Wanli Youming

Chapter 152

Chapter 152

Li Youzi was not angry when he heard Wang Guoguang's words, he just smiled and said: "Master Ge is joking, the subordinates don't regard the public as a thief, but regard the public as a gentleman."

Wang Guoguang sneered: "Since you don't regard the officials as thieves, why do all the mansions have ingenuity to prevent thieves?"

Li Youzi pretended to be puzzled and said: "Isn't that right? The subordinates have always thought about how to design the official residence in a better way to show the magnanimity and selflessness of the gentleman and reflect the integrity of the ruling ministers."

As he spoke, Li Youzi pointed to the mansions in front of him, and said to Zhang Juzheng and the ministers in power:

"Yuanfu and the princes, please take a look, is each of these official residences suitable for the Tiqi who guard the princes on the high walls, and can see how the princes are busy with government affairs every day ? And let the emperor know the hard work of Gongqing?"

"In addition, these official residences all use high platforms, wide steps and tall pillars. Isn't that also enough to reflect your Majesty's decree in the edict that we should show the grandeur of the ministers of the heavenly kingdom?"

"Da Sikong is not wrong, the building of the official residence is the grace of today, not jealousy!"

At this time Zhang Juzheng spoke for Li Youzi, and said: "Even the Jinyiwei are only sent to guard the outside and the high walls, they don't enter the house, they don't set up doors, it shows that they are willing to trust the ruling minister."

"Yuanfu is right!"

Zhang Siwei responded immediately at this time, and suddenly said with emotion: "It's really the emperor's grace!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Siwei couldn't help but look north and bow.

Then, Zhang Siwei added: "This official residence is very solemn and elegant, which makes people feel surging when they look at it, but what I feel guilty about is that the servant didn't make much achievements, and the corpse was in the cabinet. Now living in the official residence is really a shame. I can’t do it, I can only offer it conscientiously in the future, and maybe I can be worthy of the emperor’s kindness.”

After Zhang Siwei bowed and said this, and Zhang Juzheng also supported Li Youzi's statement first, the ruling ministers had no choice but to follow suit. Come down and work harder to repay His Majesty the Emperor.

Only Wang Guoguang glanced at Zhang Siwei after the obeisance, and then when Zhang Siwei was led by Li Youzi to recognize Cifu's mansion, he whispered to Zhang Juzheng: "Uncle, Puzhou, villain, beware of the future." Backlash against the New Deal, let it go!"

Zhang Juzheng did not express his opinion, but walked forward.

Seeing this, Wang Guoguang couldn't say anything more, he just waved his hand, put it behind, and glanced at Zhang Juzheng's back.

For a while, after visiting various official residences, and when the ministers were about to return to their respective residences, Zhang Juzheng suddenly took out a secret message that Zhu Yijun had allowed him to call the cabinet ministers and ministers to discuss the new policy to be implemented next:

"By decree, please go to the servant's mansion first, and discuss the new policy that will be implemented next. In addition, Mr. Xu also has a letter to the servant, and everyone needs to talk about it together, so don't go back first. Just leave the matter of moving house to the servants and servants."

Except for Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing, all the ministers in power were stunned for a moment after hearing this.

Wang Guoguang spoke first at this time: "Uncle! New policies are going to be implemented again? Now that the treasury is abundant, the accumulation of silver has been sufficient for several years, so there is no need to change it. We must give some meritorious service to those who come later." Moreover, the official mansions have been set up, and the examination method is also very strict because of Haigong's merits, so that corrupt officials and mediocre officials have nowhere to escape, so it is not that they will not worry about having no available ministers in the future; why should you and I put these Everything is for the sake of it, and when Qingzhang Tianmu's title book is published, he should also think about wandering in the forest and entertaining his grandchildren."

"Yuanfu is a man who is loyal to the country. If there are still old disadvantages that need to be eradicated, we should naturally be driven by Yuanfu. Otherwise, how can we be worthy of the emperor's grace?"

Zhang Siwei also said something at this time.

"Ziwei is not in a hurry to become a country?"

Wang Guoguang asked after hearing this.

Zhang Siwei took a look at Wang Guoguang and said eagerly: "You think this is ridiculous! Although the servant has the ambition of Xiao Gui Cao Sui, he also knows the affairs of the country. The assistant has always been in charge of the affairs of the state, and the servant can feel at ease to resign at any time and leave, and go to play tricks on his grandson!"

"Needless to say, whether or not to implement the New Deal is yet to be decided. Today is just a discussion."

Zhang Juzheng said something at this time.

So, Zhang Siwei and Wang Guoguang didn't say anything else, they just glanced at each other, and then went to talk to other ministers.

Not long after, Zhang Juzheng and other cabinet ministers and ministers sat down in the courtroom of the official residence of the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng naturally sat in the chairman's seat, and asked Fang Fengshi to accompany him on the right side.

Zhang Siwei, Wang Guoguang, Ma Ziqiang, Shen Shixing, Liu Yingjie, etc. sat on the guest seats on both sides.

Zhang Juzheng first looked at Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing and said: "The two cabinet elders have come back from Beijing to inspect places, and they should have made some suggestions, and I would like to mention, if the current dynasty wants to continue to implement the new policies, what new policies should be implemented, and what old disadvantages should be reformed? "

Ma Ziqiang got up first and said: "Since that's the case, I will throw bricks to attract jade, and first mention what I realized after I was ordered to inspect the place."

As he said that, Ma Ziqiang said: "In my humble opinion, thanks to the diligent administration of the emperor, Yuanfu and his ministers are very kind, the world is already Haiyan and Heqing, farmers don't know famine, merchants are not afraid of long distances, and roads don't pick up lost things. They do not close their doors at night, they all worship the imperial style, and the Fu has disappeared, the local vassal treasuries have a lot of savings, and the Changping warehouses are also full of grain, so there is really no need to get rid of the old evils immediately."

"It's just that although farmers don't know famine, they are not rich; merchants are prosperous, but they are not rich;"

"Therefore, if the stalls are divided into mu, it will hurt the farmers very much and it will not be conducive to the preservation of the farmers; and the increase in business taxes is because the rich and powerful merchants have powerful backgrounds, and the small traders are not as rich as the farmers, so the increase in taxes can only be achieved. a consequence of exploiting the common people;”

"After thinking about it, I really want to plan for the future. If we continue to reform the system, we can only cancel the preferential exemption and make the officials and gentry pay for food as errands. In the second year of Longqing, the clan was required to pay the land tax Dingyin for the extra land purchased besides the granted land. In addition, when the clan grants the land, it also accepts the land and grants Ding Yin."

After Ma Ziqiang said, all the ministers thought about it, they neither objected nor supported, they only looked at Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing followed suit and said: "My humble opinion is the same as that of Ma Gong. The reform should abolish preferential exemptions, and let the officials and gentry all over the world pay food and errands. It is not appropriate to levy business taxes and share the income of the people. It hurts the small people in the north, and the levy of commercial taxes will suffer the small people in the south, but the officials and gentry pay the food and work together, neither the small people in the north nor the small people in the south, only the officials and gentry, or the people in the south. No matter how hard it is for the clan."

"Why do officials and gentry suffer, and clans suffer? Is it because the state has no savings, or is it that the common people are struggling to survive?"

Wang Guoguang said something at this time.

Shen Shixing replied at this time: "Of course it is for the future."

Wang Guoguang said: "Couldn't future things be done by people in the future? Why do we have to do it now, and we must now suffer from the officials and gentry and the clan? Even if you let the cattle and horses work, you have to let them rest, right?"

After Wang Guoguang finished speaking, he looked at the officials present.

As a result, no one made a statement, and they all kept staring at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng knew the reason why the ministers present did not express their views, and also knew that Wang Guoguang was opposed to the officials and gentry and the clan's one-to-one errands.

"Since the two cabinet elders have inspected the place, they feel that if the system continues to be reformed, the preferential exemption should be cancelled, then the system must continue to be reformed, and perhaps this policy can only be implemented;"

"However, His Majesty still doesn't know that the two cabinet elders proposed that the clan, the officials and the gentry should pay food and errands together, and the servant does not really want to ask His Majesty to continue to reform the system;"

"I still have to listen to your opinions first. If you think it is not necessary to carry out this reform, there is no need to carry out this reform. It is time for the servant to return to the emperor. But if you think it can be carried out, the servant must continue to work hard with the princes. For Your Majesty, for the sake of the country and the common people, I will suffer again for the clan, officials and gentry of the world."

Wang Guoguang still said first: "Then I don't need to say it, I've already said it, it's up to other people."

Wang Guoguang looked at Zhang Siwei as he spoke: "Your Excellency is the second assistant, don't you want to talk?"

Zhang Siwei glanced at Wang Guoguang as if his eyes were on fire, and said: "I only obey Yuanfu's order!"

And the others stood up because of this: "Wei Yuanfu's order is to obey!"

Zhang Juzheng: "..."

Seeing this, Wang Guoguang also said: "Could it be that I have no conscience and only know how to speak for the clan and gentry?"

(End of this chapter)