The journey to Beijing is not far, but it seems that in Governor Qi's heart, he can never finish it. He recalled the process of getting to know each other again and again, and finally forming a strategic alliance of complete mutual trust, and also recalled the changes and aging of Zhang Juzheng's appearance over and over again.

The Prime Minister is old... I am old too... but he doesn't believe it. Last year, he said that he would promote the Ming Dynasty's ZTE together. How could it be gone so soon? It must be Sun Qilan's rumors! It must be!

But...before this year, the prime minister seemed to be in a coma in the lobby! I have heard rumors that he suddenly became unconscious in the past few months, and he also said that his vision seemed to be worse than before. He sometimes had to read a memorial several times! Could it be...Is what Sun Qilan said true? Although this boy is young, he is unusual everywhere! He knows my relationship with the prime minister, so he will never lie to me for this matter!

Governor Qi denied, affirmed, negative, affirmed, and lost his mind for a while. Finally, he made up his mind and no matter what, he would first meet the chief minister!

When I was calm, time was no longer difficult, and it was almost the same. That night, when Governor Qi called me and Ye Sizhong to drink again, he was already very free and easy. This is the style of conquering the generals who have been conquering for half a lifetime.

It was May 12th day. The flowers blowing from the east wind turned red and the willow trees turned green. They came out of Jizhou, passed Yanjiao, and entered the east gate of the capital. I sighed in my heart that I had been to the capital when I was doing foreign trade in my previous life, and today I felt like I was a different life. Before entering Beijing, we changed the carriage and rode horses. After all, we still had to maintain the integrity of military officers not taking the carriage. We were winding all the way, and it was noon to reach the inner city. We didn’t go to the saint first, but followed the Governor Qi to the home of the chief minister Zhang Juzheng.

The Zhang family's mansion is located not far from the imperial city, which shows the emperor's grace and throne. As Governor Qi enters, as rumors outside, he goes to the Chief Minister's Study without any notice. At this time, the Chief Minister's Office was not in court and was reviewing documents in the study.

Hearing the door, the chief minister of Wanli raised his head and saw that it was Qi Jiguang. He immediately stood up and smiled, "I still thought to myself, you haven't been there yet, have you been captured by the Tatars?"

He came up and joked with Governor Qi, which was in great contrast to Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant I knew. However, he was not very tall, described as thin, with a flushed complexion. At first glance, he was a long-term hard work, irregular life, and a deficient yang energy. It seems that next year is his final limit, not a false statement.

Governor Qi laughed and went over to bow to the chief minister, and said, "The chief minister has not given an order, so I dare not be captured!" After that, the two of them laughed together.

After laughing, the Prime Minister looked at the people behind us, glanced at each other, and finally frozen it on me, and smiled and said, "Everyone is the pillars of the court, but this young man has never met before. I guess it is Sun Qilan you said the day before yesterday!"

Qi Jiguang smiled and said, "It's not this worry-free one!"

After saying that, they looked at each other and smiled. I hurriedly bowed and said, "I have met the Chief Supervisor!"

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "I didn't expect to be so young."

I thanked quickly.

The chief minister sat down with us and said many words of encouragement. In short, the court must have a heavy reward, so that we will continue to work hard and be sincere in serving the country. Several of us hurriedly stood up and expressed our willingness to serve the country with all our efforts. After meeting, we had a banquet with the mansion to welcome us. After the banquet, we went back to the post station to rest.

Shortly after I returned, Governor Qi sent someone to call me and asked me to go back to the Shuji Mansion quickly, and I immediately went with me.

After arriving, the disciple led me into the back hall, passed through the courtyard, and came to the inner room where the chief minister was not waiting for guests. There were only two men, Zhang Shoufu and Governor Qi. When I saw me coming, they ordered people to close the door. I stood in the lower head. Zhang Juzheng looked at me carefully for a long time before looking at Governor Qi and asked, "You mean, this is your choice?"

Governor Qi nodded and said, "Although this son is still young, he is strong and as strong as steel, and he is neat in his work. He has no such sourness as a scholar. He is actually a talent!"

After hearing this, I was a little confused. This seemed to be recommended by Governor Qi, and the Chief Auxiliary wanted to assign me to do something.

Zhang Juzheng has always been disgusted with Qingliu, believing that literati who only knows how to use the word "文" cannot do things, and he basically tends to be pragmatic and dare to choose materials. He sneered at those scholars who speak of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, read saints, but do not do things for people. This is also the fundamental reason why he despised himself for the literati who regard himself as noble in the world.

When it comes to his control and seizing love, his disciples took the lead in impeaching him, which is for this. So I was curious, what exactly did he want me to do?

But when the Prime Minister looked up and down at me a few more times, nodded, and said, "Since the reign of the late emperor, the country's government has been in a sluggish state, and the fiscal deficit has accumulated only a hundred thousand silver. In the sixth year of Longqing, the court itself implemented the salary of pepper and somnite, which is really unbearable to look back on. After five years of rectification and planning, the fiscal reform has been quite effective. The court's financial system has generally improved, and now the national treasury has reached millions of dollars."

Speaking of this, I know that this is the result of Zhang Juzheng's previous fiscal reform. He said this at this time, but I am afraid that the purpose is still to come. According to my memory, Zhang Juzheng began to implement the One-Whip Act this year. The relevant reforms have been implemented in the south for many years, but they have been difficult to implement in the north. Could it be that he wants me to do this?

Just listened to Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shoufu continuing: "Now, I want to promote a new fiscal reform across the country, called the One Whip Law. In short, it is to combine the land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous levies in each prefecture and county, and combine the cash levies and pay them according to the mu. The tax collection will greatly simplify the tax system and facilitate the collection of taxes. At the same time, it will make it difficult for local officials to cheat, thereby increasing fiscal revenue."

I nodded and bowed my fists and said, "This method is indeed a symptom of current problems. The Chief Auxiliary has reformed for several years, and the treasury has first become rich, but at this time it is like a ship hitting the water in the middle of the river. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Implementing a whip law can change the stubborn disease of the past and enrich the public use of the treasury!"

Hearing me say this, Zhang Juzheng's eyes showed a look of surprise, and he cheered his hands and said, "I never thought that such a young man has such a vision and insight!"

Qi Jiguang also laughed and said, "What did I say?"

Zhang Juzheng pointed to the chair opposite him and said, "Sit down and talk!"

I know that because of my "understanding of things and principles", Zhang Juzheng had accepted me. I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart. Although this only real politician in the Ming Dynasty was a powerful minister, how could he do things in the world without following the path of a powerful minister in the general environment of the Ming Dynasty?

Although Zhang Juzheng's whip technique changed quickly after his death, the remaining warmth still extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades. Later, the Qing Dynasty implemented the implementation of diversion to acres, which was actually the inheritance and development of Zhang Juzheng's whip technique.

Therefore, his reform was a social change with far-reaching historical influence in Chinese history. Although I have to leave, sooner or later, my roots are still Chinese. So why not help him when I am still here? For these people who have made contributions to the country, the country, and the nation, I should do my best, right?

Thank you, I bowed my hand and said to the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng: "The chief assistant, the whip method is rewarded in the present, the future, and the talented one is not good. I am willing to do my best to the chief assistant's reform!"

Zhang Juzheng's joy was unspeakable at this time. His implementation of this reform actually offended most of the powerful and gentry in the world, but this was a last resort.

Since the time of the First Emperor, the treasury was empty, disasters occurred frequently, and wars were everywhere. The country can be said to be internal and external troubles, but the root cause is still on the word "no money". Across the country, the wealthy families falsely reported the land, officials were full of their own pockets, and a large amount of tax burden flowed unknown, while the treasury was empty, and they wanted to revive the court but had no capital. He had been clear along the way and realized that only by thorough reform can the court revitalization, otherwise if he allowed this to develop, the country would inevitably be out of state.

For this reason, Zhang Juzheng thought to himself, what's the point of being a powerful minister? Although it's the point of being an enemy of the powerful people in the world? If you benefit the country, live and die! I will make a day's efforts just for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and I will never refuse!

Thinking of this, he looked at me and said seriously: "The first priority of the One Whip Method is to clear the fields of Zhangzhang. Now, the emperor has approved the implementation of the fields of Zhangzhang across the country, but it will inevitably touch the interests of many wealthy families. I recommend Wang Guoguang to the Ministry of Personnel and Wang Chonggu to the Ministry of Revenue as the head of the Ministry of Revenue, in order to fully implement the matter of clearing the fields of Zhangzhang. But the resistance to this matter is unimaginable, and it is necessary to use some thunder means!"

I thought to myself: The dry goods are coming, I want me to make that knife. But this does not violate my principles, so I nodded and continued to listen.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea and continued, "I want to start in Shandong, take a step first and try the limelight. Therefore, I want to choose someone to go to the supervision team. Yuan Jing (Qi Jiguang's name) recommended you, saying that you are capable and capable, and you will be able to complete this matter and supervise it. I wonder how you should start?"

I smiled and said, "Thank you for the wrong love, thank you for the Prime Minister's approval. I believe that if you want to do a big thing, you must use thunder to show your heart. When you go to Shandong, you should kill monkeys and roosters to see, and it is not difficult to accomplish anything."

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "Others are killing chickens to scare the monkeys, but you insist on killing monkeys and scaring the chickens. Let's talk about it, how do you do it?"

I said seriously: "I live in Shandong in the Xiashishi. I know that as long as the Qingzhang land documents arrive in the province, no one will tell me, Yangwu Hou Xue Xue Bian and Yansheng Gong Kong Shangxian will definitely jump out. What I mean, choose one of the monkeys from the two and kill them to bleed. Compared with other big families, they can be considered a chicken at most. If the monkeys are killed, how dare they jump?"

Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang laughed loudly together, and after a while, the chief assistant smiled and said, "I'm afraid that this will happen, many marquis and princes will come to the emperor to sue the slander!"

I smiled and said, "The Lord trusts the Prime Minister, and I believe that some idle people will not be able to do anything big."

Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "I feel very relieved that you have such ambition. You let go and do anything. I will bear it. But there is one thing. The Marquis of Yangwu Xue Bian is a hereditary title and an iron scroll of gold book personally awarded by Emperor Chengzu. All other things can be avoided from traitors. How should you deal with this monkey?"

I smiled and said lightly: "Then I will give him death without seeing the light."

After leaving the principal's mansion, Governor Qi and I rode on the street and returned to the post station together. Governor Qi asked me: "Qi Lan, you have ever said that you have no intention of fame and fortune, why are you so enthusiastic about Qingzhang's land?"

I pulled the reins and looked at the sky, and after a while, I said, "I always admire and be grateful to those who do great things and are loyal to the country. I am willing to do my best to help achieve something. This is true for the governor and the chief minister. But after this matter is finished, I will probably go soon."

Governor Qi sighed, looked into the distance and said, "You have the talent to support the court, but you have no intention of staying here for a long time. It's a pity! But Qi Lan, have you ever thought about helping the prime minister, in other words, helping me to overcome difficulties together?"

I looked at the old man, lowered my head and shook slowly, "Sorry! Chunhua is no longer there, but when I see the setting sun. Qi Lan knows it is irreversible, so I hope the governor will make plans too early! Governor forgive me, Qi Lan has his own affairs, so I will say goodbye first!"

After saying that, I quickly whipped it. On this issue, I had already expressed my feelings and didn't want to get too entangled, so I only left Governor Qi who was stunned in the cool breeze of late spring, and I had never spoken for a long time.
Chapter completed!