Inside the carriage.
Both women looked at Zhang Fei with resentment.
They initially thought that the maximum amount would be 20,000 guan, but they didn't expect that it would quadruple.
This was difficult for them to accept.
Zhang Fei felt uncomfortable being stared at by them, so he stretched out his two hands, held their hands at the same time, and said with a smile: "Just listen to me this time."
Xu Zhiqian asked curiously: "But I want to know why, you...you are not the kind of person who is greedy for enjoyment!"
Gao Wenyin nodded slightly.
Zhang Fei thought about it seriously and said, "Because home is very important to me. It not only provides me with shelter from the wind and rain, but also represents the place where I can take root."
Take root?
The two girls couldn't help but look at him curiously again.
...
...
How could they understand how important home is to an outsider like Zhang Fei, and that he cannot be stingy with money.
Zhang Fei didn't know how to explain it, so he just smiled and said, "It's better to be a little bigger. After all, we will have many branches in the future, so it's better to be prepared. Hehe."
Gao Wenyin blushed and said softly, "It doesn't need to be that big."
Xu Zhiqian snorted softly, "Why not? He can find a few more women and that will be enough."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, hey, I don't have that idea. You know, I bought such a big house for the sake of my father-in-law, my eldest brother, and my eldest sister-in-law, so that they can live more comfortably."
"Of course I know that."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at Zhang Fei gratefully, and then said: "I am..."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I can't bear to leave."
Xu Zhiqian nodded.
She had never spent so much money in her life, and she felt guilty about it.
Zhang Fei could understand their mentality. His parents were the same. If he forced them to buy a new appliance, they would keep it for several years. He just said, "Just this once."
Seeing that Zhang Fei really valued it, Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly.
When he returned home, he still couldn't escape Xu Zun's nagging. In fact, Xu Zun was very grateful in his heart, but he also felt that he was adding burden to Zhang Fei. As for Xu Lingxiao and Mu Zhen, they were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.
I think Zhang Fei is a bit too exaggerated.
It would be fine if he just bought a house, but he bought such a big one.
Of course, the final decision was made by Zhang Fei himself.
However, buying a house here takes a very long time, because according to the Neighborhood Law, you have to ask all the neighbors and relatives, and only after they all agree can the house be sold.
But when the neighbors heard that it was Zhang Fei who wanted to buy it, they agreed immediately without any hesitation.
If Zhang Fei rents a house, the rent will double or triple. Who wouldn't be jealous? Come quickly.
However, Zhang Fei did not spend a fortune, but chose to apply for a loan from the Ma family. In fact, he could have come up with the money if he had to, but the house was big and the monthly expenses were a lot higher.
He also had to save some money to buy furniture and then hire some maids to clean the house.
Considering his current income, this little interest is nothing.
However, moving is no small matter, and the lease is about to expire. This year-end will definitely be very busy for both families.
Except Xu Zun, all the others went out. Although it was hard work, Zhang Fei enjoyed it. During these snowy days, he got up early every day and took Gao Wenyin, Xu Zhiqian, Li Si, Xiaotao, Xu Lingxiao, Mu Zhen and others to look around and buy things everywhere.
Xu Lingxiao felt impatient, but Zhang Fei enjoyed it very much.
This is what it's like to be a family, and the feeling of family is always so precious to Zhang Fei.
As for what kind of amendments to the law should be made, he really had never thought about it.
There were even several times when Xu Zun reminded Zhang Fei whether he wanted to go and take a look, but Zhang Fei expressed no interest at all.
However, Fu Bi did not come to disturb Zhang Fei. He was also enjoying 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, they could discover many things that they had not considered so thoroughly before.
Moreover, prime ministers such as Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhuo, Zhao Yan, and Zeng all took the initiative to help. They were all obsessed with it, bringing a group of students with them, and practicing the law there day and night.
Wang Anshi also often went to take a look, but his focus was always on his new policies.
In fact, Zhao Xu also wanted to go and take a look. He also cared about this matter very much. For the emperor, amending the law would add points in history books, but he had to pretend that he didn't care so much, so he never went there once.
Amid the busyness, the ice and snow have melted, and the grass has secretly emerged from the ground.
Another new year begins.
This year is a crucial year for many people.
Last year was mostly a theoretical dispute, but this year the goal is to turn many of last year's theories into laws and then enforce them across the country.
In history, only Wang Anshi carried out reforms. With the arrival of Zhang Fei, there were also judicial reforms and legislative amendments.
It's exciting, but also scary.
Genuine bookstore.
“Is this…is this a book?”
Yan Jidao was holding a large, thick, hard book with beautifully written text, and he could not help but stare in disbelief.
Hou Donglai immediately said, "Mr. Yan, this is the hardcover edition we made according to Sanlang's request. The cover is made of wood. Although it is not convenient to carry, it is convenient for collection."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "What do you think, Mr. Yan?"
Yan Jidao touched the engraved title on the book and nodded, "Good! This... this is really beautiful. Actually... actually there is no need to do it so well."
Zhang Fei said: "This is an authentic poetry collection sold in our authentic bookstore. I must tell others the difference between authentic and pirated books. I believe that this book will change everyone's understanding of books. Otherwise, I would not have delayed it for so long."
In fact, genuine bookstores have enough capacity to print books quickly, but this collection of poems took a whole year to produce.
Yan Jidao bowed and said, "Anyway, thank you very much, Sanlang."
"I should thank Mr. Yan for trusting me and selling me the copyright of Mr. Yan's poetry collection."
Zhang Fei said, "I absolutely believe that this collection of poems will be a big hit. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to the subsequent contents. Mr. Yan, please speed up and write the subsequent contents."
Yan Shu's collection of poems is divided into three editions. Due to the addition of the background of the poems, this collection of poems will become a long work, which can be said to be Yan Shu's personal memoirs.
Yan Jidao said hurriedly: "It has been revised almost completely."
Zhang Fei asked again: "I wonder if Mr. Yan is interested in this matter?"
Yan Jidao looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.
Zhang Fei said: "My genuine bookstore is still lacking an editor-in-chief. And since this collection of poems is selling well, there will definitely be many people willing to cooperate with me. I would like to invite Mr. Yan to be the editor-in-chief here, specifically responsible for the revision of the book."
Yan Jidao was stunned. This collection of poems belonged to his father, so he was obliged to revise it, but he had never thought of treating it as a job. In addition, he was now an official.
Zhang Fei added: "Mr. Yan, please don't misunderstand. I don't want Mr. Yan to resign and come here to work. I just want Mr. Yan to come here part-time. As for the remuneration, you can take the commission directly. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be more than Mr. Yan's salary."
Yan Jidao was very tempted. His family was really short of money right now. Moreover, he was very good at this job and didn't need to spend much effort. So he said, "I'll give it a try first."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Okay!"
Today, genuine bookstores have become formalized, but they lack talent.
Yan Jidao was a candidate he favored very much.
His writing style is so delicate and his emotional expression is almost perfect. This kind of new book has to be mixed with a lot of the author's mental journey. Yan Jidao is a perfect candidate.
Just after Yan Jidao left, Wang Anshi arrived immediately.
"You're really hard to find! I almost walked around the city in a circle."
When Wang Anshi saw Zhang Fei, he started to complain.
"Don't blame me, Master Wang. At the beginning of this year, there are a lot of things going on in the stores, so I have to run around." After a brief explanation, Zhang Fei asked, "What can Master Wang do for you?"
Wang Anshi directly handed a document to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took a look at it and exclaimed, "Conscription law?"
Wang Anshi laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to be so surprised."
In fact, he did not want to introduce the conscription law so early, because the conscription law would directly harm the interests of the powerful. However, since several lawsuits last year were all about the conscription law, this had aroused the expectations of the people. Wang Anshi decided to go with the flow and introduce the conscription law first.
The emperor had already agreed and was just waiting for the regulations to be promulgated.
Zhang Fei was stunned and said quickly: "I just... I just didn't expect it to be so fast."
Wang Anshi snorted, "If you hadn't come up with a law last year, I would have promulgated this conscription law last year. Take a look first and see if it works."
"yes!"
Zhang Fei looked at it immediately.
Wang Anshi also secretly glanced at him, with an expression of some anticipation and some nervousness.
After reading it, Zhang Fei looked up at Wang Anshi in surprise, "Master Wang, this... is this written by you?"
Wang Anshi nodded, "What do you think?"
Zhang Fei said incredulously: "It seems that Master Wang has grasped the essence of propaganda articles. This article is so well written that it is enough to impress those upper-class households to support the conscription law."
Wang Anshi smiled proudly and said, "I have been taught a lesson by you several times. I have to back down a little bit!"
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly.
It turns out that Wang Anshi did not write this article using his amazing writing style, but wrote it according to Zhang Fei's style, which was aimed at the people of the world.
If the handwriting was changed to another one, no one would recognize that it was written by Wang Anshi.
It was really watery and rough.
But we have to admit that if Wang Anshi had seriously thought about this routine, he would have written much better than Zhang Fei, and even Sima Guang could not compare with him. His writing is easy to understand and full of urban style, but at the same time it flows smoothly and is not tiring to read.
This is also why Zhang Fei has no intention of working hard on writing articles. This is truly a matter of talent, and no matter how hard he tries, it won’t be as good as the basics.
Wang Anshi was defeated by Zhang Fei several times, and he proved that if I want to write like this, you can't write better than me. He asked seriously: "What do you think of the conscription law?"
Zhang Fei was stunned. "This is not my forte."
Wang Anshi laughed and said, "You are now a master of your generation and a doctor of the Imperial College. Why are you still being modest? Tell me what you think?"
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly, read it carefully again, and then said: "If I were to say it, both the upper and lower levels would be offended, and only the people in the middle would benefit."
The content of this conscription law was actually very simple. It was to first reduce corvée labor on a large scale, and then change it to government employment. However, employment costs money, and the Northern Song Dynasty's treasury did not have the money. Therefore, people had to pay to be exempted from labor service, and then use the money to hire people.
Wang Anshi's conscription law was open to everyone.
That is to say, the households that were exempted from military service in the past also had to pay money. At the top were high-ranking officials, Taoist priests, monks and their daughters, and at the bottom were five classes of common people.
Under the previous corvée system, the most miserable ones were the yamen corvées. If one was not careful, the whole family would be finished. The yamen corvées were the middle class in the Northern Song Dynasty and they were very willing to pay to be exempted from the corvée.
Moreover, Wang Anshi first had the government budget out the cost of corvee labor for one year, and then had everyone share the cost, so the middle class had to pay very little.
Wang Anshi asked: "Do you have a better idea?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "No. If there is a privilege, everyone will try to use it to evade taxes."
"That's right."
Wang Anshi said: "People like Sima Junshi will certainly use this increase in the exemption tax for the lower fifth class households to attack me for amassing wealth for the country, but how could they know how many rich households have split their own fields before and tried to classify themselves as lower fifth class households to exempt themselves from taxes and service, so I can't give them this opportunity again. However, I will only collect half of their exemption tax."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "If those wealthy households want to split up their land and classify themselves as households in the lower fifth tier, the money they will spend and the troubles they may encounter will probably be more than this half of the exemption tax."
"clever."
Wang Anshi gave Zhang Fei an approving look.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "But this will definitely be a tough battle."
“They are all tough battles.”
Wang Anshi laughed and said, "But I've been wondering recently, why was it so smooth for you to collect the license plate fees?"
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "It wasn't going well at that time."
Wang Anshi said: "It is better than I thought. Now people have changed from criticizing to praising."
He envied the police station because they always asked rich people for money, but everyone got used to the license plate fee very quickly. But no matter what he did, he was scolded every day.
What a difference in treatment.
Zhang Fei thought about it and said, "Perhaps it is limited to the capital. If it is popularized nationwide, the result may be different."
Wang Anshi nodded and asked, "Don't you have any better ideas?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I can only give Master Wang some advice on publicity. I can't give any advice on the content. This is not what I am good at."
This is actually a very true statement.
He knew that Wang Anshi's reform would fail, so why didn't he provide advice and help Wang Anshi? The reason was that the only advice he could provide was to not change for the time being and to govern the officials first.
There was no way Wang Anshi would agree to that.
If you want to change, he really can't give any better suggestions.
Take the conscription law for example. The most criticized part of it was that Wang Anshi also levied exemption tax on the poor. Of course, Wang Anshi's purpose was to enrich the national treasury. Collecting taxes from the poor would definitely increase a lot of revenue, as the poor are the largest class after all.
But if he doesn't do this, many people will find ways to become the fifth-class households, which will be a huge loophole.
However, the current execution cannot completely distinguish between classes.
The spirit of Legalism is to treat everyone equally, which is also the least troublesome approach.
Wang Anshi asked again: "What about publicity?"
Zhang Fei said: "I have discussed this with Lu Xiaojian. I will publish an article here first, and then secretly publish an article in the newspapers to support it. As a supplementary explanation, why taxes are levied on tax-free households and why taxes are levied on the lower five grades. This way, it will be more convincing."
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