Minister of Law Change! With my warrant, you can enter the departments and adjust the files of the departments.

This was simply a miniature version of the collection of six Shangshu, and the ministers opened their eyes one after another to look at Wang Mang, they were really shocked by Wang Mang's methods.

Wang Mang didn't pay attention to the ministers, but continued: "I listened to the debate you just now, some of it is very reasonable, and some of it is very unreasonable, but there is one thing that I think is a top priority, that is, to select a group of outstanding officials first and eliminate a group of backward officials, so Shang Yang." ”

"The minister is here. Shang Yang hurriedly bowed.

"The first thing you have to do is to put the officials in order. After Wang Mang finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Jian again and said: "This work, with Zhang Jian, the secretary of the ministry, is mainly based on you, and you are the auxiliary. ”

"The minister is here. Haifeng hurriedly came out of the queue.

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, and you all procuratorates should also move. Wang Mang said: "You ordered the imperial historians of your Imperial Court to fully cooperate with the work of Zhang Jian and Shang Yang." ”

"Obey. Haifeng nodded hurriedly.

Wang Mang said again: "The person you recommended last time, I have thought about it for the past few days, and now I have ordered Deng Tong to be the left waiter of the household department, and Fan Li to be the right waiter of the household, and the two of them can be served." ”

After speaking, Wang Mang looked at Li Hong and said, "Aiqing, you have to worry about these two people." ”

"Obey. Li Hong nodded, he was now a dirty thing, and he didn't dare to refute any of Wang Mang's opinions, so he could only blindly cater to him.

Li Hong himself also knew that if he hadn't been a minister who had taken care of his life, and he didn't make trouble for Wang Mang very well, I am afraid that he would have come to an end as a household secretary.

In fact, Li Hong also has a hunch that when one of Deng Tong and Fan Lizhong has the ability to take over his own household secretary, his own household secretary should also return to his hometown, so there is no need for Wang Mang to say, he will have a good relationship with the two waiters.

In fact, Li Hong also thinks a lot, Wang Mang employs people, only looking at ability and moral level, Li Hong has served in the household department for many years, and he was not dragged into the water in this Fang Xizhi incident, it can be seen that his ability and moral level are not weak, as long as Li Hong does not provoke Wang Mang, Wang Mang has no intention of replacing the household department for the time being.

At this point, the prelude to the palace was over, so the ministers left, while Li Hong and Shang Yang stayed.

As soon as Li Hong and the other ministers left, they kowtowed and said, "The ministers are dead!"

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang startled Li Hong, this guy died as soon as he came up, didn't he provoke some kind of basket.

"The minister's household department has a kingless and fatherless generation like Fang Xizhi, and the minister, as the head of the household department and a court official, has an unshirkable responsibility, please punish Your Majesty. Li Hongdao.

"Aiqing, Fang Xizhi's matter, I have already let people investigate, it has nothing to do with you, you don't have to keep a dead person in mind. Only then did Wang Mang know that Li Hong was guilty of Fang Xizhi's matter.

Since Fang Xizhi was imprisoned, his own Hubu Shangshu has been in a trance, and he doesn't know what he is thinking, and even has the idea of exonerating Fang Xizhi, so he naturally didn't admit his mistake to Wang Mang, but at this time, this guy didn't know whether he had figured it out himself, or got the guidance of a master, so he came to admit his mistake.

Li Hong didn't believe Wang Mang's words, and he didn't dare to believe it, what does it mean that it doesn't matter much, no matter how big it is, it has a relationship, since it has a relationship, then bite and punish the crime.

Gritting his teeth, Li Hong said directly: "Although Your Majesty does not punish the crimes of the ministers, but the ministers dare not think that they are innocent, the ministers decided to donate 500,000 taels of silver to the court to atone for the crimes of the ministers' ignorance, and also to make up for part of the losses caused by Fang Xizhi to the court." ”

500,000 taels?

Wang Mang's eyes lit up suddenly, the fat sheep in the household department is fat, and the inconspicuous Li Hong gently and skillfully opened his mouth to give Wang Mang 500,000 taels of silver, he is really rich, it seems that he really has to find a reason to raid them, so that I can easily get rich.

In fact, Li Hong also had a pain in his flesh, the 500,000 seems to be light and ingenious, but it can be said that he has more than half of his current family funds, excluding his fixed assets such as house title deeds, Li Hong has almost hollowed out his family funds.

This is also the decision he made after consulting Zhang Jian, originally Li Hong only planned to send the emperor 200,000, but later saw that Shang Yang raised it to 300,000, and when the emperor said that it didn't matter much, he directly scared Li Hong into 500,000.

If Li Hong knew, it was because he first produced a Fang Xizhi in the household department, and then he himself donated 500,000 yuan, which directly caused the emperor to become obsessed with copying the house, and I don't know how Li Hong would feel.

As for now, after Wang Mang was surprised, he said: "What Aiqing invited, I have approved, when you meet the court next day, you can choose a suitable reason to donate at the court meeting." ”

"Obey. Li Hong hurriedly kowtowed, he was not afraid that the emperor would collect money, he was afraid that the emperor would not collect money, after receiving the money, no matter whether he did it or not, at least he would not deliberately make trouble for you.

With the emperor's promise, Li Hong has let go of most of his fears these days, and as long as he doesn't go wrong, he can already retire peacefully.

Waiting for Li Lan to withdraw, Shang Yang, who had been standing aside with an indifferent expression, stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, you have seen the wealth of the hundred officials of the imperial court." ”

"See. Wang Mang nodded, a household secretary took 500,000 taels casually, and the net worth of the other six Jiuqing and nine adults was not much less than Li Hong, plus their deputies, and the county guards from all over the court, Wang Mang felt that if they were all raided, they would not be able to get tens of millions of silver.

"This is the accumulation of disadvantages of the imperial court. Shang Yang said affirmatively: "It is also where the law is changed." ”

"Tell me about it. Wang Mang showed a very interested expression.

"The so-called change of the law can be said to be to reform the evils of the times, make the people live a better life, and let the country have long-term peace and stability. Shang Yang said: "But why is it fundamentally that as long as the law change is successful, the country will definitely be stronger or weaker, Your Majesty knows?"

"You say. Wang Mang said.

"Very simply, as long as the law is changed, it must be a change to the existing system, which has been in operation for thousands of years, and this system is not out of date, but it is just a refuge in this system, which has solidified the class. Shang Yang said: "Let's just say that we are Daqin, farmers are farmers, they have been farmers all their lives, businessmen are businessmen, they have been businessmen all their lives, officials are officials, and they have been officials for generations." ”

This kind of class solidification seems to be very beautiful, but one of the major consequences of class solidification is that the upper class is more and more content with pleasure, and the bottom is more and more oppressed. Shang Yang sighed.

"I understand what you're talking about. Wang Mang nodded and said: "Therefore, before the country's class solidification is completely completed, we must adjust the internal class to give the ruling class new strength, and invoke a part of the people at the bottom to enter the ruling class, so that the circulation between the bottom and the top can be formed, and the flow of water will not be corrupted, and the country will naturally have long-term peace and stability." ”

Shang Yang looked at Wang Mang with a shocked face, he didn't expect the emperor to see this layer, originally he planned to show off, but now, Shang Yang just took a deep breath and kowtowed: "Your Majesty Shengming, the blessing of all the people, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"