The next day, Fanning went to court before dawn, and today he attended the court meeting.

The content of today's court meeting is to cut down palace maids, which is actually very normal. One day, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day, the same is the palace maid.

This was done better in the Song Dynasty than in the Tang Dynasty, and would release palace maids regularly, so that a large number of young palace maids could still return to their hometowns to get married in time.

There are very few scenes of "the white-headed palace maid sitting idle and talking about Xuanzong".

Finally, with the approval of Empress Dowager Cao, 433 palace maids were cut off, even though they were released and returned to their hometown.

At this time, the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor Chen Shengzhi came out and reported: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I have a memorial!"

Empress Dowager Cao said slowly: "Please tell me Deputy Envoy Chen!"

"I believe that since there are a lot of overseas land and the court cannot use it all, it can be sold to the people, gather people's wealth to open up the road, export grain, and return the minerals to the court, benefit the country and the people. I heard that the government is worried about it, and I think it is not necessary. As long as the law is orderly and the system is strict, it can be avoided. I beg the court to plan this matter as soon as possible and do not ignore it because of fear of difficulties."

Wang Gui, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, also listed: "Recently, public opinion has been boiling for overseas land affairs. Kaifeng Prefecture accepts many various inquiries every day. The Wei Minister also hopes that Zhizhengtang will come up with the regulations as soon as possible to calm public opinion."

Li Weizhen, the Censorate, also listed: "In the past few days, the Censorate has collected hundreds of civilian letters every day, all of which are asking the court to relax the ban on overseas places and allow the people to purchase land and property overseas."

Fan Ning didn't say much. He knew that all the powerful people were pushing the matter behind their backs. Han Qi, who was the most fiercely opposed, was silent, which showed that he was under great pressure and no longer explicitly objected, but kicked the ball to Empress Dowager Cao.

After a moment, Empress Dowager Cao asked Emperor Zhao Xu, "What do the officials think?"

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said, "It can be discussed!"

Empress Dowager Cao nodded and said aloud: "Where is Mr. Han?"

Han Qi hurriedly stepped out, "I am here!"

Empress Dowager Cao said lightly: "Since the people expect, Zhizhengtang should also formulate rules and regulations as soon as possible. The laws and regulations will be added, and the qualifications should be considered as soon as possible. In short, Zhizhengtang must be done as soon as possible. If not, then there must be a definite reason and basis."

"I am obeying the Queen Mother's decree!"

Empress Dowager Cao nodded, "If there is nothing else, let's scatter the court!"

After the officials dispersed, Han Jiang quickly walked to Fan Ning and smiled and said, "Do you have time to go to Zhizheng Hall?"

Fanning nodded, "It's time to afternoon! I'll meet the official family in the morning, and it's already decided."

"Okay, see you in the afternoon!"

Han Jiang bowed and walked quickly.

At this time, a eunuch stepped forward and said, "The official family is waiting for the military envoy in the inner palace, please follow me!"

At present, Zhao Xu has not ruled independently, and his main energy is still studying. His study place is in the inner palace of the Guanxue Hall, which was the inner study room of Emperor Renzong in the past. His mother Gao Taotao met with ministers. Empress Dowager Dong changed to meet ministers in the Ci'an Hall, and the Qilin Hall was renamed Guanxue Hall to study and study for Zhao Xu.

Fan Ning came to Qilin Hall and met Zhao Xu who was reviewing the memorial in the study. The memorial he reviewed was only part of the memorial that Empress Dowager Cao selectively transferred to him. Many court officials have the right to observe and suggest, but they have no decision-making power.

His instructions for major court affairs were not counted, and only after Empress Dowager Cao's instructions could they be implemented.

However, Zhao Xu did not complain. He was patiently waiting for his arrival at the age of twenty.

At this time, Zhao Xu was no longer as sad as before. He walked out of the grief of his mother's death, but he seemed more quiet than before.

Fan Ning bowed and bowed, "My minister Fan Ning, please see Your Majesty!"

"Fan Aiqing, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Fan Ning sat down under Zhao Xu, and a palace maid served them tea.

Zhao Xu said worriedly: "A few days ago, Wang Anshi asked to try the Qingmiao Law and Baojia Law in ten counties. I approved it, and the emperor's grandmother also agreed, but Zhizhengtang voted six oppositions, and Cai Xiang alone agreed. It was really beyond my expectations. What do Fan Aiqing thinks?"

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Anshi once promoted the Qingmiao Law and Baojia Law in Yingtian Prefecture. At that time, Weimin was the prefect, so Weimin had a say in this matter. Wang Anshi's original intention of implementing the reform was to equalize the rich and the poor, use the rich to help the poor, use the Baojia method to tie the rich and the poor together, and promote the Qingmiao money, so that the rich households can guarantee the poor, and one rich guarantee the ten poor. Once the poor households cannot afford the Qingmiao money, the rich households will repay it. This can alleviate the contradiction between the displacement of the poor caused by land annexation. In fact, the responsibility that should be borne by the court is handed over to the rich. Can Your Majesty understand this?"

Zhao Xu nodded, "Wang Anshi also told me that rich people cannot be unkind to the rich, and should provide appropriate relief to the poor."

"I will tell His Majesty two things. After that, His Majesty will probably understand what the problem is?"

"Please say it to Fan Aiqing!"

"I will first talk about something that happened more than ten years ago. At that time, the Weichen was still studying in the county school. Wang Anshi was the magistrate of Yin County. At the invitation of Wang Anshi, I took a group of junior brothers to study in Yin County. It was March, and it was the time of spring plowing. That was the third year that Wang Anshi implemented the Qingmiao Law in Yin County."

Fan Ning told the story of what happened in Yin County that year. Zhao Xu was surprised to hear it. It was like a legendary story. Fan Ning smiled and said, "This is the first time the Qingmiao Law is implemented. What lesson should His Majesty learn?"

"I think the Qingmiao Law should be implemented by the government, and it cannot be handed over to private money shops."

"Then I will tell Your Majesty the second thing I will do. Your Majesty also participated in this matter. A few years ago, I became the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture. Your Majesty presided over the military reforms in Yingtian Prefecture. At that time, Your Majesty supported Wang Anshi to implement the Baojia Law in Yingtian Prefecture. Once, I rushed back from Yunzhou and passed by Yucheng County, Yingtian Prefecture. I found that an official arrested a member of the staff. He was a Du Baozheng. The people went to the county government to sue him, saying that he collected money without authorization and each household collected money for one day. I asked him why he wanted to collect money from the people? He said that the security government would have to pay."

"What kind of security guard?"

Zhao Xu interrupted Fan Ning's narrative and asked in surprise: "No guarantor is needed to set up in Baojia Law!"

"The government office they set up by themselves, which is equivalent to the former Lizheng. If they want to do things for the government, they need to recruit people, especially some scoundrels who are afraid of the people. If they recruit people, they need to have a place, and naturally they have to have expenses. Logically, these expenses should be borne by the county government, but the county government has no money and is unwilling to bear them. Let them find a way for themselves. They can only pay the people, and the security yamen appeared. Afterwards, the ministers sent people to various counties in Yingtian Prefecture to investigate. As long as the Du Baozheng is established, there will be a security yamen and allocate money and food to the people, without exception."

"Then why did the government arrest him?"

"Your Majesty guess the reason. Everyone has distributed money and food. Why are the others who are safe and unrestrained, but they just arrest him?"

Zhao Xu shook his head, "I can't guess!"

"I couldn't guess either. Later, Mr. Luo was released. After careful interrogation, I realized that because other security guards had to pay 50% of the money and grain to the county government, Mr. Luo took over the 300 stale money he had allocated, which made the county government angry, so he arrested him."

Zhao Xu was stunned when he heard this, "How could this happen?"

Fan Ning said earnestly: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, all counties and government offices have been destroyed. Because the county government has no money to repair, the daily expenses of the county government offices and the salaries of civil servants are allocated by the court. The county magistrates are generally relatively poor. After a hundred years of continuous improvement, the system of the Song Dynasty has been very strict and it is difficult to have room for trouble. The court also sympathizes with the poverty of the county government offices. Therefore, counties can get some subsidies from the lease of official fields and houses, so that the county magistrates can also support their subordinates. It is a bit of a little bit of fuel, but once the law is reformed, it means that the century-old system will be broken. Baojia Law becomes a means for the county government office to exploit the people through local government offices. The matter of Luo Yuanwai mentioned by Weichen is typical, but this is just a drizzle. Compared with the Qingmiao Law, it is really nothing?"

"How to exploit the people in the Qingmiao Law?" Zhao Xu asked.

"Your Majesty, the Baojia Law is to exploit the people at the bottom, but the Qingmiao Law is to exploit the rich. The government lends money with usury, and the rich households guarantee the poor households. Once the poor households cannot afford to pay back, or even if the poor households rely on their debts and do not repay them, the rich households must repay them. The rich households become fat sheep and let the government slaughter them. For the county governments who have no way to find money, this is a system that makes them rich. Will they be merciful?

Your Majesty, Zhizhengtang firmly opposes the Qingmiao Law. Everyone has been county magistrates in the local area and has a deep understanding of this loophole. Once the wealthy families in the Song Dynasty are eliminated, who will buy a large amount of goods created by the Grand Workshop? The powerful and wealthy people who invest in the Grand Workshop will go bankrupt one after another. Your Majesty, this is a major event that shakes the foundation of the country!"

Zhao Xu's face was grim. After all, he was only eighteen years old and grew up in a greenhouse. He could not see through the darkness and huge risks of human nature contained in it. However, he was extremely smart. As soon as Fan Ning explained it thoroughly, he immediately woke up.

He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "But Wang Anshi's experiments were relatively successful in various places."

"Your Majesty, the problem is here. Everyone has a different position. As a county magistrate or prefect, Wang Anshi is not greedy, does not want to make money, nor does he want to harm the interests of wealthy families. Then there will be no problem with the Qingmiao Law, but in more than 600 prefectures and thousands of counties in the world, is every official Wang Anshi?"

Zhao Xu sighed, "Then the reform is meaningless?"

"I don't understand why Your Majesty wants to reform? The court's finances have been improving for five consecutive years, and there is no shortage of money at all. Food is abundant, and the land income has been greatly reduced. The powerful and powerful are busy setting up industries, their interest in land has weakened, and land annexation has been eased. Corn promotion and pumpkin promotion have all the people at the bottom can afford to eat. It is easy to find something to do. I believe that overseas development has greatly eased the contradictions in the Song Dynasty, and the foundation for implementing reforms has no longer existed."
Chapter completed!