"Xianggong, how can you agree that the official family spends so much money to repair Qionglin Garden and Jin Mingchi?"

After the court meeting, Han Zhongyan returned to the political hall, and Vice Minister Fan Chunli hurriedly reasoned with him.

"Yi Suo, this matter does not cost the household department and Taifu Temple, and Kaifeng Mansion can also collect tens of thousands of deed taxes and city taxes, what's wrong?" Han Zhongyan sat down on the right seat in the middle hall, picked up a piece of music that had just been sent by the Jinju Academy, and said while reading, "Besides, there are still so many traitors in the court now, if we stop the official family and insist on not allowing Xiuqiong Lin Yuan and Jin Mingchi, maybe we will let the traitors succeed." ”

"Xianggong, although I don't spend the money of the treasury and Taifu Temple this time, the land in Dutingyi is also state, and it is worth at least 2 million now."

Han Zhongyan put down the piece in his hand, picked up the tea soup sent by the little official, took a sip, shook his head and said: "The first emperor wanted to build a mansion for the Gao family in the past, but Empress Xuanren refused several times, and then didn't she also give the official land, and the Gao family paid for it to build it at their own expense, didn't you also say that you didn't use a penny from the treasury?" Didn't we still praise Empress Xuanren's virtue?

Now the official family is just using the same method to repair the garden for themselves, although it is not done by Ming Jun, but after all, it does not spend the money of the national treasury, and it does not affect the friendship with the Liao State, why not?

Yi Suo, I know that several of your brothers are upright gentlemen, and they can't rub sand in their eyes. But I don't know how to be flexible, as long as the officials don't implement the new law that harms the people, don't provoke a war with the Khitan, let the people recuperate, and sell a few pieces of land to make some money, don't care. ”

It is not unreasonable for Han Zhongyan to be rated as "cowardly" by history books, his bottom line is relatively low, as long as he can live a relatively easy life up and down. It can't be compared to his father Han Qi, who is so fierce that anyone dares to scare him.

Fan Chunli just shook his head: "Xianggong, how many days has the official family been on the throne now?" I've already tried my best to build a garden for myself, and if time goes by, won't I have to gather and squander it......"

"Don't say it, don't say it......" Han Zhongyan waved his hand again and again, "If you talk too much, Zhang Zihou will come back!" When the time comes, the people in the world will be even more miserable, and we will have to go to Haizhou to retire for the elderly. ”

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At the same time, in the Privy Council, Zeng Bu, An Tao, Zhang Qi, and Jiang Zhiqi, a scholar from Hanlin, also got together to discuss the matter of "demolishing the capital pavilion".

Song Huizong actually thought of demolishing Dutingyi and selling land to build a palace for himself...... That's too smart, isn't it? Although everyone knows that today's saints are very smart, and when they are comprehensive, they are definitely the first among ancient and modern emperors, and Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, is not comparable.

But this cleverness is not the right place!

"Chong Yuan, today's events are very inappropriate! The prefix should be sealed back and resolutely stopped. ”

As soon as An Tao, the Privy Councillor, sat down, he put forward a suggestion to "seal and return the prefix" to General Xu, a Chinese scholar who had come to Xifu to "visit the door".

The sale of the land of Dutingyi to raise money for the construction of a new pavilion and the repair of Qionglin Yuan and Jinmingchi also required the edict of Zhongshu Province and the review of Menxia Province. Now that Han Zhongyan, the theoretical supreme governor of Menxia Province, has expressed his position to let him go, it is not very easy for Menxia Province to refute the edict.

But Zeng Bu has not yet expressed his position, so the Zhongshu Province can seal the prefix and refuse to make a move. However, it is easy to annoy the official family in Zhongshu Province by doing this, and it will be going to Haizhou at that time.

"Houqing," Zhongshu Lang Xu Jiang was taken aback by An Tao's proposal, "Even Han Shipu nodded, what kind of villains are we doing?" ”

Since the Shenzong Dynasty, it was generally the old party that did not allow officials to spend money, and the old party hated the accumulation of wealth by the imperial court, so it had to control the state's expenditure. Not only did the emperor himself have to live a little more frugally, but even the normal expenses of the state, such as fighting wars, such as governing the Yellow River (the methods of governing the Yellow River in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty were not normal), were also able to be saved.

However, Wu Haogu's idea to Song Huizong this time was to "prosper the country with real estate", and ask the real estate industry to get money, and if the Ministry and Taifu Temple don't come out, then there is no problem of collecting money from the imperial court. Therefore, if Han Zhongyan does not stop it, it is not contrary to the purpose of the old party.

Zeng Bu, who went to Xifu with Xu Jiang to "visit the door", also said: "Houqing, now the Taiwan edict is mainly in the hands of the Yuanyou party, and the impeachment of me and Chongyuan is almost piled up on the desk of the official family. If we stand in the way of the official family in the matter of repairing Qionglin Garden, I am afraid that we will have to go to Haizhou. ”

"It's not that it's inappropriate to repair the garden," An Tao shook his head again and again, "but it's inappropriate to take the land of Dutingyi to Christie's and sell it!" ”

Zeng Bu shook his head, "Houqing, isn't this the same thing?" If you don't sell the land, where will the official family get 2 million? ”

An Tao said: "Zixuan, who do you say this land will buy it for?" Who can come up with a huge sum of 2 million at once? ”

"Houqing, you are also a Bianliangzi, why don't you know that there are many wealthy merchants in Bianliang City?" Xu Jiang said with a smile, "You can get 100 million yuan just from a boundary alley." ”

"Of course I do!" An Tao Zhengse said, "I also know that when the land is in the hands of profiteers, it will definitely become a tool for them to exploit the fish and flesh of the people." ”

"Merchants buy land for sale, and naturally they want to make profits," Zeng Bu said. ”

Although Zeng Bu was a general of the New Party, his thinking was also different from that of Wang Anshi, An Tao, and others, and he did not approve of the monopoly of government-run industry and commerce. When he was seven years old in Xining, he pointed out the problems in the "City Change Law". Therefore, he was regarded as a traitor to the New Party, and was kicked out of the court by Wang Anshi to go to Guangzhou to be the governor.

Although An Tao is a Bianliangzi, he advocates strengthening government-run industry and commerce. Therefore, in his view, the so-called "Shaoshu" led by Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu is only a vain appearance, and it completely lacks the essence of Xining's New Deal.

An Tao said angrily: "This incident must not have been thought up by the official family, but the two villains around the official family, Pan Xiao'an and Wu Haogu, are planning!"

Although Pan Xiao'an is a general, he is not doing business for two generations. During the reigns of Xining and Yuanfeng, his family's gold, silver, silk, and silk were handed over to collude with corrupt officials, broke Wang Jinggong's "Qingmiao Law", took the opportunity to manipulate grain prices, and used usurious interest to lend money, forcing many small farmers in Daimyo, Yingtian, Haizhou and other places to go bankrupt, and even many poor families committed suicide because of this!

Later, his family's depot also lent money to grain merchants in Kaifeng Prefecture to hoard Juqi and manipulate grain prices to fight against the "Market Change Law", which caused public resentment to boil.

These profiteers should have been arrested and severely punished, but they were stopped because they were meritorious heroes and had official status. Now his son and son-in-law are bewitching the government again, and they want to continue to harm the people! ”

It turns out that Pan Xiao'an and Pan Qiaolian's father is not a good person, and when he was alive, he was also a big profiteer in Kaifeng Mansion! When Wang Anshi was engaged in the "Qingmiao Law", he colluded with the local wealthy and corrupt officials to manipulate grain prices in Daimyo, Yingtian, Haizhou and other places.

Grain prices were aggressively pushed up before peasant households borrowed grain from the standing liquidation position (which needed to be converted into money), resulting in an excessively high discount for the grain lent by peasant households. In the summer and autumn, when peasant households repay their loans, they also lower grain prices, resulting in too much grain (which also needs to be discounted) for peasant households to repay their loans.

In this way, the interest that the peasant households actually need to bear far exceeds the stipulated 20 percent, and the excess part will naturally be privately divided between the profiteers of the Pan family, the local wealthy families, and corrupt officials...... Well, this kind of Qingmiao loan, which is obviously losing money, is apportioned in many places, and it is not okay if you don't want to borrow! Not only will the farmers be apportioned the seedlings loan, but also the households in the Kuofang area.

By the way, the same bad thing Ximen Qing's grandfather Ximen He also did in Yanggu County, but it forced many honest farmers and uncles to go bankrupt!

Therefore, Wang Anshi's new deal messed up the pot, mainly because of the sins of profiteers and corrupt officials...... No matter how big the loopholes in Wang Anshi's new policy are, and no matter how many mistakes there are in the process of implementation, the starting point is to serve the country and the people, and it is also in line with the political correctness of the government-run industry and industry and the "protection" of small farmers, which is naturally good. If it had not been for profiteers and corrupt officials, the New Deal would have been a great success.

Now the profiteer has actually become the henchman of the official family, and he plans to engage in real estate in Kaifeng Mansion, how can he get it if he continues like this?

"Houqing," Zeng Bu said with a frown, "or let Yushi impeach Pan Xiao'an and Wu Haogu." ”

Of course, there is also the mouthpiece of the new party in the imperial history platform, and Zhao Tingzhi is a member of the new party in the current imperial history.

But it is useless to impeach close ministers like Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an, and the official family just keeps the bullet seal in the middle.

"There is no need for impeachment now," An Tao said, "and now it is time to stop the villain's tricks, and not let Du Tingyi fall into their hands." The shop and house affairs of Kaifeng Mansion should be allowed to take over the Dutingyi. ”

"Let the shopkeeper take over?"

Zeng Bu and Xu Jiang looked at each other, and they both felt a little uneasy. Seriously, selling Dutingyi for 2 million is the easiest and least likely to make mistakes. And the singing and selling proposed by the official family is also good, openly shouting the price, the one with the highest price will get it, pay the money with one hand, and take the land with the other, there is nothing wrong with it.

"Let the store go and sell the Duting Station?" Zeng Bu asked.

An Tao nodded: "It's not just for sale, but for ......"

And An Tao couldn't remember it for a while, and he didn't know the way to prosper the country in the future, and he didn't even do business.

"Profiteers must have a way of making huge profits," Mr. An said, "but the officials of the shops must know." Zixuan, you only need to call them to the mansion for questioning, and figure out how the merchants make profits, and then you can let the shop and house affairs be handled in the same way. ”

"But the income from the operation of the left and right wings of Kaifeng Mansion is the same as that of the forbidden expenses." Zeng Bu said, "Anyway, it's to build a garden for the official's family, so why should we do anything more?" ”

"It's different!" An Tao shook his head and said, "The shop and house affairs are official camps, and the imperial court can control them!" And businessmen are mercenary, and what they do must mislead the country and the people! The events of Xining and Yuanfeng, Zixuan, have you forgotten? ”