Chapter 309 - Reforming Internal Affairs

Liu Wei waited for a while, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he spoke, "Everyone, please take a seat, try our Taishi chair here, and relax when you are tired." ”

In the Tibetan Sword Villa, everything is fresh, and even a few old ministers did not have much resistance to the new things here, and threw their bodies into the wide Taishi chair, and some people couldn't help but let out a few sighs.

It was not a formal meeting now, and Liu Wei did not ask for discipline in the meeting, but just chatted casually with a group of old ministers.

When everyone was almost rested, Liu Wei stood up.

"Today, in addition to the principals of various states and counties, all the important ministers in Zhongshan have arrived, and Feng has a few thoughts to communicate with you."

Everyone knew that their princess was making a big move today, and there must be something important to discuss, so they couldn't help but sit upright, and the noisy general hall fell silent all of a sudden.

There are hundreds of chairs in the general hall, almost all of them are sitting on people, because of the fame of the three emperors and Hua Xin and Cheng Yu, as well as the appearance of the Yuedan Commentary, many talents from all directions to avoid disasters have come to Zhongshan County, and now there are many people in the seat Liu Wei only know his name, but he is not the right number.

Qinghe County's righteous rescue of the homeless, the deeds of the clever hand to get rid of typhoid fever are even more exaggerated by the newspapers every day, and the name of the Heroes Club is intensively bombarded with newspaper advertisements, and many homeless people begin to carry out a hard and excellent journey, and the destination is Lunu City.

The power of newspapers to people's livelihood began to show, and Lu Qian and Yuan Jian no longer shouted in front of Liu Wei that there were not enough people.

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"Ladies and gentlemen." Liu Wei stood up, "The matter of the Montenegrin Army is successfully resolved, although they are numerous, it seems to be a big negative, but as long as we can make clever use of it, everyone will find that there are many people who are easy to do!" ”

Although the subordinates were a little dissatisfied with Liu Wei's personal trip to Montenegro, the result was very happy, and everyone had to expose the matter without mentioning it.

"Today, Feng subdivides military and political affairs, and clarifies specific positions, which are elected by everyone to show fairness."

Liu Wei explained the meaning of the election, which was recognized by everyone, so he put forward a six-part machine.

The three-province and six-ministry system: It is a set of well-organized central bureaucratic system in ancient Chinese feudal society, which has been used for the longest time in the entire feudal society, and naturally has its scientific place.

Now it is impossible to move towards the final doctrine in one step, so Liu Wei took out this system, followed this system, and crushed all the princes from all walks of life on the commanding heights.

The three provinces refer to Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province, and the six departments refer to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry under Shangshu Province. Each ministry has four divisions, making a total of 24 divisions.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was Shangshutai, and Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province were formed in the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period, with the purpose of dividing and limiting the power of Shangshu Province.

The reason for the decentralization of power is that it is afraid that one family will dominate, and now is the era of hegemony, and the government decree must be implemented quickly and efficiently, so Liu Wei adopts a centralized system, not a decentralized system.

There are a total of five candidates in Shangshutai, and after everyone's election, He Feng, Lu Zhi, Huang Fusong, Zhu Jun, and Guo Jia were elected.

The Ministry of Officials is temporarily managed by Hua Xin, and now the identity of the Fu Grant is still top secret.

The household department was in charge of Yuan Lian, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of Cheng Yu, the criminal department was in charge of Wu Fu, the Ministry of Industry was in charge of Lu Qian, and the military department was in charge of He Feng.

For the other five departments except the Ministry of War, Liu Wei handed over to Shang Shutai and several Shang Shu to manage, only the Ministry of War, He Feng made a clear refinement.

Such a fair election made everyone feel fresh, and even the academy was elected by the vice president, Guan Ning and Bing Yuan.

Several of the great Confucians were visiting professors at the academy and took turns to give regular lectures at the academy.

Because Wangdu City is a special zone, all personnel are in charge of He Feng, and others do not interfere, this is the hand-picked by the two emperors, and the development of Wangdu City is seen in the eyes of everyone, and everyone agrees with the management method of the lord.

In the second year of Chuping, that is, in 191 AD, this was a critical year, and many major events were about to happen.

Liu Wei originally wanted to make a quick decision and form a resolution with lightning speed, but unexpectedly, things were chaotic, and after an hour of negotiations, there was no substantive progress.

"My lord, Yu thinks that the conscription system requires too much salary, and it is better to conscript."

"My lord, I think that the army should also be tuntian, and it can't just be trained."

"My lord, Hun thinks that the establishment of a reserve in the people has no effect except for labor and money."

The concept of these scholars is much more rigid than that of businessmen, and Liu Wei did not expect that this issue of military system alone would lead to countless controversies here.

The argument is inconclusive, but it hurts feelings, Liu Wei sighed.

"Guys, how about a year of trial operation? Our reserve soldiers are mainly conscripted, and the main battle army is mainly conscripted, this is what Han Gaozu personally said to Feng, how to test it, right? ”

Liu Wei once again made a big move, and Han Gaozu made a brilliant debut.

Sure enough, after hearing the lord say that the trial operation would be a year away, and if the effect was not good, the original system would be restored, Cheng Yu, Yuan Lian, Zheng Hun and others were relieved and nodded in agreement.

Wangdu City's success made them unable to speak too straightforwardly.

The second is the discussion of taxation.

There were three types of taxes in the Eastern Han Dynasty: land rent (land tax), calculation and mouth tax (poll tax), and forced labor (force tax)

The land tax of the Eastern Han Dynasty was only 30 taxes and 1, and the land tax was only 55 yuan per hectare per year, which can be said to be the lowest land tax in ancient times.

However, the poll tax is heavier, especially the 'donation', all adult men and women, each of whom has to 'give' 63 yuan to the emperor every year for the court's expenses.

Liu Wei proposed that the field tax was formulated by Cheng Yu and others, and he did not interfere, so that the literati shouted for the wisdom of the lord.

Liu Wei secretly laughed in his heart, what he cared about was the commercial tax, which was the big head, and when the various service industries expanded and attracted investment with the Heroes Association, the income of the commercial tax was much higher than the field tax.

Liu Wei threw out an issue that he was very concerned about, changing the poll tax to household tax adjustment. Yuan Jian just wanted to refute, but Liu Wei preemptively told the story of a household who could not afford it due to the increase in capitation and had to kill his children.

The bloody story immediately suppressed the officials, and Liu Wei slapped the table angrily for a long time.

"The people have come to us to farm, to recuperate, not to kill their own children!"

As soon as the officials saw that the lord was angry, their momentum weakened a little, and now, regardless of gender, each person has to pay a poll tax of 20 yuan a year, and the collection will be opened at the age of three.

(End of chapter)