Soon after Xiongba and them subdued the Xuanxin Pavilion and unified the Sizhou sect realm, Xia Ren received the news that it was Xiongba who had directly transmitted it through the transmission note.

Then Xia Ren asked Xiongba to stay in Sizhou first to develop and grow, collect a lot of information about Danding Pavilion and the Fighting Holy Sect, and there was no need to clash with them for the time being, just run Sizhou well, and wait for his next order.

A few days later, Liu Bowen and others had already made out the general details of the imperial examination system and tax reform, and Xia Ren was ready to raise the matter at the next court meeting, and give priority to the trial in Donghai Prefecture.

Imperial Palace.

It was another court meeting, Xia Ren sat on the dragon chair, waiting for the hundred officials to play, and after waiting for a while, no one spoke, so Xia Ren looked at Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen comprehended, coughed lightly, stood up, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." ”

As soon as Liu Bowen finished speaking, the hearts of the hundred officials trembled again, every time Liu Bowen started playing, it must be no good thing, it is basically aimed at them, and it is estimated that this time is no exception.

Xia Ren smiled and said, "What is the matter with the Prime Minister? ”

Liu Bowen said aloud again: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has been looking through the file during this time and found that our dynasty has an extremely serious drawback, so I want to ask Your Majesty to make a decision." ”

"Oh, what is the drawback? It actually caused the prime minister to pay so much attention. ”

Liu Bowen said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen found that the number of talents I have recruited in Daxia over the years has been getting smaller and smaller, and I am about to fall into a state of lack of success, and if this continues, in a few years, my Daxia will have no one available." ”

"What? Is this true?"

Xia Ren was "taken aback", and then asked: "Are these words true, if this is the case, this will affect my Great Xia Foundation!"

The hundred officials below were also surprised, they had never found out about this situation, it wouldn't be Liu Bowen's exaggeration!

Liu Bowen said with an affirmative face: "Back to Your Majesty, Wechen doesn't dare to bully the king, these are all summarized by Wechen from the official entry records over the years." ”

After hearing this, Xia Ren's face was a little heavy, and then asked, "Then I don't know what the prime minister can do?"

Liu Bowen pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Your Majesty, if you want to increase the number of talents in my Great Xia, then you need to implement the imperial examination system. ”

"The imperial examination system?"

Xia Ren was "puzzled", and then said: "Prime Minister, can you talk about the imperial examination system in detail, so that I and the officials can see it." ”

Liu Bowen nodded, and then slowly explained the imperial examination system that several of them had organized.

At first, the hundred officials didn't listen to anything, but when they listened to it, they felt that something was wrong, and didn't this mean to break off their family's recommendation system? This was digging up the roots of their family! Liu Bowen really still had a bad stomach.

Many family officials began to sit still, and they all whispered below.

Xia Ren above, his brows furrowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Quiet, listen to the prime minister first." ”

The hundred officials below suddenly stopped talking.

After a while, Liu Bowen finished speaking, and stood there indifferently.

Before Xia Ren could speak, an official jumped out, who was also a child of a family.

"Your Majesty, the prime minister's method is absolutely impossible, I have been in the Great Xia Dynasty for nearly 10,000 years, but I have never done this, if I rashly implement this system, I am afraid it will cause the anger of officials all over the world!"

After hearing this, Xia Ren said calmly: "I think it's not bad, this can provide me with a large number of real talents in Great Xia, and it can also avoid my Great Xia from being in a state of lack of talent." ”

At this time, Feng Xiyao, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, said: "Your Majesty, this imperial examination system is indeed not suitable for my Great Xia, if Your Majesty is worried that I will not have enough talents in Great Xia, and it will easily cause a shortage of young people, then Your Majesty can rest assured that Weichen will strictly order the Ministry of Officials to increase the selection of talents, and will definitely provide a large number of talents for the imperial court." ”

Xia Ren's eyes froze, and he glanced at Feng Xiyao slightly, this Feng Xiyao is one of the leaders among the children of the current dynasty family, and he is also the head of the Feng family of Dingxi Hou in Yuzhou in the west, and the eldest son of the contemporary Dingxi Hou.

The current six Shangshu, except for the Shangshu of the Military Department, the remaining five are all disciples of the family, but because these Shangshu have not participated in the battle for succession, nor have they done anything out of the ordinary after Xia Ren took the throne, Xia Ren has never had a chance to move them.

Unexpectedly, Feng Xiyao, the secretary of the ministry, couldn't sit still this time, and took the lead in speaking.

The weight of these Shangshu is not comparable to those petty officials, each of them has countless officials behind them, even Xia Ren can't ignore their attitude at the moment.

Thinking of this, Xia Ren frowned and said, "Feng Aiqing, why haven't you discovered these problems in the Ministry of Officials for so many years?" And the Prime Minister discovered this kind of problem in a short period of time, the ability of your Ministry of Officials makes me a little suspicious!"

Feng Xiyao said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Back to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials has been a little lax in recent years, and Weichen will definitely vigorously rectify it from now on." ”

After speaking, he continued: "As for the imperial examination system mentioned by the prime minister, it is indeed not suitable for the situation of my Great Xia, and the people who can enter my Great Xia as an official must be those who have broad knowledge, elegant conversation, and have received a lot of education since childhood. ”

"Those who participated in the assessment, many of them were halfway monks, had not received systematic education, and their knowledge was shallow, and they spoke without measure, how could these people enter the court as officials, isn't this a shame for my Great Xia?"

As soon as Feng Xiyao finished speaking, many officials below bowed down and said, "Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Xia Ren was silent, he knew what Feng Xiyao meant, that is, he couldn't let the children of the Han family come forward, and the officials had to be selected from among the children of their families.

But Xia Ren is now attacking the family, how can he give up easily.

Thinking of this, Xia Ren glanced at Xun Yu slightly.

Xun Yu suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen also has something to say." ”

"What's the matter with Xun Aiqing, said. ”

The lower officials and hundreds of officials also quieted down, Xun Yu and they were not familiar with them, they only knew that it was Xia Ren's newly promoted cabinet minister, unlike Liu Bowen, who often scolded their family, this time I want to see what he said.

Xun Yu bowed slightly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the imperial examination system that the prime minister said is feasible, but because this system has never existed before, it is full of unknowns, and it is also possible that as Lord Feng said, what if the people recruited are all people who are not useful?"

"So Wei Chen thought about it for a while, why don't Your Majesty try this system in one place first, if it is feasible, it is being promoted, if it is not feasible, then stop it in time, so that it will not cause too much damage to my Great Xia. ”

Xia Ren nodded after hearing this, and said with a smile: "This method is not bad. ”

After speaking, he looked at Baiguan and asked, "What do you Aiqing think?"

Baiguan didn't speak, just looked at Feng Xiyao in front of him slightly, and Xia Ren also looked at Feng Xiyao.

Feng Xiyao was silent for a while, and then spoke: "Lord Xun's words are reasonable, you can test it in one place first, I don't know where Your Majesty chooses?"

Xia Ren looked at Xun Yu and asked, "Xun Aiqing, since you proposed this method, do you have a suitable place?"

Xun Yu said with a smile: "Weichen feels that Sizhou is good, Sizhou has a large population, although it is not as good as Zhongxia Prefecture, but it is also ranked in the forefront of my Great Xia, maybe it can recruit a lot of talents." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Feng Xiyao, and said: "And there is still Dingxi Hou in Sizhou, I believe there will be no chaos." ”

As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, Feng Xiyao said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, Lord Xun said that Weichen disagrees, Sizhou is precisely because of its large population and prosperous development, so it cannot be used as an experimental state, and Weichen suggests that Your Majesty find a more remote state, so as not to cause too much damage to my Great Xia." ”

Xia Ren nodded after hearing this, thought for a while, and then spoke: "Then let's implement this system in Donghai Prefecture first." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the hundred officials to speak, Xia Ren asked again: "Do you Aiqing have anything else to report?"

Feng Xiyao's words just came to his mouth, so he had to swallow it, he wanted Xia Ren to change places, but after thinking about it for a long time, he really didn't find a suitable place than Donghai Prefecture.

There are families in other places, and if this system is implemented there, it will definitely have a lot of impact on the local families, so Feng Xiyao, who made this suggestion, may be criticized.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do. ”

Fang Xuanling stood up and bowed to Xia Ren.

The hundred officials below looked confused, what is going on today, the three cabinet ministers actually came out to speak out, there was only Liu Bowen in the past, but now it is the three of them together, which makes these children of the family slightly vigilant in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been looking through the files of various places with the prime minister in the past few days, and he has also found a problem. ”

"Oh, did Fang Aiqing also find a problem? ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, Wechen has looked through the files of many places in the past few days, and found that when the annual tax is paid, the tax in some places is actually lower and lower year by year, this is very abnormal in Weichen's opinion, the tax should increase every year, at least it will not change, how can it be reduced year by year." ”

"If the development of local officials is unfavorable, resulting in people not being able to eat, and they can't pay taxes, forget it, but Wechen has checked, the development of those places is still normal, and there has been no disaster, so Wechen was puzzled, and after thinking hard, he finally came to a conclusion. ”

"There is a big problem in the tax system of our dynasty, which causes many people to fail to pay taxes, and they have to pay them in the next year, so these people are pressed by taxes all year round, and they pay lower than the year a year, because they have to pay the taxes they lack in the previous year. ”

After hearing this, Xia Ren frowned and said, "Since I ascended the throne, I have vowed to let the people of Great Xia live a good life, how can this happen now? Fang Aiqing, do you have a way to solve it?"

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is also the same as the Prime Minister, and has reformulated a set of systems, but it is not a new creation, but an improvement in my tax system in Great Xia, and I want to ask Your Majesty to review it." ”

Xia Ren said with a smile: "Fang Aiqing really didn't disappoint me, I know that you have a way, what system, let's hear it, I and the ministers will definitely review it carefully." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded slightly, and then began to talk about the new tax system.

PS: Today the thief is busy.,I'm still working overtime.,This chapter is still a manuscript.,There may be two chapters today.,Another chapter is sent after work.,It may be late.。