dynasty with a seemingly unstoppable momentum.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the new law, Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru selected a large number of new officials and took one-size-fits-all actions. Anyone who did not pay attention to the implementation of the new law or did not implement it effectively would have the chief officials replaced. As the saying goes, 'If you don't change your mind, change it.' Under the guidance of this idea, a large number of prefectural and county officials were replaced throughout the Zhou Dynasty. A large number of previously unknown officials were promoted and put on the political stage. Of course, this There were officials who wanted to work for the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army during the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there were certainly no shortage of speculators. In short, there was a mixed bag of good and bad, and there were all kinds of people.
Yan Zhengsheng is not unaware of the drawbacks of mass promotion and appointment of officials without careful examination. But they have no good solution for the time being. The consensus reached by the two is that as long as the new law can be promoted, when the implementation of the new law is basically completed, it will become After implementing the new normal policy, it is not too late to carry out internal rectification and purge. What needs to be done now is to use this force to comprehensively promote the implementation of the new law.
The results are gratifying. The first disbursement of official loan money stipulated in the "Changping New Law" this spring has reached more than 15 million taels, which means that by the end of summer, the interest of 3 million taels will be rolled up. Official loans are issued twice a year, and this alone generates interest income of 6 million taels. Compared with Dazhou's annual fiscal and tax revenue, this has increased the fiscal and tax revenue by more than 10%.
The more direct effect is the implementation of the "Employment Law". The collection of exemption money and assistance money is like the development of a big gold mine. It took less than three months to implement the exemption money and assistance money.
A huge amount of nine million taels has been collected. This is despite the unfavorable situation in the collection of service money. If all are collected in accordance with the provisions of the new law, the total amount of silver collected throughout the year will reach 14 to 5 million taels.
Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru calculated an account. If everything goes well this year, the annual fiscal and tax revenue will increase by 50% from last year's more than 60 million taels, reaching a huge 90 million taels. This will be nearly
For the first time in thirty years, the imperial court's fiscal and tax revenue is close to the level of the Great Zhou Dynasty's fiscal revenue in its heyday. If it continues to develop at this rate, it will only take three years for the deterioration of the Great Zhou Dynasty's fiscal and tax revenue to be greatly improved. Yin eats a lot of food and is stretched.
The financial situation of Dazhou will be comprehensively solved. The financial situation of Dazhou will be greatly improved. Many things that have been put on hold but cannot be done will be solved.
Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru reported this account to Guo Chong, and Guo Chong was very excited after hearing it. If the results mentioned by Yan Fang and Fang can be achieved, then his achievements this time will surpass those of the previous one. Fuguo
If the blueprint of strengthening the army can be realized, he will undoubtedly become the most outstanding and wise emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, comparable to the Wutang Sect of Han Dynasty or even surpassing them.
Of course, all kinds of disharmonious news and voices also exist. Negative news caused by various reforms are also pouring in. Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru can't stop them even if they want to. After all, Lu Zhongtian is still under the control of the Political Affairs Hall.
and Wu Chunlai. The negative situations about the reform that they collected from various places were also sent to Guo Chong in the form of a summary report. Although Guo Chong did not want to see this news, he could not ignore it.
Therefore, every three days, when these negative news are sent to the palace, Guo Chong's mood is not good that day. Just like the labor pains, every three days, Guo Chong will experience labor pains. See
Going up had little impact on his determination, but the impact was so subtle that Guo Chong didn't even realize it himself.
Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru can't control that much for the time being. Just like the example they have always cited. It is said that strong medicines are used in severe cases. Strong medicines will naturally bring about some negative effects. This is something that has long been expected. The problem is
Do you want to live or give up your life for fear of these negative effects? In order for Dazhou to be able to bring love back to life, a price must be paid. Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru regard these negative effects as a price that must be endured
.
Overall, the implementation of the new laws was basically smooth. Once the hard problem of aid money was overcome, the implementation of the two new laws was basically successful. Both Yan and Fang were optimistic and felt that this day would come soon.
The breakthrough in aid money only came overnight. Now only some officials from the imperial family are holding on, while those low-level officials and local wealthy families have begun to pay. As for the imperial relatives and senior officials, they are actually waiting and watching each other.
As long as there is a breakthrough, it will fall apart.
However, what they never expected was that at this juncture, news suddenly came that Kang Zizhen, the prefect of Hangzhou, had been drowned by Prince Liang. This was an extremely heavy blow to Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru.
Because of Kang Zizhen's outstanding political achievements in Hangzhou, although he has not yet been able to conquer the hard nut of Liang Prince's Mansion in terms of aid money, there has been considerable progress in other aspects. This made Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru, who had doubts about Kang Zizhen's ability,
I am very pleased. A large state capital like Hangzhou plays a benchmark and demonstration role in a sense. It is also in line with the guideline of "leading from point to area" in the implementation of the new law. The achievements of Hangzhou Prefecture are also made by Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru in front of the emperor.
The model state capital that is constantly mentioned. Of course, the mention of Hangzhou is also to maintain the exposure of Prince Liang's Mansion to a certain extent and let the emperor know the news that Prince Liang's Mansion refuses to cooperate. Now, Guo Bing actually drowned Kang Zizhen in public.
This is simply unbelievable. Kang Zizhen is a fourth-rank official in the imperial court and the official of Mu Shou. Not to mention that Guo Bing has no power to deal with him at all. Even if he has this power, he still needs to report to the court for a decision, rather than commit suicide without authorization.
.Besides, this is not just a case of murder beyond the scope of authority. This is obviously a barbaric attack on the new law, which basically ignores the court and the new law.
How could Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru tolerate it? As soon as they got the news, they went to the palace to meet the emperor and asked Guo Chong to thoroughly investigate the cause of the matter, severely punish the murderer, and safeguard the authority of the new law and the authority of the court.
Of course Guo Chong was also very angry. His brother, who had been dormant for the past few years and was very well-behaved, actually made a splash this time, killing a local official and a general who promoted the new law. Could it be that he finally couldn't hold it in anymore? Guo Chong's
The first reaction was that this time I finally had a chance to catch him and deal with him. Although my younger brother looked harmless, I always felt that he had a hidden agenda and was planning something. I always felt that
It's because I don't trust him. If I had the chance to deal with this threat, I would definitely do it.
However, Guo Chong thought about it seriously and decided not to make a rash decision for the time being. If he wanted to move the King of Liang, he must not issue an imperial edict himself, otherwise he would leave an eternal infamy that would not tolerate his brother. If he wanted to move him, he must
In the name of the civil and military power of the Manchu Dynasty, King Liang became the target of thousands of people, and he had to deal with him to appease the anger of the people in the world. That was the best result.
Guo Chong appeased Yan Fang and the two, and agreed with Fang Dunru to send Yushitai officials to Hangzhou to investigate the causes and consequences of the matter. At the same time, he was also waiting for official news from Hangzhou, and then organized a court meeting.
The direction of the discussion was determined to be that Guo Bing was lawless, exercised power beyond the rules, and undermined the implementation of the new law, the imperial court's century-old plan. By the way, all the small things that Guo Bing did in the past, such as making money and opening a brothel in Hangzhou, were summed up to give Guo Bing more than a dozen major crimes.
In that case, it would be logical for him to come forward and express that he had to deal with Guo Bing.
Guo Chong knew that these were actually not difficult. Lu Xiang was at odds with Guo Bing, and he would never speak for Guo Bing this time, so the court meeting must have been one-sided criticism. Chen Zhizhi's rotting millet will be criticized.
Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru would not attack him personally, but the charge of obstructing the new law was what they cared about most. Therefore, no one could save their brother this time.
Guo Chong has even thought about how to deal with Guo Bing. Although killing him can solve the problem once and for all, he cannot bear the eternal infamy of killing his own brother. Unless Guo Bing loses his mind and does something treacherous to avoid punishment.
, then it is logical. Otherwise, killing cannot be done. Then the whole family will be relegated to the bitter cold land in the northwest. After the Xixia Kingdom was destroyed, there has been unrest there, so he was asked to go to the Xixia Kingdom to go to those places that are filled with wind all year round.
He went to the place where there was snow and yellow sand and let the soldiers and horses guarding Xixia watch him. It was actually no different from killing him.
