Chapter 2: Afterglow and Reform

Passing on the jade seal of the country, that is the biggest pain of the Liu Ting court. Even if Liu Ting is holding the Chixiao Sword, it can only be regarded as a martial jade seal, and the effect is better than the tiger talisman, strictly speaking, it symbolizes military power.

Since Yuan Shao led his troops into the palace, or Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the jade seal of the country disappeared anyway. So much so that Liu Ting has been the emperor for so long, and the edicts he sent out were all private seals, and he once found someone to carve a Hetian jade seal, but it was not a jade seal of the country.

Li Ming is not Yuan Shu, he occupies most of Yuzhou, plus Jiujiang and Lujiang County, and dares to take the jade seal of the country to be the emperor. In the land of four wars, he dared to be the emperor without even a big rear, and Yuan Shu's heart was really not ordinary......

"The jade seal of the country is really the jade seal of the country!" Many people exclaimed, and the news spread to the north and south of the country. Li Ming is no longer a small force in a corner of Jiangdong, and he has suddenly seized the Central Plains, and half of Hebei has also fallen into his hands.

At this moment, he ascended the throne as the emperor in Mount Tai, holding the jade seal of the founding of the country, which represents the word 'orthodoxy'.

When the news spread, no one dared to say that Li Ming was unorthodox, in the eyes of many Chinese people, occupying the land of the Central Plains, and then having a jade seal of the country, what could be more orthodox than this? Li Ming, the Emperor of Chu, can be said to be justified!

Liu Ting's side is said to have fallen for a long time, but what can it be? The facts can't be changed, and now he can only retreat to Guanzhong, and he has no jade seal to pass on the country, whether it is from the legal principle or from the general righteousness, it seems that he is a head shorter than Li Ming.

"Why is it in his hands?" After venting fiercely, Liu Ting only had this question to ask.

"In the past, when Dong Zhuo was crusaded, Li Ming took the lead in entering Luoyang...... Nominally, it's firefighting, it's hard to say...... However, he and Dong Zhuo had already colluded at that time, and it was also possible that Dong Zhuo sent someone to hand it over to him after Dong Zhuo found it. Shen Ye thought of two possibilities, both of which were considered on the basis of Li Ming's possession of the heirloom jade seal.

"What now?" Liu Ting leaned back in his chair, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he had to think about the impact of this matter if it was cut. Not to mention Li Ming's side, Hebei and Guanzhong, and even the people of Bashu were a little shaken.

Even the family of Bashu has sent some children to study in Shouchun, and at the same time plans to participate in this year's scientific examination. For this group of guys betting on both sides, not to mention Li Ming, Liu Ting also dislikes it.

"Let it be, Guanzhong is prosperous, and the emperor will be self-reliant. The jade seal of the country is just a dead thing, and the people's heart is the real jade seal of His Majesty, the key is not to let those families spread improper remarks. Shen Ye replied.

"Then shut him up!" Liu Ting stood up suddenly, this time the public opinion is so bad, to put it bluntly, aren't these families chewing the root of their tongues everywhere? Just like Shen Ye said, who would care about these things in ordinary people!

Li Ming was enthroned as the empress, and it was the announcement of reforms, not to mention the complete overthrow of the political system of the Han Dynasty, but also drastic revisions. Fortunately, many systems have gradually become accustomed to Jiangdong, and they are also within the scope of adaptation. As for the Central Plains, the families may have a lot of opinions, after all, these reforms have somewhat infringed on their interests, but the people have benefited in the end.

The most important thing is that Li Ming put the heavy soldiers in these places, not to listen to them complain. The families were also aware of this, and complained in private, and did not dare to openly provoke trouble. Especially when, after a few small families were raided and exterminated, they immediately understood that Li Ming was not a good stubble at all.

"Wang Mang's reform inevitably has some wishful thinking. He thought that this would be good for the people, but in fact, under the interference of the family, the policy could not be implemented at all. In the end, the people did not benefit, but the family suffered, and no one supported him, and it was over. Li You has analyzed Wang Mang's reform, and Li Ming also knew about that reform system by chance, and also sighed whether this guy was a staunch red warrior or something.

Li You's analysis of the reasons for Wang Mang's reform for him is to explain why it failed, in other words, what situations should be avoided if we want to reform now, so that it will not fail.

First of all, it is propaganda, and then it is about implementation, first to let the people know that there is such a thing, and then to make sure that these policies can be implemented. It is estimated that it is a bit difficult to change to other emperors, Li Ming has a special propaganda force here, and even the local army and security forces will help with propaganda. At the same time, under the supervision of the secret guards, local officials did not dare to disobey the yang and the yin, of course, all this is based on Li Ming's strength and absolute control of power, so that this can be done.

Wang Mang, who started by usurping the throne, is like the leader of all forces in the final analysis, and his status is similar to Yuan Shao. does not meet the interests of all parties of the alliance members, and intends to weaken their interests, and really thinks that he is Song Taizu and can release military power with a glass of wine?

The first batch of town-level units began to be selected, and several pavilions in the Central Plains were promoted to towns, and the pavilion chief was promoted to the town mayor, and the salary was finally determined to be higher than the general pavilion and lower than the general county order. After becoming the mayor of the town, such as the security army, the finance bureau, etc., will also be stationed, and the power of the town mayor will also be improved, of course, supervision departments such as the secret guard will also be stationed.

Many people have heard of the unit of 'town' for the first time, but in the prosperous areas, especially in some areas of Jiangdong, a certain pavilion has been very prosperous, the houses are scattered, and there is no farmland within a certain range.

The point is that after being promoted to a town, I feel that my status is much higher than that of ordinary pavilions. For those people who live outside the county seat, it is a very proud thing for their hometown to be upgraded. Similarly, people in other places are also actively working hard to upgrade their hometowns.

As a result, the rapid development of economy and culture also created a lot of tax revenue for the Chu state, which was eventually fed back to infrastructure and other places, gradually evolving into a virtuous circle.

"Sometimes I really envy the lord, and there are always a lot of wonderful ideas...... Many things are obviously very simple, but the subordinates have never thought in this direction. Zhang Mo was holding a child, which was the first child he and Lu Qiling, a little girl named Zhang Li.

The Zhang family still regarded themselves as Li Ming's slaves, but after Li Ming ascended the throne, he naturally became a family. There is only one son of the lineage, Zhang Ding, and if the Zhang family wants to develop, Zhang Mo needs to continue to work hard.

Li Ming smiled, only when he was with Xun, Wang Yu and Zhang Mo and others, he would put down the emperor's shelf. Seriously, only when you really get in the top position do you know that there are a lot of etiquette to learn, and at the same time, you usually have to maintain majesty or something, are you tired of holding a shelf all day long?

"It's actually quite simple, isn't it?" Li Ming said slowly, "As long as you really stand on the side of the people and think about what they want, then many things are just natural things." Others, most of them, have their eyes too high to see their feet. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Li Chong is ready to win the championship, he plans to go to the army for a few years of training, where do you say it is better to send it?" ”

"This can only be decided by the head of the family, how can I make random suggestions?" Zhang Mo hurriedly replied that it was the privilege of a few of them to be able to talk to Li Ming on an equal footing, but it did not mean that he could trespass.

At the same time, I can't help but sigh that time flies so fast, and before I know it, Li Chong is about to win the championship.