After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

"What do you mean?" Wu Lingjia looked at her doubtfully.

When asked, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "I have just been appointed as the Minister of Hubu. Any mistakes made by the Minister of Hubu in the past have nothing to do with me. The only thing that has passed through my hands is the stolen money from Zhongna."

"But if we start from Zhongna, you will definitely be involved." Wu Lingjia's eyes showed concern, "Is there no other way?"

"No." Pei Jiaoran shook his head, "And you can rest assured that the money is not in my hands, but in Yanziku. Previously, Yanziku came to the transfer department and asked Duzhi about the property he owed. Now In the end, His Majesty allocated money from the inner treasury to Duzhi and Yantie to repay it, but we still have to pay it this year."

Although the money went into the Yanzi Treasury, the money that was to be given to the Yanzi Treasury this year has not yet been paid. She made a rough estimate and found that the taxes paid by the Ministry of Revenue this year were not high. After weighing the two factors, she could only temporarily transfer the money to Yan Zi's treasury. However, it was not delivered through Zuozang and Taifu, but directly to the people of Yanziku. Therefore, not many people know about this account.

After hearing her words, Wu Lingjia instantly came back to his senses. He held his hands and smiled, "Then I'll be relieved. But Jiajia, there's one more thing I want to ask you."

"Ok?"

"The court is in difficulty right now, do you have any good ideas?"

"From the current point of view, reducing the number of troops is a good strategy. Pei Jiaoran paused and continued: "There are many people in various prefectures and counties who have empty military quotas. Although there are certain benefits to occupying empty status, there are still many disadvantages if you need to calculate carefully. "

"I also think it is good to reduce the number of troops, especially those powerful vassals. But now the court has no force to deter the vassal towns. If you want to implement this decree, you can only make them feel that it is beneficial to them." Wu Lingjia frowned. .

Pei Jiaoran was silent after saying this. Wu Lingjia was different from her. Although he knew that the imperial court was sophisticated and had certain methods, he had no experience in local governance. The implementation of government orders is only superficial. If you feel that the decrees issued by the imperial court are beneficial to the local area, the local government should comply with them.

"Lingjia, how can it be so easy? Complying with the implementation is just the attitude of the local government towards the central government. If he refuses to obey, he can also kill the officials sent by the imperial court." Pei Jiaoran glanced at the door and lowered his voice, "The implementation of any decree is ineffective. It is important to think deeply about how to implement it. The implementation of any new order in ancient times has been accompanied by pros and cons. Although Emperor Xiaowen's reform was good, it violated the interests of the Xianbei nobles. Whether it is beneficial or not is just a matter of deciding whether this decree should be implemented. It should not be implemented. If we study further, new questions will arise. How strong should the implementation be? What is considered a good job? How should we divide the credit? Including after the decree is implemented, the primary and secondary responsibilities need to be divided. . These cannot be explained clearly in a few words, nor can they be negotiated with sufficient force."

Wu Lingjia's face looked solemn, "I remember Aye said that Emperor Xiaowen's reforms, when people are in troubled times, will have all kinds of urgent needs, and as a ruler, you need to constantly come up with plans to deal with them. Good things will enable the dynasty to continue. In a hundred years, it will be destroyed overnight. Until a dynasty that can provide new solutions appears, we can move forward. "

"That's the truth. Although Empress Dowager Feng had implemented the three-chief system and the equal land system before Emperor Xiaowen's reform, the internal shortcomings of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties still existed. After he came to the throne, in order to carry out drastic reforms, he issued an edict to move the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang to replace The status of the Southern Dynasties. After that, he issued many reform decrees, but in the final analysis, the reason why he dared to do what he did was simply because he had a lot of facts and there were many powerful locals who benefited from him and were willing to support his reforms in order to seek greater change. Great interests." Pei Jiaoran raised his lips and snarled coldly, "Despite the support of these people, it still touched the interests of many people. It eventually led to a rebellion. After this incident, Emperor Xiaowen still made a compromise, and the north still maintained the old customs. But those in Luoyang are extravagant and lustful, following in the footsteps of the two Jin Dynasties."

Power is the decision-making power in the hands of those in power, and its status is best reflected in the twilight zone. For example, the imperial court and the three towns of Heshuo. Due to the strength of the three towns, the imperial court was unable to know the actual internal situation and could only let everything go as it was. But if people from the imperial court can enter the card tables in the three towns and learn the truth, then the imperial court has the final say.

"But if you don't take the initiative and use force to deter them, how can they be willing to negotiate terms with you?" Wu Lingjia opened his mouth, obviously not understanding why Pei Jiaoran did not agree to directly use force to deter the feudal town.

Pei Jiaoran looked at her and smiled. Many people think that the imperial court is in charge of formulation and decision-making of government orders, while local governments are only the executors. If the local government is unwilling to implement the administrative decree, it can be suppressed by force. but it is not the truth.

With a smile on his face, Pei Jiaoran said: "Every government order from formulation, decision-making, promulgation to implementation, there are countless people behind the scenes to strive to optimize the order. Although using force to implement the order is the simplest and crudest method It is a kind of negotiation, but more often the two sides negotiate with each other, and the central government must also seek opinions from the local government to ensure that each side makes concessions and modifications without damaging the interests of both parties." After taking a sip of tea, she continued: "After repeated Only the revised decree can be truly conveyed. So you see why Emperor Xiaowen first carried out drastic reforms and issued various bans, but in the end he had to compromise. Because he had no other choice."

Wu Lingjia looked at her, joy flashing in his eyes. He stretched out his hand to hold her hand and said, "I became an official because of the legacy of my ancestors. Although I am from a noble family, my views are far inferior to yours. Jiajia, who are your ancestors? How could you raise such a naturally powerful person like you?" Come with the bones.”

"You and I have different experiences, so naturally we will have ideological deviations." Pei Jiaoran smiled slightly.

Wu Lingjia has her own advantages, so the two naturally don't have to be similar.

"So Jiajia, since you don't want to take the initiative, what are your plans?"

"Naturally, let the three towns take the initiative to rebel, so that the court can attack them legitimately. If they win, the people sent can sit down and have a good talk with them. More importantly, if the court takes the initiative to attack them, it will most likely harm the people. Even if they win, the implementation of the decree will not be easy." Pei Jiaoran tapped the table with his fingers, "If there is a war, they will have to expropriate the people's wealth. The local people don't know the truth, and they have lived here for many years, so their habits have long been changed. If the imperial court sends troops to attack, they will only think it is the imperial court's problem. The ruling institutions in Heshuo will not have an easy time, and they may not be able to collect taxes if they want."

At this time, Wu Lingjia looked at Pei Jiaoran blankly, as if he didn't expect that she could consider so many issues from all aspects.

"But what if Heshuo doesn't rebel? Are we just going to let it grow bigger?"