The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Zhou Yun said that he allowed the smooth execution of these two laws, not that he would enforce them, but that he would help to avoid some obstacles in the execution of these two laws.

Wei Shiyi has no opinion on this. First of all, he can't hinder Wang Anshi's reform. Secondly, he doesn't want to hinder Wang Anshi's reform. Finally, the speed of the reform is not so fast now, and the problem of the reform has been solved. The possibility of failure, the life of the people seems to be much better. He did not see many people starved to death, nor did he see many profiteers monopolizing the market. The problem.

While reforming the law as much as possible, let the common people live well and not bring pressure to the common people.Even Mr. Wang, after being scolded by Wei Shiyi, realized that reforms and making people live well are not in conflict.

The common people make up the country, and the people are strong, and the country is strong, which complement each other.

His previous concept of losing some common people's interests has changed, so Wei Shiyi is not very worried about the failure of the subsequent reform, let alone the imperial court has already taken precautions-the investigation of the Imperial City Department.

So when Zhou Yun said to persuade the other generals not to stop the next two laws, Wei Shiyi did not object.

However, Wei Shiyi's identity was wrong, and he didn't know those generals, so Wei Shiyi didn't go with Zhou Yun. He asked Zhou Yun to talk to those generals by himself, and he went back to Zhou Mansion to wait for his news. .

In a certain courtyard on the street of the official residence, Zhou Yun was respectfully welcomed in by the steward of the residence, and not long after, the owner of the courtyard, a strong but not strong official, watched some refined officials enter the courtyard where Zhou Yun was waiting. .

Seeing that man, Zhou Yun immediately stood up. The man put on a polite smile when he saw Zhou Yun. He was none other than a prestigious general in the court.

"General Li, I'm taking the liberty to visit, and I hope you won't take offense."

General Li twitched, and quickly replied: "No, Deputy Commander Zhou came to my place, that's what makes my place flourish."

Zhou Yun is a member of the Sanya. Not surprisingly, he will control the front office of the Sanya in the future. The status of the Sanya is similar to that of the Privy Council in the imperial court. What is the Privy Council?It represents the highest military organization of the Song Dynasty. General Li is just an ordinary general. Even if he has some prestige, it is really nothing compared to Zhou Yun, who is highly valued by the housekeeper.

So, it's not polite for him to say that.

General Li said so, and Zhou Yun was not polite anymore, and his purpose of coming today was not for this, so after the two of them said a few words politely, they entered the topic.

"I came to General Li today to ask your opinion on the enlistment law and Baojia law."

The recruitment law and the Baojiafa have been mentioned in the court, but most people in the court are against it, especially the generals who are in charge of the military.

Hearing Zhou Yun's words, General Li was taken aback for a moment, then with a polite smile, he said, "Deputy Commander Zhou, I thought you wouldn't be involved in many court affairs."

Up to now, people in the court don't know that Zhou Yun did what happened in Wen County three years ago, and they don't know that Song Shenzong made a decision to let the Imperial City Secretary participate in the investigation, because the results of Zhou Yun's investigation played a direct role. role.

Up to now, people in the court still think that Zhou Yun only helps the housekeeper with some tasks and is responsible for the safety of the palace.

Zhou Yun didn't explain, he just twitched his lips and said, "As a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, I also serve in the imperial court. The reform is related to the future of the Great Song Dynasty. It's normal for me to care about this kind of thing."

General Li smiled. He didn't know whether he believed Zhou Yun's words or not. He just said, "Deputy Commander Zhou, do you know what is the recruitment method?"

Zhou Yun frowned slightly, and replied: "The law of service recruitment is to change the original households to take turns to serve the military service, and change it to be borne by the government. The households who do not want to serve the military service will pay a certain amount of money according to the level of wealth, which is called exemption from service. money, and bureaucratic landlords are no exception.”

"That's right." General Li smiled, and he continued to ask: "Then do you know what the function of the recruitment law is?"

Zhou Yun paused for a moment. He seemed to understand some of what General Li meant. "Release the peasants from servitude, guarantee their working time, promote the development of production, and increase the income of the Song Dynasty treasury."

"That's right." The smile on General Li's face faded away, and his tone became serious, "Then do you know how much money is required to pay in order to avoid being drafted in the drafting law?"

Zhou Yun's complexion changed slightly.

"Although the levels of payment are different, it seems to be a way to free farmers from labor, but in fact it is a heavy burden for the poor people. Many poor people simply cannot afford the money. "

After a pause, General Li let out a sigh of relief, "Of course, it's just that the poor people don't have the ability to pay the money. But if the decree is really implemented, there may be peasant uprisings. But if they don't pay the money, they You have to do hard labor."

"General Li, what do you mean?" Zhou Yun frowned, "No matter what, the life of the poor peasants is not satisfactory, so why not change the law? And the reform did not force them not to serve , don’t you think it’s better to be released from military service?”

General Li was choked by Zhou Yun. He was right. Poor farmers were struggling at the bottom of their lives. No matter whether they paid or not, their lives were unsatisfactory, and it was impossible for them to be released from military service.

"But..." Zhou Yun said again, his purpose this time was not to argue with General Li, but to persuade General Li, so he said: "If you really think that the recruitment method is not good, then you can fight with Mr. Wang Mr. Wang discusses, Mr. Wang is not a stubborn person, you can discuss it in a friendly manner, and it is not impossible to make appropriate revisions to the content."

"What does it mean that Mr. Wang is not stubborn?" When Zhou Yun said this, General Li couldn't hold back the smile on his face, and his voice changed, "If he is not stubborn in the whole court, who is stubborn? If he didn't deny the revision, how could we? Always opposed!"

This... is really the case. Zhou Yun was silent for a while, but he continued: "But that was in the past. If Mr. Wang talks to him properly now, there will still be changes."

Then Zhou Yun thought about it, and told about the matter that he took Wang Anshi to visit villages in surrounding counties three years ago. Still feel uncomfortable, as long as there are enough reasons, he will also make changes.

General Li was silent for a while before he said, "Really?" He still didn't quite believe that Wang Anshi would be less stubborn.

Zhou Yun nodded, "Really."

"Okay." General Li reluctantly agreed.

The next step is another reform, the Baojia method.

The Baojia law is to organize rural households, ten households are one guarantee, and more than two households in the households draw one household as the protection. During the slack season, they are concentrated and receive military training. The purpose is to strengthen the rule of the countryside and maintain social security in the countryside. , Establish a nationwide military reserve, saving a lot of training costs.

As long as they are generals, they all want to fight. Of course, there are also timid generals, but this is not the case with General Li in front of him.

General Li should not have objected to the national military training brought about by the Baojia Law.

General Li coughed twice. It was a little unreasonable for him to oppose this law, so his expression was a little embarrassed.

It turned out that they were not very in favor of the reform, but they were not opposed to the reform. They stood in the middle, and they supported the reform if it was good to Song Dynasty, and they would not support it if it was not good to Song Dynasty.

The first few reforms seem to be going smoothly, but many corrupt officials have also been uncovered.The Green Crop Law abolished many county magistrates below, and the Water Conservancy Law also made some officials lose their hats for political achievements. Some time ago, even Chen Shangshu, the veteran of the three dynasties, was arrested, which made the atmosphere in the court a little stiff.

I don't say I sympathize with them, but I also feel a little bit sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

Wang Anshi's reform is not to change the Song Dynasty and benefit the peasants, it is simply to catch corrupt officials!

Therefore, when Wang Anshi said that he would promulgate the law again, the officials in the court almost subconsciously opposed it, and even the officials who stood in the middle did not support it much.

Although some people are not corrupt themselves, they cannot guarantee their disciples, people they know, or someone uses their names to search for property. In this way, almost everyone is unclean, so...

No one supports these two laws.

They grasped the flaws in the Recruitment Law, but they didn't quite grasp the flaws in the Baojia Law, but it was enough to have the flaws in the Recruitment Law, and they disagreed.

General Li didn't speak, Zhou Yun also guessed a lot.

With a serious face, he said: "General, the lack of strict governance is our own dereliction of duty. The reform is to make the Song Dynasty stronger, so that the surrounding countries dare not invade the Song Dynasty. The officials are kind, as long as they have a clear conscience, even if they are punished The officials only punished you if you got involved, and the reason why Chen Shangshu was arrested was because he participated in it himself, so you don’t have to be so cautious, General.”

General Li was silent again, understanding what Zhou Yun meant.He glanced at Zhou Yun for a few times, and finally stopped talking about the two laws, and finally asked Zhou Yun's purpose, "Isn't it that you came to me to talk about this matter?" Tian Zhouyun's report was dismissed.

General Li was direct, and Zhou Yun was also direct.

"I would like to ask Mr. Wang to support me in deploying troops to the Eastern Front for defense. He only cares about political reform at the moment. If I convince you to support him, then he will also support me."

The twists and turns in the hearts of warriors are to some extent inferior to those of literati, so Zhou Yun and General Li are very direct.

Sure enough.

General Li secretly thought that he agreed with Zhou Yun's opinion. After all, it was also for the good of Song Dynasty, but he hadn't made up his mind yet. Seeing Zhou Yun come to him for that matter, he really realized Zhou Yun's concern for that memorial. care about things.

Anyway, let’s help him, I heard that Zhou Yun is also very familiar with the people from the Construction Bureau, and they need to take away the manufactured weapons from the Construction Supervision Bureau when it is impossible to fight.

Agreeing is agreeing, but General Li's complexion is a little bad.This time Zhou Yun was so good at speaking, it seemed that he was very clumsy, so he took a while to agree to Zhou Yun.

In this way, Zhou Yun left Li's residence.

Next, he went to several generals' mansions, and he didn't return to Zhou's mansion until the sun set and night fell, but he didn't finish visiting the mansions of General Chaozhong.In the Zhou Mansion, Wei Shiyi still hasn't left.

"Can you just find those generals?" Wei Shiyi felt that it was not safe.

Zhou Yun smiled lightly and said, "Yes." Facing Wei Shiyi and facing outsiders, Zhou Yun's expression was completely different, "Those generals are very prestigious in the court, and they usually agree. Your general will not disagree."

"It's just... the generals agreed, won't the objections of other officials affect the next law?" Wei Shiyi was still a little worried.

"Not really." Zhou Yun shook his head, "Although most of the generals in the court are Confucian generals, they are still in charge of military matters. Besides, even if those people disagree, the officials will support Mr. Wang's reform, so there is no What an impact."

The only impact is probably the mood. After all, there is still a big difference between being supported by people who support the reform and not supporting the reform.

After Zhou Yun said so, Wei Shiyi was no longer worried.

"Okay, then I'll leave first, and I'll come back to you in two days." Zhou Yun had to go to the palace again tomorrow.

After kissing Zhou Yun, Wei Shiyi was about to leave, but just as he turned around, Zhou Yun hugged him, and then suppressed him with a more intense kiss than before.

It took a long time before Zhou Yun let go of Wei Suyi, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll be back in six days, and I'll give you news when the time comes. Mister Wang probably won't be in a good mood these days, so don't go He's over there."

Political battles always make people feel unhappy, especially when reforms are still being hindered. In the next few days, reformers and conservatives will definitely enter a stage of intense heat. Even if Mr. Wang will succeed in the end, his mood will not be called good.

Wei Shiyi knew what Zhou Yun meant, and he hummed twice, "Okay, I see."

Mr. Wang is his master. As a student, he can't stop seeing him just because his master is in a bad mood. That would be too much, let alone Mr. Wang deliberately brought it up today.

Seeing Wei Shiyi like this, Zhou Yun knew that he was not paying attention, forget it, if Wei Shiyi was scolded, just wait for him to come back to comfort him.

That night, Wei Shiyi took Wei Shihuan to Zhou Mansion, and the two stayed in Zhou Mansion for a long time before returning to Wei's house.Early the next morning, Zhou Yun entered the palace, and at the same time, Wang Anshi also entered the palace to attend court.

That afternoon, Wei Shiyi went to the palace.Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang were not in a good mood, but Wei Shiyi didn't think there was a problem. Instead, he patiently accompanied Mr. Wang, and the final result was not bad.

In the next few days, Mr. Wang's mood began to get worse day by day, and then it became better every day. Wei Shiyi knew that things in the court should go smoothly. When Mr. Wang's mood improved One day, exactly six days passed.

On the morning of the seventh day, Wei Shiyi sent Wei Shihuan to school, and then went to Zhou Yun's residence.