After carefully sorting out his thoughts, Xu Ping said to Fan Zhongyan: "Fan waits for the system, let's talk about it little by little." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Let's talk about the rich and powerful families first, they are profitable, and then they go to the surrounding counties to occupy farms. If the money is not used to farm, it will be left in the capital. And even the homes of ordinary people know that they have extra money in their hands, and they can't be idle at home, otherwise every day will be less than a day. If this money stays in the capital, you have to find a way to make profits, whether it is to buy a shop or a residence, it is nothing more than pushing up the land price in the capital, so that ordinary people can't afford to live in the capital at all. As far as the fan waiting system is concerned, now I still live in an official house, if I want to buy a house in the inner city, it is not easy for the family to make up this money, right? Not to mention other ordinary people. ”

Fan Zhongyan was silent. It was not easy for him to buy a house in the inner city, but he simply couldn't afford it. This time he returned to Beijing and was promoted to Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized, and the treatment of the sentence Guozijian was also generous, and the economic pressure was much less than the last time he was appointed as the right secretary, but there was still a long way to go before he could buy a house and land. Moreover, Fan Zhongyan has to take care of his huge family, and he has no money to spare, Xu Ping mentioned this, and he really talked about his sore spots.

Since the time of Emperor Zhenzong, the people of the capital have experienced decades of inflation, and no one is stupid enough to save a lot of cash at home, buy houses and shops for rent if they can, and release them to collect interest if they can't. In order to find a way to make money with money, the powerful and wealthy have made a lot of miasma in the capital.

"Divert the excess spare money in the capital to the outside of the city, so that the ordinary people in the capital can live easier. This money changed from useless money to useful money, which was also good for the imperial court, which was also the reason why the edict forbade the powerful and wealthy to set up other businesses in the capital. How much manpower and material resources did the court save from using this money to produce food? ”

Grain is transported from other places, and most of the land around the capital is planted with vegetables and flowers, otherwise it will be unprofitable. There are also large tracts of vacant land that have been enclosed as gardens and become the other business of the wealthy, in fact, Xu Ping's own mansion outside the city also has this nature. However, this article was not proposed by Xu Ping, but was added when the Chinese book was discussed, and by accident, the mansion outside Xu Ping's Wansheng Gate became the last large-scale private garden in the capital. Of course, this restriction is only for the urban areas where the carriages are located, and the suburbs of the county are not restricted, which is also an additional measure to drive the rich out of the city.

Xu Ping said: "As for the impact on the small people, to be honest, they must have to suffer some hardships at the beginning. If there are more farms in the vicinity of Liangjing and new farm tools are used, grain prices will fall, grain prices will hurt, small farmers will go bankrupt, and they will have to find another way to survive. The same thing will happen when the water transportation decreases and the grain in the Jianghuai region increases. This is a good point, and if we don't change it early, many small farmer families are afraid that it will be difficult to survive. ”

Fan Zhongyan sighed: "I'm just worried about this, opening a farm around Liangjing, the imperial court will collect a lot of money and grain, but how many small people will be displaced." Agriculture is the foundation of the world, and it is born from the beginning. This is not only about money and food, but also about the thousands of small peasant families who were born on the land. The wealth of the world has its own fixed number, if it is in the government, it is not in the people, Xu is in the three divisions, in charge of the world's money and grain, and it is naturally your duty to collect money for the court, but you should always think about the people's livelihood! ”

Xu Ping opened his mouth, and wanted to say that this was the throes of reform, but he couldn't avoid it, so he swallowed the words back.

In fact, the crux of Fan Zhongyan's remarks lies in the fact that there is a certain amount of wealth in the world, and this is the reason why any fiscal reform faces huge resistance. As long as it is determined that the wealth is fixed, then the court will collect more, and the people will naturally be less, and those who can increase the state finances will naturally carry the label of scourge and flattery. The capable minister in the eyes of the emperor is naturally a thief in the eyes of the scholars, and everyone will be punished.

Xu Ping is still not obvious, opening new field affairs, opening shops, and increasing the income of the imperial court from the developed commercial scale have not really affected the people's livelihood. However, the proposal to build farms and open up wasteland has moved closer to that aspect.

At this moment, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly became heavy, and the float in the water was suddenly pulled to the surface of the water, and the fishing line was stretched straight. Xu Ping only felt that the fishing rod was about to come out of his hand, and couldn't help but stand up with a "pout", clenched the fishing rod with both hands, and shouted: "What a lot of strength, it's not small to think about this fish!" Xiao Yi, come and help me! ”

Liu Xiaoyi, who was next to him, ran over quickly and helped Xu Ping grab the fishing rod: "Be careful, officials, the water is deep here!" ”

As he spoke, he joined forces with Xu Ping and lifted the fishing rod.

Several officials around also stepped forward to work hard together to help Xu Ping grasp the fishing rod.

Fan Zhongyan stood up and said: "You can't use dead force for fishing, if the fish is big, the fishing line should be loosely harvested, and you must not blindly harvest it." As the saying goes, Zhang Chi can catch fish only if he has the law. ”

Fan Zhongyan mentioned it, and Xu Ping also reacted, holding the fishing rod tightly while walking the fish with the fishing line.

After a long while, the fish caught was slowly pulled to the shore, Wang Gongchen's eyes were sharp, and he pointed: "I saw it, I saw it, it's such a big one, and the county flag is victorious today!" ”

Liu Xiaoyi picked up the small net beside him, stepped into the water, looked at the fish that was approaching, secretly exerted force, "hey", copied the fish into the net, and threw it to the shore with both hands.

The little guy brought by the family hurriedly stepped forward and held it down, and said excitedly: "What a big fish!" ”

Xu Ping and several officials gathered around to take a look, and saw that it was a big carp weighing five or six catties, still bouncing on the ground, and the little guy couldn't hold it alone.

Liu Xiaoyi stepped forward, worked with the little guy to suppress the fish, looked up and asked Xu Ping: "Official, how to rectify this fish?" ”

"Let's bake it, and bring a few bottles of wine, just in time for the wine." In rainy weather, drink to get rid of the cold. ”

Liu Xiaoyi agreed, and walked with the two of them to the stove prepared on the shore with the big fish.

Everyone stepped forward to congratulate Xu Ping, and Zeng Gongliang said: "Xu Zhizhi has set an example for us, everyone will fish quietly for a while, get a few big fish, and it will not be in vain to stay in the smoke and rain for so long." ”

The officials dispersed in an uproar and hung up the bait again.

In fact, many people don't have bait on their hooks just now, just for a show. Things in officialdom pay attention to dignity and humility, and these people have to wait for Xu Ping and Fan Zhongyan to catch a fish, so that they can really work hard. Otherwise, the two of them have nothing there, and here you and I will have one, and the scene will be embarrassing. If you catch small fish in the pond in the garden, it's just a big deal, and you can't afford the rod, and how many big fish in the Jinming Pond don't have it, and you can't remember the rod.

Not everyone is as arrogant as Ouyang Xiu.

When he was in Luoyang, Wang Shu succeeded Qian Wei to judge Henan Mansion, he was a serious person, not as easy-going as Qian Wei, and he didn't do anything to the young staff every day, just partying and drinking and having fun. I drink too much. ”

Everyone else was silent, but only Ouyang Xiu stood up and said loudly: "With Xiu Wen, the disaster of Kou Gong is being old and not knowing how to stop it." This is a blatant slap in the face of Wang Shu.

Don't say that it is based on Kou Zhun's merits and prestige, Ouyang Xiu shouldn't say that, it's identity, Wang Shu, as a chief, should blame two sentences, Ouyang Xiu, as a subordinate, where can he point to Sang and scold Huai and say that Wang Shu is old and still occupies the seat and does not retreat. Not to mention that Wang Shu was Kou Zhun's son-in-law, Ouyang Xiu scolded his whole family with one sentence.

Of course, Wang Shu is a gentleman, he doesn't care about young people, and after returning to Beijing, he recommended Ouyang Xiu to the pavilion.

After participating in the imperial examination twice from the beginning, Ouyang Xiu's road after that was too smooth, without any setbacks, he was high-spirited and regarded the world as nothing, dared to say anything, and didn't pay attention to anyone. is the relationship with Fan Zhongyan, the earliest was when Fan Zhongyan was the right secretary, he went to the "Letter of Advice with Gao Si", and blamed Fan Zhongyan, saying that it was originally the hope of the world, but as a result, he became a speech official for two months without saying anything, and he almost didn't say anything about the corpse.

This kind of character Xu Ping is a little worried, Ouyang Xiu at this time doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he doesn't know when he will give you an ugly look, and he doesn't care about the consequences, what can you do with him? In history, Ouyang Xiu was Fan Zhongyan was demoted, and he scolded many people in the court, and was demoted to Yiling to really deal with politics before he changed, and he didn't know that it was not easy to do it himself.

Ouyang Xiu, whom Xu Ping is in contact with now, is completely a cannon barrel, just a little bit. Fortunately, he was not that lucky today, the bait was on the hook, but there was no fish bite, otherwise the atmosphere would have a strange smell.

Sitting down again and getting off the pole, Xu Ping continued the previous topic and said to Fan Zhongyan: "I thought carefully about Fan Beizhi's words just now, you and I think differently, and there are two key points. ”

"Xu waits for the system, but he talks about it, and he wants to hear it in detail."

"First, Fan believes that the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and it is difficult for small farmers to survive farming, so they will be displaced. But they don't think so, their livelihoods have their own court to give the way. ”

Fan Zhongyan's expression darkened: "Xu Zhizhi is saying that he is a soldier?" In Ouyang Xiu's "Original Cheats", it is still said that it is inappropriate to lure the people into soldiers, and Xu Zhizhi is to force the people to become soldiers. This is not the blessing of the people, let alone the blessing of the court. ”

Xu Ping smiled and eased the atmosphere: "Where are you, why do you want to recruit assassins as soldiers?" What the court has to do is just give them a way to live, and it's not just a way to live if they are soldiers. ”

"Xu waits, please speak, listen to me."

"Farms need to be used to open up wasteland, and people are needed to cultivate fields, so that people can be absorbed and not displaced."

"Let the main household be ruined and become a customer, although the household is all the people, but there is no tax. Xu waits-"

Speaking of this, Fan Zhongyan looked at Xu Ping and shook his head.

"What about the household? What about customers? As long as they are doing better than before, the court will not be a disadvantage to them. As for not paying taxes or taxes, as long as there is more money and food in other places, there is no need to care. ”

"How are they doing better than they were? Didn't Xu Beizhi think that those grange workers would not treat the farmers as cattle and horses, and make money for themselves? I know that Xu waits for his own Zhuangzi, and those villagers of yours are indeed far more prosperous than the small farmers around them, but will others do the same? ”

The magnates in the capital have gone out to occupy the fields and open farms, and a very important point is that Xu Ping's Zhongmu Zhuangzi has set an example, how could Fan Zhongyan not understand? The villagers in Xu Pingzhong's Mu Village, whether they have food and clothing, or the wages they get, are much better than those of the nearby homesteaders. But in Fan Zhongyan's opinion, that is just Xu Ping's own morality, and others will not be like this. (To be continued.) )