Wang Anshi nodded, "What do you think?"

Zhang Fei said in disbelief: "It seems that Bachelor Wang has mastered the essence of the propaganda article. This article is so well written that it is enough to impress those upper-class households to support the recruitment law."

Wang Anshi smiled proudly and said: "I have been taught a lesson by you several times, so I have to regress!"

Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly.

It turns out that Wang Anshi did not write this article with his very good writing style, but based on Zhang Fei's routine, which is for the common people all over the world.

If the handwriting were different, no one would recognize that it was written by Wang Anshi.

It's really watery and rough.

But I have to admit that if Wang Anshi had to seriously consider this routine, his writing would be much better than Zhang Fei's, and even worse than Sima Guang's.

Doesn't look tired.

This is why Zhang Fei has no idea of ​​working hard to write articles. This is really talent, and no matter how hard he works, it can't be compared to the superficial.

Wang Anshi was defeated by Zhang Fei several times. He also proved that if I want to write this, you can't write me. He asked seriously: "What do you think of the recruitment law?"

Zhang Fei was startled, "I'm not good at this."

Wang Anshi chuckled and said: "You are now a great master and a doctor of the Imperial College, so why are you so modest? Tell me what you think?"

Zhang Fei smiled sheepishly, looked at it carefully again, and then said: "If you let me say it, everyone above and below will be offended, and only the people in the middle will benefit."

The content of this recruitment law is actually very simple. It is to first reduce the corvee on a large scale and then change it to government employment. However, employment costs money. There is no money left in the Northern Song Dynasty's finances, so we have to pay to be exempted from the service. Use this money.

Go hire servants again.

Wang Anshi's recruitment method is open to everyone.

That is to say, in the past, exempted households also had to pay money. They were households with dignitaries, Taoist priests, and women at the top, and the fifth class of common people at the bottom.

In the previous labor service system, the most miserable thing was the Yaqian service. If you were not careful, the whole family would be wiped out. The Yaqian service was the middle class of the Northern Song Dynasty. They were very willing to spend money to be exempted from the service.

Moreover, Wang Anshi first budgeted the cost of one year's corvee work from the government, and then asked everyone to share it equally, so the middle class had very little money to contribute.

Wang Anshi asked: "Do you have a better way?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "No. If there are privileges, everyone will find ways to take advantage of this to evade taxes."

"exactly."

Wang Anshi said: "People like Sima Junshi will definitely use this increase in the tax exemption for the lower fifth-class households to attack me for making money for the country, but how do they know how many wealthy households have divided their own fields before?

, I want to find a way to put myself in the lower fifth class of households in order to be exempted from tax, so I can't give them this opportunity again. However, I only charge half of their tax exemption."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "If those wealthy households want to split up their fields and classify themselves as lower-fifth-class households, the money spent and the trouble it may cause may be more than this half of the tax exemption."

"clever."

Wang Anshi gave Zhang Fei an approving look.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "But it will definitely be a tough battle."

"It's all tough battles."

Wang Anshi laughed and said: "But I've been thinking recently, why did it go so well when you collected the license plate fee?"

Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "It didn't go well at that time either."

Wang Anshi said: "It's better than I imagined. So far, everyone has changed from criticism to praise."

He envied the police station, which always asked rich people for money. As a result, everyone quickly got used to the license plate fee, but he was scolded every day for whatever he wanted to do.

It's really a different treatment.

Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "Maybe it is limited to the capital city. If it is popularized nationwide, it may be another result."

Wang Anshi nodded and asked again: "Don't you have any better opinions?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I can only give Wang Xueshi some advice on publicity, but I can't give you any advice on content. This is not what I am good at."

This is actually a great truth.

He knew that Wang Anshi's reform would fail, so why didn't he provide advice and help Wang Anshi? The reason was that the only advice he could provide was to remain unchanged for the time being, and to govern the country first and govern the officials.

It is impossible for Wang Anshi to agree.

If you want to change, he really can't give you any better advice.

Let’s talk about the Conscription Law. The most criticized thing among them is that Wang Anshi also levied the exemption tax from the poor. Of course, Wang Anshi’s purpose was to enrich the national treasury. Taxing the poor will definitely increase a lot of income. The poor are the largest group after all.

class.

But if he doesn't do this, many people will find ways to become the fifth-class households, which will be a huge loophole.

At present, there is no way to completely distinguish between classes in terms of execution ability.

The spirit of Legalism is to treat everyone equally, which is the easiest way to worry.

Wang Anshi asked again: "What about publicity?"

Zhang Fei said: "I have talked with Lu Xiaokan about this. I will publish an article here first, and then secretly publish an article in newspapers and periodicals to provide support. As a supplementary explanation, why tax exemptions are levied on tax-free households, and why taxes are levied on the lower five classes.

, in this way, it will be more convincing.”
Chapter completed!