Chapter 39 The Imperial Meeting of the Palace
"Old general, isn't the Wei Wushu we talked about just now the same as Baijin and Juan Jia?" Zhao Yong pointed to Zhao Guoshi, who was still desperately running in circles. Due to the hot weather, many soldiers have become dehydrated, some of them ran and ran, they couldn't keep up with the team, they began to walk, and some fell directly to the ground, and the soldiers next to them quickly stepped forward and dragged them out, so as not to affect others. Therefore, there are not many soldiers who are still running in circles. "You are a veteran of the battlefield, and it is not much more expensive to know the soldiers. Of course, it is a national policy to recruit troops from counties, but the people need to farm, and it is also inevitable to survive. Therefore, the normal military service of the country lies in the whole people, improving the strength of the soldiers of the Zhao State, supplementing the government of elite soldiers, and being the main force to resist foreign enemies. ”
"However, the burden on the state is much heavier. Wei Wenhou took the remnants of the Three Jin Dynasty and possessed the fertile soil of Hedong in Hanoi, so that he could get 50,000 Wei Wushu, but in today's Wei State, the number is decreasing. Although it is not easy to train, the cost is huge, and it is real. Therefore, the old minister felt that if the king's strategy of elite soldiers was not strong, it would be easy to plan it slowly. Zhao Shan said helplessly.
"The general is worried about the country, and he is very relieved." Zhao Yong said, "However, time is not waiting for me, Qin and Qi are all eyeing me, and Wei Zhongshan is also thinking about Zhao Guo near me, if all the conditions are ready, I am afraid that Zhao Guo will not be able to wait so long." Therefore, on the one hand, Lone can only compromise and obtain the peace of Qin and Chu, and the Wei State must also be hypocritical, and on the other hand, he is planning his own affairs. ”
"It's the old minister's talent that is dull."
"It's okay, the general should hurry up and train this group of soldiers, these people will be the hope for the rise of my Zhao Kingdom."
"Old minister, obey."
Looking at the figure of Zhao Shan leaving, Zhao Yong sighed lightly: "Heavy agriculture and business suppression have been implemented, what is going on, let's take a look first, I hope that Shang Ying and his old man will not pit me; It should not be a big problem to implement the military cantonment system in the land between the rivers, and that place will not be able to fight for a while and a half, so even if something goes wrong, it can be corrected in time; The reform of the army has also begun, but even professional soldiers like Zhao Shan have some doubts, I am afraid that although such a method is stable, it still does not get a lot of support. If that's the case, I'm afraid that when the palace court meeting, it will be a lot of twists and turns. Zhao Yong thought as he walked towards the big tent, and he turned a deaf ear to the people around him saluting him. However, there was always something I didn't think of. ”
Walking into the cavalry camp and looking at the scene of training in full swing in the barracks, Zhao Yong's whole body felt his blood boiling, especially when he saw Li Zhuo doing various equestrian movements on the horses that used stirrups and saddles, Zhao Yong was a little excited. Because it is himself, he is changing this country, this army, and it is even possible to change the outcome of this history in the future! Thinking of this, he had more expectations for the future Shingong court.
Shinnomiya.
“... Since adhering to the order of the ancestors, he has been sighing all night, and the fate of the heavens is only a few times, but the days are diligent, and he does not dare to escape... Today, all states are prosperous, only Zhao is declining, and if you find its roots, the internal affairs will not be repaired and the military will not be sluggish... Although Zhou is an old state, its life is renewed..."
Zhao Bao stood at the head of the officials, reading aloud the so-called "holy decree" drafted by him and Fei Yi and Wu Guang in the name of Zhao Yong, and the three of them said a piece of the manifesto.
After continuous discussions between Zhao Yong and the three ministers, in response to several questions raised by Zhao Yong, the four of them preliminarily drew up a simple plan, which mainly involved three aspects: administration, land and military. It's very general to say, but the content is really not simple.
First, re-calibrate the system of the four secretaries, that is, "the official is divided into four secretaries, and the office is divided into four temples." Situ, Sima, Sikong, and Sikou each have their own rules. ”。 Situ governs the people and is in charge of household registration; Sima governs the army, in charge of army dispatch; Sikong Zhifu, management of land, buildings, and field endowments; The Si Kou is in charge of prison proceedings.
In fact, this is not an innovation, there are provisions for Situ, Sima and Sikou in "Zhou Li", but on this basis, Zhao Yong specifically asked all things to be reported in the "council hall" according to their priorities. A person is on duty in the council hall every day and is responsible for advisory matters.
Second, "clear the acres of land and compile the people into the register", use half a year to nine months to compile the people into the register, issue new names, and strengthen the control of the people. The most important thing is to send officials to verify the number of acres of land available, and obtain a number of high-class, medium-class, and low-class fields, as well as the number of public fields and private fields. Separately reported to the farmer for management.
Third, "All crimes of the five punishments, except for the general punishment, shall be abolished, and the fines shall be changed to confiscate assets, and they shall be sent to the border tuntian, and shall not be allowed to be naturalized for life." The new land reclaimed shall be handed over according to the rules of the eight officials and the second citizen. "Soldiers on the border, those who bring their relatives and family members into the border, may be given a certain amount of high-class land, and those who use public property shall be handed over according to the official seven civil three; Those who have private property shall be handed over according to the official six civil rights. ”
Except for Wu Guang, everyone else agrees with this. In fact, Wu Guang's statement is not against Tuntian, but against large-scale reclamation, the reason is that this thing has no technical content, Zhao State did it, Qi State also did it, Yan State and Wei State can do it. Especially the Wei State, which may not be as good as the Zhao State. If it is implemented on a large scale, it will inevitably allow other countries to learn, and the significance of this will not be highlighted.
But Fei Yi and Zhao Bao believe that even so, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and should be implemented. After Zhao Yong's deliberations, he imitated the exile system of later generations, and abolished some corporal punishments. His move was praised by hundreds of officials, which is off-topic.
Zhao Yong weighed the above three points again and again, and only announced them after soliciting the opinions of others. However, ideas such as "officials are not allowed to engage in business", "military establishment", and "military merit title system" have not been expressed. It is also in view of the current environment that the focus should be on stability, rather than large-scale adjustment.
However, just like this, it has already made hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China look sideways.
First of all, after the official position was re-marked, it seems that the power was decentralized, the responsibilities were clarified, the institutional influence of the former Jin Dynasty was abolished, and the allegiance to the Zhou royal family was owed. But in fact, all the rights were taken back through the political affairs hall, Siqing changed from a clerk to a messenger, and many things were no longer decided by themselves, and all power was centralized in the hands of Zhao Yong.
Second, settling the accounts of the acres of land and compiling the people into the register, which is the most unacceptable. It stands to reason that when the new monarch takes office, it is a routine action to settle the accounts and register the people, but this time, Zhao Yong assigned the work to Sikong Temple, as the management agency of the national tax, which will become the country's Ministry of Finance. If you are afraid to take anything seriously, when Sikong begins to become a specialized agency, some details will be dug up. For example, the public and private property of officials, and the barrenness of the acres of land will be reflected.
In this way, all the people under the officials, but all those who have civil status, must be registered one by one, so that all the people who have been overreported and concealed will always be cleared out as long as they are more seriously checked. In this way, those who want to obtain more land by falsely reporting the population, as well as those who have previously falsely reported that the population has obtained more than the land, will be identified. Although Zhao Yong's original intention was just to better restrict people's travel, he was also very happy to receive such an effect.
If the first two are still resistance, then the third is much better. After all, corporal punishment has been abolished, and both officials and ordinary people celebrate with their hands in hand. So much so that the military tun Tiao Chen in the back, but not too many people paid attention to it.
To put it simply, this so-called "Restoration" order is different everywhere, and it is in line with Zhou etiquette everywhere, at least in the hearts of some of the veteran ministers who defend Zhou etiquette, this order is completely in line with their ideas of his governing outline.
However, in the eyes of those who care, this order, which has major changes in details, is not as simple as it seems.
When Zhao Bao finished reading it, he still did not leave, but picked up another bamboo slip from the plate held by a eunuch standing next to him, he slowly opened it, and then glanced at it, and then read it out to the officials who were still chattering below.
The main content of this bamboo slip is the appointment of the four secretaries.
The position of Situ fell on Zhao Bao without accident. As a former prime minister, although this work is still the most important part, its rights have been abjected and it has lost its former glory. But Zhao Bao was still very excited, because he was ready to leave the political arena, but he didn't expect Zhao Yong to hand over the position of Situ to himself.
There is no suspense about Sima's position, although the position of national lieutenant was abolished and replaced by Sima, but there is not much difference between the two in terms of rights and duties. However, Wu Guang knew very well in his heart that since the establishment of the White Tiger Hall, all the troop movements had been withdrawn to Zhao Yong, and he had been completely reduced to the position of a logistics captain. However, Wu Guang obviously didn't know where he offended Zhao Yong, and let himself go from a real power figure to a fictitious position with no great power although he was ranked high.
The most surprising thing for everyone is actually the latter two positions. The position of Sikong was unexpectedly handed over to his uncle Zhao Cheng by Zhao Yong. This is very strange, many people know that since Zhao Yong's pro-government, many officials from the Zhao clan have been excluded from the core power layer, although they seem to be in a high position and have unlimited scenery, but they have no actual power. Even Zhao Cheng began to stop getting involved in government affairs because of his special status, but this time, he was appointed to the most powerful position, which... What is your idea?
And the position of Sikou has also been clarified. The ancestor of the monarch, the teacher of the current monarch, Feiyi, unsurprisingly occupied the last seat among the four secretaries and became the autumn official. This also means that the future law and trial and prison work of Zhao State will be in the hands of this master.
When Siqing announced, the entire court was silent, because everyone was scorched by the rolling thunder, and the thunder was soft and steaming on the outside.