Prime Minister

Chapter 425

Although the price of salt banknotes has dropped to ten guan per seat, the price of [-] salt banknotes is [-] guan.

Although Ouyang Xiu's sympathy is great, the Ministry of Officials also wants to benefit. As soon as the money arrives, the Ministry of Officials immediately arranged for Huang Lu to be the magistrate of Qiantang County.

It should be noted that Shen Kuo is from Qiantang.

Zhang Yue's intention to stuff money is self-evident.

After Huang Lu's official position as county magistrate was decided, Shen Yu immediately went to Zhang Yue to talk, revealing Shen Kuo's intention to recruit Huang Lu as his son-in-law.

Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately he also succeeded as a matchmaker, quickly matching his good brother's marriage.

Huang Lu will leave Beijing immediately after being appointed as an official, so there is no time for three matchmakers and six women. Besides, Shen Kuo's wife has passed away, and he will not make decisions as a straight man, but Huang Lu is fine. .

So the two hit it off immediately, without any rules, and quickly got married.

On the day of Huang Lu's wedding, he rented a house outside Bianjing. Zhang Yue transferred all the people in his mansion to help Huang Lu.

As for Huang Lu's home, which was too narrow for banquets, the banquet was held in a nearby restaurant.

Shen Yu, Shen Kuo and other women's side will also hold the banquet here.

Zhang Yue helped Huang Lu socialize for a while and finally sat down and had a sip of tea, but saw Wang Anshi was invited by the master of ceremonies to have a table with him.

Zhang Yue stood up and bowed to Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "Oh, it's Du Zhi!"

Immediately Zhang Yue sat down with Wang Anshi.

Zhang Yue wondered in his heart, why did Wang Anshi come here?When Shen Liao came to the scene, he found out after inquiring that Wang Anshi was a relative of Shen Kuo.

Why do you say that?

It turned out that Wang Anli, Wang Anshi's younger brother, married Xie Jiang's daughter.

Xie Jiang's mother was the sister of Shen Kuo's father, Shen Zhou's wife, and also Shen Kuo's aunt, so Wang Anli's wife was also Shen Kuo's aunt and niece.

Shen Zhou's epitaph was written by Wang Anshi. At the same time, in Jiayou's eight-year Jinshi examination, Wang Anshi was a Tongzhi Gongju, so Shen Kuo was still Wang Anshi's student.

Wang Anshi had learned calligraphy from Shen Liao, and the two had a good relationship.But Wang Anshi didn't like Shen Yu very much.

Wang Anshi has a poem that reads "Shen Yu" leaning on a couch, pillow and book, until the sun slanted and returned on horseback. Said that Shen Yu has no skills. He goes to work all day and only sleeps with a book on his pillow, and returns home on horseback when it gets dark.

This is the style of Shen Yu's handling of affairs for Kaifeng Mansion. According to historical records, when Shen Yu knew about Kaifeng Mansion, he "regarded things from day to night, but there was no one left in the court between Japan and China. He thanked all guests and spoke calmly and with a smile".

That is, except for working during the day and night, the rest of the time is not in the official office.What is Shen Xun doing?Thank you, all guests, with a calm smile.

This move seems to be too much, but Shen Yu is a quick-witted person. Once he fell ill, he took out the squeezed case files for correction, and sentenced hundreds of papers in one go. His writing was like wind and rain. That's it.

However, Wang Anshi just didn't like Shen Yu's eyes. In addition to writing poems to ridicule him, the Shen family asked Wang Anshi to give Shen Yu an epitaph in history.Wang Anshi wrote that "Although the father doesn't try to study", Shen's family couldn't stand it. Shen Yu almost became the number one scholar. How can you say that he doesn't study anymore?

Under the protest of the Shen family, Wang Anshi changed the book reading to the video book, Fangzheng meant that, I, Wang Anshi, despise you!
Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi ate at the same table, which can be said to be like a light on their backs.But there is an advantage to eating with Wang Anshi. I heard that he only eats the dish in front of him, so I will not be polite to the rest of the dishes.

At this time, I saw Shen Yu walking over with a lamp. The other party was the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zhang Yue Wang Anshi got up together.

Shen Yu first toasted with Wang Anshi and said, "Thank you, Jiefu, for coming!"

Wang Anshi said: "Brother Wentong, my younger brother can't be present under Tang Zifang's curtain, so my elder brother will do it for me."

Zhang Yue thought to himself how could he say such a thing.

Shen Yu didn't take it seriously at all, but said: "Jiefu is out of touch when he said that. Today, with Bachelor Zhang at your side, I think you won't be lonely at the banquet."

Hearing the words, Zhang Yue forced a smile to Shen Yu, but thought in his heart, it would be nice for me, Alexander, to be at the table with him.

Shen Yu and Wang Anshi talked a few words, but they chatted and laughed a little and got along very well.Zhang Yue thought to himself that the relationship between the two was not as bad as the hearsay said.

It seems that Wang Anshi is just complaining, but he still has a good personal relationship, like a joke between good friends, otherwise he wouldn't write your epitaph.

Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue took their seats again, and soon after the banquet started, there was Shen Liao talking with the two of them at the banquet, the atmosphere at the banquet seemed not so bad, soon after Shen Liao left the table, he suddenly became depressed.

Out of politeness, Zhang Yue held up the teacup and offered a cup to Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi also held up the tea and took a sip before saying, "Duzhi, I heard about your exchange office."

Zhang Yue heard Wang Anshi mention the Exchange, so he said: "Small fights are not worth mentioning."

While talking, Zhang Yue silently counted 'twelve' in his heart.

But seeing Wang Anshi pick up the No.12 chopsticks in front of the three-flavored soup, Zhang Yue secretly laughed.But I heard Wang Anshi say: "There is a saying in Zhou Rituals. Quanfu is in charge of collecting cloth from the market, collecting goods from the market and not selling them, and goods that are stagnant for civilian use. The establishment of this cross-reference office can be used to imitate the Zhou Rites."

Zhang Yue knew that Wang Anshi was a great expert in Zhou Li, and when he was about to say something, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

That's right, the Jiaoyin Institute is being criticized very urgently by the princes of the court. Isn't it just that the name is not right, and it is regarded as a tool for the imperial court to extort money?
If the Jiaoyin Office was named after Zhouli Zhongquan Mansion, then the difficulty of passing through the temple would be reduced. Wang Anshi is really a master, and he gave himself a word of advice.

Zhang Yue said happily from the bottom of his heart: "One sentence from the prince really solved my doubts."

Wang Anshi said indifferently: "I'm just talking about it. I've heard Yuan Du relay Yuan Chang's theory of surplus value. Although it's a bit fresh, it's still a way of suppressing mergers and collecting its surplus in the end."

Zhang Yue listened to his heart and thought, it turned out that what he said to Cai Jing had passed into Wang Anshi's ears, oh, it's thirteen!

After counting Wang Anshi silently picked up the No.13 chopsticks, he chewed the tender bamboo shoots and said, "However, what Yuan Du said seems to be inappropriate, I want to hear what Du Zhi said..."

Zhang Yue thought carefully, why did Wang Anshi help himself?Thinking about it carefully, Wang Anshi is Xue Xiang's die-hard supporter.

Xue Xiang indiscriminately issued salt money in Shaanxi to buy horses on his own. Wang Anshi told lies with his eyes open.

The existence of the Exchange can guarantee that Xue Xiang will continue to issue salt money in Shaanxi indiscriminately.

Zhang Yue thought about it and said: "Actually, it's nothing. I've heard that the theory of princes and dukes mainly lies in the words 'the people don't add taxes and the country uses them'. But it's about suppressing mergers and collecting surplus. Same but different.”

Anyway, since Xue Xiang's method, Zhang Yue has cast a considerable shadow on "the people do not add taxes but the country uses enough".

Wang Anshi heard the words sonorously and authentically: "It is better to reduce expenditure than to increase income, and to suppress mergers and financial management and to be reconciled. This is the country's sufficient use of the people without taxation, and this is also the ambition of this old man!"

"Without overdoing it, what is the difference between suppressing mergers and earning surplus?"

Zhang Yue had no intention of discussing with Wang Anshi. Anyway, what he said was useless, and he couldn't convince him.

So Zhang Yue responded casually: "My lord, Qin was able to annex the six countries, but he couldn't suppress the annexation. Instead, the widow built a platform. How is it difficult to stop the annexation throughout the ages? It's because of the wrong cause."

"I regard the money in the world as two classes. The first class is the money generated by labor, and the second class is the money generated by money. The so-called people do not add taxes and the country uses enough, that is, the money generated by the world with money is taken Part of it will be used by the country. Prince, eat vegetables!"

Wang Anshi showed an expression that I had already expected. He picked up the No.14 chopsticks and said: "The money generated by labor is for agriculture, and the money generated by money is for industry and commerce. The humiliated, the people see the futility of the final karma, and in order to punish the humiliated, they have to go to the fields, is this the meaning of salvation?"

"No!" Zhang Yue shook his head.

Wang Anshi asked, "How is that?"

Zhang Yue ate a piece of venison, and Xindao and Wang Anshi chatted like this, and the good food was snatched away by others.

He said casually: "My lord, there is a man in the south of the Yangtze River who is good at farming and mulberry. He rented a hundred acres of land from a landlord. He produced seeds for his family to cultivate cattle, and hired five people who were not good at farming to cultivate them."

"When the autumn harvest comes, this person will receive one hundred guan, of which [-] guan will be used to pay the land rent, [-] guan will be given to the farm laborer, [-] guan will be used for seed farming and oxen, and the last [-] guan will be his surplus for the year."

"Your Majesty, all income in the world generally comes from these three things, which are land rent, labor expenses, and what I call surplus. Dare I ask the prince that the reduction of business to the field refers to the ten consecutive surpluses. ?”

Although Zhang Yue kept urging the dishes, Wang Anshi didn't care about the dishes at all, but said: "Sowing and harvesting, the subsidy is insufficient, and it must be given to those who are capable, so of course it cannot be suppressed."

Zhang Yue was eating happily while holding the bowl, pointing with the chopsticks in his hand and saying, "Of course, there is a difference between virtuous and foolish people, just like things are uneven. Fools are ignorant of the way to make money, the combination of the two will benefit, and the division will destroy the land, and one sentence should not be combined to force the virtuous and foolish."

"If the people don't have capable people to organize, how can they do production? This surplus is also the money generated by labor, but the land rent is the money generated by money!"

Zhang Yue spoke quickly, and quickly ate a mouthful of vegetables, chewing and saying: "Therefore, it is difficult for Qin law to suppress mergers. If we follow this, we will abandon the root and chase the end. Where is the root? The above is to suppress land rent. Land rent is the money generated by money, and all things that use money to generate money can be handled by the imperial court at the same time! It is not only to suppress mergers, but also to cultivate the style of labor, which is also a source of wealth management!"

After hearing Zhang Yue's words, even Wang Anshi, who has always been known as a strong argument, felt a little helpless.

Wang Anshi repeated Zhang Yue's words seriously: "Duzhi, what I just said is land rent, surplus, and labor expenses. All incomes in the world are these three."

Zhang Yue spit out a piece of sheep's spine and said: "Of course, the money sold for an acre of rice field is divided among these three. The income from the sale of labor, the income from farming seeds and cattle, and the income from land rent, the world There is nothing richer than these three grades, and no one in the world lives by living on these three grades!"

(End of this chapter)