Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 143
Inside the Lu Mansion!
Lu Dafang was restless, the officials wanted him to take the initiative to agree to the servitude to his mu, while the old party wanted him to take the lead in opposing the servitude to his mu, so he was caught in the middle of a dilemma.

"Sir, Fan Taicheng is visiting?" Suddenly the concierge came to report.

"Fan Zheng, the evil doctor?" Lu Dafang's heart moved, the Imperial Physician was a sixth-rank official, and if he was an ordinary sixth-rank official, he would not be able to enter his residence at all.

However, Fan Zheng is not just an ordinary imperial doctor, but Bian Que, the doctor who controls the family of doctors, and he is also a celebrity around the government. Coupled with his status as the first generation reform leader Fan Zhongyan, even Lu Dafang cannot ignore it. he.

"Please hurry up!" Lu Dafang got up and said.

Soon, Fan Zheng came striding forward, saw Lu Dafang cupped his hands and said: "The officials saw Lu Xianggong's eyes bloodshot recently, and his expression was haggard. They knew that Mr. Lu had worked too hard for the country, so they ordered Fan to come here for a diagnosis and treatment! "

Lu Dafang cooperated and said, "I am quite honored to be able to get prescriptions from the famous evil doctor Fan Zheng."

At that moment, Lu Dafang stretched out his hand and asked Fan Zheng to diagnose his pulse. Fan Zheng was not pretending, but seriously diagnosed and treated Lu Dafang. He nodded slightly and said, "Although Mr. Lu has geriatric diseases, he is not serious. No problem, just take care of yourself! From Fan’s point of view, Mr. Lu’s recent haggardness should be due to his heart disease.”

Lu Dafang raised his brows and said, "Oh! I don't know what heart disease this old man suffers from?"

Fan Zheng said to himself: "The labor will be paid to the mu!"

Lu Dafang's face twitched, and he was silent. He naturally knew that Fan Zheng's coming to see a doctor was a fake, and that he was a lobbyist for an official family.

Fan Zheng continued: "Mr. Lu is an elite in the world, how can he not understand that once the servile is released, the court will no longer have to worry about taxes, and the common people will also reduce their burdens, so as to prevent the harm of the new law."

Lu Dafang was silent, he naturally knew the power of servitude, but this method is good for the court and the people, but it is not good for officials and landlords.

"Then according to what Fan Taicheng said, how should the old man's heart disease be treated?" Lu Dafang asked.

Fan Zheng said to himself: "What Lu Dafang is worried about is nothing more than the resentment of the officials and the instability of the court! If this is the case, then the officials will not have to pay taxes, and all officials will be exempted from hundreds of acres to thousands of acres according to their ranks. tax."

"Tax reduction or exemption according to the grade?" Lu Dafang's heart moved. He knew that the officials were eager to reform, and the taxation of the land must be carried out. Hundred officials, how could all officials be willing to cut their own flesh.

Now the government has taken a step back and let the officials reduce taxes according to their ranks. He has a chance to step down, and the officials have greatly reduced their complaints. As for the losses, it is naturally the landlords with a lot of land. When they become officials, they enjoy their privileges, so naturally they have no complaints.

"Wonderful! This prescription is very wonderful. As soon as this prescription comes out, the medicine for the old man's heart disease will be cured." Lu Dafang said in a happy mood. In this way, he can obey the official's wishes and agree to share labor with his mother. It can also give an explanation to the old party officials.

"In this case, then congratulate Lu Xiang in advance." Fan Zheng cupped his hands.

Lu Dafang looked at Fan Zhengdao with emotion: "Fan Taicheng is cured by the medicine, and Fan Xianggong will have successors!"

Lu Dafang's words seemed to be contradictory, but in fact he was deeply moved. Who would have thought that Fan Zhongyan's grandson would use medicine to prove the Tao?

"Since Lu Xianggong's heart disease is gone, Fan will not bother you." Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Fan Zheng said his farewell immediately.

After Fan Zheng left!

Lu Dafang immediately summoned his confidant Yushi Yang Wei to discuss the matter.

"Exemption of taxes from a hundred mu to a thousand mu!" Yang Wei frowned. His censor was only a fifth-rank official rank, and tax exemption was based on rank, at most a few hundred mu of tax was exempted, and their family's land But more than that.

"That's right! This old man managed to win this in front of the officials." Lu Dafang bluntly claimed the credit for himself.

"But I'm afraid some officials of Tian Duo will still be dissatisfied?" Yang Wei fought hard.

Lu Dafang reprimanded: "Dissatisfied? How can we scholars only think about our own self-interest? At the beginning, doctors were exempted from military service, and the crowd impeached you. Now that the imperial court has given you the privilege of tax exemption, you are not satisfied. If people No one wants to pay taxes, so how does the court work!"

He is about to become the prime minister, so naturally he doesn't want to have no money to use, and it is also good for him to share the labor with his mu.

Yang Wei nodded helplessly, and then passed the news to the old party members.

Most of the old party officials accepted this plan in their minds. Not all officials had tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. Fan Zhongyan had already acquired a thousand acres of fertile land in his hometown.

Excluding the tax reductions and exemptions from the imperial court, the tax paid by their family is not much. Of course, some wealthy officials in the family are dissatisfied, but they are a minority after all, and they can't make waves anymore.

The next day.

Lu Dafang personally submitted a letter of approval for the imperial court to implement tax-based taxation, and at the same time reported that the imperial court gave preferential treatment to scholar-bureaucrats, first-rank officials exempted from tax of [-] mu, and so on. mu.

"Officials are not allowed! The court's taxation is fair, and the scholar-officials are a model for the people of the world, how can they take the lead in exempting taxes." Wang Di frowned, and took the initiative to protest. When his grandfather Wang Anshi implemented the new law, everyone in the world They are all treated equally, and there are exceptions to how to implement the servitude into the mu.

Other New Party officials also voiced their opposition. It was not that they did not have property in their families, but that whatever the old Party approved, the New Party would inevitably oppose.

"Your Majesty Lu is an old man who manages the country. Hundreds of officials work for the imperial court. How can they serve as errands and pay for food!"

Zhao Xu once again rejected all opinions and agreed to Lu Dafang's memorial.

"I would like to report to the officials that Fan Xianggong has resigned for a few days, and all the officials in the court have no leader. I also ask the officials to appoint the prime minister as soon as possible." Yang Wei, the censor, took the opportunity to play.

All the officials of the Manchu Dynasty agreed one after another!

"Is there anyone to choose from, dear friends!" Zhao Xu asked knowingly.

"My minister recommends Lord Lu!" Censor Yang Wei said impatiently.

Officials of the old party came forward one after another to recommend Lu Dafang.

"The ministers recommend Mr. Zhang!" Wang Di also said not to be outdone.

The New Party unanimously recommended Zhang Dun, but there was a big gap in the number of people.

Seeing the strength of the new party and the old party, Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning, but still followed the previous promise, and finally turned to Lu Dafang.

"Lv Aiqing, dedicated to the country, adhered to the ancestral law, made great contributions to my own administration, and specially appointed Tong Zhongshu's family to lead the officials!" Zhao Xu said solemnly.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Lu Dafang's heart fluttered, he had been an official all his life, and finally won the position of prime minister as an extremely human minister.

New party officials could not help but hang their heads.

"Zhang Aiqing, who is determined to innovate and implement new laws, is specially appointed as Shang Shu Zuo Servant and also participates in political affairs." Zhao Xu said again.

Zhang Dun raised his head abruptly, with a look of surprise on his face. You must know that Wang Anshi's position at the time of the political reform was to be a political adviser. Although Zhao Xu didn't let him be the prime minister, he gave him a position that was more suitable for him than the prime minister.

"The minister leads the decree!" Zhang Dun said solemnly.

The new party was shocked immediately, and the officials appointed Zhang Dun as a political adviser, isn't it conveying its determination to reform to the world.

At the same time, the position of Su Zhe, the right servant of Shangshu, remained unchanged, and above the court, reform, conservative, and neutral, the three factions once again stood together.

(End of this chapter)