The world of rebirth

Wen Zhen was only happy to see him being close to her, so she couldn't really blame him.He was very careful, and after teasing Ning Yunjin once, he stopped, casually picked up the paper that was still wet on the table, glanced at the contents, and asked, "The detailed rules were drawn up so quickly?"

Ning Yunjin was so overwhelmed by him that he had no choice but to swallow it in his heart.He silently said that his lord does not care about someone, nodded and replied, "I just finished the first draft, and I am going to hand it in tomorrow!"

Although Ning Yunjin has a solid foundation of internal strength, but after all he has been too tired recently, his face still looks tired.His current skin is as white as jade, with no blemishes visible, so the blue color in front of him is even more obvious.

Wen Zhen looked at it and felt that the cyan color was particularly eye-catching, so he put down the notebook and warned, "You are still injured after all, so you should also pay attention to rest."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your care!" Ning Yunjin realized that he had a tendency to tremble, as long as someone was too kind to him, he would feel uncomfortable, even if that person was Wen Zhen.

If Wenzhen treats him a little worse in this life, just because he wants to do something to him, he will definitely make waves, but even if this person has that kind of thought for him, he will use it sincerely and treat him It's so polite, so he can't deal with it.

Wen Zhen saw the bewilderment in his eyes, smiled, and changed the subject, "Originally, I wanted to put you in the Fujian Division so that I could keep an eye on the trial implementation of the warehousing system. But now that I think about it, I realize that Something is wrong."

Ning Yunjin was depressed when he heard that, since Li Deming gave him the news, he has been looking forward to this transfer.In the past two days, he also figured out that Wenzhen didn't treat him too much that day, and it was probably thanks to the accident in Fujian.Originally, Wen Zhen was a little tempted by his own book, but the news of the accident in Fujian made him make up his mind. Since he proposed this book, only he is the most familiar with it. If he wants to use himself, he will not attack him at this time.

As long as he is a errand, he will see Wen Zhen every day. If it were someone else, he would wish to be able to show himself in front of the emperor every day, but now he can't avoid this person.

As long as you leave the Hanlin Academy, you will not be able to look up at the holy face every day if you change to other Beijing officials of the sixth rank!

Even if he was able to go to the early court, he would stand at the farthest place. Except for special reports, Wen Zhen would usually be a soy saucer in the eyes of Wen Zhen, and he would be able to hide far away at that time.

Wenzhen naturally saw his depression, and felt very distressed that he was avoiding him all the time. In this way, it was not as good as the time they spent together before.

What he admired was Ning Yunjin's talent, so he was naturally reluctant to hinder his development.Originally, he wanted to release him to the Fujian Division to give him a stage to display his personal ambitions, but the officialdom has its own rules, if you promote this kid too deliberately, it will harm him instead.

"You are still too young! You are the youngest among the officials in the government. If you are released to the Fujian Division, you will have to move three times in less than a year, which is really not good for your future development."

Hearing what he said, Ning Yunjin understood what Wen Zhen meant!

People who are officials usually move every three to five years, especially those who have real power and fat positions, they are all stared at by people one by one.Especially in places like the Ministry of Households, every seat can be said to be marked with a price, and the forces behind it are complicated. If you are a young man, if you are promoted too quickly and occupy someone else's trap, it will attract resentment Yes, and she doesn't even know who she offended, who might trip her up in the future!

As a new Jinshi, I defeated my boss and was promoted. It was because of my title and family background. In addition, Chen Liyan was the first to commit suicide. The hats of "entering" and "impetuous" are about to be put on my head.

Seeing that he understood his painstaking efforts, Wen Zhen stopped talking.I came here specifically to look for him at night, not to discuss political affairs, "Did your father know about what happened that night?"

Seeing that he changed the subject, Ning Yunjin nodded angrily!

"What did Yi Cheng say?" Wen Zhen asked. He also guessed it from the few words about the information about the Ning Mansion. After all, no matter how miraculous a spy is, it is impossible to know everything.

"Of course it's not allowed." Ning Yunjin said bluntly, "Father said that he didn't raise up this humble official so that I could be a child prostitute."

"This is a slander, you don't always believe what I say." Wen Zhen said depressedly, "But this is what Yi Cheng would say. If he is not so upright, I can save a lot of worry."

"That's right!" Ning Yunjin pointedly said, "Father is not the kind of person who sells his son for glory!"

When he said this, his face was full of a son's pride towards his father, so Wen Zhen didn't catch the innuendo.However, these words also pierced Wen Zhen's heart like an ice pick, causing him a pain in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of his eldest son who died young.

He sighed wistfully, and lost his interest in talking, "Yi Cheng is a good father, and this is your luck. Anping Peihua will be escorted to the northwest in the spring. The Anping family may be dissatisfied with this, but his daughter If you have developed such a vicious disposition, you just tell the elders in your family to ignore it." After saying these words, Wen Zhen left!

Angrily leaving Wen Zhen, Ning Yunjin was not happy either.After all, if he still wants to be a bachelor's attendant, he doesn't know how many night raids like this will happen. I can't just expose people's mistakes every time!

After finishing the night shift, Ning Yunjin didn't even go to the yamen, and went straight home.Today's Ning Mansion is a bit bleak. After all, what happened to Anping Peihua is considered a family scandal. Even during the busiest days of the Spring Festival, the gates of Ning Mansion are closed.

The only good thing is that Anping Peihua was taken away in another courtyard, which finally put a fig leaf on the Ning family's face.Otherwise, if the mistress of the Ning Mansion was taken away by the NPC of the Ancestral Temple in this street where the dignitaries gathered, it would be a shame.

After returning to his yard, Ning Yunjin habitually asked Xiyan first about his father's movements, and heard that the master was still in the study, he couldn't help frowning.

Under his own reminder years ago, Wen Zhen announced his preparations for war, and the military department and the household department suddenly became the two busiest departments.Although Ning Jingxian was ill, as Minister of the Ministry of War, he was not allowed to relax even if he was lying at home.After his body recovered a bit, and he was able to write and read, he spent one day at the Yamen and one day at home from the second year of junior high school, so that he could handle court affairs conveniently.

There are too many troubles in the mansion recently, just the matter of Anping Peihua's trial, I'm afraid it will make my father feel uncomfortable for a while.Ning Yunjin guessed that his father also wanted to numb himself with work!

However, Imperial Physician Chen had already explained that Ning Jingxian's body could no longer be tired, and he didn't care about rest, so he put on his clothes and rushed to the study.Fu'an Fuman was guarding the door of Ning Jingxian's study, and he didn't stop him when he saw that it was him. Instead, Fu'an leaned forward and whispered, "Second young master, please persuade the master! He hasn't rested for a long time! "

Ning Yunjin nodded, "It's for this reason!"

He knocked lightly on the door twice, but Ning Jingxian inside didn't seem to hear it.

Ning Yunjin Yungong listened and found that there seemed to be no sound inside. If it wasn't for the slight breathing sound, he would have thought his father would have gone out a long time ago!After confirming that there was someone inside, he simply pushed the door open and entered.

As soon as he entered the door, Ning Yunjin saw his father sitting in front of the desk, his left hand was resting on the bone carving talisman he had given him, while his right hand was propping his forehead, motionless.

It's unknown if he fell asleep or passed out in such a posture, Ning Yunjin was so frightened that he dodged and landed in front of Ning Jingxian.

Ning Yunjin took a closer look, felt his father's breath closely, and was relieved to find that he was just asleep.

He knew that his father was reading materials with the lamp on these days and nights, and since he rarely fell asleep for a while, it was not easy to disturb him.But seeing that even though his father was asleep, his expression was filled with uneasiness. I just made such a soft noise, which seemed to wake him up.

Ning Yunjin didn't care about thinking about it, so he shot like lightning, simply touched Ning Jingxian's sleeping point, then called Fu'an, and sent him to the kang.

After letting Fu'an go out first, Ning Yunjin glanced at the paperwork on his father's desk.Naturally, the information that could be brought home would not be too confidential, so he looked through the contents with confidence.

What Ning Jingxian is writing is about the arrangement of food and grass transportation routes, which are the most important things in battle, but they cannot be hidden from others.The 15 shi that I applied for from the Ministry of Households a year ago has increased to [-] shi, but there is no way for these grains to be in place at once. They need to wait until the beginning of spring and then transport them from the two lakes and Guangdong. Now it is only enough to empty out the official warehouses in the surrounding provinces. Just [-] stones.

There was a snow disaster in the north this year. I heard that the snow in some places was more than one meter deep. Ning Yunjin didn't know how the people of Dashang survived this winter, but he only had two meals a day in the Northwest Army, and it was only Thin porridge, dizzy with hunger, this can imagine the serious food shortage in the Northwest, waiting for this batch of food for emergency.

Leaving aside the fact that during the process of transporting grain, it passes through various provinces and is exploited layer by layer. The loss along the way alone is a big problem.

It is said that soldiers and horses go first without using food and grass, which shows the importance of food in war.On weekdays, the army has garrison land, and they can also borrow grain from the local communal warehouses—although most of them are borrowed and never repaid, but when the times are bad and they want to go out again, they have to transport grain from other places.

Given the transportation conditions of this era, transporting grain requires a large number of chariots, horses, civilian husbands, and a grain transporting army to guard it.The chariots, horses and civilian husbands are all recruited from the local area. The settlement method these days is not silver, but food.In this way, if you want to transport the [-] shi of grain to the local area, you will be lucky to have half of it left.

However, what the Northwest Army lacks the most is this food, and this is what Ning Jingxian has been worrying about.

Ning Yunjin had thought about this question a long time ago, so he took out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote down his suggestion.

In the past two years, Daxia's treasury has been relatively abundant, and there is no shortage of money.As for the civilian husbands who were recruited, they were all local farmers, and they usually had food in their families. They preferred silver to grain that could not be sold at a price.

But the reason why no one proposed to use silver for settlement is not because no one thought of it, but because everyone knows that if the money is really distributed, those folks who can get it will not know if there will be any. Can you hold on.

The way Ning Yunjin thought of was to avoid the direct intervention of officials!

He suggested that the Ministry of Households can convert the food consumed by the peasants along the road into taels of silver, and then call together the most powerful chariot and horse dealers and other interested businessmen to invite bids for the freight, and the lowest price will win. After signing the contract, the Ministry of Households will pay the full amount of money.

Ning Yunjin thought about it, and wrote down the more detailed handling method.

Since [-] shi of grain is not a small number, a businessman usually cannot eat it, so it can be divided into one large and four small tenders, which can also prevent monopoly.Carriage dealers and large merchants generally have enough carts and manpower, but they may not have enough manpower to carry so much grain. After winning the bid, they can also go to the local government to borrow people, but they will arrange and spend the money for the recruited civilians.

These merchants who are able to run their businesses are generally backed by powerful people. Although they also want to flatter local officials, they are not afraid.Through such a change of hands, it is possible to ensure that the food will arrive safely.

The more Ning Yunjin wrote, the more open his mind became, and he continued to write to add.Over the years, he has been trying to find a way to improve the status of some businessmen, so as to accelerate the emergence of capitalism and not be thrown off by the development of the West. If this suggestion can be adopted, it is also a good opportunity.

For big businessmen, what they lack most is money, but status.Some of these people are directly disciples of a certain family, and some are merchants from a family of merchants looking for a way to survive and relying on big shots, who pay tribute every year.Therefore, Ning Yunjin suggested that the merchants who actively supported the grain transportation should be rewarded, and even reported on the front page of the newspaper.

When Ning Jingxian opened his eyes, he saw Ning Yunjin writing a book at his desk.As soon as he saw himself lying on the kang, he knew he was sure of what this kid did.

The way his son was working hard was extraordinarily charming, Ning Jingxian couldn't bear to disturb him, so he just looked at him.When Ning Yunjin put down his pen, he asked, "What are you writing?"

"Father, are you awake?" Ning Yunjin was about to move his stiff wrist, when he heard the sound he said in surprise, it should take at least half an hour to wake up from the acupuncture point he pressed!He glanced at the thick stack of draft paper on the table, feeling a little embarrassed, no wonder he felt sore in his wrist.

"Don't do this next time!" Ning Jingxian said as he got up, "I just squinted for a father, why bother to help me to bed."

"Father, you have just had a serious illness. Even if it is for us and for the old lady, you must take care of your body." Ning Yunjin hurried forward to help, but it was inconvenient for him to only have one hand, so Ning Jingxian refused up.

"I can't say it to you!" Ning Jingxian always had nothing to do with him, so he could only smile, put on his clothes and walked to the desk, he picked up the suggestion written by Ning Yunjin, and was fascinated by it.

Ning Yunjin stood with his hands down, waiting for him to finish reading what he had just written.

"Okay, very good!" After reading it, Ning Jingxian felt that the four-two-handed method could not be better, especially when Ning Yunjin mentioned at the end that there are precedents for using merchants to transport grain. There is a garrison system, but there is also a policy to encourage merchants to transport food when food is insufficient.

He said excitedly, "Xiao Er, you are really good. If the emperor knows that this problem has finally been solved, I'm afraid he will be very happy..."

As he said that, he glanced at Ning Yunjin, couldn't help sighing, and suddenly felt that his interest was fading.The better the mistress, the more likely the emperor will be unable to let go, such a wicked fate...

Ning Yunjin couldn't ignore the worry in his eyes, and suddenly felt that he was digging his own grave.He scratched his head, "Why don't the sons of this book not sign it?"

"It's useless." Ning Jingxian sighed, "No one but you would have thought of such an eclectic method. Unless you resign from office and go into seclusion now, your talent cannot be concealed." He took those papers Put them in order, "Father, go face to face now, and hand over this opinion."

There is no way to hand in the draft paper directly!Ning Yunjin hurriedly said, "It's better to write it as an excerpt!"

"No need! This is just right." Ning Jingxian smiled, as expected only Xiaoer who couldn't turn around in some small places was the cutest.

Seeing his father call Fuman to prepare the car, Ning Yunjin touched his chin and pondered.Fortunately, he just couldn't turn around, he wasn't really stupid, and he quickly thought of the reason.

Regarding the matter of preparing for war and transporting grain, it has been mentioned in the court councils these days, and it has become a big problem, but I am busy with storage and storage and have not paid too much attention to it!The focus of the discussion this morning must be about storage and this matter. If you wait until the discussion is over before submitting a neat note, it will be slapping others in the face.

But handing over a draft paper with scribbled handwriting, wet pen and ink, and even revisions like this, it is obvious that he has been thinking about this issue, but he has just come up with a final decision.Especially in the morning when I just handed over the detailed rules for warehouse implementation, this is more convincing, so as not to make people feel disgusted.

After figuring it out, Ning Yunjin puffed up his cheeks depressedly, he was really too young!

It's Ning Yunjin again!

Different from Wen Zhen's appreciation, now the elders of the pavilion have changed from being amazed to Ning Yunjin's excerpts from time to time, to calm down.

Ning Jingxian jumped in line to face the saint just after noon.After he handed over Ning Yunjin's suggestion, Wen Zhen immediately became interested, and hurriedly discussed the feasibility of this suggestion with Wu Yong, a bachelor on duty and Minister of the Household Department.

The result of the discussion was very subtle, half of the six people agreed and half were firmly against it.Those who opposed were naturally headed by Yang Ranggong, who dismissed the matter as absurd and believed that such actions would damage the image of the court.

Wen Zhen naturally leaned towards Ning Yunjin in his heart, not to mention that this idea saves money and allows food to be delivered smoothly. He is not a stickler in the first place, and the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks this idea is good!However, if he forced it to pass, he would insinuate hatred for Ning Yunjin, so he decided to discuss it the next day and let Ning Yunjin explain the operation method himself!

The next day Ning Yunjin was recruited to the South Study Room, and as soon as he walked in, several pairs of eyes shot at him.He didn't panic at all when he was stared at, after all, he was an acquaintance, but the only thing that surprised him was seeing Prince Hongming here.

The ones with concern and anticipation are naturally Wen Zhen, Zuo Shi, and Ning Jingxian, while the one with sharp eagle eyes is Yang Rangong.

Wen Zhen smiled softly at him, "I saw it yesterday, and the opinion you gave your father is very good. However, Mr. Yang Ge thinks that once this case is opened, it is easy for the salt merchants who have been banned with great difficulty to open a new case." Come back to life, you come to talk about it, is there a way to avoid it!?"

As soon as Ning Yunjin heard him say this, he knew that Wenzhen was moved. The only people he needed to persuade were Yang Ranggong, Shi Qiruhai, and Wu Yong. As long as the reason can impress them, Yang Ranggong, who is bent on making things difficult for him, will not be a problem!

The so-called example of the opening of salt merchants is a social problem caused by the former garrison system.The previous dynasty pursued a national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, which resulted in more taxable land across the country. However, the founding ancestor of the country also had the bold words of "raising millions of soldiers without costing the people a grain of rice". In order to make up for the shortage of military settlements, he had to The means of using merchants to transport inland grain to fill the border is used as an aid when grain and grass are insufficient.

At that time, in order to encourage the enthusiasm of merchants, there was a policy of issuing salt of the same value when merchants delivered grain to the designated guards.The sale of illicit salt is prohibited no matter which dynasty, and only by the salt guide can you go to the salt producing area to get the salt, so the more grain the merchant transports, the more salt he can dispatch, which is called Kaizhong.

However, when this policy developed to a later stage, dignitaries and officials practiced favoritism and colluded with each other, and guard officers enslaved soldiers, and even reduced many soldiers to tenants. At the same time, a large number of unbearable soldiers fled privately. The number of people in the village is insufficient, and they can only rely on merchants to transport food to supplement food.Under the collusion between the merchants and the guards, the officers of the guards issued a large amount of salt, which was detrimental to the country, resulting in the prevalence of private salt, and finally led to the existence of the guards in name only, and the combat effectiveness of the former guards plummeted.

Since Ning Yunjin dared to write down the precedent of merchants transporting grain, he naturally had a way to deal with it. He talked eloquently, "The previous dynasty was a system of garrison troops, but this dynasty is a system of recruiting troops. The military garrison is only for daily use. As needed, the food and grass during the war were re-mobilized, and this alone does not need to worry about the impact of using merchants to transport food on combat effectiveness."

He paused and then said, "The previous dynasty used salt to reward merchants, which gave merchants a chance to make a profit, but the method of Weichen is to reward merchants with fame and donations. Their money is spent The more they get, the more rewards they get, and when they become Yuan Wai Lang, they are also members of the imperial court, and naturally they have to pay more attention to the interests of the country, which is different from the starting point, so there is no need to worry at all."

Wen Zhen nodded in satisfaction with him, then turned to the five elders, "Do you have any comments?"

The reason he said is really indisputable. Shi Qiruhai and Wu Yong, who were only worried about the disadvantages of this policy, naturally no longer have any objections. Only Yang Ranggong asked unwillingly, "If the government and businessmen collude, so that the grain and grass cannot be used. How about getting it on time?"

Ning Yunjin said with a calm expression, "The food guards are still the court's food guards. Could it be that Master Yang has no confidence in the combat effectiveness of our Great Xia army!? Besides, when signing the contract, you can agree on what percentage of loss will be exceeded. It will be the merchants who will pay for it.”

Yang Ranggong was very blocked by him, and he made things difficult for him two more times, but Ning Yunjin resolved them one by one.

As soon as Wen Zhen saw that the heat was almost ready, he immediately decided to follow this method, supervised by the prince, and assisted by Ning Yunjin!