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Volume 2 Chapter 861 Yao and Shun (Part 2)

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    Jia Yi then wrote a letter saying that Su Dongpo was treasonous and immoral. He actually said that Renzong was just mediocre and Wuzong was finished, and the late emperor had just died.  Su Dongpo retorted, am I wrong? Now the Song Dynasty is at a fork in the road. Some people want to continue the national policy of the late emperor, and some want to overthrow the national policy of the late emperor. How the Song Dynasty will proceed is the most critical proposition now, and the members of the cabinet are  Why shouldn't a reserve team of senior state officials participate in this discussion in the future?  And this is also approved by the emperor.  It was not approved by Zhao Xu, but by Gao Taotao. Zhao Xu now goes to court and oversees affairs, but he is just a puppet and does not have any decision-making power.  As Gao Taotao, despite listening to many slanders and preparing to overturn some national laws, the current situation in the Song Dynasty is much better than in another time and space, so some laws will inevitably be retained to "remove the essentials from the waste". God knows which essence she will get.  , so he agreed to Su Shi¡¯s test question.  Jia Zhu was not convinced, and another minister came forward. Lu Tao said that the Song Dynasty never judged crimes based on words. Do you want the mistake made more than ten years ago to happen again?  This refers to Su Dongpo¡¯s Wutai Poetry Prison Case.  And you are all students of Cheng Xi "Oh, everyone understands. It turned out that Su Dapao came up with the satirical poem, which made Jia and Zhu resentful, so they desperately came to the rescue.  But at this time Wang Yansou came out. Even if our court allows many ministers to speak, you are not a minister, and you should not put the two late emperors in the examination room and let everyone discuss their rights and wrongs. It is not right, but their opinions.  shortcomings.  Many people cheered.  Su Dongpo has aroused public outrage this time. Everyone was preparing to overturn the new law in one, two, three, but you made a mistake in the test questions. This is intolerable.  Zhao Xu listened to everyone's discussion and found out that due to Wang Ju's influence, he was far more mature than ever before. However, he did not want his ancestors to be put above the public and let everyone judge their character, so he issued an order to ask.  Su Dongpo responded, and then the court suddenly withdrew the edict.  Wang Yansou was furious and directly questioned Zhao Xu, Your Majesty, you cannot confuse right and wrong because of the preferences of some people who can influence you. This is the blessing of the world.  Although your grandma likes Su Dongpo, you are the emperor.  Gao Taotao almost flew into a rage behind the curtain and said directly behind the curtain, "What did you say!"  Then it was a vegetable market. The noble Empress Dowager and a group of ministers were separated by this curtain. You said something and I said something. Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang persuaded them for a long time before they calmed down.  Zhao Xu covered his forehead and even said that my grandma had an affair with Su Dongpo. Well this is what you said about respecting the ancestors. But the matter is not over yet. Jia Yi and Zhu Guangting went down and wrote  made a list.  The Song Dynasty had the strongest cultural atmosphere and placed the most emphasis on education in Jiangnan West Road, Fujian Road, Chengdu Fu Road and the surrounding areas. Therefore, these three areas had the most Jinshi.  The two made a list, mainly the Su brothers and Lu Tao, saying that they were Shu party members.  Fan Chunren became anxious when he saw it. What were the consequences of the Xining party struggle?  But that¡¯s still good, but it¡¯s just a dispute between the old and new parties, or the reformists and the conservatives.  If we talk about parties by region, the Song Dynasty will be divided into Shu Party, Jing Party, Guang Party, Jiangxi Party, Jiangdong Party, Huaidong Party, Huaixi Party, Fujian Party, Zhejiang Party, Shandong Party, Hebei Party, Hedong Party, Guan Party,  Beijing Party, there is no way to live in that day.  So he went to mediate in person and let the matter be settled as it was.  The country finally settled down, and there was no war on the border. Everyone had fewer disputes and worked hard to make the Song Dynasty a better place.  However, when Jia Yi heard that there was no fighting at the border, he became even more angry. Oh, I understand, you are not the Shu Party, but the Wang Party, belonging to the Wang Ju faction. Otherwise, how could you, Fan Chunren, remain standing in the Zhao Xu Dynasty where there are many new parties?  Instead, he rose higher and higher and became the Prime Minister.  Cai Que is also from this department.  Not to mention Zhang Dun, he has always had a good personal relationship with Wang Ju.  Lu Dafang and Wang Ju have the same friendship, and they are also ministers of the same faction, so they entered the ranks of prime ministers and assistants.  Xiao Su is also a good friend of Wang Ju. Although Da Su is below, Da Su has been wandering around the three states of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yang since Wang Ju came to Beijing for the first time.  Is the state rich and prosperous?  This makes the list even longer, including Cai Bian, Zhang Shangying, etc.  No, there is another place, and that is the northwest. This faction also includes a group of frontier commanders such as Kumamoto and Zhang Kai and many generals.  ¡°The power of you people can subvert the country.  Fan Chunren almost wanted to slap his big mouth. Wang Ju did not subvert the country in the northwest, but when he arrived on the other side, he wanted to subvert the country. This is the truth.? ?Jia and Zhu were outraged.  Of course, people like Liu Zhi, Wang Yansou, and Wen Yanbo hated Wang Ju deeply.  But it¡¯s just these dozens of people, including the moderate ministers of the old party, who have a relatively objective view of Wang Ju now.  First, Wang Ju went to the other side and never came back. Just like when a person dies, the conclusion can be sealed and there is no need to involve Wang Ju.  Second, this year, because various systems have not been completely overthrown, the Song Dynasty began to live and work in peace and prosperity, and many people missed Wang Ju. Even 90% of the people thought that the Song Dynasty owed Wang Ju, at least a prime minister.  " Involving Wang Ju will cause public anger. It is too unwise. Even Wen Yanbo would not do this.  The two were demoted from the court.  But these two people didn't let go. When they got to the local government, they submitted letters one by one every day, which made the noise known to the world.  And there are people behind it who are adding fuel to the flames. In their eyes, it is not only the Su brothers, but also Fan Chunren.  Last year I didn¡¯t dare to move, but this year I have become stronger and want to overturn Wang Ju¡¯s decree.  What laws does Wang Ju have?  First, we improved the immunity from service law, the armor-preserving law, and the horse-preserving law, and further promoted the farmland water conservancy law, the farmland equalization tax law, the warehouse law, the generals' art of war, and the new imperial examination system. The original green crop law and market transaction law were removed.  .  Systematically, the original functions of the Shipping Department have been continued and the responsibilities of the Lifting Department have been retained.  As for the disarmament law and the river crossing system, it was Wang Ju who proposed it in his youth.  Also, Wang Ju¡¯s own laws and policies.  A strong economy has a banking sector.  The ethnic policy is to change the local people and return them to the local people.  There is a Zi Zhu Chao system for commercial taxes.  There is another shore in trade, as well as the further growth of the Shipping Company.  At the same time, we will encourage the development of industry and commerce, overhaul infrastructure, including roads and bridges, and reduce the ratio of taxes and taxes.  The nature of these policies is completely different from the original Green Crops Law and Market Exchange Law. Just like the Banking Department, you may say that it collects money and harshly punishes the people, but it is still the same as the Green Crops Law. The Green Crops Law forces apportionment, while the Banking Corporation is your  If you don't want to borrow money, you won't be forced to lend it to you.  There is no one in state A to lend money, but there are still people in state B, so just transfer the money to state B.  But if you want to take a loan, there are many restrictions and reminders. Can you say it is a bad government?  Therefore, Fan Chunren¡¯s idea is not to overturn these laws, but to try to be gentler in order to reduce the intensification and occurrence of more conflicts.  Therefore, Fan Chunren has become a thorn in some people¡¯s eyes and a thorn in their flesh.  Seeing that the public opinion was getting louder and louder, Fan Chunren understood that it was not Wang Ju who was fierce and intolerable, but his former good partners He took the initiative to request to be released, but he was a big boss of the old party and had to distinguish  He was treated badly, and the imperial court issued an edict to sentence Yongxing Army and Shaanxi South Road to pacify and manage him, and sent him to Jingzhao Mansion.  Fan Chunren couldn't stand it anymore, let alone the Su brothers. The two brothers requested to be released separately. Xiao Su was released to Qingzhou, and Da Su returned to Hangzhou.  With Gao Taotao here, Su Dongpo won't suffer much After killing the three bosses, Zhu Jia and his two men shut up.  But Shen Kuo came again.  It took nearly two years, and the "railway" was finally repaired.  This time is very slow. It is not the kind of railway of later generations. The so-called carriages are just large horse-drawn carriages. The difference is the wheels, which cost more and have higher technical content. Some reinforcement measures have been made to the carriages.  The heaviest part is the front of the car, but in order to reduce the pressure on the road, the front of the car was lengthened, almost one and a half times as long as the front of later generations. At the same time, some charcoal supply points were set up along the way to reduce the weight of the charcoal loaded on the front of the car.  There are no big rivers on this section of the road, and the road surface is not steep. What it is most afraid of now are bridges and roads with steep slopes. After all, the power is insufficient. At the same time, the technical content of each wheel is low, and the friction and resistance are high.  However, the changes in the political situation in the court made Shen Kuo realize that something was wrong, so he deliberately slowed down the process. Slowing down the process also had the advantage of not working too many people, so as not to attract gossip.  But when it comes to an end, Shen Kuo also knows that his father doesn¡¯t love him and his mother doesn¡¯t love him. What will he do next?  Therefore, with this memorial, this road is not just from Huaian Town to Lingzhou City. It passes through Guidechuan and branches off to Yanzhou to transport green salt. At the same time, this area is sandy.  , lack of food, with this road, the food supply problem can be solved in the future.  Shen Kuo wrote in the memorial that although he had been building roads in the past two years, Shen Kuo also led the craftsmen to further research and development. Now each carriage can weigh up to twenty-five stone. The maturity of the technology also means that the cost has increased.  decline, so he requested the imperial court to support some more supplies and money to move the railway along the Yan River.It stretches all the way to Youzhou and Xiazhou, and then follows the flat dryland area on the edge of Fulin Road until it reaches Shengzhou.  Combined with the waterway, the entire northwest forms a whole.  When the technology improves again, we can build it along the Huai'an Town and along the Yanqing River to Yunyang. From now on, we no longer have to bother people with carts to push goods. The cost of transporting materials per stone to Montenegro will also be reduced to the same level.  Within money.  In fact, the shipping fee is still very high. One stone is the same price, and one ton is twenty guan. This is a new price. If it is left to future generations, everyone will faint together.  This does not include the usual maintenance and repair costs of railways, docks, and ships. If included, the cost will be even higher.  But it turns out that in the Song Dynasty, the freight for each bucket of materials brought to the front line of Hengshan reached 300 Wen. If the officials were not honest, it could even reach more than 1,000 Wen. If it was transported to Heishan, even if the officials were honest and the Yellow River waterway cooperated, the freight for each bucket was only 300 Wen.  It will not be less than 700 yuan.  Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, it was a great progress, especially in military significance. If Song and Liao launched a great war in this area, as long as the number of Song Dynasty troops participating in the war reached more than 100,000, then the various grain, grass and materials needed on the front line would reach  Millions of stones.  If the original transportation method is used, it is not a matter of how high the cost is, but it is simply impossible to transport so many materials to the front line in a short period of time. Therefore, soldiers often fight alone and the front line is gradually lost.  This is also the reason why some ministers opposed the opening of the Yinshan Mountains in the border area. In order to solve this problem, Wang Ju built water conservancy, deployed border troops, and opened farmland. However, if a general war broke out, the logistical difficulties would still not be solved well, even though a large number of troops were stationed on the five border routes.  officers and soldiers.  The battle of the year before last cannot be counted, because for this battle, the court prepared for several years, and the waste was indeed serious. When the grain sent from Sanmenxia was transported to the front line, there was often only one stone left for forty or fifty, and all of it was left in half.  It was consumed on the road.  But that doesn't matter. A lot of supplies and grain were transported to the front lines of Hengshan and Lanzhou in advance. Later, the grain and grass rights were used as relief. The entire Xixia territory was almost destroyed. We can't kill all the soldiers and civilians of Xixia, so let them do the work.  They work as civilians, distributing grain, grass and materials through work, including some people in the pass. Production has also been damaged, but the nature is different.  In fact, it is not only for military use. Even if a war does not break out, if this road is available, it will have great civilian value and be conducive to the prosperity of the northwest.  ¡°As long as we carefully attract the people, we can create a lot of industrial value.  Shen Kuo would not be so selfless. His idea is that you fight on top and I will only build roads.  It will be at least five or six years before such a large-scale railway repair is completed. By then the little emperor will have already taken charge. Can you still be so rampant?  But he was wrong. No one really paid attention to him.  But Shen Kuo jumped out and paid attention to Shen Kuo.  "You still want to use troops? You have ruined Yongle City with 300,000 people. Isn't it enough?"  The imperial court issued an edict and demoted him to the Zunyi Army.  "Don't take it seriously, the Song Dynasty didn't manage this at all.  At that time, the Song Dynasty sent troops to Juzhou and other places. The barbarian tribes deep in the Kui Gorge were shaken and came to the court one after another to ask for help. So the imperial court established Bozhou, Zhenzhou, Sizhou and other Jisuzhou, and then set up the Zunyi Army in the south of Bozhou.  Then Wang Ju¡¯s strategy was adopted, and many counties were divided under each state. Often, one state could have dozens of Jisu counties, which was used to divide the state and prevent situations like Nanzhao and Nongzhigao from happening.  Then the leaders of various ministries were given official positions such as prefecture and county magistrates, and the imperial court would also use some money and materials as their salary, which was still a policy of buying security.  You are now officials of the imperial court, and you have to accept more or less the control of the imperial court. Therefore, under the leadership of the imperial court, let them mobilize the people to build roads and open up trade exchanges in order to improve the backwardness of this area.  Otherwise, even if it were handed over to the Song Dynasty, there would be no way to govern it.  Even if it has no effect, I just ask you not to cause trouble. That is Amitabha.  That is to say, although the imperial court established so many states and hundreds of counties, it did not station any officials or soldiers at all.  And the Zunyi Army is at the deepest level.  Cai Que then said to Gao Tao, the Empress Dowager, this is not demotion, but asking Shen Kuo to die, which is inconsistent with the Song Dynasty system.  Gao Taotao immediately reprimanded loudly: Liang Tao and others could rebuke overseas, what America could Cheng Xi be sent to, and why couldn't Shen Kuo be demoted to the Zunyi Army.  Not only Gao Taotao, but also countless ministers began to besiege Cai Que.  Zhu Jia has finished his troubles, and now he can move his hands to deal with Cai Que. After all, Cai Que is the real prime minister. He is also the prime minister without saying a word.  Cai Queyitian sighed, "Now that I know what I mean, if I don't know what I mean, I will no longer be in the Zunyi Army, and I don't know that I will be demoted to such a bad place."  Moreover, the northwest border defense has been gradually improved and there will be no major problems.  So Cai Que became "seriously ill" and then made a request to become an official.    You can¡¯t kill Cai Que, just let Cai Que go home.  In the first year of Yonghe (not Yuanyou in history), on December 13th, Cai Que resigned as prime minister. Cai Que escaped by chance, but Shen Kuo met with a tragic fate. The imperial court issued an edict, and Shen Kuo was forced to despair.  I had no choice but to go south reluctantly.  It was not until June next year that he arrived at the Zunyi Army. However, this delay happened, and before he arrived at the Zunyi Army, suddenly there was news in the Zunyi Army that the imperial court intended to send officials to return home.  It is very beneficial for ordinary people to return to their hometowns, but it is not good for those powerful people. So the barbarian chiefs gathered their men and killed Shen Kuo and several servants he brought with him on the northern border of Zunyi Army.  It hasn¡¯t happened yet, Cai indeed fell, and even the verbose Fan Chunren left the court and started to party.  First, an edict was issued to ban purple money.  In fact, from now on, powerful and powerful people doing business will no longer have to pay business tax as before.  In fact, this edict really cannot be issued. It is unfair for the powerful to do business. The purple banknote system only levies half of the business tax, and Wang Ju has given some preferential policies. What else can we do?  However, it is good to be able to collect taxes. It is because of these systems and the stimulation of business that the income from the banking department and commercial tax has now reached more than 30 million yuan. If it were not for the randomness and the stability of Shaanxi Road, the western business road has opened up.  , these two incomes can exceed 40 million yuan.  As well as the increase in the income of the Fangchang River and the Municipal Shipping Department, the help of gunpowder to the pit mines, they together, the income reached more than 80 million.  The rest are the five major taxes, two taxes, and other income.  Therefore, the state revenue was increased without being too harsh on the people. At the same time, the court could implement various good governance, including gradually reducing the two taxes.  However, everyone ignored it, especially the powerful merchants, who praised the court's measures one after another, and soon the business tax returned to its original situation, which was the old amount of 800,000 yuan and the new amount of 600 yuan.  Wen Yanbo and others did not know that it would be so bad, but they knew that commercial taxes would inevitably drop sharply. However, they also had their own methods and once again banned the law of protecting armor, the law of protecting horses, and the law of exemption from service.  The original Baojia and Baoma methods had many shortcomings, but after Wang Ju's improvement, their nature has changed, and they have mainly become poverty relief measures. Therefore, the shortcomings have been reduced. First, many poor people have been exempted from half of the  Taxation, secondly, also increased some local armed forces to maintain public security and guard against thieves, and thirdly, it encouraged various places to raise large livestock.  Of course, the court must also spend some real money to provide subsidies or reduce taxes.  The draft exemption law originally used the surplus money from the leniency to make up for the labor costs of poor states and counties. In fact, the poor states and counties did not see any subsidies in the end. Instead, the remaining leniency money became a new money-making move.  Therefore, Wang Ju successively banned harsh policies such as lenient money and substantive measures, and then forcibly took out millions of dollars from the national treasury to subsidize poor states and counties.  If these laws are abolished, the country will reduce a lot of expenditures To reduce expenditureswell, the Cangfa and other laws that rely on the exemption law will also be banned.  Lifting bureaus in various places have also been banned. Fortunately, shipping bureaus have not been banned, otherwise there would be great chaos next year.  Then the original imperial examination was restored. Wang Ju never paid much attention to this. It seems that Wang Anshi paid attention to policy and theory in the imperial examination. It is good to light poems and poems. Can he be an official if he writes good poems?  Then if you combine reading with focusing on state affairs, you can choose officials well.  However, Mao Yong, if this is the case, future generations will not need to take the civil service examination. They can just find those great masters on the Tianya Forum, China.com and the Iron Blood Military Forum and serve as officials.  Easier said than done!  The selection of real officials still requires hard work. Through these hard work processes and then looking at their performance, we can find out the talents who are really good at government affairs, military affairs and business.  The Fangtian Equalization Tax Law is also gone.  In the second year of Yonghe, everyone faced another decree of Wang Ju, the Fangchang Hedu System. Now basically only the Shuo Party was left in the court. However, when Sun Gu proposed to abolish the Fangchang Hedu System, it almost caused a split within the Shuo Party.  .  Now the largest part of the Song Dynasty's income is not the two taxes. Although it is huge in amount, the actual income is not as good as the original commercial tax income. It can only be similar to the income from mines. We cannot underestimate the mines, various gold  Silver, copper, iron, tin, copper and other mineral materials, together, can bring in a lot of income, and now there are bonuses from gunpowder and even steam engines.  ??????????????????????????????????The income of the City Shipping Company is only divided into two parts, and part of it goes into the internal treasury.  ?The next step is the income from the Banking Department and the Fangchang Hedu System.  ?Then comes the wine and salt dishes. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? but not the rest of the money, the Kapok Division, the government land, house rentals, etc., but the income is only a few million or a few hundred thousand guan.    In fact, in history, the squares and river crossings in the Song Dynasty also accounted for a large part, and the annual income reached almost more than 5 million yuan. However, under the hands of Wang Ju, it was further expanded, especially the construction of roads, and many new squares appeared one after another.  Gunpowder mining also gave Fangchang Hedu a further bonus, so its annual income reached almost 13 million yuan.  Now that the state-owned assets have been taken back, can the subordinate officials run the business well? In other words, how much money can go into the pockets of the imperial court through their hands?  Led by Lu Dafang, Li Qingchen, Fu Yaoyu and others firmly opposed it.  Led by Sun Gu, Liu Zhi, Wang Yansou and others insisted on banning it.  Wang Cun, Hu Zongyu and others remained silent, but they themselves did not have much say.  There is another group of people who are also silent, that is, Zhang Dun, Han Wei and other new party members who are lucky enough to survive.  Stop arguing, a big event has happened.  At the end of the first month, the Banking Department received dividends. In fact, the nature of the Banking Department is really different from that of the original Youth Law. The main targets of the Banking Department were businessmen, which even forced Wang Ju to have no choice but to use the Immunity Law in conjunction with the Banking Department to provide services to the poor.  The common people were granted loans up to a certain limit, but they really couldn't afford to repay them, so they worked for the government. Then the government deducted their service money and returned it to various businesses.  Although it was of some benefit to the public, it did save many poor people.  Now that the exemption law is gone, all loan recipients are merchants, and the court has repeatedly issued edicts in order to seek "benevolence" and try to reduce some ugly phenomena in forced debts.  This is a signal. The court will no longer collect debts. Why should we pay them back?  Some powerful people even borrowed the low-interest money and issued usury loans locally.  And what¡¯s more, the interest is two percent less.  As a result, the banking company¡¯s profit this year was not even three million dollars.  Don¡¯t worry, more exciting shows are about to take place. ?????????????? It would be fine if it was entirely a court industry, but it is a "joint venture", and most of the shareholders are really powerful and powerful people, including many relatives.  Now that the income has dropped so much, everyone is anxious, and then the big bosses in the court question Sun Jue.  Sun Jue was extremely embarrassed, but after a few days, Sun Jue suddenly came up with a plan.  The New Party members acted perversely, and the country's economy began to deteriorate rapidly, but it has not been seen yet.  Although the bank's income has dropped sharply, its credit is still good. Coupled with the constant lack of currency, the value of each silk transaction is still higher than the face value.  Sun Jue then said that the country can issue another 100 million silk coins. In addition, cotton has begun to become popular and the price of cotton cloth has plummeted. Some Liman methods can be used to mix silk and cotton to make new silk coins. If silk of large denominations is used,  Mainly through delivery, the cost can be controlled at more than 30 million yuan.  With enough silk, the bank's income will increase.  ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????  There is another thing that Sun Jue did not mention, that is, these contract stocks can receive large dividends to fill their grievances.  Lu Dafang felt something was wrong, so he asked Zhang Dun, and Zhang Dun responded tactfully: "In the past, Wang Zi'an would rather issue national bonds than rely on the issuance of silk for profit. It's best to write to Wang Zi'an to ask."  When Wang Ju arrived, everyone looked unnatural and unhappy, and they couldn't wait any longer, so they forced the issue.  It will take a while, and a large amount of cotton, raw silk and other materials will have to be transported from various places.  Those investors stopped making trouble after hearing the news.  Everyone¡¯s attention turned to Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and other new parties, and they found a reason to send Cai Bian out of Chaozhou.  Zhang Dun saw something bad, I'm sick Then I'll deal with you after you recover.  At this time, everyone looked around blankly. Well, there are no enemies anymore. We can't deal with Lu Dafang. He is a good comrade after all.  "How uncomfortable this is, our combat effectiveness has not yet been exerted, so we looked around and found the little emperor.    
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