Chapter 244 in one sentence
Sima Guang's temporary rebellion caused an important pillar to lose the opposition camp. However, at this time, the revision of the Farmland Water Conservancy Law of Wang Anshi's rebellion has no serious harm to their interests. The key point is "Everyone and the people must work together..." Although Wang Anshi did not give up on this, Emperor Zhao Xu drew outlined the imperial pen. Wang Jinghui's letter to him clearly pointed out that this is the core issue that Wang Anshi was opposed by conservatives. The Farmland Water Conservancy Law is good.
The law is more perfect as long as Wang Anshi's new law is slightly modified. The earlier the empire is implemented, the sooner it will benefit. As for the conservative opposition received in the middle, we can go around it first. This is the category of the exemption law. The exemption law presented by Wang Anshi is largely influenced by Wang Jinghui and has been implemented in the Third Road of the Song Dynasty for more than two years. If it goes well, it will be implemented across the country next year. It is the serious matter to do the serious matter first.
Emperor Zhao Xu also went to Cishou Palace last night to ask the Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu. The father and son also believed that the son-in-law's approach to temporarily put aside the conflict was correct, so at the Funing Palace meeting today, the provision on "regardless of officials and civilians must be in the same service" was temporarily deleted.
Emperor Zhao Xu knew that when he received the letter, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi would also receive the letter, but he did not expect that these three letters had their own emphasis. Comrade Wang did not expect that Wang Jinghui found his source of wealth and also suggested that Emperor Zhao Xu give him such a move. Although he was very disgusted, time could no longer to delay him - rice harvesting will begin in a few days, and the rest is slack time. If this matter is not done here, the plan to build water conservancy this year will be ruined. Even though he is a little regretful, Wang Jinghui hopes to see the effect of the farmland water conservancy law and use the achievements made to strengthen Emperor Zhao Xu's confidence in reform - the reform faction must make achievements as soon as possible for the people of the world!
Although the meeting in Funing Palace was greatly influenced by Wang Jinghui's letters, he did not care about the ending because he knew that the farmland water conservancy law must pass the land. Even if he did not write a letter to Emperor Zhao Xu, the ending would be the same. Otherwise, wouldn't it be useless to promote Wang Anshi to his son to be prime minister? Although Emperor Zhao Xu was greatly influenced by himself, as an emperor, he was still a little tender. Wang Jinghui could have influenced Zhao Xu, and Wang Anshi could have done it. But the depth was different. Wang Anshi was the best candidate for Emperor Zhao Xu to preside over the reform. He made Wang Anshi angry and remarked. Then Emperor Zhao Xu would never do it. In the end, it would intensify the confrontation between the old and the new parties. This letter was just a mixed solution between the two factions.
The establishment of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Hangzhou Dasong was originally managed by Manager Li to take full responsibility for his full responsibility. After everyone voted and agreed, everyone believed that the system of Chuzhou Xingguo Bank should be learned from, and these were very familiar to Manager Li. Wang Jinghui and Hangzhou merchants would be very relieved to hand over the matter to Manager Li.
The project of dredging the West Lake is still in progress. The silt dug from the lake is used to build the dike, and more than 50,000 acres of rice fields around have begun to be harvested. The farmers on this field will not be trapped in all directions because of the loss of land. These farmers have already made reasonable arrangements for these farmers. In addition to the arrangement of silt fields caused by dredging the West Lake, they will transform into the soap industry workshop opened by Hangzhou merchants and absorb and digest them all internally.
While the project to dredge West Lake was underway, Hangzhou merchants had already begun to consciously make advance investments like areas listed as third-class places, and even pass "internal prices" in first-class places.
After purchasing a few pieces of land, several inns and restaurants took the lead and were building here. They planned to make a fortune by using the scenery of the "Princess Delta".
The Southern Song Dynasty route was opened last fall. Hangzhou is one of the important ports. The comprehensive advantages have not been fully utilized yet. However, with the prosperity of overseas trade, the population of this region will inevitably form an explosive growth. Wang Jinghui and Li Shen also went over the head. Given that the two newly built port cities in Chuzhou are almost exceeding the largest towns except Chuzhou City, Hangzhou City must find ways to expand in advance, in addition to expanding in the direction of the approaching port. The most important expansion direction is the West Lake direction.
Li Shen had the seal of the wing army hanging on his body. He could have the power to mobilize the wing army. Of course, digesting and decomposing the wing army has become one of his important tasks - this was clearly stated in the handwritten order of Emperor Zhao Xu to him. However, Li Shen did not have the ability to invent new things. The easiest way was to set up the wing army engineers and wing army bodyguards in the same way as Chuzhou. The engineers were to cooperate with the expansion of Hangzhou City, and the number of people required was the largest. After the project of dredging the West Lake, the nearly 10,000 wing army will be directly eliminated from the wing army sequence on the spot and become engineers for independent operation. Of course, this "engineering company" still needs to obtain salary from the court's finances during the trial operation. If they can achieve their own profits and losses, they will completely become civilians.
The number of nearly 10,000 engineer soldiers is a considerable number. Li Shen once raised objections to this, believing that it would be a bit unrealistic to eliminate so many wing troops at one time. Even if the expansion of Hangzhou City in a short time will produce a large number of engineering projects for engineer soldiers to do, but where can we find this "engineering company" in a time game?
However, Wang Jinghui took out Wang Anshi's farmland water conservancy method from the bookshelf and said with a smile: "Who said there will be no work in the future?! Isn't Wang Jiefu from Kaifeng, Biandu, sending us work?!"
"Teacher, Wang Jiefu's farmland water conservancy law is indeed a good law, but it may not be able to get it well. However, it is indeed much more convenient to have such a new law. But what does this have to do with the engineers of the Xiang army? After all, to put it bluntly, this farmland water conservancy law is just a kind of service law. The Xiang army cannot help here!" Li Shen said.
"Who said you can't help?! Shen'er, you have to look at everything from both sides and try to guide the development of things in a direction that is beneficial to you! The accounts that your father gave you have also settled all the accounts in Hangzhou for you, and tell me whether the taxes in Hangzhou this year are high in agricultural tax or commercial tax?" Wang Jinghui said with a smile.
"Teacher is joking. Naturally, the commercial tax is high. Hangzhou is a place of accessibility. When there was no Royal Shipping to set up a port in Hangzhou, the trade here was already extremely developed. Compared with other parts of the Song Dynasty, commercial tax has long accounted for more than 60%. Now overseas trade is developing so well. It is estimated that the commercial tax this year may account for 80%!"
Wang Jinghui nodded and said, "Wang Jiefu's farmland water conservancy law is indeed a good law, but it depends on who will use it. If it is not used well, it will kill people! Agriculture in places like Hangzhou is originally subordinate, and commerce is the mainstream. If you really follow the farmland water conservancy law, will you let all people in Hangzhou go to the ground to dig water canals? Then, will you still need local tax revenue this year?"
After hearing this, Li Shen thought for a moment, nodded and said, "As the teacher said, if you follow Wang Jiefu's method, then the students will be in trouble!"
"It's not about the 'if' but about to come! Although the court has not decided which places to try the farmland water conservancy law, I always feel that Liangzhe Road is definitely the first choice, so we must find a way to limit the implementation of Wang Jiefu's farmland water conservancy law in Hangzhou, otherwise Shen'er, you will be miserable!"
Wang Jinghui is nearly eight years older than Li Shen. From Wang Jinghui's perspective, Li Shen is not only his disciple. From the perspective of future generations, Li Shen can be regarded as his younger brother, so when the two are alone, he speaks casually, but Li Shenjin dares not cross the way of master and disciple. Li Shen smiled and said, "The teacher may have been too worried. According to the convention, if the court tried the new law, it would always be carried out with Jingji Road and a road very close to Biandu. It would be inconvenient for Liangzhe Road to go deep into Jiangnan. How could the court think of this!"
"Common reason is common sense, but the emperor and the old guys from the Secretariat have not forgotten me! You are my student again, so you can't escape! Chuzhou was not close to Bian at that time, but the Emperor still wanted to try the exemption law on Huainan East Road. It is not an exaggeration to calculate it. Even if it did not come to him in the end, places like Hangzhou will still be affected by the farmland water conservancy law. What should I do with overseas trade? Isn't this a delay?"
After hearing this, Li Shen also felt that this possibility is very high, and frowned and said, "Even so, what is the connection between He Xiangjun?"
Wang Jinghui smiled and asked back, "If your father had a big business, he could make ten thousand yuan, but at this time he had to tell him to build water conservancy, of course he could also hand in 100 yuan to avoid this job. How should your father choose?"
Li Shen smiled. At this moment, he had fully understood what Wang Jinghui said, "Wang Jiefu sent work to the engineers of the Xiang army." He bowed and smiled and said, "Thank you for your guidance from the teacher. The students have understood! Since this farmland water conservancy law is a servicing law, students can naturally act according to the exemption law, let the people pay money to the Xiang army, and then the Xiang army will complete the construction task of the farmland water conservancy!"
Wang Jinghui smiled and nodded and said, "It's not bad, but there are still some differences in the middle. The money paid can be half as much as the Xiang army. Think about the population of Hangzhou exceeding 70,000 households. How much would it be if the exemption money would be collected? Half of it is enough to double the income of this 10,000 army! The half of the exemption money collected by the prefect can be returned to the people, or simply let the fourth- and fifth-class households exemption money be exempted from paying this money, which will reduce the tax burden of the people in disguise!"
Seeing Li Shen nodding to express his understanding, Wang Jinghui continued: "The taxes we bear on our dynasty are far higher than those of the Han and Tang dynasties. Even though the people of the Song Dynasty were much richer than those of the Han and Tang dynasties, they could not bear such a heavy burden. Since ancient times, officials have forced the people to rebel. Only by reducing the taxes of the people can we ensure that the people under our rule will not be safe, and there will be no Wang Xiaobo and the people of Li Shun have caused trouble!"
Li Shen nodded and said, "The teacher has told students many times before, but now it seems that the best way to reduce taxes for the people is to develop business and use commercial tax to offset agricultural tax. Under Hangzhou's rule, 70% of the people are farmers, but taxes only account for 20% of the fiscal land. This 20% depends on God's expression. If a disaster occurs, it will be a very troublesome thing. It is better to develop business than power. If the commercial tax can double, it can completely reduce the tax of the 70% of the population by half. This will be a blessing for the people of Hangzhou!"
Wang Jinghui nodded and said, "That's it, the truth is it, but it is not easy to achieve this goal in the middle! Shen'er, you have this idea and you are better than Wang Jiefu Duoduo, but you still have to do things down-to-earth. Maybe one day you can do this!"
Li Shen bowed and said, "Thank you for your teachings!"
Wang Jinghui had no mistake in estimating the Farmland Water Conservancy Law where to try. After the meeting of Kaifeng Funing Hall of Biandu, the question of where to try the new law was immediately followed. Jingji Road must be ranked first, which was already the court's convention, and it was also a consideration to enable the court center to understand whether the new law system is appropriate at the fastest speed. However, the trial of the new law is definitely not just Jingji Road. The problem is that there is also a choice along the way - northern officials obviously do not want to see the new law first on their own territory, which will cause great trouble to their inherent interests.
"I suggest that you can try the farmland water conservancy law on Liangzhe Road now!" Wang Anshi stepped forward and said.
"Liangzhe Road?!" Everyone thought silently in their hearts.
"Is this too far?! This is not conducive to the court's trial implementation, and it is not in line with the court system. I suggest that it be trial implementation on Hebei West Road!" Sima Guang said.
As soon as Sima Guang said this, many northern ministers in Funing Hall cursed Sima Guang as if he was just a elm-head - isn't this going to take their lives!
"Mr. Junshi's words are wrong. The new laws are not suitable for the application of the Hebei routes for the time being, probably because the court will soon carry out military farming in the Hebei routes. If there are many changes in the court's policies, it will eventually affect the military farming matters! I also agree with Mr. Jiefu's proposal to pilot the new laws on Liangzhe Road. The Duwei of the Prince of the Prince is now in Hangzhou. Everyone knows that the Prince of the Prince of the Consort has always agreed to the construction of water conservancy and is also good at controlling water. Chuzhou has benefited one area for two years. To this day, the people of Chuzhou still offer the Prince of the Consort to the place of the Prince of the Consort! Although Liangzhe Road is farther, the Prince of the Consort will be able to successfully test it there. It can also find problems and make up for the debris in time!" Han Jiang said.
"The Master, I also think that Mr. Jiefu and Lord Han are right! Hebei East Road has been a military important place since the founding of Taizu. Now, with the upcoming military farming, the new law cannot be easily tried! If the son-in-law is let go of the world, it will be a loss for the court. The farmland water conservancy law is piloted on Liangzhe Road. Li Shen, the military affairs officer in Hangzhou, is a student of the son-in-law, and the son-in-law will not let go, so that the son-in-law can continue to serve the court in the local area!" Zeng Gongliang stepped forward and said.
The Han Jiang, the envoy of the Three Divisions, and the Han family and the Zeng family, behind the Chief Secretary Zeng Gongliang, were both famous officials in Hebei and became the head of the Hebei official group. Although the Farmland Water Conservancy Law has been deleted by Emperor Zhao Xu, he was unwilling to implement the new law first on Hebei Road. If this example is made, who can guarantee that the Farmland Water Conservancy Law is not the last new law rule that Wang Anshi came up with?
In the future, the new law will be implemented in all directions in Hebei, which will make them unable to survive?!
They all knew that although Sima Guang had become the leader of the old party with a huge reputation, this elm-head was not good at interests. They had no choice but to try their best to fight for Sima Guang. They also knew that the son-in-law Wang Jinghui was a very good choice. Although the son-in-law agreed with the farmland water conservancy law, it did not mean that he had no objection to it. This can be seen from Wang Anshi's major amendment to the Farmland Water Conservancy Law. Instead of placing it on Hebei Road, it would be better to lead the war to Liangzhe Road. Since the son-in-law has the water conservancy law, there is naturally a way to deal with it. Let's see how the son-in-law does it first and then think about the countermeasures.
When Wang Jinghui talked with Emperor Zhao Xu in private place before leaving Kaifeng, Biandu, the most mentioned was to try to maintain the balance of interests and power in the court. The prince-consort was both a teacher and a friend to the emperor. Emperor Zhao Xu naturally remembered it very clearly. Seeing the current situation, he knew that northern officials would find excuses to prevent the new law from being piloted in Hebei in any case. He also knew that Wang Anshi was also eager to launch reforms to achieve results. If he was to lose face on this first new law, he might not be able to deal with it later.
"The Farmland Water Conservancy Law will be first tried on Liangzhe Road and Huainan East Road to see its effect!" Emperor Zhao Xu balanced the current situation and said that although Huainan East Road is not close to Bian, it is also close to Jingji Road and Liangzhe Road. These two places are places where the son-in-law has been, taking into account the distance and the need to pilot the new law. All the ministers in the Funing Hall had no objection after hearing this, and they passed the location of the Farmland Water Conservancy Law to be trialed very happily.
When Li Shen showed Wang Jinghui the imperial edict of the imperial court to test the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, he was immediately stunned: "Isn't this true?! Huainan East Road also needs to be taken?!" Wang Jinghui was so angry that he scolded in his heart, "Isn't this just causing trouble for himself! Chuzhou on Huainan East Road is the base camp for overseas trade north of the Yangtze River. Maybe it will ruin the overseas trade with Goryeo!"
Chapter completed!