Chapter 10 Livelihood Issues
As soon as Liu Hao came up with this idea, he shook his head secretly.
The imperial examination is definitely going to be introduced, but it shouldn't be now.
At this time, there are too many problems in Daxia, and they have to be solved step by step.
Today, this official system has been solved, and although the results are somewhat unsatisfactory, it can basically run this court.
Then the next step, of course, is to win the hearts and minds of the people first.
How to gain the hearts and minds of the people?
In this era, being able to keep the people fed and drunk and make them believe in you is what the people want.
Then the next thing to be solved must be the problem of food and clothing for the people.
Soon, the five important ministers selected the other five Shangshu.
Liu Hao didn't say much about the talents recommended by the five important ministers, and directly appointed them as Shangshu, which can be regarded as giving the five important ministers a face, so that the five important ministers feel that the emperor really trusts them, which makes the five important ministers even more excited, and they are more confident to reverse the decline and revitalize the Great Xia country.
In the next few days, under the supervision of Liu Hao, the five important ministers and the six Shangshu were full of energy, speeding up the formation of the three provinces and six departments, and he asked Nie Bu not to be in a hurry to recruit troops and buy horses, but to cooperate with the formation mechanism first, who dared to obstruct it, and directly killed.
Under the absolute suppression of force, Yang Biao, Yuan Kui and other unwilling officials still wanted to make some stumbling blocks, but after being killed by Nie Bu, no one dared to test Liu Hao's bottom line.
In the past few days, Empress Dowager Li has been wanting to see Liu Hao, but she has been turned away by Liu Hao every time.
Although Empress Dowager Li is his cheap mother and the real mother of this body, the Empress Dowager Li is too ambitious, and the previous curtain listening to politics can explain the problem.
and their Li family members were also in high positions before, but they had no ability.
So among the six ministers of the three provinces this time, none of the Li family members had any.
Liu Hao knew Empress Dowager Li's thoughts, but since he had decided that he could only be an indifferent and ruthless emperor, he didn't want to give Li Taihe any chance.
Three days later, the three provinces, six ministries and twenty-four divisions were finally formed, and the entire court mechanism was controlled.
In the past three days, the blood has been monstrous, and the hearts of the entire imperial capital are shaking.
On the fourth day, Liu Hao finally summoned the five important ministers into the palace to face the saints.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have completed the first stage of reform, and now it is time to enter the second stage, what suggestions do you have for this second stage?" Liu Hao looked at the five Lu Zhi people who were seated below, wanting to hear what they had to say next.
"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the current plan must stabilize the princes of all walks of life, first order them to retreat, and then gradually weaken the military power in their hands, these princes will become hidden dangers in the future. Cao Meng said first.
When the general Li Shizhong fought with the eunuchs before, he asked Dong Sancai and other princes from all walks of life to enter Beijing to kill the eunuchs in power.
The tiger is the throat of the imperial capital, and there is no room for the slightest mistake.
Several other people also nodded their heads, stating the various harms of the princes from all walks of life entrenched outside the pass.
"Well, I have decreed that the princes of all walks of life should return to their territories first. ”
Liu Hao thought so, according to the memory of his predecessor, he knew that among the various princes represented by Yuan Mu, there were already many princes whose ambitions had swelled.
But he didn't have the ability to take them all at once at this time, so he had to let the tiger return to the mountain first, and slowly figure it out.
As long as the imperial family in the imperial capital is not chaotic, he believes that those princes will not dare to rebel easily.
"Your Majesty, I think the most important thing to solve now is the problem of people's livelihood, due to the previous mob rebellion, coupled with the palace riots in recent years, the people have long been out of life, there are displaced people everywhere, if the people's livelihood problems are not solved as soon as possible, I am afraid of changes. Xun Gu said.
Xun Gu is a Chinese book order, and the key points are mentioned at once.
Liu Hao's eyes lit up, thinking that he really didn't see the wrong person, this Xun Gu was really capable.
As long as the problems of people's livelihood are solved, many problems can be easily solved.
"Then Aiqing has a solution?" asked Liu Hao.
"Yes, there is, it's just that it can be difficult to implement. Xun Gu smiled bitterly.
"Aiqing wants to talk about land and tax issues. Liu Hao said with a smile, of course he had thought of these things a long time ago.
"Well, exactly. Xun Gu nodded.
"Lord Xun, the land issue is difficult to solve at this time, and the court cannot exempt the people from taxes, or the treasury will inevitably be empty, and if there are princes who rebel at that time, how can they fight?" As a general who had suppressed riots, Lu Zhi was the first to stand up against it.
In his opinion, people's livelihood is very important, but at this time, the focus should be on preventing princes from all walks of life.
Both Xun Cheng and Cao Meng agreed with Xun Gu's views, while Wang Chong agreed with Lu Zhi's views.
Just when the five of them were arguing, Liu Hao directly made a conclusion: "The court does not need to take back the land of the major scholars and merchants, but it must re-measure the land and tax it according to the mu." As for the common people, the government strongly encouraged the opening of the people, distributed seeds, and halved the tax revenue. Xun Zhongshu, this matter will be handed over to you to do, a month later, I must let me see the effect, during this period, I will let Lu Bu listen to your dispatch, make trouble for the blockers, and raid the nine clans!"
Feeling the emperor's determination and murderous aura, the five of them trembled, and they also understood the emperor's attitude towards this matter.
"Minister, obey!" Xun Gu got up and took the order.
"As for the issue of the state treasury, we have to find a way to develop the economy, and only when the economy is up can the state treasury be full, and it is not possible to rely on agricultural taxes alone. Liu Hao said again.
"Economy?" the five of them all looked at Liu Hao in surprise, obviously they hadn't heard this unfamiliar word yet.
"It's about doing business, and I mean it's about developing business in the future. Liu Hao found that he had missed his mouth for a while, but he didn't care, just explained briefly.
In this era, the emphasis on agriculture over commerce, based on agriculture, inhibited the development of commerce, and seriously hindered the development of society.
The most fundamental reason is that the economic foundation is too poor, and the rulers of this era have repeatedly emphasized that agriculture is the foundation and commerce is the end, and that the small peasant economy under the natural economy is admired and the idea of relying on the sky for food has led to the incomparably backward society under the entire feudal system.
As a traverser, Liu Hao clearly knows the importance of business.
Without developed commerce, we will not be able to open up the international market, and if we cannot open up the international market, we can only rest on our laurels and fall behind more and more.
Now that we have traveled to this era, it would be best if we could accelerate the development of society in this era under the condition of self-preservation.
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, it has been agriculture-oriented...... Xun Cheng is a little not optimistic about Liu Hao, so he wants to remind him.
But he was directly interrupted by Liu Hao.
"If I continue to follow the ideas of the ancients, then I will never have the peak of the Great Xia River.
So, we have to make a change!"
Liu Hao said firmly.
It's just that the current economic foundation is indeed too backward, how will he reverse the situation?