In mid-April, the long-awaited New Deal was introduced. First, Yang Qingque asked for permission for the women's exam, and the officials and generals who were influenced by the women in the family finally echoed Yang Qingque. Although Lin Biju and other civil officials still disagreed, they no longer dared to explicitly oppose it.

Cui Xiuning is not as radical as Lin Biju imagined. According to the latest regulations, women can take the exam, but there is a separate female subject, which is not the same as that of men. In addition, there are very many restrictions on the positions available to women.

Only a few positions in functional departments such as weaving, medical affairs, letters and visits (special inspection bureau), civil affairs, police halls, banks, prisons, and craftsmen are hired women.

And the county office, the most formal official office like the county government, for the time being, women cannot hold any of these positions.

Even, even in the newly established township office and village office, except for a woman who supervises childbirth and cracks down on infant drowning, other women such as township and village officials cannot serve.

In fact, the most eye-catching content of the new policy is not the establishment of women's departments, but the "integration of officials" and "village offices".

The immigrants all remember that during the Great Song Dynasty, officials were officials, and officials were officials. Like the secretary of the county government, catching heads, etc. Even officials and the like are not even officials.

And what is Lizheng, Baozheng These village directors are not officials, they are purely elected by the clan.

But now, all the officials are considered officials, and the road to promotion has been opened. For this reason, the nine-product system in Cao Wei's time was changed to a ten-grade system, with an additional "ten-product".

In the countryside, a village office has been set up.

In the new policy, it is said that 1,000 to 2,000 households will set up a township office, and one member of the township will be nine products, one member of the township will be from the nine products, one woman will be the first person, and one person will be the tenth product, and the public security department will be one person and ten products.

There are only four officials in the township office, but they assist the county government in tax collection and management to protect the territory and the people. But it is not the smallest official office, the smallest official office is the village office.

100 to 200 households set up a village office, and one person in the village is in charge of ten products, one person in the security department is from ten products, and one person is from ten products. The female envoy is a female official who supervises childbirth and cracks down on infant drowning, so it must be a married woman who has children.

In terms of Yulu, the lowest is from ten grades, four taels per quarter, which can support a few people in a family, and when it comes to the township of nine grades, eight taels per quarter, it can already make a few people live a relatively prosperous life.

One of the great things about Li Luo's new policy is that he broke the "imperial power does not go to the countryside", and completely let the monarchy control the grassroots through the establishment of village offices.

After the Han Dynasty, the village chiefs were not officials appointed by the imperial court, but representatives of local clans and gentry forces. Therefore, often the head of the village is also the patriarch and the landlord.

As a result, for the sake of clan and local interests, the village chiefs often confronted the county government with the "public opinion", and even many incidents of the village chiefs passively collecting taxes, resisting taxes, and leading the people to expel the officials.

This has greatly undermined the mobilization of the state and the implementation of government decrees. Unable to effectively control the grassroots, the seemingly powerful empire has become a giant with feet of clay, and it is difficult to have the mobilization power of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Li Luo is tantamount to packing officials into civil servants for future generations, and all of them will be taken from the state finances.

So, will Li Luo and Cui Xiuning's actions overwhelm the country's finances? Definitely.

In the Song Dynasty, for example, although there were only a few officials in a county, it seemed to be very few. But not counting the officials' soaps and other small officials, they all have to eat. What to do? Withhold taxes, extort small people, and levy additional taxes.

In order to support their subordinates, officials at all levels have the excuse of embezzling public funds and accepting bribes, which has led to further corruption in the rule of officials.

As a result, the officials who benefited were clan forces, and it was the country and the people who were harmed.

Based on the current population of the Yuan Dynasty, if Li Luo's new policy was implemented, there would be an additional 300,000 grassroots officials in the country, and an additional 7 or 8 million taels of taels would be spent every year, which seemed to increase the financial burden.

But in this way, the government will be better governed, the government decrees will be more accessible, the central government will collect more taxes, the state will be more mobilized, and the political power will be more stable.

It's just worth it.

So, such a good thing, there is no shortage of people of insight throughout the ages, can't you really see it? Neither is it. A lot of officials saw it, but for their own benefit, they would not mention it. Even if the emperor pushes it, they will oppose it.

It's very simple, scarcity is expensive. If the number of officials is scarce, then their official positions are more valuable, and there are more ways to make money. If the majority of officials become officials, their sense of superiority will be greatly reduced.

Sure enough, as soon as the draft of the new decree was announced, the civil officials of the Tang State subconsciously wanted to "advise", on the grounds that officials were turbid, and those who had been officials since ancient times were cunning and mercenary, so how could they be officials?

However, Cui Xiuning immediately announced the "decree" of Tanghou Li Luo, which immediately made the civil officials shut up.

This "order" is very severe, and the warning is full of meaning:

"Haidong Zhuqing, pretending to defend the way, making a new deal, and often stating the law, I don't know the Zhou Restoration? I don't know how to change Qin? I don't know the Song Yi Tang system? In ancient times, how could there be a reason to stick to the old ways and follow one's own path? ”

"You have a righteous heart, although you are not guilty. Whether it is public or private, you know for yourself. I Tang Xinchuang, the people are short, how can I be old-fashioned, dull, not thinking about the way of innovation, and follow the mistakes of the Song Dynasty? If it doesn't change at this time, how difficult it will be in the future! ”

"My king's life, seeking the country and the people, and striving to be strong, is not for the selfish interests of the Li family and one surname, nor is it a thoughtless chaotic life. You can just do as you are told, and the husband will not say anything. If it is lightly admonished, then the public will agree or not, and it should be ...... between the two."

This decree hit the civil officials hard, to put it bluntly, don't beep, what do you know, just obey orders honestly. If you don't move to dissuade you at every turn, whether it is public or not, it's up to me to have the final say.

When Lin Biju and other civil officials saw Li Luo's order, they all broke out in a cold sweat. They originally thought that the prince and his wife were very talkative people, and they should be able to speak a Yayan, and they were ordinary monarchs of Renzong, but they didn't expect that they were not so easy to talk.

However, neither Li Luo nor Cui Xiuning thought about removing Lin Biju. Lin Biju is just flaunting the name of the Song Dynasty, in this era, there is nothing wrong with it, but he can't keep up with the thinking of the two.

In the past two years, Lin Biju has done a lot of things conscientiously, and he is also capable, basically managing political affairs in an orderly manner. As long as he doesn't stay conservative in the future, he can still use it.

Therefore, after Li Luo's stern beating, Cui Xiuning sent someone to send ten catties of shark fin to the Lin family to appease.

In this way, the New Deal began vigorously.

In addition to increasing the number of female examinations, the integration of officials, and the establishment of village offices, more and more new policies have been introduced.

On April 18, Cui Xiuning issued an edict to set up a three-level school to replace the private schools and academies of the Song Dynasty. It also stipulates that each village shall have a village school, and all children, both male and female, must attend the school.

There is one temporary teacher in the village school, with a five-year school system, mainly teaching 100 family names, thousand-character texts, the lunar calendar, and the uncompiled "A Brief History of China", "Chinese Geography", and "Arithmetic".

Each township has set up a township school with a three-year school system. Shallow study of the subset of classics and history and the six arts. The number of the six arts, riding, and shooting are required to learn. Those who fail the examination will not be allowed to graduate.

Each county shall set up a county school. Entrance examination, the duration of education is three years, the subset of scripture and history and the six arts are taught, and the mounted archery is taught by sergeants. Those with excellent graduation grades will be awarded the name of Xiucai.

Xiucai can participate in the imperial examination and take the military attache examination. Those who passed the imperial examination were awarded to scribes; Those who pass the military attache examination will be awarded the Chinese warrior. In addition, it is stipulated that those who have the rank of sharps or above in the army will also be awarded the title of Chinese warrior.

Regardless of whether the scholar is also a Chinese warrior, they are collectively referred to as "scholars".

Shi was the backbone of the Tang Dynasty. Dan Shi also had to pay taxes.

In late April, another new policy, which is not new, was introduced: the establishment of Taoist temples.

The ancestral temple worships Yanhuang, and the Laojun temple worships Laojun. The Temple of Literature worships Confucius and Mencius, and the Temple of Wu worships Guan Yu and Yue Fei. Collectively known as the four Taoist temples, they belong to the official temple. Among the four temples, the ancestral temple is the first.

This in itself is not new, but what is new is that it stipulates the rank and ceremony of the Taoist officials.

According to the size of the temple and their positions, the Taoist officials are divided into four classes: Heavenly Master, Taoist Chief, Taoist Master, and Daozi. The Taoist official must be appointed by the "scholar", and the martial temple must also be served by the Chinese warrior as the Taoist official.

Of course, it is impossible for Tang Guo to have a Taoist official now, but it is not wrong to set it up first.

The highest ancestral temple is called the Yanhuang Emperor Palace; The highest Laojun Temple is called Taishang Dao Palace. The highest temple of literature became the most holy palace of literature. The highest martial temple is called Chungmu Shrine.

Below the palace, according to the scale is called the temple, the view.

The Laojun Temple has been built, and Cui Xiuning directly changed the Laojun Temple to Haidong Dao Palace according to Li Luo's meaning. Then he ordered the Japanese coolies to build the Yanhuang Emperor Palace, the Shengwen Palace, and the Zhongwu Shrine.

The four temples are worshiped according to different seasons. The ritual during the sacrifice is similar to that of the Confucian Temple. All military and civilian officials who encounter weddings, funerals, and other matters must go to a nearby temple to pray for blessings.

Even, the mythical March 3rd of the Yellow Emperor's ascension is set as the "Flying Festival".

Li Luo took great pains to come up with this in order to strengthen the power of the local religion in China, establish national beliefs, and improve cohesion.

With this, the Central Plains, with its large population, will never be easily conquered by foreign races.

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"Madam, please look at this knife, it is carefully made by Japanese craftsmen with hundreds of refinements, and it is very sharp."

In the largest craftsman's office, Gu Kai was carefully handing a newly made Tang knife to Cui Xiuning.

The Tang sword is also a military attaché standard saber created according to Li Luo's wishes. Rank above the rank of Ruishi, as well as Chinese warriors and police officers, can wear this sword, and it is also a symbol of status.

Except for the upper court and the face king, you can wear a sword at any time.

The style of this Tang knife is very similar to the historical Tang knife, except that the handle is slightly shorter, but it can still be held with both hands. The whole blade line is both beautiful and soft, atmospheric and masculine, and the appearance is excellent.

Cui Xiuning held the handle of the knife in his hand, feeling very comfortable, and the weight was just right, and he couldn't help but be very satisfied. Cui Xiuning tried the knife, and the sharpness was the same as that of the Japanese knife.

Different grades of Tang knives, only the decoration of the handle and scabbard is different. The Tang knives of low-ranking military attachés have no flashy hilt scabbards, but the middle and high-level knives, scabbards and hilts are decorated.

But the handle of the Tang knife was not engraved with eight words: loyal to the monarch and serving the country, living to death.

"Madame, look at it again, this is a Han sword, and it is also made by Japanese craftsmen. Han swords and Tang swords are made of the same material, with a similar degree of sharpness, but they are lighter. ”

Cui Xiuning put down the Tang knife, picked up the simple Han sword, drew the sword out of the sheath, and suddenly the cold light was like water.

There are also eight words on the hilt: Loyalty to the king, dedication to duty.

This is the saber of civil officials!

The new law stipulates that all civil officials above the village level can wear Han swords. But after you are discharged, you have to pay it back.

The purpose of making civil officials wear swords is, of course, to cultivate the martial spirit of civil officials.

"How's the gunpowder and gunpowder going?" Cui Xiuning is not very interested in swords, she cares more about firearms.

Gu Kai replied: "The fire gun has already made more than 20 shots, because I have to keep trying to release it, I don't dare to make more." This flint is a flint, and every five hits there is a dumb fire. ”

"The gunpowder pharmacy has already made more than 500 ration granules and lead bullets according to Madame's method. It's just that nowadays nitrate is not enough, and there is still a lack of materials for mass production. ”

Speaking of which, Weichen really admired his wife's five-body throw, and he was able to invent such a sharp weapon, which is really a genius. ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "This was invented by the prince, it's none of my business." Well, it's not bad to hit a dumb fire five times. How many times can a skilled hand launch in half an hour? ”

Gu Kai replied: "After two months of training, I can launch more than twenty times in half an hour. ”

Cui Xiuning calculated, more than 20 times in half an hour, then one minute is three times, and one shot in twenty seconds.

The effective killing range of this Luo Ning gun is only more than 150 meters, and this distance is still difficult to penetrate the iron armor. Even if it was one hundred and fifty meters, the Mongol cavalry could rush to it in less than ten seconds.

In other words, it is only enough to fire a loaded firebolt once.

Why is it so slow? Because the Lonin gun is a front-loading firearm, the top-loading ammunition is to be stuffed through the muzzle, and then carefully pressed with a stabbing bar, and then aimed and fired.

Twenty seconds, it's not slow.

"Take me to the shooting range." Cui Xiuning said.

"No!"

The shooting range of the craftsman's place is in a river bay, and the vicinity is sealed. Cui Xiuning and others arrived on horseback, and they heard a "bang" of gunfire inside.

Dozens of soldiers transferred from the army are testing guns.

Because Cui Xiuning's requirements are extremely strict, the barrel is very well-made, and there has been no explosion accident so far.

"I've seen Madame!" When the military attache of the team saw Cui Xiuning, he immediately led everyone to kneel and bow, looking very excited.

"Get up and speak. What do you think? Can you hit it accurately? Cui Xiuning took the one-meter-six-long firecracker, and when he looked at the muzzle, he knew that the gunpowder residue had not been cleaned up.

This is still a smoothbore gun, and if it is a rifled gun, it is even more difficult to clean up the gunpowder residue.

The team was a little nervous and said, "If Mrs. Hui is the last general, he is the most skilled, but he can only fire twenty-one or two times in half an hour." There are four or five more of them, and two pulls are required to ignite. ”

"A straw man target 100 steps away can only hit three or four times out of ten, no matter how you practice, you can't be more accurate."

Cui Xiuning asked: "You fought in Japan, right?" Tell me, if you were to choose only one of the firebolts and the bow and arrows, how would you choose? ”

The team was kneeling down again and said, "Madame, atonement for your sins." If you let the last general choose, the last general will still choose the bow and arrow. The power of this firearm is indeed not small, and it is far away. It's really cumbersome to use, and it's too slow. The last will be with a bow and arrows, and it is better to make some. ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "How many years have you learned bow and arrow?" ”

Team Zhengdao: "The last general was the Han army, and he was the first batch of village warriors, and he has been practicing archery for six or seven years. ”

"Not bad." Cui Xiuning said, "You have been practicing bows and arrows for six or seven years, and you are even more handy with bows and arrows, so of course you will choose bows and arrows." But if it were a recruit, how would you choose? ”

The team understood, "The last general understands, if it is a new recruit, it must be a firecracker." ”

Musketeers can fight after two months of training, but archers must be trained for several years before they can become proficient. That's where the firebolt really comes in.

Cui Xiuning was not disappointed, if he installed a half-meter-long bayonet on the firearm, it could be used as a cold weapon.

Cui Xiuning had already tried the firecrackle before, and this time she didn't try to release it again, and after observing the shooting range for a while, she left the shooting range.

"At one end of the stab, add a brush to clean the barrel. Also, the bayonet should be made as soon as possible. Each firearm was fired a hundred times without exploding, and mass production began. Cui Xiuning instructed Gu Kai.

"No! The subordinate obeyed. It's just the nitrate ...... of this gunpowder pharmacy" Gu Kai is still worried about the materials.

Cui Xiuning said: "You don't have to worry about nitrate, I will urge the Minerals Department to find a way." ”

Cui Xiuning returned to the Hou Mansion and sent someone to urge the Minerals Department to solve the nitrate as soon as possible, and at the same time inquired about the refining of silver ore.

These silver ores were pulled back by Li Luo from the Ishimi Silver Mountain in Japan, and they had just begun to be refined.

But then, the agents lurking in the Minerals Department reported bad news.

"Teacher, a few days after the Minerals Department was refining the silver mine, the director of the department and the supervisor and other officials secretly swallowed the smelted silver nuggets, at least a few thousand taels, and smuggled them home in the middle of the night."

Cui Xiuning gritted his teeth, it seems that Haidong has not had an owner for a few months, and some officials have already let themselves go.

"Have you been caught?" Cui Xiuning asked in a flat voice.

The spy said: "Teacher, rest assured, the Supervision Office is already arresting, and the Gendarmerie Department and the Police Sergeant Hall have also sent people over." ”

Cui Xiuning said coldly: "Tell the Fashi Hall that once it is verified, it will be judged and punished severely!" ”

In the next few days, Cui Xiuning mainly went to various large camps, as well as the naval port. No matter how you condolence the soldiers, there is a sense of existence.

Cui Xiuning specially told Zheng He, who was a sailor, that the coast must be tightly sealed, and no one should leave Haidong without permission. If you find someone who has escaped, you will be killed.

A few days later, when the trial report of the Fashitang was sent to Cui Xiuning, the two chief officials of the corrupt mineral department were sentenced to be beheaded.

Cui Xiuning didn't think about it for too long, so he approved a "change to beheading".

The Fashitang sentence was beheaded in half, which was indeed heavy, so that Cui Xiuning had the opportunity to be beheaded instead.

"The time has come for a change of ethos." Cui Xiuning said to herself.

The news of the execution of the two Zhengqipintang officials was like a thunderclap, which woke up the officialdom of the Tang Kingdom, which thought it was safe and peaceful.

Many knowledgeable officials know that as the Tang State became more and more stable and stronger, the previous relaxed environment was gone.

The Tang Kingdom, which was ruled by almost nothing, will gradually be replaced by the art of Legalism. This trend can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

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Li Luo was in Quanzhou, and after a few months of taoguang and obscurity, he finally stretched out his hand to the Han army stationed in Fujian.

First of all, he focused on Shang Zhu, the head of the Quanzhou Road Management Army. First, Shang Zhu is the head of the Quanzhou Road Management Army, and his 5,000 soldiers and horses are guarding Quanzhou, which is very important.

Second, this Shang Zhu was originally a Song general, of course, he was not very proud after the fall of the Yuan, and he was repeatedly squeezed out by the Mongolian bureaucracy, and his life was not easy.

So, in the name of guarding against thieves, Li Luo often summoned Shang Zhu, and had a small banquet on three days and a big banquet on five days, and he actually regarded Shang Zhu as the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion.

Shang Zhu descended to the Yuan Dynasty for a few years, where did he receive such a favor from the officials of Pingzhang? After a few times, under Li Luo's deliberate envelopment, he swore and patted his chest, "If you can't cast talents, you will be favored by Zhongtang, and you will obey Zhongtang's order, and you will never give up!" ”

Li Luo immediately rewarded the Quanzhou army with wine, meat, food, and salary, made up for the ordnance and military salary, and immediately won the military heart of the Quanzhou army.

The provincial Pingzhang has a protector. Li Luo's Pingzhang Protector had 1,000 people, and the general's name was Fern Ertu, who was a man of color eyes. The soldiers of the army are also mainly Semu people. Although it is Li Luo's protector, it has no value to woo.

There were 40,000 or 50,000 Han troops in Fujian, all of which were theoretically under Li Luo's control. It is one thing to attribute your moderation, but once something happens, whether you will be obedient, whether you will be disobedient, whether you will not work hard, is another thing.

As soon as Li Luo took over the Quanzhou Army, the Fujian Branch of the Special Investigation Bureau sent a 100,000 urgent piece of information.

Huang Hua, the head of the Jianning Road Management Army, wants to rebel!

Huang Hua was originally an anti-Yuan rebel army, but later he was recruited, surrendered to Zhedu, and was named the head of the Jianning Road Management Army. Just last year, Huang Hua, as a deputy marshal, accompanied Wan Zhedu to suppress the small court of Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty, and made great contributions.

However, because Huang Hua was born in the eyes of the Yuan court, he was always suspicious. Last year, he was meritorious in suppressing the uprising, but the Yuan court did not even promote him.

This made Huang Hua resentful. But it's not going to be anti-meta again.

Then, Nanyang suddenly sent a letter, and the identity of the letter writer was extremely extraordinary, and it turned out to be Chen Yizhong, the former prime minister of the Song Dynasty.

According to intelligence, Huang Hua was overjoyed when he received Chen Yizhong's letter, and even read it out in front of his generals. It is said that the Great Song Dynasty re-established the imperial court in Nanyang, and it will soon make a comeback.

The small court that fled to Nanyang said that as long as Huang Hua knew his way back and abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, he would be appointed as the deputy envoy of the privy council and the envoy of the Fujian Festival.

Therefore, Huang Hua's opposition has been decided, and at this time he is preparing to accumulate grain and grass, "the number of people is 100,000, and the company camp is 50 miles", preparing to occupy the entire territory of Jianning first, and then attack Quanzhou.

The time to start the army is within half a month!

Li Luo was shocked when he received the information from the Special Investigation Bureau. This Huang Hua, why did he reverse it in advance? Isn't he rebelling next year?

Huang Hua's anti-Yuan, like Li Chengdong's anti-Qing Dynasty, is very speculative and does not deserve sympathy. The problem is that he is rebelling now, which is really unfavorable to Li Luo.

Li Luo is now the number one in Fujian Province and a feudal official. There is a big rebel in the jurisdiction, if it is quickly eliminated, it will be a great credit, but if the rebel becomes bigger, he will not be able to escape the involvement.

Huang Hua's Toutuo Army was the strongest Han army in Fujian. Now the marshal of Zhennan is riding tens of thousands of iron horses in Jiangxi, and the deputy marshal is happy to be the Xuanfu envoy of western Zhejiang. In Fujian, there are only tens of thousands of Han troops.

Once Huang Hua raises troops, he will be "killed" if he is not done. Moreover, now is the critical moment for immigration, and Huang Hua's army will inevitably interrupt the immigration plan.

Li Luo immediately ordered several soldiers and horses near Quanzhou to gather in Quanzhou to review the military exercises in the name of exterminating the female thief Mrs. Xu. Those who do not arrive within five days will be dealt with by military law.

He wanted to preemptively move before Huang Hua, integrate several lines of soldiers and horses, and block Huang Hua on Jianning Road. Let Huang Hua only affect Jianning all the way, and then find an opportunity to calm down.

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