Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 325 Paving the Way! (4k)

Su Yun nodded and said, "Don't think about it, just leave it like this."

Queen Mother Gao looked at Lü Gongzhu and the others and said, "Prime Minister Lü, what do you think?"

Lu Gongzhu thought for a moment and said, "It is not impossible to return the three ministries to the Ministry of Works, but the late emperor's decision to return the three ministries to the Ministry of Revenue was indeed intended to let the Ministry of Revenue bear the burden of the three ministries.

The previous Ministry of Works was indeed incapable of assuming this responsibility, so it was temporarily transferred to the Ministry of Revenue. This has historical reasons.

However, now that the Ministry of Works has a capable person like Su Shangshu, I think it should be able to take on this responsibility. This is also a good thing. After all, it would be inappropriate to lose one of the three provinces and six ministries.

Therefore, I agree with this matter in principle, but the details still need to be discussed. "

Empress Dowager Gao said, "Prince Lu, please tell me more details, especially the details that need to be discussed. Please elaborate on them."

Lu Gongzhu nodded and said, "First of all, it is the issue of staff salaries. The imperial court has never made it reasonable for each ministry to bear the cost on its own. Previously, it was paid from the three ministries, but now it must all be paid from the Ministry of Revenue.
The second issue is water control. Water control is a major national event. If you are not careful, it will lead to a catastrophic disaster. How can we rely on such impulsiveness? This is naturally inappropriate. The court has to cover the cost.

As for military farming, it is a major national strategy and cannot be neglected. Profit should not be the priority, but safety should be the main consideration.

Apart from these three questions, I have no other questions."

Empress Dowager Gao nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and said, "Mr. Lu is indeed mature and prudent. These three details are particularly important and should not be used to make a fuss. So, how should we decide on the matters of these three ministries? All the ministers can give us some advice."

Zeng Bu suddenly felt something was wrong. Originally, he wanted to use these conditions to scare Su Yun away, but after hearing a few words from Lu Gongzhu, he now had to return the three ministries to the Ministry of Works for nothing!

How is this possible?

Yes, the three ministries have indeed been losing money in recent years, but so what? It is the court’s money that is being lost, not their own money. Without the three ministries in hand, the power is completely different!

In the eyes of ordinary people, the most valuable of these three departments is the Jiangzuojian, because it can take on many projects and make a profit.

But in Zeng Bu's view, the Du Shui Jian and the Tuntian Si are the most valuable. The reason is that the Du Shui Jian manages the rivers and canals in the world. Through the process of managing these rivers and canals, it can establish connections with the local government offices and have influence on them.

The same principle applies to military farming. When farming, local governments can be asked to cooperate. In this way, the local governments can naturally be influenced.

In this way, he would naturally maximize the power in his hands. If he lost these two ministries, the influence of the Ministry of Revenue would naturally be greatly weakened. As Zeng Bu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he would naturally lose a lot of power.

However, he had already said that the three ministries would be returned to the Ministry of Works, and now he couldn't take it back. But he was unwilling to give the three ministries away for nothing, so he could only look at the Minister of Revenue Li Chang again and again, signaling Li Chang to come out and say a few words, so as to stop this matter.

But he was obviously flirting with the blind man. Li Chang ignored his gesture, kept his eyes down and said nothing.

Zeng Bu suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a saying about Su Yun that "his talent is comparable to Han Zhongxian". I think it was what Li Chang said, right?
It’s his mother’s fault!

No wonder he, as the Minister of Revenue, had to watch helplessly as his Vice Minister give away the three ministries. It turns out that this is the reason!

Zeng Bu suddenly felt a little confused: How did this incident happen today?
Oh, it’s that bitch Liu Zhi!

If that bitch Liu Zhi hadn't impeached Su Yun, why would she have mentioned this matter?
Zeng Bu looked towards Liu Zhi with some anger, but seeing Liu Zhi's serious face, he suddenly woke up: Hehe, they are fighting in Shu Shuo, why should I join in the fun?

Recently, the old party has returned on a large scale. At the beginning, everyone was celebrating and congratulating each other for the abolition of the new law and the demotion of the ministers who implemented the new law. The court was full of righteous people, but after a while, conflicts among them emerged.

Zeng Bu defected from the New Law Party, so the old party was wary of him. But also because of this, he was able to stay out of the matter and see things clearly.

Now the old party in the court has shown some signs of forming factions.

In Zeng Bu's view, the court has now formed three factions: Shu, Luo and Shuo. The three parties have gradually become antagonistic because of their different styles of doing things and political views.

The political views of the Luo Party had many similarities and differences with those of Wang Anshi.

Like Wang Anshi, they advocated using ideals to transform reality, and their ideals were also the models of the so-called "kingly way" of the Tang, Yu and Three Dynasties.

This is true not only in terms of ideals, but also in terms of specific propositions.

For example, Wang Anshi believed that "today, there is a shortage of talented people, and their academic knowledge is different, with different opinions, so they cannot have a unified morality. If they have a unified morality, they can build schools."

Cheng Hao believed that: "Nowadays, teachers and students are abandoned and morality is not the same. ... Talented people are not nurtured in schools and many talents are wasted."

On this point, the two sides are in complete agreement.

Cheng Hao once wrote a letter to Emperor Shenzong, in which his ideas about the well-field system, turning soldiers into farmers, and that the emperor must establish a teacher were mostly consistent with those of Wang Anshi.

In the second year of Xining, Cheng Hao participated in the investigation of farmland water conservancy taxes and labor services in various regions because they had the same understanding.

However, there are also differences between Luo Party and Wang Anshi. For example, Wang Anshi attaches great importance to law, while Luo Party attaches more importance to people. Cheng Yi once said: "Those who are good at governance must make the cultivation of talents their top priority. If there are not enough talents, even if there are good laws, they cannot be implemented."

The Shu Party, headed by Su Shi, had a more flexible view on political affairs than the Luo Party and did not stick to one side when discussing things. Therefore, they did not emphasize any particular concept, nor did they believe that any particular system was superior.

Originally, the leaders of the two parties only had different interests and personalities. For example, Cheng Yi, the leader of the Luo Party, "did not want to make idle remarks" and quoted an ancient sentence "To chant five words, one must use up one's whole life", saying that writing poetry was a waste of life, so-called "it's a pity to use up one's whole life on five words."

Su Shi, the leader of the Shu Party, was very fond of poetry and believed that "there is no greater joy in the world than this."

Their personalities were even more different. Cheng Yi was too serious and had no sense of humor at all, while Su Shi was a talented man who was extremely talented in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and had a more "lively" personality.

However, these differences are actually unrelated. But Zeng Bu recently heard that because Su Yun became the official tutor, a direct confrontation occurred between the Shu and Luo parties. After this confrontation, the Luo party has recently been very dissatisfied with the Shu party.

The difference between the Shuo Party and the Luo Party is that most of the Shuo Party officials are pragmatic officials, so they place more emphasis on experience.

The Luo Party particularly likes to talk about Tang, Yu, the Three Dynasties, and the "distinction between kingship and hegemony", while the Shuo Party does not.

Instead of talking about the far-reaching ideals of the Three Dynasties, they focused on the experience of the Han and Tang Dynasties, which Wang Anshi and the Luo Party looked down upon, and advocated gradual reform by weighing the pros and cons of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Hehe, today, Liu Zhi of the Shu Party personally impeached Su Yun of the Shu Party. I am afraid that there will be a big wave between the Shu and Luo parties in the future.

This is a good thing!
Zeng Bu chuckled in his heart, now in the court, the Luo Party was the most powerful, followed by the Shu Party, and the Shuo Party was the weakest. Of course, if there were no party struggles, a lone ranger like him might be excluded, but if the three parties of Shu, Luo, and Shuo started fighting, that would be his chance!

Fight, fight, the fiercer the better!
Thinking of this, Zeng Bu simply shut his mouth and stopped winking at Li Chang.

If you want them to fight more fiercely, you naturally have to give the weaker Shu Party more power, so that they will fight more fiercely!

Su Yun is different from his two uncles. His two uncles are best at talking big, but looking at his actions, he really has the style of Han Zhongxian. He acts strategically and unconventionally. He just became the Minister of Works, and he immediately started to seize power.

Ha ha.

This man is not a man who keeps to himself. If he gains some power, he will definitely have greater conflicts with the Luo Party and the Shuo Party. When they are all defeated, that will be his chance!
Zeng Bu and Li Chang, the two parties involved, remained silent. Lu Gongzhu had already expressed his agreement. Most of the others took the attitude that it had nothing to do with them, so there were not many obstacles to this matter.

In order to balance power, Empress Dowager Gao returned the three ministries to the Ministry of Works, but still instructed Su Yun: "Water control and farming are both important national affairs. Minister Su must pay attention to them."

Su Yun was overjoyed to see that the matter was settled.

Today was an unexpected disaster as I was impeached for no reason, but I didn't expect that I could take back the three ministries without paying any price. This is really a pleasant surprise.

Originally, he planned to use the proceeds from the Qingming Shanghe Garden to bribe the families of ministers in exchange for their support for the Ministry of Works, and then take back the Ministry of Works' powers and responsibilities.

But today, Liu Zhi's impeachment brought the matter to the surface. After his temporary response and the method of provoking Zeng Bu, he made the matter of the return of the three ministries public.

He also persuaded Queen Mother Gao with the idea of ​​checks and balances, and was able to take it back without sacrificing much benefit. This really surprised Su Yun!

Su Yun quickly responded: "Yes, I will definitely keep these two things in mind!"

After the matter was settled and the court was dismissed, Su Yun walked out of the hall in high spirits. With the morning sun shining outside, Su Yun suddenly felt his heart open and the world as wide as before!

However, the matter has been agreed upon and still needs to be implemented carefully, but Su Yun no longer needs to worry too much.

This matter was decided by the Queen Mother, Lu Gongzhu, Zeng Bu and others in front of all the ministers. The trend is set, and even if someone wants to make some changes, they will not be able to overcome the trend.

However, Su Yun did not dare to be careless. He thought about it carefully and then made a decision: not only should the shares of Qingming Shanghe Park be given away, but they should be given away more decisively!

But at this moment it is not only out of consideration for the Ministry of Industry, but also to pave the way for his own career!
In the next five or six years, Lu Gongzhu, Lu Dafang and Fan Chunren will govern together and alone respectively. Once he can make friends with these three people, then in these five or six years, he will surely be able to take a step further and become the prime minister!
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On this day, after Fan Chunren finished his government affairs, he took a carriage home. As soon as he got off the carriage, his eldest son Fan Zhengmin came to greet him.

Seeing that his eldest son looked a little strange, Fan Chunren quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Fan Zhengmin whispered, "Father, let's go to the study."

Fan Chunren nodded, strode into the study, then sat down and asked, "What's going on?"

Fan Zhengmin took out a short cylinder from his sleeve, pulled out the piston, poured out a roll of documents from the cylinder and handed it to Fan Chunren.

Fan Chunren took it and looked at it, and asked in surprise: "The share certificate of Qingming Riverside Park? How did you get this thing?"

Fan Zhengmin quickly said, "It was sent by the Minister of Works Su Yunsu Juzheng."

Fan Chunren frowned upon hearing this, thought for a moment, and said, "Did he say anything?"

Fan Zhengmin said: "The person who came said that this share is similar to the Fan family's family land, which can make the family prosperous for a hundred years."

Fan Chunren immediately understood that the shares Su Yun gave were not to him, Fan Chunren himself, but to the Fan family.

The so-called Fan clan land was set up by Fan Zhongyan for his own family so that the Fan family members would not have to give up studying for a living from generation to generation.

Fan Chunren frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Zizheng, do you know this Qingming Riverside Park?"

Fan Zhengmin said quickly: "I heard that the construction of Qingming Riverside Park is very large, and my son has also heard about it recently. I heard that many wealthy merchants in Bianjing are willing to spend a fortune just to get a share.

There are even many merchants who, in order to secure an opportunity to enter the market and do business in advance, even go to great lengths to seek connections everywhere, and some have paid hundreds of strings of cash just for the money spent on connections!"

Fan Chunren nodded and said, "Have you ever heard how much one share is worth?"

Fan Zhengmin swallowed his saliva, looked at the document with 20% of shares in his father's hand, and said: "Now one share is worth at least 15,000 guan, and the 20% shares in our hands are worth 300,000 guan!

Moreover, it is said that the value of this share is still underestimated. According to rumors, after the Qingming Shanghe Park is completed, the various rental fees alone can generate an income of 6 million strings of cash each year.

Therefore, the price of this share must at least increase tenfold, which is three million strings of cash! Of course, my son thinks this is too ridiculous! "

Fan Chunren took a deep breath when he heard this. The nonsense about the stock price increasing tenfold was too much, but the current share price of fifteen thousand strings of cash per cent was already too scary!
Fan Chunren looked at the thin piece of paper in his hand, and then said, "Zi Zheng, do you think you can take this share?"

Fan Zhengmin smiled bitterly and said, "Before you came back, I had thought about whether to accept it many times, for I was afraid that Su Juzheng had ulterior motives!

If we accept this share, we might do something that goes against our grandfather's teachings in the future, so I know in my heart that I cannot accept it.

But this amount of money is really too much. I think it is a good idea that our descendants of the Fan family can rely on this money in the future without having to worry about their livelihood and can focus on their studies.

However, my son has finally figured it out. We can’t take the shares!”

(End of this chapter)