Regarding Liu Inzan's questions, the meeting did not give a specific answer.

In fact, it means that the Imperial City Division will handle it by default.

But at the initial stage, Sima Guang and the others still planned to use this case to impose restrictions on the Imperial City Division, so Liu Renzan and others must be severely punished. However, under Zhang Fei's lobbying, Sima Guang still chose to look further and try to ensure

This kind of thing will never happen again.

So as long as the emperor agrees to let the Imperial City Department connect with the public prosecutor and the judiciary, whether to punish Liu Renzan or not is not that important.

The monarch and his ministers finally reached a consensus.

But in fact, this consensus was completely manipulated by someone behind the scenes, and that person was Zhang Fei.

Although Zhang Fei, the instigator, did not directly participate in this meeting, he was the mastermind behind it. Today he came to the palace and was having a leisurely drink in the attic.

After the meeting, Zhao Xu went directly to the attic.

"These ministers of mine are truly worthy of being the pillars of the country. If I hadn't discussed this with you a long time ago, I might not have been able to escape unscathed this time!"

Zhao Xu picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, feeling filled with emotion again.

Zhang Fei's heart trembled, "Your Majesty, what's the problem?"

Zhao Xu first waved his hand, and then said with a slight embarrassment: "I wanted to use this matter to fight with them, but the result was a complete failure."

Although everyone was acting just now, Zhao Xu actually tried his best because he wanted to use this to get into trouble with these prime ministers. Anyway, he had his back. However, he found that he still couldn't resist.

This time Sima Guang was playing the red face, Fu Bi was playing the bad side, and Wen Yanbo was playing the bad face. He didn't even know what to say next.

It turned out that the little emperor's wings were stiff and he wanted to go to heaven! Zhang Fei suddenly realized it, suddenly thought about it, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, to be honest, no one can explain them. How many books have they read, how many books have we read?

They have a classic article at their fingertips, but if they want to gain the upper hand, they have to find another way."

Zhao Xu asked curiously: "How to find another way?"

"Two words, professional!" Zhang Fei replied.

"major?"

"good."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "For example, Bachelor Sima is very rigorous in his conduct, but his financial suggestions are generally approximate figures, such as millions of coins or one hundred thousand coins. But if your majesty can be precise,

For every penny, no matter how good the scholar Sima is, he can't argue with His Majesty.

For example, when building a river, Bachelor Sima only saw that it would cause a lot of labor and damage the people's power. But if His Majesty could accurately tell him how many people this river can benefit, and accurately calculate how many acres of land are irrigated and how many households are taken care of,

Bachelor Sima is also at a loss for words."

Zhao Xu thought for a while, "I still don't quite understand."

Zhang Fei added: "To put it simply, their benevolent government mainly depends on their thoughts, which are all empty. It is one thing to say it, and another thing to do it. But if they don't do it, they cannot deny it.

The truth is, then they will always be right.

Therefore, as long as Your Majesty concretizes the benevolent government and makes it real, then they will have no power to resist, and then Your Majesty will be able to suppress their great principles."

"Use 'do' to refute 'say'?" Zhao Xu said thoughtfully.

Zhang Fei said: "That's exactly it."

Zhao Xu asked again: "How to concretely implement this benevolent government?"

"professional."

Zhang Fei said: "Your Majesty should use more professional talents, so that they can effectively check and balance those ministers. For example, Bachelor Sima advocates recuperation and rest, thinking that this is beneficial to the people, but if your Majesty asks Bachelor Sima, the court adopts his policy,

How much the people's income can increase, and how much the treasury's income will increase, Bachelor Sima is determined not to answer.

Then whoever calculates the final answer will win the debate.

How to calculate requires a large number of mathematical talents. Use them to calculate how much the wealth of the people and the country can be increased by adopting recuperation and recuperation, and how much the wealth of the people and the country can be increased by adopting the new policies of Master Wang.

This will not only weaken the rhetoric of Scholar Sima, but also make it easier for Your Majesty to govern the country."

Zhao Xu was surprised and said: "But can this be calculated?"

"Of course."

Zhang Fei said: "Just how much income can the corvee affect the people's income? Your Majesty only needs to find two hundred households, one hundred households will serve, and one hundred households will not. At the same time, make sure that the number of acres and the fertility of the land are about the same. Take a look.

How much difference will there be in the annual income of the 100 households who serve and the 100 households who do not serve? If there is a difference, then conduct an investigation to see what are the specific reasons for the gap. This will also help

How should the imperial court govern in order to satisfy the people's needs and at the same time not affect the lives of the people?

Now it is an exemption law, but the principle is the same. These data can give the court a reference to see how much remuneration is given to the people, which can make up for this loss, so that there is no difference in income between those who serve and those who do not serve. Based on this, it can be accurately

Calculate how much exemption tax should be charged, which is the most reasonable amount."

After hearing these words, Zhao Xu was suddenly enlightened and enlightened, but he was also very curious and said: "What you said makes sense, but why did no one in our ancestors think of this?"

"Because it's not necessary."

"how do I say this?"

"Take the Tang Dynasty as an example. It was a land equalization system plus a military system. They only needed to calculate the number of acres and the number of households to get a relatively accurate number."

Zhang Fei said: "But this does not apply to our Song Dynasty. First of all, our Song Dynasty does not have the vast land of the Tang Dynasty...!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xu suddenly looked a little lonely. He subconsciously picked up the wine glass and took a dull sip.

Zhang Fei saw this and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, everything has two sides. It is precisely because our land is not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, so the court pays more attention to improving farmland water conservancy technology. In other words, as long as we capture the same territory in the future

, then the wealth of our Song Dynasty will definitely exceed that of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Don't comfort me, it's much harder to gain territory than improve technology!"

The Song Dynasty really thought deeply about Xihe and Yanyun, and almost went crazy thinking about them.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "No, no, on the contrary, it is much more difficult to improve technology than to gain territory."

Zhao Xu asked: "How do you say this?"

Zhang Fei said: "Suppose that due to technological improvements, the output of this mu can be doubled, and the output of iron can be doubled. Who in the world can beat us? Isn't the territory easily accessible?

On the contrary, if you have a vast territory but the technology is backward, isn’t it just for others?”

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "What you said makes some sense."

Zhang Fei added: "Secondly, in the Song Dynasty, commercial taxes exceeded agricultural taxes. This has never happened in the past dynasties. To govern a country with such developed commerce, Confucian principles alone have already been achieved.

It is difficult to take care of all aspects, which requires more complex calculations.

Finally, due to the rise of commerce, which also changed people's way of life, when the Tang Dynasty was at its most powerful, the commercial prosperity of Chang'an was not as prosperous as that of Tokyo and Bianliang."

Zhao Xu smiled and asked, "How do you know?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "There is a phenomenon that illustrates this point. The people in Chang'an will not take the initiative to break down the walls and open shops directly on the street, but the people in Bianliang will do this because they can make money.

This is due to the strong demand for money. The market has not been able to satisfy the people of Bianliang, which shows the prosperity of business. But this also makes the people's lifestyle more complicated, which also requires more professional management methods.

The reason why litigation science flourished in the Song Dynasty is also the same, because people became more closely related, and disputes naturally increased, and this litigation science began to flourish."

After hearing these words, Zhao Xu felt very comfortable and his eyebrows began to rise. Although our territory and national defense are far inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty, we also have our own shining points.

Zhang Fei struck again while the iron was hot: "But Bachelor Sima is still stuck in the way they governed in the Tang Dynasty. As long as Your Majesty takes a step faster, they will soon feel that they are unable to do what they want."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but think about it seriously. He actually agreed with Zhang Fei's professionalism because he had tasted the benefits in the Taxation Department, but he never thought about what kind of consequences this professionalism would bring to him in the power game.

Advantage.

When I think about this carefully, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

Benevolent government must be upheld.

But it is impossible to explain the benevolent government in the doctrine to Sima Guang and others, and ten Zhao Xu are useless.

But if we talk about benevolent government at the data level, Sima Guang and others may not be their opponents.

While Zhao Xu was thinking, Zhang Fei quickly picked up the wine glass, took a small sip first, and then poured it in one gulp. This made his mouth really dry.

It can be seen that eating from three families is by no means easy. What he has to consider is not only how to deal with this thorny problem, but also how to operate to meet the needs of three families at the same time.

For example, in this case.

Wang Anshi obtained the labor force needed for the New Deal.

Sima Guang gained the expansion of judicial power and at the same time restricted the Imperial City Division, indirectly restricting imperial power.

And Zhao Xu...!

In fact, there is a mistake here. Sima Guang, Fu Bi and others thought that Zhao Xu's exchange with them was just not to hand over Liu Renzan and others.

They didn't pay much attention to what Zhao Xu said at the end, which was to rectify the tax department.

They thought it was just Zhao Xu's angry words.

Doesn't matter.

But this is not actually the case. In fact, this last sentence is Zhao Xu's exchange condition.

Soon, they realized that something might be wrong.

This is not a simple internal rectification, but a drastic reform of the Imperial City Division.
To be continued...