(25) Establishment of a new system

The chaos ended and a new regime was established. The question of having a good name for the establishment of a new regime is very important, and the debate over this issue has already begun before the new imperial court has even opened.

The two sides of the argument were soon divided into two factions, and the faction headed by Xie Dongshan advocated that Bai Qi was the master of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to unify the Central Plains, so he should play the banner of the former Zhou, at least there should be a Zhou character in the country name, such as the Hou Zhou or something, Kong Beihai disagreed, thinking that in order to show that the new one should draw a clear line with the old era, a new country name should be taken.

Of course, everyone argues and argues, but the overall atmosphere is still very harmonious, and there is no so-called party dispute, people who have always been kings and emperors have taboo this, Bai Qi is of course no exception, this is all there are lessons for the ages.

After arguing for a long time, everyone couldn't convince each other, and finally Kong Beihai pulled Xie Dongshan to Bai Qi and asked Bai Qi to make the final decision.

After listening to the argument between the two, Bai Qi also felt interesting, the argument between the two quoting scriptures reflected the outstanding talents of both sides, and Bai Qi was proud to have such a subordinate.

Bai Qi also thought for a long time, and finally said: "What the two gentlemen said is very reasonable, what do you think of this?" There are clouds in ancient books, the Chinese people live in the world, and the Central Plains belongs to the center of the Chinese territory, and there are also records in the previous Zhou that the territory of the Zhou is in the world, and the geographical location of our country is in the Central Plains, I think the new country is called (China).

The name "China" is the source of pride in Bai Qi's memory of his previous life, no matter where he goes in the world, someone asks where he is from, Bai Qi will proudly tell him that I am Chinese.

"China!" Xie Dongshan chewed on the meaning of these two words and nodded slightly.

"China!" Kong Beihai couldn't help but read these two words when he heard them, and after thinking about it, he would smile heartily.

"What a spirit! The lord is far-sighted, and in the future, China will definitely become the superior state of the Heavenly Empire to be congratulated by all nations, and this is tantamount to agreeing.

"Haha! In vain, I have been conceited for many years, and I think I have some knowledge, but today I understand in front of the lord that my lord's ambition is ambitious, the momentum is magnificent, and the knowledge is broad, Beihai worships! When Kong Beihai said this, he stood up and bowed respectfully to Bai Qi.

Seeing Kong Beihai like this, how Xie Dongshan was willing to lag behind, he hurriedly stood together, and the two said in unison: "My subordinates are willing to serve the will of the Lord for life."

Bai Qi didn't expect that he had borrowed what he was most proud of in his previous life, and the two of them actually had such a big reaction, so they quickly stood up and saluted back: "Bai Qi has thanked the two gentlemen."

The name of the country has been decided, and another matter has been put on the agenda, and this time Kong Beihai and Dongshan can be said to be in step with each other. Since Bai Qi is already the lord of a country, he should have a loud name, and he can no longer be called Bai Qi and Bai Qi, the small people in the market use numbers as the name, and the name Bai Qi is at least not appealing enough, so it must be changed, how to change it specifically, this time the two agreed that Bai Qi should change it himself, and it seems that he has accepted the lesson of the last time.

What did you change your name? This fact is calling Bai Qi a headache, according to the homonym of the name, it is called Bai Qi? No, there was a Bai Qi in his previous life, that was a murderous demon king, and he did 400,000 soldiers after the Battle of Changping, called Bai Qi? Bai Qi felt that the name was a bit feminine. After thinking about it, Bai Qi had no idea, so he found his eldest brother Bai Yunfan to discuss, and Bai Yunfan said smoothly: "In the future, the Bai family will naturally be dominated by you, and my brother thinks that you are still the same as me, Yun Zi Generation, call Bai Yunqi."

Bai Qi immediately applauded when he heard it, this name looked ordinary at first glance, but Bai Qi quickly thought of the words "sit and watch the clouds rise", as well as the words "wind and clouds", so he responded and used this name.

Bai Yunqi (who will use this name in the future) said the new name to the two top strategists, and the two applauded together, agreeing that the name Bai Yunqi would be of some help to pacify the major families in the capital, and the matter was settled.

The new signboard is here, the new name is also there, and the next thing is to choose an auspicious day and perform the enthronement ceremony. After a month of busy preparations, Bai Qi finally became the lord of a country.

The consequence of the war was a large-scale regression of the country's economy, and the economy of Duliangcheng also entered a historical low ebb due to the war, and the war also caused the displacement of a large number of people, and the barren farmland.

Bai Yunqi said that the first thing the queen did was to establish a new state mechanism, the old mechanism had too many shortcomings, and the local chief executives had too much military power, and it was inevitable that the tail would not be lost after a long time. Baiyunqi imitated the six-part system of the Lighting Dynasty, and abolished the system of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, which had been inherited from the previous week.

Although the six-part system is not the most advanced system that Bai Qi knows, it is already a big lead in this world. Bai Yunqi also set up the post of Cabinet Commander-in-Chief above the Six Ministries, and the two Commanders-in-Chief were Kong Beihai and Dongshan, leading the Six Ministries. As the eldest brother, Bai Yunfan only got the position of the secretary of the military department, which fully illustrates Bai Yunqi's meritocracy and won a good reputation from the world's scholars.

After consolidating the system and securing the centralization of power centered on the beginning of the war, the next issue before us was to solve the problem of people's livelihood after the war.

After the establishment of the new system, the first court meeting.

Sitting on a chair that symbolizes that everything can be decided, Bai Yunqi accepted the three calls of the ministers and took a while to adapt to this new role. Thinking of the emperor's style in movies and television in his previous life, the white clouds swayed like a dream.

There is no eunuch in the court, this is Bai Yunqi's insistence, the phenomenon of eunuchs is absolutely unacceptable to Bai Yunqi, thinking that there are always some people around him who are neither men nor women, Bai Yunqi can get goosebumps all over his body.

Everything starts with Jane This is Bai Yunqi's requirements for himself and his ministers, and on the issue of women, he also abolished the theory of three palaces and six courtyards, and the women around him are only equipped with three or five maids to serve, and in addition to the guards, Bai Yunqi has only five palace maid costumes, which is enough luxury for Bai Yunqi. Bai Yunqi also resolutely resisted the beauty pageant proposed by his subordinates, but selected a group of young women from the old palace maids to stay, and the others were all returned to the people, so that they could get married.

The first person to speak at the meeting was Xie Dongshan.

"The affairs of the world, based on agriculture and mulberry, the initial determination of national chaos, when stability first, care for the people's livelihood first to solve Dongshan This is obviously to the point, which is also a problem that Bai Yunqi has been worried about, the wounds caused by the war must be healed as soon as possible, otherwise the people will be able to bury themselves without waiting for other countries to come.

Bai Yunqi paid enough attention to Xie Dongshan's speech, and said on the spot: "Within one year, all agricultural taxes will be exempted, and an administrative order will be adopted to force the landlords to reduce or reduce the land rent, so as to give the peasants all over the world a time to breathe."

For the first meaning of Bai Yunqi, there are no people who oppose it, but there are different voices in the second meaning, and it is Kong Beihai who stands up and speaks most of Bai Yunqi.

Kong Hokkaidao: "My lord's compassion for heaven and earth can be learned, but this move will definitely cause local dissatisfaction, and even resistance, may cause new turmoil, I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

Of course, Bai Yunqi has considered these problems, and the biggest problem left over from the previous dynasty is that the land annexation is serious, and the local heroes and powers are rising, and if this problem is not solved, there is no way to make the country recover quickly, so the long pain is better than the short pain, and the use of the incident of compulsory reduction and reduction of rent interest is used to kill Bai Yunqi to follow suit, so as to quickly and temporarily solve this old stubborn disease.

Bai Yunqi replied in a very firm tone: "This dynasty is newly established, and the widow can still reduce taxes, can't these local silverfish give up their own small interests." The widow said the bad words first, all over the country, so the rent shall not exceed forty percent, but anyone who dares to disobey will be caught and killed. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, and the cabinet and the six ministries will draft a provision as soon as possible, and the whole country will come out

Bai Yunqi ordered a one-year reduction of agricultural taxes, which marked the intention to live a hard life for a year, and the lord of the country was still like this, what else did the people below have to say. Of course, the huge profits brought by the liquor business and the glass business are also a fundamental part of Baiyunqi's ability to maintain.

Seeing Bai Yunqi's resolute attitude, the ministers didn't dare to touch this mold again. Of course, the two cabinet ministers also thought about the consequences of this decree, and successively suggested that Bai Yunqi should let the local garrisons and yamen strengthen the monitoring of the local area, and deal with it in a timely manner if something happened, and Bai Yunqi accepted this suggestion.

The new dynasty was established, and a hundred ruins were waiting to be rebuilt, and a month passed quickly in the busyness of Baiyunqi's royal career. The first thing is to see how well the new rent-rate system is implemented, and secondly, to resettle the war displaced people, and to take advantage of the opportunity brought by the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes to buy a large amount of grain, so as to lay a solid foundation for the resettlement of the displaced people for the winter. Without food, stability can only be an empty word.

Walking out of the palace wall compound, dressed in civilian clothes and taking a few entourages, Bai Yunqi began the first private visit of his king's career. Bai Yunqi is different from the old kings, he will not just know that he will sit in the courtyard of the deep palace and watch the folds sent below, it is impossible to tell all the truth, whitewash the peace, hide it from the top and not hide it from the bottom, this set of business Chinese politicians can not be more skilled, Bai Yunqi does not want to be coaxed by them as a deaf person.

The wounds of the war are palpable, with what was once a golden field now mostly barren, with only a few fields where a pitiful harvest can still be seen. Duliang City is the center of this war and the most affected place, so it is also the focus of Bai Yunqi's private visit.