Looking at the Hukou County on the opposite side and at the Shizhong Mountain on the opposite side, the Wang Fu next to him held a pu fan in one hand and a teacup in the other and said: "Shengshang, this Shizhong Mountain is Su Shi's Shizhong Mountain."

Yang Xuan sighed, turned to look at Wang Fuzhi and looked quite puzzled.

Wang Fuzhi pointed to the cliff in front of him and said: "Shengshang, when Su Dongpo was an official nearby, he came to the foot of Shizhong Mountain and wrote the famous story "Shizhong Mountain". ”

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "When I was a child, I read the story of Shizhong Mountain, and I thought that this Shizhong Mountain must be a fairyland on earth, with mountains and rivers and stone bells intertwined, and in this quiet night, it should have a unique flavor."

Today, I heard the Qing family say this, it turned out to be such a fairyland, and it was actually a military fortress, which was really incredible. ”

Gu Yanwu, the chief secretary for administration next to him, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, such a beautiful river and mountain should have been full of tourists, but now it has become a place for human cultivation."

The entry of the Tartars, burning, killing and looting, and doing evil deeds are really miserable.

The Tartar is the crown of the monkey, turning our dignified Chinese land into a miasma.

Because many righteous people were unwilling to go to the barbarian Qing to become officials, the Tartars had to appoint some treacherous people, and some of them were illiterate and illiterate, who not only did not act recklessly in the locality, but also allowed those officials to harm the villagers.

In the past, the people just thought that the Tartar invasion of China was an ordinary change of dynasty, but it was simply a blockage of benevolence and righteousness, and the jackals were in charge.

The saint hangs the people for their crimes, and the people everywhere they pass do not respond. When I heard that the loyal and righteous army was fighting with the Tartars at Hukou, I heard that the righteous soldiers such as Ping Yitong and He Wangsheng had risen up accordingly, and when the army passed by, the people along the way all put up incense cases to welcome, and all took out the only food at home to work for the army. ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said: "So we know that we have a great responsibility, although we implement the new policy and establish a parliament, it is difficult to ensure that some officials take the opportunity to harm our neighbors." ”

Gu Yanwu suggested: "Holy Lord, can you issue a holy decree and tell the counties of Guangfu that the election of the township mayor and the election of the councillors will be held at the same time as the land of Qingzhang."

I inspected the lake (in some places in the north, some officials still need some errand money or something, and they are publicly expelled for impeachment by the congressmen.

With the parliamentarians elected by the people themselves, those officials and officials will no longer dare to do anything wrong. ”

Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "But on the other hand, I'm worried that some people will miss the report, especially those parliamentarians or something, if they use their status as parliamentarians to do mischief, what will they do?" ”

Wang Fuzhi said beside him: "Holy Lord, he can be impeached by the government, and he can be impeached by local supervisors." ”

Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "And Brother Nong, you choose to try it out in a newly recovered county, you must seriously summarize the gains and losses, put forward suggestions for improvement, if it is feasible, I will do what you say."

You have also seen that the state finance is the fundamental plan of the state, and even if the provinces are divided into counties and provinces, the grain and silver collected in this way are similar to the three salaries, so it seems that in the past, the local government embezzled almost several times the state tax.

In this way, there is such a saying among the people, the emperor levies 1 tael of silver, and the officials want to collect several times the amount of silver from the people. ”

Gu Yanwu said with a smile: "The emperor is really a blessing for the country and the people."

The establishment of parliaments in various localities will supervise not only the collection of taxes, but also the use of the money collected.

It's like the running fee, the registration fee or something, some lawmakers are questioning the reasonableness.

In this way, it seems that the new policy of Shengshang is indeed effective, on the surface, the income of officials is much higher, just like the current annual salary of a county is 45 taels of silver as in the past, but there are also 2 times the office allowance, 2 times the maintenance of incorruptible silver, so that it reaches 225 taels a year.

Let's think about it, in the past, except for Hai Rui, these Qing officials, that magistrate didn't have a thousand taels of silver a year?

When the time comes, you only need to rectify the gang of officials, I know that the emperor is worried about the number of officials, there are more than 100 officials in each county system, and there are more officials outside the system. ”

Yang Xuan nodded and looked at Gu Yanwu and Wang Fudao: "Two gentlemen, I asked you to study the constitutional monarchy system, that is, to limit the rights of the monarch through the law, and to enforce certain rights on behalf of the people through the parliament.

Two gentlemen, I don't know how the research is going? ”

When Gu Yanwu heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Holy Lord, how dare Weichen talk about the emperor's authority?"

Emperor, is it good to have a constitutional monarchy, you see that the change of dynasty in the history books of all dynasties is not a mediocre lord and the appointment of traitorous ministers.

Saintly, although Mencius once said that the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light. Even so, I don't think it did that far.

However, China is too big, and if you are not wise, if you resolutely implement a constitutional monarchy, you may bring about the rule of the clan like in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Brother Gu, your worries are not unreasonable, so this kind of thing should be done slowly, and we must trust the people." You see, just like this uprising, if there can be an election, the people can vent their anger, so that there will be no more major riots in our country.

If this is the case, with the size and strength of China, it will be even more difficult for the Tartars to attack China. ”

Gu Yanwu wiped the beads of sweat from his face again and again and said, "Holy Lord, since this is the case, Brother Ernong and I will study and study according to the Holy Lord's intentions." ”

Yang Xuan smiled: "Brother Gu, you can do it with confidence." If there's something wrong in the middle, it's my problem, it's my decision-making, not you. ”

After Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi glanced at each other, they said yes.

Just as Yang Xuan's thoughts returned to the battlefield again, Wang Fuzhi next to him arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, a scholar dies for a confidant, and we are originally cloth clothes, and we were enabled by Your Majesty to be a scholar in front of the palace.

I have been following Your Majesty for several months, and I deeply feel that Your Majesty is kind-hearted, not only very kind to his ministers and subjects, but also too kind to those corrupt officials and traitors. ”

Yang Xuan blinked and looked at the other party, deeply puzzled.

Wang Fuzhi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty has been deeply loved by the military and the people since he issued the punishment of traitors, but it is difficult to achieve a deterrent effect by only investigating the crimes of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and only targeting the crimes of traitors and lackeys." ”

Yang Xuan was puzzled, shook his head and said: "And Brother Nong, recover all over the country, focus on cracking down on the arrogance of traitors and lackeys, and ruthlessly attack those traitors who kill the righteous people who resist the Qing Dynasty and the traitors who sabotage the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty."

And Brother Nong, these people are extremely evil, shouldn't they be cracked down? ”

Wang Fuzhi kowtowed and said: "The successive dynasties have changed dynasties and still dealt a blow to the old and young of the previous dynasty, not to mention this dynasty?"

This dynasty was newly built on the verge of the collapse of the Han nation, and it was the time when traitors and clowns were popular.

Since ancient times, in order to rectify the dynasty, all the families of criminal ministers have been used as slaves, so as to prevent them from causing chaos in the future and causing trouble to the people.

The imperial court is a serious court, and it can issue an order to confiscate the property of the traitorous ministers, and their children will be used as lowly status as punishment. ”

Yang Xuan was puzzled, and after careful questioning, he knew that this was a common practice in all dynasties, in order to crack down on political enemies, all the families of criminal ministers were used as lowly statuses, and slaves were slaves for generations to crack down.

Although it felt inappropriate, considering the common practice of previous dynasties, Yang Xuan had to agree.

Everyone chatted for a while, talking about how to capture Shizhong Mountain, capture Hukou, and how to besiege the city for reinforcements.

But what everyone hesitates the most is Hong Chengchou Group, compared to Jierharang Group and Yuele Group, Hong Chengchou is close at hand, and he is a strong opponent.

Looking at the map, everyone fell into a deep thought, and Wu Yanghu, the privy envoy for a long time, said: "Your Majesty, this Shizhong Mountain cliff is extremely difficult to attack, Saint, we might as well choose to land at a dangerous place downstream by grabbing the beach, and then attack the Tartar on the back."

Looking at Shi Zhongshan on the other side, Yang Xuan's eyes lit up, in World War II, the U.S. military had island-hopping tactics.

Now the loyal army is strong, and it can land from the rear, so it is flanked from both sides.

Everyone was at a loss, but now when they hear it, their eyes light up, and everyone is interested and looking for a landing site.

When he traveled from southern Jiangsu to Wuchang, Gu Yanwu once lived in Shizhong Mountain and had an understanding of the surrounding terrain, but now when he heard Yang Xuan suddenly talk about it, he immediately said Shengshang, we might as well choose to land by grabbing the beach at a dangerous place downstream, and then attack the Tartar on the back.

Your Majesty, please see, this Dragon King Temple is about 20 miles away from the county seat of Tartar, and you can successfully land on the battlefield and outflank Tartar from behind. ”

Yang Xuan looked at the sand table in front of him and said in a low voice: "If you can outflank the back road of the Tartars like this, if there are no tens of thousands of reinforcements from Hong Chengchou, there is nothing to do.

But think about it, this Hukou is only a hundred miles away from Pengze County, if we hear that we landed in the Longwang Temple to outflank the Hukou Tartars, Hong Chengchou will inevitably lead his troops to intercept it, and the Qing army and naval division at Hukou will also attack on all fronts, so that my loyal army will be outflanked by Hukou's Ma Guozhu infantry army at the same time, Hukou's Baiyintu Water Division, and Peng Ze's Hong Chengchou infantry army, so ............"

Seeing this, Wu Yanghu hurriedly explained to Yang Xuan, and Yang Xuan said yes after hearing it.