Volume 18 The Rise of Empires Chapter 2 Centralization
In the evening of this day, Zhang Liang received the edict of Fusu to enter the palace, Zhang Liang did not dare to slack off, hurriedly changed into court clothes, and hurriedly entered the palace.
When I arrived at the study room, I saw that there were already several people sitting in the room, in addition to Fusu, there were still three important ministers in the court, Xiao Ji, Xiao He, and Fan Tianshi! Zhang conscience took a look at it, knowing that the matter discussed today must be not small!
"Minister Zhang Liang sees that he is late, please forgive your majesty!" Zhang Liang hurriedly gave a salute. "The military advisor doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat!" Fusu said with a smile.
Zhang Liang got up, signaled to Ying Ji and the others, and then sat with Ying Ji, opposite Xiao He and Fan Tianshi!
Seeing that everyone was ready, Fusu nodded and said: "Zhuqing, I want to discuss how the United Nations should govern this disaster after the official establishment of the country!" All of you are wise and resourceful, the best in the world, please speak freely, don't have any scruples!" In fact, it is selfish to recruit these four people to help the Soviet Union, these four people are all people who value the country, love the people, and are selfless, so that they can help formulate some important national policies.
The four of them looked at each other, exchanged familiar glances with each other, and Xiao He said first: "Your Majesty, the world is in turmoil, and there are three things to do first!" Oh, what three things? Xiao Qing said!" Fusu looked like he was listening!
Xiao He said: "First, restore the order of life in various places. After more than a year of chaos in the world, many places are barren and uncultivated, but some places are densely populated by displaced people and have no land to plant, so if you don't want to find a way to let the displaced people have land to plant as soon as possible, I am afraid that if you can't eat enough, you will inevitably have another disaster!"
Fusu nodded and said: "Xiao Qing's concern is true, and in two days, he will issue an order to all provinces and counties, and find a way to absorb the displaced people who are stranded in the counties as soon as possible if the county can accept them, and repatriate those who cannot be accepted by the county to their hometowns." If it is difficult to return to their hometown, the United Nations Special Approval can appropriately reclaim new land for the displaced people to cultivate, and the court can also appropriately allocate some funds for repatriation and resettlement of displaced people based on the local conditions! Xiao Qing, Fan Qing, and you must make specific arrangements. Don't let the local government float on the surface!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiao He and Fan Tianshi nodded.
"The second point is: clean up the bandits everywhere! Now there are no rebels in the world, but there are many small bandits who gather in the mountains and forests and rob houses and houses, especially in the new area of Kanto. If the problem of banditry is not solved, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the people to cultivate with peace of mind!" Xiao He continued.
Fusu nodded in agreement: "Yes, without a peaceful environment, the people will not be able to live in peace, this bandit must be suppressed, but think that there must be many homeless people in these bandits, so you can't completely use violent means to solve the problem!" So be it. The Federation issued an edict as soon as possible: In the spirit of mercy, except for habitual bandits who have committed many crimes, amnesty will be granted to bandits in all parts of the world, and the deadline for the arrival of the decree will be returned to the local government within one month. If there are still bandit patients in the counties and counties when the expiration date, the garrisons in various places will immediately dispatch to severely suppress them, arrest and kill a group of people, and never be merciless! A year later, the Federation sent a number of patrol teams to inspect the whole country, and if they found a place where banditry was serious again. The first magistrate of the county was dismissed on the spot and escorted to Xianyang for interrogation! What do you think?"
Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Your Majesty is wise, it is very appropriate to deal with it like this!" Fusu smiled: "Take a look." The military advisor is slapping the ass again!" Everyone laughed.
Xiao He also said with a smile: "After the first two things are done, the lives of the people everywhere will basically be guaranteed!" But if you want the people to live better. There is a third thing that has to be solved: the fight against profiteers. Now that the world has been decided, there are many scarce materials in various places, especially food, because there are many black-hearted traders who have accumulated strange things. Buy low and sell high, wantonly inventory the people in various places who are already impoverished because of the war, and if such black sheep are not eliminated, the people will not be convinced. The minister has already received a number of relevant complaints from various places. It's shocking!"
Hearing this, Fusu smiled bitterly and said: "There are always such profiteers who make a fortune in the country and war money, and it is understandable for businessmen to pursue profit by nature, but if it is too much, then it must be severely punished!" In this way, the Union immediately ordered all counties and counties to do everything possible to stabilize prices and crack down on speculative elements, and those who dared to commit crimes against the wind would be punished severely according to the commercial law, and all the materials involved would be returned to the state treasury. In troubled times, use heavy classics, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve miraculous results!
Among them, stabilizing grain prices is the most important, Xiao Qing, Fan Qing, the Federation immediately used 'Qin Feng' to report the normal grain prices and current grain prices in various places to you, and you set a guide price for the grain prices in various places according to these news, so as to be fair and reasonable, and neither let the people suffer, nor let the merchants be unprofitable! In addition, we quickly transferred grain from Bashu and Jiangnan to the north, and while providing relief to the counties with grain arrears, we pushed down the grain prices in various places! The rest of the scarce materials such as salt, iron, cloth, etc., you can also properly solve them in accordance with the joint measures, so as to achieve results in half a year and a year of success! Is there a problem?"
Xiao He and Fan Tianshi looked at each other when they heard this, and suddenly laughed, Fan Tianshi said: "Your Majesty is really a god, it seems that there is some difficulty, there is a wonderful way to move the idea, the minister and Xiao Xiangzheng are anxious about this matter, and there is no good solution, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty will easily solve it now!" Fusu was secretly happy in his heart: "Nonsense, you think that the books of Lian Qiansheng for so many years are in vain, but I have a double master's degree!" On his face, he said happily: "Fan Qing is also coming to pat himself!" The crowd laughed!
Fusu took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said, "Xiao Qing's three are very important, which can ensure that the world can settle down as soon as possible and restore normal life order!" But this is only governing the people, and it has not yet involved governing the country, so please continue to speak freely!"
Fan Tianshi and Fusu have known each other for many years, that is, they know each other, and they know the elegance after hearing the string song, so they said slowly: "Governing the country is more complicated than governing the country. The minister also has three things to discuss, but the general meaning is four words: centralization!"
Fu Su was shocked when he heard this, nodded and said, "What Fan Qing said is very good, you might as well elaborate on it!"
Fan Tianshi also drank some tea and moistened his throat and said: "First, it is military power and strength. If it is decided at the beginning today, there are many generals who hold heavy troops and divide the town into various places, which is very bad! Although with His Majesty's prestige, there will be no problems for a while, but if it is allowed to develop, I am afraid that it will become a big trend, so we must quickly find a way to take back the military power back to the state! Moreover, now that the country has decided, there is no need to raise an army of millions of people, so it is better to reduce some of the troops and return them to various places to supplement the civilian population. In this way, the burden on the country and the people will be smaller!" Win Ji and others didn't dare to speak for a while when they heard this, this question is too sensitive!
Fusu was silent for a moment and said: "This is very good, but will it make people in the world think that the United is engaged in bird ** hiding, rabbit dead dog cooking?" Fan Tianshi said: "For the sake of the country, Your Majesty must be like this!" As long as Your Majesty treats the generals well and slowly reduces their military power, with Your Majesty's prestige in the army, no one will be able to say anything, unless he wants to rebel!"
Fusu thought to himself: "With his prestige in the army, plus Meng Tian, Li Xin, Han Xin and other generals are not his friends of life and death." It's the person who pulls it out of his own hands, who dares to rebel!? What's more, it is also a justifiable thing to adjust military power after the world is decided, and the army and the people have been thinking about it for a long time, and it is impossible for them to rebel with the generals!" Then he looked at Ying Ji and said, "Second brother, what do you see?" Ying Ji thought about it for a while, looked at Fusu's face and said: "Brother Chen also thinks that this is very appropriate, although it is a little difficult, but there are some things that must be done, and they must be done as soon as possible!" Your Majesty can take the opportunity of disarmament to reorganize the troops in various places. The generals were also reassigned; Some veterans may retire and their vacancies will be replaced by those of His Majesty's cronies; In addition, we should also restore the old tiger talisman troop transfer system as soon as possible to avoid changes in generals!"
Fusu resolutely made up his mind and said, "Okay! So it was decided. The iron-clad battalion and flowing water soldiers must not leave any troubles in the future!" He asked Zhang Liangdao again: "Ovary." How many sergeants are there on the books today?" Zhang Liang hurriedly said: "The minister remembers that there are about 1.5 million people, but there must be many people who are not registered!"
Fusu gasped and said, "When my father was here, the population of the world was about 24 million. Now, after more than a year of war, the Kanto region has suffered serious losses, and it is estimated that the population of the whole country is about 17 or 8 million. It's a must-have!" After thinking about it for a moment, he said, "So be it." At present, there are about 40 counties in the world, and depending on the population and geography of each locality, 10,000 to 20,000 people will be stationed in each region, and efforts will be made to reduce the local town garrison troops to about 600,000 within a year. In addition, the central government has set aside a forbidden army as a mobile force, which is about 200,000 people! The rest are border guards, with 300,000 in the north and 100,000 in the south. In this way, the total number of troops in various places is about 1.2 million! It is estimated that the current strength of the army will be reduced by about 30 percent, which will greatly reduce the burden on the state and the people, and will also allow the army to train while cultivating land, which will save a lot of expenses.
Zhang Liang nodded when he heard this: "Your Majesty is very thoughtful, now that the troubled times have just been settled, the number of troops must not be reduced too much, otherwise once there is a change, it will be difficult to respond in time!"
Fusu nodded and said to Fan Tianshi, "Fan Qing, what about the second thing?" Fan Tianshi said: "The second thing is to fight Haoqiang. There are two kinds of heroes, the upper is the courtier: the minister thinks that in the future, the prince and the marquis can no longer be placed in the food estate, only a false name can be left, so that one can avoid its tail is not small, and the other can also prevent it from bullying the people, and the minister suggested that it should also be changed to the Yulu system; The following is the local nobles: These people are intertwined in the local forces, and it is difficult for local officials to check and balance, if they do not want to weaken them, they will definitely bring great trouble to the country's governance!"
Fusu thought for a moment and said: "In the old years, although the father and emperor no longer divided the princes, the food system was still preserved, because each food was only handed over to the feudal lord, and the military power and political power were still controlled by the state, which is still very different from the princes' seals!" However, the federation also considered that if it was to be changed, it should be changed more thoroughly, and for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the country, the food system should also be completely abolished and changed to the Yulu system. If Lenovo is not a person with great speculation, he should take a lot of money, and there should be no complaints! As for the local heroes, for the time being, 'Qin Feng' will come forward to sweep away some of the most illegal places, deter the rest of the people, etc., and when the time is ripe in the future, then slowly clean them up, for the time being, stability is still the priority!" Everyone woke up, if they are in a hurry now, I am afraid that those local heroes will take advantage of the initial decision of the world and the dissatisfaction of the people to make some changes!
Fan Tianshi said the third thing: "In addition, the state should strengthen the management of local official history. Now most of the official histories in various places are old people in the old Qin period, and many of them either rely on money, or rely on connections, or rely on bragging and climbing to high positions, how can these people govern the place well. Therefore, the minister suggested that merit should be recruited immediately, and that those incompetent officials should be gradually replaced by various pretexts. Second, His Majesty can secretly order 'Qin Feng' to strengthen the monitoring of official histories in various places, and if there are any people who are in office, they will be reported quickly, and once verified, they will be severely punished; Third, Your Majesty should take back the right to appoint and dismiss principal officials in various localities, because in the past, when the emperor was in charge, he was only responsible for the direct appointment and dismissal of county-level chief officials, and the ministers thought that Your Majesty should go one step further, and even the important posts of county lieutenants, county secretaries, and county commanders should also be reported to Your Majesty for personal approval, so that the state will greatly strengthen its control over the history of local officials, and can effectively solve the problems of low efficiency and weak sense of responsibility of officials!"
"Well, Fan Qing's idea is also very good, and it is very good for strengthening centralized power! However, the Federation also has two other ideas: first, officials are not allowed to serve in their hometowns, so as to avoid the collusion of officials and officials to a certain extent and the exploitation of the people; 2. For a term of three years, the court shall evaluate the tenure of the principal officials of each county and county: if it is determined that they are incompetent, they may be punished with demotion or other punishments; If the results are excellent, they can be adjusted or rewarded with the above; If the results are mediocre, try to transfer to another party, so as not to have an uneasy feeling after sitting in the local area! There is nothing new in these two points, that is, to cut off as much as possible the opportunities for officials to fish and flesh the people! I wonder what you think?" Fusu thought about it for a while and told some of the experiences of the future generations!
Ying Ji and the others thought about it for a while, and felt that it was very reasonable, Fan Tianshi said: "Although what Your Majesty said has never been implemented before, it is quite reasonable, and the minister thinks it is quite a try!" Fusu was very happy when he heard this: "Okay, today's deliberations will end here, all the secretaries will go back, the military division is responsible for military affairs, Xiao Qing and Fan Qing are responsible for government affairs, and the specific implementation methods of today's proposed charter will be drawn up and handed over to the joint review tomorrow night." If there is no problem, an edict will be issued to implement it throughout the country! Second brother, you can make overall arrangements and help the three of them!" Yes, Your Majesty!" Win the four people to take the order!
Within a few days, after discussing with Ying Ji and others, Fusu issued a number of decrees in a row with the momentum of thunder, and began to rectify many restless factors in the country with an iron fist. Under the suppression of Fusu's high prestige, supplemented by the strong military power and the support of the enlightened military and political ministers of the DPRK and China, the implementation of the laws and regulations in various localities was relatively smooth, although there were some twists and turns. Because the reform of Fusu was beneficial to the vast majority of the people in the world, and it did not touch the fundamental interests of those Haoshenshi strata, although there were some voices of opposition, they could not make any big waves, and they were soon suppressed!
It took about half a year for the order of life in various places to gradually get on the right track; A year later, the implementation of the decrees was basically completed, and the state eliminated the main hidden dangers, and all political, military, and economic activities began to resume in an all-round way, showing a healthy and vigorous situation.