The current New Tang Empire, after so many years of development, even the slaves who were cheap in the past have basically broken away from the lowly status, unless they commit crimes in the next few years and are beaten as lowly again.

However, in general, this number is very small, and according to the latest statistics, there are less than five hundred people left in the New Tang Empire, and the others are at least civilians.

It is likely that the lowly status will be almost extinct in the next ten years or so, and Li Quan has even considered whether to abolish this system, but after thinking about it, he still has not abolished it, because there is a certain deterrent effect on it.

Li Quan would rather exist in name only than abolish it.

This price reduction was not as smooth as the previous ones, because at the last court meeting in the 162nd year of the New Tang Dynasty, many people among the hundred officials stood up against it.

Among them, the leader is Zheng Shi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, an old man who has always wanted to marry his daughter into the palace, and he really let him do it, and now Zheng Qian is the fourth person in the harem after Zhang Yan, Xiaoyan and Shangguan Xiaoyue.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that two thousand merit points are just right to exchange for a genetic medicine, with the development of the empire getting shorter and shorter, the better, the people have more and more ways to obtain merit points, and it is getting easier and easier, the minister has roughly made a detailed investigation of the situation of the people of the empire obtaining merit points over the years. ”

"This is a list of ministers' investigations, please look at them. As he spoke, he pulled out a slip.

Yes, really a piece of paper.

Li Quan couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it, now the ministers' recitals have long been reformed, and they don't need to be written by hand for a long time.

Li Quan specially asked people to establish an independent music system, and the officials of the New Tang Dynasty could send the music to it, and then send it to the cabinet through the records of artificial intelligence, and after the cabinet deliberated, the things in the music were graded.

There are five levels in total, and the third to fifth levels are all handled by the cabinet itself, and only the second or even first-level matters are handed over to Li Quan to decide personally, which virtually greatly saves Li Quan's time.

I remember that when I first sat on the throne, I worked five or six hours a day, but now I only need to spare half an hour to an hour a day.

Since Zheng Shi handed over the slip, Xiao Huangmen glanced at His Majesty, and got Li Quan's nod, so he went to take the slip and hand it to His Majesty.

Not to mention, this list is very simple and clear, only a few simple lines of data, and the ups and downs over the years are gone, but it is clear at a glance.

Zheng Shi saw that His Majesty had already read the results of his own investigation, so he continued to speak:

"After a detailed investigation by the ministers, the imperial magnates must be the easiest to get points, two thousand merit points is only a matter of about five or six years for them, and it will take about ten years for grassroots officials, these ministers will not say much, this is what they deserve. ”

"The most populous people in the empire were the citizens, followed by the commoners. ”

"According to the minister's survey, the citizens of the empire were able to accumulate about fifty or sixty merit points every year in the early days, and now the average has reached about 115, which means that they only need more than ten years to get the opportunity to exchange for genetic potions. ”

"And today, the minister wants to talk about the main class of civilians, the current civilians of the empire can accumulate about 40 to 45 merit points a year, even if there are only 40 points, then it only takes fifty years to get a genetic medicine, and the average life expectancy of the people of the empire has reached 97 years old, which is completely stressful. ”

"And in the past ten years, from the early civilians who could only accumulate about 20 merit points per year to now double, according to the current development trend of the empire, they will definitely be easier to obtain in the future, which means that they don't really need to wait for fifty years at all, only thirty or forty years, or even shorter. ”

"If Your Majesty lowers the price of genetic medicine to such a low level as 800, then it will only take them twenty or even fifteen years to meet the requirements, which is not conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people. ”

"Since even the lowest people of the empire can already see hope, then why does Your Majesty continue to reduce the price, if it is easy for everyone to get, then who will cherish it. ”

Zheng Shi's words have a certain amount of truth, and many of the ministers below nodded their heads in agreement.

In other words, if Li Quan was not for promotion, he would probably have adopted his opinion, but unfortunately, the average life expectancy of the people is a condition for the upgrading of the empire.

Li Quan glanced at the national attributes.

National attributes.

Name: New Arts

Rank: Elementary Empire (Elementary, Medium, and Advanced)

Emperor: Li Quan

Queen: Zhang Yan

CROWN PRINCE: Not yet

Population: 98.53 million

Civilization level: the peak of planetary civilization (divided into four stages: early, middle, late, and peak, considered from the four dimensions of transportation, energy, communication, and lifespan.) ）

Transportation: Flying rail, flying cars, airplanes, spaceships

Energy sources: nuclear fusion, solar energy

Communications: 5G, satellite, quantum communications

Lifespan: 97 (average life expectancy of citizens of the country)

Comprehensive national strength: 10 trillion (population x national average education level coefficient x economic index x military index + land area * resource abundance, rounded to the nearest integer)

Global ranking: 1/196

Subordinate countries: 85 (number)

The comprehensive national strength of the subordinate countries: 918.8 billion

Empire upgrade conditions:

1. Population of 100 million;

2. Civilization level: early stage of stellar civilization

3. Comprehensive national strength: 1 trillion

The reason why Li Quan is in a hurry to reduce the price is because the population is about to reach the standard, and it will be embarrassing not to be stuck on the civilization level at that time, and now Li Quan already has more than 80 million genetic pills in his hands, which is completely enough to deal with it.

The criteria for judging the civilization level are only four dimensions: transportation, energy, communication, and lifespan.

The Empire's transportation has long been developed to the level of spaceships, and it has now reached the level of the middle and late stages of the stellar star, and in terms of energy, the nuclear fusion change has been applied to many places, which has also reached the level of the middle and late stages of the stellar level, and it is just short of building a magical Dyson sphere, and the further use of stellar energy can reach the peak.

In terms of communication, quantum communication technology has been realized, although it is now only popularized in the New Tang Empire, there are still restrictions, foreign countries are still in the 5G+ era, they are already planning to use 6G communication, but obviously Li Quan will not let this matter become a reality.

He will soon promote quantum communication to the world, but there are restrictions.

And quantum communication technology already belongs to the level of stellar peak civilization, if this happens, only the lifespan that restricts the level of the New Tang civilization will be improved.

Therefore, it is impossible for Li Quan to change the established plan after listening to Zheng Shi's words.