"The minister heard that the son of the former said to the uncle: only the virtuous can serve the people with leniency, followed by Mo Ruomeng, now His Majesty inherits the order of the sky, increases the benefits to the four seas, virtue is born, moistens the birds and beasts, so with the policy of leniency, the rule of the world is Lishu! However, the commanders of the Tun Reclamation Regiment are all His Majesty's ministers, although they are virtuous, but their virtues are thin, and they cannot support the people and guide the people to courtesy! Therefore, the ministers secretly thought that His Majesty should establish a law and a system, so that the envoys would patrol the various reclamation regiments, tell the people, show them with fire, and make the people know the fierceness of the fire and not commit it! ”

Gongsun Hong bowed his head and talked eloquently.

His words, at first glance, are imbued with the ideology of Legalism.

But if you think about it carefully, it's actually still the same as Confucianism, just with some fine-tuning.

The quotations and arguments of the sages he cites are also derived from the Child.

Mr. Zichan is a great sage in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he is also a sage who is respected by all the sons and hundreds of schools.

When Confucius heard that his son had died, he said with tears in his eyes: "The love of the ancients is also!"

Therefore, as the disciples and grandsons of Confucius, there is no problem at all in quoting and borrowing from the policies and ideologies of Confucius.

After listening to Gongsun Hong's words, Liu Che nodded and said, "Qing Yan is very true, and I have already had this intention!" ”

It's so refreshing to talk to smart people.

Liu Che had long wanted to strengthen the control of the cantonment regiment and firmly control it in his own hands.

It's just that Liu Che is a little worried, so it triggers some bad associations for some people.

After all, today's cantonment regiments, with quasi-military management and the introduction of military general groups to control, train and arm, have made many people shout: this is the Qin law.

If the control is tightened again, then. I'm afraid these people will have to jump to their feet and even engage in more extreme confrontations.

Now. Gongsun Hong can be regarded as saying what Liu Che said in his heart.

So Liu Che smiled and said: "Qing is returning from Liaodong, and it is good and bad for Tunken." I must already have an understanding, so I might as well try to write a note detailing the pros and cons, and I will see it myself! ”

What Liu Che couldn't mention, Gongsun Hong, the commander of the reclamation regiment with less than 600 stones, could mention.

The reason is very simple, first of all, the courtiers made a statement to the Son of Heaven, which is politically correct. Whether he made sense or not, no one could suppress him, but only debate him.

Any scum who tries to play a black hand or make tricks, once discovered, will be burdened: blocking the way of speech, isolating China and foreign countries, intending to set up the Son of Heaven, exercising power and ministers, and so on.

Especially the hat of blocking the way of speech, Liu Che believes. No courtier wants to stand up to it.

Secondly, Gongsun Hong was a disciple of the Confucian Ram magnate Hu Wusheng.

So he came to ask these questions, and no one could blame.

On the other hand, if a Legalist disciple shouts like this. I'm afraid I'm going to be spitted in the face soon.

When Gongsun Hong heard this, his face turned dark.

Although I had heard of Jinshang's ability to dig pits, Gongsun Hong didn't expect it. It's so undisciplined today!

Directly dig a pit for a minister who met for the first time......

But there is no way, Gongsun Hong understands very well. This gun, he has to do it. If you don't do it, you have to do it.

At least with this gun, he can properly stuff private goods into it and pile up some Confucian ideology into it.

But if he doesn't do it, Long Yan will be furious immediately, and then, he will be put on the cold bench and waited, with the urine of the Liu family, he may not be reused in this life.

What's more critical is that Gongsun Hong knows that if he doesn't do this thing, others will rush to do it.

For example, Gongsun Hong heard that his uncle Dong Zhongshu's eldest disciple, Chu Da, a native of Lanling, has been thinking about how to shoot the son of heaven recently.

Based on Gongsun Hong's understanding of it, Gongsun Hong believes that as long as the Son of Heaven hints at it, Chu Da will definitely jump into the pit happily and be a robber for the Son of Heaven.

Then, I happily stuffed some private goods that were inducted by heaven and man......

And such a result, Gongsun Hong can't accept it anyway - if the Son of Heaven accepts Chu Da, then Dong Zhongshu's line will rise, and Dong Zhongshu's line will rise, then he, his teachers and his brothers will lose their ideology and ideas.

For Confucianism, the competition of Taoism is greater than anything else.

In the spirit of the fearless spirit of not going to hell and who will go to hell, Gongsun Hongdun said: "No! Respectfully! ”

Gongsun Hong's interest made Liu Che appreciate him greatly.

Although in the story, people always like to see stories such as Wei Zheng and Tang Taizong, Bao Zheng and Song Renzong.

But, in reality, no emperor would like a minister who is always working against him and spraying his face every day.

Especially when the monarchy is strong.

Liu Che turned over the matter, got to the point, and said to Gongsun Hong: "Do you know my intention to urgently order Aiqing to return to Beijing?" ”

Gongsun Hong immediately paused and said: "The minister is stupid, he doesn't dare to predict the heart of heaven, and please show it to Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Che clapped his palms, and immediately a eunuch appeared in front of Gongsun Hong with some books in his hand.

These books are very thin, about a few dozen pages a piece, a total of three or four books.

"Qing will take a look at these books first......" Liu Che instructed: "After Qing reads it, I will talk to me about it, Qing's opinion!" ”

"No!" Gongsun Hong bowed his head and bowed: "Respectfully!" ”

Then, he respectfully took the pamphlets and began to read them attentively.

After only a few pages, Gongsun Hong knew that he had guessed correctly, Your Majesty, really wanted him to take charge of the affairs of the additional mining tax and vehicle and vessel tax, and in addition, he would also be in charge of the so-called 'fake horses for the people'.

Judging from the meaning revealed in these pamphlets and the framework outlined by the so-called 'Lord Duwei' yamen who will dominate all this in the future.

In the future, this brand-new independent 'Lord Duwei' Yamen, which is outside the current Jiuqing Yamen, will lead the examination of the affairs of the vehicles, ships and mines controlled by the world's wealthy and powerful families and nobles and ministers, and at the same time assume the communication between the Shaofu and the Taifu Yamen, and preside over the affairs of the 'fake horse and the people', and its authority is not insignificant.

However, the rank ratio of the lord and the lieutenant is only 800 stones......

Undoubtedly. This is a position designed specifically for his Gongsun Hong.

There is a description in the booklet: Lord Du Lieutenant, rank ratio 800 stone. Lilantai, false festival. Can be done cheaply.

The so-called fake festival is actually holding the Son of Heaven Festival to pacify one party.

Obviously, this is a disguised effort by the Son of Heaven to enhance the authority of the lord and the captain, so that he can exercise his functions independently as much as possible without outside interference.

Otherwise, a small 800 stones, I still want to check the accounts of the local county and the country, I am tired of it!

But. After the holiday, the lord and the lieutenant have the blessing of imperial power, and in terms of status, he has been on an equal footing with the local county guard or the county state of 2,000 stones, and he has to act cheaply and have the right to make arbitrary decisions.

Some guys who don't open their eyes can be caught directly.

But with great power comes great responsibility!

Just the taxation method of the lord and lieutenant outlined in these pamphlets made Gongsun Hong very painful.

Because. In these pamphlets, it is described and emphasized in detail: If the car and ship are less than 100,000 yuan and the mining stone is less than 300,000 yuan, do not pay money, and he did so.

That's it alone. It made Gongsun Hong's teeth rattle a little.

First of all, how to define the value of these vehicles, ships and ores?

Although the Han dynasty had a pingja system, it was possible to ensure that the value of the property could be fairly defined by the market price.

It's just that. There are countermeasures at the top, and policies at the bottom. There's going to be a big bunch of people who are going to play the sidelines.

For example, someone's convoy or fleet is actually worth 150,000 yuan. But if you use some means, it will become 100,000 yuan, and then you will be exempted from taxation, and there is no difficulty in using such a means.

Gongsun Hong didn't believe it, the Son of Heaven didn't expect this.

So, the question is, since the Son of Heaven has thought of this layer, why does he still use such an ambiguous and loose law to stipulate the threshold?

After thinking about it for a while, Gongsun Hong broke out in a cold sweat all over his body: Your Majesty is afraid that he deliberately left such a loophole for people to exploit.

If you use a darker psychology to speculate on this behavior of the Son of Heaven.

Gongsun Hong easily came to the following conclusions:

When the country's finances were abundant, the Son of Heaven relaxed the taxation of small and medium-sized businessmen in the private sector, so that a large number of merchants evaded taxes and evaded taxes, and then developed.

When the time comes, I'm afraid that the fine alone will be able to recover countless amounts!

What's more troublesome is that as the specific executor, the lord and the lieutenant, will bear the most resentment and the most anger.

The businessmen and heroes of the people will only complain that the lord and the captain have extorted their money and robbed them of their money.

And that's secondary!

The real trouble is with the mega-sized merchants.

For example, Cheng Zheng and Zhuo in Linqiong, Tian and Wuyan in Guanzhong, and Yang.

These are all super businessmen who integrate government and business, and even imperial businessmen.

Especially the two in Linqiong, who are the relatives of today's son, it is said that they invest tens of millions of dollars every year to help the Son of Heaven repair the ramp, and the two ladies are quite favored, and the next day the prince and princess are born, which is almost inevitable.

Who would dare to collect their taxes?

Anyway, Gongsun Hong didn't have that guts.

In addition, Guan Zhongtian's family, behind which Zhang Tang is supporting, Wuyan's family, and Yang's family have been desperately settling Princess Tao Taichang recently.

It is said that other big households in Guanzhong have also strengthened their efforts to win over the Son of Heaven's close ministers such as Ji and Yan.

If you want to move them, you have to ask the big people behind them first.

As for the local counties, those giants with millions or even tens of thousands of family assets, guess with their buttocks, and if you want to collect taxes from them, you must first be prepared to collect taxes by force.

Otherwise, the tax collector will not even be able to enter the door, and will be clicked by a gang of outlaws or strongmen.

What's more, the business of 'fake horses for the people' is also very hot.

Don't you see, the former servant, the tumbler Yuan Ang and Yuan Si who have been in the Han Dynasty for decades are all on Ma Zheng?

With Yuan An's reputation and status, he still can't control the hands that reach up and down.

Gongsun Hong felt that he probably couldn't stop those big people who wanted to 'make it convenient'.

Even if he has the Son of Heaven Day protection.

But this thing of the Son of Heaven also scares and scares the hillbillies below.

If you really want to meet the giants of the Bo family and the Dou family, and ask the queen mother to make a decree, is it possible that a small lord of eight hundred stones, Du Wei, can still stiffen his neck?

Gongsun Hong doesn't believe that the Son of Heaven will be for the dignity of the lord and the captain. And go to the hard East Palace.

After all, a small lord is a lieutenant. really annoyed the East Palace, and the East Palace was furious. Send a messenger to hold the festival and kill this petty official with a rod, I'm afraid the Son of Heaven won't even have time to save it!

Holding these pamphlets, Gongsun Hong felt that his hands were about to get goosebumps.

But he didn't dare to throw it away, let alone criticize it, so he had to lower his head and pretend to be concentrating on reading and thinking, but in fact, he was already thinking about the rhetoric of refusing the appointment of the Son of Heaven in his heart.

Even. Gongsun Hong also decided: If Your Majesty insists on appointing me, then I will hang the seal.

Hang the seal and leave, although it will make the Son of Heaven very unhappy.

But it's better than losing your head inexplicably or being overboard by suicide or something.

Liu Che sat on the throne and looked at Gongsun Hong with a smile.

Of course he knew that the pit of this lord and captain was quite a pit man.

But there is no way, for the time being, Liu Che can only use the way of petty officials and high matches to pull up the shelf first, and then slowly enhance the status and rank ratio of the lord and captain. So that it will eventually reach the status and scale of the central government of 2,000 stones.

After waiting for a while, Liu Che suddenly said, "Does Qing have doubts and scruples?" ”

Gongsun Hong moved his lips and didn't dare to speak.

Of course, he didn't dare to express the scruples and doubts in his heart.

In that case, it is questioning the ability of the Son of Heaven.

Although the actual situation. It may indeed be.

But questioning the ability of the Son of Heaven is undoubtedly looking for death.

Liu Che helped him out: "Qing is scruples, someone will bully people with power." Make Qing in a dilemma, or even fall into a situation where he has to do it? ”

Discussing the setup and structure of the lord and the captain with the scholars of Lantai. Liu Che and his think tank have long considered the Lord Captain Du, and it is very likely that he will not be able to control the problem of the field.

After all. A small official of 800 stones, even if it is a fake festival, is also an ant.

The fake festival can only protect him from being interfered with by other departments and yamen, but it cannot protect him from being played like a dog by those real big people.

When the reform is going to hurt the vital interests of the bureaucracy and interest groups, let alone the false festival, even if the emperor himself is in front of him, they all have the courage to play tricks and conspire to go against the yin.

There are not too many similar examples and stories in the history books!

Wang Anshi and Shenzong, aren't they just being played by these guys?

It's a little pig, isn't it also cheated by them?

The expansion of the historical accusation is not so much the meaning of the little pig, but rather the fact that the officials below deliberately pushed the boat down the river and deliberately wanted to mess up the situation and confuse it.

For the bureaucrats, if the emperor does not let them behave indiscriminately, then they will inevitably choose to do nothing or act indiscriminately.

Nothing else, disgusting the emperor first, and finally forcing the emperor to return to the track they wanted.

Liu Che is clear about these things.

That's why he chose Gongsun Hong to fill this hole.

Except for a guy like Gongsun Hong, who is two-faced and three-stabbed, and does everything to achieve his goals, who can play with those people?

Of course, Gongsun Hong alone can't handle those guys.

Therefore, Liu Che arranged a strong boss for Gongsun Hong.

"Qing doesn't need to worry about these problems, I have ordered Zhi Jinwu to cooperate with the lord and the captain, Qing only needs to calculate the tax amount of the powerful businessmen, and send an official document, ordering them to pay within a time limit, those who refuse to pay, I have authorized Zhi Jinwu to enforce! In addition, Zhao Yu, the captain of the court, will fully assist the lord of the Yamen, and give priority to the disposal of the lord of the lord of the commander's report, in a word, where the lord of the lord can not do anything, the lord of the lord can be transferred to the ruling Jinwu and the court captain, and even directly report to me, I will send Lantai Shangshu, stationed in the lord of the lord's yamen, every morning and evening, report on various affairs! Liu Che said with relief to Gongsun Hong.

Why is the IRS so strong?

Because people can be armed to collect taxes!

You don't pay taxes, you drive an armored car to your doorstep to collect taxes by force.

I don't know how many big people and gang leaders that the federal government and the FBI and the courts can't do anything about are all on the IRS.

At present, the lord Duwei Yamen, a small organization of 800 stones, may have only 100 employees at the beginning, and it is obviously impossible to have such a powerful means.

Therefore, Liu Che had no choice but to let Zhi Du and Zhao Yu be nannies.

Liu Che believes that no one will be able to resist the double blow of the stick of the Son of Heaven and the shackles of the Son of Heaven.

But it can only be a stopgap measure, and in the future, the final solution is to build the lord Duwei Yamen into an institution with tens of thousands of employees and a strong department.

However, Gongsun Hong didn't know this.

He was still very frightened and scared.

Confucian ministers have never had such a Legalist idea that if I can practice my philosophy, even if I die, it is nothing.

On the contrary, Confucius taught them that if there is a way, there is a way, and if there is no way, there is no way to hide, and if you use it, you will do it, and if you give it up, you will hide it.

Although there is also the so-called idea of 'sacrificing oneself for righteousness and killing oneself' in their philosophy, it is more about personal ethics than ideas and ideals.

What's more, the ideology and structure of this lord's duwei yamen look like a legalist yamen.

This is even more incapable of practicing with one's precious life.

So, Gongsun Hong kowtowed and said: "The minister died to play Your Majesty: the minister is a vulgar savage, not known in the etiquette and music, fortunately loved by His Majesty, not despicable to the minister, ask the minister to the national policy, the minister should be smeared with liver and brain, in order to repay the king's kindness, but the minister is shallow in learning, it is really difficult to be a big responsibility, please also ask Your Majesty to see!" ”

Well, this one is a big hole at a glance, and a lord who is about to lose his life if he is not careful, he will not do it anyway.

Liu Che was not surprised at all when he heard Gongsun Hong's answer.

He knew that Gongsun Hong would definitely not take office willingly.

But it doesn't matter.

What to do if a cow doesn't drink water?

The answer is to press its head hard!

It's not that Gongsun Hong hasn't been forced to drink water on his head!

Wasn't this product instructed by Little Pig Zhu Maichen to drink a stomach of water in history?

Therefore, Liu Che didn't listen to his words, and said with a smile: "I have already written the edict of the prime minister, the imperial history, and the appointment of Aiqing as the chief lord and lieutenant, and I am already in Lantai at the moment, so I will prepare and prepare to accept the edict!" In addition......"

Liu Che smiled and said: "I have found a deputy for Qing, this person, surnamed Master Father, Mingyan, Qing must remember to cooperate with him well in the future...... Liu Che said with a wicked smile.

Gongsun Hong + Master Father Yan, such a combination can be described as a perfect match!

Perverse and two-sided and three-edged, combined, Liu Che can't wait to see the chemistry they produce.

As for Gongsun Hong wanting to run?

Liu Che smiled, how could he not take this situation into account, so Liu Che smiled and said: "I heard that Qing's mother is extremely filial, considering that Qing and Nai's mother have not seen each other for more than a year, I have ordered someone to invite Qing's mother to Chang'an, and she is currently placed in the house prepared for Qing in Shangguanli, and someone will take Aiqing to ...... later."

Gongsun Hong suddenly felt as uncomfortable as eating Xiang.

He is indeed a great dutiful son!

Although his mother was not his biological mother, Gongsun Hong's biological mother died early, and later his father continued to marry him a young stepmother.

But this stepmother was very kind to him, and spoiled him very much since he was a child, and during the most difficult period of his life, he even ate only one meal a day, and used the saved food to buy him books and pen and ink.

This incident affected Gongsun Hong's life.

If there is something in this world that Gongsun Hong cherishes the most.

Well, his mother, undoubtedly, is.

For Gongsun Hong, he can do without everything, but he can't live without his mother.

In history, his stepmother died, and Gongsun Hong strictly followed the etiquette and taught filial piety for three years, and fasted every day with vegetarian clothes.

At that time, Gongsun Hong was serving as Zuo Neishi, and he was already in his sixties, nearly seventy years old.

It's almost impossible to put on show! (To be continued.) )