Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 400 Recruitment Act

Inside the carriage.

Both women looked at Zhang Fei resentfully.

They initially thought that the cap would be [-] at most, but they didn't know that it was quadrupled.

This is difficult for them to accept.

Zhang Fei was uncomfortable seeing them, so he stretched out two hands to hold their catkins at the same time, and said with a smile: "Just listen to me this time."

Xu Zhiqian said curiously: "But I want to know why, you... you are not the kind of person who just wants to enjoy yourself!"

Gao Wenyin nodded slightly.

Zhang Fei thought about it seriously, and said, "Because home is very important to me. It not only protects me from wind and rain, but also represents taking root."

Take root?

The second daughter looked at him curiously again.

How could they realize how important home is to Zhang Fei, an outsider, and money cannot be stingy.

Zhang Fei didn't know how to explain it, so he just smiled and said: "It's better to be older, after all, we will have more branches and leaves in the future, is this prepared for any danger? Hehe."

Gao Wenyin blushed with embarrassment, and said softly: "It doesn't need to be so big."

Xu Zhiqian snorted softly: "Why can't it be used? He will find a few more women then, then it will be almost the same."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Hey, hey, I don't have this idea. You know that I bought such a big one for the benefit of my father-in-law, elder brother, and sister-in-law, so that they can live more comfortably."

"Of course I know that."

Xu Zhiqian glanced at Zhang Fei gratefully, and said, "I am."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "I can't bear it."

Xu Zhiqian nodded.

She had never spent such money in her life, and she felt a sense of guilt in her heart.

In fact, Zhang Fei can understand their mentality very well. His parents are also like this. They forcefully buy a new electrical appliance for them, and they can put it away for several years before using it.

Seeing that Zhang Fei really valued it, Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly.

Back home, it was still impossible to escape Xu Zun's nagging. In fact, Xu Zun was also very grateful in his heart, but he also felt that it would add a burden to Zhang Fei. As for Xu Lingxiao and Mu Zhen, their jaws almost dropped.

I think Zhang Fei is exaggerating a bit.

It's fine to buy a house, but also buy such a big one.

Of course, in the end Zhang Fei made his own decision.

However, it takes a very long time to buy a house here, because according to the Neighborhood Law, you have to ask the neighbors and relatives, and the house can only be sold after they all agree.

But when the neighbors heard that Zhang Fei wanted to buy it, they quickly agreed, and none of them hesitated.

If Zhang Fei rents a house to live in, the rent will be doubled or tripled directly. Anyone who is not jealous, hurry up.

However, Zhang Fei did not spend a lot of money, but chose to go to Ma's family for a loan. In fact, he could make it together if he had to, but the house is bigger, and the monthly expenses are also much higher.

He had to save some money, buy furniture, and hire some cleaning servants.

Given his current income, this interest is nothing.

However, moving is not a trivial matter, and the lease period is coming soon. The end of this year must be very busy for the two families.

Except for Xu Zun, the rest of the people were all dispatched. Although it was hard work, Zhang Fei enjoyed it. In this snowy day, he also got up early every day with Gao Wenyin, Xu Zhiqian, Li Si, Xiaotao, and Xu Lingxiao, Mu Zhen and the others. Look everywhere, go shopping everywhere.

Xu Lingxiao felt impatient, but Zhang Fei enjoyed it very much.

This is like a family, and the feeling of family is always too precious for Zhang Fei.

As for what to practice, he really didn't even think about it.

Xu Zun even reminded Zhang Fei a few times whether he should go and have a look, but Zhang Fei expressed no interest at all.

But Fu Bi didn't come to bother Zhang Fei, he also enjoyed it, the law of the rule of law really opened a door for them, as if they could see farther, especially when studying the laws and regulations, they can discover many things, It was not so well thought out before.

Moreover, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu, Zhao Yan, Zeng and other prime ministers also offered to help, and they were all obsessed with it. They led a group of students all day long, and practiced there regardless of day or night.

Wang Anshi often went to see it, but his focus was always on his new policies.

In fact, Zhao Xu also wanted to see it, and he was very concerned about it. For the emperor, the revision of the law can add points to the history books, but he had to show that he didn't care that much, so he never went there once.

In the busy work, the ice and snow have melted, and the grass has also secretly drilled out of the ground.

Another new year begins.

And this year is a crucial year for many people.

Most of last year was a dispute of theories, but this year is to turn many theories of last year into laws and then implement them nationwide.

In history, only Wang Anshi reformed the law. With the arrival of Zhang Fei, there were more judicial reforms and amendments.

It's exciting, but also terrifying.

Original bookstore.

"Is this a book?"

Yan Jidao was holding a big, thick, hard and beautifully written book, he couldn't help being dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.

Hou Donglai immediately said: "Mr. Yan, this is the hardcover edition we made according to Saburo's request. The writing is all made of wooden boards. Although it is not convenient to carry, it is easy to store."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "What do you think, Mister Yan?"

Yan Jidao touched the engraved title of the book, nodded and said: "Okay! This is really beautiful, in fact, there is no need to do it so well."

Zhang Fei said: "This is a collection of genuine poems sold in our genuine bookstore. I have to tell others the difference between genuine and pirated editions, and I believe that this book will change everyone's understanding of books. Otherwise, I will also It won't take so long."

In fact, genuine bookstores have enough ability to print out books quickly, but this collection of poems has been delayed for a whole year.

Yan Jidao cupped his hands and said, "Anyway, thank you Sanlang."

"I should thank Mr. Yan for trusting me and selling me the copyright of Yan Gong's poetry collection."

Zhang Fei said, and then said: "I absolutely believe that this collection of poems will be a hit, and everyone is definitely looking forward to the follow-up content. Mr. Yan must hurry up and write the follow-up content."

Regarding Yan Shu's collection of poems, there are three editions in total. Due to the addition of the background of the poems, this collection of poems will also become a long masterpiece, which can be said to be Yan Shu's personal memoir.

Yan Jidao hurriedly said, "It's almost finished."

Zhang Fei asked again: "I wonder if Mr. Yan is interested in this matter?"

Yan Ji looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Zhang Fei said: "My genuine bookstore still lacks an editor-in-chief. Moreover, this collection of poetry is very popular, and there will definitely be many people coming to cooperate with me. I would like to invite Mr. Yan to be the editor-in-chief here, and be responsible for the revision of books."

Yan Jidao was stunned, this collection of poetry belonged to his father, of course he was obliged to revise it, but he never thought of treating it as a job.In addition, he is also an official now.

Zhang Fei said again: "Mr. Yan, don't misunderstand me. I don't want Mr. Yan to resign and come here to work. I just let Mr. Yan come here to work part-time. As for the remuneration, I will directly get the commission. If there is no accident, this should be better than Mr. Yan's." The salary is even more."

Yan Jidao was very moved. His family is really short of money now. The key is this job, which he is really good at. It doesn't take much energy at all, so he said: "I'll try it first."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Okay!"

Now that genuine bookstores have become official, there is a shortage of talents.

Yan Jidao was his favorite candidate.

His writing style is too delicate, and his emotional expression is almost perfect, and this kind of brand-new book needs to be mixed with a lot of the author's mental journey. Yan Jidao is a very perfect candidate.

Just as Yan Jidao was being sent off, Wang Anshi rushed over immediately.

"It's really hard to find you boy! I almost walked around the city."

Seeing Zhang Fei, Wang Anshi complained.

"Scholar Wang, don't blame me. There were a lot of things going on in various stores at the beginning of this year, and I could only run around." After explaining briefly, Zhang Fei asked again: "I don't know what orders Xueshi Wang has?"

Wang Anshi directly gave Zhang Fei a copy.

Zhang Fei took a look, and exclaimed: "The recruitment law?"

Wang Anshi smiled and said, "I never thought you would be so surprised."

In fact, he didn't want to introduce the recruitment law so early, because the recruitment law would directly hurt the interests of the powerful, but because the few lawsuits last year were all against the recruitment law, this has aroused the enthusiasm of the common people. Looking forward to it, Wang Anshi decided to push the boat along the way and first introduce the recruitment law.

And the emperor had agreed long ago, waiting for the regulations to be promulgated.

Zhang Fei was startled, and hurriedly said, "I just didn't expect it to be so soon."

Wang Anshi snorted, "If you hadn't come up with a legal system last year, I would have promulgated this recruitment law last year. You can see if it can be done?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Fei looked up immediately.

Wang Anshi also glanced at him secretly, with a look of anticipation and nervousness.

After reading it, Zhang Fei looked up at Wang Anshi in surprise, "Scholar Wang, did you write this?"

Wang Anshi nodded, "What do you think?"

Zhang Fei said in disbelief: "It seems that Xueshi Wang has already grasped the essence of the propaganda article. This article is really well written, and it is enough to impress those high-class households to support the labor recruitment law."

Wang Anshi smiled triumphantly: "You have already taught me several times, you have to step back!"

Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly.

It turns out that Wang Anshi did not write this article with his very good writing style, but wrote it according to Zhang Fei's routine, which is aimed at the people of the world.

If it was written in another handwriting, no one would recognize that it was written by Wang Anshi.

It was really watery and rough.

But I have to admit that Wang Anshi has to seriously consider this kind of routine. The writing is much better than Zhang Fei, and even Sima Guang can't match it. I don't look tired.

This is why Zhang Fei has no intention of working hard to write articles at all. This is really a talent, and no matter how hard you work, it can't compare to superficiality.

Wang Anshi was defeated several times by Zhang Fei, and he also proved that if I wanted to write like this, you couldn't write me. He asked seriously: "What do you think about the recruitment law?"

Zhang Fei was taken aback, "I'm not good at this."

Wang Anshi said with a chuckle: "Now you are a generation of grandmasters, and you are also a doctor of the Imperial College, why are you being modest. Tell me your opinion?"

Zhang Fei smiled sheepishly, read it carefully again, and said, "If I tell you, everyone will be offended, and only those in the middle will benefit."

The content of this labor recruitment law is actually very simple. It is to reduce corvee on a large scale first, and then change it to government employment. Go to hire again.

Wang Anshi's recruitment law is for everyone.

That is to say, the former exempted households also had to pay money. There were high-ranking officials and dignitaries, Taoist monks and female households, and there were fifth-class civilians below.

In the previous labor law, the most difficult thing was the yaqian job. If you were not careful, the whole family would be finished. And the yaqian job was the middle class in the Northern Song Dynasty. They were very willing to spend money to be exempted from the service.

Moreover, Wang Anshi first budgeted the cost of corvée for one year from the government, and then let everyone share it equally, so the middle class paid very little money.

Wang Anshi asked: "Then do you have a better way?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "No. If there is a privilege, then everyone will find a way to use this to evade taxes."

"exactly."

Wang Anshi said: "Such as Sima Junshi and others, they will definitely use this matter of increasing the exemption tax for the fifth-class households to attack me for making money for the country, but how do they know how many wealthy households split up their fields before? , to find a way to classify myself as a lower fifth-class household in order to be exempted from taxation, so I can't give them this opportunity again. However, I only charge them half of the exemption tax."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "If those wealthy households want to split their fields and classify themselves as the lower fifth-class households, the money spent and the possible troubles they may cause may be more than half of the tax exemption."

"clever."

Wang Anshi gave Zhang Fei a look of approval.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "But it must be a tough battle."

"It's all tough battles."

Wang Anshi chuckled, and said again: "But I've been thinking recently, why did it go so smoothly when you charged the license plate fee?"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "It was not going well at that time."

Wang Anshi said: "It's better than I imagined. So far everyone has changed from criticism to praise."

He is very envious of the police station, he always asks the rich for money, but everyone gets used to the license plate fee very quickly, but he is scolded every day for what he wants to do.

What a difference.

Zhang Fei thought for a while, and said, "Maybe it's limited to the capital, but if it spreads across the country, it might be another result."

Wang Anshi nodded, and asked again: "Don't you have a better opinion?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I can only give Wang Xueshi some advice in terms of publicity, but in terms of content, I can't give it. This is not what I am good at."

This is actually a big truth.

He knew that Wang Anshi's political reform would fail, so why didn't he offer advice to help Wang Anshi? The reason was that the only advice he could offer was to keep things unchanged for the time being, and to govern the country first by governing officials.

It is impossible for Wang Anshi to agree.

If he wanted to change, he really couldn't give any better advice.

Let’s talk about this labor law. The most criticized thing is that Wang Anshi also collects this exemption tax from the poor. Of course, Wang Anshi’s purpose is to enrich the national treasury and tax the poor, which will definitely increase a lot of income. The poor are the biggest class.

But if he doesn't do this, many people will find a way to become this fifth-class household, which will be a huge loophole.

At present, there is no way to completely separate the classes in terms of executive power.

The spirit of Legalism is to treat people equally, which is the most worry-free.

Wang Anshi asked again: "What about the propaganda?"

Zhang Fei said: "About this point, I talked with Lu Xiaokan. I first published an article here, and then secretly published an article in the newspapers and periodicals to give support. As a supplementary explanation, why tax is levied on tax-exempt households and why is tax levied on the fifth class?" , in this way, it will be more convincing.”

　It is still necessary to have a manuscript, otherwise, if something happens, this person will feel very tired. . . . .

　
(End of this chapter)