93 The Beginning of the Reform (Part II)
The newly appointed ministers are still in charge, whether they are old people or newcomers. They all held back their strength and wanted to perform well in front of Liu Hong.
The various ministries are still working hard, and Liu Hong is in charge, so the central department of the Government Council has been established very smoothly.
Compared with the success of the central department, the difficulty at the local level is much greater.
The major families and gate valve forces have long since made the local business leaky. Now that the system is changing violently and supplementing officials, their right to speak at the local level will definitely be damaged, which they cannot bear.
Although the system of the House of Representatives can allow them, the family lords, to participate in local government affairs in an open and honest manner. It also failed to offset the rejection of the new official system by the family gate valve.
The House of Representatives system seems to allow these family lords to control local government affairs openly. But in reality? They didn't get any bargains.
Local government affairs were divided into several parts, and the power of supervision was directly under the control of the emperor, and their family could not intervene. Even if they wanted to threaten the imperial history in those places, they couldn't do it.
Those imperial histories are all in different places, and they are transferred every three years. And when they report on all kinds of affairs, they play them all with secret folds. If it's reported, you can't find anyone, let alone retaliate.
The power of adjudication is equivalent to being directly given to the people. Whether they are guilty or not, it is all up to the temporary jury to decide, and they can't do it even if they want to prosecute.
The jury was found on the street on an improvised basis before the trial. Moreover, the jury members are not public, and the votes are anonymous, just for fear of being accused. And this process was monitored by the imperial history throughout the whole process, and he was not afraid that someone would make trouble on the jury.
The rest is government affairs, and they can participate in this. However, the place where they can join the House of Representatives is the fundamental place of their family, and they can only make the place better and better, and it is impossible to do things that destroy their foundation.
In this way, how do they look like some coolies, all of them have been deceived by the emperor to work.
And the House of Representatives is not easy to control. The emperor made very detailed regulations on the selection of people in the House of Representatives. People from all walks of life must be present, as well as village elders from all villages and localities, as well as famous people from all over the world, all of whom must join.
In this way, it seriously dispersed the power of their family gate lords, and caused great difficulties for them to control the House of Representatives. Even if others are forced to give in, it is not from the heart after all, and there will be many consequences.
The family gate valve is reluctant, but the reform of the new official system is still proceeding unhurriedly. It's not that they don't want to, so they can change it. The new army in Liu Hong's hands is not vegetarian, if they really dare to make trouble, Liu Hong will definitely dare to clean them up.
Seeing the steady implementation of the new system, Liu Hong was very happy. The imaginary turmoil did not happen, although those small movements of the family continued, but after all, it did not cause a big . Troublesome. As long as it persists for a while, the reform is completely complete. Those family gate valves are basically powerless.
Compared with the reform of the official system, the title reform was due to Liu Hong, who reached an agreement with the imperial family in advance, and almost everyone was looking forward to it.
As soon as the new policy was implemented, almost all of them, whether it was the place where the meritorious service was exchanged or the place where the taxi was examined, were overcrowded. People want to join this privileged class at the first time.
It's okay to talk about the place of the government exam, just get everyone in the exam room, and take the exam according to the subject they want to take. Other places, it's really hard.
Like the trade associations, they evaluate with the House of Representatives overseers. However, they have to take the test one by one, except for the merchants, who can directly pass the tax payment certificate with the tax payment certificate, and the others have to be tested one by one. Looking at the length of the queue outside, they didn't work hard for ten days and half a month, and it was absolutely impossible for everyone outside.
Compared with the assessment of the taxi, the acquisition of the title is much simpler. If you just want to get a Minlord, you can exchange some money for some merit points.
But how can capable people only satisfy the people, for them, of course, the higher the title, the better.
However, there is a limit to spending money to exchange merit points, and a person can only redeem a maximum of 1,000 merit points a year. This merit point can only make them brigadiers. How can this meet their needs? The quasi-lord is still a civil lord, to put it bluntly, he is a nobler people. According to the real aristocracy, there is still a big gap.
Fortunately, there are a lot of loopholes to exploit here, although there is a limit to the exchange of money for merit points, but you can spend money to do good deeds to obtain merit points.
For example, building bridges and paving roads is meritorious, and this can be done with money, but in fact it is a matter of money. For example, there are also meritorious services for disaster relief, which must ultimately be attributed to money. There are many more loopholes like this, and you can find them if you have the heart.
This loophole was deliberately left by Liu Hong, that is, to guide the rich to be kind. In this way, all the rich people are vying to do good deeds, and the world will be more harmonious.
Not only can the title be bought with money, but the assessment of the taxi can also be completed with money. Just like a businessman, the content of the chamber of commerce's assessment is quite simple, as long as you apply for a business license, and then pay taxes to the tax department, with this tax payment certificate, you can get the qualification of a taxi. And if you pay more taxes, you can still get contribution points, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
The consequence of this regulation is that the tax authorities, which are usually unattended, are directly overcrowded. Those who pay taxes one by one are all wealthy. It is in stark contrast to the previous situation where you can pay less and pay less.
Of course, the merchant is just an alternative to the scholar, just to give people an additional opportunity. Other taxis are all based on real skills and real assessments.
Both the scholar and the lord had privileges, but Liu Hong did not give this privilege to the officials in vain. If an official wants to have privileges, he must also join the ranks of the priests or lords.
Liu Hong planned that the imperial examination in the future would only be open to scholars. If you want to participate in the imperial examination, you must have the qualifications of a scholar. However, many of the current officials do not have knighthoods, so they can only exchange merit points or take exams.
The reform of the title and the assessment of the priest have almost evolved into a national movement. As long as you have the ability, try to make your privileged qualifications a little higher. This directly led to the fact that the imperial court received a large amount of money. Liu Hong can proudly say that his policy has freed the treasury from the predicament of emptiness.
It is good for the treasury to have money, and it is necessary to have confidence in everything that is done. Although the treasury will be under the control of the National Assembly in the future according to the new regulations. The Council needs money, and it needs the approval of the Congress, but this does not include the emperor.
If the emperor uses money, as long as it is used in political affairs, the parliament has no right to stop it. So, now that the treasury has money, Liu Hong will be able to carry out his idea of education for all.
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