When he arrived at the conference hall, all the generals who could come were all here, Yang Xu sat on the main seat, and said to the next people: "The scientific examination has passed, so now we are discussing other reform measures, first of all, it should be the political system, and I intend to set up seven departments!" ”

Everyone was confused, and Zhang Zhao came out and said: "Dare to ask the lord what is the seven departments?" ”

"The six ministries are the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Intelligence. Chen Qun served as the head of the Ministry of Officials. ”

"The household department is in charge of Yongzhou's territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries, and all financial matters. Zhang Zhao served as the supervisor. ”

"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of ceremonial affairs, school houses, and imperial examinations. Xu Jing is in charge. ”

"The military department is in charge of the entire Yongzhou defense, the selection of military attachés, and the concise government order. Xu Huang is in charge. ”

"The Criminal Department is the agency in charge of Yongzhou's criminal punishment decrees and the review of criminal names, and Li Yan is in charge."

"The Ministry of Industry is the organ that administers the affairs of the national project. He is in charge of the system of civil construction, the use of utensils, the method of ditch and weir dredging, and the mausoleum for 100 million. Zhang Hong is in charge. ”

"The Ministry of Intelligence is an agency dedicated to gathering other princes and providing us with the information we need. It is in charge of Xi Zhicai. ”

Everyone suddenly realized when they heard it, and Zhang Zhao praised it even more: "With these seven departments, the division of labor is clear, the result is twice the result with half the effort, and the lord is wise!" ”

Yang Xu threw out the seven departments, and said: "Now the world is turbulent, among the seven departments, especially the military department, the household department, the official department, and the intelligence department, so I am arranging one more person to assist me, among these four departments, Huang Zhong of the military department is the deputy, Chen Zhen of the household department is the deputy, Dong He of the official department is the deputy, and Meng Da of the intelligence department is the deputy." I hope you will work together and cooperate with each other! ”

"The seven ministries have been decided, so we are discussing the issue of reforming taxes, now, the field is two taxes and one, the tax rate is too high, and under the locality, harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes emerge in endlessly, the people live in the water and fire, as the old saying goes: harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, then we will ban harsh government!"

"First, the field tax was changed to five taxes and one on the same day, and the implementation of apportionment into the mu, what is the apportionment into the mu, that is, the collection of the field tax on each mu of land, abolishing the poll tax."

"Second, the commercial tax will be raised to 1 tax of 10, and at the same time, businessmen will be encouraged to communicate with each other and improve the status of businessmen, for example, businessmen can also participate in scientific examinations and become officials."

"Third, the salt and iron tax is a major tax item, which should not be taken lightly, and it is supervised by the Ministry of Intelligence and collected with the cooperation of local officials."

"Fourth, the problem of coins, it is strictly forbidden to make coins privately, and in the institution that sets up a bank, it specializes in making five-baht coins, and the whole Yongzhou only recognizes this kind of coin, and foreign coins can be exchanged at the bank."

After Yang Xu finished speaking, the people below talked about it, and Zhang Zhao said: "The lord, Shinong and businessmen, businessmen are profitable, and the status of businessmen must not be improved!" ”

"Master Zhang is serious, the world is crowded, all for profit, all for profit, all living beings, all for profit. Literati compile books and write history, thinking of celebrities through the ages, and regard them as benefits. Soldiers fight on the battlefield, want to be promoted and make a fortune, as a profit, farmers sweat hard, want to have no worries about food and clothing, can also be regarded as profit, as long as there are ideals, then it will be beneficial, but the way of expression is different, the goal pursued is different. ”

Zhang Zhao was speechless.

Seeing that everyone finished discussing, Yang Xu said again: "Today, when the princes are divided, we must devote ourselves to developing the people's livelihood and training the army in order to have a place in this world of great contention." ”

"What the lord said is very true, in my opinion, there will be no big war in the world in two years!" Xi Zhicai came out of the ranks.

"Oh, why?" Yang Xu asked.

"Youzhou Gongsun Zhan, just destroyed Liu Yu, people's hearts are unstable, Jizhou Yuan Shao, Han Fu surrendered, and now urgently expand the armament. Although Zhang Yang of Bingzhou has the help of Lu Bu, Zhang Yan is not incompetent, I am afraid that he is evenly matched, Yanzhou Cao Cao, to meet the Han Emperor, the army of 200,000, there will be no big moves now, Yuan Shu, the rich land of Huainan, he is now drinking and having fun all day long, not trying to be ambitious, Ma Teng, this person has just agreed with the lord that he will not use swords and soldiers within two years, and Xiliang produces very little grain, and he also needs time to prepare grain and grass. As for Liu Biao, Tao Qian, Liu Yan, Zhang Lu and others, it is not enough to keep the success. ”

"Zhicai is right, but he ignores two enemies, one is the Qiang and the other is the Xiongnu!" Yang Xu agreed and then put forward his own views.

"The Qiang tribe, with a population of more than 600,000, everyone is good at riding and shooting, and their full names are soldiers. The Xiongnu, who are also a people on horseback, are relatively far away from us, but the possibility of attacking Yongzhou is not ruled out! ”

"The lord is far-sighted, and he admires it!" Xi Zhicai is the first to say at the moment.

Yang Xu waved his hand, "Zhicai has just arrived, but I don't understand the current form of Yongzhou, the Qiang people are not a corner of Xiang'an, and there are still Yueshi and other ethnic groups around it, and when it settles these forces, it is possible to look south, I am now wary of the Xiongnu!" ”

Yang Xu's worries are not unreasonable, the historical Xiongnu took advantage of the war of the princes of the Central Plains, often went south to plunder, the Hetao Plain was their granary, in Hedong, Hanoi raged and burned, and Cai Yan was in Chang'an after the war, was plundered by the Huns.

"The leader of the Huns, Yu Fuluo, known as brave, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court requisitioned the Southern Xiongnu to exterminate the thieves, and later he and the White Wave thieves merged to invade Taiyuan, Hanoi and other places, Dong Zhuo sent troops to fail, so that his power increased greatly, a few days ago, he sent troops to protect Emperor Han Xian from Chang'an, was named the king of the Southern Xiongnu, the entire Southern Xiongnu, millions of people under his rule, the strength can not be underestimated."

"Lord, we should strengthen the defense in the northeast at the moment, and pay close attention to the movements of the Southern Xiongnu in preparation for the Xiongnu surprise attack." Xi Zhicai suggested.

"I have stationed 30,000 troops in the Linjin area, if Yu Luo comes to attack, I will personally lead a large army, kill into the grassland, and destroy his entire clan!" Yang Xu said ruthlessly, he has always had a hatred of foreign races, the five chaos in the back, the Yuan army went south, and the Qing army entered the customs, every time it was the end of the land of China, and because of Cai Yan, he hated the Huns even more.

It is impossible to send troops to fight, the Huns are all over the north, scattered sand, only after they gather, they attack with heavy fists and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

"But all this is just speculation, we have to do a few points at the moment, one is to expand the military department, strengthen training, now we have a population of three million, enough to feed 300,000 troops, the second is that the Ministry of Industry should pay attention to invention and innovation, such as Cai Hou paper, there is still room for updating, the third is to strengthen the selection standards of officials, those who only know how to exploit wealth are not used, and the fourth is to focus on tax reform, to implement in every corner, to implement every person. Fifth, the Ministry of Intelligence has accelerated the laying of an intelligence network throughout the country. ”

Although Yang Xu has a system, he is not omnipotent, he can only know the information entered into the generals, and if he doesn't enter it, I'm sorry, no.

"What the lord said is indeed a top priority, but the matter of money is stretched!" At this time, Zhang Hong, Xi Zhicai and others showed embarrassment and told the truth.

Money is needed to build fortifications, to create inventions, and to lay out information networks.