"The moon star is drunk and drunk, hahahaha~~~"

Dongfang Shuo, who was drunk, returned home with a smile on his face, and handed the food box in his hand to Shaojun, "Eat the food given by the Son of Heaven, take it and enjoy it." ”

Dongfang Shuo's wife hurriedly stepped forward to take the food box, handed it over to the servant, and served Dongfang Shuo to strip and wash.

When she was done with these, the lady asked with a smile, "Husband is so happy, but there is a happy event?" ”

"Hmm."

Dongfang Shuo sat on the cushion and propped up one leg, and said with a smile: "Your husband and I have to be reused by the Son of Heaven." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. immediately smiled, "The husband is amazingly talented, and now he is reused by the Son of Heaven, and he must show his strength and comfort his ambitions." I don't know what position the Son of Heaven has arranged for her husband? ”

"The Son of Heaven appointed me to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites."

"Rites, Rites?" Madame frowned and pondered: "There is such a position above the court?" ”

The most important thing above the court is naturally the three princes and nine secretaries, and then there are the subordinate officials of the three princes and nine secretaries.

After all, Dongfang Shuo's wife lives at the feet of this son of heaven, and her husband still has to use Lang Guan, so she is naturally very concerned about the affairs of the court.

But she thought about it, but she didn't figure out what kind of position this Ministry of Rites was.

"Your Majesty intends to reform the government affairs of the court, and it is proposed to set up six parts of authority and responsibility." Dongfang Shuo kindly explained, "A certain is the book of the Ministry of Rites, the main imperial examination, and the main education. ”

"This."

Madame thought for a moment and asked, "What is the geometry of Yulu?" ”

In this era, there has not yet been a nine-product zhongzheng system, and to measure whether the position is important, in addition to power and responsibility, the most important thing is to see how much money is paid.

Normally, the 2,000 stone is a watershed, and the county guards in various places are 2,000 stones, which is already a big party.

"Haha~~~"

Dongfang Shuo took a glass of wine from the servant, and said neatly, "It's tentatively two thousand stones." ”

Madame breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Great." ”

Jumping directly from Langguan to 2,000 stones, this is definitely a leap forward, of course, you have to be happy.

"Your Majesty intends to reform government affairs, and in the future, Yulu will also be changed, and it will be changed to direct payment, and all other things will be cancelled."

"The Son of Heaven Shengming." Madame got up with a smile and went to get the food box, "Husband has worked hard, I will go to warm the wine for my husband." ”

"Hmm."

Seeing Shaojun busy, Dongfang Shuo restrained his smile and began to think seriously, 'Win the appreciation of the Son of Heaven, and repay him desperately.' The affairs of the school hall must be done well. ’

Li Yunze really wanted to reform the government affairs of the court, because the court of Qin and Han affairs was too loose, and he wanted to subdivide the court into a compact one.

On this day, Li Yunze summoned Yan Yi, who went out to inspect.

"Your Majesty."

After saluting, Yan Yi immediately took out the record he wrote down for his outing inspection and handed it to Li Yunze, "The minister inspected Guanzhong, and sent a letter to Guguan to inspect various places in Guandong, the situation in various places is really worrying." ”

Li Yunze looked down at Yan Yi's record, "What do you say?" ”

"Guanzhong is better, after all, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is somewhat restrained. But out of the Hangu Pass, all over the mountains and mines, construction workshops are everywhere. The seaside burns wood and boils salt as far as the eye can see, and the convoy of merchants comes and goes, selling iron and salt everywhere.

When the minister heard about it, some people even had the audacity to smuggle iron and other things outside the plug. ”

"Most of the prisoners were sold to the mines, and some were even directly kidnapped."

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the technique of Huang Lao was implemented, that is, the rule of inaction.

This laissez-faire attitude has enabled the vitality of the people to be rapidly enlivened, and not only the population has recovered rapidly, but the vitality of society has also increased substantially.

Merchants from all over the world have also encountered the best times, but they do all the businesses that can make money, especially the two profiteering industries of salt and iron, which have reached the level of madness.

This kind of thing seems to be an explosive economic development, but there are huge hidden dangers inside.

First of all, on the production side, there are various violent conflicts over minerals and salt works.

Moreover, in this era of lack of productivity, if you want to increase production, you can only fill human lives, which has led to the emergence of various methods of arresting people.

Don't think that if there is more salt and iron, the people will get benefits, on the contrary, with the increasing prosperity of the people's salt and iron, it is the people who are unlucky.

Forced by various means to open mines, to boil salt not to mention, what is even more terrible is that the merchants hold the pricing power, selling salt and iron at a high price to the people to extract wealth.

In the end, the people paid the price and were forced to buy high prices for salt and iron.

But it was the merchants and the magistrates who benefited.

As for the imperial court, it can't get a single penny of taxes.

If this development continues, it will soon become that the people will have no money to buy daily necessities such as salt and iron, and then buy land and go bankrupt.

When the number of bankrupt people reaches a certain level, it will be time for the prince to have a kind of call.

Yan Yi's emotions were a little excited, "The minister saw with his own eyes in the local area, the local officials arrested the people, sent them to the mine to open the mine, and sent them to the salt field to boil salt. According to the people who were rescued, let alone paying wages, they couldn't even feed themselves. Usually a few months and half a year

time will be exhausted. ”

Li Yunze's eyes were slightly cold, but he didn't speak.

He knew that the capitalists would dare to do anything in order to make a profit.

The powerful support it, and what is the advantage of oppressing the people.

Yan Yi told what he saw during his inspections in various places, one by one.

Especially in those mines and salt works, what you see and hear is like hell.

During the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, the reason why Wu was so powerful was that Liu Bi, the king of Wu, bought prisoners and even ordinary people from all over the country to use them as coolies to open mines and mint money, and the salt works boiled salt, so that they had the strength to fight against Chang'an City.

Nowadays, there are many feudal kings everywhere who do this.

When Yan Yi finally stopped talking, Li Yunze also closed Yan Yi's record book.

He turned his head and instructed the attendant beside him, "Call the Marquis of Changping." ”

"Whoa."

Wei Qing, who was chatting with his brothers and sisters at home, hurried to Weiyang Palace after receiving the holy decree.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"Hmm." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and pointed to Yan Yi's side, motioning for Wei Qing to "sit down and talk." ”

The ministers of the Qin and Han dynasties all sat in front of the emperor.

By the Tang and Song dynasties, it had evolved into standing and talking.

When it came to the Ming and Qing dynasties, it became a kneeling and shouting slave.

On the one hand, the imperial power has been continuously strengthened and concentrated, and on the other hand, the 'indoctrination' of Confucianism is naturally indispensable.

After all, no one can expect a person who takes the lead in descending and kneeling, what backbone is not.

"I intend to be a salt and iron official camp."

Li Yunze said to the two of them, "From now on, all the mines and salt farms in the world will be owned by the imperial court. Those who open mines and cook salt without permission will be punished as conspiracy. ”

"The relevant yamen will be arranged by Yan Yi." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and nodded, Yan Yi: "I ordered you to concurrently serve as the secretary of the household department, and set up the household department to take charge of all matters in the world's money and grain revenue." The first thing you do is to run the salt and iron official camp well. ”

With a solemn expression, he saluted respectfully, "Oh." ”

"As for you."

Li Yunze's eyes looked at Wei Qing again, "I have ordered you to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, responsible for the formation of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and in charge of all matters in the world." You go and select a group of soldiers and horses, form a team and hand it over to Zhidu. Let him take him around all the counties in the world. ”

Wei Qing hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the strength of this army of soldiers and horses, what is the matter?" ”

"Five thousand is enough." Li Yunze waved his hand, "Zhi has gone to deal with the affairs of King Hengshan, and when he comes back, I will personally arrange how he will do things." You first prepare the food and grass for the men and horses, and the supplies for the military registration. ”

"喏~~~"

Zhidu's handling of King Hengshan was neat.

Kill those who should be killed, catch those who should be caught, and raid homes that should be raided.

After doing these things, Gongsun Hong stayed in Hengshan State and was busy with the removal of the country and the reform of the county, but Zhidu escorted the important prisoners back to Chang'an City.

When he returned to Zhidu in Chang'an City, he didn't even have time to go back home, so he hurried to Weiyang Palace.

"The affairs of Hengshan Country are well done." Li Yunze entertained Zhidu to eat together, "The follow-up matter will be handed over to Zhang Tang to take over." I have something here that I need you to do. ”

"Your Majesty, please."

Li Yunze handed the inspection record sent by Yan Yi to Zhidu, "I'll talk about it after reading it." ”

Zhi Du took the record and looked through it carefully.

The above tragic things that made people angry did not make Zhidu's face move in the slightest.

As a veteran cool official, Zhi Du has long been like a stone.

By the time Zhi finished reading the record, the wine and food on the table in front of him were already cold.

Li Yunze asked the chamberlain to change to a new one, and then asked Zhidu, "How is it?" ”

"These people deserve to die." Zhidu's response is very much in line with the image of a cool official, anyway, it is to kill.

"I have prepared a team of soldiers and horses for you, with 5,000 men and horses, all of whom are the elite of the two armies in the north and south."

Li Yunze said: "Local county soldiers, I'm afraid it's not very reliable. You took this army and horses to inspect all the counties and counties of the world, especially those where mines and boiled salt. ”

Stretched out his hand and nodded at Yan Yi's inspection record, "If you are guilty, you will be disposed of." ”

This is what Zhidu is best at, so naturally there is no second word.

He saluted Li Yunze and said, "Oh." ”

"Especially the feudal countries in various places." Li Yunze then instructed: "These vassal kings are hungry for profit and treat the people like dogs. Good students go to check, but if there is a problem, there is no need to care about their identity. If I find the evidence, I will send it to Chang'an, and I will immediately issue an edict of expulsion

Here you go. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhidu, who was still an ancient well and had no waves on his face before, finally showed a touch of joy. ”

For a cool official of Zhidu's level, it is difficult for ordinary businessmen and officials to be strong or something, and it is difficult for him to get excited.

On the contrary, it is these feudal emperors who can make him feel stimulated.

"I plan to set up a new yamen, called the Criminal Department, to take charge of the world's punishment. I intend to appoint you to be the secretary of the Criminal Department and be in charge of all the affairs of the Criminal Department. ”

Zhidu is here, but he is slightly cramped, "If the minister is in charge of punishment, then the court captain is there"

"It doesn't matter." Li Yunze smiled and waved his hand: "He went to be the imperial doctor." ”

Zhidu suddenly, it seems that the construction of the new city has begun to take shape, and the current master of the imperial historian is about to be the prime minister.

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