After several days of running-in, the yamen of the new imperial court finally found a feeling from the chaos of the clues. The officials of the yamen finally began to grind into shape, and the situation in the capital slowly became orderly from the chaos.

In the market, there are tentative openings of shops one after another. Although Lu Zhongtian has carried out continuous raids on the capital, in fact, the people have their own methods, especially the businessmen, who are extremely shrewd and have a very sensitive nose. As early as when the Jurchens went south, many people took precautions and hid a large amount of food, supplies, goods, and money. Each family has its own methods, and each person has its own hiding strategy, so even if Lu Zhongtian searched Bianliang City several times, many people's belongings and materials were preserved.

At the beginning, the imperial court promulgated the holy decree of opening the market and sailing, and these merchants' families were still a little worried that this was the imperial court's strategy to lure the snake out of the hole, so they cautiously watched the situation and did not dare to open easily. But as the situation developed, they finally put their minds at ease. Several time-honored shops such as Zhangjiazheng's store and Yang's second sister-in-law's store on Bianhe Street tentatively opened for business, which actually attracted Lin Jue, the prime minister of the dynasty, to personally bring his entourage to eat. Not to mention paying double the price, he also gave plaques to the two restaurants respectively, praising them as pioneers and models in the business world.

As soon as the news spread, the market workshops opened one after another, no matter how many goods could be sold, but the doors were open. Moreover, in order to solve the problem of insufficient goods, the imperial court specially organized a fleet to purchase goods for them free of charge in the nearby places that had not passed through the war. Moreover, in order to solve the problems of merchants and ordinary people, it is difficult to promote commercial prosperity and lack of raw materials for the purchase of handicrafts, Yang Xiu, the third secretary, posted an interest-free official loan notice.

The notice announced an unbelievable good news: all merchants, workshops, and even ordinary people can apply for interest-free loans at the Sansi Yamen, up to one year, and the number of official loans approved according to the scale of operation according to the standards announced by the Yamen. Large commercial banks can borrow up to 1,000 taels of silver, and small shops and workshops can also borrow at least 50 taels of silver. Ordinary people's homes can be loaned from 10 taels to 50 taels of silver. This official loan is not only interest-free, but also can be repaid to the government with a three-year deferral period. In other words, within three years, the silver will be used without interest and will be used by the people and merchants. This move is a measure to enable merchants, workshops and people to get through the current difficulties, which in turn can promote the normal operation and life of merchants and people as soon as possible. And because it is interest-free, the pressure of paying back ten taels to fifty taels of silver for three years is not great.

It's an unbelievable measure, but there are always bold and anxious people who come out on the road, and when they return home with their white money, it becomes a reality again. Within a few days, the Sansi Yamen issued an official loan of nearly 3 million taels of silver, and these silver taels quickly became a promoter of commercial circulation in the capital, revitalizing the entire capital market.

This method is of course Lin Jue's idea, Yang Xiu because of the poor market circulation, most of the people have become destitute families and can not purchase and consume, many small business workshops do not have the capital to carry out business and manufacturing activities and distressed, when Lin Jue came to ask what to do, Lin Jue thought of the measures of the new law of Changping when the law was changed, that is, the practice of issuing official loans to tide over the difficulties of the destitute families. Therefore, this method of interest-free official loan was proposed. Different from the new law in Changping, this measure does not increase the burden on the people, and the interest-free is to benefit the people, and the upper limit of official loans is set up, and the strategy of paying off in three years is to avoid the possibility that the people are unable to repay the official loans. This is a more lenient and preferential policy on the basis of the new Changping Law.

One problem, of course, is where this large sum of money comes from. In fact, the imperial court now holds a large amount of silver in its hands, the amount of which is as high as more than six million taels. After Lu Zhongtian's death, he copied out a huge amount of property of two million taels from his house, all of which he had obtained from years of greed for ink. and his party officials, when their property was confiscated, they also seized seven or eight hundred thousand taels of dirty silver. As for the source of the remaining more than three million taels of silver, it is a little disgraceful, it is the silver of the people's house in the capital that Lu Zhongtian confiscated. Millions of people in the capital, nearly 200,000 households, every household was looted by Lu Zhongtian. Many wealthy families and wealthy families have been looted, and the original silver money is as high as more than 5 million taels, but some of it has been divided and consumed. When Yang Xiu seized the treasury of the capital, in addition to grain, he also seized this silver tael.

As for what to do with the silver taels, some officials believe that they should be returned to the people. He said that this is the people's money, and he should return it to the people. Lin Jue scoffed. The silver is indeed the people's, but the silver that Lu Zhongtian scavenged was as high as five million, and now there are only three million taels left, is it possible to paste two million taels upside down? If only part of it is returned, it will end up with a reputation for the imperial court to intercept the silver taels. Moreover, even if it is returned to the people, it is not easy to operate. At the beginning, Lu Zhongtian didn't make a book saying how much silver and food materials he took from which family, could it be that he could not distribute it evenly? Some officials are too pedantic and have good intentions, but they can't do that.

This time, through this method, the silver taels were issued without interest in the form of official loans, which solved the current predicament of the people and at the same time earned a good reputation. And three years later, the three million taels will return to the imperial court intact. This is a disguised method of taking from the people and benefiting the people. Although it seems a bit shameless to say that in the end the silver of the people became the silver of the imperial court. But this black cauldron will be carried by Lu Zhongtian, it is not a matter of the imperial court.

There is another initiative that is also closely related to the restoration of people's livelihoods. After the baptism of war, the towers and walls of the north and south cities were seriously damaged. The northern city is better, after all, only the facilities on the city walls have been damaged, and the city gates and walls are basically intact. However, the Nanxun Gate has been completely scrapped, and even the area with a width of seventy or eighty steps has become a ruin. Of course, this needs to be repaired and rebuilt quickly. Originally, this matter was not urgent, but Lin Jue still instructed to repair it quickly. This is not to worry that the enemy will attack Bianliang, but to create jobs in the city as soon as possible.

In the beginning, commerce and shipping were not able to recover quickly, and a large number of unemployed people could not find a livelihood for the time being, but the great work of the imperial court to repair the city walls could create a large number of jobs. Even if the salary is less, it can give the unemployed people something to do and get paid, which is the great significance of this matter. At least a few thousand laborers can be employed, which greatly buffers the pressure of employment in the capital during this time. After a short period of time, when the shops and workshops in the city and the wharves and shipping shops in Bianhe are opened, and the trade routes between the other places and the capital are opened, employment will no longer be a problem. The shop workshop needs a lot of manpower, the docks need a lot of coolies, the workshop needs artisan guys to work, and everything is no longer a problem.

The whole city is in a state of restlessness after a rebirth, with new measures and new information emerging one after another. No one expected that the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty not only did not die after a long period of suffering, but quickly stimulated new vitality. The hearts of the people are recovering, and every day seems to be a day of hope for ordinary people. In fact, what people are most afraid of is that there is no hope, and if there is hope, the human heart will not die, and it will burst out with amazing power. Despair, on the other hand, can kill all vitality and make everything bleak.

On the third day of the fifth month, it is an exciting day for the scholars of the capital. The provisional imperial examination announced by the imperial court was held today. After Guo Xu ascended the throne, the imperial examination was abandoned for several years, not because the imperial examination was not held, but because many scholars and scholars refused to go along with it. So much so that a large number of people who read books can only waste their time. There is a shortage of personnel in the yamen in the new imperial court, and some of the manpower selected in the Luoyan army cannot meet the needs at all, not to mention that what is needed to govern the country is real talents, and it is not something that can be done by just one person.

Not to mention anything else, many people selected in the Luoyan Army made countless jokes in a short period of time. A large number of middle and low-level official positions need to be filled, otherwise the operation of the entire imperial court will be greatly restricted. As a result, this temporary imperial examination has become an extraordinary means in extraordinary times. This time, before the selection of scholars was very different in terms of form and content, Lin Jue personally assumed the role of the chief examiner.

The imperial examinations began in an open, novel format. Lin Jue and Ma Qingshan Yang Xiu served as the main and deputy examiners, and the questions were asked on the spot, answered the questions on the spot, and were publicly evaluated on the spot. Even the examination room is not in the Nancheng Gongyuan, but openly on the Suzaku Gate Square, with thousands of tables set up, and the examination is held in full view of everyone.

As for the exam questions, they are given on the spot. The chief and deputy examiners will give the questions on the spot and distribute them to the lifters on the spot, so that they can answer them on the spot. The exam questions are not limited to poetry and articles, but focus more on national policy and military affairs, as well as the ability to govern. The poems of the articles occupy only a small share, and the rest are measured abilities. For example, one of the topics raised by Lin Jue is about how to see the status and role of businessmen in the country, that is, to find those who see clearly and think about the importance of business in the country's economy. Those who think that the way of the merchant is the inferior pedantic view will lose a lot of points on this subject. Ma Qingshan even combined his own experience to come up with a discussion question about which is more useful to the country, Wenchen or military general. The topic given by Yang Xiu is about finance, and it is this kind of official that his three divisions and yamen are lacking now.

In short, this informal imperial examination was the most special one, although it caused controversy among many scholars, but it also made them aware of a change in the direction of the wind. It seems that the Great Zhou Dynasty is no longer the Great Zhou Dynasty it used to be, and many things have begun to change.