"But how do you supervise them?" A worker named Yan Lin asked again: "If someone uses this for personal gain, there are too many loopholes."
Tang Bo said bluntly: "You Ziqian, I know that you put the country first, but everything is not as simple as you take it for granted. Once the new law is implemented, it will encounter layers of obstacles, and the failure of upper orders and lower orders will only add to the trouble. "
"Find a place as a pilot." You Miao said: "Don't fully implement the new law, push it as soon as you push it, and find a place to try first."
Another humane said, "Then take your Jiangbo Villa as an example."
Everyone laughed.
Sun Yu's face was not very good-looking, and he snorted coldly. Only then did the young men realize that targeting You Miao had gone too far, and they kept their mouths shut for fear of angering Sun Yu.
Instead, You Miao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if you think it's good, it's okay to try my villa."
You Miao's words were a joke, after all, his mother bought the villa with real money before he died, and he would never try to get it on his head. Only the Quanshan area will be covered by Juntian, but the land has not been around for a long time, Zhao Chao will use it, and he can only give it to him.
On the other hand, most of the people in the political affairs hall occupy a lot of fields. Some of these fields are not investigated by the government because of their affection, and some are not known. Like You Dechuan, I originally only bought the Jiangbo Villa, but gradually because the back mountain was uninhabited and uncultivated, it became bigger and bigger. .
Collusion between the government and the landlord is the norm everywhere. But if the court ordered a thorough investigation, it would be hard to say. During the reign of Emperor Wuzong, there was a reform, which was resisted by almost all the gentry, and finally the officials who proposed the law were exiled.
You Miao learned that although the Hanlin Academy was the first to propose the new law, and Zhao Chao immediately agreed, but the driving force behind it must have come from Sun Yu. Sun Yu has relaxed a lot, with one eye open and one eye closed, his intention is not to take away the land encircled by the gentry, but to allow most of the northerners who fled south to have land to farm.
Sun Yu's face remained still, and he said, "Let's go, let's eat."
"It's fine at other times." You Miao suddenly said, "At times like this, it's impossible to change the law."
Everyone was about to leave, but You Miao said something again, leaving Zhong Qiang behind the crowd. Sun Yu didn't get up in a hurry, just stroked his beard lightly and looked at You Miao.
"The great enemy of the country is no different from two." You Miao said earnestly: "External worries and internal troubles. During the reign of Taizu, everyone had fields to farm, and every family had surplus grain. When the country was first built, everything went smoothly. The difference between the rich and the poor was not obvious. And now after a hundred years, most of the laboring people have lost their land, famines, droughts and floods. Every change and tax increase makes the poor poorer, unable to even farm, and most people can only sell their fields. , leave your own land."
"There was a major flood once a year ago." You Miao said: "After the major flood, there will be a major drought. If it is not resolved in time, I am afraid that the number of refugees in Jiangnan will increase, and there will be unrest."
Tang Bo and others all looked at You Miao, You Miao knew that Sun Yu was also hesitating, perhaps because he did not have enough strength to support him, and rashly changed the law, it is very likely to repeat the same mistakes. But he had to support this no matter what, otherwise, when it came time to collect food, the local clans would unite and refuse to pay the army food.
It is much easier to collect food directly from the tenants than from the gentry. Not to mention, even if you want to buy grain, the imperial court sends an official to go to a big family like the Tang family with the money to buy it.
Grain is not sold if there is grain, and the starting price of grain is a common trick used by landlords, and it is also the root cause of soaring prices.
"Implementing the reform law is not up to the order." You Miao said, "It's exactly as Master Tang said. I also know the difficulties that the new law will face, but when it comes to collecting and purchasing grain, the same collection order will also be ordered. If you don’t reach it, you will be filled with personal pockets by officials. Therefore, for reforms now, you can only push forward with force.
The two sides didn't speak, Tang Bo said: "It's the same sentence, how much can you figure out? Yangzhou alone, you can't solve the gentry..."
"How many percent can you push?" You Miao patiently said: "From the beginning of the new order pilot, the new law is the general trend, at least in the years of preparing for the Northern Expedition, it must be like this, and it can be gradually implemented to the entire South after a little push. "
Tang Bo and the others looked at You Miao with disdain. Sun Yu saw that everyone had nothing to say, so he said, "Let's eat."
During the work, they all got up, some went back to their houses, some stayed, You Miao went out, stretched, and sat on the ground, with numb legs and feet, one staggered, but saw sitting in the doorman outside. The person was eating tea, but it was Li Zhifeng.
"Why are you here?" You Miao asked in surprise.
Li Zhifeng got up and said, "Come to pick you up, have you eaten?"
You Miao was exposed to the sun for a long time, sweating all over her body and sticky. After another afternoon, she said, "You come and sit first, I may have to stay in the political affairs hall for a few more days."
Li Zhifeng followed You Miao in. On the way, he saw Sun Yu talking in the corridor. When Li Zhifeng and Sun Yu met, he nodded to him, and Sun Yu also nodded. Some of them went back to their rooms during the incident, while others packed up and left. They didn't even know who they were when they saw Li Zhifeng.
"Eat it." You Miao led Li Zhifeng to the dining hall and said, "This is where the food is in charge. Ah, I forgot to buy a bowl..."
Li Zhifeng untied the burden, took out a golden bowl, and said, "The third one gave it to you."
You Miao remembered that she only told Zhao Chao about this at noon, but Zhao Chao actually gave him a bowl! The heavy bowl was not pure gold, it was expected to be gilded. Li Zhifeng took out another pottery bowl and said, "I bought another one for you, so you don't need to spend money to eat?"
"Well, you can eat it." You Miao said.
Li Zhifeng went to serve You Miao with rice first. The dishes were already laid out. A few of them came to eat during the event. Tang Bo and others all went back. You Miao sat opposite Li Zhifeng, Li Zhifeng used a pottery bowl, and You Miao also carried Zhao Chao. The golden bowl that was given to him, he looked at the bottom of the bowl curiously to see if there were any characters, and it really had the words "Sacred Gift from the Son of Heaven".
One person teased: "You Ziqian, you still have a golden rice bowl."
You Miao replied with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty rewarded it."
Everyone was speechless, and You Miao was not polite to them, so he and Li Zhifeng devoured their meals. When You Miao was a child, he was spoiled, picking and choosing. If there was a shell in the rice, the whole bowl must not be eaten and must be scooped again. If the egg custard is not tender, it will not move, the fish with spines will not be eaten, the meat will not be eaten if it is stewed, and it will not be eaten if it is hard.
However, when I returned from a trip to the north, I didn't pay much attention to it. I ate everything. When I first started eating, the literati were all frightened by You Miao. However, as soon as Li Zhifeng sat down, several people didn't make a sound and just watched them eat.
Li Zhifeng piled up a layer of vegetables on top. First, he ate all the rice, and then went to refill it. After refilling it twice, You Miao ate more than half of the bowl. After Li Zhifeng finished eating, he went to add more. After four bowls, he finally stopped.
Bystanders held chopsticks and twitched.
Li Zhifeng went to wash the dishes, You Miao moved two chairs, sat in the courtyard, burped, and said, "There is no delicious food in the villa."