Chapter 1,505 The Fundamental Contradiction

Zhao Xu was the one who played soy sauce in the court, but now he was looking at Zhang Dun with great interest.

Situ once told a story about how he and Da Su encountered a tiger. This man was really courageous.

Gao Taotao snorted coldly: "If the discussion in front of the emperor is like this, what will it look like in the capital hall or in the Privy Council? Even if I can tolerate you, can Taijian tolerate you?"

Zhang Dun took off his futou and said, "I have committed a serious crime. I will go home and write a note of thanks. I will close the door and stay in custody until the court punishes me."

Gao Taotao snorted coldly: "That's no need. Su Mingrun has the capacity to tolerate others. Don't I have the same tolerance?"

"Previously, Gong Lu invited the privy councilors from the three provinces to join in the memorial. He probably didn't expect that among the privy councilors, there was someone like Zhang Qing, right?"

Zhang Dun bowed repeatedly: "I am guilty, I am afraid..."

Gao Tao said: "Now it seems that the system in the palace is not unreasonable. In this short hall, we have to add a censor to correct you."

Lu Gongzhu quickly bowed: "I was negligent, and I also apologize."

There was silence in the curtain for a while, and then a loud voice came out: "But since this rule was not established before, the punishment will be unconvincing. Zhang Dun, you are lucky this time."

There was sweat on Zhang Dun's forehead: "I thank the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty for your kindness."

"Put the hood back on."

"Yes Yes……"

Gao Taotao stopped paying attention to him: "Lv Gong, the system in the palace, set it up as soon as you get down, and then prepare to enter."

Mr. Lu bowed and said, "I obey your order."

When the order in the palace was restored, Gao Taotao said: "Sima Gong said that the method of exemption from military service has five evils, but Zhang Qing said that the five evils can be improved, and the method of military service was not feasible, so the late emperor changed it to exemption from military service."

"I have known for a long time that the hardships in front of the government are the disadvantages of serving. Sima said before that the benefits and disadvantages of serving people cannot be the same in all directions. I beg the commander to send all the roads to transfer the envoys to the states and counties. Within five days, the counties have the benefits and benefits of Shenzhou. The state is limited to applying to the Transportation Department in January, and the Secretary is reporting to the Department of Transportation every quarter to gather wisdom from the public. The idea is very good."

After saying this, he ordered the envoy to send out several forms: "Guys, take a look at this."

Sima Guang took it over and saw the words "Questionnaire on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Military Service" written on it. Below it was a table with a long form. There were many survey items, but they were all closely related to the military service.

Sima Guang understood at a glance that there were too many such things during the preliminary investigation of "He Qing Consultation": "Did Su Mingrun come up with it?"

Gao Taotao said: "That's not entirely true. It's the method that the officials came up with and asked Situ to perfect the question."

"The officials have a suggestion, which I think is good. He said that the two governments should consult the transshipment department. The transshipment department may want to be persuaded, or may be worried about retaliation and implication, so they may not dare to tell the truth."

"It is better to restore the late emperor's secret report system, let them report the contents through the secret report, I will personally read it, and the officials will compile it into a book of discussion for everyone. Is it possible to do as much as possible?"

"This..." Sima Guang hesitated: "If it is completed according to the format of His Majesty and Su You, it cannot be completed within five days."

Gao Taotao said: "The officials came up with a trick, which I think is clever. Start from the nearby area first. After completing the three-day area of ​​​​Beijing, Zhouzhou and Kuaima, we have at least got a rough idea of ​​the pros and cons."

"These questions are actually almost the same in each county. Afterwards, the questionnaire can be changed to a selection paper. For each pros and cons, several options can be given, A, B, C and D, and sent to various areas via telegram."

"Each county was sent to each county to complete the selection, and then the answers from each county were collected and sent to Beijing via telegraph."

"The answer is just one question to A and two to B. There are not many words. In this way, doesn't it make the complex simple and convenient?"

Sima Guang looked at Zhao Xu. The boy's poker face before had now turned into a look of expectation, apprehension and a little excitement.

Sima Guang finally smiled: "Your Majesty, if the old minister's prediction is correct, the previous ones were all made by Su Situ. Only the last method of turning the questionnaire into optional answers was your Majesty's idea, right?"

"Ah?" Zhao Xu's face suddenly turned red: "How did the bachelor know?"

"Haha, I have also read through His Majesty's science and engineering textbooks."

After speaking seriously, he said: "Your Majesty, I am very familiar with the previous questionnaire. Back then, I and Mingrun inspected the river conditions together. I don't know how many times Situ has distributed this kind of thing."

"Those investigation provisions are pragmatic and sophisticated. If you are not a minister who has experienced many affairs, you would never expect them to be so thorough. Your Majesty is a little dishonest in doing so."

Zhao Xu could only lower his head: "Yes... I did something wrong."

Sima Guang was very happy: "Your Majesty is still very young. It doesn't matter if you make small mistakes like this occasionally. You just need to change them."

After saying that, he put away the questionnaire: "The Empress Dowager, although your Majesty is young and wise, you are still handsome and wise. This method of reducing complexity into simplicity has surpassed many ministers in the palace. I wish you congratulations to the Great Song Dynasty and to the world."

Congratulations."

"I am also wrong. The previous five-day period, judging from this questionnaire, was indeed too taken for granted."

"A few days ago Cai Jing came over and told me that Kaifeng could restore the military service within five days, but that didn't mean that other places could do it as well. At that time, I just thought he was showing off his merits, but didn't think much about it."

"Now it seems that there is indeed not enough time. It is better to expand the prefectures and counties for some days, first use Situ's method to investigate the capital and Zhou, prepare questions, and then use Your Majesty's method to get back the time. After three months, we can discuss the military law.

how?"

Gao Taotao then said: "The official came back from school that day and said that Situ once told him that military service affects the whole world, so he must be cautious."

"The facts should be ascertained, measures adapted to local conditions, and discussed in detail. The ultimate goal is to put the interests of the people of the world first, so that the people of the world will no longer suffer from the hardships of the police."

"Before this goal, no one's views, his, Sima's, Zhang Dun's, or even those of officials and senior officials, are not important."

"The important thing is to find problems based on the facts obtained through the investigation, and then solve them one by one."

"Everyone fights for the sake of the country, not for victory or defeat, or for spirit."

"I think what he said makes sense."

"Zhang Dun, I tolerate you today because there is some truth in your refutation of Sima Gong's opinion. Do you understand?"

Zhang Dun bowed in embarrassment again: "Your majesty is wise, the empress dowager is wise, just now I was stupid and excited, and I went too far. I, I apologize to Mr. Sima, and to your majesty and the empress dowager."

Gao Taotao said: "Then that's it for today. By the way, Su You forwarded a letter from Zhongmu, written by Bi Zhongyou, saying that the insights contained in it are insightful and can be used for reference."

Sima Guang took the letter from Zhao Xu: "Bi Zhongyou? He is Wei Weicheng now, right?"

Lu Gongzhu said: "Yes, Bi Zhongyou was promoted to general and eunuch because of his contribution to transporting grain and fodder to Shaanxi. Isn't it because Situ Changgong has gone to serve as eunuch, so Bi Zhongyou was temporarily transferred to Weiwei Temple."

Sima Guang also reacted: "Yes, Su Mingrun married Su Yi to Bi Zhongyou's younger sister. She should avoid suspicion."

He opened the letter and read it out: "In the past, King Anshi persuaded the late emperor with the idea of ​​​​promoting work, but he was short of money. Therefore, all those who could gain people's wealth in government did so.

Scattering young crops, setting up markets, collecting labor money, and changing salt laws are all things;

But those who want to thrive but suffer from shortcomings are emotions.

Because he failed to put an end to his passion for creation, he only tried to suppress the methods of dispersion, convergence, change, and arrangement. Therefore, he tried a hundred times to say nothing but to no avail.

Today, the green crops are abolished, the market is closed, the money is withdrawn, and the salt law is eliminated. Anyone who is named for profit and hurts the people is swept away. Those who have always used the new law will not be happy.

Those who are not happy will not only say that they cannot be dismissed, but they will also use their feelings of inadequacy and talk about insufficient things to move their superior intentions. Even if they hit the stone and make people listen, they are still about to move.

It can be done again.

For the present strategy, we should make a great plan for the world, understand the number of incomings and outgoings, and use the money and grain accumulated in various ways to return to the local officials, so that the funds can be used for twenty years.

In a few years, it will be ten times what it is today, so that the emperor will clearly know that the rest of the world is money, and then the argument of insufficiency will not be made public, and then the new law can be changed, but no one dares to discuss it.

If you want to do something before the situation is over, then even though the young shoots have been destroyed, they will be scattered again, but are they not destroyed? Even though the market changes are eliminated and restored, what is the situation like at the beginning?

It's the same with money and salt.

This is used to save the disadvantages of the past, such as a person who has been ill for a long time and has a short life. His father, son and brothers are happy to see the beauty but do not dare to congratulate him. This is because the illness is still there."

What Bi Zhongyou means is that the purpose of the new law is to make money. If the money is not enough and the fundamental problem is not solved, no matter how it is abolished, it will eventually resurface.

However, it is not that there is not enough money, but that local governments have withheld too much state funds. Bi Zhongyou suggested that fiscal power should be completely returned to the state to fundamentally solve the country's financial problems.

Once the financial problem is solved, the problem of military service will also be solved.

The method is a bit taken for granted, but the idea is good.

The reason why Su You wanted to show this letter to the governors was because Bi Zhongyou's suggestions for fundamentally resolving conflicts were of great reference value.

Sima Guang couldn't help but be horrified: "Bi Zhong is very smart in his travels and paintings, and I also know about them in Luoyang, but this discussion is too empty talk."

"What he means is that the state's money and food are under the management of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and local governments are not allowed to interfere. This is more difficult than the draft law."

"Besides, if the country has twenty years of accumulation, then these issues discussed by ministers and others are still problems?"

Lu Gong wrote: "In the Ming Dynasty when Kaifeng was under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, although there was also a large-scale construction work, expansion of the Bian Canal, and city construction, they were given three meals and two hundred yuan a day, and they could also claim land after the service. There was also a Sitong Construction Department to distribute the service.

The servants were happy with their work."

"At that time, even Lifu, who was working as a porter, took the initiative to participate in the service, and was sued by the shipping company with a money chest. His Majesty mobilized an army to solve the problem of loading and unloading goods at Bianjing Wharf."
Chapter completed!