Wang Ju thought for a while and said: "Brother Zihou, Brother Zixuan, in fact, the problem is very simple, if the Qingmiao Law is abolished from now on, the law change will be declared a failure, just like the Qingli New Deal." In other words, Wang Jiefu left the phase, there was no one to lead him, and the reform was declared a failure. ”

"Medium, medium." Zeng preached.

The consequences of this are very strict.

The change immediately failed, and Zhang Zeng's political career was also announced, and it may even implicate Wang Ju, after all, although Wang Ju did not support Wang Anshi's change, but he supported the change, but the concept of change in the hearts of the two was not very different, so Wang Ju stood by and watched. As soon as the Fa-changers fell, Wen Yanbo, the Lu brothers and Sima Guang were dominant, and Wang Ju's future was not to be imagined.

If the reform fails, the country will continue to go hungry, so do you still want war, and you still want the Song Dynasty to rise?

Therefore, for private and public affairs, Wang Ju must contribute.

However, Wang Ju took a sip of tea and said, "Two, don't worry. Is Majesty a depressed man-king? ”

"Even so, everyone is golden, and the three of them become tigers." Zeng Bu said again.

There are really a lot of ministers who actually support the reform, not like Wang Ju looked at the annals of history in his previous life, as if the reform began, the Song Dynasty fell into the sky, the country is here, the law is not changed, the Song Dynasty will continue to be poor and weak, and there will be so many crises, and the destruction will be at hand.

So in the hands of Song Zhezong, with the immediate rise of the Fa Reform School, this is ~ the desire of the people! The change was good, but it was only in the hands of Zhao Ji and Cai Jing, two bastards, that they changed their nature and neglected the strength of the Jurchens, which led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. In fact, there was still a chance at that time, but Qin Hui and Zhao Gou, the two bastards, came again. Toss it like this. The strongest armies disappeared. All the generals who could fight stepped down, and the new elite and conservative class were formed and matured, and Song Xiaozong wanted to make a difference, but it was too late.

However, those who support the reform are all low-level officials, and some are speculators.

And the real magnates, eunuch families, and relatives, because the change of law hurt their interests, so nine adults oppose it. And the power in their hands is the greatest, including the right to speak, which has formed a situation where the court is almost one-sided now.

But Wang Ju didn't think about this, what he was thinking about was whether to insert this matter, that is, if he didn't insert it, this time he couldn't make Zhang Zeng and the others cold, at least not let Zhang Dian feel disappointed.

So he thought about it again and said, "Brother Zihou, Brother Zixuan, I'll talk about changing the law first." To change the law is to change the system of law, or to replace it with another word. Reform. ”

"Reform?" Zeng Bu felt very curious, the word reform appeared relatively early, and even the word revolution came out of Wu Zetian's hands, but the word reform has not yet appeared.

"Reform is connected to the revolution, but the revolution is stricter, which means complete destruction and incomparably bloody."

"Ruwu Zetian?"

"She's not successful, at least."

Zeng Zhang and the others couldn't help but fight a cold war, you must know how many people Wu Zetian's "revolution" killed? Not to mention her son, even Di Renjie was almost killed by Wu Zetian. This is not a success, so how many people will die in a successful revolution?

"Don't doubt it, a successful revolution is a complete counterattack by one class against another, such as our dynasty, where all the nobles and eunuchs and the first and second class households were overthrown, and only a few third-class households were retained, and then the fourth and fifth class households were put in power."

"How is that possible?" Zeng Bu was skeptical.

Don't talk about Wu Zetian's revolution, even the change of every dynasty is impossible, such as Liu Bang, he and Xiao He and others cannot be regarded as fourth- and fifth-class households, not to mention Zhang Liang, the son of a nobleman. Needless to say, Liu Xiu himself is a child of the Liu clan. Later, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan could not be regarded as Wang Ju's counterattack. Liu Yu was born a little poorer, but the Southern Song Dynasty was still a high-grade family and occupied great power. Then to the Sui and Tang dynasties, then to the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, and the Song dynasty, each generation of imperial power did not meet the revolutionary requirements that Wang Ju said.

In fact, in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background, and he also did not meet Wang Ju's requirements, because Zhu Yuanzhang rationally led the landlord class.

But Wang Ju smiled, because someone met this requirement, so the land could be evenly distributed, which in a sense realized the well field that Zhang Zai and Ercheng said!

There is no need to say this, Wang Ju said: "So the revolution is difficult, but the reform is different, there is a change in front, the so-called reform refers to reform, that is, to use some compulsory measures to improve the shortcomings of the existing system and make the country richer and stronger." ”

"Yes, if that's the case, that's exactly what the law is trying to do."

"Brother Zixuan, but despite this, it has finally been stained with a leather word, so there will be some people's interests harmed, and this part of the group is the beneficiary of the original system, so the road to reform is very difficult."

The difficulty that Wang Ju said not only refers to the measures to change the law, but also the measures to change the law, the reform, the past life, and the present, not to mention Wang Anshi, I am afraid that letting Wang Ju preside over it is all crossing the river by feeling the stones. This is very difficult in itself, and it will be even more difficult if Wang Ju says that this group opposes constraints.

Zeng Zhang and the others don't have golden fingers, but regardless of their morality, they are both high-IQ people, and they immediately understood when they heard it, and their faces showed cautious expressions one after another. Zhang Dian said: "For the country and the people, although it is difficult, I will go." ”

That little finger is not even afraid of death, so what are you afraid of!

"Brother Zihou, this is a great comfort to my heart. But this is not important, now we are talking about Jiefu Gong and changing the law. It is very difficult to change the law or reform, and the official knows that it is difficult, but he doesn't realize how difficult this difficulty is. This is one of them. Second, let me ask you, who is the initiator of the change? ”

"Jiefu Gong."

"Wrong, it's the official family, the official family has long had the intention of reforming the map, but there is a lack of people and skills, and it happened that Han Weigong recommended Jiefu Gong, so Jiefu Gong entered the official family's field of vision. The person behind the change is not Jiefu Gong, but the official family. Now the official family has some doubts about Jiefu Gong, one is to ignore the difficulty of changing the law, and the other is because after the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, some bad things did happen, and the official family has doubts about Jiefu Gong's technique. ”

"I see......"

"Brother Zihou, it is precisely because of this that there is no need to worry. If there are people who only attack the technique of Jiefu Gong. Then this time it was very difficult for Jiefu Gong. But they are just taking advantage of some of the drawbacks of the Jiefu Gongqing Seedling Method. It is clearly an attack on the Seedlings Method. The actual attack is on the variation itself. Art is the means, and the law is the foundation. It's the official family at all, and now the official family hasn't reacted, once they react, do you think they will succeed? To put it simply, who will initiate this change? ”

The two pondered.

Of course, this is where the root is. As long as this does not fall at all, Wang Anshi will not fall for the time being.

But everyone is golden, God knows if the emperor can hold it up and not be bewitched?

But Wang Ju said so much, and he can be regarded as worthy of Zhang Dan's expectations for him.

"Brother Zihou, how is the Kapok Division?"

"Don't mention this." Zhang Duan said depressedly, and then began to complain about the bitter water.

The first is the fall in the price of cotton, if it does not fall, the state will take the bulk of the profits, and it will not provoke attacks. From the spring, however, a quilt fell to seven cents. It is not much different from the five yuan in the winter of the previous year, and the imperial court is also responsible for sales, and this is responsible for sales, which will incur a lot of expenditure. Therefore, many ministers wrote again, saying that they were competing with the people for profit.

The key is that if the price is not adjusted in time, it will be delayed until the winter, and the new cotton products will come up, and the backlog will be more, then the price will fall even more. So the minister attacked, and he had to stand tall and lower the price step by step.

Another problem that is even more of a headache is immigration, which is a good policy. Whether it is Fujian Road or Jiangnan West Road, the population density is unimaginable, the land is narrow and there are many people, and it is very difficult for many lower-class people to survive.

This problem was immediately alleviated after mass migration. And it was the poor people who moved, and when they arrived in the south, they also got a way to live.

But although the intentions are good, it is not.

First of all, most of the people are reluctant to leave their hometowns, except for the people in the coastal areas of Fujian Road, who can accept it, the people in other areas are afraid of leaving their hometowns.

Second, in the process of implementing resettlement, because of the large number of people and the large number of officials used, some bad things will inevitably occur.

Once again, there was no cheap labor for the local tycoons, including artisans, tenant farmers, and even monasteries, which could not rent cheap labor. That is, neither the upper classes, nor from the religion, do not want to see this happen.

These people, like the Lu brothers and Han Wen, control the local public opinion, first, to spread rumors, and second, there are indeed some bad phenomena, so the local people immediately rejected the immigrants under the auspices of the government.

Even some of the squires handed the impeachment to the Jinju Yuan in the capital, which became the basis for the minister's attack.

Zhang Dian poured out the bitter water and said, "It's difficult, it's difficult." ”

"Brother Zihou, you are wrong again, I will give two examples, the first is sucrose, a long time ago, the Central Plains was mostly caramel, only because Tang Taizong introduced stone honey technology from Tianzhu Magadha, sugarcane cultivation was promoted, which is the foundation of sucrose. That is, sucrose appeared only when it stood on the shoulders of Tang Taizong and his predecessors. The second is Champa rice, the history of Champa rice cultivation is unknown for thousands of years, but who pays attention? It is precisely because of the introduction of the envoys sent by the first emperor of Zhenzong that our dynasty was able to promote, and rice gradually became the mainstream food, and it is precisely because of the promotion of this high-yield grain that our dynasty was able to feed more people. ”

"What does it have to do with kapok?"

"Kapok appeared very early in our dynasty, and the grass cotton in the Western Regions is not suitable for introduction, but kapok appeared in Lingnan very early, which is also the foundation of the predecessors. Then I conspired with the officials to send an envoy to Lingnan to operate kapok from the inner treasury. This is also the result of standing on the shoulders of my predecessors with the officials, who have the greatest credit, followed by the officials, and then the businessmen. Without the crazy hype of the merchants, the crazy prices of the previous year would not have been possible, and this is also a credit! It is the work of these three that gives rise to the benefits of Kapok. ”

"Ahh

If there is no Wang Ju, cotton promotion will be thanks to one person, Zhu Yuanzhang!

If there was no Zhu Yuanzhang, cotton might continue to be slowly tossed in the south in the Ming Dynasty. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who attached great importance to cotton, and cotton planting began to be popularized, and then Huang Daopo further promoted, and cotton was planted on a large scale.

This process is very slow, so there is no profiteering.

Now this huge profit, one is Wang Ju's plan, and the other is the promotion of businessmen, so Wang Jucai said the merit of businessmen, but he doesn't know this article.

Therefore, in a sense, Kapok Division is indeed competing with the "people" for profit.

"Zi'an's intention, or hand over the business to the businessman?"

"Brother Zixuan, scarcity is expensive, the more you plant, the cheaper the price, now hand it over to the merchant, and the merchant will not be able to agree to the price of five yuan. And more and more will be planted in the future, it can not only be planted in the southern areas of Lingnan, Fujian Road, Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road, but also in Hedong, Hebei Province in the future. How can the imperial court monopolize. Besides, food, clothing, housing and transportation, food and clothing are the first, it is related to the people's livelihood, the people's food and clothing, and the court can regulate and control it, but since ancient times, which dynasty has monopolized the operation of food and clothing? ”

This is a multiple-choice question, how to choose, Wang Ju did not say.

Zhang was silent.

"Brother Zihou, it's not strict now, because it is still very little, and it is still a luxury, so it can't be said to be people's livelihood. In recent years, the imperial court can monopolize the operation for profit, or it can be handed over to businessmen to resolve the grievances of some businessmen against the imperial court. But the most important thing is this issue of public opinion, which is the most difficult to solve. (To be continued......) R752