Since the Jiayou ancestral system cannot go back.

The current military service is full of problems.

The Empress Dowager had no choice but to sigh and said: "The old law cannot be restored, and there are many problems with the review of the service law..."

"What should the officials do?" She subconsciously began to ask Zhao Xu for advice.

Just like these times, when she encountered problems in the palace, she would seek Zhao Xu's advice.

However, most of those times were spent in Qingshou Palace.

Only the people in the palace knew about it, but now they were openly seeking Zhao Xu's opinion in front of the two prime ministers.

Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu both swallowed their saliva.

They know very well, what does this mean?

It means that the emperor has reached adulthood in a certain sense.

Not physically, but politically 'coming of age'.

This means that he has broken away from the category of "child" politically and has become an adult.

So, they all lowered their heads.

Zhao Xu met the Empress Dowager's eyes, pondered for a while, and then replied: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the affairs of the world are complicated and complicated, and one move affects the whole body. Especially these laws and regulations, which affect all the people of the world, must be You have to observe it carefully and draw it slowly."

The Queen Mother sighed.

Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu quietly looked at each other.

There was a little disappointment in his eyes, but there was also a look that was taken for granted.

really!

The issue of military service involves the livelihood of countless people, both high and low.

At that time, Wang Anshi carried out a reform and changed the draft law to the exemption law.

All of a sudden, officials up and down were complaining loudly, and all the states and counties in the country were having a hard time being an official!

Why?

Because the draft law was changed, people could be exempted from draft as long as they paid money.

Many people who were officials suddenly had no free tenant farmers to farm their fields, and they had to spend their own money to hire servants and raise singers.

Many people are not used to it!

And now that the exemption law has been in effect for more than ten years, a sudden change will interrupt this already stable chain of interests.

How many people up and down must have had sleepless nights?

However, the next second, they heard the young emperor say: "However, we can think of ways to use the existing system in an orderly manner from other aspects."

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager immediately asked: "What do the officials mean?"

If we stabilize the system and laws, we can make up for the shortcomings.

Of course the Empress Dowager is willing to do it.

Zhao Xu chuckled lightly and asked Han Jiang: "Xiangong Han, how much is the money for exemption from military service in the eight years of Yuanfeng?"

Han Jiang bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, in the eighth year of Yuanfeng, the Ministry of Household Affairs reported to the prefectures and counties all over the world that a total of 18.72 million guan was collected for exemption from military service, of which more than 9 million guan was consumed, and the remaining Please deliver it to the Fengzhuang Storehouse in Bianjing."

This is the power of the exemption law.

With an income of nearly 20 million guan a year, after deducting expenses, there is still a balance of several million guan.

In a sense, the current finances of the Song Dynasty, after the abolition of the Market Change Law, are almost maintained by the exemption money collected from the Service Exemption Law.

that is……

It’s a bit harsh!

Zhao Xu continued to ask: "My lord, do you still remember the number of soldiers in Xiazhou County today?"

Han Jiang thought for a while before replying: "Your Majesty, I am old and don't remember this clearly. I only vaguely remember that it should be more than 200,000."

Zhao Xu nodded, turned around and said to the Empress Dowager inside the curtain: "Mother, Sun Chen has an immature idea."

"Um?"

Zhao Xu said: "Sun Chen once asked two bachelors, Fan and Lu, if they had ever seen servants employed by the government while they were in the place. Both bachelors said that they had seen servants in person. I asked the two bachelors again: This government official

Who are the people hired? Both bachelors said that they are people from famous local families who are guarantors, and are familiar with the government and roads."

"Today, I heard what Xianggong Han said about the shortcomings of military service."

"Sun Chen was just thinking..."

Zhao Xu blinked his eyes and asked the Empress Dowager inside the curtain sincerely: "Sometimes, does the court take too much control?"

"Can the imperial court have more trust in the people, the common people, and the people of the world?"

"Also, should this money for free service be taken from the people and used for the people?"

The two palaces were suddenly confused when they heard this.

They simply couldn't keep up with Zhao Xu's out-of-the-box thinking.

I suddenly jumped from the exemption money to the issue of the Xiang Army, and then jumped from the Xiang Army to self-reflection and review. I felt that the Song Dynasty court had too much control over the world. I even started to review whether the exemption money collected by the court was not enough.

Take it from the people and use it for the people.

It happened that at this time, Han Qi and Lu Gongzhu collectively held the fluorine and worshiped: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

Never mind what kind of medicine Zhao Xu sells in his gourd?

But his stance was the most pro-people stance since the Song Dynasty.

From the perspective of scholar-bureaucrats and landowners, the court does have too much control!

In this dynasty, we have discussed tea, wine, iron, and salt...

As long as it can be run by the government, the government is eager to get involved.

Even if the people mine the mineral deposits deep in the mountains, the government will reach out and ask the people for money.

Compared with the Song Dynasty, King Li of Zhou Dynasty was a wise king who was light on corvee and low on wealth.

The scholar-bureaucrats certainly hope that the imperial court can relax supervision and monopoly in some private fields.

People in Fujian don’t want to think about tea, people in Chengdu don’t want to think about salt, and people in Bianjing don’t want to think about wine.

But is it useful?

Useless.

The Zhao officials cannot afford to suffer a single loss!

To be precise, if you don't take advantage, you will suffer a loss.

Driven by this mentality, a tea law has been tossed back and forth more than a dozen times since the founding of the country.

Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats have long been looking forward to a wise king who can rule by doing nothing.

For many people, it is enough if the emperor does not bother.

And now this young master not only fulfilled their fantasies perfectly, he even took the initiative to say the most holy words of 'take from the people, use to the people'!

This is not the Holy Son of Heaven. Who can bear the title of Holy Ming?

They just listened to the young emperor saying to the two palaces inside the curtain: "Mother, Sun Chen thinks so."

"Is it possible to find a place near Bianjing to conduct a pilot project?"

A new term has appeared.

Pilot!

Very vivid title!

It is also suitable for the political structure of the Song Dynasty since the Xining Reform. In fact, when the Xining Reform began, all laws would be tried out in Bianjing City, then promoted to Kaifeng Prefecture, and finally spread nationwide.

Just like the Horse Protection Law, when it was first tried out in Kaifeng Prefecture, there were strong restrictions on the property requirements of horse owners.

Therefore, wealthy households are happy to raise horses.

So the response was actually pretty good at first.

Later... later, local officials ignored reality and forcibly pursued political achievements.

Later, when Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, the Horse Protection Law was completely reduced from a horse-raising policy to a tool for making money.

Raising horses is already secondary.

How to get money from the people has become the first element of the Ma Ma Law.

Just like the tricks Wu Juhou played on Jingdong Road, they were purely for making money rather than raising horses!

"Just find a place on Jingdongdu Road." The young emperor said to himself.

"Order the local Xiang army to make a living with local wealthy households by fighting with each other, or by using the method of bringing leaks, and take over the services from the government."

"Whether it is building bridges and roads, constructing water conservancy projects, or transporting money and food, it is all entrusted to them. If the local government can afford it, it will be borne by the local government. If the local government cannot, then it will go to the central capital hall, which will review and seal the pile warehouse.

Money provides it.”

"In this way, the Xiang army can be resettled, the government does not have to disturb the people, and the people can benefit!"

Open the door!
To be continued...