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

In the Lu Mansion!

Lu Dafang was agitated. The officials wanted him to take the initiative to agree to work as a slave laborer, while the old party wanted him to take the lead in opposing the work of slave laborers. In this way, he was caught in a dilemma.

"Master, Fan Taicheng is here to visit?" Suddenly the concierge came to report.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng?" Lu Dafang's heart was moved. The imperial doctor Cheng Guan lives in the sixth rank. If he were an ordinary sixth-rank official, he would not be able to visit his house.

However, Fan Zheng is not an ordinary imperial doctor, but Bian Que, a medical doctor who controls the medical family. He is also a celebrity around the official family. Coupled with his status as the first generation reform leader Fan Zhongyan, even Lu Dafang cannot ignore it. he.

"Please come quickly!" Lu Dafang stood up and said.

Soon, Fan Zheng came striding over, and when he saw Lu Dafang, he cupped his hands and said, "The officials saw that Mr. Lu's eyes were bloodshot recently and he looked haggard. They knew Mr. Lu had worked too hard for the country, so they specially ordered Fan to come for diagnosis and treatment!" "

Lu Dafang cooperated: "I am quite honored to be prescribed by the famous evil doctor Fan Zheng."

At that moment, Lu Dafang stretched out his hand and asked Fan Zheng to diagnose his pulse. Fan Zheng was not pretending, but seriously diagnosed and treated Lu Dafang. He nodded slightly and said, "Although Mr. Lu has old age diseases, he has no serious illness." No, it just needs to be nursed back to health! But from Fan’s point of view, Mr. Lu’s recent haggardness should be due to heart disease.”

Lu Dafang raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh! I wonder what kind of heart disease I have?"

Fan Zhengxin said: "The slaves will work for you!"

Lu Dafang's face twitched and he was speechless. He naturally knew that Fan Zheng's visit to see a doctor was fake and that he was actually working as a lobbyist for the government.

Fan Zheng continued: "Lü Xianggong is an elite of the world. How could he not understand that once the labor comes in and out of the house, the court no longer has to worry about taxes, and the people's burden will be reduced, and the harm of the new law will be eliminated."

Lu Dafang was speechless. He naturally knew the power of sharing labor between households and households. However, this method was good for the court and the people, but it was not good for the officials and landlords.

"Then according to what Fan Taicheng said, how should I treat my heart disease?" Lu Dafang asked.

Fan Zhengxin said: "What Lu Dafang is worried about is nothing more than resentment among the officials and instability in the court! In this case, officials will not have to pay taxes. All officials will be exempted from taxes ranging from a hundred to a thousand acres according to their rank. tax."

"Tax reductions and exemptions according to grades?" Lu Dafang's heart was moved. He knew that the government was eager to reform, and the work-sharing system must be implemented. However, it was the officials who implemented the work-sharing system, and the benefits of the work-sharing system were also harmed. Hundreds of officials, how can hundreds of officials be willing to cut their own flesh?

Now that the government has taken a step back and allowed officials to reduce taxes according to their grades, he also has steps to climb down, and officials have greatly reduced their complaints. As for the losers, it is naturally the landlords with more land. As long as there is no official in the family, they naturally have little say, etc. When they become officials and enjoy their privileges, they naturally have no complaints.

"Wonderful! This recipe is very wonderful. Once this recipe comes out, my heart ailments will be cured by the medicine." Lu Dafang said with great joy. In this way, he could not only obey the official's wishes and agree to work as a slave laborer, It can also give an explanation to the old party officials.

"In this case, I would like to congratulate Prime Minister Lu in advance." Fan Zheng said with cupped hands.

Lu Dafang looked at Fan Zheng with emotion and said: "Fan Taicheng's illness has been cured by the medicine, and Mr. Fan will have a successor!"

Lu Dafang's words seemed contradictory, but in fact he was filled with emotion. Who would have thought that Fan Zhongyan's grandson would actually use medicine to achieve enlightenment. This time, the methods of working as a servant and becoming an official at sixty all have the shadow of doctors.

"Since Mr. Lu's heartache has gone away, Fan will not disturb him any more." Seeing that his purpose was achieved, Fan Zheng said goodbye immediately.

After Fan Zheng leaves!

Lu Dafang immediately summoned his confidant Yang Wei to discuss the matter.

"Tax exemption from hundreds to a thousand acres!" Yang Wei frowned. He, the censor, was only a fifth-rank official. Tax exemptions based on rank would only exempt a few hundred acres of tax at most, and their family's farmland But it's more than that.

"Yes! This is what I finally won in front of the officials." Lu Dafang unceremoniously took the credit for himself.

"But I'm afraid some Tian Duo officials will still be dissatisfied?" Yang Wei tried his best to argue.

Lu Dafang reprimanded: "Dissatisfied? How can we scholars only think about our own selfish interests? When doctors were exempted from military service, you and others were excited and impeached. Now the court has given you privileges and tax exemptions, and you are still not satisfied. If you are a human being, If no one wants to pay taxes, how can the court function?"

He was about to become the prime minister, so naturally he didn't want to have no money in his hands. It would also be beneficial to him to share the labor service with his family.

Yang Wei nodded helplessly and then passed the news to the old party members.

Most old party officials accepted this plan in their hearts. Not all officials had thousands of acres of fertile land. When Fan Zhongyan bought a thousand acres of fertile land in his hometown, he already had all his wealth.

Excluding the tax exemptions and exemptions from the court, the taxes paid by their family were not much. Of course, some officials with wealthy families were dissatisfied, but after all, they were in the minority and could no longer make waves.

The next day.

Lu Dafang personally expressed his approval for the imperial court to implement the tax-sharing system. At the same time, he also reported to the imperial court that the scholar-bureaucrats were given preferential treatment. First-grade officials were exempted from taxation of 1,000 acres. By analogy, the lowest ninth-grade officials were exempted from 200 acres, 100 acres were exempted from the tax, and 50 acres were exempted for scholars. mu.

"Officials are not allowed! The most important thing in court taxation is fairness. Scholar-officials are role models for the people in the world. How can they take the lead in tax exemption?" Wang Di frowned and took the initiative to object. When his grandfather Wang Anshi implemented the new law, everyone in the world Everyone is treated equally, and there are exceptions when it comes to implementing the system of working from farm to farm.

Other New Party officials also came forward to express their opposition. It was not that their families did not have land, but that whatever the Old Party agreed to, the New Party would definitely oppose.

"Lord Lu is an old man who manages the country. Hundreds of officials serve the imperial court. How can he be a servant and pay for food at the same time!"

Zhao Xu once again rejected all opinions and agreed to Lu Dafang's memorial.

"To report to the officials, Mr. Fan has been resigning as prime minister for many days, and all the officials in the court are leaderless. I would also like to ask the officials to decide on the position of prime minister as soon as possible." Yang Wei, the censor, took the opportunity to report.

All the officials in the dynasty agreed one after another!

"My dear friends, do you have any candidates?" Zhao Xu asked knowingly.

"Wei ministers recommend Mr. Lu!" Censor Yang Wei couldn't wait to say.

Old party officials recommended Lu Dafang one after another.

"I recommend you to Mr. Zhang!" Wang Di also said not to be outdone.

The New Party unanimously recommended Zhang Dun, but there was a huge gap in the number of people.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but frown when he saw the strength of the new party and the old party. However, he still followed his previous promise and finally looked at Lu Dafang.

"Lü Aiqing, who is devoted to the country, adheres to the ancestral laws, and has made great contributions to my personal administration, is specially appointed as a member of Tong Zhongshu's family to lead all officials!" Zhao Xu said solemnly.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Lu Dafang's heart was shaken. He had been an official all his life and finally got the position of prime minister, a very popular minister.

New Party officials could not help but feel downcast.

"Zhang Aiqing is determined to innovate and implement new laws. He is specially appointed as Shangshu Zuopushe and participates in political affairs." Zhao Xu said again.

Zhang Dun suddenly looked up with a look of surprise on his face. You must know that Wang Anshi's position during the reform was to participate in political affairs. Although Zhao Xu did not make him prime minister, he gave him a position that was more suitable for him than prime minister.

"I accept the decree!" Zhang Dun solemnly said.

The New Party was immediately shocked. The officials appointed Zhang Dun as a political advisor. Wouldn't this be conveying their determination to reform to the world?

At the same time, Shangshu's right servant Su Che's position remained unchanged. Above the court, the three factions of reform, conservatism, and neutrality once again stood as a tripartite.