"Insighted people in the government and the public, such as the late Duke Fan Wenzheng, Duke Fu Han, Duke Han Wei, as well as the current court elders such as Taishi Wen and Zhang Jiedu, have all run around and shouted... thinking that this is the greatest evil in the world. .”

The Empress Dowager was not happy.

She asked: "Then why do I often listen to people's words and say that the disadvantages of serving the law are not convenient for the people?"

Lu Gongzhu sighed and could only come out to pay homage: "I am telling you, your Majesty, this is a petty person's complaint and slanderous remarks about the government, which cannot be trusted."

When Zhao Xu saw this, a smile overflowed from the corners of his mouth.

This is written by Lu Gong.

Don't look at his usual disdain for Wang Anshi's exemption method and Qingmiao method.

But in fact, when he really wants to give up, he will go back to make up for it.

Just like in his previous life, Sima Guang insisted on giving up the new law.

Mr. Lu has been coy and unwilling to cooperate.

In the end, before Sima Guang died, he held his hand and forced Mr. Lu to agree to abolish the exemption law.

reason?

Lu Gong's work is very clear about the difference between the exemption law and the labor service law.

The exemption law only requires money.

The service law only wants the lives of others, even the lives of the Song Dynasty!

Seeing this scene, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but look at Zhao Xu: "What do the officials think?"

Zhao Xu smiled and replied: "I told my mother-in-law that Huang Kao taught me in Japan. Huang Kao said: Jiayou's military service method actually accrues benefits to those below and resentment to those above!"

"Huang Kao's original words are: Jiayou's military service often enables a small official to destroy a family and a large family to be wiped out. However, the court does not benefit from it, but suffers from it."

"If things go on like this, it may even lead to something unspeakable..."

Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu immediately held the fluorene and prostrated: "The late emperor was sacred and had insight into thousands of miles. I admire him with all my admiration!"

This is why the Jiayou Service Law must be changed and cannot be changed.

It should be noted that today's Song Dynasty society is in an extremely sensitive period.

The aristocratic family system of the Han and Tang Dynasties has been completely destroyed and eliminated.

The local clan system in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is still in its infancy.

Today's society in the Song Dynasty still follows the tradition of the division of property among scholars since the Han and Tang Dynasties.

That is to say, when the parents are alive and live in the same family, but when the parents die, the sons will each divide the family property and form one family.

Therefore, among the people now, there is no force strong enough to resist the government.

As in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and clan patriarchs closed their doors and could use patriarchal methods to resolve most of the conflicts among the villagers. This had no place in the Song Dynasty.

This is because the material foundation that formed the foundation of clan society in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was clan properties such as ancestral fields and sacrificial fields.

After mastering this wealth, the clan leader can decide whose family is full and whose family is hungry, and whose children can go to school and whose children can only herd cattle.

But now, the so-called ancestral fields and sacrificial fields have just sprouted.

This is still a trend started by Fan Zhongyan.

Fan Zhongyan set up a righteous village, a righteous school and a righteous field in his hometown to support the descendants of the Fan family.

Soon someone will discover the beauty of this method.

Because Yi Zhuang, Yi Xue and Yi Tian belong to the clan.

It can avoid the division of property among the sons and can be passed down from generation to generation.

It is equivalent to providing support for the family, so that the descendants can live on the family property no matter how poor they are.

Smart people will soon take up the banner of Fan Zhongyan and start building bridges and roads in his hometown and donating fields to help students.

Similar operations exist in modern times.

In the name of charity, trusts are used to avoid inheritance taxes.

That's too far.

Returning to the current society of the Song Dynasty, this is a society without aristocratic families or clans.

This means that ordinary people and the government have little bargaining power.

The government holds the power of life and death for ordinary people.

And under such circumstances, if an ordinary person before the Xining Reform suddenly became rich.

Guess what will happen to him?

The answer is: Yaqianyi.

The so-called Yaqian was divided into two types in the past, one is: long name, and the other is: rural household.

The former is the so-called subordinate official, a fat job that is succeeded by the son after the death of the father.

The latter is a source of terror that makes people tremble in fear and makes wealthy households in all states and counties tremble.

Because this thing can easily kill a wealthy local man, leaving him bankrupt and his family ruined.

Why?

Because in front of rural households, they usually do errands of transporting supplies or delivering taxes.

From the moment a yamen sets out on the road with his mission, he will become the target of extortion and exploitation by corrupt officials from all sides.

Before the Xining Reform, there was a government office in the two Zhejiang provinces in Bianjing.

The yamen spent a whole year and went through a lot of hardships to finally deliver the things he wanted to deliver to the designated place.

Guess how much money he spent along the way?

The answer is one thousand guan.

Guess again, how much is the value of what he wants to transport?

Two pieces of silk and several strings of copper coins, the total value of which does not exceed five guan.

Under such circumstances, wealthy households in prefectures and counties throughout the Song Dynasty tried every means to lower their household status to avoid meeting the standards.

Some people lie down, some self-harm, and even more suicides.

Of course, there are also those strong men who simply refuse to do anything and rebel!

This is the reason why Ouyang Xiu lamented in his memorial to Renmiao: Today there are more thieves than one group, and one group is stronger than the other.

Therefore, the draft law had to be changed a long time ago, and it is no longer possible to change it.

The Empress Dowager in the curtain was silent for a long time, and she also figured out something.

Especially after Zhao Xu pointed out the principle of "leaving resentment to the top and benefit to the bottom", she immediately wanted to understand, what is the biggest drawback of the labor law?

All risks and responsibilities were borne by the court.

But all the benefits fell into the hands of subordinates and officials below.

It's like the imperial court gave these people a blank handout and let them fill in the numbers.

At this time, Empress Dowager Xiang took the opportunity to quietly say to her: "Mother, the bride thinks that the words of the late emperor stated by the officials are very reasonable!"

"Think of the wealthy households in the village. They are all local prominent figures. They lavishly protect others and have always had prestige in the village."

"If he is in trouble, he will resent the court..."

"The people who are afraid of the Yellow Nest are coming out of it..."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she completely gave up on the draft law.

Because this hits her right at the crux of the problem.

Who was Huang Chao back then? He was just a private salt dealer.

But he kicked Datang down with one kick.

The current Song Dynasty is much more dangerous than the Tang Dynasty back then.

During the Tang Dynasty, at least there was no threat from the barbarians.

What now?

If something goes wrong in the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the Northern and Western bandits will raise their troops to invade.
Chapter completed!