Chapter 171 Lu Yijian's Worries
Mengzhou Houya, Li Shen told Li Di about his trip to Luoyang City this time and asked: "My husband, I wonder if there is anything important in the yamen recently? I promised Xu Ducao, I'm afraid I won't have any spare time in the past or two months. The fastest update."
Li Di said disrespectfully: "It's okay, just leave the matters in the state to the judges and the directors to deal with. There are really important things. Since you have agreed, you should do your best."
"Thank you for your accomplishment!" Li Chan bowed and looked up again. "There is one thing that the servant has always been unable to figure out in his heart. I wonder if my husband can solve his doubts?"
"But it's okay!"
"This time, Mr. Yan came, and I heard that it was mainly because Mr. Lu did not want to implement the new policy of money shops across the country, which was contrary to Mr. Wang's intention. I heard that the court came to stabilize the price of silk, and then the three officials used the silk in their hands as a book and printed shopping coupons from the shop to repay the tickets in Henan Prefecture. In theory, this proposal was very feasible, and the three officials in the capital had already started to collect silk, and the price of silk was basically stable. At this time, what's wrong with what Mr. Lu said? Why did Mr. Lu insist on writing off the tickets in Henan Prefecture, and even signed officials to all the officials on the West Road of Jing?"
After hearing this, Li Di smiled and said, "Li Shen, you have always been an official outside and have never been to the court. You can't see through things. Originally, the King of Lu was able to enter the Political Affairs Hall back then, so King of Wang was willing to give him the position of Prime Minister again. At that time, the two had not had a grudge and were in harmony. Humph, but King of Wang was afraid that Mr. Wang did not expect that Mr. Lu had been in the Political Affairs Hall for many years, with a wide connection and all the major affairs of the court were handled by him. Although Mr. Lu was respectful to Mr. Wang on the surface, the government was firmly in his hands. What do you think about the King of Wang? Over the past year, Mr. Wang was unwilling to prepare a position to be a clay puppet prime minister, and he had been in conflict with Mr. Lu, and the two had already had a tense relationship. Since the matter was proposed by Mr. Wang, Mr. Lu naturally could not agree no matter what."
Li Shen frowned: "The officials think it's not just that. I can't say what the specific reason is. I always feel that I'm just against Xianggong Wang, and Xianggong Lu won't be so quarrel."
Li Di sighed: "You are right. If that's all, Mr. Lu is just a boycott of this matter, so he would not have to send Mr. Yan to Jingxi Road. The key is that if he really acts according to Wang Xianggong's wishes, a game of chess on Jingxi Road will be alive. Moreover, Xu Ping is honest and actually gives Chen Zhizhong a complete set of new money house policies. This matter is a bit troublesome."
"The officials still don't understand. This is a good thing for the country and the people. Why should Mr. Lu stop him?"
Li Di sneered: "A good thing? Lu Yijian may not think it is a good thing. First of all, in his eyes, the money and grain collected by Jingxi Road this year are probably much weaker. Since the tickets from Henan Prefecture can be cancelled, where is the extra money and grain? The most important thing is, Li Shen, I don't think of this today, you don't listen to it, do you understand?"
Li Shen hurriedly stood up and bowed, "The lower official understands that he will speak out of his words and listen to his subordinates. No one will mention it again from now on! Li Shen has been taught by his uncle in the past few years and understands the right measure in his heart!"
Li Di signaled Li Shen to sit down and said slowly: "Mr. Lu is a human being, and his power is too strong, and he is not tolerated at all. Back then, I was excluded by him. At that time, I was just angry and wanted to fight with him, but I was controlled by him in everything, and could not grasp his flaws, and finally brought humiliation to himself. In the past two years, I have gradually figured out that, like me, like Wang Gong, how can I be Lu Yijian's opponent in the political affairs hall? We are nothing more than just talking about things and only want to do things well. However, Lu Yijian thought of people before he thought about them. He did things and put his own followers in place properly, and took all the credit to himself.
.He has been in and out for many years, and the court's rules and regulations are so familiar that he cannot be more familiar with them. He is good at winning over the party. How can he easily have a handle for those who can catch them? This time, the matter of Jingxi Road is very different from the past. If Wang Xianggong was asked to revitalize Jingxi Road, his political achievements will be prominent. Should the officials here be promoted? If they are promoted to the court, they will have to occupy the position of Lu Yijian as a party. These are still trivial matters. If the court admits that Jingxi Road is done correctly this time, should the governance here be promoted to the whole country? Once it is implemented across the country, the previous rules and regulations will be almost pushed back and started again. This is what really touched Lu Yijian's key points!"
Li Shen has been an official since Enyin and has always been a prefecture and county magistrate. He has never been to the court. What Li Di is talking about now is something he has never heard of or thought before. The local political structure is simple, and the will of the chief official often determines the governance style. All rules and regulations are used to restrain officials, and most officials do not abide by it. But it is different when they go to the court. The governor, who calls wind and rain in the local area, may only be in charge of a small stall in the various yamen in the capital, and some are even just running errands. At this time, various rules and regulations show their power, and everything must be followed by the rules and is not allowed to be freely exerted. This is inevitable. If one person in the yamen has one person's mind, things will not be done.
Lu Yijian mainly relies on two main things to control the government. One is to place his own people in an important position and implement his will without hesitation. The second is to rely on rules and regulations, which he is more familiar with than everyone. Even the "Zhongshu Regulations" was compiled by him. He proudly said that with the "Zhongshu Regulations", mediocre people can also be prime ministers in the future. Rules and regulations are a net in his hands, which tightly tied up other ministers, while he himself took advantage of loopholes in various nets.
In the important yamen in the court, only the Sansi Lu Yijian was waiting for a short time and had not held an important position, so he could not control it. Especially after Xu Ping arrived at Sansi, he changed the original rules and regulations, and Lu Yijian had no way to intervene. It was through these rules and regulations that Xu Ping was able to keep Sansi still on the original track after he left.
This time, Lu Yijian tried his best to prevent the payment of tickets from Henan Prefecture. The most important thing is that he was afraid that the experience here would be really pushed to the whole country. The previous rules and regulations and officials who did things would be greatly changed. In that case, all his careful layout in the past two years would be abolished. He has not forgotten Xu Ping's actions in the Sansi, so how could he tolerate such things extending to other yamen?
Regardless of the original rules and regulations, it can certainly break down and build up a lot, and do things without many constraints, but at the same time it will make the officials who do things unrestrained and leave huge loopholes for them to learn from. Xu Ping is a person who likes to formulate rules and regulations like Lu Yijian. According to whoever the system is the initiative, the right to take the initiative.
Chapter completed!