Chapter 0458 Li Di, who is inclined to Tiger Mountain
Chen Lin looked stunned.
I didn't expect Zhao Zhen to say these words.
"Officials..."
Chen Lin thought about why Zhao Zhen suddenly became so stingy, and reminded her in a low voice.
But before he finished speaking, Zhao Zhen said calmly: "If anyone has any objections, his salary will be withheld and used as a private gift for the Korean envoy. If he is dissatisfied, let him go to Li Aiqing."
I believe that Li Aiqing will convince them."
Chen Lin stood there blankly, not knowing how to talk.
Zhao Zhen didn't speak, but Li Di had already tried every means to attack the salaries of some officials.
From the time Li Di took up the post of Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, he has reduced the part-time duties of more than a dozen important ministers and reduced their share of salaries.
Now that Zhao Zhen has spoken, Li Di has not eliminated all the empty posts of those important ministers in the court.
When did the Song Dynasty, which had always been generous, become so stingy?
Chen Lin was thinking secretly, and Zhao Zhen said to himself: "Send a decree to the inner court and tell them that after each country and tribe has presented tribute this year, the court should return a share of the value of the tribute they presented.
Equivalent gift.
Except for some people who have requests from us in the Song Dynasty."
Chen Lin opened her mouth slightly and looked shocked.
Zhao Zhen glanced at Chen Lin and said, "Why don't you go quickly?"
Chen Lin quickly came to her senses and said, "I'll go right now..."
After Chen Lin saluted, she hurried out of the pavilion.
When he arrived outside the pavilion, he had already communicated. Zhao Zhen suddenly became so stingy. What was the reason?
It must be Kou Ji who entered the palace today and said something to Zhao Zhen.
Chen Lin took a few steps outside the pavilion when she heard Zhao Zhen's voice coming from behind.
"Wait until you go to the inner court to deliver my oral instructions, and then help me summon Liu Heng. I am in urgent need of some people to tell me the truth. I don't want to listen to the flattering words of the officials in the court.
I want to learn more about what my Song Dynasty is like."
Chen Lin paused and quickly turned around to listen to Zhao Zhen's words.
Zhao Zhen continued: "Help me pick some martial arts equal to mine and help me hone my martial arts. I want those who can really fight with me, not those who can only coax me to play.
I believe you will be able to find such a person.
Also, go to the history museum and pick up some historical books. I will read through them in my free time.
By the way, I will also bring over the memorials that need my approval in the court today."
Chen Lin bowed and said: "Here..."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "Go down."
Chen Lin bowed again and left the Royal Garden.
Kou Ji, who had already left the Imperial Garden, had already stepped out of the palace gate.
Kou Ji walked out of the palace gate and threw the large and small bags in his hand to the servant of Kou Mansion who was waiting for him outside Donghua Gate. He asked the servant to drive the carriage back first. He himself took two guards and wandered around.
We arrived at Li Mansion.
The reason why he sent his servant to drive the carriage back first was because he was afraid that Li Di would see the precious medicinal materials given to him by Zhao Zhen and rob them.
After Li Di was promoted to Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi, in order to help the national treasury collect money, he went to the extreme extreme of being extremely evil.
Now, when officials of all sizes in Bianjing met Li Di outside the palace, they all took a detour.
He was afraid that if he did something unsatisfactory, he would be caught by Li Di, and he would throw off his empty job.
When I arrived at the door of Li's Mansion, I saw the door of Li's Mansion, sitting in the concierge with a sad face.
After meeting Kou Ji.
The disciples of Li Mansion are very enthusiastic.
"Master Kou, you are here, please come quickly..."
The disciples of the Li Mansion warmly invited Kou Ji into the Li Mansion.
After entering the Li Mansion, Kou Ji paused in the front hall for a moment and was a little surprised to see the doorman following him, motionless.
"Where is the steward of the house?"
The disciple of the Li Mansion nodded and bowed and said: "To be honest, from now on, all guests who come to the residence will be received by the villain."
Kou Ji wondered: "Why is that so?"
The disciple of the Li Mansion smiled bitterly and said: "The master resigned from several false positions at once, and his salary was reduced by more than half. He also dismissed nearly 60% of the servants and handymen in the house.
Now there are less than thirteen people left to serve in the house.
The three stewards of the front yard, the middle yard, and the back yard were dismissed because their monthly salary was too high.
Now there is only one big butler left in the house, who is always at the master's side."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly, "Why is this so?"
The disciple of Li Mansion laughed dryly, but did not speak.
Kou Ji can complain about Li Di, but the disciples of Li Mansion cannot.
The disciples of Li Mansion took Kou Ji to the backyard of Li Mansion, and saw Li Di and a man in gorgeous clothes pointing in the backyard of the house.
After Kou Ji got closer, he listened carefully and found that the man in gorgeous clothes was the steward of the tooth shop and was talking to Li Di about the sale of Li Mansion's house.
"Grandpa Li wants to sell the house?"
Kou Ji walked up to Li Di and asked a question.
Li Di turned around, saw Kou Ji, and laughed, "Why did you end up at my house?"
Kou Jigang opened his mouth to talk when he saw Li Di coming forward, pulling him to the side of the dental shop manager.
"You are very smart in business. Help me talk to the manager of the dental shop to see what price I should set for this house..."
Kou Ji was handed to the manager of the dental shop by Li Di with a look of astonishment on his face.
The steward of Yahang knew Kou Ji. After meeting Kou Ji, he bowed to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji bit the bullet, chatted with the manager of the dental store for a while, and finally settled on a reasonable price for Li Mansion.
Li Di listened to the whole process. After Kou Ji and the manager of Yahang finished discussing the price, he asked Yahang to put the house up for sale at the set price.
After sending away the manager of the dental shop.
Kou Ji followed Li Di to the pavilion and sat down with a puzzled look on his face.
"Grandpa Li, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? It's such a good house, why do you sell it when you say it's for sale?"
Li Di picked up the big teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, indicating that Kou Ji wanted to drink it.
After he was full, he let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I am going to do some things, and living in a big house is a bit inappropriate."
Kou Ji said thoughtfully: "Grandpa Li is going to sell the house and donate the money to the court?"
"fart!"
Li Di cursed and curled his lips and said: "I have worked hard for decades and got such a house. How could I donate it to the imperial court?"
"Then you..."
"The wine and meat of Zhumen are stinky, and there are people freezing to death on the road. Have you ever heard of it?"
"nature."
Li Di stroked his beard and hummed: "The imperial court has been raising scholars for decades, but it has not raised many people who are useful to the court. It has only raised a bunch of wine bags and rice bags, but the common people are still poor. Now these wine bags and rice bags are eaten one by one.
Their bellies are full of fat, I want to give them a good beating.
Since I want to beat them, I can’t live in a big house or live extravagantly, otherwise those drunkards will definitely impeach me.”
Kou Ji was slightly dazed and asked, "Grandpa Li is ready to clean up his government?"
Li Di nodded solemnly, "Not bad..."
Kou Ji pondered: "Grandpa Li is determined to be honest, which is naturally a good thing. But will your current behavior be counterproductive?"
Li Di raised his eyebrows, "How could it be counterproductive?"
Kou Ji hesitated and said: "Grandpa Li, you are selling the mansion and laying off the servants. It looks miserable, but the money in your hands has not changed. You just put the money on the surface and put it on the table."
Just in secret.
Officials in the court can also eat and drink in public in secret.
When they do things openly, they will also be restrained.
But when you do things behind your back, you become unscrupulous."
Li Di was stunned for a moment and then said thoughtfully: "You have reminded me. I will discuss it with Lu Yijian later and send someone to keep an eye on it secretly."
Kou Ji was stunned, "Lv Gong also wants to clean the government?"
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and said strangely: "The first person to propose knocking on those wine bags and rice bags was Lu Yijian, didn't you know?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Mr. Lu must have been stimulated by something when he was touring the world, right?"
Li Di nodded solemnly, "According to Lu Yijian, when he visited the world, he saw countless flies and dogs, and every one of them was unsightly.
He also said that corruption and bribery are common in the local area.
From top to bottom, no one is greedy.
From big officials to small government officials, all of them take corruption and bribery as a matter of course.
After he investigated and punished corrupt officials at the local level, it didn't take long for those corrupt officials to appear again.
He deeply felt that patrolling the world would not be able to eliminate corrupt officials at all.
So we plan to promote clean government from top to bottom.
Go to the court first, then to the local government, and completely eliminate the corruption trend.
After listening to what he said, I was convinced and decided to work with him to kill the corrupt culture."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
He thought for a while and said: "Grandpa Li, I don't think clean government can be achieved by just killing corruption. The court should improve the corresponding laws and implement them in all places.
Just shouting or killing a few corrupt officials will have no effect at all."
Li Di nodded and said: "Of course I know what you said. I have decided to work with Lu Yijian to revise the laws of the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji frowned slightly.
Koji expressed his approval for the revision of the law.
The law needs to make certain changes as the court continues to change.
Only in this way can we ensure that the court develops in a favorable direction.
He didn't foolishly shout something like the immutability of the ancestral system.
The ancestral system is only a part of the law, not all laws are ancestral system.
Since Li Di and Lu Yijian intend to revise the law, they will definitely revise other laws on the basis of the ancestral system, or add many provisions to the law.
If the amendment of existing laws touches the interests of some people, some pedantic veterans will stand up and use the rhetoric of ancestral system to stop it.
However, if new provisions are added to the law, they can be implemented as long as the inner court negotiates and obtains Zhao Zhen's consent.
However, whether it is re-amending the law or adding new provisions to the law, it will affect the interests of many people.
If there are too many new provisions, then this revision of the law will be tantamount to a reform.
Reform is a very difficult thing.
If you are not careful, you will be drowned out by the voice of opposition and eventually cause death.
Kou Ji frowned and said thoughtfully: "Grandpa Li and Lu Gong plan to revise all the laws, or only part of the corruption laws?"
I heard Kou Ji's question.
Li Di was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Lu Yijian wants to change all the laws."
Kou Ji frowned even more tightly.
Li Di seemed to have guessed Kou Ji's thoughts and continued: "Lu Yijian was probably stimulated by your grandfather's actions, so he was ready to go to war."
Kou Ji pondered: "Lv Yijian wants to ask for a name?"
Li Di nodded.
Kou Ji stared at Li Di and asked, "What do you think, Grandpa Li?"
Li Di sighed, "My thoughts are similar to Lu Yijian's. But I'm not seeking fame. I just want to make the people live a better life."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "From your tone, it seems that you are not optimistic about the revision of the law."
Li Di hesitated for a moment and sighed.
"I know my own weight. I don't have the fearless spirit of your grandfather, let alone a capable grandson like you. Faced with the resistance and impeachment of hundreds of officials, I can't deal with it calmly, let alone
There is no way to suppress it forcefully.
It is very likely that I will be swallowed to pieces by those who oppose me."
Kou Ji said worriedly: "Why do you still do this when you know there is danger?"
Li Di said faintly: "When your grandfather took up the post of Ping Zhangshi under Tong Zhongshu's sect, he successively deposed the punishment department, deposed the generals as prisoners, streamlined the Xiang army by hundreds of thousands, and deposed the three divisions.
A large number of people were laid off because of this.
For me, the Song Dynasty was left with nearly 10 million yuan of wasted money every year.
If it were not for the suppression of rebellions in various places, money would be needed to appease the people.
If it weren't for Zhu Neng's expedition to Shazhou, a large amount of food and wages would be needed.
The savings in the Song Dynasty's treasury this year will exceed 13 million yuan.
A new high in history.
As your grandfather's successor, I must do something."
Kou Ji warned: "You don't need to compare with my grandfather..."
Li Di shook his head, "I'm not comparing myself to your grandfather. I just feel that in this life, I may only have one chance to serve as a subordinate of Tong Zhongshu, and I must do something for the people."
"But you... it's possible that if you don't do anything well, your bones will be swallowed up by those who oppose you."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice.
Li Disha smiled and said: "That's okay... Lu Yijian's thoughts are the same as mine. After I fall, Lu Yijian will follow.
After they defeated me, they had to restrain themselves.
By then, Lu Yijian will be able to do things much more easily.
Even if Lu Yijian falls, there will still be Wang Zeng.
With the efforts of three poor men, even if they cannot revise all the laws of the Song Dynasty, they can always revise part of them.
As long as some of the laws can be revised, the people's lives will be better.