I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 117
Zhou Guo, the imperial palace.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Zhou Huang looked at the memorials presented by the local government, frowned slightly, and said coldly:

"My new policy is a law that benefits the country and the people. Why is it that bandits and bandits are rampant everywhere after only half a year of implementation?"

Wang Zhi stood in front of Emperor Zhou, as if he didn't hear anything, he lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Emperor Zhou looked up at him, and said calmly:
"Why don't you speak?"

Wang Zhi hastily raised his head, showing shame, and said:

"The slaves are dull and don't know anything about the affairs of the court, so they really don't know what to say."

Emperor Zhou snorted coldly and said, "I dare not say it."

Wang Zhi hurriedly knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, "I have not studied for a few years, and I can't share my worries for the Holy One. I deserve to die."

Done.

Suddenly, the fact that 1000 taels of silver went to the scholar and only 30 taels remained in his mind.

"If things go on like this, it won't be long before the Great Zhou Dynasty will decay like a dry country. At that time, how will the Holy One deal with himself?"

Think of this.

Wang Zhi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't say anything.

Zhou Huang saw that he was hesitant to speak, knowing that he had something to hide from him, his expression became colder and colder.

"I will give you a chance to tell all you know, otherwise, you, the admiral of the East Factory, and the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, will stop doing it!"

Hear this.

Wang Zhi no longer hesitated, looked at Emperor Zhou, and said:

"Your Majesty, the slave girl was in the East Factory Yamen yesterday, and while listening to the chat with the yamen servants, she mentioned something. They said that this month, they left Beijing for business, and they often saw broken palms on the side of the road.

From Jinyang Mansion to Ji'an Mansion, in just a few tens of miles, you can see more than a dozen severed palms, discarded at will, bloody and bloody, looking scary. "

Zhou Huang frowned slightly, and said displeasedly: "I asked you to talk about the New Deal, what are you talking about!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhi sighed in his heart, stopped being aggressive, and said very bluntly:
"My servant heard that the reason why there are so many broken palms on the side of the road is because when the local government implemented Baojia, it increased the number of layers, and recruited young and strong, with a small training every three days and a big training every ten days.

The people were overwhelmed by the disturbance and had no choice, so they cut off their palms to avoid the call of Baojia. "

The so-called Baojia, as the name suggests, is to put soldiers in agriculture.

During the slack season, the young and strong were recruited and trained as a supplement to the government soldiers.

The starting point is to better maintain local order and increase the imperial court's armed forces by the way.

But for the common people, it is a kind of exploitation.

After all, no one is willing to sacrifice their rest time and do some meaningless training.

of course.

If the training is not too harsh on weekdays, most young adults can tolerate it.

In this day and age, as a poor and powerless common people, who does not bear a few imposed burdens on their shoulders?

One more, but it doesn't have much impact.

The issue is.

In order to oppose the New Deal, the local government has stepped up the simple training and made it more stringent than the Zhechong government, which naturally aroused complaints from the people.

Speaking of which.

Seeing that Emperor Zhou didn't speak.

Wang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then continued:
"Your Majesty's New Deal has good intentions, it will not only increase the revenue of the imperial court, but also reduce the burden on the common people.

However, the New Deal harmed the interests of those gentry and tyrants, so they tried every means to obstruct the New Deal.

At the beginning, they opposed it openly, but after the Holy Majesty joined forces with Elder Wei Ge, they were afraid of losing their official positions, so they opposed it secretly.

His Majesty wanted to implement the New Deal, and they agreed on the surface, and implemented it according to His Majesty's wishes, but it was implemented more severely.

For example, when Baojia was formulated by Mr. Wei Ge, it was clearly stipulated that training should only be carried out during the slack season, and one training session per month.

But when they got to the place, the government intensified their efforts, not only during the slack season, but also during the busy season, and the frequency of training was extremely high.

As a result, the people couldn't bear it, so they thought that His Majesty's New Deal was not good, and spontaneously resisted the New Deal.

Apart from this, the rest of the measures formulated by His Majesty and Elder Wei Ge are all the same.

The Green Crop Law stipulates that the government's interest rate is two cents. When they arrive at the local area, those parents and officials will raise the interest rate to three cents or even four cents without authorization for various reasons, which is higher than the original interest released by the gentry.

Not only that, but also forced the people to borrow money from the government, forcing many people to lose their families.

The purpose of the Market Change Law is to curb private businessmen who drive up commodity prices, but after the implementation, the local government will replace private businessmen with worse ones.

Instead of being restrained, the price has been even higher. For example, the price of cloth has increased by [-]% in just six months.

The purpose of the exemption method is to pay money instead of official labor, in order to reduce the burden on farmers, allow them to have more time for farming, and increase the revenue of the imperial court.

But when they got to the place, the government used this excuse to desperately search for the people's fat and anointment.

In the end, all the immunity money that should have belonged to the national treasury went into the pockets of those parents and officials. "

Speaking of this, he paused, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued:
"Hundred officials seem to support the New Deal and do things with all their heart, but in fact they have the opposite effect.

The burden of the people has not been reduced, and the revenue of the treasury has not increased."

"If you oppose something, you will do it even harder. This is a common method used by officials."

"In addition to the New Deal this time, His Majesty also wanted to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, so that all officials should save some money, use less expensive pens and inkstones, and eat less delicacies from mountains and seas.

In front of His Majesty, they deliberately dressed in rags, ate bran and drank water, as if they were going to starve all their wives to death, and forced His Majesty to make concessions."

Wang Zhi was eloquent, one sentence after another.

At the beginning, he still looked at Zhou Huang's face.

After talking a lot, he went up to the top for a while, and said many words and things that were originally hidden in his heart, all at once.

now.

If he raised his eyes, he would find that Emperor Zhou's face was extremely gloomy.

Time passed minute by minute.

Seeing that Wang Zhi didn't intend to shut up yet.

Finally, Emperor Zhou couldn't hold back the anger in his heart. With a livid face, he slapped the table and said angrily:

"enough!"

The voice was angry, like thunder.

Wang Zhi was startled, his body trembled slightly, and he kowtowed: "Damn my slave! Damn my slave!"

Seeing this, Zhou Huang became even more angry, stood up from the dragon chair, and cursed:
"You bastard is pretending in front of me all day long!"

"Do you really think I don't know what's going on in your heart?"

"I said something casually, and you knelt on the ground, trembling, as if you were out of your wits with fright. In fact, you didn't know how to laugh at me in your heart!"

When Wang Zhi heard this, he was really frightened. He put his head on the ground and said in a trembling voice:
"The servant is the eagle dog of the Holy One, and everything that the servant has is a gift from the Holy One."

"I don't know how many times I've heard these words!"

Zhou Huang's voice was cold, he stared at Wang Zhi firmly, and said every word: "I want to listen to your heart! Instead of perfunctory my routine!"

After hearing this, Wang Zhi complained secretly.

"The servant only said a few words from his heart, and you were scolded like this."

"If you really say what's in your heart, is there still life to live?"

I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it.

He didn't hesitate, relying on the instinctive reaction he had developed over the years, he said:
"In the hearts of the slaves, the Holy One is a wise king who is rarely seen in a thousand years, caring about the common people, and being relentless all day long.

When His Majesty stayed up late to process the memorial, the servants felt distressed watching it.

However, the Holy Majesty has just ascended the throne, and he is not as familiar with some things in the court as the previous emperor.

Coupled with the fact that the slaves are getting older and not as sharp as before, the role of the East Factory has not been fully utilized.

This led to many traitors in the court attacking the Holy One openly and secretly, and fooling the Holy One.

It’s all the servant’s fault to say a thousand words and ten thousand, the servant really deserves to die.”

Hear this.

Zhou Huang's expression eased a little, and he sat back on the dragon chair, and said calmly:

"What else do you know, don't worry, just say it all."

Wang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said:

"Slaves must know everything and say everything!"

Immediately afterwards, the New Deal was discussed.

Just compared to before.

This time, he hid a lot of words in his heart, and only talked about some superficial issues.

all in all.

The New Deal is good.

Your majesty is wise.

It's just that there are many traitors and sycophants in the imperial court, who can't see the goodness of the emperor, and they are frantic, trying to obstruct the new deal.

As for the mistakes His Majesty made in the New Deal, and the problems of the New Deal itself.

For example, the reform was carried out too hastily, the implementation was not decisive enough, and so on.

Not a word was mentioned.

After a stick of incense.

Wang Zhi stopped and said, "That's all this servant knows."

Zhou Huang's face was gloomy, with a pair of deep eyes, looking forward, he was speechless for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

When Wang Zhi saw this, he knelt on the ground, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, and began to regret why he talked so much today, talking such nonsense, and causing trouble for himself.

"I don't talk too much today, and there are no accidents. It won't be long before hundreds of officials will write a letter listing the various drawbacks of the New Deal, and invite the Holy One to restore the ancestral system."

"And seeing that the effect of the new policy is not satisfactory, the Holy One should also choose to follow the advice of all officials."

"Except for Mr. Wei Dongzheng and Wei Ge who strongly advocated the implementation of the New Deal, everyone can return to the original situation where they lived in peace."

"I don't know what kind of accidents will be caused by talking more today."

"Hey"

Time passed minute by minute.

I don't know how long it took.

Emperor Zhou's low voice sounded again in Qianqing Palace.

"Let Wei Dongzheng come to see me."

"Yes, my lord."

Wang Zhi didn't want to get involved in the New Deal anymore, so he stood up and saluted hurriedly, then turned and left the Qianqing Palace.

After a while.

Wei Dongzheng, a Dongge University scholar in a crimson official robe, came before Emperor Zhou.

After saluting, he said neither humble nor overbearing:
"I see you, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Huang looked at him, with a hint of anger in his eyes, and said coldly:

"In order to avoid Baojia, the people of Ji'an Mansion cut off their own palms. Does Mr. Wei Ge know?"

Wei Dongzheng said calmly, "I know."

Zhou Huang's chest was full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"I know why you didn't tell me!"

"You want me to bear the bad name of Jie and Zhou among the common people!"

It is said that the king humiliated his ministers to death.

Zhou Huang's words can be said to be extremely severe.

Wei Dongzheng listened, but he didn't care about it, and said indifferently: "The implementation of the New Deal will cause disputes among the scholar-bureaucrats, let alone the common people."

"It is normal for people to be bewitched to do self-mutilation."

"Since Your Majesty has decided to implement the New Deal, you must not be afraid of popular customs and have the world in mind."

"How can one's heart be shaken just because of some small changes."

Speaking of which.

He looked at Emperor Zhou with a pair of deep eyes, and said in a firm tone:
"Implementing the New Deal is like a strong man cutting off his wrist! Your Majesty should have the determination to move forward!"

Zhou Huang's face was ashen, and his tone was cold:

"The official pen is like a knife, you want me to leave a bad name in the history books!"

When Wei Dongzheng heard this, a gleam burst out of his eyes, and he said word by word:

"Your Majesty should know."

"Even if the official's pen is in the knife, and every word is in the heart, after a thousand years, he will be immortal!"

As soon as this word comes out.

Zhou Huang seemed to be struck by lightning, his pupils narrowed suddenly, and his heart beat violently.

After a thousand years, you will be immortal.
These words, to an emperor who wanted to be famous in history, seemed to have magical powers, and had a huge attraction.

this moment.

Emperor Zhou's belief in carrying out the New Deal is extremely firm!
Just now.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall.

Immediately afterwards, a slightly anxious voice came in.

"Xie Qian, a scholar of Chenhua Gaidian University, please see Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)