After Fan Zhongyan was demoted, the one who took over the role of Quan Zhizhi Kaifeng Prefecture was Zhang Yi. When he heard the mission to report to the arrival of Xu Ping, the envoy of the Three Divisions, he hurriedly came out. Kaifeng Prefecture and the Three Divisions were considered equal, but Xu Ping's official position was too high, and Zhang Yi held the etiquette of a subordinate official.

When welcoming the reception room and after the tea, Zhang Yi said, "The provincial master took the time to come to our residence. I don't know what to do to give me some instructions?"

Xu Ping hurriedly said, "How dare you take the order? It's a trivial matter, come and discuss it with the prefect."

"The provincial master has something to say but it doesn't matter. As long as he puts his strength into the best of his ability, he will definitely not dare to refuse."

Xu Ping considered the words and said: "Sansi governs Xiaqiaodaosi Xinjian. Because the weather is hot, it is not advisable to gather a large number of people to do things. According to Han Zong, in the past few months, we will first do some small things in Kaifeng Prefecture and combine the people and things under our jurisdiction. This matter will indeed cause a lot of trouble for Kaifeng Prefecture, but it is of great significance to Qiaodaosi. Please ask the prefect Yucheng."

Zhang Yi said unhappily: "The provincial governor is so serious. I am aware of Kaifeng Prefecture and I am working for the court. How can I be afraid of trouble? Han Zong came to visit me a few days ago, but what he said was to level the road, plant elm and willows, and even plant flowers and grass on the road, which is not an urgent task. The weather was wrong, and these things were not of great benefit, so I rejected him."

Xu Ping said: "These things are indeed something that can be done or not, but there are always some benefits when done. Why should the prefect refuse?"

"Master, you are in charge of the three departments and you are in charge of the world's money and food. You should know that every penny is hard to come by! People's wealth and ointment! According to Han Zong, doing these idiots is very expensive. What are you trying to do? The money and food of the imperial court is a little looser, so you can't do this nonsense!"

Seeing that Zhang Yi's face was already full of anger, it was obvious that he was really angry, Xu Ping couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

After thinking of everything, Xu Ping really ignored this problem. The previous financial principle was to "living within one's means". When the money entered into the warehouse, you should be frugal as much as possible. If you spend a penny, you should be plundered by the people if you are not enough. Therefore, if you are an official, you should save the people's strength and not build a business easily, which is a good official. On the contrary, you are a bad guy who does not care about the people's strength.

Now that the banking system is transforming towards the commodity economy, the previous small peasants' ideas have changed. But how easy is it to change? Xu Ping thinks that doing these projects is to drive the economy, and to inject vitality into the social economy by investing by the official, Zhang Yi obviously doesn't think so. In the hot weather, people don't let rest and spend money on irrelevant things. He was wrong if he didn't scold Xu Ping.

After a while, Xu Ping said, "Magistrate, you have misunderstood this matter. Since the money was produced, the people have not used it, but the people have no money to use it. Qiaodaosi did these things to distribute money from the people. With money in hand, the people can do some business and generate more money. With money in hand, the people will live better, and the government can also collect more taxes."

Zhang Yi sighed: "Master Xu, you are talking about strange things. I forgive Zhang for being disrespectful. I have lived for so many years and read all the books of sages. I have never heard of it! I only heard that governing the country is the first priority. To let the people recuperate, when will it be better to use the people's power indiscriminately? If you have a dispersed money in your hand, you have to collect more money from other places. What benefits do you do to the people? Zhang is stupid and can't understand what you mean, so I won't discuss this matter again!"

It has been a bit too smooth recently. Xu Ping rarely uses his brain to the resistance that reforms will encounter. Today, when he meets Zhang Yi, he is more awake. How can the tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years be changed in a few months? Using public works to attract the economy was common sense in his previous life, but this era was not. At this time, doing these irrelevant projects is a waste of people's wealth and a great treacherous minister. What is the reason for dispersing money? The government only has the principle of gathering money and rushing to scatter out?

At this time, the importance of ideology is reflected. If Zhang Yi could change his ideas, he would definitely not think so. But why should he change? If he doesn't change his mind, he will change people? Xu Ping doesn't have that much power.

After drinking a sip of tea, Xu Ping said: "Prince Zhang, a few days ago, our officials from Jingxi Road jointly wrote a booklet and gave it to the court, called "Rich the Country and the People's Strength". I wonder if you have read it?"

Zhang Yi** said: "I have read it, but I am in the ignorance. I cannot agree with a lot of what I said in it!"

Xu Ping wanted to ask who had different opinions, but he felt that he was very confused and really didn't know where to start. Then he remembered that when he was in the Salt and Iron Department a few years ago, he suggested that Zhao Zhen gather candidate officials to attend classes, but he ended up in vain soon after he left the capital. Now he has no channels to train officials, and his ideas are different, and there is still a lack of channels for communication and discussion. If the reform needs to be carried out, it seems that unifying thoughts is imperative.

Zhang Yi is a good official, a good official who is loyal to the emperor and loves the people in the traditional sense. When Yizhou was an official, he was particularly loved by the people and regarded him as a god. Xu Ping really had no choice but to do such a prefecture. Lu Yijian was so involved in power, and his reputation was not very good. If it weren't for his children and grandchildren's success, many honors would not be able to be preserved. Even so, facing Fan Zhongyan, who was determined to bring him down, he would have waited patiently for the other party to reveal his flaws before he started, without using despicable means.

Every era has its own style. Now is the time when scholars and officials change their style and pay attention to the style of gentlemen. As a party to reform, if they use disgraceful means to deal with opponents, they will plant the seeds of defeat for themselves. Xu Ping is still young and still has a long way to go. If you want to truly carry out the reform and achieve a great cause, you must do things upright. Clever and small means are absolutely unsuccessful. Xu Ping can not be a gentleman, but he must not be regarded as a villain by his colleagues, otherwise no such achievements will make up for this harm. Xu Ping knows this very well.

After a while of silence, Xu Ping sighed: "Forget it, since the prefect said so, I don't want to force others to do it. But I still have to make it clear that what Qiaodaoshi wants to do is not waste people's strength or waste people's wealth. Xu has been an official for many years and dare not say how much he has done for the country and the people, but he still has to do it without boasting about the people."

Knowing that his words were a bit heavy just now, Zhang Yi's face became calm and said to Xu Ping: "I naturally know what the provincial master did in Yongzhou and on Jingxi Road. I have made contributions to the state and benefit the people. These eight words are worthy of the provincial master. But now is the hottest time of the year. Every move may hurt people's lives, so it's better for the people to rest!"

After thinking about it, Xu Ping was still a little unwilling to give up and asked Zhang Yi: "The prefect really disagrees with the "Plan for Rich and Safeguarding the People" in it. If you have time, I wonder if I can talk about it next?"

"Where to start? In "The Strategy for Rich the Country and Safeguarding the People", from the beginning, we re-established the arguments regardless of the words of our ancestors. How to theory about the principles of heaven and man's desires can be explained clearly in just a few words. No matter whether the book is right or wrong, it cannot be asserted now."

Xu Ping nodded: "I understand. However, state affairs cannot be empty talk about the nature of the mind, right or wrong, but it depends on whether it can be beneficial to the world and the people. If I use my method on West Jing Road, the country will have sufficient money and food and the people will live a better life, I dare to ask, what would the prefect think at that time?"

Zhang Yi said: "The governor, I will speak frankly. The world cannot be just about utilitarianism. Even if the governor says, we must consider it in detail. How can the governor of the country be explained clearly in just a few words? Recklessness must be frivolous, and caution can be heavy."

Xu Ping bowed: "The magistrate's words make a lot of sense, and he has received the teachings."

Xu Ping knew what Zhang Yi said. How could this major theory involving how to govern the country be explained in just a few words? Li Lu's natural law is human desire, human desire is human law, and the unity of man and nature is just a skeleton. To truly stand, it must be filled with enough flesh and blood.

Materialism studied in previous lives also has the same basis for arguments, and social wealth comes from people's needs. How many people have such a theoretical system been perfected and supplemented by? Just a monograph on basic concepts, the number of words on the subject may exceed all the books of this era. But such a system is far from reaching the level of unifying social thoughts. Just relying on a set of "Strategy for Rich the Country and the People", I want to unify the ideas of this era. It would be too naive to think like this.

To truly become a mainstream idea, there is too much knowledge to fill. How to extend it to all aspects of society based on this set of strategies, how to use such a set of ideas to deal with political affairs, and to penetrate into every corner, may not be completed in Xu Ping's lifetime. If you want to establish the theory, you can only do it steadily and impetuously.

Xu Ping felt much more relaxed when he put down the burden in his heart. Reform is better to go step by step. Frivolous and aggressive is not a good thing. After all, there is no time for life and death, and there is room for taking it slowly.

No longer mentioning the matter of letting Kaifeng Prefecture help promote the project, Xu Ping talked with Zhang Yi to understand the recent economic situation in the capital. Speaking of this, Zhang Yi was much more relaxed, talking about the changes in the market.

Since bank deposits money to pay interest is a new thing, it has absorbed a large amount of idle social funds all at once. Recently, the market is obviously short of money, which seems to be a lot of depression. In the past, if you have spare money in your hands, it is something that rich people can do. Ordinary people have a few hundred cents of money, who can they lend to? When banks open, the first thing they absorb is the idle money in the hands of these ordinary people. When they have less money in their hands, the small businesses on the market will be affected.

The biggest change in Kaifeng City is that the former prosperous commercial areas, Daxiangguo Temple and Donghua Gate, have been somewhat depressed recently. On the contrary, in the former desolate northwest corner of the city, due to the existence of a large number of business operations, the workers in the worker are in their hands, and the business has rapidly prospered. They stand together with Xiangguo Temple and Donghua Gate outside, and become the three commercial centers of Kaifeng City.

This was beyond Xu Ping's expectations. He was thinking about whether to properly introduce inflation and stimulate business. As soon as this idea came to a rapid denial, he was quickly denied. Now the most important thing is to make stability and not to be too hasty. It doesn't matter if ordinary business among the people is affected at the moment. As long as each company develops, this situation must be changed quickly. When one day the workers in the company become an important part of the residents of Kaifeng City, they will naturally change.
Chapter completed!