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Li Longji said as a matter of course: "Ritual music has the management of Taichang Temple, and since secular music has been separated, it naturally needs to be managed by a division. In the pear orchard, there is another left and right teaching workshop, one is a song, one is a dance, and the musicians and musicians are taken care of by me personally, with a clear division of labor, which does not take up too much of my time. I have such a good idea, but there are still people who don't understand it...... Ah Yuan, you are the closest person to me, you don't understand me, do you? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan's face did not change, and the standard smile was still the same: "How do you plan to explain the dozen or so prostitutes in the Yichun Courtyard of the East Palace?" ”

"What's wrong with the prostitute?" Li Longji looked at Xiao Jiangyuan's expression, trying to find out the traces of her jealousy, but he didn't see anything, "I have a hard life, I have been a person under that person since I was a child, and how much hardship I have endured has become a famous Chang'an color and art master." Let them spend their lives in Pingkangfang, and be summoned by the so-called romantic talents, it is too tyrannical, it is better for me to give them a place to use, so that they can really live by their talents. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan stopped talking. Her family Ah Lang always makes sense, since he has no will, since he has ascended the throne, there is indeed only this one thing that can make him smooth, she softened her heart and went with him.

Yes, what about prostitutes? Zhao Zhaoyi, the biological mother of the second son of the emperor, is not also a prostitute, and she can sing and dance to be favored by her family. Although her family Ah Lang has a wide range of hobbies, others such as playing polo, hunting, etc., because the movement is too big, can not be enjoyed from time to time, it is indeed only music, which is the easiest thing for him to come into contact with, and makes him calm and happy.

Although Xiao Jiangyuan's thoughts are not often expressed on the surface, Li Longji is very keen, and he is unconsciously happy: "I know that Ah Yuan understands me and feels sorry for me." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan suddenly didn't want to let Li Longji go like this: "What did Yao Xianggong say about this?" ”

But he didn't want Li Longji to laugh and said: "How else to say that Yao Gong is better than others, he has been busy with business, and he has never mentioned this to me at all, let alone admonished." ”

After thinking about it, Li Longji snorted lightly again, and there was a little grievance in his tone: "The other courtiers know that staring at me is a little detail, and when it comes to business, there is always something missing, I can't oppose their words face to face, and I can't punish them if I hear anything that makes me angry, otherwise it will be a violation of my promise to speak widely and treat my courtiers well." For example, in the case of the pear orchard that was admonished this time, I have to admit that the opinion is good, and give praise and even reward, but it doesn't stop there. It's easy to say anything else, this matter is okay with Datang and me, and it is my beloved thing, and I will never give in. ”

"Accept it gladly, never admit it?" Xiao Jiangyuan made a simple summary.

"Of course not all admonitions, I will treat them like this." Li Longji sighed, "No wonder Aya said that being an emperor is just so ......"

But he won't be like Ayah, a little unsatisfactory and moved to retreat. This throne is a godsend, and he is trying his best to fight for it, his dream has not yet been realized, he is not an emperor of the ages, and the prosperous era in his heart has not yet appeared, so he will not let go of this power easily.

It was still early, Yao Chong didn't have to be on duty tonight, so he took advantage of the fact that there was still some time before the dusk drum sounded, and rushed to the Wude Hall to report to Li Longji on the recent government affairs.

Li Longji was still the same, went straight to the door of the hall to help Yao Chong in, with a smile on his face as if he was intimate, after entering the hall, at Yao Chong's insistence, he hastily accepted a salute and let Yao Chong sit down and speak.

Since Zhang Shuo left the political affairs hall, Yao Chong began to make drastic moves on the new policy, the first of which was the population and household registration issues. The Tang Dynasty has been pursuing the equalization system for many years, that is, each prefecture and county distributes the land and property evenly according to the number of people in addition to the Yongye field and the land given by the nobles and bureaucrats. This allowed the people to have their own land, which was prosperous at first, but since the frequent natural disasters, most of the people relied on agriculture and mulberry for their survival were not abundant, and many families were hungry after paying taxes, so gradually some people sold their fields and became tenants. When the tenants could no longer support their families, they chose to leave their hometowns to avoid paying taxes and became fugitives.

This is only one thing, and the second is a bit hateful. Since the succession of the first emperor, the emperor's relatives have competed to build Buddhist temples and invited people to become monks, many of which are fraudulent. The sons of wealthy families, even able-bodied men, cut their hair and became monks just to escape forced labor.

One of them is still excusable, it takes time to slowly improve, and it can't be seen to be much effective in the short term, but the second is that for Yao Chong, it can be solved now.

At first, because Yao Chong's methods were simple and rude, some courtiers couldn't look past it, and felt that they were blaspheming Buddhism and fearing that there would be a curse, Yao Chong ignored them, but directly admonished Li Longji: "Buddha Tucheng failed to make Liu's Great Zhao National Fortune last long, Kumarosh could not save Yao's Great Qin from destruction, and Emperor Qi Xiang and Emperor Liang Wu also failed to save the country from ruin because of Buddha." As long as the saints can make the people live and work in peace and contentment, they are blessed, and where is the use of shaving treacherous people as monks, and not letting them corrupt the Dharma? ”

The officials were suddenly speechless. Even if Li Longji accepted Yao Chong's suggestion and asked all prefectures and counties to screen and eliminate unqualified monks and nuns across the country, what Yao Chong came to report today was the number of monks and nuns who had been ordered to return to the laity for fraud.

Li Longji only felt that he didn't hear clearly, and asked again: "How much?" ”

Yao Chong smiled leisurely: "More than 12,000 people." ”

"Good!" Li Longji stroked his palms and laughed, "I also have to make an edict: From now on, no new Buddhist temples shall be built in any locality, and if the original Buddhist temples have been destroyed and should be repaired, they will all be reported to the locality, and only after checking that they are true can they start repairing." In the future, it is better to screen it once a year, and I think who would dare to evade the conscription tax? ”

"As for the people fleeing from their homes, natural disasters are avoided, and they can only do their best. In the future, if there is a good year, the saint will 'return' the land to the people by reducing taxes or simply exempting them from paying taxes for one year or two years, and at the same time not holding the people accountable for fleeing their homes, this situation will be improved. ”

"Hmm...... There's no urgency yet. Next is the matter of 100 officials - now that the Chinese military officials of the DPRK, can Yao Gong use it easily? ”

"The officials at the feet of the Son of Heaven are naturally not stupid."

"What about the magistrates?"

Yao Chongyin didn't dare to underestimate the Son of Heaven, so he would think about every word Li Longji said. He was also keen enough to catch Li Longji's voice, but he couldn't think of what it was, so he said: "The Ministry of Officials will evaluate the performance of local officials every year, and most of them are ...... Not bad. ”

"What about how it compares to the officials of the two capitals?"

"Naturally, the ability of the officials in the two capitals is slightly superior."

"Why is that?"

"After the students enter the Shishi and the first, they mostly start from the low-level officials, and after accumulating a certain amount of experience, they will go to the local experience, and those with outstanding political achievements will return to the two capitals to serve. From this point of view, most of the officials in the two capitals are among the best officials in the country, and the local officials are certainly inferior. ”

"But there are also a lot of them from outside the two capitals, before Yao Gong, and Song Guangping and Song Thorn History. Even so, on the whole, the local officials are far inferior to the officials in the two capitals, right? ”

Song Guangping is Song Jing, and now he is making a history of assassination in the extreme south. Thinking of himself and this old partner, Yao Chong didn't feel that he had just said something wrong. Hearing this, he also roughly understood what Li Longji meant, so he stopped speaking tactfully: "What the sage said is very true. It is also for this reason that many strategies developed to alleviate the harm caused by natural disasters to the people are often ineffective at the local level. If the quality of the local officials is always like this, and they face the people directly, sooner or later they will arouse public resentment, which will not help the great cause of the saints. This matter is imminent, and the old minister asks the saint to make up his mind as soon as possible to improve this situation! ”

Li Longji smiled: "Yao Gong really knows my heart!" I want to send the extremely capable officials in Beijing to the local governors or assassins, and those who have broad vision and outstanding political achievements among the local officials will be recalled to the two capitals as officials. The movement of such officials is not confined to the present and should ideally be made every few years if it is to become a common practice in the future. What does Yao Gong think? ”

Yao Chong's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Li Longji: "The saint is wise!" ”

Li Longji ordered the Zhongshu staff on duty to prepare the relevant books that night. Yao Chong is a person who pays attention to efficiency, and the next day he passed the review of the two provinces of Shangshu and Zhongshu, and at the same time passed Li Longji's painting of the day, and on the third day, it passed through Menxia Province and announced it to the world.

This move has effectively improved the ability and quality of local officials, effectively implemented many of the policies issued by the central government in Beijing, and stimulated the motivation of some officials who have stayed in the localities for too long and are lazy in administration. Many parents and officials either discovered or restarted or used their outstanding abilities to appease many people under their rule, so that many people returned to their fields, waiting for the new cultivation of spring, hoping for a long-lost harvest this year.

For a time, the entire Tang Dynasty was showing a thriving scene, and the deeds of one official were incompatible with the ears of many officials.