"The system said: Xu Chongguang, the secretary of the household department, since taking charge of the household department, has been conscientious, self-denying, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and has a noble and elegant talent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoWe must handle state affairs with care, lead the cabinet, and live up to our high expectations...... The original Shangshu Lang Lin Zhenzhong, loyal and patriotic, was immediately promoted to the head of the household book, is the second grade, in order to show the reward. August 13 of the second year of Hong Xiang. ”

As soon as this holy decree was issued, Chang'an City and even the whole country were in an uproar. Everyone knows that Xu Chongguang, the little old man, has really soared into the sky. Although this cabinet chief assistant is not as powerful as Zai Fu, but in the Hongxiang period when Lu Chengqi was so strong, he was no different from Zai Fu, and he was already a very human minister, and he was really above 10,000 people under one person. After Xu Chongguang received the holy decree, there was no expression on his always serious face, he knew that this was Lu Chengqi's trust in him, and it was also a test, and the real difficulty was still in the responsibility of leading the cabinet. Xu Chongguang has been in officialdom for more than 30 years, where does he not know Lu Chengqi's thoughts? The cabinet ministers he promoted were talented, learned, and temperamental...... All of them are superiors, and Xu Chongguang can lead them, but he just takes advantage of the old and sells the old. And what Lu Chengqi values is his qualifications and prestige, and what he learns is secondary.

After all, the Cabinet is different from the previous Zaisuke era, it is a one-person hall, and the cabinet ministers must vote more than two-thirds of the votes on major national affairs to pass, and even the first assistant cannot have the power to manipulate the cabinet. Because the real power is in Lu Chengqi.

Once Lu Chengqi decides something, they can only raise objections based on their authority, but they have no right to change the final decision. In other words, once Lu Chengqi decides something, in the Dashun Dynasty, no one can disobey his will.

The cabinet system is the ultimate magic weapon for Lu Chengqi to strengthen the imperial power, and it is also the embodiment of the peak of the imperial power. Although this cabinet system was born out of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, its status is equivalent to that of the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty, or a combination of the two.

In the Vertical Arch Palace, Lu Chengqi summoned the twelve new ministers of the cabinet, as well as the scholars of the six ministries, it can be said that the most powerful people in the Dashun Dynasty are concentrated in the Vertical Arch Hall at this moment. Although the courtiers were standing, the ministers felt a trace of coercion on Lu Chengqi who was sitting.

Lu Chengqi is becoming more and more in the role of the emperor, which also makes his face not angry and arrogant, and when he is silent, all the officials are like a man's back, and he does not dare to make any sound.

Lu Chengqi saw that everyone was almost here, and said, "Look! ”

After the ministers sat down, Lu Chengqi spoke: "Taizu started as a businessman, and you Qing family, why do you want to suppress businessmen now?" Tell me about it. ”

The ministers all looked at each other, they didn't expect that Lu Chengqi came to them for this. After they were familiar with Lu Chengqi's style, they knew that this little emperor's style was vigorous and resolute, and generally speaking, when they were summoned to discuss matters in the Vertical Arch Palace, they would go straight to the point and not engage in any scheming. But today, I don't know why it's so swallowed, is the little emperor going to make any big moves?

Now the courtiers are headed by Xu Chongguang, and after thinking for a while, I saw that the little old man pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, although Taizu started as a businessman, he was afraid of the arrival of a businessman, and when he was dying, he issued an edict that businessmen were not allowed to participate in scientific examinations for life. In the Wenzong Dynasty, although he had the intention to reform the system, it was hindered by the ancestral system. In the next two dynasties, they all inherited the ancestral system and did not dare to exceed it. Moreover, businessmen pursue profits, and do not hesitate to go out of the seller's country for the sake of petty profits. Barbarian iron weapons are mostly smuggled by them, and they have been banned repeatedly. ”

Lu Chengqi frowned, he didn't expect that the inferior nature of businessmen would be undoubtedly revealed in this era. He didn't write anything about it, and said directly: "Shoufu's words are biased. These words are a stick that kills a boatload of people, and there is a suspicion that they have lost food because of choking. I have studied the taxes of the previous dynasty, and the economy of the previous dynasty was not as prosperous as it is now, but their tax revenue was 80 million yuan. And my dynasty, the highest is only 50 million, what is the reason? ”

None of the ministers here thought about this question, if it wasn't for Lu Chengqi coming from the next generation, how would he know about the prosperity that business brings to society? He never underestimated the potential of business, what he wanted to do was to guide business on the right track, so that it could bloom the most beautiful flowers in this Chinese land in a different time and space.

Xu Chongguang pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Is Your Majesty going to let go of business?" ”

Lu Chengqi did not answer him, but asked: "At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, how many people and how much land were there?" And how many people are there now, land? I have three out of ten agricultural taxes in the DPRK, which is much higher than that of the previous dynasty. How can a peasant household not complain? Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Everyone understands this truth, but before it came, who took it seriously? ”

Xu Chongguang said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the land population was less than one-third of what it is now, but now the population has more than tripled, but the land has not changed much."

Lu Chengqi said heavily: "Yes, Taizu's concern lies in the fact that the foundation is not stable; But at this moment and that time, we can't look at the present things in the old eyes. Now that the land simply cannot afford such a heavy population, but not thinking about change, is it not the way to self-destruction? Remember, times are changing, and the world is changing all the time. If you can't jump out of the cage, you must be arrogant and self-defeating. Come, put this sentence into my instructions: Look at the world, because the world is changing all the time. ”

Who here has heard the words "era", "world" and so on? But they are knowledgeable and talented, and they have understood Lu Chengqi's meaning from the context, and they can't help but nod.

Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "Joke, this is a philosophical culture that has been condensed for thousands of years, I am just standing on the shoulders of giants, picking up people's teeth and wisdom, if I can't scare you stubborn old men, wouldn't my crossing be in vain?" ”

Lu Chengqi continued: "Some time ago, I did an investigation in the market and found that there was almost no commercial tax in this dynasty. This governance of the country is like controlling water, it is better to block than to sparse, because it is never advisable to choke and waste food. Therefore, I have a draft to levy commercial taxes and cancel complicated taxes such as entry tax and poll tax. ”

Xu Chongguang couldn't help but be surprised, he was a person who had been a secretary of the household department, once these harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were abolished, could he really support this court by relying solely on agricultural taxes and commercial taxes? He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this matter should not be rushed! ”

Lu Chengqi was excited, and when he heard this, he immediately calmed down, pondered for a while, and said in his heart: "Yes, the ancients didn't accept new things so quickly, there must be a process." That's all. ”