The father and son entered the city and arrived outside Li Gang's residence. Because they were wearing casual clothes, the guards in front of the Li Mansion hurried forward and were about to drive them away, but they recognized Yue Fei and his son at a glance. They each made way and smiled and said, "Master Yue changed his clothes, but we can't recognize him."

Yue Fei nodded and smiled, and asked, "Is Mr. Li in the mansion?"

"Here, sir, the coach is a regular customer, so there is no need to inform him to enter again."

Wen Xin, the manager of the Li family, came out and caught up with Yue Fei's talk. He quickly responded with a smile, and ordered someone to bring the mounts of Yue Fei and others into the mansion.

Although Li Gang was a military and national affairs in Pingzhang and had a good salary, he did not like extravagance. The mansion was located in the middle of Xiangyang City. It was just a three-day courtyard. Li Gang did not accept his family. He only brought a few old servants and a dozen servants to serve daily life and food. As for the guards at the door, it was the emperor's special order, and ordered the imperial guards to send a team of soldiers to protect his safety. This gave him a little bit of the prestige of the first minister Xuanli of the court.

Although Yue Fei got off the horse at the main entrance, he entered through the side door and walked around the main hall along the stone path. After a month, the cave gate was a small garden. It was early autumn. Although the garden was green, there were no strange flowers and plants. There were more than a dozen fruit trees such as peach trees and plum trees. The fruits were already hung on the branches. The whole garden was fragrant. Compared with the so-called famous gardens with flowers like cotton, it was a unique atmosphere in the mountains.

When they arrived at a corner of the garden, three wing rooms with green bricks and green tiles were built against the wall. Two imperial guards in front of the door were standing with spears. Seeing that Yue Fei was coming, they let the side without saying a word. Yue Fei was dressed in a tidy manner, glanced at Yue Yun again, and stood in front of the door and said aloud: "I asked Yue Fei to see Lord Li."

"Oh, it's General Yue who is here."

Li Gang was talking to several officials in the room. When Yue Fei came, he felt relieved. He hurriedly stood up and bowed and said to the officials: "I have military affairs with General Yue. Please come back, how about discussing next day?"

He refused so much that everyone had nothing to say, and they went out one after another, and they couldn't help but stare at Yue Fei a few times when they went out.

During the Song Dynasty, people valued literature over military forces. Although military generals were important at this time, many civil officials had the intention of discriminating against military generals. The more troops Yue Fei controlled, the stronger his strength, the more people among civil officials were uneasy and were willing to be cold and prevent. In recent times, many civil officials had written to the Shufu, asking for the power of Yue Fei to be divided, so that a general could not control the army to prevent the disaster of the vassal states in the late Tang Dynasty. When the report was submitted, the emperor personally refuted it, and everyone was criticized by the emperor, and they were denied it, causing everyone to lose face. At this time, they were fighting with Li Gang again. But Yue Fei came to disturb him again, and everyone was angry with him, and they couldn't help but show their expressions.

Yue Fei was not surprised. He was originally a self-disciplined person, and he had limited respect for him throughout his life. Except for Zong Ze, Li Gang, there were very few officials who treated him. He didn't care about his attitude.

He moved aside and waited for the officials with ugly noses to leave, Yue Fei stepped in, but saw Li Gang's face depressed and sitting in a chair thinking about something. The tea bowl in his hand was steaming, but Li Gang was just holding it in a daze.

Yue Fei was surprised in his heart that Li Gang had never looked so embarrassed. He saw a purple-robed civil servant next to him nodding at him and laughing at him. He nodded to him first, then saluted Li Gang and said, "I have met Yue Fei for the last time."

"No need to be too polite." Li Gang was obviously worried, so he bowed his hand and asked Yue Fei to sit down.

Yue Yun was very awake. Without waiting for his father's instructions, he bowed deeply and said:

"I've met Mr. Duke."

He and Yue Fei met Li Gang many times, but they all came to see each other in military uniforms. They said that the land was a business, so naturally it was not his turn to speak. Li Gang had seen him several times, but he didn't recognize him for a while. It was not until he leaned over to salute that Li Gang recognized him.

He stood up and helped Yue Yun up in person, then smiled and said, "Your nephew doesn't need to be like this. This is a private residence. You only care about the age and the young. Don't be so polite."

In fact, at his age, it is okay to ask the general Yue Fei to be regarded as his son and nephew. However, Yue Fei was responsible for his official position, so Li Gang interacted with Yue Fei and regarded Yue Yun as his son and nephew.

He helped Yue Yun up and ordered someone to bring the silver bottle to serve soup. After this mess, he saw Yue Fei looking at the official who was inspecting his manuscript. Li Gang gently patted his forehead and laughed: "I'm so confused."

He called the official over and smiled at Yue Fei and said, "This is the new transfer commander of Jingxi South Road."

Yue Fei quickly stood up and bowed and smiled, "I heard about Lord Fan's reputation for a long time. I have only met today. I just didn't know that Lord is respectful and could not be treated with respect. Please don't blame me."

He has never been rude to civil officials, but it is rare to be so polite today. Yue Yun felt strange in his heart, but he just didn't dare to say anything.

In fact, Fan Chong's famous literary talent is famous all over the world. He is a famous Confucian scholar. In addition to being very knowledgeable, he is also very capable of managing finances. He is a rare Confucian minister and official. With this reason, Yue Fei could not help but take a look. In addition, this person was also the transferor of the southwest road of Jingxi. There were more than ten prefectures and over a hundred counties on the road. The wealth and power of the people were all in this hand. Yue Fei used a lot of military use. Even if the Central Shufu and the General Affairs Hall were responsible for it, he still had to establish a good relationship with the officials in charge of the financial and taxes so that everything could be smooth. If there were these two things, it was no wonder that he was so polite to Fan Chong.

When Yue Fei met in such a stern manner, a strange look flashed in Fan Chong's eyes, but his answer was extremely polite and sincere. He only smiled at Yue Fei and said, "The commander understands the meaning of the commander. Please rest assured. No matter what the country is doing now, everything in the country cannot be compared with military affairs. As long as the commander has instructions, Fan Chong will always put military first, so please rest assured. "

Fei also liked such a happy person. Fan Chong's reputation is so famous all over the world, but he is so straightforward. Dealing with such officials is a hundred times better than those officials who are full of saints and righteousness but do things but are despicable and despicable.

When Li Gang saw that the two of them fell into the same state at first sight, he was also happy, but said, "Fan Chong, you are so righteous to General Yue, but you have given me a big problem. Where do you start?"

Although Fan Chong was straightforward, he was still the style of a Confucian minister. When Li Gang was embarrassed, he smiled and said calmly. After sitting down, he replied: "This is also the political affairs hall upholding the sage order. My husband agreed to the collaborative agreement. Even if you cannot go back to Chang'an to discuss the collaborative discussion, you can also agree to it. There is no other way. Now, Mr. Qin is acting on Fujian Road, and Mr. Li is in charge of the west of Beijing. I am just ordered to do things. If Mr. Li is really embarrassed, the subordinates will listen to the advice and please give me a note."

After saying that, he laughed, and Li Gang laughed with him, but he smiled bitterly. He shook his head and said, "I, the collaborative discussion on this matter that day, have been suffering from the redundant officials in the Song Dynasty for a long time. Since Emperor Zhenzong, emperors of all dynasties have wanted to solve this matter. However, the army has laid off more and more officials. During the reign of Emperor Renzong, the state spent 90% on military expenses and official salaries, and the rest of the miscellaneous expenses were also very large. What else can I do? How to get the money from the bridge of water conservancy roads? If it weren't for the increase in the annual income of the Song Dynasty, I wouldn't know what."

What Li Gang said was a big problem that the Song Dynasty had never solved in the world for three hundred years. After the founding of the country, he governed the country with the purpose of emptiating the outside and strengthening the inside. Whenever people encounter natural disasters, they would recruit troops and support them by the government. This would prevent refugees from chaotic and strengthening the army. However, because the Song Dynasty implemented a recruitment system and the military pay was not low, an ordinary soldier could support his family with military pay. From more than 200,000 imperial guards to one million imperial guards, the finances could no longer be borne. In addition, the Song Dynasty was generous to the scholars and officials, and the Jinshi and younger brothers were in the early country.

There are more than 300 people a year, and more than 1,000 people a year. After the scholars passed the imperial examination, their official positions were limited, so there were many officials who only paid money but did not do anything. The official salary and the expenses of each government office were also extremely large. Song Shenzong insisted on reforming and increasing income, which was not because the income of the Song Dynasty was low. In fact, the financial income of the Song Dynasty was far higher than that of any dynasty in the past, and the expenses were far higher than those of the previous dynasty. In this way, the annual income could only be maintained, and everything he wanted to do was difficult. The so-called poverty and weakness came from this.

Seeing everyone listening solemnly, Li Gang smiled bitterly and said, "So, the collaborative proposal to abolish prefectures and counties in the world, to repel officials who are not sent or actual positions, to train the army, and even the central government system has been greatly reduced. Although I am a scholar, I agree. Does anyone understand this principle? If officials are not reduced, and the army is not organized, the court cannot save money. The army cannot match the name and reality, and become an elite. The northern tiger and wolf country is on its side. Everything can only benefit the world, but not individuals. Therefore, Your Majesty issued an edict to solicit opinions, and I naturally agree, and I have nothing to say."

Yue Fei had already understood at this time that Li Gang and Fan Chong were discussing the world's biggest government affairs before they came. This matter was originally ordered by Qin Hui to conduct pilot projects in various places, and it was still in the fourth year of Jingkang. It was not until the sixth year of Jingkang that it was implemented nationwide. The first thing that was affected was the Fujian Road where Qin Hui was located. However, he did not expect that this matter would also start on Jingkang South Road.

He was uneasy, knowing that he had disrupted the situation, he wanted to retreat but was too obvious. With Li Gang's words, he hurriedly bowed and said, "This is my husband who dares to be the first in the world, and he only sees justice without considering personal friendship."

Li Gang looked at him and smiled and said, "Save redundant officials and expenses, and is also to spend money on the edge of the knife.
Chapter completed!