Prime Minister

Chapter 758

Palace meeting the next day.

Wang Anshi returned to the temple full of energy and played the "Fangtian Average Tax Law" to the officials.

At this moment, Wen Yanbo, Wu Chong, Feng Jing, Wang Gui, and Cai Ting all admired Wang Anshi.

Whoever went through yesterday's embarrassing blow would have been depressed for ten days and a half months, and the glass-hearted would be so angry that they couldn't get sick, and even burped.

But Wang Anshi was not like that at all. He was humiliated by Tang Xie in front of all the officials yesterday, and today he stood in the temple again and debated the new law loudly with Wen Yanbo and other officials. different.

No one can't help but admire this Duke's strong will and fighting spirit, which is really unmatched.

Those present here from Wen Yanbo down are all ashamed of themselves.

Even after being impeached, Wang Anshi had to pretend to resign, to win the support and sympathy of the public opinion from the government and the opposition, and wait for the officials to issue a few more edicts to revive you before leaving the mountain.

Wang Anshi didn't even bother to pretend, he was going to promote Fang Tian's average tax law in the temple today, and what he said in the temple yesterday was just as...

Wen Yanbo, Wu Chong looked at Wang Anshi's expression after finishing speaking.

Wang Anshi's heart trembled and was about to speak, when Wu Chong said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Wang Shao was at odds with Jing Sili in the northwest, and at the same time with Gao Zunyu. Before the division of troops to take Minzhou, he did not get along with the two. people to discuss."

The official nodded.

Cai Ting said at the side: "Now the Xihe River is not calm, but in Hunan and Guangnan, Zhang Dun and Shen Qi each lead their troops to attack. The Khitan is still on the sidelines. If something is lost, it will cause serious trouble."

During Fang Tianjun's tax discussion, the official said: "There are a lot of service money in Zhejiang, and there are six hundred guan from the upper household. If it is so much, it's okay to take it, but the fifth-class households don't have much money. How about getting rid of it?"

Wang Anshi said: "Fangtian average tax law is divided into two types. One is Fangtian, that is, 41 square meters, 66 mu and 160 steps are divided into five classes, so as to stop hidden fields."

The official asked: "Where are the disadvantages of this law?"

However, Wang Anshi was already aware of the displeasure of the officials. From the matter of asking the fifth-class household servants in Zhejiang for money, it can be seen that the officials already favored Han Jiang and Zhang Yue.

Apparently, yesterday's performance by Tang Xi had created a rift in the hearts of the officials. This chapter is more and more why the Nine Ci Bachelors must invite the county?Is he the second Li Ping?

"Maybe the fifth-class households don't have much money, but this is in today's lenient years. If there is a disaster year, it is not enough to recruit civil servants to build water conservancy projects. I think that as long as your majesty does not use this money for extravagant service in pools and gardens Enjoy, and taking more is not abuse.”

The political difference between him and Han Jiang lies in whether to collect the household exemption money of the Assistance Act.

What kind of person Wen Yanbo is, he is the best at detecting people's hearts, and he immediately and keenly noticed this, and then Cai Ting and Wang Gui also reacted.

Wang Anshi immediately suspected that Wu Chong had received the news that Tabai City was lost.

The official said: "But even in good years, the local government still takes money from fifth-class households by force."

Wu Chong said: "I think I can find out as much as possible."

"Now Minzhou is back in rebellion, involving a lot of soldiers and horses."

Wu Chong and Cai Ting made speeches to the Northwest successively, but Wang Anshi, who was always eloquent in the past, kept silent about this, which was really abnormal.

Wang Anshi said: "This is because the local imperial court does not have service money. As long as the imperial court's financial resources become more and more abundant, the service assistant law will be convenient for the people. As long as it is implemented for a long time, the common people will be happy to lose and not complain. The officials do not intend to do so." Is it because you listen to the gossip of outsiders?"

The official asked: "How is Wang Shao's business in the Northwest?"

The official also asked, "Is that true?"

Wen Yanbo and others, who had not been gloating all night, couldn't help arguing with Wang Anshi in front of the officials about the land average tax law.

Wu Chong also said with a very funny smile: "Yes, I heard about it too, but I don't know where it came from?"

"That's why Fang Tian's average tax law has been abolished? The difficulty lies in this."

And both Wu Chong and Zhang Yue supported Han Jiang's point of view.

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Wen Yanbo said: "More tax and less tax is the second. The biggest difficulty is to make the land property public to the imperial court."

"Who dares to tell the government about the origin of seven or eight out of ten acres in the world?"

The more you are hit, the more tenacious you are. Nothing in the world can stop this public determination to carry out reforms.

Wang Anshi said: "If this method doesn't work, people in the world will earn more money, and there will be more and no less. A dark room for thousands of years can be illuminated by a single light!"

Feng Jing said: "I am worried that the powerful households will not be able to do anything. Instead, the households with land and property will become scapegoats for the government."

Wen Yanbo shook his head.

Wen Yanbo said: "The Fangtian average tax law is not a new law. I remember that Jingyou, Qingli, Huangyou, and Jiayou have all implemented it. However, if this law is implemented, there will be great resistance. It was just a matter of trial and error. Ouyang Yong Uncle had vigorously promoted it back then, but in the end it was nothing."

Some things can't be put on the table, but it's okay to touch on the sidelines.

The officials were very displeased and almost said, I have demoted a Li Ping for you, how can there be another Li Ping?Don't I have any claim?

Use this to ask yourself.

Wang Anshi said: "It's not a pity to remind the merged households."

Wen Yanbo said: "Not only the merged households, but also the second- and third-class households in the local area are not at ease. Although my family has three melons and two dates, I am afraid that it will be remembered by the government from now on."

"One is to equalize the tax. The states and counties picket the hidden situation of the farmland, so as to avoid the feelings of land without tax and no land with tax. First, it will be implemented on Jingdong Road and then promoted to all roads!"

But Wang Anshi insisted on collecting household exemption money. The government now supports the idea of ​​tax exemption. Does it mean to use Han Jiang's faction?

"Once the investigation is completed, the local government will know how many acres of land the clan, relatives, and officials have in total, and then the court will also know. The previous method of hiding and sending names is useless."

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "I heard rumors in the government and the public recently that the Northwest War was all due to Wang Shao's work, and Zhang Yue just borrowed his work. I wonder if this statement is groundless?"

Where is this appearance?Forgot too quickly.

Wang Anshi objected: "The first-class households are not willing to pay [-] guan, but in order to urge mergers, of course, there may be willing people who pay [-] guan. As for most people donating money, it is not because they are stingy with money, but because they are worried about being punished. to the imperial court for punishment."

Wang Anshi's heart shuddered when he heard this.

"Nowadays, if you don't take it in a good year, do you force the people to take it in an unlucky year?"

After a moment of silence, Wang Anshi said: "It seems that Wang Shao has made great contributions to the imperial court, but Zhang Yue still has the first contribution to seizing the five states of Xihe."

Wen Yanbo laughed, and Wang Gui and other prime ministers said one after another: "That's the point!"

The official also nodded happily. Wang Anshi's words were still objective.Other officials don't know the inside story, but can the chief executives not know?
Xihe's first contribution lies in Zhang Yue, which was the unanimous opinion of the previous officials and prime ministers.

After retreating from the court, Wang Anshi told Yuan Sui, "Let Zhang Duzhi come to my residence!"

(End of this chapter)