Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

The next day, Di Bao published three reforms of the New Party in succession, which immediately caused a sensation among the people.

“Officials refuse to implement the new law!”

Suddenly, the people applauded, and Xining's new law was already notorious among the people.

Without him, just because no matter whether rich or poor, he spends money together, naturally no one supports him.

"Wang Di, the grandson of Wang Xianggong, advises us to implement a whipping method!"

The people in Kaifeng were inexplicable when they saw the whipping method. Although the whipping method also cost money, it was much better than the new method. If it could be implemented, it would be acceptable.

"The slaves are here!"

However, when they saw the last reform, almost everyone was upset. The poor were upset because once this law came out, the landless poor no longer had to pay the tax exemption, and the rich were upset because they owned If you have more fields, you may have to bear more taxes and labor costs.

For a time, the city of Kaifeng was polarized. The poor supported the idea of ​​working as a slave laborer, while the rich strongly opposed the idea of ​​working as a slave laborer.

"The New Party is really haunting and wants to harm me!" the landlords in Kaifeng City said angrily. They remembered that when Wang Anshi carried out the reform, he required the poor and rich to pay the money for free service. This gave them bad intentions and encouraged the poor to oppose exemption law, as a way to discredit the new law.

Now, the poor don't have to pay the exemption money, it's all passed on to the rich.

"Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu! You are a traitor."

A group of rich people gritted their teeth.

"I'm afraid you have wronged the New Party. It is said that this strategy was prescribed by the evil doctor Fan Zheng." Suddenly a news spread wildly in Kaifeng City.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng?" Everyone frowned. Didn't they say that they heard that Fan Zheng had corrected his evil ways and no longer prescribed evil prescriptions?

"This prescription is indeed correct, but it is different. It does have the style of the evil doctor Fan Zheng!" A Confucian scholar said with a strange expression.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng!"

For a moment, the dignitary gritted his teeth and said.

"Furthermore, Fan Zheng also had his own selfish motives for developing this prescription. Once he becomes a slave, doctors will no longer have to serve." The person who broke the news said again.

"Okay! Fan Zheng actually has such selfish motives, and for the sake of the prosperity of the medical family, he actually tried to harm us. Let's see if we can impeach him!"

All the officials in the imperial court were worried that they could not find a loophole to exploit Fan Zheng. After hearing about the plan, they all wrote letters to impeach Fan Zheng.

………………

In the prime minister's house,

"Second uncle, save me!"

Fan Zhengzheng drove in and shouted loudly.

Fan Chunren looked helplessly at Fan Zheng, who was smiling playfully. How could this nephew have any attitude of asking for help?

"Did you really do this by your own hand?" Fan Chunren asked solemnly.

Fan Zheng admitted directly: "Not only is it a labor service, but it's also a whipping method."

Fan Zhengping on the side sighed and said: "Brother Zheng, why do you hide it when you have such a good plan? This is not to enhance the prestige of the Wang family and destroy the ambition of my Fan family."

Fan Zhengping felt unwilling to do so. If his father personally proposed to join his mother's family as a slave laborer, it would definitely enhance the reputation of the Fan family.

Fan Zheng asked rhetorically: "The second uncle is the prime minister, so he naturally knows that now the new and old parties stand side by side in the court, and the implementation of the new law cannot be successful with just one plan, but requires a large number of officials to follow. My Fan family is the first generation of reform family. , will definitely not be tolerated by the old party, and will also be rejected by the new party. If you want to implement reforms, I am afraid it will be difficult to do so. Rather than doing this, it is better to use the sharp knife of the new party to implement the New Deal."

Fan Chunren solemnly nodded and said: "Yes, during the reign of the Empress Dowager, there was a massive liquidation of the New Party, and many new laws were abolished indiscriminately. Now that the New Party has made a comeback, it has to share the good laws of the old party. It will definitely implement them with all its strength to fight back against the old party. .”

In fact, it stands to reason that he should also be included in the old party, but he is a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, the first-generation reform leader. The old party is also wary of him, and his position is extremely embarrassing. If he is allowed to implement the system of labor sharing, he will be I'm afraid no one will cooperate at all.

"It's a pity that the New Party is not stupid, and pushed you out to be the scapegoat. Now the whole country has spread the news that you only wanted to work as a slave in order to exempt the doctors in the world. The doctors have already aroused public anger." Fan Zhengping said helplessly.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "That's why I came here today because of this matter. I wonder if the second uncle is willing to cooperate with the doctors to reform the problem of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty."

"Do you want the Fan family to also change their laws?" Fan Chunren frowned.

Fan Zheng said proudly: "That's natural. The Fan family is the first generation of reform family. How can we let the Wang family and the New Party focus on the former? Moreover, the New Party's reform mainly focuses on redundancy. My nephew has a good way to solve redundant officials, and everyone is happy. A good recipe, I wonder if my second uncle is interested."

"A recipe that everyone is happy with?" Fan Chunren raised his eyebrows. Since ancient times, reforms have always harmed the interests of some people. Take the work-sharing system as an example, it is still the poor who benefit and the rich who suffer, not to mention the redundancy of officials. Many There are so many people trying to get into the officialdom. If you tell them to stop being an official, they will probably fight you tooth and nail.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Second uncle, have you ever heard of the traditional Chinese medicine hospital's strategy for treating the elderly?"

"Yi Lao! You mean that the elderly who are over sixty years old should leave the traditional Chinese medicine hospital and enjoy their old age!" Fan Chunren said with a thought in his heart.

"Yes, there are many doctors who are sixty years old, and there are also many officials who are sixty years old! Once a person passes sixty, his energy and physical strength are simply unable to cope with the heavy official duties. In this case, why not be like the doctors and enjoy peace of mind at the age of sixty? In his later years. Give the chance of becoming an official to young people." Fan Zheng said seriously.

In this era, officials are the most pampered group of people, and they live for a long time. There are not a few who are over sixty. If officials over sixty are allowed to retire, a lot of positions will definitely be freed up.

Fan Chunren said solemnly: "This policy is not appropriate. I am afraid that the number of senior officials in the court is the largest. If you let them abandon their official positions and retire in old age, the public will definitely be excited. Besides, when doctors retire, they still have hospitals to support them. When officials retire, Is it possible that the court should continue to distribute salaries?"

"Why not! Anyway, young officials are given salary when they are free. Why not give these salaries to the old people. They are old and do not have to do anything. There is no big problem with less salary. Of course, for senior officials of the imperial court, being in politics is a big problem. Experience is also extremely important, and the retirement age should be appropriately relaxed for those above the third rank.”

Fan Chunren's eyes suddenly lit up, he nodded slightly and said, "Maybe this strategy is feasible?"

"In addition to old-age care, officials cannot escape the three thousand diseases of old age. The doctors can promise that as long as officials over sixty in the Song Dynasty can enjoy a 10% discount from the doctors as a reward for the doctor's exemption from military service." Fan Zheng continued.

He could directly give preferential treatment to all officials like later generations. However, now that the medical profession has not yet flourished, the medical treatment for officials over sixty years old has reached its limit.

Fan Chunren took a deep look at his nephew and did not expect that he would be here to remedy the situation that had angered hundreds of officials.

"If there is a commitment from doctors, this strategy is at least 90% certain." Fan Chunren said solemnly.

Officials over the age of sixty can receive their salary without having to do anything, and medical treatment costs almost nothing, which naturally greatly reduces resistance. Even other officials will not object, after all, they are also in their sixties.

"With the number of officials who retire every year and the officials who died unexpectedly, the number of officials needed by the court every year can be estimated. In this way, the number of officials needed by the court and the number of officials recruited by the imperial examination are all determined. Although this strategy cannot completely solve the problem Redundant officials can at least greatly alleviate the problem of redundant officials." Fan Zheng said proudly.

Fan Chunren's heart suddenly pounded. He was about to bid farewell and leave the court sadly. If he had offered this strategy before leaving to alleviate the pain of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty, he would have been proud and proud, and he would have lived up to the name of his father Fan Wenzheng.