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

Chapter 450 Restarting the Qingli New Deal
"Qingli New Deal!"

Tong Guan on the side couldn't help but look up at Fan Zheng.

There were indeed two reforms in the Song Dynasty, one was Wang Anshi's new law, and the other was the Qingli New Deal, and the Qingli New Deal was the reform of Fan Zheng's grandfather, Fan Zhongyan.

Unfortunately, as soon as the Qingli New Deal was launched, it was opposed by the Manchu Dynasty, and Fan Zhongyan was also demoted to another place and wrote the eternal famous "Yueyang Tower".

Subsequently, during the Shenzong period, Wang Anshi's reform suddenly emerged and achieved remarkable results after 16 years of implementation. In addition, Zhao Xu took charge and restarted the new law. Even Fan Zheng's reform was based on the new law.

Over time, Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal was no longer mentioned, and no one expected that Fan Zheng would mention it again.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The Qingli New Deal introduced by our ancestors back then could be said to have targeted the root cause of the Song Dynasty and affected the interests of all the officials in the dynasty. This aroused opposition from the dynasty and ended miserably. Later, Wang Xianggong's new law was Having learned the painful lessons from our ancestors’ Qingli New Deal, we chose to start with financial management. In addition, the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty were even more severe. It had only been in operation for sixteen years. Even so, it still received counterattacks from many scholar-bureaucrats, and it was even abolished for a time. "

"Whether it is Fan Xianggong or Wang Xianggong, they are the pillars of the country, dedicated to reform and strengthening the country!" Zhao Xu sighed.

Fan Zhengzheng said: "If you look at it from a medical point of view, Wang Xianggong's new method is like surgery. He used reform and financial management to continuously transfuse blood for the Song Dynasty, and finally made the Song Dynasty strong. Of course, this kind of strength only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Our ancestors’ Qingli New Deal was like internal medicine, which allowed the Song Dynasty to consolidate its roots and cultivate its talents, making it truly prosperous and powerful.”

"The new law is like surgery! Qingli's new policy is like internal medicine!"

Zhao Xu thought carefully and couldn't help but nodded slightly. The main purpose of the new law was to manage finances and solve the redundant expenses of the Song Dynasty. This was very similar to the blood transfusion therapy used by doctors.

It's just that blood transfusion therapy transfers the blood of others, but the new law taxes the poor and the rich alike, which arouses opposition from the government and the public. Fortunately, after Fan Zheng's treatment, it was changed to a tax-sharing system for the rich. This tax can be implemented.

Most of the Qingli New Deal was to rectify the administration of officials, reduce favors, and implement grinding, which indeed was very beneficial to the disadvantages of redundant officials.

Zhao Xu asked: "When the Qingli New Deal came out, everyone in the court opposed it, but Fan Taicheng is not afraid of repeating what happened back then."

Zhao Xu knew very well that the Qingli New Deal had offended all the scholar-bureaucrats and Mokan had offended officials all over the world simply by reducing the amount of favor. He believed that another Qingli New Deal would definitely cause an uproar again.

Fan Zheng solemnly said: "The reason why the Qingli New Deal failed was that, firstly, it offended the interests of the bureaucracy, and secondly, it was impeached by cronies. Now that party strife has become an open matter in the Song Dynasty, many of the Qingli New Deals and new laws have been implemented, and then the Qingli New Deal will be implemented. The resistance to the New Deal has been greatly reduced. Of course, when the Qingli New Deal is implemented again this time, it needs to be like the new law, taking the essence and discarding the dross."

Zhao Xu nodded. As Fan Zheng said, the resistance to the implementation of the Qingli New Deal was greatly reduced. If the Qingli New Deal was further improved, it might be possible for the Song Dynasty to go further.

"Furthermore, despite the reforms in the Song Dynasty, the situation of redundant officials still existed. Officials were too busy, lingered in brothels, and recited poems to officials who did not care about political affairs. The official family had the ambition of unification. These officials who were too busy would be in the future. It will definitely hinder the great cause of the Song Dynasty's unification of the world!"

"I missed the great cause of unifying the world!"

Zhao Xu suddenly rose up. He had been in charge for several years, so he naturally knew how disorganized the officials of the Song Dynasty were. However, the Song Dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrats co-ruled the world, and the power of the scholar-bureaucrats was extremely huge. The failure of Qingli's New Deal and Wang Anshi's reform was proof. Even Zhao Xu Xu couldn't help but hesitate.

On one side is the great cause of the Song Dynasty to unify the world, and on the other side is the powerful scholar-bureaucrat group.

Tong Guan on the side smiled bitterly and said: "Those scholar-bureaucrats are too greedy. They send caravans to follow the villain to go to sea and earn a lot of money. They are not satisfied with it. They also want to impeach the villain and take the opportunity to seize the power of the Western Ocean. They are really greedy."

Tong Guan's words were like the straw that broke the camel's back, and finally made Zhao Xu make up his mind. After all, the unification of the world was related to the stability of the Zhao family, and this was what Zhao Xu valued most.

"If this matter comes out, it will definitely cause an uproar." Zhao Xu said solemnly.

Fan Zheng analyzed: "It would have definitely aroused collective opposition from the scholar-bureaucrats before. However, now that the three parties of the Song Dynasty are working hard, especially the new law, the new party is in the ascendant and the old party is declining. I am afraid that they have long thought about counterattack, and the Qingli New Deal is The only chance for the old party to stand up, and the fact that the old party elevated my father to the position of leader of the old party, can be said to be a matter of course, and no one will notice."

"Fan Xianggong!"

Zhao Xu was surprised. He did not expect that Fan Zheng would plot against the old party and his father in order to implement the Qingli New Deal.

Indeed, now that the new party is gaining momentum, the old party has no choice but to retreat. He only needs to use some means. In addition, Fan Chunli is the heir to the Qingli New Deal, which will definitely leave the old party with no choice.

"As for my father, it will be up to Wei Chen to persuade him personally. After all, our Fan family has never forgotten our ancestors' ambition for reform." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Zhao Xu nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, let's follow this plan!"

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Fan Fuzhong.

"What, implement the Qingli New Deal!"

Hearing Fan Zheng's words, Fan Chunli almost jumped up. He was already an adult when Fan Zhongyan carried out the reform. He had witnessed with his own eyes his father's high-spirited reform and his downfall when he was sent to Dengzhou. His "Yueyang Tower" was majestic, so why not Feeling sorry for oneself.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Yes, has father forgotten the ancestor's ambition to reform?"

Fan Chunli shook his head and said: "Of course not, but now the Song Dynasty has successfully reformed!"

In Fan Chunli's view, the Song Dynasty had already succeeded in its reforms, but the Qingli New Deal had failed, so there was really no need to risk the implementation of the Qingli New Deal.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "The reforms of the Song Dynasty did have some achievements, but did the disadvantages of our ancestor Qingli's New Deal be solved after mentioning it?"

Fan Chunli said sadly: "Of course not."

As the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, he naturally understood that the current Song Dynasty was only covered up by the wealth of the Song Dynasty, and the real problems had not been solved.

Fan Zheng stared at his father and said unceremoniously: "My father understood and analyzed the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty so clearly. Why didn't he say it bluntly in the court? Could it be that my father has lost the style of his ancestors!"

Fan Chunli was shocked when he heard this. He couldn't help but recall the teachings of his father Fan Zhongyan, and burst into tears.

"You're such a traitor, why are you talking to your father?" The argument between father and son naturally alarmed Ma and Li Qingzhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Fan Chunli waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, Fan Zheng is right, it was me who brought shame on my father!" Fan Zheng said proudly: "Our ancestors' Qingli New Deal failed, and we and other descendants should inherit our ancestors' legacy and restart the Qingli New Deal. This is my responsibility. The responsibility of the descendants of the Fan family, let alone the failure of the new law, is now back in the court, and why the ancestors' Qingli New Deal cannot be reborn. "

"The Qingli New Deal is reborn from nirvana!"

Fan Chunli couldn't help but feel excited. Although the Fan family was a family of scholar-bureaucrats, others could oppose the Qingli New Deal, and the Fan family must fully support the Qingli New Deal and even bring it back to the court in order to avenge his father's failure.

"Of course, the reason why the new law can be restarted is because of Hao'er's evil methods. In order to restart the New Deal that he personally experienced, Hao'er deliberately changed the ancestors' New Deal. For example, the ancestors opposed the "grinding" system since the Tang Dynasty and promoted officials with outstanding political achievements. , do you think it can be improved?”

"How to improve?" Fan Chunli asked.

"The grinding survey system only changes the number of years of seniority and promotion to official positions every three years. I think it is changed to salary promotion every three years, and the promotion of official positions is changed to the test method. Only those with outstanding political achievements can be promoted. In this way , which can not only reduce the opposition of officials, but also select talents, and cooperate with the retirement system that the second uncle is responsible for, which is enough to reduce the resistance to a minimum," Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"The grinding and surveying system only increases salary but not official positions?" Fan Chunli's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good strategy.

"Secondly, the most controversial thing about our ancestors is to suppress Xingjin and restrict the spread of the grace system. This is still the case even now. However, the intention of our ancestors is not to abolish Xingjin, but to select national talents. From the child's point of view, We can implement the requirement of taking exams if you are lucky enough to enter. The imperial court allocates a certain quota of officials every year. All those who meet the qualifications can take the exam. If you pass the exam, it is your ability. If you fail, you are incompetent. This can not only suppress your luck, but also You can select talents for the imperial court!" Fan Zheng said again.

"If you are lucky enough to get in, you must take the exam!"

Fan Chunli's eyes suddenly lit up. Although those who were lucky enough to be admitted were the generals among the dwarfs, they were still the best among the dwarfs. Not to mention that most of them came from official families and had been exposed to officialdom since childhood. Their political performance may not be worse than that of the imperial examination officials.

More importantly, the exam can transfer conflicts from them to the officials' children, greatly reducing resistance.

"There is also the equalization of public land for officials. To put it bluntly, instead of frequently allocating public land to officials to avoid conflicts, we can simply collect all public land for officials and convert it into money for raising integrity. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" Fan Zheng said again.

Equalizing public land was a policy of promoting integrity during the Song Dynasty. Fan Zhongyan proposed to allocate part of the public land to officials who lacked public land and received smaller salaries to hold them accountable for their integrity and prevent corruption and perversion of the law.

However, the distribution of public land among officials in the Song Dynasty was uneven. Allocating public land to other officials would naturally cause dissatisfaction among some officials.

Fan Zheng, based on his position as an official, gave up the idea of ​​equalizing public land and instead raised honest silver, which could be said to solve the problem once and for all.

Fan Chunli couldn't help feeling that his father had no choice but to do this. After all, the Song Dynasty at that time was already very redundant and could not spend a lot of money to promote honest silver. He could only use the method of equalizing public land.

Nowadays, the Song Dynasty is booming, taxes have increased significantly, and the Maritime Silk Road has continuously transported financial resources. In addition, the Royal Bank of the Song Dynasty is a cornucopia. It can be said that raising Lian Yin is extremely easy.

"And.........!" Fan Zheng gave out some good strategies for future reforms, which immediately made Fan Chunli very excited.

"With such changes, restarting the Qingli New Deal may be successful!" Fan Chunli said excitedly.

He couldn't help but look at his son with emotion. His son had not been born decades earlier. If he had given his father these good ideas in advance, perhaps the Qingli New Deal might not have failed.

Fan Zheng reminded: "If my father wants to restart the Qingli New Deal, he cannot do it alone. He can use the contradiction between the new party and the old party to get the old party to support the Qingli New Deal. There are also the second uncle and the fourth uncle. They are all descendants of the Fan family. Naturally, I will fully support my father in restarting the Qingli New Deal.”

Fan Chunli's eyes flashed. He naturally knew the situation of the old party, which had been completely suppressed by the new party. As long as he throws out a new version of the Qingli New Deal, it would be enough for the old party to follow, not to mention the second brother Fan Chunren and the fourth brother Fan Chunli. They are all responsible for their father's glory.

"Quick, send someone immediately to invite all the second and fourth bedrooms to discuss the plan." Fan Chunli immediately ordered Ma family impatiently.

"Yes! Master!" Ma promised immediately.

Soon, Fan Chunren and Fan Chunren hurried over.

"Second brother, fourth brother!" Fan Chunli invited him to the study and revealed his plan to restart the Qingli New Deal.

"What! Restart the Qingli New Deal!" Fan Chunchen couldn't help but open his mouth.

Fan Chunren looked at Fan Chunli blankly. When he was the prime minister, he didn't even dare to think about implementing the Qingli New Deal, but now his second brother actually came up with such shocking news.

"Third brother, my father's Qingli New Deal was opposed by the whole country back then. Even if we restart the Qingli New Deal, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape defeat." Fan Chunren said with a frown.

Fan Chunchun nodded with lingering fear. Now that the Song Dynasty has successfully reformed, why should they risk their reputation and ruin their reputation by restarting their father's Qingli New Deal?

Fan Chunli said proudly: "Since Wang Anshi's new law can bring people back to life, why can't my father's Qingli New Deal be restarted?"

"That's not because of the evil prescriptions of the official family and the wise nephew!" Fan Chunchuan shook his head and said. The reason why the new method can be revived is not because of the current pro-government of the official family. In addition, Fan Zhenghe's evil prescription can cure the new method, so that the disadvantages of the new method can be eliminated. , popular in the world.

"Could it be..."

Fan Chunren on the side was moved in his heart and couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng on the side.

Fan Chunli said with a smile: "Yes, Nizi also prescribed the Qingli New Deal to eliminate its drawbacks."

At the moment, Fan Chunren listed Fan Zheng's exams, the system of taking exams for those lucky enough to be admitted, and the raising of honest silver, which immediately made Fan Chunren and his wife sigh.

"And this is what the official meant!" Fan Zheng revealed another piece of bombshell news.

The three brothers of the Fan family were shocked. Suddenly, the Qingli New Deal had such a good plan and would get the support of the officials. Not to mention that the old party was desperate and the new party had just succeeded in reform. The obstacles to restarting the Qingli New Deal had been cleared one by one.

"It is truly a God-given opportunity. My father's spirit in heaven will definitely smile." Fan Chunchuan said excitedly.

Fan Chunren looked at Fan Zheng with emotion. He had discovered before that Fan Zheng was the most similar to his father Fan Zhongyan, not only in appearance and temperament, but also in the spirit and will of his reform.

But now that Fan Zheng has restarted the Qingli New Deal, it can be said that the three of them are extremely ashamed. No one thought that Fan Zhongyan's legacy would be realized by his grandson a generation later.

(End of this chapter)