"Father-in-law, after talking for a long time, what is the content of this second new law between Lord Yan and Mr. Fang, which makes my father-in-law so dissatisfied. Can you disclose it to your son-in-law? ”

"Look, you are Fang Dunru's student, but he doesn't treat you as a confidant at all, but you have to know this kind of thing from my mouth, tell me, what are you still doing with his thigh? You're nothing to him. Guo Bing smacked his lips and looked at Lin Jue and shook his head.

Lin Jue didn't have the leisure to think about this, so he only frowned and said, "Please also ask your father-in-law to make it clear." ”

Guo Bing said: "That's it, it doesn't hurt to tell you." Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru reported to the emperor the content and direction of the second new law, the Employment Law. Roughly speaking, it means to reduce the labor of the common people and let them concentrate on farming and management. At first glance, this sounds like a great thing. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "This is indeed a good thing." ”

Guo Bing scolded: "What a fart! The people do not serve in labor, and you tell me, who will do it? Who will do the work of building cities and digging rivers, opening mountains and paving roads, running errands inside and outside the yamen in various places, and fighting more night in the streets and alleys of the countryside? Isn't that messed up? ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "There is a new law, there must be a solution, Lord Yan and Mr. Fang will not do a one-size-fits-all approach, but there is no solution." ”

"Humph! Their solution is also simple, they do not have to do labor, and the government hires people to do it. In the future, all labor will have to be hired. Guo Bing said coldly.

"Isn't that good? Hire people to do it, idle people are used, and people can farm and do business. Lin Jue said with a smile.

"Where does the money come from? You tell me, where does the money come from? Don't you need money to hire someone? What is employment? It was for food, drink, and wages. Taking Hangzhou as an example, every winter in Qiantang County, the people of Qiantang County have to go out to strengthen the Qiantang River embankment to prevent high tides and rain in the following year. Several counties dispatched tens of thousands of manpower, and it took more than a month to repair. In the past, the people brought their own food and drink for a month, and the court did not spend a tael of silver, at most some odd expenses. What now? All hired manpower, tens of thousands of people eat, drink, and lazar outside to process money, a rough calculation will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Who will pay for this money? Guo Bing shouted.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "This silver...... Isn't it from the imperial court? ”

"Out of the court? So what's going to happen? Didn't Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru boast in front of the emperor that they wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and that changing the law could solve the financial problems of the imperial court once and for all? And he took out the money? Besides, can the court take it? That's not a small amount. Tens of millions of taels of labor may not be able to stop it. The 12,000,000 taels of silver that were discounted from the closing of the warehouse were still the result of selling all the grain in the warehouse. Yan Zhengsu claimed that he no longer needed to use one or two of the court's tax money, did he want to slap himself in the mouth? Guo Bing sneered.

"So...... This silver...... Is it going to come out of the heads of the people? Lin Jue frowned.

"Isn't that? Yan Zheng Su Fang Dun was more shrewd, and when the people were exempted from servitude, they asked for immunization money to supply the people hired by the government to serve as laborers. In addition to this immunization money, it is necessary to add another 20% of the money called immunity money, which can also be used to give interest to the people. Do you think they will spare these people? If you can run, the monk can't run the temple, and if you don't serve labor, you will be paid. There is no free meal in the world. Hehe, these two people are still readers? Got into the eyes of money. I don't know where to read the books of the sages, isn't this a shame on the saints? ”

Lin Jue was speechless, what he was most worried about still happened. Sure enough, the purpose of this second new law is not only to encourage production, but also to enrich the people. In the past, it was possible to pay for it, but now it is no longer necessary to do it, but it must be offset with cash. This is to force the people to take money out of the land. Although it has a positive effect on production, it is a more oppressive and coercive means.

"Originally, that's fine. It is only natural that the people will pay money if they do not serve the labor. After all, the common people can't ignore the life and death of the court. However, in addition to collecting money from those who were supposed to serve hard labor, what is the reason why Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru actually want to loot from the group of people who were originally exempted from hard labor? He wanted to set up a collection of money called 'service money', and officials who were not required to bear labor before, temple households, young Guo households, female households, single Ding households, and non-Ding households were required to pay half of the fixed amount of service money. Bastard, isn't this a money grab? Do those female households have any money? Monks and Taoists also have to pay, and officials also have to pay, isn't this a mess? What is the reason why a scholar who works hard to become an official has to pay for labor in the end? Since ancient times, those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. Now those who study and become officials also have to serve in labor in disguise, why are they still studying? Isn't there a world where there are three, six, nine, and so on? Guo Bingwu said indignantly.

Lin Jue felt a chill in his heart, Yan Zhengsu and Mr. Fang had the guts, in order to break the unfairness of society, they finally opened the knife to the privileged. But it also means that they have moved the cheese of vested interests. This change entered the deep water area so quickly, which Lin Jue never expected. Lin Jue believes that in order to succeed in changing the law, it is necessary to step by step, slowly enter, and gradually win the consent of the majority of the people, and finally start a battle to attack the fortified and enter the deep water area. But it is clear that, as Yan Zhengsu said, they will never be the kind of people who take their time, and they will heal the country with fierce medicine. The spearhead has been pointed at the chronic disease, and there is no intention of compromise.

"What's even more infuriating is that the amount of this assistant money is actually linked to the acres of real estate he owns, is this worth it? Even if he only pays half of it, the assistant money that this king has to pay in a year is actually as much as hundreds of thousands of taels, isn't this a clear robbery? Who of our officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty does not have a job and the land they bought? That's to snatch money out of these people's pockets. This king can see that Yan Fang and the others are killing the rich and hating the rich, and they are happy to make the officials of this dynasty destitute one by one. They want us to spit out acres in disguise, and that's their intention. This is not a change in labor, but a change in the system of acres of fields, which is a move to repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark. These two people have too many ghost eyes, and they think that others can't see it. ”

Lin Jue nodded secretly, indeed, Guo Bing was not entirely an emotional catharsis, what he said still made sense. Officials want to call for helper money, which is linked to the acres of land they own, which effectively avoids the exploitation of those widows and lonely female households. Because these people did not have much land, and they did not have much money to pay half of the money paid to ordinary people. And the officials and the big landlords and rich people are different. The more land you have, the more you have to pay for the conscription. Even though only half of the payment is made, it is a huge amount. The palace pays hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year, which also shows that the land and acres annexed by the Liang palace are as large as those of the land. Although I don't know how these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were calculated and how the proportion of expropriation was stipulated, it can indeed be seen at this moment that this is a big move aimed at merging and owning acres of land.

If the acres of land become a burden, a proof of the payment of a large amount of labor money every year, then the annexation of land and property is no longer a good thing. Owning a lot of acres is not necessarily a good thing. One of the options for paying less is to keep the number of acres down to an acceptable amount. This is to crack down on the problem of land hoarding and mergers in disguise, relieve the pressure of more people and less land, and effectively allow more idle people to return to land cultivation. This is probably the real purpose of this law.

As for what it says, those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. It doesn't matter that scholars and officials will oppose this measure for the sake of face. What we really want to oppose is the people who have to pay a huge price, the people who have been passive to benefit.

"Father-in-law, are you a reliable source? It stands to reason that the second new law has not yet been enacted, and the son-in-law, as the inspector of the school, has not yet received the order to formulate the terms, how can there be so much insider news exposed? Lin Jue frowned.

Guo Bing sneered: "You doubt my sources, aren't the eyes and ears of this king inferior to you?" Unless Yan Zheng Su Fang Dunru holds these things in his heart and does not say it. As soon as they open their mouths, whoever they talk to, I'll know very quickly. Don't ask me where I know, and I won't tell you. In short, you wait and see, the second new law will be enacted soon, and you will soon know whether what I am saying is true or false, and will you soon understand? ”

Lin Jue frowned and was silent, in terms of sources, he was obviously inferior to this Liang Wangye. Mr. Yan Zhengsu and Mr. Fang are not the kind of people who make a big fuss. The most likely thing is that they just report the idea of the new law to the emperor. Then nine times out of ten, the leakage of news is in the palace. There is a high probability that the emperor himself will not say it before the new law is promulgated, and perhaps he will consult some people in private, and these people are likely to leak the news. However, this is not very likely. The chance of the emperor telling Guo Bing himself is even smaller, because Guo Bing is simply excluded from state affairs.

Then there is only one last possibility left for the source of this news, which is from the emperor's side. When Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru met the emperor, there must have been chamberlains to serve, and these people were the most suspicious. If it was really the chamberlain who leaked the news, then that means that Guo Bing, the king of Liang, may have put his eyes and ears on the emperor's side. It's scary to think about.

This is not the point, the source of the message is not important, what matters is whether the message is true or not. Obviously, judging from Guo Bing's reaction, this news is true nine times out of ten. Otherwise, Guo Bing would not have overreacted. This can also explain why Mr. Fang said to himself alone in the morning, what did King Liang jump out and say something, so that he could ask Yunyun clearly. After a few confirmations, the accuracy of the message can basically be confirmed.