Yang Mu picked up the sword, stood up from the dragon chair, and shouted: "Come on, bring the three princes of Zheng Guo and all the traitors!" ”

"Yes!"

On both sides of the main hall, the palace guards received the order, and after making a salute, they went to the cell where Zheng Kang and the officials were held.

After a while, all the people were brought in, and the sound of clanging shackles resounded throughout the hall.

A group of traitors, dressed in prison clothes, with haggard faces and shackles, all knelt in the center of the main hall, constantly begging for mercy and begging for mercy.

There are also people who defend themselves, claiming that surrender is only a stopgap measure, and they are all brave and loyal, and ask Your Majesty to learn from it.

Some people even played the emotional card, crying bitterly and counting how brave they were and how loyal they were when they followed the first emperor, begging Yang Mu to look at the face of the first emperor and spare them for a while.

If it weren't for watching too many TV series and seeing the acting skills of this group of people at a glance, Yang Mu would almost believe it.

"Everyone, when I first ascended the throne, I can't bear to do things that kill each other internally, for the sake of everyone's sincere repentance, you can open the net." Yang Mu said.

A group of traitors were overjoyed, Yang Mu's words directly relieved them, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they could be exempted from the death penalty, with the power of the gate valve, they could still live a prosperous life, and it was just a big deal to lose an official position.

"Listen, I can not only exonerate you from capital crimes, but also remember the past feelings, and some people can retain their official positions, not only will they not condemn their crimes, but they will trust them as before."

Yang Mu said again, and at the same time handed down a piece of paper from the dragon case and circulated it to everyone.

The rebels were overjoyed, they didn't expect the emperor to be so generous, and the cost of this rebellion was too low, right?

However, when they saw what was written on the paper, they frowned.

Abolish the original official position system and change it to 12 ministries?

Abolish the old title system and establish a new meritorious lord?

As soon as they saw these words, all the officials were confused, what is His Majesty the Emperor doing? Isn't the original system of official positions and lords quite good?

But when I looked down, I understood what was going on, and I was shocked.

(1) The Reclamation Decree was promulgated, allowing the common people to cultivate the land, and all the cultivated land was owned by the State, and the government granted the cultivators to cultivate it, and exempted from taxes on the land for three years;

2. Reward military merits, and reward silver coins for killing more enemies, and confer knighthoods;

3. Abolish the per capita tax and encourage childbearing.

The first one is okay, after all, it increases the country's taxes, but the last two are simply shaking the absolute monopoly of the aristocracy!

Ordinary soldiers can be awarded knighthoods by virtue of their military merits, doesn't it mean that mud legs can also be nobles? Won't the nobility be worthless in the future?

The abolition of the per capita tax is also, you know, the per capita tax has existed since ancient times, and the tax is levied according to the capitation calculation, taking Cangguo as an example, it roughly occupies a third of the country's tax revenue, and many families without land have to sell themselves as slaves because they can't pay the per capita tax, and become the slaves of the family lords, like livestock, to escape the per capita tax.

Once the tax is exempted, it is conceivable that in the future, the number of people who voluntarily become slaves will be greatly reduced, and the cost of buying slaves will also be greatly increased.

If we look at it from this point of view, we can't agree with the first article, those ordinary people have land to cultivate, and then no one sells themselves into slavery, right? How else to exploit them? How to maintain the privileges and vested interests of the gate valve family?

It can be seen from this that the so-called official position and meritorious lord system above are all paving the way for these three articles, which is to readjust the power of the court and build a foundation for rewarding military merits.

"Your Majesty, the old minister does not agree, this matter must not be allowed!"

"The lord system is the foundation of the state, and it has been like this for thousands of years, and it cannot be easily deposed!"

"Abolishing the tax on people, the tax revenue of my Dacang country will be greatly reduced, and in the long run, the treasury will be empty!"

"I'm a nobleman by nature, how can those lowly mud legs be lords?"

For a while, there was a lot of noise in the court, whether it was the officials standing on both sides or the traitors kneeling on the ground, they all spoke with emotion, and degraded the three articles proposed on the paper to the fullest, as if once implemented, the country would be destroyed immediately.

Yang Mu watched them perform coldly, and his heart has always been very firm, these three decrees must be implemented!

On the surface, these officials seem to be right, but when you think about it deeply, each of them is a policy to strengthen the country.

It is conceivable that after the introduction of the military merit system, it will definitely set off a frenzy of joining the army among the common people, whether it is for their own glory and wealth or for future generations, everyone has to desperately earn a title and become a nobleman.

Once a war with the enemy country starts, I am afraid that the happiest will be those soldiers, and when the time comes, they will not have to rush forward with a roar?

The "Reclamation Order" is like the land reform of New China, which puts the newly reclaimed fields under the state ownership and classifies them as basic farmland, which is not allowed to be bought and sold privately, and is distributed once every five or ten years, so as to ensure that every household has land to cultivate, and at least no one dies of starvation.

Moreover, if the cultivated land increases, the land tax will naturally increase, and in the long run, it will not only alleviate social contradictions, but also bring huge tax revenue and food to the state.

The abolition of the tax on people would be even more remarkable.

To give two examples, the main achievement of Zhang Juzheng's reform during the Ming Dynasty in China was to levy the human tax and the field tax together, which was considered by later historians to have extended the Ming Dynasty's 100-year national ancestry and was extremely famous.

During the Kangyong period, the implementation of "never increase the endowment" and "apportionment into the mu" was actually the cancellation of the per capita tax in disguise, and some other reasons, directly promoted a population explosion in Chinese history, which increased China's population several times.

Speaking of which, Cangguo is a country with a population of less than 600,000, Yang Mu himself feels ashamed, if this country wants to be strong, it must ensure a steady stream of new population, reduce the burden on civilians, and encourage childbearing, which is imperative.

"Your Majesty, even if the criminal minister dies, he will not agree to such a bad government!" An old man in a white prison robe knelt on the ground, his head tilted, and he looked like he was iron-clad.

Yang Mu recognized him, Tian Rongchang, the prime minister of Zuo, had already learned from Shen An that this person was an old and cunning person, the head of the Tian family, one of the six major families, relying on the weight of the first emperor, pampered and arrogant, and there were many military servants in the family, after the implementation of these three decrees, the shock to the Tian family was the greatest.

"Oh? The left phase disagrees? Yang Mu asked.

"I don't agree to die!"

Yang Mu smiled coldly, then patted the dragon chair and said angrily: "Okay! Since you are going to die, I will give you this opportunity! There is a stone pillar next to it, if you hit it and die, I will order someone to collect the body and bury it with a ceremony! ”

"You, you ......"

Tian Rongchang was speechless, he just relied on the old and sold the old, relying on the forces behind him to force the new emperor, but he didn't expect that Yang Mu's words directly put him in a dilemma.

This...... It is seriously inconsistent with the image of the previous days!

It's not surprising to think about it, yesterday in the court, wasn't His Majesty the Emperor so courageous?

Seeing that the emperor was angry, all the officials were silent for a while, His Majesty the emperor in front of him was no longer something they could control, and they could think of these decrees that would draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, which proved that they already had extraordinary talents, who would dare to despise them?

If it is forcibly persecuted, I am afraid that it will be even more embarrassing than the left minister, and I can't get along with a strong emperor, so I just wait to wear small shoes.

Yang Mu snorted coldly, his sharp eyes glanced at the ministers, and said, "I know what you think, but you must remember clearly, you are ministers, monarchs and ministers, and you cannot be surpassed!" Especially you sinners, who are unpardonable sins, don't you understand why I open the net? It's not a consultation, it's an order, it's an exchange, you know! ”

The ministers didn't dare to say anything, they all lowered their heads, and didn't dare to look at Yang Mu.

At this time, Wei Zhongquan walked out of the queue again and said, "The old minister swears to follow His Majesty to the death and support the decree!" ”

Sima Hong also stood up from behind, and said loudly: "The last general is a rough man, he doesn't understand the truth of governing the country, but he can also see the benefits of military merit rewards, once this order is implemented, the soldiers will use their lives, and the soldiers will not be afraid of death, and the military strength of my Dacang country will inevitably increase greatly, if anyone opposes it, it will be difficult to get along with me Sima Hong!" ”