Since the Qian family was sealed, only a short week has passed, and the situation in Donghai Prefecture has changed dramatically.

The first is that the imperial court sent a large number of officials to take over the cities previously managed by the Qian family, the Yuan family, and the Li family, and to trumpet the virtues of His Majesty and the imperial court today.

Then the three marquis of the Chen family, the Zhu family, and the Yu family, also wrote letters one after another, asking the imperial court to send someone to take over the city in their hands, and also handed over the fiefdom city and a large amount of property that they had operated for countless years.

The imperial court remembered that their donated property was too large, so they gave them a verbal commendation and did not move their thrones.

The last is to listen to the Yu Pavilion, after the six major families in Donghai Prefecture have handed over the power in their hands, the Yu Pavilion is also a high-profile announcement, completely surrendered to the imperial court, only obeys the orders of His Majesty today, and recalled all the disciples in the field, and no one will be allowed to go out without an order from the court in the future.

Since then, the entire Donghai Prefecture has been completely under the command of the imperial court.

The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

Xia Ren talked to Liu Bowen and the others with a smile.

"Haha, now that all the Donghai Prefecture families have surrendered, there is only one voice in the entire Donghai Prefecture, it's really not easy!"

Liu Bowen and the others also smiled and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, I believe that it is not far from Your Majesty to solve the problems of the world's families." ”

Xia Ren shook his head with a smile and said: "It's still a little early to say this, now that Donghai Prefecture is free of the family's obstruction, let's talk about how to govern Donghai Prefecture." ”

After speaking, he asked Fang Xuanling again: "Fang Aiqing, how are those talents being cultivated now? Can they completely cover Donghai Prefecture?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this is a bit difficult, Donghai Prefecture is too big, there are many cities, and the talents we have cultivated can't cover Donghai Prefecture at all." ”

Xia Ren nodded, Fang Xuanling had only started cultivating talents for a few years, and he had always been in Haiyuan City before, and it was normal for the talent pool to not keep up now.

After thinking for a while, Xia Ren said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to carry out some reforms in Donghai Prefecture as a pilot, if it is done well, it can be implemented throughout the country in the future, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, please. ”

Xia Ren thought for a while, and then slowly spoke: "Most of the officials recruited by my Great Xia are recommended systems, so the talents are basically monopolized by the family, which is extremely unfavorable to the future development of my Great Xia, so I am ready to set up a imperial examination system to give those poor children a chance." ”

"In the imperial examination system, I prepare for three levels, namely, the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination, of which the township examination is held in various counties, and is responsible for the assessment of candidates in various towns and villages, which is solely responsible for the local departments, and the imperial court sends people to supervise. ”

"The examination is specially held by the Ministry of Rites in the summer capital, and all the people who have passed the township examination and have excellent results and are qualified to participate in the examination are gathered together for assessment and ranking. ”

"As for the final palace examination, it is composed of the top ten in the examination, and the cabinet and I personally make the questions, and then the assessment, and those who pass can be given to high-ranking officials, among whom the future pillars of the court and the central government will be cultivated. ”

After speaking, Xia Ren continued: "In order to prevent someone from cheating, so I am going to set up a rule, once I find that an official cheats on the exam, I will directly cut it all over the door without mercy, what do you think?"

Liu Bowen and the others pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty's imperial examination system is very good, which can greatly enhance my talent reserve in Great Xia and rapidly improve my Great Xia national strength, but the imperial examination system will definitely violate the interests of the family, so we need to master the degree." ”

Xia Ren nodded and said with a smile: "So I decided to try it out in Donghai Prefecture first, and leave the rest of the places alone for the time being, I want to see what the impact of this imperial examination system is, if the effect is good, I believe that the children of the poor families in other states or people who have never met Huaicai will come to participate." ”

"When the time comes, those families will definitely stop it, but as soon as they stop it, it will offend a large number of scholars, so that I can deal with them more easily. ”

Liu Bowen said with a smile: "Your Majesty's move is very good, but we still need to discuss some details of the imperial examination system slowly." ”

"Of course, this time I'm just saying an idea, and the specific details still need a few people to help me polish them, so don't let people take advantage of the loopholes. ”

After finishing the imperial examination, Xia Ren spoke again: "I still want to unify the tax revenue of Donghai Prefecture, what do you think?"

"Taxes?"

"Yes. ”

Xia Ren explained: "Nowadays, the taxes of my Great Xia are very complicated, and all miscellaneous taxes are collected separately, and they are also taxed according to the capitation, resulting in some families with many children and insufficient labor ability to pay taxes, resulting in public resentment. ”

"Therefore, I decided that in the future, the agricultural tax will only be collected by ten taxes and two, which will be collected according to households, not per capitation, and how many fields each household cultivates each year, then only twenty percent of the cultivated fields will be collected, regardless of the number of people in his family. ”

"As for the commercial tax, according to the type of transaction, different taxes are charged, books, farm tools and the like are exempt from taxes, and the rest are different according to the amount, and the taxes collected are also different, and you need to discuss the specifics, I just provide an idea. ”

At this time, Xun Yu on the side spoke: "Your Majesty, this kind of tax collection can indeed reduce a lot of burdens on the people, but if it is only implemented in Donghai Prefecture, I am afraid that the people in other places will make trouble at that time!"

After hearing this, Xia Ren smiled and said, "Since Xun Aiqing proposed it, I think there is a solution, right?"

Xun Yu nodded and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, now that the family of Donghai Prefecture has been uprooted, but ordinary people still don't know about the conflict between the imperial court and the family, so when Your Majesty reforms taxes in Donghai Prefecture, you can let those marquis of Donghai Prefecture come forward to promote it." ”

"When the time comes, it will be said that Your Majesty is worried about the people of the world, so you have reformed the world's taxation, and several marquis of Donghai Prefecture were moved by His Majesty's Shengming, so they took the initiative to ask for help to promote this policy. ”

After listening to this, Xia Ren probably knew what Xun Yu meant.

It is through comparison that the Hou Ye of other states is roasted on the fire, why are several Hou Ye in Donghai Prefecture so active and take the initiative to promote, but the Hou Ye on his side has no movement at all?

When the time comes, I will send someone to spread some rumors, saying that if the tax is less, then the family will not be able to make money, so I am unwilling to promote this policy, try to arouse the local people's anger, so that those families will lose the hearts of the people, and in order to relieve the people's anger, those families must also actively promote this policy, which is much better than spending their energy to forcibly promote it.

Subsequently, Xia Ren discussed some of the details with a few people, and set a general framework for the future development of Donghai Prefecture.

......

Sizhou, the world will be.

Xiongba sat on the throne of the helper with an expressionless face, listening to a disciple below report the situation to him.

"Helper, now there are only two sects left in Sizhou, one is Xuanxin Pavilion, and the other is the Demon Fall Sect, of which the Demon Fall Sect is the largest Demon Dao Sect in Sizhou except for the Wuji Demon Palace, after the Wuji Demon Hall escaped, the Demon Fall Sect has become the largest Demon Dao Sect in Sizhou, and now it occupies the old site of the Wuji Demon Palace. ”

"And Xuanxin Pavilion is a sect that has just emerged in recent years, and the subordinates have not found out too detailed information, but it is said to be related to Danding Pavilion. ”

After saying that, the disciple stood below with a respectful face, waiting for Xiongba's order.

These disciples are all members of the Tianxia Society trained by Xiongba, and they are not only loyal to him, but also extremely capable.

"Alright, you go down first. ”

Xiongba sat on top and said lightly.

"Demon Fall Sect, Xuanxin Pavilion, then let's take the Demon Fall Sect first. ”

Thinking of this, Xiongba sneered, even if the Wuji Demon Palace was still there, he was not afraid of Xiongba, let alone a mere Demon Fall Sect.

Xia Ren ordered him to quickly unify Sizhou, and now a lot of time has passed, but there are still two sects that have not been resolved, which makes Xiongba a little impatient.

......

"Xiongba, my Demon Fall Sect and you will know the well water and not the river water, why are you attacking my Demon Fall Sect?"

Above the mountain gate of the Demon Fall Sect, Xiongba stood in the air with an indifferent face, and several elders of the Demon Fall Sect in front of him looked nervous, and one of the elders was loudly questioning Xiongba.

The prestige of Xiongba and the Tianxia Society has now completely spread in Sizhou, as soon as they arrived in Sizhou, they began to expand wildly, frantically exterminating the sect, even those forces that ranked high in Sizhou could not stop the pace of expansion of the Tianxia Society.

And it is rumored that the gang leader of the Tianxia Association is a tyrant, this person's cultivation is superb, and his methods are ruthless, no one has ever been able to walk a single move in his hand, and he is basically killed with one move.

That's why these elders of the Demon Fall Sect are so nervous, although their cultivation is not low, but at most they are similar to those other sect masters who have been destroyed by Xiongba, and now that Xiongba is standing in front of them like this, they have already felt a pressure coming, and it is a little difficult to even breathe.

Xiongba ignored the elders of the Demon Fall Sect and just looked into the distance.

A figure flickered in the distance, and it came to Xiongba.

"Old man Demon Fall Sect Elder He Chen, I don't know if the male gang leader is coming, what are you doing?"

Looking at the old man in front of him whose momentum had reached the seventh level of transformation, Xiongba's face was pale, and he said calmly: "Descend or die, the Demon Fall Sect will pick one today." ”

He Chen's face was a little ugly and said: "The Xiong Gang Master's words are a bit exaggerated, right? Although it is rumored that your Xiong Gang Master is a cultivator of the world, but my Demon Fall Sect is not another sect, and you can kill it if you want to." ”

Xiongba ignored him, and just said lightly: "Take me a move and don't die, spare your life." ”

"Presumptuous!"

He Chen was furious, this Xiongba was too arrogant, he originally saw that his cultivation was not low, and he was also a seven-fold holy fetus, so he wanted to be polite with him, but he didn't expect Xiongba to insult himself so much.

Just when He Chen wanted to teach Xiongba a lesson, his face suddenly changed.

I saw that the opposite Xiongba stretched out his index finger and middle finger, merged his two fingers, and shouted softly: "Three points of the world." ”

Suddenly, for several miles around, the aura rolled, the heavens and the earth changed color, and the entire field of vision was filled with red, green, and blue.

The three colors are constantly entangled, tumbling, and then gradually condensed, slowly forming three finger strengths, which are smooth and conical in appearance, constantly rotating in the air.

Xiongba stretched out his hand.

Suddenly, three fingers of different colors flew towards He Chen silently, and along the way, the space was rippling slightly, as if they were about to be pierced by the fingers.

The finger strength seems to be slow, but in fact it is fast, and in an instant, he came to He Chen's face, attacking in three ways: upper, middle and lower.

He Chen didn't have time to react, he could only use his luck to have a demonic qi all over his body, forming a pitch-black defensive shield in front of him, and a glove covered with black scales appeared in his right hand, reaching out and grabbing it towards the fingers in front of his head.

Poof!

A small voice came, He Chen's expression suddenly froze, and he slowly looked down at his abdomen and chest, where there was a small blood hole, the entrance of the hole was frozen at this time, and no trace of blood could be seen flowing out.

When he looked up at his palm, he found that on the Demon Fall Gauntlet, which had followed him all his life, a slight hole also appeared, and through the hole, He Chen could see the sky behind his palm.

I'm obviously defending! The vitality shield is not broken, why can it hit me?

He Chen was deeply puzzled, and then slowly lost consciousness, and slowly fell from the air with a face full of unwillingness and doubt.