"Yuan Chang, you..."

The stunned eyes and disdainful expression made Cai Jing wake up from his self-indulgence. He was greedy for money. Unfortunately, before, the court was engaged in a life-and-death fight, taking sides and expressing his position.

Yushitai is like a lunatic and only knows how to bite people all day long.

As a result, Cai Jingdu had no chance to make money.

But deep down, he likes money and the sense of security that wealth gives people.

When he was asked by Zhang Zhi, he woke up from his yearning for one-stop operations of Yingzhou's big households. In his heart, he deeply reviewed his greed. Before, he was still obsessed with wealth, and suddenly turned around.

, but turned into a selfless look, and said seriously: "This is an excellent opportunity."

Chance?

what chance?

Chao Buzhi and Zhang Shuo looked at each other. They were still gentlemen at heart. Naturally, they didn't understand why Cai Jing was so repetitive.

But Cai Jing is a master who exploits every opportunity and will not let it go when he sees an opportunity. How could he take advantage of it? Arrogantly said: "Do you think this is just a small matter where big families take advantage of food prices to rob the people?"

"Wrong, very wrong."

Cai Jing didn't know whether the method of knocking mountains and shaking tigers was effective. But he knew that Professor Zhang had begun to listen to him seriously. As for Chao Buzhi, he didn't care at all about his colleague who was born as a young master.

The Cai family is a wealthy family in Fujian, but Cai Jing comes from an ordinary background.

There is no one in the family who can be an official. People from a family of officials are not like people who will set a moral bottom line for themselves since childhood. I finally got along with Cai Que and recognized my uncle. One of them is from Putian and the other is from Putian.

He is from Quanzhou, and to say he is a relative, he has to go up to the top for hundreds of years. Unexpectedly, Cai is indeed a silver spear with a pewter tip, and he has not done anything yet. He is defeated. He has a good hand, but he loses completely.

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This made Cai Jing very angry, and at the same time he was helpless.

Of course, although his brother Cai Bian grew up with him, he is completely different from him in nature. But as the saying goes, if you eat the same rice, you can raise hundreds of people.

Although Cai Jing's methods are not bright, his vision is not bad, and he is even much better than other colleagues. A person like him can be a good minister with great achievements if he is under a wise king. But if he is under a faint king, he will most likely be a good minister.

He is a treacherous minister. A treacherous minister simply has bad conduct, but if a treacherous minister has no means, he will basically not live long.

Naturally, Cai Jing was not the latter. He keenly discovered that the changes in Yingzhou gave him an opportunity to be tied to Zhang Dun.

After pondering for a while, Cai Jing began to speak: "On the surface, Yingzhou has a large fish and meat village, and the methods are quite hidden, making it difficult for people to make mistakes. But in-depth discovery, it is nothing more than bad governance that has led to the situation in Yingzhou

The situation is so difficult that we can’t even deal with it.”

Zhang Xue cupped his hands and said, "Yuan was a great talent, but I heard the details."

"Brother Yuan, don't beat around the bush!" Chao Buzhi also urged Cai Jing to speak quickly.

Cai Jing laughed and said: "There are two problems that lead to such a difficult situation in Yingzhou. One is that small farmers lack the ability to protect themselves and become prey in the eyes of large households; the second is that under the Baojia Law, the people need to bear more harsh burdens

The money in the hands of the corvee will be even less. However, you two don’t have to worry, the big households in Yingzhou will just embezzle the property of the small farmers."

"As for merchants and medium-sized farmers with more than fifty acres of land, they have no choice at all. Medium-sized farmers generally have enough ability to pay taxes. They have a surplus in good years, which is enough to withstand deficits in famine years. And they have a surplus of grain in their hands.

It will not be affected by big farmers raising food prices."

"Cai Zhizhou, what are you talking about? Do small farmers deserve to have their land usurped by big households?" Chao Buzhi's expression suddenly changed. Cai Jing's attitude towards the people made him feel chilled.

Cai Jing glanced at Chao Buzhi and said to himself: How can such a stupid young man get a foothold in the officialdom? He is still a bachelor. He is just a waiter, one level worse than a bachelor, but he has become your boss. Isn't it embarrassing?

Not sad?

Cai Jing suddenly burst out laughing and said in an passionate tone: "Didn't you notice? This is an opportunity. When did the big families in Yingzhou start appropriating the land of small farmers?"

"Six or seven years ago, right?"

"What happened then?"

Zhang Shuo looked a little sad. Six or seven years ago, wasn't it his father who was criticized by Sima Guang and others in the capital, and finally left the capital in disgrace?

Cai Jing, this guy, just doesn't pick up the pot, it's so annoying!

But Cai Jing didn't think about this at all. Instead, he danced excitedly: "The "Green Crops Law"! You two, the "Green Crops Law" has been abolished, so that big households have the opportunity to control the grain reserves of small farmers through loans. The government lost the "Green Crops Law"

The benefits brought by the "Young Crops Law" have resulted in the loss of direct means to control grain prices."

"Although the income from the "Young Crops Law" may not seem to be much, the total amount is very considerable.

It is enough to use these incomes to stabilize food prices.

Moreover, during the implementation of the "Green Crops Law", the government is only the leader and needs the assistance of businessmen. The income obtained does not need to go directly to the treasury. Officials cannot touch the money in the treasury and need to report it to the court. The transfer is carried out by the Yamen.

Then I walked around Bianliang. When the court agreed to fix the price of grain, the day lilies were already cold. As for Changpingcang, it was also very troublesome. If there is no disaster, using Changpingcang is a big sin. But

The principal and income of the "Young Crops Law" can be directly used by officials. It is almost the same as a small treasury.

Once food prices skyrocket, after officials report to the court, a month or two will pass and the big households will have enough to eat and drink, what other means are available?"

"And the "Young Crops Law" not only made available money for the government. But under the "Service Law", the people had less money to use. In the past, the "Recruitment Law" would not increase the burden on the people.

, and will also provide some benefits to the poor. Nowadays, these good laws are gone, which has led to the big households in Yingzhou starting to attack small farmers, while small farmers have no power to resist."

When Cai Jing said this, he looked at Professor Zhang provocatively and signaled to him, "He has said so much, don't you still understand?"

Of course Professor Zhang understands, but this is a big deal.

In order to abolish the "Young Crops Law", Sima Guang literally went into battle naked and threatened to resign. The old party was afraid of and guarded against these two most effective laws in Wang Anshi's reform. Because good laws complied with the people's will, Sima Guang was rich.

Do you understand this?

He just couldn't watch Wang Anshi leave his own mark on the Great Song Dynasty Hall.

This is the reason why Sima Guang spared no effort to eliminate the "Young Crops Law". As for Wang Anshi's reform, almost all the laws were centered around the "Green Crops Law", except for the "Main Protection Law" and other confusing things that were slapped on the head.

Apart from ideas, many new laws are of great benefit to the people without any harm.

But the "Young Seedlings Law"!

Today, the old party is still in power, and the spearhead is directed at the "Young Crops Law." This is a fight with the old party.

At this moment, even Professor Zhang looked at Cai Jing with a bit of fear: "Yuan Zhang, this matter is not easy. You also know that the "Qingmiao Law" will not be easily moved. Unless there is a powerful figure in the court who serves as Tong Zhongshu's disciple Ping Zhangshi

, strongly advocated, and respectfully asked the Queen Mother to make a decision. Only when the Queen Mother promised to agree can the good governance of Qingmiao be restored. Otherwise, how can you and I dare to write to the court? "

Even Chao Buzhi looked at Cai Jing with admiration. He felt a little guilty and thought that he must have misjudged Cai Jing.

Cai Jing always cares about the people. Once he submits a letter to restore the "Green Crops Law", he will be like removing the bricks from the old party's grave. He will never stop fighting. Being able to sacrifice his life for the people, he has such a pure heart, and he will do it himself.

Less than.

Even though Chao Buzhi was influenced by the moral principles of a gentleman since childhood, he determined to become a respected gentleman.

But he didn't dare to do anything like sending a man's head away, like a moth to a flame. He had thousands of words in his heart, and wanted to tell Cai Jing that he shouldn't have looked down on Cai Jing before, he was guilty...

"Yuan Chang, once you submit a letter to the court, do you know the consequences?"

Professor Zhang asked bravely, and he felt goosebumps all over his body. The cold and murderous intention filled his whole body.

Cai Jing looked at Professor Zhang in astonishment, touched his chin suspiciously, and couldn't help but recall, when did he say that he would write to the court?

Isn't this a suicide?

Could it be that what he just said wasn't obvious enough for Professor Zhang to hear?

As for whether Chao Buzhi understood it, he didn't care at all. Su Shi was already cold, so what hope did he have?

But Professor Zhang can't be so indifferent to right from wrong!

When did anyone see him, Cai Jing, fighting desperately with people in the court?

He was always hiding behind, shaking his fan, drinking fragrant tea, and inadvertently deciding the general trend of the world. By writing to the court, didn't he make it clear that the old party would pursue him fiercely?

He just wanted to pop the pustules that appeared on Da Song's body after the abolition of the "Young Seedlings Law" and let Lord Gonggun see it. As for himself, he was completely hiding behind his fame!

Wow, Cai Jing smiled awkwardly and said: "Renhe, you may have misunderstood. What I mean is that the fluctuation in grain prices in Yingzhou is not enough to warn people. It is best to make the matter bigger."

"How big of a fuss?" Professor Zhang was puzzled: "How big of a fuss should be made? Nowadays, the people are burdened by loans, and it is the time when they need rescue. If they make a big fuss, will it make the people resent the big households and lead to conflict?"

"That's pretty much it." Cai Jing nodded with satisfaction and said seductively: "It's better to be bigger, so that the court can see that the "Green Crops Law" has been abolished and the people are not willing to become the fish and meat of the big households."

"You mean the civil uprising?"

Professor Zhang finally understood what Cai Jing meant by making a big fuss. It was like putting a sheep in wolf skin and tearing at the foundation of the Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing also knew that it would be in vain to let Zhang Dun die without any benefit at all. The reason why he said this was because he saw the opportunity, which was favorable to Zhang Dun: "As long as this matter becomes big, Zhang Xianggong will have full power."
Chapter completed!