Prime Minister

Bianjing, Daxiangguo Temple.

Wen Jifu and Shiwu Niang, who had just returned to Beijing, were going to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense in a carriage.

Shiwuniang and Wen Jifu have been separated for a long time, and they are naturally indescribably tender.But after Wen Jifu returned to Beijing from Hezhou, he looked depressed.

Fifteen Niang sensed Wen Jifu's thoughts and asked, "What's wrong with your husband in business?"

Wen Hefu was really worried about the affairs of the secretary, but he said to his wife on the surface: "It's good, but it's just pushing each other in the yamen."

Shiwu Niang was about to continue asking, but Wen Jifu turned his gaze to the side of the street and asked, "Why do you think there are so many officials standing beside the vendors on this imperial street?"

Shiwu Niang took a look and said, "They are all from Shiyi Division."

"Shiyi Division?" Wen Jifu frowned.

The groom at the side said: "Mr. Liulang just returned to Beijing. I don't know. These vendors are all fruit dealers. They bought money from the Shiyi Division on credit to set up stalls on Yujie Street, and these servants are here to supervise the sales. One hundred Take five qen from the money and make jali."

Wen Jifu saw the scene outside the carriage, the people picked up some melons and fruits and took the money and wanted to pass it to the vendor, but the vendor waved his hands and dared not take it.The guards on the side snatched the money from the common people, counted it, took some and stuffed it into their pockets, and then threw the rest back to the merchants.

Wen Jifu heard about this, and the 5.00% tooth money of the Shiyifa, called Henanguan money, belonged to these servants.

At that time, he heard that it was reasonable to take the official money, but he was very surprised when he saw the scene of the yamen servant doing it.

This scene Wen Jifu looked ridiculous and said: "Official servants have openly acted as peddlers among merchants and ordinary people."

The guards are in charge of supervision, but vendors who don’t get credit from the Shiyi Division are not allowed to set up stalls on the Royal Street. They stare at the fruit merchants and give them five for every hundred dollars they earn. Interest.

From top to bottom, it can be said that everyone has their own interests.

Seeing that Wen Jifu's face was not looking good, Shiwu Niang tugged at his sleeve and said, "It's not like this, the officials will forget it."

Wen Jifu turned his face to Shiwuniang and said, "When I was in Hezhou, I heard that there were all kinds of problems with the Yifa law, but I didn't expect it to be like this. I need to play..."

Wen Jifu originally wanted to say that he would go to the court, but changed his words: "Tell Daddy."

Fifteen Niang said: "Officer, now Anchi is still in Shiyi Division..."

Wen Jifu remembered that Wu Anchi, his brother-in-law, is now a Kaifeng government soldier, Cao Canjun, and also has the power to dispatch and raise the city Yisi.

Wen Jifu said: "The real person in charge of the Keshiyi Division is Lu Jiawen."

……

Inside Wang Anshi's mansion.

Lu Jiawen is playing with Wang Anshi.

Lu Jia asked: "At the beginning, the Emperor Taizu once said that the rich family is connected with us and guards the wealth for the country, so this dynasty does not prohibit mergers, so that there are today's disadvantages."

Wang Anshi asked: "I heard that you are often embarrassed and criticized when you are in law enforcement. Can you bear it?"

Lu Jia asked: "Mr. Xiang's words are serious. Lu doesn't know what is embarrassing and criticizing. He only knows one thing: 'follow the righteousness and follow the law, and never change when you are stuck'."

Wang Anshi said: "I heard that after Bianjing introduced the market-changing method, combs were expensive when sold, and sesame oil was expensive when sold. At the beginning, Zhang Duzhi also said that the market-changing method was inappropriate."

Lu Jia asked: "My lord, I refuted it at the beginning, and I don't know why Zhang Duzhi has such a prejudice. The big households in Bianjing colluded with the powerful and controlled the market. Foreign merchants transported goods to Beijing and did not manage these large merchants. Even if the best things are reduced to a penny, they cannot be sold, so the so-called goods will die on the ground.”

"The lower officials went to the market to change the law. They sent officials to Hunan to sell tea, Shaanxi to sell salt, and Zhejiang to sell yarn. They didn't dare to calculate interest. They broke the monopoly of the merged house. Zhang Duzhi spurted blood!"

After Lu Jiawen finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Huiqing who was sitting beside Wang Anshi.

Lu Huiqing said: "My lord, what Lu knows about this matter, Zhang Duzhi opened a discussion field in Xizhou, which is called the City Yifa, but it is far from the market Yifa practiced by the imperial court. I think it is quite different from the imperial court. It is not surprising that there are such belittling words to shake the meaning of the new law.”

Hearing the words, Wang Anshi asked thoughtfully, "Zhang Duzhi is far to the west, how can we arrange for you? Besides, he has an agreement with me not to speak out about the disadvantages of the new law in front of outsiders. Then the rumors in the court and the middle of the city are the same. Where did it come from?"

Lu Jia asked: "I have reported to Mr. Xue Jixiang, the next official thinks it's probably Xue Jixiang!"

Wang Anshi knew that Xue Xiang and Lu Jiawen were at odds.The Shiyi Division was originally under the management of the Third Division, but Lu Jiawen, who was so human, reported everything to himself instead of Xue Xiang, so the two disagreed and were buried here.

Lv Jia asked: "My lord, nowadays the Shiyi law is often criticized, and it's all caused by big households. These mergers and acquisitions are more profitable and harmful to the new law. I implore the fair Shiyi company to put it down as soon as it finds out."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty is definitely not willing."

Lu Jiawen wanted to say more, and Lu Huiqing signaled that Lu Jiawen could resign.

After Lu Jiawen left, Lu Huiqing asked, "Do you think Wangzhi is competent?"

Wang Anshi waved his hands and said, "He did things that he did not recognize his relatives, and wholeheartedly followed the new law. Such people are really rare, and the reason why he was blamed just now was because he worried that he was using too much force."

When Lu Huiqing heard the words, he said secretly: "I want to tell you, since the implementation of the Shiyi Law, many people who have no capital have borrowed money from the Shiyi Division to make a living. Therefore, it has greatly facilitated the merger of large households. As for those businesses How can the big family who have been robbed not complain. I think this city's Yifafei is not good, but it is very good."

"On the contrary, Zhang Yue violated the city's law in Xizhou and tampered with Princess Zhang without authorization. He must be corrected."

Wang Anshi said: "He has explained this matter to me in letters. He said that now in Xihe, the fields are cultivated, the goods are cultivated, and the Han and Han are one. If we want to calm down the Qing Dynasty, we must follow these three strategies. Although I don't agree, but since he I’ve already boasted so much, I can’t refute it, I’d better let it happen.”

No objection, no approval, this is the reason why Wang Anshi didn't reply to Zhang Yue's letter at the beginning.

Lu Huiqing thought to herself, Zhang Yue was unexpectedly ahead of me, and greeted my husband in advance.In this way, not only me, but also the husband and wife can't say anything about him before the Qing Dynasty.

Then Lu Huiqing thought again, Xianggong was humiliated by Tang Xi at the beginning and he just laughed it off, but in his life he hated officials who changed his political status, but Zhang Duzhi was not punished for it, it seems that Xianggong also appreciated him from the bottom of his heart.

At this time Wang Anshi suddenly said to Lu Huiqing: "How about I use Zeng Zi Xuanyi and Xue Shizheng as the third envoy?"

Lu Huiqing was secretly taken aback, he did not expect that Wang Anshi would replace Xue Xiang because he opposed the law of market changes, and he would be replaced by Zeng Bu, a new Hanlin scholar.

Lu Huiqing is now defending Zhang Yue from the outside and Zeng Bu from the inside. Although Zhang Yue is talented, it is enough to prevent him from returning to the court to compete with him, but Lu Huiqing has repeatedly excluded Zeng Bu.

When Zeng Bu presided over the judgment of Sinong Temple before, he changed Lu Huiqing's assistant service law to the exemption law, which made Lu Huiqing hate it.

After Zeng Bu was transferred to the Imperial Academy, Lu Huiqing succeeded Lu Huiqing in Sinong Temple.After Lu Huiqing took office, she criticized Zeng Bu's original establishment in Sinong Temple one by one, and repeatedly told the officials that what Zeng Bu did in Sinong Temple was inconvenient.

The conflict between Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing has been buried.

Lu Huiqing wondered if Wang Anshi found out that she was deliberately embarrassing Zeng Bu, and Wang Anshi then favored Zeng Bu.

Lu Huiqing reluctantly said: "Zixuan is certainly competent (it's just that Zeng Bu's qualifications and talents are not as good as mine, why is he ahead of me)."

Wang Anshi looked at Lu Huiqing's expression and didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

Lu Huiqing thought to herself that if Zeng Bu was appointed as the third envoy, she could instruct Lu Jiawen to contradict him more, because Zeng Bu's temper would inevitably lead to impatience.

……

The next day, the officials in the court hall were in a good mood. It turned out that Zhang Dun pacified the barbarian affairs in the north and south of Wuxi, and killed Tian Yuanmeng, the chief of the barbarians, to expand the territory.

Wang Anshi recommended Zhang Dun to pacify the Wuxi Man with a good face, but Wen Yanbo and Wu Chong thought that the imperial court was trying to control the summer. Zhang Dun's pacification of the Wuxi Man not only used money and food, but also sent troops to garrison it, which was not beneficial to the overall situation.

But the officials were very happy. At this time, Wen Yanbo stepped forward to tell the officials one thing. Speaking of the guards on the Royal Street supervising the vendors to sell goods, this move was really harmful to the state.

Wen Yanbo said it rather reservedly. He heard Wen Jifu's intentions, and he didn't want to be too embarrassing about this matter, but asked whether such a thing is not good.

But when Wen Yanbo started, Feng Jing and other ministers all said that the market was easy to deal with, and Wang Anshi did not expect this sudden attack.

Hearing the objections of the ministers, the official hesitated and said: "I think the rest is fine, but there is no need to sell this fruit."

Wang Anshi glanced at Wen Yanbo and the others warily and said, "Your Majesty, the Shiyi Division has never sold fruit, but only lent money to fruit vendors. The Shiyi Division just sent people to collect money from officials."

The official is not aimless, he has heard before that the market trade law is not good, from the beginning to sell a few items, and then sell them all in department stores.Some officials even secretly reported to him, saying that anyone who dares to compete with the Shiyi Secretary for business will be whipped for the small ones, and edited for the big ones.

The officials were very shocked when they heard this. At the beginning, their original intention was to get rid of the interests of the annexing family, but in the end, anyone who dared to compete with Shi Yisi for profits would be arrested.This is not his original intention.

Is there such a thing?The officials thought that there might be some, but since the officials wanted to change the law, the country has indeed become rich, except for the opening of the Xihe River, there is still a surplus for flood and drought relief, which was undreamt in the past, so he did not He has never expressed a clear attitude towards this, but only euphemistically reminded: "Shiyi Division's handling is too complicated."

The official said a plain and simple sentence, but Wang Anshi immediately crackled after hearing it: "Your Majesty, governing the country should be based on whether the law is beneficial to people and things, and not just because of the details. It is true that the Shiyi Division is cumbersome, but it is based on the overall situation. The minister thought that it is necessary to review the details and discuss the general situation in order to govern, so such details should be left to Shi Yisi, and His Majesty should not discuss them."

The official family was robbed by Wang Anshi.

Lu Huiqing immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to what I have seen and known, many poor people have no capital to do business and have nothing to mortgage, so they give the fresh water melons in the official warehouse, needles and thread brains to the people on credit, and the government sends them to buy money." It is not what Wen Xianggong sees."

Wen Yanbo smiled when he heard the words, and Wang Zhi, the right secretary, said to the officials: "Your Majesty, the troubles of the market are brought to the world, and the property of the people is destroyed, so that all the profits will belong to the toothless disciples!"

Lu Huiqing argued with Wang Zhi in court again.

There was a commotion in the hall, but an official who listened to persuasion said weakly: "Stop arguing, I think Xianggong also had good intentions at the beginning, but the people below did not execute well."