Sima Guang and Fan Chunren read this article carefully. After reading it, the two of them exclaimed.

Sima Guang said: "When I was in Yongxing Army before, the imperial court exploited the people on Yongxing Army Road in order to raise military expenditures in the west. At that time, I had only a vague understanding of this situation.

But today I saw this article written by Mr. Zhou Shuren and realized that the disadvantages of tax laws have reached this point. It is really shocking!"

Fan Chunren frowned: "This article looks familiar..."

When Fan Chunren reminded him, Sima Guang's eyes lit up, as if he had remembered something, so he quickly went to the bookshelf to draw the next book.

Fan Chunren said: "That's right, it's this book "On the Political Gains and Loss of the Past Dynasties". The story about the tax laws of this dynasty is exactly the same as the lineage!"

Sima Guang flipped into the tax law section inside and made a comparison: "Yes, the views are almost the same, but there are more cases in this article and more detailed descriptions. Could this Mr. Zhou Shuren be Ouyang Bian?"

Fan Chunren shook his head: "It is possible, but it may not be. After all, this book can be bought in bookstores on the political gains and losses of all dynasties.

It is also not ruled out that Mr. Zhou borrowed Ji Mo's ideas and then conducted some field investigations.

But I have to say that the tax laws of the Song Dynasty have indeed reached the point where they cannot be changed."

Sima Guang nodded solemnly: "Yaofu, we have something to do again."

Fan Chunren nodded: "I agree, why not call up colleagues?"

Sima Guang nodded and shouted outside, "Old Li?"

A clerk came in quickly: "Sir?"

Sima Guangdao: "Go to various government agencies to inform all the adults to go to the conference hall to discuss the matter. The meeting will start after half an hour... Oh, remember to send a Song Dynasty weekly newspaper to each adults so that they can learn about the first and second articles first."

Old Li hurried away.

Fan Chunren said: "Junshi, do you have any rules of association?"

Sima Gang shook his head: "Not yet, but I plan to hand over a letter of tax reform, which is to say that I am waving the flag."

Fan Chunren nodded: "For us censors, we can only do this, so I will follow us to write a book."

Sima Guang nodded.

Half an hour later, the censors from the Censorate arrived one after another.

Lu Hui, Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, Zhao Ding, Zhao Zhan, Fu Yaoyu and Sima Guang, there were only seven people in the entire Censorate.

Lu Hui clapped the newspaper in his hand and said, "Jun Shi, are you discussing the issue of this farmer jumping into the water today?"

Sima Guang nodded: "The ills of tax laws in the Song Dynasty are shocking. Our censors have heard the news and kept the road to speech. In the past, we have always impeached all officials in political affairs, but we ignored the bottom.

So much so that the people live in dire straits. Alas, I think we will still have to care more about the people in the future.”

Lu Dafang nodded: "What does Junshi mean this time?"

Sima Guang said: "I plan to write a letter to request the court to discuss tax law reform. I cannot let this harm the civil law continue to harm the people."

Zhao Zhan was quite surprised: "Didn't Junshi always think that the ancestral law is not easy? Why do you want to promote tax law reform so actively?"

Fan Chunren smiled and shook his head: "Daguan, you have misunderstood Junshi. Junshi does think that the ancestor's law is not easy, but what kind of ancestor's law is, it's a different matter."

Lu Hui smiled and said, "That is, Junshi has always adhered to the ancestral law, which has three characteristics.

First, we must not be stolen by military force, so that the people's military service will be heavy;

Second, do not take harsh measures on the people, rest with the people, and light taxes and taxes;

Third, you should not spend too much money or spend a lot of money;

In other words, the ancestor law of the king was the method of prosperity and prosperity in the Han Dynasty.

Junshi, am I right?"

Sima Guang smiled and said, "Xian Ke is right. I think the ancestral law is not easy, but the ancestral law I recognize is the ancestral law with light taxes and low taxes.

Mr. Zhou Shuren proposed that the land tax, corvee labor and other miscellaneous deductions in each prefecture and county were all included, and the cash collection was collected and paid according to the mu.

And the final settlement of the official government makes the collection method more complete and the power of tax collection cannot be delegated to local tyrants, so as not to harm the people.

There are also deposed all harsh and miscellaneous taxes. Except for commercial taxes, no other levies are allowed. I highly agree with these claims, so that the people can rest and recuperate.

There is a point in it that I agree with very much that hiding wealth from the people can enable the people to have the ability to fight famine. This is a very good suggestion.

So I plan to waving the flag and shouting for Mr. Zhou Shuren’s proposal and urge the court to discuss tax law reform. What do you think?”

Fu Yaoyu smiled and said, "I agree very much with what Jun Shi said, and I agree with it."

The others nodded one after another.

However, Lu Hui frowned slightly: "I agree with Junshi's suggestion, but there is indeed a lot of resistance here. I'm afraid there will be many people who oppose it, and it will be difficult to implement it at that time."

Fan Chunren also nodded: "That's true, do you have any good solutions?"

Zhao Zhan, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly said: "I think it's better to talk to Ji Mo?"

The rest of the people's eyes lit up.

Lu Huixi said: "What the Grand View says is reasonable!"

Fan Chunren smiled and said, "That's right, it's right to find Ji Mo. It's not difficult to clear the land of Zhangzhang.

When Emperor Renzong was the emperor, he presided over several times and had no help from famous officials, but most of the things he could not do, under Ji Mo's hosting.

If anyone else in our Song Dynasty could accomplish this, I think there will be no one else besides Ji Mo."

Sima Guang also deeply agreed with Fan Chunren's statement: "Yes, Ji Mo's behavior is upright, everything is open and fair, and he solicits opinions from many parties. Once it is implemented, his skills are even more admirable.

Just talking about the military mutiny, if someone else had changed to someone else, he would have been so scared that he would have quickly cancelled the policy.

But Ji Mosheng suppressed the army, which made such a achievement!”

Lu Hui sighed: "Ji Mo is a real god. Before the establishment of Emperor Renzong, we were allowed to persuade each other. Emperor Renzong just dragged on it, and Ji Mo had to make a tough comment. Then the big thing was settled.

There is also the later Pu Yi theory, and Ji Mo dared to take on a great responsibility. In terms of pure and straightforwardness, besides Jun Shi, the one I admire most is Ji Mo."

Zhao Zhan smiled and said, "Ji Mo is precious, but the most valuable thing about him is not just pure straightforward, he can also do things.

Although we are always unwilling to be tainted by the smell of money, we need to be pragmatic in governing the country.

The central bank planned by Ji Mo has changed the appearance of the Song Dynasty over the years.

The matter of clearing the land and mu of Zhangzhang could increase the taxes of the Song Dynasty, and the people also benefited from it.

Ji Mo is really a pure and capable official!”
Chapter completed!