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The eighth day of November is the winter solstice. After the winter solstice, it will enter the ninth. This is what the saying goes, "counting the ninth cold winter" requires 9981 days before you can get through this winter.

But this winter is so cold this winter that it is destined to be much harder than in previous years. "Cai.com 29 was cold and the heavy snow was flattened for two days and two nights, and it was three feet of snow in the capital, dripping water turned into ice, and every family closed its doors and the streets were sparsely crowded. Every morning, soldiers from Shuntian Mansion had to pull a cart and walk around the streets and alleys. You could always find ten or eight beggars who starved to death and froze to death. They piled them onto the cart and sent them to the city's outer plant for burning.

The people were worried about the severe winter, but many literati and scholars, even Hanlin poets, were overjoyed when they saw this snow scene that they had not seen for many years. They organized tea party dinners, recited poems and essays in front of the white snow and red plums, and suddenly felt that their realm of life had improved a lot, which seemed to be comparable to the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.”

"This is really a stinking smell of wine and meat in the rich, and there are frozen bones on the road!" Facing a table of invitations, Lin Run, who was dusty, stretched out his arms and asked the servants to clean the dust on his robe, while looking at him disdainfully: "A bunch of stupid insects."

"That villain threw all of these." The followers were the two who accompanied him to the meeting alone, and they spoke naturally and casually.

"What did you throw it away?" Lin Run walked to the edge of the basin and soaked a wet white towel to wash her face and said, "Such hard paper shells, give the lady the soles. She will definitely like it."

The follower is this sweat. The other person sent an invitation, but you used it to make the soles of the shoe. This is too "not taking people seriously, right?" But he also knew the master's temper. Without saying a word, he began to clean up and ask, put everything together, but there was a light blue cover left. He asked Lin Run: "Your person who is the same year also wants to make the soles of the shoe?"

"Who's?" Lin Run walked to the table and looked at it. It turned out that it was someone from Shen Mo who sent him to invite him, and then smiled and said, "Let him spare this time." He opened it and said, "Today's Shenshi, Yipinju." Looking at the sky, it was getting darker, so he quickly ordered the follower who walked to the door and said, "By the way, tell my wife, I have a plan, let her eat it by myself in the evening."

Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Run ordered people to prepare sedan chairs. Malili changed his clothes and put on a cloak. He put on a cotton hat, gloves, and scarf. He went out in full arms, sat in his well-ventilated sedan chair, and went to Yipinju outside Xizhimen.

In winter, northerners like to eat hot pot. This Yipinju, located on Xizhimenwai Street, specializes in this course. Hot pot, which is called "warm pot" by Jiangnan people, is not as appropriate as the one in the north, because it is not simply warm, but actually makes fire.

The utensils used in the north and south are different. The casseroles are mostly made of casseroles in the south, while the hot pot in the north is made of copper, with the stove in the middle, and the pot troughs around it. They are surrounded by the pot troughs for soup and vegetables, and a pot lid with round holes on it. They are just put in the "fire mouth and cover the pot. After the bottom of the pot is filled with the soup, the lit charcoal is put in the "fire mouth and the fan is stirring up the charcoal fire; the charcoal crackles out of the fire, and the pot will sizzle and make a sound. After boiling, it will be served on the table, and the lid of the pot is lifted and the white air is overflowing. You can eat it. Not only is the taste very delicious, but it also has the fun of doing it.

When Lin Run arrived, it was already dark, and the guests were filled with guests in the lobby, and the steam was steaming. The hot pot was full of sparks. People were all paying attention to the late guest.

Of course, the waiter wouldn't be so eye-catching. He came up and said with apologetically: "The shop is full. If you have an appointment, please come inside."

Before Lin Run could speak, a voice rang out, "This man has an appointment. The waiter turned around and saw that it was a guest who had entered earlier, so he smiled and asked to the side and said, "The villain is talking too much."

The man saluted Lin Run. When Lin Run saw that it was the silent guard commander, he nodded with a smile. He walked through the lobby with him and walked towards the private room upstairs.

As soon as I went upstairs, the noise downstairs seemed to be in a very distant place, and it became much quieter. I followed the guard to the end of the corridor, where several followers of different dresses had already stood there, obviously brought by different guests.

The servant walked over, raised the curtain, and said opposite him: "Master Lin is here."

"Hahaha, Brother Ruoyu, you're late." A few cheerful laughter came from inside. Lin Run quickly walked in a few steps and saw that in addition to silence, there were Zhang Juzheng, Xu Wei, Yin Shizhan, and Zhu Dashou, all of whom he valued more. He couldn't help but hold his fists and smiled: "I'm late. I'm late, I'm just going to get the punishment."

"I'll just say it." Chen Si asked him to sit down beside him, and smiled, "This guy is very good at speaking."

Lin Run was happy. Without saying a word, he ate three drinks, which attracted everyone's cheers. Then he took off his hat and relaxed his body and said, "I came back online, and my wife came here before I even saw her. You guy is really good, aren't you afraid that I won't come?"

Silent smiled proudly and said, "Then don't worry. Anyway, I'm sure that I invited everyone.

"As he said, he said to the outside, "You can put it in." Soon three guys brought in the hot pot with the net. The fairy and fierce hot pot upstairs are different from the downstairs. However, plates of meat, vegetables, and tofu are mixed with them. It is so satisfying, but it is too unconventional and not noble.

The pot upstairs has long been equipped with ingredients in the kitchen, and it is neatly packed into the hot pot. It can be eaten by one serving, which saves a process and is much more polite, but there are also many less Lewands. So after eating the things in the pot, I will rinse some more things to make compensation.

The three guys lifted the lid of the pot, and the heat was steaming all over the room. When the white gas dissipated, the leading guy said crisply: "Sanbai pot, Sanxian pot, assorted pot, several masters, please use it slowly, all three pots are made of meatballs, dragon mouth fine powder, and sour cabbage. The difference is the things on it. The Sanbai pot is covered with white chicken, white belly slices, and white meat; the assorted pot is covered with clear sauce meat, yellow croaker, pork kidney flowers and other things. As for the "Sanxian pot", it is sea cucumber, braised meat, and eggs. The flavors are different, but they are all very delicious. With Yipinju's own brewed roast knife, it is really a god who can reach the earth.

The two of them were speechless, so they threw their cheeks and started to have a big meal. The room was already hot, and the hot pot was even hotter. They all had red faces and sweating profusely. They didn't care about their image. They opened their arms, took a towel and wiped sweat while constantly putting it into their mouths.

Among the six people, Lin Run ate the most. One person almost wiped out the whole Sanbai pot and kept picking up mutton slices and rinsing it in, which made Xu Wei, who was eating the same pot with him, finally couldn't help saying, "Brother, have you not had a meal for a few days?"

While swallowing the food in his mouth, Lin Run stretched out three fingers. After thinking about it, he changed it to two: "Two days ago, I ate a bowl of cabbage porridge the morning before yesterday. I have never eaten a grain of food until now."

He looked a little funny, but everyone couldn't laugh. Yin Shizhan asked softly: "Is the disaster relief situation very serious?"

"Yeah." Lin Run finally felt a little full, so she wiped her mouth and said, "It's very serious. It was estimated that there were only tens of thousands of victims, but now it seems that there must be at least tens of thousands." He sighed and said, "This thief is not open to his eyes, but he encountered the Great Cold that he had not seen for many years, making it even more difficult to provide relief to victims."

Originally, the north was full of drought this year, and many places had no autumn harvest. The people could not pay taxes, and they had to be arrested by the government even if they stayed at home. Many people left their hometowns to evade taxes and became refugees. By winter, they could no longer wander, so they gathered in the capital area, waiting for relief from the government.

After all, this place is under the feet of the emperor. The emperor could not watch the people being frozen and hungry, so the glorious and arduous task of appointing senior officials to provide disaster relief fell on Lin Run, the new left deputy censor. The emperor ordered that he must settle the victims and not have large-scale deaths. But no one expected that the number of victims was far unexpected. In addition, the cold winter this year, which has not happened in several years, the disaster relief supplies were not enough. Lin Run and the others racked their brains to save and save, and could not ensure that the victims could survive the winter safely. They had to go back to Beijing to ask for help and ask for more food and quilts.

Everyone then found that Lin Run's eyes were covered with bloodshot, and it was obvious that he had not closed his eyes for many days." "One, one by one, one by one

After hearing Lin Run's words, everyone's eyes turned to Yin Shizhan. He had left the royal palace and went to the Ministry of Revenue to serve as the Left Minister for half a year. As the second in command of the Ministry of Revenue, Yin Shizhan naturally knew the national treasury very well. Facing Lin Run's expectant gaze, he sighed and said, "Brother Ruoyu, I'm going to hide it. The money and grain for disaster relief at the beginning were saved by the Ministry of Revenue with his belt. Now the Curry has money, but the evil part is the New Year's salary of all officials, and most of it is the salary of the royal family. One carrot and one pit, there is no extra silver."

"You can't just stop waiting for death." Lin Run said a little angry: "Does Lord Yin know? In this ghost weather, hundreds of people can freeze to death every day. Do hundreds of people understand?"

Shen Mo quickly went out to smooth things over and said, "Let's think of another way to see if we can raise supplies and help the victims outside the city to spend the winter."

"Is this what you asked us to come?" Xu Wei looked at him and said. The two men were used to colluding. Seeing that Lin Run was taking the topic out of the city, Xu Wei pulled him back to Shen Mo's track.

"That's right, I don't know about the disaster victims at first." Shen Mo shook his head slowly and said, "I'm inviting everyone to come. In fact, I want to exchange views with everyone about Zonglu's reform, and then whisper: "According to the rules, I will give the Zongfa an annual salary of the vassal in the twelfth lunar month every year, but this year it's said that it's going to reform, so the Zongren Mansion had to not publish a list first, and wait for the result to come out before talking about it."

"I also know that this kind of discussion will never end. In less than a year or two, I can't imagine the temper of those royal masters. They are all quarrels and fuss. They are even moving, making the yamen itchy. I took my old nose to comfort them. I told them that there would be a result before the New Year. Now there is more than half a month before the New Year." Siren said with a bitter smile: "You can't delay it anymore. At least you have to have a countermeasure to pass this year. Otherwise, these hob meats that are not afraid of the sky and the earth may have something to do." Seeing that Siren was so worried, Lin Run said embarrassedly: "When I first submitted a memorial, I said, "I said, "When I first wrote a memorial, I said, "I read Hunshan Xunshu, a novel," suddenly let all officials gather their thoughts and take out a solution, but I didn't think about giving them a secret."

Chen Shu shook his head and smiled, "The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple; who would have thought that I would catch up with it if I was confused." It caused everyone to chuckled.

After laughing, Yin Shizhan whispered: "Brother Zhuoyan, it really doesn't work. Let's first pay for this year's salary as usual according to last year. Anyway, this money has been prepared in Taicang."

Before Chen Si could speak, Zhang Juzheng said, "This matter has been discussed twice in the court. Although the court officials have a very big dispute, one thing is exactly the same, that is, they must reduce their pride, but there are differences in the ways and methods." As he said, he looked at Chen Si, "This is also the reason why my words cannot follow the old rules."

He nodded silently and smiled, "That's right. Anyone with knowledgeable people has already felt the problem of the clan vassals, and the momentum has become a pain, which has endangered the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. So when Brother Ruoyu posted this memorial, all officials will submit memorials and agree to propose suggestions to deal with the clan vassals." He said with his hands, "I have summarized the suggestions of the officials, and there are no more than ten items, such as restricting relatives and vassals and princes, and the number of vassals will not be given titles and salaries; allowing the royal family to serve as officials or engage in scholars, farmers, industry and commerce; revoke the ban on the clans not to leave the city and pass the pass; launch a nationwide inspection and cut those who are prone to receive the annual salary; signal the prince to take the lead in reducing part of the annual salary; paying some annual salary and so on, etc. "

"There are quite a lot of ways," Xu Wei sniffed at the burning knife and sneered: "I just don't know if it's useful."

He ignored him and continued, "It is precisely because there are too many ways and everyone has their own opinions that they have a big argument. I mean, we first reach a consensus on the scope, and then go back and do our work separately. Promote in one direction."

After hearing the silent words, Zhang Juzheng's heart moved and couldn't help but smile, "It's a good idea." He then realized that any force in the court can find a representative on this table." He himself was the representative of Xu Ge Laofang; Yin Shizhan was the representative of the old Hanlin; Zhu Dashou was the representative of the new Hanlin; Lin Run was the representative of the censor of Kedao; Chen Si was the representative of the Ministry of Rites with absolute say in this; even Xu Wei could influence a group of people who claimed to be famous.

Basically, as long as the table of people reaches a consensus, it is really possible to push the government and go in the direction they want to see.

"It's me who started it, let me throw away my bricks and jade." Lin Run cleared his throat and said, "I think there are three strategies to solve the problem of the royal family. The best strategy is to break the barriers between the royal family and the common people. Let the royal family make a living freely, become an official, join the army, do business, and farm. Of course, at the same time, it can no longer enjoy the support of the country. This can start from the lowest level of clans and slowly penetrate upwards. I have done a calculation. Based on the 25,000 vassals in the 40th year of Jiajing, the number of princes is only 200,000, of which the kings are only 200. The rest of the people are Fengguo, Zhenguo, Assistant General, and Lieutenant. According to the standard of the royal family's salary, the prince's salary is 10,000 stone, the prince's salary is 2,000 stone, and the general of Zhenguo's salary is 1,000 stone. The auxiliary general is 800 stone, the Fengguo's general is 600 stone, the Fengguo's general is 400 stone, the auxiliary lieutenant lieutenant 300 stone, and the Fengguo's lieutenant lieutenant 200 stone. More than 95% of the non-monarch clans account for 75% of the Zonglu expenses. I think it is the best strategy to bypass the prince and the prince and start from these people.

Chen Mo and others nodded after hearing this, "What about Zhongce and Bad Ce?"

"The Zhongst strategy is to strictly limit the inheritance of titles. It firmly controls the number of titles and adopts a method similar to the Han Dynasty's order to reduce the fiefdom by one bucket every time it inherits. This is the safest way. However, the effect is slow, and the court cannot get rid of "Zong Lu. This big burden in the short term." Lin Run said: "As for the worst, it is very unauthentic.

"There are no outsiders, but it's okay to talk." Banmo said with a smile.

“It’s just a folded color.

"Lin Run nodded and lowered his voice: "Share part of Zong Lu's money and grain into paper money, the effect will be immediate." It is in some limitations. Those who are as smart as Lin Run also believe that paper money can be irresponsible and can be printed casually.

"The three stories of Zhongping have been said, please give me advice," Lin Run said in a deep voice.

After a few people discussed it, they all thought that Lin Run's method was really good. All three strategies could be implemented, and even three-pronged approaches could be taken. Lin Run was very happy at first. But after a while, Chen Mo and Zhang Juzheng did not express their opinions for a long time, and asked, "What do you two think?"

Chen Si exchanged his eyes with Zhang Juzheng, and the latter smiled and said, "What I mean is that the vassal issue is related to the stability of the country, and it must be solved. But more importantly, do the right thing at the right time." He said, "I am sorry, Lin Da."
Chapter completed!