On the same day, the first decree was implemented, and the entire court ushered in a big change, with the support of Zuo Xiang and Wei Zhongquan and other old ministers, they acted vigorously and quickly drew up a list.

Since it is only the official position adjustment of the ruling class, and there are not many people involved, so in just three days, the entire court has been completely changed, and when Yang Mu goes to the court again, he is also more handy, and he no longer has to worry about not being able to call out a strange official title, not being able to figure out his responsibilities, and causing any embarrassment.

At the same time, the other two cities are also undergoing drastic reforms, and judging from the news coming back, everything is going well.

The rest is basically the run-in between the six departments, in terms of the size of the Cangguo, after ten days and half a month, the officials will basically be able to adapt to this system, and the entire Cangguo will continue to operate in this way from now on.

After everything went smoothly, the three major decrees finally began to be put on the agenda.

In the early dynasties, Yang Mu and the Right Prime Minister handed over the draft decrees to the ministers for discussion, and finally decided to take the lead in introducing the basis of these decrees - the meritorious lord system.

The whole country is divided into six classes, namely kings, dukes, marquis, uncles, commoners, and untouchable slaves, of which the first four classes are nobles, and the last two classes are common people and untouchable slaves, and each class is divided into five stars, adding up to just thirty levels.

All of this division is because at present, in the domestic gate valve clans, the main characters have titles, and retaining the duke, marquis, and earl is actually equivalent to making the titles of the nobles who originally had titles immovable, which has a pacifying nature.

At the same time, the common class adopts a point system, and through large and small merits, different points can be obtained.

For example, if you earn 200 points, you can be promoted to a two-star civilian; 400 points, you can be promoted to a three-star civilian; 600 points, four-star civilian; 800 points, five-star civilian; For 1,000 points, you can be awarded the title of viscount and jump into the aristocratic class.

And in the meritorious lord system, beheading an ordinary soldier can get 100 points, the higher the status of the beheading, the more points, if you behead a thousand generals on the battlefield, you can directly get 400 points!

Each level of promotion will be obtained corresponding silver money and slaves, as well as the right to use basic farmland and tax exemptions, and even legal and political preferential treatment.

Compared with the previous simple lord system, this kind of level 30 is obviously more dynamic, which is also the result of Yang Mu's drawing up with reference to the Shang Martingale Transformation Method, for example, in a game, there must be clear hierarchies, so that players can have the pleasure of upgrading, in order to make players want to stop.

Of course, the most important thing is not the change in the number and form of titles, but the fundamental change in their nature.

Historically, between countries, it has always been the royal family to be knighted, and after receiving the knighthood, they will be rewarded, and ordinary people have been like cattle, sheep, grass and dogs for generations, and have no chance of being knighted. After the reform, the royal family knighthood and the meritorious knighthood coexisted, that is, not only the descendants of the royal family could be knighted by virtue of their status, but even ordinary people could obtain titles through meritorious service.

It is conceivable that once this lord system is launched, it will definitely have a earth-shaking impact on the entire Cangguo!

Since the overall quality of the people was not high, and there were hardly a few literate among the ordinary people, so in the morning of the same day, after the various officials left the court, they hurried back to their stations and mobilized all the idle officials in the departments to go to the countryside to read out the decrees, demanding that within three days, every citizen in the three cities directly under the jurisdiction of Cangguo should thoroughly understand the three major decrees and the new meritorious lord system.

At noon, there was a rare scene in the imperial city, the officials and servants who were ostentatious and domineering on weekdays, like merchants who carried the burden and sold goods, beat gongs and drums, held notices stamped with the official seal in their hands, walked the streets and alleys, posted everywhere, and organized the people, as if they were holding a meeting, patiently explaining.

Such an abnormal move caused panic among many people.

In everyone's perception, the wolf-like government will only mobilize the people every time it collects taxes, and as long as it gathers the people for a meeting, there will be no good thing.

At present, the autumn harvest season has not yet arrived, the rice in the fields has just been tasseled, and the granaries of many families are empty, and it is difficult to sustain one meal or two. If this is the case, I am afraid that we will not be able to wait for the autumn harvest, and many people will starve to death, and many families will be separated from their wives, and the elderly will commit suicide and change their children.

With this in mind, all households, including the young, women, the elderly, and children, gathered under the proclamation with apprehension to hear what was going on in the government.

It is very strange that the little officials who beat the gong and gathered the crowd did not have a cold face and a fierce face as usual, but smiled brightly, and occasionally joked with everyone, looking very good, as if they had encountered some happy event.

"Master Guan, looking at your happy face, aren't you newly married to an aunt?" has a bold splash, holding a smiling face and joking, in the eyes of civilians, this kind of errand in the government is already a big man, and it is not uncommon to accept a concubine.

"Go, go, you know your aunt!" The little official scolded with a smile, and said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, neighbors! I have come today to read the edict. ”

Edict?

Everyone was puzzled, their eyes widened, and they all looked at the little officials, after all, they were all people in the imperial city, and they knew some rules, ordinary official notices were called notices, and only the edicts issued by the emperor could be called edicts!

"Master Guan, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor wants to increase taxes?" An old man asked tremblingly.

"Old man, why do you say that?" The little official was surprised, before he had even read out the edict, some people dared to speculate, and they maliciously speculated about His Majesty the Emperor, which was really disrespectful.

The old man sighed tremblingly, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes: "A few years ago, it was also this season, the government suddenly had to increase taxes, and the family had no money, so my only son had to sell himself as a slave and use cattle and horses for the rich and noble...... If the tax is increased again this time, the poor little grandchild of the family ......"

The little official didn't say anything, and as soon as the old man spoke, he had almost guessed the ending.

Such examples are not uncommon, he will encounter several times every year when he goes to the countryside to collect taxes, and there are many people who are worse than this old man, just last year, because he could not pay the taxes and was beaten to death, there are at least more than 100 people in the entire Cangguo, selling children and daughters, and there are not a few people who are ruined and killed.

For example, in the current crowd, there are some people who are quietly wiping away tears, obviously touching sadness.

"Master, what kind of edict is it, can you tell us about it? How much will be taxed this time? Someone in the crowd asked boldly.

The little official's expression was complicated, and he glanced at the hundreds of civilians, all of them were ragged and skinny, most of the men were bare-chested and bare-chested, and their whole bodies were dark, the old people and children also looked vegetable, and the women were dressed a little neatly, at least covering the key parts, but they were also numb, only a pair of black eyes that occasionally turned, and they proved to be living creatures.

"Alas, it's not easy!" The little official sighed and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to collect taxes...... Hey, I said there would be no taxes, aren't you happy? Why is it bitter? ”

"Dare to ask the official...... Could it be that you want to be conscripted? In the crowd, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy asked cautiously, his eyes full of fear and unease.

As soon as these words came out, there were many echoes in the crowd, and everyone looked at the little official with a nervous face. If a male member of the family is conscripted, not to mention the safety of the family, the most direct thing is that the family loses a major labor force, which can basically declare the coming of a family's calamity, which is not much better than a sudden increase in taxes.

"No, no, absolutely not." The little official shook his head with a wry smile, then waved his hand, and said: "Listen to me, don't ask nonsense, I'm not an official master, maybe after a while, some of you will be an official bigger than me!" ”

"Hehehe......"

"The official master is really good at laughing, we are all cheap lives like cows, sheep, grass and dogs, and our ancestors are bullied pigs and dogs for more than eight generations, how can we be officials!"

"Yes, yes, etiquette cannot be abolished, how can we cheap things be compared with the official master."

The people laughed and shook their heads, it has been the case for thousands of years, civilians are civilians, and it is already a great blessing to be able to live a life in peace, how can you expect to be an official, just say that more than a hundred years ago, the stupid baby in the village, because he accidentally saved a big official, was rewarded, not just an errand runner in the government, when he was old, he was given money, and bought more than a dozen acres of land in the east of the village, which is still passed down by the mouth, as a legend, he didn't not become an official?

Civilians, even if they are just a small official who runs errands, without the help of nobles, it is basically impossible, to say that the official who is bigger than the small official is simply a pipe dream.

"Everyone, be quiet, let me finish reading the edict, and it's not too late for you to discuss it!" Seeing this, the little official shouted loudly, he has more than this task today, and when he is half an afternoon, he will go to the countryside and read the decree in another village.

With this call, hundreds of people immediately quieted down, and no one dared to be presumptuous in front of the official master.

The little official nodded with satisfaction, and then read out the decree from beginning to end, seeing how dazed everyone's eyes were, he went back to the end and explained some incomprehensible points slightly.

"Guys, do you understand?" The little official asked again, and he found that although he had explained it again, everyone still didn't understand.

Finally, one of them reacted first, his tone was full of disbelief, and said, "Official, official...... What you say, is it true? ”

"Of course it's true, it's true." The clerk nodded.

Loud voices began to sound in the crowd, and men, women, and children, all bowed their heads and discussed.

Exempt from the tax on people, encourage reclamation and farming, reward military exploits, and everyone has the opportunity to be a nobleman......

Is the sun coming out in the west? Those high-ranking old men, shouldn't their brains burn out?