After Fan Zhongyan was demoted, it was Zhang Yi who succeeded Zhang Yi of Longtu Pavilion who took over the power of Kaifeng Mansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info heard that the messenger had come to report the arrival of the third envoy Xu Ping, and hurriedly greeted him. Kaifeng Mansion and Sansi are considered to be at the same level, but Xu Ping's official position is too high, and Zhang Yi holds the courtesy of an official.

Welcoming to the living room, after inviting tea, Zhang Yi said: "The provincial lord has taken the time to come to this mansion, I don't know what to order?" ”

Xu Ping hurriedly said: "How dare you do it?" It's a small matter to discuss with the prefect. ”

"The provincial lord has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, as long as he does what he can, he will not dare to refuse."

Xu Ping pondered the words before he said: "The bridge and road division under the rule of the third division is newly built, and due to the hot weather, it is not suitable to gather a large number of people to do things. According to Han Zong's meaning, in the past few months, he has done some small things in Kaifeng Mansion to pinch the people and things under his rule. This matter will indeed bring a lot of trouble to Kaifeng Mansion, but it is of great significance to the Bridge Division, and please ask the prefect Yucheng. ”

Zhang Yi said unhappily: "The provincial lord is serious, in the next Xian Zhikaifeng Mansion, do things for the imperial court, how can you be afraid of trouble?" Han Zong came to visit me a few days ago, but what he said was to level the road, plant elm willows, and even plant flowers and grass on the road, which is not an urgent task. The weather was not right, and it was not of great benefit to do these things, so I rejected him. ”

Xu Ping said: "These things are indeed doable or not, but there are always some benefits to doing them, why should the prefect refuse?" ”

"Provincial Lord, you are the third division, in charge of the world's money and food, you should know that every penny is not easy to come by! The flesh and blood of the people! According to what Han Zong said, it costs a lot to do these idle things, what is the picture? Now that the money and food of the imperial court are looser, they can't be so nonsense! ”

Seeing that Zhang Yi's face was already full of anger, obviously really angry, Xu Ping couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

Thinking of everything, Xu Ping really ignored this problem. In the past, the financial principle was to "live within the limits of income," and the money that went into the treasury should be as frugal as possible, and if it was not enough, it would be stolen from the people. Therefore, if you are an official, you are a good official if you save people's power and don't build construction easily, and if you come on the contrary, you are a big villain who doesn't care about the people's power.

Now that there is a banking system and a transition to a commodity economy, the thinking of the former small peasants is about to change. But how easy is that to change? Xu Ping thinks that doing these projects is to stimulate the economy, and inject vitality into the social economy through official investment, but Zhang Yi obviously does not see it that way. In the scorching hot weather, he didn't let the people rest, and he spent money to do inconsequential things in vain, he was wrong if he didn't scold Xu Ping.

After being stunned for a while, Xu Ping said: "Prefect, you have misunderstood this matter. Since the money supervised the new money came out, but the people lacked money to use, the bridge department did these things, just to distribute money to the people. With money in hand, the people can do some business and generate more money. When the people have money in their hands, their lives will be better, and the government will be able to collect more taxes—"

Zhang Yi sighed: "Provincial Lord Xu, what you say is all strange talk, forgive Zhang for being disrespectful, I have lived for so many years, and it is unheard of to read all the books of sages!" I only heard that governing the country is not to disturb the people first, and to let the people recuperate, when will it be better to use the people's power indiscriminately or for the people? If you have money scattered in one hand, and the other hand will collect more money from other places, what good will it do the people? Zhang is stupid, I don't understand the meaning of your words, and this matter will not be talked about anymore! ”

Recently, something has been too smooth, Xu Ping rarely uses his brain on the resistance that the reform will encounter, but today when he met Zhang Yi, he was sober again. How can a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years be changed in a matter of months? It was common knowledge to use public works to pull the economy into his previous life, but not in this era. At this time, to do these inconsequential projects is to waste the people's fat and ointment, and it is a big traitor. What loose money? The government only gathers money, and there is a reason to rush to disperse outward?

At this time, the importance of ideology is manifested. If Zhang Yi could change his mindset, he would definitely not think so. But why should he be converted? Change people without changing your brains? Xu Ping doesn't have that much power.

After taking a sip of tea, Xu Ping said: "Governor Zhang, a few days ago, our Jingxi Road officials put together a set of brochures and submitted them to the imperial court, called "Rich Country and Security Policy", I don't know if you have read it?" ”

Zhang Yi said stiffly: "I've read it, but I'm ignorant, and I can't agree with a lot of what it says!" ”

Xu Ping wanted to ask what the different opinions were, but he felt that he was confused, and he really didn't know where to start. Only then did I remember that when I was in the Salt and Iron Division a few years ago, I suggested that Zhao Zhen recruit candidate officials to attend classes, but he died of illness soon after leaving the capital. At present, there is not even a channel for training officials, and there are different ideological concepts, and there is still a lack of channels for communication and discussion. In order for reform to continue, it seems that it is imperative to unify thinking.

Zhang Yi is a good official, a good official who is loyal to the monarch and loves the people in the traditional sense, and when Yizhou was an official, he was especially loved by the people and regarded him as a god. For such a prefect, Xu Ping really has nothing to do. Lu Yijian is so manipulated by power, and the reputation behind him is not very good, if it weren't for the competition of his children and grandchildren, many honors and relatives would not be able to keep it. Even so, in the face of Fan Zhongyan, who was bent on ousting him, he patiently waited for the other party to show his flaws before making a move, and did not use despicable means.

An era has an era's style, and now is the time for scholars to change their style and pay attention to the style of a gentleman. As a party to reform, if you use dishonorable means against your opponents, you are planting the seeds of defeat for yourself. Xu Ping is still young, there is still a long way to go, if we want to really carry out the reform and achieve a great cause, we must do things in a dignified and upright manner, and small cleverness and small means are absolutely unacceptable. Xu Ping can not be a gentleman, but he must not be regarded as a villain by his colleagues, otherwise no merit can make up for this damage. Xu Ping knows this.

After being silent for a while, Xu Ping sighed: "Forget it, since the prefect said so, I don't want to be strong." However, I still have to make it clear that what the Bridge Division wants to do is by no means a waste of people's power and a waste of people's fat and cream. Xu has been an official for many years, and he doesn't dare to say how much he has done for the country and the people, but he still does not boast about the people. ”

Knowing that his words were a little heavy just now, Zhang Yi's face became calm, and he said to Xu Ping: "I naturally know what the provincial lord is doing in Yongzhou and on Jingxi Road. It is meritorious to the country and beneficial to the people, and the provincial lord deserves these eight words. But now is the hottest time of the year, every move can hurt people's lives, so it's better for the people to rest! ”

Xu Ping still didn't give up after thinking about it, and asked Zhang Yi: "The prefect really disagrees with the "Rich Country and Security Policy", and there are many things that disagree with what is said in it? If you have time, I wonder if you can talk about it below? ”

"Where to start? In "Rich Country and People's Policy", from the very beginning, he ignored the words of the sages and re-established the theory. How Tianli people want to theorize, where can be clearly explained in a few words. Whether that book is right or wrong, it is not something that can be asserted now. ”

Xu Ping nodded: "I understand." However, state affairs cannot be empty talk about the heart, right and wrong, but see if it can be beneficial to the world and the people. If I had used my method on Jingxi Road, the country would have had enough money and food, and the people would have lived a better life, I dare to ask, what would the prefect think at that time? ”

Zhang Yi said: "Provincial Lord, I said bluntly that the world can't just talk about utilitarianism. Even if you do what the provincial lord said, you still have to think about it specifically, how can you make it clear in just a few words? Recklessness is necessarily frivolous, and prudence can be heavy. ”

Xu Ping arched his hand: "The prefect's words are very reasonable, and I have been taught." ”

Xu Ping knew what Zhang Yi meant, how could this kind of major theory involving how to govern the country be able to explain it in just a few words? Li Jing's heavenly principle is human desire, human desire is heavenly principle, heaven and man are one, just set up a skeleton, if you want to really stand, you must fill in enough flesh and blood.

In the past life, materialism is also based on the same argument, and social wealth comes from human needs. How many people have perfected and supplemented such a theoretical system? A monograph that talks about basic concepts alone may have more words than any book of the era. But such a system is far from reaching the point of unifying social thinking. It would be naïve to think that it would be naïve to think that it would be naïve to think that way just by relying on a set of "Policies for the Security of the Rich Country and the People".

There's still so much knowledge that needs to be filled in to truly become mainstream thought. How to extend it to all aspects of society according to this set of policies, how to use such a set of ideas to deal with political affairs, and penetrate into every corner, may not be completed in Xu Ping's lifetime. If we want to set up theories, we can only do it in a down-to-earth manner, and impetuousness is unacceptable.

Putting down the burden in his heart, Xu Ping felt a lot more relaxed. It is better to reform step by step, and it is not a good thing to be frivolous and rash, and now after all, there is no time for life and death, and there is room to take it slowly.

No longer mentioning the matter of letting Kaifeng Mansion help promote the project, Xu Ping and Zhang Yi chatted some gossip to understand the recent economic situation in the capital. Speaking of these, Zhang Yi is also much more relaxed, talking about the changes in the market.

Since it is a new thing for banks to deposit money for interest, they have absorbed a large amount of idle funds in society at once, and there has been a significant lack of money in the market recently, and it seems to be much more depressed. In the past, there was spare money in hand to lend to the outside world, which was something that only rich people could do, and ordinary people had a few hundred dollars of money, who could they lend to? When banks opened, the first thing they absorbed was the spare money in the hands of these ordinary people, and when they had less money in their hands, the small businesses in the market were affected.

The biggest change in Kaifeng City, the former prosperous business districts of Daxiangguo Temple and Donghua Gate, have recently been a bit depressed. On the contrary, the northwest corner of the former desolate city, due to the existence of a large number of field affairs, the workers in it are living money in their hands, and the business has prospered rapidly, and the Xiangguo Temple and Donghua Gate stand on top of each other, becoming the three commercial centers of Kaifeng City.

This was unexpected by Xu Ping, who was thinking about whether to introduce inflation appropriately to stimulate business. Together, this thought was quickly denied by himself. At present, the most important thing is to improve stability, and we must not be in a hurry, because it does not matter if the ordinary business of the people is affected for a while, as long as the various companies develop, the situation will certainly change rapidly. When one day the workers in the company become an important part of the residents of Kaifeng City, it will naturally change.